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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.
| Pl. | Player | Country | Points | |
| 1 | Vladimir Kramnik | Russia | 3636 | |
| 2 | Veselin Topalov | Bulgaria | 2828 | |
| 3 | Viswanathan Anand | India | 2754 | |
| 4 | Levon Aronian | Armenia | 2238 | |
| 5 | Vassily Ivanchuk | Ukraine | 1122 | |
| 6 | Teimour Radjabov | Azerbaijan | 980 | |
| 7 | Peter Leko | Hungary | 963 | |
| 8 | Alexander Morozevich | Russia | 888 | 4 |
| 9 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan | 860 | 2 |
| 10 | Magnus Carlsen | Norway | 822 | 6 |
| 11 | Peter Svidler | Russia | 598 | - |
| 12 | Ruslan Ponomariov | Ukraine | 312 | - |
| 13 | Judit Polgar | Hungary | 262 | - |
| 14 | Dimitry Jakovenko | Russia | 227 | 1 |
| 15 | Boris Gelfand | Israel | 211 | - |
The winner of the 2005 Oscar, Veselin Topalov
