Herve Bohbot is a French

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player who competes in both French and English language Scrabble competitions. He is also an administrator on the online Scrabble site

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, the president of the French matchplay Scrabble committee and an official on the

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Biography

In French, Bohbot is ranked in ''première série'' - the top 1% of French Scrabble players. Bohbot finished second in the 2004 French matchplay championship, first in 2005, 2006 and 2011. In English, he has represented France on six occasions at the

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from 2003 to 2013. The highlight of these championships was almost certainly his victory against former

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Joel Wapnick Joel Wapnick (born 1946) is a Scrabble player from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, best known for winning the 1999 World Scrabble Championship (WSC). Wapnick reached the WSC finals in 1993 and 2001. Wapnick also won the US National Scrabble Championsh ...

in 2005.

Notable Achievements

French matchplay championship

* winner (2005) * second place (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011)

World Scrabble Championship

* 2003 87th/89 (8 wins, 16 losses) * 2005 93rd/102 (9 wins, 15 losses) * 2007 94th/104 (9 wins, 15 losses) * 2009 85th/108 (10 wins, 14 losses) * 2011 100th/106 (11 wins, 23 losses) * 2013 99th/110 (14 wins, 17 losses)

External links

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French-speaking World scrabble Championship, Montpellier 2010

References