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#player1 Chris_Cheng Chris Cheng
#player2 Jonathan_Lindh Jonathan Lindh
>Chris_Cheng: ARUW 8G WAUR +14 14
#note 2024 Word Cup. Round 18.
>Jonathan_Lindh: AAGISST J6 GA. +8 8
#note Hard turn. Engine likes G7 SWAG for 10, but if Chris has an S, the board will become terrible and he will score a lot. Nothing is really good. GAR is pretty close.
>Chris_Cheng: AEEW 5J AWEE +19 33
>Jonathan_Lindh: AHIISST L3 HI.S +14 22
#note HIES is 2nd best only to 4L AHIS for 25 which I think I considered, but that seemed rather risky. I'm okay with HIES.
>Chris_Cheng: EGOU 6G GOU.E. +13 46
>Jonathan_Lindh: AIILSTY G8 .ILY +11 33
#note I like 3I LITHIA for 20 here. Forks the board. WILY is still ok though.
>Chris_Cheng: BIN M2 BIN. +24 70
>Jonathan_Lindh: AILOOST N1 OOT +20 53
>Chris_Cheng: AEINOPR 10E PE.ORIAN +64 134
>Jonathan_Lindh: AAIILSZ E10 .LAZA +32 85
#note Aggressively opening now.
>Chris_Cheng: EFLR 14B FER.L +20 154
>Jonathan_Lindh: AACIIPS 5D PICA +19 104
#note The engine likes 13A PIA for 19 here, although PICA is pretty high up there. Against Chris, I need to keep the board open as much as possible and PICA does that.
>Chris_Cheng: VV K9 V.V +18 172
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADIOOST 4A DATO +22 126
#note Didn't see O1 DOSAI for 42, that scores enough to blow the rack up. The engine still rates DATO in the top 10 though.
>Chris_Cheng: BEER A1 BRE.E +24 196
>Jonathan_Lindh: DDILOST 15E SOLID +37 163
#note The engine really likes O1 DOST for 39. SOLID is about #2 or #3.
>Chris_Cheng: CEU 3C ECU +21 217
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADDENTY O1 YA +35 198
#note 13C YEZ for 42 is better to partially block the lower left scoring spot.
>Chris_Cheng: EFM 15A FEM +33 250
>Jonathan_Lindh: DDENNTX 9F D.D +12 210
#note DID was a sneaky fish for A12 XENIA for 40. I didn't want to burn my X for row 14 plays because they probably wouldn't block Chris's bingos if he has them and the bingos would just score more. I decided to concede a bingo to him here and hope to bingo back.
>Chris_Cheng: ?HINOST 14H HOSTINg +80 330
#note Probably the best bingo.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EINNSTX 12A XENI. +40 250
#note My XENIA fish worked. I'm still in range but need a good draw or two to pull this one out. Quackle actually likes XENIAS or XENIA turning an extra tile over for the blank.
>Chris_Cheng: Q L13 Q. +11 341
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?GJNSTU 4G JUG +23 273
#note JUT here is actually a smidge better but JUG is good too. I'm going to need the right draw and a little luck to win.
>Chris_Cheng: EKMNRRT H2 EM. +5 346
#note The O was in the bag. Chris need to block the B but also score a little bit. A1 BERK for 15 and H1 MENU for 18 are his winning plays.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ?EINSTT N8 SETTIN.s +58 331
#note All of the best bingos score 58.
>Jonathan_Lindh: (KNORRT) +20 351
#note Final score recorded as 349-346 because we didn't realize the O was still in the bag. Very happy to pull this one out.
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