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Chessgames Bookie
Member since Feb-10-06 · Last seen Mar-10-21

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   Chessgames Bookie has kibitzed 2101 times to chessgames [more...]

   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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Mar-25-10		wordfunph: this is a showdown.. (1) Barok Espinosa 78,639 (2) Chnebelgrind 75,973 i wish the two of you good luck.. there's no more tomorrow!

Mar-25-10		moronovich: My best wishes to <Barok Espinoza> & <Chnelbegrind> today.What a fight you have posed to each other...and just a few beat ago I considered myself the slight favourite.. Good luck gentlemen.Looking forward to winners speach! It is Suisse vs The Fillipines - and as our dear follower<wordfunph> says : there is no tomorrow !!This is IT.Last man standing.

Mar-25-10		wordfunph: <moronovich: It is Suisse vs The Fillipines - and as our dear follower<wordfunph> says : there is no tomorrow !!This is IT.Last man standing.> amen <moronovich>.. <Barok Espinosa> from Philippines and <Chnebelgrind> from Switzerland! whatever happens and whoever wins..hats off to the two gentlemen who were so friendly despite the stiff competition and the hard struggle to be crowned as the King of Chessbookie!

Mar-25-10		moronovich: <Chessgames Bookie> I have an idea for a new game: All chessplayers are concerned about ratings.And so are the fans. What about a game,a contest, were it is about finding those players who make the biggest jump forwards in the ratings? A model could be : each on CG.com(who would like to paticipate) chose 1o players from 10 ratingplataues . One from the # 1 spot to # 10. One from # 11 to # 21 and so forth,untill # 101. After a ½ year or perhaps 1 the winner is the CG"gambler" who has colected the largest sum in total.The largest sum of rating; all players score put together.Also those with minusscore (which shall be deducted,of course)will also count. The game and the actual chosen ratinglist should be announced in due time,off course. So no bucks,odds,involved.Simply a pool of interested CGplayers who before a given date will deliver a list of 10 players,which is their best shot. I find the idea to good not to be mentioned.But what do you guys think !?

Mar-25-10		ROADDOG: L E A D E R B O A R D updated Thu Mar 25, 05:37 User Net Worth (1) Barok Espinosa 78,639 (2) Chnebelgrind 75,973 (3) moronovich 46,018 More exciting than some of the games being bet on.

Mar-25-10		Chnebelgrind: Thanks all for the good wishes. <Looking forward to winners speach!> Probably that honor is due to <Barok> (if he hasn't lost 7000 cb today, what I don't hope) My final score: 72000. Speeded up by <wordfunph> I risked a lot this days and was lucky first. But today I lost all my tickets. I enjoyed the rivalry. For the balance I await the final standings.

Mar-25-10		zanshin: <ROADDOG: (1) Barok Espinosa 78,639 (2) Chnebelgrind 75,973 (3) moronovich 46,018 More exciting than some of the games being bet on.> I agree - I wish we could have bet on the chessbookie winner ;-) Again, congratulations to all of you.

Mar-25-10		technical draw: This has been such a great experience. I have learned a lot about betting in this gambling simulation game. I thank the admins for running such a fine game and to the winners go my congratulations. I just have one final word: Aarrrgghh!! , why am I such a loser!! ???

Mar-25-10		SwitchingQuylthulg: <technical draw: I just have one final word: Aarrrgghh!! , why am I such a loser!! ???> The problem isn't your bets, it's the results.

Mar-25-10		technical draw: Well, I am no longer a loser. Going through some old passports I found $35. Yep, 35 smackaroos. Found money, that's the best kind!

Mar-25-10		Chessgames Bookie: ♖ LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ♖ The winner of the 2010 Chessbookie Winter Leg, and the 2010 Chessbookie Champion of the World, finishing with 75,984 chessbucks is . . . 1. User: Barok Espinosa He will receive a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate for chess books (or whatever tickles his fancy), a high quality T-shirt sporting the Chessgames Logo, as well as a free one year premium membership to Chessgames.com. The 2nd and 3rd place finishers, with 72,000 and 42,815 respectively, are 2. User: Chnebelgrind and 3. User: moronovich They win a one year premium membership and also the T-shirt. NOTE: The top three places (Barok Espinosa, Chnebelgrind, and moronovich) should contact us at chess@chessgames.com with their T-Shirt size (S, M, L, XL) at their earliest convenience. The 4th and 5th place winners, finishing with 38,059 and 31,873 chessbucks respectively, are 4. User: Sneaky and 5. User: Messiah They win a one year premium membership to Chessgames.com. Places 6-10th do not win prizes, but they are automatically seeded into next year's championship. These are: 6. User: Robin01 (30,129) 7. User: Selkirk (26,854) 8. User: gus inn (23,133) 9. User: refutor (19,490) and 10. User: 4tmac (17,513) Their achievements are immortalized in our ChessBookie Hall of Fame. We thank everybody for participating in this year's competition. The next season will begin in a few days.

Mar-25-10		malthrope: Finally! ~lol~ WINTER LEG STANDINGS updated Thu Mar 25, 21:48 User --------- Net Worth 1. Barok Espinosa 75,984 2. Chnebelgrind 72,000 3. moronovich 42,815 4. Sneaky 38,059 5. Messiah 31,873 6. Robin01 30,129 7. Selkirk 26,854 8. gus inn 23,133 9. refutor 19,490 10. 4tmac 17,513 ChessBookie Standings Congrats gang! :D Special thanks to <Barok Espinosa> for not only winning the Winter Leg Championship but also the very first to break the $75K threshhold! :^) - Mal

Mar-25-10		Barok Espinosa: And finally... it's over! Definitely a very exciting game with lots of twist and turn. Always true to the saying that, "it ain't over until it's over or 'til the loanshark comes looking for his due." Thanks to all well-wishers. Am looking forward to the next contest. I am very much eager to apply another strategy, that is, 'control betting with favorable dividend,' displayed by two of the big boys of this game - <Chnebelgrind> and <moronovich>. The 'no-fear and all out' betting strategy I did in the third to the last round was stolen from <SwitchingQ>. And it really made the difference going to the penultimate round with $17K to spare. For Pick 3, I still adhere to the strategy of my mentors <wordfunph> and <Bradah>. Thanks <TD>, <OD>, <zanshin>, <ROADDOG>, <eternaloptimist>, <malthrope>, <SQ>, <word>, <Bradah>, <moronovich>, <Chnebelgrind>, and all other competitors... More power CG.com!!!

Mar-26-10		zanshin: Very exciting contest, especially among <Barok> <Chnebelgrind> and <moronovich>. And pretty decent prizes too - congrats to all the winners.

Mar-26-10		Chnebelgrind: Congratulations to the new ChessBookie Champion of the World <Barok Espinosa> for his well-deserved win. That the same player wins not only the fall leg but also the final shows that the chessbookie game is not only a game of luck but demands quite a lot of skill. Congratulations also to <moronovich> and the other winners and thanks to <chessgames bookie> for the perfect set-up of the game.

Mar-26-10		SwitchingQuylthulg: Congrats to all winners! <Bookie> Who had the highest credit rating? Or is that information top secret?

Mar-26-10		moronovich: First I will express grattitude to<ChessgamesCom> for running the contest.Shure it most have been a lot of work ! And congratulations to <Barok Espinoza> for a very deserved place in the hall of fame.You were a tough nut to crack in the period we were more or less side by side,5 weeks,was it ? ,and often when I advanced,you simply advanced more @#$%* :).And finally you just left,without asking.But then <Chnelbegrind> came almost like a bolt from the blue and secured it all ended in a nailbitting twohorserace.What a finish!So congrats to you too <Chnelbegrind>.Perhaps just a single move away from # 1 spot!?... See you all at the next contest.

Mar-26-10		wordfunph: Congrats to my Filipino friend <Barok Espinosa> and to all the winners! (1) Barok Espinosa 75,984 (2) Chnebelgrind 72,000 (3) moronovich 42,815 (4) Sneaky 38,059 (5) Messiah 31,873 (6) Robin01 30,129 (7) Selkirk 26,854 (8) gus inn 23,133 (9) refutor 19,490 (10) 4tmac 17,513 i enjoyed every bit of fun and drama of Winter Leg whew! <Barok Espinosa: For Pick 3, I still adhere to the strategy of my mentors <wordfunph> and <Bradah>.> ...at least the Winter Leg Champion used my Pick3 strategy harhar! thanks to <Chnebelgrind> <moronovich> <Switch> for sharing their secrets! to <malthrope> <zanshin> <TD> <ROADDOG> <Bradah> <others> for making chessbookie forum alive.. special thanks to <Chessgames Bookie>! Bravo ChessBookie!

Mar-26-10		Chessgames Bookie: <<Bookie> Who had the highest credit rating? Or is that information top secret?> During legs it is top secret but between legs we don't mind showing. The top four credit ratings: Barok Espinosa had a credit score of 632,259 SwitchingQuylthulg was at 582,137 wallytherhino was at 212,677 Chnebelgrind was at 203,224 Mind you, when a score becomes that large, they are simply allowed to take out huge loans and bets for 10,000 chessbucks, and further increases in the credit score hardly matter. You achieve a large credit score by (1) making bets, (2) paying back loans. Note that your credit score goes down when you actually take out a loan--so it's the paying back (with interest) that helps your rating. While that helps, the best way to raise your score is to actually win bets.

Mar-26-10		Chessgames Bookie: I forgot to mention: Barok Espinosa, Chnebelgrind, and moronovich not only need to give a shirt-size (S/M/L/XL) but also a mailing address so we know where to send the shirt.

Mar-26-10		eternaloptimist: <Barok Espinosa> you are welcome. i just want to say congratulations to you for winning the chessbookie championship & for being the first person to break the 75,000 chess$ barrier. that is truly amazing! i also want to congratulate the other people who finished in the top 10.

Mar-26-10		wordfunph: <CG Bookie> my shirt size is XL..thanks! :-0

Mar-26-10		SloVice: Congrats to <Barok Espinosa>! Nice win with a new record, trouncing the old mark. And congratulations to the other top-10 finishers. A fine effort by <Chnebelgrind> to try to steal the victory.

Mar-26-10		technical draw: I keep automatically hitting the chessbookie link and there's no action going on. Hurry CG and start a new series before I get the DT's.

Mar-26-10		wordfunph: <technical draw: I keep automatically hitting the chessbookie link and there's no action going on.> <TD> it's bookie addiction.. :-)

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