Linares International Chess Tournament

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

The 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 with a 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

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 Vassily Ivanchuk
1990 Garry Kasparov
1991 Vassily Ivanchuk
1992 Garry Kasparov
1993 Garry Kasparov
1994 Anatoly Karpov
1995 Vassily 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 Vassily 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

1970s

1978

30 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

30 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

1981

Casa de la Cultura, Linares, Spain, 17-31 January 1981

                 Age Elo  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
01 Karpov        29 2690  * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1  8
02 Christiansen  24 2515  0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1  8
03 Larsen        45 2610  ½ ½ * 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1  7
04 Ribli         29 2585  ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½  6½
05 Spassky       43 2635  ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½  6
06 Kavalek       37 2550  ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1  6
07 Portisch      43 2650  0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1  5½
08 Ljubojevic    30 2605  0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½  5
09 Gligoric      57 2530  ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 0 1  5
10 Quinteros     33 2505  0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 1  4
11 Bellón        29 2415  ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1  3½
12 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

1985

1988

1989

1990s

1990

Hotel 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

^[10]

1991

Hotel 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

^[11]

1992

X 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	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2720	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	8	2741	2–3
3	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2620	0	½	Does not appear	1	0	½	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	8	2749	2–3
4	Anatoly Karpov (Russia)	2725	0	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	7½	2711	4
5	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2670	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	½	0	7	2687	5–7
6	Boris Gelfand (Belarus)	2665	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	1	0	½	1	½	½	1	7	2687	5–7
7	Valery Salov (Russia)	2655	½	1	1	0	½	0	Does not appear	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	7	2688	5–7
8	Evgeny Bareev (Russia)	2635	½	½	0	1	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	1	0	½	½	½	6½	2661	8
9	Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine)	2620	½	½	1	0	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	0	½	1	1	6	2630	9–10
11	Miguel Illescas (Spain)	2555	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	Does not appear	1	1	½	5½	2610	11
12	Ljubomir Ljubojević (Yugoslavia)	2610	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	1	0	4½	2553	12
13	Jon Speelman (England)	2630	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	Does not appear	½	4	2520	13–14
14	Nigel Short (England)	2685	0	½	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	4	2516	13–14

1993

XI 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	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	8½	2783	2
3	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2710	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	8½	2784	3
4	Alexei Shirov (Latvia)	2670	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	0	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	8	2764	4
5	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2685	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	0	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	7½	2733	5
6	Valery Salov (Russia)	2660	½	0	½	1	1	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	6½	2678	6–7
7	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2710	½	½	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	0	0	1	½	1	1	½	6½	2674	6–7
8	Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine)	2610	½	0	1	1	0	½	1	Does not appear	0	0	½	1	½	0	6	2653	8
9	Gata Kamsky (United States)	2655	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	Does not appear	½	1	1	0	½	5½	2621	9–10
10	Evgeny Bareev (Russia)	2670	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	5½	2620	9–10
11	Artur Yusupov (Germany)	2645	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	5	2592	11–12
12	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2635	0	1	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	½	1	5	2593	11–12
13	Boris Gelfand (Belarus)	2690	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	4	2541	14

1994

XII 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	Does not appear	½	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	8½	2786	2–3
3	Alexei Shirov (Latvia)	2715	½	½	Does not appear	0	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	8½	2794	2–3
4	Evgeny Bareev (Russia)	2685	0	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	7½	2743	4
5	Joël Lautier (France)	2625	0	1	1	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	0	0	½	0	1	½	7	2720	5–6
6	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2710	0	1	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7	2713	5–6
7	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2640	0	½	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	½	1	1	½	0	1	6½	2690	7–9
8	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2715	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	1	0	½	1	1	1	6½	2684	7–9
9	Gata Kamsky (United States)	2695	½	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	6½	2685	7–9
10	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2710	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	1	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	6	2655	10
11	Boris Gelfand (Belarus)	2685	0	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	5½	2629	11
12	Miguel Illescas (Spain)	2590	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	1	4½	2583	12
13	Judit Polgár (Hungary)	2630	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	4	2549	13
14	Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine)	2650	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	Does not appear	2	2393	14

1995

XIII 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	Vassily 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	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	9	2786	2
3	Alexei Shirov (Latvia)	2710	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	8	2736	3–4
4	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2630	0	0	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	8	2742	3–4
5	Alexander Khalifman (Russia)	2635	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	7½	2712	5
6	Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine)	2650	0	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	7	2682	6
7	Sergei Tiviakov (Russia)	2625	0	½	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	6	2626	7–8
8	Miguel Illescas (Spain)	2595	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	½	5½	2597	9–10
10	Alexey Dreev (Russia)	2650	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	0	1	5½	2596	9–10
11	Nigel Short (England)	2655	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	½	½	5	2572	11–12
13	Joël Lautier (France)	2655	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	½	Does not appear	0	4½	2543	13
14	Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)	2655	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	Does not appear	4	2512	14

1997

XIV 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	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	7½	2830	2
3	Michael Adams (England)	2665	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	6½	2769	3–4
4	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2725	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	6½	2763	3–4
5	Judit Polgár (Hungary)	2645	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	6	2741	5
6	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2765	0	½	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	½	½	5½	2695	6
7	Boris Gelfand (Belarus)	2700	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	5	2664	7–8
8	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2740	1	0	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	5	2661	7–8
9	Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	2655	0	½	½	0	0	1	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	4½	2640	9
10	Alexey Dreev (Russia)	2650	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	1	4	2603	10
11	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2690	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	0	3½	2568	11–12
12	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)	2640	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	3½	2573	11–12

1998

Final 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	Does not appear	½ 1	½ ½	1 0	1 0	1 1	7	2816	2
3	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2790	½ ½	½ 0	Does not appear	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	1 ½	6½	2774	3–4
4	Garry Kasparov (Russia)	2825	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	6½	2769	3–4
5	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2690	0 ½	0 1	½ 0	½ ½	Does not appear	1 0	½ 1	5½	2733	5
6	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2740	½ 0	0 1	½ ½	½ ½	0 1	Does not appear	0 ½	5	2697	6
7	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2740	½ 0	0 0	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0	1 ½	Does not appear	4	2629	7

1999

Final Results of 1999:^[12]

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	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	½ 1	8	3	2778
3	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2751	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	8	2	2782
4	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2694	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	0 ½	0 ½	6½		2712
5	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2714	0 0	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	½ 1	1 ½	0 ½	6	2	2688
6	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2700	0 ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	Does not appear	½ 1	½ ½	6	1	2690
7	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2713	½ 0	0 ½	½ 0	1 ½	0 ½	½ 0	Does not appear	½ 1	5½	2	2658
8	Michael Adams (England)	2716	0 0	½ 0	0 ½	1 ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ 0	Does not appear	5½	2	2657

2000s

2000

FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman was a late replacement for Alexander Morozevich.

Final Results of 2000:^[13]

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	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	4½	1	1	2715
4	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2769	0 ½	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	½ 1	½ ½	4½	1	0	2712
5	Alexander Khalifman (Russia)	2656	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0	Does not appear	½ 1	4½	1	0	2734
6	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2725	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	Does not appear	4½	0		2721

2001

Final Results of 2001:^[14]

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	Does not appear	1 0	0 1	½ ½	½ ½	4½	2	2686
3	Alexander Grischuk (Russia)	2663	0 0	0 1	Does not appear	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	4½	2	2697
4	Judit Polgár (Hungary)	2676	½ ½	1 0	½ ½	Does not appear	½ 0	½ ½	4½	1	2694
5	Anatoly Karpov (Russia)	2679	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	½ 1	Does not appear	½ ½	4½	1	2694
6	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2745	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	4½	0	2681

2002

Final Results of 2002:^[15]

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	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	0 1	½ 1	½ ½	6½	2762
3	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2717	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	½ 0	6	2734
4	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2757	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	0 ½	½ ½	½ 1	6	2728
5	Michael Adams (England)	2742	0 ½	1 0	0 ½	1 ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ 1	6	2730
6	Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)	2629	½ 0	½ 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ 1	5	2692
7	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2715	½ 0	½ ½	½ 1	½ 0	½ 0	½ 0	Does not appear	4½	2648

2003

Final Results of 2003:^[16]

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	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	7	2	2778
3	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2753	1 0	½ ½	Does not appear	0 ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ 1	6½	3	2759
4	Garry Kasparov (Russia)	2847	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	0 ½	6½	2	2743
5	Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)	2734	½ ½	0 ½	0 ½	0 ½	Does not appear	1 1	½ ½	5½		2704
6	Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)	2629	0 1	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	0 0	Does not appear	½ ½	5		2694
7	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2624	0 0	0 ½	½ 0	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	4½		2664

2004

Final Results of 2004:^[17]

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	Does not appear	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	6½	2	2762
3	Garry Kasparov (Russia)	2831	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	6½	1	2743
4	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2656	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	0 1	½ 1	6	2	2744
5	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2735	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ 1	½ ½	6	1	2730
6	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2736	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	1 0	½ 0	Does not appear	½ ½	5	1	2673
7	Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)	2663	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	5	0	2685

2005

Final Results of 2005:^[18]

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	Does not appear	0 ½	½ ½	1 ½	1 1	½ 1	8	5	1	2865
3	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2786	½ ½	1 ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ 1	6½			2764
4	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2749	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	6			2742
5	Michael Adams (England)	2741	0 0	0 ½	½ 1	½ ½	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	5½			2714
6	Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)	2686	0 0	0 0	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	½ 1	4	1		2627
7	Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan)	2678	½ 0	½ 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	Does not appear	4	0		2628

2006

XXIII 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	Does not appear	1 ½	0 ½	½ 1	½ 1	1 ½	½ ½	8	2786
3	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2801	½ 1	0 ½	Does not appear	½ 1	1 ½	0 1	½ 1	0 ½	8	2771
4	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2740	½ 0	1 ½	½ 0	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	7½	2759
5	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2729	1 ½	½ 0	0 ½	0 ½	Does not appear	1 ½	½ 0	½ 1	6½	2703
6	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2765	0 ½	0 ½	1 0	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	1 ½	1 ½	6½	2698
7	Étienne Bacrot (France)	2717	0 ½	0 ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ 1	0 ½	Does not appear	½ 1	6	2683
8	Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)	2650	½ 0	½ ½	1 ½	0 ½	½ 0	0 ½	½ 0	Does not appear	5	2641

2007

XXIV 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	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 1	1 ½	½ 0	7½	2782
3	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)	2741	0 ½	0 ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ 1	½ 1	0 1	½ 1	7½	2775
4	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2744	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	7	2745
5	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2728	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	7	2748
6	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2750	½ ½	0 0	½ 0	1 ½	½ ½	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	6½	2715
7	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2783	½ ½	0 ½	1 0	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	½ ½	6	2690
8	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2749	0 ½	½ 1	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	6	2695

2008

XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares, 15 February – 7 March 2008, Morelia – Linares, Cat. XXI (2756)^[19]
	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	Does not appear	1 1	1 ½	0 ½	½ 1	½ 0	½ 1	8	2808
3	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2780	½ ½	0 0	Does not appear	1 0	½ ½	1 ½	1 1	0 1	7½	2781
4	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2739	1 ½	0 ½	0 1	Does not appear	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	7½	2787
5	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2735	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	0 ½	0 1	7	2758
6	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2751	½ ½	½ 0	0 ½	0 ½	½ ½	Does not appear	1 1	½ ½	6½	2727
7	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2753	0 ½	½ 1	0 0	½ ½	1 ½	0 0	Does not appear	½ ½	5½	2676
8	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2755	0 0	½ 0	1 0	½ ½	1 0	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	5½	2675

GM Alejandro Ramírez (2509) won the III Morelia Open tournament.^[20]

2009

XXVI Ciudad de Linares, 19 February – 7 March 2009, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2756)^[21]
	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	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2779	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 1	½ ½	8	2	2802
3	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2776	½ 1	½ ½	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ 0	½ 1	7½		2781
4	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2791	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	1 ½	1 ½	0 ½	½ ½	7		2750
5	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2761	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	6½		2726
6	Wang Yue (China)	2739	0 ½	½ ½	½ 1	0 ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	6½		2729
7	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2750	0 ½	0 0	½ 1	1 ½	½ 0	½ ½	Does not appear	1 ½	6½		2727
8	Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)	2717	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	6		2711

2010

XXVII Ciudad de Linares, 13–24 February 2010, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2758)^[22]
	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	Does not appear	½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	½ ½	6		2834
3	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2781	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	5½		2789
4	Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan)	2759	0 ½	½ 0	½ 0	Does not appear	½ ½	1 ½	4	2.5	2685
5	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2761	½ 0	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	4	2.0	2685
6	Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)	2705	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	Does not appear	4	1.5	2696

References

^ ^a ^b {{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9302-fide-honorary-member-luis-rentero.html | title=FIDE Honorary Member Luis Rentero | publisher=FIDE | date=23 December 2015 | access-date=March 23, 2019 | author=Javier Ochoa de Echagüen
^ 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. "Linares aplaza el Intercontinental de Ajedrez hasta el año que viene. Ideal". Ideal.es. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
^ Linares 2012 canceled.
^ https://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%20Palmares/Torneos/Linares/Ediciones/Linares_78.htm
^ https://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%20Palmares/Torneos/Linares/Ediciones/Linares_79.htm
^ https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=94052
^ https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=94061
^ 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.
^ "Topalov wins Linares, remains number two in the world". ChessBase. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.

External links

Official website
[1] – a brief history and news of the 2008 event.
[2] – winners, crosstables from 1990–2006.
Chess Tournaments at Linares at Chessgames.com

[Luis_Rentero-1] {{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9302-fide-honorary-member-luis-rentero.html | title=FIDE Honorary Member Luis Rentero | publisher=FIDE | date=23 December 2015 | access-date=March 23, 2019 | author=Javier Ochoa de Echagüen

[2] Facts and figures: Magnus Carlsen's performance in Nanjing. ChessBase.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-26.

[Linares!_Linares!-3] ten Geuzendam, Dirk Jan (2003). Linares! Linares!: A Journey into the Heart of Chess. New In Chess, Csi. ISBN 90-5691-077-9.

[4] Official website noting the 2009 tournament takes place entirely in Linares. Retrieved 2 March 2009. Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "Linares 2011 Cancelled". Chess.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.

[6] Ángel Mendoza. "Linares aplaza el Intercontinental de Ajedrez hasta el año que viene. Ideal". Ideal.es. Retrieved 2014-01-24.

[7] Linares 2012 canceled.

[8] ttps://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%20Palmares/Torneos/Linares/Ediciones/Linares_78.htm

[9] ttps://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%20Palmares/Torneos/Linares/Ediciones/Linares_79.htm

[10] ttps://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=94052

[11] ttps://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=94061

[12] TWIC 227 Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine

[13] TWIC 279 Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine

[14] TWIC 331

[15] TWIC 383

[16] TWIC 435

[17] TWIC 487

[18] TWIC 540

[19] Mark Crowther (10 March 2008). "The Week in Chess 696". The Week in Chess.

[20] Mark Crowther (3 March 2008). "The Week in Chess 695". The Week in Chess.

[21] Mark Crowther (9 March 2009). "The Week in Chess 748". The Week in Chess.

[22] "Topalov wins Linares, remains number two in the world". ChessBase. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.

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