Standings after 4 rounds
| 1 | Vasily Ivanchuk | 10 |
| 2 | Levon Aronian | 5 |
| – | Viswanathan Anand | 5 |
| 4 | Hikaru Nakamura | 4 |
| 5 | Francisco Vallejo | 3 |
| – | Magnus Carlsen | 3 |
Bilbao Rule: Win 3 points, Draw 1 point, Loss 0 points.
Official website: http://www.bilbaomastersfinal.com/en/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
You give 5 point to a win and 1 point to draw, there will be even bigger margin among players and more suicidal attacks to please the crowds. Certainly we don’t want that (or do we?).
yes, we do, better 5 wins and losses, than 10 (short) draws
go, Chucky go
Ivanchuk looks old in this photo