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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-05-15		Abdel Irada: <MostlyAverageJoe: <SwitchingQuylthulg: ... the datestamps ("Jan-03-15" etc.) are now permalinks to the relevant posts> Oh, goodie. When did this get implemented? (I do know when it was requested -- chessgames.com chessforum -- possibly not for the first time, either).> I do have some vague memory of seeing this feature announced a few months ago. But, since I do have access to <Kibitzing Search>, I promptly forgot about it. :-S ∞

Jan-05-15		hoodrobin: I nominate <DaringSpeculator> for <Best Analysis> and <Player of the Year>. I nominate <The World vs Naiditsch, 2014> <Game of the Year>

Jan-05-15		hoodrobin: I nominate <AylerKupp> for <Most Helpful> and <Most Informed> (about computers at least). Also <RandomVisitor> for <Most Informed> and <Most Helpful>. I <don't> nominate <AK> for <Most Concise> but you already know that.

Jan-05-15		hoodrobin: I nominate <kwid> as <Most Helpful> <Best Post> <Most Constructive> <Best Analysis> and <Most Informed>.

Jan-05-15		morfishine: Best Avatar: <lost in space> Best Username: <Stunningmove> Funniest Poster: <technical draw> Most Constructive: <cro777> Best Profile: <Phony Benoni> Best Analysis: <Once> Best Game Collection: <Phony Benoni> Most Informed: <Jessicafischerqueen> Player of the Year: Magnus Carlsen...who else? *****

Jan-05-15		chesstoplay: Nominations: < Player of the year > < Magnus Carlsen > < Game of the Year > <The World vs Naiditsch, 2014> < Best Avatar > < YouRang > TY for all the work being done for < The Caissars > :)

Jan-05-15		john barleycorn: Best Avatar <Abdel Irada> Best Username <Abdel Irada> Most Helpful <Abdel Irada> Funniest Poster <Abdel Irada> Most Constructive <Abdel Irada> Best Profile <Abdel Irada> Most Informed <Abdel Irada> Best Historian <Abdel Irada> Player of the Year <A. Grischuk> Game of the Year Karjakin vs Jobava, 2014

Jan-05-15		FSR: Looks like <Abdel Irada>'s going to sweep the Caissars this year.

Jan-05-15		bulibug: Buy the brooms now. He is sweeping the awards fore and aft.....

Jan-05-15		The Caissars: I deleted a few off-topic posts here. We don't want to say "no posts that aren't voting" but certainly let's not bicker.

Jan-05-15		valiant: Most Informed: <al wazir> Most Helpful: <FSR, NakoSonorense, Travis Bickle> Best Post: <frogbert> Magnus Carlsen Funniest Poster: <Colonel Mortimer> Best Analysis: <Eyal>

Jan-05-15		Annie K.: < 2015 Caissars Nominees <<<<>>>>> <1. Best Avatar <->> <2 nominations and in> Abdel Irada, sevenseaman <1 nomination, awaits second> Alien Math, Catfriend, ketchuplover, lost in space, Sneaky, technical draw, trulssk, YouRang <2. Best Username <->> <2 nominations and in> Abdel Irada, checkmateyourmove, Phony Benoni <1 nomination, awaits second> diagonalley, goodevans, Mating Net, notyetagm, stunningmove, thegoodanarchist <3. Most Helpful <->> <2 nominations and in> Abdel Irada, FSR, morfishine, WannaBe <1 nomination, awaits second> Alien Math, AylerKupp, dzchiel, hms123, kwid, NakoSonorense, Phony Benoni, RandomVisitor, SwitchingQuylthulg, Thanh Phan, Travis Bickle, zanzibar <4. Best Post <->> <1 nomination, awaits second> ajile - Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014 frogbert - Magnus Carlsen goldenbear - Carlsen-Anand World Championship (2014) notyetagm - Qatar Masters (2014) Phony Benoni - Shirov vs S Sulskis, 2014 tpstar - Hikaru Nakamura <5. Funniest Poster <->> <2 nominations and in> Abdel Irada, Annie K., dakgootje, technical draw <1 nomination, awaits second> Colonel Mortimer, diceman, OhioChessFan, Once, Phony Benoni, posoo, sevenseaman, twinlark, YouRang <6. Most Constructive <->> <2 nominations and in> Abdel Irada, Annie K., cro777, jepflast, jessicafischerqueen, SwitchingQuylthulg, wordfunph <1 nomination, awaits second> kwid, RandomVisitor, sevenseaman, zanzibar <7. Best Profile <->> <2 nominations and in> Abdel Irada, Domdaniel, Phony Benoni <1 nomination, awaits second> notyetagm, Once, sevenseaman, WinKing, YouRang <8. Best Analysis <->> <2 nominations and in> DaringSpeculator, Eyal, kwid <1 nomination, awaits second> Once, patzer2, Phony Benoni <9. Best Game Collection <->> <1 nomination, awaits second> Game Collection: Interzonal 1970 (Palma de Mallorca) (by Phony Benoni) Game Collection: Game of the Day 2014 (by Phony Benoni) Game Collection: FORCE your opponent to line up his pieces! (by notyetagm) <10. Most Informed <->> <2 nominations and in> Abdel Irada, SwitchingQuylthulg <1 nomination, awaits second> al wazir, AylerKupp, jessicafischerqueen, keypusher, kwid, patzer2, RandomVisitor, wordfunph <11. Best Historian <->> <2 nominations and in> Abdel Irada, Tabanus <1 nomination, awaits second> jessicafischerqueen, Karpova, Phony Benoni, suenteus po 147, SwitchingQuylthulg, zanzibar

Jan-05-15		Annie K.: <12. Best/Worst Pun of the Year <->> <2 nominations and in> "Suffering from c6-ness" (The World vs Naiditsch, 2014) "Vladislav (Baby Don't Hurt Me)" (Tkachiev vs Ivanchuk, 2009) <1 nomination, awaits second> "Ain't it Funny How the Knight Moves" (Mieses vs Seger, 1890) "Car Wars" (Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014) "Cebalo 13" (M Cebalo vs Vasiukov, 2014) "g2, Joy of Man's Desiring" (Boleslavsky vs Ufimtsev, 1944) "Ribli's Believe it or Not" (Ribli vs Smyslov, 1982) "The 100 Moves' War" (La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834) "The Lion, the Vish, and the Ward Robbed" (C Ward vs Anand, 1990) "The Stuff of Legein" (D Freeman vs M Legein, 2011) <13. Player of the Year <->> <2 nominations and in> Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana <1 nomination, awaits second> Alexander Grischuk, Wesley So, Veselin Topalov <14. Game of the Year <->> <2 nominations and in> The World vs Naiditsch, 2014 Arasan vs Critter, 2014 Carlsen vs Anand, 2014 <1 nomination, awaits second> Bill Gates vs Carlsen, 2014 Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2014 A David vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2014 Topalov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2014 Caruana vs Aronian, 2014 W So vs T Gareev, 2014 Karjakin vs Jobava, 2014

Jan-05-15		Colonel Mortimer: Best Avatar <Abdel Irada> Best Username <Abdel Irada> Most Helpful <Abdel Irada> Funniest Poster <Abdel Irada> Most Constructive <Abdel Irada> Best Profile <Abdel Irada> Most Informed <Abdel Irada> Best Historian <Abdel Irada>

Jan-05-15		Abdel Irada: <Caissars>: Surely it is clear that "nominations" coming from <john barleycorn> and <bulibug> are meant sarcastically, and that this would irremediably taint any real vote cast for me. Since they were not meant seriously, can those "nominations" please be thrown out? ∞

Jan-05-15		1d410: It's not personal, they just want to hack the system.

Jan-05-15		The Caissars: <Since they were not meant seriously, can those "nominations" please be thrown out?> If you'd like to reject these nominations we're happy to oblige, and thank you.

Jan-05-15		Abdel Irada: Trust me: It is very personal. If you doubt that, I challenge you to examine the last, say, 100 posts from each of them. You'll find that about a quarter of <bulibug>'s posts have been directed at me or referred to me in one way or another, while the same is true of more than half the posts from <john barleycorn>. And what is this, if not a promise to stalk: <john barleycorn: Mark, I think this will be my New Year's resolution to honour the great minds of our boy and our client: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPp...>? "I'll follow him!" Suggestive, what? So far this year, <barleycorn> has posted exactly eight times. Six of those posts have been about me. But never mind. I'm sure it's just coincidence. ∞

Jan-05-15		Abdel Irada: <The Caissars: <Since they were not meant seriously, can those "nominations" please be thrown out?> If you'd like to reject these nominations we're happy to oblige, and thank you.> I would. As much as anyone here, I'd like to be recognized for such contributions to the site as I may have made, but sarcastic nominations coming from these two users ... well, we both know how much they really mean. And now suppose the vagaries of the vote are such that I do end up winning a Caissar on the basis of these "nominations." How much would such an award be worth, and how valid would the Caissars then appear? ∞

Jan-06-15		Abdel Irada: My nominations for the 2014 Caissars: Best Avatar: <patzer2> Best Username: <Cheapo by the Dozen> Most Helpful: <Annie K> Funniest Poster: <WannaBe> Most Constructive: <Annie K> Best Profile: <Domdaniel> Most Informed: <Colonel Mortimer> Best Historian: <Jessica Fischer Queen> Best/Worst Pun of the Year: <"Suffering from c6-ness"> (The World vs Naiditsch, 2014) Best Game: Carlsen vs Anand, 2014 Player of the Year: <Magnus Carlsen> ∞

Jan-06-15		wordfunph: my nominations.. Most Informed: SwitchingQuylthulg Best Historian: jessicafischerqueen

Jan-06-15		morfishine: Best Pun of the Year: "Oswald didn't do it" (J Shaw vs D Oswald, 2010) *****

Jan-06-15		Sneaky: I used up my three-pun nominations but somebody really needs to toss another nomination the way of "The Lion, the Vish, and the Ward Robbed". Had I remembered that one I would have voted for it myself.

Jan-06-15		chesstoplay: < Best Pun > Nomination < The Lion, the Vish, and the Ward Robbed > Anything to help make < Sneaky > happy! :)

Jan-06-15		1d410: Best Username <Abdel Irada> Most Helpful <Abdel Irada> Funniest Poster <Abdel Irada> Most Constructive <Abdel Irada> Best Profile <Abdel Irada> Most Informed <Abdel Irada> Best Historian <Abdel Irada>

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