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The vote for "The Player of the Year" took place before Magnus Carlsen became World Champion in Rapid- and in Blitz at the end of the year, adding two more World Champion titles to his already impressive list of successes in 2019. However, Carlsen did not need these two titles to become "Player of the Year 2019" with more than 50% of all votes.
Magnus Carlsen | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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The vote for the "Female Player of the Year" also had a clear result: 47% of the voters favoured Aleksandra Goryachkina, while Ju Wenjun, the reigning Women's World Champion got only 17% of all votes. However, the chances in the match for the Women's World Championship between Goryachkina and Ju, which begins on Sunday in Shanghai, are definitely more balanced.
Aleksandra Goryachkina | Photo: Karol Bartnik
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Much closer was the result in the vote for the "Game of the Year". 26% of all voters liked the intuitive queen sacrifice best with which the Indian Grandmaster Karthikeyan Murali had won against Alireza Firouzja at the Open Asian Championships 2019. 22% of the voters favoured Dubov's creative win against Anish Giri at the FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow 2019.
Karthikeyan Murali | Photo: Amruta Mokal
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Here it is again: the "Game of the Year 2019":
The vote for the "Combination of the Year 2019" was less contested: 44% of all voters particularly liked how Polina Shuvalova sacrificed a rook and a queen to mate with her bishops.
Polina Shuvalova | Photo: Niklesh Jain
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And here it is again: the "Combination of the Year 2019":
According to ChessBase readers, Aleksandra Goryachkina is not only the "Female Player of the Year 2019", she also played the "Endgame of the Year 2019", against Valentina Gunina at the Women's Candidates Tournament in Kazan.
Winning twice: Aleksandra Goryachkina | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili
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And here it is again: the "Endgame of the Year 2019":
