
Four of the best chess players in the world: the Armenian Olympic champion Levon Aronian, the Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, the Azeri Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and the Englishman Michael Adams will be the contenders at the sixth Grand Slam Chess Masters final, one of the most prestigious tournaments of the world which will be held from the 7th to the 12th of October, 2013.
The tournament will be played under a double round-robin and ruled by the revolutionary regulations that distinguishes Bilbao form the other international tournaments. With the aim of guaranteeing an entertaining game every time, the Sophia Rules and Bilbao Rules will apply. According to these rules, the players can only agree on a draw under the supervision of the arbiter and a commitee of masters; with the points of each game being scored the same as soccer - that is three points for a win, one for a tie and none for a loss.
Round 5
Round 5 – October 11, 17:00h |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2759 |
½-½
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2742 |
Adams, Michael |
2753 |
0-1
|
Aronian, Levon |
2795 |

Aronian defeated Adams from an arguably worse position. After White's mistake the Armenian was able to win without problems.

The decisive game of the tournament! After this victory all Levon needed to win the tournament was a draw against Mamedyarov with the white pieces.

Mamedyarov was unable to win against Vachier-Lagrave in round 5
Round 6
Round 6 – October 12, 17:00h |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2742 |
0-1
|
Adams, Michael |
2753 |
Aronian, Levon |
2795 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2759 |
We bring you full annotations of the decisive game of round six by grandmater Gilberto Milos from Brazil:
1.e4 | 1,185,960 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 960,101 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,728 | 56% | 2440 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,987 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,897 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,604 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,958 | 48% | 2376 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,917 | 50% | 2383 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,791 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 93 | 66% | 2506 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
Please, wait...
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.c4 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Re1 Na6 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Qc2 f5 9...Nxc3 10.Ng5 Bxg5 11.Bxg5 Qxg5 12.Bxb7 Nxa2! 13.Bxa6 Nb4 14.Qc3 Nxa6 15.Rxa6 10.Ne5 d6 11.Nd3 d5?! 11...Bf6 12.Be3 c5= 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Be3 Nb4 13...c6 14.Qb3! Nxd3 15.exd3 Nf6 15...Nxc3 16.bxc3 a5 17.c4 16.Bf4 Qd7 17.Rac1 Bd8 17...c6? 18.Nxd5+- Nxd5 19.Bxd5+ cxd5 20.Rc7 18.Re5 c6 19.Rce1 Nh5 20.Bd2 g6 20...Bf6 21.Re6 21.Bf3 Bxe5 22.dxe5 g6 23.Bxh5 gxh5 24.Ne2 21...g6 21.Bh6 Bf6 22.Bxf8 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 23.dxe5 23...Kxf8 24.a4! Re8 25.a5 Qc7 26.axb6 axb6 27.Qb4+ Kf7 28.Na4! b5 28...Rb8 28...Ba6 29.Nc5 Nf6 30.Qe1 Bc8 31.h4 Re7 32.Bf3 f4 33.Qe2 h5 33...fxg3 34.fxg3 Qd6 35.b4 Nd7 34.gxf4 Bg4 34...Qd6 35.Bxg4 Nxg4 36.Ne6 Qd6 37.f5! Kg8! 38.f3 Nxe5 39.dxe5 Qb4 40.f4?? 40.Qe3 Qxh4 41.Kg2= gxf5 42.Qh6 40...gxf5-+ 40...Ra7 41.Kh2 Ra2 42.Kh3 Rxb2 43.Qe3 41.Qg2+ 0–1
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With his streak of fantastic results, including his victory in Dortmund, Adams is in the live rating list back in the top 10 players in the world

A draw would've been enough for Adams to enter the top 10, but with the win he puts more distance between himself and number elven... Mamedyarov!
Closing Ceremony

Aronian not only won the tournament, he regains 2800 and his second place in the world

A happy Aronian: this is the second time he wins the Bilbao Masters Final

The four grandmasters with their prizes
Standings
The tournament uses Bilbao, or Soccer, Rules for scoring.
photos and information provided by Gerardo Fernandez Llana
Replay Final Rounds games

1.e4 | 1,185,960 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 960,101 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,728 | 56% | 2440 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,987 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,897 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,604 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,958 | 48% | 2376 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,917 | 50% | 2383 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,791 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 93 | 66% | 2506 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
Please, wait...
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 0-0 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 d5 10.Nbd2 d4 11.h3 Nd7 12.Nb3 a5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nbd2 Nc5 15.Nc4 f6 16.Bxa4 Nxa4 17.Rxa4 dxc3 18.bxc3 Ba6 19.Qb3 Kh8 20.Rd1 Qb8 21.Qc2 Bb5 22.Ra2 Bxc4 23.dxc4 Nd8 24.Be3 Ra6 25.Qa4 Ne6 26.Qb5 Qa8 27.c5 Rb8 28.Qc4 Qc6 29.Ne1 Nxc5 30.Rd5 Nb3 31.Qd3 Raa8 32.Nc2 Bf8 33.Na3 Qa4 34.Qc4 Qxc4 35.Nxc4 a4 36.Kf1 a3 37.Rd7 Kg8 38.Ke2 Rb7 39.Kd3 Ra4 40.f3 Bc5 41.Bd2 Kf8 42.g4 Ba7 43.Nd6 cxd6 0–1
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Adams,M | 2753 | Aronian,L | 2795 | 0–1 | 2013 | C84 | 6th Final Masters | 5 |
Mamedyarov,S | 2759 | Vachier Lagrave,M | 2742 | ½–½ | 2013 | D90 | 6th Final Masters | 5 |
Aronian,L | 2795 | Mamedyarov,S | 2759 | ½–½ | 2013 | D52 | 6th Final Masters | 6 |
Vachier Lagrave,M | 2742 | Adams,M | 2753 | 0–1 | 2013 | E17 | 6th Final Masters | 6 |
Please, wait...
Schedule
Round 1 – October 07, 17:00h |
Aronian, Levon |
2795 |
½-½
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2742 |
Adams, Michael |
2753 |
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2759 |
Round 2 – October 08, 17:00h |
Adams, Michael |
2753 |
1-0
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2742 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2759 |
½-½ |
Aronian, Levon |
2795 |
Round 3 – October 09, 17:00h |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2742 |
1-0
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2759 |
Aronian, Levon |
2795 |
½-½
|
Adams, Michael |
2753 |
Round 4 – October 10, 17:00h |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2742 |
0-1
|
Aronian, Levon |
2795 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2759 |
|
Adams, Michael |
2753 |
Round 5 – October 11, 17:00h |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2759 |
½-½
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2742 |
Adams, Michael |
2753 |
0-1
|
Aronian, Levon |
2795 |
Round 6 – October 12, 17:00h |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2742 |
0-1
|
Adams, Michael |
2753 |
Aronian, Levon |
2795 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2759 |