[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Viswanathan Anand wins 2007 Chess Oscar

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Viswanathan Anand wins 2007 Chess Oscar
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210245146.shtml


   The chess "Oscar" has nothing to do with Hollywood and the [1]AMPAS.
   It's an award by journalists - those polled by the Russian chess
   magazine [2]64-Chess Review (sadly, I wasn't one of them) - awarded
   annually to the person receiving the most votes for the best player of
   the past year. In what shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, Viswanathan
   Anand won going away, with Vladimir Kramnik finishing second and Gata
   Kamsky third in the voting. Kramnik probably had a slightly better
   2007 than Anand, if one doesn't count the world championship in Mexico
   City, but that's a rather huge omission, and Anand deservedly won his
   5th Oscar. (Note: If Kramnik beats Anand later this year, in Bonn, and
   regains the title, the roles will be reversed: Anand has clearly had
   the better year so far, but nothing tops the title.)
   More info and useful links [3]here.

References

   1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences
   2. http://www.64.ru/
   3. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4613