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Aug-21-15
 | | WannaBe: "Workin' at the Sinquefield Cup: Car Wash Workin' at the Sinquefield Cup: Car Wash Come on and sing it with me" |
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| Aug-22-15 | | sydbarrett: I have money spread all over in the Sinquefield bet... mostly on 3 specific players... but 0 cash on Carlsen. Magnus is just too overpriced for me to put money on him. Wondering if my strategy is right. Nobody can really say I guess... that's why it's called gambling, right |
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| Aug-22-15 | | WinKing: Sinquefield Cup 2015 Tournament starts tomorrow - http://grandchesstour.com/2015-sinq... The tournament runs from August 23rd - September 2nd, 2015. < Prediction Contests: (Win virtual medals - Gold, Silver & Bronze) > User: Golden Executive - Predict the
result 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1 (3 categories to medal in)
lostemperor chessforum - Predict the order the
players will finish. (3 categories to medal in)
User: OhioChessFan - Predict
the result 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1 & the number of moves for each game.
(4 categories to medal in)
All three contests will be active!
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Also don't forget about <chessgames> ChessBookie game for this event.
He can't wait to take some or all of your chessbucks. ;) ChessBookie Introduction
Don't miss out on the fun for this Super Tournament! |
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| Aug-22-15 | | MarkFinan: <(6) MarkFinan 3,481
(7) FSR 3,31>
Sic transit gloria, Frederick. |
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Aug-22-15
 | | FSR: <3. FSR 4,496
4. landogriffin 4,310
5. sydbarrett 4,068
6. tesasembiring 3,750
7. greenrook 3,256
8. Avalon Landing 2,917
9. WinKing 2,915
10. langus 2,909
11. refutor 2,833
12. andrgrimes 2,794
13. rgr459 2,787
14. ycsidney 2,771
15. 1 2 3 4 2,598
16. Robin01 2,589
17. kupton 2,586
18. Pancaniti 2,452
19. MarkFinan 2,431> |
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Aug-22-15
 | | Penguincw: Last year, <Switch> accumulated nearly 500,000 cbs worth of bets, so plenty of opportunities for you too to compete. What does "Sic transit gloria" mean though? :p |
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Aug-22-15
 | | Annie K.: That's what Ms. Mundi's chauffeur said... ;p |
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| Aug-22-15 | | MarkFinan: Fred.. At least I had the cahones to put 1000 cb's on a game. Let's see where I am at the end of the leg.. |
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| Aug-22-15 | | MarkFinan: But well done for winning a thousand cb's. I had 750 on Mama and 250 on the draw!? #wounded |
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| Aug-22-15 | | MarkFinan: That Mamedryov Ragger game today is absolutely appalling to say it's 2 GM's playing. If someone from this site said it was their game I'd believe them! White dropped a piece, and well.. Look for yourselves, it's a weird game. |
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| Aug-22-15 | | MarkFinan: I deleted a post this morning because I finally sorted out the problem, but now it's happening again.. I go to place a bet (on the winner of the Sinqfield tournament) I have the funds, I place the amount, I tick the box, I press the button to place the bet and it says "Error. You must enter an amount" or something very similar. I don't know if anyone else has had the problem but that's twice today it's happened to me. |
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Aug-22-15
| | Annie K.: <Mark> Sounds like a cookie issue - like your browser refuses to remember the entered fields. Try to find the cookie settings and enable them, or try a different browser. |
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Aug-22-15
| | Penguincw: Been at the computer for 7 hours now, waiting for the pairings to come out. However, I think they are technically known. But watch when I leave for like 5 minutes, and boom, the pairings are released. BTW: I'd just like to release a disclaimer. Last time at Norway, an initial set of pairings were released, but they were wrong. If that happens again, here's what I'm planning to do: Ex. R1 pairing is "Grischuk-Giri", but it's an error, and it's actually "Grischuk-So". In that case, I will close "Grischuk-Giri" and open up "Grischuk-So". Now if Grischuk ends up facing Giri with <white> later in the tournament, then all bets will stand. However, if Grischuk faces Giri with <black>, all bets will be refunded. Hopefully I don't have to worry about this. |
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Aug-22-15
| | FSR: <MarkFinan: Fred.. At least I had the cahones [sic] to put 1000 cb's on a game.> Bet smart, Mark - not necessarily big.
<SETTLEMENT DATE: Aug-22-15
PROJECTED PAYOUT: 1,377 (13:1)
Ragger vs. Mamedyarov Rd 5: Mamedyarov - Ragger
Ragger
YOU WIN! COLLECT 1377
100c$
[cash in ticket]> |
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Aug-22-15
| | FSR: <Penguincw: ... What does "Sic transit gloria" mean though? :p > I think it means that glory (and, more generally, all earthly things) are fleeting. |
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Aug-22-15
| | Annie K.: <FSR> that's a bit of a modernism, though. :) The original expression was 'sic transit gloria mundi', meaning all <earthly> glory is fleeting. It was a religious reminder. However, I generally prefer to translate it as 'I'm sick of driving Gloria around'. ;p |
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Aug-22-15
| | Penguincw: Alright, bets for the Sinquefield Cup, Round 1 are out. The pairings look to be stable, so good. :) I'm going to start out with just 5 game bets and a Pick Three. I'll add exotics later on, but will have to see how many exotics is ideal. Oh, and on a side note, I've been dealing with increased time demands with work, so I won't have as much time as I'd like. Thanks for your patience, and sorry for any inconvenience. |
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| Aug-22-15 | | WinKing: These pairings are from Chess24 & not the official site. Hopefully they are accurate. Sinquefield Cup 2015 Pairings
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Round 1:
Giri – Grischuk
So – Vachier-Lagrave
Aronian – Caruana
Carlsen – Topalov
Nakamura – Anand
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Round 2:
Grischuk — Anand
Topalov — Nakamura
Caruana — Carlsen
Vachier-Lagrave — Aronian
Giri — So
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Round 3:
So — Grischuk
Aronian — Giri
Carlsen — Vachier-Lagrave
Nakamura — Caruana
Anand — Topalov
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Round 4:
Grischuk — Topalov
Caruana — Anand
Vachier-Lagrave — Nakamura
Giri — Carlsen
So — Aronian
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Round 5:
Aronian — Grischuk
Carlsen — So
Nakamura — Giri
Anand — Vachier-Lagrave
Topalov — Caruana
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Round 6:
Grischuk — Caruana
Vachier-Lagrave — Topalov
Giri — Anand
So — Nakamura
Aronian — Carlsen
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Round 7:
Carlsen — Grischuk
Nakamura — Aronian
Anand — So
Topalov — Giri
Caruana — Vachier-Lagrave
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Round 8:
Grischuk — Vachier-Lagrave
Giri — Caruana
So — Topalov
Aronian — Anand
Carlsen — Nakamura
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Round 9:
Nakamura — Grischuk
Anand — Carlsen
Topalov — Aronian
Caruana — So
Vachier-Lagrave — Giri
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Aug-22-15
| | Penguincw: < Hopefully they are accurate. > I agree. Currently it looks like everything matches, but I will remain on-duty just in case the sites make some change. |
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| Aug-22-15 | | WinKing: Yes let's keep an eye on it <Penguincw>.
The official site for Sinquefield is really slow in posting the pairings. |
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Aug-22-15
| | FSR: A wager on Nakamura's opening move at some point seems to be a sensible "exotic." Repertoire Explorer: Hikaru Nakamura (white) |
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Aug-22-15
| | Penguincw: I agree <FSR>. I'm going to keep my word and not put it out for R1 (even though there's plenty of time), but look for it soon (probably R3). |
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| Aug-22-15 | | sydbarrett: FSR.
I must break you. |
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Aug-22-15
| | FSR: Oh no. Now I've got two people gunning for me. What have I done to deserve this? |
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| Aug-22-15 | | WinKing: Well <Penguincw> the official site has teamed up with chess24 to carry their games. I would think this is a good sign that the pairings from chess24 are probably accurate. Still I would like to see the official(2015 Sinquefield Cup) site list the pairings. I have no idea what is taking them so long. http://grandchesstour.com/2015-sinq... |
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