Nakamura Wins San Sebastian
Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu, 07/16/2009 at 2:11pm.
He needed a tie-breaker to do it, but Hikaru Nakamura (pictured) has won the San Sebastian tournament in a dramatic finish.
Ruslan Ponomariov won his last round game against Francisco Vallejo Pons to catch Nakamura on 6.5/9 and force the 2-game rapid tie break, but Nakamura won both games.
A heartbreaking end for the Ukrainian, but a great breakthrough victory for Nakamura!
The final standings:
| Nakamura, Hikaru |
USA |
2710 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
| Ponomariov, Ruslan |
UKR |
2727 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
6½ |
| Svidler, Peter |
RUS |
2739 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
| Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
UZB |
2672 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5 |
| Vallejo Pons, Francisco |
ESP |
2693 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
| Movsesian, Sergei |
SVK |
2716 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4½ |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
FRA |
2703 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
| Granda Zuniga, Julio E |
PER |
2647 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
3½ |
| San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo |
ESP |
2570 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
2½ |
| Karpov, Anatoly |
RUS |
2644 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
1½ |
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