Bilbao Final Chess Masters: Kramnik wins while Anand regains No. 1 slot in live ratings

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Shirov, Kramnik, Anand and Carlsen in Bilbao.

Hello Everyone,

Hope you didn't miss all the chess excitement at the Bilbao Final Masters Chess 2010 in Spain this year. The 14th Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik has won the event with the 15th Classical World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand coming in second.

Round 6 was as exciting as it could be thanks to Magnus Carlsen! He played a crazy game against Anand and eventually the game ended in a draw. The Kramnik-Shirov game was drawn too.

You can check the official website if you missed any of the action. Go through our previous blogposts too if you want to run the games again.

Meanwhile, here are the last round games that you can check in our pgnplayer or run in flash below.

Final standings

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Player games wins draws losses points

Vladimir Kramnik 6 2 4 0 10

Viswanathan Anand 6 1 5 0 8

Magnus Carlsen 6 1 3 2 6

Alexei Shirov 6 0 4 2 4

PGN: 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

PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Nb6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. d5 Rc8 18. Ra3 Nh5 19. Nf1 g6 20. N1h2 Bg7 21. Bg5 Qd7 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nd2 Rc7 25. Nhf1 Nf4 26. Bb6 Rcc8 27. Ne3 f5 28. f3 Rf8 29. Kh2 Rf7 30. c4 bxc4 31. Nexc4 fxe4 32. fxe4 Rcf8 33. Be3 Bh6 34. Rf1 Bg7 35. Qa4 Qe7 36. b5 axb5 37. Qxb5 Bc8 38. Qb6 Qg5 39. Rf2 Qh4 40. Bxf4 Rxf4 41. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 42. Kg1 Bh6 43. Rf3 Qg5 44. Qc6 Rxf3 45. Nxf3 Qc1+ 46. Kf2 Bd7 47. Qxd7 Qxc4 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

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