LINARES TOURNAMENT: ALEXANDER GRISHCHUK - CHAMPION
Linares chess tournament is over with the perfect victory of Russian GM Alexander Grishchuk. In the end of the tournament both Grishchuk and Ivanchuk had the same amount of points but due to his extra points Grishchuk was announced the champion.
Note that all the matches in 13th round ended in draw. Russian chess player persisted the tension after he won masters like Levon Aronian, Theimur Radjabov and Wang Yue. Armenian GM Levon Aronian competed with Grishchuk.
“Linares 2009” left nothing remarkable as the chess players did not express their strong sides. Vesselin Topalov’s absence might be noticeable while he was competing with Gata Kamsky. Vladimir Kramnik was also absent, after the birth of his child he devoted himself to his family care.