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#player1 Wellington Wellington
#player2 Gongolo Gongolo
>Wellington: EGIILOT 8H LOGIE +14 14
#note I hope this will be another thriller of a game. Lets see
>Gongolo: AABNNRW 9G NAW +22 22
#note Not sure if 7G NAWAB 33 was ignored or missed.
>Wellington: EIIOOTZ 10D OOZE +35 49
#note !+
>Gongolo: AABENNR 11E NAB +30 52
#note !+
>Wellington: DEIILQT 9C QI +23 72
#note !+
>Gongolo: AEIKNRU 7G RAKU +35 87
#note H11 KAURI 40 must have been ignored by Gongolo as it provides too many possibilities for the opponent for just an additional five marks, I think.
>Wellington: DEHIILT 6J HILTED +35 107
#note Tile turnover!
>Gongolo: AEEINTT O4 NI.ATE +24 111
#note What a miss!
Anything else besides TAENITE qualifies as subpar
>Wellington: DDIIOUW -DOWDIIU +0 107
#note Wellington about to re-spawn
>Gongolo: ?BEOOTT 6F BOT +17 128
#note Looks like Gongolo has taken a defensive approach. Still scoring well and managing his leave too.
>Wellington: MNOSTUY 10I SNOUTY +30 137
#note I will not have played SNOUTY.
Scores really well and doesn't give away too much for the opponent. But if I win the world championship, then I might consider it too.
>Gongolo: ?EEOPTU 4H OUTPrEE. +70 198
#note The only bingo available and Gongolo finds it. Fireworks now?
>Wellington: EGIMNRV 12A VIRGE +29 166
#note 12D VEG 30 looks like the move most of us would make.
Again, I cannot explain why VIRGE was preferred, is it possibly to lure opponent to use the triple lane while leaving other possibilities open, I think so.
>Gongolo: AAAAGPR A12 .ARA +21 219
#note We can say, Gongolo forced to respond by closing down the triple lane.
>Wellington: IMMNSTV 3G VIM +24 190
#note !+
>Gongolo: AACEFGP 5E FAG +22 241
#note !+
>Wellington: AEMNRST 12G SMARTEN +80 270
#note !+
>Gongolo: ACCEIPS 2I APICES +37 278
#note When annotating these top level games, it is difficult to establish whether a move was missed or if a player opted against playing it.
I wonder if that is the case with 4D PIC 26
>Wellington: DDELORX 1M DOX +38 308
#note !+
>Gongolo: CEELNSU H12 .ULE +18 296
#note With Wellington having taken the lead, Gongolo tries to leave floaters and expand the board. I think he might have left the N on his rack for NAMU later.
>Wellington: DEIIJLR 14F JI.L +27 335
#note !+
Further limits the newly expanded board
>Gongolo: CDEFNOS B10 CO.NED +39 335
#note FOINED is a bit risky, but in such a close endgame, you don't want to be the one making the final mistake.
>Wellington: DEHIRWY 13L HYED +37 372
#note !+
To win, Wellington has to defend against SMARTENS+SuRF and score decently on his current turn.
11K WRIED 41 is an interesting move that still wins the game.
>Gongolo: ?FRS N12 S.RF +24 359
>Wellington: IRW K10 .W. +12 384
#note !+
>Gongolo: ? 9C ..n +14 373
#note !+
>Gongolo: (IR) +4 377
#note Despite a few suboptimal plays in the beginning, the endgame was perfectly calculated by both players and Wellington secures the win.
What a game!
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