61st US Championship; 2017
March 27 - April 10
Saint Louis, MO

Rank Name                  Rtng  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2  Score
 1 GM So, Wesley           2822  x 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1  7 -4
 2 GM Onischuk, Alexander  2667  0 x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1  7 -4
 3 GM Caruana, Fabiano     2817  ½ ½ x ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1  6½-4½
 4 GM Nakamura, Hikaru     2793  ½ 0 ½ x 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½  6½-4½
 5 GM Akobian, Varuzhan    2645  ½ ½ 1 0 x 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½  6½-4½
 6 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav  2605  ½ ½ 1 0 0 x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1  5½-5½
 7 GM Shankland, Samuel L  2666  ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ 1 0 ½  5 -6
 8 GM Kamsky, Gata         2659  ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ x 1 0 1 ½  5 -6
 9 GM Naroditsky, Daniel   2646  ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 x ½ ½ ½  5 -6
10 GM Robson, Ray          2668  ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ x ½ 1  4½-6½
11 GM Xiong, Jeffery       2674  0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ x 0  4 -7
12 GM Shabalov, Alexander  2556  0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 x  3½-7½

Round by Round             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 1 GM So, Wesley           1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
 2 GM Onischuk             ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½
 3 GM Caruana              1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1
 4 GM Nakamura             1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1
 5 GM Akobian              0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
 6 GM Zherebukh            ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0
 7 GM Shankland            ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½
 8 GM Kamsky               ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
 9 GM Naroditsky           ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½
10 GM Robson               0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½
11 GM Xiong                ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0
12 GM Shabalov             ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0


TIEBREAK     1 2
So           1 ½
Onischuk     0 ½


  • The 2017 U.S. Championship was a 12 player round-robin with Caruana, So, Nakamura, Robson, Shankland, Xiong, Kamsky, Onischuk, Naroditsky, Akobian, Zherebukh, and Shabalov. Wesley So became US Champion after defeating Onischuk in the rapid tiebreak phase: US Championship (Tiebreak) (2017).

    The players competed for USD $194,000 in prize money as well as the coveted title of U.S. Champion. For the 9th consecutive year the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis hosted the championship.

    The time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus 30-second increments per move starting from move 1. Agreed draws were not allowed before move 30. (1)

  • Links
    Tournament on uschess.org
    Official Site
    Tournament on chessgames.com
    Crosstable


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