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Linares (2003) The 20th Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Linares was played 22 February to 9 March, 2003 in Hotel Anibal, Linares, Spain. Round by round pairings with dates and results: http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2003/lina.... Reports: http://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/histo... (Tidskrift för Schack, 2003 no. 3, pp. 169-176) and https://e-nautia.com/santiago/disk/... (Revista Peón de Rey, 2003 no. 17, pp. 5-43). Peter Leko won on tiebreak (more wins) ahead of Vladimir Kramnik. The event is best remembered for young Teimour Radjabov's sensational win against Garry Kasparov in Round 2: click for larger view Kasparov played 27.Rdf1? but after 27...Nb3+ 28.Kd1 Bxg3 he could not take on g3 because of 29...Qg6 (threatening Qb1 and mate). A piece down, he resigned on move 39. Linares, Spain, 22 February - 9 March 2003 Age Elo 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 1 Leko 23 2736 ** ½½ 01 ½½ ½½ 10 11 7 2 Kramnik 27 2807 ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 1½ ½½ 1½ 7 3 Anand 33 2753 10 ½½ ** 0½ 1½ ½½ ½1 6½ 4 Kasparov 39 2847 ½½ ½½ 1½ ** 1½ ½½ 0½ 6½ 5 Ponomariov 19 2734 ½½ 0½ 0½ 0½ ** 11 ½½ 5½ 6 Vallejo 20 2629 01 ½½ ½½ ½½ 00 ** ½½ 5 7 Radjabov 15 2624 00 0½ ½0 1½ ½½ ½½ ** 4½ Category: XX (2733). Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0I.... Best game selected by chess journalists: Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003 — see http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt... for details. The X Anibal Open (2003) was played in Linares at the same time (28 Feb - 9 March). Anton Korobov won on tiebreak with 7.5/10 (http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic...). Previous: Linares (2002). Next: Linares (2004)  page 2 of 2; games 26-42 of 42  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Radjabov vs Kasparov ½-½ 39 2003 Linares D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 27. Kramnik vs Ponomariov ½-½ 33 2003 Linares C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 28. Ponomariov vs Radjabov   ½-½ 41 2003 Linares B30 Sicilian 29. F Vallejo Pons vs Kramnik ½-½ 13 2003 Linares A22 English 30. Kasparov vs Leko ½-½ 33 2003 Linares B30 Sicilian 31. Radjabov vs F Vallejo Pons   ½-½ 32 2003 Linares D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 32. Leko vs Ponomariov   ½-½ 31 2003 Linares B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 33. Kramnik vs Anand   ½-½ 32 2003 Linares C78 Ruy Lopez 34. F Vallejo Pons vs Leko 1-0 43 2003 Linares A34 English, Symmetrical 35. Anand vs Radjabov 1-0 33 2003 Linares B32 Sicilian 36. Ponomariov vs Kasparov   ½-½ 34 2003 Linares E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 37. Kasparov vs F Vallejo Pons ½-½ 40 2003 Linares B12 Caro-Kann Defense 38. Leko vs Anand 1-0 65 2003 Linares C42 Petrov Defense 39. Radjabov vs Kramnik ½-½ 48 2003 Linares E12 Queen's Indian 40. Anand vs Kasparov ½-½ 32 2003 Linares B30 Sicilian 41. F Vallejo Pons vs Ponomariov 0-1 53 2003 Linares E17 Queen's Indian 42. Kramnik vs Leko ½-½ 35 2003 Linares B30 Sicilian  page 2 of 2; games 26-42 of 42    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. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. 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