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Chris Wills
Chris Wills is often considered the greatest all-round player in Countdown history.
He began his rise to fame in Series 47, debuting on the 15th January 2002. He won his first seven games with centuries (including a 120-107 thriller against Terry Rattle) but won his last game with 92, missing out on the opportunity to be the first all-centuries octochamp. Having totted up a record 875 points, he returned for the series finals as #1 seed, beating first Brenda Jolley and then Rupert Stokoe with scores of 110 and 118. In the final he faced the excellent Tom Hargreaves, and
- beat him comfortably on The Countdown Page to take the series.
He returned for Championship of Champions XI at the beginning of 2003, and was drawn against the masterful David Williams, holder of the 9-round octochamp record. The game was a classic, with Wills emerging the victory with 113 to Williams' 111. In the quarter finals, he faced the popular Loz Sands, and won comfortably but without a century. A semifinal score of 120 against John Rawnsley saw him comfortable into the final, where he was strong favourite to beat Graham Nash. The match was not as explosive as hoped, and the crucial conundrum was revealed with the scores at 79-73 in Nash's favour. Neither player could solve OVERSPADE, so Nash took the CoC trophy and Wills was beaten at last.
Many fans had expected Wills to face Julian Fell in the final, but Fell had been knocked out early on by Nash. To appease fans, a special "Template:Corral" episode was filmed in mid-2003 and broadcast on the 12th September. Wills was beaten again; this time, Fell was forced to come from behind, but solved the tricky conundrum VICTORIUS in just a few seconds to take the game.
Since then, Wills has been a regular at unofficial Countdown competitions, winning CoBris in 2006 and 2007, and all three COLIN events. He is consistently Template:Corral as one of the top players, and is one of the few players ever to be rated over 1000.
Wills has also appeared on The Weakest Link and Mastermind.
