article_snippet.sent: Above, Ms Nicholson preparing for a game in 2009 .
article_snippet.sent: Ms Nicholson, who was once ranked as the fourth-best Scrabble player in the world, was born male but identified as a woman.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Nicholson, who was crowned both UK and European Scrabble champion, became increasingly unhappy in the months before psychiatric nurse Clive Guyo death, The inquest heard.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Nicholson was described as 'fiercely intelligent'.
article_snippet.sent: Rebecca Mellor, a close friend, said: 'Mikki was fiercely intelligent.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Nicholson had a vivacious character and explored Ms Nicholson gender identity. '
article_snippet.sent: Ms Nicholson frequently felt at odds with the world because of Ms Nicholson high level of intelligence and gender identity.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Mikki Nicholson, 36, suffered daily verbal abuse on the streets of Carlisle .
  