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OhioChessFan
Member since Apr-09-05 · Last seen Oct-31-25
______________ Moves Prediction Contest

<Main Focus>: Predicting how many moves in a game for each pairing.

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[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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   Oct-30-25 Tal vs K Klasups, 1952 (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: Here's a clip from the pun's movie reference: https://youtu.be/TVi1NlYBljU?si=3Az...
 
   Oct-29-25 I Ivanov vs I Rogers, 1982 (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: Really like the pun
 
   Oct-28-25 Biographer Bistro (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: Who has access to correct game annotations? O H von Haken vs A Gize, 1913 After move 16, "All pieces" instead of "Allpieces". After move 34, "transparent" instead of "trasparent".
 
   Oct-28-25 Schlechter vs Mason, 1899 (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: I assume the pun refers to Deconstructing America, which would be a bit more intellectual than most puns.
 
   Oct-26-25 Chessgames - Music
 
OhioChessFan: Charlie Watts-Going Going Gone https://youtu.be/XlKud6_Y1eM?si=b1n...
 
   Oct-24-25 Deep Fritz vs Kramnik, 2006 (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: I ran Deep Fritz's moves through an engine and they matched exactly! Clearly it cheated.
 
   Oct-24-25 Chessgames - Politics (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: <Integ: These are the people the libs worship, and they want to force us to worship them too.> Our libs are button busting proud of what they've created.
 
   Oct-23-25 E Dervishi vs F Berend, 2004 (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: I like the pun.
 
   Oct-23-25 Fusilli chessforum (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: Yes, Black played Qxa3. The only squares available for the Queen are a2, a3, b2 and d2. Probably Re3 is best but a random Rook move is likely winning too.
 
   Oct-22-25 E Spencer vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1926 (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: <Bx> that was the only remotely relevant return on a Google search and I still don't get it. I was 95% sure going in it was a British reference.
 
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Moves Prediction Contest

Kibitzer's Corner
< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 429 OF 849 ·  Later Kibitzing>
Jun-12-14  moulicules: ROUND 9
Topalov - Aronian 1/2 36
Caruana - Karjakin 1-0 53
Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 37
Giri - Svidler 1/2 41
Carlsen - Agdestein 1-0 48
Jun-12-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  juan31: Round 9

Topalov - Aronian 1/2 36
Caruana - Karjakin 1/2 38
Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 40
Giri - Svidler 1/2 40
Carlsen - Agdestein 1-0 39

Jun-12-14  WinKing: Please note, as <Penguincw> mentioned earlier, that this final round begins an hour earlier than the rest, at 8:30am USA/Eastern.
Jun-12-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Thank you <WinKing>. :)

Good luck to you and everyone else in the final round.

Jun-12-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: ♔ Round 8 Recap ♔

Quite a shakeup at the top of the leaderboard. <lostemperor> has moved to the top of the pack in Moves and Moves + Bonus Ranker. <switch> has jumped to the top of Bonus Ranker. And <WinKing> continues to lead in #1 Moves Ranker. <OhioChessFan> is still mumbling to himself after correctly picking a Black win, against Agdestein no less, and scoring no points in the process. There were mixed reviews on whether it's a good thing he doesn't have to kill himself. Very close at the top in all 4 categories. Last round tomorrow, and it starts one hour earlier than the rest.

Jun-12-14  Karposian: Round 9:

Topalov - Aronian 1/2 31
Caruana - Karjakin 1/2 45
Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 30
Giri - Svidler 1/2 44
Carlsen - Agdestein 1-0 30

Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: Topalov - Aronian 1/2 24
Caruana - Karjakin 1/2 51
Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 32
Giri - Svidler 1/2 20
Carlsen - Agdestein 1-0 38
Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  lostemperor: Round 9:

Topalov - Aronian 1/2 40
Caruana - Karjakin 1/2 46
Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 43
Giri - Svidler 1/2 47
Carlsen - Agdestein 1-0 42

Could all be 50+ games though :)

Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  SwitchingQuylthulg: Round 9:

Topalov - Aronian 1/2 40
Caruana - Karjakin 1/2 46
Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 41
Giri - Svidler 1/2 44
Carlsen - Agdestein 1-0 39

Jun-13-14  WinKing: Round 9

Topalov - Aronian 1/2 43
Caruana - Karjakin 1/2 46
Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 46
Giri - Svidler 1/2 37
Carlsen - Agdestein 1-0 44

Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  SwitchingQuylthulg: Round 9 games have started.
Jun-13-14  WinKing: Holy smokes! What did you have a dream <OCF>? - <Giri - Svidler 1/2 20>...really??? Nice call. Exacts are hard enough to hit but low numbered ones are almost impossible to nail.
Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  lostemperor: Nice and Topalov - Aronian just finished 1/2 in 41 moves :)
Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: ♔ LIVE UPDATE ♔

Topalov - Aronian 1/2-1/2 41
Caruana - Karjakin -0.07 34
Kramnik - Grischuk 0.73 30
Giri - Svidler 1/2-1/2 20
Carlsen - Agdestein 0.06 39

Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  lostemperor: nd then I am hoping for black wins in Caruana - Karjakin and Kramnik - Grischuk to have a decent finish <YouRang>s forum <;)
Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  lostemperor: That to make up for my lousy predictions at my forum of course :)
Jun-13-14  WinKing: Hitting on four 'Exacts' ain't too shabby though <lostemperor>. You've been clicking on all cylinders here in this forum. ;)
Jun-13-14  chessmoron: ♔ Norway 2014: <Round 9> Result ♔

<Carlsen-Agdestein, 1-0 in 54 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['moulicules', '1-0', '48']]
2nd Under, 6 points: [['WinKing', '1-0', '44']]
3rd Under, 5 points: [['lostemperor', '1-0', '42']]
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<Caruana-Karjakin, 0-1 in 51 moves.>--No one got it!

===

<Giri-Svidler, 1/2-1/2 in 20 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '20']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '23']]
3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Robin01', '1/2-1/2', '33']]

===

<Kramnik-Grischuk, 0-1 in 40 moves.>--No one got it!

===

<Topalov-Aronian, 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['Robin01', '1/2-1/2', '38']]
3rd Under, 5 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '37']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '43']]
3rd Over, 1 point1: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '46'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '46']]

Jun-13-14  chessmoron: FINAL Round Summary:

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

<OhioChessFan>--Hurrah!!

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 8 points: <WinKing>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <FINAL Round>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

♔ 54, lostemperor, 0, 2, 4
♘ 42, WinKing, 0, 6, 0
♗ 28, Karposian, 0, 4, 0
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
27, moulicules, 0, 1, 2
24, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 2, 1
20, NakoSonorense, 2, 2, 0
17, Golden Executive, 0, 1, 1
17, juan31, 0, 1, 1
17, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 1
17, Penguincw, 1, 2, 0
17, Robin01, 1, 2, 0
14, chessmoron, 0, 2, 0
14, wordfunph, 0, 1, 0
10, PinnedPiece, 1, 1, 0
7, ashishushukla299, 0, 1, 0
0, lost in space, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <FINAL Round>

Score, UserID, 3-Over, 2-Over, 3-Under, 2-Under

♔ 50, SwitchingQuylthulg, 2, 0, 6, 3
♘ 45, lostemperor, 1, 0, 4, 4
♗ 44, Karposian, 1, 2, 3, 4
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
33, Penguincw, 2, 4, 1, 3
33, WinKing, 0, 5, 1, 3
32, Robin01, 3, 0, 1, 4
30, chessmoron, 2, 3, 2, 2
28, wordfunph, 4, 0, 0, 4
28, moulicules, 0, 1, 4, 1
24, PinnedPiece, 0, 1, 2, 2
19, juan31, 2, 1, 3, 0
19, OhioChessFan, 1, 1, 2, 1
16, Golden Executive, 0, 0, 2, 1
13, lost in space, 0, 4, 1, 0
11, ashishshukla299, 0, 0, 1, 1
6, NakoSonorense, 2, 2, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <FINAL Round>

Score, UserID

♔ 99, lostemperor
♘ 75, WinKing
♗ 74, SwitchingQuylthulg
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
72, Karposian
55, moulicules
50, Penguincw
49, Robin01
44, chessmoron
42, wordfunph
36, juan31
36, OhioChessFan
34, PinnedPiece
33, Golden Executive
26, NakoSonorense
18, ashishshukla299
13, lost in space

===

Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <FINAL Round>

Score,UserID

♔ 6, lostemperor
♔ 6, WinKing
♘ 4, Karposian
♘ 4, NakoSonorense
♗ 3, moulicules
♗ 3, Penguincw
♗ 3, Robin01
♗ 3, SwitchingQuylthulg
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
2, chessmoron
2, Golden Executive
2, juan31
2, OhioChessFan
2, PinnedPiece
2, wordfunph
1, ashishushukla299
0, lost in space

Jun-13-14  chessmoron: ♔<WINNER'S CORNER>

♔♔♔♘ <lostemperor> Nor14:StdMvRnk(1)+ BonusRnk(2) + StdMv/Bonus(1) + 1stRanker(1t)

♔♘♘ <WinKing> Nor14:StdMvRnk(2)+ StdMv/Bonus(2) + 1stRanker(1t)

♔♗♗ <SwitchingQuylthulg> Nor14:BonusRnk(1) + StdMv/Bonus(3) + 1stRanker(3t)

♘♗♗ <Karposian> Nor14:StdMvRnk(3)+ BonusRnk(3) + 1stRanker(2t)

<NakoSonorense> Nor14:1stRanker(2t)

<moulicules> Nor14:1stRanker(3t)

<Penguincw> Nor14:1stRanker(3t)

<Robin01> Nor14:1stRanker(3t)

Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: <Ohio> Greetings ... now that the Norway tournament is finished, I wish to express my total and utter confusion. I cannot understand the American approach to 'gambling'.

On this side of the pond, we have betting shops and bookies, where people place bets on sporting and other events. I gather that such facilities are still illegal in much of the USA? And yet you have Las Vegas...

And then there's this mysterious word 'ranker'. Without rancour (and without wishing to sound like a wan... oh, never mind) may I say that I don't understand this term. What, please, is a ranker?

Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: ♔ Final Recap ♔

In a dominant performance, Hall of Famer <lostemperor> took home 3 gold medals, and one silver. <SwitchingQuylthulg> and <WinKing> took home 1 gold each. <Switch> added 3 bronzes and <WinKing> had 2 silvers. Other medalists were <Karposian> with a silver and 2 bronzes, <Nako> with a silver, and <moulicules> <Penguincw> and <Robin01> with a bronze each. <OhioChessFan> fell just short with a record setting perfect that has the entire sports world abuzz. Alas, he and <chessmoron> and Still-Not-A-Hall-of-Famer <PinnedPiece> were all shut out in the medal race.

Many thanks to <chessmoron> who fortunately ran a better contest than he predicted, and to all the competitors.

Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: <Dom: I gather that such facilities are still illegal in much of the USA? And yet you have Las Vegas...>

Ahhhhhh. I can't explain it. Most law enforcement types ignore it unless they want some face time in the press.

<What, please, is a ranker?>

I don't think it has anything to do with a wanker, but I'm not sure. chessmoron?

Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  juan31: OhioChessFan and chessmoron: Thank you, for your contest, Gracias, congratulations for all the participants specially to the winers.
Jun-13-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Wow. I don't know how I managed to salvage a bronze.

Anyway, thanks for hosting and organizing the contest. Congratz to all the medalists, especially <lostemperor>, who just like over at YouRang's contest, hit some "jackpots". I see he won a triple crown and came within 5 points of a quadruple crown. So close, but I will remain the only quadruple crown winner for at least one more tournament. :)

Also, I see <OCF> and <chessmoron> were kept off the podium. Is this a first?

Next contest is Dortmund?

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