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| Round 7 on 2017/04/05 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 1 - 0 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 |
| 2 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | ½ - ½ | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2667 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | ½ - ½ | GM | So Wesley | 2822 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 | 2793 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2666 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | 2674 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 0 - 1 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 |
| 6 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 1 - 0 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 |
While everyone's attention is focused on the games of the U.S. Big Three, I usually spend more time on following my personal favorite, a friend of 25 years, GM Alexander Shabalov. Who knows, maybe I would have missed all the rest of the action in Round 7, but Alex's game finished early.
Shabalov came supremely well-prepared, and manhandled his younger opponent. For the second day in a row, he doubled his score.
Obviously, preparation played a big part in this surprising riot. Shabba is already past the point of worrying about this tournament, so he can play whatever suits his fancy at the moment. Besides, the law of averages speaks in favor of his finally having a good day. With that in mind, Jeffery's breezy attitude of entering a sharp line he had no idea about has to be put to question. Xiong is good in what he does, but letting his opponents have their way is not the most responsible tournament strategy. First it was Kamsky, and now Shabalov – two losses with White.
A similar fate awaited another young player today, California’s own Dan Naroditsky. For some reason he also decided to enter a variation his opponent was much more familiar with.
However, the biggest surprise of the round was yet to come. Up to this point, the U.S. Championship debutante, Yaro Zherebukh, has had more than his share of promising positions, but was only able to convert one of them. Today he was gifted another chance.
Alekhine once said that he treated every opponent as a master until proven otherwise. Caruana would have been well-advised to heed that suggestion.
[Event "ch-USA 2017 Saint Louis USA"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.04.05"] [Round "7"] [White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "AlexYermo"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 {The Spanish torture - this is how playing such positions has long been characterized. In the bad old Soviet days every Russian schoolboy was tasked to learn the classical Closed Spanish Game first-hand for both White and Black.} h6 ({The famous game Anand-Carlsen, Norway Chess 2015 comes to mind:} 17... Bg7 $2 18. Qd2 Rb8 {One of the problems plaguing Black is his inabilty to get the bishop out of b7 without surrendering the a-file to the white rook.} (18... Nc5 19. Nh2 h5 {is standard. }) 19. Nh2 Bc8 {Magnus decided to part with the bishop, which handed White free attacking prospects. Vishy didn't miss his chance.} 20. Ng4 Nc5 21. Nh6+ Bxh6 22. Bxh6 {1-0(47)}) 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bg5 Bg7 $2 {I wonder what brought Fabiano Caruana to choose this opening line. It is hard to see it as an attempt to play for a win, as the patterns of play for White have long been mapped out and drilled into our thick heads. Anyway, Black's last move is wrong. Leaving the knight pinned will soon prompt Fabiano to move his queen away from the kingside.} (20... Be7 21. Ra3 Nfd7 {is the right plan.} 22. Bh6 Nb6 $1 23. a5 Nbd7 {Having forced the issue on the other side Black now returns to his defensive duties. With good luck and some tail wind he may even survive this.}) 21. Rf1 (21. Nh4 Qc7 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 {is more direct, albeit this kind of play may actually help Black to focus on the task at hand, rather than sit there and wonder why he chose this way in the first place.}) 21... Qc7 22. Bh6 Bh8 (22... Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qe7 24. Ng5 Qf8 25. Nf5 $1 {is one of those tactical tricks White always seems to have in his possession. Now} Rad8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra7 {surrenders the a-file, while the K-side bind is impossible to break}) (22... Nh7 {may have been best, as} 23. Nh4 Qd8 24. Nhf5 Bf6 {leads White nowhere. For now.}) 23. Ng5 {White clears out for the f2-f4 push.} Nh7 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Be3 Qe7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 ({Also good for White was} 27. Rxf4 Be5 28. Rf3 f6 29. Ne2 $14 {Unlike similar King's Indian structures, here White wisely kept his pawn on c3, while Black inadvertantly surrendered the d4-square to the white knight.}) 27... Kg8 28. Rf3 Bg7 29. Raf1 Nd7 $2 {Such a logical move, yet a decisive mistake.} 30. Bh6 $1 Bxh6 ({The desirable move} 30... Be5 {loses the f7-pawn. White may even choose} 31. Nxh5 gxh5 ({"better" is} 31... Rf8 {but I find it hard to comment on this.}) 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Qg5+ Qg7 34. Bxg7 Bxg7 35. e5 $1 {to bring the point home in style.}) 31. Qxh6 Qf8 32. Qd2 $2 {Probably, the only moment in the whole game where Yaro's play can be criticized.} (32. Nf5 $1 {would have saved Fabiano from unnecessary suffering and let the spectators back home in time for dinner. There may follow:} Ne5 33. Rg3 Qxh6 34. Nxh6+ Kg7 (34... Kf8 35. Rxg6 $1) 35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Nxd6 Re7 37. Rg5 Bc8 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxf7+ Kg8 40. Rc7 {it's not entirely forced, but you get my drift.}) 32... Ne5 33. Rf6 Rad8 34. Qg5 Qg7 35. Bd1 (35. Ne2 bxa4 36. Bxa4 Rf8 37. Nd4 Bc8 38. Nc6 $18 { as another way into Black's poorly insulated fortress.}) 35... Bc8 36. Qh4 Kf8 37. Qf4 Qg8 {It is really sad to see Fabiano reduced to such pathetic little moves. On top of everything, he was in big time trouble.} 38. Kh1 ({Knowing that he had the game in hand, Yaro wouldn't allow even a slightest mess:} 38. Bxh5 gxh5 39. Nxh5 Bxh3 40. Qh6+ Ke7 41. Ng7 Bg4) 38... Re7 39. Bxh5 bxa4 ( 39... gxh5 40. Nxh5 Red7 41. Re6 $1 {Piece of cake.} Qh7 42. Rh6 Qg8 43. Qf6 $18) 40. Bd1 Qg7 41. Bxa4 Qh7 42. Qg5 a5 ({Black could have made some noise:} 42... Bxh3 43. gxh3 Qxh3+ 44. Kg1 Ng4 45. Rxf7+ Rxf7 46. Qxd8+ Kg7 47. Rxf7+ Kxf7 48. Nf1 Qf3 {but, of course,} 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. Qb8+ Kg7 51. Qa7+ Kh6 52. Qd4 {beats it off easily.}) 43. Kg1 Qh8 44. R1f4 Qg7 45. Rh4 Nd3 46. Rh6 Ne5 ({ Not even the last snack is afforded before the execution:} 46... Nxb2 47. Rhxg6 ) 47. Rf4 Bd7 48. Qh4 Kg8 49. Qxe7 Re8 50. Qg5 Bxa4 51. Rf6 {Finally, Caruana resigned.} 1-0
To lose a game in this fashion is hardly acceptable for World's #3. Yaro's chess deserved respect, much more than was credited to him by Fabiano.
Once again, Nakamura’s game disappointed his army of fans. Hikaru tried to replicate one of Kramnik's ideas in a Slav-cum-Queen’s Gambit Accepted. Something went wrong somewhere, and Hikaru was left defending a slightly worse position with an isolani, which fortunately didn't prove to be difficult. A good game from Sam, who is slowly getting back into the tournament.
Sam Shankland is gradually getting back into the tournament
Akobian-Onischuk was a heavyweight boxers’ dance in the Queen's Gambit Declined. Varuzhan managed to land a glancing blow by winning a pawn, but Alexander has seen worse rook endgames, much worse than that. His technique made the draw look easy.
Robson-So started with a Reversed Color Benoni. Some intricate maneuvering left Wesley's queenside undeveloped. Once he tried to deal with that he allowed a tactical shot Nd6. Things looked very promising for White, until Ray made a strange decision to capture on e5. Black's play unrolled instantly, and in Ray's customary time trouble it seemed likely that Wesley will get back to his winning ways. Apparently, the problems Hikaru and Fabiano are having in this year's Championship are spreading over to the highest-rated player as well. For some reason Wesley couldn't get the most out of his initiative, and after a hard-to-understand trade of his bishop he completely let Ray off the hook.
Wesley So got into trouble, then was much better, and finally drew
So far I've been wrong in all my predictions, but what about other pundits/experts? Did any of them see the picture we're seeing now? Of course, there are still four rounds to play, and the favorites will try really hard to restore order. Should they fail to do so, then the winner will be...Vladimir Kramnik, who is happily watching his rivals shed rating points in the race for two Candidates qualifying spots.
Men's standings after seven rounds
| Round 7 on 2017/04/05 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev |
½ - ½ |
WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 |
| 2 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R |
½ - ½ |
WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2272 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily |
0 - 1 |
WCM | Feng Maggie | 2162 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 | 2369 | IM | Paikidze Nazi |
½ - ½ |
WGM | Sharevich Anna | 2257 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | 2451 | IM | Zatonskih Anna |
½ - ½ |
GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 |
| 6 | 9 | 2262 | WFM | Virkud Apurva |
1 - 0 |
WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 |
The leader in the Women's event, and the defending Champion, Nazi Paikidze almost got burned today. Her opening, also a reversed Benoni, failed to impress Anna Sharevich, who conducted the game confidently until it came to finding decisive tactics. At this point Anna started to get low on time and chose to repeat the moves. A big relief for Nazi, and a missed opportunity for Anna to wind up the tournament intrigue. Another battle of the favorites between Zatonskih and Krush also ended peacefully.
All this left the door open for one of the young players, Maggie Feng, to make her push. A confident win over Emily Nguyen lifted Maggie into a tie for second place, together with Sabina Foisor, who barely survived down two pawns in her game today.
Women's standings after seven rounds
US Championship pairings/results
| Round 1 on 2017/03/29 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | ½ - ½ | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | 1 - 0 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | ½ - ½ | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | ½ - ½ | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 |
| 6 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | 0 - 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 |
| Round 2 on 2017/03/30 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2817 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 | 2674 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | ½ - ½ | GM | Robson Ray | 2668 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 0 - 1 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2645 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | 2646 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | ½ - ½ | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2605 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | 2556 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 0 - 1 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2667 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | ½ - ½ | GM | So Wesley | 2822 | 2 |
| Round 3 on 2017/03/31 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | ½ - ½ | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 |
| 2 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2666 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 1 - 0 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 |
| 4 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 0 - 1 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 |
| 5 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | 1 - 0 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 |
| 6 | 7 | 2793 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 |
| Round 4 on 2017/04/01 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2817 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Kamsky Gata | ½ - ½ | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 | 2646 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | ½ - ½ | GM | Robson Ray | 2668 | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | 2556 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2645 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | ½ - ½ | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2605 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | 1 - 0 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2667 | 3 |
| Round 5 on 2017/04/02 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 |
| 2 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | ½ - ½ | GM | So Wesley | 2822 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 1 - 0 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2666 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | 1 - 0 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 |
| 5 | 7 | 2793 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | 2674 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 0 - 1 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 |
| Round 6 on 2017/04/04 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2817 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 1 - 0 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | 2646 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | ½ - ½ | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | 2556 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 1 - 0 | GM | Robson Ray | 2668 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | ½ - ½ | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2645 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2605 | 4 |
| Round 7 on 2017/04/05 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 1 - 0 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 |
| 2 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | ½ - ½ | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2667 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | ½ - ½ | GM | So Wesley | 2822 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 | 2793 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2666 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | 2674 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 0 - 1 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 |
| 6 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 1 - 0 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 |
| Round 8 on 2017/04/06 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2817 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 | |
| 2 | 11 | 2556 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | GM | Robson Ray | 2668 | 6 | |
| 6 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2645 | 5 | |
| Round 9 on 2017/04/07 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 | |
| 2 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2605 | 4 | |
| 3 | 7 | 2793 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2667 | 3 | |
| 4 | 8 | 2674 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | GM | So Wesley | 2822 | 2 | |
| 5 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Kamsky Gata | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2666 | 1 | |
| 6 | 10 | 2646 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 | |
| Round 10 on 2017/04/08 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2817 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | GM | Shabalov Alexander | 2556 | 11 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2666 | GM | Shankland Samuel L | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2646 | 10 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2822 | GM | So Wesley | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2659 | 9 | |
| 4 | 3 | 2667 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2674 | 8 | |
| 5 | 4 | 2605 | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2793 | 7 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2645 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | GM | Robson Ray | 2668 | 6 | |
| Round 11 on 2017/04/09 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 6 | 2668 | GM | Robson Ray | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2817 | 12 | |
| 2 | 7 | 2793 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2645 | 5 | |
| 3 | 8 | 2674 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | GM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2605 | 4 | |
| 4 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Kamsky Gata | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2667 | 3 | |
| 5 | 10 | 2646 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | GM | So Wesley | 2822 | 2 | |
| 6 | 11 | 2556 | GM | Shabalov Alexander | GM | Shankland Samuel L | 2666 | 1 | |
US Women's Championship pairings/results
| Round 1 on 2017/03/29 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna | ½ - ½ | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie | ½ - ½ | GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 1 - 0 | WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 1 - 0 | WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 1 - 0 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 |
| 6 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily | ½ - ½ | IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 |
| Round 2 on 2017/03/30 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2359 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 0 - 1 | IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 | 2451 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 1 - 0 | WIM | Nguyen Emily | 2173 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | 2262 | WFM | Virkud Apurva | 1 - 0 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 2196 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | 2234 | WFM | Yip Carissa | ½ - ½ | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2364 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | 2444 | GM | Krush Irina | 1 - 0 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2272 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna | ½ - ½ | WCM | Feng Maggie | 2162 | 2 |
| Round 3 on 2017/03/31 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie |
½ - ½ |
WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 |
| 2 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca |
1 - 0 |
WGM | Sharevich Anna | 2257 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev |
0 - 1 |
GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 |
| 4 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R |
½ - ½ |
WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 |
| 5 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily |
0 - 1 |
WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 |
| 6 | 7 | 2369 | IM | Paikidze Nazi |
0 - 1 |
IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 |
| Round 4 on 2017/04/01 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2359 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina |
½ - ½ |
IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | 2262 | WFM | Virkud Apurva |
0 - 1 |
IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 | 2234 | WFM | Yip Carissa |
1 - 0 |
WIM | Nguyen Emily | 2173 | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | 2444 | GM | Krush Irina |
0 - 1 |
WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 2196 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna |
½ - ½ |
WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2364 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie |
1 - 0 |
WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2272 | 3 |
| Round 5 on 2017/04/02 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca |
1 - 0 |
WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 |
| 2 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev |
1 - 0 |
WCM | Feng Maggie | 2162 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R |
0 - 1 |
WGM | Sharevich Anna | 2257 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily |
0 - 1 |
GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 |
| 5 | 7 | 2369 | IM | Paikidze Nazi |
1 - 0 |
WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | 2451 | IM | Zatonskih Anna |
1 - 0 |
WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 |
| Round 6 on 2017/04/04 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2359 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina |
1 - 0 |
WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | 2234 | WFM | Yip Carissa |
1 - 0 |
IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 |
| 3 | 11 | 2444 | GM | Krush Irina |
0 - 1 |
IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna |
1 - 0 |
WIM | Nguyen Emily | 2173 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie |
1 - 0 |
WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 2196 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca |
1 - 0 |
WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2364 | 4 |
| Round 7 on 2017/04/05 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev |
½ - ½ |
WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 |
| 2 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R |
½ - ½ |
WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2272 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily |
0 - 1 |
WCM | Feng Maggie | 2162 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 | 2369 | IM | Paikidze Nazi |
½ - ½ |
WGM | Sharevich Anna | 2257 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | 2451 | IM | Zatonskih Anna |
½ - ½ |
GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 |
| 6 | 9 | 2262 | WFM | Virkud Apurva |
1 - 0 |
WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 |
| Round 8 on 2017/04/06 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2359 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 | |
| 2 | 11 | 2444 | GM | Krush Irina | WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie | IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | WIM | Nguyen Emily | 2173 | 6 | |
| 6 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 2196 | 5 | |
| Round 9 on 2017/04/07 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 | |
| 2 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2364 | 4 | |
| 3 | 7 | 2369 | IM | Paikidze Nazi | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2272 | 3 | |
| 4 | 8 | 2451 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | WCM | Feng Maggie | 2162 | 2 | |
| 5 | 9 | 2262 | WFM | Virkud Apurva | WGM | Sharevich Anna | 2257 | 1 | |
| 6 | 10 | 2234 | WFM | Yip Carissa | GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 | |
| Round 10 on 2017/04/08 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | 2359 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | GM | Krush Irina | 2444 | 11 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2257 | WGM | Sharevich Anna | WFM | Yip Carissa | 2234 | 10 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2162 | WCM | Feng Maggie | WFM | Virkud Apurva | 2262 | 9 | |
| 4 | 3 | 2272 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | IM | Zatonskih Anna | 2451 | 8 | |
| 5 | 4 | 2364 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | IM | Paikidze Nazi | 2369 | 7 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2196 | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | WIM | Nguyen Emily | 2173 | 6 | |
| Round 11 on 2017/04/09 at 2 PM (EST) | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 6 | 2173 | WIM | Nguyen Emily | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2359 | 12 | |
| 2 | 7 | 2369 | IM | Paikidze Nazi | WIM | Yu Jennifer R | 2196 | 5 | |
| 3 | 8 | 2451 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2364 | 4 | |
| 4 | 9 | 2262 | WFM | Virkud Apurva | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2272 | 3 | |
| 5 | 10 | 2234 | WFM | Yip Carissa | WCM | Feng Maggie | 2162 | 2 | |
| 6 | 11 | 2444 | GM | Krush Irina | WGM | Sharevich Anna | 2257 | 1 | |
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