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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 226 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-11-12    technical draw: <Well, marriage is the biggest gamble of all.> True but initially you're a high roller. But then the odds will eventually beat you. Jan-11-12    AnimusEtOblivio: After a couple rough legs, I feel the need to get serious. I have every intention of winning the Championship Leg. Best of luck all; may the best bettor win. Jan-11-12    technical draw: Yes,< Animus>, good luck But remember, second place is not bad at all. Jan-11-12    AnimusEtOblivio: You're right <TD>, second place isn't that terrible at all; I am sure that you will be very happy there :p. All joking aside, I know this leg will be as tough as heck. The competition is very tough, but I have a good feeling. Jan-11-12    Penguincw: Tata can be a tricky tournament to win. IMO, here are the most trickiest games to predict from last year: Round 1 J Smeets vs Shirov, 2011 Round 2 Wang Hao vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2011 Round 3 Carlsen vs A Giri, 2011 Round 4 Shirov vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2011 Round 5 Wang Hao vs Grischuk, 2011 Round 6 Shirov vs Kramnik, 2011 Round 7 Grischuk vs Aronian, 2011 Round 8 Shirov vs Grischuk, 2011 Round 9 I Nepomniachtchi vs J Smeets, 2011 Round 10 Carlsen vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2011 Round 11 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2011 Round 12 M Vachier-Lagrave vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2011 Round 13 Aronian vs J Smeets, 2011 Jan-11-12    wordfunph: <bookie classmates> this is it, the much-awaited championship! may luck be with us.. 7:00am Philippines Jan-11-12    Penguincw: ♔ ATTENTION ♔ Bookie, I think you're missing the quinella < Van Wely-Any > in Tata Steel: Quinella (A group). If the tournament actually ends like that (!) then you would have to refund a lot of bets. Currently nearly 8,000. I havn't even wagered yet. :) Thanks. Jan-12-12    Chnebelgrind: <Penguincw> all possibilities of van Wely-any are included in the existing tickets. In several cases two tickets will pay. For example when radjabov and gashimov come to place 1and 2 <Gashimov-any> and <Radjabov-any> will pay both Jan-12-12    Penguincw: Oh. Thanks. :) Jan-12-12    SwitchingQuylthulg: Actually, <Penguincw> was right in the first place: we do need a van Wely / any option. Carlsen/van Wely, for example, isn't covered by any of the current options; ditto Aronian/VW, Karjakin/VW etc. Jan-12-12    Chnebelgrind: <SwitchingQuylthulg> You are right! Thanks Jan-12-12    dakgootje: heh - did someone just dump their whole 10k on Carlsen to win? :P Jan-12-12    Penguincw: Hmm. Thanks <Switch> (assuming there is no more debate). Currently the pool is 9,244. Hopefully bookie will update before the bet closes. Jan-13-12    Penguincw: Pool is name up to 10,851. Bookie better wake up quickly. Jan-13-12    technical draw: Well, I have bet my first $1,000 cbs. on the final outcomes of Tata. When the games start I'll probably wager less on individual games but I must remember that scared money never wins. Jan-13-12    SwitchingQuylthulg: Pairings up for all the GM groups: http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tourn... Jan-13-12    technical draw: Thanks for that link Switch. I should get good odds on Gashimov against Carlsen. Jan-13-12    Penguincw: Bookie! Knock knock. Pool is 13,025 and we need a Van Wely-Any quinella. Jan-13-12    TheFocus: Will we even get to bet on the first round games? Jan-13-12    technical draw: Here are the final amounts of players winning the championship leg: 2011=48,376 2010=75,984 2009=54,230 2008=25,845 2007=27,833 So doing a quick math look/see I would say that 55,000 should be enough for the championship ring. So that would be my objective in the early rounds. Earn big in the beginning and let the others play catch up. Jan-13-12    Penguincw: Hopefully this doesn't discourage anyone, but here's what they all have in common: They all qualifed during on the legs. 2007 Wiiner: iron maiden Qualified: Summer 2006 2008 Winner: percyblakeney Qualified: Spring 2007 2009 Winner: holland oats Qualified: Summer and Fall 2008 2010 Winner: Barok Espinosa Qualified: Fall 2009 2011 Winner: AnimusEtOblivio Qualified: Summer 2010 Hopefully I didn't get anything wrong. :) Jan-13-12    WannaBe: Why are there only 4 match-ups listed as betting odds for 1st round? =( Jan-14-12    Penguincw: I hang all alone: 113. Penguincw 998. Two chessbucks behind my target. Three chessbucks seperating the people behind me. 114. Barok Espinosa 995 114. bubuli55 995 114. Winter 995 114. Assa S. Sin 995 Jan-14-12    technical draw: Well it looks like I am about to lose 185 cbs in this first round. No big deal, I'll recover it tomorrow. Jan-14-12    Penguincw: Thanks for paying us early! For the first time, a loan actually worked. :) 209 gained in the first round. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 501) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 226 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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