今年国际象棋大满贯赛决赛于2008年9月1～13日在西班牙的毕尔巴鄂举行。6位棋手进行双循环比赛，首先获得参赛资格的是今年维克安泽大赛，莫雷利亚－利纳雷斯大赛和Mtel大赛的冠军阿罗尼扬，阿南德和伊万丘克，其次获得第2名的棋手卡尔森和托帕洛夫也获得参赛资格，还有一个参赛资格由比赛成绩比其他参赛棋手优胜的拉贾博夫获得。比赛使用新的记分方法，获胜得3分，弈和得1分。
    第8轮比赛中，托帕洛夫执白在西西里防御的龙式体系下击败领先的卡尔森，伊万丘克执白在西西里防御击败拉贾博夫，阿罗尼扬执黑在苏格兰开局击败阿南德。第8轮比赛后，托帕洛夫积13分领先，阿罗尼扬积12分列第2位，伊万丘克和卡尔森同积11分并列第3～4位。

比赛官方站点 Official site for the event: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com . On the spot reports from http://www.chessvibes.com

Round 1 (September 2, 2008) 
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 51 A32 English Symmetrical 
Radjabov, Teimour - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 49 C45 Scotch Game 
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 58 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall 
Round 2 (September 3, 2008) 
Topalov, Veselin - Aronian, Levon 1/2 37 D11 Slav Defence 
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 29 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon 
Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 34 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov 
Round 3 (September 4, 2008) 
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 42 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov 
Carlsen, Magnus - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 56 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover 
Radjabov, Teimour - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 35 D20 QGA 
Round 4 (September 5, 2008) 
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 25 E15 Queens Indian 
Aronian, Levon - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 70 D27 QGA 
Carlsen, Magnus - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 37 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon 
Round 5 (September 6, 2008) 
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 44 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 
Radjabov, Teimour - Aronian, Levon 1/2 34 C45 Scotch Game 
Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 36 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann 
Round 6 (September 8, 2008) 
Topalov, Veselin - Radjabov, Teimour 1/2 73 E74 King's Indian Averbakh 
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 32 D19 Slav Defence 
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 1-0 36 D47 Queens Gambit Meran 
Round 7 (September 9, 2008) 
Aronian, Levon - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 58 E36 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 
Carlsen, Magnus - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 32 D37 QGD 5.Bf4 
Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 29 B46 Sicilian Paulsen 
Round 8 (September 10, 2008) 
Topalov, Veselin - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 48 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon 
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 49 B45 Sicilian Classical 
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon 0-1 75 C45 Scotch Game 

Grand Slam Final Bilbao (ESP), 2-13 ix 2008 cat. XXI (2769) 
                                  1   2   3   4   5   6  
1. Topalov, Veselin   g BUL 2777 * * ? 0 ? . 1 1 ? ? 1 . 13 2856 
2. Aronian, Levon     g ARM 2737 ? 1 * * 1 . 0 0 ? . ? 1 12 2821 
3. Ivanchuk, Vassily  g UKR 2781 ? . 0 . * * ? 1 ? 1 ? ? 11 2811 
4. Carlsen, Magnus    g NOR 2775 0 0 1 1 ? 0 * * 1 . ? . 11 2766 
5. Radjabov, Teimour  g AZE 2744 ? ? ? . ? 0 0 . * * ? ?  6 2691 
6. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2798 0 . ? 0 ? ? ? . ? ? * *  6 2672 

作者 叶红 《国际象棋通报》08-09-11