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2005 National SCRABBLE® Championship Photos: Final Round 2

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From the viewing room, Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) shakes the tiles before drawing his first rack.

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Cozily crowded quarters.

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The camera shots were so good, it was like we were sitting right next to the players.

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Bryan Pepper smiles in front of Dave's current rack.

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Chris Wiegand and Laura Klein, NSC organizer, sit with the two Wiegand girls: Melanie and Samantha.

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Kenji Matsumoto (Aiea, HI) gets an inside joke made by Jim Geary (Phoenix, AZ). Also in theirr row: Ron Hoekstra (Grand Rapids, MI), John OLaughlin (Hartland, WI), and Chris Ofstad (Antioch, CA).

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Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) counts up his turn.

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Cheering for their countryman, Win Inthara (Orlando, FL), Komol Panyasoponlert (Thailand), and Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) sit beside Catherine Day (Arlington, MA) and her son Jesse Day (Arlington, MA).

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Lisa Kessler waits on the side for Dave's replacement tiles to be shown, Katie Schulz, the NSA administrative assistant, stands by Panupol's rack.

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View from the Internet table as John Luebkemann (Pineville, NC) updates the player scores.

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Final board, game 2, as seen on the viewing room big board.

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Final board, game 2, as seen by the players in the playing room.

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Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) as official timekeeper, flashing the current scores to the others in the room on the opposite side of the game clock.

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Chatting in the viewing room, John OLaughlin (Hartland, WI), Trip Payne (Boca Raton, FL), Jim Geary (Phoenix, AZ), Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD), Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN). and Ron Hoekstra (Grand Rapids, MI).


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