John J. wrote:
Poor little girl.

It's just a rediculous situation made worse by this player's behavior and
the stupid selection process.

I bet there is more to this than meets the eye. She qualified through the
National Open where it seemed that no other female bothered to register for
the US Champ.

It stinks.

I would agree there seems to be a flaw in the selection process for
the US Ch, and we may question the lady's wisdom in entering the
tournament (though not her courage). But I think it's in poor taste to
ridicule her play here publicly. Most of us would look just as bad in
that situation.