In Anish Giri's case, the triumph came before the tournament finished. With a win over tail-ender Ruud Janssen, Giri pushed his lead over his closest competitors to a point and a half with one round to go. His 6.5/8 gives him a TPR of 2821, cementing his 2700+ rating (which he'll probably maintain for a long, long time to come). One of the three players at 5 points is none other than Wouter Spoelman, who bounced back today by beating the tournament's #2 seed, Jan Smeets. His reward is to have Black in the last round against Giri, but unless Giri is hungry for rating points there might be a quick handshake. (Event website here.)
Meanwhile in South Africa, the Commonwealth Championship finished in a tie for first between Gawain Jones and Nigel Short, with Jones winning the title on tiebreak. Both finished with a hefty 9.5/11, and in Short's case that will probably bring him close to 2700 again.
Finally, that great big Swiss System extravaganza, the World Open, is winding down in Philadelphia (or some suburb thereof). After 7 of 9 rounds, Michael Adams is in clear first with 6 points, half a point ahead of Gata Kamsky, Loek van Wely, Pentelea Harikrishna and Jaan Ehlvest. (Live games [round 8 is underway] here.)