Still anyone's ball game as we race toward the finish line. <Switch> leads in 2 Rankers, <Winky> in 1, and <amw> in 1. <GE> took 2 of the 0's off the board, so we're down to 5.

Most of the chess world was shocked by Wei's win today, and suspicions were cast on <amw> who inexplicably predicted it. He apparently thinks the gold medals in this contest are real, and he offered to melt one down and bribe Giri with it, who said he was tired of drawing all the time anyway.

<Carlsen-Wei, 1/2-1/2 in 60 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '41']]
2nd Under, 6 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Giri-Karjakin, 1/2-1/2 in 43 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '43']]
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '38']]
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '46'], ['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '46']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Nakamura-So, 1/2-1/2 in 42 moves.>

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

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '39']]
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '44']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

<chessmoron>

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

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

38, WinKing, 0, 4, 1
35, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 5, 0
23, alfamikewhiskey, 3, 2, 0
17, wordfunph, 1, 2, 0
13, chessmoron, 1, 0, 1
10, lostemperor, 1, 1, 0
7, Golden Executive, 0, 1, 0
3, OhioChessFan, 1, 0, 0
0, juan31, 0, 0, 0
0, Penguincw, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

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

41, juan31, 2, 0, 3, 4
40, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 1, 4, 3
37, Penguincw, 1, 1, 2, 4
32, WinKing, 3, 0, 1, 4
28, lostemperor, 1, 2, 1, 3
24, OhioChessFan, 0, 4, 2, 1
13, wordfunph, 1, 0, 0, 2
12, chessmoron, 0, 1, 2, 0
9, Golden Executive, 2, 1, 1, 0
0, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 0, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID

75, SwitchingQuylthulg
70, WinKing
41, juan31
38, lostemperor
37, Penguincw
30, wordfunph
27, OhioChessFan
25, chessmoron
23, alfamikewhiskey
16, Golden Executive

===

Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 7>

Score,UserID

Poor <chessmoron> doesn't know if he's coming or going any more and can't decide if that was round 6 or round 7 that just finished. In any event, the excitement is palpable as we have all kinds of movement on the leaderboard. <WinKing> tops 2 Rankers, as does <Switch>. <juan> got back to the top of the Bonus Ranker after one round, and <amw> dropped back to a tie for the lead in #1 Ranker. <OCF> was noticing that if you added his scores and <chessmorons's> together, they'd be good for a grand total of one bronze.

No matter. There are still 3 rounds to go. Can we finally <please> get rid of the 5 0's still on the scoreboard? Can one of the 2 administrators score some points? Has anyone else noticed that <Switch> is sorta, kinda, in the running for a Quadruple Crown, and that <WinKing> is almost sorta, kinds in the same situation?

Round 8:

I'm not that good or that lucky <Switch>. Besides your in my way...cramping my style. ;) ;) ;).

<Karjakin-Carlsen, 1/2-1/2 in 19 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '17']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '34']]
3rd Over, 1 point1: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '37']]

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<So-Giri, 1-0 in 57 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['chessmoron', '1-0', '42']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<Wei-Nakamura, 1/2-1/2 in 45 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '44'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '44'], ['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '44']]

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '40']]
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '46']]