Chess Oscar
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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 until the year 1988. The award resumed in 1995. Since then, it has been coordinated by the Russian chess magazine 64.
The Chess Oscar is highly regarded in the chess community, as it indicates a premier degree of peer recognition.
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[edit] Winners
[edit] By Person
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Player Country Wins Garry Kasparov 
Soviet Union, later 
Russia11 Anatoly Karpov Soviet Union9 Viswanathan Anand 
India6 Bobby Fischer 
United States3 Magnus Carlsen 
Norway2 Boris Spassky Soviet Union2 Vladimir Kramnik Russia2 Bent Larsen 
Denmark1 Viktor Korchnoi 
Switzerland1 Veselin Topalov 
Bulgaria1
[edit] By Nation
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Country Wins Soviet Union17 Russia7 India6 United States3 Norway2 Bulgaria1 Denmark1 Switzerland1
[edit] References
- ^ Kasparov wins 2002 Chess Oscar, ChessBase News, 9-May-2003
- ^ Anand wins Chess Oscar for third time, rediff.com, 6-May-2004
- ^ Anand wins third Chess Oscar, ChessBase News, 8-May-2004
- ^ Chess Oscar 2005 for Veselin Topalov, ChessBase News, 30-April-2006
- ^ Chess Oscar 2006, The Week in Chess 654, 21-May-2007
- ^ Anand Wins Chess Oscars for 2007, ChessBase News, 8-May-2008
- ^ “Oscar” prize to be brought to Baku for the first time!, APA News, 21 Apr 2009, access date 2009-04-22.
- ^ Carlsen beats Anand to 2010 Chess Oscar, Why Chess, 29 Jul 2011.
[edit] External links
- Chess Oscar, at fide.com
