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Sep-25-07
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Sep-26-07
| | lostemperor: FINAL STANDINGS PREDICTION GAME
Aronian beat Grischuk in round 10 and Anand beat Morozevich in round 11 getting close to winning the title! Standing Mexico:
1.Anand 7.5
2.Gelfand 6
3.Kramnik 5.5
3.Leko 5.5
3.Aronian 5.5
6.Grischuk 5
7.Svidler 4.5
7.Morozevich 4.5
Prediction game standings after 11 rounds:
Maximum score: 64
Score,UserID
57,TIMER
54,kolobok
53,amadeus
53,Open Defence
53,yalie
52,acirce
52,ELO
52,Ezzy
52,Ragh
51,THEWORLD
12t,14,erebdraug
50,firebyrd
50,micartouse
50,Montreal1666
50,percyblakeney
50,positionalgenius
50,SwitchingQuylthulg
48,ahmadov
48,chessmoron
48,hitman84
48,iron maiden
48,WannaBe
47,lostemperor
46,YouRang
45,mikejaqua
44,whiteshark
42,kellmano
38,DCP23
Deviations per player:
Deviation,Player
135,Gelfand
60,Morozevich
50,Svidler
38,Aronian
37,Kramnik
36,Grischuk
35,Leko
32,Anand |
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Sep-28-07
| | lostemperor: PREDICTION GAME ON FINAL STANDINGS
Three decisive games yesterday!
Standings Mexico:
1.Anand 8
2.Gelfand 7
3.Kramnik 6.5
4.Leko 5.5
4.Morozevich 5.5
4.Aronian 5.5
7.Svidler 5
7.Grischuk 5
Standings prediction game:
<TIMER> still on first place but only one point ahead of 4 others! Maximum score: 64
Score,UserID
55,TIMER
54,ahmadov
54,ELO
54,firebyrd
54,hitman84
54,micartouse
53,Open Defence
52,Ragh
52,WannaBe
51,amadeus
51,THEWORLD(odds)
51,yalie
50,acirce
50,chessmoron
50,Ezzy
50,kolobok
50,percyblakeney
48,positionalgenius
48,SwitchingQuylthulg
48,whiteshark
48,YouRang
47,lostemperor
47,mikejaqua
46,erebdraug
46,iron maiden
46,kellmano
46,Montreal1666
44,DCP23
Deviations per player:
Deviation,Player
135,Gelfand
53,Morozevich
50,Svidler
47,Aronian
37,Kramnik
32,Anand
27,Grischuk
22,Leko |
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Sep-30-07
| | lostemperor: <FINAL STANDINGS PREDICTION GAME> Mexico 2007 WCC
ANAND WORLD CHAMPION!
Final standings Mexico:
1.ANAND 9
2.Kramnik 8
2.Gelfand 8
4.Leko 7
5.Svidler 6.5
6.Morozevich 6
6.Aronian 6
8.Grischuk 5.5
Score evaluation method: Absolute value of rank deviation Maximum score: 64
It was a close contest. Here the three medal winners. Congratulations! Score,UserID
♔56,<Ragh>
♕55,<TIMER>
♖54,<WannaBe>
53,amadeus
53,yalie
52,acirce
52,ahmadov
52,ELO
52,hitman84
52,SwitchingQuylthulg
50,chessmoron
50,kolobok
50,YouRang
49,lostemperor
49,Open Defence
49,THEWORLD(odds)
48,Ezzy
48,iron maiden
48,micartouse
48,Montreal1666
47,mikejaqua
46,DCP23
46,erebdraug
46,firebyrd
46,kellmano
46,positionalgenius
46,whiteshark
44,percyblakeney
Deviations per player:
Deviation,Player
135,Gelfand
89,Aronian
45,Morozevich
40,Grischuk
32,Anand
32,Svidler
22,Kramnik
22,Leko |
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Sep-30-07
| | lostemperor: We have another Square Ranker Winner. Here the deviations of your predictions are squared and deducted from the maximum
Score evaluation method: Least Squares of rank deviation Maximum score: 240 Score,UserID
219,amadeus
217,TIMER
208,acirce
208,ahmadov
208,WannaBe
206,Ragh
204,ELO
203,Open Defence
203,yalie
202,SwitchingQuylthulg
196,hitman84
196,YouRang
192,chessmoron
190,kolobok
188,iron maiden
188,micartouse
187,mikejaqua
187,THEWORLD
184,Ezzy
184,Montreal1666
183,lostemperor
182,firebyrd
78,whiteshark
1172,erebdraug
168,DCP23
162,percyblakeney
162,positionalgenius
160,kellmano
Deviations per player:
Deviation,Player
689,Gelfand
335,Aronian
113,Morozevich
102,Grischuk
70,Anand
60,Svidler
38,Leko
24,Kramnik
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| Sep-30-07 | | amadeus: I like this second method better, a much more scientific approach ;) Thanks for the contest, and congrats to <Ragh> et al. |
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Sep-30-07
 | | WannaBe: Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to <lostemperor> for hosting! =) |
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| Oct-01-07 | | Ragh: WOW, Nice! So, I clinched the Gold medal after being at 6-7th until the penultimate round. Thanks <lostemporer> and <YouRang> for organizing these exciting contests! |
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| Oct-01-07 | | yalie: thanks <lostemperor> for organizing this great contest. are you planning anything else for the year or do we just look forward to '08? |
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Oct-01-07
| | lostemperor: <yalie> the next tournament is going to be Corus 2008! Here the winning Mexico predictions:
Absolute Ranker
<Ragh>:
1. Anand
2. Kramnik
3. Aronian
4. Lékó
5. Svidler
6. Morozevich
7. Gelfand
8. Grischuk
Square Ranker
<amadeus>:
1. Kramnik
2. Anand
3. Leko
4. Aronian
5. Svidler
5. Gelfand
7. Grischuk
8. Morozevich
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| Oct-01-07 | | chessmoron: <lostemperor> Why not Tal Memorial? Kramnik and Carlsen announced early and still waiting for 8 more. |
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Oct-01-07
| | lostemperor: Annual 2007 points from Mexico (top 50%):
Ragh 7
TIMER 6
WannaBe 5
Amadeus 4
yalie 4
acirce 3
ahmadov 3
ELO 3
hitman84 3
SwitchingQuylthulg 3
chessmoron 1
kolobok 1
YouRang 1
NB. I propose, counting back, not to count the annual rankings in the medal rankings since winners of tournaments als tend to finish in the medals here too. The medal ranker can therefore be solely for tournaments predictions wins!?! <ANNUAL 2007 FINAL STANDINGS> (top 50% in one or more tournaments) Winners <WannaBe> (a second annual win) and <yalie>. Congratulations for a great year!! 17,WannaBe
17,yalie
13,Yourang
11,positionalgenius
11,suenteus po 147
11,TIMER
10,ahmadov
10,ELO
10,lostemperor
7,Bobak Zahmat
7,cromat
7,percyblakeney
7 Ragh
6,Amadeus
6,chessmoron
6,cu8sfan
6,DCP23
6,firebird
6,iron maiden
6,mikejaqua
5,Arubinstein
4,acirce
4,babakova
4,kolobok
3,BOOKIE
3,hitman84
3,kellmano
3,larrew
3,SwitchingQuylthulg
3,TheAlchemist
2,Montreal1666
2,Xaurus
2,Zebra
1,Elixir of Life
1,iWaNnAbAgm
1,Marvol
1,NakoSonorense
1,Where is my mind
Cheers! |
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Oct-01-07
| | lostemperor: <chessmoron> what happened to your funny avatar?! I did needed a "vacation":) But out of interest, the Tal memorial, do you have any link? |
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| Oct-01-07 | | chessmoron: It's in November. It should be on www.russiachess.ru/. I thought the other avatar cause dizziness. |
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| Oct-01-07 | | YouRang: Thanks, <lostemperor>, for running the contest, and congratulations to the winners! |
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Oct-01-07
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: Thanks for running this contest <lostemperor>! I wonder why the last round brought me so many points, probably some bug in the calculation software? :) How about the surprise player predictions? Will any ♗-♘-♙-medals be awarded? |
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Oct-02-07
| | lostemperor: <SwitchingQuylthulg> its coming up (I'm just a little short of time today)! |
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| Oct-02-07 | | TIMER: Thanks lostemperor.
I got two key things right in my prediction:
that Anand would come clear first, and that Gelfand would surprise and share second. I just got pipped at the post in both the square ranker and the normal, just in the last round! Maybe you should combine the two methods so that I can be the winner! I put my chessbucks where my mouth is in this Mexico championship, and so am also doing well in the chessbookie game! Two completely different systems corroborated! Thanks again,
TIMER. |
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Oct-03-07
| | lostemperor: <TIMER> yes you were impressively right especially on Gelfand. There are prizes for best surprise predictions still:) <I just got pipped at the post in both the square ranker and the normal, just in the last round! Maybe you should combine the two methods so that I can be the winner!> perhaps I should ;-). Anyway I'm glad that the double silver winner of the final standings prediction game of Mexico is leading in the chessgames bookie game now aswell. Proving that the bookie game is not just always luck!:) |
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Oct-03-07
| | lostemperor: The three surprise players of Mexico WCC as can be concluded by the deviation in predictions: Biggest deviations players
135,Gelfand
89,Aronian
45,Morozevich
(it should be noted that only Gelfand was a positive surprise and Aronian and Morozevich were somewhat disappointing but nevertheless surprising) <♗-award> for correct prediction on 1st surprise GELFAND 2-3 place: <TIMER> prediction 2-3! <♘-Award> for best prediction on 2nd surprise ARONIAN 6-7 place (average 6.5): <DCP23> 6, <kellmano> 7, <lostemperor> 5-7 (average 6), <positional genius> 6 <♙-Award> for correct prediction on 3rd surprise MOROZEVICH 6-7 place (average 6.5): <SwitchingQuylthulg> 6-7 good sleuthing!
(I have also looked up the surprise predictions for 2006 tournaments also and will post that later) |
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| Oct-03-07 | | positionalgenius: Not too bad. Gelfand really surprised me and messed up my predictions...:) |
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Oct-04-07
| | lostemperor: New in the <Hall <of> Fame> are <Ragh>♔ and <amadeus>♔. Usually the winner of the absolute ranker and square ranker are one and the same person. If so they are Double Crown(!) winners but I do not give two <♔>, simply not to get a medal inflation ;). For this same reason I have excluded the annual standings from the medal ranker. Mostly those winners have been winning an annual tournament already! <WannaBe> added two Bronze to his tally and is clearly in the lead (see my profile)! |
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Oct-04-07
| | lostemperor: PREDICTION <HALL <OF> FAME> ♔♔♔♔♖♖♖ WannaBe
♔♔suenteus po 147
♔♔yalie
♔♔Yourang
♔♕♕percyblakeney
♔♕Appaz
♔♖cromat
♔♖Montreal1666
♔♖Troewa
♔amadeus
♔babakova
♔chessmoron
♔cu8sfan,
♔DCP23
♔djmercury
♔Ezzy
♔ firebyrd
♔Joshka,
♔larrewl
♔Like a GM
♔kellmano
♔mikejaqua
♔positionalgenius
♔Ragh
♔SnoopDogg
♔ Gold
♕ Silver
♖ Bronze |
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Oct-04-07
| | lostemperor: Here the people on the threshold of the <HALL <OF> FAME> ♕♕ TIMER
♕♖ Annie K.
♕ ARubinstein, assasinator, BeAware, Bobak Zahmat, Catfriend, Chris00nj, diction, dimradil, Dionyseus, LancelotduLac, Jafar219, ELO, fgh, mulondabl, Neto71, overchaka, Paulbonuison, squaredance, , Ray Mayard, Sneaky, tanginamo, Tassadar, tatnho, thebeginner, Vishyfan Yannis, zarra ♖♖ ahmadov, lostemperor
♖ acirce, CHESSBOOKIE, iron maiden, matrix, moonlitknight, shams, TheAlchemist 81069. |
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| Nov-09-07 | | ahmadov: Are you planning to host a contest for final standings at the Tal Memorial? |
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