We're off and running in the World's Most Exciting Prediction Contest. 11 of the premier prognosticators are doing battle for cyber fame and fortune. After 2 rounds, <whiteshark> has charged to the lead in 3 Rankers. He has been trying hard to be declared the President of the Magnus Carlsen Current and Future World Champion Forever Fan Club, and hopes to prevail in that after prevailing in this contest. <GE> leads in 1 Ranker, after a brilliant attempt to sabotage the contest. He created a countdown clock that ran to zero like 8 hours before the tournament started, hoping everyone would be confused and give up in despair! That's the kind of Whatever It Takes to Win mindset so often lacking here. Also leading in 1 Ranker is <WinKing>. There's a vicious rumor going around he purposely inflates his own scores on his forum page, and hopes <chessmoron> simply copies and pastes them to this page without checking. A truly admirable strategy, if true.

In other news, <offramp> decided to play the whole contest this time after his strange plan last time to only play the last round. <Messiah> managed to confuse <chessmoron> with his insulting nicknames for the players. He'd be well advised not to create one for <chessmoron> himself, as you don't mess with someone 7' 6". <paavoh> is making excuses already, claiming he's traveling and hardly has time to look at the contest. If that's true, he clearly needs to get his priorities right.<Firouzjias>, obviously Ali Firouzja in disguise, entered his picks at the last second as he decided that it's more praiseworthy to win this contest than the Sinquefield Cup itself. He decided to declare himself the President of the <WinKing> Fan Club after <Winky> gave him some extra points he didn't have coming or something. It's possible <Winky> has bet on Firouzja in the tournament itself, and hopes to create an optimistic mindset. We'll see if Firouzja splitting his time between this contest and that hurts his concentration any. <juan> upset Hans Niemann by openly suggesting he'd lose like every round. After his second round victory over Mamedyarov, Niemann smirked at <juan> as he left the playing hall.

<Carlsen-Niemann, 0-1 in 57 moves.>--No one got it!

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<Dominguez-Nepo, 1/2-1/2 in 42 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Messiah', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Firouzja-Aronian, 1-0 in 38 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Golden Executive', '1-0', '33']]

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1-0', '43']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Mamedyarov-MVL, 1/2-1/2 in 36 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['paavoh', '1/2-1/2', '33']]

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

3rd Under, 5 points: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '25']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

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

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Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to

<Penguincw>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 11 points: <Messiah>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 3>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

24, whiteshark, 0, 2, 1
21, paavoh, 0, 3, 0
17, Penguincw, 0, 1, 1
10, offramp, 0, 0, 1
10, WinKing, 0, 0, 1
7, chessmoron, 0, 1, 0
7, Golden Executive, 0, 1, 0
7, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 0
7, Messiah, 0, 1, 0
0, Firouzjias, 0, 0, 0
0, juan31, 0, 0, 0

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 3>

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

27, Golden Executive, 2, 1, 1, 3
25, WinKing, 0, 1, 1, 3
21, Messiah, 0, 2, 1, 2
18, Firouzjias, 0, 1, 2, 1
13, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 1, 1
13, Penguincw, 1, 0, 0, 2
11, offramp, 0, 0, 1, 1
8, juan31, 0, 1, 0, 1
6, paavoh, 0, 0, 0, 1
5, whiteshark, 1, 2, 0, 0
1, chessmoron, 1, 0, 0, 0

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 3>

Score, UserID

35, WinKing
34, Golden Executive
30, Penguincw
29, whiteshark
28, Messiah
27, paavoh
21, offramp
20, OhioChessFan
18, Firouzjias
8, chessmoron
8, juan31

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

Score,UserID

Round 4:

Round 4:

As I did for <Tata Steel 2022> when Daniil Dubov was out of the competition. Rules: Person (s) finishes with the most correct <RESULT> will be awarded 10 points. If there's more than 1 who scores most correct, points will be divided evenly (yes, to the decimals, even). <<For example: 5 person scores the most correct result, each participants gets 2 points apiece.>>

<Aronian-Dominguez, 1/2-1/2 in 35 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['paavoh', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '42'], ['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '42'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '43']]

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

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<Caruana-MVL, 1-0 in 92 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '1-0', '49']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Messiah', '1-0', '95']]
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Nepo-So, 1/2-1/2 in 25 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '35'], ['whiteshark', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '42'], ['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

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<Niemann-Firouzja, 1/2-1/2 in 43 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '42'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '42']]

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

3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Firouzjias', '1/2-1/2', '44']]

Round 4 Summary:

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to

NONE

<EXTRA>

♔ <<chessmoron, Firouzjias, paavoh, Penguincw, Messiah, WinKing>>♔ predicted with the most correct <RESULT> 3/5 is awarded 10 points which will be divided 1.67 for each participants.

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

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 4>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

27, whiteshark, 1, 2, 1
24, paavoh, 1, 3, 0 ([1]1.67)
24, Penguincw, 0, 2, 1 ([1]1.67)
17, WinKing, 0, 1, 1 ([1]1.67)
13, offramp, 1, 0, 1
7, chessmoron, 0, 1, 0 ([1]1.67)
7, Golden Executive, 0, 1, 0
7, juan31, 0, 1, 0
7, Messiah, 0, 1, 0 ([1]1.67)
7, OhioChessFan, 0, 1, 0
0, Firouzjias, 0, 0, 0 ([1]1.67)

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Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 4>

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

30, Golden Executive, 3, 2, 1, 3
26, WinKing, 1, 1, 1, 3
23, Messiah, 0, 3, 1, 2
20, Firouzjias, 0, 2, 2, 1
16, Penguincw, 2, 1, 0, 2
15, OhioChessFan, 0, 2, 1, 1
11, offramp, 0, 0, 1, 1
9, chessmoron, 1, 1, 0, 1
8, juan31, 0, 1, 0, 1
7, paavoh, 1, 0, 0, 1
5, whiteshark, 1, 2, 0, 0

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Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 4>

Score, UserID

35, WinKing
34, Golden Executive
30 [+1.67], Penguincw
29, whiteshark
28 [+1.67], Messiah
27 [+1.67], paavoh
21, offramp
20, OhioChessFan
18 [+1.67], Firouzjias
8 [+1.67], chessmoron
8, juan31

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

Score,UserID