Spanish World Scrabble Championship

The Spanish World Scrabble Championship (Spanish: Campeonato del mundo de Scrabble en español) is an international Scrabble tournament organised by the Federación Internacional de Scrabble en Español (FISE). The competition takes place each year in a different city in a Spanish-speaking country. The first championship was held in Madrid in Spain. The number of players has varied, from 32 players in 1997 to 98 in 2011.

Players only play with two players at a board, never more, and the tournament uses a Swiss tournament system to decide who plays against whom. In 2007, the players played 18 games with the winner being Benjamín Olaizola of Venezuela with 14 wins from 18 games. Internationally, the players are rated by the Elo system.

List of winners

Year	Host City	Winner	Nationality	Runner-up	Nationality
1997	Madrid	Joan R. Manchado	Spain	Josep M. Martí	Spain
1998	Mexico City	Blai Figueras	Spain	Claudia Amaral	Argentina
1999	Caracas	Amanda Gauna	Argentina	Joan R. Manchado	Spain
2000	Santiago	Roberto Aguilar	Honduras	Miguel Rivera	Spain
2001	San José	Benjamín Olaizola	Venezuela	Carlos González	Venezuela
2002	Buenos Aires	Carlos González	Venezuela	Rocco Laguzzi	Argentina
2003	Xcaret	Joan R. Manchado	Spain	Carlos González	Venezuela
2004	Panama	Claudia Amaral	Argentina	Héctor Klíe	United States
2005	L'Alfàs del Pi	Antonio Álvarez	Spain	Enric Hernández	Spain
2006	Montevideo	Enric Hernández	Spain	Rocco Laguzzi	Argentina
2007	Bogotá	Benjamín Olaizola	Venezuela	Airán Pérez	Venezuela
2008	Buenos Aires	Enric Hernández	Spain	Airán Pérez	Venezuela
2009	Isla Margarita	Luis Picciochi	Argentina	Claudia Amaral	Argentina
2010	San José	Luis Picciochi	Argentina	Blai Figueras	Spain
2011	Mexico City	Diego F. González	Argentina	Benjamín Olaizola	Venezuela
2012	Santa Susanna	Rocco Laguzzi	Argentina	Benjamín Olaizola	Venezuela
2013	Buenos Aires	Airán Pérez	Venezuela	Enric Hernández	Spain
2014	Havana	Jesús Ortega	Mexico	Luis Acevedo	Argentina
2015	Cali	Airán Pérez	Venezuela	Enric Hernández	Spain
2016	Lille	José Fernández	Spain	Luis Picciochi	Argentina
2017	Asunción	Selene Delgado	Uruguay	Claudia Amaral	Argentina

Multiple winners

Joan R. Manchado Spain : 1997, 2003
Benjamín Olaizola Venezuela: 2001, 2007
Enric Hernández Spain: 2006, 2008
Luis Picciochi Argentina: 2009, 2010. First consecutive bichampion.
Airán Pérez Venezuela: 2013, 2015

Winners by country

Spain : 7 wins
Argentina : 6 wins
Venezuela : 5 wins
Honduras : 1 win
Mexico : 1 win
Uruguay : 1 win

References

(in Spanish) Spanish World Scrabble Championships on the official site of the Federación internacional de Scrabble en español
(in French) Spanish World Scrabble Championships on LeSablier.be
(in French) Spanish World Scrabble Championships on Ortograf.com

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