Round 8

Vallejo Pons - Naiditsch 1/2 27
Meier - Caruana 0-1 37
Aronian - Anand 1/2 17
Svidler - Carlsen 0-1 47
Vachier-Lagrave - Keymer 1/2 37

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 7 points: <juan31>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

51, Count Wedgemore, 1, 4, 2
48, WinKing, 0, 4, 2
40, bubuli55, 3, 3, 1
28, OhioChessFan, 0, 4, 0
23, Penguincw, 3, 2, 0
21, juan31, 0, 3, 0
20, wordfunph, 2, 2, 0
14, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 2, 0
14, chessmoron, 0, 2, 0
10, Golden Executive, 0, 0, 1
7, offramp, 0, 1, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

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

46, juan31, 3, 4, 1, 5
43, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 2, 3, 4
40, wordfunph, 2, 2, 2, 4
37, Penguincw, 2, 3, 1, 4
34, Count Wedgemore, 1, 3, 3, 2
28, Golden Executive, 1, 0, 3, 2
22, WinKing, 2, 2, 2, 1
17, chessmoron, 3, 1, 0, 2
14, bubuli55, 1, 4, 1, 0
13, OhioChessFan, 1, 3, 0, 1
7, offramp, 3, 2, 0, 0

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID

85, Count Wedgemore
70, WinKing
67, juan31
60, Penguincw
60, wordfunph
57, alfamikewhiskey
54, bubuli55
41, OhioChessFan
38, Golden Executive
31, chessmoron
14, offramp

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

Score,UserID

The standings are starting to shake out a little as <Count Wedgemore> has the lead in 3 Rankers. He attributes his success to listening to KISS albums while studying his picks. <juan31> leads one Ranker, while <bubuli> is tied for the lead in one.

In other news, <chessmoron> still doesn't know that the Avengers aren't real. He seems to think their movies are documentaries. He abandoned his scoring duties to go try out for a spot on the Avengers, figuring they can use someone 7' 6" who can play chess. As he ran out of the playing hall, he glared at <Winky> and demanded, "Do my job!". Whether from being nice, or terrified, <WinKing> did a fine job scoring, and didn't even try to sneak himself extra points! Meanwhile, <Penguincw> has figured out Svidler has a plus score against Carlsen on Sundays when the date is a prime number. "Just my luck", he groaned, "This game is on an even number date, so I can't pick Svidler to win". <offramp> suggested Carlsen might skip this game and head to the "Chess Club" for a quick one. <wordfunph> continued his embarrassing fawning over Carlsen, who he always calls "The Mozart of Chess". He tried to play a musical tribute to Carlsen, but the best he could come up with was a bad version of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" that sounded more like "Chopsticks".

<Aronian-Anand, 1/2-1/2 in 33 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '33']]

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '18']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Count Wedgemore', '1/2-1/2', '37']]

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<Meier-Caruana, 0-1 in 51 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['chessmoron', '0-1', '41']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['bubuli55', '0-1', '37'], ['juan31', '0-1', '37']]

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

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

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<MVL-Keymer, 1-0 in 49 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '1-0', '48']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['Golden Executive', '1-0', '47']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['chessmoron', '1-0', '42']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', '1-0', '50']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Svidler-Carlsen, 0-1 in 33 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['chessmoron', '0-1', '43']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['bubuli55', '0-1', '47'], ['juan31', '0-1', '47']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Vallejo Pons-Naiditsch, 1/2-1/2 in 87 moves.>

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

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

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

<First - <Count Wedgemore> scored 1pt. & his total should be 86pts.

Second - <juan31> scored 20pts. & his total should read 87pts.

Third - <bubuli55> scored 8pts. & his total should be 62pts.

Fourth - <chessmoron> scored 22pts. & your total should be 53pts.

Fifth <OhioChessFan> scored 2pts. & his score should be 43pts.>

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

<Golden Executive>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 13 points: <juan31>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 8>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

51, Count Wedgemore, 1, 4, 2
48, WinKing, 0, 4, 2
40, bubuli55, 3, 3, 1
31, chessmoron, 1, 4, 0
28, juan31, 0, 4, 0
28, OhioChessFan, 0, 4, 0
23, Penguincw, 3, 2, 0
20, Golden Executive, 0, 0, 2
20, wordfunph, 2, 2, 0
14, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 2, 0
7, offramp, 0, 1, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 8>

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

59, juan31, 3, 5, 2, 6
48, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 2, 4, 4
48, wordfunph, 2, 3, 2, 5
37, Penguincw, 2, 3, 1, 4
35, Count Wedgemore, 2, 3, 3, 2
34, Golden Executive, 1, 0, 3, 3
28, WinKing, 2, 2, 2, 2
22, bubuli55, 1, 5, 1, 1
22, chessmoron, 3, 1, 1, 2
18, offramp, 3, 2, 1, 1
15, OhioChessFan, 1, 4, 0, 1

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 8>

Score, UserID

87, juan31
86, Count Wedgemore
76, WinKing
68, wordfunph
62, alfamikewhiskey
62, bubuli55
60, Penguincw
54, Golden Executive
53, chessmoron
43, OhioChessFan
25, offramp

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Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 8>

Score,UserID

<chessmoron> is back after a failed tryout with The Avengers. He discovered Hulk was one of the few people on earth bigger than him, and Iron Man had downloaded a propietary copy of Alpha Zero, so <cm's> chess skills weren't helpful. On the bright side, <cm> was seen leaving the set with Black Widow, after convincing her to head to the "Chess Club" for some blitz. After his blitz session with Black Widow, <chessmoron> came back and made like 50 scoring errors. Nobody blamed him a bit.

In other news, <OCF> was hauled away by security after causing a ruckus in the playing area for yelling at Vallejo Pons after Paco blew a win that <OCF> himself could have won. Asked to comment, <OCF> whined, "That's like the 5th decisive game this tournament I've correctly predicted that one of these idiots didn't convert!" <offramp> headed to the local Ferrari dealer to take a test drive in a desperate attempt to understand today's Pun. <Penguincw> was almost accosted in the playing hall when he began laughing at Svidler for being checkmated. Fortunately, Carlsen stopped Svidler from punching him. That followed close on the heels of <juan31> complaining that Svidler couldn't beat Keymer. Our contestants would be well advised to avoid getting anywhere near Svidler tomorrow.

As for the contest, it's anyone's game. <juan31> now leads outright in 2 Rankers. <Count Wedgemore> leads outright in 1 and is tied for the lead in 1. <bubuli> is tied for the #1 Ranker. This is one of the closest contests in all 4 Rankers in a long time. Every gold medal is up for grabs.