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Congratulations to the new National Champion, Trey Wright, who defeated
David Gibson in three straight games, 365-328, 355-344 and 429-328.
Please tune in to ESPN to watch the final games at 1 P.M. ET on
Sunday, October 3rd, 2004.
We welcome your e-mailed corrections to our web site.
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Photo 01-001 | Division leaders and assistants meet before the doors open. |
Photo 01-002 | The left side of the room from a peephole above the room's entrance doors. Note the stage and bank of pairing computers atop the black stage on the left side. |
Photo 01-003 | Center view of the playing room before game boxes are even opened. The room never looked this neat again! |
Photo 01-004 | Right side of playing room from above. |
Photo 01-005 | The press table to the left of the entrance doors. Note the big board. |
Photo 01-006 | The Word Gear table full of great SCRABBLE® -themed gear to the right of the entrance doors. The table never looked this full again! |
Photo 01-007 | Another view down the middle. |
Photo 01-008 | Event assistants: Jeannette Rudolph & Emily Goodman (both division 1), Jack Howe (division 2), Torild Ofstad (division 3), Marlene Lashley (division 4), Beverly Beane (division 5), Sunshine Lewis (division 6), and Antoinette Sealy (division 7). |
Photo 01-009 | Division Leaders: Bonnie Rudolph (division 1), Mary Rhoades (division 2), Larry Rand (division 3), Bryan Pepper (division 4), Wendell Smith (division 5), Matt Hopkins (division 6), and John Robertson (division 7). |
Photo 01-010 | The computer staff: Jeff Widergren (Los Gatos, CA), the program creator, Christina Coughlin (divisions 6 & 7), Howard Turkenkopf (division 2), Fleurette Turkenkopf (division 1), William Saines (division 5), Tony Wilson (division 3), and Ashvin Shah (division 4). |
Photo 01-011 | All in their places with bright shiny faces: John Robertson, division 7 leader, and Antoinette Sealy, his helper. |
Photo 01-012 | Waiting outside to come in! |
Photo 01-013 | Division 6's Deborah Light (Napanee ON) uses her credit card sized light to illuminate the morning's pairings. |
Photo 01-014 | Chuck Armstrong (Saline, MI) prepares to enter the playing room. |
Photo 01-015 | The players rush in. |
Photo 01-016 | More players move in and Harriette Lakernick (Chicago, IL) tries to avoid the camera. |
Photo 01-017 | Robin Bowles (Lake Oswego, OR), Stan Miranda (Albuquerque, NM), and Susan Love (Milwaukee, WI) stop to visit in the room's entrance. |
Photo 01-018 | Fashion contributors: Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) in her "deadwood" hat (she was making a statement about a top division player who thought the division had too many low-rated players) and Diane Firstman (Brooklyn, NY) in her "What Would Joel Do?" T-shirt. |
Photo 01-019 | Frank Lee (Cincinnati, OH) and Ann Sanfedele (New York, NY) work their way to the other end of the room and their tables. |
Photo 01-020 | "Where am I playing again?" Players mill around their division boards trying to get the lay of the pairings. |
Photo 01-021 | A crowd around the division boards. |
Photo 01-022 | Player cards yet to be picked up with orange (division 1) in the foreground. |
Photo 01-023 | From the middle looking down toward division 3, 4, 6, and 7. |
Photo 01-024 | From the middle looking up the room to division 5, 1, and 2. |
Photo 01-025 | The NSA's John D. Williams, Jr., and current reigning National SCRABBLE® Champion, Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY). |
Photo 01-026 | One of the WordJudge-equipped laptops on an oyster table in the middle aisle of the playing room. |
Photo 01-027 | An NSA Word Gear product put into service at the WordJudge table. |
Photo 01-028 | Players in division 5 removing the cellophane on their new deluxe sets. |
Photo 01-029 | Korakoch Kiatsommart (Winter Park, FL) and Daniel Stock (Rocky River, OH) remove the board components from the game box in division 2. |
Photo 01-030 | Charles Merlis (West Hartford, CT), in division 2. |
Photo 01-031 | Hair sticks that match the division color, now that is coordination! |
Photo 01-032 | Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) in division 5. |
Photo 01-033 | Laura Klein, NSC Coordinator, makes opening comments. |
Photo 01-034 | A challenging first game draw for Daniel Wachtell (New York, NY) as he faces off with Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) in division 1. |
Photo 01-035 | Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) vs. Jonn Dalton (Austin, TX), division 1. |
Photo 01-036 | James Leong (Vancouver BC) vs. Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) (back), and Carol Kaplan (San Diego, CA) vs. Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD). Notice Marlon's chair position. |
Photo 01-037 | Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) fills in his racks after the game finishes. He defeated Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) this round. |
Photo 01-038 | Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn (Thailand) flips through a word list book. |
Photo 01-039 | Rebecca Slivka (Seattle, WA) vs. Bernard Gotlieb (Cote Saint-Luc QC). See commentary. |
Photo 01-040 | Peter Schwartzman (Galesburg, IL) successfully challenges Sammy Okosagah's (Baltimore, MD) play of SPAINS# using a WordJudge laptop. |
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