2005 National SCRABBLE® Championship Photos: Final Round 4

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Photo 33-001	The Thai contingency poses by a big board outside the playing room: (row 1, left to right) Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand), Win Inthara (Orlando, FL), Pasakorn Traisawatwong, Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand), and Komol Panyasoponlert (Thailand). (row 2, left to right) Supattra Jurmmahanon, Mrs. Thivavarnvongs, Mr. Thivavarnvongs, Kittichai Sothikul, Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand), Pongsoda Sivasontivat, Kanittpong Jittmaneerat, and Arun Methaset (Thailand).
Photo 33-002	REMOVE PHOTO.
Photo 33-003	A closeup on Dave's scoresheet, and a peek at his nice rack!
Photo 33-004	Datie Schulz by Panupol's rack.
Photo 33-005	Melanie enjoys a rendition of Green Eggs and Ham while Chris Wiegand keeps one eye on the game in progress.
Photo 33-006	From the back of the viewing room. As the spots on the camera lense and the glare on the big board show, the show biz lights are bright bright!
Photo 33-007	A couple of younguns run Maven duing the game to compare plays, Brendan Sullivan (Shrewsbury, MA) and Jesse Day (Arlington, MA).
Photo 33-008	A shot of the Internet table from the side aisle. Steve Pellinen (St. Louis Park, MN) on chair laptop, Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN) assisting with condensing the strategy suggestions and game flow, and Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON), who has taken over the keyboard momentarily. It took him about a minute to realize it is harder than it looks!
Photo 33-009	Can Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) pull it out and take us to game 5? A lot of onlookers sure hope so!
Photo 33-010	Crowd shot.
Photo 33-011	Jim Geary (Phoenix, AZ) walks over to share a play insight with Chris Cree (Dallas, TX). Mark Przybyszewski (Depew, NY) is ready to adjust the game score at a second's notice.
Photo 33-012	Katie Schulz and Brian Pepper stand by Panupol's rack. He holds EELNOPT, but DI is in the bag and we know he will pull both tiles after this play. So, they are put up there to see how they fit with what he ends up leaving.
Photo 33-013	A nervous crowd shot of the Thai players, who are not liking the look of this game's result.
Photo 33-014	Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) just won game 4 and there will be a fifth game and the crowd is excited!
Photo 33-015	Game 4 as seen in the viewing room on the big board.
Photo 33-016	Game 4 as seen in the playing room. Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand), uncharacteristically low on time, has 1 second left on his clock!
Photo 33-017	Dielle Saldanha (Richmond BC) joins in the fun and makes a puzzle with Samantha Wiegand while Chris takes Melanie for a walk during the break before the next game.

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