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The Caissars
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Welcome to << The Caissars >>
From Wednesday April 15th to Wednesday April 29th we will be collecting votes for the 2019 Chessgames Caissars.
Our automated Caissar voting booth will allow all Chessgames members to vote for the games, members, collections, avatars, players, and moves that really made 2019 a year to remember.
To vote, visit Caissars Voting Page. (You must be a registered member.)
<BEST AVATAR> — Who has the prettiest avatar?
<BEST USERNAME> — The best screen-name.
<MOST HELPFUL> — The one who is always there when you need them.
<MOST CONSTRUCTIVE> — The one who contributes the most to CG.
<FUNNIEST POSTER> — The one who always makes you laugh.
<BEST POST> — The best chess-related post.
<BEST OFFTOPIC POST> — The best post unrelated to chess.
<BEST GAME COLLECTION> — The best game collection.
<MOST INFORMED> — The one who's got all the facts at their fingertips.
<BEST HISTORIAN> — The King of the Biographer Bistro.
<PLAYER OF THE YEAR> — The chess player of note this year.
<BEST PUN> — The most laugh (groan) inducing pun.
<GAME OF THE YEAR> — The best game of 2019.
<MOVE OF THE YEAR> — The most amazing move of 2019.

Everybody is invited to come here and cast your votes on these categories. For more information, see the post The Caissars chessforum (kibitz #2274).

   The Caissars has kibitzed 109 times to chessgames [more...]

   May-03-20 The Caissars chessforum

The Caissars: Thank you for participating in the 2019 Caissars! We apologize for the very delayed start, which probably contributed to the difficulty of selecting deserving candidates, and will do our best to run the Caissars at the beginning of January in the future. <And now here are ...

   Jan-17-18 Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2018

The Caissars: It’s not too late to cast your votes at our Caissars Voting Page for the best chess/Chessgames of 2017. We’ll announce the winners shortly after this game.

   Jan-13-17 So vs Carlsen, 2017

The Caissars: <OFF TOPIC> For those who haven't voted in our annual award ceremony, the Caissars, be sure to visit the Caissars Voting Page and cast your vote for the best chess of 2016.

   Jan-02-15 chessgames.com chessforum

The Caissars: ♖ NOTICE ♖ It is an annual tradition of Chessgames to begin the new year looking back at the previous. We're celebrating 2015 as we salute 2014, and offer these 14 categories available for awards: 2. Best Username 3. Most Helpful 4. Best Post 5. Funniest ...

   Jan-02-15 Kibitzer's Café

The Caissars: ♖ NOTICE ♖ It is an annual tradition of Chessgames to begin the new year looking back at the previous. We're celebrating 2015 as we salute 2014, and offer these 14 categories available for awards: 2. Best Username 3. Most Helpful 4. Best Post 5. Funniest ...

   Jan-17-13 Biographer Bistro

The Caissars: You folks have won two Caissars this year: "Most Productive" and "Best Historian(s)". Congraulations; the CG community does not overlook your valiant contributions.

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Jan-17-13		YouRang: Vote - Player of the Year: <Magnus Carlsen> Hard to ignore setting a new #1 ELO record.

Jan-17-13		Lil Swine: I vote for <Magnus Carlsen> for player of the year

Jan-17-13		whiteshark: <Teh World> I vote for plaia of teh yaer.

Jan-17-13		juan31: I vote <Magnus Carlsen> player of the year

Jan-17-13		Tal7777777: I vote <Anatoly Karpov> as player of the year.

Jan-17-13		Sneaky: I vote <Magnus Carlsen> for Best Player. I arrived at this conclusion through what I call the Theorem of 'DUH'.

Jan-17-13		Abdel Irada: <I reckon being in the Rogoff page, his posts say nothing of chess. He may be most informed in most subjects...but if he lacks basic chess awareness he does not deserve the plum- we are looking for most informed chess guro ...not a jeopardy game show contestant. Let him prove me wrong by posting about Wesley So and his potential then I may reverse my stand.> Why do you sound so much like <magnifico>?

Jan-17-13		HeMateMe: Why not just call it "ELO player of the year"? seems boring to me. 1. Fabio had a breakout year, jumped from No. 17 to No. 5, gaining 45 points, as someone above mentioned. 2. Boris Gelfand, perhaps underestimated by many people, won the Candidates matches and nearly beat Anand to win the title. He wasn't even nominated. 3. People who play for the world championship are special. 4. I'm really, really happy that no one from "the World" voted for themselves [though they secretly wanted to]. 5. Who is Feona Mutesi?

Jan-17-13		OhioChessFan: Another 25 minutes of voting, so no arguing please. As always, this page is available for disuptes per the Caissars and everything else: Argue

Jan-18-13		Abdel Irada: One question before we close out voting: Do we count votes from sockpuppets?

Jan-18-13		Phony Benoni: <Abdel Irada> Under "Other rules" in the profile section above: <If you have more than one Chessgames account you are welcome to participate in this process but you must choose ONE account to use only. Sockpuppetry shan't be tolerated.> I would like to thank <Chessgames> for maintaining this tradition. If I may make a suggestion, you might consider setting up a private voting booth in the future. This would better automate the counting process, but most importantly get voting away from the distractions which are the inevitable outcome of a forum such as this. Of course this forum should remain, but not as a place for voting. Voting has been public in the past simply because that was the only way to contact the person counting the votes. If you are willing to continue this, I think a private process would encourage even greater participation. Of course there would have to be safeguards against ballot stuffing and sockpuppetry, but I would hope those could be overcome. It might not hurt to consider making the nomination process private as well, though I have a feeling that won't fly.

Jan-18-13		Abdel Irada: Good points all, <Phony Benoni>. If the process could be made private, much squabbling would cease for want of cause. The one question is a practical one: How could this idea be implemented?

Jan-18-13		Blunderdome: CG has private voting for the consultation games, I'm sure they could set one up for this. I prefer public voting, though.

Jan-18-13		Abdel Irada: <Blunderdome: I prefer public voting, though.> Why?

Jan-18-13		The Caissars: Do I even need to do a count? ;-) Congratulations to <Magnus Carlsen> for being the Player of 2012, and congratulations to all of the people who won Caissars this years. Plus, thanks to all of you for participating. As most of you know this is the first year CG has taken over this function, so we approached it somewhat conservatively and didn't want to change things much. Perhaps next year we'll change the proceedings somewhat, but we have an entire year to discuss that.

Jan-18-13		WannaBe: <The Caissars> & <cg.com> 謝謝!! Tak! Salamat!! Merci!! Danke!! शुक्रिया आप को!! ありがとう!! Thank You!!

Jan-18-13		Sneaky: I've never paid much attention to the Caissars in previous years (beyond gracefully accepting my few accolades) but it would have been a crying shame to see the tradition stop. With that in mind I'd like to nominate <The Caissars> for some kind of post-ceremony recognition. From what I can tell you guys did it as well as in previous years, and bravo for that!

Jan-18-13		Annie K.: Much grass! Thanks for running this event, <cg>. :)

Jan-18-13		WinKing: Thanks for taking the time to run the Caisar Awards <chessgames>. Always fun for the members.

Jan-18-13		HeMateMe: Thanks for putting in the extra work, CG. Fun, and much appreciated.

Jan-18-13		OhioChessFan: Thanks much.

Jan-18-13		Blunderdome: <Abdel> Well, there's no cash prizes. All of the fun is in getting together to recognize the people who contributed during the year. You would really take away some of the party by silencing the voting. I thought the point of a secret ballot was to protect people who might be persecuted for their political beliefs, unpopular choices, etc. Surely, that can't be a concern here.

Jan-18-13		chesstoplay: < The Caissars > and < cg.com > Great fun!! TY! :)

Jan-18-13		wordfunph: <The Caissars> Salamat (thanks) for hosting 2012! Looking forward in 2013 and perpetually ever :) Congrats to all the winners and those who were nominated!

Jan-18-13		Phony Benoni: <Blunderdome: I thought the point of a secret ballot was to protect people who might be persecuted for their political beliefs, unpopular choices, etc. Surely, that can't be a concern here.> Perhaps it shouldn't be. But it is. Or at least some fear it could be, whether their fears are justified or not. Voters should not be disenfranchised if they prefer to keep their choices private. This forum should be kept open, probably serving as a spot for some friendly electioneering. But I don't think a voter should have to visit it if they prefer not to. Having a private voting booth or survey, besides making the count easier, could avoid the problems of early/late voting and votes not cast in the proper format.

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