I think it is 'brave' that people are posting predictions, without knowning the drawing of the colours...

I know people will ask this question over and over and over and over, so...

http://www.sochi2014.fide.com/rules...

<The Match is played over a maximum of twelve games and the winner of the match shall be the first player to score 6.5 points or more. If the scores are level after the twelve games, after a new drawing of colors, four tie-break games shall be played. The games shall be played using the electronic clock starting with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move. In case the match is still drawn, a match of 2 games shall be played with a time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment after each move. In case of a level score, another 2-game match will be played to determine a winner. If still there is no winner after 5 such matches (total 10 games), one sudden-death game will be played.>

Live game and starting time:

http://www.sochi2014.fide.com/ (Scroll down half-way)

Unfortunately I can't find anything on whether it is 40/2hr + 20/1hr + 10s increment or what time control will be used. If you find it, please post it. =)

Will the (prediction) contest carry over to the tie-breaker games? Even to sudden-death game?

Then I'll wait for the colours to come out. In the meantime...

I had a closer look at the medals you listed, and briefly checked it over. There may still be mistakes, but here are the errors I spotted. Surprisingly, there were only 2 users that lost a medal (overall). I have excluded those users (but still have them). Below I have the errors for each user, along with the reason, and what their correct medal count should be.

<OhioChessFan> PSpr10:1stRanker(3) (silver, not bronze) // Bilb11:1stRanker(3t) forgotten about // Miscalculation (1 extra bronze) // 13K, 7N, 19B

<wordfunph> Bilb11:BonusRnk(3) forgotten about // 12K, 4N, 12B

<Robin01> Lin09:BonusRnk(3) & Dor09:1stRanker(3t) fix order // Dor11:StdMv/Bonus(1) forgot the tie // Tat12:StdMvRnk(1) + BonusRnk(3) + StdMv/Bonus(1) + 1stRanker(1t) forgotten about // Medals correct!

<NakoSonorense> Cor09:BonusRnk(3) counted 2x // Tat13:StdMvRnk(1) it's actually StdMv/Bonus(1) // Tat14:1stRanker(2t) actually Nor14:1stRanker(2t), Tata Steel 1stRanker is 3t // Medals correct!

<WinKing> Dor11:StdMv/Bonus(3t) forgotten about // Bilb11:1stRanker(2t) forgotten about // 8K 22N 11B

<Penguincw> All correct. :|

<Karposian> Nor14:StdMvRnk(3)+ BonusRnk(3) + extra space needed

<SloVice> PSpr10:1stRanker(3t) should be a shared silver // 4K 6N 6B

<Ragh> Bilb11:1stRanker(3t) forgotten about // 3K 4N 6B

<PinnedPiece> Dor11:StdMv/Bonus(3t) forgotten about // 2K 5N 7B

<twinlark> Bilb11:1stRanker(2t) & Dor12:1stRanker(3t) forgotten about // 2K 6N 6B

<chancho> Lin09:1stRanker(3t) should be a shared silver // 2K 4N 4B

<DCP23> Lin09:1stRanker(3t) should be a shared silver // 2K 1N 4B

<Winter> Lin10:StdMvRnk(1) + StdMv/Bonus(2) + 1stRanker(1) forgotten about // 2K 1N 0B

<onesax> Bilb11:1stRanker(3t) forgotten about // 0K 0N 1B

Notes:

- There were several formatting "errors", but most of them were when you had a dash randomly placed in the middle of a word (ex. St-dMvRnk). I ignored those.

- Links to all the contests (some may be off): OhioChessFan chessforum

- Original medal list: OhioChessFan chessforum

< Unfortunately I can't find anything on whether it is 40/2hr + 20/1hr + 10s increment or what time control will be used. If you find it, please post it. =) >

Wikipedia lead me to this link. :)

http://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/F...

And Just in case something bad happens to me tomorrow:

Game 1: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 25

Game 2: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 35

Game 3: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 40

Game 4: Carlsen - Anand 1-0 55

Game 5: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 38

Game 6: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 40

Game 7: Carlsen - Anand 1-0 55

Game 8: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 60

Game 9: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 25

Game 10: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 35

Game 11: Carlsen - Anand 1/2-1/2 45

Game 1: Carlsen - Anand 1/2 26

Game 2: Carlsen - Anand 1/2 41

Game 3: Carlsen - Anand 1/2 35

Game 4: Carlsen - Anand 1-0 48

Game 5: Carlsen - Anand 1/2 54

Game 6: Carlsen - Anand 1/2 43

Game 7: Carlsen - Anand 1/2 55

Game 8: Carlsen - Anand 1-0 57

Game 9: Carlsen - Anand 1/2 55

Game 10: Carlsen - Anand 1/2 42

Game 1 -- Carlsen 1/2 Anand 1/2 34
Game 2 -- Carlsen 0 Anand 1 35
Game 3 -- Carlsen 1/2 Anand 1/2 40

Game 4 -- Carlsen 1 Anand 0 59

Game 5 -- Carlsen 1/2 Anand 1/2 29

Game 6 -- Carlsen 0 Anand 1 48

Game 7 -- Carlsen 1/2 Anand 1/2 45

Game 8 -- Carlsen 1/2 Anand 1/2 35

Game 9 -- Carlsen 1/2 Anand 1/2 35

Game 10 -- Carlsen 0 Anand 1 42

G2: Carlsen-Anand 1/2 45

G3: Anand-Carlsen 1/2 51

G4: Carlsen-Anand 1/2 35

G5: Anand-Carlsen 1/2 42

G6: Carlsen-Anand 1-0 38

G7: Carlsen-Anand 1-0 42

G8: Anand-Carlsen 1/2 43

G9: Carlsen-Anand 1/2 42

G10: Anand-Carlsen 1/2 38

G1: Anand-Carlsen (1/2) (34 moves)

1. 1. Since there's 12 games total, predict as many games as you think the winner will need to score 6.5 points, the number needed to win the match.

Be warned, if a game is not played and you predicted a game result, you will lose 5 points. ie. If game 12 is not played and you predict a game 12, you lose 5 points.

2. All predictions must be posted on OhioChessFan chessforum before NOV 8th, 2014. Specifically, by 11:59 PM November 7th, Chessgames.com time

Posting format:

G1: Player X-Player Y (1-0, 1/2, or 0-1) (# of moves played)

G2: Player X-Player Y (1-0, 1/2, or 0-1) (# of moves played)

....etc.

3. Only Moves+Bonus Ranker (See OhioChessFan chessforum 's profile on what that is about) will be used to medal.

4. I will post results after game 3, game 6, game 9, and game 12.