Round 2

Round 1
Vidit-Shankland 1/2 42
Caruana-Karjakin 1/2 36
Dubov-Mamedyarov 1/2 23
Esipenko-Carlsen 1/2 40
Giri-Praggnanandhaa 1-0 43
Duda-Rapport 1-0 45
Van Foreest-Grandelius 1/2 50

Round 2
Shankland-Grandelius 1/2 46
Rapport-Van Foreest 1/2 46
Praggnanandhaa-Duda 1/2 46
Carlsen-Giri 1/2 46
Mamedyarov-Esipenko 1/2 36
Karjakin-Dubov 1/2 36
Vidit-Caruana 1/2 36

Round 3
Caruana-Shankland 1/2 36
Dubov-Vidit 1/2 42
Esipenko-Karjakin 1/2 26
Giri-Mamedyarov 1/2 28
Duda-Carlsen 1/2 44
Van Foreest-Praggnanandhaa 1-0 48
Grandelius-Rapport 1/2 48

Me : not true .

You and your brothers in arms are vile , indecent - all of you lot except <ohiochessfan>

And when you are vile and indecent , Some people retaliate against you , pay you back and some do not .

For example , <perfidious> pays you back , retaliates against you , <saffuna> does not.

And I used to retaliate , pay back .

I have resolved to act like <saffuna> now , in that I do not want to retaliate , pay back.

2) also , all of you guys are dishonest or lack self awareness or both.

For example , if <George wallace>/<big pawn> sees something from <al wazir> which he can exploit, he would keep on singing about that kind of kettle calling pit black - he himself has said worse things.

Similarly , <keyser soze> , <diceman> , <George wallace>/<big pawn> , <ohiochessfan> and you are like "'<rdb> is vile and indecent "

what comedy ! Nobody is more vile and decent than you lot - all of you lot is extremely vile and indecent with the exception of <ohiochessfan> who is civil and polite , in general.

3) all those soldiers who fought against Nazis of Hitler, were they murderers ? No. They were great 'freedom fighters ' , in general.

So , when <perfidious> pays you back , retaliates against you people , he is kind of a 'freedom fighter '

3) well , anyways , I have resolved not to pay back and retaliate ....I had made such a resolve in the past too but I turned out to be weak , stupid, immature (hence , comment of <keypusher> "<rdb> always meant well but he struggled with Self control"

Well, I keep practicing teachings of Jesus and keep progressing and I am confident that this time I will not fail myself.

I realized that I had been an as#$o#e last year and this year I want to change that.

<ohiochessfan> , for example - <ocf> is such a polite and civil person in general and yet I hurled abuses/insults at him so often and I feel ashamed.

As an ardent student of teachings of Jesus, I failed myself.

<Caruana-Karjakin, 1/2-1/2 in 50 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '45']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['OhioChessFaan', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

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

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<Dubov-Mamedyarov, 1/2-1/2 in 30 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '23']]

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '37']]

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

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<Duda-Rapport, 1-0 in 41 moves.>

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

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['lostemperor', '1-0', '45']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Esipenko-Carlsen, 1/2-1/2 in 21 moves.>

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

2nd Over, 2 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

===

<Giri-Pragg, 1/2-1/2 in 44 moves.>

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

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['jessicafisherqueen', '1/2-1/2', '67']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<Van Foreest-Grandelius, 1-0 in 44 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['chessmoron', '1-0', '43']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['Penguincw', '1-0', '40']]

3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Messiah', '1-0', '59']]
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 8 points <Penguincw>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 1>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

14, Penguincw, 0, 2, 0
7, chessmoron, 0, 1, 0
7, juan31, 0, 1, 0
7, lostemperor, 0, 1, 0
3, paavoh, 1, 0, 0
0, jessicafischerqueen, 0, 0, 0
0, Messiah, 0, 0, 0
0, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 0
0, WinKing, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 1>

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

8, Penguincw, 0, 1, 0, 1
6, WinKing, 0, 0, 0, 1
5, OhioChessFan, 0, 0, 1, 0
4, lostemperor, 0, 2, 0, 0
3, chessmoron, 1, 1, 0, 0
2, jessicafisherqueen, 0, 1, 0, 0
2, Messiah, 0, 1, 0, 0
1, paavoh, 1, 0, 0, 0
0, juan31, 0, 0, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 1>

Score, UserID

22, Penguincw
11, lostemperor
10, chessmoron
7, juan31
6, WinKing
5, OhioChessFan
4, paavoh
2, jessicafisherqueen
2, Messiah

===

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

Score,UserID

Regards

We are underway in the Tata Steel Moves Prediction Contest! The world's greatest chess prognosticators have gathered in battle. Our first controversy erupted before the tournament began, when <chessmoron> told <OhioChessFan>, "We don't have enough contestants.". Whereupon <OCF> ran in terror to the playing arena and begged everyone to join. Fortunately, he got enough people to placate <cm>.

Everyone scored in the first round, which is always a good sign. In a bad sign, <OCF> pleaded for a scoring change, which <chessmoron> promptly ignored. <OCF> hoped one of the other contestants would show some sportsmanship and appeal on his behalf, but all of them just smirked and turned away. <OCF> is weighing his options, as he wants to win, but doesn't want to anger someone 7' 6".

In other news, <Messiah> was thrown out of the playing arena when he became the world's first chess heckler. His shouted insults left some of the players in tears. Carlsen in particular was upset, to the point he could only play a quick, lame draw in a game he was widely expected to win.

As for the contest, <Pengo> took the early lead in all four Rankers. The other contestants collectively groaned, and ran screaming from the playing hall when he approached the microphone to share just a few words about his success.

<Ohio> Impossible.

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