Aronian - Anand 1/2 37
Carlsen - So 1-0 43
Karjakin - Grischuk 1/2 37
Vachier-Lagrave - Caruana 1/2 39
Nakamura - Mamedyarov 0-1 65

<Nakamura - Mamedyarov 1/2 0-1 65> ???

Thank you, Der Diemer.

I a mistake have it made around.

<Aronian-Anand, 1/2-1/2 in 36 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '34']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '33']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['DerDiemer', '1/2-1/2', '37'], ['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '37'], ['Robin01', '1/2-1/2', '37']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

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<Carlsen-So, 1/2-1/2 in 51 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '37']]

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

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

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['DerDiemer', '1/2-1/2', '37']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

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

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

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['DerDiemer', '1/2-1/2', '39'], ['AlphaXerox', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '38'], ['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

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<Nakamura-Mamedyarov, 1/2-1/2 in 52 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '50']]

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

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

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to

<chessmoron> and <lostemperor>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 13 points: <DerDiemer> and <WinKing>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 5>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

31, chessmoron, 0, 3, 1
24, OhioChessFan, 0, 2, 1
23, DerDiemer, 1, 0, 2
20, Robin01, 0, 0, 2
17, offramp, 1, 2, 0
17, Penguincw, 0, 1, 1
14, Diademas, 0, 2, 0
14, WinKing, 0, 2, 0
10, lostemperor, 0, 0, 1
9, Count Wedgemore, 3, 0, 0
7, Golden Executive, 0, 1, 0
7, juan31, 0, 1, 0
7, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 1, 0
3, wordfunph, 1, 0, 0
0, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 0, 0
0, AlphaXerox, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 5>

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

34, alfamikewhiskey, 1, 1, 5, 1
33, Robin01, 1, 2, 2, 3
29, Count Wedgemore, 0, 1, 3, 2
27, lostemperor, 0, 2, 1, 3
27, WinKing, 3, 0, 0, 4
26, chessmoron, 2, 6, 0, 2
26, DerDiemer, 1, 4, 1, 2
26, juan31, 1, 2, 3, 1
21, Golden Executive, 3, 0, 0, 3
18, AlphaXerox, 2, 2, 0, 2
14, offramp, 0, 2, 2, 0
14, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 0, 2
13, Diademas, 0, 1, 1, 1
8, Penguincw, 0, 1, 0, 1
6, wordfunph, 1, 0, 1, 0
0, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 0, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 5>

Score, UserID

57, chessmoron
53, Robin01
49, DerDiemer
41, WinKing
38, Count Wedgemore
38, OhioChessFan
37, lostemperor
34, alfamikewhiskey
33, juan31
31, offramp
28, Golden Executive
27, Diademas
25, Penguincw
18, AlphaXerox
9, wordfunph
7, SwitchingQuylthulg

===

Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 5>

Score,UserID

Well this is their first Classical meeting for them in this 2018 tournament <DerDiemer> but they have met many times in Classical games. They are tied after having played 11 games.

In a heroic struggle against insurmountable odds, <chessmoron> continued his charge up the leaderboard. Just 2 days out of the intensive care unit, and against doctor's orders, he roared to the top of 3 Rankers! <amw> holds the lead in Bonus Ranker. As expected, <OCF> couldn't hold the lead and is sinking like a rock. Likewise, <Robin01> hasn't scored a point since taking charge of the contest in the second round.

In other news, the only 0's on the board belong to <Alfa> and <alpha>, which hurts if you think about it too much. <Switch> finally showed up once <OCF> mentioned his name. To see if there was some instant karma there, <OCF> is wondering why Halle Berry never plays in this contest. Now that the <Switch> mystery is solved, <OCF> plans to figure out the <Alpha> mystery. <offramp> tried a very sneaky method of making picks by entering both a draw AND a loss for the same game! You can often get over on <chessmoron> but <Winky> figured it out immediately. Regardless, <OCF> approves of that kind of competitive spirit and outside the box thinking. In a disgusting display of "sportsmanship", about half of the contestants tried to warn <offramp> that he'd made a mistake! Backed into a corner like that, <offramp> had no choice but to pretend he didn't mean to do it and acted like he was thankful people had noticed what he'd done. On a related note, <DerDiemer> thought he'd warn <lostemperor> about a supposedly poor pick. <Winky> shed his nice guy image for a change, and severely chastised <DD> for getting involved. <le> responded to the crisis by telling <DD>, "Your business mind your own, grasshopper." <Penguin> replied, "Uh, Yoda, you don't say grasshopper. That's someone else." <le> replied, "Your business mind your own, deleted by an expletive." Feeling bad about the conflict he started, and trying to change the subject, <DD> made a ridiculous remark about So and Anand having never played each other. <Winky> again got all mean and stuff and told <DD> what an idiot he is. Then <DD> started talking about New Year's Day 2011 or something, and everyone just decided to let it go.