The 15th Goa Open Scrabble Championships 2018 will be held at the Padre Conceicao College of Engineering, Verna, Goa on 20th – 22nd April.
Congratulations to Sherwin, winning the Goa title yet again with 3 games to spare! Udayan finished 2nd and Eeshan 3rd, well done all!
| 1 | Sherwin Rodrigues | 19(+3) | +2361(+3) | |
| 2 | Udayan Grover | 16 | +1128 | |
| 3 | Eeshan Malhotra | 16 | +1050 | |
| 4 | Nakul Prabhu | 16 | +1040 | |
| 5 | Sunny Bhatia | 15 | +857 | |
| 6 | Michael Tang | 15 | +719 | |
| 7 | Carolann Pais | 15 | +483 | |
| 8 | Vraj Jain | 15 | +252 | |
| 9 | Varisht Hingorani | 15 | +198 | |
| 10 | Mohan Chunkath | 14 | +738 | |
| 11 | Douglas Lobo | 14 | +597 | |
| 12 | Shaikh Ahmed | 14 | +234 | |
| 13 | Rajiv Antao | 14 | +123 | |
| 14 | Jacky Fernandes | 14 | +82 | |
| 15 | Hemanth Achaya | 14 | -231 | |
| 16 | Pramit Kamath | 13 | +950 | |
| 17 | Mangala Bhandarkar | 13 | +479 | |
| 18 | Mazher Qureshi | 13 | +404 | |
| 19 | Kala Ganesh | 13 | +86 | |
| 20 | Sridhar Paidikondala | 13 | +22 | |
| 21 | Yash Potnis | 13 | +19 | |
| 22 | Vignesh S | 13 | -48 | |
| 23 | V Ramachandran | 13 | -236 | |
| 24 | PC Jose | 13 | -303 | |
| 25 | Radhika Mahalingaiah | 12.5 | +114 | |
| 26 | Krtin Juneja | 12 | +374 | |
| 27 | Bhushan Pradhan | 12 | +305 | |
| 28 | Hyder Quraishi | 12 | +251 | |
| 29 | Abid Hussain | 12 | +139 | |
| 30 | Vidya Goggi | 12 | +7 | |
| 31 | Savio Rebello | 12 | -149 | |
| 32 | Sushanto Bhattachary | 12 | -235 | |
| 33 | Abdul Waheed | 12 | -318 | |
| 34 | Dipankar Chatterjee | 12 | -346 | |
| 35 | R Nalini | 11.5 | +869 | |
| 36 | Arvind Lath | 11.5 | -239 | |
| 37 | Selwyn Lobo | 11 | +171 | |
| 38 | Anthony Gomes | 11 | +27 | |
| 39 | Joe Rodrigues | 11 | -210 | |
| 40 | Saraswathi Ramm | 11 | -237 | |
| 41 | Sumeet Sachdev | 11 | -276 | |
| 42 | Meena Kalyan | 11 | -319 | |
| 43 | Gaurav Bhargava | 11 | -560 | |
| 44 | Suyash Manchali | 11 | -750 | |
| 45 | Shubha S | 10.5 | +99 | |
| 46 | Rajeev Menon | 10 | +104 | |
| 47 | Danish Shahna | 10 | -117 | |
| 48 | Suchindra Potnis | 10 | -201 | |
| 49 | Abhijit Shilotri | 10 | -676 | |
| 50 | Shankar Prasad | 10 | -850 | |
| 51 | Viji Ramachandran | 9 | -87 | |
| 52 | Aruna Grover | 9 | -285 | |
| 53 | Vedika Hingorani | 9 | -430 | |
| 54 | Sylvia Coelho | 8 | -319 | |
| 55 | Archana Aggarwal | 8 | -941 | |
| 56 | Parvathy Raghunathan | 7(+1) | -1414(+1) | |
| 57 | Vivaan Shah | 6(+1) | -2028(+1) | |
| 58 | Sunita Singh | 1(+1) | -2477(+1) |
Bye treatment explained in brackets
| High game: | Sherwin Rodrigues | 619 |
The tournament will be of 24 rounds over 3 days, Australian draw and last 7 rounds King of the Hill. CSW 2015 and WESPA rules will apply.
Entry fee: Rs.2200 for SAI members, Rs.2500 for non-members (India), USD 60 for International Players. Fee includes Lunch and mid-morning and afternoon tea and snacks on all 3 days.
Registrations: email to rajivantao@yahoo.com (60 seats only)
Confirmed Registrations (updated 18/4/18, and hopefully final list):
| Sr | Name | Location |
| 1 | Abdul Waheed | Bangalore |
| 2 | Abhijit Shilotri | Bangalore |
| 3 | Abid Hussain | Bangalore |
| 4 | Danish Shahna | Bangalore |
| 5 | Dipankar Chatterjee | Bangalore |
| 6 | Gaurav Bhargava | Bangalore |
| 7 | Hemanth Achaya | Bangalore |
| 8 | R Nalini | Bangalore |
| 9 | Radhika Mahalingaiah | Bangalore |
| 10 | Saraswathi Ramm | Bangalore |
| 11 | Shankar Prasad | Bangalore |
| 12 | Shubha S | Bangalore |
| 13 | Suchindra Potnis | Bangalore |
| 14 | Suyash Manchali | Bangalore |
| 15 | Vidya Goggi | Bangalore |
| 16 | Vignesh S | Bangalore |
| 17 | Yash Potnis | Bangalore |
| 18 | Archana Aggarwal | Delhi |
| 19 | Pramit Kamath | Delhi |
| 20 | Sunny Bhatia | Delhi |
| 21 | Sushanto Bhattachary | Delhi |
| 22 | Douglas Lobo | Goa |
| 23 | Jackie Fernandes | Goa |
| 24 | Joe Rodrigues | Goa |
| 25 | Rajiv Antao | Goa |
| 26 | Savio Rebello | Goa |
| 27 | Sylvia Coelho | Goa |
| 28 | Hyder Quraishi | Hyderabad |
| 29 | Rajeev Menon | Hyderabad |
| 30 | Shaikh Ahmed | Hyderabad |
| 31 | Sridhar Paidikondala | Hyderabad |
| 32 | Sunita Singh | Hyderabad |
| 33 | Joseph Tharun | Kerela |
| 34 | Arindam Basu | Kolkotta |
| 35 | Ayush Bhatia | Mumbai |
| 36 | Bhushan Pradhan | Mumbai |
| 37 | Carolann Pais | Mumbai |
| 38 | Deepali shah | Mumbai |
| 39 | Eeshan Malhotra | Mumbai |
| 40 | Kala Ganesh | Mumbai |
| 41 | Krtin Juneja | Mumbai |
| 42 | Mazher Qureshi | Mumbai |
| 43 | Nakul Prabhu | Mumbai |
| 44 | Parvathy Raghunathan | Mumbai |
| 45 | PC Jose | Mumbai |
| 46 | Ritu Chadha | Mumbai |
| 47 | Samrath Singh Bhatia | Mumbai |
| 48 | Sherwin Rodrigues | Mumbai |
| 49 | Srushti Gandhi | Mumbai |
| 50 | Sumeet Sachdev | Mumbai |
| 51 | V Ramachandran | Mumbai |
| 52 | Varisht Hingorani | Mumbai |
| 53 | Vedika Hingorani | Mumbai |
| 54 | Viji Ramachandran | Mumbai |
| 55 | Vivaan Jagat shah | Mumbai |
| 56 | Vraj Jain | Mumbai |
| 57 | Aruna Grover | Pune |
| 58 | Mangala Bhandarkar | Pune |
| 59 | Meena Kalyan | Pune |
| 60 | Udayan Grover | Pune |
| 61 | Michael Tang | Singapore |
| 62 | Selwyn Lobo | UAE |