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| Mar-31-13 | | Xenon Oxide: Depending on the standings situation after this round ends, can we have a betting for the final round on "WHO WILL WIN THE TOURNAMENT", with the options being Carlsen or Kramnik (Aronian too if he still has mathematical chance). |
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| Mar-31-13 | | Touch of Knight: Or could we have a betting on whether Chucky will lose on time? |
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Mar-31-13
 | | WannaBe: Yes -30,000
No +28,000 |
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Mar-31-13
| | WannaBe: London Candidates rd 14: Carlsen Svidler FIRST MOVE
After Carlsen-Ivanchuk, will Carlsen ever play 1. e4 again?!!? |
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Mar-31-13
 | | Sneaky: In the press conference after his loss to Chuky, Carlsen said "I played horribly from move one..." so maybe you are right! |
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Mar-31-13
| | WannaBe: We need an over/under on the total moves for the non-Carlsen & Kramnik games. I got a feeling the combatants will agree to early draw to watch the other 2 boards. |
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Mar-31-13
 | | Chessgames Bookie: That's a fine idea, I'm always up for more action!
London Candidates rd 14: Aronian vs Radjabov OVER/UNDER 40
London Candidates rd 14: Gelfand vs Grischuk OVER/UNDER 40
London Candidates rd 14: Carlsen vs Svidler OVER/UNDER 45
London Candidates rd 14: Ivanchuk vs Kramnik OVER/UNDER 45 |
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Mar-31-13
| | WannaBe: Under on the 2, over on the other 2 |
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Mar-31-13
| | WannaBe: Description for the Ivanchuk-Kramnik game says Carlsen... |
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Apr-01-13
| | Chessgames Bookie: And the winner ... the 7th Chessbookie Champion of the world ... the indefatigable << Chnebelgrind >> with 40,739 chessbucks! Chnebelgrind will win a $100 Gift Card spendable at The Chessgames Store, and a free year of Chessgames.com premium membership. Taking the silver, with 36,565 chessbucks, is <Beholder> who wins a $25 Gift Card and a free year of Chessgames.com premium membership. The bronze goes to <Touch of Knight> (25,025 chessbucks) who wins a $25 Gift Card and a free year of Chessgames.com premium membership. The other 7 runner-ups all win a free one-year Chessgames membership and automatically qualify for the 2013/2014 championship. (4) AnimusEtOblivio 21,976
(5) crazybird 19,418
(6) moulicules 18,668
(7) Natalia Pogonina 16,690
(8) Robin01 16,534
(9) SwitchingQuylthulg 16,395
(10) moronovich 16,201
To the winners of Gift Cards: we will contact you this week via email. Do be sure that the email on your account is the one you actually check! Thanks to everybody who participated, congratulations to all the winners, and good luck with the Spring leg which should start in a few days. |
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Apr-01-13
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: Congratulations to <Chnebelgrind> and other winners! Let's hope this finally dispels the myth about non-qualifiers not having any chance in the Winter Leg :-) |
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Apr-01-13
 | | Chnebelgrind: Lucky me! My 40k actually were enough for winning this! Many thanks <ChessBookie> for managing this fascinating game. Congratulations to all other qualifiers: <Beholder> and <Touch of Knight> and thanks sparing me in the final phase :-), <AnimusEtOblivio> and <crazybird> who made it to the top five as non-qualifiers like me. A special thankyou to <SwitchingQuylthulg> for your generous and fearless betting, when you were over 60k ( !). Also <moulicules>, GM <Natalia Pogonina> (obviously you anticipated the turmoil of Candidates rd 14), <Robin 01> the permanent qualifier and notably friend <moronovich>. And thanks to lady luck who assisted me especially when I had 20k on the line in the first Ivanchuk-Carlsen game. |
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| Apr-01-13 | | wordfunph: ChessBookie World Champions
2007 iron maiden
2008 percyblakeney
2009 holland oats
2010 Barok Espinosa
2011 AnimusEtOblivio
2012 SwitchingQuylthulg
2013 Chnebelgrind
cheers to chessbookie maestro <Chnebelgrind> --- the 7th Chessbookie Champion of the World! thank you <CGB> and special mention to <loanshark> :) |
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Apr-01-13
| | WannaBe: 2nd and3rd get the same prize? |
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| Apr-01-13 | | crazybird: Thanks are due Ivanchuk for being the beacon of hope for the non-qualifiers like me who were hoping to extricate themselves from the misery of chessbookie poverty to the top 10 of the leaderboard. Without his unpredictable streak, this surely wouldn't have been possible, or as much fun. So, thanks. Congrats to the world champion <Chnebelgrind> |
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Apr-01-13
 | | Natalia Pogonina: I might be wrong, but I had a bet on Carlsen for 3000 and it looks like the payoff was 3000+, while it should have been 6000+. Maybe the system rated Kramnik and Carlsen as equal firsts (unlike it says in the terms)? Anyway, great leg, congrats to all the winners :) |
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Apr-02-13
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <Natalia Pogonina> You are wrong ;-) Perhaps you just forgot that 6K payout = 3K profit? |
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Apr-02-13
 | | OhioChessFan: Anyone else sitting here thinking "If the only bet I'd made was to put $200 on the pick 3 and those 3 games in the last round, I might have finished 3rd"? The bizarre Candidates tournament made for some exciting moments. I still think the qualifier/nonqualifier difference is too big, but it's hard to argue with the success of many nonqualifiers. |
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| Apr-02-13 | | wordfunph: Chessgames Bookie All-Time Bigwigs coming up.. |
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| Apr-02-13 | | bubuli55: < 350. bubuli55 -40,192 > Why do I feel like I had the most fun? :)
Congratulations to < Chnebelgrind > and the rest of the top 10 including those who placed better than me :) |
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Apr-02-13
| | Sneaky: One last Hail Mary wasn't enough to make much of a difference <London Candidates rd 14: Ivanchuk-Kramnik : Ivanchuk [cash in ticket] 500 YOU WIN! COLLECT 4113> But we had fun and that's what's important, right? Congratulations Chnebelgrind. |
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Apr-02-13
| | Chessgames Bookie: <Natalia Pogonina> I think Switchy is right, you must have been watching your "net worth" when the bet won. Our logfiles show everything is kosher. The way it works: Before the end of a tournament a 3000 chessbuck bet on any player is regarded to have a 3000 value, for purposes of computing "net worth" and standings etc. So you won the bet and saw your cash go up by 6583 while your net worth only increased by 3583. |
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| Apr-03-13 | | wordfunph: (part 1/4)
Chessgames Bookie All-Time Bigwigs!!!
# 1 <SwitchingQuylthulg> 1-Time World Champion ; 4-Time Leg Winner ; 1-Time World Runner-Up; 5-Time Leg Runner-Up # 2 <Chnebelgrind> 1-Time World Champion; 2-Time Leg Winner ; 1-Time World Runner-Up ; 5-Time Leg Runner-Up # 3 <Barok Espinosa> 1-Time World Champion ; 1-Time Leg Winner ; 1-Time World Runner-Up ; 3-Time Leg Runner-Up # 4 <AnimusEtOblivio> 1-Time World Champion ; 1-Time World Runner-Up; 2-Time Leg Runner-Up # 5-6 <percyblakeney> <holland oats> 1-Time World Champion ; 2-Time Leg Runner-Up # 7 <iron maiden> 1-Time World Champion ; 1-Time Leg Runner-Up # 8 <Robin01> 1-Time Leg Winner ; 5-Time World Runner-Up ; 4-Time Leg Runner-Up # 9 <Sneaky> 1-Time Leg Winner ; 3-Time World Runner-Up ; 4-Time Leg Runner-Up # 10 <Fredrik> 1-Time Leg Winner ; 2-Time World Runner-Up ; 2-Time Leg Runner-Up # 11 <wallytherhino> 1-Time Leg Winner ; 2-Time Leg Runner-Up # 12-13 <TrueBlue> <Winter> 1-Time Leg Winner ; 1-Time Leg Runner-Up # 14-21 <Brittle> <you vs yourself> <imag> <capatal> <leoloren> <WinKing> <shakman> <JamesBJames> 1-Time Leg Winner # 22 <4tmac> 4-Time World Runner-Up ; 4-Time Leg Runner-Up # 23 <Touch of Knight> 3-Time World Runner-Up ; 5-Time Leg Runner-Up # 24 <moronovich> 3-Time World Runner-Up ; 3-Time Leg Runner-Up # 25 <gunsan> 2-Time World Runner-Up ; 5-Time Leg Runner-Up # 26-29 <gus inn> <technical draw> <ChessWriter> <moulicules> 2-Time World Runner-Up ; 2-Time Leg Runner-Up # 30-32 <refutor> <Bob726> <Micawbr> 2-Time World Runner-Up ; 1-Time Leg Runner-Up # 33-34 <Andoy> <Selkirk> 2-Time World Runner-Up # 35-36 <NaKoSonorense> <SloVice> 1-Time World Runner-Up ; 4-Time Leg Runner-Up # 37 <MidasTouch> 1-Time World Runner-Up ; 3-Time Leg Runner-Up # 38 <acirce> 1-Time World Runner-Up ; 2-Time Leg Runner-Up |
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| Apr-03-13 | | wordfunph: (part 2/4)
# 39-49 <Akavall> <ycsidney> <Hot Logic> <Rimrock> <Barbababa> <edsauced> <Calcium> <ddaniell> <dakgootje> <Natalia Pogonina> <Beholder> 1-Time World Runner-Up ; 1-Time Leg Runner-Up # 50-57 <hairmajorchair> <DCP23> <ronaldducalang> <protean> <Messiah> <Shajmaty> <kellmano> <crazybird> 1-Time World Runner-Up # 58 <wordfunph> 6-Time Leg Runner-Up # 59 <malthrope> 3-Time Leg Runner-Up # 60-74 <Blue in Ohio> <feripe> <redribbon3700> <grobler> <kspiteri> <hcbsb> <Boratco> <SugarDom> <TITIKIZA> <Pyke> <DrStrangemove> <Stonehenge> <Ragh> <Annie K.> <bubuli55> 2-Time Leg Runner-Up # 75-138 <Kenkaku> <dmilosev> <Holden> <statisticsman> <voronin> <chessmind> <fersonatu> <MatedStan> <soughzin> <jokinas> <tsyer> <TheoreticalNovelty> <unsound> <suenteus po 147> <AdrianP> <Chuga> <Avion> <Phoenix> <plimko> <JOHNNY YORK> <Deathloks> <okuzucu> <krtecci> <lostemperor> <Morphystyle> <OrlandoRocha> <dewergo79> <pawnofdoom> <j bean> <Davolni> <tal lover> <MrMelad> <NimzoCapa> <arunbiswas> <slomarko> <danielpi> <camachoe> <Vicao> <Kreifi> <BlackDahlia> <dalbertz> <Inertia> <angeloram> <Shadowmancer> <ROADDOG> <Mate Hunter> <Bradah> <jameskobe> <SkeletonKing> <Chess Gambler> <Graf Zeppelin> <banane> <Mdog> <CRISMELDRE> <TIMER> <Number 23 NBer> <torillt> <drakkenboy> <thomastonk> <AsosLight> <chuke> <SensibleHippy> <offramp> <crippledpawn> 1-Time Leg Runner-Up |
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| Apr-03-13 | | wordfunph: (part 3/4)
All-Time Number of Top Ten Finishes!!!
♔♔♔ 11 times = <SwitchingQuylthulg> ♔♔ 10 times = <Robin01> ♔ 9 times = <Chnebelgrind> <Touch of Knight> ♕♕♕ 8 times = <Sneaky> <4tmac> ♕♕ 7 times = <gunsan> ♕ 6 times = <Barok Espinosa> <wordfunph> <moronovich> ♖♖ 5 times = <Fredrik> <NaKoSonorense> <SloVice> ♖ 4 times = <gus inn> <technical draw> <ChessWriter> <Midas Touch> <moulicules> <AnimusEtOblivio> ♗ 3 times = <percyblakeney> <holland oats> <refutor> <Bob726> <Micawbr> <acirce> <malthrope> <wallytherhino> ♘ 2 times = <iron maiden> <True Blue> <Andoy> <selkirk> <Akavall> <ycsidney> <Hot Logic> <Rimrock> <Barbababa> <edsauced> <Calcium> <Blue in Ohio> <feripe> <redribbon3700> <grobler> <kspiteri> <hcbsb> <Boratco> <SugarDom> <TITIKIZA> <Pyke> <DrStrangemove> <ddaniell> <dakgootje> <Winter> <Stonehenge> <Ragh> <Annie K.> <bubuli55> <Natalia Pogonina> <Beholder> |
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