Photos: NSC 2009: Round 31

Bryan Pepper and Lynn Sneed.

The final game: Nigel Richards (MYS) vs. Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR). Kate Watson and Dee Segrest on quiet annotation.

Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR).

Nigel Richards (MYS).

Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA) vs. Andrew Solomon (Barrington, IL).

Andrew Solomon (Barrington, IL) demonstrates proper tile drawing!

Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA) concentrates hard!

Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC).

Chris Cree (Dallas, TX).

Kenji Matsumoto (Amherst, MA).

Zach Pekarsky (Madison, WI).

Thomas Reinke (Middleton, WI).

Ted Rosen (Rochester, NY) vs. Ravee Joradol (THA) after the 10-letter WARSTLING.

Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) vs. Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ).

Charles Reinke (Middleton, WI).

Linda Oliva (Lisbon, MD).

Cheryl Melvin (Muskegon, MI).

Ruben Radlauer (Los Angeles, CA) vs. David Steinke (Indianapolis, IN).

Ruben Radlauer (Los Angeles, CA) vs. David Steinke (Indianapolis, IN).

Barbara Major (Alexandria, VA) vs. Josephine Flowers (West Memphis, AR), game in progress.

Josephine Flowers (West Memphis, AR).

Nigel Richards (MYS) and Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) finishing up the championship win for Dave.

Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) fills out paperwork in his final game with Nigel Richards (MYS).

2009 Championship-winning board, complete with official paperwork obscuring part of the board.

Nigel Richards (MYS) and Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) shake hands.

Chris Wiegand runs over to hug her championship-winning hubby, Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR).

Dave gets a standing ovation.

Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) shakes hands with Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA).

Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) gets on the stage to wave to the players who are clapping like crazy right about now.

Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) shaking hands with Ted Rosen (Rochester, NY).

Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) up on the annotated game platform getting filmed by the BBC.

The room applauds for Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR).

Adam Logan (New York, NY) vs. Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC).

BBC interviews Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR).

Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA) vs. Sam Rosin (Bernardsville, NJ) and Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) looking on.

Steve Hartsman (Milwaukee, WI) vs. Will Nediger (London ON).

Jason Idalski (Lansing, MI), Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY), Jason Keller (Highland Park, NJ), and Sam Kantimathi (Sacramento, CA).

Zev Kaufman (Toronto ON) vs. Wallace Schultz (Las Vegas, NM).

Randy Greenspan (Buffalo, NY).

Jesse Matthews (Kelowna BC) vs. Nathan Benedict (Tucson, AZ).

Andrew Solomon (Barrington, IL) vs. Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA).

Michael Early (Fort Worth, TX) vs. Ron Hoekstra (Kentwood, MI).

James Henderson (Arcata, CA) vs. Lou Cornelis (Stoney Creek ON).

Kelly McKenzie (Newport, KY) vs. Conrad Bassett-Bouchard (Moraga, CA). Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and Zev Kaufman (Toronto ON) look on.

Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) and Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY).

2009 NSC players who were at the 1978 NYC NSC: Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC), Ted Rosen (Rochester, NY), Steve Tier (New York, NY), Marjorie Schoneboom (New York, NY), Jim Pate (Birmingham, AL), and Paul Avrin (New York, NY).

A brand new book by Peter Morris, the first World SCRABBLE Champion: CATCHER: How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero.

Peter Morris and Jeremy Cahnmann talk baseball.

Paul Avrin (New York, NY) on a borrowed laptop.

Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) and Paul Avrin (New York, NY).

Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY), Chris Cree (Dallas, TX), and Debbie Stegman (Kew Gardens, NY).

Olivia Durant (Webster, NY) and Lynda Finn (Madison, WI).

Liz Gottlin (Chapel Hill, NC) vs. Terry Oblander (Medina, OH).