Thank you very much for the Holiday Present Hunt. It was a blast.

Can we please have a forum for the <GRONINGEN OPEN>?

TWIC DOSSIER -> http://www.theweekinchess.com/chess...

TWIC PGN -> http://www.theweekinchess.com/asset...

<talisman> Try 228B22 (dark) and F0E68C (light).

Argue

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[You, frogbert, imo put up only one valid point - a very good one - to counter the criticism, and reading it back now, 4 days or so later, I feel that the criticism was understandible <to say the least> - considering the context - read content - of the posts - read thread - at that time on the page.

Now <here> is where the Argue page can come in very handy: I could copy this post, plus all the relevant and referenced posts, to the Argue page - and invite frogbert to - if he so wishes - continue the discussion there, thereby alleviating the Carlsen main page - and offering it to the more current and on topic items - eg the POLL that was being held at the time (about Carlsen's best game(s) and tourney of 2012), and the interesting discussion that <that> provoked.]

This is a prime example (one of many, of course) of when and how the Argue page can be put to good use, or, to quote the words of said respected cg-member:

<[...] good job on getting the "Argue" page started. I hope it will be a long-term success and help keep some of the nonsense off prominent player pages. Blessed are the peacemakers.>

And best wishes to Daniel and all other "admins" for the great work they do, and let's make the year 2013 a good one.

By popular demand, Chessgames will this year take over the annual tradition that we call <The Caissars>.

For those who don't know, The Caissars are our version of an awards ceremony, where we look back on the previous year and decide the kibitzers, posts, games and players that are the most laudable.

We will do our best to keep things similar to what you've been familiar with in previous years, at least in spirit.

Some tournaments have too many games to fit into one collection, for example:

Game Collection: Munich Chess Olympiad 1936: Pt. 1, Rounds 1-10

Game Collection: Munich Chess Olympiad 1936: Pt. 2, Rounds 11-21

And no one gets hurt. It's brilliant!!!

(btw, a quick side note (already addressed on the page itself): This is in no way intended to be the "hurling insults" page, it is simply a way for two people to hash out a debate that is becoming off-topic on the page that it was started)

Could there be a way to combine these into one Historical Tournament page?>

<Dec-29-12
chessgames.com: Let's please orbit back to the topic of Anatoly Karpov. Thanks.

achieve: <CG> Right, just after I explicitly hint towards getting back on topic, chessgames waltzes along saying the same thing. How lame. Remember it is me, together with several others, who have for years now been active to keep the prominent player pages free from spamming, bickering, trolls, and even, with the incomparable <Schwartz>, launched the idea to use the Argue page to exactly that end? - "Keeping the prominent player pages as clean as possible" .... Great timing, Daniel.>

And while I'm at it, and didn't sent "another email", but instead posted here is for the reason that you haven't yet replied to an urgent reply email I sent dd. 24-12-12, which is disappointing considering the imo "gravity" of the subject matter. Looking forward to that.

I realize you're terribly busy, but still this address and "reminder."