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Karpov's Games from Linares 1994 (Game Collections)

The 1994 12th Linares tournament (held in Linares, Spain) is considered one of the strongest tournaments ever. There was an average FIDE Elo rating of 2685, the highest ever at the time, making it the first Category XVIII tournament ever held. Kasparov had said several days before the event that the winner could rightly be called dubbed the "world champion of tournaments". This tournament inspired Karpov to give the greatest performance in his life and one of the greatest chess performances ever. The games Karpov played are below.

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Here is the final crosstable to the tournament. I don't know what some of the numbers mean, but you can see the general placings and scores.

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