For the fourth installment of this spring's virtual tournament series, we decided to do something a little different. Rather than start first thing in the morning out here in Seattle, we scheduled the CURE4 for 5:00 p.m. Pacific instead. The idea was to open the event up to Scrabblers all over the world. Our plan worked like a charm.

Not much has changed since the last time we shared a tournament game in this space - we're all still quarantined, and our tournaments are still virtual. So we thought we'd share another game from our Computer Users' Remote Event (CURE) series. This one is from CURE3 - it's a matchup between Jackson Smylie and Cedric Lewis.

Welcome to another installment of our Scrabbler Q&A series. Once every month or so, we'll sit down with a member of the community for a lengthy interview about their life in Scrabble. Now seemed like the perfect time to interview Ben Schoenbrun - a.k.a. Bnjy - about the work he's done to create virtual Scrabble tournaments while all of us are stuck at home.

This past weekend, we're proud to say we had players from seven different countries competing in a one-day tournament, including some from the opposite side of the world. Players joined us from the U.S., Canada, England, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

Here's an in-depth look at a matchup from our first CURE. The players are Josh Castellano, who would eventually win the tournament, and Sam Rosin, another one of the top experts in the field. Thanks to both players for agreeing to chat about their plays!

When we first announced the CoCo's founding three months ago, we had no idea that we'd be here today. And by "here," I mean cooped up in our respective homes, isolated from one another, with no way of meeting over the board. But what is life if not unpredictable?

We've decided to shift gears. This spring, instead of in-person Scrabble events, we're going to start holding virtual ones. We're ready to hit the ground running with the Computer Users' Remote Event (CURE). Because we may not have a cure for the coronavirus, but we can absolutely cure the boredom of being cooped up at home.

Today, we're introducing a new feature on the CoCo blog. Once every month or so, we'll sit down with a member of the community for a lengthy interview about their life in Scrabble - how they first discovered the game, what they've achieved in their careers, and so on. First up is John O'Laughlin.