Alekhine Memorial

The Alekhine Memorial is a recurring chess tournament honoring the former world chess champion Alexander Alekhine.

Winners

Year	Host cities	Winners	Points	Players
1956	Moscow, Soviet Union	Mikhail Botvinnik (Soviet Union) Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)	11/15	16
1971	Moscow, Soviet Union	Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union) Leonid Stein (Soviet Union)	11/17	18
1975	Moscow, Soviet Union	Efim Geller (Soviet Union)	10½/15	16
1986	Cascais, Portugal	Vladimir Bagirov (Soviet Union)	7/10	11
2013	Paris, France Saint Petersburg, Russia	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	5½/9	10

Alekhine Memorial 2013

The first part of the tournament (rounds 1-5) was held at the pavilion built in the Tuileries Garden in Paris, France, on 20-25 April 2013. The second part (rounds 6-9) was held at the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 28 April - 1 May 2013. The prize money of the tournament is €100,000.

Tie breaks

In the case that two or more players have equal points, the following criteria were utilized to decide the placings:

1. The largest number of games played with the black pieces.
2. The largest number of wins.
3. The result of the personal match.
4. The Koya score.
5. The Sonneborn-Berger score.

Standings

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Black	Wins	H2H	Koya	SB
1	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2809	X	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	5½	5	3
2	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2739	½	X	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	5½	5	2
3	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2783	½	½	X	0	½	1	½	½	1	½	5	4	2
4	Michael Adams (England)	2727	½	0	1	X	½	½	0	½	½	1	4½	5	2
5	Nikita Vitiugov (Russia)	2712	½	½	½	½	X	½	0	1	½	½	4½	5	1	0.5	3.5	20.25
6	Laurent Fressinet (France)	2706	½	½	0	½	½	X	1	½	½	½	4½	5	1	0.5	3.5	20.00
7	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2801	0	½	½	1	1	0	X	½	½	½	4½	4	2	0.5	3.5
8	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2722	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	X	1	1	4½	4	2	0.5	2.5
9	Ding Liren (China)	2707	1	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	X	½	3½	4	1
10	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2747	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	X	3	4	0