The annual Linares chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia, Spain, in which it is held. It is sometimes described as the Wimbledon of chess, being one of the strongest annual tournaments held on the chess tour, along with the Wijk aan Zee Corus and Dortmund events.
The event, sponsored by Spanish businessman Luis Rentero, was first held in 1978. 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 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 held over until 1988 and the tournament has since become an annual event, with the exception of 1996, when the Women's World Chess Championship was held.
The 1994 tournament had an average Elo rating of 2685, the highest ever at that time, making it the first Category XVIII tournament ever held. The field, in eventual finishing order, consisted of Karpov, Kasparov, Shirov, Bareev, Kramnik, Lautier, Anand, Kamsky, Topalov, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Illescas, Judit Polgar, and Beliavsky. Karpov won with an undefeated 11/13. Jeff Sonas considers Karpov's performance the best tournament result in history.[1]
In 1998, the format of the tournament changed from a single round-robin tournament to a seven player double round-robin event (meaning that each participant plays every other participant twice, once with each color).
Rentero is notorious for being a strong opponent of short draws in chess, to the point that in 1991 he offered cash bonuses for playing longer games.
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 databases and the like.
In 2009 the event took place entirely in Linares.[2] In 2010 it has been reported that the event will take place in both Linares and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.[3]
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Winners
- 1978 Jaan Eslon
- 1979 Larry Christiansen
- 1981 Anatoly Karpov and Larry Christiansen
- 1983 Boris Spassky
- 1985 Ljubomir Ljubojević and Robert Hübner
- 1988 Jan Timman
- 1989 Vassily Ivanchuk
- 1990 Garry Kasparov
- 1991 Vassily Ivanchuk
- 1992 Garry Kasparov
- 1993 Garry Kasparov
- 1994 Anatoly Karpov (Category XVIII tournament)
- 1995 Vassily Ivanchuk
- 1997 Garry Kasparov
- 1998 Viswanathan Anand
- 1999 Garry Kasparov
- 2000 Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov
- 2001 Garry Kasparov
- 2002 Garry Kasparov
- 2003 Péter Lékó (Joint winner with Vladimir Kramnik; but had a better tiebreak score)
- 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 Vassily Ivanchuk; won on tiebreak because of more wins)
Full Results
1999
Final Results of 1999[4]:
XVI Ciudad de Linares (ESP), ii-iii 1999 cat. XX (2735)
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1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2812 ** == =1 == 1= 11 =1 11 10.5 2817
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2751 == ** == == == == =1 1= 8.0 2782
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781 =0 == ** == =1 == 1= =1 8.0 2778
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2694 == == == ** == 1= 0= 0= 6.5 2712
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 0= == =0 == ** =0 =1 == 6.0 2690
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2714 00 == == 0= =1 ** 1= 0= 6.0 2688
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 =0 =0 0= 1= =0 0= ** =1 5.5 2658
8 Adams, Michael g ENG 2716 00 0= =0 1= == 1= =0 ** 5.5 2657
2000
Final Results of 2000:
XVI Ciudad de Linares (ESP), ii-iii 2000 cat. XXI (2751)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1: Kasparov, Garry 2851 37 RUS XX == == == 1= 1= 6.0 2803
2: Kramnik, Vladimir 2758 25 RUS == XX == 1= == 1= 6.0 2822
3: Leko, Peter 2725 21 HUN == == XX =0 == == 4.5 2721
4: Khalifman, Alexander 2656 34 RUS == 0= =1 XX =0 == 4.5 2734
5: Anand, Viswanathan 2769 31 IND 0= == == =1 XX 0= 4.5 2712
6: Shirov, Alexei 2751 28 ESP 0= 0= == == 1= XX 4.5 2715
2006
XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares (MEX/ESP), 18 ii-11 iii 2006cat. XX (2732)
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1 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 ** 1= =0 =1 0= 1= 1= =1 8.5 2808
2 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2700 0= ** 1= 0= =1 =1 1= == 8.0 2786
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 =1 0= ** =1 1= 01 =1 0= 8.0 2771
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 =0 1= =0 ** 1= == == 1= 7.5 2759
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 1= =0 0= 0= ** 1= =0 =1 6.5 2703
6 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 0= =0 10 == 0= ** 1= 1= 6.5 2698
7 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 0= 0= =0 == =1 0= ** =1 6.0 2683
8 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 =0 == 1= 0= =0 0= =0 ** 5.0 2641
2007
Final Results of 2007[5]:
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares (MEX/ESP), 17 ii-10 iii 2007cat. XX (2746)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 ** 11 1= 0= == == == 1= 8.5 2820
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 00 ** 1= == == 11 1= =0 7.5 2782
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 0= 0= ** == =1 =1 01 =1 7.5 2775
4 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 1= == == ** == 0= == == 7.0 2745
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 == == =0 == ** == == =1 7.0 2748
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 == 00 =0 1= == ** 1= == 6.5 2715
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2783 == 0= 10 == == 0= ** == 6.0 2690
8 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 0= =1 =0 == =0 == == ** 6.0 2695
2008
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares (MEX/ESP), 15 ii-7 iii 2008cat. XXI (2756)
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1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 ** 1= 0= == == == 1= 11 8.5 2829
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2733 0= ** 1= 11 0= =1 =0 =1 8.0 2808
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2739 1= 0= ** 01 == 1= == == 7.5 2787
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2780 == 00 10 ** == 1= 11 01 7.5 2781
5 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2735 == 1= == == ** == 0= 01 7.0 2758
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751 == =0 0= 0= == ** 11 == 6.5 2727
7 Lékó, Peter g HUN 2753 0= =1 == 00 1= 00 ** == 5.5 2676
8 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2755 00 =0 == 10 10 == == ** 5.5 2675
2009
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XXVI SuperGM Linares (ESP), 19 ii-7 iii 2009 cat. XXI (2756) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total 1 
Alexander Grischuk (RUS)2733 ** == =0 == 1= 1= 1= == 8.0 2809 2 
Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)2779 == ** == == == == 11 == 8.0 2802 3 
Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2776 =1 == ** 1= =0 == =0 =1 7.5 2781 4 
Viswanathan Anand (IND)2791 == == 0= ** 1= 1= 0= == 7.0 2750 5 
Wang Yue (CHN)2739 0= == =1 0= ** == == == 6.5 2729 6 
Teimor Radjabov (AZE)2761 0= == == 0= == ** =1 == 6.5 2726 7 
Levon Aronian (ARM)2750 0= 00 =1 1= == =0 ** 1= 6.5 2727 8 
Leinier Dominguez Perez (CUB)2717 == == =0 == == == 0= ** 6.0 2711
References
- ^ Facts and figures: Magnus Carlsen's performance in Nanjing. ChessBase.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-26.
- ^ http://www.ajedrez.ciudaddelinares.es/index.htm Official website noting the 2009 tournament takes place entirely in Linares. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ Article on the move to Dubai
- ^ TWIC 227
- ^ TWIC 644
External links
- For Linares 2009 Games and News Reports
- Official Homepage 2009
- 36 videos of chess,20 games of Linares,2007 and 16 games of previous tournament.
- Where is Linares? from Chess base
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