| Morelia-Linares (2008) |
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The 25th edition of the Linares tournament was held in two countries for the third and last time, with the first half in Morelia, Mexico (February) and the second half in Linares, Spain (February and March). The participants were: World Champion Viswanathan Anand (Elo ranked #1 in the world), Veselin Topalov (#3), Alexei Shirov (#7), Peter Leko (#8), Vassily Ivanchuk (#9), Levon Aronian (#10), Teimour Radjabov (#12), and Magnus Carlsen (#13). In Linares, the games were played in Teatro Cervantes, not in Hotel Anibal (as usual since 1988). Games started 3:30 pm in Morelia and 4 pm in Linares, local time. Anand won with 8.5/14. Morelia, Mexico (15-23 Feb) and Linares, Spain (28 Feb - 7 March) Age Elo 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
1 Anand 38 2799 ** 1½ 0½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 11 8½
2 Carlsen 17 2733 0½ ** 1½ 11 0½ ½1 ½0 ½1 8
3 Aronian 25 2739 1½ 0½ ** 01 ½½ 1½ ½½ ½½ 7½
4 Topalov 32 2780 ½½ 00 10 ** ½½ 1½ 11 01 7½
5 Radjabov 20 2735 ½½ 1½ ½½ ½½ ** ½½ 0½ 01 7
6 Ivanchuk 38 2751 ½½ ½0 0½ 0½ ½½ ** 11 ½½ 6½
7 Leko 28 2753 0½ ½1 ½½ 00 1½ 00 ** ½½ 5½
8 Shirov 35 2755 00 ½0 ½½ 10 10 ½½ ½½ ** 5½
Category: XXI (2756). Arbiters: Juan Vargas and Faik Gasanov.Official site: http://ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/. Carlsen vs Shirov video (Round 9): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYE... The 3rd Morelia Open was played 14-17 February. It was won by Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez with 6.5/8. The 2nd Ibero-American Championship was played in Morelia and Linares 14 February - 8 March. It was won by Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga. Sources
ChessBase, 3/7/2008 (https://en.chessbase.com/post/linar...)
ChessBase, 2/28/2008 (https://en.chessbase.com/post/linar...)
ChessBase, 2/24/2008 (https://en.chessbase.com/post/morel...)
FIDE rating list January 2008 (http://fidelists.blogspot.com/2008/...)
Mark Crowther in TWIC 694 (http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic...)
David Llada blog, 20 March 2008 (http://davidllada.com/publicaciones...)
Spanish ChessBase, 08/03/2008 (https://es.chessbase.com/post/claus...)
Ian Rogers in Norsk Sjakkblad, 2/2008, pp. 12-16 (https://drive.google.com/drive/fold...)
Macauley Peterson in USCF website, 26 February 2008 (http://www.uschess.org/content/view...)
Amador Rodriguez Cespedes in Peón de Rey, No. 74 (May-June 2008), pp. 7-20 (https://e-nautia.com/santiago/disk/...) Round dates: February 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23 in Morelia; Feb 28, 29, March 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 in Linares (from ChessBase and http://ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx... and http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2008/Lina...). Previous: Morelia-Linares (2007). Next: Linares (2009)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Carlsen vs Ivanchuk |
 | ½-½ | 39 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 2. Shirov vs Anand |
 | 0-1 | 30 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 3. Leko vs Radjabov |
| 1-0 | 37 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | B33 Sicilian |
| 4. Topalov vs Aronian |
| 1-0 | 37 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 5. Radjabov vs Topalov |
| ½-½ | 41 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 6. Anand vs Aronian |
| 0-1 | 34 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
| 7. Ivanchuk vs Leko |
| 1-0 | 43 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 8. Shirov vs Carlsen |
| ½-½ | 39 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | B42 Sicilian, Kan |
| 9. Leko vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 37 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 10. Carlsen vs Anand |
| 0-1 | 59 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 11. Aronian vs Radjabov |
| ½-½ | 24 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | E61 King's Indian |
| 12. Topalov vs Ivanchuk |
| 1-0 | 46 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 13. Shirov vs Topalov |
| 1-0 | 63 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | B33 Sicilian |
| 14. Anand vs Radjabov |
| ½-½ | 22 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense |
| 15. Ivanchuk vs Aronian |
| 0-1 | 60 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 16. Carlsen vs Leko |
| ½-½ | 41 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 17. Topalov vs Carlsen |
| 0-1 | 44 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern |
| 18. Aronian vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 18 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | A21 English |
| 19. Leko vs Anand |
| 0-1 | 45 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 20. Radjabov vs Ivanchuk |
| ½-½ | 38 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 21. Topalov vs Anand |
| ½-½ | 42 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 22. Aronian vs Leko |
| ½-½ | 50 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | A33 English, Symmetrical |
| 23. Radjabov vs Carlsen |
| 1-0 | 43 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 24. Ivanchuk vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 27 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 25. Leko vs Topalov |
| 0-1 | 38 | 2008 | Morelia-Linares | B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
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| Feb-20-08 | | zluria: Topalov's play seems very strange today. He sacrificed a pawn with Qb3, and then lacked a follow up. He did this in Corus too, once: He sac'ed a knight without much compensation, and duly lost. |
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| Feb-20-08 | | alphavillee: GM Aronian,L - GM Shirov,A, Morelia/Linares 2008
click for larger viewAnalysis by Rybka 2.3.2a 32-bit :
15...Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Kb8 17.Bd3 Nd7 18.Rhe1 Qf7 19.h4 Ne5 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Rxe5 c5 22.Qe4
= (0.00) Depth: 18
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| Feb-20-08 | | yalie: <acirce: Perhaps Lékó missed that Black will have 30.Ba6 Rd8 threatening mate so that White has no time to save the g2-pawn? But on the other hand, after 31.b4 I've no idea who is better.> good call. although he played Ba6 relatively quickly. so either he is still missing it or is not too scared about it. |
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| Feb-20-08 | | empien: <alphavillee> do you have Rybka on Leko-Anand? |
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Feb-20-08
 | | plang: <but what was the last time somebody played the Alekhine Defense at a Top Level Tournament?>
Ivanchuk played it against Kasparov in Las Palmas 1996 and lost. Someone must have played it since then though. |
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Feb-20-08
 | | ketchuplover: Ivanchuk is deep in thought. |
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| Feb-20-08 | | acirce: <I think Leko-Anand game could go either way. Once the queenside pawns start rolling, it's anyone's game.> Agreed. Or to put it in more scientific terms, I've no idea what the hell is going on. |
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| Feb-20-08 | | bharatiy: Anand is better |
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| Feb-20-08 | | rover: Topalov can hardly win the pawn on d5 without losing one of his own on the queenside. Plus he really isn't all that great in these kinds of positions so I'd give at least 60% for a Carlsen win. |
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| Feb-20-08 | | peddagunnu: Any evals computer on the Leko-Anand? Risky business by Leko. |
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| Feb-20-08 | | minasina: <miroeight> not after 22....h6 |
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| Feb-20-08 | | Refused: Carlsen played it occasionally in Blitz (but Blitz doesn't count), but 1996 might be a good guess |
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Feb-20-08
| | ketchuplover: Did Topalov just doom his bishop? |
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| Feb-20-08 | | empien: Kf4 is interesting - I am assuming Nxg2 was loss of tempo? |
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| Feb-20-08 | | bharatiy: Computer think that anand should have played Rd1+, Rd2+ |
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| Feb-20-08 | | peddagunnu: Come on Carlsen push the pawn |
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| Feb-20-08 | | Trabiwa: I think it is really cool that Peter and Vishy managed to create a tense game after that position after move 20. |
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| Feb-20-08 | | The End: Leko-Anand goes either way.May be leko is better. |
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| Feb-20-08 | | Refused: somehow Topalov's position is getting from bad to worse, next step would be lost |
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| Feb-20-08 | | Pianoman: Shredder thinks ...d4 for Carlsen should be very cool .... |
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| Feb-20-08 | | acirce: <peddagunnu> my Fritz still likes Anand by just a little. But I don't think that means anything at all. Lékó happened to play its preferred move 32.Rc6, btw. Probably it will just be a draw in the end. |
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| Feb-20-08 | | Hesam7: <acirce: Agreed. Or to put it in more scientific terms, I've no idea what the hell is going on.> Here is an argument for Leko:
The game will boil down to a pawn race in opposite wings. Having the bishop is a classical plus in such situations. |
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| Feb-20-08 | | empien: Leko's Rc6 looks very good |
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Feb-20-08
| | ketchuplover: carlsen's d4 doesn't look so cool now |
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| Feb-20-08 | | peddagunnu: Where is the maschismo? Hiding the bishop like that? |
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