Round 8 results:
- Sabina-Francesca Foisor vs Anna Zatonskih
- Yun Fan 1-0 Rusudan Goletiani
- Iryna Zenyuk 1-0 Alisa Melekhina
- Battsetseg Tsagaan 0-1 Tatev Abrahamyan
- Irina Krush 1-0 Camilla Baginskaite
Standings after 7 rounds:
| 1 | Anna Zatonskih | 2492 | 2462 | ½ | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 6½ | |
| 2 | Camilla Baginskaite | 2356 | 2317 | ½ | – | ½ | – | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | |
| 3 | Irina Krush | 2490 | 2458 | 0 | – | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | ½ | ½ | 4½ | |
| 4 | Alisa Melekhina | 2253 | 2220 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4½ | |
| 5 | Sabina Foisor | 2379 | 2320 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3½ | |
| 6 | Rusudan Goletiani | 2437 | 2391 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | – | – | 2½ | |
| 7 | Tsagaan Battsetseg | 2265 | 2258 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | ½ | 1 | 2½ | |
| 8 | Tatev Abrahamyan | 2342 | 2275 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ½ | ½ | – | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 | Iryna Zenyuk | 2271 | 2285 | 0 | 0 | ½ | – | 0 | – | ½ | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Yun Fan | 2134 | 1935 | – | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1½ |
Official website: http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Womens-Championship-2009
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Irina Krush is grocely overrated. She will loose rating now and maybe be underrated after that.
This looks informative
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