Anand Wins Linares/Morelia 2008

Vishwanathan Anand drew his last round game against Topalov and won Linares/Morelia for the second time consecutively. Norwegian youngster Magnus Carlsen pressed against Teimur Radjabov the catch the world champion but he did not suceed but shined in the most prestigious professional event in the world with 8 points and sole second place. Winner of Corus 2008 Levon Aronian and Veselin Topalov shared 3-4.places with 7.5 points. You can find the cross table and the results of the recent rounds at the link below. Who is leading etc. etc.

Morelia/Linares 2008 All Games (PGN)

Round 14: Friday, March 7, 2008

Vishy Anand ½-½ Veselin Topalov

Peter Leko ½-½ Levon Aronian

Magnus Carlsen ½-½ Teimour Radjabov

Alexei Shirov ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk

In the final round, Anand made a draw against Veselin Topalov. Magnus Carlsen, who had the chance to catch the world champion pressed as much as possible against Azerbaijani grandmaster Teimur Radjabov but the latter hold on the equal position. All the games ended as a draw in Linares/Morelia which was one of the most exciting tournaments with lower draw ratio compared to the other super tournaments.

Round 13: Thursday, March 6, 2008

Vishy Anand ½-½ Veselin Topalov

Peter Leko ½-½ Levon Aronian

Magnus Carlsen ½-½ Teimour Radjabov

Alexei Shirov ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk

All the games ended as a draw which enabled Anand to carry on his leading position to the final round where he will face Veselin Topalov. Anand is followed by Carlsen having 7.5 points and just half a point behind the former while Topalov and Aronian are sharing the third place with 7 points. This means four players still have the chances of sharing the first place and winning the title of the most prestigious chess tournament in the world.

Round 12: Tuesday, March 4th

Vishy Anand ½-½ Peter Leko

Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Veselin Topalov

Alexei Shirov ½-½ Levon Aronian

Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Teimour Radjabov

Carlsen won against Topalov and reconquered the sole second place just behind the leader Vishy Anand who has not lost a single game in Linares yet.

Round 11: Monday, March 3rd

Teimour Radjabov ½-½ Vishy Anand

Levon Aronian ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk

Veselin Topalov 1-0 Alexei Shirov

Peter Leko 1-0 Magnus Carlsen

Topalov won against Shirov which made many think if he could make another comeback a la Topalov since he usually starts the tournament with modest performances but bounces back in the latter stages. However, he could not succeed in his usual task, i.e. Topalovian comeback, in Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008. Leko, who is having difficult days in Morelia/Linares, and at the last place won against Magnus Carlsen whose task of fighting for the first place got quite a big blow.

Previous News/Linares

World Champion Vishy Anand left Mexican town Morelia leading the event with 4.5 points and still defending his sole leading position with 6 points after the two rounds played in Linares, the traditional Andulusian town where the supertournament has been held more than two decades. Young Norwegian Carlsen is just behind Anand with 5.5 point and he is also marginally in front of the winner of Corus 2008, Levon Aronian with 5.5 points.

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Previous Round

Round 10: Saturday, March 1, 2008

Vishy Anand ½-½ Magnus Carlsen

Alexei Shirov ½-½ Peter Leko

Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Veselin Topalov

Teimour Radjabov ½-½ Levon Aronian

Round 9: February 29, 2008, Friday

Levon Aronian ½-½ Vishy Anand

Veselin Topalov ½-½ Teimour Radjabov

Peter Leko 0-1 Vassily Ivanchuk