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 69 OF 89 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-17-16    TheFocus: I vote for <harrylime> for Most Helpful. Jan-17-16    SwitchingQuylthulg: I vote for <Penguincw> for Most Helpful. Jan-17-16    hms123: Vote for <WinKing> for Most Helpful. Jan-17-16    WinKing: My votes for Helpful & Post: I vote for <Penguincw> for Most Helpful. I vote for <Stevie King> The Kibitzer's Café for Best Post. Jan-17-16    MarkFinan: I'm voting for <harry lime> for most helpful! And I can't believe Trav jonesed his way to an award! Next time I'm starting my campaign early, lol. Jan-17-16    MarkFinan: <If this isn't fixed, I will complain to the Admins.> The awards are fixed every single year. I don't suppose they'll change the rules now mate. Jan-17-16    TheFocus: <Mark> It is interesting that whoever is running the Caissars has no intention of giving an explanation. Jan-17-16    Party Animal: <Karposian> Clown boy I didn't vote for myself! Jan-17-16    Party Animal: <The Caissars: <I nominate <Diceman> for funniest poster.> Although coming in a few hours after the cutoff, we decided to let that nomination stand. Good luck to the Diceman.> What a bunch of B.S.!! I get Steve Harveyed but this particular user gets special priviledges?? JFQ voted for me late an is not excepted but Diceman's nomination late is excepted??? P.S. I like Diceman & hope he wins but this sites election process is like Russia's!! Jan-17-16    Karposian: <Party Animal: <Karposian> Clown boy I didn't vote for myself!> LOL. I know that your post were only a campaign ad, you made that clear to <FSR> earlier, my point is that <The Caissars> may mistakenly have counted it as a vote for your avatar. Anyway, <YouRang> is the rightful winner, as both you and I know. I commend you for your last-ditch campaign effort, though :) Jan-17-16    Penguincw: Look at this post: The Caissars chessforum (kibitz #1473). < NOTE: To vote, please make a post and use the word "vote" in your post and use "gold text" around the username. For example, "I vote for <ChessNut> for best username." would be exemplary. (We have software that helps us count, and if you format it that way it makes our job easier.) > Apparently, they use software to count, so perhaps someone's vote was accidentally counted. < Party Animal: Vote Best Username & Best Avatar, PARTY ANIMAL!!! ; P > The Caissars chessforum (kibitz #1815) Not in gold text, but I guess it still counts. Really confusing to find out what happened. Perhaps the site can give an answer? In the meantime guys, let's just focus on the voting for today and tomorrow, and perhaps discuss things more on the Rest Day (Tuesday). Also, from now on, in this forum, I'm going to use quotation marks instead of gold brackets, unless I'm voting. Jan-17-16    juan31: I vote <Penguincw> Most Helpful I vote < the Tamale> Best Post Jan-17-16    YouRang: I vote for <Annie K.> for Most Helpful. Jan-17-16    offramp: <Penguincw: ...In the meantime guys, let's just focus on the voting for today and tomorrow, and perhaps discuss things more on the Rest Day (Tuesday). Also, from now on, in this forum, I'm going to use quotation marks instead of gold brackets, unless I'm voting.> I REFUSE to focus on voting for today and tomorrow. I REFUSE to wait until the "rest day". I REFUSE to use quotation marks instead of gold brackets. I REFUSE to calm down or carry on. I WANT ANSWERS!! Jan-17-16    YouRang: Proud to be involved with an election-related scandal, joining an elite group that includes G.W. Bush, Al Gore, Ferdinand Marcos, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and ... oh, never mind. Jan-17-16    offramp: <Penguincw:...Apparently, they use software to count, so perhaps someone's vote was accidentally counted.> LOL. I'd like to see the punchcards needed to add up seven votes. Is it a bit like ENIAC? Humming away 24/7 clickety-clack clickety-clack clickety-clack. Jan-17-16    zanzibar: <AnnieK> - Most Helpful <StevieK> - Best Post Good crop of candidates for both categories. Jan-17-16    MissScarlett: <TheFocus: <The Caissars: <I nominate <Diceman> for funniest poster.> Although coming in a few hours after the cutoff, we decided to let that nomination stand. Good luck to the Diceman.> So you are changing the rules of the game?> There are exceptions to every rule. Clearly, <cg.com> agree that I'm exceptional. Jan-17-16    zanzibar: <MissS> we all agree on that! Jan-17-16    Karposian: Using software to count these votes doesn't make much sense. There are not that many votes, it doesn't take long to sift through the posts and make a manual count. It took me only a couple of minutes to find out who had won. Jan-17-16    zanzibar: Dang nab - I plum forgot to use vote. Why can't <CG> just have a poll feature like so many other blogs have? (smf, wordpress, etc) Jan-17-16    Penguincw: Don't get me wrong, I want answers too, but probably best just to vote as normal 'till they give an official answer. I'm going to email them to see what they reply. Jan-17-16    offramp: <Karposian:...It took me only a couple of minutes to find out who had won.> Well? Who won...? Jan-17-16    SwitchingQuylthulg: <Karposian: Using software to count these votes doesn't make much sense. There are not that many votes, it doesn't take long to sift through the posts and make a manual count. It took me only a couple of minutes to find out who had won.> Back in the day (when <nikolaas> and later <WannaBe> ran the Caissars) votes were counted manually, and official miscounts still happened. Also, the vote count has been much higher at times; almost sixty users voted for Best Analyst in 2010. Jan-17-16    TheFocus: < NOTE: To vote, please make a post and use the word "vote" in your post and use "gold text" around the username. For example, "I vote for <ChessNut> for best username." would be exemplary. (We have software that helps us count, and if you format it that way it makes our job easier.) > Good Lord!! My eight year old nephew could count it for you. He is very good with a pencil and paper. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 89) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 69 OF 89 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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