Eljanov wins Astrakhan

Pavel Eljanov draws comfortably and wins the final Grand Prix with a one point advance.
Teimour Radjabov maintains his place as the final Candidates qualifier by drawing with Wang Yue.
He along with Lev Aronian will join the world elite in helping determine Anand's next challenger.

Another two White wins in the final round:

Ernesto Inarkiev avoids being last alone by beating Peter Svidler, and Peter Leko catches Vugar Gashimov by overcoming the Azerbaizani.

Otherwise the leading places were unaltered by a series of draws.

Game No.	Name	Rating	Result	Name	Rating
1	Ernesto Inarkiev	2669	1-0	Peter Svidler	2735
2	Ruslan Ponomariov	2733	0.5-0.5	Evgeny Alekseev	2700
3	Teimour Radjabov	2740	0.5-0.5	Wang Yue	2752
4	Peter Leko	2735	1-0	Vugar Gashimov	2734
5	Vassily Ivanchuk	2741	0.5-0.5	Sahkhriyar Mamedyarov	2763
6	Dmitry Jakovenko	2725	0.5-0.5	Vladimir Akopian	2694
7	Boris Gelfand	2741	0.5-0.5	Pavel Eljanov	2751

Five players finished on 'plus one' one point behind Eljanov, who continues to climb up the world's rankings.

Here the Ukrainian won 11 rating points taking him to a virtual rating of 2762.

Mamedyarov on the other hand loses 1.5 rating points (so drops to 2761.5), so I estimate that Eljanov will rise from 9th to 6th place in the world.

The Candidate @ official site.

The other 'winner' is of course Radjabov who edged out a number of rivals (for second place behind Aronian) in the overall Grand Prix standings.

Ranking	Name	Country	Present Rating	Points
1st	Pavel Eljanov	Ukraine	2751	8
2nd-6th	Evgeny Alekseev	Russia	2700	7
2nd-6th	Dmitry Jakovenko	Russia	2725	7
2nd-6th	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	Azerbaijan	2763	7
2nd-6th	Ruslan Ponomariov	Ukraine	2733	7
2nd-6th	Teimour Radjabov	Azerbaijan	2740	7
7th-9th	Vugar Gashimov	Azerbaijan	2734	6.5
7th-9th	Peter Leko	Hungary	2735	6.5
7th-9th	Wang Yue	China	2752	6.5
10th-11th	Boris Gelfand	Israel	2741	6
10th-11th	Peter Svidler	Russia	2735	6
12th-14th	Vladimir Akopian	Armenia	2694	5.5
12th-14th	Ernesto Inarkiev	Russia	2669	5.5
12th-14th	Vassily Ivanchuk	Ukraine	2741	5.5

For further information go to the official tournament site.

It's always nice to finish with a win @ official site.