| Linares (1998) |
The 15th Annual Linares Super Tournament held from February 21st to March 10th, 1998 was a category XXI event. Seven of the world's top players, including the World Champion, competed in a double round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2825), Vladimir Kramnik (2790), Vishwanathan Anand (2770), Veselin Topalov (2740), Vassily Ivanchuk (2740), Alexei Shirov (2710), and Peter Svidler (2690). Anand won clear first with an astounding performance rating of 2840! The final standings and crosstable are as follows:
1 Anand 7.5/12 ** 1½ 0½ ½½ 1½ ½1 ½1
2 Shirov 7.0/12 0½ ** ½½ ½1 10 10 11
3 Kasparov 6.5/12 1½ ½½ ** ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½
4 Kramnik 6.5/12 ½½ ½0 ½½ ** ½1 ½½ 1½
5 Svidler 5.5/12 0½ 01 ½½ ½0 ** 10 ½1
6 Ivanchuk 5.0/12 ½0 01 ½½ ½½ 01 ** 0½
7 Topalov 4.0/12 ½0 00 ½½ 0½ ½0 1½ **
Original collection: Game Collection: Linares 1998, by User: suenteus po 147
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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Shirov vs Anand |
 | 0-1 | 55 |
1998 |
Linares | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 2. Svidler vs Kasparov |
| ½-½ | 52 |
1998 |
Linares | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 3. Kramnik vs Ivanchuk |
| ½-½ | 58 |
1998 |
Linares | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 4. Anand vs Svidler |
| 1-0 | 42 |
1998 |
Linares | B06 Robatsch |
| 5. Topalov vs Kramnik |
| 0-1 | 48 |
1998 |
Linares | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
| 6. Ivanchuk vs Shirov |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1998 |
Linares | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 7. Shirov vs Topalov |
| 1-0 | 34 |
1998 |
Linares | B42 Sicilian, Kan |
| 8. Kasparov vs Anand |
| 1-0 | 35 |
1998 |
Linares | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
| 9. Svidler vs Ivanchuk |
| 1-0 | 49 |
1998 |
Linares | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 10. Ivanchuk vs Kasparov |
| ½-½ | 50 |
1998 |
Linares | D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line |
| 11. Topalov vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1998 |
Linares | D85 Grunfeld |
| 12. Kramnik vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 46 |
1998 |
Linares | E97 King's Indian |
| 13. Kasparov vs Topalov |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1998 |
Linares | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 14. Svidler vs Kramnik |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1998 |
Linares | B33 Sicilian |
| 15. Anand vs Ivanchuk |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1998 |
Linares | B50 Sicilian |
| 16. Topalov vs Anand |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1998 |
Linares | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
| 17. Kramnik vs Kasparov |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1998 |
Linares | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 18. Shirov vs Svidler |
| 1-0 | 28 |
1998 |
Linares | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 19. Ivanchuk vs Topalov |
| 0-1 | 52 |
1998 |
Linares | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 20. Anand vs Kramnik |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1998 |
Linares | B33 Sicilian |
| 21. Kasparov vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1998 |
Linares | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 22. Kasparov vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 64 |
1998 |
Linares | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 23. Anand vs Shirov |
| ½-½ | 44 |
1998 |
Linares | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 24. Ivanchuk vs Kramnik |
| ½-½ | 74 |
1998 |
Linares | B57 Sicilian |
| 25. Shirov vs Ivanchuk |
| 0-1 | 47 |
1998 |
Linares | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
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