Bilbao Ends With Three Draws
Magnus Carlsen won the Bilbao Masters Final - but that was already true before today's final round. Today's three games were calm and short affairs. (Yes, Giri-Nakamura went to move 48, but the last 25 moves or so took half an hour or less.) Initially it seemed that Karjakin-Wei Yi might be exciting, but a few quick trades dispelled the illusion. And there were no illusion to dispel in So-Carlsen; that game was the first to finish and never had a moment where it looked like things might heat up.
Final Standings:
1. Carlsen 17/30 (on 3-1-0 scoring; on traditional scoring he went 6.5/10)
2. Nakamura 12 (5.5)
3-4. So, Wei Yi 11 (5)
5. Karjakin 9 (4.5)
6. Giri 7 (3.5)