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Chess Club

1st Annual Lehigh Valley Open Pictures

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TD Ira Lee Riddle does that voodoo that he do so well! Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink	Scott Zrinski hard at work handling all the prizes Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink
Greg Fink fields questions...notice the BIG bottle of Tylenol... and he thought playing was stressful. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink	TD Eric Johnson explains prize structures to players. Not even time to grab a hoagie! Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink
Gail Mrowinski and Meghan Fink (Horizan's For Youth and Organizer's Daughter respectively) Volunteers extraordinaire! Obviously someone doesn't like her picture taken. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink	Akeem Gregory Thompson...Reserve section champ. Is my prize money cash or check? Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink
Greg Vaserstein seems happy about his prize. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink	Isara Thanakit and little brother Kevin both take home prizes. Isara in the adult reserve and Kevin 1st place in the Scholastic section. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink
Adult Reserve section hard at work... Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink	Reserve Section Players in Round 3. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink
Mark Knerr (center player) considers his moves carefully... Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink	IM Ron Burnett joins the Open Section. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink
Boris Privman and Boris Baczynskyj wait patiently for their well deserved checks. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink	Larry Cesare gets put to work with cleanup after the tournament. Serves him right for sticking around so long. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink
George Rutkowshi stops to pose for a picture. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink	Lenny Batista makes his move. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink
Trexler Middle School students play in the Scholastic Section. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink	Kevin Thanakit (striped shirt) goes 4-0 in the Scholastic Section. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink
Catherine Rau goes on to win the trophy in Age Catagory 8-9. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink	Zachary Schondorfer (striped shirt) plays his first rated tournament while Miriam Gritis (blue vest) goes on to win the U1000 trophy. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink
Darren Daniel (white) plays Meghan Fink (black) while Corinna Sleiman (white shirt) plays in her first tournament. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink	Roger Chiang (blue shirt) works hard to win the U1100 trophy. Photo courtesy of Sascha Fink

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