This year the Linares 2009 tournament is being staged only in Spain – in the previous three years the first half was in Morelia, Mexico, and next year the first half will probably be in the Arab Emirates. The 2009 event goes from February 19th to March 7th, with three rest days. The prize fund is 314,000 Euros, with the winner getting 100,000 Euros, followed by 75,000 and 50,000 Euros for second and third place. There are no appearance fees for the players, so the motivation to fight for points may be unusuallyhigh. The venue is el Teatro Cervantes de Linares, the starting time of the games is 16:00h (4 p.m.) Spanish/European time.
Alexander Grischuk has won the event on the Linares tiebreak system, which awards victory to the player who has more wins (Ivanchuk would have won it on traditional tiebreak points, as shown in the table above). Also note that Teimour Radjabov is fifth in the official table, not sixth as in our table, which is automatically generated by ChessBase. Here are the official final standings:
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