#agadmator The 9th Annual Linares Super Tournament held from February 22nd to March 15th, 1991 was a category XVII event. Fourteen of the world’s top players, including the World Champion, competed in a round robin format that was the strongest tournament in the world at that time. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2800), Anatoli Karpov (2725), Boris Gelfand (2700), Vassily Ivanchuk (2695), Mikhail Gurevich (2650), Jaan Ehlvest (2650), Valery Salov (2645), Alexander Beliavsky (2640), Gata Kamsky (2640), Vishwanathan Anand (2635), Jan Timman (2630), Jonathan Speelman (2610), Artur Yusupov (2605), and Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2595). It was a second phenomenal victory for Ivanchuk who finished clear first with an impressive 9.5/13, even winning his head to head match with second place and world champion, Kasparov.
Viswanathan Anand vs Vassily Ivanchuk
Linares 9th (1991), Linares ESP, rd 8, Mar-05
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. f4 b5 10. f5 b4 11. Na4 e5 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Qe1 a5 15. c4 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Bg5 Nc5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Be3 Ncd7 20. Bf2 Ra6 21. Rc2 Qb8 22. Re1 Qa8 23. Qd3 Ng4 24. Nf1 Ndf6 25. Nd2 Nf2 26. Kf2 Bc6 27. Rcc1 Qa7 28. Ke2 Rd8 29. Bd1 d5 30. cd5 Nd5 31. ed5 Rd5 32. Qb3 Bg5 33. Rc2 Bd2
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