OSCAR

Trophy presented annually to the best player of the year. The award was the brainchild of Spanish journalist Jorge Puig († 1989)- 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.