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OhioChessFan
Member since Apr-09-05 · Last seen Nov-08-25

______________ 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-08-25 B Hague vs Plaskett, 2004

OhioChessFan: Morra, Hague Convention, I like it.

   Nov-07-25 Chessgames - Politics

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   Nov-07-25 Fusilli chessforum

OhioChessFan: Yes. A couple trivial lines. 1. Rb7+ Ka8 2. Ra7+ Kb8 is clearly a repetition. If Black underpromotes, the White Rook draws.

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

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   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

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   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

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Moves Prediction Contest

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Jan-09-12		OhioChessFan: Some people have suggested "best written post" should reference one and only one post. I think it was a foregone conclusion <Once> would win this year, but what exactly were people supposed to do? Pick one and only one out of hundreds of posts? If you had to name one specific post, he might have 20 votes for 20 different posts and lose to somebody who got 2 votes for one post.

Jan-09-12		Check It Out: <OCF> That's true, and why I think the category is misnamed. Instead of <Best Written Post>, perhaps <Best Writing Poster> would clarify, and negate the need to identify a specific post. Now, how do we convince <WannaBe> to change it for next year?

Jan-09-12		cormier: http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resourc...

Jan-09-12		OhioChessFan: I think there should be 2 separate categories, for there is surely a difference. I have no argument with <Once> as Best Writing Poster, though there have been some individual posts through the year that I'd identify as <Best Written Post>. At the moment, I think it's either/or and people are voting whichever way they choose.

Jan-11-12		Phony Benoni: <OCF> Thanks for that six-way split vote yesterday. It did not go unnoticed or unappreciated.

Jan-11-12		OhioChessFan: I got a kick out of <wannabe> casting the purposeful tying vote. He obviously knew why I voted the way I did.

Jan-11-12		OhioChessFan: Oh, dear. Chimps and humans aren't as closely related as those oh-so-honest scientists have been telling us. Self serving assumptions led to the error. Shocking. <At this point in time, a completely unbiased whole genome comparison between chimp and human has not been done and certainly should be. Despite this fact, several studies have been performed where targeted regions of the genomes were compared and overall similarity estimates as low as 86 percent were obtained.3 Once again, keep in mind that these regions were hand-picked because they already showed similarity at some level. The fact remains that there are large blocks of sequence anomalies between chimp and human that are not directly comparable and would actually give a similarity of 0 percent in some regions....So how exactly did scientists come up with the highly-touted 98 to 99 percent similarity estimates? First, they used only human and chimp DNA sequence fragments that already exhibited a high level of similarity. Sections that didn't line up were tossed out of the mix.> Shocking. http://www.icr.org/article/human-ch...

Jan-11-12		OhioChessFan: **Welcome to the Tata Steel Moves Prediction Contest** This 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 with White 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. 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.

Jan-12-12		OhioChessFan: If you are here for the moves prediction contest, I encourage you to visit lostemperor chessforum for the Final Standings Contest. A straight forward contest, where you predict the final standings. One post is all you need to enter.

Jan-12-12		OhioChessFan: I encourage anyone who enters the Moves Prediction Contest to also visit YouRang chessforum for the Games Prediction Contest. Very similar to this contest, but the final result of the game (1-0, 1/2, 0-1) is the only variable. An easy way to enter both contests is to make your entries here, copy, paste on <YouRang> forum, and backspace over the number of moves you'd guessed. A few extra seconds for twice the chance of fame and fortune. Of course, you're not obligated to guess the same game results in both contests, but it's a convenient way to play it.

Jan-12-12		jessicafischerqueen: It's a shame that guy in the blue shirt had to photobomb the beautiful picture of the dog. heh heh

Jan-13-12		lostemperor: I had some correct predictions last time in Tal memorial: Kramnik - carlsen 1/2 41 and Kramnik - Karjakin 1/2 44! With now Kramnik absent it will be harder perhaps. Also some easy Anand draws will be sorely missed ;-) Round 1 predixions: Navara - Topalov 1-0 45 Gelfand - Giri 0-1 43 Radjabov - Caruana 0-1 47 Karjakin - Aronian 1/2 29 Nakamura - Ivanchuk 0-1 58 Carlsen - Gashimov 0-1 52 Kamsky - Van Wely 0-1 50 Good luck

Jan-13-12		WinKing: Round 1 - Saturday the 14th Navara - Topalov 1/2 34 Gelfand - Giri 1/2 34 Radjabov - Caruana 1/2 34 Karjakin - Aronian 1/2 34 Nakamura - Ivanchuk 1/2 45 Carlsen - Gashimov 1-0 46 Kamsky - Van Wely 1/2 40

Jan-13-12		Penguincw: Round 1 Navara-Topalov 1/2-1/2 36 Gelfand-GirI 1/2-1/2 45 Radjabov-Caruana 1/2-1/2 28 Karjakin-Aronian 1/2-1/2 31 Nakamura-Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 56 Carlsen-Gashimov 1/2-1/2 49 Kamsky-Van Wely 1/2-1/2 32

Jan-13-12		twinlark: Round 1: Navara - Topalov 1/2 41 Gelfand - Giri 1/2 32 Radjabov - Caruana 0-1 45 Karjakin - Aronian 1/2 36 Nakamura - Ivanchuk 1/2 50 Carlsen - Gashimov 1/2 46 Kamsky - VanWely 1/2 31

Jan-13-12		Robin01: Round 1 - Saturday Jan 14th Navara - Topalov 0-1 38 Gelfand - Giri 1/2 33 Radjabov - Caruana 1/2 41 Karjakin - Aronian 1/2 41 Nakamura - Ivanchuk 1/2 45 Carlsen - Gashimov 1-0 37 Kamsky - Van Wely 1/2 42 == Round 2 - Sunday Jan 15th Topalov - Van Wely 1/2 56 Gashimov - Kamsky 1/2 36 Ivanchuk - Carlsen 1/2 43 Aronian - Nakamura 1-0 55 Caruana - Karjakin 0-1 54 Giri - Radjabov 1/2 44 Navara - Gelfand 1/2 43 == Round 3 - Monday Jan 16th Gelfand - Topalov 1/2 35 Radjabov - Navara 1/2 45 Karjakin - Giri 1/2 42 Nakamura - Caruana 1-0 42 Carlsen - Aronian 1/2 32 Kamsky - Ivanchuk 0-1 65 Van Wely - Gashimov 1/2 40 == Round 4 - Tuesday Jan 17th Topalov - Gashimov 1-0 37 Ivanchuk - Van Wely 1/2 32 Aronian - Kamsky 1-0 55 Caruana - Carlsen 0-1 47 Giri – Nakamura 0-1 60 Navara - Karjakin 0-1 55 Gelfand - Radjabov 1/2 34

Jan-13-12		OhioChessFan: Welcome everyone. If you haven't done so, I remind you to enter the contests at <YouRang> and <lostemperor> house.

Jan-13-12		wordfunph: Round 1: Navara - Topalov 1/2 34 Gelfand - Giri 1/2 34 Radjabov - Caruana 1/2 34 Karjakin - Aronian 1/2 34 Nakamura - Ivanchuk 1/2 34 Carlsen - Gashimov 1-0 47 Kamsky - VanWely 1/2 34

Jan-13-12		OhioChessFan: ♔♔ Pairings ♔♔ == Round 1 - Saturday Jan 14th Navara - Topalov Gelfand - Giri Radjabov - Caruana Karjakin - Aronian Nakamura - Ivanchuk Carlsen - Gashimov Kamsky - Van Wely == Round 2 - Sunday Jan 15th Topalov - Van Wely Gashimov - Kamsky Ivanchuk - Carlsen Aronian - Nakamura Caruana - Karjakin Giri - Radjabov Navara - Gelfand == Round 3 - Monday Jan 16th Gelfand - Topalov Radjabov - Navara Karjakin - Giri Nakamura - Caruana Carlsen - Aronian Kamsky - Ivanchuk Van Wely - Gashimov == Round 4 - Tuesday Jan 17th Topalov - Gashimov Ivanchuk - Van Wely Aronian - Kamsky Caruana - Carlsen Giri - Nakamura Navara - Karjakin Gelfand - Radjabov == Round 5 - Thursday Jan 19th Radjabov - Topalov Karjakin - Gelfand Nakamura - Navara Carlsen - Giri Kamsky - Caruana Van Wely - Aronian Gashimov - Ivanchuk == Round 6 - Friday Jan 20th Topalov - Ivanchuk Aronian - Gashimov Caruana - Van Wely Giri - Kamsky Navara - Carlsen Gelfand - Nakamura Radjabov - Karjakin == Round 7 - Saturday Jan 21st Karjakin - Topalov Nakamura - Radjabov Carlsen - Gelfand Kamsky - Navara Van Wely - Giri Gashimov - Caruana Ivanchuk - Aronian == Round 8 - Sunday Jan 22nd Topalov - Aronian Caruana - Ivanchuk Giri - Gashimov Navara - Van Wely Gelfand - Kamsky Radjabov - Carlsen Karjakin - Nakamura == Round 9 - Tuesday Jan 24th Nakamura - Topalov Carlsen - Karjakin Kamsky - Radjabov Van Wely - Gelfand Gashimov - Navara Ivanchuk - Giri Aronian - Caruana == Round 10 - Wednesday Jan 25th Topalov - Caruana Giri - Aronian Navara - Ivanchuk Gelfand - Gashimov Radjabov - Van Wely Karjakin - Kamsky Nakamura - Carlsen == Round 11 - Friday Jan 27th Carlsen - Topalov Kamsky - Nakamura Van Wely - Karjakin Gashimov - Radjabov Ivanchuk - Gelfand Aronian - Navara Caruana - Giri == Round 12 - Saturday Jan 28th Topalov - Giri Navara - Caruana Gelfand - Aronian Radjabov - Ivanchuk Karjakin - Gashimov Nakamura - Van Wely Carlsen - Kamsky == Round 13 - Sunday Jan 29th Kamsky - Topalov Van Wely - Carlsen Gashimov - Nakamura Ivanchuk - Karjakin Aronian - Radjabov Caruana - Gelfand Giri - Navara

Jan-13-12		OhioChessFan: Navara - Topalov 1/2 39 Gelfand - Giri 1/2 36 Radjabov - Caruana 1/2 42 Karjakin - Aronian 1/2 31 Nakamura - Ivanchuk 1/2 37 Carlsen - Gashimov 1-0 43 Kamsky - VanWely 1-0 30

Jan-13-12		OhioChessFan: So. Has anyone seen <chessmoron> ?

Jan-13-12		chessmoron: Navara - Topalov 1/2 38 Gelfand - Giri 1/2 40 Radjabov - Caruana 1/2 36 Karjakin - Aronian 1/2 38 Nakamura - Ivanchuk 1/2 45 Carlsen - Gashimov 1-0 43 Kamsky - Van Wely 1/2 45

Jan-13-12		OhioChessFan: Ching!

Jan-13-12		WannaBe: Speak of the ol' devil... He makes his post. =)

Jan-13-12		OhioChessFan: http://www.irontribefitness.com/fil...

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