| Linares (1983) |
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The fourth Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez "Ciudad de Linares" was organized under the direction of its founder Luis Rentero Suarez. It was intended to be a Category XV event, and had been moved to February so that it did not overlap with the Hoogovens (1983) tournament. The participants were World Champion Anatoly Karpov (Elo ranked #1 in the world), Ulf Andersson (#4), Boris Spassky (#9), Jan Timman (#10), Yasser Seirawan (#12), Vlastimil Hort (#16), Tony Miles (#17), Efim Geller (#23), Artur Yusupov (#27), Gyula Sax (#28), and Bent Larsen (#34). Ljubomir Ljubojevic (#3) (who lived in the area) was set to play, but withdrew when he learned that Robert Huebner (#5), Mikhail Tal (#7), and Lev Polugaevsky (#19) had been replaced by Sax, Geller and Yusupov. Rentero attempted to have Manuel Rivas Pastor (#164) or someone to replace him, but it was too late and the tournament started on Saturday 12 February with 11 players. This was not ideal - the tournament category went down and the fans had Ljubo as their favorite, in the absence of Spanish players (they turned their sympathies to Spassky and Larsen instead). Moreover, snowfall had dusted Andalucía and the Hotel Cervantes (where the players were staying) had no heat. At one time or another, almost all the participants had bad days in terms of flu and played in poor physical condition. Despite his illness (or perhaps because of it), the former world champion Spassky edged out Karpov by half a point for clear first. His grand prize was $6,000 (the total prize purse was $28,000, or 3,640,000 pesetas, not counting appearance fees). Spassky, Karpov and Andersson (who ended behind Karpov on Sonneborn-Berger score) were undefeated. Larsen had the fever too. He played three of his adjourned games on the second rest day and lost all three. The participants voted for Karpov vs Sax, 1983 as the best game. Casa de Cultura, Linares, Spain, 12-25 February 1983
Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1 Spassky 46 2605 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½
2 Karpov 31 2710 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6
3 Andersson 31 2630 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6
4 Yusupov 23 2565 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 5½
5 Miles 27 2585 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5½
6 Sax 31 2560 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 5½
7 Timman 31 2605 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 5
8 Geller 57 2575 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 5
9 Hort 39 2585 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 5
10 Seirawan 22 2600 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 3
11 Larsen 47 2555 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 2
Category: XIV (2598). Chief arbiter: IA José María González.
FIDE rating list January 1983 (http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo198...)
F. D. in Butlleti d'Escacs 33 (July 1983), p. 30 (http://www.historiadelajedrezespano...)
Tidskrift för Schack, March-April 1983, pp. 80-86 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1983...)
Hector B. Kuperman in El País, 27 February 1983 (http://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/27...)
Robert Byrne in New York Times, 24 May 1983 (http://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/24/n...)
Roman Toran in La Vanguardia, 11 February 1983, p. 37 (http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/...)
José María González and Jaan Eslon in Jaque 135 (April 1983), pp. 134-139 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)Original collections: Game Collection: Linares 1983 by User: suenteus po 147 and Game Collection: Linares 1983 by User: Tabanus. Round dates (from De Telegraaf, Het Vrije Volk and EFE reports in ABC Madrid and El Mundo Deportivo): February 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25. Previous: Linares (1981). Next: Linares (1985)
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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Seirawan vs Sax |
  | 0-1 | 39 | 1983 | Linares | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 2. Hort vs Miles |
| ½-½ | 74 | 1983 | Linares | E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation |
| 3. B Larsen vs A Yusupov |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1983 | Linares | C24 Bishop's Opening |
| 4. Geller vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1983 | Linares | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 5. Spassky vs Andersson |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1983 | Linares | A04 Reti Opening |
| 6. Timman vs Hort |
| 1-0 | 79 | 1983 | Linares | C11 French |
| 7. Miles vs B Larsen |
| 1-0 | 51 | 1983 | Linares | D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 8. Sax vs Geller |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1983 | Linares | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 9. A Yusupov vs Spassky |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1983 | Linares | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 10. Andersson vs Seirawan |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1983 | Linares | A37 English, Symmetrical |
| 11. Seirawan vs A Yusupov |
| 0-1 | 56 | 1983 | Linares | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 12. Karpov vs Sax |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1983 | Linares | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
| 13. B Larsen vs Timman |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1983 | Linares | B08 Pirc, Classical |
| 14. Geller vs Andersson |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1983 | Linares | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
| 15. Spassky vs Miles |
| ½-½ | 13 | 1983 | Linares | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 16. Hort vs B Larsen |
| 1-0 | 49 | 1983 | Linares | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 17. Andersson vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 67 | 1983 | Linares | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 18. Miles vs Seirawan |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1983 | Linares | B07 Pirc |
| 19. A Yusupov vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1983 | Linares | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
| 20. Timman vs Spassky |
| 0-1 | 29 | 1983 | Linares | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 21. Geller vs Miles |
| 1-0 | 57 | 1983 | Linares | B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
| 22. Seirawan vs Timman |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1983 | Linares | A28 English |
| 23. Sax vs Andersson |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1983 | Linares | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 24. Spassky vs Hort |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1983 | Linares | C48 Four Knights |
| 25. Karpov vs A Yusupov |
| ½-½ | 46 | 1983 | Linares | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
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May-13-20
 | | Open Defence: wow <Ulf Andersson> tied with Karpov for second.. we sometimes forget how strong a player he was |
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May-13-20
 | | Fusilli: A couple of intriguing statements in the description of this tournament: <Ljubomir Ljubojevic (#3) (who lived in the area) was set to play, but withdrew when he learned that Robert Huebner (#5), Mikhail Tal (#7), and Lev Polugaevsky (#19) had been replaced by Sax, Geller and Yusupov.> This is strange. Why would that make him withdraw? Was the tournament now not strong enough for him? Yes, Ljubo was No. 3 in the world (July 1983 list) but weren't Sax, Geller and Yusupov worthy opponents, even if ranked below Huebner, Tal and Polu? They were for Karpov! <Despite his illness (or perhaps because of it), the former world champion Spassky edged out Karpov> "perhaps because of it"? Why would being sick be good for Spassky? |
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May-13-20
 | | MissScarlett: <Why would that make him withdraw?> Hiding his rating, of course. |
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May-13-20
| | Open Defence: A good show by Tony Miles... we forget how strong a player he was too |
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May-13-20
 | | Tabanus: <Fusilli> Haven't you noticed how well sick players are doing sometimes :) <Why would that make him withdraw?> Not sure but I think it had to to with the Category of the event going low, see http://www.bartelski.pl/olimpbase/l..., you can read Spanish better than me. |
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| Dec-27-22 | | dejandjakovic: What a great tournament by Spassky, 5 draws under 20 moves, and still he has won it. |
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Dec-27-22
 | | perfidious: Organiser Rentero was rather less impressed by all the quick draws and forced Spassky to sign a contract stipulating that he would not go in for them before allowing his participation in a subsequent Linares tourney. |
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