Miguel Illescas and Veselin Topalov shared first at Madrid 1996 with 6½/9. Both finished with identical records in the complete ten-player, 45-game round robin.
The complete event
Ten players met once each over nine rounds, 45 games in all: 28 decisive and 17 drawn.
Everyone played all nine games, and the scores match the tournament crosstable.
The games
All 45 games are here in round order. Illescas and Topalov finished level on points with the same number of wins, draws and losses, so the table shows them tied for first.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel | 6½/9 | +5 -1 =3 | games |
| =1 | Topalov, Veselin | 6½/9 | +5 -1 =3 | games |
| =3 | Salov, Valery | 6/9 | +5 -2 =2 | games |
| =3 | Shirov, Alexei | 6/9 | +4 -1 =4 | games |
| =5 | Gelfand, Boris | 5/9 | +3 -2 =4 | games |
| =5 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | 5/9 | +1 -0 =8 | games |
| 7 | Adams, Michael | 3½/9 | +1 -3 =5 | games |
| 8 | Morozevich, Alexander | 3/9 | +2 -5 =2 | games |
| 9 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | 2/9 | +1 -6 =2 | games |
| 10 | San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | 1½/9 | +1 -7 =1 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel Angel | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Topalov, Veselin | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Salov, Valery | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Shirov, Alexei | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Gelfand, Boris | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 7 | Adams, Michael | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 8 | Morozevich, Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.