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SANTA CLAUS North Pole [what is this?] ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2020 ♔ For 2020, Santa Claus is giving away at least nineteen (19) premium memberships—thanks to the generosity of Ownership, Admin, and various anonymous Benefactors. All you have to do to enter is make a post to this page that starts with the words "Dear Santa"—before midnight on Christmas Eve. Only non-premium members are eligible for the Dear Santa Giveaway. Please see Santa Claus (kibitz #2083) for additional information. ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2019 ♔ For 2019, Santa Claus is giving away at least twenty (20) premium memberships—thanks to the generosity of Ownership, Admin, and various anonymous Benefactors. All you have to do to enter is make a post to this page that starts with the words "Dear Santa"—before midnight on Christmas Eve. Please see Santa Claus (kibitz #1993) for additional information. Update 1/3/2020 Santa Claus has been behind on his chores ever since Christmas, but he’s finally catching up, and so—for participating in the 2019 "Dear Santa" contest and/or meritorious service to the community—he took the time to award 1-year chessgames.com premium memberships to the following 23 users: carpetshark, Keyser Soze, jith1207, morfishine, Retireborn, gezafan, Telemus, Mountain1, JonathanJ, areknames, paavoh, Jean Defuse, pazzed paun, takebackok, mifralu, Jonathan Lau, RcfM, ciberchess, Albums Dummyflap, Kurakotsaba, MissScarlett, Messiah, and WorstPlayerEver. ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2018 ♔ This year, Santa Claus is giving away at least twenty (20) premium memberships (from Chessgames, generous benefactors, and carry-overs from the Holiday Present Hunt Contest.) All you have to do to enter is make a post to this page that starts with the words "Dear Santa" before Christmas Morning. Please see Santa Claus (kibitz #1774) for other important information. Update 12/28/2018 The 2018 winners were: (1) Aurora (2) bubuli55 (3) chessguru1 (4) chesssantosh (5) chesstt (6) Engelsbrett (7) fivealpha (8) gezafan (9) Jean Defuse (10) Ladolcevita (11) Legend (12) Messiah (13) mifralu (14) Minasina (15) NaunsyamengPangarap (16) Phi (17) s0030135 (18) Scuvy (19) searchforbobby1 (20) SkySports (21) Stonehenge (22) SugarDom (23) TheBugger (24) Tristanknight16 (25) varishnakov and (26) Viktorerro. We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, and wish a Happy New Year to all! ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2017 ♔ This year, Santa Claus is giving away at least twenty-nine (29) premium memberships (8 from Chessgames, 18 from generous benefactors, and 3 carry-overs from the Present Hunt Contest.) All you have to do to enter is make a post to this page that starts with the words "Dear Santa" before Christmas Morning. Please see the administrator post Santa Claus (kibitz #1774) for other important information. Good luck, and Merry Christmas! ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2016 ♔ This year, Santa Claus is giving away twenty-one (22) premium memberships. All you have to do to enter is make a post to this page that starts with the words "Dear Santa" before Christmas Morning. Please see the administrator post Santa Claus (kibitz #1656) for other important information. Good luck, and Merry Christmas! ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2015 ♔ This year, Santa Claus is giving away twenty-four (24) premium memberships. All you have to do to enter is make a post to this page that starts with the words "Dear Santa" before Christmas Morning. Please see the administrator post Santa Claus (kibitz #1554) for other important information. Good luck, and Merry Christmas! ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2014 ♔ This year, Santa Claus is giving away eight (8) premium memberships, and thanks to the donations of three loyal members we've upped the count to twenty-one (21)! All you have to do to enter is make a post to this page that starts with the words "Dear Santa" before Christmas Morning. Please see the administrator post Santa Claus (kibitz #1439) for other important information. ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2013 ♔ This year, Santa Claus is giving away ten (10) premium memberships to 10 lucky chess fans. All you have to do to enter is make a post to this page that starts with the words "Dear Santa" before Christmas Morning. Please see the administrator post Santa Claus (kibitz #1286) for other important information. And the winners are: (1) Tal7777777 (2) Deus Ex Alekhina (3) htjsparta (4) SamAtoms1980 (5) Tristanknight16 (6) 17.Bxg7 (7) ossipossi (8) goldfarbdj (9) s0030135 (10) PaulBl ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2012 ♔ This year, Santa Claus is giving away eleven (11) premium memberships to 11 lucky chess fans. All you have to do to enter is make a post to this page that starts with the words "Dear Santa" before Christmas Morning. Please see the administrator post Santa Claus (kibitz #1439) for other important information. And the winners are: (1) andrewjsacks (2) HeMateMe (3) rannewman (4) Bratek (5) SilentWitness (6) Zkid (7) Bhrugu (8) castagno (9) Abdel Irada (10) poorpatzer (11) gauer ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2011 ♔ This year, Santa Claus is giving away eight (8) premium memberships to 8 lucky chess fans. All you have to do to enter is make a post to this page that starts with the words "Dear Santa" before Christmas Morning. Please see the administrator post Santa Claus (kibitz #1072) for other important information. And the winners are: (1) Il Palazzo (2) galdur (3) capanegra (4) JT the Chess Addict (5) Birthday Boy (6) tsj2000 (7) pkkandel (8) Sularus ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2010 ♔ Due to the generosity of several members, in 2010 Santa will have a free ChessGames.com Premium Membership for 26 lucky chess fans. All you have to do to enter is make a post to this page that starts with the words "Dear Santa". Please see the administrator post Santa Claus (kibitz #881) for other important information. And the winners are: (1) Pravitel (2) strife328 (3) kudubux (4) ciberchess (5) chesssantosh (6) polarmis (7) Bratek (8) Whitehat1963 (9) Elsinore (10) Sparta (11) Bobwhoosta (12) Ragh (13) bharatiy (14) Raffael (15) mastermind7994 (16) Brettwith2ts (17) Dieago (18) KKDEREK (19) soldal (20) theagenbiteofinwit (21) crazybird (22) Scarecrow (23) dieter33 (24) Penguincw (25) jmactas (26) kakisto ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2009 ♔ Due to the generosity of anonymous members, in 2009 Santa will have a free ChessGames.com Premium Membership for 20 lucky chess fans. Then 2 accounts were donated from the Rinus Scholarship (see Rinus chessforum for more info). To this amount, Chessgames has donated five more, for a total of 27 free accounts. And the winners are: (1) fedor12 (2) Scriptum (3) davegras (4) Hesam7 (5) Legend (6) jmi (7) magnuschess (8) TheBish (9) muwatalli (10) Albums Dummyflap (11) Golden Executive (12) TheLightSquares (13) sdbra (14) alexirc (15) The Famous Chess Cat (16) jjmobjj (17) hhmm (18) Greygreen (19) randomsac (20) LeBronstein (21) minasina (22) hellochesspeople (23) Ladolcevita (24) cade (25) Skoolboye (26) ughaibu (27) solstys. Please read Santa Claus (kibitz #686) for more info. ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2008 ♔ Due to the generosity of an anonymous member, 13 premium accounts have been donated to give away in the "Dear Santa" drawing. To this amount, Chessgames has donated three more, for a total of sixteen (16) free accounts. On Christmas Day, 2008 the winners were announced: (1) deadlysin (2) dexterious (3) hatilloteclavo (4) jeeky1996 (5) GeauxCool (6) saintstephen11 (7) FabrikaLaHun (8) Pulse (9) YuanTi (10) sandmanbrig (11) JaneEyre (12) JointheArmy (13) savuflorin1983 (14) imthecat (15) duffer (16) gundamz. Congratulations! ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2007 ♔ Due to the generosity of an anonymous member, 10 premium accounts have been donated to give away in the "Dear Santa" drawing. To this amount, Chessgames has donated two more, for a total of 12 free accounts. On Christmas Day, 2007 the winners were announced: (1) Gouki, (2) Shanes, (3) maxxowar, (4) TheDrunkenPawn, (5) k0mi, (6) sisyphus, (7) chugalugaboo, (8) johnsbrother, (9) Nepa Pugna, (10) dippel, (11) mito1985, (12) Hot Logic. Congratulations! ♔ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR XMAS 2006 ♔ Due to an act of kindness on the part of User: OhioChessFan and one other user, we have a special Christmas present. OhioChessFan donated eleven (11) one-year premium memberships to be distributed at random to non-premium members. Then, another user wrote to us to donate two more accounts, and Chessgames.com added two of our own, for a grand total of fifteen (15) accounts. On Christmas Day 2006, the winners were announced: (1) ClassZPlaya (2) jackmandoo (3) skakmiv (4) MyriadChoices (5) brobdingnag (6) nintenchess (7) crptone (8) Thorski (9) diemjay (10) Jole (11) silas75 (12) Loschinski (13) Manic (14) chrismiceli (15) vagrantlike. We hope they all enjoy their Christmas present. See you next year! Last updated: 2020-12-24 16:07:53

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 86 OF 86 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-24-22    FSR: Isaac Kashdan told Santa in 1931, "All I want for Christmas is Euwe." His present arrived on January 2, still within the Twelve Days of Christmas. Kashdan vs Euwe, 1932. Dec-24-22    perfidious: Meanwhile, 361 days on, the pun sits in cold storage, tho this is nowhere near the record--just warming up in the bullpen! Dec-24-22    FSR: <perfidious> The pun's barely a toddler! Dec-24-22    FSR: <perfidious> I nominated Torre vs R Smirka, 1924 ("Run, Run, Rudolph") over 11 years ago. Would make a fine Yuletide pun in light of Black's peripatetic king. Dec-24-22    Scuvy: To the CG community and admins: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Wishing all peace on earth, good will and good chess in 2023. Regards, Scuvy Dec-24-22    Check It Out: Dear Santa, how about a 300 point rating bump? I've already got the hot chick. Dec-25-22    gezafan: Dear Santa, thanks for Chessgames.com and administrators that allow free speech. Dec-25-22    SkySports: Dear Santa, Merry Christmas to all the CG community! Dec-25-22    Jean Defuse: ... Dear Santa, I hope for a free premium membership for 2023 - Thanks & Merry Christmas! ... Dec-25-22    Sally Simpson: As a Christmas present CHESS Magazine have given you a full magazine to download. The Jan 2003 issue. Quiz, Puzzles, articles, games (Nunn, Ivanchuk, Basman...), history, book reviews... https://delivery.shopifyapps.com/-/... Dec-25-22    Mississaugan: < Knightf7mate: All I want for Christmas is a carol written by ChrisOwen> For me, I would like to read a poem ...."T'was a night before Christmas" written by our great poet <Chrisowen>. And I hope somebody could and would translate it for us to enjoy. Dec-25-22    Messiah: <Jean Defuse: ... Dear Santa, I hope for a free premium membership for 2023 - Thanks & Merry Christmas! ...> It doesn't work anymore, likewise the chessbookie game, the holiday hunt, the world vs GM games, and so on. Your best chance is to buy the membership yourself. Dec-30-22    Check It Out: <SS> thanks for the Chess mag gift! I didn't know Alekhine had 6 wives. That's the kind of juicy gossip I need. Mar-05-23    Korora: With no games by Señor Ruy López in the chessgames.com database, is this the only IRL ♗ on the site? Mar-05-23    beatgiant: <Korora> Please check Ruy Lopez de Segura Mar-07-23    Korora: <beatgiant> Thanks. Dec-16-23    gezafan: Is Santa coming this year? Dec-16-23    Sally Simpson: I recently saw this Christmas joke. Q. Which one of Santa’s reindeer has the best moves? A. Dancer! That is naff, it should be, Johannes Rudolph or Jan Hein Donner or Kevin Cupid or even Comet (Computer) Dec-17-23    gezafan: Santa jokes. https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=df88... Dec-21-24    stone free or die: <Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: Greetings! With your permission I'd like to wish you Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year 2025. I beg to submit that I've been a chess enthusiast for many years, though without any claims to professionalism whatsoever. I'd feel honored if you'd kindly grant me a gift of "Premier Membership", so that I can make contributions (no matter how small), to this beautiful game. For the purpose of gifting me, please visit the "Give a Gift of Chess" Page and follow instructions therein. Thanking you in anticipation, Yours respectfully, 6t4addict December 21, 2024> Kibitzer's Café (kibitz #325687) User: 6t4addict Dec-21-24    6t4addict: TO: <stone free or die><Santa Claus><personnel of chessgames.com> <Jesus Christ> and <God> A million thanks for gifting me the "Premium Membership". I assure you that I'll leave no stone unturned to live up to the expectations of this wonderful platform. Yours respectfully, 6t4addict Dec-22-24    stone free or die: Dear <6t4addict>, No thanks needed for me, I just conveyed (and consolidated) your requests. I think most of the thanks goes to <Chessgames.com>, and both of the Freeman's - <Daniel> and <Susan Freeman>. . Dec-23-24    SkySports: Dear Santa, Please give me back the old days of chessgames.com, with the Christmas present hunt, the Caissars and all the other perks. But most of all with Alberto, Daniel and Phony Benoni. :'( Dec-25-24    gezafan: Merry Christmas to my chess playing friends on Chessgames.com! Dec-25-24    gezafan: Michael Knowles on Christmas haters. https://youtu.be/C4V0wY_0LmU Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 86) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 86 OF 86 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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