The Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final 2008 was held in Bilbao, Spain, from September 2-September 13, 2008. Veselin Topalov won this tournament with seventeen points, while
Viswanathan Anand finished last with eight points and no wins! Topalov's rating shot to number one where it currently resides.Final tournament standings:
Veselin Topalov 17 (+4 =5 -1)
Levon Aronian 13 (+3 =4 -3)
Magnus Carlsen 13 (+3 =4 -3)
Vasyl Ivanchuk 12 (+2 =6 -2)
Teimour Radjabov 10 (+1 =7 -2)
Viswanathan Anand 8 (+0 =8 -2)