Games

The Krush-Khan game from Round 7 has now been added to the Round 7 file an the all games file.

Games from round 9

Results for the final round

Frenklakh-Shahade 1/2-1/2, Burtman-Khan 0-1, Jezierska-Zitserman 1-0, Krush-Epstein 0-1, Belakovskaia-Gulko 1-0.

Report from Matt Guthrie at the Site

The last round of the women's championship began with Esther Epstein and Anna Gulko sharing first place, and Anjelina Belakovskaia a mere half point back. The first game to conclude was a draw between the two teenage friends, Shahade and Frenklakh. Right at the first time control Jezierska's centralized pieces broke through and mated Zitserman. Immediately following time control Burtman resigned to Khan, and Epstein guaranteed herself at least a share of the title by cornering Krush's King.

That game had been a Leningrad Nimzo-Indian, in which Irina's decision to trade Queen for two Rooks had proven extremely misguided. Epstein then had to wait for the result of Belakovskaia-Gulko, in which a large middle-game edge for Anjelina had dissipated in time pressure. However, applying superlative endgame technique, she eventually converted Q vs. R+2P into a full point (in 125 moves!) to clinch second place for herself, and first for Epstein.

Games

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Qf5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d5 Bc5 11. dxe6 Nc6 12. Na4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Rd1 c5 15. Be3 Qxe6 16. Qd3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 b6 19. h3 Rad8 20. Nc3 Rfe8 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. b3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Black "Khan, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Rd1 b5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. e4 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 Qb6 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Bb4 16. Qc1 c5 17. e5 Nh7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Ndf8 21. Ng5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qb7+ 24. Kg1 Qe7 25. Re4 f5 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Qh5 Re7 28. Rg4 Rg7 29. Ne4 Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rf4+ Ke7 32. Nxc5 Nf6 33. Re1 Nd5 34. Rf3 Rf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rc1 Ra3 37. Ne4 Ke7 38. h5 Nh7 39. Kg2 Nhf6 40. Nxf6 Kxf6 41. h6 Nxc3 42. Rh1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Black "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. e4 Qc7 8. Re1 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd7 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 g5 14. Be3 g4 15. N3d2 h5 16. f4 Rdg8 17. f5 exf5 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. e6 Nf8 20. exf7 Rg7 21. Be5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxd5 Nd8 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Qg2+ Kb8 26. dxc5 Rxf7 27. Re8 Rhh7 28. Rae1 bxc5 29. Qd5 Rd7 30. Qxc5 Rhf7 31. Nc4 Rc7 32. Qb4+ Rb7 33. Qa5 Rfd7 34. Ne5 Rd6 35. Ne3 Nfe6 36. N3c4 Rd2 37. Nc6+ Kc8 38. Nxd2 Qf7 39. Rxd8+ Nxd8 40. Qxd8# 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3 Qe7 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 e5 11. e4 h5 12. h4 g4 13. Ne2 Nbd7 14. f3 Nf8 15. Kd2 Ng6 16. Qg1 Bd7 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Qh2 Kd8 19. Bf2 Ne8 20. Be3 Kc8 21. Ng3 Nf4 22. Bc2 gxf3 23. gxf3 Qf6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Qh6 26. Rhg1 Nf6 27. Rg5 Kc7 28. Rbg1 Rbe8 29. Rg7 Rh7 30. R1g6 Qxg7 31. Rxg7 Rxg7 32. Qh1 Rg2+ 33. Kc1 Reg8 34. Kb2 Re2 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Kb3 Rgg2 37. Bb1 Rb2+ 38. Ka3 Nd7 39. Qd1 Ne5 40. Qf1 Rge2 41. Qg1 Nxc4+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Gulko, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "249"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8 O-O a5 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Na6 14. Nd3 Re8 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Kh1 Ndc5 17. Rae1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qd4 f6 20. b3 Bd7 21. Re3 Rad8 22. Rg3 Rf8 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Bf3 Rg8 25. a3 b6 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Na6 28. Qc3 Rb8 29. Nb3 Rbe8 30. Ra1 Bc8 31. Nd2 Qd8 32. Bh5 g6 33. Bd1 Rgf8 34. Ba4 Re7 35. Bb5 Nb8 36. Ra8 Bb7 37. Ra7 c6 38. dxc6 Bxc6 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40. Bxc6 Nxc6 41. Rd3 Rb8 42. b5 Nd8 43. Qd4 Nf7 44. Nb1 g5 45. fxg5 Nxg5 46. Nc3 Rc8 47. h4 Ne6 48. Qxd6 Qxd6 49. Rxd6 Rxc4 50. Rxe6 Rxc3 51. Rxb6 Rh3+ 52. Kg2 Rxh4 53. Re6 Kg7 54. b6 Kf7 55. Re8 Kxe8 56. b7 Rxe4 57. b8=Q+ Kf7 58. Kf3 Re5 59. Qb3+ Kg7 60. Qb7+ Kg6 61. Qb1+ Kg7 62. Kf4 h5 63. Qb7+ Kg8 64. Qd7 Kf8 65. Qh7 Rg5 66. Kf3 Ke8 67. Qe4+ Kf7 68. Qc4+ Ke7 69. Qc7+ Ke6 70. Qh7 Re5 71. Qg8+ Ke7 72. Qg7+ Ke6 73. Qf8 Rf5+ 74. Ke4 Re5+ 75. Kd4 Rd5+ 76. Kc4 Rg5 77. Qe8+ Kf5 78. Qf7 h4 79. Qd7+ Kg6 80. Kd4 Re5 81. Qg4+ Kf7 82. Qxh4 Rg5 83. Qh7+ Kf8 84. Ke4 Re5+ 85. Kf4 Rg5 86. Qh3 Kf7 87. Qd7+ Kf8 88. Qe6 Kg7 89. Qe7+ Kg6 90. Qf8 Rf5+ 91. Ke4 Re5+ 92. Kd4 Kf5 93. Qg8 Ra5 94. Ke3 Ra3+ 95. Kf2 Ra5 96. Ke2 Rc5 97. Ke3 Ra5 98. Qd8 Re5+ 99. Kf3 Kg6 100. Qg8+ Kh6 101. Qf7 Rf5+ 102. Kg4 Rg5+ 103. Kh4 Rf5 104. Qf8+ Kg6 105. Qg8+ Kh6 106. Qf7 Rf4+ 107. Kg3 Rf5 108. Qe8 Rg5+ 109. Kf4 Kg7 110. Qe7+ Kg6 111. Qf8 Rf5+ 112. Ke4 Re5+ 113. Kd4 Rg5 114. Qg8+ Kh6 115. Qf7 Rf5 116. Kd3 Rf3+ 117. Ke4 Rf1 118. Qf8+ Kh7 119. Kd5 Rd1+ 120. Ke6 Re1+ 121. Kf7 Rg1 122. Qa3 Rg6 123. Qd3 f5 124. Qxf5 Kh8 125. Qh5+ 1-0

Games from round 8

Results for Round 8, 31 August, are:

Shahade-Gulko 0-1, Epstein-Belakovskaia 1/2-1/2, Zitserman-Krush 0-1, Khan-Jezierska 1-0, Frenklakh-Burtman 1-0

The last round will be Monday, 1 September.

Site Report from NM Matt Guthrie

Women's leader Epstein drew quickly with Belakovskaia, allowing Gulko to take a share of the lead by beating Shahade. Khan arose from her sickbed to beat Jezierska, and Frenklakh was particularly unfortunate, as she flagged while making move 40 against Burtman.

Games

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Qb6 8. Nf3 Bf5 9. O-O e6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Bg5 Rad8 14. Qf3 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nd3 Qb5 17. Rfe1 Ng6 18. a4 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 c5 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Qa8 17. Qf1 h6 18. g4 a5 19. Nd2 Ne4 20. a4 cxd4 21. exd4 Bh4 22. f3 Nf2 23. Nb5 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Qb8 25. Qg2 Ba6 26. Bf5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qd6 28. Nf1 Rc7 29. Bc1 Nf8 30. f4 Rce7 31. g5 hxg5 32. fxg5 Re2 33. Qg4 Bf2+ 34. Kh1 Ng6 35. Bxg6 Qxg6 36. Ne3 R2xe3 37. Bxe3 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khan, Anna"]
[Black "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 Kh8 11. Nd2 Ng8 12. a4 f5 13. Ba3 Nh6 14. Nc4 f4 15. b5 Rf6 16. a5 Nf7 17. b6 axb6 18. axb6 dxc5 19. bxc7 Nxc7 20. Bxc5 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 f3 22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Bh3 24. Kh1 Na6 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Nd2 Bxf1 27. Nxf1 Nd6 28. Nd2 h5 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. Qc1 Bf6 31. Ne2 Qe7 32. Nc4 Nb5 33. Qb2 Nd6 34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxb7+ Bg7 36. Qc6 Bf8 37. f4 Nb4 38. Qxd6 Bxd6 39. fxe5 Bxe5 40. Bd2 Nd3 41. f4 Bc7 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Nd4 Kf6 44. Ne6 Bb8 45. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Black "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8 c3 Qe7 9. Bd3 d6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Rhe1 g6 13. Kb1 Rhe8 14. Qb3 Qg7 15. Qa3 Kb8 16. Bf1 g5 17. h3 h5 18. Qb3 Ka8 19. Nfd2 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Ka1 Be7 22. f4 gxf3 23. Nxf3 Bf6 24. Bd3 Rh8 25. Rg1 e5 26. d5 Ne7 27. c4 Bg4 28. c5 dxc5 29. Nxc5 Bc8 30. Be4 Rd6 31. Rc1 Ng6 32. Nd2 Bg5 33. Rc2 Rb6 34. Qg3 Qh6 35. Nf3 Be7 36. Rgc1 Nf4 37. Na4 Bd6 38. Nxb6+ axb6 39. Nd2 Ne2 40. Qe1 0-1

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Gulko, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 a6 6. a4 O-O 7. h3 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Nh2 Qd7 19. Bg4 Re7 20. Rab1 Rae8 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Ng4 Nd8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qh4 Qe7 26. Ne3 Qd6 27. a5 h5 28. Rb6 Nc6 29. Rxb7 Nxa5 30. Ra7 Qb8 31. Rd7 Nc6 32. g4 Qf4 33. Rxd5 a5 34. Rb5 a4 35. d5 Ne5 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. fxg3 Ra6 38. Rb2 hxg4 39. Nxg4 Nxg4 40. hxg4 a3 41. Ra2 Kf7 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. Kd4 Ra4 45. Ke4 Ra5 46. g5 f5+ 47. Ke3 Kxd5 48. Kf4 Ra8 49. Kf3 Kc5 50. Ke3 Kb5 51. Kd4 Rd8+ 52. Ke5 Ka4 53. Kf6 Rd6+ 54. Kf7 Rb6 55. Ra1 Rb2 56. Kxg6 Rxc2 57. Kxf5 Rxc3 58. g4 Rf3+ 59. Ke6 Rf4 60. Rg1 a2 61. g6 Rxg4 62. Rxg4 a1=Q 63. g7 Qe1+ 64. Kf5 Qf1+ 65. Rf4 Qh3+ 66. Kg5 Qg2+ 67. Rg4 Qd5+ 68. Kh6 Qe6+ 69. Rg6 Qg8 70. Rf6 c3 71. Rf8 Qe6+ 72. Kh7 c2 73. Ra8+ Kb5 74. Ra1 Qf5+ 75. Kh6 Qf6+ 76. Kh7 0-1

Games from round 7

Results for Round 7, Saturday 30 August 1997

Burtman-Shahade 1/2-1/2, Jezierska-Frenklakh 1-0, Krush-Khan (postponed/illness), Belakovskaia-Zitserman 1-0, Gulko-Epstein 0-1

The next game will be Sunday, 31 August.

Site Report by NM Matt Guthrie

Esther Epstein took the lead in the Women's Championship by beating Anna Gulko. Defending champ Belakovskaia kept pace with a win over Zitserman, Jezierska has asked me to say that the missed mate in her game against Frenklakh was the result of a frantic time scramble, and Burtman drew Shahade. Krush-Khan was postponed due to Anna's illness.

Games

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1 Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 e6 18. Nc3 exd5 19. exd5 b6 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. Bf2 Bf8 22. Qb2 Bg7 23. Qb4 Bf8 24. Qb2 Bg7 25. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Black "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Re1 h6 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 g5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nhf3 g4 14. Nc4 gxf3 15. Qxf3 Nb6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Qf6 Rg8 19. Qxh6 Bf5 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Rad1 Qf8 22. Qh5 Qg7 23. h4 Qh7 24. Qe2 f6 25. Bf4 e5 26. Qb5 Rb8 27. a4 a6 28. Qc4 Qf7 29. Bd5 Qg7 30. Bxg8 Ne7 31. Be6 Nb6 32. Qxc5 Bxe6 33. Qxb6 Bg4 34. Qd6 Rc8 35. Rd2 exf4 36. Qxf4 Kf8 37. Qd6 Re8 38. Rd4 Bf3 39. Rf4 Bc6 40. Rxf6+ Kg8 41. Re5 Qh7 42. Rg5+ Kh8 43. Rh6 Ng6 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45. Qc7+ Re7 46. Qxe7+ Nxe7 47. a5 Bb5 48. Kg2 Nc6 49. b4 Ne7 50. Kh3 Bc4 51. Rc5 Be6+ 52. g4 Nc6 53. f4 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Na2 Qd6 16. Qb4 Qb8 17. Rc2 Re8 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. Qb3 Bb7 20. a5 b5 21. Rc7 Rd8 22. h4 Bd6 23. R7c2 Nf6 24. Nb4 Ra7 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Ke2 Nd7 27. h5 g5 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 f5 30. Qc2 Rf8 31. Nd2 Nf6 32. Nb3 Nxh5 33. Rb6 Qd8 34. Qc6 Bc7 35. Nc5 Rf6 36. Nxe6+ Rxe6 37. Qxe6 Bxb6 38. axb6 Rb7 39. Rc6 Nf6 40. Bxf5 a5 41. Rd6 Qf8 42. Qc8 Qe7 43. Rc6 Ne8 44. Re6 Qf7 45. Rxe8 Rxb6 46. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Anna"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. O-O b5 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. a4 Qa5 16. Ra1 b4 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Bb1 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Bd3 Rc7 22. e4 Ba6 23. d5 Ne8 24. Re3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Rcd7 26. Qh5 exd5 27. Rad1 Qxa4 28. exd5 Qc2 29. Qe5 f6 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Ba1 Nc7 32. Qe1 Qc5 33. Bd4 Qb5 34. Bxa7 Nxd5 35. Bd4 h6 36. Bb2 Ne7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Rc1 Qb7 39. h3 Rd8 40. Qe6 Qd7 41. Qb3 Qd6 42. Re1 Nc6 43. h4 Qd2 44. Qe6 Ne5 45. Rxe5 fxe5 46. Bxe5 Rf8 47. Kh2 Rxf2 48. Qg6 Qd7 49. Qxh6+ Kg8 50. Qb6 Re2 51. Qb8+ Kh7 52. Kg3 Qd3+ 53. Kh2 Qe4 0-1 [Event "US Championship (Women)"] [Site "Chandler"] [Date "1997.09.02"] [Round "7"] [White "Krush, Irina"] [Black "Khan, Anna"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2245"] [BlackElo "2190"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1997.08.23"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Rc1 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. Nge2 O-O 14. f3 Re8 15. O-O Nc7 16. h3 Ne6 17. Bh4 Nf8 18. Bf2 Ng6 19. e4 Nh5 20. e5 Nhf4 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. f4 f5 24. Ne2 Rf8 25. Be3 Qe8 26. Kh2 g6 27. g4 Ng7 28. Rg1 Qd7 29. Rg2 Qe6 30. Qe1 Kf7 31. Bf2 Rh8 32. Bh4 Bxh4 33. Qxh4 h5 34. g5 Qe8 35. Qg3 Ne6 36. Qe3 Qd8 37. Nc3 a4 38. Rd2 Qb6 39. Nd1 Ra5 40. Nc3 Qb3 41. Qf2 Re8 42. Ne2 Qb6 43. Nc3 Qb3 44. Ne2 Qb6 45. Nc3 1/2-1/2

Games from round 6

Results for Round 6, 29 August 1997, Friday

Shahade-Epstein 1/2-1/2, Zitserman-Gulko 0-1, Khan-Belakovskaia 1/2-1/2, Frenklakh-Krush 1/2-1/2, Burtman-Jezierska 1-0

Site Report from Matt Guthrie

The women took center stage at the US Championships today while the men enjoyed an off day. The first two games to finish were both entertaining draws. Shahade-Epstein is annotated below, and Khan-Belakovskaia ended with the unusual material balance of Q vs. R+4P. Burtman recorded her first win of the tournament, while Gulko moved into clear first by beating Zitserman in a game in which no pawns were exchanged in 60 moves. Two of the youngest competitors, Krush and Frenklakh, closed out the day with a hard-fought draw.

Annotated Game - Player's Notes by NM Shahade and NM Guthrie

NM Jen Shahade Shahade,J (2085) - Epstein,E (2210) [B83]
Us Championship (Women) Chandler (6), 29.08.1997

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Be3 0-0 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 Rd8 11.Bd3 a6 Jennifer had anticipated this move as an improvement over an earlier game of Esther's (vs. Sophia Polgar, Novi Sad 1990) in which White's Knight had made good use of the b5 square. 12.a4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Be3 exf4 15.Rxf4 Be6 This move seems almost forced, otherwise White just captures on f6 and drops the Knight into d5, with a monstrous position. This identical position, without the moves...a6 and a4, was reached in the Polgar-Epstein game, and White now played Nb5, followed by Nd4 and Nf5, with advantage. 16.Bd4 Again threatening a dangerous sacrifice on f6. 16...Nd7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 g6 [18...Nf6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Qg4+] 19.Qf3 Rf8 20.Rf1 f6 [20...f5 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Rxf5 gxf5 23.Qxf5] 21.Qh3 Kg7 [21...Ne5 22.Rh4 Rf7 (22...Nxd3 23.Rxh7 Ne5 24.Rh8+ Kf7 25.Qh7+ Ke8 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Qh8+) 23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.Bxg6] 22.Rh4 Rh8 23.Be3 h5 [23...Ne5 24.Bh6+ Kg8 25.Qe6+ Nf7 26.Rhf4] 24.Bxg6 Kxg6 25.Qf5+ [25.Qe6!! Suggested by Walter Browne. This deadly quiet move cuts off the black King's escape routes. 25...Ne5 (25...Nf8 26.Qf5+ Kf7 27.Bd4) 26.Rf5 Kg7 (26...Nf7 27.Bd4 Qd8 28.Rhf4) 27.Bb6!] 25...Kf7 26.Rxh5 Rag8 27.Rh7+ Now neither player can profitably avoid the perpetual. 27...Rxh7 28.Qxh7+ Rg7 29.Qh5+ Rg6 30.Qh7+ Rg7 31.Qh5+ Rg6 32.Qh7+ Notes by NM Jennifer Shahade and NM Matt Guthrie. 1/2-1/2

Games

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Rd8 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 exf4 15. Rxf4 Be6 16. Bd4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 g6 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Rf1 f6 21. Qh3 Kg7 22. Rh4 Rh8 23. Be3 h5 24. Bxg6 Kxg6 25. Qf5+ Kf7 26. Rxh5 Rag8 27. Rh7+ Rxh7 28. Qxh7+ Rg7 29. Qh5+ Rg6 30. Qh7+ Rg7 31. Qh5+ Rg6 32. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Black "Gulko, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Bxc3 4. dxc3 Nc6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Qe8 9. Ne1 f5 10. e3 Kh8 11. Nc2 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Qe2 Bf7 14. f4 Bh5 15 Bf3 Bg6 16. Qg2 e4 17. Be2 Bh5 18. Nd4 Rf6 19. Bd2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nd8 21. Bc1 Rg6 22. Ba3 b6 23. Rad1 Nf7 24. Rf2 Nh6 25. Rg2 Qd7 26. Rd2 Ng4 27. Qe1 Rh6 28. h4 Ng8 29. Nc2 Qf7 30. Qe2 Ne7 31. Qd1 Qh5 32. Qe2 Rf8 33. Qd1 Qe8 34. Kf1 Rg6 35. Qe1 Nf6 36. Rg1 Nh5 37. Rdg2 Rg4 38. Nd4 Rf6 39. Ne2 Rfg6 40. Kf2 h6 41. Qc1 Kh7 42. Rd1 Qc8 43. Rdg1 Ng8 44. Qd2 Ngf6 45. Bc1 Nd7 46. Ba3 Nc5 47. Bxc5 dxc5 48. Rd1 Rd6 49. Qc2 Rxd1 50. Qxd1 Rg6 51. Nc1 Nf6 52. Rg1 Ng4+ 53. Ke2 Nh2 54. Rg2 Nf3 55. Kf1 Rd6 56. Qc2 Qd7 57. Re2 Rd1+ 58. Kf2 Rh1 59. Na2 Qe8 60. Kg2 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khan, Anna"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 h6 12. Nd2 c6 13. a4 a5 14. bxa5 c5 15. Nb3 Kh7 16. Ba3 h5 17. Nb5 h4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Nxc5 Qf6 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Nxb7 Nc6 22. Nxd8 Nd4 23. Ne6 fxe6 24. d6 Bd7 25. Bb4 Rf8 26. Rb2 Nh3+ 27. gxh3 Nf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qxf3 29. Bg2 Qf7 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. c5 Bc6 32. Be1 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 b6 8. c3 Nxe2 9. Qxe2 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bf2 Qc7 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. Rfd1 Rab8 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 d5 21. exd6 Rxd6 22. Rd2 Rbd8 23. Rad1 Qd7 24. d4 c4 25. Re2 b5 26. a3 a5 27. Ra1 Rb8 28. Bd2 Rdb6 29. Qf3 Bg7 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Be3 R6b7 32. Rd1 Qd5 33. Bd2 Rd8 34. Rde1 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rd6 36. Ra1 Ke7 37. Rae1 Kf7 38. Ra1 Bf6 39. Kg2 h6 40. h4 Rb8 41. Kf3 Rb7 42. Kg2 Rd5 43. Rae1 Rb6 44. Ra1 Rd8 45. Kf3 Be7 46. Be3 Rb7 47. Bd2 Bf8 48. Rd1 Rd6 49. Ra1 Ra6 50. Be3 Rc6 51. Bd2 b4 52. axb4 axb4 53. Ra4 b3 54. Re5 Rcc7 55. Ra6 Re7 56. Rc5 Rbc7 57. Ra4 Red7 58. Rxc7 Rxc7 59. Be3 Ke7 60. Ra6 Kf7 61. Ra5 Rc6 62. Ra7+ Be7 63. Ke2 Ke8 64. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Black "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 b5 12. h4 Qa5 13. a3 b4 14. Na2 Rb8 15. axb4 Qa4 16. Nec3 Qb3 17. Bd3 a5 18. Qe2 Rxb4 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. O-O Nc5 21. Be3 Nfd7 22. Bb5 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Na2 Qb3 25. Nc3 f4 26. Ra3 fxe3 27. Rxb3 Nxb3 28. Qxe3 Nd4 29. Bxd7 Bxd7 30. Rf2 Rf6 31. f4 Bh6 32. Rg2+ Kf7 33. Ne2 Nb5 34. Qf3 Be8 35. f5 Ke7 36. Qf2 a4 37. Qb6 Bd7 38. Rg8 Bf8 39. Kh2 Kf7 40. Rg2 Rh6 41. Kh3 Be7 42. Rg4 Be8 43. Qb8 a3 44. bxa3 Nxa3 45. Qc7 Rf6 46. Qc1 Nb5 47. Rg2 Bf8 48. Qc8 Ke7 49. Ng3 Nd4 50. Ra2 Nb5 51. Ra8 1-0

Games from Round 5

Round 5 Results, played Thursday, 28 August

Jezierska-Shahade 0-1; Krush-Burtman 1/2-1/2, Belakovskaia-Frenklakh 1-0, Gulko-Khan 1-0, Epstein-Zitserman 1-0

Site Report from NM Matt Guthrie

The favorites in the Women's Championship continued to pull away from the field, as Gulko, Epstein and Belakovskaia all posted wins, with newcomer Shahade also winning to stay up with the leading pack.

Games

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[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "82"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. cxd4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne2 Nde5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3 Nxd3 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Nf5 Nc6 19. b4 Qe5 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Qe3 Qg7 22. b5 Nd4 23. Kh1 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rfc1 e5 26. Qd2 Rf6 27. b6 Qxh6 28. Qa5 Nc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. b7 Rb8 31. Qxa7 Rff8 32. a4 f4 33. f3 Qg6 34. Rb2 Qd3 35. a5 e4 36. fxe4 f3 37. a6 fxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Qxe4 39. Qb6 Rf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Rg3 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "76"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Rb1 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Rc8 13. b5 cxb5 14. cxb5 Rxc3 15. bxa6 e5 16. Nb3 Bc6 17. Qxd6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Bb4 Rxa6 22. a3 Rc6 23. Rbc1 Rec8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. f3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. Ke3 Kc5 32. Kd3 Kb5 33. Nc4 Nd7 34. Kc3 Ka4 35. Kb2 Kb5 36. Kc3 Ka4 37. Kb2 Kb5 38. Kc3 Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "97"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. b6 Bb7 7. Bd2 Qxb6 8. e4 e6 9. Bc4 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nd6 13. Bb3 a5 14. Ne5 Nf5 15. Bc2 Bf6 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qc2 g6 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Qd3 d6 20. Bf4 Rd8 21. Rad1 a4 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Qg3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Bxb8 a3 27. bxa3 Qxa3 28. Be5+ f6 29. Bc7 Qb2 30. Rb1 Qc2 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxb7+ Kg8 33. h4 f4 34. Qf3 Re8 35. d6 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh5 41. g4+ Kxh4 42. Qh6+ Kxg4 43. Qh3+ Kg5 44. Qg2+ Kh6 45. Ne4 Kg7 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Rxh7 Qd1 48. d7 f3 49. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Anna"]
[Black "Khan, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "77"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Be6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. f4 Nb6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. h3 Nc8 13. Ne5 Nd6 14. f5 Bc8 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Kb1 b5 17. g4 a5 18. Rhe1 a4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Kf8 23. Rc1 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 c5 25. dxc5 Rd8 26. c6 Qd5 27. Re2 Bd6 28. Be4 Qd4 29. Rd2 Qe5 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. c7 Kg7 32. Bb7 Qe3 33. c8=Q Rxc8 34. Qxc8 a3 35. bxa3 Qxa3 36. Qc3 Qa7 37. Bc6 b4 38. Qc5 Qe7 39. Ba4 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "67"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 Qa5 9. Nf3 b4 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nd2 Ng4 15. Qh4 h5 16. f4 Nb6 17. b3 Bd7 18. h3 Nf6 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Ra5 Bc6 21. Nd4 Nfd7 22. Kh1 Nc8 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. e5 Rb8 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. Rfa1 Rb6 27. Qf2 e6 28. Bb5 Kf8 29. Rd1 Nb8 30. Qh4 Qe7 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Qf6+ Qxf6 33. exf6+ Kh7 34. Ng5+ 1-0

Games from Round 4

Results for Round 4, 27 August, are:

Shahade-Zitserman 1-0; Khan-Epstein 0-1; Frenklakh-Gulko 0-1; Burtman-Belakovskaia 0-1; Jezierska-Krush 1-0

The next game will be Thursday, 28 August.

Report from Matt Guthrie at the Site

All five women's games were decisive, with Jezierska and Belakovskaia both winning nice sacrificial games. With today's wins, Esther Epstein and Anna Gulko both have 3.5/4 (Analysis of Jezierska-Krush is available below.)

Annotated Game for Round 4 by NM Ivona Jezierska and NM Matt Guthrie

Jezierska,I (2075) - Krush,I (2245) [B22]
Us Championship (Women) Chandler (4), 27.08.1997

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 b6 This line gained popularity after being endorsed by Joe Gallagher in "Beating the Anti-Sicilians" 7.a3 Bb7 [7...Ba6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nc6 Seems more natural, getting rid of the dangerous light-squared Bishop.] 8.Bd3 d6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Bd2 0-0 12.Qe4 g6 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Nbd2 Almost always in this line the Knight is developed on c3, and then a trade leaves White with a backward pawn. The plan in the game avoids this, but leaves Black with the strong d5 Knight. 14...Rb8 15.Bc2 Nc7 16.Qg4 dxe5 17.dxe5 Nb5 18.Nb3 Nc7 19.Rad1 Nd5 20.h4 Bf8 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.h5 Kg7 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Rfe1 Qe7 25.Nh4 [25.Rxd5 exd5 26.e6 Is another idea Ivona considered, but it falls short after 26...Qf6] 25...Rh8 26.Nxg6 fxg6 27.Qxg6+ Kf8 28.Rd3 [Probably a more effective idea is 28.Rxd5 exd5 29.Re3 Nxe5 30.Qf5+ Nf7 31.Rxe7 Kxe7 32.Nd4 Rh6 33.Ba4 Rd8 34.Qc2 Rc8 35.Qe2+ Kf8 36.Ne6+] 28...Nxe5 29.Rxe5 Nf4 30.Rf5+ exf5 31.Qxf5+ Qf7 32.Qe5 Ne2+ [32...Nxd3 33.Qxh8+ Ke7 34.Qh4+ Kf8 35.Bxd3 Qxb3 36.Qf4+ Kg7 37.Qxb8 Qxd3 38.Qxb7+] 33.Qxe2 Re8 [Black should have preferred 33...Qh5 34.Qxh5 Rxh5 after which White is better, but the game is not over.] 34.Qd2 Qe7 35.Re3 Qg7 36.Qd6+ Re7 37.Qd8+ Kf7 38.Rxe7+ 1-0

Our thanks to Mr. Guthrie and Ms. Jezierska for their notes on this game.

For more annotated games, see our Features Section

Games

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "89"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Qg3 Re8 15. Rae1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 b5 17. Bh6 g6 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Bb7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd8 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Rd4 Ra7 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. Bh6 Qe7 26. Qg3 Qc5 27. Be3 Qf8 28. Rh4 Rc7 29. Bg5 Rec8 30. Qh3 h5 31. d4 Qg7 32. g4 Rc2 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Rxh5 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Rc1 36. Rh8+ Qxh8 37. Qxh8+ Kxh8 38. Bxc1 Rc5 39. Bg5 Kg7 40. Bf6+ Kh7 41. Rf2 Rc4 42. b3 Rd4 43. Rc2 Kg6 44. h4 Kf5 45. h5 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khan, Anna"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "74"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 a5 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qb7 Qd6 19. Qe4 h6 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Qe3 Ng4 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Qh4 Qf8 24. Rd3 Rd6 25. Red1 Red8 26. Ne5 g5 27. Qh3 Qg7 28. Qf3 Nd7 29. Ng4 f5 30. Ne3 Ne5 31. dxe5 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Qc6 Qd7 34. Qa8+ Qd8 35. Qf3 g4 36. Qe2 Rd2 37. Qe1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Black "Gulko, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "84"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba2 Nf8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nc4 Ng6 15. Bh2 d5 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Na3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. c4 Red8 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. b3 d4 23. exd4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 cxd4 25. Bb1 Qc5 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qd3 e5 28. f3 Nh5 29. Kh2 Nf4 30. Qd2 Ra8 31. Re1 g5 32. g3 Ne6 33. Qd3 g6 34. Qe4 d3 35. Rcd1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qxg3 37. Qxe5 Nf4 38. Rd2 Qxf3+ 39. Kh2 Qxh3+ 40. Kg1 Ne2+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Kf1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "108"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 a6 8. Ng3 e6 9. Bg5 exd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O c4 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Kh1 Qb6 15. Bh6 a5 16. Nd1 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qd4 18. Ne3 Kh8 19. Nd1 Ba6 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Nxe3 Nb6 22. Rfc1 Rac8 23. Rab1 Nfd7 24. Nc2 b4 25. Nd4 Rc5 26. Kg1 Rec8 27. Nf1 Nb8 28. Ne3 c3 29. b3 Bxe2 30. Nxe2 N6d7 31. Nc4 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Kf2 Na6 34. Ke3 Nac5 35. Rc2 Ne5 36. Rd1 a4 37. h3 Ned7 38. Rd4 Nb6 39. Rd1 Nbd7 40. Rb1 Ne5 41. Rd1 Kg7 42. Rb1 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. g3 Kf6 45. Rd1 Nb3 46. Nd4 Nxd4 47. Rxd4 b3 48. axb3 axb3 49. Rxc4 Nxc4+ 50. Kd3 bxc2 51. Kxc2 Nd2 52. Kxc3 Nxf3 53. Kd3 Ng5 54. h4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "75"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qe4 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nbd2 Rb8 15. Bc2 Nc7 16. Qg4 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nb5 18. Nb3 Nc7 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. h4 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. h5 Kg7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rfe1 Qe7 25. Nh4 Rh8 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Rd3 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Nf4 30. Rf5+ exf5 31. Qxf5+ Qf7 32. Qe5 Ne2+ 33. Qxe2 Re8 34. Qd2 Qe7 35. Re3 Qg7 36. Qd6+ Re7 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Rxe7+ 1-0

Games from Round 3

Pairings for Round 3, 25 August, are:

Krush-Shahade 1/2-1/2, Belakovskaia-Jezierska 1-0, Gulko-Burtman 1-0, Epstein-Frenklakh, Zitserman-Khan 0-1

Site Report from Matt Guthrie

The women's tournament saw two brevities today, with Jezierska and Frenklakh succumbing in short order. Gulko won nicely against Burtman, Khan eked out a win in a Bishop ending, and Shahade defended actively to hold a draw in a pawn down position against Krush.

Round 3 Games

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "96"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bf4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. d6 Qa5 15. Bxe5 Nbd7 16. Bg3 Rab8 17. Re1 Qb4 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. h3 c4 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Rd1 Nef6 22. Na2 Qc5 23. b4 Qc8 24. Nc3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra1 Qe8 27. Bc6 Nh5 28. Bh2 Qd8 29. Re1 Rb6 30. Nd5 Rb8 31. Nc7 Ne5 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Qxd6 34. Qe4 Qxc7 35. Bxb5 Nf6 36. Qe2 Qd6 37. Rc5 Ra8 38. g3 c3 39. Rxc3 Qd4 40. Rc4 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. f3 Qf5 43. Rc2 Nd5 44. Bd3 Qd7 45. b5 Qa7 46. b6 Nxb6 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "39"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. d5 Nh5 11. g4 Nf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Be2 a6 15. g5 Bh3 16. Rg1 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd7 18. f4 Ng4 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. f5 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gulko, Anna"]
[Black "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "62"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nd2 d5 7. Nh3 O-O 8. Nf4 Na6 9. Nf3 Nc7 10. h4 Ne4 11. h5 g5 12. h6 Bf6 13. Nh5 Ne6 14. Ne5 Nd6 15. Qc2 Qe8 16. Bd2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc4 18. O-O-O Nxe5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Rdf1 gxf4 21. gxf4 Nxh6 22. Bf3 Kh8 23. Ng3 Rf6 24. Rh3 Nf8 25. Be3 Ng4 26. Bd4 e5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Bh5 Nfg6 29. Bxg6 Rxg6 30. Rfh1 h6 31. Nxf5 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "35"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Bb5 Bb4 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nge2 Ne7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Ng3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Qb1 Ke8 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Black "Khan, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "128"]

[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd2 Bb7 8. Rc1 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb1 Re8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Bxc5 21. Qd3 g6 22. Bh3 Bc6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Bb5 25. Qd4 Qc6 26. Nd2 Qc1+ 27. Kf2 Qd1 28. Qxf6 Qxd2+ 29. Kf3 Qe2+ 30. Ke4 Bd3+ 31. Kd5 Qxe3 32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. Kxd4 Bb1 34. a3 Kf8 35. b4 Ba2 36. g3 Ke7 37. Ke5 f6+ 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. Bg2 Bb3 40. Bf3 Be6 41. Be2 Bd5 42. Bd3 Bf7 43. Bb5 h6 44. Ba4 g5 45. Ke4 Bg6+ 46. Kd4 Bb1 47. Bd1 Ba2 48. Bc2 Bd5 49. Bd3 Ke6 50. Bh7 Bb7 51. Bd3 f5 52. Bc4+ Kf6 53. a4 f4 54. Bd3 fxg3 55. hxg3 h5 56. a5 Bg2 57. axb6 axb6 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Kf2 Bd5 60. Ke3 h4 61. gxh4 gxh4 62. Bf1 Be6 63. Bg2 h3 64. Bf3 Bd5 0-1

Games from Round 2

Games available for download

Pairings for Round 2

Shahade-Khan 1-0, Frenklakh-Zitserman 1-0, Burtman-Epstein 1/2-1/2, Jezierska-Gulko 0-1, Krush-Belakovskaia 1-0

Report from the site by Matt Guthrie: Round 2

In the women's tournament, young Irina Krush nicely upended defending champ Belakovskaia. Annotations of this game by the winner are available in this section.

Annotation by Irina Krush/Matt Guthrie for Round 2

The notes to the following game are provided by NM Matt Guthrie and NM Irina Krush.

Krush,I (2245) - Belakovskaia,A (2365) [E99]
US Championship (Women) Chandler (2), 24.08.1997

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 Irina has always previously played 7.d5 (the Petrosian system here), but her preparation revealed Belakovskaia to be somewhat unfamiliar with the system that unfolds over the next few moves. 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 Ne8 Irina's preperation had focussed on 13...g5, but ...Ne8 may well transpose back to more usual lines. 14.Rc1 Kh8 15.Qc2 Ng8 16.Nb5 Rf7 17.Ba5 Qf6 [17...dxc5 18.Nxc5 b6 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Re7 21. Be1 Rxe6 22.Nxc7 Rc8 23.Nxe6 Rxc2 24.Nxd8 Rxc1 25.Nf7# Krush] 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Qb3 [19.Qxc8 Rxc8 20.Rxc8 Rf8 21.Nxa7 Ne7 22.Rb8�] 19...b6 20.Bd2 g5 21. Rc2 h5 22.Rfc1 Bd7 23.Nf2 Thematic to hold up the ...g4 push, the key to Black's K-side play. 23...Nh6 24.h3 Qg6 25.Nc7 Nxc7 26.Rxc7 Bf6 27.Bb5 Getting rid of the bad bishop is desirable, especially for a piece that supports the ...g4 push. 27...Bxb5 28.Rxf7 Nxf7 29.Qxb5 g4 30.fxg4 Taking with the h-pawn is better. 30...Bh4 31.Qd7 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Ng5 33.gxh5 Nxe4+ This is why 30.hxg4 was better. 34.Kg1 Qxh5 35.Rc8+ Rxc8 36.Qxc8+ Kg7 37. Be1 Nf6 38.Qc7+ Kg6 39.Qxd6 Qe2 [39...f3 40.gxf3 Qxh3 41.Qxe5 Qxf3 42.Bc3=] 40.Bh4 Qd1+ 41.Kh2 Qxd5 42.Qxf6+ Kh7 43.Qf5+ Kg8 44.Bf6

Thanks to Irina Krush for her comments and insights. 1-0

The Games from Round 2

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Black "Khan, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Kb1 Kh8 13. g4 b5 14. Nxb5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Rab8 16. c4 a6 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. c5 e5 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxe5 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rd1+ 24. Nxd1 Bxe4+ 25. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.02.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Black "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 Nge7 8. Nf3 Nd4 9. O-O Nec6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Ne1 Rb8 12. Nd1 Nb5 13. c3 Bd7 14. Nf3 b6 15. d4 Na5 16. b3 Rc8 17. c4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Ne3 Qc5 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Kh1 Be8 25. f5 Ne5 26. f6 Bc6 27. b4 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Qh5 29. Nxd6 g5 30. e5 Bxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rc7 32. Rc1 Rcd7 33. Rc2 g4 34. Qe4 Qg5 35. Rfc1 h5 36. Rc8 h4 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Rc4 Kf8 39. Qxg4 Qh6 40. Qxh4 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nge2 f5 9. f3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Nc1 Bd7 14. Rhf1 b5 15. Qc2 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Bb5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nd2 Rfb8 19. Ka1 Qc7 20. Rb1 Rb7 21. Rfc1 Rab8 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. b4 c4 24. Qd1 Ra8 25. Qe2 Ra3 26. Kb2 Ra8 27. Ka1 Qb8 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qxc4 Nd7 30. Ka2 Nb6 31. Qe2 Qf8 32. Nb5 Nec8 33. Nc7 Rab8 34. Na6 Ra8 35. Nc7 Rab8 36. Na6 Ra8 37. Nc7 Rab8 38. Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Black "Gulko, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. e4 d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. h4 Bg4 11. Qd2 cxb4 12. axb4 d5 13. Nh2 Be6 14. Bh6 dxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bf3 Bd5 18. Qe2 b5 19. Na3 Qb6 20. h5 Rae8 21. O-O a6 22. Qd2 h6 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. hxg6 Rf6 25. c4 bxc4 26. dxc4 Ndxb4 27. Qd7+ Re7 28. Qd1 Rxg6 29. Kg2 Nd4 30. Rb1 Qc5 31. Re1 Nbc6 32. Qa4 e4 33. Qxa6 Ne5 34. Qa8 Nd3 35. Red1 Ne2 36. Rf1 Nef4+ 37. Kg1 Nh3+ 38. Kg2 Ndxf2 39. Rb7 Nf4+ 40. Kg1 Rxg3# 0-1

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 Ne8 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. Qc2 Ng8 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. Ba5 Qf6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Qb3 b6 20. Bd2 g5 21. Rc2 h5 22. Rfc1 Bd7 23. Nf2 Nh6 24. h3 Qg6 25. Nc7 Nxc7 26. Rxc7 Bf6 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. Rxf7 Nxf7 29. Qxb5 g4 30. fxg4 Bh4 31. Qd7 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Ng5 33. gxh5 Nxe4+ 34. Kg1 Qxh5 35. Rc8+ Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kg7 37. Be1 Nf6 38. Qc7+ Kg6 39. Qxd6 Qe2 40. Bh4 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qxd5 42. Qxf6+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Bf6 1-0

Games from Round 1

1997 Interplay US Women's Championship

This event is restricted to women.

Report from Matt Guthrie at the Site

Defending champ Belakovskaia won from a clearly inferior position against Shahade, and Khan powerfully dismantled Frenklakh's Benko.

Games from Round 1

Games available for download

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 Na5 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Nd5 exd5 15. Qxa5 Qe6 16. Be3 dxe4 17. fxe4 Qxe4 18. h4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Bf3 c6 21. h5 Rfe8 22. Rd3 Rad8 23. Rhd1 h6 24. Rb3 b6 25. Kb1 Re6 26. Rc1 Rde8 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rbc3 g5 29. Rc7 R6e7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Kc2 f5 33. Kd3 f4 34. Bd2 Rf7 35. f3 g4 36. fxg4 f3 37. Rc1 Re7 38. Rf1 Re4 39. Be3 Rxg4 40. Rxf3 Rh4 41. Rf5 Rh2 42. Rxd5 Rxb2 43. Rd7 Rxa2 44. d5 Kg8 45. d6 Ra5 46. Bf4 Rf5 47. Ke4 Rf7 48. Rc7 Bf8 49. Rc8 Kh7 50. Be5 Kg8 51. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Anna"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nfe5 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qe1 Rac8 16. f3 Qb8 17. Na5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Qg3 f5 21. f4 Nb6 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Qf7 24. Be5 Nd7 25. Bc4 Nf6 26. Rfd1 Rd7 27. Qe1 Ne4 28. Qe2 Rc6 29. Rd3 h6 30. Rcd1 Kh7 31. Qf3 Rc8 32. Qh3 Qg6 33. Kf1 Rcd8 34. Ke2 Rc8 35. Rg1 h5 36. Rgd1 Rcd8 37. Rg1 Rc8 38. Rgd1 Rcd8 39. Kf1 Rc8 40. Rc1 Rcd8 41. Rcd1 Re8 42. g3 Red8 43. Qh4 Re8 44. Rc1 Red8 45. Rdd1 Kh6 46. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Jezierska, Ivona"]
[Result "1-0]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Bd3 b5 6. Nf3 b4 7. Nb1 Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. axb4 axb4 12. Bxb4 Qb6 13. Bc3 Bg7 14. h3 Nf6 15. Nbd2 Bxd3 16. Rxa8 Ba6 17. Rxa6 Qxa6 18. b3 O-O 19. Qe2 Qa2 20. Qd3 Nbd7 21. O-O Qa7 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Ra1 Nh5 24. g3 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Qc4 Kh7 28. Ra6 Rc8 29. Qc5 Qd7 30. Kh2 Qe6 31. Ra7 f6 32. Re7 Qg8 33. Nc4 Kh8 34. Nd6 Ra8 35. Qxc6 Rf8 36. Qd7 Kh7 37. Ne8 Kh8 38. Bb4 Kh7 39. Nxg7 Nxg7 40. Rxg7+ Qxg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Bxf8+ Kxf8 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zitserman, Tatyana"]
[Black "Burtman, Sharon"]
[Result "1-0]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 Kh8 10. b4 a6 11. a4 h6 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Ne7 14. Qb3 g5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. b6 c6 18. Nc7 Nc5 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Bd2 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Bc3 Ra8 23. Qb2 Ra6 24. Rfd1 Kh7 25. Qb4 Rg8 26. d4 exf4 27. exf4 gxf4 28. Nxf4 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Bf7 30. Kh1 Bf8 31. d5 c5 32. Qb2 Bg7 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Bh3 Bg6 35. Rg1 Qh4 36. Rxg6 Kxg6 37. Rg1+ Kh5 38. Qxg7 Qxf4 39. Qg6+ Kh4 40. Qxf5 Qxf5 41. Bxf5 Rxb6 42. Rg4+ Kh3 43. Rf4# 1-0

[Event "Us Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khan, Anna"]
[Black "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Result "1-0]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. b6 e6 7. Qb3 Qb4 8. e4 Bb7 9. Bg5 Qxb3 10. axb3 d6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bc4 Ke7 13. Nge2 Bh6 14. f4 Nd7 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bd5 Rhb8 18. Ng3 Kf8 19. Nxf5 Bf4 20. O-O Be5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Nd5 Nxb6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxf6+ Kg7 25. Rxd6 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxb3 27. Rxc5 Rxb2 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. Rd1 Rab8 30. Rdd7 Re2 31. h3 Rxe4 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Rcf7+ Ke8 34. Ra7 Rf4 35. Rxh7 1-0