David Boys
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David Boys is a top Canadian Scrabble
expert. He won the World Scrabble Championship
(WSC) in London, UK, in 1995
, and the Canadian Scrabble Championship
in 2003. He also finished third in the WSC in both 1991 and 1999. In 2007, he lost a match to a computer. His competitive career began in 1986. He has played in over 1,800 tournament games, winning about 67%, and has earned over $40,000 in prize money.
Boys is married with a son and two daughters, lives in Dorval, Quebec, Canada and works as a programmer analyst.
Scrabble
Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works provide a list...
expert. He won the World Scrabble Championship
World Scrabble Championship
The World Scrabble Championship is the most prestigious title in competitive English-language Scrabble. It has been held every second year since 1991. The current World Scrabble Champion is Nigel Richards...
(WSC) in London, UK, in 1995
World Scrabble Championship 1995
The World Scrabble Championship 1995 was the third World Scrabble Championship. The winner was David Boys of Canada.A fifteen round, Swiss-paired preliminary event was used to determine initial placement...
, and the Canadian Scrabble Championship
Canadian Scrabble Championship
The Canadian National Scrabble Championship is the Canadian national Scrabble competition in the English language, open by invitation and special qualification only to the top rank of Canadian players. All CNSC events have been held in Toronto....
in 2003. He also finished third in the WSC in both 1991 and 1999. In 2007, he lost a match to a computer. His competitive career began in 1986. He has played in over 1,800 tournament games, winning about 67%, and has earned over $40,000 in prize money.
Boys is married with a son and two daughters, lives in Dorval, Quebec, Canada and works as a programmer analyst.