CoCo Blog
Check back every Monday for a new post featuring event coverage, tips on how to improve your Scrabble play, and the latest news from the CoCo’s club and tournament directors.
Announcing 6 live, in-person Scrabble tournaments!
Starting right now, we have six live, in-person Scrabble tournaments on the books, open for registration. Without further ado, here are the events we have on the calendar.
Why Collins?
If you live in North America and you choose to play the Collins Scrabble Words (CSW) lexicon, you've surely at some point been asked the question: Why?
Recapping the Premium Swerve virtual Clabbers event
We had a small but enthusiastic group turn out for the Premium Swerve, our first Clabbers event - 10 players took part in 7 games each, and much fun was had by all. And ultimately, it was your two co-directors who took the top spots.
Preparing to reopen live tournament play after COVID-19
With vaccination rates increasing and new cases declining in North America, we are now preparing for the day when we can gather again in person for fun and games. We hope you'll bear with us as we transition our focus from virtual play to live, in-person tournaments.
Recapping the Summer Preview virtual tournament
It was our pleasure this past weekend to kick off the summer season of the Collins Coalition's online tournaments with the Summer Preview. A diverse field of 32 players from all over the globe competed in the 8-game event, which featured no shortage of drama in the race for the top spots.
The journey of a Scrabble player
Even the most experienced players among us remember being brand new at one time - trying to keep the two-letter words straight, or sitting down at our first club session and being a little nervous, or entering a tournament room and hearing the sound of thirty or forty tile bags being shaken at once.
An update on the CoCo's finances
I'm pleased to report that our cash reserves have increased over the past six months. We're also seeing consistency in our donations, and thank you to those who have donated.
Announcing the SUMMER PREVIEW and PREMIUM SWERVE virtual tournaments
Now that the epic BlitzChamps tourney is in our rear-view mirror, we are ready to switch it up a bit before launching another multi-day event. So how about a couple of fun 1-day tournaments?
An update on the state of the CoCo
Today is a great time to give a rundown of where everything stands with our organization. Here's our outlook on virtual Scrabble, live Scrabble, and all the legwork we've been doing behind the scenes.
Will Anderson is your World Blitz Scrabble Champion
BlitzChamps culminated this past week in a thrilling best-of-19 series between Will Anderson of the United States and David Eldar of Australia. In the end, it was Will who won the match and captured the title, topping David by a count of 10 games to 6.
David Eldar will face Will Anderson for the BlitzChamps title
On Wednesday night in North America (Thursday morning in eastern Australia), David Eldar and Will Anderson will do battle in a best-of-19 series for the title of World Blitz Scrabble Champion.
Adam Logan annotates a game from the World Blitz Scrabble Championship
Former world champion Adam Logan has annotated a game from the World Blitz Scrabble Championship. This is a matchup between top Australian experts Chris May and Edward Okulicz, from Week 9 of the tournament.
De Silva, Eldar, Okulicz, Anderson: Your BlitzChamps final four
We began the World Blitz Scrabble Championship in January with 80 players, one of the largest fields ever seen on the virtual Scrabble scene; now, 95% of that field is gone. Of our original 80 entrants, 76 have been left in the dust, and just four remain.
Previewing the World Blitz Scrabble Championship quarterfinals
This week, we've got four quarterfinal matchups on the docket. Let's take an in-depth look at each one - who's playing, how they got here, and what to expect in the week to come.
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