Book description
Keen, eager and fiercely competitive when it comes to Scrabble? This
e-book will help you get into the mind of one of the UK's best-ever
Scrabble players, so that you can think like a champion and beat
everyone you play.
Collins Scrabble™ Play Like A Champion is a guide to playing Scrabble™
at the very highest level and will appeal to club and competition
players all over the world.
In this e-book, Allan Simmons summarizes several of the key games he
played in a recent top-level Scrabble tournament, talking the reader
through the rack and board problems he encountered, explaining his
thinking behind each move, and outlining how he tried to predict his
opponents' next moves to try to outwit them.
With an attractive two-colour design, and grids and diagrams
throughout, this is an invaluable reference for all keen Scrabble™ players.
Collins Scrabble™ Play Like A Champion! is endorsed by Mattel.
SCRABBLE™ is a registered trademark of J. W. Spear & Sons Ltd., a
subsidiary of Mattel, Inc.© 2007 Mattel, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
“This is a book which in one way is reassuring, in another way is
daunting, and in all ways is both practical and entertaining.”
David Sutton, Association of British Scrabble Players
“…a contribution to Scrabble literature which I have no hesitation in
recommending unreservedly.”
David Sutton, Association of British Scrabble Players
“Illuminating…”
Philip Nelkon, Scrabble Clubs Manager
“This book will give the interested outsider an unprecedented insight
into the vicissitudes of tournament play.”
Andrew Fisher, "Across the Board" magazine
“Scrabble junkies will be delighted to add it to their library, and
will hope for many more like it.”
Andrew Fisher, "Across the Board" magazine Allan Simmons is
one of the world's top Scrabble tournament and competition players.
Allan is UK National Champion, and the 2008 British Masters Scrabble
Champion; he competes at tournaments around the world, and is a regular
member of the UK team for the World Scrabble Championships. He publishes
his own Scrabble magazine Onwords, for private circulation, has been
contributing a Scrabble column and puzzle to The Times regularly for the
last four years, and he also organizes Scrabble courses for clubs and a
wide range of non-Scrabble organizations, such as the WI. He is one of
the founder members of the Association of British Scrabble Players, and
was its president from 1988-99, and currently sits on the committee of
the World English-Language Scrabble Players' Association (WESPA).
