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:

1 IM Irina KRUSH 2515 Current Champion 
(Photo:  Krush, 2008 Ataturk International)
Profile at Wikipedia.  Krush is a two-time U.S. Women's Champion, winning the title in 1998 and 2007.  She's been very active in 2008 in tournaments all around the world and has been steadily improving the level of her game.
Interview with Krush (2003), U.S. Chess Championships, by Jim Perry 
U.S. Chess League 
Games 
FIDE 2479

2 IM Anna ZATONSKIH 2490 Rating
(Photo: Zatonskih, 2008 Scandinavian Ladies Open)
Profiles at USCF and Wikipedia.  Zatonskih was the 2006 U.S. Women's Chess Champion and finished in 2nd place at the 2007 FKB U.S. Women's Championship with 6.5, 1/2 point behind winner Krush. Along with Krush, Jen Shahade and Susan Polgar they were the first U.S. Women's Chess Olympiad team to bring home a medal - silver, in 2004.  Zatonskih had her first child (a daughter) in March, 2007.  
Games 
FIDE 2458

3 WGM Katerine ROHONYAN 2318 Rating
(Photo: from U.S. Chess League)
Rohonyan played in the 2007 FKB U.S. Women's Chess Championship and finished in 3rd place with 6.5.  Rohonyan graduates this month from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD (computer science major) where she is the sole female on the UMBC Chess Team "A" Team (nick-named the "Kiev Killer.")  
US Chess League 
Games 
FIDE 2309 

4 WIM Batchimeg TUVSHINTUGS 2289 Rating 
(Photo: 2007 FKB U.S. Women's Chess Championship)
Profile at Wikipedia.  Tuvshintugs also played in the 2007 FKB U.S. Women's Chess Championship, finishing in 4th place with 5.5.  She defeated 3 GMs (Fishbein, Kreiman and Becerra while drawing Gulko) in the first 5 rounds at the 2006 US Championship.  
Games 
FIDE 2278 

5 WFM Tatev ABRAHAMYAN 2280 Rating
(Photo: USCF (c) Jennifer Shahade)
Profiles at Wikipedia and USCF.  Abrahamyan also played in the 2007 FKB U.S. Women's Chess Championship, finishing in 8th place with 3.5.
Games 
FIDE 2239 

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