Bleary eyed, but determined to succeed, our contestants struggled through the first round. <OhioChessFan> and <WinKing> annoyed the contestants and spectators by repeatedly whining about how early the contest started. <amw> showed up 6 hours after the games ended and asked, "Have they started yet?"

As for the contest, <CountWedgemore> took an early lead in 3 Rankers and <wordfunph> leads the other. All 8 contestants scored that round, which must be some sort of record for the first round of the Moves Prediction Contest. <OCF> was whining to anyone who would listen that he was only one move over the actual result twice that round, costing him 16 points in the process. Nobody cared enough to pay any attention to him.

In other news, <bubuli> and <OCF> showed up with their arms in slings. While most people assumed that they had injured themselves in a blitz marathon, the truth was they'd both hurt their arms by patting themselves and each other on the back for their Pun of the Day submissions. <Count Wedgemore> continues to ignore his worried fans' pleadings to stay away from Rogoff. <Penguincw> was a stunning no-show. All the other contestants are worried he'll show up for the second round after a 60 minute speech explaining why he missed the first round.

<Carlsen-Anand, 1-0 in 43 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1-0', '35']]

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', '1-0', '48']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Ding-Grischuk, 1-0 in 77 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Golden Executive', '1-0', '38']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1-0', '35']]

3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Giri-Karjakin, 0-1 in 34 moves.>--No one got it!

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<Mamedyarov-Radjabov, 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['bubuli55', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

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

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<Topalov-Navara, 1/2-1/2 in 55 moves.>

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

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to

<chessmoron>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 11 points: <Golden Executive>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 2>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

24, chessmoron, 0, 2, 1
17, Count Wedgemore, 1, 2, 0
14, Golden Executive, 0, 2, 0
7, bubuli55, 0, 1, 0
7, juan31, 0, 1, 0
0, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 0
0, WinKing, 0, 0, 0
0, wordfunph, 0, 0, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2>

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

21, wordfunph, 0, 2, 1, 2
17, Count Wedgemore, 0, 0, 1, 2
17, Golden Executive, 1, 0, 2, 1
15, OhioChessFan, 0, 2, 1, 1
9, WinKing, 1, 1, 0, 1
6, bubuli55, 1, 0, 1, 0
5, juan31, 0, 0, 1, 0
1, chessmoron, 1, 0, 0, 0

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2>

Score, UserID

34, Count Wedgemore
31, Golden Executive
25, chessmoron
21, wordfunph
15, OhioChessFan
13, bubuli55
12, juan31
9, WinKing

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Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 2>

Score,UserID

Another round far too early in the morning, but our competitors are struggling through. All of them except for <amw>, who for the second day in a row showed up in the arena long after the games were over. He got caught up watching videos on Youtube and forgot to turn in his picks.

<chessmoron> had a huge round and moved into the lead in 2 rankers. <Count Wedgemore> leads in 2, and <wordfunph> leads in Bonus Ranker. We still have 3 players with 0's in the Moves/#1 Ranker, and not much time to clear those up. Still no word from <Penguincw>, which concerns most of us, as we figure he'll make up for lost time with many words explaining his absence.

Topalov-Carlsen 0-1 45
Mamedyarov-Navara 1-0 41
Ding-Anand 1/2 24
Giri-Radjabov 1/2 24
Karjakin-Grischuk 1/2 41

Round 5

Grischuk-Topalov 1-0
Radjabov-Karjakin 1/2 35
Anand-Giri 1/2 18
Navara-Ding 0-1 50
Carlsen-Mamedyarov 1/2 50

Round 6