
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 |
1st |
1 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Russia |
3636 |
204 |
2 |
Veselin Topalov |
Bulgaria |
2828 |
44 |
3 |
Viswanathan Anand |
India |
2754 |
41 |
4 |
Levon Aronian |
Armenia |
2238 |
15 |
5 |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Ukraine |
1122 |
5 |
6 |
Teimour Radjabov |
Azerbaijan |
980 |
4 |
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 |
- |
Previous winners
1967 |
Bent Larsen |
Denmark |
1968 |
Boris Spassky |
Soviet Union |
1969 |
Boris Spassky |
Soviet Union |
1970 |
Bobby Fischer |
United States |
1971 |
Bobby Fischer |
United States |
1972 |
Bobby Fischer |
United States |
1973 |
Anatoly Karpov |
Soviet Union |
1974 |
Anatoly Karpov |
Soviet Union |
1975 |
Anatoly Karpov |
Soviet Union |
1976 |
Anatoly Karpov |
Soviet Union |
1977 |
Anatoly Karpov |
Soviet Union |
1978 |
Viktor Korchnoi |
Soviet Union |
1979 |
Anatoly Karpov |
Soviet Union |
1980 |
Anatoly Karpov |
Soviet Union |
1981 |
Anatoly Karpov |
Soviet Union |
1982 |
Garry Kasparov |
Soviet Union |
1983 |
Garry Kasparov |
Soviet Union |
|
|
1984 |
Anatoly Karpov |
Soviet Union |
1985 |
Garry Kasparov |
Soviet Union |
1986 |
Garry Kasparov |
Soviet Union |
1988 |
Garry Kasparov |
Soviet Union |
1989–94 |
no awards |
|
1995 |
Garry Kasparov |
Russia |
1996 |
Garry Kasparov |
Russia |
1997 |
Viswanathan Anand |
India |
1998 |
Viswanathan Anand |
India |
1999 |
Garry Kasparov |
Russia |
2000 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Russia |
2001 |
Garry Kasparov |
Russia |
2002 |
Garry Kasparov |
Russia |
2003 |
Viswanathan Anand |
India |
2004 |
Viswanathan Anand |
India |
2005 |
Veselin Topalov |
Bulgaria |
2006 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Russia |
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The winner of the 2005 Oscar, Veselin Topalov
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