Photos: NSC 2009: Round 5

Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) vs. Christopher Sykes (Cambridge ON).

Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) vs. Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA).

Cesar Del Solar (Redondo Beach, CA) concentrates.

Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) listens intently to Robert Quigley (New York, NY) and Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN) in their endgame chat.

Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) vs. Michael Early (Fort Worth, TX).

Stan Miranda (Albuquerque, NM) vs. Ross Brown (Kanata ON).

Robert Quigley (New York, NY) vs. Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN).

Ross Brown (Kanata ON) vs. Stan Miranda (Albuquerque, NM).

Siri Tillekeratne (Calgary AB) vs. Rob Robinsky (Spring Lake Park, MN).

A board with foam and tape corners added to make it turn and not take tiles off racks.

Jane. R. Williams of the NSA doing a bit of data entry for NASPA.

The NSA's Katie Schultz.

Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) models her new Word Gear sweatshirt. Robb Griffith (Durham, NC) is shopping, too. NSA's Patty Hocker and Theresa Bubb sell the goods.

Word Gear goods.

Patty Hocker, Theresa Bubb, and Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON) at the Word Gear table.

New recycled paper "think Green" note cards amidst the others.

Division 3 director, Wendell Smith, and his afternoon assistant, Helyne Meshar Igra.

This round's pairing on the div 3 table.

Diana Spiller (Ashby, MA) vs. Patricia Day (Dayton, OH).

The row of lookup laptops supplied with power from cords dropped down from the ceiling.