Hola darlings! It's a lovely day here - at least, when out of the Sun, which is extremely intense; or maybe my skin has just gotten more sensitive and so it only feels more intense. Anyway, the dew point has dropped below 70 (imagine that!) and it's the shady part of the afternoon in the backyard, I'm on the deck with the laptop with the sprinkler going and enjoying the moment. I had my walk earlier in the day, I've already posted several items here (earlier), I've been reading with my feet up, and best of all, I'm making a cheeseburger casserole tonight for supper, yum!
I should have cut the grass today - I keep telling myself that as I sit here, lounging. Tomorrow may be stormy. Oh well. The cicadas are singing their seductive buzzy song in the trees, the squirrels are lazing about, froggy-legged, on the top of the retaining wall, the fledgling cardinals are frolicking about in one of the Newport plum trees taking a "bath" amongst the wet leaves as the sprinkler passes back and forth, and all is well in my little bit of world.
2011 U.S. Open - Orlando, Florida
The U.S. Open concludes tomorrow. Nakamura, obviously pissed off with his piss-poor performance in Dortmond, has charged to the front of the Open with, according to The Week in Chess, two more rounds to go. The Open field is huge - 367 players. I've scrolled through the list quickly a couple of times and only found a few chess femmes in the top third of the standings -- I've included the top players after R7 for comparison:
No. Ttl Name St Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 Rnd8 Rnd9
1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru MO 2863 6.0 W238 W118 D158 W 73 W 17 W 5 D 7 A6 ---
2 GM Ramirez, Alejandro TX 2660 6.0 W182 W110 W 42 W 32 W 30 D 7 D 8 A5 ---
3 GM Lenderman, Aleksandr NY 2602 6.0 W144 W116 W 49 D 19 D 34 W 35 W 29 A7 ---
4 GM Mitkov, Nikola IL 2594 6.0 W248 W125 W 50 -H- -H- W 76 W 33 A8 ---
5 GM Goldin, Alexander KY 2589 6.0 W249 W143 W 72 W 10 W 11 L 1 W 34 A2 ---
6 GM Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2556 6.0 W178 W111 W 44 W 20 D 31 D 27 W 41 A1 ---
7 IM Esserman, Marc R MA 2554 6.0 W186 W 84 W 54 W 35 W 9 D 2 D 1 A3 ---
8 GM Zapata, Alonso COL 2511 6.0 W179 W 25 W 97 D 23 W 36 W 31 D 2 A4 -H-
54 WIM Zepeda, Lorena Marisela ESA 2194 5.0 W239 W174 L 7 W128 W184 L 46 W126 A41 ---
65 FM Melekhina, Alisa PA 2352 4.5 W276 W164 W 59 L 26 W 58 L 16 D 76 --- --- 90 Myers, Dominique NC 1995 4.5 W318 L 41 W231 W190 D 55 L 44 W201 A77 ---
116 Regam, Jessica PA 2076 4.0 W311 L 3 W151 L 68 W185 L 48 W231 A143 ---
Here are the final standings from the U.S. Girls Junior Open that was held concurrently:
British Chess Championships 2011
The 98th Championships concluded earlier today (August 6) and GM Michael Adams claimed the title again, but not without stiff competition from GM Nigel Short and a mini-play-off for tie-break! Well done! He's a favorite player. Not to be denied, IM Jovanka Houska, won the British Womens Champion 2011, for her 4th title in a row, scoring 7/11 (+5,=4,-2). She also becomes English Womens Champion 2011.
Politiken Cup 2011
Oh for Goddess sake! IM Anna Zatonskih had to play her husband, GM Daniel Friedman! Shouldn't there be some kind of rule about this? Yesterday the Kosintseva sisters played each other all the way to a rip-roaring (not) short draw in the Women's Grand Prix Rostov.
More later. Right now I can't get the tables to cooperate with me and I'm running low on battery (already). Anna is in 27th place with 6.5; Friedman is in 17th place also with 6.5.
From Susan Polgar's chess news blog:
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Memorial of Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska Women's Tournament
I should have cut the grass today - I keep telling myself that as I sit here, lounging. Tomorrow may be stormy. Oh well. The cicadas are singing their seductive buzzy song in the trees, the squirrels are lazing about, froggy-legged, on the top of the retaining wall, the fledgling cardinals are frolicking about in one of the Newport plum trees taking a "bath" amongst the wet leaves as the sprinkler passes back and forth, and all is well in my little bit of world.
2011 U.S. Open - Orlando, Florida
The U.S. Open concludes tomorrow. Nakamura, obviously pissed off with his piss-poor performance in Dortmond, has charged to the front of the Open with, according to The Week in Chess, two more rounds to go. The Open field is huge - 367 players. I've scrolled through the list quickly a couple of times and only found a few chess femmes in the top third of the standings -- I've included the top players after R7 for comparison:
No. Ttl Name St Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 Rnd8 Rnd9
1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru MO 2863 6.0 W238 W118 D158 W 73 W 17 W 5 D 7 A6 ---
2 GM Ramirez, Alejandro TX 2660 6.0 W182 W110 W 42 W 32 W 30 D 7 D 8 A5 ---
3 GM Lenderman, Aleksandr NY 2602 6.0 W144 W116 W 49 D 19 D 34 W 35 W 29 A7 ---
4 GM Mitkov, Nikola IL 2594 6.0 W248 W125 W 50 -H- -H- W 76 W 33 A8 ---
5 GM Goldin, Alexander KY 2589 6.0 W249 W143 W 72 W 10 W 11 L 1 W 34 A2 ---
6 GM Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2556 6.0 W178 W111 W 44 W 20 D 31 D 27 W 41 A1 ---
7 IM Esserman, Marc R MA 2554 6.0 W186 W 84 W 54 W 35 W 9 D 2 D 1 A3 ---
8 GM Zapata, Alonso COL 2511 6.0 W179 W 25 W 97 D 23 W 36 W 31 D 2 A4 -H-
54 WIM Zepeda, Lorena Marisela ESA 2194 5.0 W239 W174 L 7 W128 W184 L 46 W126 A41 ---
65 FM Melekhina, Alisa PA 2352 4.5 W276 W164 W 59 L 26 W 58 L 16 D 76 --- --- 90 Myers, Dominique NC 1995 4.5 W318 L 41 W231 W190 D 55 L 44 W201 A77 ---
116 Regam, Jessica PA 2076 4.0 W311 L 3 W151 L 68 W185 L 48 W231 A143 ---
Here are the final standings from the U.S. Girls Junior Open that was held concurrently:
No. Name St Rate Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6
1 Gologorsky, Rachel FL 1978 5.0 18.5 21.0 W 10 W 6 D 9 W 3 D 2 W4
2 Andreeva, Elena RUS 2068 4.5 20.0 22.5 W 7 W 5 W 4 W 9 D 1 L3
3 Regam, Jessica PA 2076 4.0 19.0 21.5 W 8 L 9 W 7 L 1 W 6 W2
4 Wu, Katherine VA 1786 4.0 18.0 19.0 W 15 W 11 L 2 W 5 W 9 L1
5 Tsai, Amy FL 1687 4.0 16.0 18.0 W 14 L 2 W 10 L 4 W 11 W7
6 Vazquez Maccarini, Danitza PR 1727 3.5 16.5 18.5 W 12 L 1 D 8 W 11 L 3 W10
7 Zhao, Audrey Jin N CA 1583 3.0 13.0 18.5 L 2 W 15 L 3 W 12 W 8 L5
8 Chen, Kelly AL 1616 3.0 11.5 17.5 L 3 W 13 D 6 D 10 L 7 W9
9 Wiener, Alexandra CT 1863 2.5 17.5 22.5 W 13 W 3 D 1 L 2 L 4 L8
10 Avirneni, Saithanu GA 1285 2.5 13.5 18.5 L 1 W 12 L 5 D 8 W 15 L6
11 Dasari, Srihitha GA 844 2.5 11.5 15.5 -B- L 4 W 14 L 6 L 5 D12
12 Dasari, Samhitha GA 1001 2.5 9.5 13.0 L 6 L 10 -B- L 7 W 13 D11
13 Sabatka, Brittney OK 1185 2.5 7.5 10.5 L 9 L 8 D 15 W 14 L 12 -B-
14 Nayberg, Simona CA 927 2.5 5.0 9.0 L 5 -H- L 11 L 13 -B- W15
15 Ma, Jenny NH 1168 1.5 9.5 13.5 L 4 L 7 D 13 -B- L 10 L14
British Chess Championships 2011
The 98th Championships concluded earlier today (August 6) and GM Michael Adams claimed the title again, but not without stiff competition from GM Nigel Short and a mini-play-off for tie-break! Well done! He's a favorite player. Not to be denied, IM Jovanka Houska, won the British Womens Champion 2011, for her 4th title in a row, scoring 7/11 (+5,=4,-2). She also becomes English Womens Champion 2011.
Politiken Cup 2011
Oh for Goddess sake! IM Anna Zatonskih had to play her husband, GM Daniel Friedman! Shouldn't there be some kind of rule about this? Yesterday the Kosintseva sisters played each other all the way to a rip-roaring (not) short draw in the Women's Grand Prix Rostov.
| 8. | 23. |  WGM Anna Zatonskih | 4. |  GM Daniel Fridman |
More later. Right now I can't get the tables to cooperate with me and I'm running low on battery (already). Anna is in 27th place with 6.5; Friedman is in 17th place also with 6.5.
From Susan Polgar's chess news blog:
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Memorial of Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska Women's Tournament
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