Ciudad de Linares – 2009: Gruschuk wins 26 February 2009
The 26th traditional TopGM’s tournament in Linares, Spain will take part from Feb 18th to Mar 8th. Players: World Champion V. Anand (IND, 2791), V. Ivanchuk (UKR, 2779), M. Carlsen (NOR, 2776), T. Radjabov (AZE, 2761), L. Aronian (ARM, 2750), Wang Yue (CHN, 2739), A. Grischuk (RUS, 2733) L. Dominguez (CUB, 2717). Tournament format: Double round-robin. Average ELO is 2756. It is 20th FIDE tournament category. All rounds start at 15:00 GMT. ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of this tournament with Rybka 3 Aquarium commentary. Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN], Round 10 [PGN], Round 11 [PGN],Round 12 [ PGN], Round 13 [ PGN], Round 14 [ PGN]

Alexander Grischuk took first place from Vassily Ivanchuk by the tie-break of winning more games

[–table–] Below are the pairings:

Round 1– 19th Feb.

Vishwanatan Anand – Teimour Radjabov 1-0 Levon Aronian – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ Lenier Dominguez – Alexander Grischuk ½ – ½ Wang Yue – Vassily Ivanchuk ½ – ½ Round 1 games [ PGN]

Round 2– 20th Feb.

Teimour Radjabov – Vassily Ivanchuk ½ – ½ Vishwanatan Anand – Levon Aronian 0-1 Alexander Grischuk – Wang Yue 1-0 Magnus Carlsen – Lenier Dominguez ½ – ½ Round 2 games [ PGN]

Round 3 – 21st Feb.

Wang Yue – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ Vassily Ivanchuk – Alexander Grischuk ½ – ½ Levon Aronian – Teimour Radjabov ½ – ½ Lenier Dominguez – Vishwanatan Anand ½ – ½ Round 3 games [ PGN]

Round 4 – 22nd Feb.

Teimour Radjabov – Alexander Grischuk 0-1 Magnus Carlsen – Vassily Ivanchuk ½ – ½ Levon Aronian – Lenier Dominguez 1-0 Vishwanatan Anand – Wang Yue 1-0 Round 4 games [ PGN]

Round 5 – 24th Feb.

Vassily Ivanchuk – Vishwanatan Anand ½ – ½ Wang Yue – Levon Aronian ½ – ½ Lenier Dominguez -Teimour Radjabov ½ – ½ Alexander Grischuk – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ Round 5 games [ PGN]

Round 6 – 25th Feb.

Wang Yue – Teimour Radjabov ½ – ½ Magnus Carlsen – Vishwanatan Anand 1 – 0 Vassily Ivanchuk – Lenier Dominguez ½ – ½ Alexander Grischuk – Levon Aronian 1 – 0 Round 6 games [ PGN]

Round 7 – 26th Feb.

Lenier Dominguez – Wang Yue ½ – ½ Levon Aronian – Vassily Ivanchuk 0-1 Teimour Radjabov – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ Vishwanatan Anand – Alexander Grischuk ½ – ½ Round 7 games [ PGN]

Round 8 – 28th Feb.

Teimour Radjabov – Vishwanatan Anand ½ – ½ Alexander Grischuk – Lenier Dominguez ½ – ½ Vassily Ivanchuk – Wang Yue ½ – ½ Magnus Carlsen – Levon Aronian 0 – 1 Round 8 games [ PGN]

Round 9 -1st Mar.

Wang Yue – Alexander Grischuk ½ – ½ Lenier Dominguez – Magnus Carlsen 0 – 1 Levon Aronian – Vishwanatan Anand ½ – ½ Vassily Ivanchuk -Teimour Radjabov ½ – ½ Round 9 games [ PGN]

Round 10 – 2nd Mar.

Teimour Radjabov – Levon Aronian 1 – 0 Vishwanatan Anand – Lenier Dominguez ½ – ½ Alexander Grischuk – Vassily Ivanchuk ½ – ½ Magnus Carlsen – Wang Yue 0 – 1 Round 10 games [PGN]

Round 11 – 3rd Mar.

Lenier Dominguez – Levon Aronian ½ – ½ Wang Yue – Vishwanatan Anand ½ – ½ Vassily Ivanchuk – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ Alexander Grischuk – Teimour Radjabov ½ – ½ Round 11 games [PGN]

Round 12 – 5th Mar.

Teimour Radjabov – Lenier Dominguez ½ – ½ Vishwanatan Anand – Vassily Ivanchuk ½ – ½ Magnus Carlsen – Alexander Grischuk 1 – 0 Levon Aronian – Wang Yue ½ – ½ Round 12 games [ PGN]

Round 13 – 6th Mar.

Vassily Ivanchuk – Levon Aronian 1 – 0 Alexander Grischuk – Vishwanatan Anand ½ – ½ Magnus Carlsen -Teimour Radjabov ½ – ½ Wang Yue – Lenier Dominguez ½ – ½ Round 13 games [ PGN]

Round 14 – 7th Mar.

Teimour Radjabov – Wang Yue ½ – ½ Levon Aronian – Alexander Grischuk ½ – ½ Lenier Dominguez – Vassily Ivanchuk ½ – ½ Vishwanatan Anand – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ Round 14 games [ PGN]