Chess Oscar
The Chess Oscar is a prize awarded annually for the chess player who had shown in the previous 12 months, the best performance.
The Chess Oscar was initially awarded by journalists who Echiqueene in the Association Internationale de la Presse ( AIPE ) were organized. Later, officials, coaches and tournament organizers were able to vote with. After the AIPE had after the death of its founder, the Spaniard Jorge Puig, dissolved, the price between 1989 and 1994 was not awarded. In 1995 he was introduced on the initiative of Alexander Roshal and the Russian chess magazine 64 again. The vote is supported by the world chess organization FIDE.
Winner of the Chess Oscar
Chronology
Between 1982 and 1988 there was also a chess Oscar for best female chess player.