Entering the 10th and final round, only 6 players are still in the hunt for the title. Bu and Efimenko are leading by 1/2 point. First place prize is £12,000.
Final round top 3 board pairings:
1 GM Bu, Xiangzhi 7.5 CHN 2691 – GM Ni, Hua 7.0 CHN 2680
2 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 7.0 USA 2670 – GM Efimenko, Zahar 7.5 UKR 2638
3 GM Gopal, G.N. 7.0 IND 2528 – GM Bologan, Viktor 7.0 MDA 2663
Here are the full pairings.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Bu will win. Nakamura will push and lose. Bologan will crush Gopal.
Short draws on all these boards