Photos: BASD 2008: Round 1

The Comfort Diner loft.

A view of one of the room's two round booths.

David Johnson (Decatur, IL) vs. Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA) and Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) vs. Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY).

Eric Goldstein (Scarsdale, NY) vs. Robert Linn (Potomac, MD).

Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR)

Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) vs. Chris Cree (Dallas, TX), players from Texas fly to Manhattan to play each other!

LIANGS is acceptable!

Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) vs. Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) as the game ended.

Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) vs. Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) with their final two racks removed.

Joel Sherman (Bronx, NY) vs. Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) as it would have happened, with MUSCLEMEN through the U, if Dave had not blocked Joel's outbingo with END beneath ROUP.

Scott Appel (Trenton, NJ) vs. Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX).

Paul Avrin (New York, NY) vs. Lynn Cushman (New York, NY).

Brian Cappelletto (Chicago, IL) vs. Joe Edley (Port Jefferson, NY).

Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA) vs. Robin Pollock Daniel (Toronto ON).

David Koenig (Tenafly, NJ) vs. John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA).

Matt Graham (New York, NY) vs. Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY).

Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) vs. Chris Cree (Dallas, TX).

David Johnson (Decatur, IL) vs. Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA).