By the end of the tournament on December 12 it was clear that the first price will go to the guest from Russian Federation - Yury Chertok. Yet, dramatic fight for the 2nd-3rd place occurred between Oleg Dashkov (Samara, Russia) and Alex Rudnitsky (Sunny Isles, Florida, USA). This was the last game of the tournament that lasted for about 80 moves and took almost maximum allocated time - 6 hours 20 minutes. At the end, Oleg Dashkov has won and also finished with 12 points - same as Yury Chertok, yet his coefficient (sum of opponent points) was less than of Chertok, that is why he had to receive the 2nd place only. Third place also went to Russia - to Yury Kirillov who have received 11 points. Next, there were 5 people who shared all 10 points, their names in the order of the place they took according to the coefficient, are: Cheick Sadabou (Mali), Jean Michelet Giraud (USA), Ricardo Pierre (Haiti), William Orie (Suriname).
