Ivanchuk King Among Kings in Banza

Vassily Ivanchuk took a final round draw with Teimour Radjabov to comfortably win the Turneul Regilor (Kings' Tournament) in Banza, Romania. Ivanchuk finished with a 7.0/10 score, without losing a single game. He won by taking advantage of the tail end of the table, defeating Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu twice and Gata Kamsky once -- both of whom finished with 3.0 points, tied for last.

Finishing second was Boris Gelfand, who won two games without a loss, while Alexei Shirov and Radjabov tied for third at 5.5 points each.

Here is the only decisive game of the final round, a win by Shirov over Nisipeanu. Shirov looked to be in better form after some recent tournament struggles:

White: Alexei Shirov
Black: Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu
Kings' Tournament, Banza, Romania, Round 10

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 Ne7 10.Nde2 b5 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.a3 Bc5 14.b4 Bf2 15.Qd6 Qxd6 16.Rxd6 Neg8 17.Ng3 h6 18.Nd1 Ba7 19.Be3 Bb8 20.Bc5 Ne7 21.Ne3 Bxd6 22.Bxd6 Bb7 23.c4 Bc6 24.Kb2 Ng6 25.Ngf5 Kd8 26.Nxg7 Ne8 27.Nxe8 Rxe8 28.Nf5 Re6 29.h4 h5 30.c5 Re8 31.g4 hxg4 32.h5 Nf4 33.Nh6 gxf3 34.Nxf7+ Kc8 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Nxe5 Kc7 37.h6 Rh8 38.h7 Bxe4 39.Rh4 Rxh7 40.Rxf4 Rh2+ 41.Kc3 Black Resigns