Photos: NSC 2009: Round 11

Blossom Thompson (Boynton Beach, FL) and Lillian Zoller (Dayton, OH) call their director, Dan Stock, for a ruling.

Lois Lockhart (Newark, NJ) and Cathy Steinke (Indianapolis, IN) at the challenge machine.

Lois Lockhart (Newark, NJ) and Cathy Steinke (Indianapolis, IN) at the challenge machine.

NODIAL* is not acceptable.

Jackie Prince (Newton, MA) vs. Murray Goldenberg (Winnipeg MB).

Russell Stewart (Atlanta, GA) vs. Gail Opperman (Marion, WI).

Linda Robinson (Clyde, OH) draws replacement tiles in her game with Joyce Stock (Rocky River, OH).

Linda Bianca (Myrtle Beach, SC) vs. Stacey Decker (Pawleys Island, SC).

Bob Vanech (Venice, CA).

Tapani Lindgren (Roseville, CA) vs. Betzy Collins (Thornhill ON).

Emily Saltz (Newton, MA) vs. Jane Clark (West Hartford, CT).

Stephen Sneed (Ft. Worth, TX) vs. Bill Payne (Calgary AB).

Diana Spiller (Ashby, MA) vs. Vera Bigall (East York ON).

The BBC documentary to come on SCRABBLE.

Ian Weinstein (Coral Springs, FL) vs. Vince Castellano (Fairfax, VA).

Andy Saunders and Steve Pellinen on data entry.

Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) vs. Adam Logan (New York, NY).

Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN) vs. Kenji Matsumoto (Amherst, MA).

Christopher Sykes (Cambridge ON) vs. Ross Brown (Kanata ON).

A group gathers to see a great play by Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD).

Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD) vs. Andy Bohnsack (Madison, WI), with Andy's hand.

Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD) vs. Andy Bohnsack (Madison, WI). Notice Marlon's extension of EAUX with GASPER to the triple.

David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) vs. Chris Lipe (Rome, NY).

Way way way too cool for SCRABBLE : Chris Lipe (Rome, NY).

John Viloria (New York, NY) vs. Chris Bonin (Toronto ON).

Rachel Knapp (Tustin, CA) vs. Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (THA).

Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) vs. Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL). Any idea why I liked this board? :)

Pat Hardwick (Akron, OH) vs. Maliha Mahmood (Tustin, CA).

Chris Cree (Dallas, TX) vs. Stan Miranda (Albuquerque, NM).

Jamie & Liam Chew on hand to "help."