Chess Oscar

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The Chess Oscar is an annual award historically given to the world's best chess player, as voted by international chess journalists and experts.

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Chess Oscar canonical 3
Oscar of Chess 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chess award ⓘ
sports award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Oscar of Chess ⓘ
linked to: Chess Oscar
awardedFor best chess player of the year ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Yugoslavia ⓘ
firstAwarded 1967 ⓘ
founder Chess Informant ⓘ
Jivko Bratanov ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasCategory individual award ⓘ
inception 1967 ⓘ
lastAwarded 2013 ⓘ
medium trophy ⓘ
mostAwardsHolder Anatoly Karpov ⓘ
Garry Kasparov ⓘ
namedAfter Academy Awards (Oscars) ⓘ
linked to: Academy Award
notableRecipient Anatoly Karpov ⓘ
Bobby Fischer ⓘ
Garry Kasparov ⓘ
Magnus Carlsen ⓘ
Veselin Topalov ⓘ
Viswanathan Anand ⓘ
Vladimir Kramnik ⓘ
numberOfAwardsWonByAnatolyKarpov 9 ⓘ
numberOfAwardsWonByGarryKasparov 11 ⓘ
organizer Chess Informant ⓘ
relatedTo FIDE Player of the Year ⓘ
World Chess Championship ⓘ
selectionMethod vote of chess experts ⓘ
vote of international chess journalists ⓘ
sport chess ⓘ
status discontinued ⓘ
typicalAwardDate following year after performance ⓘ
votingBody chess journalists worldwide ⓘ
chess periodicals ⓘ
international chess media ⓘ

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Garry Kasparov → awarded → Chess Oscar ⓘ
Viswanathan Anand → awardReceived → Chess Oscar ⓘ
Chess Oscar → alsoKnownAs → Oscar of Chess ⓘ
linked to: Chess Oscar
Vishy → awardReceived → Chess Oscar ⓘ