Adam Logan
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Adam Logan is a research mathematician and a top Canadian Scrabble
player. He won the World Scrabble Championship
in 2005, beating Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
of Thailand
3-0 in the final. He is the only player to have won the Canadian Scrabble Championship
three times (1996, 2005, and 2008). He was also the winner of the 1996 National Scrabble Championship and North America's top rated player in 1997.
Since his competitive career began in 1985, Logan has played at least
1,042 tournament games, winning about 66%, and earning at least $62,000
in prize money.
He was a Putnam Fellow in 1992 and 1993.
Logan completed his first degree, in mathematics, at Princeton University
in 1995 and received a PhD from Harvard University
in 1999. He completed his Post-doctoral work at McGill University between 2002 through 2003. From 2008 to 2009 he was employed as a Quantitative Analyst at D. E. Shaw & Co. in New York City
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Scrabble
Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works provide a list...
player. He won the World Scrabble Championship
World Scrabble Championship
The World Scrabble Championship is the most prestigious title in competitive English-language Scrabble. It has been held every second year since 1991. The current World Scrabble Champion is Nigel Richards...
in 2005, beating Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
Pakorn Nemitrmansuk is one of Thailand's top Scrabble players and the 2009 World Scrabble Champion. An architect and resident of Bangkok, Thailand, Nemitrmansuk has competed at World Scrabble Championship six times between 1999–2011 and was the runner-up in 2003 and 2005.At World Scrabble...
of Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
3-0 in the final. He is the only player to have won the Canadian Scrabble Championship
Canadian Scrabble Championship
The Canadian National Scrabble Championship is the Canadian national Scrabble competition in the English language, open by invitation and special qualification only to the top rank of Canadian players. All CNSC events have been held in Toronto....
three times (1996, 2005, and 2008). He was also the winner of the 1996 National Scrabble Championship and North America's top rated player in 1997.
Since his competitive career began in 1985, Logan has played at least
1,042 tournament games, winning about 66%, and earning at least $62,000
in prize money.
He was a Putnam Fellow in 1992 and 1993.
Logan completed his first degree, in mathematics, at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1995 and received a PhD from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1999. He completed his Post-doctoral work at McGill University between 2002 through 2003. From 2008 to 2009 he was employed as a Quantitative Analyst at D. E. Shaw & Co. in New York City
New York City
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