Linares 2002

Kasparov won with 8/12
23 February – 10 March 2002 · Linares, Spain
Kasparov won with 8/12

Kasparov won with 8/12. 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 (23 February – 10 March 2002), 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

Kasparov won with 8/12.

Kasparov finished on 8/12 (+4 −0 =8). The next score line was Ponomariov 6½/12 (+3 −2 =7).

Final standings

8/12
Kasparov won with 8/12
# Player Score Record Games
1 Kasparov, Garry 8/12 +4 -0 =8
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan 6½/12 +3 -2 =7
=3 Adams, Michael 6/12 +3 -3 =6
=3 Ivanchuk, Vassily 6/12 +2 -2 =8
=3 Anand, Viswanathan 6/12 +1 -1 =10
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco 5/12 +1 -3 =8
7 Shirov, Alexei 4½/12 +1 -4 =7

Cross Table

Rank Player 1234567
1 Kasparov, Garry ½1 1½ ½½ ½½ ½1 ½1
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan ½0 01 1½ ½½ ½1 ½½
3 Adams, Michael 0½ 10 0½ 1½ ½½ ½1
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily ½½ 0½ 1½ ½½ ½1 ½0
5 Anand, Viswanathan ½½ ½½ 0½ ½½ ½½ ½1
6 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ½0 ½0 ½½ ½0 ½½ ½1
7 Shirov, Alexei ½0 ½½ ½0 ½1 ½0 ½0

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.