The Caissars Member since Dec-28-12 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).

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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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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 41 OF 89 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-10-14    DcGentle: For Best Avatar I vote for User: YouRang; for Best Username I vote for User: notyetagm." Jan-10-14    Domdaniel: My votes: Best avatar: <Annie K> Best username: <notyetagm> Jan-10-14    SwitchingQuylthulg: I vote <Annie K.> for Best Avatar and <Phony Benoni> for Best Username. Jan-10-14    tpstar: For Best Avatar I vote for <Annie K.> For Best Username I vote for <FairyPromotion> Jan-10-14    Annie K.: For Best Avatar I vote for <twinlark>. For Best Username I vote for <checkmateyourmove>. Everybody who voted without using the word 'vote' or 'voting' in your post, remember that your vote may not be counted, according to the rules... Jan-10-14    TheFocus: <Annie K.> Forgot to do that. Thanks. Foe Best Avatar, I vote for User: chancho. For Best Username, I vote for User: Everyone. Jan-10-14    Check It Out: Best avatar I vote: <twinlark> Best Username I vote: <Switching Quylthulg> Jan-10-14    valiant: For Best Username I vote for <SwitchingQuylthulg>. Jan-10-14    mistermac: "For Best Avatar I vote for <technical draw>; for Best Username I vote for <Phony Benoni>" Jan-10-14    juan31: Best Avatar I vote ; Annie K. Best Username I vote ; chancho Jan-10-14    Annie K.: <juan31> chancho has not been nominated for Best Username, you can't vote for him in that category. Jan-10-14    juan31: Gracias Annie K, Best Username I vote; Everyone Jan-10-14    WannaBe: I vote, Best Username <DrStrangeMove> Jan-10-14    HeMateMe: I hear sounds from a nearby minaret...it's three minutes to midnight... Jan-10-14    Golden Executive: 1. Best Avatar: I vote for <chancho> 2. Best Username: I vote for <notyetagm> Jan-11-14    shivasuri4: For Best Avatar, I vote for <Annie K.>. For Best Username, I vote for <Phony Benoni>. Thanks for the reminder, <Annie K.>. Jan-11-14    Travis Bickle: Best Avatar <hms123>, best Username <Phony Benoni>. Jan-11-14    The Caissars: (Those last two votes came in timestamped on the 11th, sorry we can't accept them.) The envelope please…. <rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrip> For the award of <Best Avatar> we have a runaway winner: <Annie K.>. If the internet has taught us anything, it's hard to compete with a cute cat photo. For the award of <Best Username> we similarly have a clear leader: <notyetagm> Congratulations to the both of you! Jan-11-14    The Caissars: Voting is now open for categories 3 and 4, <Most Helpful> and <Best Post>. The nominees including links to the actual posts are found in my profile above. Also please note it's not a against the rules to vote before I say "voting is open". Once the clock strikes midnight, it's fair to vote for the next categories. Jan-11-14    HeMateMe: This is a tough choice, so many active, engaging people in the "helpful" category. Voting <Shams> for most helpful. Voting <john barleycorn - Garry Kasparov> best post. Jan-11-14    Shams: 1. Most Helpful: I vote for <hms123> 2. Best Post: I vote for <john barleycorn>. (Why one of my snarky asides was nominated for this I'll never know. It's a bit of a silly category though, something akin to "best line in a novel." Please don't vote for mine, in all seriousness. And forgive this bit of reverse-electioneering.) Jan-11-14    shivasuri4: I vote for <Phony Benoni> for Most Helpful. Jan-11-14    SwitchingQuylthulg: I vote <hms123> for Most Helpful and Karpova chessforum for Best Post. Jan-11-14    WinKing: <3. Most Helpful <->> I vote for <hms123> <4. Best Post <->> I vote for <john barleycorn> - Garry Kasparov Jan-11-14    MarkFinan: I vote <hms123> for most helpful. I vote <john barleycorn> for best post Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 89) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 41 OF 89 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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