2009 U.S. Women's Chess Championship

SHOCKS AND UPSETS! STAY TUNED! WHOA! Final game I'm reporting at 8:23 p.m. CST. Round 4: Pairings and Results/Games Foisor vs Melekhina: 0-1! Goletiani vs Abrahamyan: 1/2 Zatonskih vs Baginskaite: 1/2! Fan vs Krush: 1/2! Zenyuk vs Tsagaan: 1/2 [White "Foisor, Sabina"][Black "Melekhina, Alisa"][Result "0-1"][WhiteELO "2379"][WhiteTitle "WGM"][BlackELO "2253"][BlackTitle "WIM"][Source "MonRoi"]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.c5 h6 11.Bh4 exd4 12.Nxd4 dxc5 13.Nb3 c4 14.Bxc4 Nb4 15.Bb5 Nc6 16.h3 Nf6 17.Re1 Nh5 18.Nd5 Qe5 19.Rc1 Re8 20.Rxc6 bxc6 21.Bxc6 Be6 22.Bxa8 Rxa8 23.Bd8 Bxh3 24.Nxc7 Bg4 25.Qd2 Rc8 26.Rc1 Qf4 27.Qd3 Be5 28.g3 Qf3 29.Qxf3 Bxf3 30.Rc5 Rxd8 31.Nd5 Bxe4 32.Ne3 Bxb2 33.Rc7 a6 34.Nc5 Bf3 35.Nxa6 Ra8 36.Nb4 Ba3 37.Nbc2 Bd6 38.Rd7 Bc5 39.Ne1 Bxe3 40.Nxf3 Bc5 41.Rc7 Bf8 42.Rc2 Bg7 43.Kg2 Nf6 44.Ne5 Nd5 45.Nd3 Ra3 46.Nc1 Rc3 47.Rd2 Nf4 48.gxf4 Rxc1 49.Rd8 Kh7 50.Rd7 f5 51.Ra7 h5 52.a4 Kh6 53.a5 Rc2 54.Rd7 Ra2 55.Rd5 Bc3 0-1 [White "Goletiani, Rusudan"][Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteELO "2437"][WhiteTitle "IM"][BlackELO "2342"][BlackTitle "WFM"][Source "MonRoi"]1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 h6 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Nc6 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7 13.Qb3 a4 14.Qa2 c6 15.dxc6 Nxc6 16.b3 Nd4 17.Re1 Rc8 18.e3 Rc2 19.Qa1 Ne6 20.Rb2 Qc7 21.Qb1 Rc3 22.bxa4 Nc5 23.Bf1 d5 24.d4 exd4 25.exd4 Nxa4 26.Rxb7 Qa5 27.Rb5 Qa7 28.Qb4 Ng4 29.Nb3 Rc2 30.Be2 Nxf2 31.Kxf2 Nc3 32.Rb7 Qa6 33.Bd2 Qf6 34.Kg2 Qe6 35.Qe7 Qf5 36.Rf1 Qe4 37.Qxe4 Nxe4 38.Rd1 Ra8 39.Bf3 Rxa3 40.Rb8 Kh7 41.Bxe4 dxe4 42.d5 Be5 43.Rb6 e3 44.d6 Bxd6 45.Rxd6 Rxb3 46.Kh3 exd2 47.R1xd2 Rbb2 48.Rxc2 Rxc2 49.g4 g5 50.Kg3 Rc3 51.Kg2 Kg7 52.Ra6 f6 53.Ra7 Kg6 54.Ra6 1/2-1/2 [White "Zatonskih, Anna"][Black "Baginskaite, Camilla"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteELO "2492"][WhiteTitle "IM"][BlackELO "2356"][BlackTitle "WGM"][Source "MonRoi"]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qd3 Rc8 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Qd1 Bc6 13.Qxd8 Kxd8 14.Bg5 Ke7 15.Rfd1 h6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Ne1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 a6 19.a4 bxa4 20.Rxa4 Rb8 21.Na2 Nxa2 22.Rxa2 Rb6 23.Nd3 Bd4 24.Rc1 Rhb8 25.Rc7 Kf8 26.b4 Kg7 27.f4 f5 28.Kf3 Rd6 29.Rac2 Bb6 30.Rc8 Rxc8 31.Rxc8 Bd4 32.Rc7 Rb6 33.h3 h5 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 fxg4 36.Kxg4 Rb5 37.Rd7 Bc3 38.Ra7 a5 39.bxa5 Rxa5 40.Rxa5 Bxa5 41.Kf3 1/2-1/2 [White "Fan, Yun"][Black "Krush, Irina"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteELO "2134"][WhiteTitle ""][BlackELO "2490"][BlackTitle "IM"][Source "MonRoi"]1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qxd6 Bd7 11.Qc5 Bd4 12.Qxb6 Bxb6 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.a4 Ke7 16.Ke2 Rhc8 17.f3 Be8 18.g3 Rc4 19.Rhd1 g5 20.a5 Ba7 21.Rd3 h5 22.Nd2 Rd4 23.Rxd4 Bxd4 24.Ra3 h4 25.f4 hxg3 26.hxg3 g4 27.Nd1 Bb5 28.c4 Bc6 29.b4 Rh8 30.Ne3 Rh2 31.Kd3 Bxe3 32.Kxe3 f5 33.exf5 exf5 34.Rd3 Rg2 35.Kd4 Kd6 36.Kc3 Ke6 37.Kd4 Kd6 38.Kc3 Ke6 39.Kd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2 WhiteTitle "WIM"][BlackELO "2265"][BlackTitle "WIM"][Source "MonRoi"]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 a6 9.O-O exd5 10.exd5 Ne8 11.Bf4 f5 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.f4 Nc7 16.Kh1 Rb8 17.a4 Re8 18.Rfe1 Qd4 19.Bd3 Nf8 20.Rxe8 Nxe8 21.Nge2 Qf2 22.Nd1 Qh4 23.Ng1 Bd7 24.Nf3 Qf6 25.Nc3 Nc7 26.h3 h6 27.Bf1 Re8 28.Rb1 a5 29.Bd3 Na6 30.Rg1 Nb4 31.Bb1 Qe7 32.Re1 Qf6 33.Rg1 Qe7 34.Qf2 Qf6 35.Nb5 Re7 36.Qd2 Rf7 37.Qc3 Nh7 38.Re1 Bxb5 39.axb5 Re7 40.Rf1 b6 41.Qd2 Qf7 42.g4 fxg4 43.hxg4 Nf6 44.Nh4 Ne4 45.Qh2 Qf6 46.Nf3 1/2-1/2 Standings after R4: # Name USCF FIDE Score 1 Anna Zatonskih 2492 2462 3½ 2 Alisa Melekhina 2253 2220 3 3 Sabina Foisor 2379 2320 2½ 4 Camilla Baginskaite 2356 2317 2½ 5 Irina Krush 2490 2458 2 6 Rusudan Goletiani 2437 2391 2 7 Iryna Zenyuk 2271 2285 1½ 8 Battsetseg Tsagaan 2265 2258 1½ 9 Tatev Abrahamyan 2342 2275 1 10 Yun Fan 2134 1935 ½ Ohmychessgoddess!