Morelia / Linares 2008. Final Round 14. Mark Crowther with additional notes by IM Malcolm Pein. Photos and videos by Peter Doggers of ChessVibes.

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Morelia / Linares 2008.

Stories from Morelia/Linares

Viswanathan Anand against Veselin Topalov in round 14. Photo © ChessVibes.

The Morelia - Linares tournament took place 15th-23rd February (Mexican half) and then 28th February - 7th March 2008 (Spanish half). Viswanathan Anand took clear first half a point clear of Magnus Carlsen.

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Official site (Linares part): http://www.soloajedrez.com/ciudaddelinares/ and http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/

Results and Pairings page

XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares (MEX/ESP), 15 ii-7 iii 2008																	cat. XXI (2756)
					1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8
1.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	*	*	1	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	8½	2829
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	0	½	*	*	1	½	1	1	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	1	8	2808
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	1	½	0	½	*	*	0	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	7½	2787
4.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	½	½	0	0	1	0	*	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	7½	2781
5.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2735	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	0	½	0	1	7	2758
6.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	*	1	1	½	½	6½	2727
7.	Lékó, Peter	g	HUN	2753	0	½	½	1	½	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	*	*	½	½	5½	2676
8.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2755	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	*	*	5½	2675

Round 1 (February 15, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	39	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Topalov, Veselin	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	37	E20	Nimzo Indian
Lékó, Peter	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	37	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Shirov, Alexei	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	30	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Round 2 (February 16, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	34	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Radjabov, Teimour	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	41	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Lékó, Peter	1-0	43	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Shirov, Alexei	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	39	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 3 (February 17, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	59	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Aronian, Levon	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	24	E61	King's Indian Defence
Topalov, Veselin	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	46	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Lékó, Peter	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	37	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 4 (February 19, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	22	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Carlsen, Magnus	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	41	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	60	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Shirov, Alexei	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	63	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 5 (February 20, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	18	A21	English Opening
Topalov, Veselin	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	44	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Radjabov, Teimour	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	38	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Lékó, Peter	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	45	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 6 (February 22, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	50	A33	English Symmetrical
Topalov, Veselin	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	42	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Radjabov, Teimour	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	43	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	27	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 7 (February 23, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	31	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Carlsen, Magnus	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	40	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Lékó, Peter	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	38	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Shirov, Alexei	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	44	E98	King's Indian Classical
Round 8 (February 28, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	57	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Aronian, Levon	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	65	A29	English Four Knights
Radjabov, Teimour	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	39	E15	Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	40	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 9 (February 29, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	80	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Aronian, Levon	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	27	E15	Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	54	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Lékó, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	48	B19	Caro Kann
Round 10 (March 1, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	22	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Radjabov, Teimour	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	31	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	62	B87	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Shirov, Alexei	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	38	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 11 (March 3, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	22	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Topalov, Veselin	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	34	D89	Gruenfeld Alekhine
Radjabov, Teimour	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	18	B18	Caro Kann
Lékó, Peter	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	62	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 12 (March 4, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	37	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Carlsen, Magnus	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	37	A28	English Four Knights
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	58	B45	Sicilian Classical
Shirov, Alexei	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	77	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 13 (March 6, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	28	E17	Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin	- Lékó, Peter	1-0	48	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Radjabov, Teimour	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	29	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	23	B86	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 14 (March 7, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	23	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Carlsen, Magnus	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	69	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Lékó, Peter	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	34	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Shirov, Alexei	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	30	C12	French MacCutcheon

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