Click here to see the video from the US Women’s Open, courtesy of Cesar Horta. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
And the debate continues…

Here is more about the recent Frank K. Berry US Women’s Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma: More letters from our (ChessBase) readers (selection) Callen Mascarenhas, Seattle I don’t think a competition of such high stature should be judged through a Blitz match. The tournament is high-pressure as it is. And to decide the final game in […]
More Q & A about the US Women’s Championship

Dear USCF Board, and interested parties. I wish to raise oficial questions about the recently concluded US Women’s Champion final, on an on the record basis. It is the general opinion of the super-site Chessbase that what we recently witnessed was that Americans degraded and demeaned the game of chess by their conduct during the […]
US Women’s Championship Video

Video of the US Women’s Championship Playoff Click here to see it. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Final Crosstable

This is the final crosstable of the 2008 US Women’s Championship with performance rating, courtesy of TWIC. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
US Championship Final Standings

Final Standings: 1 Shulman, Yury GM 2664 7.02 Onischuk, Alexander GM 2728 6.53 Kudrin, Sergey GM 2610 6.04-6 Friedel, Josh IM 2511 5.54-6 Perelshteyn, Eugene GM 2615 5.54-6 Akobian, Varuzhan GM 2666 5.57-10 Finegold, Benjamin IM 2607 5.07-10 Ivanov, Alexander GM 2622 5.07-10 Becerra, Julio GM 2637 5.07-10 Gulko, Boris GM 2623 5.011-14 Fedorowicz, John […]
A shocking 1 move blunder!

Anna was completely winning and she hung her Queen in 1 move!!! The position above is after 31.Qd5??????? IM Zatonskih (2490) – IM Krush (2515) [B20]21.05.2008 – Blitz 1 1.e4 c5 2.g3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bg2 Qe6+ 6.Kf1 Nc6 7.h3 Bh5 8.d3 Qd7 9.Be3 e6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Nb3 Nd5 12.Bxc5 Bxc5 13.Nxc5 Qe7 […]
A must win for Irina and she did it!

Irina lost the first playoff game. She must win this one to have a chance to extend the match for a shot to retain her title. IM Krush (2515) – IM Zatonskih (2490) [D15]21.05.2008 – Playoff Game 2 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.h3 dxc4 6.a4 Nd5 7.e3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 b5 9.Ne5 […]
Zatonskih wins rapid playoff game 1

[White “Zatonskih, Anna”][Black “Krush, Irina”][Result “d4”][WhiteELO “2490”][WhiteTitle “IM”][BlackELO “2515”][BlackTitle “IM”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.Qb3 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 Qf6 8.0–0 Nge7 9.e5 Qg6 10.a3 Bxd2 11.Bxd2 0–0 12.Rac1 Bg4 13.Rfe1 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Ng5 Nd5 16.Qxb7 Nce7 17.Qa6 c6 18.Qc4 Rad8 19.Ne4 h6 20.Rcd1 Nf5 21.Ng3 Nh4 22.Bc1 Nf4 […]
A miracle save by Irina

Anna Zatonskih already won her game. Tatev Abrahamyan lost. Irina is trying to hang on for a draw to get a share of first place. IM Krush (2515) – WGM Rohonyan (2318) [A58]21.05.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Rb1 0–0 11.0–0 Qa5 […]