The impossible has happened.
The World Scrabble Championship 2011 will be held in Poland.
In a country with 3 "serious" English language players whose ratings average around 1600 (160).
In a country where a Scrabble tournament in English language takes place only once every two years - with no prize money and rarely more than 10 participants.
An yet it's not a Scrabble desert as one might think. Poland has probably one of the strongest Scrabble scenes - it's Scrabble played in Polish.
Almost every weekend there is a tournament taking place somewhere in Poland. The prize money isn't usually big (rarely more than 100 $ for 1st place) but it's enough to attract on average 40 participants.
And the best thing of all - almost all tournaments are scored live on the Polish Scrabble Federation web page (www.pfs.org.pl). And after a tournament there is always a full report with photos.
Scrabble is very popular in Poland and I'm sure it will get even more popular because of the coverage it's going to get in the Polish media.
I will be very happy to welcome all the great Scrabble players in Poland.
Do come to Warsaw in October. This city has by far more tourist attractions than Johor Bahru and is certainly worth a visit!
See you all in Warsaw in 221 days!
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