Linares 1981

Linares 1981
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The third major chess event held in Linares, Spain became a full grandmaster event due in large part to the manouvering of grocery tycoon, Luis Rentero Suárez. In addition to contracting the world champion at the time, Anatoli Karpov, he was able to sign four grandmasters from the strong Bugojno tournament held during the previous year. They were Svetozar Gligoric, Lubomir Kavalek, Bent Larsen, and Ljubomir Ljubojevic. Larry Christiansen also agreed to participate as returning champion from the 1979 edition of Linares. Six more grandmasters were added to create a total field of twelve top players participating in a round robin event. The tournament was held from January 17th to the 31st, and the time control was set at 40 moves in two and half hours followed by 16 moves in one hour as a requirement for Karpov's participation. Christiansen gave the performance of his life against the strongest field he ever faced, sharing first place alongside the world champion. However, the trophy went to Karpov for his better Sonneborn-Berger score. Rentero devised that in future events the number of wins would be the deciding factor in tiebreaks. After the tournament's completion Ljubojevic remained in Linares where he planned to run the next edition of the tournament; he also married a beautiful local woman. The final standings and crosstable are as follows:

01 Karpov 8/11 * 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ 1 ˝ 1

02 Christiansen 8/11 0 * ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 ˝ 1 1 1 1

03 Larsen 7/11 ˝ ˝ * 0 0 1 1 ˝ 1 ˝ 1 1

04 Ribli 6.5/11 ˝ ˝ 1 * ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 0 ˝

05 Spassky 6/11 ˝ 0 1 ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝

06 Kavalek 6/11 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ * ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1

07 Portisch 5.5/11 0 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 1 1

08 Ljubojevic 5/11 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ * 0 ˝ 1 ˝

09 Gligoric 5/11 ˝ 0 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 * 1 0 1

10 Quinteros 4/11 0 0 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 0 * 1 1

11 Bellon Lopez 3.5/11 ˝ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1

12 Garcia Gonzales 1.5/11 0 0 0 ˝ ˝ 0 0 ˝ 0 0 0 *

Round One, Game #1
Portisch vs Larsen, 1981
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 55 moves, 0-1
Round One, Game #2
Ljubojevic vs Kavalek, 1981
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round One, Game #3
Christiansen vs Spassky, 1981
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Round One, Game #4
Karpov vs M Kinteros, 1981
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 47 moves, 1-0
Round One, Game #5
Ribli vs Gligoric, 1981
(A39) English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4, 59 moves, 1-0
Round One, Game #6
G Garcia Gonzales vs J M Bellon Lopez, 1981
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 40 moves, 0-1
Round Two, Game #7
Kavalek vs Christiansen, 1981
(B06) Robatsch, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Two, Game #8
Spassky vs G Garcia Gonzales, 1981
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Two, Game #9
Gligoric vs Ljubojevic, 1981
(D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 39 moves, 1-0
Round Two, Game #10
Portisch vs Karpov, 1981
(A22) English, 37 moves, 0-1
Round Two, Game #11
Quinteros vs Ribli, 1981
(A15) English, 40 moves, 0-1
Round Two, Game #12
Larsen vs J M Bellon Lopez, 1981
(A12) English with b3, 60 moves, 1-0
Round Three, Game #13
Ribli vs Portisch, 1981
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Three, Game #14
J M Bellon Lopez vs Spassky, 1981
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1
Round Three, Game #15
Ljubojevic vs Quinteros, 1981
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Three, Game #16
Karpov vs Larsen, 1981
(B19) Caro-Kann, Classical, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Three, Game #17
Christiansen vs Gligoric, 1981
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0
Round Three, Game #18
G Garcia Gonzales vs Kavalek, 1981
(A15) English, 45 moves, 0-1
Round Four, Game #19
Kavalek vs J M Bellon Lopez, 1981
(B40) Sicilian, 60 moves, 1-0
Round Four, Game #20
Portisch vs Ljubojevic, 1981
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Four, Game #21
Gligoric vs G Garcia Gonzales, 1981
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 34 moves, 1-0
Round Four, Game #22
Larsen vs Spassky, 1981
(A26) English, 44 moves, 0-1
Round Four, Game #23
Quinteros vs Christiansen, 1981
(A15) English, 46 moves, 0-1
Round Four, Game #24
Karpov vs Ribli, 1981
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Five, Game #25
Spassky vs Kavalek, 1981
(B26) Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Five, Game #26
Christiansen vs Portisch, 1981
(A14) English, 31 moves, 1-0
Round Five, Game #27
J M Bellon Lopez vs Gligoric, 1981
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Round Five, Game #28
Ljubojevic vs Karpov, 1981
(B19) Caro-Kann, Classical, 62 moves, 0-1
Round Five, Game #29
Ribli vs Larsen, 1981
(E12) Queen's Indian, 55 moves, 1-0
Round Five, Game #30
G Garcia Gonzales vs Quinteros, 1981
(A56) Benoni Defense, 38 moves, 0-1
Round Six, Game #31
Karpov vs Christiansen, 1981
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
Round Six, Game #32
Larsen vs Kavalek, 1981
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 49 moves, 1-0
Round Six, Game #33
Gligoric vs Spassky, 1981
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Six, Game #34
Ribli vs Ljubojevic, 1981
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Six, Game #35
Quinteros vs J M Bellon Lopez, 1981
(A04) Reti Opening, 53 moves, 1-0
Round Six, Game #36
Portisch vs G Garcia Gonzales, 1981
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Round Seven, Game #37
G Garcia Gonzales vs Karpov, 1981
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 44 moves, 0-1
Round Seven, Game #38
Spassky vs Quinteros, 1981
(B20) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Seven, Game #39
J M Bellon Lopez vs Portisch, 1981
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 56 moves, 0-1
Round Seven, Game #40
Kavalek vs Gligoric, 1981
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Seven, Game #41
Ljubojevic vs Larsen, 1981
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Seven, Game #42
Christiansen vs Ribli, 1981
(E12) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight, Game #43
Ljubojevic vs Christiansen, 1981
(C42) Petrov Defense, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight, Game #44
Karpov vs J M Bellon Lopez, 1981
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight, Game #45
Larsen vs Gligoric, 1981
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 62 moves, 1-0
Round Eight, Game #46
Portisch vs Spassky, 1981
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight, Game #47
Ribli vs G Garcia Gonzales, 1981
(A17) English, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight, Game #48
Quinteros vs Kavalek, 1981
(A04) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine, Game #49
J M Bellon Lopez vs Ribli, 1981
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 33 moves, 1-0
Round Nine, Game #50
Spassky vs Karpov, 1981
(C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine, Game #51
Kavalek vs Portisch, 1981
(C42) Petrov Defense, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine, Game #52
Christiansen vs Larsen, 1981
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine, Game #53
G Garcia Gonzales vs Ljubojevic, 1981
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine, Game #54
Gligoric vs Quinteros, 1981
(E97) King's Indian, 43 moves, 1-0
Round Ten, Game #55
Ljubojevic vs J M Bellon Lopez, 1981
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 42 moves, 1-0
Round Ten, Game #56
Karpov vs Kavalek, 1981
(D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Ten, Game #57
Ribli vs Spassky, 1981
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Ten, Game #58
Larsen vs Quinteros, 1981
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Ten, Game #59
Portisch vs Gligoric, 1981
(E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Ten, Game #60
Christiansen vs G Garcia, 1981
(E14) Queen's Indian, 54 moves, 1-0
Round Eleven, Game #61
Kavalek vs Ribli, 1981
(D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eleven, Game #62
Spassky vs Ljubojevic, 1981
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eleven, Game #63
J M Bellon Lopez vs Christiansen, 1981
(B06) Robatsch, 49 moves, 0-1
Round Eleven, Game #64
G Garcia Gonzales vs Larsen, 1981
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 0-1
Round Eleven, Game #65
Quinteros vs Portisch, 1981
(A13) English, 26 moves, 0-1
Round Eleven, Game #66
Gligoric vs Karpov, 1981
(E12) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2

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