Bilbao Rd. 10: Three draws, Carlsen is first, Nakamura second

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7/23/2016 – The tenth and final round of the "Masters" in Bilbao ended with three draws. Wesley So and Magnus Carlsen quickly had opposite-colored bishops on the board and drew after 38 moves. Sergey Karjakin and Wei Yi needed only 26 moves for a peace treaty and Anish Giri and Hikaru Nakamura drew after 48 moves. Carlsen won the tournament with 17 points from 10 ten games, Nakamura finished second with 12 points. Results and games...

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Results of round ten

1 GM So, Wesley 10.0 2770 USA 1-1 Carlsen, Magnus 16.0 2855 NOR
2 GM Karjakin, Sergey 8.0 2773 RUS 1-1 GM Wei Yi 10.0 2696 CHN
3 GM Giri, Anish 6.0 2785 NED 1-1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 11.0 2787 USA

Wesley So and Magnus Carlsen finished the tournament with an unspectacular draw

Final standings after ten rounds

  Title Name Country ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts.
1 GM Magnus Carlsen
 
 2855   01 31 31 31 13 17.0 /10
2 GM Hikaru Nakamura
 
 2787 31   11 11 11 11 12.0 /10
3 GM Wei Yi
 
 2696 01 11   11 11 13 11.0 /10
4 GM Wesley So
 
 2770 01 11 11   11 13 11.0 /10
5 GM Sergey Karjakin
 
 2773 01 11 11 11   11 9.0 /10
6 GM Anish Giri
 
 2785 10 11 10 10 11   7.0 /10

Spanish chess journalist Leontxo Garcia interviews
the tournament winner in the press conference.

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