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'''2020 North American SCRABBLE Championship Cancellation'''<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.
 
 
[[File:ScrabbleVisual.jpg|620px|link=2020_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship]]
 
 
 
With the coronavirus pandemic still affecting the daily lives of so many of us, '''we are canceling the 2020 North American SCRABBLE Championship (NASC).'''
 
 
 
Those of you who have registered have the option to be issued a refund or to roll your registration over to next year’s event, which we do plan to hold in Baltimore.
 
  
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Congratulations to [[Austin Shin]], winner of the NASPA Tournament of Champions presented by Scrabble® GO.
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[http://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/nasc-cancel.pl CANCEL]
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[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH44AjFtBIqRRLv-Yr6jRBg WATCH]
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/2020_North_American_SCRABBLE_Championship READ MORE]
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[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/NASPA_Tournament_of_Champions READ MORE]
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== News ==
 
== News ==
* April 30, 2020 Nominations for the [[2020 Advisory Board Elections]] are open from May 1 to May 31, 2020.
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* July 22, 2021: NASPA CEO [[John Chew]] announced a [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=10116&m=302035&t=650b9db00f5228ee57432048f1967e4ef1b454e708354ae751c2b95d07c97caf change] in NASPA's relationship with Hasbro as of August 1, 2021.
* March 18, 2020 [http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1384631&f=6038&s=14937&m=286005&t=42bfeecf990f5ae04e8a9ea793c9a29e79393ee2e6b4b72ecef1a231ef1a0fa9 NASPA has suspended all club and tournament activity because of the COVID-19 pandemic.]
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* July 1, 2021: NASPA will end the [[COVID-19 | COVID-19 moratorium]] and resume normal operations on September 1, 2021.
* March 10, 2020 NASPA released[[COVID-19 | Coronavirus (COVID-19) information for members and directors]].
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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].
* 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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* 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.
* 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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* 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].  
* 2019-07-22 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].  
 
* 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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* [[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 22:54, 23 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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