Pairings round 5
| Table | White | Score | Rating | Black | Score | Rating | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FM Conrad Holt | 0.5 | 2411 | GM Ray Robson | 3.0 | 2613 | 1/2 |
| 2 | NM Parker Zhao | 3.5 | 2382 | FM Steven Zierk | 2.0 | 2428 | 1-0 |
| 3 | FM Warren Harper | 3.0 | 2388 | NM Eric Rosen | 1.5 | 2209 | 0-1 |
| 4 | FM John Bryant | 1.0 | 2487 | FM Darwin Yang | 3.0 | 2422 | 1/2 |
| 5 | IM Sam Shankland | 1.5 | 2563 | NM Tyler Hughes | 1.0 | 2386 | 1-0 |
Women’s Championship
| Table | White | Score | Rating | Black | Score | Rating | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WIM Beatriz Marinello | 1.5 | 2206 | WGM Sabina Foisor | 1.5 | 2356 | 0-1 |
| 2 | WFM Tatev Abrahamyan | 3.0 | 2403 | WFM Abby Marshall | 0.5 | 2211 | 1-0 |
| 3 | IM Anna Zatonskih | 3.5 | 2518 | WIM Iryna Zenyuk | 2.0 | 2286 | 1-0 |
| 4 | WGM Katerina Rohonyan | 1.0 | 2322 | WIM Alisa Melekhina | 2.0 | 2323 | 1/2 |
| 5 | WGM Camilla Baginskaite | 1.5 | 2387 | IM Irina Krush | 3.5 | 2521 | 1/2 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Why Krush draw so fast?
I imagine that the end of the “no draws” streak was a big weight off the female players’ shoulders.