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 74 OF 89 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-21-16    MarkFinan: Thanks for the clarification, Switch. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Jan-21-16    WinKing: <cro777: Thanks to everyone who voted for me for the <best analysis> award.> Must be those Lucky 7's, ;) Congratulations <cro777>! Jan-21-16    Penguincw: < Switch: ... I remember the 2010 Caissars, when <Penguincw> was completely new and nominated <wordfunph> for Most Informed (or Best Informed, as the category was called then)... as a reward for solving easy mate-in-1 and mate-in-3 puzzles. No one else nominated him; this was before a second nomination was required. > Hehe, I remember that (I'm surprised you do as well). While looking back at the memory and experiencing nostalgia, I noticed this post, listing the winners: WannaBe chessforum (kibitz #9918) Jan-21-16    Golden Executive: <Penguincw: [...] While looking back at the memory and experiencing nostalgia, I noticed this post, listing the winners: WannaBe chessforum (kibitz #9918)> Cool! I have an updated (un-official) list, but in order to do not interrupt the voting, I will post it here after the voting process finishes. Jan-21-16    juan31: I vote <cro777> Most Informed Jan-21-16    jessicafischerqueen: I vote for <Tabanus> for Most Informed. Jan-21-16    FSR: I vote for <Chessical> for Best Game Collection. Jan-22-16    FSR: Finally we come to the most important award. I vote for the magnificent <Mr. Georgiev, Wear Down This Tal!> (Kiril D Georgiev vs Shaked, 1999) for Best (Worst) Pun of the Year. Jan-22-16    FSR: By my count, the vote for Most Informed was: <SwitchingQuylthulg> 5, <Tabanus> 4, <TheFocus> 2, <cro777> 1. For Game Collection: <Phony Benoni> 8, <Chessical> 3. Jan-22-16    Golden Executive: <FSR: By my count, the vote for Most Informed was: <SwitchingQuylthulg> 5, <Tabanus> 4, <TheFocus> 2, <cro777> 1. For Game Collection: <Phony Benoni> 8, <Chessical> 3.> I have the same count. Jan-22-16    Golden Executive: I vote for <Tabanus> for Best Historian. Jan-22-16    TheFocus: I vote for <Mr. Georgiev, Wear Down This Tal!> (Kiril D Georgiev vs Shaked, 1999) for Best (Worst) Pun of the Year. Jan-22-16    The Caissars: And the envelope please ... The winner of the 2015 BEST GAME COLLECTION award goes to <Phony Benoni> for his Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2015. The winner of the 2015 MOST INFORMED award goes to <SwitchingQuylthulg>. ♔ And today we'll be voting on: <11. BEST HISTORIAN> Nominees: ljfyffe, MissScarlett, Tabanus, TheFocus, thomastonk <12. BEST (WORST) PUN OF THE YEAR> Nominees: <Mr. Georgiev, Wear Down this Tal!> Kiril D Georgiev vs Shaked, 1999 <Brace Yourself, Winter is Coming> Botvinnik vs W Winter, 1936 Jan-22-16    jessicafischerqueen: I vote for <Tabanus> for Best Historian Jan-22-16    offramp: I vote for 11. BEST HISTORIAN <thomastonk> 12. BEST (WORST) PUN OF THE YEAR <Brace Yourself, Winter is Coming> (Botvinnik vs W Winter, 1936). Jan-22-16    SwitchingQuylthulg: I vote for <Tabanus> for Best Historian. I vote for <Mr. Georgiev, Wear Down this Tal!> (Kiril D Georgiev vs Shaked, 1999) for Best (Worst) Pun of the Year. ------------- Thanks to everybody who voted for me! This would not have been possible without your support. Jan-22-16    wordfunph: I vote for <Tabanus> for Best Historian. Jan-22-16    Tabanus: I vote for <thomastonk> for Best Historian. If nominees are allowed to vote! Jan-22-16    Annie K.: <Tab> they are, just not for themselves. :) I vote for <Tabanus> for Best Historian. I vote for <Brace Yourself, Winter is Coming> for Best (Worst) Pun. This pun is hilarious, though maybe not so much by itself, but because it goes with a background story. I posted that during nominations, but that's some pages back by now, so I'll repeat: <On March 12, valued chess historian and general sourpuss Edward Winter published one of his nasty little digs about chessgames.com, making it yet again obvious that he checks on the site - and the very next day, I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I saw this pun. :D> Jan-22-16    jessicafischerqueen: I vote for <Brace Yourself, Winter is Coming> for Best (Worst) Pun Heh... I hadn't been aware of the back story... Jan-22-16    hms123: I vote for <Tabanus> for Best Historian. I vote for <Brace Yourself, Winter is Coming> for Best (Worst) Pun. Jan-22-16    Keyser Soze: I vote for <Mr. Georgiev, Wear Down This Tal!> for Best (Worst) Pun I vote for <Tabanus> for Best Historian. Jan-22-16    Solomon2003: I vote for Brace Yourself, Winter is Coming for best pun Jan-22-16    Karposian: I vote for <thomastonk> for BEST HISTORIAN. I vote for <Brace Yourself, Winter is Coming> for BEST (WORST) PUN OF THE YEAR. Jan-22-16    juan31: I vote <Tabanus> Best Historian Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 89) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 74 OF 89 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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