The VIII Grand Slam Masters Final in Bilbao is played from 25. October to 1. November. Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri, Ding Liren and Wesley So play a double round-robin event, in which the 3-points rule applies. A player receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
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Four of the world's best players took part in the Chess Masters Final in Bilbao. They played twelve games but only two of them had a winner. The Sofia-Rules (no draws before move 30) and the three-point-for-a-win rule did not reduce this high ratio of draws. But that is a risk you have to run when inviting four almost equally strong top players. However, the organiser was happy to show interesting fighting games and there was no shortage of those.
In the first half of the tournament Wesley So was the only player who could win a game. He brilliantly defeated Ding Liren in the King's Indian. In the second half of the tournament Anish Giri was the only player to win a game. In the fourth round Vishy Anand played with Black against the young Dutchman, and suffered from a blackout. In a well-known line of the English opening Giri tried a rare move and Anand failed to see the venom of this approach. Thus, after eleven moves Giri had a won position and the game was practically over.
Anish Giri
Giri-Anand
| 1.e4 | 1,185,008 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
| 1.d4 | 959,510 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
| 1.Nf3 | 286,503 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
| 1.c4 | 184,834 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
| 1.g3 | 19,892 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.b3 | 14,600 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
| 1.f4 | 5,954 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
| 1.Nc3 | 3,911 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
| 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 | --- |
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1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 0-0 5.e4 Bxc3 6.bxc3 c6 7.Nf3 7.Ne2 7...Nxe4 8.0-0 d6 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Bxe4 10...Be6?! 10...Nd7 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Qb1 Qxd2? 12...h6 13.Qxb7 Nd7 14.Bxc6± 13.Qxb7 Nd7 14.Bxc6 Reb8 15.Qa6 Rb6 16.Qa4 Rc8 17.Rad1 Qxd1 17...Qe2 18.Bxd7+- 18.Rxd1 Rbxc6 19.Qxa7 R6c7 20.Qe3 Rxc4 21.Bb4 h6 22.a4 Nf6 23.Qxe5 Re4 24.Qa5 Kh7 25.f3 Re2 26.Qb5 Ra2 27.g4 Re8 28.Bc5 Kg8 29.Re1 Ra8 30.Bd4 R2xa4 31.h4 Ra2 32.Qb1 Bd5 33.Qf5 Be6 34.Qf4 Nd7 35.Rf1 Nf8 36.Rf2 R2a5 37.Qg3 Bc4 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Giri,A | 2798 | Anand,V | 2803 | 1–0 | 2015 | A22 | 8th Grand Slam Masters | 4.2 |
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"Probably the worst game I have ever played in my life," Anand said after his defeat. Giri was euphoric after the game and remarked that "only very few players, World Champion Carlsen included, had a won position against Anand after eleven moves."
Anand began the game confidently.
A short chat...
... after the game.
In the end the two players who had won one of their games shared first place and a tie-break had to decide who would win the tournament. It turned out to be Wesley So who defeated Anish Giri 1.5-0.5 and thus won the Grand Slam Masters Final.
Ruslan Ponomariov watches the game between Ding Liren and
Wesley So. The former FIDE World Champion lives in Bilbao.
Round 5
Games
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.c5 Nxc5 15.b4 Na6 16.Nd3 h5 17.Nb5 b6 18.Be1 Rf7 19.Bd2 Bf6 20.Nf2 Qe8 21.Qa4 Bd8 22.Qa3 g4 23.fxg4 hxg4 24.Nc3 Nxb4 25.Qxb4 f3 26.Bb5 Qe7 27.g3 Rh7 28.Qc4 Rh8 29.Qc6 Qh7 30.h3 Rb8 31.Ncd1 a6 32.Qe8+ Kg7 33.Qxd8 Rxd8 34.Rxc7+ Bd7 35.Rxd7+ Rxd7 36.Bxd7 gxh3 37.Kh2 Rb7 38.Be6 Nf8 39.Bf5 Qh5 40.Ng4 Nd7 41.Bh6+ Kh8 42.Nde3 Rc7 43.Bxd7 Rxd7 44.Rxf3 Rf7 45.Rf5 Rxf5 46.exf5 Qf7 47.Bg5 b5 48.Nh6 Qf8 49.f6 Kh7 50.Nef5 Kg6 51.Bh4 e4 52.f7 e3 53.Be7 e2 54.Nh4+ Kh7 55.Bxf8 e1Q 56.Bxd6 Qf2+ 57.Kxh3 Qf1+ 58.Kg4 Qc4+ 59.Bf4 Qe2+ 60.Nf3 1–0
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| So,W | 2760 | Ding,L | 2782 | 1–0 | 2015 | E98 | 8th Grand Slam Masters | 1.1 |
| Anand,V | 2803 | Giri,A | 2798 | ½–½ | 2015 | C65 | 8th Grand Slam Masters | 1.2 |
| Anand,V | 2803 | Ding,L | 2782 | ½–½ | 2015 | C84 | 8th Grand Slam Masters | 2.1 |
| Giri,A | 2798 | So,W | 2760 | ½–½ | 2015 | C67 | 8th Grand Slam Masters | 2.2 |
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Tie-break games
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 e6 10.Bd3 Bb4 11.Nge2 0-0 12.f3 Rc8 13.0-0 h6 14.Bg3 Nc4 15.Bf2 Re8 16.a3 Bf8 17.Rfc1 b5 18.Rd1 a5 19.Qb1 Qc7 20.a4 bxa4 21.Nxa4 Qb8 22.Nec3 Nxb2 23.Qxb2 Qxb2 24.Nxb2 Rxc3 25.Be1 Rb3 26.Na4 Bxa4 27.Rxa4 Bb4 28.Bxb4 axb4 29.Kf2 Rb2+ 30.Kf1 Rc8 31.Raa1 Kf8 32.Rab1 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Rb8 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Kd2 Nd7 36.Kc2 e5 37.Ra1 exd4 38.exd4 Nf8 39.Ra7+ Kf6 40.Ra5 Ne6 41.Rxd5 b3+ 42.Kb2 Nf4 43.Rf5+ 1–0
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| So,W | 2767 | Giri,A | 2778 | 1–0 | 2015 | D10 | 8th Grand Slam Masters TB | 1 |
| Giri,A | 2778 | So,W | 2767 | ½–½ | 2015 | C50 | 8th Grand Slam Masters TB | 2 |
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Open
After seven rounds the Cuban grandmaster Lazaro Batista Bruzon leads the Ibero-American Championship with an impressive score of 6.5/7. One point behind follow four players with 5.5/7 each.
Board one
Lazaro Batista Bruzon (left) and Francisco Vallejo Pons
View from above
Standings after 7 rounds
| 1 |
3 |
GM |
2659 |
2676 |
| 2 |
2 |
GM |
2667 |
2661 |
| 3 |
4 |
GM |
2624 |
2577 |
| 4 |
7 |
IM |
2523 |
0 |
| 5 |
5 |
GM |
2593 |
2623 |
| 6 |
10 |
GM |
2497 |
2518 |
| 7 |
9 |
GM |
2512 |
2514 |
| 8 |
19 |
IM |
2402 |
2376 |
| 9 |
6 |
GM |
2563 |
2553 |
| 10 |
12 |
GM |
2470 |
0 |
| 11 |
17 |
IM |
2411 |
0 |
| 12 |
20 |
IM |
2391 |
2379 |
| 13 |
29 |
IM |
2306 |
2308 |
| 14 |
1 |
GM |
2684 |
2685 |
| 15 |
8 |
IM |
2518 |
2500 |
| 16 |
16 |
IM |
2413 |
2414 |
| 17 |
24 |
IM |
2353 |
2368 |
| 18 |
18 |
FM |
2410 |
2403 |
| 19 |
33 |
|
2268 |
2269 |
| 20 |
13 |
GM |
2457 |
2461 |
| 21 |
11 |
GM |
2497 |
0 |
| 22 |
41 |
|
2147 |
2146 |
| 23 |
27 |
FM |
2311 |
0 |
| 24 |
31 |
IM |
2291 |
0 |
| 25 |
50 |
|
2080 |
2061 |
... 93 players
Games
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1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nf3 f5 7.Nc3 f4 8.Be2 fxe3 9.fxe3 Bg7 10.Rc1 0-0 11.0-0 a5 12.Qe1 Na6 13.Qg3 Nc5 14.Nb5 d6 15.Nc3 Bxc3 16.dxc3 Qe7 17.Nd4 Rae8 18.Nf5 Qe5 19.Nh6+ Kg7 20.Qxe5+ Rxe5 21.Ng4 Re7 22.Bf3 f5 23.Bxb7 Nxb7 24.Nf2 Rxe3 25.Nh3 Nc5 26.b4 Nd3 27.Rb1 Ra8 28.b5 Rae8 29.Rbd1 R8e4 30.Rf3 Rxf3 31.gxf3 Re3 32.Rxd3 Rxd3 33.Nf4 Rxc3 34.Ne6+ Kf7 35.Nxc7 Rxc4 36.Nd5 Rc5 0–1
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| Daneri,M | - | Vallejo Pons,F | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 1 |
| Granda Zuniga,J | - | Sadusea,J | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 1 |
| Gonzalez Martinez,M | - | Bruzon Batista,L | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 1 |
| Fier,A | - | Besga Lopez,J | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 1 |
| Prieto Aranguren,A | - | Bachmann,A | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 1 |
| Peralta,F | - | Gonzalez Pereira,A | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 1 |
| Hernandez Izaguirre,E | - | Pichot,A | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 1 |
| Santos Latasa,J | - | Carasa Del Portillo,M | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 1 |
| Buiza Prieto,A | - | Del Rio De Angelis,S | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 1 |
| De La Riva Aguado,O | - | Rodriguez Gonzalez,A | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 1 |
| GM Vallejo Pons,F | - | FM Aguera Naredo,J | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 2 |
| FM Trigo Urquijo,S | - | GM Granda Zuniga,J | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 2 |
| GM Bruzon Batista,L | - | IM Matnadze,A | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 2 |
| FM Ladron De Guevara Pinto,P | - | GM Fier,A | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 2 |
| GM Bachmann,A | - | Medarde Santiago,L | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 2 |
| FM Larrea,M | - | GM Peralta,F | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 2 |
| IM Pichot,A | - | FM Rodriguez Fontecha,M | - | ½–½ | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 2 |
| IM Murillo Tsijli,A | - | IM Santos Latasa,J | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 2 |
| GM Del Rio De Angelis,S | - | FM Alonso Bouza,J | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 2 |
| Gonzalez Trigal,J | - | GM De La Riva Aguado,O | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 2 |
| GM Gonzalez Acosta,B | - | GM Vallejo Pons,F | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 3 |
| GM Granda Zuniga,J | - | GM Perez Mitjans,O | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 3 |
| FM Astasio Lopez,D | - | GM Bruzon Batista,L | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 3 |
| GM Fier,A | - | IM Roselli Mailhe,B | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 3 |
| IM Barria Zuniga,D | - | GM Bachmann,A | - | ½–½ | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 3 |
| GM Peralta,F | - | IM Martinez Romero,M | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 3 |
| IM Santos Latasa,J | - | Gonzalez Trigal,J | - | ½–½ | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 3 |
| FM Fernandez Borrego,P | - | GM Del Rio De Angelis,S | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 3 |
| GM Martinez Duany,L | - | Picado,J | - | 1–0 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 3 |
| Arias Garcia,L | - | IM Pichot,A | - | 0–1 | 2015 | | VI Camp. Iberoamericano Individual | 3 |
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