2012 U.S. Women's Chess Championship

Results R7:

Table	White	Score	Rating	Black	Score	Rating	Result
1	IM Goletiani, Rusudan	3.5	2333	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	3.5	2329	1-0
2	IM Zatonskih, Anna	4.5	2510	IM Krush, Irina	4.5	2457	½-½
3	WFM Kats, Alena	1.0	2137	WIM Zenyuk, Iryna	3.0	2224	½-½
4	WGM Baginskaite, Camilla	0.5	2358	WIM Ni, Viktorija	3.0	2228	½-½
5	WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	3.0	2364	FM Melekhina, Alisa	3.5	2242	1-0

Ouch!  Abrahamyan had a chance to get within 1/2 point of the leaders, who drew their game today (anti-climax!)  Instead, she's stuck with 3.5, Goletiani takes over 3rd place and Foisor springs into 4th place with her win against Melekhina.

Standings after R7:

Rank	Name	Score	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	IM Zatonskih, Anna	5.0	F	2510	2448	-0.37	1	1	½	½	½	1	½
2	IM Krush, Irina	5.0	F	2457	2477	+0.25	1	½	1	½	1	½	½
3	IM Goletiani, Rusudan	4.5	F	2333	2417	+0.82	1	0	1	0	1	½	1
4	WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	4.0	F	2364	2388	+0.27	0	1	½	1	½	0	1
5	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	3.5	F	2329	2300	-0.26	½	1	0	1	0	1	0
6	FM Melekhina, Alisa	3.5	F	2242	2340	+0.88	½	½	0	½	1	1	0
7	WIM Ni, Viktorija	3.5	F	2228	2335	+0.96	½	0	0	1	½	1	½
8	WIM Zenyuk, Iryna	3.5	F	2224	2319	+0.84	½	1	1	½	0	0	½
9	WFM Kats, Alena	1.5	F	2137	2089	-0.41	0	0	1	0	0	0	½
10	WGM Baginskaite, Camilla	1.0	F	2358	1997	-2.98	0	0	0	0	½	0	½

R8 pairings:

Table	White	Score	Rating	Black	Score	Rating	Result
1	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	3.5	2329	FM Melekhina, Alisa	3.5	2242
2	WIM Ni, Viktorija	3.5	2228	WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	4.0	2364
3	WIM Zenyuk, Iryna	3.5	2224	WGM Baginskaite, Camilla	1.0	2358
4	IM Krush, Irina	5.0	2457	WFM Kats, Alena	1.5	2137
5	IM Goletiani, Rusudan	4.5	2333	IM Zatonskih, Anna	5.0	2510

R6 Zatonskih in Angst. Zenyuk had white. Photo from
U.S. Chesschamps.com. 

Well, ujnless Alena Kats has the game of her life, put 1.0 up in Krush's column of Ws!  Zatonskih, on the other hand, is going to have her hands full with a fired up Goletiani who will also have the white pieces.  Goletiani has 4 wins already, Zatonskih (and Krush), 3.  Uh uh.  Could my prediction of a Zatonskih repeat be ill-fated?  Could I be - gulp - wrong?  We'll see.