After beating Kamsky with black, Nakamura is now in control of his own destiny. He will have white against Seirawan. Kamsky on the other hand must hope that Nakamura will draw Seirawan and he will beat Hess with black to have a playoff.

Standings with one round to go

Rk Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Score
1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2775 x 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7.5
2 GM Kamsky, Gata 2741 0 x 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 7.0
3 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2660 ½ 0 x ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6.0
4 GM Shulman, Yuri 2571 ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5.5
5 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2625 ½ 0 ½ ½ x 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 5.0
6 GM Robson, Ray 2614 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 x 0 1 ½ 1 0 5.0
7 GM Lenderman, Aleksandr 2587 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 x ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.0
8 GM Hess, Robert L 2635 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ x 1 ½ 1 1 4.5
9 GM Kaidanov, Gregory S 2594 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 x 0 ½ 1 4.0
10 GM Ramirez, Alejandro 2593 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 x 0 1 4.0
11 GM Seirawan, Yasser 2643 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 x 0 3.5
12 GM Stripunsky, Alexander 2562 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 x 3.0
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