Blindfold Chess World Cup 2007 in Bilbao (Spain) - Xiangzhi Bu wins
Date 2007/10/21 | Topic: Chess news
| Blindfold Chess World Cup took place in Bilbao (Spain), October 16-20, 2007.
Xiangzhi Bu won the Blindfold chess tournament with 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 lose (in the last round). Kariakin and Carlsen are 2nd and 3rd. Statistics and standings...
The Scoring System was as follows: 3 points for every match won, 1 point for a draw and 0 for a defeat. It is forbidden for players to agree a draw between themselves (also known as Sofia Rule). The time control was 25 min. + 10 sec./move.
Blindfold Chess World Cup 2007 - Bilbao, Spain
Final Standings:
| Name | + | = | - | Points | | 1. Xiangzhi Bu | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | | 2. Serguйi Kariakin | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | | 3. Magnus Carlsen | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | | 4. Judit Polgar | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | | 5. Vesйlin Topбlov | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | | 6. Pentala Harikrishna | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Round 1: Tuesday, October 16th, 18:30h | Veselin Topalov | 1-0 | Judit Polgar | Pentala Harikrishna | Ѕ-Ѕ | Magnus Carlsen | Xiangzhi Bu | 1-0 | Serguei Kariakin | | | | Round 2: Tuesday, October 16th, 19:30h | Judit Polgar | 1-0 | Veselin Topalov | Magnus Carlsen | 1-0 | Pentala Harikrishna | Serguei Kariakin | Ѕ-Ѕ | Xiangzhi Bu | | | | Round 3: Wednesday, October 17th, 18:30h | Judit Polgar | Ѕ-Ѕ | Serguei Kariakin | Magnus Carlsen | 0-1 | Xianghzi Bu | Veselin Topalov | Ѕ-Ѕ | Pentala Harikrishna | | | | Round 4: Wednesday, October 17th, 19:30h | Serguei Kariakin | 1-0 | Judit Polgar | Xianghzi Bu | Ѕ-Ѕ | Magnus Carlsen | Pentala Harikrishna | 1-0 | Veselin Topalov | | | | Round 5: Thursday, October 18th, 18:30h | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | Judit Polgar | Xianghzi Bu | 1-0 | Veselin Topalov | Serguei Kariakin | 0-1 | Magnus Carlsen | | | | Round 6: Thursday, October 18th, 19:30h | Judit Polgar | Ѕ-Ѕ | Pentala Harikrishna | Veselin Topalov | Ѕ-Ѕ | Xianghzi Bu | Magnus Carlsen | 0-1 | Serguei Kariakin | | | | Round 7: Friday, October 19th, 18:30h | Judit Polgar | Ѕ-Ѕ | Magnus Carlsen | Veselin Topalov | 0-1 | Serguei Kariakin | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | Xianghzi Bu | | | | Round 8: Friday, October 19th, 19:30h | Magnus Carlsen | 1-0 | Judit Polgar | Serguei Kariakin | 0-1 | Veselin Topalov | Xianghzi Bu | 1-0 | Pentala Harikrishna | | | | Round 9: Saturday, October 20th, 17:30h | Xianghzi Bu | 1-0 | Judit Polgar | Serguei Kariakin | 1-0 | Pentala Harikrishna | Magnus Carlsen | 1-0 | Veselin Topalov | | | | Round 10: Saturday, October 20th, 18:30h | Judit Polgar | 1-0 | Xianghzi Bu | Pentala Harikrishna | 0-1 | Serguei Kariakin | Veselin Topalov | Ѕ-Ѕ | Magnus Carlsen |
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