Linares International Chess Tournament Explained

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

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 Vasyl Ivanchuk
1990 Garry Kasparov
1991 Vasyl Ivanchuk
1992 Garry Kasparov
1993 Garry Kasparov
1994 Anatoly Karpov
1995 Vasyl 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 Vasyl 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 * 1Category: 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 * 3Category: 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.

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^[12]

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

^[13]

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

1999

Final Results of 1999:^[14]

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

2000s

2000

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

Final Results of 2000:^[15]

XVII SuperGM Linares, 28 February – 10 March 2000, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2752)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Total !! Wins !! !! TPR
1-2	align=left	2851		½ ½	1 ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	6	2	1	2803
1-2	align=left	2758	½ ½		1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	6	2	1	2822
3	align=left	2751	0 ½	0 ½		1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	4½	1	1	2715
4	align=left	2769	0 ½	½ ½	0 ½		½ 1	½ ½	4½	1	0	2712
5	align=left	2656	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0		½ 1	4½	1	0	2734
6	align=left	2725	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0		4½	0		2721

2001

Final Results of 2001:^[16]

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	align=left	2849		½ 1	1 1	½ ½	½ 1	½ 1	7½		2889
2	align=left	2718	½ 0		1 0	0 1	½ ½	½ ½	4½	2	2686
3	align=left	2663	0 0	0 1		½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	4½	2	2697
4	align=left	2676	½ ½	1 0	½ ½		½ 0	½ ½	4½	1	2694
5	align=left	2679	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	½ 1		½ ½	4½	1	2694
6	align=left	2745	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½		4½	0	2681

2002

Final Results of 2002:^[17]

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	align=left	2838		½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	½ 1	8	2839
2	align=left	2727	½ 0		1 ½	½ ½	0 1	½ 1	½ ½	6½	2762
3	align=left	2717	½ ½	0 ½		½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	½ 0	6	2734
4	align=left	2757	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½		0 ½	½ ½	½ 1	6	2728
5	align=left	2742	0 ½	1 0	0 ½	1 ½		½ ½	½ 1	6	2730
6	align=left	2629	½ 0	½ 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½		½ 1	5	2692
7	align=left	2715	½ 0	½ ½	½ 1	½ 0	½ 0	½ 0		4½	2648

2003

Final Results of 2003:^[18]

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	align=left	2736		½ ½	0 1	½ ½	½ ½	1 0	1 1	7	4	2790
2	align=left	2809	½ ½		½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	7	2	2778
3	align=left	2753	1 0	½ ½		0 ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ 1	6½	3	2759
4	align=left	2847	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½		1 ½	½ ½	0 ½	6½	2	2743
5	align=left	2734	½ ½	0 ½	0 ½	0 ½		1 1	½ ½	5½		2704
6	align=left	2629	0 1	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	0 0		½ ½	5		2694
7	align=left	2624	0 0	0 ½	½ 0	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½		4½		2664

2004

Final Results of 2004:^[19]

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	align=left	2777		½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	7		2780
2	align=left	2722	½ 0		½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	6½	2	2762
3	align=left	2831	½ ½	½ ½		½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	6½	1	2743
4	align=left	2656	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½		½ ½	0 1	½ 1	6	2	2744
5	align=left	2735	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½		½ 1	½ ½	6	1	2730
6	align=left	2736	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	1 0	½ 0		½ ½	5	1	2673
7	align=left	2663	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½		5	0	2685

2005

Final Results of 2005:^[20]

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

2008


1	align=left	2799		1 ½	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	1 1	8½	2829
2	align=left	2733	0 ½		1 1	1 ½	0 ½	½ 1	½ 0	½ 1	8	2808
3	align=left	2780	½ ½	0 0		1 0	½ ½	1 ½	1 1	0 1	7½	2781
4	align=left	2739	1 ½	0 ½	0 1		½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	7½	2787
5	align=left	2735	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½		½ ½	0 ½	0 1	7	2758
6	align=left	2751	½ ½	½ 0	0 ½	0 ½	½ ½		1 1	½ ½	6½	2727
7	align=left	2753	0 ½	½ 1	0 0	½ ½	1 ½	0 0		½ ½	5½	2676
8	align=left	2755	0 0	½ 0	1 0	½ ½	1 0	½ ½	½ ½		5½	2675

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

2009

XXVI Ciudad de Linares, 19 February – 7 March 2009, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2756)^[23] ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! Total !! Wins !! TPR
1	align=left	2733		½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	1 ½	1 ½	1 ½	½ ½	8	3	2809
2	align=left	2779	½ ½		½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 1	½ ½	8	2	2802
3	align=left	2776	½ 1	½ ½		1 ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ 0	½ 1	7½		2781
4	align=left	2791	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½		1 ½	1 ½	0 ½	½ ½	7		2750
5	align=left	2761	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½		½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	6½		2726
6	align=left	2739	0 ½	½ ½	½ 1	0 ½	½ ½		½ ½	½ ½	6½		2729
7	align=left	2750	0 ½	0 0	½ 1	1 ½	½ 0	½ ½		1 ½	6½		2727
8	align=left	2717	½ ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½		6		2711

2010

XXVII Ciudad de Linares, 13–24 February 2010, Linares, Jaén, Spain, Category XXI (2758)^[24] ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Total !! TB !! TPR
1	align=left	2805		1 0	½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	½ 1	6½		2858
2	align=left	2736	0 1		½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	½ ½	6		2834
3	align=left	2781	½ ½	½ ½		½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	5½		2789
4	align=left	2759	0 ½	½ 0	½ 0		½ ½	1 ½	4	2.5	2685
5	align=left	2761	½ 0	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½		½ ½	4	2.0	2685
6	align=left	2705	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½		4	1.5	2696

References

Web site: FIDE Honorary Member Luis Rentero . FIDE . 23 December 2015 . March 23, 2019 . . 22 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190322174011/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9302-fide-honorary-member-luis-rentero.html . dead .
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5828 Facts and figures: Magnus Carlsen's performance in Nanjing
Book: Linares! Linares!: A Journey into the Heart of Chess . New In Chess, Csi . ten Geuzendam, Dirk Jan . Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam . 2003 . 90-5691-077-9.
http://www.ajedrez.ciudaddelinares.es/index.htm Official website noting the 2009 tournament takes place entirely in Linares. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
Web site: Linares 2011 Cancelled . Chess.com . 2014-01-24.
Web site: Ángel Mendoza . Linares aplaza el Intercontinental de Ajedrez hasta el año que viene. Ideal . 2 April 2011 . Ideal.es . 2014-01-24.
http://www.chessdom.com/linares-2012-canceled/ Linares 2012 canceled
Web site: Torneo Linares 1978 . 2023-03-30 . www.ajedrezdeataque.com.
Web site: Torneo Linares 1979 . 2023-03-30 . www.ajedrezdeataque.com.
Web site: Linares (1983).
Web site: Linares (1985).
Web site: Linares (1990).
Web site: Linares (1991).
https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic227.html TWIC 227
https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic279.html TWIC 279
https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic331.html TWIC 331
https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic383.html TWIC 383
https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic435.html TWIC 435
https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic487.html TWIC 487
https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic540.html TWIC 540
Web site: The Week in Chess 696. 10 March 2008. The Week in Chess. Mark Crowther.
Web site: The Week in Chess 695. 3 March 2008. The Week in Chess. Mark Crowther.
Web site: The Week in Chess 748. 9 March 2009. Mark Crowther. The Week in Chess.
Web site: Topalov wins Linares, remains number two in the world. 25 February 2010. ChessBase. 25 February 2010.

External links

- http://previews.chessdom.com/linares-chess-2008 – a brief history and news of the 2008 event.
https://web.archive.org/web/20090223070518/http://www.toledochess.org/Historic/Tournaments/Linares/Linares.php – winners, crosstables from 1990 to 2006.
Chess Tournaments at Linares at Chessgames.com