13 July 2016
9th Chess Masters Final Begins In Bilbao
Carlsen and Karjakin are participating.
The 9th Chess Masters Final takes place on July 12-23 in Bilbao. The participants of this double round round-robin event are Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2855), Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2787), Anish Giri (Netherlands, 2785), Sergey Karjakin (Russia, 2773), Wesley So (USA, 2770), and Wei Yi (China, 2696).
Round 1 pairings: Karjakin-So, Giri-Wei Yi, Carlsen-Nakamura.
Playing days: July 13-17 and 19-23, rest day – July 18. All games start at 5 pm Moscow, last round starts at 4 pm.
