The story of the US game 10 championship is young Luke Harmon (around 10 years old) beating WIM Melikhina and GM Gurevich in the final 2 rounds to finish 1/2 point behind the co-champions GMs Sargissian, Petrosian and Izoria. Luke is tied with GMs VanWely, Kacheishvili, Akobian, Ivanov, and IM Lenderman.
No. Ttl Name St Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6
1 GM Sargissian,Gabriel ARM 2710 5.5 W 73 W 50 W 20 D 14 W 15 W12
2 GM Petrosian,Tigran L ARM 2698 5.5 W 63 W 49 W 21 W 8 W 5 D4
3 GM Izoria,Zviad GEO 2675 5.5 W 64 W 51 W 10 W 16 D 4 W13
4 GM Van Wely,Loek NLD 2734 5.0 W 62 W 28 W 18 W 7 D 3 D2
5 GM Kacheishvili,Giorgi GEO 2663 5.0 W 54 W 52 W 23 W 9 L 2 W20
6 GM Akobian,Varuzhan CA 2659 5.0 W 66 W 53 W 24 L 12 W 14 W18
7 IM Lenderman,Alex NY 2630 5.0 W 67 W 38 W 35 L 4 W 25 W19
8 GM Ivanov,Alexander MA 2560 5.0 W 68 W 71 W 48 L 2 W 35 W22
9 FM Panjwani,Raja D CAN 2418 5.0 W 33 W 30 W 43 L 5 W 26 W32
10 Holt,Conrad KS 2294 5.0 W 87 W 60 L 3 W 57 W 30 W17
11 Harmon-Vellotti,Luke ID 2008 5.0 W 97 L 13 W 54 W 33 W 21 W16
12 GM Fressinet,Laurent FRA 2715 4.5 W 32 W 27 W 19 W 6 D 13 L1
13 GM Ehlvest,Jaan NY 2673 4.5 W 65 W 11 W 22 W 17 D 12 L3
14 IM Antal,Gergely HUN 2540 4.5 W 84 W 29 W 36 D 1 L 6 W39
15 Rosenberg, Mark NY 2036 4.5 D104 W 76 W 37 W 39 L 1 W40
16 GM Gurevich,Dmitry IL 2525 4.0 W 69 W 57 W 26 L 3 W 48 L11
17 IM Cummings,David CAN 2457 4.0 W 44 W 55 W 61 L 13 W 36 L10
18 Molner,Mackenzie S NJ 2415 4.0 W 45 W 56 L 4 W 52 W 49 L6
19 FM Tayar,Jonathan CAN 2392 4.0 W 74 W 41 L 12 W 53 W 28 L7
20 IM Saidy,Anthony F CA 2331 4.0 W 75 W 58 L 1 W 38 W 51 L5
21 WIM Melekhina,Alisa PA 2313 4.0 W 85 W 59 L 2 W 71 L 11 W52
22 WGM Shahade,Jennifer PA 2301 4.0 W 86 W 31 L 13 W 29 W 58 L8
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