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NSC 2002 Photos Round 01

Congratulations to our new National Champion, Joel Sherman!

See also: video clip 1 (2 MB), video clip 2 (2 MB). (video courtesy Roger Cullman)

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Photo 01-001

Players beginning to make their way into the playing room

Photo 01-002

Committee members standing in front of Laura Klein during introductions.

Photo 01-003

Laura Klein giving opening remarks

Photo 01-004

John D. Williams briefing us on new rules of conduct.

Photo 01-005

The playing room after they've been told to begin. The tile rattling was loud!

Photo 01-006

Other side of room and less tile rattling.

Photo 01-007

Division 2's Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) demonstrating great "drawing tiles with bag over one's head" technique.

Photo 01-008

Howard Greenspan (Norwalk, CT) (annotated by Beth Lerman) vs. Jeremiah Mead (Chelmsford, MA) (annotated by Eve Wengler), division 1.

Photo 01-009

Behatted duo: Rod MacNeil (Londonderry, NH) vs. Noah Kanter (Berkeley, CA), division 1.

Photo 01-010

Adam Logan (Berkeley, CA) vs. Ted Rosen (Rochester, NY), division 1. See this round's commentary

Photo 01-011

Travis Chaney (Van Buren, AR) vs. [error: no such id: BenLoiterstein], division 2. See this round's commentary

Photo 01-012

The event's deluxe board: less glare.

Photo 01-013

Vivian Minden (Dundas ON) and Shah Ali (Herndon, VA) do a recount. Score remains unchanged, 403-400 in Shah's favor.

Photo 01-014

Vivian Minden (Dundas ON) vs. Shah Ali (Herndon, VA), division 3. See this round's commentary

Photo 01-015

Jeremiah Mead (Chelmsford, MA) vs. Howard Greenspan (Norwalk, CT), division 1. See this round's commentary

Photo 01-016

Composite panoramic view of the playing room


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