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

Player Profiles:

6 WIM Tsagaan BATTSETSEG 2251 Rating
(Photo: Tsagaan Battsetseg, 2007 U.S. Chess League)
Battsetseg participated in the 2007 FKB U.S. Women's Chess Championship and finished in 7th place with 5.0/9.  She has a take no prisoners style of play.
Interview (2003) with Battsetseg at the U.S. Chess Championship in Seattle, Washington, by Jim Perry
2007 U.S. Chess League 
Games 
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7 WFM Iryna ZENYUK 2205 Qualifier
(Photo: From Liz Vicary's blog USCL News and Gossip, November, 2007)
Chessville, "Featured Chess Femme," April, 2008 (end of column)
Polytechnic University Profile 
2007 U.S. Chess League 
Games 
FIDE 2233

8 WFM Chouchanik AIRAPETIAN 2143 Wild Card
(Photo: From 2007 FKB U.S. Women's Chess Championship) 
Airapetian participated in the 2007 FKB U.S. Women's Chess Championship and finished in 10th place with 0.5 (a really bad tournament for her).  She was selected as a Wild Card entry to the 2008 Championship based on her prior performances in other events - and she's a real sweet heart too, from what I gather by comments I've read about her from other chessplayers.  The other players like being around her - being a genuinely nice person does have benefits.
Games 
FIDE 2092

9 Courtney JAMISON 2064 Wild Card
(Photo: from Williams High School News 2008)
Courtney Jamison won the 2007 Susan Polgar Invitational Puzzle Solving Championship.  Jamison participated in the 2008 U.S. Chess Championship Qualifier in Tulsa, Oklahoma and finished in 58th place with 3.5/7.  
Mini Profile (undated 2008) from Williams High School News (scroll down to just above middle of the column)
No Games 
FIDE 1979 (Jamison is listed as an M, not a F)

10 WM Esther EPSTEIN 2194 
(Photo: Boston Open, 2007) 
Epstein is a two-time U.S. Women's Chess Champion, sharing the title in 1991 with Irina Levitina, and winning the title outright in 1997.  Epstein has continued to play chess intermittently as her schedule permits (31 events since winning the U.S. Women's Champion title in 1997).  Her latest event was the 2008 Bermuda International in February, 2008, where she finished in 8th place (out of 30 players), with 3.0/5.  The winner of that event was US GM Alexander Ivanov with 4.5/5, who is married to Epstein for over 20 years.  They have two sons.  
Interview (2003) with Epstein at the U.S. Chess Championship at Seattle, Washington, by Jim Perry
Profile, information and photos at BMERC website  
Games 
FIDE 2184