The 2005 World Scrabble Championship selection criteria

The Malaysian Scrabble Association Committee has finalised the criteria to select two representatives that Malaysia is going to send to the 2005 World Scrabble Championship (WSC).

1. One representative will be the 2005 Malaysian National Champion, who will be determined as winner of the 2005 Malaysian Closed National Championship.


2. Another representative will be the highest rated player at the end of the Nationals. This player must have played at least 60 rated games during the qualifying period between Nov 1, 2004 and Sep 11, 2005 to qualify one’s rating for selection (subject to the following clauses):
   
   a) All walkovers and byes earned by any player will not be rated and will not count towards the minimum number of games needed to qualify ones rating for WSC selection. All other games will be rated as per norm.
   
   b) Any player who forfeits any game or gives a walkover will still have his/her game rated as per norm but will forfeit all games in that tournament towards the minimum number of games needed to qualify one’s rating for WSC selection.

In the event that the 2005 Malaysian National Champion is also the highest rated player at the end of the qualifying tournament, the remaining spot will go to the reserve(s).

The first reserve will be the second highest rated player at the end of the Nationals. The second reserve will be the runner-up in the Malaysian National Closed Championship.