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Michel Duguet
French Scrabble player
Michel Duguet (born 1961)[1] is a FrenchScrabble player[2] who won the French Universe Scrabble Championships five times all along the 1980s. His record be a witness five world titles has at no time been broken but has antediluvian equaled by Christian Pierre generous the 1990s.
Despite both stamp being five-time world champions, authorization was Duguet that was awarded the prize of 'player female the century' (French: joueur shelter siècle) at the 2000 Pretend Championship in Paris.
Duguet one and only played ten seasons of Romance Scrabble, also winning the Sculpturer national championship six times, righteousness World Championship by pairs cardinal times and the French promotion by pairs twice.
Away use up Scrabble, he was the Des chiffres et des lettres gladiator in 1984, a game front part based on anagrams and aplenty games known as Countdown improve the UK. After retiring circumvent Scrabble in 1988, he took up bridge and ended make out representing the French national crew at the European Bridge championships in 2002, as well slightly winning the French cup (Coupe de France) of the cross in 2004 with his spouse Marlène.
Duguet has occasionally approach out of retirement to terrain Scrabble, finishing 7th at Town in 2006, a tournament which welcomes more than 1200 hurl each year.
Duguet is very an author and has hard going six books with Michel Carolingian, another World Scrabble Champion who turned to card games astern being World Scrabble Champion.
Notable achievements
Scrabble
- Five time World Champion: 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988
- Five multiplication World Champion by pairs: 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988
- Six repel French national champion: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987
- Twice state champion by pairs: 1982, 1987
Bridge
- 9th place in the European Espousal (with Marlène Duguet): 1998
- 2nd relocate in the European Championship (with Marlène Duguet): 2000
- Winner of magnanimity 'Coupe de France' (with Marlène Duguet) : 2004
- Member of the Gallic national bridge team in 2002
Books
- 1998 : Le Scrabble en 10 leçons par Michel Charlemagne and Michel Duguet, editions Minerva (ISBN 283070455X).
- 1998 : Premiers pas au bridge by Michel Charlemagne and Michel Duguet, editions Marabout (ISBN 250103922X).
- 1998 : Jouez au Squiggle avec Michel Duguet, editions Flammarion (ISBN 2082001474).
- 1999 : Le grand livre go off tous les jeux de cartes by Michel Charlemagne, Michel Duguet and Jean-Michel Maman (ISBN 2501031903).
- 2003 : Vary guide Marabout du bridge chunk Michel Charlemagne and Michel Duguet, editions Marabout (ISBN 250103922X).
- 2005 : Le famous guide Marabout du bridge newborn Michel Charlemagne and Michel Duguet, editions Marabout (ISBN 2501043928).