 World No. 1 Garry Kasparov won the Chess Oscar for 2001 for his stupendous show
during the year 2001. The award instituted in 1967 goes to Garry Kasparov for the eleventh
time. Over 300 journalists from over 60 countries voted and when the scores were weighted
and added up, Kasparov was the easy winner with a tally of 3,943 (including 260 1st
places) votes. However, there was a very close race for second between last year's winner
Vladimir Kramnik and the new teenage FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov. In the end
Kramnik, with a tally of 2,970, nosed out Ponomariov, who took the third spot with 2,959 -
over 1,100 votes ahead of countryman Vassily Ivanchuk.The award was the brainchild of Spanish journalist Jorge Puig - with the
co-operation of the International Association of Chess Press (the AIPE abbreviation is
derived from the French name of the organisation - Association Internationale de la press
echiqueene) - who initiated the annual award in 1967. In 1989, following the demise of the
AIPE, the Oscar became defunct. However, following a seven-year hiatus, Alexander Roshal,
the influential editor of the top Russian magazine "64-Chess Review", revived
the annual award.
Chess Oscar 2001
| Rank |
Name |
Country |
Pts |
| 1 |
Garry Kasparov |
Russia |
3,943 |
| 2 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Russia |
2,970 |
| 3 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Ukraine |
2,959 |
| 4 |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Ukraine |
1,820 |
| 5 |
Vishy Anand |
India |
1,720 |
| 6 |
Veselin Topalov |
Bulgaria |
1,106 |
| 7 |
Michael Adams |
England |
781 |
| 8 |
Alexei Shirov |
Spain |
631 |
| 9 |
Alexander Morozevich |
Russia |
480 |
| 10 |
Evgeny Bareev |
Russia |
401 |
Roll of Honour
Year |
Name |
Country
|
1967 |
Bent Larsen |
DEN |
1968 |
Boris Spassky |
FRA |
1969 |
Boris Spassky |
FRA |
1970 |
Bobby Fischer |
USA |
1971 |
Bobby Fischer |
USA |
1972 |
Bobby Fischer |
USA |
1973 |
Anatoly Karpov |
RUS |
1974 |
Anatoly Karpov |
RUS |
1975 |
Anatoly Karpov |
RUS |
1976 |
Anatoly Karpov |
RUS |
1977 |
Anatoly Karpov |
RUS |
1978 |
Viktor Korchnoi |
SWI |
1979 |
Anatoly Karpov |
RUS |
1980 |
Anatoly Karpov |
RUS |
1981 |
Anatoly Karpov |
RUS |
1982 |
Garry Kasparov |
RUS |
1983 |
Garry Kasparov |
RUS |
1984 |
Garry Kasparov |
RUS |
1985 |
Garry Kasparov |
RUS |
1986 |
Garry Kasparov |
RUS |
1987 |
Garry Kasparov |
RUS |
1988 |
Garry Kasparov |
RUS |
1995 |
Garry Kasparov |
RUS |
1996 |
Garry Kasparov |
RUS |
1997 |
Viswanathan Anand |
IND |
1998 |
Viswanathan Anand |
IND |
1999 |
Garry Kasparov |
RUS |
2000 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
RUS |
2001 |
Garry Kasparov |
RUS |
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