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	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
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	|  |  | Jun-12-14 
  |  | 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
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	|  |  | 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 
  |  | Penguincw: Thank you <WinKing>. :) Good luck to you and everyone else in the final round. |  
	|  |  | Jun-12-14 
  |  | 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
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	|  |  | Jun-13-14 
  |  | 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
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	|  |  | Jun-13-14 
  |  | 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 
  |  | 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
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	|  |  | 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
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	|  |  | Jun-13-14 
  |  | 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 
  |  | lostemperor: Nice and Topalov - Aronian just finished  1/2 in 41 moves :) |  
	|  |  | Jun-13-14 
  |  | 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
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	|  |  | Jun-13-14 
  |  | 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 
  |  | 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: []
 
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 <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']]
 
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 <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']]
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	|  |  | 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
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 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
 
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 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
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 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
 
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 Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <FINAL Round> Score, UserID 
 ♔ 99, lostemperor
♘ 75, WinKing
 ♗ 74, SwitchingQuylthulg
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 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
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	|  |  | 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 
  |  | 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 
  |  | 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 
  |  | 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 
  |  | juan31: OhioChessFan and chessmoron: Thank you, for your contest, Gracias, congratulations for all the participants specially to the winers. |  
	|  |  | Jun-13-14 
  |  | 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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