<lostemperor> continues to dominate the proceedings, as he leads 3 of the Rankers by like a mile. <GE> leads the 4th Ranker. All of the contestants are hoping someone can hit a hot streak and slow down <le>.

In other news, <OCF> caused an uproar when he ran into the playing arena screaming something about the best pun he's ever written. Everyone just started at him like he was an idiot and ignored the comment and went about their business. <lostemperor> is engaging in an admirable act of subterfuge in his contest, as he claims "computer problems" (the one point I don't think so much of him, he needs a better excuse than that old bromide) are keeping him from announcing any scores. Word on the street is he's going to wait until the tournament is over, and then magically claim he won and all the calculations disappeared in his efforts to get the computer back and running. The van Foreest camp made an appeal to <Pengo> to never predict success in a tournament again, as the predictable Penguincw Jinx has struck van Foreest. Meanwhile, <Pengo> is whining about changing his predictions when he shouldn't have or something and nobody really cares. He did heave an obnoxious sigh into the arena to everyone's annoyance.

<Aronian-Giri, 1/2-1/2 in 21 moves.>

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

2nd Over, 2 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '34']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '35'], ['FIrouzjias', '1/2-1/2', '35']]

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<Carlsen-Rapport, 1-0 in 36 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['Golden Executive', '1-0', '39']]

2nd Over, 2 points: [['paavoh', '1-0', '42']]
3rd Over, 1 point1: [['chessmoron', '1-0', '43']]

===

<Erigasi-Abdusattorov, 0-1 in 43 moves.>--No one got it!

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<Gukesh-So, 0-1 in 34 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['offramp', '0-1', '38']]
2nd Over, 2 points: [['lostemperor', '0-1', '45'], ['Firouzjias', '0-1', '45']] 3rd Over, 1 point1: []

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<Keymer-Ding, 1/2-1/2 in 58 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '55']]

2nd Under, 6 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '45']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '40'], ['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

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

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<Maghsoodloo-Caruana, 1/2-1/2 in 106 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '51']]
2nd Under, 6 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '45']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '44'], ['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '44']]

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

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<Prag-Van Foreest, 1-0 in 64 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['chessmoron', '1-0', '42']]
2nd Under, 6 points: [['alfamikewhiskey', '1-0', '34']]

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

NONE

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 13 points <Penguincw>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

76, lostemperor, 0, 8, 2
48, paavoh, 1, 5, 1
44, Firouzjias, 1, 3, 2
41, juan31, 1, 4, 1
33, OhioChessFan, 3, 2, 1
31, Penguincw, 0, 3, 1
30, Golden Executive, 3, 3, 0
28, chessmoron, 0, 4, 0
13, offramp, 2, 1, 0
9, alfamikewhiskey, 3, 0, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

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

71, Golden Executive, 2, 2, 7, 5
58, juan31, 2, 3, 4, 5
56, Penguincw, 4, 3, 2, 6
55, OhioChessFan, 4, 4, 5, 3
43, lostemperor, 2, 7, 3, 2
41, Firouzjias, 4, 2, 3, 3
41, paavoh, 3, 5, 2, 3
37, alfamikewhiskey, 2, 1, 3, 3
28, chessmoron, 4, 2, 4, 0
22, offramp, 2, 1, 0, 3

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 7>

Score, UserID

119, lostemperor
101, Golden Executive
99, juan31
89, paavoh
88, OhioChessFan
87, Penguincw
85, Firouzjias
56, chessmoron
46, alfamikewhiskey
35, offramp

===

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

Score,UserID

<Abdusattorov-Aronian, 1/2-1/2 in 31 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '35']]
2nd Over, 2 points: [['paavoh', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

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

===

<Caruana-Carlsen, 0-1 in 33 moves.>--No one got it!

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<Giri-Keymer, 1/2-1/2 in 28 moves.>

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

2nd Over, 2 points: [['offramp', '1/2-1/2', '63']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<Gukesh-Maghsoodloo, 1-0 in 49 moves.>--No one got it!

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<Rapport-Pragg, 1-0 in 40 moves.>

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

2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<So-Ding, 1/2-1/2 in 42 moves.>

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

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['juan31', '1/2-1/2', '41']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '40']]

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

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

Perfect # moves predictions for this round goes to:

<Golden Executive>

Highest scores in the Bonus Ranker: 6 points <juan31>

Results:

Moves Ranker - Through <Round 8>

Score, UserID, Over, Under, Exact

76, lostemperor, 0, 8, 2
48, paavoh, 1, 5, 1
44, Firouzjias, 1, 3, 2
41, juan31, 1, 4, 1
40, Golden Executive, 3, 3, 1
35, chessmoron, 0, 5, 0
34, Penguincw, 1, 3, 1
33, OhioChessFan, 3, 2, 1
16, alfamikewhiskey, 3, 1, 0
16, offramp, 3, 1, 0

===

Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 8>

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

71, Golden Executive, 2, 2, 7, 5
64, juan31, 2, 3, 4, 6
60, OhioChessFan, 4, 4, 6, 3
56, Penguincw, 4, 3, 2, 6
43, lostemperor, 2, 7, 3, 2
43, paavoh, 3, 6, 2, 3
41, Firouzjias, 4, 2, 3, 3
38, alfamikewhiskey, 3, 1, 3, 3
30, chessmoron, 4, 3, 4, 0
24, offramp, 2, 2, 0, 3

===

Moves+Bonus Ranker - Through <Round 8>

Score, UserID

119, lostemperor
111, Golden Executive
105, juan31
93, OhioChessFan
91, paavoh
90, Penguincw
85, Firouzjias
65, chessmoron
54, alfamikewhiskey
40, offramp

===

Moves Ranker (# of 1st place UNDER/OVER) - Through <Round 8>

Score,UserID