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		<title>Pre-Christmas Scrabble [2011-12-22]</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a rare chance to visit the club and decided to drop in. Turn-out was great and it was wonderful to see so many familiar faces. Game #1 vs. Mark Edelson Was not expecting much in this game as Mark is an excellent player. Mark played three bingos early (in four turns) to build [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doubleblanks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=561905&amp;post=306&amp;subd=doubleblanks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A start to the 2011-2012 season [2011-08-08]</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t traveling this week, so I made it to the club for a few games (Thursday September 8th). Apparently it was the start of the new season so all of the season&#8217;s stats were reset. For the 2010-2011 season, Craig and Sophia took the championships for Divisions A and B respectively. Congratulations to both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doubleblanks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=561905&amp;post=302&amp;subd=doubleblanks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RECAP: 2011 National Scrabble Championship (Dallas, TX)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, that was an interesting week of Scrabble at the National Scrabble Championship (NSC). I&#8217;m still processing the week, but I do know that I had fun (even though it was frustrating at times). The week started off auspiciously when Michael Bassett had an unfortunate accident (read about it here and here). The accident sort [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doubleblanks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=561905&amp;post=297&amp;subd=doubleblanks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Final practice before the Nationals [2011-07-28]</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had a chance to visit the club last night. It was great to see familiar faces and several visitors too. Unfortunately, I didn&#8217;t have a chance to speak to/congratulate Craig &#8220;Mr. 714&#8243; Rowland who had a killer game the previous week. I had a so-so night in terms of wins and losses, but that wasn&#8217;t my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doubleblanks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=561905&amp;post=289&amp;subd=doubleblanks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Ahead: 2011 US National Scrabble Championships in Dallas, TX</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re just under two weeks away from the 2011 US National Scrabble Championships in Dallas, TX. So far, it seems like attendance is around 336 participants and is down from previous years as has been the trend (see this post about attendance at the National Scrabble Championship over the years). This year, there are only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doubleblanks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=561905&amp;post=288&amp;subd=doubleblanks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greetings from Sacramento!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Sacramento! I&#8217;m going to be here for the next few weeks and so I thought I&#8217;d try and get some games in at the local club. The Sacramento Scrabble Club meets on Sunday afternoons at the Hart Senior Centre. I arrived a bit early and expected a larger crowd, but there were only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doubleblanks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=561905&amp;post=285&amp;subd=doubleblanks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NSC 2011 (Dallas) registration &amp; news (Doh!)</title>
		<link>http://doubleblanks.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/nsc-2011-dallas-registration-news-doh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like registration for the 2011 National Scrabble Championship in Dallas is now open. The tournament will be held from August 6-10, 2011. Some notable changes from past tournaments: Division Re-Alignment: One fewer division than in the past with division breaks at 1700, 1400, and 1100 Entry Fees: A new $50 entry fee for youth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doubleblanks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=561905&amp;post=284&amp;subd=doubleblanks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tough tiles but good times [2011-03-31]</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was able to make it out to the club this week and had a tough night. On the other hand, it was good to see Paul out at the club after a bit of a hiatus. Hopefully he&#8217;ll make the trek from the Beaches more often. Game #1 vs. Shauna Petrie This game got very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doubleblanks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=561905&amp;post=283&amp;subd=doubleblanks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mission accomplished &#8211; Cambridge [2011-03-26]</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the recaps from this weekend&#8217;s Cambridge tournament. The official results can be found here. Game #1 vs. Sharmaine Farini Game started slowly and Sharmaine commented that I was &#8220;getting all the tiles&#8221;. After that, she switched to a very defensive style and closed off bingo lanes. She wasn&#8217;t helping herself by only playing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doubleblanks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=561905&amp;post=282&amp;subd=doubleblanks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The win streak had to end eventually&#8230; [2011-03-24]</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back to the club after a week off due to work. It was good to be playing Scrabble again. Unfortunately, I&#8217;ll be off to the US for a project so I won&#8217;t be playing much in the near future. Game #1 vs. Brenda Solomon Even though I opened with HIJAB (42) and FRUITED (44), this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=doubleblanks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=561905&amp;post=280&amp;subd=doubleblanks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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