The contest is in complete chaos. The <amw> debacle continues to generate fierce controversy. <Winky> told <cm> that <cm> needed to change the rules. <cm> glared at him. Then, after promising to give <amw> the like 50 points he doesn't deserve, <chessmoron> said, "Hey, I had my fingers crossed behind my back, so it doesn't count." <Count Wedgemore> stupidly decided to challenge that decision, and began banging his shoe on the table. <cm> walked up, and <Count> STOOD on the table so that he was now looking eye to belly button with <cm> and insisted that in the name of all good Norwegians,<cm> give <amw> the points he doesn't deserve. Which wasn't a good move, as <cm> is 7' 6", and doesn't like Carlsen to boot. While <cm> was dealing with the <amw> debacle, <Winky> slid <Pengo> 5 points he didn't deserve. <OCF> is only glad <Karposian> wasn't here to see <THAT>.

In other news, <offramp> got to the playing arena early and began heckling Caruana and Carlsen. <offramp> sat in the crowd with a box of doughnuts, and told them that it was harder for him to sit and eat doughnuts than it was for them to sit. While all the other fans were amused by <offramp's> antics, he got so caught up in that he forgot to enter his predictions! <Winky> took <offramp's> last doughnut, waited until 30 seconds after the game started, and very innocently said, "Oh, hey <offramp>, you didn't turn your picks in." <OCF> and <cm> confiscated the contraband $50 that <word> won from <bubuli> and are holding it in escrow. Perhaps <word> will finally figure out that it would be a good idea to cough, cough, show some appreciation to <OCF> and <cm>.

As for our contest, there has been a little shaking out of positions, as <WinKing> leads one Ranker alone, <juan31> leads two Rankers alone, and like 10 people are tied for the lead in #1 Ranker. <GE> continues to struggle to regain his Quadruple Crown form, and the crowd is starting to murmur about the possibility of him winning a Quadruple Crown.

Round 6

Vallejo Pons - Caruana 0-1 45
Naiditsch - Anand 0-1 40
Meier - Carlsen 0-1 40
Aronian - Keymer 1-0 40
Svidler - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2 35

Yet. Yet! It has been stated, at this contest's managerial level, that the predictions are to be presented in <FORMAT: <[player]-[player] [result] [# of MOVES]>>.

I admit - we should all admit - that <[result, *alternative 1*] [and then also type] [result, *alternative 2*]> is, alas!, nowhere to be seen. 1-0. Or 1-2. Or 0-1. That's it! (Barring 1/2-1/2 Pengu-style, of course, THEN duplicity is quite "in the swim").

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

Exact, 10 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

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

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '44']]

===

Carlsen-Naiditsch, 1/2-1/2 in 60 moves.>

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

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

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

===

<Keymer-Meier, 1-0 in 81 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1-0', '34']]

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<MVL-Aronian, 1/2-1/2 in 25 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['bubuli55', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '37']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

===

<Svidler-Vallejo Pons, 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '41'], ['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

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

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '43'], ['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

<Count Wedgemore> and <WinKing>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 9 points: <Penguincw>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 5>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

48, WinKing, 0, 4, 2
38, Count Wedgemore, 0, 4, 1
27, bubuli55, 2, 3, 0
21, juan31, 0, 3, 0
21, OhioChessFan, 0, 3, 0
14, chessmoron, 0, 2, 0
13, wordfunph, 2, 1, 0
10, Golden Executive, 0, 0, 1
10, Penguincw, 1, 1, 0
7, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0
7, offramp, 0, 1, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 5>

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

37, juan31, 2, 3, 1, 4
32, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 2, 2, 3
31, Penguincw, 2, 3, 1, 3
27, Count Wedgemore, 1, 2, 2, 2
27, wordfunph, 1, 2, 2, 2
16, chessmoron, 2, 1, 0, 2
16, Golden Executive, 1, 0, 3, 0
12, bubuli55, 1, 3, 1, 0
10, OhioChessFan, 0, 2, 0, 1
10, WinKing, 1, 2, 1, 0
2, offramp, 2, 0, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 5>

Score, UserID

65, Count Wedgemore
58, juan31
58, WinKing
41, Penguincw
40, wordfunph
39, alfamikewhiskey
39, bubuli55
31, OhioChessFan
30, chessmoron
26, Golden Executive
9, offramp

===

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

Score,UserID

Pandemonium reigns in our contest. Apparently nobody knows what is going on. The $50 bet <wordfunph> won that is being held in escrow has apparently been paid off without <OCF> being shown any appreciation. <chessmoron> played innocent, as innocent as someone who is 7' 6" can, and tried to implicate <WinKing> in the coverup. <OCF> was outraged, but couldn't figure out what was going on in order to report it to the proper authorities.

Meanwhile, in a soap opera lasting longer than The Days of Our Lives, <chessmoron> once again agreed to credit <amw> for points that he doesn't deserve, but again didn't credit <amw> for points he doesn't deserve. Everyone is now a bit afraid to mention to <cm> that he didn't credit <amw> for the points he doesn't deserve because it's generally a good idea not to upset someone who is 7' 6" by pointing out they didn't credit points to someone who doesn't deserve them. And really, deep down, our competitors are just as happy not to help someone else beat them, especially if they were to beat them by being credited points they didn't deserve. <OCF> has taken to prayer and fasting and sackcloth and ashes in the hope that the points not yet credited to <amw> that he doesn't deserve won't impact any of the medal standings, as it would be a real tragedy if those were impacted by someone being credited for points they don't deserve.

Meanwhile, <amw> spoke out publicly on the matter, in a speech intended to clarify his position. The entire crowd listened with a blank look on their face, nobody understanding what in the world <amw> was talking about. Worse, nobody wanted to admit they didn't understand what in the world <amw> was talking about, so everyone was pretending that they did understand what <amw> was talking about. Poor <chessmoron> was so confused he gave up in exasperation and began considering something less complicated to do with his time, like blindfold Rubik's cube solving. <Penguincw> started walking to the microphone to explain in a few thousand well chosen words what in the world <amw> was talking about, but fortunately, <offramp> intercepted <Pengo> before he could go try to explain what in the world <amw> was talking about. <OCF> is trying to contact <Switch>, who is probably the only person on the face of the earth who could figure out what in the world <amw> was talking about.

Meanwhile, in an act of abject pity, <WinKing> pointed out that <GE> had <finally> scored a #1 pick this contest. <OCF> is much too much of a gentleman to mock people for poor performances, so he won't point out how embarrassing it's surely been for a reigning Quadruple Crown Winner to have such a pathetic tournament the next time out.

As for our contest, things are shaking out a little. All 4 Rankers finally have a single leader. <WinKing> is proving the answer to everything is not "42", but in fact "41", and leads 2 Rankers. <Count Wedgemore> leads 1 and <juan> leads 1.