Gibtelecom Masters 2008, Hikaru Nakamura wins!

Hikaru Nakamura wins! Gibtelecom 2008

It was after wining a dramatic 2-0 play-off with Bu Xiangzhi.
Play-off was played after both have tied at 8.0

Before the play-off, below are the ranking after round 10:

1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 8.0 CHN 2691
2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 8.0 USA 2670
3 GM Areshchenko Alexander 7.5 UKR 2645
4 GM Bologan Viktor 7.5 MDA 2663
5 GM Efimenko Zahar 7.5 UKR 2638
6 GM Gopal G.N. 7.5 IND 2528
7 GM Gurevich Mikhail 7.5 TUR 2607
8 GM Ni Hua 7.5 CHN 2680
9 GM Wan, Hao 7.5 CHN 2665

Also, Impressive performance by all who got 7.5, including Gopal G.N.


I guess, Bu could have played cooly, securing his king, already one down, eh might have been tensed

Anyway, here are the games! of Play-off: