2005 National SCRABBLE® Championship Photos: Round 2

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Photo 03-001	Ben Dweck (Great Neck, NY) seems to not care which direction his tiles lay on his rack. Note keno crayon use for crossing off letters on the tracking sheet!
Photo 03-002	Cheryl Cadieux (Bay City, MI) vs. Trevor Sealy (Oshawa ON). I only learn much later that all the smiles are about a play of BARFLY!
Photo 03-003	Alison Hotten (Santa Cruz, CA) hands in her result slip to the division 5 assistant, Emily Goodman. Division 5 director, Matt Hopkins, is on his way to offer assistance at the WordJudge machine.
Photo 03-004	Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) goes over a rules question with division 6 assistant, Lisa Kessler.
Photo 03-005	The NSA's press desk. Ben Lyons at an uncharacteristic moment away from his laptop, John D. Williams, Jr., scanning a recent NSC 2005 newspaper appearance. Jane R. Williams at an event laptop, and NSA administrative assistant who I've caught sitting down!
Photo 03-006	Division 2 cork board. All pairings and standings are posted on one of identical boards around the playing room foyer.
Photo 03-007	It takes a village: Sara Hallock, Theresa Bubb, and Patty Hocker at the Word Gear table in the ballroom foyer.
Photo 03-008	Word Gear sweatshirts and T-shirts.
Photo 03-009	Dennis Taylor (Lighthouse Point, FL) gets a lesson in triplicate result slip procedure from Jeremy Brooke, the director of computer operations.
Photo 03-010	Nigel Richards (New Zealand) vs. Trip Payne (Boca Raton, FL). See commentary.
Photo 03-011	Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD) vs. Gail Wolford (Portland, OR). See commentary.
Photo 03-012	Lester Schonbrun (Oakland, CA) vs. Iffy Onyeonwu (Austin, TX). See commentary.
Photo 03-013	Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) vs. Darrell Day (Richardson, TX). See commentary.
Photo 03-014	Jesse Matthews (Calgary AB) vs. Bernard Gotlieb (Montréal QC) as they sit down for round 3.

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