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Chess Life Online 2011 November Annual Chess Journalists of America Awards: Winners are in
Chess Life Online 2011 November Annual Chess Journalists of America Awards: Winners are in | Annual Chess Journalists of America Awards: Winners are in |
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| August 19, 2011 | |
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The winners are in for the annual Chess Journalists of America (CJA) awards.
Many Chess Life Magazine articles earned honors- login as a member to re-read your favorites. You can also download the full committee report (pdf) by CJA Awards Committee Chairman Ramon A. Hernandez, which contains the details of voting by the judges Want to get more involved? The CJA is currently looking for dedicated chess journalists to fill a number of volunteer positions (see http://chessjournalism.org/director.htm). If you are interested, please contact either Randall Hough [email protected] or Daniel Lucas at [email protected]. CJA Best Story of the Year Award  The Grandmaster Who Did It His Way
Written by Larry Parr appeared in Chess Life (March 2011) Best Story of the Year Co-Runner-up A Chess Child's Next Chapter Written by Macauley Peterson appeared in Chess Life (December 2010) Best Story of the Year Co-Runner-up Czechmate Written by Jonathan Hilton appeared in Chess Life (October 2010) CJA Best Chess Column Award Endgame Lab Written by GM Pal Benko appears in Chess Life CJA Best Chess Column Runner-up Chess to Enjoy Written by GM Andy Soltis appears in Chess Life CJA Best State Magazine/Newsletter Award Georgia Chess edited by Mark N. Taylor CJA Best State Magazine/Newsletter Co-Runner-up Chess Horizons edited by Robert D. Messenger CJA Best State Magazine/Newsletter Co-Runner-up Northwest Chess edited by Ralph Dubisch CJA Best Tournament Report Article Award Kamsky Bids Adieu to Championship Drought Written by FM Mike Klein appeared in Chess Life (August 2010) CJA Best Tournament Report Article Runner-up U.S. Left Out In The Cold Written by GM Robert Hess appeared in Chess Life (January 2011) CJA Best Chess Magazine/Newsletter Layout Award The entire October-December 2010 issue of Chess Horizons Edited by Robert D. Messenger CJA Best Chess Magazine/Newsletter Layout Runner-up The entire September/October 2010 issue of Georgia Chess Edited by Mark N. Taylor CJA Excellence in Chess Writing, Mainstream Media Award My Playing Weight Written by Dale Rigby appeared in Sport Literate (Volume 7, Issue 1) CJA Best Regular Newspaper Column Award Chess Written by David R. Sands appears in The Washington Times CJA Best Regular Newspaper Column Runner-up Chess: A Knight's Tour Written by Bill Cornwall appears in the Los Angeles Times CJA Best Regular Newspaper Article of Local Interest Award Chess: A Knight's Tour Written by Bill Cornwall appeared in the [Fort Lauderdale] Sun Sentinel  CJA Best Chess Photojournalism AwardCover of June 2010's Chess Life By Jeff Weiss CJA Best Chess Photojournalism Runner-up Cover of February 2011's Chess Life By Jack Hutcheson CJA Best Features Article Award Involuntary Retirement Written by IM Jack Peters appeared in Chess Life (March 2011) CJA Best Features Article Runner-up The Staunton Code (Part I) Written by Bob Basalla appeared in Chess Life Online (Also see Part II and Part III) CJA Best Instructive Lesson Award Conversation with a Grandmaster Written by GM Boris Gulko and Dr. Joel R. Sneed appeared in Chess Life (June 2010) CJA Best Instructive Lesson Co-Runner-up Defending the Citadel Written by Jon Edwards appeared in Chess Life (April 2011) CJA Best Instructive Lesson Co-Runner-up Tactical, Positional, and Opening Mistakes Written by Daniel Gurevich appeared in Chess Life for Kids (February 2011) CJA Best Review Award Frank Brady's Masterpiece Written by Al Lawrence appeared in Chess Life (February 2011) CJA Best Review Co-Runner-up Challenging the Ruy Lopez Written by Pete Tamburro appeared in Chess Life (September 2010) CJA Best Review Co-Runner-up Wojo's Weapons: Winning with White, Volume 1 Written by Ron Deike appeared in Iowa Chess En Passant (July 2010) CJA Best Review Co-Runner-up Youth Breeds Experience Written by Pete Tamburro appeared in Chess Life (June 2010) CJA Best Humorous Contribution Award Weekly Chess News (April Fool's Supplement) By Mark N. Taylor appeared in Georgia Chess CJA Best Humorous Contribution Runner-up The U.S. Chess Scoop: An Amateur Invades the World Amateur Team Championship by US Chess Scoop featuring Jason Smiles appeared in Chess Life Online CJA Most Notable Achievement in Correspondence Chess Award Enter the Centaur By FM Alex Dunne appeared in Chess Life (February 2011) CJA Most Notable Achievement in Correspondence Chess Runner-up The 2008 USCF Absolute Championship By FM Alex Dunne appeared in Chess Life (July 2010)  CJA Best Historical Article AwardA Forgotten Chess Tale: Hapley's Project By Yasser Seirawan appeared in Northwest Chess (November 2010) CJA Best Historical Article Co-Runner-up A Brief Moment In Chess Time By Jon Edwards appeared in Chess Life (June 2010) CJA Best Historical Article Co-Runner-up Victory at Leningrad By Eliot Hearst appeared in Chess Life (November 2010) CJA Best Interview Award Profiling Brady By Al Lawrence appeared in Chess Life (February 2011) CJA Best Interview Runner-up Kamsky On The Record By Betsy Dynako appeared in Chess Life (May 2011) CJA Best Chess Art Award Cover of Northwest Chess March 2011 issue Designed by Philip Peterson appeared in Northwest Chess  Best Chess Art Co-Runner-up 2010 Castle Chess Grand Prix Winner Varuzhan Akobian Designed by Mark N. Taylor appeared in Georgia Chess (Sept./Oct. 2010)  Best Chess Art Co-Runner-upIrina's Nirvana Designed by Shirley Szymanek appeared in Chess Life (October 2010) CJA Best Analysis Award Keating, R - Karagianis, P By Robert Keating appeared in Iowa Chess En Passant (July 2010) CJA Best Analysis Runner-up The Most Interesting Games of the 79th Mass. Open By Robert D. Messenger appeared in Chess Horizons (Oct.-Dec. 2010) CJA Best [USCF] State Chapter Website Award http://www.calchess.org Official website of the Northern California State's USCF chapter Designed by Tom Langland  CJA Best [USCF] State Chapter Website Runner-up http://www.il-chess.org Official website of the State of Illinois' USCF chapter Designed by Maret Thorpe CJA Best General Chess Website Award http://www.uschess.org Official website of the United States Chess Federation Designed by Phillip R. Smith CJA Best General Chess Website Runner-up http://www.westmichiganchess.com Official website of the West Michigan Chess Association Designed by Dr. Tony Palmer CJA Best Chess Blog Award brokenpawn1.blogspot.com Broken Pawn By Hank Anzis |