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The introduction of the players was presided by the first deputy mayor, Ricardo Barkala, and the Provincial Councillor for Economic and Territorial Development, Imanol Pradales, who represented the Provincial Council of Biscay. They wished all players luck and fighting spirit to help to consolidate the Bilbao tournament as one of the major events of the international chess calendar.
A picture and some non-committal moves for the press
After the press conference followed the drawing of lots.
Magnus Carlsen – Hikaru Nakamura
Anish Giri – Sergey Karjakin
Wesley So – Yi Wei
The Bilbao Masters is a double-round robin tournament and the players are not allowed to propose a draw ("Bilbao-Rules")
All games are shown live on playchess.com and commentated in German and in English (access to the live commentary is free for premium members).
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German |
English |
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13.07.2016 |
Round 1 |
Oliver Reeh/Dorian Rogozenco |
Yasser Seirawan |
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14.07.2016 |
Round 2 |
Oliver Reeh/Merijn van Delft |
Daniel King |
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15.07.2016 |
Round 3 |
Merijn van Delft/Dorian Rogozenco |
Daniel King |
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16.07.2016 |
Round 4 |
Oliver Reeh/Merijn van Delft |
Chris Ward |
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17.07.2016 |
Round 5 |
Oliver Reeh/Merijn van Delft |
Yasser Seirawan |
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18.07.2016 |
Free |
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19.07.2016 |
Round 6 |
Klaus Bischoff |
Daniel King |
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20.07.2016 |
Round 7 |
Klaus Bischoff |
Daniel King |
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21.07.2016 |
Round 8 |
Klaus Bischoff |
Yasser Seirawan |
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22.07.2016 |
Round 9 |
Klaus Bischoff |
Yasser Seirawan |
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23.07.2016 |
Round 10 |
Klaus Bischoff |
Simon Williams |
Games and commentary start at 4pm CEST (round 10 starts at 3 pm).
Parallel to the "Masters" the Ville de Bilbao Open takes place for which 140 players have registered.
The tournament is supported by the city of Bilbao and the province of Bizkaia. Tournament organiser is the Bilbao chess club "E4."
| Round | Day | Time |
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| 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 |
