Photos: 2007 Big Apple ST: Before the Tournament

Hallowed out pumpkin full of only apple candy!

Jesse Day (New Haven, CT) chats with David Koenig (Englewood, NJ) at the registration table.

Matt Graham (New York, NY) and Ron Tiekert (Melbourne, FL).

Ann Sanfedele (New York, NY) and Merrill Kaitz (Amesbury, MA).

Mark DiBattista (Astoria, NY).

Susi Tiekert (Melbourne, FL) and Rosalind Gold (New York, NY).

Heidi Kujac (New York, NY) and Christine Economos (New York, NY).

Jo Anne Cohen (Montgomery, NY), Kathy Hooper (Monroe, NY), and Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY).

Arline Silverman (Lake Hiawatha, NJ) and Denise Mahnken (Long Beach, NY).

Arline Silverman (Lake Hiawatha, NJ).

Starting a game BEFORE games start just to warm up!

Sharon Swerdloff (New York, NY) in foreground, Marjorie Schoneboom (Central Islip, NY), and Joe Weinike (New York, NY).

Audrey Tumbarello (Brooklyn, NY), David Koenig (Englewood, NJ), Robert Linn (Potomac, MD), and Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) check out round 1 pairings.

Christine Economos (New York, NY), back, Andrea Michaels (San Francisco, CA), and Alyssa Faria (Washington, DC), back.

The annotated table 1: Joe Bihlmeyer (Durham, CT) with Diane Firstman] and Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME) with Muriel Sparrow-Reedy.

Denise Mahnken (Long Beach, NY) and Barbara Epstein (Brooklyn, NY) check out the pairings.

Denise Mahnken (Long Beach, NY) has pretty blue fingernails!

Ira Freehof turns over the floor to Joel Sherman for the before game announcements.

Joel Sherman reminding the assembled about what is considered acceptable tournament behavior. Would you want to cross him?

Ira gestures as mentions that the Comfort Diner, where breakfast will be served, is over there!