Michel Duguet

Michel Duguet is the player of Scrabble which received the title of “player of the century” to the championship of the world of Scrabble to Paris in 2000. It gained five times the championship of the world. He also played for the team of France to the Bridge

Biography

He discovers the Scrabble in family and argument its first tournament in 1979, under the cut of Michel Charlemagne. He adheres to the club Strasbourg, furrows initially the Alsace then whole France in 1981 during his military service. Very quickly, it is characterized by its results.

Michel Duguet is called “the extraterrestrial one” after his victory with the Championship of the World in 1983, having lost only 12 points over an office plurality of 4177 points. Between the years 1982 and 1988, it gains 5 times the Championship of the World, 5 times the Championship of the World in pairs and 6 times the Championship of France.

It is also distinguished with the television program From the figures and the letters where it gains all its matches with an astonishing relaxation, in jean and tennis shoes.

Not having more anything to prove and subjected to a growing pressure, it takes its scrabblesque retirement in 1988 to devote itself to the Bridge who interests it more and more.

There remains however implied in the medium of Scrabble, taking part in particular in the drafting of the monthly magazine Scrabblerama. It writes in addition Anacroisés for the review Paris Match, and presents during some time a heading devoted to Scrabble on the alatele.com site. It takes part even occasionally in some competitions of Scrabble, thus gaining the Simultaneous World one of Blitz in 1997.

In 2000, it receives the honorary title of “player of the century” at the time of the Championships of the World of Scrabble Francophone in Paris. During this same year, Duguet and its Marlène wife finish 2nd Championship of Europe of Bridge in pairs.

In 2006, it finishes 7th with the Festival of Vichy, a tournament which accommodates more than 1200 players each year.

It thus lets plane its presence on the world of the scrabble like Bobby Fischer on that of the failures, making contradict at the desired time those which believed its proven retirement, and whose rumor says that it would be still the best.

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