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The Old Days - Scrabble in the 70's and 80's

The early days of tourney Scrabble - mainly. Some of these are also in the Letterati gallery.
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Ron Tiekert at the 1978 New York City finals. He<br /> came in second to Bernie Wishengrad (back to camera here).
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Ron Tiekert at the 1978 New York City finals. He
came in second to Bernie Wishengrad (back to camera here).

Ron Tiekert1978 NYC Scrabble

  • Al Weisman considers a play at the Game Room in 1979.
  • Finalists in the 1981 New York City championship.<br /> Carole Clarke, Jim Neuberger, Steve Pfeiffer and Linda Gruber. Linda won this one.
  • Hanging out during lunch break at the 1980 regionals. L. to R. Irv Samuels, Paul Avrin, Merrill Kaitz, Lyn Selzer, Andrea Siegel, Ed Hepner.
  • Scrabble is so much fun. Susi Tiekert before she was Mrs. Tiekert. In the 1982 Washington DC area tourney.<br /> Nora Fisher is waiting for her next opponent.
  • At the 1984 Grand Canyon Scrabble Tournament - l. to r. Joe Edley, Joel Wapnick, Sam Kantimathi
  • Front to back, Steve Tier, Steve Pfeifer, Paul Avrin, Josh Silber, Jeff Kastner New York City Scrabble Tournament at the Brooklyn War Memorial - 1979. At the other table, in soft-focus are Lyn Seltzer and Charlene White.
  • Chris Sigel - at the 1979 New York City Scrabble Championship,<br /> which she won. Her opponent here was Louis Schecter.
  • Bernie Wishengrad playing Arnie Alpert in the 1978 New York City Scrabble Championship which Bernie won. <br> This photo was one of the stills from the old days used in the documentary film WORD WARS.
  • Dee Jackson at the New York City Scrabble tourney<br /> back in the day
  • Mike Senkiewicz playing Steve Pfeiffer in the 1978 New York City<br /> Scrabble Championship finals - Mike finished 3rd in this one.
  • Ron Tiekert at the 1978 New York City finals. He<br /> came in second to Bernie Wishengrad (back to camera here).
  • Frank Kuehnrich playing David Prinze - May 21st, 1978 - The North American Invitational
  • Frank Kuehnrich (playing David Prinze) in 1978 -<br /> The North American Invitational, which Prinze won.
  • At the <i> Game Room</i> in 1979, Frank Voss, Paul Avrin and Seth Schoenwald t in the postmortem ritual.
  • Frank Kuehnrich (facing camera) and Steve Williams in the finals of the New York City Championship in 1978.
  • At the 1980 East Coast Regionals held at the Game Room in New York. Charlie Southwell, Rita Norr. Not sure who the guy is in the background.
  • Jack Eichenbaum considers his next play in the final game of the Washington, D.C. tournament in 1982. <br> We were still playing with sand timers in those days - which possibly contributed to Eichenbaum not winning the tournament.
  • Josh Silber at the 1978 North American Championship.
  • Mark DiBattista makes a move at New York club 56.
  • Waiting for the Doors to Open, top NYC Scrabble Players hang out by the Cadman Plaza War Memorial entrance top row L to R Jim Guillot, Frank Kuehnrich, Josh Silber. Seated - Arnie Alpert, Roz Grossman. They were participating in the 1978 New York City Championship.
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