2012 U.S. Women's Chess Championship

It's that time again. So happy to see GM Alex Lenderman and GM Ray Robson in the U.S. Chess Championship.  I like both players very much and would like for them to do very well.

My prediction for the Women's Championship:  Zatonskih will retain her title.  Yeah, I'm probably hanging myself right now making such a prediction on the basis of one game.  I just don't think any of the other players can out-play her OTB, not even Krush.  Let's see how my prowess as a prognosticator measures up!

You can follow the action and see games in PGN, etc. etc. at uschesschamps.com. 

Standings after R1:

Rank	Name	Score	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1
1	IM Zatonskih, Anna	1.0	F	2510	2895	+0.11	1
2	IM Krush, Irina	1.0	F	2457	3099	+0.37	1
3	IM Goletiani, Rusudan	1.0	F	2333	3093	+0.53	1
4	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	0.5	F	2329	2228	-0.14	½
5	FM Melekhina, Alisa	0.5	F	2242	2224	-0.03	½
6	WIM Ni, Viktorija	0.5	F	2228	2329	+0.14	½
7	WIM Zenyuk, Iryna	0.5	F	2224	2242	+0.03	½
8	WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	0.0	F	2364	1722	-0.37	0
9	WGM Baginskaite, Camilla	0.0	F	2358	1598	-0.53	0
10	WFM Kats, Alena	0.0	F	2137	1752	-0.11	0

R1 Pairings:

Table	White	Score	Rating	Black	Score	Rating	Result
1	WIM Ni, Viktorija	0.0	2228	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	0.0	2329	½-½
2	WIM Zenyuk, Iryna	0.0	2224	FM Melekhina, Alisa	0.0	2242	½-½
3	IM Krush, Irina	0.0	2457	WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	0.0	2364	1-0
4	IM Goletiani, Rusudan	0.0	2333	WGM Baginskaite, Camilla	0.0	2358	1-0
5	IM Zatonskih, Anna	0.0	2510	WFM Kats, Alena	0.0	2137	1-0

R2 Pairings:

Table	White	Score	Rating	Black	Score	Rating	Result
1	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	0.5	2329	WFM Kats, Alena	0.0	2137
2	WGM Baginskaite, Camilla	0.0	2358	IM Zatonskih, Anna	1.0	2510
3	WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	0.0	2364	IM Goletiani, Rusudan	1.0	2333
4	FM Melekhina, Alisa	0.5	2242	IM Krush, Irina	1.0	2457
5	WIM Ni, Viktorija	0.5	2228	WIM Zenyuk, Iryna	0.5	2224