page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ponomariov vs Kasparov   ½-½ 34 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 2. Kramnik vs Vallejo-Pons ½-½ 30 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Leko vs Kasparov ½-½ 87 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. Ponomariov vs Leko ½-½ 110 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 5. Radjabov vs Anand ½-½ 25 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares E12 Queen's Indian 6. Kasparov vs Kramnik ½-½ 33 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. Ponomariov vs Anand ½-½ 44 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares B30 Sicilian 8. Anand vs Vallejo-Pons   ½-½ 28 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares C67 Ruy Lopez 9. Radjabov vs Kasparov ½-½ 39 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 10. Kramnik vs Ponomariov ½-½ 33 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. Vallejo-Pons vs Kramnik ½-½ 13 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares A22 English 12. Kasparov vs Leko ½-½ 33 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares B30 Sicilian 13. Radjabov vs Ponomariov ½-½ 11 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. Vallejo-Pons vs Anand   ½-½ 30 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares E15 Queen's Indian 15. Kramnik vs Kasparov ½-½ 18 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 16. Vallejo-Pons vs Kasparov ½-½ 41 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. Leko vs Kramnik   ½-½ 25 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares B33 Sicilian 18. Kramnik vs Anand   ½-½ 32 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares C78 Ruy Lopez 19. Leko vs Ponomariov   ½-½ 31 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 20. Radjabov vs Vallejo-Pons   ½-½ 32 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. Anand vs Kramnik ½-½ 16 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares B30 Sicilian 22. Vallejo-Pons vs Radjabov   ½-½ 48 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares C12 French, McCutcheon 23. Kramnik vs Leko ½-½ 35 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares B30 Sicilian 24. Anand vs Kasparov ½-½ 32 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares B30 Sicilian 25. Radjabov vs Kramnik ½-½ 48 2003 XX Ciudad de Linares E12 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Feb-20-07    Bob726: No kiblitzing for this page?????????? Feb-20-07    Bob726: By the way , did Kramnik and Leko win with +2 Feb-20-07    square dance: leko is considered to have won on the most wins tie break. he was +3-1 while kramnik was +2-0. Feb-20-07    suenteus po 147: <square dance> Actually, Leko had +4 -2 by the end. Hard to recognize him here :) Feb-21-07    square dance: <sp147> yeah, he sure did. hmm, i always remembered it as +3-1 for some reason. thanks. Feb-22-07    suenteus po 147: Looking at the final standings, what's even more unrecognizable is Kasparov's performance. Less than half his games reach forty moves (without being wins), and the loss to Radjabov is shocking given the context at the time. Feb-22-07    percyblakeney: Kasparov won ten top tournaments in a row counting from Wijk aan Zee 1999, this sequence was broken more than four years later in Linares 2003, where he finished ½ point from first. His loss against Radjabov was his first in six Linares tournaments. Feb-22-07    suenteus po 147: <percyblakeney> So this tournament was the end of a franchise, eh? Let's see: Wijk aan Zee 1999, 2000, 2001; Linares 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002; that's only seven. What were the other three top tournaments that Kasparov won in that span? Feb-22-07    percyblakeney: <suenteus po 147> The missing three are Sarajevo 1999, Sarajevo 2000, and Astana 2001: http://db.chessmetrics.com/CM2/Sing... http://db.chessmetrics.com/CM2/Sing... http://db.chessmetrics.com/CM2/Sing... Feb-22-07    suenteus po 147: <percyblakeney> Thanks for that. Feb-22-07    slomarko: wow ten top tournaments in a row. can you imagine Kramnik doing aynthing like that? Feb-22-07    suenteus po 147: <slomarko> Can you imagine <anyone> doing that with the exception of Karpov? Feb-22-07    square dance: http://www.christiananswers.net/god... can you imagine kramnik doing something like this? he's such a disappointment as wc. Feb-22-07    slomarko: <square dance> what has your link to do with anything? Nov-07-08    Cactus: <slomarko> He's saying (quite correctly) that your post was silly and uncalled for. Might I add that Kramnik also can't do this: http://stanice.com/uploaded_images/... How embarassing... Nov-07-08    KingG: It's interesting that although the King's Indian was seen as fairly dubious around this time, everyone in this tournament prefered to take on Radjabov's French(or Sicilian), rather than the KID.

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