 The first tournament was played from 3 to 13 February 1992 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin as a double round robin competition of rapid chess.The first round-robin was won by Viswanathan Anand, undefeated with a score of 8/11, closely followed by Vassily Ivanchuk with 7.5 points.In the second half of the tournament, Victor Korchnoi appeared the strongest with 7/11.