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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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Winners
By Person
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Player Country Wins Garry Kasparov Soviet Union, later
Russia
11 Anatoly Karpov Soviet Union
9 Viswanathan Anand India
6 Bobby Fischer United States
3 Magnus Carlsen Norway
2 Boris Spassky Soviet Union
2 Vladimir Kramnik Russia
2 Bent Larsen Denmark
1 Viktor Korchnoi Switzerland
1 Veselin Topalov Bulgaria
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By Nation
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Country Wins Soviet Union
17 Russia
7 India
6 United States
3 Norway
2 Bulgaria
1 Denmark
1 Switzerland
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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.
External links
- Chess Oscar, at fide.com
Categories:- Chess titles
- 1967 in chess
- 1995 in chess
- Awards established in 1967
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