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______________ Moves Prediction Contest

<Main Focus>: Predicting how many moves in a game for each pairing.

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==4 Different Scoring Methods==

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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-22-25 Chessgames - Music
 
OhioChessFan: 90 seconds of gorgeous harmony. Monkees-Riu Chiu https://youtu.be/riG85oA6Wy4?si=_GY...
 
   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 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.
 
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Moves Prediction Contest

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Mar-23-18  alfamikewhiskey: Round 12

Karjakin-Caruana 1/2 28
Mamedyarov-Ding 0-1 32
Grischuk-Aronian 1-0 32
Kramnik-So 1/2 27

Mar-23-18  Count Wedgemore: Round 12:

Karjakin - Caruana 1/2 32
Mamedyarov - Ding 1/2 46
Grischuk - Aronian 1/2 31
Kramnik - So 1/2 33

Mar-23-18  Robin01: Round 12

Karjakin-Caruana 1/2 34
Mamedyarov-Ding 1-0 55
Grischuk-Aronian 0-1 42
Kramnik-So 1-0 62

Mar-23-18  chessmoron: ♔ Candidates 2018: <Round 11> Result ♔

<Aronian-Karjakin, 0-1 in 74 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['offramp', '0-1', '75']]
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<Caruana-Kramnik, 1/2-1/2 in 40 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '32']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '46'], ['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '46'], ['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '46']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '50']]

===

<Ding-Grischuk, 1/2-1/2 in 96 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '46']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['Fiona Macleod', '1/2-1/2', '45'], ['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '45']]

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

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

===

<So-Mamedyarov, 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves.
Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '30'], ['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '45']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Fiona Macleod', '1/2-1/2', '52']]

Mar-23-18  WinKing: A few things <chessmoron>. You have <offramp> scoring 2pts. in the Caruana - Kramnik game. He had <Caruana - Kramnik 1-0 38>. He should not have scored. Now <lostemperor> was the one who had <Caruana - Kramnik 1/2 46> good for 2pts.. So <offramp> should have a total of 20pts. & <lostemperor> should have a total of 37pts..

<<Caruana-Kramnik, 1/2-1/2 in 40 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '32']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '46'], ['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '46'], ['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '46']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '50']]>

On another note are you sure this game had only 40 moves? Several chess websites showed this game with 41 moves which would take away our Exact scores. You might want to check into that.

Mar-23-18  WinKing: Right now <chessmoron> the chess websites chessdom & chessbomb show the Caruana - Kramnik game as having 41 moves. chess24 shows the game having only 40 moves. So who is right...I really don't know.
Mar-23-18  WinKing: I will respect whatever final decision you make.
Mar-23-18  Fiona Macleod: Round 12 :
Grischuk-Aronian 1-0 44
Karjakin-Caruana 1/2 44
Kramnik-So 1/2 44
Mamedyarov-Ding 1-0 44

Round 13 :

Mamedyarov-Grischuk 1-0 66
Ding-Kramnik 1-0 45
So-Karjakin 1/2 55
Caruana-Aronian 1/2 65

Round 14 :

Grischuk-Caruana 1/2 55
Aronian-So 1/2 54
Karjakin-Ding 1/2 56
Kramnik-Mamedyarov 1/2 67

Mar-23-18  chessmoron: <Caruana-Kramnik, 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '32']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '46'], ['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '46'], ['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '46']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '50']]

Mar-23-18  chessmoron: Round 11 Summary:

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 12 points: <juan31>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 11>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

35, Fiona Macleod, 0, 5, 0
34, SwitchingQuylthulg, 1, 3, 1
34, wordfunph, 1, 3, 1
34, alfamikewhiskey, 2, 4, 0
24, Penguincw, 1, 3, 0
21, lostemperor, 0, 3, 0
21, WinKing, 0, 3, 0
17, chessmoron, 1, 2, 0
20, Golden Executive, 2, 2, 0
20, OhioChessFan, 2, 2, 0
17, Robin01, 0, 1, 1
14, juan31, 0, 2, 0
10, offramp, 1, 1, 0
7, Count Wedgemore, 0, 1, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 11>

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

46, Count Wedgemore, 3, 7, 1, 4
45, chessmoron, 1, 0, 4, 4
44, Penguincw, 3, 1, 3, 4
32, WinKing, 3, 1, 3, 2
26, Fiona Macleod, 4, 5, 0, 2
25, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 1, 3
24, SwitchingQuylthulg, 2, 3, 2, 1
24, juan31, 1, 3, 1, 2
23, OhioChessFan, 1, 0, 2, 2
16, lostemperor, 2, 1, 0, 2
15, Golden Executive, 0, 0, 3, 0
10, offramp, 2, 1, 0, 1
4, Robin01, 0, 2, 0, 0
4, wordfunph, 0, 2, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 11>

Score, UserID

68, Penguincw
62, chessmoron
61, Fiona Macleod
59, alfamikewhiskey
58, SwitchingQuylthulg
53, Count Wedgemore
53, WinKing
43, OhioChessFan
38, wordfunph
38, juan31
37, lostemperor
35, Golden Executive
21, Robin01
20, offramp

===

Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 11>

Score,UserID

6, alfamikewhiskey
5, Fiona Macleod
5, SwitchingQuylthulg
5, wordfunph
4, Golden Executive
4, OhioChessFan
4, Penguincw
3, chessmoron
3, lostemperor
3, WinKing
2, juan31
2, offramp
2, Robin01
1, Count Wedgemore

Mar-23-18  wordfunph: Round 12:

Karjakin - Caruana 1/2 30
Mamedyarov - Ding 1/2 50
Grischuk - Aronian 1/2 50
Kramnik - So 1/2 35

Mar-23-18
Premium Chessgames Member		  juan31: ROUND 12

Karjakin - Caruana 1/2 30
Mamedyarov - Ding 1-0 45
Grischuk - Aronian 1/2 39
Kramnik - So 1/2 35

Mar-23-18
Premium Chessgames Member		  OhioChessFan: ** Round 11 Recap **

We had a lot of excitement both on and off the board this round. We now have 4 different leaders in the 4 different Rankers. <Fiona> leads Moves Ranker by only one point over 3 other contestants. <Count Wedgemore> has a 1 point lead in Bonus Ranker. <Penguincw> has a 6 point lead in Moves+Bonus Ranker. And <amw> has a one pick lead over 3 people in #1 Ranker.

In other news, <OCF> and <chessmoron> almost came to blows arguing about <Robin01's> identity. In one of the most bizarre scoring decisions in this contest's history, <WinKing> and <chessmoron> voluntarily gave up 3 points for the sake of integrity or respect or some other equally silly ideas. <offramp> and <lostemperor> have been spotted wandering around the playing floor, cursing the day Ding was born. <OhioChessFan> is bracing for a snowstorm tomorrow, with reports varying between 1/2 inch and 12 inches expected. He hopes to invite the weather forecasters to this contest as they will be dead money if they are as bad at predicting chess as they are at predicting weather. <chessmoron> has been in contact with ESPN in hopes of having the Moves Prediction Contest picked up for an online second chance bracket contest.

It is hard to believe we're so near the end of our contest. Hang on to your seats, contestants and fans alike, we are racing toward an exciting finish. Only 3 rounds to go in thrilling contest.

Mar-23-18
Premium Chessgames Member		  OhioChessFan: Karjakin - Caruana 1/2 46
Mamedyarov - Ding 1/2 45
Grischuk - Aronian 1/2 24
Kramnik - So 0-1 35
Mar-23-18  chessmoron: Karjakin-Caruana 1/2 40
Mamedyarov-Ding 1-0 41
Grischuk-Aronian 1/2 37
Kramnik-So 1-0 39
Mar-24-18
Premium Chessgames Member		  Penguincw: Round 12:

Karjakin - Caruana 1/2-1/2 60
Mamedyarov - Ding 1/2-1/2 60
Grischuk - Aronian 1/2-1/2 30
Kramnik - So 1/2-1/2 30

Mar-24-18
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp: <
<Aronian-Karjakin, 0-1 in 74 moves.>

Over, 3 points: [['offramp', '0-1', '75']]>

I was <so> close!

Mar-24-18  Golden Executive: Round 12:

Karjakin - Caruana 1/2 30
Mamedyarov - Ding 1-0 30
Grischuk - Aronian 1/2 30
Kramnik - So 1/2 30

Mar-24-18
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp:
Round 12:

Karjakin - Caruana 0-1 55
Mamedyarov - Ding 1-0 42
Grischuk - Aronian 1-0 40
Kramnik - So 0-1 52

Mar-24-18
Premium Chessgames Member		  lostemperor: Round 12:

Karjakin - Caruana 1-0 45
Mamedyarov - Ding 1-0 45
Grischuk - Aronian 1-0 25
Kramnik - So 1/2 25

Mar-24-18
Premium Chessgames Member		  SwitchingQuylthulg: Round 12:

Karjakin - Caruana 1/2 30
Mamedyarov - Ding 1/2 31
Grischuk - Aronian 1/2 31
Kramnik - So 1/2 36

Mar-24-18  WinKing: Round 12

Karjakin - Caruana 1/2 40
Mamedyarov - Ding 1/2 35
Grischuk - Aronian 1/2 39
Kramnik - So 1/2 36

Mar-24-18
Premium Chessgames Member		  OhioChessFan: Games have started.
Mar-24-18  WinKing: We've got a smokin' hot contest going right now!
Mar-24-18
Premium Chessgames Member		  juan31: ROUND 13
Mameryadov - Grischuk 1/2 40
Ding - Kramnik 0-1 43
So- Karjakin 1/2 39
Caruana - Aronian 1-0 42
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