2004 National SCRABBLE® Championship Photos: Round 3

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Photo 03-001	Barry Skoletsky (Hartford, CT) vs. Nola Hembrook (Marshfield, WI) (back), and Irving Reed (Miami, FL) vs. Maneck Contractor (Kenner, LA) (back) in division 4.
Photo 03-002	Mary Ellen Bergeron (Florence, MA) vs. Mike Sherman (Bronx, NY), division 4.
Photo 03-003	Isaac Apindi (Richmond, CA) defeats Jim Fonti (Port Jefferson Station, NY), 351-275, division 4. See commentary.
Photo 03-004	Battle of the boardmakers: Peter Manzolillo (Bellmore, NY) vs. Gene Tyszka (Mississauga ON).
Photo 03-005	A division 4 game in progress: Peter Manzolillo (Bellmore, NY) vs. Gene Tyszka (Mississauga ON). Gene's hands are on his rack.
Photo 03-006	Danny Kidd (New Boston, MI) defeats Alex Fiszbein (South Lyon, MI), 400-288, division 4. See commentary.
Photo 03-007	Leland Fidler (Waltham, MA) and Jim Fonti (Port Jefferson Station, NY), division 4.
Photo 03-008	Jere Mead (Chelmsford, MA) (back) vs. Joel Horn (Reading, MA) and Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn (Thailand) (back) vs. Libero Paolella (Toronto ON), division 1.
Photo 03-009	Board 1 in division 1: Steve Oliger (Holtwood, PA), annotated by Beth Lerman, vs. Nigel Richards (Malaysia), annotated by Kristen Chew.
Photo 03-010	Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) defeats Siri Tillekeratne (Calgary AB), 446-401, division 1. See commentary.
Photo 03-011	Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn (Thailand) defeated Libero Paolella (Toronto ON), 476-338, division 1. See commentary.
Photo 03-012	Ted Rosen (Rochester, NY) vs. Kristiina Overton (Thornhill ON), Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) vs. Ben Withers (Lake Jackson, TX), Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand) vs. Andrew Golding (Verdun QC), and Rose Kreiswirth (East Northport, NY) vs. Matt Graham (New York, NY). The division 1 table and workers are off in the distance.
Photo 03-013	Randy Hersom (Morganton, NC) proudly shows off his 10-letter play through disconnected tiles in his game with Susi Tiekert (Indialantic, FL).
Photo 03-014	Annotators Beth Lerman & Kristen Chew bend over the press podium with Nigel Richards (Malaysia) to get racks and plays finalized for round 3.

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