In a stunning development, <Penguincw> managed a 24 point round, with 3 #1's, to move into the lead in 2 Rankers. Asked to comment, he said "I only wish my buddy <Corrosion> had been here to see it, mwoo hahahaha." <offramp> still comfortably leads the prestigious Moves+Bonus Ranker, and <sea otter> continues his bizarre strategy of avoiding #1 predictions to make sure all his points go to the Bonus Ranker.

Round 8
Nakamura-Aronian 1/2 42
Vachier-Lagrave-Adams 1/2 44
Caruana-So 1/2 47
Kramnik-Giri 1/2 44
Topalov-Anand 1/2 44

<Adams-Caruana, 1/2-1/2 in 46 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['sea otter', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

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

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

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

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<Aronian-Anand, 1/2-1/2 in 30 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '30'], ['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['whiteshark', '1/2-1/2', '31']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

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<Giri-Topalov, 1/2-1/2 in 67 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '62']]
2nd Under, 6 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

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

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

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<Nakamura-MVL, 1-0 in 37 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['offramp', '1-0', '39']]
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<So-Kramnik, 1/2-1/2 in 36 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '36'], ['sea otter', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '33']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

<Golden Executive>, <sea otter>, <SwitchingQuylthulg> and <wordfunph>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 11 points: <alfamikewhiskey> and <WinKing>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

44, offramp, 2, 4, 1
40, Penguincw, 3, 3, 1
37, Golden Executive, 0, 1, 3
34, wordfunph, 0, 2, 2
30, SwitchingQuylthulg, 1, 1, 2
17, sea otter, 0, 1, 1
14, whiteshark, 0, 2, 0
10, chessmoron, 1, 1, 0
10, juan31, 1, 1, 0
10, OhioChessFan, 1, 1, 0
10, WinKing, 1, 1, 0
7, lostemperor, 0, 1, 0
3, alfamikewhiskey, 1, 0, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

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

40, WinKing, 3, 1, 1, 5
33, sea otter, 3, 1, 2, 3
32, alfamikewhiskey, 2, 2, 4, 1
27, offramp, 1, 3, 4, 0
23, SwitchingQuylthulg, 2, 0, 3, 1
22, whiteshark, 1, 5, 1, 1
21, lostemperor, 2, 4, 1, 1
19, OhioChessFan, 1, 3, 0, 2
18, chessmoron, 0, 3, 0, 2
17, Golden Executive, 2, 2, 1, 1
16, juan31, 1, 2, 1, 1
9, Penguincw, 1, 1, 0, 1
7, wordfunph, 3, 2, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID

71, offramp
54, Golden Executive
53, SwitchingQuylthulg
50, sea otter
50, WinKing
49, Penguincw
41, wordfunph
36, whiteshark
35, alfamikewhiskey
29, OhioChessFan
28, chessmoron
28, lostemperor
26, juan31

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

Score,UserID

Round 8:

<offramp> got back to business and moved back to a lead/tie in 3 Rankers. <WinKing> had an 11 point round in Bonus Ranker to move into the lead there. <Penguincw> held on for a tie of the #1 Ranker. <sea otter> was disappointed to have two #1 picks that round as he was hoping to continue scoring points only in Bonus Ranker. The rest of the contestants gave him a polite, or maybe mocking, round of applause as he got rid of the last 0's on the board.