Linares 2009 Final Round Pairings and standings

Today I'm actually getting to watch one of the most dynamic openings (in my opinion) in the Grischuk-Anand game, the Poisoned Pawn Variation of the Sicilian Najdorf, I will post this game in the previous post. Or this one if I add standings after round 13 here, which I probably will. I'm almost sorry this tournament is coming to an end, but we still have Amber to look forward to watching on March 14, 2009. I love their concept of combining blindfold and rapid formats in one tournament with Super GM's!

Round 14 pairings:

T. Radjabov 1/2-1/2 Wang Yue
L. Dominguez 1/2-1/2 V. Ivanchuk
L. Aronian 1/2-1/2 A. Grischuk
V. Anand 1/2-1/2 M. Carlsen

Final Standings: Linares 2009 GM Alexander Grischuk wins on tiebreaks, GM Ivanchuk was undefeated, but GM Grischuk had more wins so took the title of Linares 2009 Champion. GM Anand finished 4th after winning the last two Linares Tournaments.

1 8.0 GM Alexander Grischuk RUS 2733

2 8.0 GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2779

3 7.5 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2776

4 7.0 GM Viswanathan Anand IND 2791

5-7 6.5 GM Teimour Radjabov AZE 2761
GM Wang Yue CHN 2739
GM Levon Aronian ARM 2750

8 6.0 GM Leinier Dominguez CUB 2717




GM Grischuk vs GM Anand (Round 13)




Standings after Round 13

1-2 7.5 GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2779
GM Alexander Grischuk RUS 2733

3 7.0 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2776

4 6.5 GM Viswanathan Anand IND 2791

5-7 6.0 GM Wang Yue CHN 2739
GM Teimour Radjabov AZE 2761
GM Levon Aronian ARM 2750

8 5.5 GM Leinier Dominguez CUB 2717