8th Vasja Pirc Memorial — Maribor 1996
Gyula Sax won the eighth Vasja Pirc Memorial in Maribor with 8/11, half a point ahead of Zdenko Kozul. All 66 games of the twelve-player single round robin are available to replay.
An unbeaten winner
Sax won five games and drew six. Kozul also avoided defeat, but his four wins and seven draws left him half a point behind. Robert Lončar and Alexander Beliavsky finished next on 7/11.
The historical tournament table calls this the eighth Vasja Pirc Memorial and the twelfth international tournament in the local series. It dates play to 2–12 June 1996 and names Mladen Tancer as arbiter.
A complete game record
The published twelve-player crosstable contains 66 distinct results. Each pairing and result matches the Mega2024 collection exactly; no game is missing or duplicated. The source games do not provide round labels or exact dates, so the archive preserves those fields as unknown.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sax, Gyula | 8/11 | +5 -0 =6 | games |
| 2 | Kozul, Zdenko | 7½/11 | +4 -0 =7 | games |
| =3 | Loncar, Robert | 7/11 | +4 -1 =6 | games |
| =3 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | 7/11 | +4 -1 =6 | games |
| 5 | Razuvaev, Yuri S | 6½/11 | +3 -1 =7 | games |
| 6 | Gostisa, Leon F | 6/11 | +2 -1 =8 | games |
| =7 | Barle, Janez | 5/11 | +1 -2 =8 | games |
| =7 | Pavasovic, Dusko | 5/11 | +2 -3 =6 | games |
| 9 | Podlesnik, Bogdan | 4½/11 | +0 -2 =9 | games |
| 10 | Mohr, Georg | 4/11 | +0 -3 =8 | games |
| 11 | Simic, Dragan | 3/11 | +1 -6 =4 | games |
| 12 | Grosar, Aljosa | 2½/11 | +0 -6 =5 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sax, Gyula | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Kozul, Zdenko | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Loncar, Robert | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 4 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Razuvaev, Yuri S | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | Gostisa, Leon F | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 7 | Barle, Janez | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 8 | Pavasovic, Dusko | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 9 | Podlesnik, Bogdan | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Mohr, Georg | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 11 | Simic, Dragan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 12 | Grosar, Aljosa | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.