Round 4 pairings:
- Sabina-Francesca Foisor 0-1 Alisa Melekhina
- Rusudan Goletiani 1/2 Tatev Abrahamyan
- Anna Zatonskih 1/2 Camilla Baginskaite
- Yun Fan 1/2 Irina Krush
- Iryna Zenyuk 1/2 Battsetseg Tsagaan
http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/US-Womens-Championship-2009
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar
October 7, 2009
Chess Improvement, Scholastic Chess, USA Chess, Women's Chess
12 Comments
Sabina-Francesca Foisor vs Alisa Melekhina 0-1
Rusudan Goletiani vs Tatev Abrahamyan draw
Anna Zatonskih vs Camilla Baginskaite 1-0
Yun Fan vs Irina Krush 0-1
Did I get it right?
Iryna Zenyuk vs Battsetseg Tsagaan 0-1
Monroi coverage of this event is brilliant! The boards are professional, real time movements, everything is just perfect. Thanks to the lady behind all these masterpieces! Forgot her name now, but everyone knows her already. It’s the greatest of pities she is not a member of the world chess federations staff.
Zejka Malobabic is the Mona Lisa of chess. I adore her.
Irina just lost a pawn to the zero-pointer. Let’s hope her luck prevails the lack of material. It’s the only way to catch up with the sure US winner Anna Zatonskih.
Zeljka has done for chess more than many world champions and national organizations have. Hopefully she got some inner satisfaction and even profits from these sacrifices she made.
For newcomers to the world of MonRoi:
Zeljka has played chess for twenty years and has organized numerous chess tournaments. In the past two years she managed live broadcast of major chess tournaments such as the World Open, the ECU Individual Chess Championship, the GibTelecom Masters, the Montreal International Category 16, the MonRoi International Women’s Grand-Prix, and the World Youth Chess Championship among many others. She holds a B.A. degree in Languages. Zeljka has published several academic papers and has been a speaker at international academic forums in new methods of teaching. She is fluent in eight languages, and enjoys travel and interacting with chess players, organizers and chess fans around the world
The US women’s championship 2009 is flawed by Susan not participating in it. When will the chess inquisition stop haunting her? She is the best US chess ever had, 1000x better in marketing and honesty in all done, than compared to the 2nd best – the chess propaganda made when Bobby won the world title.
‘Zeljka has played chess for twenty years’
I can’t find any games of her registered under the surname “Malobabic” in the mega database 2009. What was her maiden name?
I insist calling this a USCF championship, not a US championship, for obvious reasons.
In fairness, it is my understanding that Susan has essentially retired from tournament play — voluntarily.
I have done so such thing 🙂
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
The USCF does have an activity requirement to participate in Championship events, which is why Susan did not receive an invitation. Had she been an active tournament player, she would have been invited. Likewise, Yasser Seirawan did not receive an invitation to the 2009 U.S. Championship due to his inactivity.