<Anand-Caruana, 0-1 in 50 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['offramp', '0-1', '48']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Robin01', '0-1', '52']]
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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

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

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['sea otter', '1/2-1/2', '25']]

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

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<Nakamura-Karjakin, 1-0 in 41 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['offramp', '1-0', '35']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Robin01', '1-0', '42']]
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<So-MVL, 1/2-1/2 in 80 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 6 points: <chessmoron>, <Penguincw,>, and <SwitchingQuylthulg>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 8>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

41, wordfunph, 0, 3, 2
34, offramp, 0, 2, 2
31, OhioChessFan, 0, 3, 1
30, Count Wedgemore, 2, 2, 1
28, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 4, 0
24, lostemperor, 0, 2, 1
24, WinKing, 0, 2, 1
23, juan31, 1, 0, 2
20, Penguincw, 1, 1, 1
17, sea otter, 0, 1, 1
14, chessmoron, 0, 2, 0
7, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 1, 0
3, Golden Executive, 1, 0, 0
0, Robin01, 0, 0, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 8>

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

49, OhioChessFan, 2, 2, 5, 3
43, SwitchingQuylthulg, 3, 2, 0, 6
33, juan31, 1, 0, 4, 2
32, Count Wedgemore, 0, 3, 4, 1
29, sea otter, 3, 2, 2, 2
28, alfamikewhiskey, 4, 4, 2, 1
28, chessmoron, 3, 4, 1, 2
25, Penguincw, 3, 0, 2, 2
25, WinKing, 3, 0, 2, 2
21, Golden Executive, 3, 3, 0, 2
18, wordfunph, 0, 3, 0, 2
15, Robin01, 2, 4, 1, 0
7, lostemperor, 1, 0, 0, 1
7, offramp, 3, 2, 0, 0

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 8>

Score, UserID

80, OhioChessFan
62, Count Wedgemore
59, wordfunph
56, alfamikewhiskey
56, juan31
50, SwitchingQuylthulg
49, WinKing
46, sea otter
45, Penguincw
42, chessmoron
41, offramp
31, lostemperor
24, Golden Executive
15, Robin01

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Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 8>

Score,UserID

The tension is at the boiling point in our contest, as the dramatic penultimate round set us up for an earth shattering final round. <wordfunph> started the day by climbing atop the Moves Ranker podium and screaming, ala <Count Wedgemore>, "Bring it on!" He lived up to his challenge by increasing his lead in that ranker. <offramp> stunned the crowd by hitting 2 #1 picks and moved ahead of <OCF> for the silver in that Ranker. <Count Wedgemore> and <wordfunph> now share the lead in #1 Ranker. <OCF> hasn't hit a #1 in 12 rounds, which is an obvious problem in a 9 round contest. He is contenting himself with leading the Bonus and Moves+Bonus Rankers, although <Switch> might have something to say about that.

In other news, <sea otter> sobered up and <WinKing> settled down. <offramp> took the shocking tactic of appealing to the Bible for guidance in making his picks. <Penguincw> <DID> make a selection with a half move involved, as word on the street predicted. <Robin01> tried heroically to get rid of the last two 0's on our scoreboard, but in two decisive games, he was 1 and 2 moves over. <wordfunph> took the underhanded tactic of trying to distract <OCF> by appealing to his Bookie success, and it worked like a charm. <OCF> has to admit his admiration for such actions, as it is about time the contestants here got over being nice to each other and started trying to fight and win like men. That is the kind of outside the box thinking that makes people winners in life.

Vachier-Lagrave - Carlsen 1/2 48
Caruana - So 1/2 30
Karjakin - Anand 1/2 30
Aronian - Nakamura 1/2 30

Mamedyarov - Ding Liren 0-1 1