Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to

<chessmoron> and <Penguincw>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 15 points: <lostemperor>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 3>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

24, Penguincw, 0, 2, 1
23, juan31, 2, 1, 1
21, DerDiemer, 0, 3, 0
14, wordfunph, 0, 2, 0
10, bubuli55, 1, 1, 0
10, chessmoron, 0, 0, 1
10, Golden Executive, 1, 1, 0
7, Count Wedgemore, 0, 1, 0
7, juniper anole, 0, 1, 0
7, offramp, 0, 1, 0
7, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 0
7, WinKing, 0, 1, 0
6, Diademas, 2, 0, 0
3, alfamikewhiskey, 1, 0, 0
0, Count Wedgemore, 0, 0, 0
0, juniper anole, 0, 0, 0
0, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0
0, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 3>

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

33, lostemperor, 3, 1, 2, 3
29, Penguincw, 1, 3, 2, 2
23, Diademas, 0, 0, 1, 3
17, Count Wedgemore, 3, 1, 0, 2
16, WinKing, 0, 3, 2, 0
11, OhioChessFan, 1, 2, 0, 1
10, DerDiemer, 0, 0, 2, 0
9, alfamikewhiskey, 2, 1, 1, 0
7, bubuli55, 0, 1, 1, 0
6, wordfunph, 0, 0, 0, 1
5, juan31, 0, 0, 1, 0
4, Golden Executive, 0, 2, 0, 0
3, juniper anole, 1, 1, 0, 0
0, offramp, 0, 0, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2>

Score, UserID

53, Penguincw
33, lostemperor
31, DerDiemer
29, Diademas
28, juan31
24, Count Wedgemore
23, WinKing
20, wordfunph
18, OhioChessFan
17, bubuli55
14, Golden Executive
12, alfamikewhiskey
10, chessmoron
10, juniper anole
7, offramp

===

Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 3>

Score,UserID

<Anand-Radjabov, 1/2-1/2 in 30 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juniper anole', '1/2-1/2', '28']]

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '32'], ['DerDiemer', '1/2-1/2', '32'], ['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '32'], ['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '32']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '34']]

===

<Carlsen-Kramnik, 1/2-1/2 in 56 moves.>

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

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

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

===

<Ding-Fedoseev, 1/2-1/2 in 43 moves.>

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

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '44']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Diademas', '1/2-1/2', '45']]

===

<Duda-Shankland, 1/2-1/2 in 31 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '31'], ['juniper anole', '1/2-1/2', '31']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '25']]

3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['DerDiemer', '1/2-1/2', '32']]

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

===

<Mamedyarov-Nepo, 1/2-1/2 in 32 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['DerDiemer', '1/2-1/2', '32']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['Diademas', '1/2-1/2', '31']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['juniper anole', '1/2-1/2', '29']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '34']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '35'], ['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '35'], ['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

===

<Rapport-Giri, 0-1 in 40 moves.>--No one got it!

===

<Vidit-Van Foresst, 1-0 in 51 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['wordfunph', '1-0', '46']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['lostemperor', '1-0', '44']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Diademas', '1-0', '33']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to

<Count Wedgemore> and <juniper anole>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 14 points: <lostemperor>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 4>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

31, DerDiemer, 0, 3, 1
31, Penguincw, 0, 3, 1
24, juniper anole, 0, 2, 1
23, juan31, 2, 1, 1
21, wordfunph, 0, 3, 0
17, Count Wedgemore, 0, 1, 1
14, WinKing, 0, 2, 0
10, bubuli55, 1, 1, 0
10, chessmoron, 0, 0, 1
10, Golden Executive, 1, 1, 0
7, offramp, 0, 1, 0
7, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 0
6, Diademas, 2, 0, 0
3, alfamikewhiskey, 1, 0, 0
0, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 4>

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

47, lostemperor, 3, 2, 2, 5
35, Diademas, 1, 0, 2, 4
30, Count Wedgemore, 4, 2, 2, 2
30, Penguincw, 2, 3, 2, 2
18, OhioChessFan, 2, 2, 0, 2
16, WinKing, 0, 3, 2, 0
14, DerDiemer, 0, 2, 2, 0
11, wordfunph, 1, 2, 0, 1
10, alfamikewhiskey, 3, 1, 1, 0
8, juniper anole, 1, 1, 1, 0
8, offramp, 0, 1, 0, 1
7, bubuli55, 0, 1, 1, 0
6, Golden Executive, 0, 3, 0, 0
5, juan31, 0, 0, 1, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 4>

Score, UserID

61, Penguincw
47, Count Wedgemore
47, lostemperor
45, DerDiemer
41, Diademas
32, juniper anole
32, wordfunph
30, WinKing
28, juan31
25, OhioChessFan
17, bubuli55
16, Golden Executive
15, offramp
13, alfamikewhiskey
10, chessmoron

===

Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 4>

Score,UserID

In exciting news, <chessmoron> snuck into the playing hall a couple days late. When asked to explain himself, he claimed he had mistakenly ended up in a "Gentleman's Club" when he was looking for a "Chess Club". Photographic evidence of the honest mistake is here:

https://preview.redd.it/j9g0htc9si7...

When questioned why he didn't realize someone dressed like that wasn't the usual geek you'd find at a chess club, <cm> replied, "She wasn't so great. She only beat me 4 out of 10."

Meanwhile, back in our contest, the contest is a madhouse of different leaders. <Penguincw> leads in 3 Rankers, <DerDiemer> leads in 2 Rankers, <lostemperor> leads in 1, and <juan31> leads in 1. The only 0's left on the board are those of <lostemperor> who commented, "A virtue, patience is, business, your own, mind."

In a belated sop to <Penguincw>, we share this heartwarming account of <Pengo> vainly trying to stop <Switch> from retiring from the contest:

Switch: What are you doing here Pengo?
Pengo: I’m sorry Switch.
Switch: You don’t have to be. You better waddle back.
Pengo: Can I waddle behind you?
Switch: Afraid not, son.
Pengo: Please, why not?
Switch: I gotta be goin on.
Pengo: Why, Switch?
Switch: Moves Prediction has to be what it is, Pengo. I tried it and it was too easy for me.
Pengo: But I want you Switch.
Switch: Pengo, there’s no challenge in picking against a penguin. There’s no going back for me. Now you waddle on back to <OCF> Tell him everything’s all right.
Pengo: Your keyboard, it’s bloody. You’re hurt!
Switch: I’m all right, Pengo. You waddle back to <chessmoron> and you’ll make picks smart and good. And Pengo………take care.
Pengo: Bye, Switch.
Pengo: Winky would have never beaten you if you hadn’t let him!
Switch: Bye little Pengo.
Pengo: He’d have never even won a gold medal, would he, Switch?
Pengo: Annie K. has things for you to do!
Pengo: And so does Sargon. I know he does!
Pengo: Switch!
Pengo: Switccccchhhhhh!
Pengo: Come backkkkkkkkkkkk!

In other news, rumors abound that <offramp> disappeared for a round in hopes of finding the same "Chess Club" that <chessmoron> visited. <bubuli> apparently thinks the highest negative score in the ChessBookie Contest will win big prizes, and he's determined to get them. <OCF> is undergoing a mental evaluation after it was discovered he drove 20 miles on a snowy day to find a library with a copy of Shane to help him with this recap.

Round 5:

<Fedoseev-Vidit, 1/2-1/2 in 74 moves.>

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

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

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

===

<Giri-Anand, 1/2-1/2 in 22 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '29']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '30'], ['bubuli55', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Diademas', '1/2-1/2', '31']]

===

<Kramnik-Mamedyarov, 1/2-1/2 in 31 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['DerDiemer', '1/2-1/2', '31'], ['Diademas', '1/2-1/2', '31']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['bubuli55', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Coun Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '27']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '34'], ['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '34'], ['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '34']]

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

===

<Nepo-Rapport, 1/2-1/2 in 38 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '38'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '35'], ['Diademas', '1/2-1/2', '35'], ['juniper anole', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '34']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

===

<Radjabov-Duda, 1/2-1/2 in 30 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['bubuli55', '1/2-1/2', '30'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['DerDiemer', '1/2-1/2', '31']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '32']]

===

<Shankland-Ding, 0-1 in 33 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['juan31', '0-1', '41'], ['offramp', '0-1', '41']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['bubuli55', '0-1', '55']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<Van Foreest-Carlsen, 0-1 in 33 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['Golden Executive', '0-1', '33']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['chessmoron', '0-1', '39']]

<Giri - Anand 1/2 35>.

**********

<<Giri-Anand, 1/2-1/2 in 22 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '29']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '30'], ['bubuli55', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Diademas', '1/2-1/2', '31']]>

**********

<DerDiemer> is the one who had <Giri - Anand 1/2 31>. Take a point away from <Diademas> & give a point to <DerDiemer>.

Should be:

The crowd roared its approval as our contestants had a total of 7 perfect 10's that round, led by <Penguincw> who had 2! In a very brief speech that lasted a little bit longer than the Fedoseev-Vidit game, <Penguin> explained his methodology and philosophy of prediction. He didn't seem to notice that by the end, the only people in the arena were the janitors sweeping the floors.

Fueled by those 10's, <Penguin> charged to the lead in 3 Rankers. <lostemperor> leads the other Ranker. We now have all the 0's off the board, so it's been a great contest for our predictors.

In other news, <wordfunph> has just been voted the President of the Kramnik Fan Club. Meanwhile, <Penguin> tried to confuse people about the rest days, mumbling something about "I think last year it was 4 or 5 days and they did the same this year or something", but fortunately, <Diademas> and <Count Wedgemore> stepped in to clear up the confusion. Earlier, <Diademas> had tried to submit 2 sets of picks, in an admirable attempt to game the system. Shockingly, <OCF> was alert for a change, and caught him and deleted one set of picks. It was still a great example of someone doing whatever it takes to win. It was noted that when <chessmoron> came from the "Chess Club", he immediately hit a perfect 10 in his first round. <cm> mentioned that he'd just had his picture taken with a perfect 10, so it fit. Most of our contestants will be heading to the “Chess Club” on this rest day to see if it helps their picks, and won’t really care much if it doesn’t.

lol!