The event takes place from the 26th of September until the 11th of Octobre 2011. The first series of games being in Sao Paulo until the 1st of October before moving back to the New World where play will begin again in Bilbao on the 6th of October.
The official site for additional information www.bilbaofinalmasters.com and live games from 4pm (local time in Bilbao).
The time control is: 90'/40 plus 60' (+10") KO.
No draws without the arbiter's permission and 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw (Sofia rules), are both applied to increase 'fighting spirit'.
If two players are equal first then there will be some Blitz games to determine a sole winner.
The players:
Seed | Name | Age | Country | Rating | World Rank |
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1 | Magnus Carlsen | 20 | NOR | 2823 | 1 |
2 | Viswanathan Anand | 41 | IND | 2817 | 2 |
3 | Levon Aronian | 28 | ARM | 2807 | 3 |
4 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 42 | UKR | 2765 | 7 |
5 | Hikaru Nakamura | 23 | USA | 2753 | 12 |
6 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 29 | ESP | 2716 | 28 |