1)Are you sure your first entry wasn't Aronian vs Carlsen, 2017 instead of a blitz draw?

2) Your second choice is ineligible for the 2017 contest.

1) master tactician Anand defeats Caruana:

<Anand vs Caruana, 2017>

2) another tactical gem, Lev Aronian beats Carlsen in 2017 (I don't understand the pun, though..."Norwegian Blue"?)

<Aronian vs Carlsen, 2017>

3) Poor Matthias was a doormat with blue balls after this 2017 pounding from Kramnik at Dortmond:

<Kramnik vs M Bluebaum, 2017>

Your #1 choice gets 10 points, your #2 choice gets 9 points, and your #3 choice gets 8 points. You may choose up to seven more games in order by midnight.

1. J Bai vs Ding Liren, 2017

2. T Hillarp Persson vs F Grafl, 2017

3. B Ider vs Yifan Hou, 2017

4. Kramnik vs Harikrishna, 2017

5. Anand vs Caruana, 2017

6. Aronian vs Carlsen, 2017

7. A Firouzja vs M Bluebaum, 2017

8. Tomashevsky vs S Volkov, 2017

9. Topalov vs B D Deac, 2017

2) another tactical gem, Lev Aronian beats Carlsen in 2017 (I don't understand the pun, though..."Norwegian Blue"?)>

This is the same situation for the WC cycle. If you pick eight players for the Candidates Tournament, what about the ninth? If you pick twelve players, what about the thirteenth? Etc. ad infinitum.

Aronian vs Carlsen, 2017>

We are voting on the best games of last year and will record our results for posterity in a Game Collection. For the Best Games of 2017, please post your votes in the bgitw chessforum from now until January 30, and then we'll announce the results starting January 31. You may list up to ten database games from 2017, with your #1 choice receiving ten points and your #10 choice receiving one point. If you only nominate one game, it gets all 10 points; three games get 10 points & 9 points & 8 points, and so on. Please list your votes in downward order with #1 first and not a reverse countdown. Also, please do not post any running updates of the voting until the end. Note each game must receive at least two votes to make the Top Ten.

You may include a description of why you enjoyed that game if you like, or else just post your list. Don't feel any pressure to supply deep analysis, and don't feel compelled to justify your choices. Vote however you want.

Thanks to <OhioChessFan> who found these great Game Collections from 2017:

Game Collection: best games of chessgames 2017

Game Collection: best of 2017

Game Collection: Best games of 2017

Game Collection: Best games of 2017

Game Collection: OhioChessFan's favorite games of 2017

Game Collection: 99_whiteshark's favorite games of 2017

Game Collection: 2017 games

For this edition, every game listed in a Best Games Collection will receive one #10 point, then those kibitzers are always welcome to make a Top Ten list.

Q: What did the repeat offender say to the other repeat offender?>

Although I read on the Internet that President Obama's tenure was "scandal-free" and the FBI "cleared" Hillary Clinton and claimed she did "nothing wrong" with her e-mails.

These would be my responses:

1) "Waah! Waah! Waah! I've been banished from the Wesley So page! Waah! Waah! Waah! I need the Administrators to give me special treatment! Waah! Waah! Waah!"

2) "Wow, I hope Magnus Carlsen's girlfriend never reads the C-A-R-L-S-E-N page from the top."

3) "Unbelievable the crap <tpstar> gets away with."

What a difference a day makes. Just yesterday, nobody cared about my posts or even bothered to read them. Today, they are Libel.

Social justice warriors are so lazy. Notice not one word about the death threat, or attacking White people, or sabotaging the Wikipedia entry. But using his own racist language against him somehow crossed the line. The entire Barangay Beronio knew who I meant and what and why.

Tony-Kevin (SJ 2/11/18): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 ed 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. ed cd Opening Explorer 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rad1? (12. h3) d4 (12 ... Bg4) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. b3 Bd5 16. Qh3 Be6? (16 ... f5!?) 17. Nf6+! Bxf6 18. Qxh7# 1-0. MATE E W

Tony-Jason (SJ 2/11/18): 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. ed ed 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. dc Nxc5 Opening Explorer 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 0-0 12. Be3 a6 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Bc5 15. c3 Ng4 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Qg3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Nf6 19. Rad1 h6 20. Nf5 Qe6?! (20 ... Rfe8) 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Nxh6+! gxh6 23. Qxf6 Kh7 24. Re3 Qg4 25. Rxd5 Qg6 26. Qxg6+ fxg6 27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. Rxb7 Rfd8 29. g3 and White won (1-0). RTG E W

Sophie-Tony (HCA 2/7/18): 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bb5+!? c6 4. Bd3 de 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nc3!? Qxb2 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. 0-0?? Qxc3 11. Rb1 f5 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. Rb5 a6 14. Rb3 Qg7 and Black won (0-1).

Oliver-Tony (HCA 2/7/18): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. d4!? Nxd4 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Bb5+?? (11. Be2) Nxb5 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4?? Qxh4 15. Qe2 c6 16. Nc7+?? Nxc7 and Black won (0-1).

Tony-Charlie (HCA 2/7/18): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Opening Explorer Bg4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Bb4 8. c3 Be7 (8 ... Bd6) 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Qd6 12. f4 h6 13. Ndc4 Qe6? (13 ... Qd8) 14. f5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 Qc8 16. Qe2 b5 17. Nd2 Bd6 18. d4 c5 19. Rg1 Rg8 20. 0-0-0 Qb7 21. Nxf7! Nxe4 22. Nxd6+ cxd6 23. Bxh6 0-0-0 24. Nxe4 Rde8 25. Nxd6+ Kb8 26. Qxe8+! Rxe8 27. Nxb7 Kxb7 28. Rxg7+ Kc8 29. f6 and White won (1-0). FORK E W

Tony-Sophie (HCA 2/7/18): 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 Nf6 4. fe Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Bg5 d6 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Nd5 h6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bxh6 Re8 13. c3 Bxf3?! 14. Qxf3 Ba5 15. Qg3+ Kh7 16. Qg7# 1-0.