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OhioChessFan
Member since Apr-09-05 · Last seen Nov-23-25

______________ Moves Prediction Contest
<Main Focus>: Predicting how many moves in a game for each pairing.
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<Format>:
[player]-[player] [result] [# of MOVES]
==4 Different Scoring Methods==
Standard Moves Ranker (1st place-Over[3pts], 1st place-Under [7pts], Exact [10pts])
Bonus Ranker (3rd place-Over[1pts],2nd place-Over[2pts],3rd place-Under [5pts], 2nd place-Under [6pts]
Standard Moves/Bonus Ranker [Add all to together]
1st place Ranker [how many 1st place you have in Standard Moves Ranker]
For example:
<Note: Participants 3, 4, and 5 are predicated on nobody scoring an exact as Participant 2 did. If someone hits an exact, the closest score under and over will score the points for second place.>
Actual Game: [player]-[player] 0-1 45
Participant 1: [player]-[player] 1/2 45
Participant 2: [player]-[player] 0-1 45
Participant 3: [player]-[player] 0-1 44
Participant 4: [player]-[player] 0-1 43
Participant 5: [player]-[player] 0-1 46
Participant 1: No points even though 45 is correct. Results must be correct. If Result is wrong and moves # is correct...you get no points whatsoever
Participant 2: 10 pts rewarded for correct Result/moves #
Participant 3: 7 pts rewarded for closest under (1st-Under) to 45 moves
Participant 4: 6 pts rewarded for the 2nd closest under (2nd-Under) to 45 moves.
Participant 5: 3 pts rewarded closest OVER(1st-OVER) to 45 moves.
Again, the description of Participant 3, 4, and 5 are based on there being no exact prediction as made by Participant 2.
<IF> there is an exact or an under closest, the highest scoring over participant will be 2nd over. The second closest over will be 3rd over. The <ONLY> time there will be a first over is if there is no exact or under winner.
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   Nov-23-25 Kibitzer's Café

OhioChessFan: A flock of larks is an exaltation.

   Nov-22-25 Miles vs Andersson, 1980

OhioChessFan: Offbeat opening, I didn't have a clue what was going on. Miles crushed the h file.

   Nov-22-25 Chessgames - Music

OhioChessFan: Four best harmony songs I know: Blackbyrds-Walking in Rhythm https://youtu.be/Vxg-a8a2UuY?si=cph... Beach Boys-Sloop John B https://youtu.be/nSAoEf1Ib58?si=nS6... Eagles-Seven Bridges Road https://youtu.be/73x16ne6auo?si=NVC... Earth Wind and Fire-September ...

   Nov-21-25 Chessgames - Politics

OhioChessFan: Best singer in a band is Freddie Mercury. Best woman singer in a band is Grace Slick. Best singer ever is Sam Cooke. Best female ever is Aretha Franklin. Quick takes on some others mentioned: Dylan is painfully bad. Sinatra is off key 75% of the time. Jim Croce had the best ...

   Nov-21-25 S J Stevens vs Gracie, 1878

OhioChessFan: White to make his 18th move would be a decent Tuesday puzzle.

   Nov-21-25 A Niyibizi vs Cheda, 2014

OhioChessFan: Amusing pun. Patience paid off.

   Nov-19-25 W Hug vs Korchnoi, 1978

OhioChessFan: 18. Ne4 opened up the middle to Black's Queen and LSB. 18. Nb1 was fine.

   Nov-18-25 S P Sethuraman vs C Anto, 2025

OhioChessFan: <redundant> I never noticed that. I had 5 semesters of college German so I have a basic knowledge of the language. I guess the different languages of "time" in the same sentence render it acceptable. Monty Python just doesn't work for me. I like maybe 10% of their stuff.

   Nov-14-25 McShane vs I Samunenkov, 2025

OhioChessFan: Nice analysis from Mikhail Golubev https://www.chess.com/blog/MikhailG...

   Nov-14-25 Mikhail Golubev

OhioChessFan: I just played over the Samunenkov game. What do you think of the Petroff in general? Do you need to be booked up on the latest lines or can you just rely on general principles?

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Moves Prediction Contest

< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 719 OF 849 · Later Kibitzing>
Nov-08-18		SwitchingQuylthulg: <juan31> Please note you have the wrong colors for games 7 through 12. -- My picks: G1: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 41 G2: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 41 G3: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 54 G4: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 54 G5: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 41 G6: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 54 G7: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 31 G8: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 54 G9: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 54 G10: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 54 G11: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 41 G12: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 41

Nov-08-18		Penguincw: Here I go. Such short notice this tournament has given us. G1: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 30 G2: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2-1/2 45 G3: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 40 G4: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2-1/2 60 G5: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 50 G6: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2-1/2 35 G7: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2-1/2 45 G8: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 55 G9: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2-1/2 40 G10: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 45 G11: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2-1/2 50 If for any reasons the colours have been reversed, I will stick with my original predictions (i.e. Game 1 result holds regardless of who has white).

Nov-09-18		offramp: G1: Caruana - Carlsen 1-0 35 G2: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 29 G3: Caruana - Carlsen 1-0 54 G4: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 46 G5: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 78 G6: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 66 G7: Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 41 G8: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 38 G9: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 55 G10: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 61 G11: Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 37 G12: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 34

Nov-09-18		Count Wedgemore: My finely tuned predictions: G1: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 25 G2: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 35 G3: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 45 G4: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 55 G5: Caruana - Carlsen 0-1 50 G6: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 40 G7: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 45 G8: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 50 G9: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 30 G10: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 45 G11: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 30 G12: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 45

Nov-09-18		OhioChessFan: Good luck to all. G1: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 30 G2: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 44 G3: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 42 G4: Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 48 G5: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 52 G6: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 30 G7: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 37 G8: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 49 G9: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 40 G10: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 40 G11: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 36 G12: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 43

Nov-09-18		OhioChessFan: Hoping <juan> gets back and corrects his colors. I think it'd be fair to just flip his game numbers for games 7-12 but I leave that decision to <chessmoron> I'm really hoping we accept entries until Game 1 starts at 10AM chessgames.com time.

Nov-09-18		lost in space: G1: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 29 G2: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2-1/2 83 G3: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 38 G4: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2-1/2 61 G5: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 55 G6: Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 112 G7: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2-1/2 70 G8: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 55 G9: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2-1/2 24 G10: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 72 G11: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2-1/2 50

Nov-09-18		alfamikewhiskey: World Chess Championship 2018 G1: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 33 G2: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 35 G3: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 48 G4: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 48 G5: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 37 G6: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 48 G7: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 42 G8: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 46 G9: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 36 G10: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 48 G11: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 44 G12: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 48

Nov-09-18		DerDiemer: Good luck to all. G1: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 43 G2: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 47 G3: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 45 G4: Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 51 G5: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 55 G6: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 33 G7: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 37 G8: Caruana - Carlsen 1-0 52 G9: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 43 G10: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 47 G11: Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 39 G12: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 37

Nov-09-18		alfamikewhiskey: Just for the sake of comparison with 2016: G1: Carlsen - Karjakin ½ 42 G2: Karjakin - Carlsen ½ 33 G3: Carlsen - Karjakin ½ 78 G4: Karjakin - Carlsen ½ 94 G5: Carlsen - Karjakin ½ 51 G6: Karjakin - Carlsen ½ 32 G7: Karjakin - Carlsen ½ 33 G8: Carlsen - Karjakin 0-1 52 G9: Karjakin - Carlsen ½ 74 G10: Carlsen - Karjakin 1-0 75 G11: Karjakin - Carlsen ½ 34 G12: Carlsen - Karjakin ½ 30

Nov-09-18		WinKing: World Chess Championship 2018 G1: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 35 G2: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 45 G3: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 45 G4: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 45 G5: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 45 G6: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 45 G7: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 45 G8: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 45 G9: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 45 G10: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 45 G11: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 45 G12: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 50

Nov-09-18		OhioChessFan: 3 more hours, I think, to get your entries in.

Nov-09-18		wordfunph: World Chess Championship 2018 G1: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 44 G2: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 52 G3: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 44 G4: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 52 G5: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 44 G6: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 52 G7: Carlsen-Caruana 1-0 52 G8: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 44 G9: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 52 G10: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 44 G11: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 52 G12: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 44

Nov-09-18		chessmoron: G1: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 38 G2: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 41 G3: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 42 G4: Carlsen-Caruana 1-0 46 G5: Caruana-Carlsen 1-0 47 G6: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 43 G7: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 41 G8: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 39 G9: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 40 G10: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 45 G11: Carlsen-Caruana 1/2 45 G12: Caruana-Carlsen 1/2 44

Nov-09-18		lostemperor: Revise G1: Caruana - Carlsen 1-0 40 G2: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 41 G3: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 46 G4: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 47 G5: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 32 G6: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 20 G7: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 33 G8: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 42 G9: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 45 G10: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 30 G11: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 48 G12: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 47

Nov-09-18		chessmoron: <WinKing> and <OhioChessFan> Get some more participants if you can.

Nov-09-18		Diademas: G1: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 28 G2: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 72 G3: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 44 G4: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 47 G5: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 32 G6: Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 80 G7: Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 53 G8: Caruana - Carlsen 1-0 48 G9: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 41 G10: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 60 G11: Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 52 G12: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 36 In this scenario there will be no game 12, but I put it in anyway.

Nov-09-18		OhioChessFan: 14 participants, right now. Pretty good.

Nov-09-18		I Like Fish: er G1: Caruana - Carlsen 1-0 50 G2: Carlsen - Caruana 0-1 72 G3: Caruana - Carlsen 1-0 43 G4: Carlsen - Caruana 0-1 65 G5: Caruana - Carlsen 1-0 31 G6: Carlsen - Caruana 0-1 88

Nov-09-18		WinKing: Game 1 has started.

Nov-09-18		WinKing: I have put our picks for game 1 in my forum.

Nov-09-18		chancho: <OCF> Thanks for the heads up. But I'm skipping the predictions on this occasion.

Nov-09-18		juan31: <Thanks : SwitchingQuylthulg> <CORRECTION GAME 7 to 12> G7 Carlsen - Caruana ½ 40 mov G8 Caruana - Carlsen ½ 35 mov G9 Carlsen - Caruana ½ 44 mov G10 Caruana - Carlsen ½ 41 mov G11 Carlsen - Caruana ½ 45 mov G12 Caruana - Carlsen ½ 55 mov

Nov-09-18		juan31: PD.: < also thanks to OhioChessFan>

Nov-09-18		Robin01: G2: Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 43 G3: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 42 G4: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 40 G5: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 52 G6: Carlsen - Caruana 1-0 50 G7: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 53 G8: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 47 G9: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 40 G10: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 60 G11: Carlsen - Caruana 1/2 43 G12: Caruana - Carlsen 1/2 67

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