Max Euwe Memorial Tournament

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The Max Euwe Memorial Tournament was an annual chess tournament played in honour of Max Euwe (1901–1981) from 1987-1996. It was played mainly in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (in 1990 it was played in Rotterdam). The tournament was usually a four-player double round-robin tournament, the 1991 and 1996 edition were ten-player single round-robin tournaments. The last edition of the memorial was held in 1996, mainly because the main sponsor Verenigde Spaarbank (VSB) lost its interest. In 1976, while Euwe was still alive, a Jubilee tournament was held.

Winners

# Year Winner
- 1976  Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)
1 1987  Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)
 Jan Timman (Netherlands)
2 1988  Nigel Short (England)
3 1989  Jan Timman (Netherlands)
4 1990  Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)
5 1991  Valery Salov (Russia)
 Nigel Short (England)
6 1992  Nigel Short (England)
 Viswanathan Anand (India)
7 1993  Nigel Short (England)
 Viswanathan Anand (India)
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
8 1994  Garry Kasparov (Russia)
9 1995  Joël Lautier (France)
10 1996  Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)
 Garry Kasparov (Russia)

Results

1996

Euwe Memorial 1996, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 22 march – 1 april 1996
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2700 X 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1
2  Garry Kasparov (Russia) 2775 0 X ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½
3  Nigel Short (England) 2665 1 ½ X 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5
4  Vishwanathan Anand (India) 2725 0 0 1 X 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5
5  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2775 1 0 ½ 0 X ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
6  Joel Lautier (France) 2630 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ X 0 1 0 1
7  Yasser Seirawan (United States) 2630 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 X 0 1 ½ 4
8  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2700 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 X 1 ½
9  Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) 2570 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 X ½ 3
10  Jan Timman (Netherlands) 2620 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ X

References