Bilbao Rd. 5: Three draws

7/17/2016 – Like it or not, Magnus Carlsen is the player who provides the greatest entertainment in Bilbao. In round five he played with Black against Anish Giri and managed to create winning chances from an equal position. However, Giri's tenacious defense allowed him to draw. Sergey Karjakin and Hikaru Nakamura played an old line of the Queen's Gambit Declined and after an improvement by White Black quickly forced a draw. Wesley So tried hard to win against Wei Yi but had no success. After five of ten rounds Carlsen leads with 10.0/15.

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Board	Title	Name	ELO	Res.	Title	Name	ELO
1	GM	Anish Giri	2790	1-1	GM	Magnus Carlsen	2851
2	GM	Sergey Karjakin	2779	1-1	GM	Hikaru Nakamura	2787
3	GM	Wesley So	2775	1-1	GM	Wei Yi	2694

Board

Title

Name

ELO

Res.

Title

Name

ELO

Anish Giri

2790

1-1

Magnus Carlsen

2851

Sergey Karjakin

2779

1-1

Hikaru Nakamura

2787

Wesley So

2775

1-1

Wei Yi

2694

Round	Day	Time
Opening ceremony	12.July	16:00
1. round	13.July	16:00
2. round	14.July	16:00
3. round	15.July	16:00
4. round	16.July	16:00
5. round	17.July	16:00
Free day	18.July
6. round	19.July	16:00
7. round	20.July	16:00
8. round	21.July	16:00
9. round	22.July	16:00
10. round	23.July	15:00
Closing ceremony...	23.July

Round

Day

Time

Opening ceremony

12.July