Linares (1997) |
The 14th Annual Linares Super Tournament held in 1997 was a Category XVIII event. Twelve of the world's top players, including the World Champion, competed in a round robin format. The participants were (in order of Elo): Garry Kasparov (2795), Vishwanathan Anand (2765), Vladimir Kramnik (2740), Vassily Ivanchuk (2740), Veselin Topalov (2725), Boris Gelfand (2700), Alexei Shirov (2690), Michael Adams (2665), Predrag Nikolic (2655), Alexey Dreev (2650), Judit Polgar (2645), and Jeroen Piket (2640). Kasparov dominated in his usual manner, this time scoring wins against 2nd through 6th place. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1 Kasparov * 1 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 = = 1 8½
2 Kramnik 0 * = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 = 7½
=3 Adams 0 = * = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 6½
=3 Topalov 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 1 1 0 6½
5 Polgar 0 0 = = * 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 6
6 Anand 0 = = = 1 * = = 0 1 = = 5½
=7 Ivanchuk 1 0 = 0 0 = * = = 0 1 1 5
=7 Gelfand = = 0 0 = = = * 1 = = = 5
9 Nikolic 0 = = 0 0 1 = 0 * = = 1 4½
10 Dreev = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = * 1 = 4
=11 Piket = 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = 0 * 1 3½
=11 Shirov 0 = 0 1 = = 0 = 0 = 0 * 3½ Original collection: Game Collection: Linares 1997, by User: suenteus po 147.Previous: Linares (1995) (there was no tournament in 1996). Next: Linares (1998)
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Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
26. Anand vs Topalov |
 | ½-½ | 20 | 1997 | Linares | C78 Ruy Lopez |
27. Gelfand vs J Piket |
| ½-½ | 46 | 1997 | Linares | E16 Queen's Indian |
28. Kramnik vs Adams |
 | ½-½ | 21 | 1997 | Linares | E90 King's Indian |
29. Shirov vs Ivanchuk |
  | 0-1 | 40 | 1997 | Linares | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
30. Kasparov vs P Nikolic |
  | 1-0 | 27 | 1997 | Linares | C45 Scotch Game |
31. Adams vs Anand |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1997 | Linares | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
32. Topalov vs Kasparov |
  | 0-1 | 39 | 1997 | Linares | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
33. J Polgar vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1997 | Linares | C78 Ruy Lopez |
34. Ivanchuk vs Kramnik |
  | 0-1 | 41 | 1997 | Linares | B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 |
35. Dreev vs J Piket |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1997 | Linares | E12 Queen's Indian |
36. P Nikolic vs Gelfand |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1997 | Linares | E60 King's Indian Defense |
37. J Piket vs P Nikolic |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1997 | Linares | D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
38. Kramnik vs J Polgar |
  | 1-0 | 38 | 1997 | Linares | E97 King's Indian |
39. Anand vs Ivanchuk |
| ½-½ | 71 | 1997 | Linares | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
40. Shirov vs Dreev |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1997 | Linares | B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 |
41. Gelfand vs Topalov |
  | 0-1 | 32 | 1997 | Linares | E92 King's Indian |
42. Kasparov vs Adams |
  | 1-0 | 33 | 1997 | Linares | B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern |
43. Topalov vs J Piket |
| 1-0 | 44 | 1997 | Linares | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
44. Adams vs Gelfand |
 | 1-0 | 41 | 1997 | Linares | B50 Sicilian |
45. Shirov vs Kramnik |
 | ½-½ | 33 | 1997 | Linares | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
46. J Polgar vs Anand |
  | 0-1 | 37 | 1997 | Linares | C78 Ruy Lopez |
47. Ivanchuk vs Kasparov |
  | 1-0 | 36 | 1997 | Linares | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
48. Dreev vs P Nikolic |
| ½-½ | 42 | 1997 | Linares | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
49. P Nikolic vs Topalov |
 | 0-1 | 22 | 1997 | Linares | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
50. Gelfand vs Ivanchuk |
 | ½-½ | 23 | 1997 | Linares | D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
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May-14-14
 | | offramp: There are some pictures from various Linareseses at chessbase, http://en.chessbase.com/post/linare...
It is interesting to see the orientation of different players' knights. Most seem to face forward. Some both face left, oddly. My knights both look towards the king. |
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May-19-14 | | Mr 1100: Wow... nice link there... those photographs - looking back into the '90's... LOL at the photos of a long-haired Kramnik!!!! |
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