Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to: <chessmoron> 2X, <juan31>, and <SwitchingQuylthulg>

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

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 1>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

20, chessmoron, 0, 0, 2
17, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 1, 1
10, juan31, 0, 0, 1
7, Count Wedgemore, 0, 1, 0
7, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 0
7, sea otter, 0, 1, 0
3, Golden Executive, 1, 0, 0
0, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0
0, offramp, 0, 0, 0
0, Penguincw, 0, 0, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 1>

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

12, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0, 2
11, Count Wedgemore, 0, 0, 1, 1
10, Golden Executive, 0, 2, 0, 1
7, juan31, 0, 1, 1, 0
7, OhioChessFan, 1, 0, 0, 1
5, Penguincw, 1, 2, 0, 0
1, chessmoron, 1, 0, 0, 0
1, offramp, 1, 0, 0, 0
1, SwitchingQuylthulg, 1, 0, 0, 0
0, sea otter, 0, 0, 0, 0

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 1>

Score, UserID

21, chessmoron
18, Count Wedgemore
18, SwitchingQuylthulg
17, juan31
14, OhioChessFan
13, Golden Executive
12, lostemperor
7, sea otter
5, Penguincw
1, offramp

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

Score,UserID

We're off and running in the Shamkir Moves Prediction Contest. It was an exciting first round, as everyone scored. <chessmoron> took it upon himself to not allow anyone else to embarrass the contest by winning a Quadruple Crown this time out. He stormed to an early lead in 3 Rankers. <lostemperor> and <Switch> also lead a Ranker.

In other news, once again, <Penguincw> was confused about the rules of the tournament and once again posted like 4 different entries in the first round and once again totally confused <chessmoron> on what picks he was really making and once again drew a glare from <chessmoron> once again. <Count Wedgemore> appealed to <chessmoron> to fix a terrible typo from last December wherein one time <chessmoron> listed him as <CountWedgemore> instead of <Count Wedgemore>, saying "It just totally disrupts the symmetry of the scoreboard and the page." <chessmoron> glared at him. <Count Wedgemore> unadvisedly said "BRING IT ON!". <chessmoron> stood up to his full height of 7' 6" and glared again. <Count Wedgemore> said, "Quite right, it's not necessary, sir, after all, sir." Meanwhile, <wordfunph> boycotted the first round because he wasn't allowed to pick Kramnik to win with White.

In other news, <Penguincw> tried to stake a claim to the Pollyanna Award by deducting points from himself. Of course, it was his fault, once again, because he once again turned in like 4 entries in the first round once again. And trying to advance his own candidancy for the Pollyanna Award, <Count> commended <Penguincw> for doing so! It was just a shocking display of lack of competitive spirit by both of them. The contestants are forewarned that without <WinKing> here, <OhioChessFan> is back to his normal grumpy self and won't be nice and won't commend other people for being nice and is retiring the Pollyanna Award.

Round 2:

So I'm leaving tomorrow back to LAX from Shanghai. I have time to do results for Round 2. But I need a substitute to post Round 3 and 4 results.

<Carlsen-Navara, 1/2-1/2 in 50 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['sea otter', '1/2-1/2', '44']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Karjakin-Ding, 1/2-1/2 in 27 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '24']]

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

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

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<Radjabov-Mamedov, 1/2-1/2 in 38 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '33']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '39'], ['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '39'], ['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

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<Topalov-Giri, 1/2-1/2 in 49 moves.>

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

2nd Under, 6 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

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

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

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<Wojtaszek-Mamedyarov, 1/2-1/2 in 31 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '24']]

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['alfamikwhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

Radjabov - Mamedov 1/2-1/2 29 (good for 5 points)

Carlsen - Navara 1/2-1/2 44 (good for 7 points)

Topalov - Giri 1/2-1/2 41 (good for 6 points)

Luckily, it doesn't affect any other scoring so it's an easier fix.

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 13 points: <Golden Executive>

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 2>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

20, chessmoron, 0, 0, 2
17, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 1, 1
14, lostemperor, 0, 2, 0
14, OhioChessFan, 0, 2, 0
14, sea otter, 0, 2, 0
10, juan31, 0, 0, 1
7, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0
7, Count Wedgemore, 0, 1, 0
3, Golden Executive, 1, 0, 0
0, bubuli55, 0, 0, 0
0, offramp, 0, 0, 0
0, Penguincw, 0, 0, 0
0, wordfunph, 0, 0, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2>

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

23, Golden Executive, 2, 2, 1, 2
17, Count Wedgemore, 1, 0, 2, 1
14, Penguincw, 2, 3, 0, 1
13, OhioChessFan, 1, 0, 0, 2
12, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0, 2
10, juan31, 1, 2, 1, 0
9, chessmoron, 1, 1, 0, 1
3, offramp, 1, 1, 0, 0
2, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0, 0
1, SwitchingQuylthulg, 1, 0, 0, 0
1, wordfunph, 1, 0, 0, 0
0, bubuli55, 0, 0, 0
0, sea otter, 0, 0, 0, 0

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2>

Score, UserID

29, chessmoron
27, OhioChessFan
26, lostemperor
26, Golden Executive
24, Count Wedgemore
20, juan31
18, SwitchingQuylthulg
14, Penguincw
14, sea otter
9, alfamikewhiskey
3, offramp
1, wordfunph
0, bubuli55

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Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 2>

Score,UserID

<chessmoron> continues to lead in 3 Rankers as he prepares to be the head of security for the Bruno Mars tour. His fervent pleas for someone to cover him in his absence were met with stony silence, which is probably an indication of the good taste in music our contestants possess. <OhioChessFan> is about ready to issue a 5 point per Ranker bonus to anyone who steps up. Meanwhile, <GE> leads Bonus Ranker. <lostemperor>, <OhioChessFan>, <Switch> and <sea otter> also share the early lead in #1 Ranker.

In other news, <chessmoron> made an inspired and admirable attempt to try to slow down <Switch's> domination of this event by the clever tactic of ignoring his entry! But <Penguincw> insisted on making things fair and namby pamby and la de da and stuff, and <chessmoron> felt compelled to quit cheating. In response, <OCF> is planning to abuse his forum authority by deleting <Penguin's> entries for the next 2 rounds just to teach him a lesson.

Meanwhile, <offramp> has issued a fatwa against every player in the tournament, to be lifted only upon each one’s first decisive game. <OCF> is about to issue a fatwa against the whole group of contestants who can’t be bothered to take over the scoring for the next two rounds. <Switch> was about to issue a fatwa against <chessmoron> for trying to cheat him, but a second look at someone 7’ 6” made <Switch> rethink his position.

Round 3:

Round 3: