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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-09-18		SwitchingQuylthulg: Round 1: Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 40 Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 30 Aronian - Ding 1/2 30 Caruana - So 1/2 30

Mar-09-18		Fiona Macleod: Round 1: Kramnik - Grischuk 1-0 40 Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 41 Aronian - Ding 1/2 42 Caruana - So 1-0 43

Mar-09-18		Penguincw: Round 1: Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2-1/2 40 Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 42 Aronian - Ding 1/2-1/2 37 Caruana - So 1/2-1/2 39

Mar-10-18		Golden Executive: Round 1: Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2 40 Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 40 Aronian - Ding 1-0 36 Caruana - So 1-0 37

Mar-10-18		OhioChessFan: Games have started...

Mar-10-18		WinKing: ♔ Candidates 2018: <Round 1> Result ♔ <Aronian-Ding 1/2-1/2 in 22 moves> Exact, 10 points: [] Under, 7 points: ['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '20'] 2nd Under, 6 points: [] 3rd Under, 5 points: '] Over, 3 points: [] 2nd Over, 2 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '30'] 3rd Over, 1 point1: ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '32'] == <Caruana-So 1-0 in 33 moves> Exact, 10 points: [] Under, 7 points: [] 2nd Under, 6 points: [] 3rd Under, 5 points: [] Over, 3 points: ['Golden Executive', '1-0', '37'] 2nd Over, 2 points: ['Fiona Macleod', '1-0', '43'] 3rd Over, 1 point1: [] === <Karjakin-Mamedyarov 0-1 in 71 moves> No one got it! === <Kramnik-Grischuk 1-0 in 48 moves> Exact, 10 points: [] Under, 7 points: [['lostemperor', '1-0', '44'], ['wordfunph', '1-0', '44']] 2nd Under, 6 points: ['Fiona Macleod', '1-0', '40'] 3rd Under, 5 points: ['OhioChessFan', '1-0', '26'] Over, 3 points: [] 2nd Over, 2 points: [] 3rd Over, 1 point1: []

Mar-10-18		WinKing: Round 1 Summary: Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to: NONE Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 8 points: <Fiona Macleod> Results: Moves Ranker - Through <Round 1> Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact 7, lostemperor, 0, 1, 0 7, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 0 7, wordfunph, 0, 1, 0 3, Golden Executive, 1, 0, 0 0, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 0, 0 0, chessmoron, 0, 0, 0 0, Count Wedgemore, 0, 0, 0 0, Fiona Macleod, 0, 0, 0 0, juan31, 0, 0, 0 0, offramp, 0, 0, 0 0, Penguincw, 0, 0, 0 0, Robin01, 0, 0, 0 0, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 0, 0 0, WinKing, 0, 0, 0 === Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 1> Score, UserID, 3-Over, 2-Over, 3-Under, 2-Under 8, Fiona Macleod, 0, 1, 0, 1 5, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 1, 0 2, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 1, 0, 0 1, WinKing, 1, 0, 0, 0 0, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, chessmoron, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, Count Wedgemore, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, Golden Executive, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, juan31, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, offramp, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, Penguincw, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, Robin01, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, wordfunph, 0, 0, 0, 0 === Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 1> Score, UserID 12, OhioChessFan 8, Fiona Macleod 7, lostemperor 7, wordfunph 3, Golden Executive 2, SwitchingQuylthulg 1, Winking 0, alfamikewhiskey 0, chessmoron 0, Count Wedgemore 0, juan31 0, offramp 0, Penguincw 0, Robin01 === Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 1> Score,UserID 1, lostemperor 1, OhioChessFan 1, wordfunph 1, Golden Executive 0, alfamikewhiskey 0, chessmoron 0, Count Wedgemore 0, Fiona Macleod 0, juan31 0, offramp 0, Penguincw 0, Robin01 0, SwitchingQuylthulg 0, WinKing ===

Mar-10-18		WinKing: If you think you have spotted an error in the scoring let me know as soon as possible. I will be keeping score for the first three rounds until <chessmoron> comes back.

Mar-10-18		chessmoron: Grischuk-So 1/2 41 Ding-Caruana 1/2 37 Mamedyarov-Aronian 1/2 45 Kramnik-Karjakin 1-0 40

Mar-10-18		Fiona Macleod: : Round 2 Grischuk-So 1/2 49 Ding-Caruana 1/2 48 Mamedyarov-Aronian 1/2 47 Kramnik-Karjakin 1/2 46

Mar-10-18		Count Wedgemore: Round 2: Grischuk - So 1/2 30 Ding - Caruana 1/2 34 Mamedyarov - Aronian 1/2 34 Kramnik - Karjakin 1/2 32

Mar-10-18		wordfunph: Round 2: Grischuk-So 1/2 28 Ding-Caruana 1/2 46 Mamedyarov-Aronian 1/2 46 Kramnik-Karjakin 1-0 50

Mar-10-18		SwitchingQuylthulg: Round 2: Grischuk - So 1/2 30 Ding - Caruana 1/2 30 Mamedyarov - Aronian 1-0 31 Kramnik - Karjakin 1/2 30

Mar-10-18		juan31: ROUND 2 Grischuk - So 1/2 38 Ding - Caruana 1-0 41 Mamedyarov - Aronian 1-0 36 Kramnik - Karjakin 1/2 39

Mar-10-18		WinKing: Round 2 Grischuk - So 0-1 40 Ding - Caruana 1/2 40 Mamedyarov - Aronian 1/2 40 Kramnik - Karjakin 1/2 40

Mar-10-18		OhioChessFan: Round 1 Recap We're off and running in our thrilling Candidate's Tournament. We had a tough first round, as there were 3 decisive first round games, while most of the contestants were expecting a lot of draws in an early feeling out period. It's unclear if <WinKing> was clueless or clever in his suggestion there might be 56 draws in this tournament, although his grand total of one point scored suggests the first. In a shocking development, <OhioChessFan> took at least a share of the lead in three of the Rankers, and is in second in the other. He suspects that his success is due to the honesty of <WinKing> and the non-interference of <chessmoron> and is considering a Congressional investigation into the last 20 contests, where he hasn't held a lead in any Ranker at any point. It was a dismal first round, as only 7 of the 14 contestants scored, so the contestants and the crowd are hoping for a better effort next time around. 13 rounds to go in our exciting contest.

Mar-10-18		OhioChessFan: Grischuk-So 1/2 20 Ding-Caruana 1/2 45 Mamedyarov-Aronian 1/2 30 Kramnik-Karjakin 1-0 40

Mar-10-18		Penguincw: Round 2: Grischuk - So 1/2-1/2 37 Ding - Caruana 1/2-1/2 41 Mamedyarov - Aronian 1-0 37 Kramnik - Karjakin 1/2-1/2 19

Mar-11-18		offramp: Round 2: Grischuk - So 0-1 40 Ding - Caruana 1-0 62 Mamedyarov - Aronian 1/2 38 Kramnik - Karjakin 1/2 35

Mar-11-18		alfamikewhiskey: Round 2: Grischuk - So 1-0 33 Ding - Caruana 1/2 29 Mamedyarov - Aronian 1/2 32 Kramnik - Karjakin 1/2 25

Mar-11-18		wordfunph: games started

Mar-11-18		OhioChessFan: Games have started.

Mar-11-18		WinKing: ♔ Candidates 2018: <Round 2> Result ♔ <Ding-Caruana 1/2-1/2 in moves> Exact, 10 points: ['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '46'] Under, 7 points: ] 2nd Under, 6 points: ['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '45'] 3rd Under, 5 points: ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '41'] Over, 3 points: [] 2nd Over, 2 points: [] 3rd Over, 1 point1: [] == <Grischuk-So 1-0 in 44 moves> Exact, 10 points: [] Under, 7 points: ['alfamikewhiskey', '1-0', '33'] 2nd Under, 6 points: [] 3rd Under, 5 points: [] Over, 3 points: [] 2nd Over, 2 points: [] 3rd Over, 1 point1: [] === <Kramnik-Karjakin 1/2-1/2 in moves> Exact, 10 points: [] Under, 7 points: ['Fiona Macleod', '1/2-1/2', '46'] 2nd Under, 6 points: ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '40'] 3rd Under, 5 points: ['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '39'] Over, 3 points: [] 2nd Over, 2 points: [] 3rd Over, 1 point1: [] === <Mamedyarov-Aronian 1/2-1/2 in 24 moves> Exact, 10 points: [] Under, 7 points: [] 2nd Under, 6 points: [] 3rd Under, 5 points: [] Over, 3 points: ['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '30'] 2nd Over, 2 points: ['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '32'] 3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '34'], ['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '34']]

Mar-11-18		WinKing: Round 2 Summary: Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to: <wordfunph> Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 6 points: <OhioChessFan> & <WinKing> Results: Moves Ranker - Through <Round 2> Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact 17, wordfunph, 0, 1, 1 10, OhioChessFan, 1, 1, 0 7, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0 7, Fiona Macleod, 0, 1, 0 7, lostemperor, 0, 1, 0 3, Golden Executive, 1, 0, 0 0, chessmoron, 0, 0, 0 0, Count Wedgemore, 0, 0, 0 0, juan31, 0, 0, 0 0, offramp, 0, 0, 0 0, Penguincw, 0, 0, 0 0, Robin01, 0, 0, 0 0, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 0, 0 0, WinKing, 0, 0, 0 === Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2> Score, UserID, 3-Over, 2-Over, 3-Under, 2-Under 11, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 1, 1 8, Fiona Macleod, 0, 1, 0, 1 7, WinKing, 1, 0, 0, 1 5, juan31, 0, 0, 1, 0 5, Penguincw, 0, 0, 1, 0 2, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0, 0 2, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 1, 0, 0 1, Count Wedgemore, 1, 0, 0, 0 1, lostemperor, 1, 0, 0, 0 0, chessmoron, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, Golden Executive, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, offramp, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, Robin01, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, wordfunph, 0, 0, 0, 0 === Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2> Score, UserID 21, OhioChessFan 17, wordfunph 15, Fiona Macleod 9, alfamikewhiskey 8, lostemperor 7, Winking 5, juan31 5, Penguincw 3, Golden Executive 2, SwitchingQuylthulg 1, Count Wedgemore 0, chessmoron 0, offramp 0, Robin01 === Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 2> Score,UserID 2, OhioChessFan 2, wordfunph 1, alfamikewhiskey 1, Fiona Macleod 1, lostemperor 1, Golden Executive 0, chessmoron 0, Count Wedgemore 0, juan31 0, offramp 0, Penguincw 0, Robin01 0, SwitchingQuylthulg 0, WinKing ===

Mar-11-18		WinKing: I forgot to insert the # of moves in a couple of games for the ♔ Candidates 2018: <Round 2> Result ♔ They should have read: <Ding-Caruana 1/2-1/2 in 46 moves> <Kramnik-Karjakin 1/2-1/2 in 55 moves> Sorry for the omissions.

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