2010 U.S. Women's Chess Championship

R1 women's games in PGN:

[Event "2010 U.S. Women's and Junior Closed Championships"]

[Site "St. Louis"]
[Date ""]
[Round "round 1"]
[White "WIM Iryna Zenyuk"]
[Black "WGM Sabina Foisor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "1"]
[Input "DGT6645"]
[Owner "St. Louis Chess Club"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
e3 Be6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 f5 12. Na4 f4 13. Nc5 Qe7 14. exf4 Bxf4
15. Rc3 Rae8 16. Nd3 Bb8 17. Re1 f6 18. Bf1 Qd6 19. g3 Bg4 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Nf4 Re4 22. Be2 b5 23. h3 Bd7 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Bc2 Ne7 26. Kg2 Qb6 27. Qd2 b4
28. Rc5 Bd6 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Bc6 31. Rf5 Rf8 32. d5 Bd7 33. Rh5 f5 34.
Ng5 h6 35. Ne6 Bxe6 36. dxe6 Qc6+ 37. Kg1 Rd8 38. Rxf5 Be7 39. Qe2 Rc8 40. Bb3
Rd8 41. Rf7 Re8 42. Qg4 Qc1+ 43. Kg2 Qxb2 44. Qg6 Bc5 45. e7 Kh8 46. Bc2 1-0

This game is my pick for game of the day.  Marshall, who opened well,  made an inaccurate move and Melekhina turned the tide in less than 30 moves.  Nice!
[Event "2010 U.S. Women's and Junior Closed Championships"]
[Site "St. Louis"]
[Date ""]
[Round "round 1"]
[White "WFM Abby Marshall"]
[Black "WIM Alisa Melekhina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "2"]
[Input "DGT4964"]
[Owner "St. Louis Chess Club"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 exf4 7. O-O Bc5+
8. Kh1 O-O 9. Bxf4 Be7 10. Qd5 d6 11. Qh5 Be6 12. Bd3 f5 13. Rae1 Qd7 14. Qh3
Rae8 15. Re2 Bd5 16. Nd4 g6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Rfe1 Be4 20. Kg1 d5
21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Bd2 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Ref8 25. g3 e3+ 26. Qg2 Rf1+ 27.
Rxf1 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "2010 U.S. Women's and Junior Closed Championships"]
[Site "St. Louis"]
[Date ""]
[Round "round 1"]
[White "WIM Beatriz Marinello"]
[Black "IM Irina Krush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "3"]
[Input "DGT4948"]
[Owner "St. Louis Chess Club"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Nc3 c5 8. b3 Bb7
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Ba6 Rc7 14. Qe2 Bd6 15.
Rfd1 cxd4 16. e4 Ba8 17. Bxd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Rd1 Qb8 21.
Bd3 Rd8 22. Bc2 h6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. h3 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Qc3
Bd6 28. Qxc7+ Bxc7 29. Ke2 Kd6 30. Kd3 Bb7 31. Kd4 b5 32. Ke3 Kc5 33. a3 a5 34.
Ne1 Bb6 35. Bd3 g5 36. Nc2 Kd6+ 37. Ke2 Ke5 38. f3 Bc6 39. b4 a4 40. Kf1 h5 41.
g3 h4 42. Kg2 Ba7 43. Be2 f5 44. exf5 exf5 45. Bd3 g4 46. hxg4 fxg4 47. gxh4
Kf4 48. Ne1 gxf3+ 0-1

[Event "2010 U.S. Women's and Junior Closed Championships"]
[Site "St. Louis"]
[Date ""]
[Round "round 1"]
[White "WFM Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[Black "WGM Camilla Baginskaite"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "4"]
[Input "DGT4950"]
[Owner "St. Louis Chess Club"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bb6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Ne7 9. Bb3 c6 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Nh5 Qd8 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nxe5 Qh4 18. d4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bc7 21.
Re3 g6 22. Ng3 f5 23. Re6 Kg7 24. Qd3 a6 25. Rae1 Rf7 26. c4 Rd8 27. d5 cxd5
28. cxd5 Qb4 29. Rc1 Bd6 30. Rc4 Qb5 31. Qd4+ Kh7 32. Nf1 Qxb3 33. Ne3 Qb5 34.
Qh4 Qd7 35. Rc2 Be7 36. Qc4 Bd6 37. Qd3 Re8 38. Rd2 b5 39. Qd4 Rfe7 40. Rxe7+
Qxe7 41. Rc2 h5 42. Rc6 f4 43. Nf1 f3 44. g3 Rf8 45. Rxa6 Qe5 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47.
Qd3 Qf5 48. Qxf5 Rxf5 49. Ne3 Rf7 50. Ra6 Rd7 51. Rb6 Kf7 52. Rxb5 Rc7 53. Rb3
Ke7 54. Rc3 Rb7 55. Nc4 Rb5 56. Re3+ Kd7 57. Rxf3 Rxd5 58. Nb6+ 1-0

Zatonskih says she only won this game because of mutual time trouble when both had under 1 minute left.  I admire her honesty.
[Event "2010 U.S. Women's and Junior Closed Championships"]
[Site "St. Louis"]
[Date ""]
[Round "round 1"]
[White "IM Anna Zatonskih"]
[Black "WGM Katerina Rohonyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "5"]
[Input "DGT4947"]
[Owner "St. Louis Chess Club"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 d4 15.
Bc2 Nfd7 16. f4 dxc3 17. fxe5 Qe7 18. bxc3 Nxe5 19. Be3 Rad8 20. c5 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Nd7 22. Qc4 Be5 23. Bb3 Bb8 24. Qd4 Ne5 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Rf1 Rf8 27. Bxf8
Qxf8 28. Rd1 Bc7 29. a4 Qe7 30. Ba2 a5 31. Kh1 h5 32. Rf1 Bb8 33. Qf2 Kg7 34.
Rb1 Qc7 35. Qd4 Qe7 36. Rd1 Bc7 37. Rf1 Kg8 38. Qe3 Kg7 39. Qf2 Bb8 40. Rb1 Qc7
41. Qd4 Qe7 42. Bc4 Kg8 43. Ba6 Bc7 44. Rxb7 Kh7 45. Be2 Kg8 46. Qe3 Kg7 47.
Rb1 Nd7 48. Rf1 Nxc5 49. Qd4+ Be5 50. Qc4 Bf6 51. Bf3 Be5 52. Rd1 Kh7 53. Rf1
Kg7 54. Bd1 Bf6 55. Bc2 h4 56. Rf3 Qe5 57. Bb1 Qe7 58. Bc2 Qe5 59. Qf1 Ne6 60.
Qd3 Be7 61. g4 hxg3 62. Rxg3 c5 63. Qe3 Bd6 64. Rg2 Nf4 65. Rf2 Qg5 66. Bb3 Qh4
67. e5 c4 68. Rxf4 Qxf4 69. Qxf4 cxb3 1-0