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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 476 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-18-19    Chessgames Bookie: Pairings are up. Give me a moment & we will have some bets posted. Feb-18-19    Chessgames Bookie: Bets have been posted for Round 1 of the Aeroflot tournament. Place your bets! Feb-19-19    Chessgames Bookie: There is an incredible amount of young talent at this Open. Players to watch in Round 1: GM Abdusattorov - Uzbekistan 14 yrs. old (2560) GM Chopra - India 17 yrs. old (2540) IM Gukesh - India 12 yrs. old (2508) GM Karthikeyan - India 19yrs. old (2560) IM Lobanov - Russia 17 yrs. old (2526) IM Lomasov - Russia 17 yrs. old (2559) GM Maghsoodloo - Iran 18 yrs. old (2666) GM Moroni - Italy 18 yrs. old (2567) GM Praggnanandhaa - India 13 yrs. old (2532) Board 1: GM Moroni / <Moroni - Wei Yi> Board 4: GM Abdusattorov / <Dubov - Abdusattorov> Board 5: GM Karthikeyan / <Karthikeyan - Kovalev> Board 6: IM Lomasov / <Mamedov - Lomasov> Board 12: GM Maghsoodloo / <Maghsoodloo - Kulaots> Board 13: GM Chopra / <Chopra - Sjugirov> Board 18: GM Praggnanandhaa / <Ganguly - Praggnanandhaa> Board 20: IM Lobanov / <Indjic - Lobanov> Board 24: IM Gukesh / <Grachev - Gukesh> Feb-19-19    Chessgames Bookie: I see we have a few high rollers in Round 1 already. Good luck to you all! Feb-19-19    Chessgames Bookie: Unbelievable! Everyone was evacuated from the Aeroflot playing hall. I'm not sure if it was a 'fire drill' or what. If there was a reason given the broadcast is in Russian & my Russian is not very good. Feb-19-19    Chessgames Bookie: All games for Round 1 are on 'hold' right now. Feb-19-19    wordfunph: bomb scare!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEs... Feb-19-19    Chessgames Bookie: I have heard rumors Round 1 has been cancelled. Need to verify. Feb-19-19    morfishine: Chessbase reports round 1 was aborted due to multiple city wide bomb threats but will be made up tomorrow with a double round robin Feb-19-19    Chessgames Bookie: That's pretty much what I heard <morf>. Feb-19-19    whiteshark: "The organizing committee decided to cancel the tour. The first games will be played on February 20th. One day a double tour will take place." - Eteri Kublashvili http://ruchess.ru/news/report/trevo... Feb-19-19    Chessgames Bookie: Looks like we will have to replay Round 1. I will refund all original bets & we will try this again. Sorry for the inconvenience folks. It appears they have kept the original pairings. That's a good thing. Feb-19-19    Chessgames Bookie: The only bet I am leaving up in tact is the 'Aeroflot Open A section 2019: Pick the Winner!' That was in no way affected by today's emergency cancellation of Round 1. Feb-19-19    Chessgames Bookie: I will be putting up the same bets for tomorrow as I had today. Feb-19-19    Count Wedgemore: <whiteshark> In this context, round is a better word for the Russian word "Typ".. Feb-19-19    Chessgames Bookie: Ok, Deja Vu! One more time. Feb-19-19    morfishine: NP <Chessgames Bookie> No matter how fun the bookie game is, it is in the end, a game That is unless you are <Count Wedgemore> where every round is hand-to-hand combat with no quarter given Me, I'll sit by the BarBQ, tip a beer or two and just relax Feb-19-19    Count Wedgemore: <That is unless you are <Count Wedgemore> where every round is hand-to-hand combat with no quarter given> For me, the Chessbookie Game is not a matter of life and death. It is much more serious than that :) Feb-19-19    wordfunph: waiting (again huh!) for those juicy Pick3 2k bets. Feb-19-19    Annie K.: We will have PayDay distributed very soon. Last call to place bets for those who haven't started playing yet! Feb-19-19    Chessgames Bookie: Thanks for addressing the members & taking care of the upcoming Payday <Annie K.>. Feb-19-19    Annie K.: Sure. :) PayDay has just been paid out. Feb-20-19    Penguincw: Looks like someone dumped 10K (perhaps with their new money) on the Under. Aeroflot Open A 2019 Round 1 Moroni - Wei Yi : Over/Under 1:33 odds. Feb-20-19    eternaloptimist: <Penguin> That was me!!! Indeed I dumped off 10K c$ on it & that was my 1st bet of this Championship Leg. It definitely payed off too!! Feb-20-19    Count Wedgemore: <eternaloptimist> Seems like you have a very fitting username :) Well played. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 501) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 476 OF 501 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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