Buenos Aires Najdorf Memorial 1993
Gata Kamsky and Alexei Shirov finished level at the 1993 Buenos Aires Najdorf Memorial with 7/11. The complete 12-player round robin contains 66 games, with Viktor Korchnoi only half a point behind.
Twelve players in Buenos Aires
The field included Kamsky, Shirov, Korchnoi, Julio Granda Zúñiga, Bent Larsen, Miguel Illescas, Gilberto Milos, Daniel Cámpora, Oscar Panno, Yasser Seirawan, Hugo Spangenberg, and Pablo Zarnicki.
That meant 66 games over 11 rounds.
Level scores, different title language
Kamsky and Shirov each scored four wins, six draws, and one loss for 7. Korchnoi followed on 6½, with Granda and Larsen on 6.
Sources agree on the score tie but frame the title differently: El Tiempo names Kamsky champion, while ChessBase describes a shared first. The archive preserves the equal score and identical records rather than inventing an unsupported tie-break rule.
The games
All 66 games are here: 35 decisive and 31 drawn. The standings worked out from these games match the published crosstable.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Kamsky, Gata | 7/11 | +4 -1 =6 | games |
| =1 | Shirov, Alexei | 7/11 | +4 -1 =6 | games |
| 3 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | 6½/11 | +3 -1 =7 | games |
| =4 | Larsen, Bent | 6/11 | +4 -3 =4 | games |
| =4 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 6/11 | +3 -2 =6 | games |
| =6 | Campora, Daniel Hugo | 5½/11 | +4 -4 =3 | games |
| =6 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel | 5½/11 | +3 -3 =5 | games |
| =6 | Milos, Gilberto | 5½/11 | +3 -3 =5 | games |
| 9 | Panno, Oscar | 5/11 | +3 -4 =4 | games |
| 10 | Spangenberg, Hugo | 4½/11 | +1 -3 =7 | games |
| 11 | Seirawan, Yasser | 4/11 | +2 -5 =4 | games |
| 12 | Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian | 3½/11 | +1 -5 =5 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamsky, Gata | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 2 | Shirov, Alexei | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 4 | Larsen, Bent | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | |
| 5 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 6 | Campora, Daniel Hugo | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 8 | Milos, Gilberto | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 9 | Panno, Oscar | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | |
| 10 | Spangenberg, Hugo | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 11 | Seirawan, Yasser | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 12 | Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.