<amw> continued his Rock Star Tour as he has opened up a big lead in 3 of the 4 Rankers. <OCF> has to content himself with being a minor Rock Star as he leads 1 Ranker. Bonus Ranker is currently the only close contest. <Winky> is trying to think of another psychological ploy to slow <amw> down as the last one clearly didn't work.

In other news, <wordfunph> busted into the Bookie Cafe and in his best Clint Eastwood imitation, screamed, "Go head, make my day!" <lostemperor> was rumored to be holding secret discussions with <OCF> about the <amw> "problem", as it would destroy everyone's confidence if one person swept all the golds in both Moves Prediction and Final Standings. <le> was heard to mumble, "Wish him luck I'd to really love but he'd be if he wins everything prick an unbearable." Meanwhile, <Diademas> tried flirting with Natalia Pogonina by calling her a battle-axe, and is baffled why she won't return his phone calls. <juan31> continued his amazing streak of predicting 4 Firouzja wins after the games were over.

<Anand-Carlsen, 1/2-1/2 in 54 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

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

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

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<Artemiev-So, 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

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

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '46']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Caruana-Dubov, 1-0 in 79 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '1-0', '44'], ['OhioChessFan', '1-0', '44']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['chessmoron', '1-0', '40'], ['Golden Executive', '1-0', '40'], ['WinKing', '1-0', '40']]

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

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<Duda-Giri, 1/2-1/2 in 27 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['Diademas', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '33']]

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

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<Firouzja-Xiong, 1-0 in 68 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Golden Executive', '1-0', '45']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['Penguincw', '1-0', '34']]

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

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<Kovalev-Yu, 1/2-1/2 in 33 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Diademas', '1/2-1/2', '31']]

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

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Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 18 points: <chessmoron>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

61, alfamikewhiskey, 2, 5, 2
48, Golden Executive, 1, 5, 1
41, juan31, 0, 3, 2
27, lostemperor, 1, 2, 1
27, wordfunph, 1, 2, 1
24, OhioChessFan, 1, 3, 0
24, Penguincw, 1, 3, 0
24, WinKing, 1, 3, 0
23, Diademas, 2, 1, 1
20, chessmoron, 1, 1, 1
16, Count Wedgemore, 2, 0, 1

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

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

61, chessmoron, 8, 1, 3, 6
52, Penguincw, 7, 3, 3, 4
47, OhioChessFan, 3, 0, 4, 4
42, WinKing, 4, 5, 2, 3
41, lostemperor, 4, 5, 3, 2
37, Count Wedgemore, 1, 2, 4, 2
34, Diademas, 0, 3, 2, 3
27, alfamikewhiskey, 3, 4, 2, 1
26, wordfunph, 3, 3, 1, 2
19, Golden Executive, 3, 2, 0, 2
15, juan31, 3, 6, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID

88, alfamikewhiskey
81, chessmoron
76, Penguincw
71, OhioChessFan
68, lostemperor
67, Golden Executive
66, WinKing
57, Diademas
56, juan31
53, Count Wedgemore
53, wordfunph

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

Score,UserID

In other news, the pressure proved too much for two of our competitors. <juan> and <Diademas> got into a wild brawl over unsubstantiated claims that Ferocious Ali had outside help. <OhioChessFan> bravely ran for help, hoping to find the 7' 6" <chessmoron>, but then <Count Wedgemore> calmly stepped in and settled things down.

In other news, all the competitors from Tata 2020 begged <wordfunph> not to visit their player pages. He has been a bit of a jinx lately, as every player page he goes to, that person has died right afterwards! And <Diademas> admitted his romance technique of insulting women was about as effective as his picks for this tournament. Between that and the MMA worthy fight with <juan>, he was so mentally deranged he made like 10 picks this round where he predicted draws and even wins in 1 or 2 moves! Such ridiculous picks can't possibly pay off.