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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)  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66  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  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   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. 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!!!! 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. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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