2008 U.S. Women's Chess Championship

Round 8 Results: Airapetian - Battsetseg 0 - 1 Jamison - Zenyuk 0 - 1 Rohonyan - Tuvshintugs 1 - 0 Abrahamyan - Epstein 1 - 0 Zatonskih - Krush 1/2 - 1/2 Tentative standings after Round 8 (based on my calculations): Krush - 7.0 Zatonskih - 6.5 Abrahamyan- 6.0 Rohonyan - 5.5 Tuvshintugs - 4.5 Battsetseg - 4.5 Zenyuk - 3.5 Epstein - 1.5 Airapetian - 1.0 Jamison - 0 The stage is set for the final game tomorrow. Is an upset in the making? Abrahamyan has now quietly won six games in a row. Here are the match-ups for Round 9: Player Draw (pairing numbers) (key match-ups in bold) 5. Esther Epstein v. 10. Courtney Jamison 6. Chimi Tuvshintugs v. 4. Tatev Abrahamyan 7. Irina Krush v. 3. Katerine Rohonyan 8. Tsagaan Battsetseg v. 2. Anna Zatonskih 9. Iryna Zenyuk v. 1. Chouchanik Airapetian (edited on 5/21/08 to correct typo)