'Naiditsch - Vachier-Lagrave 36'

Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 42
Bluebaum - Vitiugov 1/2 44
Meier - Aronian 1/2 44
Naiditsch - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2 30
Anand - Hou 1-0 46

Round 2

Of course, don't forget that even if no draws period are allowed before 40 moves <at all>, if everyone predicts "1/2-1/2 40", and the game ends with "1/2-1/2 40", but I predict d:1/2-1/2 39", I still get 6 points in Bonus Ranker (who knows when this strategy could be useful).

But thank you for telling me that anyway. I'd like to change my predictions.

Round 1:

Thanks.

<Anand-Hou, 1/2-1/2 in 48 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '45']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['SwitchignQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

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

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<Bluebaum-Vitiugov, 0-1 in 25 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '0-1', '28']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['OhioChessFan', '0-1', '31']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Caurana-Carlsen, 1/2-1/2 in 59 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '44'], ['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '44']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '43'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

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

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<Meier-Aronian, 1/2-1/2 in 42 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '44']]

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<Naiditsch-MVL, 1/2-1/2 in 44 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '52']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 12 points: <alfamikewhiskey> and <OhioChessFan>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 1>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

17, SwitchingQuylthulg, 1, 2, 0
14, Penguincw, 0, 2, 0
7, Golden Executive, 0, 1, 0
7, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 0
7, WinKing, 0, 1, 0
0, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 0, 0
0, chessmoron, 0, 0, 0
0, Count Wedgemore, 0, 0, 0
0, juan31, 0, 0, 0
0, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0
0, offramp, 0, 0, 0
0, wordfunph, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 1>

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

12, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 0, 0, 2
12, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 2, 0
8, WinKing, 0, 1, 0, 1
7, offramp, 0, 1, 1, 0
6, Count Wedgemore, 0, 0, 0, 1
6, lostemperor, 1, 0, 1, 0
6, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 0, 0, 1
5, chessmoron, 0, 0, 1, 0
5, Golden Executive, 0, 0, 1, 0
0, juan31, 0, 0, 0, 0
0, Penguincw, 0, 0, 0, 0
0, wordfunph, 0, 0, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 1>

Score, UserID

23, SwitchingQuylthulg
19, OhioChessFan
15, WinKing
14, Penguincw
12, alfamikewhiskey
12, Golden Executive
7, offramp
6, Count Wedgemore
6, lostemperor
5, chessmoron
0, juan31
0, wordfunph

===

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

Score,UserID

Our heroic contestants barely had time to catch their breath after the last exhausting event, but got their game face on in a hurry. 119 total points were scored that round. Only two contestants failed to score. <Switch> took an early lead in 3 Rankers, and <amw> and <OCF> share the lead in the other.

Meanwhile, instead of resting, <OhioChessFan> spent the entire time between tournaments complaining about one thing or another. Whether it was complaining about other people picking too many draws or other people picking too many decisive games or not getting enough credit for picking a Black win, he was sure to whine about it. <chessmoron> felt that didn't reflect well on this contest, so he glared at <OCF>. Of course, <WinKing> had to put in his two cents, telling <OCF> "Oh, people will not pick 99 out of a 100 draws in <THIS> tournament, so nothing to worry about. You just have to keep believing in yourself." <OCF> glared at <Winky>. <chessmoron> glared at both of them.

A new challenger to <WinKing> in the Pollyanna competition, <juan31> decided that he wanted to <help> his competitors, for some inexplicable reason. As to be figured, <Penguincw> was the inevitable beneficiary. <OCF> complained about that, saying "If it's not <Winky> helping <Penguin>, it's <juan>." <OCF> glared at <juan> and <chessmoron> glared at both <juan> and <OCF>. <Penguincw> can't decide if <WinKing> or <juan> is his biggest hero, so he'll probably put a life size poster of both on his bedroom wall. <OCF> is considering "accidentally" deleting <Penguin's> (real picks, not pretend and not yet reviewed by Goody 2 Shoes <juan>) picks in some future round just to make things fair again. Not to be outdone in <THAT> do gooder department, <WinKing> decided to help <amw> score more points. <OCF> glared even more at <WinKing> and <chessmoron> glared even more at <OCF>.