Linares 1999 statistics!

Edited by Jussi Tella / Shakkimestari 2000.

Tournament table

Congratulation to Gary Kasparov - probably the best tournament performance ever, despite the exact performance metrics!

                                   12345678       12345678
1. Kasparov, Gary     g RUS 2812   X==11=1= 5,0   X1=111== 5,5   10,5
2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2781   =X===1== 4,0   0X=1==1= 4,0    8,0
3. Kramnik, Vladimir  g RUS 2751   ==X1==== 4,0   ==X==1== 4,0    8,0
4. Adams, Michael     g ENG 2716   0=0X1==1 3,5   00=X=0== 2,0    5,5
5. Ivanchuk, Vassily  g UKR 2714   0==0X1=0 2,5   0===X=1= 3,5    6,0
6. Svidler, Peter     g RUS 2713   =0==0X=1 3,0   0=01=X0= 2,5    5,5
7. Topalov, Veselin   g BUL 2700   0=====X= 3,0   =0==01X= 3,0    6,0
8. Leko, Peter        g HUN 2694   ===010=X 3,0   =======X 3,5    6,5

Players as white and black

Kasparov's 6,0/7 as black is a great result! Also Anand and Topalov are doing well as black, and Kramnik as white.

Notice, that black has won as many games as white - this is not very common in top grandmaster level.

                                   White          Black
1. Kasparov, Gary                  ====11=  4,5   11111==  6,0
2. Anand, Viswanathan              ==1=0=1  4,0   =====1=  4,0
3. Kramnik, Vladimir               ===11==  4,5   =======  3,5
4. Adams, Michael                  1=0====  3,5   =10=000  2,0
5. Ivanchuk, Vassily               =00====  2,5   =01=0=1  3,5
6. Svidler, Peter                  =10010=  3,0   ===00==  2,5
7. Topalov, Veselin                ==0==00  2,0   =====1=  4,0
8. Leko, Peter                     =1=====  4,0   0=0====  2,5
                                           28,0           28,0

Players and openings (ECO codes)

You can play for win also as black: compare Kasparov's Sicilian 5.5/6 to Kramnik's Petroff 2.0/4 with four draws!

1. Kasparov, Gary           white: C90, D20, E34, B45, D26, C88, E68
                            black: B90, B26, B80, B53, B80, D88, B90

2. Anand, Viswanathan       white: A34, B85, D97, B19, B80, C42, A17
                            black: B12, D20, D21, B48, C82, B12, B85

3. Kramnik, Vladimir        white: D41, D46, D21, E32, D85, D88, A30
                            black: C42, E34, C42, C42, D37, C42, C48

4. Adams, Michael           white: B19, B90, B26, B48, B90, B26, C48
                            black: C88, E32, E32, C89, C92, C88, A17

5. Ivanchuk, Vassily        white: B12, B90, E32, E32, D37, C65, C48
                            black: D46, B44, C18, B19, D26, B26, A33

6. Svidler, Peter           white: C42, C65, C18, B53, C92, B35, B85
                            black: C90, B90, C88, D97, D85, C45, C48

7. Topalov, Veselin         white: C88, C88, B80, C42, C65. B12, A33
                            black: D41, B80, B85, E32, B90, B35, E68

8. Leko, Peter              white: B80, B44, C42, C89, C82, C45, B90
                            black: B19, A34, C65, B45, C65, C65, A30

Results of white by openings (ECO codes)

Sicilian is played the most, and also with the best results!

A                                                    2,0/4
English                            =01=              2,0/4

B                                                    7,5/20
Caro-Kann                          =1=0              2,0/4
Sicilian                           0===01=0=0=0=0==  5,5/16

C                                                    10,0/18
French                             0                 0,0/1
Petroff                            ====              2,0/4
Scottish                           =                 0,5/1
Four Knights                       ==                1,0/2
Ruy Lopez                          ==1====1=1        6,5/10

D                                                    6,0/9
Slav                               =                 0,5/1
Queen's Gambit Accepted            ==1               2,0/3
Queen's Gambit Declined            ==                1,0/2
Grynfeld                           11=               2,5/3

E                                                    2,5/5
Nimzo Indian                       =0=1              2,0/4
Kings Indian                       =                 0,5/1