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=== August 5, 2009: Dave Wiegand wins National SCRABBLE Championship ===
[[Dave Wiegand]] from Portland, OR wins the [[2009 National SCRABBLE Championship]] in Dayton, OH and receives the $10,000 prize. The runner-up is the last year’s champion and the reigning [[WSC|wourld world champion]] [[Nigel Richards]] from Malaysia. Dave defeated Nigel in the last two rounds today to win the tournament by a narrow margin; both players won 25 games but Dave accumulated a higher point spread (+1728 vs. +1593). This is the second championship for Dave; he also won the title in 2005.
Joel Wapnick, from Montreal, QC placed third in the first division with 22 wins. Divisions two through five were won by Thomas Reinke from Middleton, WI, Dave Leonard from Buffalo, NY, Max Karten from Barrington, RI and Doug Szymkowiak from North Ridgeville, OH.