Hales Corners Chess Challenge X!

The final count is in: 75 players participating. This is down from the record 107 players who participated in Challenge IX in April. The recession is taking a hard toll on Challenge X. There are two women playing in the Open section (42 players): Nicole Niemi (winner of a Goddesschess prize in Challenge IX) and Sandra Pahl (winner of a Goddesschess prize in Challenge IX, playing in the Reserve section). According to information from SWCC, there are six chess femmes playing in the Reserve section (33 players). Here are their standings after R1: Open: 18. Nicol Niemi 1854 B 39 (W 7 R2 match-up) 1.0 40. Sandra R. Pahl 1527 B 19 (W 26 R2 match-up) 0.0 Not surprising, as her opponent outranked her by more than 300 points. Reserve: 8. Huang, Joanna 1383 B 25 (W 15 R2 match-up) 1.0 12. Ulrich, Rachel J 1351 B 29 (W 21 R2 match-up) 1.0 14. Huang, Alena 1320 B 31 (W 7 R2 match-up) 1.0 27. Schneider, Claudia 656 W 10 (B 5 R2 match-up) 0.0 (Claudia's first match was against Adream Liang, rated 1366) 30. Ilchenko, Isabella 590 B 13 (W 17 R2 match-up) 0.0 (Isabella's first match was against Shi Tinglin, rated 1210) I am missing a chess femme from the reserve section -- name, please? I will report results as they become available. UPDATE 3:55 P.M.: I can't locate results for R2, but I received this brief email report from Allen Becker on R3: I watched Nicole nearly defeat Anthony Parker (a very strong expert) in Round 2, and took some photos (I can send later). She ended up drawing. In the Reserve section, the Huang sisters are moving up the charts, now on Boards 2 and 3 in Round 3, with an eye on 1st place! UPDATE 8:20 P.M. - after R3: Open: 21. Niemi, Nicole (18)............ WI 1854 W19 D10 L8 1.5 42. Pahl, Sandra R (40)........... WI 1527 L27 L29 L32 0.0 Reserve: 2. Huang, Alena (14)............. WI 1320 W26 W9 W10 3.0 3. Huang, Joanna (8)............. WI 1383 W32 W13 D4 2.5 4. Ulrich, Rachel J (12)......... IL 1351 W33 W16 D3 2.5 23. Schneider, Claudia (27)....... WI 656 L18 L8 W29 1.0 25. Ilchenko, Isabella (30)....... WI 590 L12 W31 L9 1.0 32. Khunger, Simran (25).......... WI 872 L3 L28 -U- 0.0