Alekhine Memorial 1992
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.
The format required 28 official played games across 7 rounds — C(8,2) = 28.
◈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.
◈What the archive preserves
All 28 scores are present and legal: 14 decisive games and 14 draws. The independent crosstable and computed archive standings agree on the player count, complete played total, and full final score vector.
◈Final Standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Anand, Viswanathan | 4½/7 | +3 -1 =3 | games |
| =1 | Gelfand, Boris | 4½/7 | +3 -1 =3 | games |
| 3 | Kamsky, Gata | 4/7 | +3 -2 =2 | games |
| 4 | Karpov, Anatoly | 3½/7 | +2 -2 =3 | games |
| =5 | Salov, Valery | 3½/7 | +1 -1 =5 | games |
| =5 | Yusupov, Artur | 3½/7 | +1 -1 =5 | games |
| 7 | Shirov, Alexei | 3/7 | +1 -2 =4 | games |
| 8 | Timman, Jan H | 1½/7 | +0 -4 =3 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 per-game results against the column player (in round order). ● = same player.