Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2855 1503014
2 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2787 2016192
3 Giri, Anish GM NED 2785 24116068
4 Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2773 14109603
5 So, Wesley GM USA 2770 5202213
6 Wei, Yi GM CHN 2696 8603405
Opening ceremony today - rest day 18 July
Time Control: 90m:60m+10spm(41)
chess.com preview
The tournament is a double round robin, with the first five rounds played July 13-17 and the next five July 19-23. The venue is the Campos Eliseos Theatre in Bilbao, Spain where the games start at 4 p.m. local time, which is 10 a.m. Eastern and 7 a.m. Pacific. The last round will start an hour earlier.
The rate of play will be 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 60 minutes to finish the game. There will be a 10-second increment per move beginning on move number 41. Players are not allowed to agree to a draw without the arbiter’s permission.
Players get 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. If two players tie for first, they will play a blitz match immediately after the last round. The match will consist of two games and, if necessary, an Armageddon games. If more than two players tie for first, only the top two players according to the following tiebreak rules shall play the match.
Traditional scoring. Players get one point for each game won and 0.5 points for each game which ends in a draw.
Mutual result (based on traditional scoring).
Koya system (based on traditional scoring).
Sonneborn-Berger (based on traditional scoring).
