Linares International Chess Tournament

Magnus Carlsen (Norway) and Levon Aronian (Armenia) playing against each other during the 2007 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 Chess Tournament, 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.<ref name="Luis Rentero">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="Luis Rentero"/> 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.<ref>Facts and figures: Magnus Carlsen's performance in Nanjing. ChessBase.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-26.</ref> 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.<ref name="Linares! Linares!">Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref>Official website noting the 2009 tournament takes place entirely in Linares. Retrieved 2 March 2009. Template:Webarchive</ref>

The Linares tournament of 2011 was cancelled,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> for reasons including general economic problems. The tournament was cancelled again in 2012,<ref>Linares 2012 canceled.</ref> with no return since.

Winners

• 1978 Template:Flagicon Jaan Eslon
• 1979 Template:Flagicon Larry Christiansen
• 1980 no tournament
• 1981 Template:Flagicon Anatoly Karpov and Template:Flagicon Larry Christiansen
• 1982 no tournament
• 1983 Template:Flagicon Boris Spassky
• 1984 no tournament
• 1985 Template:Flagicon Ljubomir Ljubojević and Template:Flagicon Robert Hübner
• 1986 no tournament
• 1987 no tournament
• 1988 Template:Flagicon Jan Timman
• 1989 Template:Flagicon Vasyl Ivanchuk
• 1990 Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov
• 1991 Template:Flagicon Vasyl Ivanchuk
• 1992 Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov
• 1993 Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov
• 1994 Template:Flagicon Anatoly Karpov
• 1995 Template:Flagicon Vasyl Ivanchuk
• 1996 no tournament
• 1997 Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov
• 1998 Template:Flagicon Viswanathan Anand
• 1999 Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov
• 2000 Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov and Template:Flagicon Vladimir Kramnik
• 2001 Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov
• 2002 Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov
• 2003 Template:Flagicon Peter Leko (with the same score as Template:Flagicon Vladimir Kramnik; won on tiebreak because of more wins)
• 2004 Template:Flagicon Vladimir Kramnik
• 2005 Template:Flagicon Garry Kasparov (with the same score as Template:Flagicon Veselin Topalov; won on tiebreak because of more wins with black)
• 2006 Template:Flagicon Levon Aronian
• 2007 Template:Flagicon Viswanathan Anand
• 2008 Template:Flagicon Viswanathan Anand
• 2009 Template:Flagicon Alexander Grischuk (with the same score as Template:Flagicon Vasyl Ivanchuk; won on tiebreak because of more wins)
• 2010 Template:Flagicon 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

                             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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

                          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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

                   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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

                          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.

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

<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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	Template:Flagathlete	2780		½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	10	2861	1
2	Template:Flagathlete	2720	½	Template:CNone	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	8	2741	2–3
3	Template:Flagathlete	2620	0	½	Template:CNone	1	0	½	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	8	2749	2–3
4	Template:Flagathlete	2725	0	½	0	Template:CNone	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	7½	2711	4
5	Template:Flagathlete	2670	½	½	1	½	Template:CNone	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	½	0	7	2687	5–7
6	Template:Flagathlete	2665	0	0	½	½	½	Template:CNone	1	1	0	½	1	½	½	1	7	2687	5–7
7	Template:Flagathlete	2655	½	1	1	0	½	0	Template:CNone	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	7	2688	5–7
8	Template:Flagathlete	2635	½	½	0	1	½	0	1	Template:CNone	½	1	0	½	½	½	6½	2661	8
9	Template:Flagathlete	2620	½	½	1	0	0	1	½	½	Template:CNone	0	½	0	½	1	6	2633	9–10
10	Template:Flagathlete	2655	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	1	Template:CNone	0	½	1	1	6	2630	9–10
11	Template:Flagathlete	2555	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	Template:CNone	1	1	½	5½	2610	11
12	Template:Flagathlete	2610	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	½	0	Template:CNone	1	0	4½	2553	12
13	Template:Flagathlete	2630	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	Template:CNone	½	4	2520	13–14
14	Template:Flagathlete	2685	0	½	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	Template:CNone	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	Template:Flagathlete	2805		1	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	10	2878	1
2	Template:Flagathlete	2725	0	Template:CNone	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	8½	2783	2
3	Template:Flagathlete	2710	0	½	Template:CNone	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	8½	2784	3
4	Template:Flagathlete	2670	½	½	½	Template:CNone	1	0	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	8	2764	4
5	Template:Flagathlete	2685	½	½	½	0	Template:CNone	0	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	7½	2733	5
6	Template:Flagathlete	2660	½	0	½	1	1	Template:CNone	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	6½	2678	6–7
7	Template:Flagathlete	2710	½	½	0	½	0	1	Template:CNone	0	0	1	½	1	1	½	6½	2674	6–7
8	Template:Flagathlete	2610	½	0	1	1	0	½	1	Template:CNone	0	0	½	1	½	0	6	2653	8
9	Template:Flagathlete	2655	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	Template:CNone	½	1	1	0	½	5½	2621	9–10
10	Template:Flagathlete	2670	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	Template:CNone	½	1	½	1	5½	2620	9–10
11	Template:Flagathlete	2645	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	Template:CNone	0	½	½	5	2592	11–12
12	Template:Flagathlete	2635	0	1	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	Template:CNone	½	1	5	2593	11–12
13	Template:Flagathlete	2690	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	Template:CNone	1	4½	2566	13
14	Template:Flagathlete	2605	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	½	0	½	0	0	Template:CNone	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	Template:Flagathlete	2740		½	½	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	11	2978	1
2	Template:Flagathlete	2815	½	Template:CNone	½	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	8½	2786	2–3
3	Template:Flagathlete	2715	½	½	Template:CNone	0	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	8½	2794	2–3
4	Template:Flagathlete	2685	0	0	1	Template:CNone	½	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	7½	2743	4
5	Template:Flagathlete	2625	0	1	1	½	Template:CNone	½	1	1	0	0	½	0	1	½	7	2720	5–6
6	Template:Flagathlete	2710	0	1	0	½	½	Template:CNone	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7	2713	5–6
7	Template:Flagathlete	2640	0	½	0	0	0	1	Template:CNone	1	½	1	1	½	0	1	6½	2690	7–9
8	Template:Flagathlete	2715	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	Template:CNone	1	0	½	1	1	1	6½	2684	7–9
9	Template:Flagathlete	2695	½	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	Template:CNone	½	½	1	½	1	6½	2685	7–9
10	Template:Flagathlete	2710	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	1	½	Template:CNone	½	1	½	1	6	2655	10
11	Template:Flagathlete	2685	0	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	½	Template:CNone	0	½	½	5½	2629	11
12	Template:Flagathlete	2590	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	0	1	Template:CNone	1	1	4½	2583	12
13	Template:Flagathlete	2630	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	½	½	½	0	Template:CNone	1	4	2549	13
14	Template:Flagathlete	2650	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	Template:CNone	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	Template:Flagathlete	2700		½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	10	2861	1
2	Template:Flagathlete	2765	½	Template:CNone	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	9	2786	2
3	Template:Flagathlete	2710	½	½	Template:CNone	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	8	2736	3–4
4	Template:Flagathlete	2630	0	0	0	Template:CNone	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	8	2742	3–4
5	Template:Flagathlete	2635	½	0	½	½	Template:CNone	1	1	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	7½	2712	5
6	Template:Flagathlete	2650	0	½	½	0	0	Template:CNone	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	7	2682	6
7	Template:Flagathlete	2625	0	½	½	½	0	0	Template:CNone	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	6	2626	7–8
8	Template:Flagathlete	2595	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	Template:CNone	0	½	1	½	1	½	6	2629	7–8
9	Template:Flagathlete	2645	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	Template:CNone	½	½	1	0	½	5½	2597	9–10
10	Template:Flagathlete	2650	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	Template:CNone	0	½	0	1	5½	2596	9–10
11	Template:Flagathlete	2655	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	Template:CNone	1	½	½	5	2566	11–12
12	Template:Flagathlete	2580	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	Template:CNone	½	½	5	2572	11–12
13	Template:Flagathlete	2655	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	½	Template:CNone	0	4½	2543	13
14	Template:Flagathlete	2655	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	Template:CNone	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	Template:Flagathlete	2795		1	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	½	1	½	8½	2903	1
2	Template:Flagathlete	2740	0	Template:CNone	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	7½	2830	2
3	Template:Flagathlete	2665	0	½	Template:CNone	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	6½	2769	3–4
4	Template:Flagathlete	2725	0	0	½	Template:CNone	½	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	6½	2763	3–4
5	Template:Flagathlete	2645	0	0	½	½	Template:CNone	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	6	2741	5
6	Template:Flagathlete	2765	0	½	½	½	1	Template:CNone	½	½	0	1	½	½	5½	2695	6
7	Template:Flagathlete	2700	½	½	0	0	½	½	Template:CNone	½	1	½	½	½	5	2664	7–8
8	Template:Flagathlete	2740	1	0	½	0	0	½	½	Template:CNone	½	0	1	1	5	2661	7–8
9	Template:Flagathlete	2655	0	½	½	0	0	1	0	½	Template:CNone	½	1	½	4½	2640	9
10	Template:Flagathlete	2650	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	Template:CNone	½	1	4	2603	10
11	Template:Flagathlete	2690	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	0	0	½	Template:CNone	0	3½	2568	11–12
12	Template:Flagathlete	2640	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	Template:CNone	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	Template:Flagathlete	2770		1 ½	½ ½	0 ½	1 ½	½ 1	½ 1	7½	2844	1
2	Template:Flagathlete	2710	0 ½	Template:CNone	½ 1	½ ½	1 0	1 0	1 1	7	2816	2
3	Template:Flagathlete	2790	½ ½	½ 0	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	1 ½	6½	2774	3–4
4	Template:Flagathlete	2825	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	6½	2769	3–4
5	Template:Flagathlete	2690	0 ½	0 1	½ 0	½ ½	Template:CNone	1 0	½ 1	5½	2733	5
6	Template:Flagathlete	2740	½ 0	0 1	½ ½	½ ½	0 1	Template:CNone	0 ½	5	2697	6
7	Template:Flagathlete	2740	½ 0	0 0	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0	1 ½	Template:CNone	4	2629	7

1999

Final Results of 1999:<ref>TWIC 227 Template:Webarchive</ref>

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	Template:Flagathlete	2812		½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	1 1	1 ½	½ 1	1 1	10½		2817
2	Template:Flagathlete	2781	½ 0	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	½ 1	8	3	2778
3	Template:Flagathlete	2751	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	8	2	2782
4	Template:Flagathlete	2694	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	1 ½	½ ½	0 ½	0 ½	6½		2712
5	Template:Flagathlete	2714	0 0	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	½ 1	1 ½	0 ½	6	2	2688
6	Template:Flagathlete	2700	0 ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	Template:CNone	½ 1	½ ½	6	1	2690
7	Template:Flagathlete	2713	½ 0	0 ½	½ 0	1 ½	0 ½	½ 0	Template:CNone	½ 1	5½	2	2658
8	Template:Flagathlete	2716	0 0	½ 0	0 ½	1 ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ 0	Template:CNone	5½	2	2657

2000s

2000

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

Final Results of 2000:<ref>TWIC 279 Template:Webarchive</ref>

XVII SuperGM Linares, 28 February – 10 March 2000, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2752)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Wins	Template:Abbr	TPR
1-2	Template:Flagathlete	2851		½ ½	1 ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	6	2	1	2803
1-2	Template:Flagathlete	2758	½ ½		1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	6	2	1	2822
3	Template:Flagathlete	2751	0 ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	4½	1	1	2715
4	Template:Flagathlete	2769	0 ½	½ ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	½ 1	½ ½	4½	1	0	2712
5	Template:Flagathlete	2656	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0	Template:CNone	½ 1	4½	1	0	2734
6	Template:Flagathlete	2725	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	Template:CNone	4½	0		2721

2001

Final Results of 2001:<ref>TWIC 331</ref>

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	Template:Flagathlete	2849		½ 1	1 1	½ ½	½ 1	½ 1	7½		2889
2	Template:Flagathlete	2718	½ 0	Template:CNone	1 0	0 1	½ ½	½ ½	4½	2	2686
3	Template:Flagathlete	2663	0 0	0 1	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	4½	2	2697
4	Template:Flagathlete	2676	½ ½	1 0	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ 0	½ ½	4½	1	2694
5	Template:Flagathlete	2679	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	½ 1	Template:CNone	½ ½	4½	1	2694
6	Template:Flagathlete	2745	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	4½	0	2681

2002

Final Results of 2002:<ref>TWIC 383</ref>

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	Template:Flagathlete	2838		½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	½ 1	8	2839
2	Template:Flagathlete	2727	½ 0	Template:CNone	1 ½	½ ½	0 1	½ 1	½ ½	6½	2762
3	Template:Flagathlete	2717	½ ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	½ 0	6	2734
4	Template:Flagathlete	2757	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	0 ½	½ ½	½ 1	6	2728
5	Template:Flagathlete	2742	0 ½	1 0	0 ½	1 ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ 1	6	2730
6	Template:Flagathlete	2629	½ 0	½ 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ 1	5	2692
7	Template:Flagathlete	2715	½ 0	½ ½	½ 1	½ 0	½ 0	½ 0	Template:CNone	4½	2648

2003

Final Results of 2003:<ref>TWIC 435</ref>

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	Template:Flagathlete	2736		½ ½	0 1	½ ½	½ ½	1 0	1 1	7	4	2790
2	Template:Flagathlete	2809	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	7	2	2778
3	Template:Flagathlete	2753	1 0	½ ½	Template:CNone	0 ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ 1	6½	3	2759
4	Template:Flagathlete	2847	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	Template:CNone	1 ½	½ ½	0 ½	6½	2	2743
5	Template:Flagathlete	2734	½ ½	0 ½	0 ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	1 1	½ ½	5½		2704
6	Template:Flagathlete	2629	0 1	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	0 0	Template:CNone	½ ½	5		2694
7	Template:Flagathlete	2624	0 0	0 ½	½ 0	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	4½		2664

2004

Final Results of 2004:<ref>TWIC 487</ref>

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	Template:Flagathlete	2777		½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	7		2780
2	Template:Flagathlete	2722	½ 0	Template:CNone	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	6½	2	2762
3	Template:Flagathlete	2831	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	6½	1	2743
4	Template:Flagathlete	2656	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	0 1	½ 1	6	2	2744
5	Template:Flagathlete	2735	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ 1	½ ½	6	1	2730
6	Template:Flagathlete	2736	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	1 0	½ 0	Template:CNone	½ ½	5	1	2673
7	Template:Flagathlete	2663	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	5	0	2685

2005

Final Results of 2005:<ref>TWIC 540</ref>

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	Template:Abbr	TPR
1	Template:Flagathlete	2804		½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	1 1	1 1	½ 1	8	5	3	2857
2	Template:Flagathlete	2757	½ 1	Template:CNone	0 ½	½ ½	1 ½	1 1	½ 1	8	5	1	2865
3	Template:Flagathlete	2786	½ ½	1 ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ 1	6½			2764
4	Template:Flagathlete	2749	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	6			2742
5	Template:Flagathlete	2741	0 0	0 ½	½ 1	½ ½	Template:CNone	1 ½	½ ½	5½			2714
6	Template:Flagathlete	2686	0 0	0 0	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	½ 1	4	1		2627
7	Template:Flagathlete	2678	½ 0	½ 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	Template:CNone	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	Template:Flagathlete	2752		1 ½	½ 0	½ 1	0 ½	1 ½	1 ½	½ 1	8½	2808
2	Template:Flagathlete	2700	0 ½	Template:CNone	1 ½	0 ½	½ 1	½ 1	1 ½	½ ½	8	2786
3	Template:Flagathlete	2801	½ 1	0 ½	Template:CNone	½ 1	1 ½	0 1	½ 1	0 ½	8	2771
4	Template:Flagathlete	2740	½ 0	1 ½	½ 0	Template:CNone	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	7½	2759
5	Template:Flagathlete	2729	1 ½	½ 0	0 ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	1 ½	½ 0	½ 1	6½	2703
6	Template:Flagathlete	2765	0 ½	0 ½	1 0	½ ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	1 ½	1 ½	6½	2698
7	Template:Flagathlete	2717	0 ½	0 ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ 1	0 ½	Template:CNone	½ 1	6	2683
8	Template:Flagathlete	2650	½ 0	½ ½	1 ½	0 ½	½ 0	0 ½	½ 0	Template:CNone	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	Template:Flagathlete	2779		1 1	1 ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	8½	2820
2	Template:Flagathlete	2690	0 0	Template:CNone	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 1	1 ½	½ 0	7½	2782
3	Template:Flagathlete	2741	0 ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ 1	½ 1	0 1	½ 1	7½	2775
4	Template:Flagathlete	2744	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	7	2745
5	Template:Flagathlete	2728	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	7	2748
6	Template:Flagathlete	2750	½ ½	0 0	½ 0	1 ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	1 ½	½ ½	6½	2715
7	Template:Flagathlete	2783	½ ½	0 ½	1 0	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	6	2690
8	Template:Flagathlete	2749	0 ½	½ 1	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	6	2695

2008

XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares, 15 February – 7 March 2008, Morelia – Linares, Cat. XXI (2756)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	TPR
1	Template:Flagathlete	2799		1 ½	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	1 1	8½	2829
2	Template:Flagathlete	2733	0 ½	Template:CNone	1 1	1 ½	0 ½	½ 1	½ 0	½ 1	8	2808
3	Template:Flagathlete	2780	½ ½	0 0	Template:CNone	1 0	½ ½	1 ½	1 1	0 1	7½	2781
4	Template:Flagathlete	2739	1 ½	0 ½	0 1	Template:CNone	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	7½	2787
5	Template:Flagathlete	2735	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	0 ½	0 1	7	2758
6	Template:Flagathlete	2751	½ ½	½ 0	0 ½	0 ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	1 1	½ ½	6½	2727
7	Template:Flagathlete	2753	0 ½	½ 1	0 0	½ ½	1 ½	0 0	Template:CNone	½ ½	5½	2676
8	Template:Flagathlete	2755	0 0	½ 0	1 0	½ ½	1 0	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	5½	2675

Template:Flagicon GM Alejandro Ramírez (2509) won the III Morelia Open tournament.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2009

XXVI Ciudad de Linares, 19 February – 7 March 2009, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2756)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Wins	TPR
1	Template:Flagathlete	2733		½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	1 ½	1 ½	1 ½	½ ½	8	3	2809
2	Template:Flagathlete	2779	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 1	½ ½	8	2	2802
3	Template:Flagathlete	2776	½ 1	½ ½	Template:CNone	1 ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ 0	½ 1	7½		2781
4	Template:Flagathlete	2791	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	1 ½	1 ½	0 ½	½ ½	7		2750
5	Template:Flagathlete	2761	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	6½		2726
6	Template:Flagathlete	2739	0 ½	½ ½	½ 1	0 ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ ½	6½		2729
7	Template:Flagathlete	2750	0 ½	0 0	½ 1	1 ½	½ 0	½ ½	Template:CNone	1 ½	6½		2727
8	Template:Flagathlete	2717	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Template:CNone	6		2711

2010

XXVII Ciudad de Linares, 13–24 February 2010, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2758)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	TB	TPR
1	Template:Flagathlete	2805		1 0	½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	½ 1	6½		2858
2	Template:Flagathlete	2736	0 1	Template:CNone	½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	½ ½	6		2834
3	Template:Flagathlete	2781	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	5½		2789
4	Template:Flagathlete	2759	0 ½	½ 0	½ 0	Template:CNone	½ ½	1 ½	4	2.5	2685
5	Template:Flagathlete	2761	½ 0	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	½ ½	4	2.0	2685
6	Template:Flagathlete	2705	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	Template:CNone	4	1.5	2696

References

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External links

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