With five of 11 rounds completed in the United States Chess Championship, Wesley So and Andy Woodward lead with 3.5 points out of a possible five, but four-time defending champion Fabiano Caruana lurks just a half point behind at 3/5 points, tied with Awonder Liand and Jeffery Xiong. Sam Shankland, Grigoriy Oparin, and Abhimanyu have 2/5 after five rounds of play...

