Our contestants are on top of their game as every single contestant has already scored, including the late arrivals. The leaderboards are crammed at the top, as <Penguincw> leads in 2 Rankers, <amw> in 1, <wordfunph> in 1, and <OCF> and <Count> tied in 1.

In other news, <GE> is still wandering around the playing arena mumbling about "modality". Everyone else is sort of pretending to know what he's talking about, but the looks of pity are beginning to get embarrassing. <Schwartz> has taken to describing Ding as a "Chinese player to heal the soul".

Meanwhile, <OCF> is extremely suspicious of why his boss changed his starting time to 6:30 AM on <the very day the tournament started!> He suspects espionage, but can't yet prove anything. <Count> is showing off his PhD knowledge of American History to anyone on Rogoff who will listen. And <amw> cornered the unsuspecting <OCF> and began explaining why the Armageddon rules in this tournament greatly favor Black. "It's rather simple", <amw> said, "White should get twice the time Black does and...". Unfortunately, at that point, <OCF> fell asleep, and the rest of <amw's> very exciting explanation was lost to history.

<Carlsen-Grischuk, 1-0 in 34 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['Golden Executive', '1-0', '36']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['WinKing', '1-0', '38']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['chessmoron', '1-0', '39']]

===

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

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Schwartz', '1-0', '40']]

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

===

<Mamedyarov-Aronian, 0-1 in 31 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['juan31', '0-1', '43']]
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<MVL-Anand, 1/2-1/2 in 32 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1/2-1/2', '20']]

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '33']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '35'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

===

<So-Yu, 1-0 in 66 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Golden Executive', '1-0', '40']]

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Count Wedgemore', '1-0', '35']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to

NONE

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

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 3>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

20, Penguincw, 0, 0, 2
17, Golden Executive, 1, 2, 0
10, Count Wedgemore, 0, 0, 1
10, juan31, 1, 1, 0
10, OhioChessFan, 1, 1, 0
10, wordfunph, 1, 1, 0
7, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0
7, bubuli55, 0, 1, 0
7, Schwartz, 0, 1, 0
0, chessmoron, 0, 0, 0
0, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0
0, WinKing, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2>

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

25, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 2, 3, 1
20, WinKing, 1, 1, 1, 2
20, wordfunph, 0, 2, 2, 1
13, Count Wedgemore, 0, 1, 1, 1
12, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0, 2
11, chessmoron, 6, 0, 1, 0
9, Schwartz, 1, 1, 0, 1
6, Penguincw, 0, 0, 0, 1
5, juan31, 0, 0, 1, 0
5, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 1, 0
4, Golden Executive, 2, 1, 0, 0
3, bubuli55, 1, 1, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 3>

Score, UserID

32, alfamikewhiskey
30, wordfunph
26, Penguincw
23, Count Wedgemore
21, Golden Executive
20, WinKing
16, Schwartz
15, juan31
15, OhioChessFan
12, lostemperor
11, chessmoron
10, bubuli55

===

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

Score,UserID

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

<2, Count Wedgemore >>

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to

NONE

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

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 3>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

20, Penguincw, 0, 0, 2
17, Golden Executive, 1, 2, 0
10, Count Wedgemore, 0, 0, 1
10, juan31, 1, 1, 0
10, OhioChessFan, 1, 1, 0
10, wordfunph, 1, 1, 0
7, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0
7, bubuli55, 0, 1, 0
7, Schwartz, 0, 1, 0
0, chessmoron, 0, 0, 0
0, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0
0, WinKing, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 2>

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

25, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 2, 3, 1
20, WinKing, 1, 1, 1, 2
20, wordfunph, 0, 2, 2, 1
13, Count Wedgemore, 0, 1, 1, 1
12, lostemperor, 0, 0, 0, 2
11, chessmoron, 6, 0, 1, 0
9, Schwartz, 1, 1, 0, 1
6, Penguincw, 0, 0, 0, 1
5, juan31, 0, 0, 1, 0
5, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 1, 0
4, Golden Executive, 2, 1, 0, 0
3, bubuli55, 1, 1, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 3>

Score, UserID

32, alfamikewhiskey
30, wordfunph
26, Penguincw
23, Count Wedgemore
21, Golden Executive
20, WinKing
16, Schwartz
15, juan31
15, OhioChessFan
12, lostemperor
11, chessmoron
10, bubuli55

===

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

Score,UserID

The leaderboard is starting to shake out a little bit. <amw> leads in 2 Rankers, <Penguincw> leads in 1, and <GE> leads in 1. We have a few 0's left on #1 picks, but overall our competitors have had a pretty decent event.

In other news, <GE> finally convinced one person, <paavoh>, that his discussions of modality are a good idea. Alas, poor <paavoh> was found wandering around the playing hall in a daze after today's round, mumbling "How can there be so many decisive games? The modality doesn't fit. Where's the modality? Modality says every game should be a draw...modality...modality....." <GE> comforted him the best he could, but to little avail. After that, <GE> approached all the contestants in this contest, and said, "Hey, anyone wanna hear my ideas about modality?" All the competitors quickly ran away in abject terror, screaming as they went.

Also having a bad day was <wordfunph>, who was kicked out of the playing hall for smoking. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as nobody was around when he broke down in tears after So won his game. <Penguincw> started to explain to <lostemperor> his theory of reverse picks or something. "It's rather simple", <Pengo> stated, "You just make all your picks the exact opposite of what you think will happen...." Unforunately, at that moment, <lostemperor> fell asleep, and missed the rest of <Pengo's> very exciting explanation of his theory.

Will <GE> convince anyone else to examine his Modality Theory? Will <wordfunph> buy a Wesley So kewpie doll and stick it with pins in hopes of causing him to lose? Does <Pengo> realize that his Reverse Pick Theory doesn't work in this contest? Stay tuned for the answers to these and many other pressing questions.

Carlsen - Mamedyarov 1/2 43
Aronian - Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 47
Caruana - So 1-0 47
Anand - Ding 1/2 30
Grischuk - Yu 1-0 47

Round 5

Mamedyarov - Grischuk 1-0 43
Ding - Aronian 1/2 31
Vachier-Lagrave - Carlsen 1/2 40
So - Anand 1/2 46
Yu - Caruana 0-1 50

Round 6