Linares, Spain, 20.02-11.03.99, Category XX chess super-tournament
Dear chessfriends, since the very beginning of this super-event we provided you everyday coverage with the grandmaster comments. Our commentators' team included Chess Olympiad (1998) champion and the last Russia Championship (1998) bronze-prize winner GM Konstantin Sakaev (2650), World Champion Challenger, two times Chess Olympiad champion, USSR (1956) champion, World senior (1994,1995) champion, four times European champion Mark Taimanov (2425) and three times St-Petersburg champion Sergey Ivanov (2530).
| N | Players | Nom | Country | ELO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Score | Place |
| 1 | V.Ivanchuk | GM | Ukraine | 2714 | x x | 0 0 | = = | 0 = | 0 = | = 1 | 1 = | = = | 6.0 | 5-6 |
| 2 | G.Kasparov | GM | Russia | 2812 | 1 1 | x x | = = | 1 1 | = = | 1 = | = 1 | = 1 | 10.5 | 1 |
| 3 | V.Kramnik | GM | Russia | 2751 | = = | = = | x x | 1 = | = = | = = | = 1 | = = | 8.0 | 2-3 |
| 4 | M.Adams | GM | England | 2716 | 1 = | 0 0 | 0 = | x x | 1 = | = = | = 0 | = 0 | 5.5 | 7-8 |
| 5 | P.Leko | GM | Hungary | 2694 | 1 = | = = | = = | 0 = | x x | = = | 0 = | = = | 6.5 | 4 |
| 6 | V.Topalov | GM | Bulgaria | 2700 | = 0 | 0 = | = = | = = | = = | x x | = 1 | = 0 | 6.0 | 5-6 |
| 7 | P.Svidler | GM | Russia | 2713 | 0 = | = 0 | = 0 | = 1 | 1 = | = 0 | x x | 0 = | 5.5 | 7-8 |
| 8 | V.Anand | GM | India | 2784 | = = | = 0 | = = | = 1 | = = | = 1 | 1 = | x x | 8.0 | 2-3 |
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