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OhioChessFan
Member since Apr-09-05 · Last seen Nov-22-25
______________ 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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   Nov-21-25 Chessgames - Politics (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: Best singer in a band is Freddie Mercury. Best woman singer in a band is Grace Slick. Best singer ever is Sam Cooke. Best female ever is Aretha Franklin. Quick takes on some others mentioned: Dylan is painfully bad. Sinatra is off key 75% of the time. Jim Croce had the best ...
 
   Nov-21-25 S J Stevens vs Gracie, 1878
 
OhioChessFan: White to make his 18th move would be a decent Tuesday puzzle.
 
   Nov-21-25 A Niyibizi vs Cheda, 2014 (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: Amusing pun. Patience paid off.
 
   Nov-19-25 W Hug vs Korchnoi, 1978 (replies)
 
OhioChessFan: 18. Ne4 opened up the middle to Black's Queen and LSB. 18. Nb1 was fine.
 
   Nov-18-25 Chessgames - Music (replies)
 
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"
 
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Moves Prediction Contest

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 629 OF 849 ·  Later Kibitzing>
Dec-11-17  WinKing: Round 9

Nepomniachtchi - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2 36
Anand - So 1/2 36
Karjakin - Nakamura 1/2 36
Caruana - Adams 1/2 36
Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 36

Dec-11-17
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  SwitchingQuylthulg: Round 9:

Nepomniachtchi - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2 37
Anand - So 1/2 28
Karjakin - Nakamura 1/2 28
Caruana - Adams 1-0 41
Aronian - Carlsen 1-0 26

Dec-11-17
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  SwitchingQuylthulg: Round 9 games have started.
Dec-11-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: As we await <chessmoron> and the final standings, thanks to <Switch> and <Penguincw> for being official starters, <WinKing> for being official scoring decision doublechecker and to all the contestants. Be patient with <chessmoron> who is in a meeting today with John Calipari, who's trying to figure out if he has one year of eligibility remaining.
Dec-11-17  chessmoron: ♔ London 2017: <Round 8> Result ♔

<Anand-So, 0-1 in 33 moves.>--No one got it!

===

<Aronian-Carlsen, 0-1 in 53 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '0-1', '48']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<Caruana-Adams, 1-0 in 68 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['offramp', '1-0', '48']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['lostemperor', '1-0', '45'], ['Count Wedgemore', '1-0', '45']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1-0', '41']]

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

===

<Karjakin-Nakamura, 1/2-1/2 in 31 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '31']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '28'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '28']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '25']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '32']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '36'], ['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

===

<Nepo-MVL, 1/2-1/2 in 19 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '22']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '24']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '28']]

Dec-11-17  chessmoron: FINAL Round Summary:

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

<wordfunph>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 11 points: <SwitchingQuylthulg>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <FINAL Round>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

♔ 53, wordfunph, 5, 4, 1
♘ 41, offramp, 1, 4, 1
♗ 40, OhioChessFan, 2, 2, 2
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
33, SwitchingQuylthulg, 3, 2, 1
31, lostemperor, 0, 3, 1
27, Penguincw, 0, 1, 2
24, sea otter, 1, 3, 0
24, WinKing, 0, 2, 1
23, Count Wedgemore, 1, 0, 2
10, alfamikewhiskey, 1, 1, 0
10, chessmoron, 1, 1, 0
7, juan31, 0, 1, 0
6, Golden Executive, 2, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <FINAL Round>

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

♔ 54, lostemperor, 0, 4, 2, 6
♘ 42, Penguincw, 4, 5, 2, 3
♗ 41, WinKing, 4, 2, 3, 3
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
40, chessmoron, 3, 2, 3, 3
38, Count Wedgemore, 3, 7, 3, 1
33, OhioChessFan, 1, 3, 4, 1
32, SwitchingQuylthulg, 1, 4, 1, 3
30, juan31, 4, 2, 2, 2
29, alfamikewhiskey, 4, 2, 3, 1
25, wordfunph, 2, 3, 1, 2
18, offramp, 3, 2, 1, 1
14, sea otter, 2, 3, 0, 1
7, Golden Executive, 1, 3, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <FINAL Round>

Score, UserID

♔ 85, lostemperor
♘ 78, wordfunph
♗ 73, OhioChessFan
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
69, Penguincw
65, WinKing
65, SwitchingQuylthulg
61, Count Wedgemore
59, offramp
50, chessmoron
39, alfamikewhiskey
38, sea otter
37, juan31
13, Golden Executive

===

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

Score,UserID

♔ 10, wordfunph
♘ 6, offramp
♘ 6, OhioChessFan
♘ 6, SwitchingQuylthulg
♗ 4, lostemperor
♗ 4, sea otter
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
3, Count Wedgemore
3, Penguincw
3, WinKing
2, alfamikewhiskey
2, chessmoron
2, Golden Executive
1, juan31

Dec-11-17  chessmoron: ♔<WINNER'S CORNER>

♔♔♘ <wordfunph> Lon17:StdMvRnk(1) + StdMv/Bonus(2) + 1stRanker(1)

♔♔♗ <lostemperor> Lon17:BonusRnk(1) + StdMv/Bonus(1) + 1stRanker(3t)

♘♘ <offramp> Lon17:StdMvRnk(2) + 1stRanker(2t)

♘♗♗ <OhioChessFan> Lon17:StdMvRnk(3) + StdMv/Bonus(3) + 1stRanker(2t)

<Penguincw> Lon17:BonusRnk(2)

<sea otter> Lon17:1stRanker(3t)

<SwitchingQuylthulg> Lon17:1stRanker(3t)

<WinKing> Lon17:BonusRnk(3)

Dec-11-17
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  SwitchingQuylthulg: Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to <chessmoron> and <OhioChessFan> for organizing!
Dec-11-17  WinKing: Thanks to <chessmoron> for running a great contest! Thanks to <OhioChessFan> for being our gracious host!

Congratulations to all of the medal winners & there were many! Super grats to <wordfunph> & <lostemperor> both winning 2 golds. We had a double 'Double Crown' this time around. Well done gentlemen.

Dec-11-17  WinKing: Just for the record <SwitchingQuylthulg> won silver <(Lon17:1stRanker(2t)> & not bronze.
Dec-11-17  Count Wedgemore: This contest has been great fun, and I look forward to the next one. Hopefully I will win some medals then..

Thanks so much to the organizers of this entertaining competition, <chessmoron> and <OhioChessFan>. Till next time!

Dec-11-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  juan31: Thanks to <chessmoron> and <OhioChessFan> Congratulations to all medallistas.
Dec-12-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: ** Final Recap **

Hall of Famers <wordfunph> and <lostemperor> held on to the bitter end and achieved immorality with a Double Gold each. They both took charge and never looked back, unlike the Loser <OhioChessFan>. Congratulations to both of them.

<juan31> hit a spectacular #1 this round, to finally get the last 0 off our scoreboard. He was the only person who predicted an Aronian loss with White, albeit against Carlsen. Congrats to him.

<chessmoron> proved to be a sore loser, as he failed to medal, which is not surprising, but then tried to cheat <Switch> out of a silver, which is shocking. Fortunately, the Department of Ethics Commissioner, <WinKing>, caught him and set things straight.

Here's hoping we'll be back in action at Tata Steel. Thanks to everyone for playing.

Dec-12-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Many thanks to <OhioChessFan> and to <chessmoron>. It is really great of you to do this!

Well done to all the winners, and a great result for User: Count Wedgemore. I think you'll do even better in the next event.

Dec-12-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  lostemperor: Thanks <chessmoron> calculations, <OhioChessFan> reports, <wordfunph> (and all) for the competition :) reports. It was fun as always!
Dec-12-17  alfamikewhiskey: Thank you for organising this contest. Splendid if you "do" Tata in January! Victoribus gratulor.
Dec-12-17  Count Wedgemore: <offramp: Well done to all the winners, and a great result for User: Count Wedgemore. I think you'll do even better in the next event.>

Thank you for that, <offramp>.I will make the necessary adjustments so I can get onto the podium next time. Look out!

Dec-12-17  Golden Executive: What a disaster of mine, I missed one round and I almost win the Quadruple Clown, dammit!.

Oh well. Thanks to <chessmoron> and <OhioChessFan> for the contest and congratulations to all the winners.

Great tournament for <wordfunph> and <lostemperor> winning a Double Crown, well done !!

See you guys next time!

Dec-12-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: I was certainly remiss not to mock you for your historically poor showing.
Dec-12-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Woo, I salvaged a silver.

Thanks to <OhioChessFan> and <chessmoron> for making this contest possible, and <WinKing> for helping out.

Congrats to <lostemperor> and <wordfunph> for their double crowns (and congrats to the other medalists), and hope to see you for Tata.

Dec-13-17  wordfunph: great thanks to <chessmoron> and <OhioChessFan>!

congrats to all winners!

see you all next time..

Dec-15-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen:

Merry Christmas, <The honorable member from Ohio>

Country style!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KK...

Dec-17-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: Thanks Jess. Martina is mighty easy on the eyes.
Dec-22-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Thanks again, Ohio chess fan. I really enjoy the games during tournamens, whatever they are called.

I wish you a very Happy Christmas, and I hope you have many more of them.

Dec-22-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: ...And a happy Christmas to you, Golden Executive. Your games made my year a lot of fun, and thanks for that!
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