ColumbusScrabble | Press Kit

High Game – Mark Landsberg, 770, Los Angeles, CA tournament, 1993 [OSPD].

High Combined Score – 1108, Mark Landsberg (CA) vs. Alan Stern (CA), 770-338, Los Angeles, CA tournament, 1993 [OSPD].

High Losing Score – Joel Sherman (NY) vs. David Peder (CA), 539-541, Campbell, CA, 2001 [OTCWL]

Largest Spread – 546, Richard Ross (FL), 702-156, Florida State Championship, Miami, FL, 1990.

High Single Turn – 311 (BRAZIERS), T.A. Sanders (TX), Tyler, TX, 1997.

High Opening Turn – 124 (BEZIQUE), Sam Kantimathi (CA), Oregon tournament, 1993.

High Non-Bingo – 243 (RORQUALS), Karen Merrill (OR), 1997.

High Single-Tile Play – 99, Tom Kelly (NY), Plainview, NY, 1999. Placed an S in the lower left corner to form QUIRKS and SMOTHERED.

Longest Consecutive Opening Sequence of Bingos by One Player – 5, Jeremiah Mead (MA), North American championship, 1989; 5, Robert Felt, Nationals, 1990.

High Tie Game – 502-502, John Chew (CAN) vs. Zev Kaufman (CAN), Toronto club, 1997.

Most Number of NSC Wins – 3, Joe Edley, 1980, 1992, and 2000.

Players Who Won Both NSC and WSC – Peter Morris (NSC 1989, WSC 1991); Brian Cappelletto (NSC 1998, WSC 2001); Joel Sherman (NSC 2002, WSC 1997)

NATIONAL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP (NSC) WINNERS

1978 – David Prinz (CA), May 19-21, New York, NY, invitational, 64 players [Funk & Wagnalls 1973-74]

1980 – Joe Edley (CA), November 14-16, Santa Monica, CA, invitational, 32 players [OSPD1]

1983 – Joel Wapnick (QUE), August 10-12, Chicago, IL, qualifiers, 32 players [OSPD1]

1985 – Ron Tiekert (NY), July 28-31, Boston, MA, open, 302 players [OSPD1]

1987 – Rita Norr (NY), July 5-7, Las Vegas, NV, open, 300+ players [OSPD1]

1988 – Robert Watson (MN), July 31-August 5, Reno NV, open, 323 players [OSPD1]

1989 – Peter Morris (MI), July 29-August 3, New York, NY, open, 221 players [OSPD1]

1990 – Robert Felt (CA), August 5-9, Washington, DC, open, 300+ players [OSPD1]

1992 – Joe Edley (NY), August 9-13, Atlanta, GA, open, 320 players [OSPD2]

1994 – David Gibson (SC), August 14-18, Los Angeles, CA, open, 294 players [OSPD2]

1996 – Adam Logan (NJ), July 20-25, Dallas, TX, open, 400 players [OSPD2+]

1998 – Brian Cappelletto (IL), August 8-13, Chicago, IL, open, 535 players [TWL98]

2000 – Joe Edley (NY), August 6-10, Providence, RI, open, 628 players [TWL98]

2002 – Joel Sherman (NY), August 18-22, San Diego, CA, open, 696 players [TWL98] 2004 – ??, July 31-August 5, New Orleans, LA, open, [TWL98]

WORD SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP (WSC) WINNERS

1991 – Peter Morris (US), September 27-30, London, England, invitational, 48 players

1993 – Mark Nyman (UK), August 27-30, New York, NY, invitational, 64 players

1995 – David Boys (UK), November 2-5, London, England, invitational, 64 players

1997 – Joel Sherman (US), November 20-24, Washington, DC, invitational, 80 players

1999 – Joel Wapnick (CAN), November 3-7, Melbourne, Australia, invitational, 98 players

2001 – Brian Cappelletto (US), December 14-17, Las Vegas, NV, invitational, 88 players

2003 – Panupol Sujjayakorn (THAI), October 21-24, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, invitational, 90 players

Revised: 01/30/07