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Jun-18-07
 | | WannaBe: Might as well post my guesses for Dortmund...
Anand
Kramnik
Mamedarov
Leko
Alexeev
Gelfand
Carlsen
Naiditsch |
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| Jun-18-07 | | YouRang: Dortmund is approaching: It will finish as follows:
1. Anand
2. Carlsen
3. Kramnik
4. Gelfand
5. Mamedarov
6. Leko
7. Naiditsch
8. Alexeev
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Jun-18-07
 | | lostemperor: Anybody has the official site for the Dortmund tournament? I only foiund something at http://www.kramnik.com/. Dortmund being five days away! |
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| Jun-18-07 | | iron maiden: My guess for Dortmund is:
1. Anand +2
2. Kramnik +2
3. Leko +1
4. Carlsen  0
5. Gelfand 0
6. Mamedyarov -1
7. Naiditsch -1
8. Alekseev -3 |
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| Jun-18-07 | | Ragh: <lost emporer> Here's my Dortmund predictions for your contest: 1. Anand
2. Kramnik
3. Mamedyarov
4. Gelfand
5. Leko
6. Carlsen
7. Naiditsch
8. Alexeev
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| Jun-18-07 | | YouRang: <lostemperor: Anybody has the official site for the Dortmund tournament? I only foiund something at http://www.kramnik.com/. Dortmund being five days away!> I believe: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting... (German) |
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Jun-19-07
| | lostemperor: Thanks (Danke schön)! |
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Jun-20-07
| | lostemperor: Due to my trip to England/Scotland I'm very late with the update for the new rankings of the prediction contest (top 50% in one or more tournaments/matches). Sorry about that! 2007 rankings:
♔ Gold
♕ Silver
♖ Bronze
11,positionalgenius♔
11,suenteus po 147♔
9,YouRang♔♔
9,yalie♔
7,percyblakeney♔
7,Bobak Zahmat♕
7,ahmadov ♕
7,lostemperor♖
6,cu8sfan♔
6,DCP23♔
6,firebyrd♔
5,ARubinstein♕
5,iron maiden
4,babakova
4,ELO
4,TIMER
3,larrewl♔
3,kellmano♔
3,TheAlchemist♖
3,WannaBe♖
3,CHESSBOOKIE
3,mikejaqua
3,cromat
2,amadeus
2,kolobok
2,Montreal1666
2,Xaurus
2,yalie
2,Zebra
1,acirce
1,Elixir of Life
1,iWaNnAbAgm
1,Marvol
1,NakoSonorense
1,Where is my mind |
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Jun-20-07
| | lostemperor: <suenteus po 147>, who of the latest winners was also correct on the Kramnik vs Topalov match result, moving to top spot with <positionalgenius>. <YouRang> and <yalie> on medal spots (Bronze) as for now! |
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Jun-20-07
| | lostemperor: I'm thinking of adopting the original counting system given by user <firebyrd> for the annual ranking for next year (any thoughts welcome). Single winner 6 points
winner(s) 5 points
top 10% 4 points
top 20% 3 points
top 30% 2 points
top 50% 1 point
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| Jun-20-07 | | Jafar219: My predictions for Dortmund.
1. Mamedyarov
2. Kramnik
3. Anand
4. Gelfand
5. Leko
6. Alexeev
7. Naiditsch
8. Carlsen
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Jun-21-07
| | lostemperor: There are some rumours of Kramnik not playing in Dortmund because of illness but if he is playing these are my picks: 1. Anand
2. Kramnik
3. Leko
4. Gelfand
5. Mamedyarov
6. Carlsen
7. Naiditsch
8. Alexeev |
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| Jun-22-07 | | cromat: My predictions for Dortmund:
1. Anand
2-3. Mamedyarov, Kramnik
4-5. Gelfand, Leko
6. Carlsen
7. Naiditsch, Alexeev |
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| Jun-22-07 | | suenteus po 147: <lostemperor> My prediction for the final standings at Dortmund 2007: 1-2 Kramnik, Anand
3-5 Leko, Gelfand, Carlsen
6. Mamedyarov
7-8 Naiditsch, Alekseev |
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| Jun-22-07 | | kolobok: My predictions for Dortmund.
1. Anand
2. Leko
3. Kramnik
4. Gelfand
5. Carlsen
6. Mamedyarov
7. Naiditsch
8. Alexeev |
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| Jun-22-07 | | chessmoron: 1. Anand
2. Kramnik
3. Leko
4. Gelfand
5. Mamedyarov
6. Carlsen
7. Alexeev
8. Naiditsch |
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Jun-23-07
| | lostemperor: Final outcome according to ELO (the ratings):
1.Anand IND 2786
2.Kramnik RUS 2772
3.Mamedyarov AZE 2757
4.Leko HUN 2738
4.Gelfand ISR 2733
6.Carlsen NOR 2693
7.Alexeev RUS 2679
8.Naiditsch GER 2654 |
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Jun-28-07
| | lostemperor: I want to post the results after 4 rounds for the prediction contest but somehow the Contest Manager software is not working as it used to do (it give the Dortmund participants in the output reports in alphabetical order). I'm looking into it. |
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Jul-01-07
| | lostemperor: The CONMAN calculator made by YouRang is up and working again. I found the mistake. It goes without saying that it was a human input error of mine. I will give the results of the prediction contest as soon as tomorrow morning (also awaiting the Leko - Mamedyarov game which is still busy)! |
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Jul-02-07
| | lostemperor: Here the results of the final standings prediction contest of Dortmund 2007! It was a small but select group. I'm not exaggerating if I say an elite group in which almost all participants has won many prizes in one prediction game or another! That doesn't mean that I doesn't hope more people would join the prediction contest next time. Final Dortmund 2007 standings:
1.Kramnik
2.Alexeev
2.Leko
2.Anand
5.Mamedyadov
6.Carlsen
7.Gelfand
8.Naiditsch
Score eveluation: Absolute value
Maximum score: 64
Score,UserID
♔53,chessmoron (5)
♔53,WannaBe (5)
♖51,lostemperor (3)
50,ELO (2)
50,mikejaqua (2)
49,iron maiden (1)
49,kolobok (1)
48,cromat
48,suenteus po 147
47,Ragh
45,Jafar219
45,yalie
43,YouRang
(Between brackets the championship points for the annual 2007 standings) Congratulations for a new and an old winner <chessmoron> and <WannaBe>! Surprising nevertheless ;-). Their predictions can be checked earlier this page. I myself won bronze! Deviations per player:
Deviation,Player
68,Alexeev
35,Gelfand
22,Leko
21,Mamedyarov
17,Carlsen
16,Kramnik
13,Anand
9,Naiditsch |
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Jul-02-07
| | lostemperor: Here the results according to the evaluation method: Squares of deviation. Here two smaller mistakes is more favourable than one bigger one. Maximum score: 240
Score,UserID
219,WannaBe
203,chessmoron
196,ELO (the ratings)
191,iron maiden
191,lostemperor
190,cromat
190,mikejaqua
187,kolobok
186,suenteus po 147
183,Jafar219
179,Ragh
169,yalie
157,YouRang
(Since the winner of the gold is the same person as in the the absolute ranker there will be no medals awarded here.) Deviations per player:
Deviation,Player
366,Alexeev
101,Gelfand
54,Leko
53,Mamedyarov
51,Carlsen
32,Kramnik
13,Anand
9,Naiditsch |
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Jul-02-07
| | lostemperor: This leads to the following 2007 standings:
11,positionalgenius♔
11,suenteus po 147♔
10,lostemperor♖♖
9,YouRang♔♔
9,yalie♔
8,WannaBe♔♖
7,percyblakeney♔
7,Bobak Zahmat♕
7,ahmadov♖
6,cu8sfan♔
6,DCP23♔
6,firebird♔
6,ELO
6,iron maiden
5,chessmoron♔
5,Arubinstein♕
5,mikejaqua
4,babakova
4,TIMER
3,larrew♔
3,kellmano♔
3,TheAlchemist♖
3,CHESSBOOKIE♖*
3,cromat
3,kolobok
2,amadeus
2,Montreal1666
2,Xaurus
2,yalie
2,Zebra
1,acirce
1,Elixir of Life
1,iWaNnAbAgm
1,Marvol
1,NakoSonorense
1,Where is my mind.
♔ Gold
♕ Silver
♖ Bronze
<YouRang> leads the 2007 medal ranker with ♔♔. <WannaBe> strenthens his lead for the ""perpetual" Hall of Fame with ♔♔♔♔♖. Let us close him in, in future events! *CHESSBOOKIE (the odds) in contrast to ELO ( the ratings) has not participated in Linares (withdrawl of Radjabov) and Dortmund (end of spring leg). |
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Jul-02-07
| | WannaBe: <lostemperor> Thank you also, for running another great contest! And congratulations to all the winners! =) |
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| Jul-02-07 | | YouRang: Congratulations <WannaBe>, <chessmoron> and <lostemperor>, and thanks <lostemperor> for running the contest. And I'm sure that I'll never forget my own prediction performance in Dortmund 2007! (No matter how hard I try.) |
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Jul-03-07
| | lostemperor: Starting in September is the world championship tournament in Mexico! http://www.chessmexico.com/es/index... Final standings predictions can be submitted the whole summer starting now. The participants are:
1. Anand 2792
2. Kramnik 2769
3. Morozevich 2758
4. Leko 2751
5 Aronian 2750
6 Svidler 2735
7. Gelfand 2733
8. Grischuk 2726
GL!
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