Dual power was established at the US Women’s Chess Championship in St. Louis (USA) after the third round on October 7; Round results were posted on uschesschamps.com.
Results of the 3rd round matches: Zatonskikh – Esvaran 1:0; Yan-Paikidze 0.5:0.5; Krush – Purkashyan 1:0; Yu – Cervantes Landeiro 0.5:0.5; Lee – Yip 0:1; Tohirdzhonova – Abrahamyan 1:0.
The tournament table is headed by Karissa Yip and Gulrukhbegim Tokhirdzhonova with 2.5 points. Irina Krush, Anna Zatonskikh and Nazi Paikidze are half a point behind.
Let us remember that the United States Women’s Chess Championship in St. Louis (USA) is held from October 5 to 18 in a round-robin system with classical time control. Participants in the tournament: Irina Krush (national ranking 2488), Carissa Yip (2421), Alice Lee (2419), Anna Zatonskikh (2402), Gulrukhbegim Tokhirdzhonova (2388), Nazi Paikidze (2366), Jennifer Yu (2365), Atusa Purkashyan (2347), Ashrita Eswaran (2342), Tatev Abrahamyan (2341), Talia Cervantes Landeiro (2333), Ruyan Yan (2292). The championship prize fund is $152,000, including $40,000 for 1st place.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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