GM Darmen Sadvakasov beat GM Yury Shulman in a blitz tie-break to take the title of Foxwoods Open Champion. Sadvakasov won IM Alex Lenderman in the final round to force the tie-break after Shulman had drawn with GM Jaan Ehlvest on board 1. Shulman was given the choice of having white and needing to win, or black and draw odds in a 5 minute vs 3 minute (with 5 second delay) Armageddon play-off and he chose the white pieces which were lucky for him last year.
Norm News: IM Robert Hess scored his 3rd and final GM norm after agreeing to a quick draw with Toshuyuk Moruichi in the final round. Hess should be well over the required FIDE 2500 mark on the next rating list and so should receive his title soon. FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat drew with GM Pascal Charbonneau to secure his 2nd IM norm, his previous one also gained at Foxwoods last year. Congratulations to both Robert and Tegshsuren!
Standings
| # | Name | Ti | Rtng | Post | Tot |
| 1 | Yury Shulman | GM | 2697 | 2751 | 7½ |
| 2 | Darmen Sadvakasov | GM | 2611 | 2663 | 7½ |
| 3 | Loek Van Wely | GM | 2730 | 2738 | 7 |
| 4 | Julio J Becerra | GM | 2672 | 2664 | 6½ |
| 5 | Jaan Ehlvest | GM | 2649 | 2651 | 6½ |
| 6 | Alexander Shabalov | GM | 2625 | 2639 | 6½ |
| 7 | Alex Lenderman | IM | 2603 | 2621 | 6½ |
| 8 | Joshua E Friedel | GM | 2568 | 2603 | 6½ |
| 9 | Jay Bonin | IM | 2378 | 2398 | 6½ |
| 10 | Farai Mandizha | FM | 2343 | 2362 | 6½ |
[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "68"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. a4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O h6 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Qb5+ Nc6 13. a5 bxa5 14. Rxa5 Nab8 15. Ba3 O-O 16. Ra4 Nd7 17. Bxc5 Rb8 18. Qe2 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Ne7 20. Ra5 Qc7 21. Rfa1 Rb1+ 22. Rxb1 Qxa5 23. Qb5 Qxc3 24. h4 Rc8 25. Qa4 Qxc5 26. Rb7 Nc6 27. g3 a5 28. Kg2 Qc4 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Rb5 a4 31. Rb2 c3 32. Ra2 Nb4 33. Rxa4 Nxc2 34. Ng1 Ne1+ 0-1
Blitz Event
[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "101"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Qe8 11. d5 Nxd2 12. Rxd2 Na6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 e5 15. Rh4 d6 16. f4 exf4 17. Rhxf4 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 g6 19. R1f3 Qe7 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxf4 22. Rxf4 Rf8 23. Bh3 Rxf4 24. gxf4 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Qe1+ 26. Kg2 dxc5 27.
Qd3 Kg7 28. f5 Qe5 29. b3 Ba6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qg3 Qe2+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Bf1 Qd4+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kf2 Qd4+ 36. Ke2 Qb2+ 37. Kf3 Qc3+ 38. Ke4 Qd4+ 39. Kf3 Qc3+ 40. Kg2 Qxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Bc8 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. h4 Bf5 44. Be2 a5 45. Bd1 Bb1 46. a3 Bf5 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Kd2 Kf4 49. Kc3 Kg3 50. b4 axb4+ 51. axb4 1/2-1/2
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