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Six Consecutive Triple Word Score Plays

During the 2005 Nationals Tournament in Reno, NV, Tucson's Ed Saunders made an unusual sequence of plays. In his game against Julia Bogle, he played six consecutive turns (Turns 6-11) in which he used Triple Word Score squares.

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Annotated Game
# Ed Saunders Location Score Julia Bogle Location Score
1 CREME 8D 24 JOE F6 26
2 CONEY D8 20 ZIN 10B 32
3 ZINEB 10B 22 JELLY 6F 23
4 QUEY 12A 26 ADAPTOr 11F 72
5 OFF 5J 23 WORK 10K 27
6 QUAI (TWS) A12 39 LINK N7 8
7 WAIN (TWS) 8L 33 ARRiVING 14A 76
8 SHAIRD (TWS) O10 45 EX 12G 39
9 OPT (TWS) 15H 24 grogins* (challenged) -- --
10 DENTAL (TWS) H1 24 GOING 4J 36
11 CABS (TWS) O1 36 HUE G2 17
12 AI N14 11 VARIA 2K 16
13 OSTIA 12K 20 LUTZ B7 13
14 TEED M12 18      
  +EMST -- 12      
      377     383

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