2009 U.S. Women's Chess Championship

Official results after R7, 2009 U.S. Women's Chess Championship: # Name USCF FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score 1 Anna Zatonskih 2492 2462 ½ 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 6½ 2 Camilla Baginskaite 2356 2317 ½ - ½ - ½ 1 1 1 1 5½ 3 Irina Krush 2490 2458 0 - ½ 1 1 1 - ½ ½ 4½ 4 Alisa Melekhina 2253 2220 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ - 1 - 1 4½ 5 Sabina Foisor 2379 2320 - - 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 3½ 6 Rusudan Goletiani 2437 2391 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ - - 2½ 7 Tsagaan Battsetseg 2265 2258 0 0 0 - 1 0 - ½ 1 2½ 8 Tatev Abrahamyan 2342 2275 0 0 - 0 ½ ½ - 1 0 2 9 Iryna Zenyuk 2271 2285 0 0 ½ - 0 - ½ 0 1 2 10 Yun Fan 2134 1935 - 0 ½ 0 0 - 0 1 0 1½ Two more rounds to go! Tomorrow's match-ups: Round 8 Monday, October 12, 2009, 12:00 pm Foisor vs Anna Zatonskih Yun Fan vs Rusudan Goletiani Iryna Zenyuk vs Alisa Melekhina Battsetseg Tsagaan vs Tatev Abrahamyan Irina Krush vs Camilla Baginskaite All eyes will be upon the match-ups of Krush-Baginskaite, battling for second place, and Zenyuk-Melekhina -- Melekhina also battling for second place. But I'm not counting out Foisor-Zatonskih, which I think some folks are writing off as a mail-in because of Zatonskih's commanding lead. Foisor lost a tough game today behind the black pieces against Krush, and I imagine she'll be out for blood tomorrow. At this point, and with these players, Zatonskih having a 1 point lead with 2 games to go is NOT insurmountable! What will happen if Foisor draws with Zatonskih or defeats her tomorrow, and the next three players in the standings draw or win their games? It's like trying to figure out the play-off schedule in the NFL/AFL!