Alekhine Memorial 1992

Anand and Gelfand share a compact Moscow memorial
November 1992 · Moscow, Russia
Shared first (Anand, Gelfand) — 4½/7

Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand shared first at the 1992 Alekhine Memorial with 4½/7. The eight-player Moscow round robin is preserved in all 28 games, with the co-winners finishing half a point ahead of Gata Kamsky.

Eight elite players in Moscow

The field brought together Anand, Gelfand, Kamsky, Anatoly Karpov, Artur Yusupov, Valery Salov, Alexei Shirov, and Jan Timman. Each player met the other seven once.

That meant 28 games over 7 rounds.

Two identical winning records

Anand and Gelfand each scored three wins, three draws, and one loss for 4½. Kamsky took the next place on 4, while Yusupov, Karpov, and Salov finished together on 3½.

The direct crosstable, the complete game scores, and the supplemental tournament records all identify Anand and Gelfand as joint winners.

The games

All 28 games are here: 14 decisive and 14 drawn. The standings worked out from these games match the published crosstable.

Final standings

4½/7
Shared first (Anand, Gelfand) — 4½/7
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Anand, Viswanathan 4½/7 +3 -1 =3
=1 Gelfand, Boris 4½/7 +3 -1 =3
3 Kamsky, Gata 4/7 +3 -2 =2
=4 Karpov, Anatoly 3½/7 +2 -2 =3
=4 Salov, Valery 3½/7 +1 -1 =5
=4 Yusupov, Artur 3½/7 +1 -1 =5
7 Shirov, Alexei 3/7 +1 -2 =4
8 Timman, Jan H 1½/7 +0 -4 =3

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678
1 Anand, Viswanathan 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
2 Gelfand, Boris 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½
3 Kamsky, Gata 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1
4 Karpov, Anatoly 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
5 Salov, Valery ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
6 Yusupov, Artur ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½
7 Shirov, Alexei ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½
8 Timman, Jan H 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.