2003 Award Winners
Congratulations to this year’s CJA Award Winners!
Each year the Chess Journalists of America judge chess material published during the previous year and submitted to them for competition. Following the judging, awards are made in various categories. Here is a list of the awards presented in this year’s competition. The awards were first announced at the US Open Championship in August 2003.
Following is a list of categories, the winners and honorable mentions, and a list of the CJA members who judged that particular category (in parentheses). Only material originally published during the period June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003 was eligible for this competition.
Peter J. Tamburro, Jr., Chief Judge
Cat. 1 Chess Journalist of the Year: (by CJA vote)
Coordinated with Cramer Awards Committee
| Fred Wilson won chess journalist of the year in a combined Cramer Committee / CJA members vote. |
Cat. 2: Best State Chess Magazine-Open (Cramer Award Category)
| 1st | Chess Horizons, Mark Donlan, editor |
Cat. 3 Best State Magazine, Under 1000 circulation
| 1st | Georgia Chess, Dan Lucas, editor |
Cat. 4 Best Club Bulletin
| 1st | Columbus Chess Gazette, Messrs. Tom Britt, Dave Raymond, Mike Steve, editors |
| HM | En Passant-Journal of the Pittsburgh Chess Club, Bobby Dudley, editor |
Cat. 5 Best Postal Magazine
| 1st | The Chess Correspondent, Joseph Ganem, editor |
Cat. 6 Best New Magazine
| 1st | Squares, Bob Long, editor |
Cat. 7 Most Improved Magazine
| 1st | Chess Life, Peter Kurzdorfer, editor |
Cat. 8 Best Cover
| 1st | (Tie) August and September 2002 Chess Life; Jami L. Anson, Brian Killigrew (joint for both) |
Cat. 9 Best Layout
| 1st | Chess Horizons, Mark C. Donlan, editor |
| HM | Chess Life, Jami L. Anson, Kathleen Merz |
Cat. 10 Best Regular Magazine Column
| 1st | Opening Secrets (Chess Life) by Susan Polgar with Paul Truong |
Cat. 11 Best Magazine Tournament Report
| 1st | Daniel King, Chess Life, Kramnik and Fritz Play to a Standoff |
| HM | Jerry Hanken, Chess Life, Senior Open a Success in Ventura |
Cat. 12 Best Regular Newspaper Column
| 1st | Lubomir Kavalek, Washington Post |
| HM | Jack Peters, Los Angeles Times |
Cat. 13 Newspaper Column of Local Interest
| 1st | Jack Peters, Los Angeles Times |
| HM | Bill Cornwall, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel |
Cat. 14 Best Newspaper Tournament Report — No Entry
Cat. 15 Best Chess Promotion
| 1st (3-way tie) | Paul Truong, Chess Life, K-K goes 3-D…. |
| 1st | Josh Tompkins, Los Angeles Magazine, The Rookies |
| 1st | James DuBois, Chess Horizons, The Voice of Chess.fm |
Cat. 16 Best Press Release
| 1st | Glenn Petersen, Chess Life, August 2002 |
| HM | Daren Dillinger, Pasadena City College |
Cat. 17 Best Human Interest
| 1st (3-way tie) | Tim Redman, Illinois Chess Bulletin “Remembering Richard” |
| 1st | Nick Conticello, Chess Life “125 Years of the Manhattan Chess Club” |
| 1st | Joshua Tompkins, Los Angeles Magazine “The Rookies” |
Cat. 18 Best Historical Article
| 1st (2-way tie) | Mark C. Donlan, Chess Horizons, “The Sicilian Saga” |
| 1st | Nick Conticello, Chess Life, “125 Years of the Manhattan CC” |
Cat. 19 Best Interview
| 1st | Brian Killegrew, Chess Life, “Profiles in Chess: Jennifer Shahade” |
| HM | Dan Lucas, Georgia Chess, “I trained to win…” |
Cat. 20. Best Editorial
| 1st | Maurice Ashley, his Chess Life editorial on draws. |
| HM | Taylor (more information will be provided later) |
Cat. 21 Best Humorous Article
| 1st | Bob Basalla, Ohio Chess Bulletin, “Mate the Beatles” |
Cat. 22 Best Review
| 1st | Jennifer Shahade, Chess Life, Nov. 2002, “Victor Korchnoi’s Latest” |
Cat. 23(a) Best Analysis – Opening
| 1st | Gary Lane, Chess Horizons, “Who Remembers the Cochrane Gambit?” |
Cat. 23(b) Best Analysis – Endings
| 1st | Susan Polgar, Chess Horizons, “The Beauty of the Endgame” |
Cat. 23(c) Best Analysis – Other
| 1st | Gregory Kaidonov, Chess Life, Oct. 2002, Kaidonov-Onischuk game |
| HM | Bent Larsen, Chess Life, Sep. 2002, “Fascinating Game” |
Cat. 24 Best Instruction
| 1st | Randy Bauer, Chess Horizons, “The Value of Activity” |
| HM | Dan Heisman, Chess Cafe, Novice Nook |
Cat. 25 Best Cartoon
| 1st (tie) | Michael Stombaugh, October 2002 Chess Life |
Cat. 26 Best Chess Art
| 1st | Jami L. Anson, Kathleen Merz, Chess Life, October 2002 Cover |
Cat. 27 Best Chess Photograph
| 1st | Brian Killegrew, Chess Life, “Jennifer Shahade” |
Cat. 28 Best State Website (Randy Hough, Chief Judge in this category)
| 1st | Georgia Chess Association, acting Webmaster, Ted Wieber, Sr., webmaster@georgiachess.org |
Cat. 29 Best New Website
| 1st | Tony Heinz, www.chess.fm |
| HM | Peter Prochaska, www.chessodyssey.com |
Cat. 30 Best Internet Chess News Site
| No entries received. |