The Linares International Chess Tournament (Spanish: Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Linares) was an annual chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, which takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia, Spain, in which it was held. It is sometimes described as the Wimbledon of chess, being one of the strongest annual tournaments held on the de facto chess tour, along with the "Tata Steel" (Wijk aan Zee), Tal Memorial and Dortmund events.
The Linares tournament began in 1978 and was held annually from 1988 to 2010 (with the exception of 1996). Since 2010, the tournament has not been held for financial reasons.
History
editThe event, sponsored by Spanish businessman Luis Rentero, was first held in 1978.[1] At that time it was not an elite event and was won by the relatively unknown Swede Jaan Eslon, on tie-break from the Argentine Roberto Luis Debarnot). After the following year's event, it was held every other year until 1987 when no tournament took place, that being the year that Linares hosted the Candidates' Final, a match to determine a challenger for Kasparov's world title featuring Anatoly Karpov and Andrei Sokolov. The postponed 1987 event was deferred to 1988 and the tournament from that point onwards became an annual event, with the exception of 1996, when the Women's World Chess Championship was held. Rentero was a strong opponent of short draws in chess, to the point that he offered cash bonuses for playing longer games. It's said that participants in these so-called "grand master draws" were sometimes penalised by receiving no invitation for the next year's edition.[1] The 1994 tournament had an average Elo rating of 2685, the highest ever at that time. The field, in eventual finishing order, consisted of Karpov, Kasparov, Shirov, Bareev, Kramnik, Lautier, Anand, Kamsky, Topalov, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Illescas, Judit Polgár, and Beliavsky. Karpov won with an undefeated 11/13. Jeff Sonas considered Karpov's performance the best tournament result in history.[2] The 1994 tournament was also noted for an incident in which Garry Kasparov "took a move back" against Judit Polgár. Kasparov's fingers briefly released a knight before he realized the move was a blunder; he then moved the knight to a different square. Polgár (17 years old at the time) did not protest and the arbiter did not intervene. Kasparov went on to win the game.[3]
In 1998, the format of the tournament changed from a single round-robin tournament to a double round-robin event (meaning that each participant plays every other participant twice, once with each colour).
Kasparov announced his retirement from chess after the 2005 tournament.
From 2006 through 2008, the first half of the tournament took place in the Mexican city of Morelia. The second half took place in Linares. Consequently, the event is sometimes referred to as Morelia-Linares.
In 2009 and 2010, the whole event took place in Linares.[4]
The Linares tournament of 2011 was cancelled,[5][6] for reasons including general economic problems. The tournament was cancelled again in 2012,[7] with no return since.
Winners
edit- 1978
Jaan Eslon - 1979
Larry Christiansen - 1980 no tournament
- 1981
Anatoly Karpov and Larry Christiansen - 1982 no tournament
- 1983
Boris Spassky - 1984 no tournament
- 1985
Ljubomir Ljubojević and 
Robert Hübner - 1986 no tournament
- 1987 no tournament
- 1988
Jan Timman - 1989 Vasyl Ivanchuk
- 1990 Garry Kasparov
- 1991 Vasyl Ivanchuk
- 1992
Garry Kasparov - 1993 Garry Kasparov
- 1994
Anatoly Karpov - 1995
Vasyl Ivanchuk - 1996 no tournament
- 1997 Garry Kasparov
- 1998
Viswanathan Anand - 1999 Garry Kasparov
- 2000 Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik
- 2001 Garry Kasparov
- 2002 Garry Kasparov
- 2003
Peter Leko (with the same score as Vladimir Kramnik; won on tiebreak because of more wins) - 2004 Vladimir Kramnik
- 2005 Garry Kasparov (with the same score as
Veselin Topalov; won on tiebreak because of more wins with black) - 2006
Levon Aronian - 2007 Viswanathan Anand
- 2008 Viswanathan Anand
- 2009 Alexander Grischuk (with the same score as Vasyl Ivanchuk; won on tiebreak because of more wins)
- 2010 Veselin Topalov
Only six players won the Linares Tournament multiple times: Garry Kasparov (9 wins), Vassily Ivanchuk (3), Viswanathan Anand (3), Vladimir Kramnik (2), Anatoly Karpov (2), and Larry Christiansen (2).
Full results
edit1970s
edit1978
edit30 November - 8 December 1978[8]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 01 Jaan Eslon * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 6 02 Roberto Luis Debarnot ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 03 F. Javier Ochoa ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 04 Ángel Martín ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5 05 Ernesto Palacios ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 08 Antonio Àngel Medina 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 4½ 07 Orestes Rodríguez 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 4½ 06 Fernando Visier 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 09 Oscar H. Castro Rojas 1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 3½ 10 V. Pacheco 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1
Category: V (2363)
1979
edit30 November - 11 December 1979[9]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 01 Larry M. Christiansen * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8 02 Viktor Korchnoi 1 * 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 03 Manuel Rivas ½ 1 * 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½ 04 Oscar Castro 0 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 05 Jaan Eslon 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 06 Dragutin Sahovic ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 5 07 Drazen Marovic 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 08 Ricardo Calvo 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 ½ 1 1 5 09 Evgenij Ermenkov ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 4½ 10 Milorad Knesevic ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4 11 Juan Manuel Bellon 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 3½ 12 Fernando Visier 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 3
Category: IX (2459)
1980s
edit1981
editCasa de la Cultura, Linares, Spain, 17–31 January 1981
Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 01 Anatoly Karpov 29 2690 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8 02 Larry M. Christiansen 24 2515 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 03 Bent Larsen 45 2610 ½ ½ * 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 04 Zoltan Ribli 29 2585 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 6½ 05 Boris Spassky 43 2635 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 06 Lubomir Kavalek 37 2550 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 07 Lajos Portisch 43 2650 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 5½ 08 Ljubomir Ljubojevic 30 2605 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 5 09 Svetozar Gligoric 57 2530 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 0 1 5 10 Miguel A. Quinteros 33 2505 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 4 11 Juan M. Bellón 29 2415 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 3½ 12 Guillermo García 27 2520 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 * 1½
Category: XIII (2568). Chief arbiter: IA José María González.
1983
editCasa de Cultura, Linares, Spain, 12–25 February 1983[10]
Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 01 Boris Spassky 46 2605 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 02 Anatoly Karpov 31 2710 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 03 Ulf Andersson 31 2630 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 04 Artur Yusupov 23 2565 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 5½ 05 Anthony Miles 27 2585 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5½ 06 Gyula Sax 31 2560 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 07 Jan Timman 31 2605 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 5 08 Efim Geller 57 2575 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 5 09 Vlastimil Hort 39 2585 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 5 10 Yasser Seirawan 22 2600 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 3 11 Bent Larsen 47 2555 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 2
Category: XIV (2598). Chief arbiter: IA José María González.
1985
editPabellón Julián Jiménez, Linares, Spain, 8–22 March 1985[11]
Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 01 Ljubomir Ljubojevic 34 2595 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 02 Robert Hübner 36 2605 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 03 Lajos Portisch 47 2635 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 04 Viktor Korchnoi 53 2630 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ 05 Boris Spassky 48 2580 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 06 Jan Timman 33 2650 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 5½ 07 Lev Polugaevsky 50 2625 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 08 Anthony Miles 29 2570 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 09 Manuel Rivas 24 2480 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 5 10 Larry M. Christiansen 28 2560 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 4 11 Rafael Vaganian 33 2640 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 4 12 Andras Adorján 34 2565 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 3½
Category: XIV (2595). Chief arbiter: Antonio Romero Briones.
1988
edit1989
edit1990s
edit1990
editHotel Anibal, Linares, Spain, 18 February - 3 March 1990
Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 01 Kasparov 26 2800 * ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 8 02 Gelfand 21 2615 ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 7½ 03 Salov 25 2645 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7 04 Ivanchuk 20 2665 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 05 Short 24 2635 0 1 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 6 06 Gulko 43 2610 1 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 07 Yusupov 30 2615 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5½ 08 Beliavsky 36 2640 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ * 1 0 1 ½ 5 09 Spassky 53 2560 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ 4 10 Illescas 24 2530 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 * ½ ½ 4 11 Portisch 52 2605 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 4 12 Ljubojevic 49 2625 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 3
1991
editHotel Anibal, Linares, Spain, 23 February - 14 March 1991
Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 01 Ivanchuk 21 2695 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 9½ 02 Kasparov 27 2800 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9 03 Beliavsky 37 2640 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 04 Yusupov 31 2605 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 05 Speelman 34 2610 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 06 Salov 26 2645 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 7 07 Timman 39 2630 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 08 Karpov 39 2725 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 09 Ljubojevic 40 2590 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 0 1 0 6 10 Anand 21 2635 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 6 11 Gurevich 32 2650 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 * 1 ½ 1 6 12 Gelfand 22 2700 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 5½ 13 Ehlvest 28 2650 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * 0 3½ 14 Kamsky 16 2640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 * 2½
1992
editX Ciudad de Linares, 23 February – 13 March 1992, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XVII (2659) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total TPR Place 1 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2780 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 10 2861 1 2 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2720 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 2741 2–3 3 Jan Timman (Netherlands)2620 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 2749 2–3 4 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2725 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7½ 2711 4 5 Viswanathan Anand (India)2670 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 7 2687 5–7 6 
Boris Gelfand (Belarus)2665 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7 2687 5–7 7 Valery Salov (Russia)2655 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 2688 5–7 8 Evgeny Bareev (Russia)2635 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 6½ 2661 8 9 Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine)2620 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 6 2633 9–10 10 
Artur Yusupov (Commonwealth of Independent States)2655 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 6 2630 9–10 11 
Miguel Illescas (Spain)2555 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 5½ 2610 11 12 Ljubomir Ljubojević (Yugoslavia)2610 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 4½ 2553 12 13 
Jon Speelman (England)2630 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 4 2520 13–14 14 Nigel Short (England)2685 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 2516 13–14
1993
editXI Ciudad de Linares, 23 February – 14 March 1993, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XVIII (2677) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total TPR Place 1 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2805 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 10 2878 1 2 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2725 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 8½ 2783 2 3 Viswanathan Anand (India)2710 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ 2784 3 4 
Alexei Shirov (Latvia)2670 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8 2764 4 5 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2685 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ 2733 5 6 Valery Salov (Russia)2660 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 6½ 2678 6–7 7 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2710 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6½ 2674 6–7 8 Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine)2610 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 6 2653 8 9 Gata Kamsky (United States)2655 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 5½ 2621 9–10 10 Evgeny Bareev (Russia)2670 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2620 9–10 11 Artur Yusupov (Germany)2645 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 5 2592 11–12 12 Jan Timman (Netherlands)2635 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 5 2593 11–12 13 Boris Gelfand (Belarus)2690 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 2566 13 14 
Ljubomir Ljubojević (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)2605 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 4 2541 14
1994
editXII Ciudad de Linares, 23 February – 14 March 1994, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XVIII (2686) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total TPR Place 1 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2740 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11 2978 1 2 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2815 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ 2786 2–3 3 Alexei Shirov (Latvia)2715 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ 2794 2–3 4 Evgeny Bareev (Russia)2685 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 7½ 2743 4 5 Joël Lautier (France)2625 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 7 2720 5–6 6 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2710 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 2713 5–6 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2640 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 6½ 2690 7–9 8 Viswanathan Anand (India)2715 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2684 7–9 9 Gata Kamsky (United States)2695 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 2685 7–9 10 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2710 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 2655 10 11 Boris Gelfand (Belarus)2685 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 5½ 2629 11 12 Miguel Illescas (Spain)2590 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 4½ 2583 12 13 Judit Polgár (Hungary)2630 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4 2549 13 14 Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine)2650 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 2 2393 14
1995
editXIII Ciudad de Linares, 1 – 18 March 1995, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XVII (2654) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total TPR Place 1 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2700 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10 2861 1 2 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2765 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9 2786 2 3 Alexei Shirov (Latvia)2710 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8 2736 3–4 4 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2630 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8 2742 3–4 5 Alexander Khalifman (Russia)2635 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 2712 5 6 Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine)2650 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 2682 6 7 Sergei Tiviakov (Russia)2625 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 2626 7–8 8 Miguel Illescas (Spain)2595 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 2629 7–8 9 
Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina)2645 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 5½ 2597 9–10 10 Alexey Dreev (Russia)2650 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 5½ 2596 9–10 11 Nigel Short (England)2655 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5 2566 11–12 12 Ljubomir Ljubojević (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)2580 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 5 2572 11–12 13 Joël Lautier (France)2655 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 4½ 2543 13 14 Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)2655 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 4 2512 14
1997
editXIV Ciudad de Linares, 4 – 16 February 1997, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XIX (2701) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total TPR Place 1 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2795 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 8½ 2903 1 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2740 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 2830 2 3 Michael Adams (England)2665 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6½ 2769 3–4 4 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2725 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 6½ 2763 3–4 5 Judit Polgár (Hungary)2645 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 6 2741 5 6 Viswanathan Anand (India)2765 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2695 6 7 
Boris Gelfand (Belarus)2700 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2664 7–8 8 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2740 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 5 2661 7–8 9 Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)2655 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2640 9 10 Alexey Dreev (Russia)2650 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4 2603 10 11 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2690 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 3½ 2568 11–12 12 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)2640 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 3½ 2573 11–12
1998
editFinal Results of 1998:
XV Ciudad de Linares, 22 February – 9 March 1998, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2752) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total TPR Place 1 Viswanathan Anand (India)2770 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 2844 1 2 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2710 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 2816 2 3 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2790 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2774 3–4 4 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2825 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 2769 3–4 5 Peter Svidler (Russia)2690 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5½ 2733 5 6 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2740 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 5 2697 6 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2740 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4 2629 7
1999
editFinal Results of 1999:[14]
XVI Ciudad de Linares, 21 February – 10 March 1999, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XX (2735) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Wins TPR 1 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2812 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 10½ 2817 2 Viswanathan Anand (India)2781 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8 3 2778 3 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2751 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 2 2782 4 Peter Leko (Hungary)2694 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 6½ 2712 5 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2714 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 6 2 2688 6 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2700 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 1 2690 7 Peter Svidler (Russia)2713 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 5½ 2 2658 8 Michael Adams (England)2716 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 5½ 2 2657
2000s
edit2000
editFIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman was a late replacement for Alexander Morozevich.
Final Results of 2000:[15]
XVII SuperGM Linares, 28 February – 10 March 2000, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2752) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Wins W/Black TPR 1-2 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2851 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 2 1 2803 1-2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2758 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 2 1 2822 3 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2751 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 1 1 2715 4 Viswanathan Anand (India)2769 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ 1 0 2712 5 Alexander Khalifman (Russia)2656 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 4½ 1 0 2734 6 Peter Leko (Hungary)2725 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 4½ 0 2721
2001
editFinal Results of 2001:[16]
XVIII SuperGM Linares, 23 February – 6 March 2001, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XX (2722) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Wins TPR 1 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2849 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 2889 2 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2718 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2 2686 3 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2663 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ 2 2697 4 Judit Polgár (Hungary)2676 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 4½ 1 2694 5 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2679 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ 1 2694 6 Peter Leko (Hungary)2745 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 0 2681
2002
editFinal Results of 2002:[17]
XIX SuperGM Linares, 22 February – 10 March 2002, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XX (2732) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total TPR 1 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2838 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8 2839 2 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2727 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½ 2762 3 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2717 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 6 2734 4 Viswanathan Anand (India)2757 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2728 5 Michael Adams (England)2742 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2730 6 Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)2629 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2692 7 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2715 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 4½ 2648
2003
editFinal Results of 2003:[18]
XX Ciudad de Linares, 22 February – 9 March 2003, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XX (2733) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Wins TPR 1 Peter Leko (Hungary)2736 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 7 4 2790 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2809 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 2 2778 3 Viswanathan Anand (India)2753 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 3 2759 4 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2847 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6½ 2 2743 5 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2734 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2704 6 Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)2629 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 5 2694 7 
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2624 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2664
2004
editFinal Results of 2004:[19]
XXI SuperGM Linares, 19 February – 5 March 2004, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XX (2731) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Wins TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2777 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 2780 2 Peter Leko (Hungary)2722 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6½ 2 2762 3 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2831 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 1 2743 4 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2656 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 6 2 2744 5 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2735 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 1 2730 6 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2736 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 5 1 2673 7 Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)2663 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 0 2685
2005
editFinal Results of 2005:[20]
XXII SuperGM Linares, 23 February – 17 March 2005, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XX (2743) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Wins W/Black TPR 1 Garry Kasparov (Russia)2804 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 8 5 3 2857 2 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2757 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8 5 1 2865 3 Viswanathan Anand (India)2786 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2764 4 Peter Leko (Hungary)2749 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 2742 5 Michael Adams (England)2741 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2714 6 Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)2686 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 4 1 2627 7 
Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan)2678 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 4 0 2628
2006
editXXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares, 18 February – 11 March 2006, Morelia – Linares, Category XX (2732) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total TPR 1 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2752 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8½ 2808 2 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2700 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 2786 3 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2801 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 8 2771 4 Peter Leko (Hungary)2740 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ 2759 5 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2729 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 6½ 2703 6 Peter Svidler (Russia)2765 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2698 7 Étienne Bacrot (France)2717 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 6 2683 8 Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)2650 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 5 2641
2007
editXXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares, 17 February – 10 March 2007, Morelia – Linares, Category XX (2746) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total TPR 1 Viswanathan Anand (India)2779 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½ 2820 2 
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2690 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 7½ 2782 3 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2741 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 7½ 2775 4 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2744 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 2745 5 Peter Svidler (Russia)2728 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 2748 6 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2750 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6½ 2715 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2783 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 6 2690 8 Peter Leko (Hungary)2749 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 2695
2008
editXXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares, 15 February – 7 March 2008, Morelia – Linares, Cat. XXI (2756)[21] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total TPR 1 Viswanathan Anand (India)2799 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 2829 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2733 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 8 2808 3 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2780 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 7½ 2781 4 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2739 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½ 2787 5 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2735 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 7 2758 6 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2751 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 6½ 2727 7 Peter Leko (Hungary)2753 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 5½ 2676 8 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2755 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2675
GM Alejandro Ramírez (2509) won the III Morelia Open tournament.[22]
2009
editXXVI Ciudad de Linares, 19 February – 7 March 2009, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2756)[23] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Wins TPR 1 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2733 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 3 2809 2 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2779 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 8 2 2802 3 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2776 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 7½ 2781 4 Viswanathan Anand (India)2791 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 7 2750 5 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2761 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½ 2726 6 
Wang Yue (China)2739 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 2729 7 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2750 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2727 8 
Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)2717 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6 2711
2010
editXXVII Ciudad de Linares, 13–24 February 2010, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2758)[24] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total TB TPR 1 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2805 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 2858 2 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2736 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 2834 3 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2781 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2789 4 Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan)2759 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2.5 2685 5 
Boris Gelfand (Israel)2761 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2.0 2685 6 Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)2705 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 4 1.5 2696
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References
edit- ^ a b Javier Ochoa de Echagüen (23 December 2015). "FIDE Honorary Member Luis Rentero". FIDE. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ Facts and figures: Magnus Carlsen's performance in Nanjing. ChessBase.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-26.
- ^ ten Geuzendam, Dirk Jan (2003). Linares! Linares!: A Journey into the Heart of Chess. New In Chess, Csi. ISBN 90-5691-077-9.
- ^ Official website noting the 2009 tournament takes place entirely in Linares. Retrieved 2 March 2009. Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Linares 2011 Cancelled". Chess.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ Ángel Mendoza (2 April 2011). "Linares aplaza el Intercontinental de Ajedrez hasta el año que viene. Ideal". Ideal.es. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ^ Linares 2012 canceled.
- ^ "Torneo Linares 1978". www.ajedrezdeataque.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ^ "Torneo Linares 1979". www.ajedrezdeataque.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ^ "Linares (1983)".
- ^ "Linares (1985)".
- ^ "Linares (1990)".
- ^ "Linares (1991)".
- ^ TWIC 227 Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ TWIC 279 Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ TWIC 331
- ^ TWIC 383
- ^ TWIC 435
- ^ TWIC 487
- ^ TWIC 540
- ^ Mark Crowther (10 March 2008). "The Week in Chess 696". The Week in Chess.
- ^ Mark Crowther (3 March 2008). "The Week in Chess 695". The Week in Chess.
- ^ Mark Crowther (9 March 2009). "The Week in Chess 748". The Week in Chess.
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External links
edit- Official website
- [1] Archived 2020-02-03 at the Wayback Machine – a brief history and news of the 2008 event.
- [2] – winners, crosstables from 1990 to 2006.
- Chess Tournaments at Linares at Chessgames.com