Photos: 2011 King's Cup: Round 25

One example of why every tournament director's kit includes a lot of rubber bands: broken RJ45 plug attached to MacBookPro with rubber bands.

Part of lunch.

More lunch: deep-fried garlic chive dumplings.

More lunch: a whole bunch of good stuff on rice.

Bob Jackman (AUS) vs. Komol Panyasophonlert (THA) at Board 1

Bob Jackman (AUS) vs. Komol Panyasophonlert (THA) at Board 1

Alastair Richards (AUS) vs. Siu Hean Cheah (SGP) at Board 2

Alastair Richards (AUS) vs. Siu Hean Cheah (SGP) at Board 2

Thacha Koowirat (THA) vs. Nigel Richards (NZL) at Board 3

Thacha Koowirat (THA) vs. Nigel Richards (NZL) at Board 3

Thacha Koowirat's (THA) scoresheet: yes, Nigel Richards (NZL) triple-tripled at the top of the board.

Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn (THA) vs. Tony Sim (SGP) at Board 4

Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn (THA) vs. Tony Sim (SGP) at Board 4

Rodney Talbot (AUS)

Jason Katz-Brown (USA)

Jason Katz-Brown (USA)

Leonora Labog (PHL)

Akkarapol Khwansak (THA)