Awonder Liang wins 2017 US Junior, Akshita Gorti wins US Girls

Final round results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
1	IM Liang, Awonder	2536	x	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	6.5
2	GM Troff, Kayden W	2472	½	x	1	½	½	1	1	0	1	½	6.0
3	GM Li, Ruifeng	2568	0	0	x	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	5.5
4	GM Chandra, Akshat	2484	½	½	½	x	½	1	½	½	½	1	5.5
5	IM Checa, Nicolas D	2415	½	½	0	½	x	½	1	½	½	1	5.0
6	IM Brown, Michael William	2508	0	0	½	0	½	x	1	½	1	1	4.5
7	IM Tang, Andrew	2478	1	0	0	½	0	0	x	1	1	1	4.5
8	Brattain, Mika A	2364	0	1	½	½	½	½	0	x	½	½	4.0
9	Liu, Bovey	2228	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	x	1	2.5
10	FM Colas, Joshua	2366	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	x	1.0

Congratulations to Awonder Liang for winning the 2017 US Junior Championship, and to his family for all the big sacrifices over the years! Well done!

Also big congrats to Thalia Cervantes for a 3rd place tie finish at US Girl’s Championship in spite being the lowest rated player by a big margin.

Final round girl’s results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
1	FM Gorti, Akshita	2232	x	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	7.0
2	WCM Feng, Maggie	2304	½	x	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	5.5
3	WIM Nguyen, Emily	2048	0	½	x	½	1	½	½	0	1	1	5.0
4	WCM Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia	2032	½	0	½	x	½	½	1	1	0	1	5.0
5	WIM Wang, Annie	2023	0	½	0	½	x	½	1	½	1	1	5.0
6	WFM Ulrich, Rachel J	2049	½	½	½	½	½	x	1	1	0	0	4.5
7	WFM Virkud, Apurva	2213	½	½	½	0	0	0	x	1	1	½	4.0
8	WFM Yip, Carissa	2261	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	x	1	1	3.5
9	WIM Bykovtsev, Agata	2045	0	½	0	1	0	1	0	0	x	½	3.0
10	WIM Eswaran, Ashritha	2086	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	x	2.5