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'''2020 North American SCRABBLE Championship'''<br>
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The '''NASPA Tournament of Champions presented by Scrabble&reg; GO''' was held August 24 to 30, 2020, as a virtual online tournament. In this invitational event organized by NASPA, eight players competed in a bracket - Best of 5 quarterfinals followed by a Best of 7 semifinals and final over the course of the week.
August 1-5, 2020 - Baltimore (MD)
 
  
[[File:ScrabbleVisual.jpg|620px|link=2020_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship]]
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Congratulations to [[Austin Shin]], winner of the NASPA Tournament of Champions presented by Scrabble® GO.
 
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Registration is now open for the 2020 North American SCRABBLE Championship (NASC)!
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[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH44AjFtBIqRRLv-Yr6jRBg WATCH]
 
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[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/NASPA_Tournament_of_Champions READ MORE]
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/2020_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship READ MORE]
 
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/register.pl REGISTER]
 
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/reglist.pl?event=NSC2020 SEE WHO'S COMING]
 
[https://baltimore.org/ VISIT BALTIMORE]
 
  
  
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== News ==
 
== News ==
* March 10, 2020 NASPA released[[COVID-19 | Coronavirus (COVID-19) information for members and directors]].
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* July 1, 2021: NASPA will end the [[COVID-19 | COVID-19 moratorium]] and resume normal operations on September 1, 2021.
* January 30, 2020 Registration is now open for the 2020 North American SCRABBLE Championship (NASC)in Baltimore (MD) from Aug 1 to 5, 2020! [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/register.pl Register now!]
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* July 1, 2021: The NASPA [[Executive Committee]] announced a [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=10116&m=301502&t=650b9db00f5228ee57432048f1967e4ef1b454e708354ae751c2b95d07c97caf restructuring of the NASPA management team].
* July 24, 2019 Congratulations to the [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2019/nasc/build 2019 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] champion Alec Sjoholm!
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* June 17, 2021: As of June 21st, 2021, there is no cap on the number of [[Vaccinated Play |fully vaccinated players]] who can participate in sanctioned tournaments and club sessions.
* 2019-07-22 The NASPA [[Executive Committee]] announced a [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=10116&m=277480&t=650b9db00f5228ee57432048f1967e4ef1b454e708354ae751c2b95d07c97caf restructuring of the NASPA management team].  
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* March 18, 2021: Printed versions of the [[NWL2020 | NASPA Word List 2020]] and [[NSWL2020 | NASPA School Word List 2020]] are now available to order from the [https://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/shop.pl NASPA Store].
* 2019-07-14 NASPA [[Zyzzyva]] Release 3.2.1, which includes [[CSW2019]], is now available for the Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms.
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* March 4, 2021: The [[2021_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship|2021 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] is canceled because of ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.
* 2019-06-06 Results for the [[2019 Advisory Board Elections]] are available: congratulations to [[Josh Greenway]], [[Michael Willis | Mike Willis]], and [[Andy Hoang]].
 
  
 
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* [[Breaking news]] &mdash; every major and minor news item gets posted here first
 
* [[Breaking news]] &mdash; every major and minor news item gets posted here first
* [[IContact]] &mdash; subscribe to our weekly email message
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* [[IContact |NASPA News]] &mdash; subscribe to our weekly email message
* [[Monthly message]] &mdash; visit our archive of monthly messages from [[Chris Cree]]
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* [[Player Titles |Titles]] &mdash; players awarded the title of SCRABBLE Expert, SCRABBLE Master and SCRABBLE Grandmaster
 
* [[Records|Official records]] &mdash; highest-scoring play, game, or other superlative achievements
 
* [[Records|Official records]] &mdash; highest-scoring play, game, or other superlative achievements
 
* [[Awards]] &mdash; Person of the Year, most games played, most wins, Rose Award, ...
 
* [[Awards]] &mdash; Person of the Year, most games played, most wins, Rose Award, ...
* [[Club news]] &mdash; recent news from your local club
 
* [[Member news]] &mdash; recent news about our members in their regular lives
 
 
* [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/wotd.pl Word of the Day] &mdash; learn a new word each day and up your game
 
* [{{SERVER}}/cgi-bin/wotd.pl Word of the Day] &mdash; learn a new word each day and up your game
  

Revision as of 19:06, 1 July 2021

NASPA Tournament of Champions Logo.jpg

The NASPA Tournament of Champions presented by Scrabble® GO was held August 24 to 30, 2020, as a virtual online tournament. In this invitational event organized by NASPA, eight players competed in a bracket - Best of 5 quarterfinals followed by a Best of 7 semifinals and final over the course of the week.

Congratulations to Austin Shin, winner of the NASPA Tournament of Champions presented by Scrabble® GO.

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