Grand Slam Chess Final Masters Bilbao Round 7

Shock Defeat for Carlsen (the group leaders) in the hands of Ivanchuk & Aronian Won Topalov

Both top players in this event suffered shock losses on Tuesday. Magnus Carlsen blamed his downfall in a very sharp game against Vassily Ivanchuk on a single move in the opening. Levon Aronian recovered from his two losses with a miracle cure which he revealed after his convincing victory against Veselin Topalov. Radjabov-Anand ended in an interesting 29-move draw. Round seven report.

Round 7: Tuesday, 9th September 2008

Magnus Carlsen 0-1 Vassily Ivanchuk

Levon Aronian 1-0 Veselin Topalov

Teimour Radjabov ½-½ Vishy Anand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Tournament leader Magnus Carlsen vs Ukranian GM Vassily Ivanchuk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 former FIDE world champion and local hero Veselin Topalov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Teimour Radjabov vs Vishy Anand

Bilbao scores

Player	games	wins	draws	losses	points
Magnus Carlsen	7	3	2	2	11
Veselin Topalov	7	2	4	1	10
Levon Aronian	7	2	3	2	9
Vassily Ivanchuk	7	1	5	1	8
Vishy Anand	7	0	6	1	6
Teimur Radjabov	7	0	6	1	6

Traditional scores (for rating purposes)