It is a shame Carlsen has won after beaten the worst player of the tournament. By far the best of the tournament has been Lev Aronian. I think organicers of Bilbao Masters must be very happy after see what has happened with the "peak" tournament of the year. In fact, I don't know why Anand has participated in this tourney. I think only Nepo, Aronian and Carlsen were really there.

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. . . and don't forget, another powerful performance in Svidler's great year, he butchered Kramnik.

That was fast! Thanks again :)

Another tournament win for Carlsen, he's still the man to beat. Aronian's in good form and now ranked #2. A great showing from Nepo, he was the equal of everyone. Anand just marking time, but too strong to be beaten. A dissapointing finish for Kramnik, and Nakamura will want to forget the event!

@ eatherquake Done. Thanks for reminding me, I'd forgotten that in my rush to post the article!

Hello SonofPearl, is it possible to have a link to the official website, where we can see pictures and reactions? Thx

I think this boy Carlsen has a real future in chess. Mark my words.

Magnus was wrong.... there are nine (not five) top GMs with far better chess understanding than Nakamura. 

What would Kasparov say to Hikaru after a deceptive tournament like this?

@ShockeR_40- Carlsen had the superior tie-breaks, not Aronian.

Just a little follow up on the Carlsen ending... the black bishop can actually defend both the f3 and h3 pawns from g4.  Note that white can never play Kxg4 as black would queen immediately without any need of help from the black king.

 

So black just puts the bishop on g4, then casually strolls over to win the a3 pawn.  After Ka4 and a5 black creates another passer with an easy win.

Yes, I see it now. Thnx to everybody for explaining. Superior endgame by Carlsen!

Nice clutch win for Carlsen in the final round to take the title away from Aronian.  A very, very disappointing tournament for the American finishing in last place.  Also disappointing was Gelfand's +0 -2 =7 and World Champion Anand who drew every game.

Hendrik77,

All the piece are not stuck at the end of Carlsen-Nakamura. Carlsen is going to bring his bishop to h5 (and g4 if necessary) and then start moving his king across to take the a3 pawn. In order to hold the a3 pawn, Naka needs to put his bishop on c1. In this case his king must be on g1 (or g3) in order to stop the pawns. At that point all white's pieces are can't move, they must stay where they are to defend, but black's king can be on either a2 or b3.

hendrik - if whites bishiop leaves the b8-h2 diagonal then black plays h2 and white cant stop queening. if white takes the hpawn with his queen black queens the f pawn by manuevering his king round on the light squares - pushing f pawn which queens on a light square. if white moves back and forward on the b8-h2 diagonal with his bishiop then black king just moves around and takes the other pawns - again if white bish moves off that diagonal h2 wins 4 black and if king moves black queens f pawn - this is totally winning endgame for black. ^_^

@Hendrik77

Notice how the Bishop has no job? It is going to take over for the king. Once that happens, White will be completely tied down and Black will casually march over and chomp on the white a pawn. Once Black does that, he will put his king on a4 and march the a pawn making a passed b pawn. The b pawn will be free to run because if the bishop takes it, the h pawn will queen and if king moves, the f pawn is queening.

Magnus again. But can he win London too? 

@Hendrik 

most probably black will defend his advanced 2 pawn with the bishop and king make his way to the other side, 

in this case, white king also have to go to other side to defend, white bishop have to defend on his/her own the black 2 pawns which is unstoplable. 

Note: white bishop will not be able to defend on the other side without white king 

Resign !! 

Nepo rocked here! Anand just took it easy. Naka is a little erratic.It was a great tournament! By the way, you could get a seizure just by looking at Carlsen's shirt!

Somebody smarter please explain, what exactly is Carlsen`s advantage over Nakamura in the last game. It would be interesting to now. It looks like a draw, all the pieces are stuck.