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OhioChessFan
Member since Apr-09-05 · Last seen Nov-12-25

______________ Moves Prediction Contest
<Main Focus>: Predicting how many moves in a game for each pairing.
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<Format>:
[player]-[player] [result] [# of MOVES]
==4 Different Scoring Methods==
Standard Moves Ranker (1st place-Over[3pts], 1st place-Under [7pts], Exact [10pts])
Bonus Ranker (3rd place-Over[1pts],2nd place-Over[2pts],3rd place-Under [5pts], 2nd place-Under [6pts]
Standard Moves/Bonus Ranker [Add all to together]
1st place Ranker [how many 1st place you have in Standard Moves Ranker]
For example:
<Note: Participants 3, 4, and 5 are predicated on nobody scoring an exact as Participant 2 did. If someone hits an exact, the closest score under and over will score the points for second place.>
Actual Game: [player]-[player] 0-1 45
Participant 1: [player]-[player] 1/2 45
Participant 2: [player]-[player] 0-1 45
Participant 3: [player]-[player] 0-1 44
Participant 4: [player]-[player] 0-1 43
Participant 5: [player]-[player] 0-1 46
Participant 1: No points even though 45 is correct. Results must be correct. If Result is wrong and moves # is correct...you get no points whatsoever
Participant 2: 10 pts rewarded for correct Result/moves #
Participant 3: 7 pts rewarded for closest under (1st-Under) to 45 moves
Participant 4: 6 pts rewarded for the 2nd closest under (2nd-Under) to 45 moves.
Participant 5: 3 pts rewarded closest OVER(1st-OVER) to 45 moves.
Again, the description of Participant 3, 4, and 5 are based on there being no exact prediction as made by Participant 2.
<IF> there is an exact or an under closest, the highest scoring over participant will be 2nd over. The second closest over will be 3rd over. The <ONLY> time there will be a first over is if there is no exact or under winner.
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   Nov-11-25 Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850

OhioChessFan: From 7 years ago, I stand corrected. 17...Kb1 18. 0-0 and White is crushing.

   Nov-11-25 Chessgames - Music

OhioChessFan: I promise you that you have nothing better to do for the next five minutes than to listen to this: Liszt-Liebestraum No. 3 in A Flat Performed by Rubinstein https://youtu.be/fwtIAzFMgeY?si=ebV...

   Nov-11-25 Chessgames - Politics

OhioChessFan: I guess I'm glad the Schumer Shutdown is over. I can't say it had any impact on my life.

   Nov-09-25 Fusilli chessforum

OhioChessFan: I found the source of a previous puzzle: https://youtu.be/3XkA2ZoVFQo?si=fGG...

   Nov-08-25 B Hague vs Plaskett, 2004

OhioChessFan: Morra, Hague Convention, I like it.

   Nov-07-25 C Wells vs J Rush, 1963

OhioChessFan: "Fly-By Knight"

   Nov-07-25 K Hanache vs P Crocker, 2024

OhioChessFan: "Not Two Knights, I Have a Hanache"

   Nov-05-25 Niemann vs L Lodici, 2025

OhioChessFan: White has three Pawns for a poorly placed Knight. I'd rather have the Knight, but as of move 29, I don't see any particular plans for

   Nov-04-25 Chessgames - Sports

OhioChessFan: Mike Royko was fantastic. Slats Grobnik was guaranteed to make me laugh myself silly.

   Nov-04-25 D Gukesh vs K Nogerbek, 2025

OhioChessFan: Those crazy chess players, playing down to bare Kings....

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Moves Prediction Contest

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Sep-01-06		YouRang: Thanks for the interesting and unusual puzzle. I am happy to have made it to the finish line, even though I needed a jump start at the beginning, and a push at the end. :-)

Sep-02-06		OhioChessFan: I would never suggest doing such a thing, but out of sheer boredom, I changed my vote of Ke2 to Chicken e2, and it was accepted.

Sep-02-06		OhioChessFan: A strange problem by Watson. click for larger view White to play and mate in 2.

Sep-02-06		Chess Classics: <OhioChessFan> Northern Illinois is going to stomp you =) Regards, CC

Sep-03-06		OhioChessFan: <Chess Classics> I guess your claim may still be valid, since you didn't say what sport.

Sep-03-06		Chess Classics: <OCF> Oh c'mon, 35-14? In the shoe? That's not exactly a stomping. Regards, CC

Sep-05-06		OhioChessFan: First move of September 2 Puzzle 1. Qxd4

Sep-05-06		YouRang: <OhioChessFan: First move of September 2 Puzzle > Of course, when you give the first move of a mate-in-2 puzzle, you've pretty much de-puzzled it. ;-)

Sep-05-06		OhioChessFan: LOL, <YouRang>, usually. What happens next is the point of the puzzle, and is what makes it so strange.

Sep-05-06		YouRang: Okay then, after 1. Qxd2+, the Black king cannot move, nor can he block the queen, so he must capture the queen: Start with the d3 rook and going clockwise: 1...Rdxd5 2. Bc4# 1...Bxd5 2. c4# 1...Nbxd5 2. Rxc5# 1...cxd5 2. Rxb5# 1...Ncxd5 2. Ne7# 1...exd5 2. Nxf4# 1...Rfxd5 2. Nxf6# 1...Qxd5 2. g8=B# Eight different defenses, each allowing a different mate! Did I miss any?

Sep-06-06		OhioChessFan: 1.....Kxd5

Sep-06-06		hitman84: <OhioChessFan>Hi, did you and <ChessClassics> quit writing chess stories ?

Sep-06-06		hitman84: The good ole epaulette mate.

Sep-06-06		OhioChessFan: <hitman84> I have the final chapter and epilouge mostly written out and just haven't been motivated to post it. I will try to get that done.

Sep-06-06		YouRang: Okay then, after 1. Qxd4+, the Black king cannot move, nor can he block the queen, so he must capture the queen: Start with the d3 rook and going clockwise: 1...Rdxd4 2. Bc4# 1...Bxd4 2. c4# 1...Nbxd4 2. Rxc5# 1...cxd4 2. Rxb5# 1...Ncxd4 2. Ne7# 1...exd4 2. Nxf4# 1...Rfxd4 2. Nxf6# 1...Qxd4 2. g8=B# 1...Kxd4 2. Rxd3# NINE different defenses, each allowing a different mate! Did I miss any (others)? Or make any other typos?

Sep-06-06		OhioChessFan: You got it <YouRang>. A little quibble is the claim that <the Black King cannot move> since it can move to capture the Queen. I like the 9 different mates.

Sep-06-06		YouRang: <OhioChessFan><A little quibble is the claim that <the Black King cannot move> since it can move to capture the Queen. > Well, okay. I did fail to notice that. Still, in my mind, I go back to my early chess-learning days where I was taught that when your king is in check, he must do one of three things: 1. Move the king to a safe square. 2. Capture the attacking piece. 3. Block the attacking piece. And if you can't do any of these, it's checkMATE! Anyway, if the king can capture the attacking piece, I consider that as #2, not #1 -- even though #1 is just as valid.

Sep-06-06		OhioChessFan: A few thoughts on Computers having opening books. Suppose that a GM found that playing Ke2 in a Sicilian led the computer to over-reach. In the World vs Arno page, someone mentioned Fritz having that very problem. There could be any number of variations where Ke2 became a viable move. The computer might never figure out how to play against that move. But the first time the GM trotted the move out, the programmer could simply FORCE the computer to play a specific series of moves in any subsquent games. How exactly would that describe the computer "playing chess"? It would be making no decisions whatsoever in the process of making moves. It seems to me that chess is a series of decisions made. What would be the difference between a GM overcoming an opening novelty, and a computer having a book updated? The difference is in capability. The GM is capable of learning. The computer is not. In most discussions of human-computer chess, I notice the word "can" used arbitrarily. "Can" has 2 distinct senses. In one sense, "can" means "allowed to". In another (and vitally important) sense, "can" means "is capable of". Many rules facilitating human-computer chess are predicated on using the word "can" only in the first sense. In this example, a human "can" (is capable of learning) address an opening novelty in his next game. He also "can" in the sense of being allowed to memorize a series of moves. The computer "can" address an opening novelty ONLY in the second sense. That bypasses the very limitation of the computer that human-computer chess was originally meant to illustrate. The fly in the ointment of my above discussion is that if a computer was left to its own devices, the GM might find one opening that always led to a win, and play it forever. (I realize there are some programming techniques that sort of finesse around that problem) As that would be really boring, the computers (to remain viable opponents) had to be allowed updates. But that swung the pendulum far too much back in the computer's favor. Hence, a game without an opening book leaves the computer at the mercy of canned lines, indefinitely, or the computer is given an arbitrary advantage that overcomes one of its innate greatest weaknesses.

Sep-07-06		hitman84: <OhioChessFan>I second your opinion. User: RandomVisitor Read the posts I posted on May 2nd. <YouRang> made some valid points as well. Feel free to post your comments/ideas on my blog where I post my ideas on computer chess. http://www.chessweb.blogspot.com/

Sep-13-06		OhioChessFan: An end game study by Meleghegyi: click for larger view White to play and win.

Sep-13-06		OhioChessFan: Meleghegyi Csaba I think this is the Meleghegyi of the above puzzle. Can't be a whole lot of them.

Sep-13-06		OhioChessFan: That is definitely the Meleghegyi who composed the problem. I found a problem competition called the Csaba Meleghegyi Memorial.

Sep-16-06		OhioChessFan: Eliminating a first move for White in the puzzle of September 13 1. b4 doesn't work after 1...axb4 2. axb4 c5 3. b5 c4+ 4. Kc3 Kc5 5. b6 Kxb6 6. Kxc4 Kc6 and White can't make progress.

Sep-16-06		OhioChessFan: I'd like to dedicate a song to any Texas fans that might visit this forum. < Clears throat > Drive, drive on down the field. Men of the Scarlet and Gray. Don't let them through that line. You've got to win this game today. GO OHIO! Smash through to victory. We'll cheer you as you go. Our honor defend, we will fight to the end. For Ohhhhhhhh Hiiiiiiiiiiiii Ohhhhhhhhhhh!

Sep-17-06		aw1988: <OhioChessFan> Is it e4+?

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