Photos: WSC 2007: Final Round 3

Christopher May (AUS) on stage, unknown player with back to camera, helping to post the final game to the big board on stage.

Allan Simmons (Sco) emceeing the finals. Seated behind him in the front row: Jason Katz-Brown (USA) on Quackle duty and Amit Chakrabarti (USA)

Finals audience: seated in the front row (r to l): Komol Panyasophonlert (THA) and Ronald Credo (PHL).

Back section of finals audience. Seated in front row are Michael Baker (USA) and Lanre Oyekunle (ZAF).

Nigel Richards (NZL)

not yet captioned

Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS)

Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS)

Nigel Richards (NZL)

Nigel Richards (NZL)

Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS) and Nigel Richards (NZL) recounting the final game as the annotators look on

Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS) and Nigel Richards (NZL) recounting the final game as the annotators look on

Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS) and Nigel Richards (NZL) recounting the final game as the annotators look on

Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS) and Nigel Richards (NZL) recounting the final game as the annotators look on

Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS) and Nigel Richards (NZL) recounting the final game as the annotators look on

Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS) and new World Champion Nigel Richards (NZL) shaking hands over the final board.

The final board between Nigel Richards (NZL) and Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS)

Liz Fagerlund's illustrated annotation of the final game between Nigel Richards (NZL) and Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS)

The final game between Nigel Richards (NZL) and Ganesh Asirvatham (MYS) on the Big Board