Chess Oscar

Chess Oscar was an international award given annually to the best chess player. The winner was selected by votes that were cast by chess journalists from across the world. The traditional voting procedure was to request hundreds of chess journalists from many countries to submit a list of the ten best players of the year. The voters were journalists who knew the game and followed it closely, and so the honor was highly prized. The award itself took the form of a bronze statuette representing a man in a boat.[1] The prize was created and awarded in 1967 by Spanish journalist Jorge Puig, and the International Association of Chess Press [ru] (AIPE). The awards were given from 1967 until 1988. Then, after a pause, they resumed in 1995, and were then organized by the Russian chess magazine 64[2][3] until 2014.

The Oscar for the best women chess player of the year was established in 1982.[4][5][a]

  1. ^ "Chess "Oscar" to Veselin Topalov". 64.ru. 2006-04-30. Archived from the original on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
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  4. ^ "Ten Highlights in the Life and Career of Chess Grandmaster Pia Cramling". Chess News. 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  5. ^ Segura, Joan (1986-03-04). "Los "Oscars" del tablero" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  6. ^ Alexandra Kosteniuk. "Caissa and Golden Organizer Award". Retrieved 2023-05-04.
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