1. Van Wely 8
2. Leko 4
3. Topalov 10
4/5. Bacrot/Svidler 9+9
6. Kramnik 10
7/8. Adams Naiditsch 10+3
9. Nielsen 9
10. Sutovsky 9

1. Leko
2. Topalov
3. Svidler
4. Bacrot
5. Kramnik
6. Adams
7. Sutovsky
8. Van Wely
9. Nielsen
10. Naiditsch

1. Leko 3
2. Topalov 9
3. Svidler 10
4. Bacrot 9
5. Kramnik 9
6. Adams 10
7. Sutovsky 8
8. Van Wely 5
9. Nielsen 9
10. Naiditsch 1

<pantlko> I'm very happy to see you know the calculating method ;) I might just need someone who can help or replace me sometimes and you are a candidate! But you prove I was right. <Montreal1666> was trying to prove I was wrong and that a shared standing prediction would be advantegeous to a non-shared one. Saying that one of the possibilities of WannaBe would result in 81 points also was not the result he was hoping for :). Assuming Adams got 9 and Naiditsch 4 there, your calculations were perfect and resulted in 81 points.

But <Montreal1666> that second format I gave of WannaBe's non shared standing prediction, would have resulted in 79 points what is just what you wanted to hear, right ;). I'm afraid I litterally did a number on you! Mistakenly really! I just realize it now. Like I said I was too quick to post that then and I did not really calculate the numbers.

WannaBe's prediction
not shared (format 2)
1. Van Wely 8
2. Leko 4
3. Topalov 10
4. Svidler 9
5. Bacrot 8
6. Kramnik 10
7. Naiditsch 4
8. Adams 8
9. Nielsen 9
10. Sutovsky 9

Sorry that it took some time. I was kind of busy (and not just here at chessgames.com:)). Thanks for your patience. It was exciting and fun for me and I hope for you too.

First place, it may not have slipped your mind, is TIMER*! Congratulations!

16/3 TIMER*
15/3 Troewa*
14/4 Phoenix, Vishyfan
12/3 Annie K.
11/3 fgh*
11/4 Firebyrd* iron maiden*
10 SnoopDogg, WannaBe
10/4 suenteus po 147*, percyblakeney
9/3 bobbyboomer*
8/1 Like a GM
8/2 Neto71*, Chris00nj*,
8/3 gadfly**, assasinator
8/4 acirce
7/1 Montreal1666
7/2. Appaz*, 810609
7/3 Dionyseus
7/4 Elo
6/1 squaredance*, matrix, moonlitknight,
6/2 Shams
6/4 lostemperor*
5/1 jahhaj*, Joshka*, Neto71*, RayMayard*, tanginamo*, tatnho*, thebeginner*, Yannis*, sheaf*, balthez 5/2 OneBadDog*, Sneaky*, catfriend 5/3 cade*

4/1 tamud*, gladiator367
4/2 child of my tears*, legend*, ranchogrande amuralid, backwardevelopement, kubis, Paul123,

3/1 boganel*, tatnho* TheRaptor*, TylerD* aragorn69, BurningSun cade3, goosey, isolatedpawn, shortsight, tldr3, pyryk pekpekAdik, scorpionfrog, ThePawn 3/2 Ezzy*, farim11*, offramp*, yoozum*, jafar, Kolobok, Nakosonorense, pantlko, PinkPanther , pretendyourlying, Robin01, 3/3 radu stancu*, AgentRgent, where is my mind 3/4 cu8sfan, betsson

2/1 champsupernova , DaveMurray, JimBean Deepfritz8.0 pretendyourlying, weepingwarrior, willc21 2/2 mtolay, 2/3 AdrianP, The Slid

1/1 Mr.siffler*, abaduba, aggresivechess, ahmadov, crumpy, elcliderc,, karpova, r7justin, stevesteve22, GBknight, Dodus, Fulkrum, InfinityCircuit, Ingolf, mulondabl, paradigm, refutor, Ron, sonofabishop, THEpawn, tsj2000, zarra, zorro 1/2 hintza, MinorPieceActivity, moroisthebest, sandyobrien, yourbrilliance.

* correct on a tournament winner prediction

<Going back to HP, Why has been in such big success? Hasn't there been many many classics childern books involving magic?>

Sure, but HP is not your average fairy tale. For one thing, Jo Rowling has an excellent sense of humor - those books are FUNNY!!! And she has all the other ingredients for a good read right, too. :) You really should give it a try - maybe from the beginning this time? ;)

<As in the three previous tournaments, the organizers of AEROFLOT OPEN 2006 and the super tournament in Dortmund have agreed that the winner of A1 tournament in Moscow will be invited to play in Dortmund from 23 July to 5 August 2006. This year a two-round round-robin tournament of six players (category XIX) will be held.>