Photos: 2007 Big Apple ST: Round 1

Mike Weepie (Cedar Rapids, IA) vs. Cecilia Le (Boston, MA) and Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) vs. Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA).

Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA) works at Google between attending MIT and WSCs. This is on the back of his Google shirt.

Joe Weinike (New York, NY) vs. Alyssa Faria (Washington, DC) and John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) vs. Audrey Tumbarello (Brooklyn, NY).

Justin Kazmark (Philadelphia, PA) and Elaine Berel (New York, NY).

Suzette Rodriguez (Flushing, NY) vs. Kevin Edwards (Philadelphia, PA).

Judy Cole (Concord, MA) vs. Marla Riff (Unknown city, NY) and Mike Sherman (Bronx, NY) vs. Bill Kaufman (Patterson, NJ).

Kathy Hooper (Monroe, NY) vs. Debbie Guiffre (West Islip, NY) and Matthew Silver (Westport, CT) vs. Betsey Wood (Concord, MA).

Ember Nelson (Buffalo, NY) resplendent in shimmery holiday orange.

Joe Edley (Coram, NY) vs. Jill Pfeiffer (Lancaster, PA).

Katya Lezin (Charlotte, NC) discussing pairing with John Chew after she helped even out divisions D and C by moving up to C.

The game over, Joe Bihlmeyer (Durham, CT) ia all atingle over his win against Joey Mallick (Cape Elizabeth, ME). Diane Firstman and Muriel Sparrow-Reedy watch on.

Jeremy Cahnmann (Chicago, IL) vs. Jeremy Frank (New York, NY), taken to show off the black tiles with orange letters, but on this red board: not so pretty.

Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) vs. Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA). Note the orange tiles with black letters.

pending

Ron Tiekert (Melbourne, FL) and Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) finish up their paperwork.

Jamie Chew comes to help John Chew enter game results.

Liam Chew is ready for his close-up!

Jamie Chew actually entering game results!