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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

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