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.