The DALLAS OPEN
March 11–12, 2006
Organized by Chris Cree

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2006 Dallas Open Photos: Round 7

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Photo 7-001

Chris Cree (Dallas, TX; 1855) and Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD; 1842) count the tiles on the board and on their racks since someone spilled every last remaining tiles onto the floor...

Photo 7-002

Marlon Hill (Baltimore, MD; 1842) gets on all fours and seeks more lost tiles on the floor. John Chew looks on helpfully.

Photo 7-003

Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON; 1869) gets her crack at the top guy on board 1. Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL; 1950) sits beside his annotator, Sue Hoehn.

Photo 7-004

Jacob Williams (Austin, TX; 1310) vs. Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR; 1959).

Photo 7-005

Paul Cole (St. Augustine, FL; 1072) vs. Nancy Bratcher (Lavon, TX; 992). Paul's last rack was UUUU, yuck. This board, we discovered several rounds later, was missing a double letter score square. And it is also missing in this photo.

Photo 7-006

The Mills face off: Lloyd Mills (Georgetown ON; 1919) vs. Jan Mills (Georgetown ON; 1735). Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY; 1886) is in the background.

Photo 7-007

Aaron Bader (Massachusetts, MA; 1657) vs. Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME; 1963). Score reconciliation time.

Photo 7-008

Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA; 1935) and Chris Lennon (Lake Oswego, OR; 1935) look over the completed Aaron Bader (Massachusetts, MA; 1657) vs. Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME; 1963) board.

Photo 7-009

Talk about cutting it close. This was how much time Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL; 1950) left himself in his game against Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON; 1869).

Photo 7-010

Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON; 1869), pda in hand, tries to figure out how she should/could have blocked BURSTONE.


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