2015 U.S. Women's Chess Championship: Final Results and Standings

Hola darlings!

Here's the poop:

Pairings round 11 

Table	White	Score	Rating	Black	Score	Rating	Result
1	WIM Ni, Viktorija	6.0	2188	WCM Virkud, Apurva	3.5	2132	1-0
2	IM Paikidze, Nazi	7.0	2333	WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	5.0	2235	½-½
3	GM Krush, Irina	8.0	2477	WGM Nemcova, Katerina	7.0	2279	½-½
4	IM Goletiani, Rusudan	5.5	2311	WFM Yu, Jennifer R	2.0	2180	½-½
5	WGM Sharevich, Anna	5.5	2267	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	5.5	2322	1-0
6	WIM Wang, Annie	2.5	1901	FM Melekhina, Alisa	2.5	2235	1-0

Generated by Swiss Master for Windows on 12-04-2015 at 18:22

Kudos to Annie Wang for her final game being a win over much higher rated Melekhina whom, I would venture to say, is much out of practice after spending the majority of the past 3-4 years in college.  Well, one has to make a living and one is not very likely to make a good living playing chess, when all is said and done.  Ni secured her victory against Apurva Virkud for 4th place, while Paikidze and Nemcova settled into a share of second/third place money.  I'd say my biggest surprise was Abrahamyan's middling performance. I so want her to win this title -- I think she has the goods!  She has been so fricking close in prior events but has never made that break-through.  I thought this year, maybe she could do it.

Here are the final standings:

Final

Rank	Name	Score	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	GM Krush, Irina	8.5	F	2477	2444	-0.25	½	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	½
2	IM Paikidze, Nazi	7.5	F	2333	2366	+0.64	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½
3	WGM Nemcova, Katerina	7.5	F	2279	2368	+1.43	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	0	½
4	WIM Ni, Viktorija	7.0	F	2188	2345	+2.32	½	0	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1
5	WGM Sharevich, Anna	6.5	F	2267	2301	+0.63	1	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1
6	IM Goletiani, Rusudan	6.0	F	2311	2269	-0.53	½	1	1	½	0	1	0	1	½	0	½
7	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	5.5	F	2322	2233	-1.21	0	0	1	1	½	1	½	½	0	1	0
8	WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	5.5	F	2235	2239	+0.08	½	0	1	1	½	0	½	½	1	0	½
9	WCM Virkud, Apurva	3.5	F	2132	2115	-0.35	1	½	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	0
10	WIM Wang, Annie	3.5	F	1901	2114	+2.22	1	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	1
11	FM Melekhina, Alisa	2.5	F	2235	2028	-2.92	0	1	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	0
12	WFM Yu, Jennifer R	2.5	F	2180	2033	-2.06	0	1	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½

Generated by Swiss Master for Windows on 12-04-2015 at 18:22

Confirming my eyeballing of round by round results, WIM Viktorija Ni out-performed her rating by 157 points; but Annie Wang out-performed by 213 points, woo woo!  Congrats to both chess femmes for showing that ELO isn't necessarily the best measurement of one's true grit when it comes to the game.

It will be interesting to see how the "new kids on the block" perform over the next few years -- will we see some of the names in the lower half of the rankings back again next year?