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Anish Giri has always been a difficult opponent for Carlsen and before Bilbao the Dutch number one was one of the few players against whom Carlsen had a negative score in games with classical time-control. In the past Carlsen had lost one game against Giri and drew all the others. But in round nine of the "Masters" the World Champion finally won.
Carlsen had White and his opening choice of 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4!? did not show much aggression but in the middlegame he clearly indicated that he was willing and ready to mate Black's king. In the end Carlsen did not mate Giri but he put him under constant pressure which finally proved to be too much. One inaccuracy cost Giri material, another cost him the game.
The beginning of the end of a series
| Title | Name | Country | ELO | Res. | Title | Name | Country | ELO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Hikaru Nakamura |
|
2787 | 1 - 1 | GM | Sergey Karjakin |
|
2779 |
| 2 | GM | Magnus Carlsen |
|
2851 | 3 - 0 | GM | Anish Giri |
|
2790 |
| 3 | GM | Yi Wei |
|
2694 | 1 - 1 | GM | Wesley So |
|
2775 |
| Title | Name | Country | ELO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts. | TB | |
| 1 | GM | Magnus Carlsen |
|
2851 | 01 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 16.0 / 9 | ||
| 2 | GM | Hikaru Nakamura |
|
2787 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 11.0 / 9 | ||
| 3 | GM | Yi Wei |
|
2694 | 01 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 10.0 / 9 | 42.00 | |
| 4 | GM | Wesley So |
|
2775 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10.0 / 9 | 38.00 | |
| 5 | GM | Sergey Karjakin |
|
2779 | 01 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 8.0 / 9 | ||
| 6 | GM | Anish Giri |
|
2790 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 6.0 / 9 |
