The Spanish Scrabble Champion who doesn't speak Spanish

The walking dictionary has gone through a reprint.
Thanks to https://scrabble-santandreu.com/ which was the main source for many of the standings, photos etc., as well as Daniel Tunnard on Facebook.
Check out these resources to find out more about Scrabble:
Scrabble Discord server -   / discord  
Playing online - https://woogles.io
Macondo (analysis engine used in the video) - https://domino14.github.io/macondo/
Overview over other resources -   / an_overview_on_scrabble_resources  
Will Anderson's channel -    / @wanderer15  
Podcast with David Eldar (mentioned in the beginning):    • From Novice to Expert with Scrabble W...  
And of course, the Loch Ness monster footage - the Nigel interview:    • World Festival of Scrabble  
If you'd like to contact me, I'm available at alexander(.)dings @ uni (-) saarland (.)de

Here are all of Nigel's broadcast games from the tournament. Thanks to Weibin Toh who helped compile these. Also, videos of the games are at    / @scrabblemesa1  
v Karina Dajch (ARG) https://woogles.io/anno/L7U3b3T3GsB3k...
v Arantxa Delgado (ESP) https://woogles.io/anno/gKUpCD3rtmcqu...
v Benjamin Olaizola (ARG) https://woogles.io/anno/PsYEtLHRK3FEa...
v Juan Carlos Ayala (ESP) https://woogles.io/anno/BZu9wWBtpsaYD...
v Richard Velázquez (CUB) https://woogles.io/anno/iH45DAe6p5uqe...
v Blai Figueras (ESP) https://woogles.io/anno/YxSxxLhTxRKHq...
v Diana Perozo (ARG) https://woogles.io/anno/83UXuQzajbMTv...
v Carlos Puente (ESP) https://woogles.io/anno/HcJtaqVggxmTj...
v Rocco Laguzzi (ARG) https://woogles.io/anno/KDiHuHhNrtMKR...
v Carlos García (ESP) https://woogles.io/anno/24FqVKGz2QUZw...
v Aglaia C. (COL) https://woogles.io/anno/kakUMJUQD2xUK...
v Airan Pérez https://woogles.io/anno/APKk8DhUE5ZoL...
v Daniel Ospina (COL) https://woogles.io/anno/aAp9qU7FaJjhj...
v Serge Emig (FRA) https://woogles.io/anno/DQAdg7P6CcFmy...

0:00 Who is Nigel?
3:17 Nigel tackles Spanish
6:11 Duplicate World Championship
12:42 The flavour of Scrabble in Spanish
18:34 Classical World Championship
24:48 It's like playing poker against a witch
33:03 Nigel's best game
40:29 The most important thing is to enjoy yourself
43:20 Will I be the next victim?