First: the Chess Oscar for 2011

The Russian magazine 64-Chess Review has announced the results of the Chess Oscar of the year 2011. Grandmasters, coaches, arbiters, chess journalists and other experts from all over the world took part in the voting. The winner was the Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen. It is his third Oscar so far – all three were won in consecutive years (2009-2011)

Chess Oscar for 2011: voting stats

Rnk	Player	Points
1	Magnus Carlsen	1264
2	Viswanathan Anand	1244
3	Levon Aronian	767
4	Vladimir Kramnik	570
5	Sergey Karjakin	535
6	Veselin Topalov	437
7	Ian Nepomniatchi	435
8	Vasily Ivanchuk	428
9	Hikaru Nakamura	215
10	Alexander Grischuk	169

History: all Chess Oscars so far

The Chess Oscar is an international award given to the best chess player every year. The winner is selected by a poll of chess experts across the world, including grandmasters. The award comprises a bronze statuette titled "The Fascinated Wanderer". The award had its genesis in 1967 with journalists accredited at chess events voting for the best grandmaster. The awards were given away uninterrupted until the year 1988. The award resumed in 1995. Since then, it has been coordinated by the Russian chess magazine 64. The Chess Oscar is highly regarded in the chess community, as it indicates a premier degree of peer recognition. Here are the winners so far:

Year	Player		Year	Player
1967	Larsen, Bent		1987	Kasparov, Garry
1968	Spassky, Boris		1988	Kasparov, Garry
1969	Spassky, Boris		1989-94	no awards
1970	Fischer, Bobby		1995	Kasparov, Garry
1971	Fischer, Bobby		1996	Kasparov, Garry
1972	Fischer, Bobby		1997	Anand, Viswanathan
1973	Karpov, Anatoly		1998	Anand, Viswanathan
1974	Karpov, Anatoly		1999	Kasparov, Garry
1975	Karpov, Anatoly		2000	Kramnik, Vladimir
1976	Karpov, Anatoly		2001	Kasparov, Garry
1977	Karpov, Anatoly		2002	Kasparov, Garry
1978	Korchnoi, Viktor		2003	Anand, Viswanathan
1979	Karpov, Anatoly		2004	Anand, Viswanathan
1980	Karpov, Anatoly		2005	Topalov, Veselin
1981	Karpov, Anatoly		2006	Kramnik, Vladimir
1982	Kasparov, Garry		2007	Anand, Viswanathan
1983	Kasparov, Garry		2008	Anand, Viswanathan
1984	Karpov, Anatoly		2009	Carlsen, Magnus
1985	Kasparov, Garry		2010	Carlsen, Magnus
1986	Kasparov, Garry		2011	Carlsen, Magnus

Most wins

Player	Wins
Kasparov, Garry	11
Karpov, Anatoly	9
Anand, Viswanathan	6
Carlsen, Magnus	3
Fischer, Bobby	3
Spassky, Boris	2
Kramnik, Vladimir	2
Larsen, Bent	1
Korchnoi, Viktor	1
Topalov, Veselin	1