It’s Game Day on Express Yourself!™. Youngjoo Ahn and Katelyn Darrow interview the World and US Champion Scrabble player, Conrad Bassett Bouchard. In the first segment, the ladies talk about intolerance in organizations and share support for  the Moraga Boy Scout, Ryan Andresen who was denied his Eagle Award because of being  gay. Reporter, Ryan Sim interviewed California’s State Champion Chess Player, Benjamin Tong and brings us highlights of his championship strategies.

Although Conrad Bassett Bouchard began playing scrabble with his family at age 3, he began tournament playing at 14. He found it fun and rewarding and by age 17 was in the top 20 in the US and by 21 in the top five. He first played a tournament abroad in November 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand where he beat the current National/World Champ Nigel Richards in the finals ranking Conrad number one in the World English Scrabble Players Association.  LISTEN AT VOICE AMERICA KIDS

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