Photos: NSC 2009: Round 8

Kristen & Liam Chew at Thai9.

Mary Rhoades, Meghan Mills, and Theresa Bubb.

Meghan Mills, Theresa Bubb, Patty Hocker, Chris Cree (Dallas, TX), John D. Williams, Jr., and Bryan Pepper.

Patty Hocker, John Chew, Jamie Chew, John D. Williams, Jr.

Kristen Chew & Mary Rhoades.

Kristen Chew and one eye belonging to Jamie.

Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) vs. Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA). Kate Watson and Dee Segrest on annotation.

Adam Logan (New York, NY) vs. Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA). A meeting of former WSC champs.

Eric Tran (Calgary AB).

Jeff Cook (Keyser, WV) vs. Paul Avrin (New York, NY). Jeff claims this position is "warmer," a comment about the air conditioning.

Joel Horn (Boston, MA) vs. Thomas Reinke (Middleton, WI) at table 1 in div 2.

Frank Lee (Cincinnati, OH) vs. Joey Krafchick (Roswell, GA).

Dave Leonard (Buffalo, NY) vs. Stephen DeBacco (Weirton, WV), table 1, division 3.

Aaron Daly (Sioux Falls, SD) vs. Christopher Walleck (Lakewood, OH), table 1, division 4.

Aaron Daly (Sioux Falls, SD) vs. Christopher Walleck (Lakewood, OH).

Checking out pairings/standings in the room adjacent the playing room.

Adam Logan (New York, NY) vs. Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA).

Rafi Stern (Seattle, WA) vs. Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA).

Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (THA) and Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA).

Nawapadol Sayavesa (THA) is interviewed by the press.

Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (THA), Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY) and Zev Kaufman (Toronto ON) help Panupol Sujjayakorn (THA) and Adam Logan (New York, NY) with their post-mortem analysis, at Division 1 Board 2 in Round 8.

Hannah Lieberman (Charlotte, NC) and Linda Nervis (Dayton, OH) played at Division 5 Table 6 in Round 8, almost entirely in the lower half of their board.