OhioChessFan Member since Apr-09-05 · Last seen Jan-15-26 ______________ 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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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 270 OF 849 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-25-11    OhioChessFan: Two HOFers, <chessmoron> and <wordfunph> added to their collection of gold medals. Congrats to all the winners. <chessmoron> is considering a new format for future move prediction contests, but that is still up in the air. Thanks for running the show <chessmoron> The next major tournament is Tata Steel. I hope that works out for <chessmoron> Nov-25-11    Ragh: Good job organizing the contest Chessmoron and OhioChessFan Nov-25-11    Penguincw: Thanks for hosting the contest <OhioChessFan> for the contest and <chessmoron> for posting the results. Nov-25-11    wordfunph: <OhioChessFan> <chessmoron> muchas gracias! see you <all> in 2012 Tata Steel.. Nov-25-11    WinKing: Thanks <OhioChessFan> & <chessmoron> for another great prediction contest. Always fun to play here! Congrats to all of the medal winners!!! Nov-25-11    cormier: http://vimeo.com/23864881 Nov-25-11    Golden Executive: Thanks <OhioChessFan> and <chessmoron> for hosting and managing the contest. The mechanics of this kind of contest is easy to understand but not easy to manage, so double thanks to <chessmoron>. Congratulations to all the winners and see you in the next! Nov-27-11    chessmoron: <OhioChessFan> I going to do the London Chess Classic December 3rd-12th. Website: http://www.londonchessclassic.com/ Magnus Carlsen Viswanathan Anand Levon Aronian Vladimir Kramnik Hikaru Nakamura Michael Adams Nigel Short Luke McShane David Howell Nov-27-11    OhioChessFan: Sounds great. I'll let people know. Nov-28-11    Robin01: Thanks for hosting this prediction/move contest. I appreciate it. It is a lot of fun. Nov-28-11    OhioChessFan: Welcome to the London Chess Classic 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-28-11    Shams: You are 100% right about the troop and I hope you don't donate any premium memberships this year for that reason. The fact that certain "troop"-sters accuse others of hypocrisy is absurd. Baiting people who have a personality disorder is incredibly low sport. Nov-28-11    OhioChessFan: Shams I regret answering <Penguin> on that page. <Once> might not be back and I don't blame him. My membership is up in April. I am leaning strongly toward letting it lapse. I won't be a freeloader so that means I'll be done with the site. I once left an online group where I was more involved than I am here, and life didn't end. Nov-28-11    Shams: Did <Once> leave because of this? Nov-28-11    OhioChessFan: Read his profile. I understand it's the internet, but this is a CHESS site. Maybe I'm naive to expect a better quality of member than the normal rabble online. Nov-28-11    Shams: <OCF> The problem (my perspective) is that if you leave, that's one fewer voice advocating for people to be civil here. Well, the only constant is change I suppose. Nov-28-11    OhioChessFan: I get all that. I think cg.c has to decide who they want to keep. If enough leave, they may have to reconsider. If not, so be it. I really come here to escape the putridity of the world. Disagreement and controversy? Sure, that happens. But a never ending tribal warfare? Way too symptomatic of Lord of the Flies for my taste. Nov-28-11    Penguincw: Penguincw: Wow. If I'm not mistaken, the 2011 London Chess Classic will start in a few days. Looking forward to your contest. Offical website: http://www.londonchessclassic.com/i.... Nov-29-11    Travis Bickle: Elvis here's a few by CCR. Who'll Stop The Rain http://youtu.be/lIPan-rEQJA Bad Moon Rising http://youtu.be/5BmEGm-mraE Nov-29-11    OhioChessFan: My favorite group. Who'll Stop the Rain is the tightest single ever recorded. Nov-29-11    chessmoron: Kramnik-Nakamura 1/2-1/2 40 Aronian-McShane 1-0 50 Carlsen-Howell 1-0 45 Adams-Anand 1/2-1/2 53 Nov-29-11    WinKing: Round 1, Sat Dec 3rd Kramnik - Nakamura 1/2 47 Aronian - McShane 1/2 47 Carlsen - Howell 1-0 47 Adams - Anand 1/2 47 Nov-30-11    wordfunph: ronda uno: Kramnik-Nakamura 1/2-1/2 37 Aronian-McShane 1-0 44 Carlsen-Howell 1-0 44 Adams-Anand 1/2-1/2 37 Nov-30-11    capafan: Kramnik-Nakamura 1/2-1/2 48 Aronian-McShane 1-0 49 Carlsen-Howell 1-0 38 Adams-Anand 1/2-1/2 56 Nov-30-11    OhioChessFan: Okay, I am going to take a deep breath, and clear my ignore list. I will have to close my eyes a lot. 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