Nakamura's loss with White was perhaps the biggest surprise of this year's championships.
Onischuk's loss was his first for years in the US championships, and for a while he seemed to be fine, but finally Kamsky eked out the win in a long endgame.
So the decisive results of today leave it down to two potential winners:
| Bd | Names | rating | Results | Names | rating |
| 1 | GM Hikaru Nakamura | 2733 | 0-1 | GM Yuri Shulman | 2613 |
| 2 | GM Gata Kamsky | 2702 | 1-0 | GM Alexander Onischuk | 2699 |
So the points tally in the Quad Final is as follows:
6.5
| GM Gata Kamsky | 2702 |
| GM Yury Shulman | 2613 |
5.5
| GM Hikaru Nakamura | 2733 |
| GM Alexander Onischuk | 2699 |
Tomorrow's last round sees Shulman having the advantage of the white pieces against Kamsky.
| 1 | GM Yuri Shulman (6.5) | 2613 | GM Gata Kamsky (6.5) | 2702 | |
| 2 | GM Alexander Onischuk (5.5) | 2699 | GM Hikaru Nakamura (5.5) | 2733 |
In the Challengers swiss Shabalov came out on top with a last round win, and he thus takes the fifth prize.
Stripunsky has to settle for sixth.
The ninth and final round of the swiss challengers in full:
| 3 | GM Alexander Shabalov (5) | 2585 | 1-0 | GM Alexander Stripunsky (5.5) | 2570 |
| 4 | GM Robert Hess (4.5) | 2590 | 0.5-0.5 | GM Alex Yermolinsky (4.5) | 2528 |
| 5 | GM Larry Christiansen (4.5) | 2578 | 0.5-0.5 | GM Ben Finegold (4.5) | 2539 |
| 6 | GM Ray Robson (4) | 2569 | 0-1 | GM Varuzhan Akobian (4) | 2599 |
| 7 | IM Irina Krush (4) | 2455 | 0.5-0.5 | GM Jesse Kraai (4) | 2492 |
| 8 | GM Gregory Kaidanov (3.5) | 2577 | 1-0 | GM Jaan Ehlvest (4) | 2591 |
| 9 | GM Joel Benjamin (3.5) | 2565 | 1-0 | GM Sergey Kudrin (2.5) | 2571 |
| 10 | GM Aleksandr Lenderman (3) | 2598 | 0.5-0.5 | GM Vinay Bhat (3) | 2547 |
| 11 | GM Melikset Khachiyan (3) | 2539 | 0.5-0.5 | IM Samuel Shankland (2) | 2507 |
| 12 | IM Levon Altounian (2.5) | 2454 | 1-0 | GM Dmitry Gurevich (2.5) | 2488 |
Irina Krush only drew and so missed out on her GM norm.
The Final standings in the Challengers Swiss:
Six points:
| GM Alexander Shabalov | 2585 |
Five-and-a-half points:
| GM Alexander Stripunsky | 2570 |
Five points:
| GM Varuzhan Akobian | 2599 |
| GM Larry Christiansen | 2578 |
| GM Robert Hess | 2590 |
| GM Ben Finegold | 2539 |
| GM Alex Yermolinsky | 2528 |
Four-and-a-half points:
| GM Joel Benjamin | 2565 |
| GM Gregory Kaidanov | 2577 |
| GM Jesse Kraai | 2492 |
| IM Irina Krush | 2455 |
Four points:
| GM Jaan Ehlvest | 2591 |
| GM Ray Robson | 2569 |
Three-and-a-half points:
| IM Levon Altounian | 2454 |
| GM Vinay Bhat | 2547 |
| GM Melikset Khachiyan | 2539 |
| GM Aleksandr Lenderman | 2598 |
Two-and-a-half points:
| GM Dmitry Gurevich | 2488 |
| GM Sergey Kudrin | 2571 |
| IM Samuel Shankland | 2507 |
You can watch the games live and can find more information on the official tournament site.
