2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship Photos: Round 15

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Photo 15-001	Game in progress in division 4: Bill Hunter (Houston, TX) vs. Irving Reed (Miami, FL).
Photo 15-002	Lane Lynn (New York, NY) and Matthew Williams (New Orleans, LA) at the WordJudge computer.
Photo 15-003	Tables 1 and 3 in division 1. Sammy Okosagah (Baltimore, MD), annotated by Beth Lerman, vs. Trey Wright (Los Angeles, CA), annotated by Pat Larash, and Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) vs. Adam Logan (United Kingdom).
Photo 15-004	Division 1's Kenji Matsumoto (Aiea, HI) vs. Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) and Jason Katz-Brown (Richmond, CA) vs. Randy Greenspan (Buffalo, NY).
Photo 15-005	Division 2's top table: David Pearl (Long Beach, CA) vs. Patrick Hodges (Glendale, AZ), Rick Wong (San Jose, CA) vs. James Kille L. Jr. (Philadelphia, PA), and Jim Nanavati (Burlington ON) vs. Roy Kamen (Covina, CA).
Photo 15-006	Division 3's top table: Ryan Barrett (Englewood, CO) vs. Ruchi Gupta (Knoxville, TN) and Pam Taylor-Bailey (Calgary AB) (partially obscured by Ryan) vs. William Snoddy (Asheville, NC).
Photo 15-007	Division 5's Bill Kinsella (Yale BC) and Kathi Cann (Leitchfield, KY) at the WordJudge machine.
Photo 15-008	Division 3's Chip Brown (Bothell, WA) vs. Mike Stafford (Columbus, OH) and Gerri Martin (Casselberry, FL) vs. Jerry Scheiten (Buffalo, NY).
Photo 15-009	Division 6's Mel Skolnik (New York, NY) defeated Sharon Valorose (Williamsburg, VA), 357-307. See commentary.
Photo 15-010	Division 4's top tables: Eugene Murray (Indianapolis, IN) vs. Linda Oliva (Woodbine, MD) and Alex Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI) vs. Gavin Hyde (Santa Barbara, CA). Mark Gooley (Hawthorne, FL) is at the next board.
Photo 15-011	Division 6's Mark Hamilton (Toronto ON) vs. Ben Harrison (Cambridge, MA).
Photo 15-012	Division 7's top table: Steven Ornish (La Mesa, CA) vs. Melody Ness (Baton Rouge, LA) with her lucky duck totem.
Photo 15-013	Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) in an interview with John Pope of "Real People 2004."
Photo 15-014	John Van Pelt (Arlington, MA) and Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) checking out John's outbingo: GUMTREE. It is acceptable.
Photo 15-015	Division 1's Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD) and Randy Hersom (Morganton, NC) (back) feel the heat of the media.
Photo 15-016	Division 2's John Van Pelt (Arlington, MA) defeats Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA), 408-366. See commentary.
Photo 15-017	The largest tracking sheet in the room. Note that Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) has crossed out all the tiles, but the 7 left on the rack of his opponent. Sam sits and stews, waiting for John Van Pelt (Arlington, MA) to find the outbingo: GUMTREE.
Photo 15-018	The media focuses on division 1's top boards Sammy Okosagah (Baltimore, MD), annotated by Beth Lerman, vs. Trey Wright (Los Angeles, CA), annotated by Pat Larash, and Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) vs. Adam Logan (United Kingdom).
Photo 15-019	Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn (Thailand) defeated Chuck Armstrong (Saline, MI), 541-328, division 1. See commentary.
Photo 15-020	Wendell Haynes (Loxahatchee, FL) and Mike Baron (Corrales, NM) talk on their division 1 sidelines.
Photo 15-021	Division 1's Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) defeats Kenji Matsumoto (Aiea, HI), 397-347. See commentary.
Photo 15-022	The top tables in division 1 already done, the cameras move down to tables 10 and 11. Daniel Goldman (New York, NY) vs. wsc champ Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) and Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) vs. Chris Cree (Dallas, TX).
Photo 15-023	Division 1's Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) defeats Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON), 432-403.
Photo 15-024	Division 1's Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) defeats Daniel Goldman (New York, NY), 471-293.
Photo 15-025	Ron Hoekstra (Kentwood, MI) and Joe Edley (Coram, NY) in an intense endgame analysis. Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA), Kenji Matsumoto (Aiea, HI), and David Gibson (Spartanburg, SC) look on.
Photo 15-026	The event's student players (18 years old and under): Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ), age 11; Alex Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI), age 14; Dion Saldanha (Richmond BC), age 17; Jesse Matthews (Calgary AB), age 18; Dielle Saldanha (Richmond BC), age 15; Chris Ofstad (Antioch, CA), age 15; Andre Ornish (La Mesa, CA), age 13; Nick Amphlett (Cambridge, MA), age 13; John Ezekowitz (Boston, MA), age 13; Asif Rahman (Cincinnati, OH), age 13; Jason Katz-Brown (Richmond, CA), age 17; and Leland Fidler (Waltham, MA), age 16. Missing: Bennett Schlesinger (Providence, RI), age 16; Aaron McPhee (Centreville, VA), age 17; Daniel Middleton (Sherwood Park AB), age 16; Jared Milton (Vienna, VA), age 18; and Jason Oppenheim (Seminole, FL), age 18.
Photo 15-027	Division 1's Adam Logan (United Kingdom) defeats Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL), 421-395.
Photo 15-028	Mark Nyman (United Kingdom) and David Gibson (Spartanburg, SC) in an end of the day chat.
Photo 15-029	Jan Dixon (Newark, DE), Mark DiBattista (Astoria, NY), and Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY) outside the playing room.
Photo 15-030	Checking off division 1 standings.
Photo 15-031	Mike Baron (Corrales, NM), Kathy Cree, John Luebkemann (Pineville, NC), and Chris Cree (Dallas, TX).
Photo 15-032	Joe Edley (Coram, NY) and John D. Williams, Jr., at the Town Meeting. NSA's Andrew Rubenstein sits above on the stage.
Photo 15-033	Joe Edley (Coram, NY), John D. Williams, Jr., and Jim Pate (Birmingham, AL), talking to the room in his capacity as the chair of the Dictionary Committee.
Photo 15-034	Seattle SCRABBLE^® club director Rebecca Slivka (Seattle, WA) asks a question during the Town Meeting.

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