Nakamura Wins San Sebastian
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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