Ganesh Asirvatham is an English language teacher from Klang

Klang

Klang , formerly known as Kelang, is the royal city and former capital of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is located within the Klang District in Klang Valley. It is located about 32 km to the west of Kuala Lumpur and 6 km east of Port Klang...

, Selangor

Selangor

Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...

. He is a Scrabble

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 who represents Malaysia in international competition. He was the World Scrabble Championship 2007

World Scrabble Championship 2007

The World Scrabble Championship 2007 was held in the , Mumbai, India between 9 November and 12 November. The winner was Nigel Richards of New Zealand.The tournament began with a 24-round Swiss tournament, whose top two players contested a best-of-five final....

 runner-up. Ganesh is also the current Guinness World Record holder for the most Scrabble opponents played simultaneously by one challenger. The record took place on 7 November 2007 at the Infiniti Mall in Andheri, Mumbai, India. Ganesh beat 21 out of 25 opponents during his record attempt.

Ganesh was also the unofficial World Number 1 in 2009 and is still considered as one of the world's best players.