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Linares International Chess Tournament

Linares International Chess Tournament

Traditional major 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.

Magnus Carlsen (Norway) and Levon Aronian (Armenia) playing against each other during the 2007 Linares International Chess Tournament

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 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

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 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

Casa 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

Pabellón 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

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

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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

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1992

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1993

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1994

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1995

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1997

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1998

Final Results of 1998:

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1999

Final Results of 1999:[14]

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2000s

2000

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

Final Results of 2000:[15]

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2001

Final Results of 2001:[16]

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2002

Final Results of 2002:[17]

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2003

Final Results of 2003:[18]

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2004

Final Results of 2004:[19]

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2005

Final Results of 2005:[20]

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2006

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2007

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2008

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Costa Rica GM Alejandro Ramírez (2509) won the III Morelia Open tournament.[22]

2009

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2010

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