Which is the best game of 2017?

Minus Alpha Zero's Bg5! and imprisoning Stockfish's queen on h8 which was nothing short of genius on a galactic scale, my vote must go with Ding Liren. What an inspiring game!

Wojtaszek - Mamedyarov https://en.chessbase.com/post/gashimov-memorial-2017-i-wish-i-could-annotate-them-all

I guess some people are voting automatically with their nationalist motivs.

I think Kramnik's Lasker-like defense ("it shook the board") and Anand's assured world-class dismantling of Caruana are the most impressive. Bai-Ding is cool because the queen is sacrificed early for a rook and the White king is subsequently hunted down without using a queen, but I can't help feeling Ding just decided to gamble and was able to pull it off, whereas Kramnik and Anand feature deep conceptions.

A nomination without games by alpha zero makes no sense. I like the game, where alpha zero played Bg5!!!

Ding Liren is my choice as the best game in 2017

Shirov, Alexei - Kulaots, Kaido
Helsinki 11.1.2017 D85

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.d5 Bxf3 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.gxf3Ne5 13.0-0-0 f6 14.f4 Nf7 15.Bh3 c6 16.Rhe1 cxd5 17.exd5 a5 18.Qe3 Re8 19.Be6 Ra6 20.h4 Nd6 21.h5 Rb6 22.Re2 Rb4 23.hxg6Re4 24.gxh7 Rxe3 25.Rg1+ Kh8 26.fxe3 Nf5 27.Rg8+ Kxh7 28.Rh2+ Nh6 29.Rg1 1-0

One of my faves:
[Event "CBM-172 June-2016"]
[Site "My Burgh"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Stockfish 120616 64"]
[Black "Komodo 10 64-bit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "3222"]
[BlackElo "3230"]
[Annotator "Moskalenko"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[TimeControl "40/16200+30:20/8100+30:8100+30"]

{Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz 2332 MHz W=33.6 plies; 2,
938kN/s B=32.4 plies; 2,739kN/s} 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Qd2 Nf6 {
Both last book move} 5. Nh3 {0.05/32 1355} e6 {(Bc8-e6) -0.14/30 778} 6. f3 {
0.25/30 522} b5 {(Nb8-d7) 0.00/30 1077} 7. Nf4 {(e2-e4) 0.28/30 733} Bd6 {
(Bf8-e7) 0.00/30 1014} 8. e4 {(Nf4-h5) 0.30/30 277} dxe4 {(f5xe4) -0.07/31 541}
9. Nh5 {0.45/29 287} exf3 {(Bd6-e7) 0.07/31 634} 10. Bxf6 {(Nh5xg7+) 0.58/30
172} gxf6 {0.00/30 394} 11. gxf3 {(0-0-0) 0.51/30 96} Kf7 {(Qd8-e7) 0.09/31 972
} 12. O-O-O {0.73/28 229} Bf8 {0.16/31 673} 13. Rg1 {0.48/32 1390} Nd7 {
(Rh8-g8) 0.14/30 259} 14. Kb1 {(Bf1-d3) 0.60/30 571} Nb6 {0.00/32 273} 15. Qf2
{(Qd2-f4) 0.50/33 785} Bh6 {0.15/33 1226} 16. f4 {0.76/32 277} Rg8 {0.24/30 404
} 17. Rxg8 {0.56/35 754} Qxg8 {0.36/31 472} 18. Be2 {(Nc3-e2) 0.62/34 1054} Qh8
{0.23/31 776} 19. Bf3 {(d4-d5) 0.64/32 706} Bd7 {0.00/33 158} 20. a3 {(Rd1-e1)
0.70/31 455} Rd8 {(Bh6-f8) 0.09/29 367} 21. Re1 {(Nc3-a2) 0.79/31 306} Bf8 {0.
30/32 864} 22. Rg1 {0.81/31 645} Bh6 {0.32/29 291} 23. Ng3 {0.84/32 488} Rc8 {
(Qh8-f8) 0.45/29 256} 24. Qe1 {(Ng3-e2) 0.99/30 179} Qd8 {(Rc8-g8) 0.44/26 259}
25. Rg2 {1.20/29 154} Bg7 {(Kf7-f8) 0.53/30 520} 26. Na2 {0.81/34 652} Nd5 {0.
67/31 330} 27. Bxd5 {(Ng3-h5) 0.87/33 177} cxd5 {0.59/30 270} 28. Nb4 {(Na2-c1)
0.86/33 79} Qf8 {0.61/33 382} 29. Na6 {0.82/34 460} Re8 {(Qf8-d6) 0.61/33 144}
30. Nc5 {0.98/35 190} Bc8 {0.83/35 402} 31. Qa5 {0.98/36 66} Bh6 {0.77/33 237}
32. Nh5 {0.98/39 1803} a6 {0.85/35 286} 33. Qc3 {(Qa5-e1) 0.98/42 205} Qh8 {0.
68/37 301} 34. Nd3 {(Qc3-e1) 0.98/42 46} Rd8 {(Re8-e7) 0.71/37 158} 35. Qa5 {
(Rg2-g1) 1.07/38 382} Rd7 {(Rd8-d6) 0.71/39 244} 36. Nc5 {1.22/38 371} Ra7 {
(Qh8-d8) 0.71/37 249} 37. Qb6 {(Rg2-g1) 1.53/36 260} Re7 {0.71/38 198} 38. b3 {
(Rg2-g1) 1.71/36 341} Qf8 {(Qh8-e8) 1.03/34 494} 39. c4 {(a3-a4) 2.22/33 194}
dxc4 {(b5xc4) 1.57/31 545} 40. bxc4 {2.53/35 451} bxc4 {1.66/31 556} 41. d5 {
2.55/33 212} Qe8 {1.67/33 1041} 42. a4 {2.86/33 269} c3 {(a6-a5) 1.90/31 169}
43. Rg3 {3.14/34 425} Bd7 {2.00/32 462} 44. d6 {3.06/35 79} Bxa4 {2.00/32 256}
45. dxe7 {3.21/37 230} Qb5+ {2.04/36 705} 46. Qxb5 {3.18/35 108} c2+ {2.08/36
302} 47. Kc1 {(Kb1-b2) 3.62/38 873} Bxb5 {2.03/35 131} 48. Re3 {(Kc1xc2) 3.94/
34 533} e5 {2.29/28 113} 49. Kxc2 {4.16/34 551} Kxe7 {2.56/31 330} 50. Rh3 {
(Re3-e1) 4.10/31 95} Bf8 {2.38/31 410} 51. Ng3 {4.24/31 288} exf4 {2.60/34 638}
52. Nxf5+ {4.41/31 323} Kf7 {2.83/35 366} 53. Nd3 {4.28/31 86} Kg6 {2.92/34 463
} 54. Nh4+ {(Nf5-d4) 4.47/33 430} Kf7 {2.76/32 262} 55. Ng2 {(Nh4-f3) 4.52/32
141} f3 {2.89/28 317} 56. Rxf3 {4.71/31 391} Be7 {(Bf8-d6) 3.05/32 477} 57. Ne3
{(Ng2-f4) 5.17/30 385} Bd6 {(Be7-f8) 3.29/30 556} 58. Nd5 {(Rf3-f2) 5.74/38
1182} Ke6 {3.99/32 678} 59. Nxf6 {5.74/40 176} Bc6 {(Bd6xh2) 4.17/34 537} 60.
Rf2 {7.10/34 988} h6 {4.46/34 725} 61. Kc3 {7.51/33 266} a5 {(Bd6-e7) 5.00/33
843} 62. Kd4 {8.98/33 258} Be7 {6.80/39 1150} 63. Ng8 {(Nf6-e4) 10.03/34 244}
Bh4 {6.42/32 385} 64. Re2+ {10.73/32 87} Kd6 {6.73/32 151} 65. Nxh6 {13.22/33
199} Bf6+ {(Kd6-c7) 7.21/34 382} 66. Kc4 {16.40/35 276} Kc7 {(Bc6-d5+) 7.04/36
717} 67. Re6 {(Nd3-c5) 50.13/49 467} 1-0

I want to nominate:

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2017-tcec-s10-blitz/44-Stockfish-Komodo_

Maybe should call it "best games by human players" or include some from A0?

I think Bai-Ding is a bit normal for a world-class player, so I prefer Rapport-Wei Yi.

For sheer exuberance, it is difficult to compete with the beauty of Bai-Ding. On a creative level, my favorites are by the old-timers: kramnik-Harikrishna and Anand-Caruana. In both cases, they came up with non-standard plans and outcalculated strong opponents young enough to be their sons.
I remember watching Anand-Caruana live and being particularly impressed that he spent less than 10 minutes on 20 Bxc6! Giving up the Bishop for the Knight only makes sense if you see the concrete follow-up fxe5. And fxe5 only makes sense if there is a reply to ...f6 when exf6 allows Rxe2 invading. Anand had to see all this and the ensuing pretty combination before entering the whole line.
There's another great Bishop for Knight trade by Anand against Peter Leko in the World Rapid. Suddenly after Bxg6 Black is falling apart on the dark squares on the Kingside.

black is forced to gift all pieces on the 5th rank to the rook, and THEN get mated in a rather funny way haha

I found what I believe to be a very comical ending to this game :) 22. Qg5+ Kd7 23. Bh3+ Kd6 24. Qxd5+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Nxg6+ Kd6 28. Ne5+ f6 29. Nf7+ Kd5 30. e4+ Kc4 31. Qd2 Rxe4+ 32. fxe4 Kb5 33. Bf1+ Ka5 34. Rh5+ f5 35. Rxf5+ Ne5 36. Rxe5+ Qd5 (36... c5 37. Rxc5+ b5 38. Rxb5+ Ka6 39. Qh6+ Qb6 40. Rxb6+ Ka5 41. Ra6# )37. Rxd5+ c5 38. Rxc5+ b5 39. Rxb5+ Ka6 40. Qh6# 1-0

the best game of 2017 was the HIDDEN game in the desert that was banned on TV by Saudia Arabia...during the world championship speed chess l: the clash between the 2016 Woman Wolrd Champion and the Prinsess of of Arabia, the Emir's wife .

I skipped over Bai vs Ding because it was unfamiliar and there was no commentary. Then I got to the bottom and saw it had the most votes and went back to check it out. Oh man. What a crazy game! Definitely going to have to take some time to analyze that one.

the game between Fischer and AlphaZero

A bit surprised that Game 3 or Game 10 of AlphaZero - Stockfish didn't make the list.