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Linares 1983
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The fourth edition of the international chess tournament held in Linares, Spain (known as 'Torneo Internacional Ciudad de Linares') occurred between February 11th and the 25th in 1983. Eleven grandmasters were invited to participate in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2710), Ulf Andersson (2635), Boris Spassky (2605), Jan Timman (2605), Yasser Seirawan (2600), Vlastimil Hort (2585), Anthony Miles (2585), Efim Geller (2575), Artur Yusupov (2565), Gyula Sax (2560), and Bent Larsen (2555). The average of the combined participants' ELO ranked this as a category XIV event. Ljubomir Ljubojevic had also been invited, but he declined to attend when he learned that Geller had been invited instead of Mikhail Tal. Also of note is that last edition's co-winner, Larry Christiansen, was not invited back. The playing conditions for the tournament were harsh since snowfall had dusted Andalusia before the tournament's start and the Hotel Cervantes where the players were staying had no heat. In addition, Spassky was sick with an end of winter flu which he quickly spread to all the other grandmasters. Despite his illness (or perhaps because of it) the former world champion edged out the then current world champion by half a point for clear first. Spassky's grand prize was $6000 (the total prize purse was $28,000 or 3,640,000 pesetas, not counting appearance fees), which ended up having to offset the loss of his Soviet stipend due to Karpov's displeasure. Spassky would become an official citizen of France the following year after having taken up residence there with his wife five years ago.

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
01 Spassky   * = = = = = = = 1 1 1  6.5/10

02 Andersson = * = = = = = = = 1 1    6/10

03 Karpov    = = * = 1 = = = = = 1    6/10

04 Yusupov   = = = * = = = = 1 1 0  5.5/10

05 Sax       = = 0 = * = = 1 0 1 1  5.5/10

06 Miles     = = = = = * = 0 = 1 1  5.5/10

07 Hort      = = = = = = * = 0 = 1    5/10

08 Geller    = = = = 0 1 = * 0 = 1    5/10

09 Timman    0 = = 0 1 = 1 1 * = 0    5/10

10 Seirawan  0 0 = 0 0 0 = = = * 1    3/10

11 Larsen    0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 *    2/10

Sources: 1. http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... 2. http://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/24/n... 3. http://elpais.com/diario/1983/02/27... 4. http://www.endgame.nl/linares.htm]

Round One
Geller vs Karpov, 1983
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hort vs Miles, 1983
(E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
Larsen vs Yusupov, 1983
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Seirawan vs Sax, 1983
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 39 moves, 0-1
Spassky vs Andersson, 1983
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Two
Sax vs Geller, 1983
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Timman vs Hort, 1983
(C11) French, 79 moves, 1-0
Andersson vs Seirawan, 1983
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 1-0
Miles vs Larsen, 1983
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 51 moves, 1-0
Yusupov vs Spassky, 1983
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Three
Karpov vs Sax, 1983
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
Seirawan vs Yusupov, 1983
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 56 moves, 0-1
Geller vs Andersson, 1983
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Larsen vs Timman, 1983
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 50 moves, 1-0
Spassky vs Miles, 1983
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Four
Andersson vs Karpov, 1983
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hort vs Larsen, 1983
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0
Yusupov vs Geller, 1983
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Timman vs Spassky, 1983
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Miles vs Seirawan, 1983
(B07) Pirc, 33 moves, 1-0
Round Five
Karpov vs Yusupov, 1983
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Geller vs Miles, 1983
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 57 moves, 1-0
Seirawan vs Timman, 1983
(A28) English, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spassky vs Hort, 1983
(C48) Four Knights, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sax vs Andersson, 1983
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Six
Hort vs Seirawan, 1983
(E12) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Yusupov vs Sax, 1983
(A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Larsen vs Spassky, 1983
(E91) King's Indian, 58 moves, 0-1
Miles vs Karpov, 1983
(A13) English, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
Timman vs Geller, 1983
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 34 moves, 1-0
Round Seven
Geller vs Hort, 1983
(B06) Robatsch, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Seirawan vs Larsen, 1983
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 68 moves, 1-0
Andersson vs Yusupov, 1983
(D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sax vs Miles, 1983
(B32) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov vs Timman, 1983
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight
Timman vs Sax, 1983
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 36 moves, 1-0
Miles vs Andersson, 1983
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spassky vs Seirawan, 1983
(E12) Queen's Indian, 53 moves, 1-0
Larsen vs Geller, 1983
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 89 moves, 0-1
Hort vs Karpov, 1983
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine
Sax vs Hort, 1983
(C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Andersson vs Timman, 1983
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov vs Larsen, 1983
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 43 moves, 1-0
Geller vs Spassky, 1983
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
Yusupov vs Miles, 1983
(E12) Queen's Indian, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Ten
Seirawan vs Geller, 1983
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spassky vs Karpov, 1983
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Larsen vs Sax, 1983
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
Timman vs Yusupov, 1983
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1
Hort vs Andersson, 1983
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eleven
Sax vs Spassky, 1983
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
Miles vs Timman, 1983
(A17) English, 105 moves, 1/2-1/2
Yusupov vs Hort, 1983
(E16) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Andersson vs Larsen, 1983
(A04) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Seirawan, 1983
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
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