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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

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

OhioChessFan: Amusing pun. Patience paid off.

   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"

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Moves Prediction Contest

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Mar-01-18		WinKing: <<>Candidates Tournament 2018 begins Saturday, March 10th<>> 8 days to go! Countdown to the Candidates Tourament 2018: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdo... ♘Candidates♘Candidates Tournament 2018♗Candidates♗ https://worldchess.com/ This tournament will run from Mar. 10th thru Mar. 28th 2018. (14 Rounds - Double Round Robin) Participants include: Aronian, Caruana, Ding Liren, Grischuk, Karjakin, Kramnik, Mamedyarov & So, Average rating: 2786 (as of 2/18/18) - Category XXII *** * <<> Candidates Tournament 2018 <>> Schedule - Round 1 is Saturday March 10th & it starts @ 15:00hrs(3pm) Berlin time(9am chessgames time). !!! Time changes will be occurring during the month of March both in Berlin, Germany(on March 25th) & in the United States(on March 11th) . Starting times will vary depending on the rounds. !!! < 3 Prediction Contests: (Win virtual medals - Gold, Silver & Bronze) > * User: lostemperor - Predict the order the players will finish. Run & hosted by <lostemperor>. (3 categories to medal in) * User: Golden Executive - Predict the result 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1. Run & hosted by <Golden Executive>. (3 categories to medal in) This year will be the 11th Anniversary for this contest! (from 2007 to 2018 - 11 years running)** User: OhioChessFan - Predict the result 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1 & the number of moves. (4 categories to medal in). This contest is run by <chessmoron> & hosted by <OhioChessFan>. *** *** Also, don't forget about <chessgames> ChessBookie game for this event. She can't wait to take some or all of your chessbucks. ;) ChessBookie Game Don't miss out on the fun for this Super Event!!!

Mar-01-18		WinKing: <Fusilli: No takers for the puzzle? Hint: it's beautiful, and every single black piece is involved.> Nice puzzle <Fusilli>. Had to cheat a little moving the pieces around by hand on my board here. I should have been able to figure it out in my head. I won't put the solution here since I didn't get the solution fair & square. The solution is elegant. Hope all has been going well for you <Fusilli>. :)

Mar-01-18		OhioChessFan: I am very limited in my posting, but I did work the puzzle out. Qxf2 is the beginning of a nice forced sequence. The lovely Bishop check at the end to force the King away from the Rook is a nice, light touch. FWIW, Rxf2 seems good enough to win also.

Mar-01-18		OhioChessFan: Glad to hear it <cm> and <Winky>

Mar-01-18		OhioChessFan: I am okay with the scoring as is. If you demanded I make some changes, I think I'd say: The disparity in being over vs. under is a bit annoying. I want to scream every time I miss a 10 and am stuck with a 2 when I guess one move over the game result. I don't know if I do that more than everyone else or I just don't notice when it happens to other people, but it seems to bite me a lot lately. Much like the current dustup on the Wesley So page, the current method of treating the same scores as only one place is a bit disconcerting, eg, 3 people guess 1/2 40, that hits, but there are still a second and third under awarded. Both are fine. The first impacts your strategy, and the second is a concession to how hard the contest is. I'm inclined to not change it since it ain't broken. If I did change anything, it would be those.

Mar-01-18		offramp: <OhioChessFan: I am okay with the scoring as is.> "The Price Is Right" scoring.

Mar-02-18		Fusilli: <OCF> <WinKing> Indeed, Qxf2+ is crushing, and that's what black played. I saw the puzzle in a 1992 issue of Chess Life at the Nashville Chess Center (an issue with a drawing of Tal, who had just died, on the cover).

Mar-03-18		OhioChessFan: Hashtag 4314

Mar-03-18		thegoodanarchist: <Fusilli: <OCF> <WinKing> Indeed, Qxf2+ is crushing, and that's what black played. I saw the puzzle in a 1992 issue of Chess Life at the Nashville Chess Center (an issue with a drawing of Tal, who had just died, on the cover).> The follow up is even prettier, IMO: ...Qxf2+ 2.Rxf2 Re1+!! 3.Nxe1 Rxe1+ 4.Rf1 Be3+ and mate next move.

Mar-04-18		hashtag: Hello <OhioChessFan>. <4314> is an illegal chess move in postal annotation. In fairy chess however the <camel> moves this way. So what did you mean with you cryptic post?

Mar-04-18		Fusilli: <thegoodanarchist> Yes, that's how the game continued. All the way to mate, if I am not mistaken.

Mar-04-18		OhioChessFan: User: hashtag is the pseudo bookmark I use so that when I do a search of "hashtag", I will pull up a number of things I wish to review. 4314 happens to be a Kenneth S Rogoff page I wish to take another look at sometime.

Mar-05-18		chessmoron: WCC Candidates schedule: https://www.fide.com/component/cont... Round 1 Kramnik-Grischuk Karjakin-Mamedyarov Aronian-DIng Caruana-So Round 2 Grischuk-So DIng-Caruana Mamedyarov-Aronian Kramnik-Karjakin Round 3 Karjakin-Grischuk Aronian-Kramnik Caruana-Mamedyarov So-Ding Round 4 Grischuk-Ding Mamedyarov-So Kramnik-Caruana Karjakin-Aronian Round 5 Aronian-Grischuk Caruana-Karjakin So-Kramnik Ding-Mamedyarov Round 6 Caruana-Grischuk So-Aronian Ding-Karjakin Mamedyarov-Kramnik Round 7 Grischuk-Mamedyarov Kramnik-Ding Karjakin-So Aronian-Caruana Round 8 Grischuk-Kramnik Mamedyarov-Karjakin DIng-Aronian So-Caruana Round 9 So-Grischuk Caruana-Ding Aronian-Mamedyarov Karjakin-Kramnik Round 10 Grischuk-Karjakin Kramnik-Aronian Mamedyarov-Caruana Ding-So Round 11 Ding-Grischuk So-Mamedyarov Caruana-Kramnik Aronian-Karjakin Round 12 Grischuk-Aronian Karjakin-Caruana Kramnik-So Mamedyarov-Ding Round 13 Mamedyarov-Grischuk Ding-Kramnik So-Karjakin Caruana-Aronian Round 14 Grischuk-Caruana Aronian-So Karjakin-Ding Kramnik-Mamedyarov

Mar-06-18		WinKing: Round 1 Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 42 Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 34 Aronian - Ding 1/2 32 Caruana - So 1/2 40

Mar-07-18		offramp: Round 1 Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 32 Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 38 Aronian - Ding 1/2 47 Caruana - So 1/2 30

Mar-07-18		wordfunph: Round 1: Kramnik - Grischuk 1-0 44 Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 42 Aronian - Ding 1-0 46 Caruana - So 1/2 46

Mar-07-18		alfamikewhiskey: R1 Kramnik - Grischuk 0-1 31 Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 31 Aronian - Ding 1/2 34 Caruana - So 1/2 31

Mar-07-18		juan31: ROUND 1 Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 39 Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 40 Aronian - Ding 1-0 43 Caruana - So 1/2 38

Mar-08-18		lostemperor: Good luck <chessmoron>! Round 1: Kramnik-Grischuk 1-0 44 Karjakin-Mamedyarov 1/2 42 Aronian-Ding 1/2 48 Caruana-So 1/2 40 Round 2: Grischuk-So 1/2 42 Ding-Caruana 1/2 30 Mamedyarov-Aronian 1/2 34 Kramnik-Karjakin 1/2 36

Mar-08-18		chessmoron: Kramnik-Grischuk 1/2 37 Karjakin-Mamedyarov 1/2 40 Aronian-DIng 1-0 40 Caruana-So 1/2 37

Mar-09-18		Robin01: Predictions for first two rounds: Round 1: Kramnik-Grischuk 1/2 33 Karjakin-Mamedyarov 1/2 35 Aronian-Ding 1-0 39 Caruana-So 1/2 38 Round 2: Grischuk-So 1/2 33 Ding-Caruana 0-1 57 Mamedyarov-Aronian 1/2 36 Kramnik-Karjakin 1/2 35

Mar-09-18		Count Wedgemore: Round 1: Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 34 Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 31 Aronian - Ding 1/2 45 Caruana - So 1/2 33

Mar-09-18		OhioChessFan: Kramnik - Grischuk 1-0 26 Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 22 Aronian - Ding 1/2 20 Caruana - So 1/2 23

Mar-09-18		OhioChessFan: Let the Picking Begin Welcome to the Candidates 2018 Moves Prediction Contest. This contest involves picking a game result (1-0 1/2 or 0-1) and the number of moves in the game. As an example, if in the first round game you think Aronian with White will draw Ding in 40 moves, your entry would say: Aronian - Ding 1/2 40 While it is a bit more complicated than the game prediction contest hosted by <GoldenExecutive> it isn't <that> much more complicated. I think my profile as written by <chessmoron> does a pretty good job explaining how things work. A few odds and ends. Scoring mistakes occasionally happen. Let <chessmoron> know, on this forum. Quickly. It can seem intimidating to new players, but no worries. Feel free to ask questions. I will point out the scoring system (in my profile) is heavily weighted toward being under, and not over, the actual number of moves.

Mar-09-18		OhioChessFan: Welcome to Our Contest Reach your goals of cyber fame and fortune in the Candidates 2018 Moves Prediction Contest! Plot your strategy, study the player games and head to head results, flip a coin, throw darts, use a Ouija board, or whatever else you wish, and make your game and move selections.

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