<Carlsen-Topalov, 1-0 in 56 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1-0', '47']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['offramp', '1-0', '45'], ['Count Wedgemore', '1-0', '45']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['chessmoron', '1-0', '40']]

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

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<Mamedov-Giri, 1/2-1/2 in 39 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '37']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '35'], ['bubuli55', '1/2-1/2', '35'], ['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '31']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['sea otter', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

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<Mamedyarov-Radjabov, 1/2-1/2 in 36 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['bubuli55', '1/2-1/2', '35'], ['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '25']]

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

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '37']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

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<Navara-Ding, 0-1 in 36 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['offramp', '0-1', '36']]
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['bubuli55', '0-1', '35']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['OhioChessFan', '0-1', '24']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', '0-1', '46']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Wojtaszek-Karjakin, 1/2-1/2 in 46 moves.>

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

2nd Under, 6 points: [['sea otter', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

<offramp>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 16 points: <offramp>

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

54, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 2, 4
37, OhioChessFan, 2, 3, 1
31, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 3, 1
30, Golden Executive, 1, 1, 2
28, sea otter, 0, 4, 0
27, chessmoron, 0, 1, 2
27, Penguincw, 0, 1, 2
24, bubuli55, 0, 2, 1
24, lostemperor, 1, 3, 0
21, Count Wedgemore, 0, 3, 0
20, wordfunph, 1, 1, 1
10, juan31, 0, 0, 1
10, offramp, 0, 0, 1
3, Schwartz, 1, 0, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

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

59, Golden Executive, 4, 5, 3, 5
52, SwitchingQuylthulg, 3, 2, 3, 5
48, juan31, 2, 4, 4, 3
48, Penguincw, 7, 4, 3, 3
46, Count Wedgemore, 5, 4, 3, 3
40, lostemperor, 2, 2, 2, 4
40, wordfunph, 1, 3, 3, 3
31, offramp, 3, 3, 2, 2
31, OhioChessFan, 2, 1, 3, 2
25, chessmoron, 3, 3, 2, 1
21, bubuli55, 1, 1, 0, 3
17, alfamikewhiskey, 3, 1, 0, 2
13, sea otter, 2, 0, 1, 1
1, Schwartz, 1, 0, 0, 0

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID

106, SwitchingQuylthulg
89, Golden Executive
75, Penguincw
68, OhioChessFan
67, Count Wedgemore
64, lostemperor
60, wordfunph
58, juan31
52, chessmoron
48, alfamikewhiskey
45, bubuli55
41, offramp
41, sea otter
4, Schwartz

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Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 7>

Score,UserID

Round 8

Ding-Mamedov 1-0 47
Giri-Carlsen 1/2 35
Mamedyarov-Navara 1-0 43
Radjabov-Karjakin 1/2 33
Topalov-Wojtaszek 1-0 45

Round 9

The plot thickens as <chessmoron> invents another obvious false excuse for missing the last 2 rounds. To nobody's surprise, when he asked for volunteers to take over the scoring duties, it took about 1/10th of a second for someone to step up and keep <OhioChessFan> from another embarrassing round of scoring mistakes. And the beat rolls on as <Switch> still leads in 3 Rankers. The heroic <GE> continues to lead in Bonus Ranker. To the shock of the entire chess world, <OCF> moved to a tie for the lead in #1 Ranker.

In other news, in honor of our esteemed contestant <Penguincw>, <OCF> would like to remind everyone that it is indeed, World Penguin Day. I encourage everyone to click on this link to donate to the preservation of this beautiful creature:

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:...

The contestants breathed a collective sigh of relief as <offramp> finally hit a #1 and lifted his fatwa against this competition. To keep things interesting, Naka has issued a fatwa against <Count Wedgemore> and has vowed to purposely play games to keep <CW> from ever scoring a point in his games in any and all future contests. <Switch> has gotten so confident that he has taken to mocking other contestants' predictions. <juan31> wasn't to be denied the last laugh, though, as he pretended to mistakenly thank <WinKing> for pointing out how bad a pick it was, when really he meant to thank <Winky> for being such a really nice guy, and not like that mean old <Switch> who was laughing at him. <OCF> was worried <Switch> would also mock <lostemperor> for picking a 2 move game, but fortunately <Switch> has a one a day policy of laughing at other people. To be fair, <OCF> went ahead and laughed at <le> who responded, "Salt, <OCF>, go pound, and scored 5 points it did."

It is unbelievable that we're so close to the end of this tournament. The contestants are handling the pressure in an amazing variety of ways. <bubuli> is singing Neil Diamond songs to himself. <Penguincw> emailed Carlsen, begging him to try the wildly successful opening move, 1. b4! <GE> and <juan> are predicting a Mamedyarov win, but saying it in Pig Latin Spanish, just to confuse and laugh at <OCF>. <chessmoron> is going on an exciting vacation to beautiful Lima, Ohio.

We are almost to the end of this thrilling adventure. <Switch>, to <Penguin's> utter dismay, still has a strong chance to win a second consecutive Quadruple Crown. <GE> is getting tired of being the only person who can man up and stop that effort. <OCF> admittedly just got lucky a couple of rounds but still has dreams, futile dreams surely, but dreams regardless of snatching a gold away from <Switch>. <chessmoron> wisely ran from the scoring duties to focus on his predictions. <Penguincw> became the contest's favorite person by making sure <OCF> didn't mess up the scoring this close to the end.

And oh man, if I have to be the guy that <posts> the result saying <Switch> just won a 2nd quadruple crown.

< <Penguincw> emailed Carlsen, begging him to try the wildly successful opening move, 1. b4! >

Actually, it would be nice if any of the US Championship (man or woman) people played 1.g3 in one of their games.

Round 8:

User: prat

User: sal

< Ding Liren - Mamedov, 1-0 in 42 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [[‘chessmoron’, ‘1-0’, ‘40’]]
2nd Under, 6 points: [[‘offramp’, ‘1-0’, ‘38’]]
3rd Under, 5 points: [[‘OhioChessFan’, ‘1-0’, ‘36’]]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', ‘1-0’, ‘43’]]

3rd Over, 1 point: [[‘bubuli55’, ‘1-0’, ‘45’], [‘Count Wedgemore’, ‘1-0’, ‘45’]]

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< Giri - Carlsen, 0-1 in 43 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [[‘alfamikewhiskey’, ‘0-1’, ‘34’]]

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point: []

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< Mamedyarov - Navara, 1-0 in 42 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [[‘chessmoron’, ‘1-0’, ‘38’]]
2nd Under, 6 points: [[‘OhioChessFan’, ‘1-0’, ‘35’]]

3rd Under, 5 points: [[‘sea otter’, ‘1-0’, ‘31’]]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [[‘lostemperor’, ‘1-0’, ‘43’], [‘wordfunph’, ‘1-0,’ ‘43’]]

3rd Over, 1 point: [[‘bubuli55’, ‘1-0’, ‘45’], [‘Count Wedgemore’, ‘1-0’, ‘45’], [‘juan31’, ‘1-0’, ‘45’]]

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< Radjabov - Karjakin, 1/2-1/2 in 40 moves>.

Exact, 10 points: [[‘Count Wedgemore’, ‘1/2-1/2’, ‘40’], [‘Golden Executive’, ‘1/2-1/2', 40’], [‘SwitchingQuylthulg’, ‘1/2-1/2’, ‘40’]] Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [[‘chessmoron’, ‘1/2-1/2'’, ‘38’]]

3rd Under, 5 points: [[‘Penguincw’, ‘1/2-1/2', ‘36’]]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [[‘OhioChessFan’, ’1/2-1/2', ‘41’], [‘sea otter’, ‘1/2-1/2', ‘41’]]

3rd Over, 1 point: [[‘juan31’, ‘1/2-1/2', ‘42’]]

< Topalov - Wojtaszek, 0-1 in 35 moves.>--No one got it!

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point: []