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2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship Photos: Round 29
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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.
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Photo 29-001 | Division 3's top boards: board 4, Mike Wier (Phoenix, AZ) vs. Dielle Saldanha (Richmond BC); board 3, Gina Fassio (Methuen, MA) vs. Alan Kraus (Philadelphia, PA), board 3, Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY) vs. Greg Heidler (Waialua, HI), and board 1, Steve Moniz (Manchester, NH) vs. Jerry Scheiten (Buffalo, NY). |
Photo 29-002 | Division 3's top boards from the other end: Jerry Scheiten (Buffalo, NY) vs. Steve Moniz (Manchester, NH) and Greg Heidler (Waialua, HI) vs. Kenneth Rubin (New York, NY). |
Photo 29-003 | Division 3's Jerry Scheiten (Buffalo, NY) in his lucky Superman shirt. |
Photo 29-004 | Division 4's Travis Green (Mooresville, IN) vs. John Stardom (Ottawa ON), game in progress with a phoney on it! |
Photo 29-005 | Division 7's top table: board 1, Jon Rumzis (Chandler, AZ) vs. Mary E. Quigley (Palm Harbor, FL) and table 2, Jason Oppenheim (Seminole, FL) vs. Anna Rahman (Cincinnati, OH). |
Photo 29-006 | Division 5's top board, Ryan Barrett (Englewood, CO) vs. Asif Rahman (Cincinnati, OH). When the tables were assigned, Division 5 leader Wendell Smith went from bottom to top, so the #1 players were at board 20. |
Photo 29-007 | Division 2's Pongsakorn Atichatsrisakul (Thailand) plays Bernard Gotlieb (Cote Saint-Luc QC). |
Photo 29-008 | Division 2's board 1, David Pearl (Long Beach, CA) vs. Bob Lundegaard (Minneapolis, MN). |
Photo 29-009 | Division 1's board 1 with the Gibsonized David Gibson (Spartanburg, SC) playing Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn (Thailand), annotated by Kristen Chew and Beth Lerman. Board 2, Trey Wright (Los Angeles, CA) vs. Chris Cree (Dallas, TX), annotated by Pat Larash and Martin Smith (cropped out), and board 3, Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) vs. Nigel Richards (Malaysia). |
Photo 29-010 | More division 1 boards behind the velvet rope. Board 2, Trey Wright (Los Angeles, CA) vs. Chris Cree (Dallas, TX), annotated by Pat Larash (cropped) and Martin Smith; board 3 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) vs. Nigel Richards (Malaysia); board 4 Komol Panyasophonlert (Thailand) vs. John Luebkemann (Pineville, NC); board 5, Nathan Benedict (Tucson, AZ) vs. Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL); and board 6, Joel Wapnick (Montréal QC) vs. Ted Blevins (Cecilia, KY). |
Photo 29-011 | Division 5's Jeanne Yori (Culver City, CA) vs. Bill Kinsella (Yale BC). |
Photo 29-012 | Division 3's Lam Tang (Vancouver BC) defeated Carol Spencer Yamashita (Hilo, HI), 385-282. See commentary. |
Photo 29-013 | Division 2's David Pearl (Long Beach, CA) defeated Bob Lundegaard (Minneapolis, MN), 426-384. See commentary. |
Photo 29-014 | Division 2's Win Inthara (Winter Park, FL) defeated Fern Lindzon (Toronto ON), 401-378. See commentary. |
Photo 29-015 | The crowd around Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) vs. Trey Wright (Los Angeles, CA). |
Photo 29-016 | Division 1's Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) defeated Trey Wright (Los Angeles, CA), 404-367. See commentary. |
Photo 29-017 | Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) plays Daniel Goodwin (Seattle, WA) in division 1, and shows off his GIBSO?S rack. |
Photo 29-018 | Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) played GIBSON! |
Photo 29-019 | EPST?IN, the next rack held by Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) in his quest to get and play all the division 1 names. |
Photo 29-020 | Division 1's Steven Alexander (Portland, OR) defeated Mark Nyman (United Kingdom), 448-440. See commentary. |
Photo 29-021 | After playing off tiles, Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) has another variation of the rack he'd just held: EPSTE?N. |
Photo 29-022 | Division 1's Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn (Thailand), Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand), and Komol Panyasophonlert (Thailand) enjoy a non-game moment with Trey Wright (Los Angeles, CA) and Jessina, Trey's girlfriend. |
Photo 29-023 | Division 2's Carol Dustin (Minneapolis, MN) plays Thavachai Thivavarnvongs (Thailand). |
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