2012 Goddesschess Canadian Women's Chess Championship (R8 and R9)

Hola darlings!  I don't have full standings for R8 yet - a game is still in progress (at least, the last time I checked), so here is what I have:

8. Ronde le 2012/08/10 à 16:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Résultat		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	1490		MA Indy	+ - -		SERBANESCU Natasa	1824	9
2	1	1925		AGBABISHVILI Lali	1 - 0		ZHOU Qiyu	1836	8
3	2	1362		SHI Ling Yun	½ - ½	WCM	LIU Jiaxin	1666	7
4	3	2158	WIM	KHOUDGARIAN Natalia	+ - -	WCM	PENG Jackie	2009	6
5	4	1886		YUN Chang			ROY Myriam	1982	5

Tomorrow is the final round.  Match-ups will be:

9. Ronde le 2012/08/11 à 13:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Résultat		Name	Rtg	No.
1	5	1982		ROY Myriam			MA Indy	1490	10
2	6	2009	WCM	PENG Jackie			YUN Chang	1886	4
3	7	1666	WCM	LIU Jiaxin	0 - 1	WIM	KHOUDGARIAN Natalia	2158	3
4	8	1836		ZHOU Qiyu			SHI Ling Yun	1362	2
5	9	1824		SERBANESCU Natasa			AGBABISHVILI Lali	1925	1

Updated Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 5:47 p.m.:

Hola everyone!  I worked nearly a full day today at the office so I'm behind the time here.  Another player decided to leave rather than play the championship to the end.  I can safely tell you that I have NEVER seen anything like this before.  Yes, I have seen players leave gigantic Opens, but not a Championshp!  Take a look at the results from R8 held yesterday.  When I left you last night, no results had bene posted for the Yun v. Roy game.  Well, now they are posted:

8. Ronde le 2012/08/10 à 16:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Résultat		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	1490		MA Indy	+ - -		SERBANESCU Natasa	1824	9
2	1	1925		AGBABISHVILI Lali	1 - 0		ZHOU Qiyu	1836	8
3	2	1362		SHI Ling Yun	½ - ½	WCM	LIU Jiaxin	1666	7
4	3	2158	WIM	KHOUDGARIAN Natalia	+ - -	WCM	PENG Jackie	2009	6
5	4	1886		YUN Chang	- - +		ROY Myriam	1982	5

It appears that Yun Chang FORFEITED R8.

Yun Chang had been scheduled to play Jackie Peng in R9, but Peng left the tournament earlier.  Here are the results from R9 held earlier today:

9. Ronde le 2012/08/11 à 13:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Résultat		Name	Rtg	No.
1	5	1982		ROY Myriam	½ - ½		MA Indy	1490	10
2	6	2009	WCM	PENG Jackie	- - -		YUN Chang	1886	4
3	7	1666	WCM	LIU Jiaxin	0 - 1	WIM	KHOUDGARIAN Natalia	2158	3
4	8	1836		ZHOU Qiyu	1 - 0		SHI Ling Yun	1362	2
5	9	1824		SERBANESCU Natasa	- - +		AGBABISHVILI Lali	1925	1

As you can see, both Jackie Peng and Yun Chang were marked with a loss by forfeit, as was Natasa Serbanescu, who left the tournament after R4.
Here are the final standings:

Grille américaine finale après la ronde 9 .

Rg.		Name	ELO	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.
1	WIM	KHOUDGARIAN Natalia	2158	CAN	*	1	½	1	1	1	+	1	1	1	8.5
2		AGBABISHVILI Lali	1925	CAN	0	*	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	+	7.0
		ROY Myriam	1982	CAN	½	½	*	½	+	1	1	1	½	1	7.0
4		ZHOU Qiyu	1836	CAN	0	0	½	*	½	1	1	1	½	+	5.5
5		YUN Chang	1886	CAN	0	0	-	½	*	1	-	1	1	1	4.5
6		SHI Ling Yun	1362	CAN	0	0	0	0	0	*	+	½	½	+	3.0
	WCM	PENG Jackie	2009	CAN	-	0	0	0	-	-	*	1	1	+	3.0
	WCM	LIU Jiaxin	1666	CAN	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	+	3.0
9		MA Indy	1490	CAN	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	*	+	2.5
10		SERBANESCU Natasa	1824	CAN	0	-	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	*	0.0

There must have been a ghost-town feeling to the ladies' playing venue with four players missing for the final rounds (Serbanescu, Peng, Liu, and Yun).

Congratulations once again to the clear winner, WIM Natalia Khoudgarian (7.5/8), who will represent Canada at the upcoming FIDE Women's World Chess Championshp (Knock-Out Version).  Congratulations also to Lali Agbabishvili and Myriam Roy, who each finished the tounament with 6.0/8.  I did not include in these player's scores the point awarded for a forfeit nor count the game in games played.  Outstanding results by the top three players!

Updated Sunday August 12, 2012 6:56 a.m.:

Mr. Don has photos from the closing, also some interviews that he will download later on.  Right now it's breakfast for me and then I'll post the photos that he sent.  I'll also look for the final games from the rounds I missed.

Added at 9:11 a.m.:

From left: Sorry, I do not remember the name of the gentleman; Bernard Quimet, women's championship
arbiter in the middle; and WIM Natalia Khoudgarian, repeating her title!

Women's Champion trophy.  Not the best photograph (tsk, Mr. Don), but it's beautiful!

The 2012 Goddesschess Canadian Women's Championship top three finishers, from
left to right:  Myriam Roy (3rd place); WIM Natalia Khoudgarian (1st place); and
Lali Agbabisvili (2nd place).

 I'll be posting more photos under the regular posts at the Goddesschess blog, but right now I've got to get started cutting the grass out front!