2013 U.S. Women's Chess Championship: Round 1

Woo woo!  It's started, darlings! 

I just got settled in after getting home from the office.  A cold (high didn't get above 46 degrees F), rainy, uber-windy and generally all-around crappy day here in Milwaukeeland.  After two sunny teaser days, one high of 85 F and the next high of 77 F. Arrrggghhh! 

So I rushed home to see if the games were over already (they are) -- well, they started at 1 p.m.  Didn't have a SECOND to check the action while at the office.  So without further ado, here are the results for the ladies:

Alena Kats (2144) (W) v. Irina Krush (2470)(B): 0-1: An 82 move headbanger - Holy Hathor!

Tatev Abrahamyan (2280) (W) v. Sabina Foisor (2300) (B): 1-0: Black resigned on move 87 - looks like a wild game with neither player wishing to back down.

Camille Baginskaite (2278) (W) v. Viktorija Ni (2262) (B):  1/2-1/2: Draw agreed to after W's move 41.  An evenly matched pairing.

Iryna Zenyuk (2243) (W) v. Sarah Chiang (2098) (B): 1-0: Sarah Chiang is the youngest player, at age 15.  She resigned after W's move 61. 

Anna Zatonskih (2466) (W) v. Anjelina Belakovskaia (2263) (B): 1-0: I haven't played through it, looks like it moved to end game relatively quickly, bang bang bang bang!  B resigned after move 26, despite putting W's K into check and despite being up 2 pawns, because W had safe moves for her K plus a pawn that would promote in one move after her K's move, and B had no way to stop it.

Added at 7:45 p.m. standings:

Rank	Name	Score	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1
1	IM Krush, Irina	1.0	F	2470	2879	+0.13	1
2	IM Zatonskih, Anna	1.0	F	2466	2998	+0.24	1
3	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	1.0	F	2280	3035	+0.53	1
4	WIM Zenyuk, Iryna	1.0	F	2243	2833	+0.31	1
5	WGM Baginskaite, Camilla	0.5	F	2278	2262	-0.02	½
6	WIM Ni, Viktorija	0.5	F	2262	2278	+0.02	½
7	WGM Foisor, Sabina	0.0	F	2300	1545	-0.53	0
8	WGM Belakovskaia, Anjelina	0.0	F	2263	1731	-0.24	0
9	WFM Kats, Alena	0.0	F	2144	1735	-0.13	0
10	WFM Chiang, Sarah	0.0	F	2098	1508	-0.31	0