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Penguincw
Member since Dec-22-10 · Last seen Nov-09-25
♔ MY PROFILE ♔

I'd like to thank the user who gave me a year of premium services from Feb/14/2012-Feb/14/2013, the user who gave me 3 years of premium services from Dec/26/2015-Dec/26/2018, the user who gave me 2 years of premium services from Dec/31/2018-Dec/31/2020, the user who gave me 3 years of premium services from Dec/25/2020 to Dec/25/2023, the user who gave me 1 year of premium services from Dec/26/2023 to Dec/26/2024, and the user who gave me 1 year of premium services from Dec/26/2024 to Dec/26/2025. :)

??? BIOGRAPHY ???

Outside of chess, I also like to watch sports (who doesn't), and even play sports (even though I'm not great at it). Baseball is by far my favourite sport.

??? GAME COLLECTIONS ???

Penguincw's Game Collections

To view all my collections, see here: Game Collection: 0: Table of Contents.

??? CHESS PUZZLES ???

Here are some chess puzzles I composed. I'm not a very strong composer, but they should be fun to solve nevertheless. However, since my forum won't always be open, I decided to use one of my game collections for that purpose:

Game Collection: Chess Puzzles

Here's a sample:

White to move, mate in three


click for larger view

Solution: (click on above game collection)

??? ACHIEVEMENTS ???

Here's my short list of achievements on this site (other than achievements relating to the prediction contests, which are listed further below):

966th user to open up their forum.

Became the 45th user to reach 13,000 posts (unofficial).

Only the 2nd user (honour shared with 7 other users) to win a membership from the Santa Claus draw twice.

In the ChessBookie Game, finished first in the Championship 2015 preseason with 1727 cbs, 174 cbs ahead of 2nd place. Also, in the Fall 2014 preseason, I finished in 2nd with 1418 cbs, just 40 cbs behind first at the last known update.

4th user, and 3rd overall (after <SwitchingQuylthulg> (x2), <wordfunph> and <Annie K.>) to run the ChessBookie Game.

At the 2016 Caissar Awards, I was nominated and won the "Most Helpful" award for 2015.

In Spring 2016, I became the 172nd user to qualify for the Championship Leg in the ChessBookie Game, finishing in 10th place with 4,204 cbs. (fact-checking needed)

??? PREDICTION CONTESTS ???

I like competing in the prediction contests, and so far, have won these medals (along with the rank listed):

<Golden Executive>

♔♔♔♕♕♕♕♖♖♖♖♖♖♖ (3 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze; 23rd)

<chessmoron> (hosted by <OhioChessFan>) ♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗ (10 gold, 12 silver, 22 bronze; 10th)

<lostemperor>
♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♖♖♖♖ (7 gold, 4 bronze; 3rd)

<Overall>
♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♕♕♕♕♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♖♖♖♖♖♖♖♖♖♖♖♗- ♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗ (20 gold, 16 silver, 33 bronze; 8th)

Updated through Tata Steel 2018.

<Golden Executive>'s Games Prediction Contest: User: Golden Executive

<chessmoron>'s Moves Prediction Contest (hosted by <OhioChessFan>): User: OhioChessFan

<lostemperor>'s Final Standings Prediction Contest: User: lostemperor

Other Notable Achievements:

Only user to ever win a quadruple crown (London Chess Classic 2011) in the Moves Prediction Contest (or any contest for that matter).

Only user to ever win a Betting title crown in the Games Prediction Contest, and defend it the very next year, same tournament (Tata Steel 2014 & 2015).

First user to ever win a gold medal in each of the 3 contests from the same tournament (Tata Steel 2015).

The 4th user to have won at least 3 golds in 3 different contests (after <chessmoron>, <lostemperor> and <SwitchingQuylthulg>). Members of this club are unofficially considered to be "grandmasters" of the prediction contests.

For the 7th consecutive year (2011-2017), I have won at least one gold medal in one of the contests. I am one of just 6 active users to have done so, the others being <chessmoron>, <cromat>, <lostemperor>, <SwitchingQuylthulg> and <WinKing>.

??? NOTABLE POSTS ???

I've made over 13,000 posts, but not all posts are created equally. In fact, most of them don't have too much value, but here are some of my best posts:

Probably my most "viral" post to date (introducing the now defunct Chessgames Playing Zone The Kibitzer's Café

Probably the first <on the internet> to notice the Original Six sweep the Tampa Bay Lightning were going through during the Stanley Cup playoffs, 2015: Mating Net chessforum.

More posts will be added as time progresses.

Here are some of my favourite posts by <other users> around the site (no reason given to some):

The Kibitzer's Café

SwitchingQuylthulg chessforum

chessgames.com chessforum

<YouRang> describes his Hall of Fame (which I am in): YouRang chessforum

Golden Executive chessforum (kibitz #3235)

More posts will be added as time progresses.

>> Click here to see Penguincw's game collections.

Chessgames.com Full Member
   Current net-worth: 1,457 chessbucks
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   Penguincw has kibitzed 16389 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Oct-23-25 Chessgames - Sports (replies)
 
Penguincw: Hello <keypusher>.
 
   Oct-20-25 Daniel Naroditsky (replies)
 
Penguincw: Heard about it from chess.com https://x.com/chesscom/status/19803... R.I.P. Naroditsky. Gone far too young.
 
   Feb-27-25 Boris Spassky (replies)
 
Penguincw: Rest in peace, Mr. Spassky.
 
   Feb-04-25 lostemperor chessforum
 
Penguincw: Thank you <lostemperor> for hosting this. Happy to come away with a gold. Congrats to the other medalists, hope to see you next time, whenever that may be.
 
   Jan-01-25 Benzol chessforum
 
Penguincw: Dropping by to wish you Happy New Year, <Benzol>.
 
   Dec-26-24 OhioChessFan chessforum (replies)
 
Penguincw: Hi <OCF>. Seasonal greetings to you, my friend.
 
   Dec-25-24 WannaBe chessforum (replies)
 
Penguincw: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, <WannaBe>.
 
   Dec-25-24 juan31 chessforum (replies)
 
Penguincw: Feliz Navidad <juan31>.
 
   Dec-25-24 Golden Executive chessforum
 
Penguincw: Hello <GE>. Merry Christmas to you, your friends, and your family!
 
   Dec-25-24 FSR chessforum (replies)
 
Penguincw: Hello <FSR>. Dropping by to wish you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. :)
 
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March of the Penguins

Kibitzer's Corner
< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 11 OF 45 ·  Later Kibitzing>
May-22-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: Puzzle #3 Qxg6 leads to mate in 3 a lot of ways. Qh2 leads to mate in 4 a lot of ways.
May-22-11  wordfunph: hello <Peng>..

St.Louis: Game 6: Nakamura vs Ponomariov : Draw [info] 100 LIVE BET 3:4 1.76 176 May-22-11

Saint Louis: Finegold-Robson Match : Robson [info] 100 LIVE BET 3:7 1.44 144 May-24-11

Saint Louis: Nakamura-Ponomariov Match : Ponomariov [info] 100 LIVE BET 3:2 2.55 255 May-24-11

FIDE Candidates 2011: Winner : Kramnik [info] 100 LIVE BET 7:2 4.53 453 May-26-11

FIDE Candidates 2011: Winner : Aronian [info] 100 LIVE BET 2:1 3.02 302 May-26-11

FIDE Candidates Finals: Gelfand vs Grischuk : Grischuk [info] 250 LIVE BET 7:5 2.40 600 May-26-11

May-22-11  wordfunph: thanks <Peng>..

so tempting to bet for 1-0 and 0-1 in game 4 of Gelfand-Grischuk. I will decide later..

good luck!

May-23-11  wordfunph: good luck mate <Peng>..

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 4: OVER/UNDER 44 : OVER [info] 100 LIVE BET 4:5 1.81 181 May-22-11

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 4: Gelfand vs Grischuk : Gelfand [info] 50 LIVE BET 7:2 4.34 217 May-23-11

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 4: Gelfand vs Grischuk : Grischuk [info] 50 LIVE BET 9:2 5.34 267 May-23-11

Saint Louis: Finegold-Robson Match : Robson [info] 100 LIVE BET 3:7 1.44 144 May-24-11

Saint Louis: Nakamura-Ponomariov Match : Ponomariov [info] 100 LIVE BET 3:2 2.55 255 May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Nakamura-Ponomariov : Tie [info] 50 LIVE BET 7:2 4.41 220 May-24-11

May-23-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: The tickets are paid off early. :)

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 4: Gelfand vs Grischuk : Gelfand [discard ticket] 9 LOSE 7:2 4.34 -- May-23-11

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 4: Gelfand vs Grischuk : Draw [cash in ticket] 300 YOU WIN! COLLECT 490 2:3 1.64 490 May-23-11

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 5: Grischuk vs Gelfand : Gelfand [info] 8 LIVE BET 9:1 10.03 80 May-24-11

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 5: Grischuk vs Gelfand : Grischuk [info] 100 LIVE BET 11:2 6.43 643 May-24-11

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 5: Grischuk vs Gelfand : Draw [info] 75 LIVE BET 1:3 1.31 98 May-24-11

Saint Louis: Finegold-Robson Match : Finegold [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 5:1 5.76 -- May-24-11

Saint Louis: Finegold-Robson Match : Tie [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 11:2 6.48 -- May-24-11

Saint Louis: Finegold-Robson Match : Robson [cash in ticket] 100 YOU WIN! COLLECT 143 3:7 1.44 143 May-24-11

Saint Louis: Nakamura-Ponomariov Match : Ponomariov [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 3:2 2.55 -- May-24-11

Saint Louis: Nakamura-Ponomariov Match : Tie [discard ticket] 10 LOSE 2:1 2.97 -- May-24-11

Saint Louis: Nakamura-Ponomariov Match : Nakamura [cash in ticket] 150 YOU WIN! COLLECT 490 9:4 3.27 490 May-24-11

My account before looks like this

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 0 chessbucks
LOAN: 1,506
NET WORTH: 237 chessbucks (max bet: 500) :(

but will soon look like this

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 1,123 chessbucks
LOAN: 1,506
NET WORTH: 686 chessbucks (max bet: 500) :)

which is almost enough to pay off my loan.

May-25-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Hmph. Gelfand toppled Grischuk in the final game and destroyed my chances of earning big bucks.

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 5: Grischuk vs Gelfand : Draw [cash in ticket] 500 YOU WIN! COLLECT 705 2:5 1.41 705 May-24-11

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 5: Grischuk vs Gelfand : Gelfand [discard ticket] 15 LOSE 6:1 6.87 -- May-24-11

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 5: Grischuk vs Gelfand : Grischuk [discard ticket] 100 LOSE 5:1 5.88 -- May-24-11

FIDE Candidates Final: Game 6: Gelfand vs Grischuk : Draw [discard ticket] 176 LOSE 4:7 1.58 -- May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Finegold-Robson : Finegold [info] 6 LIVE BET 7:2 4.47 26 May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Finegold-Robson : Robson [info] 150 LIVE BET 1:1 2.02 303 May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Finegold-Robson : Draw [info] 30 LIVE BET 9:4 3.18 95 May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Nakamura-Ponomariov : Nakamura [info] 200 LIVE BET 5:6 1.83 366 May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Nakamura-Ponomariov : Ponomariov [info] 8 LIVE BET 11:4 3.87 30 May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Nakamura-Ponomariov : Tie [info] 40 LIVE BET 7:2 4.41 176 May-24-11

FIDE Candidates 2011: Winner : Radjabov [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 16:1 17.30 -- May-26-11

FIDE Candidates 2011: Winner : Mamedyarov [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 18:1 18.80 -- May-26-11

FIDE Candidates 2011: Winner : Grischuk [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 19:1 20.00 -- May-26-11

FIDE Candidates 2011: Winner : Kamsky [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 9:1 9.61 -- May-26-11

FIDE Candidates 2011: Winner : Kramnik [discard ticket] 25 LOSE 7:2 4.53 -- May-26-11

FIDE Candidates 2011: Winner : Topalov [discard ticket] 10 LOSE 9:2 5.65 -- May-26-11

FIDE Candidates 2011: Winner : Aronian [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 2:1 3.02 -- May-26-11

FIDE Candidates 2011: Winner : Gelfand [cash in ticket] 3 YOU WIN! COLLECT 62 20:1 20.70 62 May-26-11

FIDE Candidates Finals: Gelfand vs Grischuk : Gelfand [cash in ticket] 100 YOU WIN! COLLECT 164 2:3 1.65 164 May-26-11

FIDE Candidates Finals: Gelfand vs Grischuk : Grischuk [discard ticket] 250 LOSE 7:5 2.40 -- May-26-11

Total wagered on live bets: 434 chessbucks

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 0 chessbucks
LOAN: 1,010
NET WORTH: 355 chessbucks (max bet: 500)

FYI: My funds will be 931 when I cash in my tickets.

May-25-11  wordfunph: <Peng> i lost big but still maybe in the leaderboard :(
May-28-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: That took four four days, but it's paid off.

St.Louis: Rapid games: Finegold-Robson : Finegold [discard ticket] 6 LOSE 7:2 4.47 -- May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Finegold-Robson : Robson [discard ticket] 150 LOSE 1:1 2.02 -- May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Finegold-Robson : Tie [cash in ticket] 30 YOU WIN! COLLECT 95 9:4 3.18 95 May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Nakamura-Ponomariov : Tie [discard ticket] 40 LOSE 7:2 4.41 -- May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Nakamura-Ponomariov : Ponomariov [discard ticket] 8 LOSE 11:4 3.87 -- May-24-11

St.Louis: Rapid games: Nakamura-Ponomariov : Nakamura [cash in ticket] 200 YOU WIN! COLLECT 366 5:6 1.83 366 May-24-11

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 961 chessbucks
LOAN: 596
NET WORTH: 365 chessbucks (max bet: 1000)

Enough to pay back to loan and have 365 to spare.

May-29-11  wordfunph: <Penguincw: However, don't spend all your bucks on the bet. There could be more coming and the Bazna King's Tournament is in 2 weeks.>

thanks <Peng>..

maybe bookie will also cover Sigeman 1st week of June. Goodluck!

Jun-06-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Betting was total worth it.

Leon: Anand-Shirov Match: Underpromotion? : YES [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 4:1 5.19 -- Jun-06-11

Leon: Anand-Shirov Match: Underpromotion? : NO [cash in ticket] 95 YOU WIN! COLLECT 115 2:9 1.22 115 Jun-06-11

Leon: Anand-Shirov Match: Epic Game? : YES [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 7:2 4.47 -- Jun-06-11

Leon: Anand-Shirov Match: Epic Game? : NO [cash in ticket] 95 YOU WIN! COLLECT 119 1:4 1.26 119 Jun-06-11

Leon: Anand-Shirov Match: Winner : Shirov [discard ticket] 100 LOSE 9:4 3.17 -- Jun-06-11

Leon: Anand-Shirov Match: Winner : Anand [cash in ticket] 500 YOU WIN! COLLECT 707 3:7 1.42 707 Jun-06-11

My account currently looks like this

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 0 chessbucks
LOAN: 471
NET WORTH: 470 chessbucks (max bet: 1000)

However, after paying back the Shark 371 bucks and cashing in my tickets, it will looks like this:

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 570 chessbucks
LOAN: 100
NET WORTH: 470 chessbucks (max bet: 1000)

Just enough to save for the Bazna King's Tournament.

Jun-06-11  wordfunph: i won around $500 for betting..

1,000 NO Underpromotion
1,000 NO Epic Game

:-)

mate <Peng> goodluck in the next tourney..

Jun-07-11  kevins55555: <Penguincw>

Two things to say since you are back:

One: <ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 570 chessbucks
LOAN: 100
NET WORTH: 470 chessbucks (max bet: 1000) >
1000 chessbucks? What??? The bookie does very interesting things.

Two: I bet a little bit on the unlikely ones as well, just in case that ticket wins. I maximum put 25 chessbucks on the unlikely ones. In an extreme win for one player (e.g. Anand vs Patzer444), I would put all I could bet on Anand (BTW, my UN-lucky number is 4) because it is guaranteed Anand will win anyway. -Kevin

Jun-09-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: Be sure to visit my forum for the Bazna Kings 2011 Moves Prediction Contest which starts Saturday. Click on Elvis for details.
Jun-10-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: I'm out of bucks : :(

Bazna Kings: Rd1: PICK THREE : Draw-Draw-Draw [info] 25 LIVE BET 3:2 2.60 65 Jun-10-11

Bazna Kings: Rd1: PICK THREE : Draw-White-Black [info] 6 LIVE BET 29:1 30.26 181 Jun-10-11

Bazna Kings: Rd1: Carlsen-Nakamura : Draw [info] 100 LIVE BET 5:7 1.72 172 Jun-11-11

Bazna Kings: Rd1: Carlsen-Nakamura: OPENING : Sicilian Defense [info] 40 LIVE BET 3:10 1.30 52 Jun-11-11

Bazna Kings: Rd1: Ivanchuk-Radjabov : Draw [info] 50 LIVE BET 1:4 1.23 61 Jun-11-11

Bazna Kings: Rd1: Nisipeanu-Karjakin : Draw [info] 50 LIVE BET 3:2 2.52 126 Jun-11-11

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 0 chessbucks
LOAN: 206
NET WORTH: 464 chessbucks (max bet: 1000)

But I can already smell the money :)

Jun-24-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Sorry that I havn't been on recently. My hard drive lost its memory and I had no time to warn you I'll be back soon.
Jul-11-11  kevins55555: You should do your May and June kibitzes. It's July! ;)
Jul-20-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: Dortmund 2011 Moves Prediction Contest is now open. First round begins tomorrow. Click on Elvis for details.
Jul-20-11  wordfunph: knock! knock!
Jul-23-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Oh. Note. I've been busy on a lot of things so I won't be visiting as often but I will still visit.
Aug-07-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: < KKDEREK: Yeah Penguin, you disappeared. Lots of work? >

Yep and trying to find out what my OTHER interests are.

Nov-23-11  wordfunph: <Penguincw> is backkkkkk!
Nov-23-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: If anyone was curious where I was then I was watching Major League Baseball just till the season and postseason was over. Now I'm back till further notice...
Nov-23-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: I will no longer tell information about the tickets but show it here instead. Well until my membership expires on December 25th of this year.

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Anand vs Nakamura : Draw [info] 10 LIVE BET 1:5 1.20 12 Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Aronian vs Svidler : Aronian [info] 5 LIVE BET 2:1 3.00 15 Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi : Draw [info] 5 LIVE BET 28:1 28.60 143 Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Ivanchuk vs Gelfand : Draw [info] 5 LIVE BET 0:0 1.00 5 Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Kramnik vs Karjakin : Draw [info] 11 LIVE BET 1:5 1.21 13 Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Pick Three : White-Draw-Draw [info] 3 LIVE BET 9:4 3.30 9 Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Pick Three : Draw-Draw-Draw [info] 7 LIVE BET 3:1 4.15 29 Nov-24-11

WWCC: Rd 8: Koneru vs Hou : Draw [info] 5 LIVE BET 1:17 1.06 5 Nov-24-11

And my current account:

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 995 chessbucks
NET WORTH: 1,046 chessbucks (max bet: 200)

Nov-24-11  wordfunph: <Penguincw: Woah. How did you get the loanshark?>

just took him from avatar room. And so i expect mucho $$$ from my pal <loanshark> :)

Nov-24-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: I must have found a three leaf clover yesterday cause I made progress in the Chessbookie Game and both contests I entered in.

Chessbookie

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Anand vs Nakamura : Draw [cash in ticket] 10 YOU WIN! COLLECT 14 4:9 1.45 14 Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Aronian vs Svidler : Aronian [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 14 2:1 2.90 14 Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi : Draw [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 9 1:1 1.93 9 Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Ivanchuk vs Gelfand : Draw [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 8 2:3 1.66 8 Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Kramnik vs Karjakin : Draw [cash in ticket] 11 YOU WIN! COLLECT 16 1:2 1.49 16 Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Pick Three : White-Draw-Draw [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 4:1 4.98 -- Nov-24-11

Tal Memorial: Rd 8: Pick Three : Draw-Draw-Draw [cash in ticket] 7 YOU WIN! COLLECT 30 7:2 4.36 30 Nov-24-11

WWCC: Rd 8: Koneru vs Hou : Draw [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 6 1:4 1.23 6 Nov-24-11

Plus, my account will look at this.

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 1,092 chessbucks
NET WORTH: 1,092 chessbucks (max bet: 200)

in YouRang's contest:

< YouRang: <BEST PREDICTORS - ROUND 8> == Outcomes:
Anand 1/2 Nakamura
Ivanchuk 1/2 Gelfand
Kramnik 1/2 Karjakin
ARONIAN 1-0 Svidler
Carlsen 1/2 Nepomniachtchi

== Standard Ranker
BEST (5/5 right): <Penguincw> (PERFECT!)

Worst (2/5 right): 8 persons

== 1-2-3 Ranker
BEST (scored 6): <Penguincw>

Worst (scored 2): 6 persons

== Betting Ranker
BEST (gained $6.98): <Penguincw>

Worst (lost $2.66): 3 persons

Largest Payoff Games:
$4.80,Aronian-Svidler[1-0],cromat + lostemperor + OhioChessFan + <Penguincw> + whiteshark

$3.43,Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi[1/2],call14 + karpkasp + <Penguincw> + Ragh + SwitchingQuylthulg + WinKing + wordfunph

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As this tournament maintains its 80% draw rate, <wordfunph> maintains his sole lead in Standard Ranker and moves into a first place tie with HOFer <Legend> in 123 Ranker.

In Betting Ranker, <Legend> continues to lead, but HOFer <Ragh> gained a couple bucks in this round and now trails by only 78 cents. Also, with his perfect round, <<Penguincw>> moves closer to medaling position (4th place).

1 round to go! >

YouRang chessforum

And lastly OhioChessFan's contest:

<chessmoron: Tal 2011: <Round 8> Results {K] <Anand-Nakamura, 1/2-1/2 in 33 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Ragh', '1/2-1/2', '27']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '34']] 3rd Over, 1 point1: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

===

<Aronian-Svidler, 1-0 in 54 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Penguincw', '1-0', '53']]
2nd Under, 6 points: [['lostemperor', '1-0', '47']]
3rd Under, 5 points: [['OhioChessFan', '1-0', '41']] Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: []
3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi, 1/2-1/2 in 40 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['Ragh', '1/2-1/2', '27']]
2nd Under, 6 points: []
3rd Under, 5 points: []
Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '45']] 3rd Over, 1 point1: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '46']]

===

<Ivanchuk-Gelfand, 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: []
Under, 7 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '40']]
2nd Under, 6 points: [['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '38']]

3rd Under, 5 points: [['wordfunph', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['Pneguincw', '1/2-1/2', '47'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '47']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: []

===

<Kramnik-Karjakin, 1/2-1/2 in 44 moves.>

Exact, 10 points: [['lostemperor', '1/2-1/2', '44']]

Under, 7 points: []
2nd Under, 6 points: [['Robin01', '1/2-1/2', '42']]
3rd Under, 5 points: [['Penguincw', '1/2-1/2', '36'], ['Golden Executive', '1/2-1/2', '36']]

Over, 3 points: []
2nd Over, 2 points: [['chessmoron', '1/2-1/2', '47'], ['WinKing', '1/2-1/2', '47']]

3rd Over, 1 point1: [['OhioChessFan', '1/2-1/2', '52']] >

Good stuff.

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