2021 CJA Awards Entry List

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LIST OF ENTRIES

TOP THREE CATEGORIES (OPEN TO PRINT OR ONLINE)

Chess Journalist of the Year (CJOY page with more information on all 4 will be up after the 5th)

• CJOY Entry List with Bios

Best Story of the Year

• “Daniel Guel Honored with First Ever Leon Powers Chess Sponsorship Award” by Jim Hollingsworth
• “My Chess Club Succumbed to COVID-19” by Dennis McGrath
• “The New Chess Boom,” by Eric Rosen (Chess Life: August, 2020)
• “The Queen’s Gambit: Worth the Wait,” by Bruce Pandolfini (Chess Life: November, 2020)

Best Column

• Player of the Month by Jim Hollingsworth (January, 2021 and April, 2021)
• Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (British Chess Magazine: December, 2020: Pages 745 – 749 and February, 2021: Pages 116 – 119)
• Aagard’s All-Round Training by GM Jacob Aagard (American Chess Magazine, Issue 17: Pages 44-49 and Issue 18: Pages 48-53)
• Endgames by GM Alex Fishbein (American Chess Magazine, Issue 17: Pages 50-54 and Issue 18: Pages 54-59)
• Musings of an American Grandmaster by GM Joel Benjamin (American Chess Magazine, Issue 17: Pages 56-58 and Issue 19: Pages 80-84)
• Chess Files: Can Chess Be Addictive and So Few Females in Top 100 by James Eade
• Books and Beyond – November, 2020 and December, 2020 by John Watson (Chess Life)

BEST CHESS BOOK

Best Book – Instruction

• Openings for Amateurs — Next Steps by Pete Tamburro – Mongoose Press

• Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry – Mongoose Press
• How to Beat Magnus Carlsen: Exploring the Most Difficult Challenge in Chess By Cyrus Lakdawala – New In Chess
• How to Become a Candidate Master: A Practical Guide to Take Your Chess to Next Level (NEW EDITION) by Alex Dunne – New In Chess
• World Champion Chess for Juniors: Learn From the Greatest Players Ever By Joel Benjamin – New in Chess

Best Book – Other

• The Life & Games of Vasily Smyslov by Andrey Terekhov – Russell Enterprises
• Steinitz in London: A Chess Biography with 623 Games by Tim Harding – McFarland Books
• Smyslov, Bronstein, Geller, Taimanov and Averbakh: A Chess Multibiography with 220 Games by Andrew Soltis – McFarland Books
• Chess Rivals of the 19th Century: With 300 Annotated Games by Tony Cullen – McFarland Books
• Chess Board Options: A Memoir of Players, Games and Engines By Larry Kaufman – New in Chess

Best Self-Published Book

• Legal Attack: Chess – an Intellectual Board War by Karthik Murugan
• Chess Beatdowns by Honeybadger22
• The Carlsen Variation – A New Anti-Sicilian to Rattle Your Opponents by Carsten Hansen

BEST VISUAL ARTS

Best Photojournalism Article

• “A FIghting Warrior” by Jamaal Abdul-Alim, photos mostly by Gabiela Herman (Chess Life: March, 2021)

Best Single Chess Photo

• Snake Eaters – Top All Veterans Chess Team at the 2021 US Amateur Team South by Jim Hollingsworth
• The Covid Cowboy by Jim Hollingsworth
• “Reflections of a King” by RZA/Reim (Chess Life: January, 2021)
• ”Fairy-16” by Philip Peterson (Northwest Chess: January, 2021)

Best Art

• “New Chess Boom” Cover (Chess Life: August, 2020)
• Florida Chess Association Winter 2021 Cover

Best Single Chess Magazine Cover

• “New Chess Boom” Cover (Chess Life: August, 2020)
• ”Renaissance Chess Set” by Jeffrey Roland – (Northwest Chess: May, 2021)
• “Inside Strategies” (Chess Life Kids: June, 2020)

Best Cartoon

• “The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There” Episode 16 Thumbnail by Philip Warton
• “Beatnik Botvinnik,” by Dan Lucas / Matt Sattel (Chess Life: February, 2021)
• “NASA Chess Club” by Brian Berger (Northwest Chess, September, 2020)

BEST PRINT ARTICLES (OPEN ONLY TO PUBLICATIONS)

Best Regular Newspaper Column

• David Sands at Washington Times – Child’s Play and Thompson

Best Single Article of Local Interest

• Kavalek: The Rich Legacy of a Rival and Role Model by David Sands – Washington Times
• Tribute to Mikhail Philippovich Ponomarev (Pages 9-19) by Richard Buchanan – Colorado Ches
• “The Detroit Veterans” by Saleem (Chess Life: August, 2020)
• “John Hurt, Eleven Time Memphis City Champion & The Wing Gambit” by Kenny Thomas in Chess Advocate – p. 33 – 42

Best Overall Magazine

• American Chess Magazine

• Chess Life

• Northwest Chess

Best Feature Article

• “Readers vs. COVID” by Readers and Editors of ACM (American Chess Magazine, Issue 17: Pages 67-97)
• “Pugilists at Rest” by IM Yury Lapshun and FM Jon Jacobs (Chess Life: December, 2020)
• “The Quest for Greatness” by GM Maurice Ashley (Chess Life: October, 2020)
• “Worth the Wait: The Queen’s Gambit” by Bruce Pandolfini (Chess LIfe: November, 2020)
• Interview of Giri and Carlsen by GM Jonathan Tisdall (New in Chess: 3/2021)
• “Stone-Ware Defense Steinitz System” by Sid Packard – Chess Advocate p. 22 – 27
• “My Chess Club Succumbed to COVID-19” by Dennis McGrath

Best Interview

• “25 Questions for James T. Sherwin” by Pete Tamburro (American Chess Magazine, Issue 18: Pages 20-23)
• “Beth Harmon has become our Chess Darling” by Josip Asik (American Chess Magazine, Issue 20: Pages 14-17)
• “Interview with Irina Krush” by Dusan Krunic (American Chess Magazine, Issue 21: Pages 7-9)
• “RZA Interview” by Banjoko (Chess Life: January, 2021)
• Interview of Giri and Carlsen by GM Jonathan Tisdall (New in Chess: 3/2021)

Best Tournament Report National / International

• “He Came Off the Bench and Scored a Winner!” by GMs A. Mastrovasilis and D. Mastrovasilis (American Chess Magazine, Issue 17: Pages 26-43)
• “Clash of Titans Online” by GM John Burke (American Chess Magazine, Issue 18: Pages 8-16)
• “I Feel Blessed to Play Chess” by GM Wesley So (American Chess Magazine, Issue 19: Pages 9-18)
• “World Champ Pulls Another Close Call Out of the Fire” by GM John Burke (American Chess Magazine, Issue 19: Pages 20-34)
• “A Rocky-Like Comeback” by NM Grayson Rorrer (American Chess Magazine, Issue 20: Pages 25-30)
• “A Double Dutch Triumph” by GM John Burke (American Chess Magazine, Issue 21: Pages 18-29)
• “Back to the Future” by GM Jonathan Tisdall (Chess Life: July, 2020)

Best Tournament Report – State / Local

• “Live Chess Outbreak in Dallas” by IM Justin Sarkar (American Chess Magazine, Issue 19: Pages 64-70)
• “Getting Back to Business” by Shlyahktenko (Chess Life: October, 2020)

Best Club Newsletter

• Chess Advocate – No. 1 and No. 2 – by Dwight Weaver – Memphis Chess and Wise Chess Club

Best Instructive Lesson

• “Anti-Sicilian 4. Qxd4” by Pete Tamburro American Chess Magazine, Issue 18: Pages 40-43)
• “Trading the Black Dragon Bishop” by GM Vladimir Belous (American Chess Magazine, Issue 18: Pages 44-47)
• “Troitsky’s Chessboard Magic” by GM Alex Fishbein (American Chess Magazine, Issue 18: Pages 54-59)
• “The Karpov Endgame: Rooks with Opposite Color Bishops” by GM Alex Fishbein (American Chess Magazine, Issue 19: Pages 49-55)
• “The Importance of the e4 Square” by GM Vladimir Belous (American Chess Magazine, Issue 20: Pages 66-73)
• “Knight Maneuvers in the Hanham Structure” by Boroljub Zlatanovic (American Chess Magazine, Issue 21: Pages 56-66)
• “Improving Your Tactical Sensibilities” by Spiegel (Chess Life: November, 2020)
• “Master Class: Analyzing Your Games with Engines” by Jacob Aagaard (Chess Life: November, 2020)

Best Review

• “Fresh Leaves from the Bookshelf” by FM Carsten Hansen (American Chess Magazine, Issue 19: Pages 93-97)
• “Giri on the French Defense” by John Watson (Chess Life: December, 2020)
• “Game of the Gods” by Karen Schmidt – Northwest Chess (Northwest Chess: April, 2021)

Best Analysis

• “World Champ Pulls Another Close Call Out of the Fire” by GM John Burke (American Chess Magazine, Issue 19: Pages 20-34)
• “A Rare Queen-Down Fortress with All 16 Pawns” by GM Peter Prohaszka (American Chess Magazine, Issue 20: Pages 74-81 and Issue 21: Pages 67-73)
• “Knight Maneuvers in the Hanham Structure” by Boroljub Zlatanovic (American Chess Magazine, Issue 21: Pages 56-66)
• “Nuances in Rook Endings” by Boris Gelfand and Jacob Aagaard (Click on title or author name to download) (Chess Life: May, 2021)
  

• “We All Speak Italian Now,” by Joel Benjamin (Chess Life: March, 2021)
• “The Annotator’s Corner” by NM Alex King – Chess Advocate p. 6-16

Best Historical Article

• “She Answered the Phone and Helped Change Chess History!” By Bette Marshall (American Chess Magazine, Issue 19: Pages 71-77)
• “Clash of Generations: US Championship 1981” by GM Joel Benjamin (American Chess Magazine, Issue 19: Pages 80-84)
• “Storming the Barricades of the French” by Patrick McCartney (American Chess Magazine, Issue 20: Pages 54-60)
• “America’s Forgotten Women’s Champion” by Bruce Monson (New in Chess 2021/3)
• “Pugilists at Rest” by IM Yury Lapshun and FM Jon Jacobs (Chess Life, December, 2020)
• “Denker Does the Double” by Taylor Kingston (Chess Life: May, 2021)
• “Chesspionage” by Menachem Wecker (Chess Life: February, 2021)
• ”Zemgalis-Ulvestad Match” by John Donaldson (Northwest Chess: July, 2020)
• “Stone-Ware Defense Steinitz System” by Sid Packard – Chess Advocate p. 22 – 27

Best Humorous Contribution

• “In Praise of Descriptive Notation,” by John Hartmann (Chess Life: March, 2021)
• Tournament Play by Diego Delgado – Chess Advocate – p. 38
• “The Masked Grandmaster” by Trevor William Brooks (Chess Like Kids: April, 2021)

Best Personal Narrative

• “Finding Bobby Fischer” by Josip Asik (American Chess Magazine, Issue 18: Pages 32-39)
• “I Feel Blessed to Play Chess” by GM Wesley So (American Chess Magazine, Issue 19: Pages 9-18)
• “She Answered the Phone and Helped Change Chess History!” By Bette Marshall (American Chess Magazine, Issue 19: Pages 71-77)
• “A Knack for Winning Critical Games” by GM Irina Krush (American Chess Magazine, Issue 21: Pages 10-17)
• “My Road to Grandmaster,” by GM Hans Neimann (Chess Life: April, 2021)
• “Come Ye” by Pete Karagaianis (Chess Life: June, 2020)

Best Coverage by Mainstream Publication (free entry)

 

BEST ONLINE AND SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS AND FEATURES

Best Interview

• “Polly Wright on Carol Jarecki” by James Eade
• “The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There” Episode 13 (Cyrus Lakdawala) by James Eade
• “The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There” Episode 12 (Carsten Hansen) by James Eade
• “13th World Champion Garry Kasparov and Queen’s Gambit Creator Scott Frank Visit US Chess Girls Club” – (USChess)
• “Interview with Magnus Carlsen” by Jon Tisdall (USChess)

Best Feature Article

• Griffin McConnell & Team USA at the 2020 Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities (Pages 6-7) by NM Lior Lapid
• “Chess with Charlie” by Tisserand (USChess)
• “Remembering the Passion of Ray Charles for Chess” by Ray Linville
• “What America Taught the World About Chess” by Ray Linville

Best Podcast

• Premier Chess by Evan Rabin
• Cover Stories with Chess Life by John Hartmann
• One Move at a Time by Dan Lucas
• Ladies Knight by Jennifer Shahade

Best Single Podcast Episode

• Premier Chess: 109th Episode with National Master Bruce Pandolfini by Evan Rabin

• Cover Stories with Chess Life: Michael Tisserand by John Hartmann (USChess)
• One Move at a Time: John D. Rockefeller V by Dan Lucas (USChess)
• Ladies Knight: Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein by Jennifer Shahade (USChess)

Best Tournament Report – National/International

• “Disconnection Blues” by Brian Jerauld (USChess)

• “The Denker and Haring” by WGM Tatev Abrahamyan (USChess)
• “GM Eishan Moradiabadi on the Magnus Carlsen Tour Finals” by Eishan Moradiabadi (USChess)

Best Tournament Report – State/Local

Best News

Best Club Newsletter

• Chess Advocate – No. 1 and No. 2 – by Dwight Weaver – Memphis Chess and Wise Chess Club

Best Instruction Lesson

• “How Knight Promotions Win Chess Games” by Ray Linville
• “The Ways to Make Better Moves” by Dan Heisman
• “A Beginner’s Introduction to Chess Analysis” by Dan Heisman

Best Analysis

• “The Candidates” by Jacob Aagaard (USChess)
• “Valentine’s Days Past: Amazing Chess Moves by Nakamura, Firouzja, Caruana” by Ray Linville
• “A Forgotten Gambit” by Sid Pickard – Chess Advocate p. 18 – 25
• “The Annotator’s Corner” by NM Alex King – Chess Advocate p. 6-16

Best Humorous Contribution

• “How Soccer Is Copying the Game of Chess” by Ray Linville
• “Rook Resigns” by Diego Delgado – Chess Advocate p. 43

Best Historical Article

• “The Evolution of Modern Chess Rules” by John McCrary (USChess)
• “Commemorating the Immortal Game of Adolf Anderssen” by Ray Linville
• “The Lost State Champions” by Scott Varagona p. 4 – 12

Best Personal Narrative

• “Leon Chess Festival: How to Lose to a Super GM Quickly” by Ray Linville

Best Overall Chess Website

• Texas Armed Forces Chess
• Eade Foundation

*Best Overall Website Small Organization (group of less than 500)

• The Chess Refinery

Best Online Blog

• Dana Blogs Chess
• Learning with Each Game
• Chess Essentials by Andre Harding
• Premier Chess Blog by Evan Rabin

Best Educational Lesson

Best Online Review

• “Queen’s Gambit” by Cub Noble and Nick Osness – En Passant p. 4-5

Best Non-Instructive Chess Video

• “The Chess Files: The Answers are Out There” Episode 5 (Joel Benjamin and Harold Scott) by James Eade
• “The Queen’s Gambit” by USChess

Best Twitter Feed

• “Chess Tip of the Day” – @danheisman by Dan Heisman
• GM Jonathan Tisdall – @GMjtis by GM Jonathan Tisdall

Best Coverage by Mainstream Publication (free entry)

*Best Twitch Channel

• zefcatt (Sara Herman) – Colorado Chess
• eadefoundation (James Eade) – James Eade
• MasterChessDojo (John Macarthur)
  

*Best Instagram Feed

 

JUNIOR (UNDER 20)

Best Print Article by a Junior

• “The Magic of the Last Round” by IM Praveen Balakrishnan (American Chess Magazine, Issue 18: Pages 68-72)

• “Under the Microscope” by Shlyakhtenko (Chess Life: February, 2021)
• “The IM Not a GM Speed Chess Championships” by Carissa Yip (Chess Life: August, 2020)
• “The G & H Attack: How Modern Chess Has Evolved” by Harris Lencz (Empire Chess: Winter 2020)

Best Online Article by a Junior

• “A Return to the Board” by Jennifer Yu (USChess)

Best Personal Narrative by a Junior

• “The PWNCC G/60 Online Masters” by Kirk Ghazarian (USChess)
• “My First Move and Chess Adventures” by John Burke (Chess Life Kids: April, 2021)

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT

• “Readers vs. COVID” by Readers and Editors of ACM (American Chess Magazine, Issue 17: Pages 67-97)
• “The Last Ruy Lopez” by Alexis Levitin (American Chess Magazine, Issue 20: Pages 82-84)
• “48th Anniversary of Fischer-Spassky 1972 Match with IM John Donaldson, GM Lev Alburt, Sal Matera, IM Anthony Saidy, Bette Marshall, and Maria Byrne” – Hosted by Joshua Anderson on behalf of CJA
• Chess Drum by Dr. Daaim Shabazz

CRAMER AWARDS

Best State Championship Report

• “The Championship Abides” by Scott Varagona (Alabama Chess Antics, Fall, 2020, p. 4 – 12)

Best State Tournament Coverage

• 2021 Atlantic Chess News

Best Scholastic Coverage in State

Best Overall State Website

• Idaho Chess Association
• Texas Chess Association
• Maine Chess Association
• Florida Chess Association

Best State Magazine/Newsletter – Print

• Northwest Chess (Print Edition) (12 issues: June 2020 through May 2021)

• Texas Knights (2 issues Jan-Mar and Apr – June)

• Atlantic Chess News

• Empire Chess

• Florida Chess (2 issues – Covid 2020 and Winter 2021)

Best State Magazine/Newsletter – Online

• Northwest Chess (Online Edition) (12 issues: June 2020 through May 2021)

• Colorado Chess Informant

• Alabama Chess Antics

Best Personal Narrative

• “The 1974 US Open (& More)” by Curtis Carlson – Colorado Chess Informant April 2021, p. 14-21

• “Girls in the Chess World” by Anjah Lodh – En Passant – p. 20-23

Best Photography

• ”Shadow” by Philip Peterson (Northwest Chess: December, 2020)

Best State Chapter Website

• Maine Chess Association
• Idaho Chess Association