2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship Photos: Round 23

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Photo 23-001	Eugene Murray (Indianapolis, IN) defated Fred Rible (Poway, CA), 363-352. See commentary.
Photo 23-002	Division 3's Carla Chase (New York, NY) defeated Raymond Slaughter (Louisville, KY), 527-313. See commentary.
Photo 23-003	After a string of bad games, Carla Chase (New York, NY) can't believe her great game this round against Raymond Slaughter (Louisville, KY). Betty Cornelison (Portland, OR) and Nicholas Tam (Calgary AB) look on appreciatively.
Photo 23-004	Division 1's Trey Wright (Los Angeles, CA), annotated by Pat Larash, plays David Gibson (Spartanburg, SC), annotated by Beth Lerman. Sammy Okosagah (Baltimore, MD), Stefan Fatsis, Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD), and a CBS cameraman look on.
Photo 23-005	David Gibson (Spartanburg, SC) and Trey Wright (Los Angeles, CA) as the game ends.
Photo 23-006	Division 1's Trey Wright (Los Angeles, CA) defeated David Gibson (Spartanburg, SC), 445-437. See commentary.
Photo 23-007	Division 1's game between David Gibson (Spartanburg, SC) and Trey Wright (Los Angeles, CA) gets a lot of attention from Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD) dispensing endgame advice. Adam Logan (United Kingdom), Brian Moss (Brooklyn, NY), Avi Moss (Missouri City, TX), Stefan Fatsis, and John D. Williams, Jr., lean in for the analysis.
Photo 23-008	More division 1 endgame chat.
Photo 23-009	Daniel Goldman (New York, NY), Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD), Paul Avrin (New York, NY), and Stephen Dennis (Atlanta, GA) gather around the sidelines.
Photo 23-010	Daniel Wachtell (New York, NY) in endgame disbelief. See commentary.
Photo 23-011	Division 3's Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY) defeated Daniel Casey (Brooklyn Park, MN), 427-387. See commentary.
Photo 23-012	Andrew Golding (Verdun QC), Joel Wapnick (Montréal QC), and Bernard Gotlieb (Cote Saint-Luc QC) share a sigh of relief at the end of today's games.

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