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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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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
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   Oct-22-25 Chessgames - Politics

OhioChessFan: <saff: And nobody knows a thing about how it is being done.> Well, I suppose SOMEONE knows, but I doubt that person frequents this page. In any event, your obliviousness is stunning.

   Oct-22-25 E Spencer vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1926

OhioChessFan: Google was of no use in trying to figure out the pun....

   Oct-21-25 Lvov Zonal (1978)

OhioChessFan: Why does the bio say four would advance but names five?

   Oct-21-25 Fusilli chessforum

OhioChessFan: From a 3/2 game. I'm White and in bad shape. Down a Pawn, going to be two Pawns soon, and getting crushed positionally. [DIAGRAM] I tried Ne3 just to generate some activity. Stockfish said it was objectively best, to my surprise, although there aren't many attractive ...

   Oct-21-25 O Aharon vs P Arnaudov, 2012

OhioChessFan: "Ofir Pete's Sake"

   Oct-20-25 Memorable Quotes chessforum

OhioChessFan: From the politics page: <saffuna: Wordle was blocked early this morning!> <al wazir: Hacked?> <Willber G: That's too many letters.>

   Oct-19-25 V Mikenas vs Bronstein, 1965

OhioChessFan: Wow, thanks <NH>. That's it.

   Oct-18-25 G Skare vs M Jevtic, 2010

OhioChessFan: "Skare Tactics"

   Oct-17-25 K de Kruif vs P R Plant, 2001

OhioChessFan: "Kees To Success"

   Oct-17-25 Klovans vs Tal, 1951

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Moves Prediction Contest

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Mar-08-13		Penguincw: Round 1 Aronian - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 36 Gelfand - Radjabov 1/2-1/2 35 Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1/2-1/2 41 Svidler - Kramnik 1/2-1/2 38

Mar-08-13		The Last Straw: User: chess User: bookie

Mar-08-13		OhioChessFan: **Welcome to the WC Candidates 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. Scoring mistakes occasionally happen. Let <chessmoron> 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. If you haven't done so, I encourage you to visit www.chessgames.com/~yourang and enter his games prediction contest. And also visit www.chessgames.com/~lostemperor and his final standings contest.

Mar-08-13		OhioChessFan: Tentative pairings: == Round 1 on Fri 2013/03/15 Aronian - Carlsen Gelfand - Radjabov Ivanchuk - Grischuk Svidler - Kramnik == Round 2 on Sat 2013/03/16 Carlsen - Kramnik Grischuk - Svidler Radjabov - Ivanchuk Aronian - Gelfand == Round 3 on Sun 2013/03/17 Gelfand - Carlsen Ivanchuk - Aronian Svidler - Radjabov Kramnik - Grischuk == Round 4 on Tue 2013/03/19 Carlsen - Grischuk Radjabov - Kramnik Aronian - Svidler Gelfand - Ivanchuk == Round 5 on Wed 2013/03/20 Ivanchuk - Carlsen Svidler - Gelfand Kramnik - Aronian Grischuk - Radjabov == Round 6 on Thu 2013/03/21 Svidler - Carlsen Kramnik - Ivanchuk Grischuk - Gelfand Radjabov - Aronian == Round 7 on Sat 2013/03/23 Carlsen - Radjabov Aronian - Grischuk Gelfand - Kramnik Ivanchuk - Svidler == Round 8 on Sun 2013/03/24 Carlsen - Aronian Radjabov - Gelfand Grischuk - Ivanchuk Kramnik - Svidler == Round 9 on Mon 2013/03/25 Kramnik - Carlsen Svidler - Grischuk Ivanchuk - Radjabov Gelfand - Aronian == Round 10 on Wed 2013/03/27 Carlsen - Gelfand Aronian - Ivanchuk Radjabov - Svidler Grischuk - Kramnik == Round 11 on Thu 2013/03/28 Grischuk - Carlsen Kramnik - Radjabov Svidler - Aronian Ivanchuk - Gelfand == Round 12 on Fri 2013/03/29 Carlsen - Ivanchuk Gelfand - Svidler Aronian - Kramnik Radjabov - Grischuk == Round 13 on Sun 2013/03/31 Radjabov - Carlsen Grischuk - Aronian Kramnik - Gelfand Svidler - Ivanchuk == Round 14 on Mon 2013/04/01 Carlsen - Svidler Ivanchuk - Kramnik Gelfand - Grischuk Aronian - Radjabov

Mar-10-13		twinlark: A now a somewhat sad story: Vugar Gashimov

Mar-10-13		twinlark: <Ohio> Thank <you>!

Mar-10-13		OhioChessFan: <bubulli> you need to input the number of moves!

Mar-11-13		bubuli55: Oh ok I'll do it later. Thx

Mar-11-13		kuroting: Round 1 on Fri 2013/03/15 Aronian - Carlsen 1-0 48 Gelfand - Radjabov 0-1 38 Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1/2-1/2 52 Svidler - Kramnik 0-1 48 == Round 2 on Sat 2013/03/16 Carlsen - Kramnik 0-1 60 Grischuk - Svidler 1/2-1/2 33 Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1-0 45 Aronian - Gelfand 1-0 44 == Round 3 on Sun 2013/03/17 Gelfand - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 35 Ivanchuk - Aronian 0-1 44 Svidler - Radjabov 1/2-1/2 38 Kramnik - Grischuk 1-0 65 == Round 4 on Tue 2013/03/19 Carlsen - Grischuk 1/2 36 Radjabov - Kramnik 1/2-1/2 44 Aronian - Svidler 1-0 55 Gelfand - Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 35 == Round 5 on Wed 2013/03/20 Ivanchuk - Carlsen 1-0 65 Svidler - Gelfand 1/2 52 Kramnik - Aronian 1/2-1/2 41 Grischuk - Radjabov 1/2-1/2 48 == Round 6 on Thu 2013/03/21 Svidler - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 35 Kramnik - Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 41 Grischuk - Gelfand 1/2-1/2 42 Radjabov - Aronian 1/2-1/2 44 == Round 7 on Sat 2013/03/23 Carlsen - Radjabov 0-1 66 Aronian - Grischuk 1-0 72 Gelfand - Kramnik 1/2-1/2 44 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2-1/2 49

Mar-11-13		chancho: Steely Dan My Old School http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZiB...

Mar-11-13		bubuli55: bubuli55: == Round 1 on Fri 2013/03/15 Aronian - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 41 Gelfand - Radjabov 1/2-1/2 35 Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1/2-1/2 35 Svidler - Kramnik 1/2-1/2 41 == Round 2 on Sat 2013/03/16 Carlsen - Kramnik 1/2 45 Grischuk - Svidler 1/2-1/2 35 Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 45 Aronian - Gelfand 1/2-1/2 45 == Round 3 on Sun 2013/03/17 Gelfand - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 45 Ivanchuk - Aronian 1/2-1/2 45 Svidler - Radjabov 1/2-1/2 45 Kramnik - Grischuk 1-0 45 == Round 4 on Tue 2013/03/19 Carlsen - Grischuk 1-0 45 Radjabov - Kramnik 1/2-1/2 35 Aronian - Svidler 1-0 41 Gelfand - Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 35 == Round 5 on Wed 2013/03/20 Ivanchuk - Carlsen 0-1 41 Svidler - Gelfand 1-0 41 Kramnik - Aronian 1/2-1/2 41 Grischuk - Radjabov 1/2-1/2 41 == Round 6 on Thu 2013/03/21 Svidler - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 41 Kramnik - Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 35 Grischuk - Gelfand 1/2-1/2 35 Radjabov - Aronian 1/2-1/2 41 == Round 7 on Sat 2013/03/23 Carlsen - Radjabov 1/2-1/2 41 Aronian - Grischuk 1-0 41 Gelfand - Kramnik 1/2-1/2 35 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2-1/2 35

Mar-11-13		stunningmove: <OCF> I'm new to this. Is this how you do it? == Round 1 on Fri 2013/03/15 Aronian - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 48 Gelfand - Radjabov 0-1 52 Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1/2-1/2 42 Svidler - Kramnik 1/2 1/2 41 == Round 2 on Sat 2013/03/16 Carlsen - Kramnik 1-0 46 Grischuk - Svidler 1/2-1/2 41 Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 47 Aronian - Gelfand 1/2-1/2 41 == Round 3 on Sun 2013/03/17 Gelfand - Carlsen 1/2 1/2 45 Ivanchuk - Aronian 1/2-1/2 45 Svidler - Radjabov 1/2-1/2 41 Kramnik - Grischuk 1-0 39 == Round 4 on Tue 2013/03/19 Carlsen - Grischuk 1-0 32 Radjabov - Kramnik 1-0 41 Aronian - Svidler 1/2 1/2 42 Gelfand - Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 42 == Round 5 on Wed 2013/03/20 Ivanchuk - Carlsen 1/2 1/2 41 Svidler - Gelfand 1/2 1/2 41 Kramnik - Aronian 1-0 35 Grischuk - Radjabov 1/2-1/2 41 == Round 6 on Thu 2013/03/21 Svidler - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 41 Kramnik - Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2 41 Grischuk - Gelfand 1/2-1/2 41 Radjabov - Aronian 1-0 28 brilliancy prize(game of the year) == Round 7 on Sat 2013/03/23 Carlsen - Radjabov 1/2-1/2 41 Aronian - Grischuk 1-0 32 Gelfand - Kramnik 1/2-1/2 50 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2-1/2 41

Mar-11-13		stunningmove: Can we then input rest after we see how it's going? ;-)

Mar-11-13		WannaBe: <stunningmove> 1. You can input as many/few as 1 round per day or all rounds. 2. Any 'newer' entry, will immediately void previous entry/entries. You may find, that one round per day entry is best, because a player may 'get hot' and you want to modify/change your mind. E.g. Gelfand. A lot of modifications will cause the prediction contest/congest moderator headaches. Best of all, enjoy the contest, do not take it all too seriously. =)

Mar-11-13		OhioChessFan: That looks good. Most do one round at a time, some do a lot at once, but it doesn't matter.

Mar-12-13		Viewer Deluxe: <OhioChessFan: <Yogi>> I have been tricked a few times with the current default PGN viewer since it doesn't annotate checks. Similar flaw is the final mate annotation which disappears, in fact, getting removed from the PGN text. I’m sure you know how gracefully CVD treats these situations. Check/Mate annotations will be appended automatically even if they’re missing from the original text. I found surprisingly many games that end in checkmate while missing the mate symbol. A hint like that is priceless for beginners.

Mar-12-13		OhioChessFan: **Welcome to the WC Candidates 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. Scoring mistakes occasionally happen. Let <chessmoron> 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. If you haven't done so, I encourage you to visit www.chessgames.com/~yourang and enter his games prediction contest. And also visit www.chessgames.com/~lostemperor and his final standings contest.

Mar-13-13		SloVice: Rounds 1-3 Round 1: Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 35 Gelfand - Radjabov 1/2 35 Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1/2 35 Svidler - Kramnik 1/2 35 Round 2: Carlsen - Kramnik 1/2 37 Grischuk - Svidler 1/2 37 Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1/2 37 Aronian - Gelfand 1/2 37 Round 3: Gelfand - Carlsen 1/2 39 Ivanchuk - Aronian 1/2 39 Svidler - Radjabov 1/2 39 Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 39

Mar-13-13		chessmoron: Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 40 Gelfand - Radjabov 1/2 36 Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1/2 45 Svidler - Kramnik 1/2 35

Mar-14-13		lostemperor: Good luck <chessmoron>. == Round 1 on Fri 2013/03/15 Aronian - Carlsen 1-0 42 Gelfand - Radjabov 1/2 42 Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1/2 42 Svidler - Kramnik 0-1 42 == Round 2 on Sat 2013/03/16 Carlsen - Kramnik 1/2 42 Grischuk - Svidler 1/2 32 Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1/2 44 Aronian - Gelfand 1-0 44 == Round 3 on Sun 2013/03/17 Gelfand - Carlsen 1/2 42 Ivanchuk - Aronian 1/2 42 Svidler - Radjabov 1/2 36 Kramnik - Grischuk 1-0 40

Mar-14-13		Robin01: My picks: == Round 1 on Fri 2013/03/15 Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 44 Gelfand - Radjabov 1/2 36 Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1/2 32 Svidler - Kramnik 1/2 35 == Round 2 on Sat 2013/03/16 Carlsen - Kramnik 1/2 42 Grischuk - Svidler 1/2 34 Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1-0 54 Aronian - Gelfand 1/2 41 == Round 3 on Sun 2013/03/17 Gelfand - Carlsen 1/2 43 Ivanchuk - Aronian 0-1 37 Svidler - Radjabov 1/2 31 Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 34 == Round 4 on Tue 2013/03/19 Carlsen - Grischuk 1/2 38 Radjabov - Kramnik 0-1 44 Aronian - Svidler 1-0 56 Gelfand - Ivanchuk 1/2 31 == Round 5 on Wed 2013/03/20 Ivanchuk - Carlsen 0-1 43 Svidler - Gelfand 1/2 34 Kramnik - Aronian 1/2 43 Grischuk - Radjabov 1/2 63 == Round 6 on Thu 2013/03/21 Svidler - Carlsen 1/2 42 Kramnik - Ivanchuk 1-0 44 Grischuk - Gelfand 1/2 35 Radjabov - Aronian 1/2 37 == Round 7 on Sat 2013/03/23 Carlsen - Radjabov 1/2 41 Aronian - Grischuk 1/2 44 Gelfand - Kramnik 1/2 33 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1-0 35 == Round 8 on Sun 2013/03/24 Carlsen - Aronian 0-1 71 Radjabov - Gelfand 1/2 43 Grischuk - Ivanchuk 1/2 34 Kramnik - Svidler 1/2 31 == Round 9 on Mon 2013/03/25 Kramnik - Carlsen 1/2 34 Svidler - Grischuk 1/2 31 Ivanchuk - Radjabov 1-0 54 Gelfand - Aronian 1/2 41 == Round 10 on Wed 2013/03/27 Carlsen - Gelfand 1-0 36 Aronian - Ivanchuk 0-1 63 Radjabov - Svidler 1/2 35 Grischuk - Kramnik 1/2 32 == Round 11 on Thu 2013/03/28 Grischuk - Carlsen 1/2 34 Kramnik - Radjabov 1-0 45 Svidler - Aronian 1/2 43 Ivanchuk - Gelfand 1-0 61 == Round 12 on Fri 2013/03/29 Carlsen - Ivanchuk 1-0 50 Gelfand - Svidler 1/2 35 Aronian - Kramnik 1/2 41 Radjabov - Grischuk 1/2 32 == Round 13 on Sun 2013/03/31 Radjabov - Carlsen 1/2 34 Grischuk - Aronian 1/2 35 Kramnik - Gelfand 1/2 31 Svidler - Ivanchuk 0-1 44 == Round 14 on Mon 2013/04/01 Carlsen - Svidler 1/2 30 Ivanchuk - Kramnik 1/2 32 Gelfand - Grischuk 1/2 35 Aronian - Radjabov 1/2 33

Mar-14-13		twinlark: Round 1 Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 34 Gelfand - Radjabov 1/2 36 Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1/2 47 Svidler - Kramnik 1/2 29

Mar-14-13		OhioChessFan: Marker for <chessmoron> First entry is on page 340 by <penguincw>

Mar-14-13		OhioChessFan: **Welcome to the WC Candidates 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. Scoring mistakes occasionally happen. Let <chessmoron> 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. If you haven't done so, I encourage you to visit www.chessgames.com/~yourang and enter his games prediction contest. And also visit www.chessgames.com/~lostemperor and his final standings contest.

Mar-14-13		OhioChessFan: 1800 Chessgames time, entrants: <penguincw> <kuroting> <bubuli55> <stunningmove> <SloVice> <chessmoron> <lostemperor> <Robin01> <twinlark> Elvis is in the house but hasn't gotten around to his picks yet.

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