Hmm, looks really interesting

well done to her

I finally have time to watch the broadcast of the US Champs but even then, it is too early in the morning for me in Sydney Australia. Avoiding all news, am watching broadcast with a 5 hour delay.
Have to say that St Louis has a pretty good format going with Yasser Seirawan and Jennifer Shade as commentators without engine analysis. It is good combo with very experienced GM former world top 5 providing very good GM intuitive moves, tactics and strategy and very good IM/WGM providing the more basic moves, ensuring explanations are provided for 1500-2000 Elo players. Then you have very enthusiastic Maurice Ashley with engine analysis. And it is not just parroting engine analysis but using GM eyes to evaluate engine moves and lines.
And I think it is very good training video as well when there is only one match for the three to concentrate, ie, this is the Final tiebreak bet Wesley So and Alex Onischuk. Also the fact that it is a rapid is also very good for the 1500-2000 Elo players as the play is not GM perfect, the time is fast/short enough to be enjoyable to watch (not too fast as in blitz).
Game 1 was very interesting and also very impressive that Onischuk managed to play all the best lines as Black. Also very good to watch Wesley and his very pragmatic approach to chess. Playing an exchange sac to complicate matters when Onischuk is down on time (a nearly 2:1 time advantage).
Game 2 was very interesting strategy from Onischuk, playing a Reti-like allowing easy equality from Wesley?
In the commentary after Game 1, Seirawan and Ashley made the point that Wesley has the experience of playing rapid agst the world top 10 but Onishuck has had the opportunity even though he has 15 years experience playing rapid and blitz.
Query: Quality vs Quantity? does it make a difference?
Back to Game 2, a very good tutorial on Reti-like middle game. Remember that Seirawan is an exponent on fianchettoed positions.
Also: Memo to self: learn the power of two bishops!
additional memo: dark square fortress, perpetual checks with knights, finding good moves under time pressure, and luck!
Great Final!