There are no final results on the official Foxwoods website yet. However, according to my calculations, GMs Kamsky, Ibragimov, Stripunsky and Izoria tied for first with 7 points in 9 games.

Here are some of the games from the final round:

[White “Kraai, Jesse 2561”]
[Black “Izoria, Zviad 2722”]
[Source “MonRoi”]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 Nc6 7.d5 Nb4 8.Bf1 a5 9.c4 Bg4 10.Nbd2 c6 11.h3 Bd7 12.Nb1 a4 13.Bd2 Na6 14.Nc3 Nc5 15.dxc6 Bxc6 16.e5 Bxf3 17.gxf3 dxe5 18.Rxe5 Nfd7 19.Re3 e6 20.Qc2 Ne5 21.Rae1 Nc6 22.Nb5 Nd4 23.Nxd4 Bxd4 24.Ra3 Qf6 25.Bc1 Rfd8 26.f4 Ra6 27.b4 axb3 28.axb3 Rxa3 29.Bxa3 Qxf4 30.Bxc5 Bxc5 31.Re2 Rd4 32.Re3 Qg5 33.Bg2 Qd8 34.Bxb7 Rd1 35.Kg2 Bxe3 0-1

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[White “Stripunsky, Alexander 2638”]
[Black “Shabalov, Alexander 2656”]
[Source “MonRoi”]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.g3 h5 12.Bg2 f4 13.c3 h4 14.g4 h3 15.Bf3 Bg7 16.Nc2 Kf8 17.Ncb4 Bd7 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Qd3 Rh6 20.O-O Rg6 21.Bd1 f3 22.Qxf3 Bxd5 23.exd5 Qg5 24.a4 b4 25.cxb4 Qd2 26.Ra3 Re8 27.Qe4 Rb8 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Rf6 30.Qc4 e4 31.Rxh3 Rf4 32.Be2 Be5 33.Re3 Re8 34.Rd1 Qa5 35.Kg2 Qa7 36.Rf1 f5 37.gxf5 Qh7 38.h3 Qxf5 39.Bg4 Qh7 40.f3 exf3 41.Rexf3 Rxf3 42.Rxf3 Kg8 43.b6 Kh8 44.Qf1 Qh6 45.Qf2 Rb8 46.Rf7 Bg7 47.Rf5 1-0

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