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

Rank	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Score
1	GM Krush, Irina	2477	x		0	1	½	1	1	½	1	1		1	7.0
2	WGM Nemcova, Katerina	2279		x		½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7.0
3	IM Paikidze, Nazi	2333	1		x	½		½	½	½	½	1	1	½	6.0
4	IM Goletiani, Rusudan	2311	0	½	½	x	1	1		0	1	½		1	5.5
5	WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	2235	½	½		0	x		0	1	1	½	½	1	5.0
6	WIM Ni, Viktorija	2188	0	½	½	0		x	½	½		1	1	1	5.0
7	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	2322	0	½	½		1	½	x		1	0	1	0	4.5
8	WGM Sharevich, Anna	2267	½	0	½	1	0	½		x	½		1	½	4.5
9	WCM Virkud, Apurva	2132	0	0	½	0	0		0	½	x	1	1		3.0
10	FM Melekhina, Alisa	2235	0	0	0	½	½	0	1		0	x	½		2.5
11	WFM Yu, Jennifer R	2180		0	0		½	0	0	0	0	½	x	1	2.0
12	WIM Wang, Annie	1901	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	½			0	x	2.0

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 

Table	White	Score	Rating	Black	Score	Rating	Result
1	WCM Virkud, Apurva	3.0	2132	WIM Wang, Annie	2.0	1901
2	FM Melekhina, Alisa	2.5	2235	WGM Sharevich, Anna	4.5	2267
3	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	4.5	2322	IM Goletiani, Rusudan	5.5	2311
4	WFM Yu, Jennifer R	2.0	2180	GM Krush, Irina	7.0	2477
5	WGM Nemcova, Katerina	7.0	2279	IM Paikidze, Nazi	6.0	2333
6	WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	5.0	2235	WIM Ni, Viktorija	5.0	2188

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

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1st	$20,000	7th	$4,000
2nd	$13,000	8th	$3,500
3rd	$8,000	9th	$3,000
4th	$6,000	10th	$2,500
5th	$5,000	11th	$2,000
6th	$4,500	12th	$1,500
Special Prizes		$2,000
Total Prize Fund		$75,000

Well, every little bit helps, darlings :)

Okay - time to go rake nut shells.