10th Annual Linares chess Tournament in Inside Chess, Volume 5, issue 6

[4]-38 pages with diagrams and tables. Quarto (10 3/4" x 10 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. The 10th Annual Linares Super Tournament was a category XVII event. Fourteen of the world's top players, including the World Champion, competed in a round robin format that was the strongest tournament in the world at that time. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2780), Anatoli Karpov (2725), Vassily Ivanchuk (2720), Nigel Short (2685), Vishwanathan Anand (2670), Boris Gelfand (2665), Valery Salov (2655), Artur Yusupov (2655), Evgeny Bareev (2635), Jonathan Speelman (2630), Alexander Beliavsky (2620), Jan Timman (2620), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2610), and Miguel Illescas-Cordoba (2555). The final standings Gary Kasparov first with 10 of 13 followed by Vassily Ivanchuk and Jan Timman two points behind for shared second and third. In forth was Anatoli Karpov half point behind. Three shared fifth through seventh Valery Salov, Vishwanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand at even seven. Along in eighth was Evgeny Bareev with 6.5. Ninth and tenth was shared by Artur Yusupov and Alexander Beliavsky a half point behind. Eleventh was captured by Miguel Illescas-Cordoba with 5.5 followed by Nigel Short, Ljubomir Ljubojevic and onathan Speelman sharing the last three spots. Condition: Some edge wear with corners bumped else very good.