Kramnik Is Winner Of Bilbao Masters 2010

16 October 2010, Bilbao – GM Vladimir Kramnik has emerged as the Champion of the 3rd Bilbao Final Masters 2010 held from 9-15 October 2010. He now joins 2008 winner, V Topalov and last year’s winner, L Aronian on the list of winners of this tournament.

Tournament Info: The 3rd Masters Final takes place 9-15 October in Bilbao, Spain. Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik and Alexei Shirov play a double round-robin with a rate of play of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and another 60 minutes to finish the game, with 10 seconds increment from move 41. Again the so-called “Sofia rule” is enforced as well as the system of three points for each game won, 1 point for a draw and 0 for a loss. Each day the rounds will begin at 16:30 CET.

Yesterday’s games resulted in two more draws as follows:-

a. Shirov (Spain) – Kramnik (Russia) 1-1, 34 moves, 2 hours of play;

b. Anand (India) – Carlsen (Norway) 1-1, 50 moves, 4 hours of play.

Kramnik’s draw against Shirov was enough to give Kramnik the crowning glory of winning the 3rd Masters Final.

GM Shirov (Spain) vs GM Kramnik (Russia), Round 6, Bilbao Final Masters 2010, Bilbao, Spain. (15 October 2010)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 b6 14. a5 Bb7
15. a6 Bc8 16. Bb5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Bc4 Bc6 20. Qxc5 Nd7 21. Qa5 Rfc8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Nd4 Bxe4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. fxe4 Rxc3 26. O-O Nc5 27.e5 h6 28. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Nxa6 30. Nxe6 Re8 31. Nd4 Rxe5 32. Ra1 Re4 33.Rxa6 Rxd4 34. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

2 Draws Round 3, Bilbao Masters 2010

12 October 2010, Bilbao – The games of round 3 ended in draws at the Bilbao Final Masters 2010. Shirov vs Carlsen draw; Anand vs Kramnik draw.

http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/two-draws-in-third-round-bilbao/

Kramnik, Anand Wins, Bilbao Final Masters 2010

11 October 2010, Bilbao, Spain – Both Kramnik and Anand won their respective games in round 2. Magnus Carlsen is having a torrid time losing his second consecutive game in Bilbao continuing his losing streak from the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk. He had a chance to draw his game with Anand but chose to soldier on and finally lost.

http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/2010/en/torneo/fase-final-de-bilbao/clasificacion-2/

Carlsen, Magnus (2826) - Anand, Viswanathan (2800) [C65]
Bilbao Final Masters (2), 10.10.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.0–0 Be7 6.c3 0–0 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.Re1 Re8 9.Nf1 Bf8 10.Ba4 h6 11.Ng3 Ne7 12.Bb3 Ng6 13.d4 c5 14.h3 Qc7 15.a4 a6 16.a5 cxd4 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Nxd4 d5 19.exd5 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Re8 21.Qc3 Qxc3 22.bxc3 Re1+ 23.Kh2 Bd6 24.Nc2 Rf1 25.Be3 Rxa1 26.Nxa1 Be5 27.Bd4 Bxd4 28.cxd4 Ne7 29.Nc2 Nfxd5 30.Ne4 b6 31.Ne3 Nxe3 32.axb6 N3f5 33.Nc5 Nxd4 34.b7 Nec6 35.Ba4 Be8 36.Nxa6 Kf8 37.Kg3 Ke7 38.Kf4 Ne6+ 39.Ke3 Ned8 40.Bxc6 Nxc6 41.h4 Kd6 42.g4 Bd7 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 g6 45.f4 Be6 0–1

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Kramnik, Vladimir (2780) - Shirov, Alexei (2749) [D16]
Bilbao Final Masters (2), 10.10.2010
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 0–0 11.exd4 Nd5 12.Bb3 Na5 13.Ba2 Nb4 14.d5 Nxa2 15.Rxa2 Bf6 16.dxe6 Qe7 17.Nd5 Qxe6 18.b4 Nc6 19.b5 Ne5 20.Nc7 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Qxe2 22.Rxe2 Be6 23.Nxa8 Rxa8 24.Bb2 Rc8 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Kg2 a6 28.bxa6 bxa6 29.Rc6 Kg7 30.Re4 f5 31.Rh4 Ra8 32.a5 Kg6 33.Kg3 Kg5 34.Rd4 h5 35.h4+ Kf6 36.Kf4 Rb8 37.Rxa6 Rb2 38.Ra4 Rxf2 39.Rxe6+ fxe6 40.a6 Re2 41.a7 1–0

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