<Caruana-Harikrishna, 1/2-1/2 in 43 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['lostemepror', '1/2-1/2', '45']] 3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Mamedov-Giri, 1/2-1/2 in 42 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Mamedyarov-Karjakin, 1/2-1/2 in 29 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '30']]
2nd Over, 2 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '35']]
3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

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<Radjabov-Hou, 1/2-1/2 in 32 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '35']]
2nd Over, 2 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '38']]
3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

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<Safarli-Eljanov, 1/2-1/2 in 43 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['capafan', '1/2-1/2', '39'], ['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

<SwitchingQuylthulg>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 12 points: <Penguincw> and <OhioChessFan>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 1>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

24, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 2, 1
7, Golden Executive, 0, 1, 0
3, lostemperor, 1, 0, 0
3, WinKing, 1, 0, 0
0, Penguincw, 0, 0, 0
0, capafan, 0, 0, 0
0, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 0
0, juan31, 0, 0, 0
0, chessmoron, 0, 0, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 1>

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

12, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 0, 2
12, Penguincw, 2, 0, 2, 0
8, juan31, 1, 1, 1, 0
8, lostemperor, 0, 1, 0, 1
6, chessmoron, 0, 0, 0, 1
6, Golden Executive, 0, 0, 0, 1
5, capafan, 0, 0, 1, 0
2, WinKing, 0, 1, 0, 0

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 1>

Score, UserID

24, SwitchingQuylthulg
13, Golden Executive
12, OhioChessFan
12, Penguincw
11, lostemperor
8, juan31
6, chessmoron
5, capafan
5, WinKing

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

Score,UserID

We're off and running in another spectacular prediction contest. While the players in the tournament had a typical first round relaxing day with all draws, that wasn't the case in our contest. <SwitchingQuiteLucky> stormed out to an early lead with an amazing 24 point round. He has already taken a big lead in 3 of the Rankers. <OhMyNoChessFan> and <Pingpongcw> share the lead in the Bonus Ranker. Amazingly enough, all competitors scored that round, which has to be some kind of record for quickest group effort.

<GoldenExecutive> has filed a formal protest with the Tournament Director, demanding an explanation how two games ended in fewer moves than the required 41 moves. When he asked the prediction contest Tournament Director, <chessmoron> for support, <chessmoron> replied, "Yeah, whatever."

Giri - Karjakin 1/2 38
Harikrishna - Mamedyarov 1/2 37
Eljanov - Caruana 1/2 23
Hou - Safarli 1/2 43
Mamedov - Radjabov 1/2 38

Round 3

Radjabov - Giri 1/2 33
Safarli - Mamedov 1/2 43
Caruana - Hou 1-0 43
Mamedyarov - Eljanov 1/2 40
Karjakin - Harikrishna 1/2 43

Round 4

<Eljanov-Caruana, 0-1 in 45 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['chessmoron', '0-1', '40']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Giri-Karjakin, 1-0 in 68 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '1-0', '44']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Harikrishna-Mamedyarov, 1-0 in 33 moves.>--No one got it!

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<Hou-Safarli, 1/2-1/2 in 39 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['OhioChessfan', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '43'], ['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

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<Mamedov-Radjabov, 1/2-1/2 in 20 moves.>

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

None

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 2 points: <juan31>, <SwitchingQuylthulg> and <lostemperor>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 2>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

24, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 2, 1
10, Golden Executive, 1, 1, 0
7, chessmoron, 0, 1, 0
7, juan31, 0, 1, 0
6, WinKing, 2, 0, 0
3, lostemperor, 1, 0, 0
3, OhioChessFan, 1, 0, 0
3, Penguincw, 1, 0, 0
0, capafan, 0, 0, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2>

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

12, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 0, 2
12, Penguincw, 2, 0, 2, 0
10, juan31, 1, 2, 1, 0
10, lostemperor, 2, 1, 0, 1
7, chessmoron, 1, 0, 0, 1
6, Golden Executive, 0, 0, 0, 1
5, capafan, 0, 0, 1, 0
3, WinKing, 1, 1, 0, 0
2, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 1, 0, 0

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2>

Score, UserID

26, SwitchingQuylthulg
17, juan31
16, Golden Executive
15, OhioChessFan
15, Penguincw
14, chessmoron
13, lostemperor
9, WinKing
5, capafan

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Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 2>

Score,UserID

A feeble effort by our contestants, as only 34 points were scored in total. No changes in the leaderboards, to be expected with so little scoring. <Switch> still leads in 3 Rankers, and <OCF> and <Penguincw> are still tied for the lead in Bonus Ranker. <whiteshark> and <Karposian> haven't been seen yet, but they won't be much behind if they do show up.