Linares chess tournament
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The Linares International Chess Tournament (Sp.
: Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Linares), is an annual chess tournament
, usually played around the end of February, takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia
, Spain, in which it is held. It is sometimes described as the Wimbledon of chess
, being one of the strongest annual tournaments held on the chess tour, along with the "Tata Steel" Wijk aan Zee and Dortmund events.
world title featuring Anatoly Karpov
and Andrei Sokolov
. The postponed 1987 event was held over until 1988 and the tournament has since become an annual event, with the exception of 1996, when the Women's World Chess Championship
was held.
Rentero is notorious for being a strong opponent of short draws
in chess, to the point that in 1991 he offered cash bonuses for playing longer games.
The 1994 tournament had an average Elo rating
of 2685, the highest ever at that time, making it the first Category XVIII tournament ever held. 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
considers Karpov's performance the best tournament result in history.
The 1994 tournament was also noted for an incident in which Garry Kasparov
"took a move back" against Judith Polgar. Kasparov's fingers briefly released a knight before he realized the move was a blunder; he then moved the knight to a different square. Judith (17 years old at the time) did not protest and the arbiter did not intervene. Kasparov went on to win the game.
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 color).
Garry 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 databases and the like.
In 2009 and 2010 the event took place entirely in Linares.
It is reported that there will be no Linares tournament in 2011, for reasons including general economic problems, but that the tournament will return in 2012.
XV Ciudad de Linares (ESP)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Viswanathan Anand
g IND ** 1= 0= 1= =1 =1 7½
=1 10 10 11 7
3 Gary Kasparov g RUS 1=
6½
=0
5 Peter Svidler
g RUS 0= 01 =0 ** 10 =1 5½
01 ** 0= 5
0= =0 1= ** 4
XVI Ciudad de Linares (ESP), ii-iii 1999 cat. XX (2735)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Garry Kasparov
g RUS 2812 **
2 Vladimir Kramnik
g RUS 2751
=1 1= 8 2782
**
4 Peter Leko
g HUN 2694
5 Veselin Topalov
g BUL 2700 0= 6 2690
0= =1 ** 1= 0= 6 2688
1= =0 ** 5½ 2657
XVII Ciudad de Linares (ESP), ii-iii 2000 cat. XXI (2751)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1: Garry Kasparov
2851 RUS XX
1= 1= 6 2803
XX
3: Peter Leko
2725 HUN
4: Alexander Khalifman
2656 RUS
5: Viswanathan Anand
2769 IND 0=
6: Alexei Shirov
2751 ESP 0= 0=
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Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik finished tied for first on +2,
inseparable even by the various tie-breaks laid down in the rules.
They won the same number of games and had the same number of black wins.
The next tie-break was for the worst score against the lower group
and if still equal, the worst result against the second lowest group.
But all the other players were tied on 4½ points, making the players
level on every criterion. There was supposed to be a toss of the coin,
but Kasparov did not like the idea and the players also ruled out a blitz
playoff. Kasparov wanted the official results to record equal first,
although he allowed Kramnik to take the main trophy.
XVIII SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-6 iii 2001 cat. XIX (2722)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Garry Kasparov
g RUS 2849 ** 1= =1 =1 11 7½ 2889
** =0
3 Anatoly Karpov
g RUS 2679 0= =1 **
4 Peter Leko
g HUN 2745 =0
5 Alexei Shirov
g ESP 2718 =0 01
6 Alexander Grischuk
g RUS 2663 00
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XIX SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 22 ii-10 iii 2002 cat. XX (2732)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Garry Kasparov
g RUS 2838 ** =1
2 Ruslan Ponomariov
g UKR 2727 =0 ** 1=
3 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2717
4 Viswanathan Anand
g IND 2757
5 Michael Adams g ENG 2742 0= 10 0= 1= ** =1 6 2730
** =1 5 2692
=1 =0 =0 =0 ** 4½ 2648
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XX SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 22 ii-9 iii 2003 cat. XX (2733)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Peter Leko
g HUN 2736 ** 10 11 7 2789
** 1= 7 2777
** 0= 1= =1 6½ 2758
5 Ruslan Ponomariov
g UKR 2734
6 Francisco Vallejo Pons
g ESP 2629 01
7 Teimour Radjabov
g AZE 2624 00 0= =0 1=
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Leko took first on tie-break with the largest number of wins.
XXI SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 19 ii-5 iii 2004 cat. XX (2731)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Vladimir Kramnik
g RUS 2777 ** =1
2 Peter Leko
g HUN 2722 =0 ** 6½ 2762
4 Teimour Radjabov
g AZE 2656 01 =1 6 2744
6 2730
0=
7 Francisco Vallejo Pons
g ESP 2663
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XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-17 iii 2005 cat. XX (2743)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Garry Kasparov
g RUS 2804 ** =0
2 Veselin Topalov
g BUL 2757 =1 ** 0= 1= 11 =1 8 2865
1= **
4 Peter Leko
g HUN 2749
5 Michael Adams g ENG 2741 00 0= =1
6 Francisco Vallejo Pons
g ESP 2686 00 00
7 Rustam Kasimdzhanov
g UZB 2678 =0 =0 =0
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Kasparov won the event on the second tie-break from Topalov.
Games won were equal, the second tie-break was number of wins with black.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Levon Aronian
g ARM 2752 ** 1= =0 =1 0= 1= 1= =1 8½ 2808
2 Teimour Radjabov
g AZE 2700 0= ** 1= 0= =1 =1 1= 8 2786
1= 7½ 2759
0= ** 1= 1= 6½ 2698
7 Étienne Bacrot
g FRA 2717 0= 0= =0 =1 0= ** =1 6 2683
1= 0= =0 0= =0 ** 5 2641
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares (MEX/ESP), 17 ii-10 iii 2007 cat. XX (2746)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Viswanathan Anand
g IND 2779 ** 11 1= 0=
1= 8½ 2820
11 1= =0 7½ 2782
=1 =1 01 =1 7½ 2775
4 Levon Aronian
g ARM 2744 1= 7 2745
6 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2750 6½ 2715
0= 10 6 2690
=0
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Linares), is an annual chess tournament
Chess tournament
A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament in London, 1851, chess tournaments have become the standard form of chess competition among serious players.Today, the most recognized chess...
, usually played around the end of February, takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia
Andalusia
Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...
, Spain, in which it is held. It is sometimes described as the Wimbledon of chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, being one of the strongest annual tournaments held on the chess tour, along with the "Tata Steel" Wijk aan Zee and Dortmund events.
History
The event, sponsored by Spanish businessman Luis Rentero, was first held in 1978. 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 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'sGarry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
world title featuring Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...
and Andrei Sokolov
Andrei Sokolov
Andrei Yurievich Sokolov is a French chess Grandmaster of Russian origin, now living in France...
. The postponed 1987 event was held over until 1988 and the tournament has since become an annual event, with the exception of 1996, when the Women's World Chess Championship
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship is played to determine the women's world champion in chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE....
was held.
Rentero is notorious for being a strong opponent of short draws
Draw (chess)
In chess, a draw is when a game ends in a tie. It is one of the possible outcomes of a game, along with a win for White and a win for Black . Usually, in tournaments a draw is worth a half point to each player, while a win is worth one point to the victor and none to the loser.For the most part,...
in chess, to the point that in 1991 he offered cash bonuses for playing longer games.
The 1994 tournament had an average Elo rating
Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
of 2685, the highest ever at that time, making it the first Category XVIII tournament ever held. The field, in eventual finishing order, consisted of Karpov, Kasparov, Shirov
Alexei Shirov
Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Soviet-born Latvian chess grandmaster. He has consistently ranked among the world's top players since the early 1990s, and reached a ranking as high as number four in 1998...
, Bareev
Evgeny Bareev
Evgeny Bareev is a Russian chess Grandmaster and chess coach. In October 2003, he was in fourth place in the world rankings, with an Elo rating of 2739....
, Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
, Lautier
Joel Lautier
Joël Lautier is a French chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .Born in Canada, of French father and Japanese mother, Lautier is one of the strongest grandmasters from France. He won the 1988 World Junior Chess Championship on tiebreak at Adelaide, and the French Chess Championships in 2004...
, Anand
Viswanathan Anand
V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
, Kamsky
Gata Kamsky
Gata Kamsky is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and the current World Rapid Chess Champion. He is also the current United States Chess Champion. As of September 2011, he is rated No. 1 in the United States and No...
, Topalov
Veselin Topalov
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
, Ivanchuk, Gelfand
Boris Gelfand
Boris Abramovich Gelfand is a Belarus-born Israeli chess Grandmaster. He won the 2011 Candidates Tournament and will challenge Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship 2012.-Biography:...
, Illescas
Miguel Illescas
Miguel Illescas Córdoba is a prominent Spanish grandmaster of chess.He was a highly skilled player as a youngster and became junior champion of Catalonia at the age of 12. A trained computer scientist, chess remained his real passion and continued progress brought him an International Master title...
, Judit Polgár
Judit Polgár
Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. She is by far the strongest female chess player in history. In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, the youngest person ever to do so at that time.Polgár was ranked No...
, and Beliavsky
Alexander Beliavsky
-External links:...
. Karpov won with an undefeated 11/13. Jeff Sonas
Jeff Sonas
Jeff Sonas is known as a statistical chess analyst who invented the Chessmetrics system for rating chess players, which is intended as an improvement on the Elo rating system. He is the founder and proprietor of the Chessmetrics.com website, which gives Sonas' calculations of the ratings of current...
considers Karpov's performance the best tournament result in history.
The 1994 tournament was also noted for an incident in which Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
"took a move back" against Judith Polgar. Kasparov's fingers briefly released a knight before he realized the move was a blunder; he then moved the knight to a different square. Judith (17 years old at the time) did not protest and the arbiter did not intervene. Kasparov went on to win the game.
In 1998, the format of the tournament changed from a single round-robin tournament
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
to a double round-robin event (meaning that each participant plays every other participant twice, once with each color).
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
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
Morelia
Morelia is a city and municipality in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the P'urhépecha and the Matlatzinca, but no major cities were founded in the...
. The second half took place in Linares. Consequently the event is sometimes referred to as Morelia - Linares in databases and the like.
In 2009 and 2010 the event took place entirely in Linares.
It is reported that there will be no Linares tournament in 2011, for reasons including general economic problems, but that the tournament will return in 2012.
Winners
- 1978 Jaan Eslon
- 1979 Larry Christiansen
- 1981 Anatoly KarpovAnatoly KarpovAnatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...
and Larry Christiansen - 1983 Boris SpasskyBoris SpasskyBoris Vasilievich Spassky is a Soviet-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from late 1969 to 1972...
- 1985 Ljubomir LjubojevićLjubomir LjubojevicLjubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...
and Robert HübnerRobert HübnerRobert Hübner is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist . At eighteen, he was joint winner of the West German Chess Championship... - 1988 Jan TimmanJan TimmanJan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...
- 1989 Vassily Ivanchuk
- 1990 Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
- 1991 Vassily Ivanchuk
- 1992 Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
- 1993 Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
- 1994 Anatoly KarpovAnatoly KarpovAnatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...
(Category XVIII tournament) - 1995 Vassily Ivanchuk
- 1997 Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
- 1998 Viswanathan AnandViswanathan AnandV. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
- 1999 Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
- 2000 Vladimir KramnikVladimir KramnikVladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
and Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time.... - 2001 Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
- 2002 Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
- 2003 Péter LékóPéter LékóOn the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...
(Joint winner with Vladimir KramnikVladimir KramnikVladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
; but had a better tiebreak score) - 2004 Vladimir KramnikVladimir KramnikVladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
- 2005 Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
(with the same score as Veselin TopalovVeselin TopalovVeselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
; won on tiebreak because of more wins with black) - 2006 Levon AronianLevon AronianLevon Grigor Aronian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster and the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion. On the September 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2807, making him number three in the world and Armenia's number one...
- 2007 Viswanathan AnandViswanathan AnandV. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
- 2008 Viswanathan AnandViswanathan AnandV. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
- 2009 Alexander GrischukAlexander GrischukAlexander Igorevich Grischuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Russian Champion in 2009.-Chess career:In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000, Grischuk he made it to the semifinals, losing to Alexei Shirov....
(with the same score as Vassily Ivanchuk; won on tiebreak because of more wins) - 2010 Veselin TopalovVeselin TopalovVeselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
1998
Final Results of 1998:XV Ciudad de Linares (ESP)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand
V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
g IND ** 1= 0=
1= =1 =1 7½
2 Alexei ShirovAlexei ShirovAlexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Soviet-born Latvian chess grandmaster. He has consistently ranked among the world's top players since the early 1990s, and reached a ranking as high as number four in 1998...
g ESP 0= **
=1 10 10 11 73 Gary Kasparov g RUS 1=
**
6½
4 Vladimir KramnikVladimir KramnikVladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
g RUS
=0 ** =1
1= 6½5 Peter Svidler
Peter Svidler
Peter Veniaminovich Svidler is a Russian chess grandmaster.He is six-time Russian champion ....
g RUS 0= 01
=0 ** 10 =1 5½
6 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR =0 01
01 ** 0= 5
7 Veselin TopalovVeselin TopalovVeselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
g BUL =0 00
0= =0 1= ** 41999
Final Results of 1999:XVI Ciudad de Linares (ESP), ii-iii 1999 cat. XX (2735)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
g RUS 2812 **
=1
1= 11 =1 11 10½ 28172 Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
g RUS 2751
**
=1 1= 8 2782
3 Viswanathan AnandViswanathan AnandV. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
g IND 2781 =0
** =1
1= =1 8 27784 Peter Leko
Péter Lékó
On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...
g HUN 2694
**
1= 0= 0= 6½ 27125 Veselin Topalov
Veselin Topalov
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
g BUL 2700 0=
=0
** =0 =1 6 2690
6 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2714 00
0= =1 ** 1= 0= 6 2688
7 Peter SvidlerPeter SvidlerPeter Veniaminovich Svidler is a Russian chess grandmaster.He is six-time Russian champion ....
g RUS 2713 =0 =0 0= 1= =0 0= ** =1 5½ 2658
8 Michael Adams g ENG 2716 00 0= =0 1=
1= =0 ** 5½ 26572000
Final Results of 2000:XVII Ciudad de Linares (ESP), ii-iii 2000 cat. XXI (2751)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1: Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
2851 RUS XX
1= 1= 6 2803
2: Vladimir KramnikVladimir KramnikVladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
2758 RUS
XX 1=
1= 6 28223: Peter Leko
Péter Lékó
On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...
2725 HUN
XX =0
4½ 2721
4: Alexander Khalifman
Alexander Khalifman
Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman is a Soviet and Russian chess Grandmaster of Jewish descent; he is also a former FIDE champion.When Khalifman was 6 years old, he was taught chess by his father....
2656 RUS
0= =1 XX =0
4½ 27345: Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand
V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
2769 IND 0=
=1 XX 0= 4½ 2712
6: Alexei Shirov
Alexei Shirov
Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Soviet-born Latvian chess grandmaster. He has consistently ranked among the world's top players since the early 1990s, and reached a ranking as high as number four in 1998...
2751 ESP 0= 0=
1= XX 4½ 2715
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Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik finished tied for first on +2,
inseparable even by the various tie-breaks laid down in the rules.
They won the same number of games and had the same number of black wins.
The next tie-break was for the worst score against the lower group
and if still equal, the worst result against the second lowest group.
But all the other players were tied on 4½ points, making the players
level on every criterion. There was supposed to be a toss of the coin,
but Kasparov did not like the idea and the players also ruled out a blitz
playoff. Kasparov wanted the official results to record equal first,
although he allowed Kramnik to take the main trophy.
2001
Final Results of 2001:XVIII SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-6 iii 2001 cat. XIX (2722)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
g RUS 2849 **
1= =1 =1 11 7½ 2889
2 Judith Polgar g HUN 2676
** =0 10
4½ 26943 Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov. He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once...
g RUS 2679 0= =1 **
=0 4½ 2694
4 Peter Leko
Péter Lékó
On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...
g HUN 2745 =0
**
4½ 2681
5 Alexei Shirov
Alexei Shirov
Alexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Soviet-born Latvian chess grandmaster. He has consistently ranked among the world's top players since the early 1990s, and reached a ranking as high as number four in 1998...
g ESP 2718 =0 01
** 10 4½ 2686
6 Alexander Grischuk
Alexander Grischuk
Alexander Igorevich Grischuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Russian Champion in 2009.-Chess career:In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000, Grischuk he made it to the semifinals, losing to Alexei Shirov....
g RUS 2663 00
=1
01 ** 4½ 2697--------------------------------------------------------------
2002
Final Results of 2002:XIX SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 22 ii-10 iii 2002 cat. XX (2732)
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1 Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
g RUS 2838 ** =1
1= =1 =1 8 2839
2 Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Olegovich Ponomariov is a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE World Champion.-Early career:Ponomariov was born in Horlivka in Ukraine. In 1994 he placed third in the World Under-12 Championship at the age of ten. In 1996 he won the European Under-18 Championship at the age of just...
g UKR 2727 =0 ** 1=
01 =1
6½ 27623 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2717
0= **
1= =1 =0 6 27344 Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand
V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
g IND 2757
** 0=
=1 6 27285 Michael Adams g ENG 2742 0= 10 0= 1= **
=1 6 2730
6 Francisco Vallejo PonsFrancisco Vallejo PonsFrancisco Vallejo Pons is a chess Grandmaster from Spain. He was a chess prodigy, achieving the grandmaster title at the age of 16 years and 9 months, which makes him the 20th youngest player to ever become a grandmaster...
g ESP 2629 =0 =0 =0
** =1 5 2692
7 Alexei ShirovAlexei ShirovAlexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Soviet-born Latvian chess grandmaster. He has consistently ranked among the world's top players since the early 1990s, and reached a ranking as high as number four in 1998...
g ESP 2715 =0
=1 =0 =0 =0 ** 4½ 2648---------------------------------------------------------------------
2003
Final Results of 2003:XX SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 22 ii-9 iii 2003 cat. XX (2733)
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1 Peter Leko
Péter Lékó
On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...
g HUN 2736 **
01
10 11 7 2789
2 Vladimir KramnikVladimir KramnikVladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
g RUS 2807
** 1=
1= 7 2777
3 Viswanathan AnandViswanathan AnandV. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
g IND 2753 10
** 0= 1= =1 6½ 2758
4 Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
g RUS 2847
1= ** 1=
0= 6½ 27425 Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Olegovich Ponomariov is a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE World Champion.-Early career:Ponomariov was born in Horlivka in Ukraine. In 1994 he placed third in the World Under-12 Championship at the age of ten. In 1996 he won the European Under-18 Championship at the age of just...
g UKR 2734
0= 0= 0= ** 11
5½ 27036 Francisco Vallejo Pons
Francisco Vallejo Pons
Francisco Vallejo Pons is a chess Grandmaster from Spain. He was a chess prodigy, achieving the grandmaster title at the age of 16 years and 9 months, which makes him the 20th youngest player to ever become a grandmaster...
g ESP 2629 01
00 **
5 26937 Teimour Radjabov
Teimour Radjabov
Radjabov's knight sacrifice, 21. ... Ngxe5, was praised by several strong players for its bravery, including English grandmaster Nigel Short. Said Short of the move, "Radjabov plays very imaginatively... he just won't give up, he is extremely tenacious and will always find a way to muddy the...
g AZE 2624 00 0= =0 1=
** 4½ 2664
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Leko took first on tie-break with the largest number of wins.
2004
Final Results of 2004:XXI SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 19 ii-5 iii 2004 cat. XX (2731)
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1 Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
g RUS 2777 ** =1
1=
7 2780
2 Peter Leko
Péter Lékó
On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...
g HUN 2722 =0 **
1=
1= 6½ 2762
3 Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
g RUS 2831
**
1= 6½ 2743
4 Teimour Radjabov
Teimour Radjabov
Radjabov's knight sacrifice, 21. ... Ngxe5, was praised by several strong players for its bravery, including English grandmaster Nigel Short. Said Short of the move, "Radjabov plays very imaginatively... he just won't give up, he is extremely tenacious and will always find a way to muddy the...
g AZE 2656
0=
** 01 =1 6 2744
5 Veselin TopalovVeselin TopalovVeselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
g BUL 2735 0=
** =1
6 2730
6 Alexei ShirovAlexei ShirovAlexei Dmitrievich Shirov is a Soviet-born Latvian chess grandmaster. He has consistently ranked among the world's top players since the early 1990s, and reached a ranking as high as number four in 1998...
g ESP 2736
0= 10 =0 **
5 26737 Francisco Vallejo Pons
Francisco Vallejo Pons
Francisco Vallejo Pons is a chess Grandmaster from Spain. He was a chess prodigy, achieving the grandmaster title at the age of 16 years and 9 months, which makes him the 20th youngest player to ever become a grandmaster...
g ESP 2663
0= =0
** 5 2685
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2005
Final Results of 2005:XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-17 iii 2005 cat. XX (2743)
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1 Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
g RUS 2804 ** =0
11 11 =1 8 2857
2 Veselin Topalov
Veselin Topalov
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
g BUL 2757 =1 ** 0=
1= 11 =1 8 2865
3 Viswanathan AnandViswanathan AnandV. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
g IND 2786
1= ** =0
=1 6½ 27644 Peter Leko
Péter Lékó
On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...
g HUN 2749
**
6 2742
5 Michael Adams g ENG 2741 00 0= =1
** 1=
5½ 27146 Francisco Vallejo Pons
Francisco Vallejo Pons
Francisco Vallejo Pons is a chess Grandmaster from Spain. He was a chess prodigy, achieving the grandmaster title at the age of 16 years and 9 months, which makes him the 20th youngest player to ever become a grandmaster...
g ESP 2686 00 00
0= ** =1 4 2627
7 Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster, best known for winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004. He was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic...
g UZB 2678 =0 =0 =0
=0 ** 4 2628
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Kasparov won the event on the second tie-break from Topalov.
Games won were equal, the second tie-break was number of wins with black.
2006
XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares (MEX/ESP), 18 ii-11 iii 2006 cat. XX (2732)----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Levon Aronian
Levon Aronian
Levon Grigor Aronian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster and the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion. On the September 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2807, making him number three in the world and Armenia's number one...
g ARM 2752 ** 1= =0 =1 0= 1= 1= =1 8½ 2808
2 Teimour Radjabov
Teimour Radjabov
Radjabov's knight sacrifice, 21. ... Ngxe5, was praised by several strong players for its bravery, including English grandmaster Nigel Short. Said Short of the move, "Radjabov plays very imaginatively... he just won't give up, he is extremely tenacious and will always find a way to muddy the...
g AZE 2700 0= ** 1= 0= =1 =1 1=
8 2786
3 Veselin TopalovVeselin TopalovVeselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
g BUL 2801 =1 0= ** =1 1= 01 =1 0= 8 2771
4 Peter LekoPéter LékóOn the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...
g HUN 2740 =0 1= =0 ** 1=
1= 7½ 2759
5 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2729 1= =0 0= 0= ** 1= =0 =1 6½ 2703
6 Peter SvidlerPeter SvidlerPeter Veniaminovich Svidler is a Russian chess grandmaster.He is six-time Russian champion ....
g RUS 2765 0= =0 10
0= ** 1= 1= 6½ 26987 Étienne Bacrot
Étienne Bacrot
Étienne Bacrot is a French chess grandmaster and currently ranked number one in France.He started playing at 4; by 10 young Bacrot was already winning junior competitions and in 1996, at 13 years of age, he won against Vasily Smyslov...
g FRA 2717 0= 0= =0
=1 0= ** =1 6 2683
8 Francisco Vallejo PonsFrancisco Vallejo PonsFrancisco Vallejo Pons is a chess Grandmaster from Spain. He was a chess prodigy, achieving the grandmaster title at the age of 16 years and 9 months, which makes him the 20th youngest player to ever become a grandmaster...
g ESP 2650 =0
1= 0= =0 0= =0 ** 5 26412007
Final Results of 2007:XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares (MEX/ESP), 17 ii-10 iii 2007 cat. XX (2746)
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1 Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand
V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
g IND 2779 ** 11 1= 0=
1= 8½ 2820
2 Magnus CarlsenMagnus CarlsenSven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy who is currently the number-one ranked player in the world. In January 2010 he became the seventh player ranked number one in the world on the official FIDE rating list...
g NOR 2690 00 ** 1=
11 1= =0 7½ 2782
3 Alexander MorozevichAlexander MorozevichAlexander Morozevich is a Russian chess Grandmaster. In the November 2011 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2762, making him the 9th-highest rated player in the world, although he has previously ranked as high as second, in the July 2008 list....
g RUS 2741 0= 0= **
=1 =1 01 =1 7½ 27754 Levon Aronian
Levon Aronian
Levon Grigor Aronian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster and the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion. On the September 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2807, making him number three in the world and Armenia's number one...
g ARM 2744 1=
**
0=
7 2745
5 Peter SvidlerPeter SvidlerPeter Veniaminovich Svidler is a Russian chess grandmaster.He is six-time Russian champion ....
g RUS 2728
=0
**=1 7 2748
6 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2750
00 =0 1=
** 1= 6½ 2715
7 Veselin TopalovVeselin TopalovVeselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
g BUL 2783
0= 10 0= **
6 2690
8 Peter LekoPéter LékóOn the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...
g HUN 2749 0= =1 =0
=0 ** 6 2695
2008
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | TPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2799 | ** | 1 ½ | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | 1 1 | 8½ | 2829 | |
| 2 | 2733 | 0 ½ | ** | 1 ½ | 1 1 | 0 ½ | ½ 1 | ½ 0 | ½ 1 | 8 | 2808 | |
| 3 | 2739 | 1 ½ | 0 ½ | ** | 0 1 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 7½ | 2787 | |
| 4 | 2780 | ½ ½ | 0 0 | 1 0 | ** | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | 1 1 | 0 1 | 7½ | 2781 | |
| 5 | 2735 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ** | ½ ½ | 0 ½ | 0 1 | 7 | 2758 | |
| 6 | 2751 | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | 0 ½ | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | ** | 1 1 | ½ ½ | 6½ | 2727 | |
| 7 | 2753 | 0 ½ | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 0 0 | 1 ½ | 0 0 | ** | ½ ½ | 5½ | 2676 | |
| 8 | 2755 | 0 0 | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | 1 0 | 1 0 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ** | 5½ | 2675 |
2009
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | TPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2733 | ** | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | 1 ½ | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | 8 | 2809 | |
| 2 | 2779 | ½ ½ | ** | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 1 1 | ½ ½ | 8 | 2802 | |
| 3 | 2776 | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | ** | 1 ½ | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | ½ 1 | 7½ | 2781 | |
| 4 | 2791 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 0 ½ | ** | 1 ½ | 1 ½ | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | 7 | 2750 | |
| 5 | 2739 | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | 0 ½ | ** | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 6½ | 2729 | |
| 6 | 2761 | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | ** | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 6½ | 2726 | |
| 7 | 2750 | 0 ½ | 0 0 | ½ 1 | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | ** | 1 ½ | 6½ | 2727 | |
| 8 | 2717 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 0 ½ | ** | 6 | 2711 |
2010
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | TPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2805 | ** | 1 0 | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | ½ 1 | 1 ½ | 6½ | 2855 | |
| 2 | 2736 | 0 1 | ** | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | ½ 1 | 6 | 2832 | |
| 3 | 2781 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ** | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | 5½ | 2788 | |
| 4 | 2705 | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ** | ½ ½ | 0 ½ | 4 | 2698 | |
| 5 | 2761 | ½ 0 | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ** | ½ ½ | 4 | 2687 | |
| 6 | 2759 | 0 ½ | ½ 0 | ½ 0 | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | ** | 4 | 2688 |