Aronian - So 1/2 37
Anand - Grischuk 1/2 39
Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 43
Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 36
Vachier-Lagrave - Nakamura 0-1 56

<Anand - Grischuk, 1/2-1/2 in 32 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Diademas', '1/2-1/2', '30'], ['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

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

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: ['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '35']

3rd Over, 1 point: ['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '37']

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<Aronian - So, 1/2-1/2 in 56 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '46'], ['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '46'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '46']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['AlphaXerox', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

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

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

===

<Carlsen - Caruana, 1/2 in 41 moves.>

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

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

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

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

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

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<Karjakin - Mamedyarov, 1/2-1/2 in 56 moves.>

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

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

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

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

===

<Vachier-Lagrave - Nakamura, 1/2 in 55 moves.>

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

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['SwitchingQuylthulg', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

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

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 17 points: <Penguincw>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

38, OhioChessFan, 0, 4, 1
35, WinKing, 0, 5, 0
31, chessmoron, 0, 3, 1
24, Diademas, 1, 3, 0
24, lostemperor, 0, 2, 1
24, offramp, 1, 3, 0
24, Penguincw, 0, 2, 1
23, DerDiemer, 1, 0, 2
21, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 3, 0
20, Robin01, 0, 0, 2
16, Count Wedgemore, 3, 1, 0
14, juan31, 0, 2, 0
7, AlphaXerox, 0, 1, 0
7, Golden Executive, 0, 1, 0
3, wordfunph, 1, 0, 0
0, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

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

52, chessmoron, 2, 8, 2, 4
43, WinKing, 3, 0, 2, 5
37, Golden Executive, 4, 0, 3, 3
36, Count Wedgemore, 0, 2, 4, 2
36, juan31, 1, 2, 5, 1
36, Penguincw, 0, 1, 2, 4
35, Robin01, 1, 3, 2, 3
35, alfamikewhiskey, 2, 1, 5, 1
34, lostemperor, 1, 2, 1, 4
26, DerDiemer, 1, 4, 1, 2
25, AlphaXerox, 3, 2, 0, 3
25, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 1, 3
17, SwitchingQuylthulg, 0, 0, 1, 2
14, offramp, 0, 2, 2, 0
13, Diademas, 0, 1, 1, 1
6, wordfunph, 1, 0, 1, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID

83, chessmoron
78, WinKing
63, OhioChessFan
60, Penguincw
58, lostemperor
55, Robin01
52, Count Wedgemore
50, juan31
49, DerDiemer
44, Golden Executive
38, offramp
38, SwitchingQuylthulg
37, Diademas
35, alfamikewhiskey
32, AlphaXerox
9, wordfunph

===

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

Score,UserID

5, OhioChessFan
5, WinKing
4, chessmoron
4, Count Wedgemore
4, Diademas
4, offramp
3, DerDiemer
3, lostemperor
3, Penguincw
3, SwitchingQuylthulg
2, juan31
2, Robin01
1, AlphaXerox
1, Golden Executive
1, wordfunph
0, alfamikewhiskey

As feared, <chessmoron> pushed himself too hard, too fast, after his serious illness, and his fever spiked all the way up to 98.8 today. Fortunately, <WinKing> was available to save the day. It was quite a round for our contestants, as a total of 148 points were scored. <OhioChessFan> got like triple lucky or something, and raced to the lead in Moves Ranker, and a share of the lead, with <Winky>, in #1 Ranker. <chessmoron> holds a narrow lead in the other 2 Rankers.

In other news, continuing on his Nazi theme, <Count> was seen screaming “Heil Magnus!” on the playing floor. <OCF> still can't figure out what <juan> and <GE> are talking about, but apparently they are appealing to Vishy as the patron saint of drawn games to help them in this contest. <amw> is making no effort at getting the last 0 off our scoreboard. Hoping to generate some good karma, <Count Wedgemore> is telling everyone he can that <OCF> is the most hilarious person he's ever known. New media darling <offramp> shared his method for choosing his picks in our contest, telling the assembled reporters, “I think of the least likely result, and then I pick it!”

*<Vachier-Lagrave - Aronian 0-144>*

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Round 8:

Thanks <SwitchingQuylthulg>.

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