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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-17-16		Penguincw: < Karposian: ... LOL. <The Caissars> just did a Steve Harvey :) > I just found that today is Steve Harvey's birthday. :D

Jan-17-16		Karposian: <Penguincw> So perhaps this was <The Caissars>'s way of honoring Steve Harvey on his Birthday :)

Jan-17-16		valiant: I vote for <FSR> for Most Helpful.

Jan-17-16		Penguincw: "Penguincw: 'Karposian: ... LOL. 'The Caissars' just did a Steve Harvey :)' I just found that today is Steve Harvey's birthday. :D" Genius, 2 posts after I said I will desist from gold brackets unless it's for voting, I use gold brackets (I don't want to risk conflicting with the voting tally). I vote <TheTamale>'s post for Best Post: Igor Ivanov vs L Witt, 1981 (kibitz #6).

Jan-17-16		jessicafischerqueen: I vote <Penguncw> for Most Helpful.

Jan-17-16		Karposian: I vote for <Penguincw> for MOST HELPFUL. I vote for <Stevie King>'s post for BEST POST: Kibitzer's Café (kibitz #167564)

Jan-17-16		jessicafischerqueen: I vote for <latvalatvian> for Best Post: A Giri vs Svidler, 2015 (kibitz #2)

Jan-17-16		Check It Out: I vote for <Penguincw> MOST HELPFUL I vote for <Stevie King> BEST POST: Kibitzer's Café (kibitz #167564)

Jan-17-16		Golden Executive: I vote for <Penguincw> for Most Helpful.

Jan-17-16		FSR: I vote for <Penguincw> for Most Helpful. I vote for <Stevie King> for Best Post.

Jan-17-16		Annie K.: I vote for <WinKing> for Most Helpful and <latvalatvian> for Best Post.

Jan-17-16		The Caissars: <So you are changing the rules of the game? This hardly seems fair. Actually, it is cheating.> Now, now. We weighed that opinion and decided that we're remaining within the spirit of the affair, which is rather tongue-in-cheek anyhow. If you oppose this decision, then simply refuse to vote for him. Besides, what's the worst thing that can happen? That, heavens forbid, Diceman wins the award? If that is the outcome, would you consider it a miscarriage of justice? Let's lighten up, this is all for fun.

Jan-18-16		Penguincw: Hmm, even though I'm infamous on this site for my bad math, grammar and typing skills (and proofreading), I thought I'd give an unofficial count. There were probably more non-voting posts than actual voting posts: 3. Most Helpful - <Penguincw> 7 - <WinKing> 3 - <Annie K.> 2 - <harrylime> 2 - <Sally Simpson> 2 - <FSR> 1 4. Best Post - <Stevie King>'s 5 - <latvalatvian>'s 4 - <TheTamale>'s 3 Hopefully someone can confirm these numbers are correct. Regardless, the same winner cropped up all times I counted. (don't kill me if I get it wrong)

Jan-18-16		Karposian: <The Caissars: Let's lighten up, this is all for fun.> Somehow you're taking much of the fun out of it, when you decide to make up the rules along the way. At least that's the way I see it.

Jan-18-16		Golden Executive: <Penguincw: Hmm, even though I'm infamous on this site for my bad math, grammar and typing skills (and proofreading), I thought I'd give an unofficial count. There were probably more non-voting posts than actual voting posts: 3. Most Helpful - <Penguincw> 7 - <WinKing> 3 - <Annie K.> 2 - <harrylime> 2 - <Sally Simpson> 2 - <FSR> 1 4. Best Post - <Stevie King>'s 5 - <latvalatvian>'s 4 - <TheTamale>'s 3 Hopefully someone can confirm these numbers are correct. Regardless, the same winner cropped up all times I counted. (don't kill me if I get it wrong)> I see you are not counting <jessicafischerqueen>'s vote for <Penguncw> as a valid vote. Oh well, it is irrelevant anyway. Your count for the Best Post category matches with mine.

Jan-18-16		Golden Executive: <Karposian: <The Caissars: Let's lighten up, this is all for fun.> Somehow you're taking much of the fun out of it, when you decide to make up the rules along the way. At least that's the way I see it.> I certainly agree with <Karposian>. It is a bad idea to change the rules retroactively.

Jan-18-16		TheFocus: Golden Executive: <Karposian: <The Caissars: Let's lighten up, this is all for fun.> Somehow you're taking much of the fun out of it, when you decide to make up the rules along the way. At least that's the way I see it.> <I certainly agree with <Karposian>. It is a bad idea to change the rules retroactively.> And I also agree. You have no right to make up rules to suit yourself. <Besides, what's the worst thing that can happen? That, heavens forbid, Diceman wins the award? If that is the outcome, would you consider it a miscarriage of justice?> If he had been properly nominated, there would be no problem. He isn't Bobby Fischer, you know. And why would you think <Diceman> didn't stand a chance? He's funny. And you must think so as you entered him onto the list. Also, any votes for him would have went to someone else. You know, those that were properly nominated.

Jan-18-16		TheFocus: I would be very interested in knowing what <Diceman> feels about this.

Jan-18-16		The Caissars: The envelope please... The winner of the 2015 MOST HELPFUL award goes to <Penguincw> The best post is <Stevie King>'s Kibitzer's Café (kibitz #167564) (In the new year, I get to go back to reading Emmanuel Lasker's "Manual of Chess". "Get to?" you ask. Yes, because I imposed a period of exile on myself from the book in an act of self-discipline. ...) Today we'll be voting on <5. FUNNIEST POSTER> Nominees: Abdel Irada, john barleycorn, Phony Benoni, technical draw, TheFocus, WannaBe, diceman <6. MOST CONSTRUCTIVE> Nominees: Annie K., AylerKupp, Golden Executive, Penguincw, WinKing, YouRang With regards to the situation with diceman, we now regret our decision to play fast-and-loose with the rules like that. However, now that it's been done, it doesn't seem productive or polite to retract the decision. As said, if you find it inappropriate then simply do not vote for him. We will not make this mistake again.

Jan-18-16		TheFocus: <The Caissars> How about telling us how <Party Animal> won Best Avatar? Seems like you should explain that.

Jan-18-16		TheFocus: <The Caissars> <With regards to the situation with diceman, we now regret our decision to play fast-and-loose with the rules like that. However, now that it's been done, it doesn't seem productive or polite to retract the decision. As said, if you find it inappropriate then simply do not vote for him. We will not make this mistake again.> if this was all "just in fun" as you say, why can't you just say: "Hey, <Diceman>, sorry but we entered you against the rules, so we have to remove you from the list?" I doubt his feelings will be hurt.

Jan-18-16		jessicafischerqueen: I vote for <WannaBe> in FUNNIEST POSTER. I vote for <Annie K.> in MOST CONSTRUCTIVE.

Jan-18-16		wordfunph: I vote for <WannaBe> in FUNNIEST POSTER. I vote for <Golden Executive> in MOST CONSTRUCTIVE.

Jan-18-16		The Caissars: <TheFocus: <The Caissars> How about telling us how <Party Animal> won Best Avatar? Seems like you should explain that.> I'm sorry, are you saying that we need a recount? By my count Party Animal won by a single vote, beating YouRang 5 to 4.

Jan-18-16		SwitchingQuylthulg: I vote for <Golden Executive> for Most Constructive. <The Caissars> As repeatedly noted above, <YouRang> won 4-3; <YouRang> got four valid votes, while <Party Animal> got three valid votes, one self-vote (which is not allowed, and in any case wasn't even a vote, just an advertisement reading a bit like a vote), and one vote after the deadline.

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