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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:

1

Rohonyan, Katerine

Jamison, Courtney

1

0

2

Abrahamyan, Tatev

Zatonskih, Anna

0

1

3

Epstein, Esther

Airapetian, Chouchanik

1

0

4

Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg

Zenyuk, Iryna

1/2

1/2

5

Krush, Irina

Battsetseg, Tsagaan

1

0

Standings (from The Week in Chess):

Frank K Berry ch-USA w Tulsa (USA), 13-21 v 2008

cat. I (2251)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

1.

Krush, Irina

m

USA

2479

*

.

.

1

1

1

.

1

.

1

5

2.

Zatonskih, Anna

m

USA

2458

.

*

1

1

.

.

1

.

1

1

5

3.

Rohonyan, Katerina

wg

USA

2309

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0

*

.

.

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1

.

1

1

2352

4.

Abrahamyan, Tatev

wf

USA

2239

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0

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1

1

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1

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3

2375

5.

Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg

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USA

2278

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0

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1

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1

2225

6.

Battsetseg, Tsagaan

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USA

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0

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0

1

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.

.

2

2225

7.

Zenyuk, Iryna

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USA

2233

.

0

0

0

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.

*

1

.

.

2144

8.

Epstein, Esther

wm

USA

2184

0

.

.

.

0

½

0

*

1

.

2118

9.

Airapetian, Chouchanik

wf

USA

2092

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0

0

0

.

.

.

0

*

1

1

1993

10.

Jamison, Courtney

USA

1979

0

0

0

.

0

.

.

.

0

*

0

zatonskih anna 2008 US Ch W Round 5.jpg (38906 bytes)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:

1

Jamison, Courtney

Battsetseg, Tsagaan

0

1

2

Zenyuk, Iryna

Krush, Irina

1/2

1/2

3

Airapetian, Chouchanik

Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg

0

1

4

Zatonskih, Anna

Epstein, Esther

1

0

5

Rohonyan, Katerine

Abrahamyan, Tatev

0

1

Standings (from The Week in Chess):

Frank K Berry ch-USA w Tulsa (USA), 13-21 v 2008

cat. I (2251)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

1.

Zatonskih, Anna

m

USA

2458

*

.

1

1

.

.

1

1

1

1

6

2.

Krush, Irina

m

USA

2479

.

*

1

.

1

1

½

1

.

1

2595

3.

Abrahamyan, Tatev

wf

USA

2239

0

0

*

1

.

1

1

.

1

.

4

2429

4.

Rohonyan, Katerina

wg

USA

2309

0

.

0

*

.

½

1

.

1

1

2266

5.

Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg

wm

USA

2278

.

0

.

.

*

0

½

1

1

1

2260

6.

Battsetseg, Tsagaan

wm

USA

2254

.

0

0

½

1

*

.

½

.

1

3

2244

7.

Zenyuk, Iryna

wf

USA

2233

0

½

0

0

½

.

*

1

.

.

2

2199

8.

Epstein, Esther

wm

USA

2184

0

0

.

.

0

½

0

*

1

.

2106

9.

Airapetian, Chouchanik

wf

USA

2092

0

.

0

0

0

.

.

0

*

1

1

1968

10.

Jamison, Courtney

USA

1979

0

0

.

0

0

0

.

.

0

*

0

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:

1

Abrahamyan, Tatev

Jamison, Courtney

1

0

2

Epstein, Esther

Rohonyan, Katerine

0

1

3

Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg

Zatonskih, Anna

1

0

4

Krush, Irina

Airapetian, Chouchanik

1

0

5

Battsetseg, Tsagaan

Zenyuk, Iryna

1/2

1/2

Standings (from The Week in Chess):

Frank K Berry ch-USA w Tulsa (USA), 13-21 v 2008

cat. I (2251)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

1.

Krush, Irina

m

USA

2479

*

.

1

1

.

1

½

1

1

1

2601

2.

Zatonskih, Anna

m

USA

2458

.

*

1

0

1

.

1

1

1

1

6

2496

3.

Abrahamyan, Tatev

wf

USA

2239

0

0

*

.

1

1

1

.

1

1

5

2415

4.

Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg

wm

USA

2278

0

1

.

*

.

0

½

1

1

1

2341

5.

Rohonyan, Katerina

wg

USA

2309

.

0

0

.

*

½

1

1

1

1

2307

6.

Battsetseg, Tsagaan

wm

USA

2254

0

.

0

1

½

*

½

½

.

1

2243

7.

Zenyuk, Iryna

wf

USA

2233

½

0

0

½

0

½

*

1

.

.

2212

8.

Epstein, Esther

wm

USA

2184

0

0

.

0

0

½

0

*

1

.

2070

9.

Airapetian, Chouchanik

wf

USA

2092

0

0

0

0

0

.

.

0

*

1

1

1966

10.

Jamison, Courtney

USA

1979

0

0

0

0

0

0