Morelia-Linares 2008 Print
Monday, 18 February 2008 00:00
The Morelia-Linares tournament took place from February 15th to 23rd February in Morelia, Mexico, and from 28th February to 7th March in Linares, Spain. The participants were: Viswanathan Anand (India), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Teymour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Peter Leko (Hungary), Alexei Shirov (Spain). For more detailed information please visit the Official Site of the tournament.
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The Morelia-Linares tournament took place from February 15th to 23rd February in Morelia, Mexico, and from 28th February to 7th March in Linares, Spain. The Top FIDE players were taking part in this Super-GM competition. The participants were: Viswanathan Anand (India), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Teymour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Peter Leko (Hungary), Alexei Shirov (Spain). The second half of the event started on February 28 and lasted till March 7, 2008. It took place in the Theatro Cervantes in the Centro Historica de la Cuidad Linares.


For more detailed information please visit the Official Site of the tournament.

Final standings
1. Anand, Viswanathan, IND 8.5/14
2. Carlsen, Magnus, NOR 8.0/14
3. Aronian, Levon, ARM 7.5/14
4. Topalov, Veselin, BUL 7.5/14
5. Radjabov, Teimour, AZE 7.0/14
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily, UKR 6.5/14
7. Leko, Peter, HUN 5.5/14
8. Shirov, Alexei, ESP 5.5/14
 
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