<Why would anyone give knives to a baby? This is not good parenting judgment.>

Doesn't that depend on the baby?>

Definitely.

User: lol

Best avatar: <twinlark> - seconded.

Best username: <Phony Benoni> - seconded.

I second Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2013 for Best Game Collection.

< 2014 Caissars Nominations (so far) <<<<>>>>>

<1. Best Avatar <->>

<2 nominations and in>

Annie K., chancho, hms123, ketchuplover, Perfidious, Phony Benoni, technical draw, twinlark, YouRang

<1 nomination, awaits second>

Artar1, Benzol, condition, DaringSpeculator, DcGentle, GingerGM, harrylime, HeMateMe, john barleycorn, MarkFinan, moronovich, Nf3em, nimh, Octavia, russsshurig, Sneaky, Tabanus

<2. Best Username <->>

<2 nominations and in>

checkmateyourmove, DrStrangemove, Phony Benoni

<1 nomination, awaits second>

Everyone, john barleycorn, lost in space, MarkFinan, Nf3em, notyetagm, playground player, RandomVisitor, SetNoEscapeOn, SoUnwiseTheKnight B4, SwitchingQuylthulg, The Chess Express

<3. Most Helpful <->>

<2 nominations and in>

FSR, hms123, notyetagm, Phony Benoni, tabanus, Thanh Phan, tpstar

<1 nomination, awaits second>

Shams, whiteshark, wordfunph

<4. Best Post <->>

<2 nominations and in>

john barleycorn - Garry Kasparov

Karpova - Karpova chessforum

<1 nomination, awaits second>

Arihant - Anand-Carlsen World Championship (2013)

john barleycorn - TheFocus chessforum

OhioChessFan - Odd Lie

Shams - Carlsen vs Anand, 2013

Wyatt Gwyon - Anand-Carlsen World Championship (2013)

<5. Funniest Poster <->>

<2 nominations and in>

dakgootje, hedgeh0g, john barleycorn, OhioChessFan, technical draw, TheFocus

<1 nomination, awaits second>

Annie K., LIFE Master AJ, MarkFinan, Once, PinnedPiece, Phony Benoni, Richard Taylor, tpstar

<6. Most Constructive <->>

<2 nominations and in>

Annie K., hms123, Phony Benoni, WinKing, wordfunph

<1 nomination, awaits second>

cro777, csmath, MarkFinan, notyetagm, offramp, Random Visitor

<7. Best Profile <->>

<2 nominations and in>

Domdaniel, jessicafischerqueen, MarkFinan

<1 nomination, awaits second>

Check It Out, john barleycorn, LIFE Master AJ, parisattack

<8. Best Analysis <->>

<2 nominations and in>

csmath, hugin, imag, kwid, notyetagm, YouRang

<1 nomination, awaits second>

<2 nominations and in>

Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2013 (by <Phony Benoni>)

Game Collection: 1970 Buenos Aires (by <TheFocus>)

<1 nomination, awaits second>

Game Collection: Stanley - Rousseau 1845 match (by <crawfb5>)

<10. Most Informed <->>

<2 nominations and in>

Domdaniel, FSR, kwid, Shams, SwitchingQuylthulg

<1 nomination, awaits second>

Karpova, Kinghunt, MarkFinan, OhioChessFan, SimonWebbsTiger, tpstar

<11. Best Historian <->>

<2 nominations and in>

crawfb5, cro777, Karpova, jessicafischerqueen, suenteus po 147, tabanus, thomastonk, whiteshark

<12. Best/Worst Pun of the Year <->>

<2 nominations and in>

"Dial Emms for Murder" (D P Wheeler vs Emms, 2005)

"Jeepers Kuipers, How'd You Beat Art Pijpers?"

(S Kuipers vs A Pijpers, 2007)

"Olly Olly Albin Free!" (E N Olly vs Albin, 1893)

"Rudolf the Dread Knows Rainer" (H Rudolf vs R Bezler, 2001)

"Slaughterhouse d5" (Team White vs Team Black, 2013)

<1 nomination, awaits second>

"Called Out for Interference" (V Osnos vs J Yuchtman, 1969)

"Drawn and Quartered" (A Petrov vs P Journoud, 1863)

"Game of Thrones" (Anand vs Carlsen, 2013)

"They Tried to Make Me Go to Raheb" (D Raheb vs H R Jung, 2008)

"Timman Danaos et Dona Ferentes" (S Halkias vs Timman, 2006)

<13. Player of the Year <->>

<2 nominations and in>

Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Boris Gelfand, Borislav Ivanov, Wei Yi, Hou Yifan

<1 nomination, awaits second>

Jonathan Hawkins, Vladimir Kramnik

<14. Game of the Year <->>

<2 nominations and in>

Aronian vs Anand, 2013
Shredder vs Gull, 2013
Nakamura vs Gelfand, 2013
Kamsky vs Mamedyarov, 2013
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2013
Anand vs Carlsen, 2013

<1 nomination, awaits second>

1. Best Avatar User: Sneaky

2. Best Username User: notyetagm

6. Most Constructive User: cro777

7. Best Profile User: parisattack

I second <Richard Taylor> for Funniest Poster Kibbutzer

I second <playground player> for Best Username Kibbutzer

I second <Karpova> for Most Informed Kibbutzer

Gracious, you are working hard, <Annie>.

I must say that the above and those already "in" are all worthy candidates.

I second <"They Tried to Make Me Go to Raheb"> for best pun, although running it posthumously is somewhat morbid. Their timing was off by a few years on that one.

Why not? I know User: Everyone will love me for it.

I second <Shams> for Most Helpful.

I second <Shams> for Best Post for this: Carlsen vs Anand, 2013.

I nominate <SetnoEscapeOn> in the same category for the reply to:

< He is an astounding player though, so if he gets an edge in the next two or three games he might be able to shift into unbeatable mode and take the match. However, doing so would play right into Carlsen's hands>

<It's fine to play right into Carlsen's hands, as long as he wins the match.>

I also nominate <bachiller> in the same category for:

<Understandably, the staff of <CG> is rather nervous, having chosen Simon instead of the current world champion.

And so, Simon was not honored as "Player of the Day" but as "Player if the Day", with a conditional clause, that clever "if". If only Magnus had been born on a different day.

With animus iocandi.>

I second <Once>, <Phony Benoni> and <tpstar> for Funniest Poster.

I nominate <Eyal> and second <notyetagm> for Most Constructive.

<Eyal> was busy for most of last year, but it should be noted that his posts during the Candidates were the usual high quality.

I nominate <Annie K.> for Best Profile. It's rich in detail and worth a read by everyone. Bonus points for the Emrald reference.

I nominate <Eyal> and second <Jimfromprovidence> for Best Analysis. I can't provide any one specific analysis for either, so I hope the category will be renamed Best Analyst. :P

I nominate <Annie K.> and second <tpstar> for Most Informed.

I nominate <Phony Benoni> for Best Historian.