2018 US CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS : Shankland wins 2018 US Chess Championships

Wesley So

2018 US CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cross table after round 11

Rank	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Score
1	GM Shankland, Samuel	2671	x	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	8.5
2	GM Caruana, Fabiano	2804	½	x	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	½	1	8.0
3	GM So, Wesley	2786	½	½	x	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	6.5
4	GM Nakamura, Hikaru	2787	½	½	½	x	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	5.5
5	GM Robson, Ray	2660	0	0	½	½	x	½	1	1	1	0	½	½	5.5
6	GM Lenderman, Aleksandr	2599	½	0	½	½	½	x	0	½	½	½	1	1	5.5
7	GM Xiong, Jeffery	2665	½	0	½	½	0	1	x	½	½	½	½	½	5.0
8	GM Izoria, Zviad	2599	0	1	½	1	0	½	½	x	½	½	0	½	5.0
9	GM Akobian, Varuzhan	2647	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	x	½	1	1	4.5
10	GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav	2640	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	x	½	½	4.5
11	GM Liang, Awonder	2552	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	0	½	x	½	4.5
12	GM Onischuk, Alexander	2672	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	x	3.0

[Round "10"]

[White "Onischuk,Al"]

[Black "Shankland,S"]

[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Ne5 cxd4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. exd4 Bf5 23. Qh5 f6 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 Qd7 26. Qf3 Nd5 27. Qh5 Kg7 28. f4 Qe8 29. Qf3 Qe3+ 30. Qxe3 Nxe3 31. Rf3 Nd5 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. h4 gxh4 34. Bxh4 Kf7 35. Be1 b6 36. Bd2 Rc2 37. Rd3 Ke6 38. g4 Kd6 39. Kf1 Kc6 40. Ke1 Kb5 41. g5 fxg5 42. Bxg5 Kc4 43. Rg3 Nc3 44. d5 Nxd5 45. Kd1 Rc3 46. Rg4+ Kb3 47. Rd4 Ne3+ 48. Bxe3 Rxe3 49. Kd2 Rh3 0-1

[Round "11"]

[White "So,W"]

[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. e6 gxf4 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 b6 20. Nf5 Rae8 21. Qd5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qh6 23. Raf1 Qe3+ 24. R1f2 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Qe4+ 26. Kh3 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Re7 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. a4 Re3 30. Rgf5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Round "11"]

[White "Xiong,Jeffery"]

[Black "Robson,R"]

[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. O-O Ba7 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Kh1 Kg7 13. Nc2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nce7 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nf5 19. Qb3 f6 20. Rae1 Nxg3+ 21. hxg3 Bb6 22. Nd2 h5 23. Bd3 h4 24. gxh4 Rh8 25. Kg1 Rxh4 26. Ne4 Rh6 27. Bb1 Qe7 28. Ng3 Qd6 29. Rf3 Kh8 30. Nf5 Qh2+ 31. Kf2 Bxf3 32. Kxf3 g4+ 33. Kf2 g3+ 34. Kf3 Rh7 35. Qe6 Qh5+ 36. Kxg3 Rg8+ 37. Kf2 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Round "11"]

[White "Shankland,S"]

[Black "Liang,Awonder"]

[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 e5 8. h3 exf4 9. hxg4 Qe7+ 10. Kf1 O-O-O 11. Nd2 g6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. g5 Nh5 14. Be2 Ng7 15. Ngf3 Ne6 16. Bb5 Bg7 17. Qa4 Rd6 18. Nb3 b6 19. Nc1 Nb8 20. Nd3 Kb7 21. Nb4 Qd8 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Qb3 Rhd8 24. Rxh7 a6 25. Bd3 Ka7 26. Qa4 a5 27. Bb5 Kb7 28. Nbd3 Rg8 29. Nf3 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Bxh8 31. a3 Nc6 32. Bxc6+ Rxc6 33. Nde5 Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Rd6 35. Qe8 Rd8 36. Qxf7 Nxg5 37. Qxc7+ Kxc7

38. Nxg6 f3 39. Nf4 Kc6 40. gxf3 Nxf3 41. Re6+ Kb5 42. Ke2 Ng1+ 43. Kd3 1-0

[Round "1"]

[White "Zherebukh,Y"]

[Black "So,W"]

[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d3 O-O 9. h3 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. b4 Rac8 15. Rfc1 e6 16. Ne2 Rfd8 17. Ng3 Ba8 18. a3 Nb8 19. Nh2 Nc6 20. f4 Nd4 21. Rf1 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bd1 Qa7 24. Ra1 cxb4 25. Qxb4 Nd7 26. Kh1 Nc2 27. Bxa7 Nxb4 28. Rb1 Nxd3 29. Rxb5 Bc6 30. Rb1 Ra8 31. Be3 Rxa3 32. Bf3 h5 33. Ne2 N3c5 34. Bxc5 Nxc5 35. e5 Ba4 36. exd6 Rxd6 37. Rbc1 Nb3 38. Rc7 Nd2 39. Re1 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Bxd7 41. Rd1 Ra2 42. Nc1 Ra1 43. Nd3 Rxd1+ 44. Bxd1 Ne4 45. Nf3 Bb5 46. Nfe1 h4 47. Kh2 Bc3 48. Bc2 Bd2 49. Nf3 Bxd3 50. Bxd3 Bxf4+ 51. Kg1 Be3+ 52. Kf1 Ng3+ 53. Ke1 Kg7 0-1