Mistrzostwa USA panów - lista startowa. Nakamura nie broni tytułu.

No.	Title	Name	Rating*	Invitation Method
1.	GM	Gata Kamsky	2741	Rating
2.	GM	Timur Gareev	2674	Rating
3.	GM	Alex Onischuk	2666	Rating
4.	GM	Ray Robson	2620	Rating
5.	GM	Varuzhan Akobian	2616	Rating
6.	GM	Sam Shankland	2612	Rating
7.	GM	Robert Hess	2595	Rating
8.	GM	Gregory Kaidanov	2593	Rating
9.	GM	Larry Christiansen	2579	Rating
10.	GM	Yury Shulman	2570	Rating
11.	GM	Alexander Stripunsky	2570	Rating
12.	GM	Alejandro Ramirez	2551	Rating
13.	GM	Alexander Shabalov	2544	Rating
14.	GM	Marc Arnold	2538	U.S. Junior Champion
15.	GM	Joel Benjamin	2534	Rating
16.	FM	Aleksandr Ivanov	2529	U.S. Senior Champion
17.	GM	Melikset Khachiyan	2518	Wildcard
18.	NM	Conrad Holt	2513	Wildcard
19.	GM	Ben Finegold	2505	Wildcard
20.	GM	Jorge Sammour-Hasbun	2463	Rating
21.	GM	Yaacov Norowitz	2451	Rating
22.	FM	John Bryant	2442	U.S. Open Champion
23.	IM	Kayden Troff	2421	Wildcard
24.	FM	Sam Sevian	2371	Wildcard