Kasparov is usually at his best in must-win situations, and his final game against Movsesian was a pretty one-sided affair. In a sharp Sicilian with the kings castled to opposite sides, Movsesian allowed Kasparov to get in a well-known exchange sacrifice, which left the Czech with a seriously crippled pawn shield in front of his king. Kasparov eventually broke through, finishing his opponent off with a queen sacrifice.

A very instructive game by Kasparov, who notched up yet another impressive tournament victory. The fact that he can be off form and still take care of business, says a lot.

After having suffered an upsetting loss to Movsesian in the penultimate round, Shirov bounced right back and finished the tournament by blowing Bacrot off the board in impressive style.

Shirov’s opening choice, the Budapest Gambit, undoubtedly came as a big surprise, but I don’t think this had any real influence on the outcome of the game. Shirov can basically play just about anything and beat Bacrot. For now, anyway.

Morozevich once again wheeled out his patented 3…Be7 in the French Defence, but Adams was able to improve on their game from Wijk aan Zee earlier in the year. The Russian ended up being a pawn down in a passive position, and Mickey eventually lit him up on the kingside.

I don’t know what happened to Georgiev in this tournament. After starting out undefeated with 4 out of 7, he went on to lose his last four games! Against Bareev things started to go wrong in the early middlegame, and when the Bulgarian decided to grab a piece for his troubles, it soon became apparent that his position was beyond salvation.

Topalov, normally a 1. e4 player, decided to try his hand at playing the Exchange variation of the Queen’s Gambit and ended up getting absolutely nothing out of the opening. The players managed to make a game out of it, but there was never much going on.

Gurevich seemed determined to do or die on the last day of combat, heading straight for an ultra-sharp position with white in the Nimzo Indian. However, the Belgian didn’t manage to get much of a kingside attack going, and Short soon managed to steal the initiative. The Englishman seemed to have a good thing going when he stumbled and allowed White to escape with perpetual check.