The event is still finishing up, but GM Timur Gareev (of Uzbekistan, though he has lived in the U.S. the past five years) has clinched clear first place (and $10000) with 7.5/9. Going into the last round there was a four-way tie at 6.5 with Gareev, Pentelea Harikrishna, Tamaz Gelashvili and Alejandro Ramirez in the lead. In the last round Harikrishna - Ramirez was a tough draw, while Gareev won a nice game with White in a Ragozin. Gareev's structure was better, and over time WPDO - weak pawns dropped off.
There are surely many exciting and interesting games from the event, but I'll present one that I found amusing:
Howard Chen (2350) - Jacek Stopa (2460), Round 8:
1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 fxe4 4.Nxe4 Bg7 5.h4 d5 6.Ng5 Nc6 7.N1f3 Qd6
White's rabid approach hasn't burned any bridges yet, but that changes now:
8.h5? h6 9.Bd3? hxg5 10.Bxg6+?
White's compensation is inadequate (read: "nonexistent") even after an oblivious reply like 10...Kf8, but there's even better...
10...Qxg6! (Oops.) 0-1