Wesley So ; champion once again

2017 U.S. Championship
Town : St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Category : 18 (Rating-Ø : 2685)
Date : 2017/03/29 To 2017/04/09
Final ranking
Rank	Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Wins	Draws	Loses	Res.	Rtg+/-
1	So Wesley	2822	USA	7	3	8	0	1	-7
2	Onischuk Alexander	2667	USA	7	4	6	1	0	18
3	Nakamura Hikaru	2793	USA	6½	3	7	1	1½	-7
4	Akobian Varuzhan	2645	USA	6½	4	5	2	1	16
5	Caruana Fabiano	2817	USA	6½	4	5	2	½	-11
6	Zherebukh Yaroslav	2605	USA	5½	2	7	2	0	13
7	Kamsky Gata	2659	USA	5	2	6	3	1½	-1
8	Shankland Samuel L	2666	USA	5	1	8	2	1	-2
9	Naroditsky Daniel	2646	USA	5	1	8	2	½	1
10	Robson Ray	2668	USA	4½	2	5	4	0	-7
11	Xiong Jeffery	2674	USA	4	1	6	4	0	-13
12	Shabalov Alexander	2556	USA	3½	1	5	5	0

[Event "ch-USA 2017"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.03.09"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nbd7 7. d4 e6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. c3 O-O 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Kh2 Rad8 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bd2 Qa4 19. Rfb1 Rd7 20. Rb3 Rc8 21. Be1 b5 22. Rc1 c5 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxb5 c4 25. Rcb1 Bd6 26. Qd1 Qxd1 27. Rxd1 Be7
28. a4 Ra8 29. a5 Bd8 30. Ra1 Rda7 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Bxa5 33. Bd2 h6 34. Be3 Ra6 35. Ra3 Bc7 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Rc5 Bd6 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Rxc4 Be5 40. Rc8 Ra3 41. c4 Kg6 42. Kg2 h5 43. Re8 f6 44. Re7 Rc3 45. c5 Kh7 46. Kf1 Rc4 47. Ke2 Kg6 48. Kd3 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 h4 50. g4 Bh2 51. f4 Rc2 52. Kd3 Ra2 53. c6 Ra6 54. c7
Rc6 55. Kd4 f5 56. Kd5 1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.03.09"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. h3 Bh5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qc8 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. Nbd2 h6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 b4 21. Ra1 Qb7 22. g3 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Qxa8 24. cxb4 Qa1+ 25. Kg2 Qxb2 26. Qb3 Qd4 27. Nf3 Qa7 28. Qc4 Ne7 29. Qb5 g6 30. Qa5 Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.03.09"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. a3 cxd4 9. b4 Qc7 10. cxd4 b5 11. Nf4 Qb6 12. Rb1 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. O-O Bxa3 16. Be3 Be7 17. Qd2 g6 18. Rfc1 b4 19. h4 Ra3 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Nh3 Na5 22. Bg5 Nb3 23. Rxb3 Rxb3 24. Qe2 Qa8 25. Qb5 Rc3 26. Rxc3 bxc3 27. Bxe7 Qa1+
28. Kh2 Kxe7 29. Qb4+ Kd8 30. Nfg5 Rf8 31. Nxh7 c2 32. Nxf8 c1=Q 33. Nxd7 Kxd7 34. Qd6+ Kc8 35. Qf8+ Kb7 36. Qxf7+ Qc7 37. Qxg6 Qxd4 38. f4 Qe4 39. Qxe6 Qg7 40. g4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2017"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. Bxe7 Bxe2 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Bc5 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Rb7 Rdb8 21. Rc7 Rc8 22. Rd7 Rd8 23. Rc7 Rdc8 24. Rd7 Rd8 25. Rc7 Rdc8 26. Rd7 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2017"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.03.09"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3 e5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 O-O 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Bc4 Rac8 13. Bb3 exf4 14. Qxf4 Rfe8 15. Kb1 Bd8 16. g4 Qe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Ra5 19. h3 Bc7 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Kf8 22. Rhd1 h6 23. a3 Re5 24. R6d3 Rce8 25. Nd5 Ne4 26. Nc7 Rc8 27. Rd7 Re7 28. Nb5 a6 29. Rxe7 Nxe7 30. Rd4 Nf2 31. Nc3 Nxh3 32. Rd7 Nf2 33. Nd5 Nc6 34. Nb6 Ne5 35. Rxb7 Rd8 36. c4 Ne4 37. Rc7 Rb8 38. c5 Nxc5 39. Rxc5 Rxb6 40. Rxe5 Rxb3 41. Ra5 Rb6 42. Re5 1/2-1/2