The 2019 Caissars

It is an annual tradition of Chessgames to begin each year looking back at the previous one. We're celebrating 2020 as we salute 2019, and offer these 14 categories available for awards this week.

Voting is now closed for the 2019 Caissar Awards. Thanks to everyone who participated!

HOW TO VOTE: If your candidate is on the list, just click the checkbox by the entry and click the SUBMIT VOTE(S) button at the bottom. If you do not see your choice on the list, you may enter the appropriate URL to the player/member/etc. to nominate them. You can add an anonymous comment to your vote on any category, but that's strictly optional.

You can discuss the event and congratulate the winners at the Caissars Chessforum.

BEST AVATAR (approx. 11 votes tallied so far)

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1. User: OrangeTulip
  TOTAL VOTES: 2
2. User: diademas
  TOTAL VOTES: 2
  Groovy frog
3. User: Count Wedgemore
  TOTAL VOTES: 4
4. User: Telemus
  TOTAL VOTES: 3
BEST USERNAME (approx. 12 votes tallied so far)

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1. User: SpamIAm
  TOTAL VOTES: 1
2. User: diagonal
  TOTAL VOTES: 2
3. User: ketchuplover
  TOTAL VOTES: 2
4. User: technical draw
  TOTAL VOTES: 7
MOST HELPFUL (approx. 14 votes tallied so far)

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1. User: chesshistoryinterest
  TOTAL VOTES: 2
2. User: hemy
  TOTAL VOTES: 3
3. User: jingohanson
  TOTAL VOTES: 1
  ChessBookie Game
4. User: Stonehenge
  TOTAL VOTES: 4
5. User: jessicafischerqueen
  TOTAL VOTES: 1
6. User: Sally Simpson
  TOTAL VOTES: 3
BEST POST (approx. 8 votes tallied so far)

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1. AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017 (kibitz #153)
  TOTAL VOTES: 5 — rcs784: I just discovered something sensational about this game that nobody seems to have noticed yet: Both AlphaZero's stunning sacrifice of th...
2. Magnus Carlsen (kibitz #85581)
  TOTAL VOTES: 3 — Messiah: Justin...
BEST OFFTOPIC POST (approx. 7 votes tallied so far)

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1. Domdaniel chessforum (kibitz #24522)
  TOTAL VOTES: 5 — Domdaniel: Blank Reg: "They said there was no future - well, this is it."...
  Surely the last kibitz by Domdaniel is worth noticing...
2. Sinquefield Cup (2019) (kibitz #401)
  TOTAL VOTES: 2 — Messiah: I hate Carlsen....
FUNNIEST POSTER (approx. 14 votes tallied so far)

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1. User: Boomie
  TOTAL VOTES: 4
  Teem Leeten
2. User: MissScarlett
  TOTAL VOTES: 6
3. User: posoo
  TOTAL VOTES: 2
4. User: harrylime
  TOTAL VOTES: 1
  lol lol lol
5. User: HeMateMe
  TOTAL VOTES: 1
MOST CONSTRUCTIVE (approx. 14 votes tallied so far)

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1. User: hemy
  TOTAL VOTES: 5
2. User: Fusilli
  TOTAL VOTES: 3
3. User: Pedro Fernandez
  TOTAL VOTES: 3
4. User: Phony benoni
  TOTAL VOTES: 3
BEST GAME COLLECTION (approx. 12 votes tallied so far)

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1. Game Collection: 1890-1891 World Chess Championship
  TOTAL VOTES: 2
2. Game Collection: Game of the Day & Puzzle of the Day Collections
  TOTAL VOTES: 2
3. Game Collection: 0
  TOTAL VOTES: 1
4. Game Collection: Upside Down Rooks: Games with 4 or More Queens
  TOTAL VOTES: 4
5. Game Collection: Old men (and women) vs. time
  TOTAL VOTES: 3
MOST INFORMED (approx. 11 votes tallied so far)

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1. User: offramp
  TOTAL VOTES: 4
2. User: hemy
  TOTAL VOTES: 6
3. User: diagonal
  TOTAL VOTES: 1
BEST HISTORIAN (approx. 16 votes tallied so far)

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1. User: hemy
  TOTAL VOTES: 6
2. User: Tabanus
  TOTAL VOTES: 10
PLAYER OF THE YEAR (approx. 18 votes tallied so far)

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1. Mikhail Botvinnik
  TOTAL VOTES: 1
2. Teimour Radjabov
  TOTAL VOTES: 1
3. Ian Nepomniachtchi
  TOTAL VOTES: 2
  Aggresive and creative, rising year sfter year
4. Vladislav Artemiev
  TOTAL VOTES: 1
5. Gerry McCarthy
  TOTAL VOTES: 5
6. Magnus Carlsen
  TOTAL VOTES: 5
  World champion
  
  Annus mirabilis.
7. Alireza Firouzja
  TOTAL VOTES: 3
BEST PUN (approx. 14 votes tallied so far)

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1. N Littlewood vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1963
  TOTAL VOTES: 5 — "Late December Back in '63: What a Lady, What a Knight!"
2. W Adams vs W Shipman, 1948
  TOTAL VOTES: 1 — "Waltership Downed"
3. J Werle vs G Jones, 2019
  TOTAL VOTES: 2 — "Sir Gawain and the Black Knight"
  Spirituous and related with the game
4. Giri vs Shankland, 2019
  TOTAL VOTES: 3 — "Tata Steal"
  Tata Steal
5. Znosko-Borovsky vs A Nimzowitsch, 1907
  TOTAL VOTES: 1 — "All Nimzo Were The Borovskys"
6. Gilg vs K Opocensky, 1937
  TOTAL VOTES: 2 — "Gilg A Mess"
MOVE OF THE YEAR (approx. 11 votes tallied so far)

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1. Aronian vs Carlsen, 2019
  TOTAL VOTES: 2 — 39...g6!
2. Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019
  TOTAL VOTES: 9 — 9...[EventDate!
  Queen sac before 10 moves!!
  
  9...Qxc3+!
GAME OF THE YEAR (approx. 13 votes tallied so far)

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1. Radjabov vs V S Gujrathi, 2019
  TOTAL VOTES: 1 (1-0)
2. Aronian vs Carlsen, 2019
  TOTAL VOTES: 3 (1-0)
3. Dubov vs R Svane, 2019
  TOTAL VOTES: 4 (1-0)
  Impressive attack with a long and unsee king-hunt
4. Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019
  TOTAL VOTES: 5 (0-1)