14 July 2016

World Champion Loses To Nakamura In Bilbao

Sergey Karjakin drew with Wesley So.

In the first round of the Bilbao supertournament, Magnus Carlsen, playing White, suffered a defeat against Hikaru Nakamura. Karjakin-So and Giri-Wei Yi ended in a draw. 

Standings after one round

Nakamura 3
Karjakin, Giri, Wei Yi, So 1
Carlsen 0

Round 2 pairings: So-Nakamura, Wei Yi-Carlsen, Karjakin-Giri.