Alexei Shirov and Alexey Dreev went to the final round with 5/8 points each. Having white pieces, Shirov attacked Dreev's Caro-Kan to earn an exchange and finally win the game on move 48. This has left him as a clear winner with one point ahead of the competition.
Final standings:
1. Alexei Shirov 2709 6.0
2-5. Ruslan Ponomariov 2723, Vadim Zvjaginsev 2664, Alexey Dreev 2697 and Evgeny Bareev 2698 5.0
6-7. Ivan Sokolov 2689 and Evgeniy Najer 2652 4.5
8. Sergei Rublevsky 2665 4.0
9. Alexander Onischuk 2650 3.5
10. Viktor Bologan 2661 2.5
Alexei Shirov 2709 - Alexey Dreev 2697
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bg6 8. h4 f6 9. h5 Bf7 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. exf6 a5 13. a4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qd8 15. Qc1 Qxf6 16. Nh2 Rg8 17. Ng4 Qg5 18. g3 Bf8 19. Kg2 Qxc1 20. Raxc1 Rg5 21. f4 Rxh5 22. Rhe1 Be7 23. Ne3 Nf6 24. Bxh5 Bxh5 25. f5 Bd6 26. c4 Bb4 27. Rf1 Be2 28. Rf2 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Rxc4 Ne4 31. Re2 exf5 32. Nc5 O-O-O 33. Nxe4 fxe4 34. Rxe4 Kd7 35. Rh4 Bf8 36. Rh5 Ra8 37. d5 Bg7 38. b3 Kd6 39. Rg4 Bf8 40. dxc6 bxc6 41. Rg8 Ke6 42. Rxh6+ Kf7 43. Rh8 Ra6 44. R6xh7+ Bg7 45. Rc8 Kg6 46. Rh4 Rb6 47. Rg4+ Kh6 48. Rc4 1-0
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