Anand won with 7½/12. All 42 games of this 7-player double round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.
The field and format
Played in Linares, Spain (22 February – 9 March 1998), the event used a double round-robin. Each of the 7 players completed 12 games; the resulting 42-game total is exactly the full set of pairings.
The finish
Anand won with 7½/12.
Anand finished on 7½/12 (+4 −1 =7). The next score line was Shirov 7/12 (+5 −3 =4).
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anand, Viswanathan | 7½/12 | +4 -1 =7 | games |
| 2 | Shirov, Alexei | 7/12 | +5 -3 =4 | games |
| =3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 6½/12 | +2 -1 =9 | games |
| =3 | Kasparov, Garry | 6½/12 | +1 -0 =11 | games |
| 5 | Svidler, Peter | 5½/12 | +3 -4 =5 | games |
| 6 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 5/12 | +2 -4 =6 | games |
| 7 | Topalov, Veselin | 4/12 | +1 -5 =6 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anand, Viswanathan | 1½ | ½½ | 0½ | 1½ | ½1 | ½1 | |
| 2 | Shirov, Alexei | 0½ | ½1 | ½½ | 10 | 10 | 11 | |
| 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½½ | ½0 | ½½ | ½1 | ½½ | 1½ | |
| 4 | Kasparov, Garry | 1½ | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | |
| 5 | Svidler, Peter | 0½ | 01 | ½0 | ½½ | 10 | ½1 | |
| 6 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½0 | 01 | ½½ | ½½ | 01 | 0½ | |
| 7 | Topalov, Veselin | ½0 | 00 | 0½ | ½½ | ½0 | 1½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.