Been watching and listening to live coverage of R8. The U.S. Championship is going to be fireworks tomorrow, for sure. And for the chess femmes, are are results thus far:
Sabina Foisor - Viktorija Ni (...Rg8 41. Qxe6) 1 - 0
Iryna Zenyuk - Anna Zatonskih (39. Rxg2 Qxe1) 0 -1
As expected, Zatonskih took a full point from Zenyuk, and now must wait for the outcome of the Abrahamyan - Krush game to see where she stands going into Round 9!
Yet to be finished for the ladies:
Tatev Abrahamyan - Irina Krush (through move 49))
Camilla Baginskaite - Sarah Chiang (white through move 46)
Alena Kats - Anjelina Belakovskaia (white through move 43)
Stay tuned! Something tells me my hair is going to go several shades of grey while I wait for the denoument of R8!
Updated 5:23 p.m.
Holy Hathor! Update - Krush has defeated Abrahamyan. Abrahamyan evidently resigned before making her 51st move.
Updated 6:11 p.m.
Camilla Baginskaite - Sarah Chiang (...Ka1 69. f6) 1 -0
Alena Kata 0 Anjelina Belakovskaia (...Kh8 68. f7) 1 -0
Updated 6:17 p.m.
Hola darlings! Here are the official results for R8:
| Table | White | Score | Rating | Black | Score | Rating | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WGM Foisor, Sabina | 2.5 | 2300 | WIM Ni, Viktorija | 2.0 | 2262 | 1-0 |
| 2 | WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev | 5.5 | 2280 | IM Krush, Irina | 6.5 | 2470 | 0-1 |
| 3 | WGM Baginskaite, Camilla | 3.0 | 2278 | WFM Chiang, Sarah | 1.5 | 2098 | 1-0 |
| 4 | WFM Kats, Alena | 2.0 | 2144 | WGM Belakovskaia, Anjelina | 2.5 | 2263 | 1-0 |
| 5 | WIM Zenyuk, Iryna | 4.0 | 2243 | IM Zatonskih, Anna | 5.5 | 2466 | 0-1 |
Here are the women's standings after R8:
| Rank | Name | Score | M/F | Rating | TPR | W-We | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM Krush, Irina | 7.5 | F | 2470 | 2704 | +1.43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | IM Zatonskih, Anna | 6.5 | F | 2466 | 2508 | +0.47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev | 5.5 | F | 2280 | 2424 | +1.53 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 |
| 4 | WGM Baginskaite, Camilla | 4.0 | F | 2278 | 2257 | -0.24 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 |
| 5 | WIM Zenyuk, Iryna | 4.0 | F | 2243 | 2287 | +0.45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | WGM Foisor, Sabina | 3.5 | F | 2300 | 2212 | -0.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | WFM Kats, Alena | 3.0 | F | 2144 | 2233 | +0.77 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | WGM Belakovskaia, Anjelina | 2.5 | F | 2263 | 2146 | -1.26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 |
| 9 | WIM Ni, Viktorija | 2.0 | F | 2262 | 2090 | -1.81 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | WFM Chiang, Sarah | 1.5 | F | 2098 | 2064 | -0.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 |
And the pairings for the final round of regulation play tomorrow:
| Table | White | Score | Rating | Black | Score | Rating | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IM Zatonskih, Anna | 6.5 | 2466 | WGM Foisor, Sabina | 3.5 | 2300 | |
| 2 | WGM Belakovskaia, Anjelina | 2.5 | 2263 | WIM Zenyuk, Iryna | 4.0 | 2243 | |
| 3 | WFM Chiang, Sarah | 1.5 | 2098 | WFM Kats, Alena | 3.0 | 2144 | |
| 4 | IM Krush, Irina | 7.5 | 2470 | WGM Baginskaite, Camilla | 4.0 | 2278 | |
| 5 | WIM Ni, Viktorija | 2.0 | 2262 | WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev | 5.5 | 2280 |
Krush needs only a draw against Baginskaite tomorrow to secure first place because she will have 8.0. Baginskaite would have to defeat Krush and Zatonskih would have to win her game against Sabine Foisor in order to force a play-off. All of this gets too complicated for me! I'm content to just wait and see what develops tomorrow. I will say this: barring some unforeseen horrible collapse, I just do not see Krush losing her R9 game, and no offense intended against Camilla Baginskaite.
I will once again have both laptops going tomorrow: one tuned into the live coverage at USchesschamps.com and one where I can be doing other things.
Predictions:
Oh hell, I'm so lousy at this, but I'm going to do it anyway:
Zatonskih over Foisor
Belakovskaia draws with Zenyuk
Chiang draws with Kats
Krush over Baginskaite
Ni loses to Abrahamyan
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