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This year the Linares 2009 tournament is being staged only in Spain – in the previous three years the first half was in Morelia, Mexico, and next year the first half will probably be in the Arab Emirates. The 2009 event goes from February 19th to March 7th, with three rest days. The prize fund is 314,000 Euros, with the winner getting 100,000 Euros, followed by 75,000 and 50,000 Euros for second and third place. There are no appearance fees for the players, so the motivation to fight for points may be unusually high. The venue is el Teatro Cervantes de Linares, the starting time of the games is 16:00h (4 p.m.) Spanish/European time.
Round 14: Saturday, 7 March 2009 |
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Teimour Radjabov |
½-½ |
Wang Yue | |
Leinier Domínguez |
½-½ |
Ivanchuk Vassily | |
Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Grischuk Alexander | |
Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Carlsen Magnus | |
Wang Yue at the start of the final round. The Chinese GM is very professional
and
always looks into the camera when you point it at him. Thank you, Yue!
Vishy Anand, who will not remember this year's Linares event fondly
Levon Aronian, who is always humorous and affable, even after a painful defeat
Leinier Dominguez with possibly the most precise piece adjustment at the
start of a game
Vassily Ivanchuk, preparing his attempt to win Linares for the fourth time in
twenty years (he won the tournament outright in 1989, 1991 and 1995).
Ivanchuk plays 3...a6 in his game against Cuban grandmaster Dominguez
One of the key games of the last round: Levon Aronian vs Alexander Grischuk
Magnus Carlsen about to play 5...Nxd5 against Vishy Anand
A view of the playing hall during the last round
The game between these two was the first to end in a draw
Try as he migh Vassily Ivanchuk could find no way to score a full point
The last game to end – Alexander Grischuk took a draw in a slightly
better position
Thank heavens for these two in the press room: Aruna Anand and Maite Lopez
Eduardo Morejón, Editor of the chess magazine Jaque, poses with
the ladies
All pictures by Frederic Friedel in Linares
Please note: Alexander Grischuk has won the event on the Linares tiebreak system, which awards victory to the player who has more wins (Ivanchuk would have won it on traditional tiebreak points, as shown in the table above). Also note that Teimour Radjabov is fifth in the official table, not sixth as in our table, which is automatically generated by ChessBase. Here are the official final standings:
| 1. | Grischuk, Alexander | 8 |
RUS |
2733 |
| 2. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 8 |
UKR |
2779 |
| 3. | Carlsen, Magnus | 7.5 |
NOR |
2776 |
| 4. | Anand, Viswanathan | 7 |
IND |
2791 |
| 5. | Radjabov, Teimour | 6.5 |
AZE |
2761 |
| 6. | Wang Yue | 6.5 |
CHN |
2739 |
| 7. | Aronian, Levon | 6.5 |
ARM |
2750 |
| 8. | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 6 |
CUB |
2717 |
Video reports and interviews are now being provided by Vijay Kumar for Europe Echecs
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Links
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site as well as on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download the free PGN reader ChessBase Light, which gives you immediate access. You can also use the program to read, replay and analyse the PGN games. |
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