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OhioChessFan
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______________ 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-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-06-25 Fusilli chessforum

OhioChessFan: Yep, there's a sorta kinda perpetual involved.

   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 - Politics

OhioChessFan: <Integ: Brown commie promises brown immigrants <free stuffs> paid for by white people. Got it.> This is so bad that even <HeMateMe!> is worried about government spending for the first time in his life.

   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....

   Nov-04-25 B Men vs Ftacnik, 1993

OhioChessFan: "Mad Men"

   Nov-04-25 A J Fink vs Alekhine, 1932

OhioChessFan: All you Block people stick together!

   Nov-04-25 R Balinas vs C Blocker, 1979

OhioChessFan: I never met him although he is a huge name in Ohio chess. I don't know how long he kept playing the King's Island Open but I might see if a few friends ever played him there.

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Moves Prediction Contest

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Jul-20-11		wordfunph: Round 1, July 21 Meier – Le 0-1 40 Kramnik – Ponomariov 1/2 33 Giri – Nakamura 1/2 37

Jul-20-11		twinlark: Meier – Le 1/2 50 Kramnik – Ponomariov 1/2 25 Giri – Nakamura 1/2 68

Jul-20-11		SloVice: Round 1: Meier – Le 0-1 38 Kramnik – Ponomariov 1/2 35 Giri – Nakamura 1/2 30

Jul-20-11		Ragh: Round 1, July 21 Meier – Le 0-1 28 Kramnik – Ponomariov 1/2 29 Giri – Nakamura 1-0 33 == Round 2, July 22 Le – Nakamura 1/2 29 Ponomariov– Giri 1/2 29 Meier– Kramnik 1/2 28 == Round 3, July 23 Kramnik – Le 1/2 29 Giri – Meier 1-0 29 Nakamura– Ponomariov 1/2 29 == Round 4, July 24 Giri – Le 1-0 29 Nakamura– Kramnik 1/2 29 Ponomariov – Meier 1-0 29 == Round 5, July 25 Le – Ponomariov 1/2 29 Meier– Nakamura 1/2 29 Kramnik – Giri 1/2 29 == Round 6, July 27 Le – Meier 1/2 29 Ponomariov– Kramnik 1/2 29 Nakamura – Giri 1/2 29 == Round 7, July 28 Nakamura – Le 1/2 29 Giri– Ponomariov 1/2 29 Kramnik – Meier 1-0 35 == Round 8, July 29 Le – Kramnik 1/2 29 Meier – Giri 1/2 29 Ponomariov – Nakamura 1/2 29 == Round 9, July 30 Ponomariov– Le 1/2 29 Nakamura – Meier 1/2 29 Giri – Kramnik 1/2 26 == Round 10, July 31 Le – Giri 1/2 29 Kramnik – Nakamura 1/2 29 Meier– Ponomariov 1/2 29

Jul-20-11		chancho: Rd 1 Meier – Le 0-1 34 Kramnik – Ponomariov 1/2 25 Giri – Nakamura 0-1 42

Jul-20-11		OhioChessFan: Round 1 Meier – Le 1/2 32 Kramnik – Ponomariov 1/2 36 Giri – Nakamura 1/2 44

Jul-20-11		OhioChessFan: Welcome to the contest. If you haven't done so, I encourage you to visit www.chessgames.com/~YouRang to play his contest also. An easy way to play both contests is to make your predictions here, copy the entry, paste it on YouRang's forum, and backspace over the number of moves you entered. 30 seconds, and another chance at fame and fortune.

Jul-20-11		Golden Executive: Round 1, July 21 Meier – Le 0-1 31 Kramnik – Ponomariov 1/2 31 Giri – Nakamura 1/2 31

Jul-20-11		OhioChessFan: <chessmoron> can you explain this scoring from the last contest? <Karjakin-Nisipeanu, 1-0 in 66 moves.> Exact, 10 points: [] Under, 7 points: [] 2nd Under, 6 points: [['SloVice', '1-0', '38']] 3rd Under, 5 points: [] Over, 3 points: [] 2nd Over, 2 points: [] 3rd Over, 1 point1: []

Jul-20-11		OhioChessFan: I also think the scoring listed in the header is wrong. I don't want to change without your agreeing, but if someone had a perfect, the next best score under should be 2nd under. So that Participant 3 should have 6 points and Participant 4 should have 5 points. Likewise the over guesses.

Jul-20-11		OhioChessFan: Welcome to the moves prediction contest. The contest involves picking a game result (1-0 1/2 or 0-1) and the number of moves in the game. As an example, if in a first round game you think Meier will defeat Le in 40 moves, your entry would say Meier-Le 1-0 40 While it is a bit more complicated than the game prediction contest hosted by <YouRang> it isn't <that> much more complicated. I think my profile as written by <chessmoron> does a pretty good job explaining how things work. A few odds and ends. I think <chessmoron> does this by hand and mistakes occasionally happen. Let him know, on this forum. Quickly. It really isn't as painful to miss a round as it is in <YouRang> contest. The winners often have rounds they don't score a single point. So don't fret if you miss a round. If you are used to putting in 5 or 6 rounds at a time, which is fine in <YouRang> contest, I'd politely ask you to play just one round at a time. I understand that sometimes that won't be possible, and I personally try to repost picks made in advance. Pay attention to the matchups and to the tournament strategy. For example, if a player has an insurmountable lead in the last round, you just might expect a very short draw. In general, it's better to be under the number of moves than over because of the scoring system, so keep that in mind. There are a number of other nuances that will occur to you as the tournament progresses.

Jul-20-11		OhioChessFan: One important point to remember is that you <must> get the game result right to earn any points. ie, if you guess: Giri - Nakamura 1/2 31 and the game ends up 1-0 in 31 moves, you won't score anything. It can be very hard to score points, and other times you'll score in flurries. Most winners have a lot of rounds they don't score anything, so don't get discouraged if you get off to a slow start.

Jul-20-11		chessmoron: <chessmoron> can you explain this scoring from the last contest? <Karjakin-Nisipeanu, 1-0 in 66 moves.> I screwed up since my Win7 desktop doesn't download the Python program so I had to do this manually but I correctly scored 7 pts to SloVice in the results.

Jul-20-11		OhioChessFan: LOL, ok. What about the header scoring?

Jul-20-11		chancho: User: usa

Jul-20-11		jessicafischerqueen: Round 1 Meier – Le 1/2 29 Kramnik – Ponomariov 1/2 30 Giri – Nakamura 1/2 34

Jul-20-11		jessicafischerqueen: Is that Grandmaster <Oscar Meier>? If so, any relation to this player? Weiner

Jul-21-11		NakoSonorense: R.1 Meier – Le 1/2 30 Kramnik – Ponomariov 1-0 45 Giri – Nakamura 1-0 30

Jul-21-11		jessicafischerqueen: <Ohio, McLovin> you guys have a good turnout for this one!

Jul-21-11		OhioChessFan: User: denmark

Jul-21-11		OhioChessFan: If anyone hasn't done it yet, I recommend you visit www.chessgames.com/perl/YouRang and enter his Games Prediction Contest.

Jul-21-11		chancho: User: FRANCE

Jul-21-11		PinnedPiece: Round 1 (Thursday, July 21, 2011) Kramnik - Ponomariov 1/2 35 Giri - Nakamura 1/2 35 Meier - Le 1/2 35 Round 2 (Friday, July 22, 2011) Ponomariov - Giri 1-0 45 Le - Nakamura 0-1 45 Meier - Kramnik 1/2 45

Jul-21-11		OhioChessFan: First round is under way.

Jul-21-11		OhioChessFan: I encourage waiting until the first round results are posted before making your second round selections. However, you're always free to post in advance.

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