Linares

The Linares International Chess Tournament was an annual chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, which takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia, Spain, in which it was held. It is sometimes described as the Wimbledon of chess, being one of the strongest annual tournaments held on the de facto chess tour, along with the "Tata Steel", Tal Memorial and Dortmund events.

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Tournament Year Location Winner(s)
Linares International Chess Tournament 2010 Linares (Spain) Veselin Topalov
Linares International Chess Tournament 2009 Linares (Spain) Alexander Grischuk
Linares International Chess Tournament 2008 Linares (Spain) Viswanathan Anand
Linares International Chess Tournament 2007 Linares (Spain) Viswanathan Anand
Linares International Chess Tournament 2006 Linares (Spain) Levon Aronian
Linares International Chess Tournament 2005 Linares (Spain) Garry Kasparov
Linares International Chess Tournament 2004 Linares (Spain) Vladimir Kramnik
Linares International Chess Tournament 2003 Linares (Spain) Peter Leko
Linares International Chess Tournament 2002 Linares (Spain) Garry Kasparov
Linares International Chess Tournament 2001 Linares (Spain) Garry Kasparov
Linares International Chess Tournament 2000 Linares (Spain) Garry Kasparov
Vladimir Kramnik
Linares International Chess Tournament 1999 Linares (Spain) Garry Kasparov
Linares International Chess Tournament 1998 Linares (Spain) Viswanathan Anand
Linares International Chess Tournament 1997 Linares (Spain) Garry Kasparov
Linares International Chess Tournament 1995 Linares (Spain) Vassily Ivanchuk
Linares International Chess Tournament 1994 Linares (Spain) Anatoly Karpov
Linares International Chess Tournament 1993 Linares (Spain) Garry Kasparov
Linares International Chess Tournament 1992 Linares (Spain) Garry Kasparov
Linares International Chess Tournament 1991 Linares (Spain) Vassily Ivanchuk
Linares International Chess Tournament 1990 Linares (Spain) Garry Kasparov
Linares International Chess Tournament 1989 Linares (Spain) Vassily Ivanchuk
Linares International Chess Tournament 1988 Linares (Spain) Jan Timman
Linares International Chess Tournament 1985 Linares (Spain) Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Robert Huebner
Linares International Chess Tournament 1983 Linares (Spain) Boris Spassky
Linares International Chess Tournament 1981 Linares (Spain) Anatoly Karpov
Larry Christiansen
Linares International Chess Tournament 1979 Linares (Spain) Larry Christiansen
Linares International Chess Tournament 1978 Linares (Spain) Jaan Eslon