2009 U.S. Women's Chess Championship

Official standings after R5: # Name USCF FIDE Score 1 Anna Zatonskih 2492 2462 4½ 2 Camilla Baginskaite 2356 2317 3½ 3 Alisa Melekhina 2253 2220 3½ 4 Irina Krush 2490 2458 2½ 5 Rusudan Goletiani 2437 2391 2½ 6 Sabina Foisor 2379 2320 2½ 7 Battsetseg Tsagaan 2265 2258 2½ 8 Iryna Zenyuk 2271 2285 2 9 Tatev Abrahamyan 2342 2275 1 10 Yun Fan 2134 1935 ½ Okay, I figure people who are much more knowledgeable about these things than I will say that players 4th place thorugh 7th place don't have much of a chance to catch the leaders with only 4 games left. But darlings, I won't take that to the bank! REST DAY FRIDAY. The action resumes Saturday and I'm thinking that Monroi, the ICC/Chess FM and uschesschamps.com will have their hands full keeping up with demand of viewership. At least - I sure hope so! The match-up in R6 that everyone is already anticipating is Zatonskih - Melekhina. GM Susan Polgar has her work cut out for her, trying to decide who's going to win the Goddesschess Fighting Chess Award! Honestly, has there been a game yet where any players have just mailed it in? I haven't seen one. Whew!