< [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '42']] >

The WCC quickly turned from a boring drawfest to a boring patzerfest as Nepo is playing the kind of silly moves <OhioChessFan> tries against Little Chess Partner. 9...h5, seriously? Fortunately, the chess world has this contest to hold their interest.

<Penguincw> continues to lead 2 Rankers, and coincidentally, the world supply of earplugs dropped dramatically. He began to speak on a podcast about his success, but fortunately, <chessmoron> glared at him, and <Pengo> wisely stopped. <paavoh> continues to have the last laugh at everyone who tried to get him to change his picks, as he is in a gold and silver medal position.

In other news, two of the contestants put on Oscar worthy performances bemoaning their fate in this contest. <chessmoron>faux innocently claimed he'd been misled about the pairings for the second half of the contest, and asked to redo his picks for not only the second half, but the whole contest. <OCF> was outraged, but when he went to complain to <chessmoron> and looked up at his 7' 6" frame, he wisely told <cm> anything he wanted to do would be fine. Proving fools rush in where angels fear to tread, <WinKing> challenged <chessmoron>, although he was smart enough to hedge his bets at the end of his protest by saying, it maybe, possibly, sorta, could be a problem. Smart man. <Winky> also proved his street smarts by thanking <cm> for messing up!

The other Oscar worthy performance was by <OCF> who threw himself on the playing arena floor screaming at MC and Nepo for playing 41 instead of 42 moves in the 7th game. Security quickly hauled him away, as the crowd jeered at him, "Elvis has left the building!"

In other news, <diceman> mocked <jfq> for her new predictions partner, The Monkey. But <jfq> had the last laugh, as she performed better with the monkey than she had without it. <cm> also cheered the <jfq> and <Monkey> partnership, as his new wife was becoming annoyed by <jfq's> incessant phone calls and email.

<Game 9>

<Nepo-Carlsen, 0-1 in 39 moves.>--No one got it!

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<Game 10>

<Carlsen-Nepo, 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves.>

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

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['jessicafischerqueen', '1/2-1/2', '15']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['paavoh', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '63']]

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<Game 11>

<Nepo-Carlsen, 0-1 in 49 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '0-1', '30']]

<Nostradamus Predictor>::

<alfamikewhiskey> 6/11 right

♔ <Penguincw>

♘ <paavoh>

Perfect # moves predictions goes to:

<OhioChessFan>

Moves+Bonus Ranker - FINAL (in parenthesis-points not deducted)

Score, UserID

♔ 28（34）, Penguincw
♘ 22（28）, paavoh
♗ 17 （23）, Golden Executive
16（25）, chessmoron
15（24）, OhioChessFan
13（16）, alfamikewhiskey
10（19）, whiteshark
4（13）, diceman
3（12）, juan31
3（12）, offramp
2（11）, WinKing
0 (9), jessicafischerqueen
0（9）, Schwartz

<How the calculations goes>:

Moves Ranker - Through <FINAL>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

17, Penguincw, 1, 2, 0
14, whiteshark, 0, 2, 0
10, chessmoron, 1, 1, 0
10, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 1
7, alfamikewhiskey, 0, 1, 0
7, diceman, 0, 1, 0
7, paavoh, 0, 1, 0
0, WinKing, 0, 0, 0
0, Golden Executive, 0, 0, 0
0, jessicafisherqueen, 0, 0, 0
0, juan31, 0, 0, 0
0, offramp, 0, 0, 0
0, Schwartz, 0, 0, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Final>

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

<Wilson Pickett>

<Ohio Wilson Fan>

<Wilson> Amazing! I had no idea my "animal strategy" of copying the Monkey Ranker would also end up with me garnering <2 magic goose eggs> as a bonus result.

<Penguincw> Congratulations on your historical win brah!

While the WCC itself was a dreary, one-sided affair, the World Moves Prediction Contest Championship was a rousing success. The roaring crowd urged the contestants to continue, even after the Championship match concluded. <chessmoron> finally stepped in and glared at the crowd, whereupon they all smartly shut up.

As for the contest, <Penguincw> held on to his early lead and won 2 gold medals. In his acceptance speech, <Pengo> modestly thanked everyone in the world of chess for their part in his continued success, blah blah blah. He perhaps unwisely tried to pressure <chessmoron> into running a contestant soon after this one, blah blah blah. For a change, his acceptance speech was a bit interesting. When he began to accuse Nepo of having the "Biggest meltdown in the history of WC chess", Nepo's fans charged the podium and <Pengo> had to quickly waddle away from the furious fans. Not to be outdone, <dice> infuriated those fans when he accused Nepo of playing a coffeehouse opening when Nepo tried a Petroff. The furious fans were so tired from chasing <Pengo> they just sat down and cried in despair, and <dice> was able to walk away.

The other gold medal was won by <Golden Executive>, who made his predictions, his first appearance on this site in like 5 years, and then disappeared again. <chessmoron> will email the gold medal to <GE>.

In other news, <jfq> resumed her flirtations with <cm> as her partnership with The Monkey ended in utter failure. <cm> made a vague comment about a goose that lays golden medals or something. Nobody really understand what he meant, but were afraid to ask for clarification. <jfq> then began inquiries to see if she could unfreeze Ted Williams and begin a flirtation with him.

Not to be outdone by <Pengo's> insult of Nepo, <offramp> accused both Naka and Giri of being total patzers who ride the short bus. <offramp> narrowly escaped harm by escaping in his gyrocopter. <paavoh> was removed from the playing arena when he began reenacting the discus throws of his Olympic heroes. <Winky> tried to create an alternate set of picks, but <cm> wasn't to be fooled and ignored him. <Schwartz> made the oddest prediction when he suggested <neither player> would win, and that would mean no champion.

<Ohio> lolol that is the best recap I ever read.

Also it was good to see one of your parody songs again on the DANCING ROOK.

"Season's Bingle"

<OhioGoldPlayersFan>

It was an honest mistake, similar to my animal mistake. I thought monkey+goose = best animal, but I forgot that penguin could take both of them in a fight- at the same time.

Understandably, you knew that the "metal awards" are made out of metal, as is the "Golden Executive" automobile.

<OhioMerryChristmasFan> Tidings of comfort and joy...

It was great to have a prediction contest after a long time!