[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fan, Yun"]
[Black "Foisor, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
f3 a6 9. Bb3 d6 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 e5
15. h6 Bxh6 16. Rxh6 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qg5 18. Qd2 Qg3+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 b5
21. a3 O-O 22. Rh3 Ng4+ 23. Ke2 Ne5 24. Rah1 Rf7 25. f4 Nc4 26. b3 Nxa3 27. Kd3
Nxc2 28. Nd5 a5 29. g4 Nb4+ 30. Kd4 Nxd5 31. Kxd5 Rc5+ 32. Ke6 Rxf4 33. Kxe7
Re5+ 34. Kxd6 Rexe4 35. Rxh7 Rxg4 36. Ra7 Rh4 37. Rc1 Rd4+ 38. Ke6 Rhe4+ 39.
Kf6 Rd6+ 40. Kg5 Re5+ 41. Kf4 Rf5+ 42. Ke4 Rf7 43. Rxa5 Re7+ 44. Kf4 Rd5 45.
Rc6 Rf5+ 46. Kg4 Kh7 47. Raa6 Re4+ 48. Kg3 Rg5+ 49. Kf2 Rf4+ 50. Ke2 Rh4 51.
Ra8 Rf5 52. Raa6 Rg4 53. Ke3 Kh6 54. Rab6 Kh5 55. Re6 Rfg5 56. Kd3 Rg3+ 57. Kc2
Rf5 58. Kb2 g5 59. Ka3 Rd3 60. Re8 Kg4 61. Reb8 Rdd5 62. Kb4 Kf3 63. Rg6 g4 64.
Rbg8 Rf4+ 65. Ka5 b4+ 66. Ka4 Rd1 67. Rc6 g3 68. Rc4 Rxc4 69. bxc4 Rb1 70. Rf8+
Ke3 71. Rg8 Kf2 72. c5 b3 73. Rg5 g2 74. Rf5+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zenyuk, I."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.05"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Qc7
9. Nd2 e5 10. c5 d5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Nf4 Nxc5 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Bc3
Qa3 16. h3 Nh6 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nc2 Qa6 20. Nb4 Qb5 21. a4 Qb6 22.
Nbxd5 cxd5 23. Qxd5+ Nf7 24. Ba5 Qh6 25. Rc7 Qg5 26. h4 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Nxe5 28.
Rxe7 Nc6 29. Rxe4 Nxa5 30. b4 Nc6 31. b5 Bf5 32. Re3 Na5 33. Nd5 Rf7 34. Ne7+
Kf8 35. Nxf5 Rxf5 36. f4 Rc5 37. Re4 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. e4 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krush, I."]
[Black "Melekhina, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
f5 15. Rac1 Rf7 16. Be3 fxe4 17. Bg4 Nf5 18. Rc3 h5 19. Be2 Bf8 20. Rc4 Nd6 21.
Rc3 Nf5 22. Rc4 Nd6 23. Rc3 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baginskaite, C."]
[Black "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. a4 Qxb6 8. Nf3 Bg7
9. Nd2 O-O 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rb8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. O-O Rb4 14. Qc2 Ne8 15. Bd2
Ne5 16. Nd1 Rb8 17. Na5 f5 18. f4 Nf7 19. Nc6 Ra8 20. Ba5 Qb7 21. Bc3 Nf6 22.
Bf3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Ne3 Nh6 26. Rae1 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Nf5 28.
Nc4 h5 29. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Battsetseg, T."]
[Black "Goletiani, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
N1d2 d6 9. f4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. c3 b6 12. g4 Bb7 13. Rf1 Nd7 14. g5 b5 15. h4
Nb6 16. Nd4 Na5 17. f5 e5 18. N4b3 Nc6 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. h5 Na5 21. Nxa5 Qxa5 22.
g6 hxg6 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. hxg6 Nf6 25. Ng5 Rh6 26. Ne6 Rxg6 27. Qf2 Rc8 28. Bb6
Qa4 29. b3 Qa3 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Qxg1 Qb2 32. Nxg7+ Kf7 33. Rb1 Qxc3+ 34. Ke2
Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Nxe4 36. Rf1+ Bf6 37. Nf5 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 Qf4+ 39. Kg2 Rg8+ 40. Kh3
Rh8+ 41. Kg2 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goletiani, R."]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
Qa4 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. Qc2 Kf7 13. d4 Bb4 14. g5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 Qa5 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Kf1 b5 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. Qd3 b4 20. Nd1 Qa4 21. Bg5 Qc2
22. Qa6 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. a3 bxa3 25. bxa3 Rb8 26. Rd3 Rc4 27. f3 Nh5 28.
e4 Rc2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 Rb3 31. exd5 exd5 32. f4 Ndf6 33. Nc3 Bxf4 34. Be1
Ke6 35. Ra2 Kd6 36. a4 a6 37. a5 Bg3 38. Bd2 Bxh4 39. Bf3 Bg3 40. Be2 Bf4 41.
Ke1 Ne4 42. Nxe4+ dxe4 43. Bxf4+ Nxf4 44. Bxa6 e3 45. Kd1 Rb4 46. Kc1 Rxd4 47.
Bb5 Kc5 48. Bf1 Rd7 49. a6 Kb6 50. Be2 Ka7 51. Rb2 g5 52. Ra2 g6 53. Rc2 Re7
54. Kd1 Rh7 55. Bf3 Kxa6 56. Rc3 Re7 57. Rb3 Ka5 58. Ke1 Ka4 59. Rb6 e2 60. Rd6
Re3 61. Bc6+ Kb4 62. Bh1 Nd3+ 63. Rxd3 Rxd3 64. Kxe2 Rd4 65. Ke3 Rf4 66. Be4
Rf6 67. Bd5 Kc5 68. Be4 Kd6 69. Bd3 Ke5 70. Be2 Rf4 71. Bd3 g4 72. Be2 g3 73.
Bf3 Kf5 74. Ke2 Rb4 75. Bc6 Kf4 76. Bd5 Rb2+ 77. Kf1 Ke3 78. Kg1 Rd2 79. Bc6
Kf4 80. Bb7 Rd7 81. Bc6 Re7 82. Bd5 Kg4 83. Kg2 Re2+ 84. Kf1 Rd2 85. Bg2 Rxg2
86. Kxg2 Kf4 87. Kg1 Kf3 88. Kf1 g2+ 89. Kg1 g5 90. Kh2 Kf2 91. Kh3 g4+ 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Foisor, S."]
[Black "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. c5 h6 11. Bh4 exd4 12. Nxd4 dxc5 13. Nb3 g5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15.
Bxa6 bxa6 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. Nxc7 Qa4 18. Qd6 Rb6 19. Qxc5 Rc6 20. Qxa7 Nd3 21.
Nd5 Kh8 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Nc3 Qb4 24. Rae1 Nd3 25. Re4 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. h4
Nxb2 28. Be5 Bb7 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Re2 Nd3 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rd2 Nf4 33. f3
Rh8 34. Ne2 Nxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Bd5 36. Re5 Bxb3 37. axb3 f6 38. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melekhina, A."]
[Black "Baginskaite, C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd3 11. Bxd3 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Be4 Bd7
15. Na3 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Na4 17. Rab1 Be6 18. Nc2 h6 19. Be3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21.
Nfd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 e5 24. Nf3 f6 25. Rec1 Rc8 26. c4 Rd3 27. Ne1
Rd2 28. b3 Nc5 29. Rc2 Rcd8 30. Kf1 Rxc2 31. Nxc2 Rd2 32. Nb4 Ne4 33. f3 Nd6
34. Re1 Nf5 35. Nd5 Kf7 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Re1 Rd2 38. Re2 Rd3 39. Ke1 Nh4 40.
Nb4 Rd4 41. Nc2 Rd3 42. Nb4 Rd6 43. Nd5 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zatonskih, A."]
[Black "Battsetseg, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 c6 12. Qc2 h5 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 h4 15.
g4 Ne5 16. Qe2 c5 17. Nc2 Be6 18. Na3 Nfxg4 19. hxg4 h3 20. Bxh3 Qh4 21. Kg2
Nxg4 22. Rh1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Bxh3+ 25. Qxh3 Qxe4+ 26. Qf3 Qe5 27.
Rd5 Qg7 28. Nc2 Re6 29. Rd3 Rae8 30. Ne3 f5 31. Rb1 R8e7 32. Nd5 Re8 33. Rxb7
1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fan, Yun"]
[Black "Zenyuk, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 12. b3 Qd8 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. a3 a6 15.
Rfc1 Nd7 16. Ra2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. a4 Rac8 21.
Rd1 Kf8 22. Re2 R5c6 23. Re3 Nc5 24. Rb1 e6 25. Na2 Ke7 26. h3 h5 27. h4 Rb8
28. Rc3 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. g3 Rf8 31. a5 Nd7 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Rec1 Rg8 34. Kf2
Rgc8 35. R1c2 Ne5 36. f4 Ng4+ 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. Re3 Rc5 39. Nc3 Rxa5 40. Ne2 Ng4
41. Rd3 e5 42. Rdc3 b5 43. cxb5 Rxc3+ 44. Nxc3 axb5 45. fxe5 dxe5 46. b4 Ra3
47. Ke2 e4 48. Nxb5 Rxg3 49. Rc5 Rg2+ 50. Ke1 Kf6 51. Nd4 Ne5 52. Rb5 Nd3+ 53.
Kd1 f4 54. Rxh5 e3 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. h5+ Kh6 57. Ne2 Rf2 58. b5 f3 59. Rf6+ Kh7
60. Rf7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krush, I."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. O-O Be6
15. Rb1 a5 16. Nd2 Nc8 17. Ra3 Nd6 18. Qc5 Qc7 19. Rc3 Rfc8 20. Rbc1 Qd8 21. h3
Bf5 22. Bf1 b5 23. Rb3 Nb7 24. Qa3 b4 25. Qa4 c5 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Qb5 Rab8 28.
Qe2 a4 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zenyuk, I."]
[Black "Foisor, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Rc1
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. f4 h6 11. Nf3 g5 12. O-O gxf4 13. Nh4 e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15.
exf4 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Bg4 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Kf8 20. Nc3 Ne7 21. Na4
Qd6 22. Bb1 d4 23. Nc5 Qd5 24. Re1 Rg8 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Be4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxe4
28. Rxe4 Nf5 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Nxb7 Rg6 31. Nc5 Ne3 32. g3 h5 33. Nd3 h4 34.
Rc8+ Ke7 35. Rc7+ Kd6 36. Rxf7 hxg3 37. hxg3 Rxg3 38. Rf6+ Kd5 39. Rxa6 Ke4 40.
Ra3 Kf3 41. f5 Rh3+ 42. Kg1 Rg3+ 43. Kh1 Ke2 44. Nf4+ Kf1 45. Ra4 Rg4 46. Nh3
d3 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Battsetseg, T."]
[Black "Fan, Yun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 Qb6 8. Nb3
a6 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. f5 Nde5 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Ne7 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Kb1 h6 18. Bf4 N7g6 19. g3 Be7 20. Bh3 Ra8 21. Nc6
Nc4 22. Qe2 O-O 23. Rde1 Bf6 24. Bc1 Nge5 25. Rhf1 Nxc6 26. Rxf6 Rfe8 27. Qxe8+
Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kh7 29. Rf1 Nd4 30. Rc8 Qe7 31. b3 Nb6 32. Rc3 b4 33. Re3 Qc7
34. Bf5+ g6 35. Bb2 Nxd5 36. Bxd4 Nxe3 37. Bxe3 gxf5 38. Rxf5 Kg6 39. Rf4 f5
40. Bd2 a5 41. g4 fxg4 42. Rxg4+ Kf5 43. Rh4 d5 44. Rxh6 Qd8 45. Rh3 d4 46. Rd3
Qd5 47. h3 Qg2 48. Kb2 Ke4 49. Be1 Qg7 50. Bf2 Qf6 51. Bxd4 Qh4 52. a3 Qh6 53.
axb4 axb4 54. Kb1 Qh5 55. Bb2 Qc5 56. Rd4+ Kf5 57. h4 Qb5 58. Bc1 Qb6 59. Rc4
Kg6 60. Bd2 Kh5 61. Bxb4 Qg1+ 62. Kb2 Qg7+ 63. Bc3 Qe7 64. b4 Qe6 65. Rd4 Qc6
66. Rf4 Qd6 67. Re4 Qc6 68. Re5+ Kxh4 69. b5 Qb6 70. Kb3 Kg4 71. Bb2 Qd6 72.
Kc4 Qd1 73. Kb3 Qd6 74. Re4+ Kf3 75. Rd4 Qe6+ 76. c4 Qe3+ 77. Kb4 Qe1+ 78. Bc3
Qb1+ 79. Ka5 Qc2 80. Bb4 Qb2 81. Bc5 Qa2+ 82. Kb6 Qa8 83. Bd6 Qd8+ 84. Kc6 Qc8+
85. Kb6 Qd8+ 86. Kc5 Qg5+ 87. Rd5 Qe3+ 88. Kc6 Qe8+ 89. Kb7 Qd7+ 90. Bc7 Qe8
91. Rf5+ Kg4 92. Re5 Qd7 93. b6 Qd3 94. c5 Qf3+ 95. c6 Qf8 96. Rd5 Qf3 97. Rd8
Kh5 98. Bd6 Qf7+ 99. c7 Qd5+ 100. Kb8 Qc6 101. b7 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baginskaite, C."]
[Black "Goletiani, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Nbc6 8. e4
d6 9. Be3 f5 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Bg5 Ne6 12. Bh4 Qd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nc7 15.
Ng5 Kh8 16. f4 h6 17. Nh3 b5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. g4 f4 20. g5 h5 21. Rf3 Ne8 22.
Bf2 Qc7 23. cxb5 Bg4 24. Rc1 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Nd6 26. Bxc5 Rfc8 27. Kg2 Rab8 28.
a4 Nf5 29. Be4 Qd7 30. Nf2 Qd8 31. Nh3 Qd7 32. Nf2 Qd8 33. Nh3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Black "Melekhina, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Nf1 Ng8 11. h3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. d4 e4 14. N3h2 d5 15.
Bf4 Nce7 16. Ng3 Ng6 17. Ne2 Nf6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Nf1 Nh5 20. Nfg3 Ngxf4 21.
Nxf4 Nxg3 22. fxg3 c6 23. Rad1 b5 24. a4 a6 25. Ra1 Bd7 26. Bd1 Rg8 27. Qe3 Bf8
28. b3 Bd6 29. Rf1 Qg5 30. Kh2 Raf8 31. axb5 axb5 32. c4 Rg7 33. cxd5 cxd5 34.
h4 Qd8 35. Be2 Rfg8 36. Ra6 Rxg3 37. Qxg3 Rxg3 38. Kxg3 Qc7 39. Ra2 b4 40. h5
Kg8 41. Bd1 Bb5 42. Rff2 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Foisor, S."]
[Black "Melekhina, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. c5 h6 11. Bh4 exd4 12. Nxd4 dxc5 13. Nb3 c4 14. Bxc4 Nb4 15.
Bb5 Nc6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Re1 Nh5 18. Nd5 Qe5 19. Rc1 Re8 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Bxc6
Be6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Bd8 Bxh3 24. Nxc7 Bg4 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. Rc1 Qf4 27. Qd3 Be5
28. g3 Qf3 29. Qxf3 Bxf3 30. Rc5 Rxd8 31. Nd5 Bxe4 32. Ne3 Bxb2 33. Rc7 a6 34.
Nc5 Bf3 35. Nxa6 Ra8 36. Nb4 Ba3 37. Nbc2 Bd6 38. Rd7 Bc5 39. Ne1 Bxe3 40. Nxf3
Bc5 41. Rc7 Bf8 42. Rc2 Bg7 43. Kg2 Nf6 44. Ne5 Nd5 45. Nd3 Ra3 46. Nc1 Rc3 47.
Rd2 Nf4+ 48. gxf4 Rxc1 49. Rd8+ Kh7 50. Rd7 f5 51. Ra7 h5 52. a4 Kh6 53. a5 Rc2
54. Rd7 Ra2 55. Rd5 Bc3 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zatonskih, A."]
[Black "Baginskaite, C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qd3 Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qd1 Bc6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bg5 Ke7
15. Rfd1 h6 16. Bxf6+ gxf6 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rb8
21. Na2 Nxa2 22. Rxa2 Rb6 23. Nd3 Bd4 24. Rc1 Rhb8 25. Rc7+ Kf8 26. b4 Kg7 27.
f4 f5 28. Kf3 Rd6 29. Rac2 Bb6 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Bd4 32. Rc7 Rb6 33. h3 h5
34. g4 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Rb5 37. Rd7 Bc3 38. Ra7 a5 39. bxa5 Rxa5
40. Rxa5 Bxa5 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fan, Yun"]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxd6 Bd7 11. Qc5 Bd4 12. Qxb6 Bxb6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6
Bxc6 15. a4 Ke7 16. Ke2 Rhc8 17. f3 Be8 18. g3 Rc4 19. Rhd1 g5 20. a5 Ba7 21.
Rd3 h5 22. Nd2 Rd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Ra3 h4 25. f4 hxg3 26. hxg3 g4 27. Nd1
Bb5+ 28. c4 Bc6 29. b4 Rh8 30. Ne3 Rh2+ 31. Kd3 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 f5 33. exf5 exf5
34. Rd3 Rg2 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. Kc3+ Ke6 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. Kc3+ Ke6 39. Kd4 Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goletiani, R."]
[Black "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 Nc6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Qb3 a4 14. Qa2 c6 15. dxc6
Nxc6 16. b3 Nd4 17. Re1 Rc8 18. e3 Rc2 19. Qa1 Ne6 20. Rb2 Qc7 21. Qb1 Rc3 22.
bxa4 Nc5 23. Bf1 d5 24. d4 exd4 25. exd4 Nxa4 26. Rxb7 Qa5 27. Rb5 Qa7 28. Qb4
Ng4 29. Nb3 Rc2 30. Be2 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Nc3 32. Rb7 Qa6 33. Bd2 Qf6+ 34. Kg2 Qe6
35. Qe7 Qf5 36. Rf1 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Rd1 Ra8 39. Bf3 Rxa3 40. Rb8+ Kh7
41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. d5 Be5 43. Rb6 e3 44. d6 Bxd6 45. Rxd6 Rxb3 46. Kh3 exd2 47.
R1xd2 Rbb2 48. Rxc2 Rxc2 49. g4 g5 50. Kg3 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Ra6 f6 53. Ra7+
Kg6 54. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zenyuk, I."]
[Black "Battsetseg, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 a6
9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 Ne8 11. Bf4 f5 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
f4 Nc7 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. a4 Re8 18. Rfe1 Qd4 19. Bd3 Nf8 20. Rxe8 Nxe8 21. Nge2
Qf2 22. Nd1 Qh4 23. Ng1 Bd7 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. Nc3 Nc7 26. h3 h6 27. Bf1 Re8 28.
Rb1 a5 29. Bd3 Na6 30. Rg1 Nb4 31. Bb1 Qe7 32. Re1 Qf6 33. Rg1 Qe7 34. Qf2 Qf6
35. Nb5 Re7 36. Qd2 Rf7 37. Qc3 Nh7 38. Re1 Bxb5 39. axb5 Re7 40. Rf1 b6 41.
Qd2 Qf7 42. g4 fxg4 43. hxg4 Nf6 44. Nh4 Ne4 45. Qh2 Qf6 46. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krush, I."]
[Black "Zenyuk, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Bf5 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be2
c5 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qc1 Rac8 11. Ne5 Rfd8 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Nxd7 Rxd7 14. Nb3 c4
15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Bg3 Qc6 17. Bf3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be2 b5 20. Qc2 Be6 21. a4
Rb7 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. b4 cxb3 24. Bxb5 bxc2 25. Ba6 Rb1 26. Bxc8 Ba2 27. Raxb1
cxb1=Q 28. Rxb1 Bxb1 29. c4 e5 30. d5 Ba2 31. Ba6 f6 32. d6 Kf7 33. c5 Bf8 34.
f4 exf3 35. gxf3 Ke6 36. Be1 Kd5 37. Bb4 Kc6 38. Kf2 Be6 39. h4 f5 40. Ba3 h6
41. Bd3 Bg7 42. Bc2 Kb5 43. Bd3+ Kc6 44. Bc2 Kb5 45. Bd3+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baginskaite, C."]
[Black "Fan, Yun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bd3 c6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nf8
15. e4 Ne6 16. e5 Be7 17. Bf5 Bf8 18. g3 Bc8 19. Qc2 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5
Qxg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 g6 25. Kf2 Bh6 26. Kf3 Re6 27. b4 a6
28. Na4 Rb8 29. Rg1 Kh7 30. Rdf1 Bf8 31. a3 a5 32. Rb1 axb4 33. axb4 f6 34.
Rgc1 fxe5 35. fxe5 Bh6 36. Rf1 Re7 37. Rb3 Ra7 38. Nc3 Bd2 39. Ke2 Bg5 40. b5
c5 41. dxc5 bxc5 42. Nxd5 Ra2+ 43. Kd3 Rxh2 44. b6 Rh4 45. Kc3 Rd4 46. Nf6+ Kg7
47. Rb2 Rf4 48. Rxf4 Bxf4 49. Nd7 Rb7 50. e6 Bd6 51. Kc4 g5 52. Kd5 Bf4 53. Kc6
Rb8 54. Nxb8 Bxb8 55. e7 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Battsetseg, T."]
[Black "Foisor, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rac8 12. Nd5 Rfe8 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Nf3 e6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. c3 Qc7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Red8 20. Qd2 Kg7 21.
Rad1 Be8 22. Re3 Ne7 23. Rd3 Bc6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxe4 27.
Ne5 Rc7 28. f3 Bd5 29. c4 Bc6 30. Kf2 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 g5 33. Bc2 Kf6
34. Nxc6 Nxc6 35. Be4 Ke5 36. Rd1 Ne7 37. b3 f5 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Bb1 Ke6 40.
Ke3 a6 41. Rd8 Ng6 42. a3 Rh7 43. Bd3 Rh3 44. c5 Nh4 45. Bc4+ Ke7 46. Rb8 Nxf3
47. Rxb7+ Kd8 48. Bxa6 g4 49. Kf4 Nd4 50. Bc4 Kc8 51. Rg7 Nxb3 52. Be6+ Kb8 53.
c6 Rc3 54. Rb7+ Ka8 55. Rxb3 Rc5 56. Bxf5 Ka7 57. Bd7 Rc4+ 58. Kg3 Ka6 59. Rd3
Kb6 60. Rd5 Rc3+ 61. Kxg4 Rxa3 62. Rb5+ Kc7 63. Rb7+ Kd6 64. Kf5 Ra1 65. Rb4
Kc7 66. Rc4 Rf1+ 67. Ke5 Re1+ 68. Kd5 Rg1 69. Rc2 Rg5+ 70. Kc4 Rh5 71. Kb4 Rh4+
72. Kb5 Rh5+ 73. Rc5 Rh1 74. Bf5 Rh8 75. Be4 Re8 76. Bd5 Rb8+ 77. Kc4 Rb1 78.
Ra5 Kd6 79. Be4 Rc1+ 80. Kd4 Rd1+ 81. Ke3 Re1+ 82. Kf4 Rf1+ 83. Bf3 Rc1 84.
Rd5+ Kc7 85. Rd7+ Kb6 86. Rb7+ Kc5 87. Ke5 Re1+ 88. Be4 Rg1 89. c7 Rg8 90. Rb8
1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Ng3 Qd7 11. Nxf5 Qxf5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14.
Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Qe4 Qf6 18. c3 Re7 19. Kh1 g6 20. Rd1
Kg7 21. g3 Bd6 22. Kg2 Bc7 23. Rfe1 Rde8 24. Re3 Bb6 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. h4 Qh5 27.
Re1 f5 28. Qc4 Kh8 29. d4 e4 30. Rfe3 Qh6 31. Bc2 Qg7 32. f3 exf3+ 33. Kxf3
Rxe3+ 34. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Qe7+ 36. Kf2 f4 37. gxf4 Qxh4+ 38. Kf3 Qh3+ 39.
Ke2 Qg2+ 40. Kd1 Qg1+ 41. Ke2 Qg4+ 42. Ke1 Qxf4 43. Qe6 Kg7 44. Qe7+ Qf7 45.
Qe5+ Qf6 46. Qe4 Bc7 47. Bd3 Qf4 48. Qe7+ Qf7 49. Qe2 Qxa2 50. c4 Qa5+ 51. Kd1
Qg5 52. Kc2 Qf6 53. Qe8 Bd8 54. Qd7+ Qe7 55. Qg4 Qf7 56. Kb1 Bf6 57. Qf4 Qd7
0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melekhina, A."]
[Black "Goletiani, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd7 9. Bd3 Bc6 10. Bf4 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Re1 Qa5 14. Re3
Ba4 15. Bc2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Nb6 17. Qb3 Qd5 18. Nd2 f6 19. Bg3 Kf7 20. Rae1 Rc6
21. c4 Qxd4 22. c5 Bxc5 23. Rxe6 Qd5 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Rc1 Nd7 26. Ne4 Qxb3 27.
axb3 Re8 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. f3 Nxb3 30. Rxc6 a5 31. Ra6 Re2 32. Ra7+ Ke6 33.
Rxg7 a4 34. Ra7 Ra2 35. Ra6+ Kd5 36. Bd6 Nc1 37. h4 Nd3 38. Bf8 Ne1 39. Rxf6
Nxg2 40. h5 Ne3 41. Rf7 a3 42. Rxh7 Rg2+ 43. Kh1 a2 44. Ra7 Rf2 45. Bg7 Nf5 46.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zatonskih, A."]
[Black "Melekhina, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. O-O Qc8 8. Re1
Bh3 9. Bh1 Bg4 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Qd2 c6 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Ng5 Nf8 15.
Bg2 Ne6 16. f3 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. e4 Nh5 20. Qf2 Bf6 21. Be3
b6 22. f4 c5 23. e5 cxd4 24. Bxd4 dxe5 25. fxe5 Bh8 26. Nd5 Rac8 27. b3 Qe6 28.
Bb2 Ng7 29. Rf1 h5 30. Nf4 Qf5 31. Qe2 Ne6 32. Nd5 Qg4 33. Qg2 h4 34. gxh4 Qxh4
35. Rd3 Bg7 36. Rh3 Qg5 37. Rg3 Qh5 38. Rh3 Qg5 39. Rg3 Qh5 40. Qf2 g5 41. a4
Rcd8 42. Qf5 Qg6 43. Qg4 Kh7 44. h4 Bh6 45. Qf3 Rf8 46. h5 Qc2 47. Rg2 g4 48.
Qxg4 Rg8 49. Rxf7+ Kh8 50. Rxc2 Rxg4+ 51. Rg2 Rxg2+ 52. Kxg2 Nf4+ 53. Nxf4 Rd2+
54. Kf3 Rxb2 55. Ng6+ Kg8 56. Rxe7 Rxb3+ 57. Ke4 Rb4 58. Rc7 Rxa4 59. e6 Ra1
60. Rc8+ Kg7 61. e7 Re1+ 62. Kd5 Kf7 63. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Foisor, S."]
[Black "Goletiani, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 b6 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Rac1 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 b5 14. Ng5 g6
15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Ne4 Ne8 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qd3 d6 19. Qxb5 Qe7 20. Bd2 Ra8 21.
Bh6 f5 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Ng5 Nc5 24. Rxc5 dxc5 25. Qc6 Ra7 26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27.
Nf4 Nf6 28. a3 Rb7 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Qxd5+ Kg7 31. Rd2 Ra7 32. e3 Kh6 33. h4 Ra4
34. Qd7 Qe4 35. Qd8 Ra7 36. Qf8+ Kh5 37. Qxc5 Ra6 38. Qd5 Qg4 39. Kg2 h6 40.
Qf3 Ra4 41. Qxg4+ fxg4 42. Rd5+ g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Rd4 Ra8 45. a4 Ra7 46. b3
Ra8 47. Rd5 Ra7 48. a5 Ra8 49. b4 Ra7 50. e4 Ra8 51. e5 Ra6 52. f3 Rc6 53. Rc5
1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Battsetseg, T."]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Qh5 Nc6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. O-O
Ne7 15. c4 Ba3 16. c5 Ng6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qf3 Bf7 19. Qh3 O-O 20. Rd7 Qc8 21.
Be7 Be8 22. Rd3 Qxh3 23. Rxh3 Rf7 24. Bd6 b6 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Rd3 Bb5 27. Rdd1
Rfd7 28. Rb1 Bb4 29. Rxe5 bxc5 30. h4 Rxd6 31. Nxc5 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kh2
Rc1 34. a4 Bf1 35. Rd5 Rxc2 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Ne4 a5 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Ng5 Bc4
40. Nxh7+ Ke8 41. Rxg7 Bd6+ 42. Kh3 Be6+ 43. g4 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fan, Yun"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2
e5 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. e4 Nd7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Kh7 14. Ne1 Nd4 15. Nc2
c6 16. Ne2 Ra2 17. Ncxd4 exd4 18. Nc1 Ra3 19. Nb3 Qa8 20. Bc1 Ra7 21. Bb2 c5
22. b5 Nb6 23. f4 f5 24. e5 Na4 25. exd6 Qd8 26. Qc2 Qxd6 27. Rfe1 Bf7 28. Nd2
Nc3 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Qe7 31. Nf3 Re8 32. Re1 Qc7 33. Rxe8 Bxe8 34. Qd2 Qa5
35. h3 Bd7 36. Kh2 Qb4 37. Ne5 Bc8 38. Nf7 b6 39. Ne5 Qb3 40. Bc1 g5 41. Nf7
gxf4 42. gxf4 Na2 43. Nd6 Qc3 44. Qxa2 Qxc1 45. Nxc8 Qxf4+ 46. Kg1 Qe3+ 47. Qf2
Qxd3 48. Nd6 Kg6 49. Bf1 Qb1 50. Qg3+ Kh7 51. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zenyuk, I."]
[Black "Baginskaite, C."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. d5 Rd8
15. Ba2 Bg4 16. Re1 Ne7 17. c4 Ng6 18. Bb1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Nh4 21.
Rc3 f6 22. c5 Rac8 23. Be4 Kf8 24. Rd1 f5 25. Bc2 b6 26. c6 Ke7 27. Kf1 Rd6 28.
Ke2 Kd8 29. Re3 Ng6 30. Bxf5 Nf4+ 31. Ke1 Ng2+ 32. Ke2 Nf4+ 33. Ke1 Ng2+ 34.
Kf1 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Rcxc6 36. Ke2 Rc3 37. e4 g6 38. Be6 Rxa3 39. Rc1 Rxe6 40.
dxe6 Ke7 41. Rg1 g5 42. h4 gxh4 43. Rg7+ Kxe6 44. Rg6+ Kd7 45. Rxh6 b5 46. Rxh4
b4 47. f4 exf4 48. Rxf4 a5 49. Kd2 Rh3 50. Rf5 a4 51. Ra5 a3 52. Kc1 Kc6 53.
Kb1 Kb6 54. Ra8 Kb5 55. e5 Kc4 56. e6 Kb3 57. Kc1 Re3 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melekhina, A."]
[Black "Fan, Yun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 e6 8. h4
c5 9. h5 Be4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. d5 a6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Be3 e5 14. Nh3 Be7 15. Bd3
Nf6 16. c4 h6 17. Bd2 Qd6 18. Bf5 Nbd7 19. g4 b5 20. b3 Nb6 21. Qc2 Rb8 22. O-O
Nbd7 23. Rae1 Rb6 24. f4 e4 25. Nf2 Nf8 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 g6 28. hxg6 fxg6
29. Ba5 Rb7 30. Bc3 Rg8 31. Be5 Qd7 32. d6 Bh4 33. Bxb7 Bxe1 34. Rxe1 Qxg4+ 35.
Qg2 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Black "Zenyuk, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. h4 h5 12. g4 Na5 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bh6 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. Rhg1 Qb6 19. b3 cxb3 20. axb3 Qa5 21.
Kb2 Rfc8 22. Ra1 Qc5 23. Rg5 e5 24. Nde2 Rh8 25. f4 Nf6 26. f5 Rxh4 27. Rag1
Rh6 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Ng3 Rg8 30. Nf5+ Bxf5 31. exf5 Kh7 32. fxg6+ Kg7 33. Rf1
Rf8 34. Rxf6 Rxf6 35. Ne4 Qc8 36. Nxf6 Qd8 37. Nh5+ 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goletiani, R."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Nd7 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
exd4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Na3 Nc5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 c6 13. Nc2 a5 14. b3 Bd6 15.
Rh5 Ne6 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Re5 Bf6 18. Re1 Qb6 19. Rb1 Bd7 20. h4 c5 21. Qh5 Bc6
22. Bh3 g6 23. Qg4 Rfe8 24. f4 Ng7 25. Qd1 Nh5 26. Kh2 Qc7 27. Bg4 Nxf4 28. Rf1
Be5 29. gxf4 Bxf4+ 30. Kh3 h5 31. Bxh5 gxh5 32. Qxh5 Bd7+ 33. Kg2 Ra6 34. Rf3
Rg6+ 35. Kf1 Bg4 36. Qd5 Re5 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baginskaite, C."]
[Black "Battsetseg, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. a4 Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15.
Ndb5 Na6 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Nd4 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nb4 20. Qe2 Nd7 21. Nb5
Nf6 22. Qc4 Rc8 23. Na7 Ra8 24. Nb5 Rc8 25. Na7 Ra8 26. f4 Nh5 27. Kh2 Bxb2 28.
Nb5 Na6 29. g4 c6 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krush, I."]
[Black "Foisor, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.10.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. e4
Bg6 9. Nxc4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nb6 12. Ne5 a5 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Qb8 15.
Kh1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qe6 19. f5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Nxe4 21. Rf3
Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bf6 23. Qc2 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Rfc8 26. Bd2 Rc5 27. Bd3
Rh5 28. Rf5 Rh4 29. Rfxa5 Rd8 30. Be1 Rh6 31. Bf1 Qc6 32. Ra6 Qb7 33. Qe2 Qc7
34. h3 g5 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Rb1 Qe5 37. Rbb6 Rg6 38. Bg3 Qe7 39. Qf5 Rd1 40. Kh2
Bxc3 41. Rxg6+ fxg6 42. Qf3 Rc1 43. Rc6 g4 44. Qd3 Qb4 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. Qd8+
Ke6 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Battsetseg, T."]
[Black "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "Finegold, Ben"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 {Tatev says "Homes, should I play the French or Sicilian?" She asks
everyone she knows, and decides just a few minutes before the game to stick to
her beloved French. Probably only GM Kaidanov is more beloved.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
Be7 4. e5 {More popular are 4.Ngf3 and 4.Bd3. Tsagaan, as usual, plays the
most aggressive move.} c5 5. Qg4 g6 $5 {Usually, I like Kf8 when my g pawn is
attacked. Black may or may not castle, but g6 permanently weakens the dark
squares. GMs play both moves, but, 5...Kf8 is more common.} 6. dxc5 Nd7 7. Ngf3
Nxc5 {Looking at the games in my database, black has an excellent score in
this position. Chris Bird informed us in the commentary room, that Tsagaan
thought 46 minutes in this position! She plays a new move, but, black still
seems to be doing well.} 8. Qd4 $5 Bd7 9. Nb3 Rc8 {The game would be about
equal if white played the solid 10.c3. Instead, Tsagaan sacrifices a pawn, and
gets a strong initiative.} 10. Be3 $5 Nxb3 11. axb3 Rxc2 12. Qxa7 Qc8 $1 {An
excellent move, protecting b7, and making a nice battery on the c file.} 13.
Bd3 {Here I expected 13...Bb4+ so that black can use e7 for her knight. Tatev
decides to be greedy and take all she can. Reminds me of the bread at Olive
Garden!} Rxb2 14. O-O $6 {I could not help myself, and must say this move is
an error. White has the edge if she plays an immediate 14.Rc1! The ladies have
often not castled, or castled late, in this event, so, it is nice to see that
Rybka prefers delaying castling, instead, preferring to attack!} Rxb3 {No more
bread for Tatev. Can she stop the onslaught that is sure to come with her king
stuck on e8?} 15. Rfc1 Bc6 16. Bc2 {I was quite surprised by this move during
the live commentary! But, it actually is quite interesting, as white wants to
play Ba4 and destroy back's defenses. Tatev was worried now about her position,
but, she was quite happy about having an hour advantage on the clock! Tsagaan
had less than 20 minutes to make time control at this point.} Rc3 17. Ba4 (17.
Bd4 $1 Rc4 18. Nd2 $1 Rb4 19. Bc3 {..and white has the initiative.}) 17... Bxa4
18. Qxa4+ Kf8 19. Rxc3 Qxc3 20. Rc1 (20. Rb1 Kg7 21. Rxb7 Qa3 $13) 20... Qb4
21. Qd7 (21. Qxb4 Bxb4 22. Rb1 Be7 23. Rxb7 h6 $11) 21... Kg7 22. h4 h6 $1 {
Black defends the weak g5 square and gives herself the h7 square to maneuver
her pieces.} 23. Rc7 Qb1+ $1 24. Kh2 Qf5 25. Rxb7 {Now both players were in
time trouble, and, both players have played excellently. Now, Tatev gives
herself more room, and, somehow, takes over the initiative!} g5 $1 26. Kg1 ({
White should sacrifice her e pawn to open up more avenues (a1-h8 diagonal) to
the black king.} 26. Nd4 $1 Qxe5+ 27. Kg1 Qd6 28. Qe8 $14) 26... gxh4 27. Nd4
Qg6 28. Kh2 $6 (28. Kf1 $1 $11) 28... h3 $1 {Tatev's one minute battles with a
certain GM-elect have paid off. Black now can park her king in the h8 "chair"
whilst she swings her rook to the g file via h7, and take over the initiative!}
29. gxh3 Rh7 $1 30. Rb8 $2 {White needed to put more pressure on the black
pieces with 30.Nc6} Bg5 $2 (30... Kh8 $1 {..Tatev misses her chance to attack
along the g file immediately. The text move allows white to maintain an equal
game, but, with both sides having less than 3 minutes, the moves were fast and
furious.}) 31. Qe8 (31. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 32. Qe8 $11) 31... Kh8 $1 32. Nc6 $4 (32.
Nxe6 $1 {In the commentary room, we thought this was quite strong for white,
but, Rybka, as usual, shows that black has a great position after...} Bxe3 $1
33. fxe3 h5 $3 34. h4 Qg4 35. Qxg8+ Qxg8 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $17) 32... Bxe3 33. Ne7
Bf4+ 34. Kh1 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Rg7+ {An incredible turnaround! White seemed to be
attacking the whole game, but, in mutual time trouble, black is the one who
seized the initiative with some imaginative tactics. What was white's error?
Maybe she did not realize that castling has not done well this event? One can
only *guess* that Tatev was awake until 2:30AM doing tactics problems on ICC!}
0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fan, Yun"]
[Black "Goletiani, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Bird, Chris"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 ({Goletiani
normally plays} 6... Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. O-O d6 11. Kh1 e5
12. Qf3 h6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qg3 g5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18.
fxe3 O-O 19. Rf2 Qe7 20. Raf1 f6 21. e4 Bd7 22. Qe3 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Bxb5
axb5 25. Rc2 Rac8 26. Rc6 Rxc6 27. dxc6 Rc8 28. Qb3+ Kg7 29. Qxb5 Qc7 30. Rc1
Rb8 31. Qe2 Rb6 32. Qc2 Rb5 33. b4 d5 34. Qd3 {[%emt 0:33:25] 1-0 Shabalov,A 
(2593)-Goletiani, R (2332)/Philadelphia}) 7. a3 {Preventing the bishop from
pinning the knight.} Nc6 8. Be2 Ne5 ({A very rare continuation. Serbian GM
Ilan Miladinovic has had good results by trading the knights and putting his
bishop on the e5 square} 8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be5 11. Qe3 h6 12. Bh4
b5 13. cxb5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nxe4 15. Bf3 f5 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. b6 Qc6 18. O-O O-O
19. Rfd1 d5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bg3 Bb7 22. Rd6 Qe8 23. Qd4 Rc8 24. Rd7 Rf7 25.
Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Rc1 Kh7 27. Be5 Qe7 28. h3 Qg5 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. Bd6 e3 31. f4 Qg6
{[%emt 0:33:26] 0-1 Kovacevic,A (2535)-Miladinovic,I (2607)/Pancevo}) 9. Be3 h5
10. h3 Ng6 11. Qd2 b6 12. f4 e5 $6 ({The simple} 12... Bb7 {seems more natural.
}) 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O-O $1 Bc5 15. Nf5 (15. b4 Be7 16. Nf3 Qe6 17. e5 $1 Nh7
(17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qf5 20. Bd3 Qe6 21. Rhe1 Qc6 22. Qe3 $18)
18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Bd3 $18 {intending Qc2.}) 15... Bxe3 16. Qxe3 O-O 17. g4 (17.
Nd5 $1 Nxe4 18. Rd4 $1 Qxf5 (18... Nf6 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxb6 $18) 19. Rxe4 $18
{threatening both Rf1 and Nxb6.}) 17... Nf4 18. gxh5 d5 $6 ({Better was} 18...
Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 d5 $1 20. cxd5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxf5 $14) 19. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 20. Qxf4
dxe4 21. Rhg1 Kh7 22. Qg5 Rg8 23. Nxe4 $1 {After this white is totally winning.
} Bb7 (23... Nxe4 $4 24. Qxe7) (23... Qxe4 $4 24. Bd3) 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bd3+
Kh8 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. h6 Bg2 $2 28. h7 Rg7 29. Rxg2 $1 {A simple but very
effective tactic.} Rxg2 30. Be4 Rc8 31. Bxg2 Rxc4+ 32. Kb1 Kxh7 33. Rd6 b5 34.
Rxf6 b4 35. axb4 Kg7 36. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zenyuk, I."]
[Black "Melekhina, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "Bird, Chris"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qd2 Na6 7. f4 {A rare
continuation, continuing Zenyuk's current trend for this tournament.} c6 8. Bd3
({GM Varuzhan Akobian tried} 8. Nf3 {against Seth Homa at the 2007 Chicago Open
} Nc7 9. Bh4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qe3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 f6 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Bxc4+ Nd5
15. Qd2 Bf5 16. O-O Kh8 17. a4 Qa5 18. Be1 Bh6 19. g3 Rad8 20. Bd3 fxe5 21.
Nxe5 Nf6 22. Rb1 Nd7 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. Ne3 Rff8 26. Qc2 c5 27. c4
Qa6 28. d5 Bd4 29. Bf2 Nb6 30. Rfc1 Rd7 31. Ng4 Qxa4 32. Bxd4+ cxd4 33. Qe4 {
[%emt 0:33:27] 1-0 Akobian,V (2574)-Homa,S/Oak Brook}) 8... Nc7 9. Nf3 Bg4 10.
Bc2 Ne6 {Black is doing ok from the opening as white's pawns may have
over-reached a little.} 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qf2 ({A move like} 12. Ne2 {would
have secured the pawns a little more but I feel Zenyuk had already seen the
pawn sacrifice coming and felt it possibly offered more.}) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3
h6 14. Bh4 Nxf4 {Melekhina accepts the pawn. White has active pieces and an
open g-file in compensation.} 15. Qd2 g5 (15... Ne6 {and black gets some
counterplay against the d4 pawn with} 16. Ne2 c5) 16. Bf2 Nh3 17. Be3 e5 {
Melekhina thought this was worth putting her knight on the h3 square and
rerouting the white bishop from h4 to e3. I'm not so sure.} 18. Ne2 b5 19. cxb5
cxb5 20. Bb3 Nb6 21. Kb1 Qf6 22. Rhf1 Rfd8 23. Ng3 a5 $6 ({Black's attack
comes too slow. It was imperative to cut off the white bishop's scope with} 
23... Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Nf5 Rab8 $13) 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Nh5 $1 {Black's
queen is trying to protect too many pieces.} Qg6 26. Qxd8+ $1 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+
Kh7 28. Ng3 a4 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Bxb6 Qf6 $6 (30... Nf4 {Black has to bring
the wayward knight back into the game although defending this position may
prove difficult.}) 31. Ba5 $18 b4 32. Rd7 Qa6 33. Bc7 $6 (33. Bxb4 {was
simplest} Qb5 34. Rfd1 $1 Qxb4 35. Nf5 $18) 33... Qb5 34. Re7 $2 ({Zenyuk
throws away any advantage she had in time trouble} 34. Rfd1 Nf4 35. Nf5 Nh5 36.
Re7 {still leaves white with a winning advantage.}) 34... b3 $2 ({In mutual
time trouble Melekhina misses her chance to fight back in the game} 34... Qd3+
$1 35. Ka1 Kg6 {and Zenyuk would have had to play accurately to secure the
draw with} 36. Re6+ (36. Bxe5 $6 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 a3 38. Re6+ Kf7 $1 39. Rc6 Nf2
$1 40. Rfc1 axb2+ 41. Kxb2 Nd1+ 42. Rxd1 Qxd1 $17) 36... Kf7 37. Rd6 Qc2 38.
Nf5 a3 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40. Rd6+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ $11) 35. Bxe5 $18 {After black
missed the chance to equal the game, the rest is fairly easy for white and the
game is finished off in just a few more moves.} bxa2+ 36. Ka1 Kg8 37. Rxg7+ Kf8
38. Bc3 a3 39. Rd1 axb2+ 40. Bxb2 Qb6 41. Nf5 Nf4 42. Ba3+ Ke8 43. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krush, I."]
[Black "Baginskaite, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "Bird, Chris"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 {Krush admitted she wasn't expecting the Chigorin
and so plays a solid line that should secure a small advantage.} Qxd5 4. e3 e5
5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. e4 Qd6 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 Nd7
12. Nh3 Nc5 13. Nf2 f5 14. Bb4 c6 $6 ({The commentary room did not like this
move.} 14... b6 {has been played a few times previously and looks better} 15.
Bd3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. O-O c6 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Rac8 21.
Rac1 h6 22. h3 Kh7 23. Kh1 cxd5 24. cxd5 Qd7 25. Re3 Qb5 26. Kh2 Nd7 27. Ree1
a5 28. Bd6 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nf6 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Bxe5 Rxd5 32. Bd4 Qc4 33. Qe3 Rd6
34. Qf4 Qe6 35. Bxf6 Rxd1 36. Nxd1 Qxf6 37. Qc7 h5 38. Nc3 h4 39. a4 Qg6 40.
Nd5 Bd3 41. Qf4 Qg3+ 42. Qxg3 {[%emt 0:33:16] 1/2-1/2 Bareev,E (2655)-Conquest,
S (2585)/ Budapest}) 15. Be2 fxe4 16. O-O $1 Bf5 (16... exf3 17. Bxf3 b6 (17...
cxd5 18. Ne4 $18) 18. Ne4 $1 Qg6 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. d6 Nf5 21. Bxc6 Rb8 22. Bxc5
$18) 17. fxe4 Bg6 18. Nd3 b6 19. Bf3 Rfd8 20. Qe2 {With ideas of Qf2 or Qe3
putting more pressure on c5.} cxd5 (20... Qc7 {would have kept black in the
fight longer} 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Ba3 Nc8 23. Rac1 {but white's position is
still dominating.}) 21. cxd5 Rac8 22. Rac1 Re8 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Ba3 {c5
cannot be protected and will be attacked even further with Qc4, Qe3 or Qf2.}
Qb6 25. Qc4 Bf7 26. Bg4 $1 {Just about anything wins but this move is the most
deadly, threatening both Bxc8 and Rxf7.} Qg6 27. Bxc8 Nxc8 28. Bxc5 Nb6 29.
Bxb6 Qxb6+ 30. Qc5 Qg6 31. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Foisor, S."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Bird, Chris"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Qc2 c5 7. e3 $6 ({
Criticized as too passive but Foisor was obviously trying to play carefully
against the tournament leader. Both} 7. dxc5) ({and} 7. Nf3 {would have been
more active tries.}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Bxc6
Qxc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Rac1 Rac8 {Zatonskih said after the game she would have
happily offered a draw around here but with the no draws before 30 moves rule
in effect this was not possible.} 14. f3 Qd7 15. g4 {The commentary room
definitely did not like this move although Zatonskih thought it was actually
ok.} b5 16. a3 Ne8 17. Qb3 a6 18. Bg3 Rc4 ({No need for complications with} 
18... Nd6 19. Nxd5 Bd8 20. Rxc8 Nxc8 21. Nef4 Nb6 {although black stands much
better here.}) 19. Rcd1 f6 20. Rfe1 Bf7 21. Nf4 Nc7 22. Qc2 b4 $1 {Zatonskih
decided at this point that although she would have been happy with a draw, she
felt she now had to play what she thought was the best move on the board,
irrespective of how it complicated the game. She thought playing for a draw
with more cautious moves could have presented other problems.} 23. axb4 Bxb4
24. Qf5 $2 (24. Nd3 Bg6 25. Qb3 {is still better for black but not as bad as
the move played.}) 24... Qxf5 25. gxf5 Nb5 {The white pawn will fall.} 26. Nfe2
Nxc3 27. bxc3 Bxc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 {Zatonskih is just a clear pawn up.} 29. Kf2
Rfc8 30. Re3 Rxe3 {Move 30 comes and goes but there won't be any draw offer
from Zatonskih who feels she can play on here without any risk. She had also
seen what was happening in the Krush-Baginskaite game and was sure that she
already had the Championship sewn up.} 31. Kxe3 Rc3+ 32. Rd3 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 {
An opposite colored bishop ending has been reached but black still has good
winning chances here thanks to white's doubled pawns on f3 and f5.} Bh5 34. Ke3
a5 35. Bd6 Kf7 36. Kf4 Ke8 37. Ba3 a4 38. Ke3 Kd7 39. h3 Kd8 40. Bf8 Ke8 41.
Bc5 (41. Bxg7 $4 a3) 41... Kf7 42. h4 Kg8 43. Kf4 Be8 44. Ba3 Bb5 45. Ke3 Kf7
46. Bb4 Bc4 47. Kd2 Bf1 48. Ke3 Bh3 49. Kf4 Ke8 50. Ba3 Kd7 51. Bf8 Kc6 52. Ke3
Bxf5 53. Kd2 g5 54. Be7 $2 (54. hxg5 fxg5 55. Bh6 $1 {and white may still be
in with a chance of drawing this.}) 54... gxh4 55. Bxf6 h3 56. Be5 Be4 (56...
Be4 57. Kc3 (57. f4 h2) (57. fxe4 dxe4 58. Ke3 Kd5) 57... Kb5 58. Bh2 Bxf3 59.
Be5 Bd1 60. Bb8 a3 61. Be5 a2 62. Kb2 Bb3 {and the black king will march over
to the kingside to help the h-pawn promote.}) 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Finegold, Ben"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 {Tatev said she was surprised at this move, and figured
Krush would play the classical with d6, cxd4, Nf6, and Nc6 as she has done
many times previously. Also, Krush likes to essay the O'Kelly with 2...a6,
which she has played twice previously against Tatev, with Irina scoring 2-0
those games!} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 {This opening is a favorite of IM
Rusa Goletiani. Rusa was not having a good tournament, but maybe Krush liked
the ideas for black in this opening, and thought it her best chance for a
double-edged game she could win.} Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7
{Both players are following the main line. Now Tatev plays the unusual 10.
Bd2!? when 10.c4 is the main line. Tatev said she had played this way
previously. It is an interesting idea to put the Bc3 and Nbd2, so the c4 pawn
has more protection, and the Bc3 can be quite active.} 10. Bd2 b6 11. f4 Bb7
12. c4 Ngf6 13. Bc3 O-O 14. e5 {Jen and I thought this might be premature, but
Tatev thought she should have played e5 even earlier!} Nh5 15. N1d2 Qc7 {I
thought this position was dynamically equal. White has chances to build up a
kingside attack (as we shall see!) and black has a very solid, flexible
formation, with good counter-chances on the e5 and c4 weaknesses.} 16. Rae1
Rad8 17. Bb1 Rfe8 {This was a bit surprising, as it weakens f7, but, Krush
wanted to reposition her bishop, which is an excellent idea.} 18. Qg4 Bf8 19.
Qh3 Ng7 20. Be4 d5 {I was also mildly surprised by this move, as it gives up
the fight for e5, but Tatev expected Krush to play this way, as it fights for
the center, and c and d files.} 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf3 $6 ({Tatev correctly
pointed out that she should have played...} 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nf3 {..with a
slight edge to white.}) 22... Bc4 {Another surprise, but, Rybka says it is
best! Black now has good counter-chances on the queenside.} 23. Ng5 $1 h5 24.
Rf3 Be7 (24... Nc5 {and black has nice play.}) 25. Bb1 $6 {Tatev thought she
should have played 25.Bc2, so that after b5, she could play a3, and her Nb3 is
protected.} b5 26. g4 $5 {Both sides were in time trouble, so Tatev starts to
attack. Maybe it is not sound, but fun for the spectators (and commentators!).
Krush had less than 3 minutes at this point, so finding the proper defenses is
exceedingly difficult.} Bxg5 27. fxg5 Bxb3 28. axb3 Nc5 $2 ({Tatev was
expecting...} 28... Qc5+ $1 29. Rf2 b4 {...and she thought Krush had a much
better position. Rybka agrees.}) 29. gxh5 Nxh5 30. Qg4 a5 $6 (30... Nxb3 $1 $17
) 31. Rh3 $2 (31. b4 $1 $13) 31... Ng7 $2 (31... b4 $1 $17) 32. Rh6 Nxb3 (32...
b4 33. Qh4 $36) (32... Nh5 $13) 33. Qh4 Kf8 $5 (33... Nh5 34. Bxg6 $3 fxg6 35.
Rxg6+ Ng7 36. Rh6 $36) 34. Rh7 $6 (34. Rxg6 $1 fxg6 $2 (34... Nd2 35. Bxd2 Rxd2
36. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Bh7+ Kh8 39. Be4+ Kg8 40. g6 $1 Qc5+ 41. Kh1
Qf2 42. Rg1 Qxh2+ 43. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 44. Kxh2 $18) 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Bxg6+ Kxg6 37.
Qh6+ Kf7 38. g6+ Kg8 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qxg7#) 34... Nf5 $2 (34...
Qc4 $1 $11) 35. Bxf5 Qc5+ 36. Kg2 exf5 37. Qh6+ (37. e6 $1 $18) 37... Ke7 38.
Rxf7+ $4 (38. Qxg6 $1 Qd5+ 39. Kf2 $18) 38... Ke6 $4 (38... Kxf7 $1 39. e6+ Ke7
{Tatev missed Ke7 (as probably Irina did, as she had less than 30 seconds left)
.} 40. Qxg6 Qc6+ 41. Kg1 Rd5 $19) 39. Qxg6+ Kd5 40. Qxf5 Kc4 {Neither side
lost on time, but, as the time control is made, it is clear white is winning.
A titanic struggle!} 41. Qe4+ Nd4 42. Bxd4 Qxd4 43. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Baginskaite, C."]
[Black "Foisor, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Finegold, Ben"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 {The a6 Slav is very popular
nowadays. Black could also choose 5...b5!? but the text move is also quite
popular.} 6. Bd3 {Preventing 6...Bf5} Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 {
When looking at this game in my database, I was shocked to find 100 examples
of this position! Now, I thought Camilla played a very commital move, but, it
turns out to be the most common at the GM level, and scores 70%! For someone
who did not bring her computer, she certainly knows her stuff!} 10. c5 Nfd7 {
I expected this move, but, 10...Nbd7 is more common, and, was once played by
Gary Kasparov.} 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. b4 {The most popular, but, visiting GM
Pascal Charbonneau actually lost to 12.Bd2 in 2004, against Moiseenko.} f6 13.
Bd2 {A novelty. 13.e4, 13.f4, and 13.Bb2 have all been played previously. I
like the text move as well.} Bf7 14. f4 e5 15. f5 e4 16. Be2 {Excellent play
by both players. White would like the kingside closed, so she can use her
space advantage on the queenside. Black tries to force play and open up the
kingside.} gxf5 17. Bd1 $5 {During the live commentary, I expected this move,
thinking white would want to play Ne2-f4. Rybka prefers the pedestrian 17.Rxf5.
} Bh6 18. Ne2 Kh8 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Ng3 {White wants to play Nxf5, but, Foisor
has other ideas, and plays an interesting exchange sacrifice.} Rxg3 $5 21. hxg3
Qc7 22. g4 {Jen and I thought white may give back the exchange with 22.Rf4!?
but, instead, Camilla plays a move Jen liked, that I had not considered. Rybka,
of course agrees that 22.g4 is best.} Qg3 {Jen and I both thought black had
excellent compensation for the exchange.} 23. Rxf5 Bg6 24. Rf1 Bxe3 25. Bxe3
Qxe3 26. Qf2 Qc3 ({Sabina should have tried the equalish endgame after...} 
26... Qxf2 27. Rxf2 Kg7 {Instead, she keeps the queens on, and black has
trouble defending her king in the end. A difficult decision.}) 27. Be2 Re8 28.
Rac1 Qa3 29. Qf4 Re7 {White was in time trouble here, and Sabina, although
having 20-25 minutes left at this point, makes some mistakes. Now white can
enter the queenside effectively with 30.Qc7! but, with the clock ticking, her
main concern was to make the time control! Camilla only had about 7 minutes
left at this point.} 30. Rce1 Rf7 31. g5 f5 $1 32. g3 Qxb4 33. Qe3 Nf8 34. Rb1
Qa4 35. Bd1 Qxa2 36. Bb3 Qa5 37. g4 Qc7 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Bd1 Be6 $5 {The
bishop is poorly placed on e6. Black is still doing fine, but, white is able
to make the time control!} 40. Bh5 Ng6 41. Rf6 $1 {Now Camilla thought she had
a big advantage. It was now clear, as Krush had lost her game to Abrahamyan,
that a draw would secure clear second, but, Camilla said she wanted to win the
game now, as she felt comfortable here, and that black had little
counter-chances. Rybka likes white's position after the excellent 41.Rf6.} Rxf6
42. gxf6 Kg8 43. Qh6 Qf7 44. Rg1 Bf5 $2 {I thought black had to play 44...Qc8
here, but, I felt white was already close to winning. Rybka thinks black can
defend, but, in a tournament game, this seems unlikely, as black has to watch
out for mate, the g6 knight, and the b7 pawn.} 45. Qg5 Bh3 46. Qg3 ({In the
commentary room, we all thought...} 46. Bxg6 hxg6 47. Qh5 {was winning for
white... but, we all overlooked the computer move...} Bf5 $1 {and black is
better!} 48. Qxf5 $4 Qh7+) 46... Bf5 47. Qb8+ Qf8 48. Qe5 $1 Qc8 49. Rg5 Be6
50. Bxg6 hxg6 51. Rxg6+ Kf8 52. Qd6+ Kf7 53. Rg7+ (53. Rg7+ Kxf6 54. Qe5#) 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melekhina, A."]
[Black "Battsetseg, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "Bird, Chris"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 {Melekhina plays 1.d4 for the first time in her life! She said she did
it because white gets good positions in the King's Indian Defense, which she
was expecting. I find it a little confusing she might say that though as
Melekhina herself plays the King's Indian!} g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O
5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 $5 {A great decision by Tsagaan to play an offbeat
variation guessing that Melekhina wasn't too acquainted with the white side of
the opening.} 7. Be3 Nfd7 {Melekhina went into a think here, having not seen
this position before, and came up with...} 8. a3 {which has not been played
before according to my database! Melekhina said that sometimes a3 is a useful
move in some lines of the King's Indian, saving a tempo if the move b4 is ever
needed to kick a knight out of c5.} c5 9. d5 Na6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc7 12.
Qd2 a6 13. Bh6 b5 14. h4 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 f6 {Planning to meet h5 with g5 keeping
the kingside closed up.} 16. Be2 Ne5 17. Qe3 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. f4 Rb8 20.
h5 g5 (20... Qe8 21. hxg6 Qxg6 22. O-O-O Kh8 $13) 21. fxg5 fxg5 (21... Rxb2 22.
g6 e5 $5 23. dxe6 Nxe6 24. O-O $44) 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. O-O-O Qg4 $1
{The best move, played in her usual time trouble.} 25. Rde1 Qf4 26. Re3 (26.
Qxf4 Rxf4 27. Rhf1 Rg4 $11) 26... Qe5 27. Rf3 Rf6 ({Swapping a couple of rooks
and simplifying the position may have been Tsagaan's best option, especially
when short of time} 27... Rxf3 28. gxf3 Rf8 29. Qe3 Nb5 {and black cannot be
losing this.}) 28. h6 Rbf8 29. Rhf1 Kg8 30. Kc2 $6 (30. a4 $5 {stopping the
black knight joining the game.}) 30... Nb5 $1 31. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 32. Kc1 axb5 33.
Re1 {A tough move to meet with little time on your clock. Where can the queen
go that will prevent white getting a mating attack?} Qd4 $2 (33... Qh4 34. Rxe7
Rxf3 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. gxf3 Rxf3 {and black is a pawn up but both kings are
wide open.}) (33... Qg6 {was the other option} 34. Rxe7 Qxh6 35. Rg3+ Kh8 36.
Qxh6 Rxh6 37. Rb7 $11) 34. Qg5+ (34. Qg5+ Rg6 (34... Kf7 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Qxe7#
) 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Qxe7+ Kg8 37. Qe8#) 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goletiani, R."]
[Black "Zenyuk, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[Annotator "Bird, Chris"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Be6 ({Zenyuk varies first from Goletiani's
recent game at the Women's World Team Championship in China} 11... Bg7 12. b4
axb4 13. axb4 f5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nd2 g5 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Ra1 Rb8 18. Ra7 f4 19.
Rfa1 Nf5 20. Ra8 Nd4 21. Qd1 Rxa8 22. Rxa8 c6 23. Bh3 Nf5 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. bxc6
bxc6 26. Qb8 Qxb8 27. Rxb8 Be6 28. Rb6 Rc8 29. Nb3 Nd4 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. Na5
Nd8 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. Ra6 Bf8 34. Ra7 Nf7 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. Rd7 d5 37. cxd5 cxd5
38. Rxd5 Kg6 39. Nc4 Bg7 40. Rd7 Rc6 41. g4 Ra6 42. Ned6 Nxd6 43. Rxd6+ Rxd6
44. Nxd6 h5 45. h3 hxg4 46. hxg4 Bf8 47. Nc4 Kf6 48. Kf3 Bc5 49. Ke4 Bxf2 50.
Nxe5 Be1 51. Kd5 Ba5 52. Nd7+ Ke7 53. Nc5 Kf6 54. Ne4+ Kg6 55. Ke6 Bb6 56. Nd2
{[%emt 0:33:29] 1-0 Goletiani,R (2391)-Ju Wenjun (2443)/Ningbo CHN}) 12. Nd2
Qd7 13. Re1 Bg7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 e4 $1 {A normal tactic to watch for in
this position, which Goletiani admitted she didn't see until after she had
played 14.b4. The idea doesn't actually win material but gives the bishop on
g7 much more life rather than being blocked in by it's own pawn on e5.} 16. b5
(16. Ncxe4 $2 f5) (16. Ndxe4 $2 f5) 16... Ne7 17. Qc2 exd3 18. Qxd3 Bf5 $5 {
Zenyuk wants white to put a pawn on e4, blocking in her own bishop on g2 just
like the g7 bishop used to be blocked in.} 19. e4 Be6 20. Ne2 Ra2 21. Nb3 Kh8
22. Nf4 Rfa8 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 (23... fxe6 $2 24. e5 $1 {and white's bishop comes
back to life.}) 24. e5 dxe5 25. Bxb7 {Ben Finegold pointed out in the
commentary room the amusing aspect of black's bishop on g7 being blocked in
again by it's own pawn on e5 while the white bishop now has an open diagonal
to work on.} Qb6 $1 26. Qf3 R8a3 27. Ba6 f5 28. c5 Qe6 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Nc1 $5
{Both players were running short of time.} Ra1 $6 (30... Rc2 {was necessary}
31. b6 cxb6 32. cxb6 e4 $1 33. b7 Rxa6 34. b8=Q Rxa8 35. Qxa8 Nc6 $44) 31. Rxa1
Rxa1 32. Nd3 $6 (32. Bc8 $1 Rxa8 33. Bxe6 Ra5 34. Bd7 {and it's anyone's game.}
) 32... Rxe1+ 33. Nxe1 e4 34. Qd8 e3 $1 35. b6 exf2+ 36. Kxf2 cxb6 37. cxb6 Nc6
(37... Nd5 $1 {and the b-pawn falls in all variations} 38. b7 Bd4+ $1 39. Kg2 (
39. Kf1 $2 Qxa6+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kh3 Nf4+) 39... Ne3+ 40. Kg1 (40. Kf2 $2 Ng4+
41. Kg2 Qa2+) (40. Kh3 $2 f4+) 40... Qxa6 $1 41. Qe7+ Bg7 42. Qxe3 Qxb7) 38.
Qc7 Nd4 $2 (38... Qa2+ 39. Ke3 (39. Be2 Nd4 $1) 39... Qb3+ $11) 39. Bc4 $1 $18
Qe4 40. b7 f4 (40... Nc6 41. Bb5 Nb8 42. Nf3 $1 $18) 41. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zatonskih, A."]
[Black "Fan, Yun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[Annotator "Bird, Chris"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 $5 {An unusual variation
but one that cannot be bad when it has been played by such greats as Karpov
and Korchnoi.} 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. Qa4 Bb4+ (8... Qd7 {is a more
popular choice after the unusual 8.Qa4} 9. e3 Nb4 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Na3 Nd3+
12. Ke2 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Rab8 14. Bd2 b5 15. Ba5 h5 16. h4 Rhc8 17. Rhd1 Ke7 18.
Rab1 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Bc3 g6 21. e4 e5 22. f3 Nd7 23. Ke3 Rc6 24. Bf1 N7c5
25. f4 exf4+ 26. gxf4 Ra6 27. Bxd3 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 cxd3 29. Bb4+ Ke6 30. Kxd3
Rd8+ 31. Ke3 Rc6 32. Ba5 Rdc8 33. Rb3 Rd6 34. Rb1 a6 35. a4 bxa4 36. Rb7 Rc2
37. Bb4 Rb2 38. e5 Rd7 39. Rb6+ Kf5 40. a3 Rb3+ {[%emt 0:33:04] 0-1 Hulak,K 
(2510)-Kortschnoj, V (2635)/Sarajevo}) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 O-O ({After this
move the comments were that black is already strategically lost in this
position.} 10... Nd5 {is the other option.}) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc4 Rb8 (12...
Qd5 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qxd5 Rxd5 15. Nb3 a5 {[%emt 0:33:04] 1/2-1/2 Dorfman,J 
(2515)-Psakhis,L (2535)/Lvov}) 13. b3 Qd6 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. O-O f5 $2 {Fatally
weakening the e5 square and the e6 pawn.} 16. Rac1 Rb6 17. Qd3 ({Zatonskih
plays it safe. The computer suggested line runs something like} 17. Rc2 a5 18.
Ne5 Rb4 19. Qxc6 Rxd4 20. Qxd6 cxd6 21. Nc6 Rd2 22. Rxd2 Nxd2 23. Rd1 Ne4 24.
Nxa5 $16) 17... Qd5 (17... Rd8 $5) 18. Ne5 $1 Ng5 {This move brought some
remarks from the commentary team saying it would be a good shot in a
one-minute game because of the mating threat on h3. However, despite the
obvious one move threat, it is actually black's best move in a fairly
difficult position.} 19. f3 $1 Nf7 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 {The great white knight has
been traded off but it brings little relief to the black position.} 21. Rc5 Qd6
22. Rfc1 h5 23. Qe3 Rf6 24. Qe5 Qd7 25. Qf4 Rh6 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. h4 Qd7 28. R1c4
Rg6 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Ra4 a6 31. Rac4 {Zatonskih is in no rush and has
systematically improved her position while black has to just sit and wait for
white to find the best way to start mopping up pawns.} Rb5 32. Rxb5 (32. Rxc6 {
allows unnecessary complications} e5 $1 33. Qc1 $1 $16) 32... axb5 33. Rc2 Qd5
34. Qe5 (34. Qxc7 $2 Qxd4 $17) 34... Qd7 35. e3 Qc8 36. Qc5 Qd8 37. Qxc6 {
Zatonskih finally starts taking the weak black pawns after careful and patient
play. The rest of the game is simple for the Champion.} f4 38. exf4 Qxd4 39.
Qxb5 Qe3 40. Qe2 Qb6 41. Qe4 Kh6 42. Re2 Qc5 43. Qe3 Qf5 44. Qd2 Rf6 45. Re5
Qb1 46. f5+ Kh7 47. fxe6 g6 48. Qe2 1-0

