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OhioChessFan
Member since Apr-09-05 · Last seen Nov-20-25

______________ Moves Prediction Contest
<Main Focus>: Predicting how many moves in a game for each pairing.
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<Format>:
[player]-[player] [result] [# of MOVES]
==4 Different Scoring Methods==
Standard Moves Ranker (1st place-Over[3pts], 1st place-Under [7pts], Exact [10pts])
Bonus Ranker (3rd place-Over[1pts],2nd place-Over[2pts],3rd place-Under [5pts], 2nd place-Under [6pts]
Standard Moves/Bonus Ranker [Add all to together]
1st place Ranker [how many 1st place you have in Standard Moves Ranker]
For example:
<Note: Participants 3, 4, and 5 are predicated on nobody scoring an exact as Participant 2 did. If someone hits an exact, the closest score under and over will score the points for second place.>
Actual Game: [player]-[player] 0-1 45
Participant 1: [player]-[player] 1/2 45
Participant 2: [player]-[player] 0-1 45
Participant 3: [player]-[player] 0-1 44
Participant 4: [player]-[player] 0-1 43
Participant 5: [player]-[player] 0-1 46
Participant 1: No points even though 45 is correct. Results must be correct. If Result is wrong and moves # is correct...you get no points whatsoever
Participant 2: 10 pts rewarded for correct Result/moves #
Participant 3: 7 pts rewarded for closest under (1st-Under) to 45 moves
Participant 4: 6 pts rewarded for the 2nd closest under (2nd-Under) to 45 moves.
Participant 5: 3 pts rewarded closest OVER(1st-OVER) to 45 moves.
Again, the description of Participant 3, 4, and 5 are based on there being no exact prediction as made by Participant 2.
<IF> there is an exact or an under closest, the highest scoring over participant will be 2nd over. The second closest over will be 3rd over. The <ONLY> time there will be a first over is if there is no exact or under winner.
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   OhioChessFan has kibitzed 49367 times to chessgames [more...]

   Nov-20-25 Chessgames - Politics

OhioChessFan: "I absolutely despise White apologists." https://youtube.com/shorts/TuysQj6c...

   Nov-19-25 W Hug vs Korchnoi, 1978

OhioChessFan: 18. Ne4 opened up the middle to Black's Queen and LSB. 18. Nb1 was fine.

   Nov-18-25 Chessgames - Music

OhioChessFan: Wow, that is awesome. Here's Alvin Lee in his early days: 10 Years After-Love Like a Man https://youtu.be/K2nsJIjF5E4?si=Iwx...

   Nov-18-25 S P Sethuraman vs C Anto, 2025

OhioChessFan: <redundant> I never noticed that. I had 5 semesters of college German so I have a basic knowledge of the language. I guess the different languages of "time" in the same sentence render it acceptable. Monty Python just doesn't work for me. I like maybe 10% of their stuff.

   Nov-14-25 McShane vs I Samunenkov, 2025

OhioChessFan: Nice analysis from Mikhail Golubev https://www.chess.com/blog/MikhailG...

   Nov-14-25 Mikhail Golubev

OhioChessFan: I just played over the Samunenkov game. What do you think of the Petroff in general? Do you need to be booked up on the latest lines or can you just rely on general principles?

   Nov-14-25 V Biliy vs V Golovach, 2003

OhioChessFan: Wildly entertaining game that lasted a long time with an odd material imbalance. 41...Ke5 was losing, as it gave up the skewer on the two Rooks on the long diagonal. 41...Kd7 would have been fine.

   Nov-13-25 D Moody vs D Helf, 1976

OhioChessFan: "Dewey, I'm Cut in Helf Pretty Bad"

   Nov-12-25 Nakamura vs T Dokka, 2025

OhioChessFan: "Dokka Shame"

   Nov-12-25 J Bars vs M Hohlbein, 2024

OhioChessFan: Wow, what an amazing game to review.

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Moves Prediction Contest

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Jul-23-17		WinKing: Kudos <chessmoron> on a well run contest & might I add excellent scorekeeping! :) Kudos also to the host <OhioChessFan> whose commentary is always...amusing. Congrats to all the winners which was just about everybody! Special grats to <Penguincw> on picking up 4 medals two(Double Crown) of which were gold. Also grats to <alfamikewhiskey> who had a career outing picking up 3 medals here two(Double Crown) of which were gold. He also picked up 3 golds(Triple Crown) in <Golden Executive>'s contest bringing his total of golds to 5 for Dortmund 2017 - Outstanding!!! You are now the 15th member of <chessgames> to have won 10 or more golds in these contests. Your name has been added to the Gold Leader Board in my forum - well done <amw>!

Jul-23-17		Penguincw: Thanks to <OhioChessFan> and <chessmoron> for making this contest possible. Congrats to all the winners, especially <alfamikewhiskey> for his excellent performance here, and over at GE's contest. Hope to see you next time, whenever that may be.

Jul-23-17		Penguincw: I heard you may be hosting Biel. In the case you are, here are my predictions (if you're not, just kindly ignore them): Round 1: Bacrot - Ponomariov 1/2-1/2 36 Georgiadis - Navara 0-1 35 Morozevich - Hou Yifan 1/2-1/2 38 Studer - Leko 1/2-1/2 37 Vaganian - Harikrishna 1/2-1/2 40

Jul-24-17		OhioChessFan: Final Recap The final round was a bit anticlimatic as the players provided a lot of fireworks, but the contestants here didn't reciprocate. In any event, <alfamikewhiskey> and <Penguinwcw> ended up with 2 gold medals each. <amw> added a silver and <Penguin> added 2 bronze. <GE> came through with 2 silvers and 1 bronze, early leader <wordfunph> had 1 silver and 1 bronze, <juan31> had a silver, and <sea otter> and <OCF> ended up with 2 bronze each. <WinKing> is safely home, scared straight, and will be on his best behavior in future contests to avoid any concerns about parole violations. <chessmoron> was so disgusted at not winning a medal, he hinted he might run Biel, or maybe not, or possibly he'll be the only one to enter. <Penguincw> already caught on to that trick, so we'll see what happens. Thanks to everyone who played, and we'll see if it's Biel or Sinquefield, or something else.

Jul-24-17		OhioChessFan: Bacrot - Ponomariov 1/2 42 Georgiadis - Navara 0-1 40 Morozevich - Hou Yifan 1-0 38 Studer - Leko 1/2 41 Vaganian - Harikrishna 1/2 41

Jul-24-17		wordfunph: Round 1: Bacrot - Ponomariov 1/2 44 Georgiadis - Navara 0-1 46 Morozevich - Hou Yifan 1/2 44 Studer - Leko 0-1 46 Vaganian - Harikrishna 1/2 46

Jul-24-17		alfamikewhiskey: Thanks <OhioChessFan> and <chessmoron> for this splendid contest. Congrats to the medalists! <Leader Board in my forum>: I'm honoured and thrilled, <WinKing>. See you all :)

Jul-24-17		wordfunph: gracias <OCF> and <chessmoron>! <alfa> congratulations!

Jul-24-17		Golden Executive: Thanks <chessmoron> for running perfectly the show and <OCF> for hosting and commenting it. Great! Congratulations to my other fellows who won medals and particularly to <alfamikewhiskey> on entering to the Gold Leader Board in <WinKing>'s forum!

Jul-24-17		Golden Executive: Round 1: Bacrot - Ponomariov 1/2 40 Georgiadis - Navara 1/2 40 Morozevich - Hou Yifan 1-0 36 Studer - Leko 1/2 40 Vaganian - Harikrishna 0-1 30

Jul-24-17		chessmoron: Bacrot - Ponomariov 1/2 40 Georgiadis - Navara 1/2 39 Morozevich - Hou Yifan 1-0 38 Studer - Leko 1/2 41 Vaganian - Harikrishna 1/2 30

Jul-24-17		WinKing: Games have started.

Jul-24-17		OhioChessFan: I think to be fair, thi round shouldn't count. IMHO

Jul-24-17		OhioChessFan: Okay this needs a heavy round of advertising if it's to work.

Jul-24-17		chessmoron: I agree.

Jul-24-17		OhioChessFan: I'll run a round of advertising now and see what happens. I'm getting destroyed at work but will try this. Urgent Announcement We are running a Moves Prediction Contest for the Biel tournament at my forum. We got a late start advertising so the first round played earlier today won't count. Get your picks in for tomorrow's round ASAP!

Jul-24-17		OhioChessFan: Reviewing......4 entered, maybe <Switch> and <WinKing> will join us, hope we can get some who were just in Dortmund to come back....I think it'll be okay.

Jul-24-17		juan31: OhioChessFan: where are the alignment of round 2 ? Thank you

Jul-24-17		OhioChessFan: Can someone post pairings?

Jul-24-17		OhioChessFan: It shouldn't be this hard to find pairings......

Jul-24-17		Penguincw: It's all up to you <chessmoron>, but FTR, I agree with your decision to cancel R1.

Jul-24-17		Penguincw: I'm going to assume 2700chess.com got it right: Round 2: Ponomariov - Leko 1/2-1/2 42 Hou Yifan - Studer 1/2-1/2 42 Navara - Morozevich 1/2-1/2 45 Harikrishna - Georgiadis 1/2-1/2 38 Bacrot - Vaganian 1/2-1/2 39 Source: http://2700chess.com/live

Jul-24-17		sea otter: Ponomariov - Leko 1/2-1/2 42 Hou Yifan - Studer 1-0 42 Navara - Morozevich 1-0 31 Harikrishna - Georgiadis 1-0 41 Bacrot - Vaganian 1-0 35

Jul-24-17		juan31: Round 2 Ponomariov - Leko 1/2 39 Hou Yifan - Studer 1/2 38 Navara - Morozevich 1/2 42 Harikrishna - Georgiadis 1-0 46 Bacrot - Vaganian 1/2 40 Thank you < Penguincw > for the pairings

Jul-24-17		OhioChessFan: Ponomariov - Leko 1/2 40 Hou Yifan - Studer 1/2 51 Navara - Morozevich 1/2 40 Harikrishna - Georgiadis 1-0 37 Bacrot - Vaganian 1/2 40

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