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Encyclopedia > Chess Oscar

Chess Oscar is an international award given to the best chess player every year. The winner is selected by a poll of chess experts across the world, including grandmasters. The award comprises a bronze statuette titled The Fascinated Wanderer. The award had its genesis in 1967 with journalists accredited at chess events voting for the best grandmaster. The awards were given away uninterrupted till the year 1988. Chess is a recreational and competitive game for two players. ... The title Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ... Assorted ancient Bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... Charlie Chaplin Statue A statue is a sculpture depicting a specific entity, usually a person, event, animal or object. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...


The award resumed in 1995. Since then, it has been co-ordinated by the Russian chess magazine, "64,".


The Chess Oscar has a lot of value in the chess fraternity as it is viewed as a sort of peer recognition.


Winners

Year Player Country
2006 Vladimir Kramnik[1] Flag of Russia Russia
2005 Veselin Topalov Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
2004 Viswanathan Anand Flag of India India
2003 Viswanathan Anand[2] Flag of India India
2002 Garry Kasparov Flag of Russia Russia
2001 Garry Kasparov Flag of Russia Russia
2000 Vladimir Kramnik Flag of Russia Russia
1999 Garry Kasparov Flag of Russia Russia
1998 Viswanathan Anand Flag of India India
1997 Viswanathan Anand Flag of India India
1996 Garry Kasparov Flag of Russia Russia
1995 Garry Kasparov Flag of Russia Russia
1989-1994 no award
1988 Garry Kasparov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1986 Garry Kasparov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1985 Garry Kasparov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1984 Anatoly Karpov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1983 Garry Kasparov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1982 Garry Kasparov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1981 Anatoly Karpov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1980 Anatoly Karpov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1979 Anatoly Karpov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1978 Viktor Korchnoi Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1977 Anatoly Karpov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1976 Anatoly Karpov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1975 Anatoly Karpov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1974 Anatoly Karpov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1973 Anatoly Karpov Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1972 Robert Fischer Flag of the United States United States
1971 Robert Fischer Flag of the United States United States
1970 Robert Fischer Flag of the United States United States
1969 Boris Spassky Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1968 Boris Spassky Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1967 Bent Larsen Flag of Denmark Denmark

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: ) (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Veselin Topalov (IPA: ; Bulgarian: ) (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan Anand (IPA: ) (born December 11, 1969 in Chennai (then called Madras), India) is an Indian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: ) (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan Anand (IPA: ) (born December 11, 1969 in Chennai (then called Madras), India) is an Indian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan Anand (IPA: ) (born December 11, 1969 in Chennai (then called Madras), India) is an Indian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: ) (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (also Korchnoy, Kortchnoy, Kortschnoi, etc. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Robert James Bobby Fischer (born March 9, 1943) is a United States-born chess Grandmaster and in 1972 became the only US-born chessplayer to become the official World Chess Champion. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij) (Russian: ) (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess player and former world champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Bent Larsen Bent Larsen (born March 4, 1935) is a Danish chess player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ...

References

  1. ^ Chess Oscar 2006, The Week in Chess 654, 21-May-2007
  2. ^ Anand wins Chess Oscar for third time, rediff.com, 6-May-2004

The Week in Chess (often abbreviated to TWIC) is one of the first, if not the first, Internet-based chess news services. ...

External links

  • Chess Oscar, at fide.com

  Results from FactBites:
 
Anand wins Chess Oscar for third time (738 words)
The results of the worldwide poll, involving the leading chess writers, critics and journalists from over 50 countries, showed Anand (4150 points) a victor by one of the biggest margins in recent times finishing 1575 points ahead of his nearest rival, Peter Svidler (2575).
Anand, who has twice earlier won the Chess Oscar in 1997 and 1998, is only the second non-Russian after Bobby Fischer (1970, 71, and 72) to win the award and both now share the record of three Oscars each.
The Chess Oscar is a vote by the people who follow chess most intently.
Viswanathan Anand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (678 words)
Viswanathan Anand (pronounced Vis'wah'nəh'thən Ah'nənd) (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Anand won three consecutive Advanced Chess tournaments in Leon, Spain after Garry Kasparov introduced this form of chess in 1998, and is widely recognized as the world's best Advanced Chess player.
The Chess Oscar is awarded to the year's best player according to a world-wide poll of leading chess critics, writers, and journalists conducted by the Russian chess magazine 64.
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