<I just knew that surprisingly correct spelling (dakgootje) wouldn't last... ;p>

Whahaha I knoww! I was initially surprised as well - but I suspected a copy-paste job ;D

<You certainly outplayed Central; for a while there it was head to head.>

The last week some people were trying to force the issue, so there was a lot of value - e.g. on the draws. Makes making a profit easier ^^

Congratulations on your neat net worth as well :D

<I won $60 real dollars in the local lottery. So there!>

actually after leading by quite a margin for awhile I was looking forward to taking off the end of the leg as I was finding it all quite time consuming.

Then Dakkie came from nowhere and we were neck in neck. At first I hoped he'd be gone as quick as he came but soon realized who I was up against. Losing patience I made some large bets with the idea of taking a large lead or settling for a top 12 spot if it didn't work out.

They didn't work out and dakkie was now clear 1st but instead of settling for 2nd I made some huge impulsive bets to try to get to 1st place and so managed to erase all the work I had put into getting to 1st place in the beginning.

Ah, yes, that was fun :)

<At first I hoped he'd be gone as quick as he came but soon realized who I was up against.>

Fair point. That would've been a realistic possibility if I had been Switch. Then again, in that case there would've been a distinct possibility as well that he'd shoot onwards to 40k.

Well, why not? You're already in 4th place:

Here's a suggestion on the number of qualifiers per leg.

How about increasing the usual 10 regular qualifiers per leg by the number of folks already qualified from the last championship leg.

For example, in the most recent (Summer 2014) leg, since wordfunph, dakgootje, Robin01, ManicSquirrel already qualified from the 2014 championship leg, then the next 4 highest scoring guys would have gone through with this modification.

This sort of levels the playing field and, in fact, the more guys competing with 10k to wager would make the championship leg even more competitive, wouldn't you think?

Of course - if only because you seemed much more of a slowly grinding-type, while your situation at that point demanded some substantial aggression.

But perhaps my initial assumption was incorrect there :)

<Is it me, or am I actually one of the options to bet on in ChessBookie 2014 Fall Leg Champion?>

I'd bet it's but a testing wager, as a final part of wordfunph's training. Just to check whether everything indeed works as he thinks it does. If memory serves at the start of the last leg, one of the first bets was whether Daniel Freeman would set himself alight with the July 4th festivity-fireworks. Also notice the PAYS: Sep-29-14 :)

I know you didn't ask me, but I'd like to post my 2 cents: I'm on your side with this one. I'm pretty sure the only reason why they make it "Top 10 including those who already qualified" is to force those who qualify to play <again>, even though they have nothing to gain or lose. However, if they said "Top 10 excluding those who already qualified", then it might be easier for underdogs to qualify. Having only the best players in the world with an advantage isn't fair. A tournament (or championship) wouldn't be a tournament without underdogs. :)

< That said, if the bet would be real, then Switch at 5.14 seems like a real steal :P >

It's now up to 5.91. However, I'm pretty sure the only reason why it's that high is because people want to bet on themselves (other). ;)

< Well, why not? You're already in 4th place:

<(1) ThunderFire234 1,000
(2) 4tmac 1,000
(3) Stonehenge 1,000
(4) Penguincw 1,000 > >

I see why you're asking.

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(1) Sneaky 1,458
(2) Penguincw 1,418 >