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Q: The close-knit world of competitive Scrabble has been shaken by the revelation that one of the UK’s most high-profile players may have been sneaking a peek into the tile bag. 
  
 Former British champion Allan Simmons, 60, has been competing in Scrabble tournaments for more than 30 years and has written several books on the word game. 
  
 However, he has now been suspended from competition play after admitting that he “may have” broken rules designed to prevent cheating, The Times reports. 
  
 The rules of competitive play state that competitors must hold the tile bag no lower than shoulder height when they are selecting new tiles, to prevent any peeking - deliberate or inadvertent - at the letters inside. 
  
 A complaint was filed by one of Simmons’ opponents after a competition in June. An investigation by the Association of British Scrabble Players - which was co-founded by Simmons in 1987 - agreed that Simmons had performed “actions that led to a suspicion of cheating”. 
  
 In response, Simmons acknowledged that the tile bag “may not have always been strictly at shoulder height” during his tournament games. 
  
 Simmons also admitted that he might have violated another rule which dictates that players display their empty palm to their opponent before selecting a new tile, to prove that they are not employing any sleight-of-hand to slip unwanted letters back into the bag. 
  
 “While I believe I always showed an open hand before drawing fresh letters, if drawing one or two at a time I may not have always had an open hand for each dip in the bag,” he said. 
  
 The initial one-year ban was extended to three years after the director of the Scottish Masters competition also raised concerns about Simmons’ play in last year’s tournament. 
  
 However, the player insisted that any infraction of the rules was unintentional rather than an attempt to cheat. 
  
 Nonetheless, “the scandal was the talk of the association’s championships which ended in Nairobi yesterday,” says The Times. 
  
 Simmons told the newspaper that had decided to “rise above” the accusations rather than contest his suspension, which he said would be a “distraction” for the association. 
  
 “I had actually been winding down the number of tournaments I play anyway with a view to retiring,” he said. ||||| IT is a game where you have to watch your Ps and Qs, and a lot of other letters besides. 
  
 But now the genteel world of competitive Scrabble has been rocked after its Scottish champion was banned for allegedly cheating. 
  
 Allan Simmons, 60, The 2008 UK National Scrabble Champion, now has a large X next to his name after being told he can no longer play the boardgame competitively because he broke one of its fundamental rules. 
  
 When players draw new letters, it should be done in as open a fashion as possible with the bag held at shoulder height and the palms open to ensure there's no skulduggery going on. 
  
 The rule-book states: 'You must hold the tile bag as near as possible to shoulder level, and so that no tiles in the bag can be seen. Remove tiles in full view of your opponent.' 
  
 But Mr Simmons as found guilty by the Association of British Scrabble Players of 'actions that led to a suspicion of cheating' by keeping his bag lower than it should be and not showing his full hand. 
  
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 Fellow competitor Lewis Mackay, 32, complained about Mr Simmons' breaching the rules following their match at the British Masters in Yarnfield, Gloucestershire, in June. 
  
 Mr Mackay said in his complaint that he was also concerned with Mr Simmons' techniques in last year's World Championship in Lille. 
  
 This led to Mr Simmons being banned for a year, only for the organisers of the Scottish Masters to contact the association with their own concerns, saying they had not raised the alarm before because of Mr Simmons standing in the game. 
  
 The 60-year-old is a highly-regarded scrabble author, co-writing every edition of Official Scrabble Words by Chambers, and Scrabble Trainer - published by HarperCollins which now produces the game's official wordlist. 
  
 Mr Simmons is a founding member of the ABSP and its president from 1988 to 1999, and chairman 2002-2006. 
  
 He has played Scrabble since he joined the London Scrabble League in the mid 70's. 
  
 He was Chairman of the Postal Scrabble Club in the 80's, organised Scrabble weekends from 1985-91 and has been running annual courses since 1985. 
  
 As a player, he won the British Matchplay four times (1987, 88, 91 and 2008) and the ABSP Masters twice (1994 and 2007). He has also played at five World Championships to-date. 
  
 He was also formerly a Scrabble newspaper correspondent, but lost this job after writing that his ban was akin to a footballer "getting a red card for a few seasons". 
  
 READ MORE: Scot hopes to clean up in major tournament 
  
 Mr Simmons has said he will not appeal against the decision, as he did not want to "distract" the association. He now plans to retire from competitive play. 
  
 However, he denied cheating, saying records of his games show he has suffered the same 'untimely bad luck from the bag as anyone else', The Times reports. 
  
 The former champion, who began playing competitively in the 1970s, said: "While I believe I always showed an open hand before drawing fresh letters, if drawing one or two at a time I may not have always had an open hand for each dip in the bag. 
  
 "Likewise, holding the bag may not have always been strictly at shoulder height. You have to remember that at the top level, games can be quite intense and there's a lot going through one's mind let alone remembering to religiously ensure tile drawing rules are followed meticulously. 
  
 "From the outset I have said that no one is beyond suspicion and complied fully with the investigative process." ||||| Allan Simmons, right, admits that he may not always have held the tile bag at shoulder height as players are supposed to YUI MOK/PA; SUSANNAH IRELAND FOR THE TIMES 
  
 In the competitive world of vowels, consonants and blanks there are few bigger names than Allan Simmons. 
  
 A prolific author of Scrabble books, previous UK champion and former chairman of the World English-language Scrabble Players Association, he was at the top of the game. But now Britain’s best-known player, 60, has been banned from competitions for breaking the game’s rules. 
  
 The scandal was the talk of the association’s championships which ended in Nairobi yesterday. 
  
 At the heart of the controversy are the rules on selecting tiles from cloth bags used in timed matches. Before picking them, players must show opponents their palm with the fingers splayed to prove they are not secretly dropping unwanted letters into the bag. 
  
 They are also required to hold the… |||||
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A scandal that some are calling "Tile-Gate" is rocking the Scrabble world, with one of its best players now barred from competitions. Per the London Times, Allan Simmons is now prohibited from facing off against other wordsmiths due to two specific Scrabble rules—both involving the selection of letter tiles—that he's accused of breaking. The first requires that players show their outstretched hands to their opponents before reaching into the tile bag so that others are sure they're not palming secret tiles; the second mandates players must hold the tile bag at shoulder height while making their selection so they can't purposely, or even accidentally, see any of the tiles. Although Simmons, 60, says he's never intentionally cheated, he does concede that the distraction of the game may have led to his inadvertently flouting those rules from time to time. "At the top level, games can be quite intense and there's a lot going through one's mind, let alone remembering to religiously ensure tile drawing rules are followed meticulously," he notes. Simmons has long history with the game, notes Scotland's Sunday Herald, reaching back to the mid-'70s and including appearances at five world championships. An initial complaint against Simmons was brought in June by player Lewis Mackay, which spurred a yearlong ban by the Association of British Scrabble Players—and then prompted further inquiry leading to an extended three-year ban. Simmons, who says he won't appeal, tells the Times he'd been thinking of packing it in anyway due to the "long drives" to competitions, the studying, and the stress. "I will rise above this issue and get on with more important things in life than playing Scrabble," he notes. (A young Scrabble cheat got busted.)