Bilbao Masters, Finish line
Anand lost his last round game but it already didn’t matter as he won the event by points anyway :).
Results of the last round
Levon Aronian – Viswanathan Anand 3-0
Francisco Vallejo Pons – Ruslan Ponomariov 3-0
Final standings
1. Viswanathan Anand 11
2. Levon Aronian 10
3/4. Ruslan Ponomariov 5
3/4. Vallejo Pons 5
Games of the round
Anand
Anand drew in the 5th round and became the winner of the event with 1 round to go (11 points)!
Results of the 5th round
Ponomariov 4 1/2 10 Anand
Aronian 6 1/2 1 Vallejo
Standings after 5 rounds
Anand 11
Aronian 7
Ponomariov 5
Vallejo 2
Games of the round
Pairings of the last round
Aronian – Anand
Vallejo – Ponomariov
Anand won against Vallejo and now has 10 points. Aronian is on 6, Ponomariov – 4, Vallejo – 1.
Results of the 4th round
Anand 7 1-0 1 Vallejo
Ponomariov 3 1/2 5 Aronian
Games of the round
Pairings of the 5th round
Aronian – Vallejo
Ponomariov – Anand
Anand-Aronian
Anand drew Aronian and is leading with 7 points, Aronian is on 5, Ponomariov – 3 and Vallejo – 1.
Results of the 3rd round
Anand 6 1/2 4 Aronian
Ponomariov 0 1-0 1 Vallejo
Games of the round
Today is a rest day!
Pairings of the 4th round
Ponomariov – Aronian
Anand – Vallejo
Anand
Anand won the 2nd game, this time against Vallejo and is leading with 6 points.
Results of the 2nd round
Vallejo 1 0-1 3 Anand
Aronian 1 1-0 0 Ponomariov
Games of the round
Pairings of the 3rd round
Viswanathan Anand – Levon Aronian
Ruslan Ponomariov – Francisco Vallejo Pons