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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 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kramnik vs Gelfand ½-½ 15 1997 Linares D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. Ivanchuk vs Topalov 0-1 29 1997 Linares D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 3. Adams vs Dreev 1-0 54 1997 Linares B58 Sicilian 4. Polgar vs P Nikolic 1-0 59 1997 Linares C18 French, Winawer 5. Shirov vs Piket 0-1 40 1997 Linares C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. Anand vs Kasparov 0-1 41 1997 Linares B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 7. Dreev vs Kasparov ½-½ 49 1997 Linares E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 8. Piket vs Kramnik 0-1 50 1997 Linares D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. Topalov vs Polgar   ½-½ 81 1997 Linares B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 10. P Nikolic vs Shirov   1-0 44 1997 Linares D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. Gelfand vs Anand   ½-½ 28 1997 Linares D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 12. Adams vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 37 1997 Linares C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. Shirov vs Topalov 1-0 76 1997 Linares C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 14. Anand vs Piket ½-½ 44 1997 Linares C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 15. Polgar vs Adams   ½-½ 25 1997 Linares C78 Ruy Lopez 16. Kasparov vs Gelfand ½-½ 47 1997 Linares B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 17. Kramnik vs P Nikolic   ½-½ 41 1997 Linares A17 English 18. Ivanchuk vs Dreev 0-1 53 1997 Linares E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 19. Dreev vs Gelfand   ½-½ 22 1997 Linares E12 Queen's Indian 20. Topalov vs Kramnik 0-1 33 1997 Linares D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. Adams vs Shirov 1-0 95 1997 Linares C78 Ruy Lopez 22. Ivanchuk vs Polgar 0-1 19 1997 Linares D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 23. P Nikolic vs Anand 1-0 39 1997 Linares D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 24. Piket vs Kasparov ½-½ 51 1997 Linares E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov 25. Polgar vs Dreev   1-0 67 1997 Linares B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 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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