All 5 games in round 7 were decisive at the 2007 Frank K. Berry US Women’s Championship.
1. Irina Krush 1-0 Alisa Melekhina
2. Katerina Rohonyan 1-0 Chouchanik Airapetian
3. Tatev Abrahamyan 1-0 Tsagaan Battsetseg
4. Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 0-1 Anna Zatonskih
5. Camilla Baginskaite 0-1 Elizabeth Vicary
Standings after 7 rounds:
Position Player Points
1-2 Irina Krush 5½
1-2 Katerina Rohonyan 5½
3 Anna Zatonskih 4½
4-5 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 4
4-5 Tsagaan Battsetseg 4
6 Camilla Baginskaite 3½
7 Tatev Abrahamyan 3
8-9 Alisa Melekhina 2½
8-9 Elizabeth Vicary 2½
10 Chouchanik Airapetian 0
Official website: http://www.uswcc2007.com/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Irina sure missed a few quicker wins though.
Nice to see Vicary win. I voted for her funny blog as the best in that contest last year. Sorry to see Tuvshintugs lose but nice to see Anna win in that same game.
Of course I want to see Irina make a run for the title but interesting is Alisa Melekhina is playing well and she is apparently only 16 years old.
Now for the excitement of round 8.
Well Round 8 ended and the two leaders took a draw setting up a final. I wonder if they use tie breaks or a playoff games or game. In the past they have used playoff games so I will assume that here. Otherwise I would expect Irina to lose on tiebreaks.
here are the results from the official site after 8 rounds. Only one round to go tomorrow. Anna is catching up and only 1/2 point out of first place. Go Anna. Go Irina. Go Katerina.
Position Player Points
1-2 Irina Krush 6
1-2 Katerina Rohonyan 6
3 Anna Zatonskih 5½
4-5 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 4
4-5 Tsagaan Battsetseg 4
6-8 Camilla Baginskaite 3½
6-8 Alisa Melekhina 3½
6-8 Tatev Abrahamyan 3½
9 Elizabeth Vicary 2½
10 Chouchanik Airapetian ½
I messed up slightly on those totals. there was one game in progress. it is an official draw now. so here is the correct totals at the end of round 8]
Position Player Points
1-2 Irina Krush 6
1-2 Katerina Rohonyan 6
3 Anna Zatonskih 5½
4-5 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 4 1/2
4-5 Tsagaan Battsetseg 4 1/2
6-8 Camilla Baginskaite 3½
6-8 Alisa Melekhina 3½
6-8 Tatev Abrahamyan 3½
9 Elizabeth Vicary 2½
10 Chouchanik Airapetian ½
This has been a very exciting tournament with good competitive play, good tournament website, and good coverage of live games – especially with all the games displayed simultaneously on one page, live.
Best of all is the round robin format, rather than a swiss tournament; a double round robin would have been even better but I understand the amount of the prize fund doesn’t really qualify for a 2 week long tournament.
My congratulations to the ladies to be able to play so well with the gruelling two games a day schedule with no rest-day.
I hope the USCF Chess Life magazine does a good multipage feature and annotated reviews of several tournament games in a future issue.
I am happy that Airapetian finally got on the scoreboard with a draw.