More from Sherrie Saint John.  (Thanks btw to Trevor, Tim, Lisa and Lisa
for their note; and to everyone else for their words of support - I have
been doing my best to relay messages to other players, whenever time
permits.  -- John)

Round 5

The tournament is beginning to settle in to a comfortable pace.
Charlie and Laura are matching the pairs quite swiftly.  Board 1 this
game is Robin Daniel (CAN) and Allan Saldanha (GBR).  This is the first
game today that doesn't place David Boys at the first table.

According to Rich, FAIK is not FAKE!  #:\)$  Jim Kramer (USA) is quick
to add, "the guy played a FAIK, but he didn't play a phony."

Sherrie wonders if any of these things seem funny to you, the reader.
We are so tired, we are laughing out loud!  #:\)$

Tim Rayment, from the London Sunday Times, has been here all day.  CBS,
NBC, and ABC have cleared out, so most of the lighting is fixed in
place now.

Antje Weng, here with the Kurdish player, Karl Khoshnaw, has also been
relaying challenge slips this round.  At board 2, Joel Wapnick (CAN) is
playing Ananga Takyi Yawo (GHA) and I spy the word TEENDING.  Strange
to my eyes.  Jim Kramer says it's now over and Joel has won 468-449.
They were both 4-0 going in, and now Joel is 5-0.  Yawo made a great
play when he hooked an O on FLAG, making OFLAG/JOB to the triple for 45
points.

Rita just took the challenge AIN; it is good in both dictionaries.

Allan Saldanha's mother just brought up the challenge slip FIGURATE.
When she put it down, she said, "I wish I had one of these."  It took
us a few to catch up, but her humor was refreshing.

Robin Daniel (CAN) just lost to Allan Saldanha (GBR), and his mother is
now comforting her.  Since Robin got one E the whole game, she isn't
surprised that she lost.  Her racks, for your viewing pleasure:

FYTTCEW

DECOWRM

AKMUN?? (she played UNMAsKs)

IIIOLRG

IIIIGGV

AXIIGRS

OUIISTG

IIGOOSS

DIONSSQ

IOOMNJS

IN

She wants to know how she got 350 with them!  #:\)$