Torneo de Ajedrez Linares 2009

results and standings

Torneo de Ajedrez Linares 2009 took place February 18 - March 8, 2009, in Linares, Spain. The 26th edition of the Linares chess tournament was won by Alexander Grischuk, who had the same points but better tibreak than Vassily Ivanchuk.

Note: this year's time control was different, the players had 2 hours for the first 40 moves, 1 hour until move 60, and then 20 minutes are added instead of 15min + 30 sec.

Participants

Viswanathan Anand
Magnus Carlsen
Vassily Ivanchuk
Levon Aronian
Teimour Radjabov
Wang Yue
Alexander Grischuk
Lenier Dominguez

Round 1

Anand - Radjabov 1-0 (replay game)
Aronian - Carlsen draw (replay game)
Dominguez - Grischuk draw
Wang Yue - Ivanchuk draw

Round 2

Teimour Radjavov ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk
Alexander Grischuk 1-0 Wang Yue
Magnus Carlsen ½-½ Leinier Domínguez (replay game)
Vishy Anand 0-1 Levon Aronian

Round 3

Levon Aronian ½-½ Teimour Radjabov
Leinier Domínguez ½-½ Vishy Anand
Wang Yue ½-½ Magnus Carlsen (replay game)
Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Alexander Grischuk

Round 4

Teimour Radjabov 0-1 Alexander Grischuk
Magnus Carlsen ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk (replay game)

Vishy Anand 1-0 Wang Yue
Levon Aronian 1-0 Leinier Domínguez

Round 5

Leinier Domínguez ½-½ Teimour Radjabov
Wang Yue ½-½ Levon Aronian
Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Vishy Anand
Alexander Grischuk ½-½ Magnus Carlsen (replay game)

Round 6

Wang Yue ½-½ Teimour Radjabov
Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Leinier Domínguez
Alexander Grischuk 1-0 Levon Aronian
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Vishy Anand (replay game)

Round 7

Teimour Radjabov ½-½ Magnus Carlsen (replay game)
Vishy Anand ½-½ Alexander Grischuk
Levon Aronian 0-1 Vassily Ivanchuk
Leinier Domínguez ½-½ Wang Yue

Round 8

Teimour Radjabov ½-½ Vishy Anand
Magnus Carlsen 0-1 Levon Aronian (replay game)
Alexander Grischuk ½-½ Leinier Domínguez
Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Wang Yue

Round 9

Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Teimour Radjabov
Wang Yue ½-½ Alexander Grischuk
Leinier Domínguez 0-1 Magnus Carlsen (replay game)
Levon Aronian ½-½ Vishy Anand

Round 10

Teimour Radjabov 1-0 Levon Aronian
Vishy Anand ½-½ Leinier Domínguez
Magnus Carlsen 0-1 Wang Yue (replay game)
Alexander Grischuk ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk

Round 11

Alexander Grischuk ½-½ Teimour Radjabov
Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Magnus Carlsen (replay game)
Wang Yue ½-½ Vishy Anand
Leinier Domínguez ½-½ Levon Aronian

Round 12

Teimour Radjabov ½-½ Leinier Domínguez
Levon Aronian ½-½ Wang Yue
Vishy Anand ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Alexander Grischuk (replay game)

Round 13

Magnus Carlsen ½-½ Teimour Radjabov (replay game)
Alexander Grischuk ½-½ Vishy Anand
Vassily Ivanchuk 1-0 Levon Aronian
Wang Yue ½-½ Leinier Domínguez

Round 14

Teimour Radjabov ½-½ Wang Yue
Leinier Domínguez ½-½ Ivanchuk Vassily
Levon Aronian ½-½ Grischuk Alexander
Vishy Anand ½-½ Carlsen Magnus (replay game)

Standings

1. Grischuk 8,0
2. Ivanchuk 8,0
3. Carlsen 7,5
4. Anand 7,0
5. Wang Yue 6,5
6. Radjabov 6,5
7. Aronian 6,5
8. Dominguez 6,0

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