Needing a win against tournament leader Almasi to earn a share for 1st, Kamsky did it. Caruana and Godena also won to finish in a tie for 3rd.

Round 3 results:

Kamsky, Gata – Almasi, Zoltan 1-0
Caruana, Fabiano – Landa, Konstantin 1-0
Godena, Michele – Bologan, Viktor 1-0
Jobava, Baadur – Brunello, Sabino ½-½
Vocaturo, Daniele – Safarli, Eltaj +/-

Kamsky, Gata GM (2695) – Almasi, Zoltan GM (2704)
52nd Torneo Scacchistico Internazionale d Reggio Emilia (9.2), 06.01.2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.d4 Bb6 11.h3 0–0 12.Re1 h6 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Nbd2 Re8 15.Qb1 b4 16.Qc2 Na5 17.Rxa5 Bxa5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nc4 Rb5 20.Ba4 b3 21.Qd1 Qb8 22.Nfd2 Be6 23.Qa1 Rc8 24.Ba7 Qxa7 25.Bxb5 Bb6 26.Qxa7 Bxa7 27.Nxe5 Rd8 28.Ndf3 Bb6 29.Bc4 Re8 30.Nd2 Bc5 31.Bxe6 Rxe6 32.Nec4 Bf8 33.e5 Nd5 34.Nxb3 Nf4 35.h4 Ra6 36.Ra1 Rc6 37.Ra4 Nd3 38.Nd4 Rc5 39.e6 Be7 40.Ra8+ Kh7 41.Re8 1–0

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