Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov shared first at the 1996 Amsterdam Euwe Memorial with 6½/9. The complete 45-game round robin was the tenth and final edition of the VSB tournament honoring Max Euwe.
The last VSB tournament
The Max Euwe Centre records the 1996 event as the last of ten VSB tournaments. Its ten-player field completed every scheduled pairing over nine rounds.
Kasparov and Topalov finished a point and a half ahead of Viswanathan Anand and Nigel Short, who shared the next score on 5/9.
Contrasting co-winners
Topalov's six wins, two losses, and one draw produced 6½ points. Kasparov reached the same total with five wins, one loss, and three draws.
The historical record names both men as winners. The archive explicitly restores their shared first place rather than treating Topalov's extra win as a tie-break.
The games
All 45 games are here: 27 decisive and 18 drawn. The rounds and final scores match the published crosstable.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Topalov, Veselin | 6½/9 | +6 -2 =1 | games |
| =1 | Kasparov, Garry | 6½/9 | +5 -1 =3 | games |
| =3 | Anand, Viswanathan | 5/9 | +3 -2 =4 | games |
| =3 | Short, Nigel D | 5/9 | +3 -2 =4 | games |
| =5 | Lautier, Joel | 4½/9 | +3 -3 =3 | games |
| =5 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 4½/9 | +2 -2 =5 | games |
| 7 | Seirawan, Yasser | 4/9 | +2 -3 =4 | games |
| 8 | Gelfand, Boris | 3½/9 | +2 -4 =3 | games |
| 9 | Piket, Jeroen | 3/9 | +1 -4 =4 | games |
| 10 | Timman, Jan H | 2½/9 | +0 -4 =5 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Topalov, Veselin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Kasparov, Garry | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Short, Nigel D | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 5 | Lautier, Joel | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 7 | Seirawan, Yasser | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 8 | Gelfand, Boris | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 9 | Piket, Jeroen | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | |
| 10 | Timman, Jan H | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.