LINARES 1998

Viswanathan Anand got the Linares

Linares ESP (ESP), II-III 1998   cat. XXI (2752)

                      1  2  3  4  5  6  7 

1 Anand, Viswanathan  g IND 2770 ** 1= 0= == 1= =1 =1  7.5  2844
2 Shirov, Alexei      g ESP 2710 0= ** == =1 10 10 11  7.0  2816
3 Kasparov, Gary      g RUS 2825 1= == ** == == == ==  6.5  2769
4 Kramnik, Vladimir   g RUS 2790 == =0 == ** =1 == 1=  6.5  2774
5 Svidler, Peter      g RUS 2690 0= 01 == =0 ** 10 =1  5.5  2733
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily   g UKR 2740 =0 01 == == 01 ** 0=  5.0  2697
7 Topalov, Veselin    g BUL 2740 =0 00 == 0= =0 1= **  4.0  2629


Round 1 22/02/1998 
Kramnik, Vladimir      - Ivanchuk, Vassily    1/2 58 D02 
Svidler, Peter         - Kasparov, Gary       1/2 52 B85 
Shirov, Alexei         - Anand, Viswanathan   0-1 55 B12

Round 2 23/02/1998 Anand, Viswanathan - Svidler, Peter 1-0 42 B06 Modern defence Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 30 C54 Italian game Topalov, Vaselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 48 D58 QGD; Round 3 24/02/1998 Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 34 B42 Sicilian Kasparov, Gary - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 35 B17 Caro-Kann Svidler, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 49 B85 Sicilian Round 4 25/02/1998 Kramnik, Vladimir - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 46 E97 Kings indian; Main line Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 50 D79 1.d4 d5 2.c4 g6 Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1/2 42 D85 Gruenfeld indian Round 5 26/02/1998 Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 25 B53 Sicilian Kasparov, Gary - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 22 B91 Sicilian; Najdorf Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 30 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov

Round 6 28/02/1998 Shirov, Alexei - Svidler, Peter 1-0 28 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf Kramnik, Vladimir - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 26 D85 Gruenfeld indian Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 40 B17 Caro-Kann

Round 7 01/03/1997 Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 28 B33 Sicilian; Sveshnikov Kasparov, Gary - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 22 C78 Ruy Lopez Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 52 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf Round 8 02/03/1998 Anand, Viswanathan - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 44 C78 Ruy Lopez Kasparov, Gary - Svidler, Peter 1/2 64 C92 Ruy Lopez Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 74 B57 Sicilian

Round 9 03/03/1998 Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 47 B17 Caro-Kann Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 55 D85 Gruenfeld indian Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 44 B65 Sicilian

Round 10 04/03/1998 Anand, Viswanathan - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 24 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf Ivanchuk, Vassily - Svidler, Peter 1-0 58 D85 Gruenfeld indian Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 53 D85 Gruenfeld indian

Round 11 06/03/1998 Shirov, Alexei - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 41 C67 Ruy Lopez Kasparov, Gary - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 54 C92 Ruy Lopez Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 67 C67 Ruy Lopez

Round 12 07/03/1998 Kramnik, Vladimir - Svidler, Peter 1-0 29 E05 Nimzo indian Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 27 B63 Sicilian Topalov, Veselin - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 19 D85 Gruenfeld indian

Round 13 08/03/1998 Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 78 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf Kasparov, Gary - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 52 E32 Nimzo indian Svidler, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 37 C78 Ruy Lopez Round 14 09/03/1998 Shirov, Alexei - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 17 B81 Sicilian Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 34 E32 Nimzo indian Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 41 B84 Sicilian


Ivanchuk, Vassily (GM UKR 2740)	Topalov, Veselin (GM BUL 2740)	Shirov, Alexei (GM ESP 2710)	Svidler, Peter (GM RUS 2690)


Kasparov, Gary (GM RUS 2825)	Kramnik, Vladimir (GM RUS 2790)	Anand, Viswanathan (GM IND 2770)