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Jan-08-21 Chessgames Bookie chessforum    Chessgames Bookie: Thanks for the tip, WinKing. Hope it works because, to tell you the truth, I'm feeling a bit frustrated. ciao, jingo      Jan-08-21 chessgames.com chessforum    Chessgames Bookie: It would be great if we could get the Bookie site set up to start the new leg with the TATA Steel tournament about to begin in a week. Thanks      Dec-26-20 Sargon chessforum    Chessgames Bookie: Sargon, Could we get an adminstrator to close out the Fall Leg of the Chessbookie? Prizes and reset all to $1000, or more if we're not going to get a mid-leg payday? Thanks, jingo Gens una sumus!      Oct-07-20 Norway Chess (2020)    Chessgames Bookie: Please join us at the ChessBookie room for some fun wagering, play money. Tough competition! Altibox Norway 2020, Rd 6: Aronian-Caruana Thanks      Oct-01-20 Kibitzer's Café    Chessgames Bookie: Rub your lucky charm! Time to bet on the Winner of the upcoming Altibox tournament. Altibox Norway 2020: Winner! Gens una sumus      Sep-16-20 Petrosian vs G Stoltz, 1952    Chessgames Bookie: I had no idea that Kotov won that tournament, and with what a score!!      Sep-15-20 St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (2020)    Chessgames Bookie: And how will Alireza do tomorrow against the Champ? St. Louis Rapid & Blitz, Rd 7 Rapid: Firouzja-Carlsen Place your bet (after checking your crystal ball, of course).      Sep-13-20 Champions Showdown Chess 9LX (2020)    Chessgames Bookie: Speaking of draws, how many today in round 7? Starts in a few hours. Only one in Rd 6 yesterday. Place your bets! Click ChessBookie at the top of the page to play!      Apr-19-20 moronovich chessforum    Chessgames Bookie: Hi moronovich, I'm jingohanson, the new Bookie. The Pick two is for day four of the event, with the games I posted. Sorry about the confusion. I should have put (Day 4) in the description. Thanks for welcoming me. Your suggestions are welcome. Ciao, jingohanson      Dec-23-19 Biographer Bistro    Chessgames Bookie: Just for the record. Annie and Twinlark were volunteers. I posted more on my profile page. 😊

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 135 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-12-08    Whitehat1963: So, what do you say, <Chessbookie>? How about a bet on Nickel's sixth move? Sep-12-08    Chessgames Bookie: We have added the proposition: Arno Nickel vs The World: 6...? Sep-12-08    technical draw: <malthrope> Now I know why you're so far ahead of the group. You sent for that handicapping computer. Darn I thought it was another rip off.! Well, I might as well put on my X-ray glasses and go for a walk....TD Sep-12-08    danielpi: Who is the guy in the "chessbookie" photo? Was he paid to pose for that? For that matter, who is that lunatic dressed up like a king in the "Be Treated Like a King" photo? My eye darts across the screen, and I've got to say that Arno, at a different angle... nah. Sep-13-08    Kreifi: Any idea when the leg ends? Sep-13-08    WannaBe: The leg usually ends at the ankle, or around the hip. 'Pending on which way you look at it. Sep-13-08    Where is my mind: <Any idea when the leg ends?> End of September. Sep-13-08    malthrope: <technical draw: <malthrope> Now I know why you're so far ahead of the group. You sent for that handicapping computer. Darn I thought it was another rip off.! Well, I might as well put on my X-ray glasses and go for a walk....TD> <TD> I'll gladly trade you my handicapping computer for a pair of those X-ray glasses. Of course, you'll have to wait until after the Winter Leg Championship Finals concludes! ~lol~ I always wanted to be just like <Superman> with cool X-ray vision. Just think of the possibilities! <grin> :^) My Best, Your pal, - Mal Sep-14-08    Sneaky: Sometimes you have to follow your guts... << Bilbao Grand Slam: Rd 10: Topalov vs Ivanchuk : Topalov [cash in ticket] 1000 YOU WIN! COLLECT 2970 >> Woo hoo!! I'm back in the running !! Sep-14-08    SwitchingQuylthulg: Some of us aren't that lucky... Either a draw or an Aronian win in that last game would have landed me at 2nd place. Now I'm in the negatives, but that's life for you :) Sep-14-08    malthrope: <SwitchingQuylthulg: Some of us aren't that lucky... [...]> Just a follow-up to what <SwitchingQuylthulg> just mentioned... In the last round at Bilbao if - Chucky had beaten Topalov, Magnus had either won, drawn or lost against Vishy, and Aronian had beaten Radjabov, I would have won over 20K to add to my total (from Rd #10 bets, plus the 'Perfecta' and 'Winner' betting tickets). Sometimes we tend to forget that our total scores on the Leaderboard tell only half the story! ;) Besides, it's all water under the bridge and the 'coudda, woudda, shoudda' is now put quietly into the past as we regroup and bet anew. No one ever said that <ChessBookie> was going to make it easy for us. ~lol~ A near or close miss is just that... Close only counts in Horseshoes! 'nuff said... :^) Regards, - Mal Sep-14-08    NakoSonorense: Why Aronian, why?! Why did you have to lose your last game and let Carlsen tie you?! You just robbed me of +2,000 chessbux... :( Sep-15-08    4tmac: It was my understanding the Bilbao tie-breaking would be used for the purpose of deciding the perfecta payout. I believe it was Topolov-Carlsen. Sep-15-08    Chessgames Bookie: The Summer Leg ends on September 25th with the conclusion of the Russia vs. China match. GOOD LUCK! Sep-15-08    chessmoron: <Chessgames Bookie> Bets on Rapid? Blitz? Overall? Sep-15-08    malthrope: One other thing <ChessBookie> in the bet - China vs Russia: WINNER - is this the combined team efforts of both the Men's and Women's boards? (10 boards) Or, just the Men's? (5 boards)? TIA :^) - Mal Sep-15-08    Chessgames Bookie: <4tmac> Our intention was, that in case of a tie for first after regulation play, we would recognize the scheduled playoff when paying off the perfecta tickets. Sorry for not being very clear on this. Sep-15-08    4tmac: Thanks, I couldn't remember exactly with all the scoring system complications. Sep-15-08    Chessgames Bookie: <malthrope> We will combine the men's and women's scores to determine the winner. <chessmoron> We might add rapid and blitz bets as more information becomes available. Sep-15-08    malthrope: <Chessgames Bookie: <malthrope> We will combine the men's and women's scores to determine the winner.> Thanks <ChessBookie> that helps! :) I just wanted to be sure it was one or the other or both! The latter being what I suspected but wanted to verify that's what the bet is... ;) The only info we have, atm, is what <chessmoron> has posted in - chessgames.com chessforum - which is what 'TWIC' has kindly provided thus far (since there is no official "Russia vs. China" website active as of yet). Hopefully it will be soon... :^) - Mal Sep-16-08    kspiteri: Hou Yifan - Kosteniuk game 3 started, but the betting is still open. Sep-16-08    malthrope: <ChessBookie> - looks like the - Women's World Championship: Game 3: Hou Yifan vs Kosteniuk - bet has already started today... Sorry I didn't catch this one (just assumed there was a mini-break without thinking about it...). As of 8:11 AM EDT the total pool was given as $12,993 (11 minutes after the start of play). So, you might want to take a close look at this one (I'd finished betting prior to the official close of bets early this morning). ;) - Mal Re: Women's World Championship Game 3: Hou Yifan vs Kosteniuk MINIMUM BET: 5 CURRENT HANDLE: 12,993 CLOSES: Sep-16-08 PAYS: Sep-16-08 Sep-16-08    Chessgames Bookie: <kspiteri> <malthrope> Thanks, any bets made after the starting time of the game will be cancelled. Sep-16-08    malthrope: Hehehe... Thanks <ChessBookie> somehow I was trying to add 2 + 2 and got 5! Didn't notice this bet was ending today but at a much later time (on the 16th and *not* on the 17th where the mini-break must have entered my mind between games #2 and #3). I'll continue to work on my addition... :)) - Mal Sep-16-08    kspiteri: <malthrope: I'll continue to work on my addition... :)> You don't seem to have any problem adding chessbucks though :) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 501) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 135 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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