
Morelia-Linares 2008
The Morelia-Linares tournament is taking place from February 15th to 23rd February
in Morelia, Mexico, and from 28th February to 7th March in Linares, Spain. The
first half was won by Vishy Anand, ahead of Alexei Shirov and Veselin Topalov.
This was the final standings:

Here are some interesting statistical facts – wins, losses, draws, percentage
draws, white wins, black wins, white losses, black losses:
Player |
+ |
– |
= |
= |
w+ |
b+ |
w– |
b– |
Vishy Anand |
3 |
1 |
3 |
43% |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
Alexei Shirov |
2 |
1 |
4 |
57% |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Veselin Topalov |
3 |
2 |
2 |
28% |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Levon Aronian |
2 |
2 |
3 |
42% |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Magnus Carlsen |
2 |
2 |
3 |
42% |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Teimour Radjabov |
1 |
2 |
4 |
57% |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
1 |
2 |
4 |
57% |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Peter Leko |
1 |
3 |
3 |
43% |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
The overall draw rate in this tournament was sensationally low: just 46%, with
13 games drawn, eight white and seven black wins. The lowest draw coefficient
– by far – was achieved by Veselin Topalov with 28%, the highest
by Shirov, Radjabov and Ivanchuk with 57%. Anand and Topalov won the most games,
Peter Leko lost the most. Note that Anand won all his games with black and none
with white.
Second half
The second half of the event runs from February 28th to March 7th, 2008. It
is taking place in the Theatro Cervantes in the Centro Histórica de la
Cuidad Linares. The rounds start at 16:00 local time (= CET, 20:30h Chennai,
18:00 Moscow, 15:00 GMT/London, 10 a.m. New York). You can find the starting
time at your home location here.
Schedule and results
Round 8: Thursday, February 28th |
Vishy Anand |
|
Alexei Shirov |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Magnus Carlsen |
Teimour Radjabov |
|
Peter Leko |
Levon Aronian |
|
Veselin Topalov |
Games – Report |
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Round 9: Friday, February 29th |
Levon Aronian |
|
Vishy Anand |
Veselin Topalov |
|
Teimour Radjabov |
Peter Leko |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Magnus Carlsen |
|
Alexei Shirov |
Games – Report |
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Round 10: Saturday, March 1st |
Vishy Anand |
|
Magnus Carlsen |
Alexei Shirov |
|
Peter Leko |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Veselin Topalov |
Teimour Radjabov |
|
Levon Aronian |
Games – Report |
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Sunday, March 2nd
Free day |
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Round 11: Monday, March 3rd |
Teimour Radjabov |
|
Vishy Anand |
Levon Aronian |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Veselin Topalov |
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Alexei Shirov |
Peter Leko |
|
Magnus Carlsen |
Games – Report |
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Round 12: Tuesday, March 4th |
Vishy Anand |
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Peter Leko |
Magnus Carlsen |
|
Veselin Topalov |
Alexei Shirov |
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Levon Aronian |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Teimour Radjabov |
Games – Report |
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Wednesday, March 5th
Free day |
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Round 13: Friday, March 7th |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Vishy Anand |
Teimour Radjabov |
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Alexei Shirov |
Levon Aronian |
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Magnus Carlsen |
Veselin Topalov |
|
Peter Leko |
Games – Report |
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Round 14: Friday, March 7th |
Vishy Anand |
|
Veselin Topalov |
Peter Leko |
|
Levon Aronian |
Magnus Carlsen |
|
Teimour Radjabov |
Alexei Shirov |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Games – Report |
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Sunday, February 25th
Transfer to Linares, Spain |
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Live coverage on Playchess
The games will be broadcast live on Playchess.com
with live commentary by Dennis Monokroussos. For a charge of
ten Ducats (about one Euro) a visitor gets a twelve hour pass to listen to the
live lectures. Former FIDE world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov
will provide daily wrap-ups, as often as he is able (Rustam and his wife Firuza
have had a second child). The wrap-up will be available at the end of the round
and also cost ten ducats.
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Links
The
games are being broadcast live on the chess server Playchess.com.
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you immediate access. You can also use it to read, replay and analyse
the PGN games.
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