Woo Hoo! GM Grischuk should jump up and down and then bow at the feet of GM Dominguez. You see ... this year Grischuk won the Linares Chess Supertournament by managing to remain tied with Ivanchuk going into the last round and because Grischuk drew his game and Ivanchuk drew his game against Dominguez the tournament was awarded to Grischuk based on an unusual "most wins" tiebreak (as reported in this Chessbase article, traditional tiebreaks would reward Ivanchuk the 1st place finish).



I also expected Levon Aronian to pull a miracle win from his hat in his last round game against Grischuk. Alas, that was not to be ... I just get that feeling that Aronian doesn't have the killer instinct that he needs to go all out and play to win games. He's a good sport though and we need more top players that can carry themselves with dignity even in dire circumstances (Aronian could have easily faultered here and given the victory to Grischuk in the final round).

So that's it ... Linares is over and I'm personally ready to see what the next big tournament is coming up ... as well as getting some articles flowing into chessvine that don't include "Linares" in the title.