The annual Linares chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia, Spain, in which it is held. It is sometimes described as the Wimbledon of chess. It is one of the strongest annual tournaments held on the chess tour, along with the Corus chess tournament and Dortmund chess tournament. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jaén province Jaén is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... Motto: Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia by herself, for Spain, and for humankind) Capital Seville Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87,268 km²  17. ... Wimbledon logo The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as simply Wimbledon, is the oldest and arguably most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ... Chess is a recreational and competitive sport for two players. ... The Corus chess tournament takes place every year, usually in January, in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijkin the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. ... The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess tournament held every July in Dortmund, Germany. ...

The event, sponsored by Luis Rentero, was first held in 1978. At that time it was not an elite event and was won by the relatively unknown Swede Jaan Eslon (on tie-break from the Argentine Roberto Debarnot). After the following year's event, it was held every other year until 1987 when there was no tournament. That year Linares was the site of the Candidates Final, the match to determine who played World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov for his title, with Anatoly Karpov playing Andrei Sokolov. Since 1988 the Linares chess tournament has been held every year with the exception of 1996, when the Women's World Chess Championship was held. The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (left) and Garry Kasparov (right). ... Kasparov, Chess Classics, 1999 in Frankfurt am Main Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: ) (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. ... Andrei Yurievich Sokolov (Андрей Юрьевич Соколов; born March 20, 1963 in Vorkuta) is a Russian chess Grandmaster, now living in France. ... The Womens World Chess Championship is played to determine the womens world champion in chess. ...

In 1998, Linares was changed from a single round-robin tournament to a seven player double round-robin event (meaning that each participant plays every other participant twice, once with each color).

Luis Rentero is notorious for being a strong opponent of short draws in chess, to the point that in 1991 he offered cash bonuses for playing longer games.

The 2006 edition of this tournament had the distinction of being held in the Mexican city of Morelia (first half), returning to Linares for the second half. This is repeated in 2007, but on this occasion as before, the organizers never get the LIVE broadcasting of games to work properly. Aqueduct in Morelia Morelia is the capital of the Mexican state of Michoacán. ...

Winners

• 1978 Jaan Eslon
• 1979 Larry Christiansen
• 1981 Anatoly Karpov and Larry Christiansen
• 1983 Boris Spassky
• 1985 Ljubomir Ljubojević and Robert Hübner
• 1988 Jan Timman
• 1989 Vassily Ivanchuk
• 1990 Garry Kasparov
• 1991 Vassily Ivanchuk
• 1992 Garry Kasparov
• 1993 Garry Kasparov
• 1994 Anatoly Karpov
• 1995 Vassily Ivanchuk
• 1997 Garry Kasparov
• 1998 Viswanathan Anand
• 1999 Garry Kasparov
• 2000 Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov
• 2001 Garry Kasparov
• 2002 Garry Kasparov
• 2003 Péter Lékó (Joint winner with Vladimir Kramnik; but had a better tiebreak score)
• 2004 Vladimir Kramnik
• 2005 Garry Kasparov (with the same score as Veselin Topalov; won on tiebreak because of more wins with black)
• 2006 Levon Aronian

Larry M. Christiansen (b. ... Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: ) (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. ... Larry M. Christiansen (b. ... Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij) (Russian: ) (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess player and former world champion. ... Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. ... Doctor Robert Hübner (born November 6, 1948 in West Germany) is a respected German chess Grandmaster and papyrologist (recognised as an expert in Egyptian hieroglyphics). ... Jan Timman Jan Timman (born December 14, 1951) is a famous Dutch chessplayer who had his greatest successes in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Vassily Ivanchuk (Васи́лий Ива́нчук), born March 18, 1969 in Berejiany, Ukraine, is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. ... Kasparov, Chess Classics, 1999 in Frankfurt am Main Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... Vassily Ivanchuk (Васи́лий Ива́нчук), born March 18, 1969 in Berejiany, Ukraine, is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. ... Kasparov, Chess Classics, 1999 in Frankfurt am Main Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... Kasparov, Chess Classics, 1999 in Frankfurt am Main Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: ) (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. ... Vassily Ivanchuk (Васи́лий Ива́нчук), born March 18, 1969 in Berejiany, Ukraine, is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. ... Kasparov, Chess Classics, 1999 in Frankfurt am Main Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan Anand (IPA: ) (born December 11, 1969 in Chennai (then called Madras), India) is an Indian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. ... Kasparov, Chess Classics, 1999 in Frankfurt am Main Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... Vladimir Kramnik at the 2005 Corus chess tournament. ... Kasparov, Chess Classics, 1999 in Frankfurt am Main Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... Kasparov, Chess Classics, 1999 in Frankfurt am Main Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... Kasparov, Chess Classics, 1999 in Frankfurt am Main Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... Péter Lékó Péter Lékó (b. ... Vladimir Kramnik at the 2005 Corus chess tournament. ... Vladimir Kramnik at the 2005 Corus chess tournament. ... Kasparov, Chess Classics, 1999 in Frankfurt am Main Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: ; IPA: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. ... Veselin Topalov 2005 Veselin Topalov (IPA: ; Bulgarian: ) (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. ... Levon Aronian, 2005 Levon Aronian (born October 6, 1982) is an Armenian chess player. ...

External links

• Where is Linares? from Chess base