OhioChessFan Member since Apr-09-05 · Last seen Jan-16-26 ______________ Moves Prediction Contest <Main Focus>: Predicting how many moves in a game for each pairing. Chessgames.com tournament page: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Official site: http:// Live games: http://www.nrk.no/sport/sjakk/ Alternative live games: http://worldchess.com/broadcasts/eu... ***Hall of Fame*** chessmoron chessforum <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. Things To Look At: 1. Game Collection: 1975 World Junior chess championship 2. Ongoing edits Vladimir Ostrogsky 3. Bio Adolf Zytogorski 4. Complete the Olympiad 5. Bio Lorenz Maximilian Drabke 7. Baden-Baden (1870) 11. Karl Mayet 12. Smbat Lputian Pi Day rreusser/computing-with-the-bailey-borwein-plouffe-formula">https://observablehq.com/rreusser/... Pun Index Game Collection: Game of the Day & Puzzle of the Day Collections

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Jan-16-26 Chessgames - Politics    OhioChessFan: <rdb: I disappear for a few days, and <the integrity> turns this forum into his playground of mediocrity? Pathetic. Without me here, he struts around like a wannabe king—yet everyone can see he’s just a jester tripping over his own words. The truth is, <the ...      Jan-15-26 Julien Song    OhioChessFan: 90 minute games today and tomorrow. Next day the rapids. Fourth day the blitz. Am I the only one with no audio on the chess.com stream?      Jan-15-26 Chessgames - Music   OhioChessFan: Do yourself a favor and spend three minutes listening to this nice flute driven piece. Nestor Torres-Cute https://youtu.be/Eor1meJSZPs?si=duk...      Jan-14-26 Kibitzer's Café    OhioChessFan: <kl: Today for the first time ever I played a vlack knight to c8> I'm impressed you could keep up with that fact.      Jan-14-26 C Gilberg vs Dickson, 1866    OhioChessFan: <sfod: <jn> couldn't even grant a one-day reprieve for us before he *ruined* the original pun! Talk about raining on the parade.> Thought the same thing.      Jan-13-26 J Krejcik vs J Thirring, 1898   OhioChessFan: "Thirring Victory"      Jan-10-26 J Cesena vs J Dyke, 1979    OhioChessFan: Terrific pun.      Jan-09-26 Milwaukee Chess Club vs Charles City Chess Club, 1876   OhioChessFan: 15. Rd1 is a wasted tempo. I assume White was trying to outnumber the defenders of d5 but missed the skewer Qc6. In any case, as <tsv> said years ago, the Rook needs to stay on the f file.      Jan-08-26 Shabalov vs E Tate, 1998    OhioChessFan: Okay, strained, but nice.      Jan-08-26 Sergei Prokofiev   OhioChessFan: Cinderella's Waltz https://youtu.be/YbaY7p5ahZo?featur... A quick (three minutes) but nice listen.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 265 OF 849 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-08-11    OhioChessFan: After a few months of checking out endless CD's of classical and jazz from the library, I now spend nearly all my driving time listening to classical. Jazz mostly bores me. Nov-10-11    morfishine: Good morning <OhioChessFan>! Been awhile! I was going to post at Yesterday's POTD regarding your mention of looking at 25.Rd7, but there were numerous responses, so thought I'd drop a short note here. As you can tell, you were not alone. Most of the solvers will consider a number of 'candidate' moves before settling on their choice. Some solvers will actually find alternative lines that also force a win. <jimfromprovidence> is a good example of one who consistently produces remarkable alternative variations. The point here is to say 'Good job!' and keep at it! :) Morf Nov-10-11    OhioChessFan: Calling <chessmoron> Going to do a Moves Prediction Contst for Tal Memorial? Nov-10-11    hms123: <OCF> There's a email headed your way. Nov-10-11    WannaBe: Ad hoc have started. =) Nov-11-11    OhioChessFan: On my CD Player recently: Mozart- Piano Concerto No. 21 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-e... Nov-14-11    Robin01: Are you doing the Tal tournament for predictions on winners and number of moves? Nov-14-11    OhioChessFan: I am hoping <chessmoron> stops by sometime to tell me. Nov-14-11    cormier: http://www.biblekeeper.com/Douay-Re... Nov-14-11    cormier: http://www.biblekeeper.com/Douay-Re... 14 Nov-14-11    OhioChessFan: Can someone please shut the troop up? One more day I'm ready to pack my bags and leave the site behind. I should NOT have to avoid recent kibitzing to not see these idiots ruining a wonderful site. Nov-14-11    WannaBe: I agree, it takes two-sides to start 'sumthin', but it's too bad that the 'truce' was a failure. Please stay. Nov-14-11    OhioChessFan: Ever know someone who is a self absorbed twit who makes all kinds of fluff threats to get attention? That ain't me. I just put 5 people on ignore and hope that helps. Nov-14-11    WannaBe: Yes, and it's the other knuckleheads who won't let it go. I made a post about 3 days ago, maybe 4, about my friend, who always say: "Just as happy as if he's got a brain." And we laugh, and let that guy/gal be happy with their world, and I live in mine. Nov-15-11    Robin01: In case the contest does go off, here are my Round 1 predictions: Kramnik - Nepomniachtchi 1-0 42 Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 35 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2 32 Anand - Karjakin 1/2 33 Nakamura - Gelfand 0-1 56 Nov-15-11    chessmoron: Sure I'll do it. Nov-15-11    OhioChessFan: Welcome to the Tal Memorial 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 Aronian will defeat Carlsen in 40 moves, your entry would say Aronian-Carlsen 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. Nov-15-11    OhioChessFan: If you stop by for the Moves Prediction Contest, I encourage you to also visit YouRang chessforum for the Games Prediction Contest. An easy way to enter both contests is to make your predictions here, copy them, paste them on <YouRang> forum, and backspace over the number of moves. 30 seconds max, and you have twice the chance of winning fame and fortune. Nov-15-11    OhioChessFan: Aronian - Carlsen 1-0 44 Kramnik - Nepomniachtchi 1-0 39 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2 28 Anand - Karjakin 1/2 33 Nakamura - Gelfand 1/2 27 Nov-15-11    wordfunph: ronda uno: Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 35 Kramnik - Nepomniachtchi 1-0 35 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2 45 Anand - Karjakin 1/2 30 Nakamura - Gelfand 1/2 48 Nov-15-11    chessmoron: Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 40 Kramnik - Nepomniachtchi 1-0 43 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2 33 Anand - Karjakin 1/2 41 Nakamura - Gelfand 1/2 30 Nov-15-11    SloVice: Round 1: Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 33 Kramnik - Nepomniachtchi 1-0 45 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2 37 Anand - Karjakin 1/2 28 Nakamura - Gelfand 1/2 37 Nov-15-11    OhioChessFan: I encourage everyone to visit lostemperor chessforum and enter the Final Standings Contest Nov-15-11    WinKing: Round 1 - Wed Nov 16 Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 47 Kramnik - Nepomniachtchi 1/2 47 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2 47 Anand - Karjakin 1/2 47 Nakamura - Gelfand 1/2 47 Nov-15-11    twinlark: Round 1 - Wed Nov 16 Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 44 Kramnik - Nepomniachtchi 1-0 34 Ivanchuk - Svidler 0-1 41 Anand - Karjakin 1/2 60 Nakamura - Gelfand 1/2 55 Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 849) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 265 OF 849 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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