2009 Canadian Open Chess Championship

Taking place in Edmonton, Alberta, July 11 - 19, 2009. Coverage and website provided by Monroi. The top-rated female player in the Canadian Open (203 players) is IM Irina Krush. After Round 4, five players are tied for first place with a perfect score of 4.0: 1 GM Victor Mikhalevski 2631 4.0 2 GM Hua Ni 2701 4.0 3 GM Mark Bluvshtein 2598 4.0 4 GM Surya Ganguly 2637 4.0 5 FM Raja Panjwani 2418 4.0 Krush is currently in 20th place with 3.0. Other chess femmes (I apologize to any I may have missed): 61 Dalia Kagramanov 1941 2.5 62 Gabrielle Nadeau 1912 2.5 64 WFM Dina Kagramanov 2140 2.5 77 WIM Alisa Melekhina 2315 2.5 107 Jasmine Du 1810 2.0 108 Nicka Kalaydina 1879 2.0