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 81 OF 89 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-14-17    technical draw: "I believe you're also the all-time leader in most voters bribed with promises of $20;" I don't do that gig anymore. My lawyer advised me it was too close to influence peddling. Or bike peddling, I can't remember which so I stopped. However, I can sell you the complete report for $20 if you like. Jan-14-17    TheFocus: <Abdel Irada: Under the category <Best Username>, does it matter that <Aunt Jemima> is a sockpuppet?> That is so petty to even ask. Jan-15-17    The Caissars: The voting for phase one (categories 1-7) is over! Caissars Voting Page now displays all votes. And the winners are... 1. <BEST AVATAR> goes to User: Phony Benoni for his "Beaker" muppet with 7 votes. 2. <BEST USERNAME> goes to User: DrStrangemove with 12 votes. 3. <MOST HELPFUL> goes to User: Penguincw with 8 votes. 4. <MOST CONSTRUCTIVE> goes to User: Annie K. by a landslide with 14 votes. 5. <FUNNIEST POSTER> goes to User: Phony Benoni with 13 votes. 6. <BEST POST> goes to Marshall vs Nimzowitsch, 1930 (kibitz #3) by <suenteus po 147> with 10 votes. 7. <BEST OFFTOPIC POST> goes to Kibitzer's Café (kibitz #192794) by <PawnSac> with 10 votes. Now give us a little bit of time and we'll set up categories 8-14. As soon as they appear you can vote on them at the Caissars Voting Page. Jan-15-17    chessgames.com: Other stats: • 53 members are participating. • 257 votes total, out of which only three were invalid votes (URLs that were never fixed etc.) Jan-15-17    SwitchingQuylthulg: Congratulations to the winners, and well done other top candidates! With his two wins (so far) this year, <Phony Benoni> has matched <technical draw>'s lifetime total of 10 Caissars... and that's without counting Best/Worst Pun ("Mr. Georgiev, Wear Down this Tal!") or the Bistro Biographers' collective Best Historian award from 2012. Maybe it's time for TD to find a better lawyer :) Jan-15-17    technical draw: <Phony Benoni> is a friend of mine and I congratulate him for winning funniest poster. Also for tying me for most Caissars at 10. I probably won't win anymore so next year we will have an overall new champion. Congrats <Phony Benoni>! Jan-15-17    Penguincw: Wow, I'm honestly surprised to have won the Caissar for "Most Helpful" (2nd year in a row too). I'd like to thank all of those who voted for me, and congratulate all my competitors, and the other Caissar winners. :) Also an interesting point, as there were 4 awards given out in that the recipient did not get the most comments. I actually like this new format better. Might be harder to only choose 1 user/post, but usually that's how real life works. Jan-15-17    WannaBe: Congratulations to all the winners!! Big, big kudos to <Phony Benoni>. =) Jan-15-17    Annie K.: I love the new format... ;) Thanks to everybody who voted for me, thanks to everybody who voted for all the other great candidates and winners, and congratulations wherever applicable! :D Jan-15-17    TheFocus: I like this new format!! Jan-15-17    rogge: I bet all 50 of you do :) Jan-15-17    zanzibar: <AnnieK>'s cat whould be wearing a little golden crown! Jan-15-17    mckmac: Hey there <Rogge>. I've been meaning to say Hello for ages. I remember sharing a joke with you, well, way back. Something to do with your Women's Handball team, Robbie Williams, and a knockout blonde bombshell. Ah, memories... Trust all is well with you. We are hitting 30 degrees now as our Summer really starts to kick in. Happy days. Jan-15-17    rogge: Hello <mckmac>, that's nice of you :) Yeah, I remember that conversation, it's been a while :) Freezing cold in Norway (hardly a surprise), but summer is coming :) All the best. Jan-15-17    moronovich: <rogge: I bet all 50 of you do :)> Lol! Jan-15-17    OhioChessFan: <<AnnieK>'s cat whould be wearing a little golden crown!> Cats think more highly of themselves than being a mere monarch. Jan-15-17    The Caissars: We've put up categories 8-14 a little early. Go ahead and test it out, if there are any problems I'll try to fix them today. Especially tricky is the "move of the year" category, you have to know the POTD syntax to make it work: /perl/chessgames/?gid=_________&m=___ As usual, if you need help with URLs, just let us know here and either I or some other helpful person will assist. Jan-15-17    SwitchingQuylthulg: <The Caissars> It's not working; there's no error message or anything, the software just acts as if I hadn't voted at all. Jan-15-17    The Caissars: Oops, my bad, try again! (Voting was disabled during the phase where it showed the tallies; that is reenabled now.) Jan-15-17    WannaBe: <SwitchingQuylthulg: <The Caissars> It's not working; there's no error message or anything, the software just acts as if I hadn't voted at all.> Welcome to US election. =) Jan-15-17    zanzibar: <<OCF> Cats think more highly of themselves than being a mere monarch.> Ha, funny because it's true. OK then, the kitty should be adorned with a minature of Trump's golden mane instead. Jan-16-17    HeMateMe: very efficient, smooth process. I might suggest that when a person logs on who hasn't voted yet a message could appear from CG regarding voting, to get the number up to several hundred votes, at least for some categories, like best game or best move. Jan-16-17    technical draw: <SwitchingQuylthug> < Maybe it's time for TD to find a better lawyer > I have a better lawyer. She's female and never loses. Her name is Hilary Clinton. So there! Jan-16-17    Abdel Irada: ∞ <HeMateMe: very efficient, smooth process. I might suggest that when a person logs on who hasn't voted yet a message could appear from CG regarding voting, to get the number up to several hundred votes, at least for some categories, like best game or best move.> I'm not sure if that's feasible, but if it is, I think it would be an excellent get-out-the-vote strategy. It does feel like a bit of a letdown to find that only 53 members voted. :-/ ∞ Jan-16-17    SwitchingQuylthulg: The only time more people have voted was six years ago, when dozens of So fans voted <Iskubadayb> for Best Analyst in one of the most controversial Caissar votes ever. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 89) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 81 OF 89 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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