Morelia-Linares 2008

The super-tournament in Morelia (Mexico) / Linares (Spain) starts today (games starting in about an hour from now) in Morelia, with Anand, Ivanchuk, Topalov, Leko, Radjabov, Aronian, Shirov and Carlsen playing.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4450

The official site seems to be down at the moment.

It should be great and of very high quality. Linares is one of the most (if not the most) prestigious tournaments in all of chess.

Nice little site. Thanks

I'm going to be travelling around Southern Spain early next month, so I hope I'll have the opportunity to visit Linares for a day's play.

the site is still broken? (sounds like mexico to me 😉 )
where else can the games be seen?

Originally posted by irontigran
...where else can the games be seen?

Originally posted by Nordlys
The super-tournament in Morelia (Mexico) / Linares (Spain) starts today (games starting in about an hour from now) in Morelia, with Anand, Ivanchuk, Topalov, Leko, Radjabov, Aronian, Shirov and Carlsen playing.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4450

The official site seems to be down at the moment.

Bump! The Linares part of the tournament starts tomorrow at 16:00 CET (15:00 GMT).

Originally posted by Nordlys
Bump! The Linares part of the tournament starts tomorrow at 16:00 CET (15:00 GMT).

Should be exciting, I'm glad it's moved back to Linares as I can follow the games live.

Todays schedule (Round 8):

Anand vs Shirov
Ivanchuk vs Carlsen
Radjabov vs Leko
Aronian vs Topov

I'll be following Anand vs Shirov. Let's see if Shirov can gain his revenge!

I'm a bit worried that there isn't a link to round 8 yet in the live games page. (http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/english/live.htm)

You can follow the games live here: http://www.soloajedrez.com/ciudaddelinares/

nice sac in radjabov vs. leko...


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 Na6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Qe5 f6 13. Qe4 Qc8 14. Rd1
Nac7 15. Nxg6

Wow, Ivanchuk just lost against Carlsen, messing up a game that looked lost for Carlsen in time trouble. Poor guy.

Does anyone know what the time controls are, and how long a game typically lasts? Are there intervals?

Originally posted by Green Paladin
Does anyone know what the time controls are, and how long a game typically lasts? Are there intervals?