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| Apr-08-17 | | sydbarrett: I was winning and winning so much, that I've gotten tired of winning. I can't take so much winning, so I've decided to let someone else win this time. |
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| Apr-08-17 | | centralfiles: I'm going to make an educated guess someone has 100 cb on akobian, that could be worth nearly 27000 cb if it pays.
So who is it?
its also hard to know if any single player has a large bet on Onishuk but if there is a single player with say 40 cb on that ticket that would give him a 30k cb payoff this could be a real at the buzzer comeback for someone. |
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| Apr-08-17 | | sydbarrett: Yes, I have purposefully ceded my crown to one of the others. They are all out to get you now. Beware... |
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Apr-09-17
 | | Annie K.: Yeah, sure you did. :p
The very last bets of the leg are up - make the most of them, folks! PS - WRT U.S. Championship Playoffs: Decisive Stage - The chess24 relay (including the one embedded as the official site's live relay) doesn't currently show a blitz stage, but the official site's Regulations page (http://uschesschamps.com/2017-us-ch...) says <A combination of rapid, blitz and armageddon games shall be used to break any tie for 1st place.> |
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| Apr-09-17 | | centralfiles: <Yes, I have purposefully ceded my crown to one of the others. They are all out to get you now. Beware...> Looks more like they all decided to give me a break and let me have it.
Maybe they just didn't like you all that much... |
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| Apr-10-17 | | WinKing: <Annie K.:The chess24 relay (including the one embedded as the official site's live relay) doesn't currently show a blitz stage, but the official site's Regulations page (http://uschesschamps.com/2017-us-ch...) says <A combination of rapid, blitz and armageddon games shall be used to break any tie for 1st place.>> Hi <Annie K.>. I've been trying to figure that out myself. At chess24 it shows Playoff R1, R2 & Armageddon. There is a 70 min. gap shown between R1 & R2. Then there is a 70 min. gap shown between R2 & Armageddon. My thinking is there will be two rapid games in R1 then 2(or more?) blitz games in R2. I can't see them just having 2 rapid games with 70 min. gaps like that but who knows? Just my 2 cents worth. |
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Apr-10-17
| | Annie K.: <WinKing> yeah, I considered that interpretation too, but it's not the usual chess24 structure. Plus knowledgeable-sounding posters there have been saying that the playoffs will be two rapids + Armageddon, and they had the time controls too, which the main site also doesn't state - so I don't know where they got their info, but at this point I'm inclined to go with it. :) |
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| Apr-10-17 | | WinKing: I hear you <Annie K.>. This is one of those situations where your 'damned if you do, damned if you don't'. No matter what you do the opposite will surely happen. ;) |
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Apr-10-17
| | Annie K.: :) Well, considering that the supposed rapid time controls are 25 5 (per side, of course), the 70 minute spacing makes pretty good sense. But it sure is annoying when organizers won't keep to their own tiebreak regulations on the last day of a leg. ;s |
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| Apr-10-17 | | WinKing: I just read through the chat & tweets <Annie K.> & I also saw 25 minute + 5 (delay) games as the format. That would explain the 70 min gaps. The longer rapid time controls are being used apparently. If that fails to produce a winner then Armageddon. Why they don't have this listed somewhere on the official site is beyond me. |
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Apr-10-17
| | Annie K.: <WinKing> You'd think keeping the internet public informed is not at the top of their priorities. Oh well. :s Anyways, ready to take over the reins soon? Remember, you only have to cover really important events, don't spoil this crowd too much! ;p To give you an idea, if this weren't the Championship Leg, where we do, after all, want to offer enough action to give the regular players a decent chance against the qualifiers, I don't think I would have even covered Aeroflot or Shenzen. Heh, you run your leg the way you want to, but don't burn yourself out. Good Bookies are getting hard to come by. :) |
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| Apr-10-17 | | WinKing: <Anyways, ready to take over the reins soon?> You bet!
<Remember, you only have to cover really important events, don't spoil this crowd too much! ;p> They're already spoiled. ;) |
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Apr-10-17
 | | moronovich: <SETTLEMENT DATE: Apr-10-17
PROJECTED PAYOUT: 40,821 (715:1)
U.S. Championship: WINNER
Onischuk
LIVE BET 57c$>
Interesting times ahead ! ;) |
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Apr-10-17
| | moronovich: Thanks to <Annie K> for all the (hard?) work ! And congrats to <central files> for comming clear first and to all the runners up ! |
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| Apr-10-17 | | WinKing: Yes, thank you <Annie K.> for all your hard work & a well run Championship leg! Congratulation to <central files> on being the 11th ChessBookie Champion of the World (2017). Well done! You left us all in your dust. ;) |
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Apr-10-17
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: Congratulations to <centralfiles>! He could have won last year with a bit more luck in the final days, and this time it was his turn :) And thanks to <Annie> for giving us another fun leg! |
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| Apr-10-17 | | sydbarrett: Congrats to centar. I'm humbled that someone continues to make the effort to maintain this game, and only to entertain us. My thanks to those people. |
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| Apr-10-17 | | centralfiles: Thank you all.
I must admit I was simply lucky this leg I was actually far less active than my other attempts but I guess everyone gets lucky sometime.
And of course thanks to Annie for all the time and effort. |
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Apr-10-17
 | | chessgames.com: Thank you <Annie K.> for your tireless work this championship leg, and congratulations to <centralfiles> for his chess gambling savvy. A cursory examination of the logfiles indicates that there were no shenanigans at all; I'll come back later tonight to make it official and announce the winners/prizes. |
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| Apr-11-17 | | wordfunph: <CG> <Annie K.> <all bookie players>, thank you for the thrilling championship leg! <centralfiles> congrats! |
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Apr-11-17
| | Annie K.: Thanks for the appreciation, everybody. :)
Congrats to <centralfiles> and all the other winners. It's been a fun leg! |
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Apr-11-17
| | chessgames.com: And the winner is <centralfiles> finishing with a whopping 46,644. He wins a $100 gift certificate to The Chessgames Store, a 1 year premium membership to Chessgames.com, and immortality in our ChessBookie Hall of Fame. The runner up is a longtime player but only a recent winner, <fivealpha> with 28,402. He wins a $25 gift certificate and a 1 year premium membership. Third place goes to <sydbarrett> with 26,762. He wins a 1 year premium membership. Places 4-10 receive a 4-month trial membership as well as automatic inclusion in next year's ChessBookie! championship. (4) wordfunph 21,313
(5) moronovich 17,822
(6) SwitchingQuylthulg 17,290
(7) WinKing 16,664
(8) Barok Espinosa 16,205
(9) FSR 16,141
(10) Phony Benoni 14,788
Congratulations to <centralfiles> and the other 9 who finished "in the money." We'll be dispersing the gift certificates via email and will add the membership time to your accounts shortly. Thanks for participating. The new leg will start in a few days. |
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| Apr-11-17 | | WinKing: Thanks for the prize(trial membership) <chessgames>. It is already in place. :) |
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Apr-11-17
 | | Penguincw: Thanks for running the leg <Annie>. Much appreciated. I had fun in my first ever Championship leg as a qualifier. However, I ended up playing passively as always. I was at 10th with days to go, but failed to capitalized on the tons of cash that was to be made. Congrats to <centralfiles> for winning the Leg, and to the other qualifiers, and see you in a few days. |
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Apr-11-17
 | | eternaloptimist: I'd like to say thanks to <CG> & <Annie> for doing a great job of running the championship leg. <centralfiles> I must say job well done to u for making a great comeback & getting in 1st place in the nick of time before this leg ended! Congrats on winning the bookie world championship! |
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