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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-10-17		zanzibar: As assumed: <The nomination process will be entirely eliminated. <Every person gets one vote, and the one with the most votes wins>. For this reason we will call players/members/games/etc. in contention "candidates" and not "nominees."<<>>> Yeah I don't like it in comparison with the old system, and think I'll abstain for the most part. But don't let my curmudgeon attitude spoil the fun, as I'm sure it won't.

Jan-10-17		Golden Executive: Part 1/3 <Best Avatar> 2004 - tamar 2005 - tamar, YouRang 2006 - Phony Benoni, technical draw, Yelena Dembo 2007 - Red October 2008 - technical draw 2009 - Red October 2010 - Travis Bickle 2011 - WannaBe 2012 - parmetd 2013 - Annie K. 2014 - YouRang 2015 - YouRang <Best Username> 2004 - suenteus po 147 2005 - HannibalSchlecter, suenteus po 147, tpstardefender 2006 - iamverywellatchess 2007 - Resignation Trap 2008 - Woody Wood Pusher 2009 - ILikeFruits, VaselineTopLove, whatthefat 2010 - jessicafischerqueen, Once, SwitchingQuylthulg 2011 - Resignation Trap 2012 - Phony Benoni 2013 - notyetagm 2014 - Cheapo by the Dozen 2015 - perfidious <Most Helpful> 2004 - tpstar 2005 - tpstar 2006 - WannaBe 2007 - WannaBe 2008 - brankat, hms123 2009 - zanshin 2010 - Phony Benoni 2011 - hms123 2012 - hms123 2013 - hms123 2014 - WannaBe 2015 - Penguincw <Best Post> 2004 - IMlday 2005 - tpstar 2006 - JoeWms, mahmoudkubba, tpstar 2007 - Domdaniel 2008 - Domdaniel 2009 - GoSo 2010 - Domdaniel 2011 - Once 2012 - john barleycorn 2013 - tpstar 2014 - Phony Benoni 2015 - Stevie King <Funniest Kibitzer> 2004 - Lawrence, offramp 2005 - tpstar 2006 - WannaBe 2007 - technical draw 2008 - technical draw 2009 - technical draw 2010 - technical draw 2011 - technical draw 2012 - technical draw 2013 - technical draw 2014 - technical draw 2015 - WannaBe <Most Constructive> 2004 - iron maiden 2005 - cu8sfan 2006 - Sneaky, twinlark 2007 - brankat 2008 - Red October 2009 - hms123 2010 - chancho 2011 - wordfunph 2012 - Bistro Biographers 2013 - cro777,wordfunph 2014 - wordfunph 2015 - Annie K., Golden Executive <Best Profile> 2004 - nikolaas 2005 - Larsker 2006 - Hesam7 2007 - jessicafischerqueen 2008 - malthrope 2009 - malthrope 2010 - malthrope 2011 - brankat, jessicafischerqueen 2012 - jessicafischerqueen 2013 - Domdaniel 2014 - Domdaniel 2015 - visayanbraindoctor

Jan-10-17		Golden Executive: Part 2/3 <Best Analysis> 2004 - Honza Cervenka 2005 - patzer2 2006 - Honza Cervenka 2007 - mateo 2008 - Eyal 2009 - Eyal 2010 - Iskubadayb 2011 - dzechiel 2012 - Eyal 2013 - Eyal 2014 - DaringSpeculator, csmath 2015 - cro777 <Best Game Collection> 2004 - Benjamin Lau 2005 - RonB52734 2006 - suenteus po 147 2007 - suenteus po 147 2008 - KingG 2009 - Phony Benoni 2010 - crawfb5 2011 - crawfb5, Phony Benoni 2012 - Phony Benoni 2013 - TheFocus 2014 - notyetagm 2015 - Phony Benoni <Most Informed> 2004 - acirce 2005 - acirce 2006 - acirce 2007 - acirce 2008 - percyblakeney 2009 - achieve 2010 - wordfunph 2011 - tpstar 2012 - Softpaw 2013 - Karpova 2014 - SwitchingQuylthulg 2015 - SwitchingQuylthulg <Best Historian> 2004 - SBC 2005 - Benzol, SBC 2006 - Resignation Trap 2007 - nescio 2008 - malthrope 2009 - malthrope 2010 - jessicafischerqueen 2011 - jessicafischerqueen 2012 - Bistro Biographers 2013 - jessicafischerqueen 2014 - Tabanus 2015 - Tabanus <Best/Worst Pun> 2006 - Kasparov vs Ehlvest, 1978 ("Ehlvest Has Left the Building") 2007 - Mamedyarov vs Ivanchuk, 2007 ("Mamed Said Knock You Out") 2008 - Carlsen vs Aronian, 2008 ("Bilbao Baggins") 2009 - Yifan Hou vs Short, 2008 ("Hou Wears Short's Shorts"), Spassky vs Fischer, 1992 ("No Country for Old Men") 2010 - S Hosea vs P A Fontaine, 2009 ("Do You Know the Way to San Hosea?") 2011 - Akobian vs The World, 2011 ("Drawma Queen") 2012 - Fischer vs R Ault, 1959 ("Control-Ault-Delete") 2013 - S Kuipers vs A Pijpers, 2007 ("Jeepers Kuipers, How'd You Beat Art Pijpers?") 2014 - The World vs Arkadij Naiditsch ("Suffering from c6-ness") 2015 - Kiril D Georgiev vs Shaked, 1999 ("Mr. Georgiev, Wear Down this Tal!"), Botvinnik vs W Winter, 1936 "(Brace Yourself, Winter is Coming") <Player of the Year> 2012 - Magnus Carlsen 2013 - Magnus Carlsen 2014 - Magnus Carlsen 2015 - Magnus Carlsen, Wei Yi <Game of the Year> 2013 - Aronian vs Anand, 2013 2014 - Topalov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2014 2015 - D Khismatullin vs Eljanov, 2015 <Special Life-Time Achievement Award> 2009 - Sneaky 2010 - Honza Cervenka

Jan-10-17		Golden Executive: Part 3/3 <puns> As an addendum to the list above, quite a few people unofficially voted for Best/Worst Pun in 2005; Yanofsky vs J Therien, 1947 ("I concede clearly now; Therien is gone.") had the most supporters, but was not officially declared a Caissar winner. E Torre vs Tarjan, 1983 ("Me Tarjan, Eugene!") received some support despite not being a 2005 pun; it would probably have won in 2004 if the category had existed then (though it was originally used in 2003 and reused in 2004). Chiburdanidze vs Panno, 1992 ("I Wish I was an Oscar-Maia Winner") is another classic 2004 pun.

Jan-11-17		OhioChessFan: When we get to Move of the Year, should the link point to before or after the move is made?

Jan-11-17		chessgames.com: Make it like a puzzle: show the position right before the move is made, so the user can see position and then the move played.

Jan-11-17		valiant: Did the admins choose the nominees this year? I don't like the new format ... The fun is fading (

Jan-11-17		WannaBe: <valiant> No, users still gets to submit. Just that nomination now counts as one vote, right from the start.

Jan-11-17		valiant: <WannaBe> Thanks!

Jan-11-17		Penguincw: BTW, if I may, I'd like to make a small suggestion: under each category, you could include a small description (based on what is up there in the profile), so voters know what to keep in mind, when voting. :)

Jan-11-17		zanzibar: <valiant> agreed.

Jan-12-17		Gregor Samsa Mendel: Gosh, thanks for nominating one of my posts, folks.

Jan-12-17		HeMateMe: I voted for each of the seven catagories but there is no notice (after clicking the green box at the end) that you are finished or "votes counted," anything like that. Do I need to do more than just check the seven boxes?

Jan-12-17		SwitchingQuylthulg: <HeMateMe> You should be able to see your current votes if you return to the Caissars Voting Page. For example, suppose you voted <YouRang> for Best Avatar; the link User: YouRang, with <YouRang>'s avatar next to it, should appear immediately above the list of Best Avatar candidates. If you can't see anything there except empty fields for URLs and comments, your votes were not counted properly.

Jan-12-17		HeMateMe: got it, thank you Switch.

Jan-12-17		technical draw: Thanks for that list <Golden Executive>. Ahem, I have the most Caissars with 10. I finally beat Switchy at something!

Jan-12-17		technical draw: Don't misunderstand my comment above. I just tell jokes but SwitchingQuylthug is a true master of problem solving. His uncanny ability to solve the Christmas puzzles leaves me in awe. Also he's always there on the leaderboard in the Chessbookie game. How does he do it? Probably true genius. Happy New Year Switchy. And good health.

Jan-12-17		TheFocus: How were the nominees chosen?

Jan-13-17		zanzibar: <Focus> by anyone voting just once. There's no nomination phase this year. I asked the same, and <switch> pointed me here: The Caissars chessforum (kibitz #2076)

Jan-13-17		TheFocus: Thank you <zanzibar>. That should make voting easier.

Jan-13-17		The Caissars: How's everybody doing? We updated the software so that it shows the total number of valid votes for each category, to give you some kind of idea of how many people are participating. Remember, you can change your vote at any time up to (approx.) midnight Sunday morning. Everybody with a CG account can vote, so have at it!

Jan-13-17		SwitchingQuylthulg: <technical draw> Thanks, and happy 2017! I believe you're also the all-time leader in most voters bribed with promises of $20; which I'm sure is completely unrelated to your lead in the other category.

Jan-13-17		N0B0DY: <Putin> is voting for you!

Jan-13-17		zanzibar: <Putin> is pulling... and passionately pnowning polling.

Jan-14-17		Abdel Irada: ∞ Under the category <Best Username>, does it matter that <Aunt Jemima> is a sockpuppet? ∞

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