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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" (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 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 9 001 Jaan Eslon * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 602 Roberto Luis Debarnot ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 603 F. Javier Ochoa ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½04 Ángel Martín ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 505 Ernesto Palacios ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½08 Antonio Àngel Medina 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 4½07 Orestes Rodríguez 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 4½06 Fernando Visier 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 4½09 Oscar H. Castro Rojas 1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 3½10 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 1 201 Anatoly Karpov 29 2690 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 802 Larry M. Christiansen 24 2515 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 803 Bent Larsen 45 2610 ½ ½ * 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 704 Zoltan Ribli 29 2585 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 6½05 Boris Spassky 43 2635 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 606 Lubomir Kavalek 37 2550 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 607 Lajos Portisch 43 2650 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 5½08 Ljubomir Ljubojevic 30 2605 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 509 Svetozar Gligoric 57 2530 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 0 1 510 Miguel A. Quinteros 33 2505 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 411 Juan M. Bellón 29 2415 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 3½12 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 0 101 Boris Spassky 46 2605 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½02 Anatoly Karpov 31 2710 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 603 Ulf Andersson 31 2630 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 604 Artur Yusupov 23 2565 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 5½05 Anthony Miles 27 2585 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5½06 Gyula Sax 31 2560 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 5½07 Jan Timman 31 2605 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 508 Efim Geller 57 2575 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 509 Vlastimil Hort 39 2585 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 510 Yasser Seirawan 22 2600 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 311 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 1 201 Ljubomir Ljubojevic 34 2595 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 702 Robert Hübner 36 2605 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 703 Lajos Portisch 47 2635 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½04 Viktor Korchnoi 53 2630 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6½05 Boris Spassky 48 2580 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 606 Jan Timman 33 2650 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 5½07 Lev Polugaevsky 50 2625 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½08 Anthony Miles 29 2570 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 5½09 Manuel Rivas 24 2480 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 510 Larry M. Christiansen 28 2560 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 411 Rafael Vaganian 33 2640 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 412 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 1 201 Kasparov 26 2800 * ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 802 Gelfand 21 2615 ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 7½03 Salov 25 2645 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 704 Ivanchuk 20 2665 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½05 Short 24 2635 0 1 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 606 Gulko 43 2610 1 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5½07 Yusupov 30 2615 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5½08 Beliavsky 36 2640 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ * 1 0 1 ½ 509 Spassky 53 2560 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ 410 Illescas 24 2530 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 * ½ ½ 411 Portisch 52 2605 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 412 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 3 401 Ivanchuk 21 2695 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 9½02 Kasparov 27 2800 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 903 Beliavsky 37 2640 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 804 Yusupov 31 2605 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7½05 Speelman 34 2610 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½06 Salov 26 2645 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 707 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 6½09 Ljubojevic 40 2590 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 0 1 0 610 Anand 21 2635 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 611 Gurevich 32 2650 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 * 1 ½ 1 612 Gelfand 22 2700 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 5½13 Ehlvest 28 2650 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * 0 3½14 Kamsky 16 2640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 * 2½

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1992

1993

1994

1995

1997

1998

Final Results of 1998:

1999

Final Results of 1999:[14]

2000s

2000

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

Final Results of 2000:[15]

2001

Final Results of 2001:[16]

2002

Final Results of 2002:[17]

2003

Final Results of 2003:[18]

2004

Final Results of 2004:[19]

2005

Final Results of 2005:[20]

2006

2007

2008

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

2009

2010

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References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Facts and figures: Magnus Carlsen's performance in Nanjing. ChessBase.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-26.
  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 (2 April 2011). "Linares aplaza el Intercontinental de Ajedrez hasta el año que viene. Ideal". Ideal.es. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  7. ^ Linares 2012 canceled.
  8. ^ "Torneo Linares 1978". www.ajedrezdeataque.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  9. ^ "Torneo Linares 1979". www.ajedrezdeataque.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  10. ^ "Linares (1983)".
  11. ^ "Linares (1985)".
  12. ^ "Linares (1990)".
  13. ^ "Linares (1991)".
  14. ^ TWIC 227 Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ TWIC 279 Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ TWIC 331
  17. ^ TWIC 383
  18. ^ TWIC 435
  19. ^ TWIC 487
  20. ^ TWIC 540
  21. ^ Mark Crowther (10 March 2008). "The Week in Chess 696". The Week in Chess.
  22. ^ Mark Crowther (3 March 2008). "The Week in Chess 695". The Week in Chess.
  23. ^ Mark Crowther (9 March 2009). "The Week in Chess 748". The Week in Chess.
  24. ^ "Topalov wins Linares, remains number two in the world". ChessBase. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.

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