We haven't seen <chessmoron> for a while. It's rumored he's been busy showing Enes Kanter around the country, with a possible visit to the "chess club" along the way.

In any case, <lostemperor> has become the hero of the contest, as he is currently the only thing standing between <Pengo> and a Quadruple Crown. <chessgames.com> has been in contact with <OhioChessFan> with a contingency plan in case the unspeakable happens, and <Pengo> uses up all the bandwidth available to the site in his acceptance speech at the Gold Medal ceremony.

In other news, <JFQ> is up to old tricks, no pun intended, as she is on another of her patented flirtatious benders. First she made that kind of smarmy compliment women do, to <Pengo> about how great a picker he is and blah blah blah, as if he needs any more encouragement to think he's something special. Then another possible suitor moved into the picture, this time <Winky>, who tried to commiserate with her about how mutually awful the two of them are doing. <JFQ> did earn the respect of <OCF> though, for her terrific idea to create a new Ranker and designate herself the winner! That's the kind of inspired Win At Any Cost spirit so often lacking here. <Pengo> had the great idea to create his own scores in <GE's> contest, and was about to do it here, but when he thought that upsetting the 7'6" <chessmoron> wasn't a great idea, he wisely let it go.

Meanwhile, <paavoh> keeps making lame excuses about work getting in the way of the contest, which shows he simply needs to get his priorities in order. <OCF> was relieved that <cm> finally fixed his first round score. He was getting embarrassed that nobody else would speak up on his behalf.

<Carlsen-Van Foreest, 1/2-1/2 in 52 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: [['jessicafischerqueen', '1/2-1/2', '70']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<Caruana-Dubov, 1/2-1/2 in 38 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['paavoh', '1/2-1/2', '37']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '48']]

===

<Karjakin-Giri, 1/2-1/2 in 14 moves.>

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

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['paavoh', '1/2-1/2', '29']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

===

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

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['jessicafischerqueen', '1-0', '46']]

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

===

<Pragg-Grandelius, 1-0 in 64 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '1-0', '46']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['WinKing', '1-0', '43']]

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

===

<Shankland-Rapport, 1/2-1/2 in 24 moves.>

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

2nd Over, 2 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '38'], ['paavoh', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

===

<Vidit-Esipenko, 1/2-1/2 in 32 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '28']]

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 8 points <WinKing>-3 Round streak broken from <Penguincw>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 4>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

34, lostemperor, 2, 4, 0
28, Penguincw, 0, 4, 0
24, juan31, 0, 2, 1
23, jessicafischerqueen, 3, 2, 0
20, paavoh, 1, 1, 1
14, chessmoron, 0, 2, 0
7, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 0
0, Messiah, 0, 0, 0
0, WinKing, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 4>

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

35, Penguincw, 3, 4, 0, 4
20, WinKing, 2, 3, 0, 2
18, chessmoron, 1, 3, 1, 1
17, lostemperor, 3, 4, 0, 1
12, OhioChessFan, 2, 0, 2, 0
9, paavoh, 3, 3, 0, 0
8, Messiah, 0, 1, 0, 1
4, jessicafischerqueen, 0, 2, 0, 0
2, juan31, 0, 1, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 4>

Score, UserID

63, Penguincw
51, lostemperor
32, chessmoron
29, paavoh
27, jessicafischerqueen
26, juan31
20, WinKing
19, OhioChessFan
8, Messiah

===

Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 4>

Score,UserID

Round 5

<Dubov-Shankland, 1/2-1/2 in 37 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['paavoh', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

===

<Duda-Karjakin, 1/2-1/2 in 36 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '24']]

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

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

===

<Espienko-Caruana, 1/2-1/2 in 63 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['paavoh', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

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

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

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

===

<Giri-Vidit, 1/2-1/2 in 33 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['paavoh', '1/2-1/2', '28']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '39']]

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

===

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

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Messiah', '1/2-1/2', '52']]

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '30']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['jessicafischerqueen', '1/2-1/2', '72']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<Rapport-Pragg, 1-0 in 56 moves.>

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

2nd Under, 6 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1-0', '43']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['chessmoron', '1-0', '38']]

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

===

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

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['juan31', '0-1', '48']]
2nd Over, 2 points: [['jessicafischerqueen', '0-1', '52']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 20 points <OhioChessFan>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 5>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

48, lostemperor, 2, 6, 0
41, paavoh, 1, 4, 1
28, Penguincw, 0, 4, 0
27, juan31, 1, 2, 1
23, jessicafischerqueen, 3, 2, 0
14, chessmoron, 0, 2, 0
7, Messiah, 0, 1, 0
7, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 0
0, WinKing, 0, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 5>

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

50, Penguincw, 3, 6, 1, 5
32, OhioChessFan, 2, 1, 2, 3
32, WinKing, 3, 3, 1, 3
25, chessmoron, 3, 3, 2, 1
17, lostemperor, 3, 4, 0, 1
10, paavoh, 4, 3, 0, 0
8, jessicafischerqueen, 0, 4, 0, 0
8, Messiah, 0, 1, 0, 1
2, juan31, 0, 1, 0, 0

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 5>

Score, UserID

78, Penguincw
65, lostemperor
51, paavoh
39, chessmoron
39, OhioChessFan
32, WinKing
31, jessicafischerqueen
29, juan31
15, Messiah

===

Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 5>

Score,UserID

Round 7
Esipenko-Shankland 1-0 47
Giri-Dubov 1/2 46
Duda-Caruana 1/2 4
Van Foreest-Vidit 1/2 41
Grandelius-Karjakin 1/2 36
Rapport-Mamedyarov 1/2 28
Praggnanandhaa-Carlsen 0-1 46