Abdulqudus Aliu has won the 4th edition of the Black Knight Scrabble tournament after he recorded 6 wins with a cumulative points of +767 after 7 rounds in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The national youth player displaced other established players in the ranks to climb to the top of the table.
Coming close behind him in second place was Mahamood Usman who also earned a total of 6 wins but with a lower cumulative points of +424 while 2022 Dynamite Opens champion Hakeem Ogundokun plucked 5 wins with +671 ahead of Omotayo Saidu (5 win +629), Jimoh Tosin (5 wins +279) and Shaba Stephen (5 wins +95) who finished 4th, 5th and 6th respectively.
It was indeed a re-assuring conquest for Aliu as he remains one of the country’s strongest prospects in the mindgame.
The 15-year old was Team Nigeria captain at the World Youth Scrabble Championship held in Sri Lanka in September.
26 players across the state featured in the annual tournament, an initiative of Kabiru Olaiya who has been a staunch supporter of scrabble development in the state.
4TH BLACK KNIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Results: Round 7
1 Aliu Abdulqudus 6 +767
2 Mahamood Usman 6 +424
3 Akeem Ogundokun 5 +671
4 Omotayo Saidu 5 +629
5 Jimoh Tosin 5 +279
6 Shaba Stephen 5 +95
7 Sufyan Boluwatife 4 +350
8 Bayo Abdulsalam 4 +313
9 Hassan Olojoku 4 +53
10 Hassan Olamide 4 +30
11 Oladipupo Sanusi 4 -11
12 Olosun Khalid 4 -112
13 Balqis Ajao 4 -196
14 Lawal Babatunde 4 -208
15 Rasheed Ayedun 3 -35
16 Kunle Aleshinloye 3 -58
17 Yemi Alabi 3 -95
18 Aliyu Olumayowa 3 -113
19 Garba Abubakar 3 -158
20 Ifejuwon Tekobo 3 -441
21 Kehinde Alli 2 +115
22 Idowu Oloniyo 2 -336
23 Hadiyah Olojoku 2 -337
24 Abdulakeem Ali 2 -671
25 Abdulameed Ali 1 -255
26 Gbolahan Balogun 0 -700
