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Saturday, April 11, 2015

2015 U.S. Women's Chess Championship

Hola everyone!

It's a beautiful day here in Milwaukee (finally!) and I'm headed out shortly for some much needed exercise and yard clean-up.  My squirrels have left me about half a ton of nut shells to rake up despite periodic sweeping over the winter (when things weren't covered with snow, that is).

So, here we are already after Round 9 in the Women's Championship:

Cross table after round 9

RankNameRating123456789101112Score
1GM Krush, Irina2477x0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7.0
2WGM Nemcova, Katerina2279x½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7.0
3IM Paikidze, Nazi23331 x½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6.0
4IM Goletiani, Rusudan23110 ½ ½ x1 1 0 1 ½ 1 5.5
5WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca2235½ ½ 0 x0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5.0
6WIM Ni, Viktorija21880 ½ ½ 0 x½ ½ 1 1 1 5.0
7WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev23220 ½ ½ 1 ½ x1 0 1 0 4.5
8WGM Sharevich, Anna2267½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ x½ 1 ½ 4.5
9WCM Virkud, Apurva21320 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ x1 1 3.0
10FM Melekhina, Alisa22350 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 x½ 2.5
11WFM Yu, Jennifer R21800 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ x1 2.0
12WIM Wang, Annie19010 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 x2.0
Generated by Swiss Master for Windows on 10-04-2015 at 18:48

Krush now shares first place with Nemcova after her defeat of Tatev Abrahamyan yesterday while Nemcova could only manage a draw against Ni.  Tatev, who has often been in the top 3-4 players in the Women's Championship over the last few years, well I'd say judging by her results she is off form in this event.  Listen to me - like I'm an expert or something, ha!

Only two more rounds to go, peeps.  Today's match-ups:

Pairings round 10 

TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult
1WCM Virkud, Apurva3.02132WIM Wang, Annie2.01901
2FM Melekhina, Alisa2.52235WGM Sharevich, Anna4.52267
3WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev4.52322IM Goletiani, Rusudan5.52311
4WFM Yu, Jennifer R2.02180GM Krush, Irina7.02477
5WGM Nemcova, Katerina7.02279IM Paikidze, Nazi6.02333
6WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca5.02235WIM Ni, Viktorija5.02188

Generated by Swiss Master for Windows on 10-04-2015 at 18:48

Games I am interested in are Nemcova - Paikidze and Foisor - Ni.

While the men are battling it out for $175,000 in total prizes, the women are playing for a total of $75,000:

Prize Fund
PlacePrizePlacePrize
1st$20,0007th$4,000
2nd$13,0008th$3,500
3rd$8,0009th$3,000
4th$6,00010th$2,500
5th$5,00011th$2,000
6th$4,50012th$1,500
Special Prizes$2,000
Total Prize Fund$75,000

Well, every little bit helps, darlings :)

Okay - time to go rake nut shells.

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