Chess Oscar 2006 awarded to Vladimir Kramnik

The Twelfth Chess Oscar, for performance in the year 2006, has been awarded to Vladimir Kramnik, who won the World Championship title by beating Veselin Topalov in a reunification match in Elista in October last year. Kramnik was chosen by chess experts from over 50 countries. These experts nominated the ten strongest players, awarding 13 points for the first nominee, 11 for the second, nine for the third, seven for the fourth, six for fifth.... until one for the tenth.

The bronze figurine of the "Fascinated Wanderer" was formally handed over to Kramnik after the Tal Memorial tournament in Moscow by Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Chess Federation. Zhukov is also Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Government .

In the following table you can see how many points each player received, and how often that player appeared first on the lists submitted.

Previous winners

Links

• Chess Oscar home page
• Chess Oscar 2005 for Veselin Topalov
• Anand wins fourth Chess Oscar
• Anand wins third Chess Oscar for 2003
• Kasparov wins 2002 Chess Oscar
• Kasparov wins chess Oscar 2001
• Chess Oscar web site
• History of all results