Wesley So Leads US Chess Championship 2017 after Round 4

Wesley So won with white against Alexander Onischuk in Round 4 of the US Chess Championship 2017, to take the solo lead of the tournament. Replay the game below:[replay]

The rest of the Round 4 games were drawn:

US Chess Championship 2017 Round 4 Results

GameWhiteResultBlack
1So, Wesley1-0Onischuk, Alexander
2Naroditsky, Daniel½-½Robson, Ray
3Caruana, Fabiano½-½Xiong, Jeffery
4Shankland, Samuel L½-½Zherebukh, Yaroslav
5Kamsky, Gata½-½Nakamura, Hikaru
6Shabalov, Alexander½-½Akobian, Varuzhan

This is the 60th consecutive no-loss game of Wesley So.

Following closely behind at shared second place are Hikaru Nakamura, Daniel Naroditsky, and Yaroslav Zherebukh, with 2.5 points apiece:

US Chess Championship 2017 Ranking After Round 4

RankNameScoreRatingW-We
1GM So, Wesley328220.25
2GM Nakamura, Hikaru2.527930.02
3GM Naroditsky, Daniel2.526460.5
4GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav2.526050.65
5GM Caruana, Fabiano22817-0.41
6GM Xiong, Jeffery226740.3
7GM Robson, Ray226680.14
8GM Onischuk, Alexander226670.03
9GM Shankland, Samuel L226660.33
10GM Akobian, Varuzhan22645-0.06
11GM Kamsky, Gata12659-0.91
12GM Shabalov, Alexander0.52556-0.84

Replay all the games played in US Chess Championship 2017.

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