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.RtgNameRésultatNameRtgNo.
1101490MA Indy+ - -SERBANESCU Natasa18249
211925AGBABISHVILI Lali1 - 0ZHOU Qiyu18368
321362SHI Ling Yun½ - ½WCMLIU Jiaxin16667
432158WIMKHOUDGARIAN Natalia+ - -WCMPENG Jackie20096
541886YUN ChangROY Myriam19825

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

9. Ronde le 2012/08/11 à 13:00
Bo.No.RtgNameRésultatNameRtgNo.
151982ROY MyriamMA Indy149010
262009WCMPENG JackieYUN Chang18864
371666WCMLIU Jiaxin0 - 1WIMKHOUDGARIAN Natalia21583
481836ZHOU QiyuSHI Ling Yun13622
591824SERBANESCU NatasaAGBABISHVILI Lali19251

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.RtgNameRésultatNameRtgNo.
1101490MA Indy+ - -SERBANESCU Natasa18249
211925AGBABISHVILI Lali1 - 0ZHOU Qiyu18368
321362SHI Ling Yun½ - ½WCMLIU Jiaxin16667
432158WIMKHOUDGARIAN Natalia+ - -WCMPENG Jackie20096
541886YUN Chang- - +ROY Myriam19825

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.RtgNameRésultatNameRtgNo.
151982ROY Myriam½ - ½MA Indy149010
262009WCMPENG Jackie- - -YUN Chang18864
371666WCMLIU Jiaxin0 - 1WIMKHOUDGARIAN Natalia21583
481836ZHOU Qiyu1 - 0SHI Ling Yun13622
591824SERBANESCU Natasa- - +AGBABISHVILI Lali19251

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.NameELOFED12345678910Pts.
1WIMKHOUDGARIAN Natalia2158CAN*1½111+1118.5
2AGBABISHVILI Lali1925CAN0*½1111½1+7.0
ROY Myriam1982CAN½½*½+111½17.0
4ZHOU Qiyu1836CAN00½*½111½+5.5
5YUN Chang1886CAN00-½*1-1114.5
6SHI Ling Yun1362CAN00000*+½½+3.0
WCMPENG Jackie2009CAN-000--*11+3.0
WCMLIU Jiaxin1666CAN0½000½0*1+3.0
9MA Indy1490CAN00½½0½00*+2.5
10SERBANESCU Natasa1824CAN0-0-0----*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! 

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