Bilbao Masters Final 2010

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The second stage of the 2010 Grand Slam Masters Final takes place 9-15 October in Bilbao, Spain.

Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen (ELO - 2826), Viswanathan Anand (2800), Vladimir Kramnik (2780) and Alexei Shirov (2749) play in a double round-robin tournament.

Score system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.
Time control: 90 minutes/40 moves + 60 minutes + 10 seconds/move as of move 41
Playing days: 9-11 и 13-15 октября.
Games begin: 4:30 PM local time / 7:30 PM Moscow time

Live commentaries by Sergey Shipov:


Colin McGourty’s translations first appear in real time at the special “live games” page of his site “Chess in Translation” and then, after some editing, can be found at their permanent locations:

Kramnik - Carlsen: 1 - 0

Carlsen – Anand 0 - 1
Anand-Kramnik 1/2 - 1/2
Carlsen – Kramnik 1/2 - 1/2
Carlsen – Shirov 1 - 0 
Anand – Carlsen 1/2 - 1/2

Official site
Official live transmission