Bilbao Chess Masters Final

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Bilbao Chess Masters Final
Genre Double round robin chess tournament
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Bilbao, Spain
Inaugurated2008
Most recent2016
Website http://www.bilbaomastersfinal.com/en
Bilbao Chess Masters Final 2008. Glass-enclosed playing venue on the Plaza Nueva, Bilbao. Bilbao 2008 chess1.jpg
Bilbao Chess Masters Final 2008. Glass-enclosed playing venue on the Plaza Nueva, Bilbao.

The Bilbao Chess Masters Final (previously called the Grand Slam Chess Final) is an annual chess tournament which between 2008 and 2012 brought together the strongest players from the previous year's "Grand Slam" events. Series organisers Grand Slam Chess Association (GSCA) became defunct in 2012 due to the demise of the Grand Slam hosts and scheduling problems but the Bilbao Masters continued as an annual invitational event until 2016.

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Grand Slam Chess Association

Negotiations between the organisers of major tournaments M-Tel Masters, Tata Steel Chess Tournament (under the name Corus) and Linares began in March 2006, seeking to create a cycle of tournaments to raise the popularity of chess and attract increased sponsorship for major events. [1] Several rounds of talks took place over the next 14 months.

The GSCA was established on 17 January 2007 and the first edition of the series for 2008 announced in May, with Mexico City added to the list and Bilbao confirmed as Masters Final hosts. [2] Due to problems raising funding for the tournament, it was announced on 16 May 2008 that Mexico City was cancelled. [3]

On 16 March 2009, the members of the GSCA Presidential Board was published, confirming the addition of Pearl Spring in Nanjing, China as Grand Slam hosts as well as interest from San Luis, Argentina and London. [4] The M-Tel Masters was held for the last time during this series.

During the 2010 series, marking the last edition of Linares due to financial problems and the cancellation of M-Tel Masters due to the World Chess Championship, held in Sofia that year, it was agreed that Kings Tournament held in Medias, Romania would join the 2011 edition. [5]

At the end of the 2012 edition of Tata Steel the rest of the 2012 series was confirmed and announced that the 2011 winners of Tal Memorial and London Chess Classic qualified for the 2012 Bilbao Final. [6] This would be the last Grand Slam cycle, later editions composed of invitees by the Bilbao Masters organising committee.

An ongoing problem was conflicting schedules between Grand Slam hosts and FIDE. For the 2013 series, invitees Carlsen and Anand declined spots in the Bilbao final due to their preparations for the World Championship. [7]

Format and venue

The tournament is a double round robin featuring four to six players. The tournament regulations use the Sofia Chess Rules, which forbids agreed draws before 30 moves, and the "Bilbao" scoring system of 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss (though for ratings purposes the traditional scoring method is used).

The venue for the tournament has traditionally been the city of Bilbao in Spain. In year 2011 and 2012 a second venue was added as São Paulo in Brazil with one of the round-robins in each city. A soundproofed and air-conditioned glass "cube" was constructed to house the tournament, allowing spectators to watch closely the players inside.

Winners

#YearWinner
12008 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov
22009 Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian
32010 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik
42011 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen
52012 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen
62013 Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian
72014 Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
82015 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So
92016 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen

Tournaments

Carlsen playing Anand, Bilbao 2008 Bilbao 2008 chess2.jpg
Carlsen playing Anand, Bilbao 2008

1st Grand Slam Masters Final (2008)

The inaugural Final was composed of Tata Steel joint winners Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian, Linares winner Viswanathan Anand, M-Tel Masters winner Vassily Ivanchuk, M-Tel runner up Veselin Topalov and third placed Teimour Radjabov. [8]

Topalov convincingly won the tournament with 17 points, Carlsen beating Aronian to second place. Had Topalov lost to Ivanchuk and Carlsen defeated Anand in the last round, there would have been a tiebreak rapid match. [9] Anand finished in last place ahead of his World Championship defence against Vladimir Kramnik.

I Grand Slam Final, 2–13 September 2008, Bilbao, Spain, Category XXI (2769) [10]
Player Rating 123456PointsSScrH2H TPR
1Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Veselin Topalov  (Bulgaria)27773 31 01 31 13 1172877
2Flag of Norway.svg  Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)27750 0Does not appear3 31 03 11 113522767
3Flag of Armenia.svg  Levon Aronian  (Armenia)27371 30 0Does not appear3 11 01 313502775
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vassily Ivanchuk  (Ukraine)27811 01 30 1Does not appear1 31 1122766
5Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Teimour Radjabov  (Azerbaijan)27441 10 11 31 0Does not appear1 1102737
6Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (India)27980 11 11 01 11 1Does not appear82690

2nd Grand Slam Masters Final (2009)

The second Final consisted of Sergey Karjakin, the winner of 2009 Corus, Alexander Grischuk, winner of Linares, Alexei Shirov, winner in M-Tel Masters, and Aronian, second place at Pearl Spring, replacing Topalov who declined the invitation.

Aronian emerged as the clear winner, winning the event with one round to spare. [11]

II Grand Slam Masters Final, 6–12 September 2009, Bilbao, Cat. XX (2740) [12]
Player Rating 1234Points TPR
1Flag of Armenia.svg  Levon Aronian  (Armenia)27730 33 13 3132921
2Flag of Russia.svg  Alexander Grischuk  (Russia)27333 0Does not appear0 13 182741
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Sergey Karjakin  (Ukraine)27220 13 1Does not appear1 172745
4Flag of Spain.svg  Alexei Shirov  (Spain)27300 00 11 1Does not appear32549

3rd Grand Slam Masters Final (2010)

The third edition [13] featured four players and took place in the Alhóndiga Bilbao. It was a category 22 tournament, the highest rated tournament in history. [14] Qualifiers for the Final were Carlsen (winner of Corus, Bazna Kings and Pearl Springs events) and Anand who was seeded through due to the cancellation of M-Tel Masters that year. Topalov had qualified as winner of Linares 2010 but withdrew from the Final.

A tournament was held in Shanghai, China consisting of Kramnik, Aronian, Shirov and Wang Hao in order to fill the two spots. Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Kramnik - by defeating Aronian in an armageddon tie-break game - qualified. Kramnik then went on to win the Masters Final.

Shanghai Masters 2010, 3–8 September 2010, Shanghai, China, Cat. XXI (2759) [15]
Player Rating 1234Points TB TPR
1Flag of Spain.svg  Alexei Shirov  (Spain)2749Does not appear1 31 13 3122955
2Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Kramnik  (Russia)27801 0Does not appear1 31 171+A2752
3Flag of Armenia.svg  Levon Aronian  (Armenia)27831 11 0Does not appear3 1712751
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Hao  (China)27240 01 10 1Does not appear32578
Second place tiebreak, 8 September 2010, Shanghai, China
Player Rating Blitz Armageddon Place
Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Kramnik  (Russia)27801012
Flag of Armenia.svg  Levon Aronian  (Armenia)27830103
III Grand Slam Masters Final, 9–15 October 2010, Bilbao, Cat. XXII (2789) [16]
Player Rating 1234Points TPR
1Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Kramnik  (Russia)27801 13 13 1102917
2Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (India)28001 1Does not appear3 11 182842
3Flag of Norway.svg  Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)28260 10 1Does not appear1 362719
4Flag of Spain.svg  Alexei Shirov  (Spain)27490 11 11 0Does not appear42677

4th Grand Slam Masters Final (2011)

In contrast to Grand Slam Masters Finals in the last years, the organizers decided to return to a six-player double round robin without a special qualification tournament. The first half of the fourth edition was played in São Paulo from September 25 to October 1, and the second in Bilbao from October 5 to October 11.

The players invited to the Grand Slam Masters Final 2011 were Anand as second-place at Pearl Spring and the Tata Steel, Carlsen, as winner of Bazna and Pearl Spring, Hikaru Nakamura as winner of Tata Steel and Aronian as highest rated player not qualified, third in the FIDE ratings. Kramnik, the winner of the 2010 Final, and Karjakin, second at Bazna - declined to play and were replaced by Ivanchuk and local player Francisco Vallejo Pons. [17]

Carlsen dominated the Bilbao half of the 4th Final Masters and finished level with Ivanchuk who played so well in the first half. Carlsen won the event after defeating Ivanchuk in a blitz playoff 1.5-0.5.

IV Final Masters, 26 September – 11 October 2011, São Paulo—Bilbao, Category XXII (2780) [18]
Player Rating 123456Points TB SScrH2H TPR
1Flag of Norway.svg  Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)28233 31 11 11 10 3151½2843
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vassily Ivanchuk  (Ukraine)27650 0Does not appear1 33 13 13 015½2819
3Flag of the United States.svg  Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)27531 11 0Does not appear1 31 13 01252½2785
4Flag of Armenia.svg  Levon Aronian  (Armenia)28071 10 11 0Does not appear1 33 112522774
5Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (India)28171 10 11 11 0Does not appear3 31251½2772
6Flag of Spain.svg  Francisco Vallejo Pons  (Spain)27163 00 30 30 10 0Does not appear102683
First place tiebreak, 11 October 2011, Bilbao
Player Rating Blitz Place
Flag of Norway.svg  Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)2823½11
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vassily Ivanchuk  (Ukraine)2765½02

5th Grand Slam Masters Final (2012)

The format was a six-player double round robin. The first half of the fifth edition was played in São Paulo from September 24 to September 29, and the second in Bilbao from October 8 to October 13.

After Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana tied for first place a tiebreak match took place, which Carlsen won 2–0.

V Final Masters, 24 September – 13 October 2012, São Paulo—Bilbao, Cat. XXII (2781) [19]
Player Rating 123456Points TB TPR
1Flag of Norway.svg  Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)28430 31 11 11 33 31722878
2Flag of Italy.svg  Fabiano Caruana  (Italy)27733 0Does not appear1 33 11 13 11702892
3Flag of Armenia.svg  Levon Aronian  (Armenia)28161 11 0Does not appear3 11 11 1112774
4Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Karjakin  (Russia)27781 10 10 1Does not appear1 11 3102745
5Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (India)27801 01 11 11 1Does not appear1 192745
6Flag of Spain.svg  Francisco Vallejo Pons  (Spain)26970 00 11 11 01 1Does not appear62649
First place tiebreak, 13 October 2012, Bilbao
Player Blitz rating Blitz Place
Flag of Norway.svg  Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)2856111
Flag of Italy.svg  Fabiano Caruana  (Italy)2718002

6th Grand Slam Masters Final (2013)

The sixth Grand Slam Chess Masters final was held on 7–12 October in Bilbao as a double round robin with four players. [20] [21]

VI Bilbao Masters Final, 7–12 October 2013, Bilbao, Spain, Category XXI (2762) [22]
Player Rating 1234PointsSScr TPR
1Flag of Armenia.svg  Levon Aronian  (Armenia)27951 31 11 3102876
2Flag of England.svg  Michael Adams  (England)27531 0Does not appear1 13 392822
3Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (Azerbaijan)27591 11 1Does not appear0 152½2706
4Flag of France.svg  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)27421 00 03 1Does not appear522644

7th Grand Slam Masters Final (2014)

The seventh Grand Slam Chess Masters was held from 14 to 20 September in Bilbao as a double round robin with four players. Viswanathan Anand emerged as the winner. [23]

VII Grand Slam Masters Final, 12–20 September 2014, Bilbao, Spain, Category XXI (2755) [24]
Player Rating 1234PointsSScrH2HKoya SB TPR
1Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (India)27851 03 13 3112869
2Flag of Armenia.svg  Levon Aronian  (Armenia)28041 3Does not appear3 11 1102863
3-4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ruslan Ponomariov  (Ukraine)27170 10 1Does not appear3 052116.002642
3-4Flag of Spain.svg  Francisco Vallejo Pons  (Spain)27120 01 10 3Does not appear52116.002643

8th Grand Slam Masters Final (2015)

The eighth Masters tournament was held from 26 October to 1 November in Bilbao as a double round robin with four players. Wesley So won the tournament after beating Anish Giri in a tiebreak match (blitz playoff).

VIII Grand Slam Masters Final, 26 October – 1 November 2015, Bilbao, Spain, Category XXII (2786) [25]
Player Rating 1234Points TB SScrH2HKoya SB TPR
1Flag of the United States.svg  Wesley So  (United States)27601 11 13 181½2851
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anish Giri  (Netherlands)27981 1Does not appear1 31 18½2838
3-4Flag of India.svg  Viswanathan Anand  (India)28031 11 0Does not appear1 152½11½7.752723
3-4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Liren  (China)27820 11 11 1Does not appear52½11½7.752730
First place tiebreak, 1 November 2015, Bilbao
Player Blitz rating Blitz Place
Flag of the United States.svg  Wesley So  (United States)27261½1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anish Giri  (Netherlands)27930½2

9th Grand Slam Masters Final (2016)

The ninth Bilbao Masters Final was held on 13–23 July as a six-player double round-robin with Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So and Wei Yi taking part. [26] As in previous Bilbao Masters tournaments, the scoring was 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.

The games between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin were highly anticipated, as they would face off at the World Championship match in November; because Norway and Russia were not paired with each other in the 2016 Chess Olympiad, this was the last time the two played each other prior to the World Championship match. Hikaru Nakamura defeated Magnus Carlsen for the first time in standard time controls in the first round and Magnus Carlsen defeated Anish Giri for the first time in standard time controls in the penultimate round.

IX Bilbao Masters Final, 13–23 July 2016, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, Category XXII (2778) [27]
Player Rating 123456PointsSScrH2HKoya SB TPR
1Flag of Norway.svg  Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)28550 13 13 13 11 3172872
2Flag of the United States.svg  Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)27873 1Does not appear1 11 11 11 1122811
3-4Flag of the United States.svg  Wesley So  (United States)27700 11 1Does not appear1 11 11 31152151.002779
3-4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wei Yi  (China)26960 11 11 1Does not appear1 11 31152151.002794
5Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Karjakin  (Russia)27730 11 11 11 1Does not appear1 192742
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anish Giri  (Netherlands)27851 01 11 01 01 1Does not appear72666

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