Hikaru finally wins!

He finally beat Magnus! And with the black pieces! Quite a day.

Here is a link to Chess24's coverage, including video analysis.

And here is a link to Chess.com's coverage, along with some more analysis.

Jaideep Unudurti made the following excellent point on Twitter.

Naka's win over Carlsen can be seen in the context that Adams, Shirov and Gelfand never beat Kasparov in their entire careers #BilbaoChess

— Jaideep Unudurti (@Unudurti) July 13, 2016

I knew about Kasparov's record against Shirov & Adams, but somehow had missed that he had such a record against Gelfand, too. 

And don't forget that he had a monster score against Judit Polgar, though I believe she finally won a game shortly before he retired. Record Check: Nope, she beat him, but only in one rapid game! Really, Garry's record against Judit practically constituted a hate crime. So make that four top players he blanked in their primes at "Classical Chess".

And finally, a bit of fun from the spoof account NakaFacts: This tweet went out before today's round, but it's still funny.

.@MagnusCarlsen is playing @GMHikaru in the first round of @BilbaoChess! Here is a quick comparison. #BilbaoChess pic.twitter.com/YeAhNLzgiM

— NakaFacts (@NakaFacts) July 13, 2016

ADDED: First, IM Daniel Rensch of Chess.com has a nice ten minute long analysis of the game. It's quite good, and I recommend it, as he gives you the ideas of the position in a clear manner.

Second, I can't resist adding one more tweet, this one from Follow Chess:

How the chess world probably reacted to Nakamura's "shocking" 1st win against Magnus Carlsen with Black #BilbaoChess pic.twitter.com/iILKwsVjxX

— Follow Chess (@FollowChessApp) July 14, 2016

Bonus points if you recognize everyone.

Test Time

From the Giri-So blitz tiebreaker at the Bilbao VIII Chess Masters Final. Assess the position.

Giri vs So

White to move after 38...Nxe1

Assessment will be added in a few days.

A Wild Game from Bilbao

We have yet another tournament featuring top players in progress. This time it's the VIII Grand Slam Masters Final in Bilbao, Spain. In a game featuring World #10 vs World #9, Wesley So won a wild game against the Chinese player Ding Liren. I'm not going to pretend to understand what all was going on. Anyone interested can find notes all over the web, I'm sure. But here's the game, for those interested.

And here is an extremely well-timed photo of the critical moment, from my favorite chess photographer, David Llada.