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.
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.
Unveiling the playoff bracket for the World Blitz Scrabble Championship
Nine weeks ago, we began this tournament with 80 players; we have now officially narrowed the field down to our final 16. From here, every single match will be do-or-die, and the world's best speedy Scrabble players will vie for the title of World Blitz Champion.
BlitzChamps Week 8: One final look at the playoff race
We began the World Blitz Scrabble Championship with 80 players, all wide-eyed and hopeful and looking to assert their speed-Scrabbling dominance. Now, as we near the end of pool play, there are just 24 players left with a shot at winning the tournament.
BlitzChamps Week 7: The playoff race heats up with 2 rounds to go
The penultimate week of BlitzChamps will feature two absolutely crucial matches in each group - all the No. 1 seeds will face the No. 3's, while each No. 2 battles the No. 4. We'll know a whole lot more about the playoff picture once the dust settles.
BlitzChamps Week 6: Time for a championship bracket explainer
Who will make the playoffs? Who will they face? What will the competition look like? The closer we get to bracket time, the more these questions start popping up. So today, I thought I'd give a few answers.
BlitzChamps Week 5: Who could make a Cinderella run?
We're now through five rounds of pool play, with four still to go. At this point, there are a number of players who began this tournament outside the top 3 seeds in their groups but are now in contention.
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