The Linares 2009 grandmaster chess tournament takes place in Linares (Spain), 19th of February - 2nd of March 2009. The World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand is taking participation in the tournament. He was the last 2 editions winner in Linares. Later this year Anand will play against Bulgarian super-grandmaster Veselin Topalov, who won the challengers match against Gata Kamsky.

After round 6 in Linares 2009 Alexander Grischuk leads by 5 points, Anand is 5th with 3,5 points. Round 6 Standings...

Linares 2009 - Standings after round 6

1.	Grischuk, Alexander	5	RUS	2733
2.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	4	UKR	2779
3.	Carlsen, Magnus	4	NOR	2776
4.	Aronian, Levon	3,5	ARM	2750
5.	Anand, Viswanathan	3,5	IND	2791
6.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	3	CUB	2717
7.	Radjabov, Teimour	2,5	AZE	2761
8.	Wang Yue	2,5	CHN	2739

Round 1: Thursday, 19 February 2009
Vishy Anand	1-0	Teimour Radjabov
Levon Aronian	Ѕ-Ѕ	Magnus Carlsen
Leinier Dominguez	Ѕ-Ѕ	Alexander Grischuk
Wang Yue	Ѕ-Ѕ	Vassily Ivanchuk
Round 2: Friday, 20 February 2009
Teimour Radjavov	Ѕ.Ѕ	Vassily Ivanchuk
Alexander Grischuk	1-0	Wang Yue
Magnus Carlsen	Ѕ.Ѕ	Leinier Dominguez
Vishy Anand	0-1	Levon Aronian
Round 3: Saturday, 21 February 2009
Levon Aronian	Ѕ-Ѕ	Teimour Radjabov
Leinier Dominguez	Ѕ-Ѕ	Vishy Anand
Wang Yue	Ѕ-Ѕ	Magnus Carlsen
Vassily Ivanchuk	Ѕ-Ѕ	Alexander Grischuk
Round 4: Sunday, 22 February 2009
Teimour Radjabov	0-1	Alexander Grischuk
Magnus Carlsen	Ѕ-Ѕ	Vassily Ivanchuk
Vishy Anand	1-0	Wang Yue
Levon Aronian	1-0	Leinier Dominguez
Round 5: Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Leinier Dominguez	Ѕ-Ѕ	Teimour Radjabov
Wang Yue	Ѕ-Ѕ	Levon Aronian
Vassily Ivanchuk	Ѕ-Ѕ	Vishy Anand
Alexander Grischuk	Ѕ-Ѕ	Magnus Carlsen
Round 6: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Wang Yue	Ѕ-Ѕ	Teimour Radjabov
Vassily Ivanchuk	Ѕ-Ѕ	Leinier Dominguez
Alexander Grischuk	1-0	Levon Aronian
Magnus Carlsen	1-0	Vishy Anand
Round 7:Thursday , 26 February 2009
Teimour Radjabov	Ѕ-Ѕ	Magnus Carlsen
Vishy Anand	Ѕ-Ѕ	Alexander Grischuk
Levon Aronian	0-1	Vassily Ivanchuk
Leinier Dominguez	Ѕ-Ѕ	Wang Yue
Round 8: Saturday, 28 February 2009
Teimour Radjabov	-	Vishy Anand
Magnus Carlsen	-	Levon Aronian
Alexander Grischuk	-	Leinier Dominguez
Vassily Ivanchuk	-	Wang Yue
Round 9: Sunday, 1 March 2009
Vassily Ivanchuk	-	Teimour Radjabov
Wang Yue	-	Alexander Grischuk
Leinier Dominguez	-	Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian	-	Vishy Anand
Round 10: Monday, 2 March 2009
Teimour Radjabov	-	Levon Aronian
Vishy Anand	-	Leinier Dominguez
Magnus Carlsen	-	Wang Yue
Alexander Grischuk	-	Vassily Ivanchuk
Round 11: Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Alexander Grischuk	-	Teimour Radjabov
Vassily Ivanchuk	-	Magnus Carlsen
Wang Yue	-	Vishy Anand
Leinier Dominguez	-	Levon Aronian
Round 12: Thursday, 5 March 2009
Teimour Radjabov	-	Leinier Dominguez
Levon Aronian	-	Wang Yue
Vishy Anand	-	Vassily Ivanchuk
Magnus Carlsen	-	Alexander Grischuk
Round 13: Friday, 6 March 2009
Magnus Carlsen	-	Teimour Radjabov
Alexander Grischuk	-	Vishy Anand
Vassily Ivanchuk	-	Levon Aronian
Wang Yue	-	Leinier Dominguez
Round 14: Saturday, 7 March 2009
Teimour Radjabov	-	Wang Yue
Leinier Dominguez	-	Ivanchuk Vassily
Levon Aronian	-	Grischuk Alexander
Vishy Anand	-	Carlsen Magnus

Results on the official web site: http://www.ajedrez.ciudaddelinares.es/resul.htm

More about Anand:
Chess - Viswanathan Anand is World Chess Champion!