2008 Frank K. Berry U.S. Women's Chess Championship
May 13 - 22, 2008
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Our Coverage of the 2007 U.S. Women's Chess Championship

News/Results/Standings (scroll down for latest news)
  Rounds 1 and 2 
  Rounds 3 and 4 
  Rounds 8 and 9 

Round 5, May 17, 2008 (report posted May 18, 2008):

Here are the results:

Standings (from The Week in Chess):

Here is Tom Braunlich's summary for Round 5 from Monroi.  The photo is a radiant Zatonskih, no photographer is credited so I'm thinking it is a shot by Braunlich himself.  Great photo!

Once again the women continue to impress - four of the five games were decisive and Krush and Zatonskih continue to keep apace of each other with 5.0 for 5 - perfect scores!  The men switched back the balance in favor of decisive games too, going seven decisive games to five draws.  Braunlich mentioned in his Round 5 summary that the "space problem" had been solved by rearranging the tables.  That's good news, but I'm wondering what they did???

Here is Jen Shahade's Round 5 round-up at Chess Life Online.  Shahade features the games of Zatonskih and Krush in her Round 5 coverage.

Round 6, May 18, 2008 (report posted May 19, 2008):

Here are the results:

Standings (from The Week in Chess):

Here is Tom Braunlich's report on Round 6 at Monroi.  Here is Jen Shahade's report at Chess Life Online.  She featured the games of Zatonskih, Krush and Abrahamyan.

This is getting to be old hat - four out of five of the women's games were decisive, and Krush's draw was hard-fought.  The men had eight draws in Round 6.  You can download the games in PGN format at The Week in Chess.

Round 7, May 19, 2008 (report posted May 20, 2008):

Wow - Zatonskih lost!  Here are the results:

Standings (from The Week in Chess):