Anish Giri top in Reggio Emilia

Anish Giri

The 17 year-old Dutch star won the prestigious category 20 Reggio Emilia tournament after his closest rivals both lost in the last round. The table demonstrates how close it was with three players finishing just behind the leader. Hikaru Nakamura was leading by some way at one point, but a disastrous run-in, including his last round loss, cost him dear.

Hikaru Nakamura really threw away the tournament by losing his last three games, whereas meantime Anish Giri scored 2.5/3 (and 4/5 in the second half).

Here is the final table.

Rank	Player	Country	ELO	1w	1b	2w	2b	3w	3b	4w	4b	5w	5b	6w	6b	Points	Standard points	Perf.
1.	Anish Giri	NED	2714	*	*	0	½	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	16	6	2822
2.	Alexander Morozevich	RUS	2762	½	1	*	*	½	1	0	1	½	0	1	0	15	5½	2776
3.	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2758	1	0	0	½	*	*	½	½	1	0	1	1	15	5½	2777
4.	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2727	0	½	0	1	½	½	*	*	0	1	1	1	15	5½	2783
5.	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2775	½	0	1	½	0	1	1	0	*	*	½	0	12	4½	2702
6.	Nikita Vitiugov	RUS	2729	½	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	½	*	*	8	3	2598

The official site gives more details:

http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/