The Alekhine Memorial was a recurring

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, organized in different cities and irregular intervals, honoring the former world chess champion

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. The Alekhine Memorial tournaments have no numbering (technically it is not a series), sometimes it is thus unclear whether or not an event can be regarded as an Alekhine Memorial (as for instance at

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in 1959 and the following Moscow Central Chess Club International tournaments). Immediately after Alekhine's death, Erich Eliskases won at

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in 1946 the first Alekhine Memorial ever held.

Winners

Alekhine Memorial 1992

Alekhine Memorial 1992 was held in

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in November. Field included such participants as former world champion

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, Alexei Shirov, Viswanathan Anand,

Boris Gelfand Boris Abramovich Gelfand (; born 24 June 1968) is a Belarusian-Israeli chess player. A six-time World Championship candidate (1991, 1994–95, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2013), he won the Chess World Cup 2009 and the 2011 Candidates Tournament, mak ...

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and Gata Kamsky, who were in top 10 at that time. First place was tied between Gelfand and Anand, while Kamsky finished in clear third. :

Alekhine Memorial 2013

The first part of the tournament (rounds 1–5) was held at the

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built in the

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, on 20–25 April 2013. The second part (rounds 6–9) was held at the

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, on 28 April – 1 May 2013. The prize money of the tournament is

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100,000.

Tiebreaks

In the case that two or more players have equal points, the following criteria were utilized to decide the placings: # The largest number of games played with the black pieces. # The largest number of wins. # The result of the personal match. # The Koya score. # The Sonneborn-Berger score.

Standings

References

External links

Brasilbase: Standings of the 1946 tournamentWhyChess: Games of the 2013 tournamentChessBomb: Games of the 2013 tournament
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