Chess Oscar
The Chess Oscar was an annual award for the chess player who had shown the best performance in the previous twelve months. It was awarded in two phases, 1967–1988 and 1995–2013.
The Chess Oscar was initially awarded by journalists organized in the Association Internationale de la Presse Echiqueene (AIPE). Later officials, trainers and tournament organizers were also able to vote. After the AIPE disbanded after the death of its founder, the Spaniard Jorge Puig, the prize was not awarded between 1989 and 1994. In 1995 it was reintroduced on the initiative of Alexander Roshal and the Russian chess magazine 64 . The vote was supported by the world chess organization FIDE . In 2014, 64 stopped the publication, which means that no chess Oscar has been awarded since that year.
Chess Oscar winner
chronology
Between 1982 and 1988 there was also a chess Oscar for the best female chess player.
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1967 (unofficial) |
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1982 |
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1988 |
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1989-1994 | not forgiven | not forgiven |
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2005 |
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2009 |
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statistics
rank | Chess player | nation | Oscars | Years | Age 1 start |
Age 1 end |
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1 | Garry Kasparov |
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11 | 1982, 1983, 1985–1988, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002 | 19th | 39 |
2 | Anatoly Karpov |
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9 | 1973-1977, 1979-1981, 1984 | 22nd | 33 |
3 | Viswanathan Anand |
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6th | 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 | 27 | 38 |
4th | Magnus Carlsen |
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5 | 2009-2013 | 18th | 22nd |
5 | Bobby Fischer † |
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3 | 1970-1972 | 27 | 29 |
6th | Boris Spassky |
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2 | 1968, 1969 | 31 | 32 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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2 | 2000, 2006 | 25th | 31 | |
8th | Bent Larsen † |
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1 | 1967 (unofficial) | 32 | 32 |
Viktor Korchnoi † |
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1 | 1978 | 47 | 47 | |
Wesselin Topalow |
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1 | 2005 | 30th | 30th |
rank | Chess player | nation | Oscars | Years | Age 1 start |
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1 | Maia Chiburdanidze |
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4th | 1984-1987 | 23 | 26th |
2 | Nona Gaprindashvili |
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1 | 1982 | 41 | 41 |
Pia Cramling |
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1 | 1983 | 20th | 20th | |
Judit Polgár |
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1 | 1988 | 12 | 12 |
Web links
- Official Homepage ( Memento of December 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)