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Jan-25-08
 | | lostemperor: <Ezzy> yes that was a lucky shot I guess!:) I used to do photography as a hobby long time ago with ordinary film in the camera. Now those digital gadgets never seem to do the things you want them to. |
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Jan-25-08
| | lostemperor: Four wins today at Corus round 11! Anand, Radjabov, Eljanov and Aronian won against Carlsen, Gelfand, Polgar and Van Wely. 1. Aronian 7
2. Radjabov, Carlsen, Anand 6½
5. Kramnik, Adams, Ivanchuk 6
8. Mamedyarov, Topalov, Leko 5½
11. Polgar 4½
12. Eljanov, van Wely 4
14. Gelfand 3
<Prediction Game Standings>:
Maximum score: 141
Rank,Score,UserID
1,113,percyblakeney
2t,105,ahmadov
2t,105,kellmano
2t,105,messachess
2t,105,NakoSonorense
6,102,bgkuzzy
7t,101,Alphastar
7t,101,Aurora
7t,101,CHESSBOOKIE
10,100,TheGladiatres
11t,99,BETSSON
11t,99,chessmoron
11t,99,Ragh
11t,99,stefan1967
11t,99,Touch of Knight
16,98,amadeus
17t,97,cdm511
17t,97,Dim Weasel
17t,97,gmgomes
17t,97,iron maiden
17t,97,kolobok
22t,95,acirce
22t,95,Elixir of Life
22t,95,YouRang
25,94,cromat
26t,93,lostemperor
26t,93,whiteshark
28t,91,ELO
28t,91,Ezzy
28t,91,WannaBe
31t,89,DCP23
31t,89,gorash
31t,89,virginmind
34t,88,SwitchingQuylthulg
34t,88,yalie
36,87,Ibelox
37,86,suenteus po 147
38,84,fuerst
39,83,rogge
For the surprise ranking: Gelfand (-), Adams(+), and Carlsen(+) are the most surprising players so far Deviations per player:
250,Gelfand
218,Adams
204,Carlsen
197,Aronian
184,Topalov
170,Radjabov
104,Kramnik
92,Mamedyarov
82,Ivanchuk
70,Leko
63,Eljanov
53,Polgar
49,VanWely
26,Anand |
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Jan-26-08
| | lostemperor: An exciting round today: Carlsen beat kramnik, Eljanov beat Topalov and Polgar beat Adams! Standings Corus with one round to go:
1. L. Aronian M. Carlsen 7½
3. T. Radjabov V. Anand 7
5. V. Ivanchuk 6½
6. Kramnik Mamedyarov Adams Leko 6
10. J. Polgar V. Topalov 5½
12. P. Eljanov 5
13. L. van Wely 4½
14. B. Gelfand 4
<Prediction Game Standings> Maximum score: 141
Rank,Score,UserID
1,108,percyblakeney
2t,102,ahmadov
2t,102,Aurora
2t,102,kellmano
2t,102,messachess
6,100,NakoSonorense
7,99,TheGladiatres
8t,98,BETSSON
8t,98,CHESSBOOKIE
10,97,bgkuzzy
11t,96,acirce
11t,96,chessmoron
11t,96,iron maiden
11t,96,lostemperor
11t,96,Ragh
11t,96,stefan1967
17,95,amadeus
18t,94,Dim Weasel
18t,94,YouRang
20t,92,Alphastar
20t,92,cdm511
20t,92,Elixir of Life
20t,92,ELO
20t,92,Touch of Knight
20t,92,whiteshark
26,91,cromat
27t,90,DCP23
27t,90,gmgomes
27t,90,gorash
27t,90,kolobok
27t,90,WannaBe
32,89,SwitchingQuylthulg
33t,86,Ezzy
33t,86,virginmind
35,85,suenteus po 147
36t,84,Ibelox
36t,84,rogge
38,83,yalie
39,81,fuerst
One more great day tomorrow! |
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Jan-27-08
| | lostemperor: Final update <Prediction Game on Final Standings Corus 2008> tomorrow! |
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| Jan-27-08 | | NakoSonorense: Thanks for running this contest, <lostemperor>! I was close (6th place), but not enough to enter into your Hall of Fame... :( Maybe next time. |
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Jan-28-08
| | lostemperor: Well you did better than 6th place <NakoSonorense>! Sixth is my place:) |
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Jan-28-08
| | lostemperor: Corus 2008! And what a tournament it was. Pretty much unpredictable.
Two decisive games in the final round: Leko and Gelfand won against Mamedyarov and Eljanov respectively. Final standings Corus
1. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 8
3. T. Radjabov, V. Anand 7½
5. V. Ivanchuk, P. Leko 7
7. V. Kramnik, M. Adams 6½
9. S. Mamedyarov, J. Polgar, V. Topalov 6
12. P. Eljanov, B. Gelfand ,L. van Wely
The one who finished last in the previous game became the glorious winner of this Corus 2008. He has done it before (and the revenge must be sweet ;-)). Bravo! <PREDICTION GAME CORUS 2008> Final standings
Maximum score is 141
Rank,score,UserID
1,♔,111,<percyblakeney> 2,♕,107,<messachess> 3,♖,105,<NakoSonorense> 4,101,Aurora
5,100,TheGladiatres
6t,99,ahmadov
6t,99,kellmano
6t,99,lostemperor
9,97,CHESSBOOKIE
10t,95,Alphastar
10t,95,BETSSON
10t,95,cdm511
10t,95,Touch of Knight
10t,95,whiteshark
15t,93,acirce
15t,93,chessmoron
15t,93,Elixir of Life
15t,93,gmgomes
15t,93,kolobok
15t,93,Ragh
15t,93,stefan1967
15t,93,YouRang
23t,92,amadeus
23t,92,suenteus po 147
25t,91,Dim Weasel
25t,91,ELO
25t,91,gorash
25t,91,iron maiden
29t,90,SwitchingQuylthulg
29t,90,yalie
31t,89,DCP23
31t,89,Ezzy
31t,89,WannaBe
34,88,cromat
35,87,bgkuzzy
36t,83,Ibelox
36t,83,rogge
36t,83,virginmind
39,78,fuerst |
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Jan-28-08
| | lostemperor: Here the Square Ranker, which deducts the square of the deviations of your predictions from a maximum. As again also calculated by the software made by <YouRang>. Here the winner became <percyblakeney> also, which makes him Double Crown Winner of Corus (though no extra medal awarded if the winner is the same)! Least Squares of rank deviation
Maximum score: 819
Rank,Score,UserID
1,721,<percyblakeney> 2,697,<messachess>
3,653,<kellmano>
4,648,TheGladiatres
5,647,NakoSonorense
6t,621,cdm511
6t,621,Ragh
8,617,CHESSBOOKIE
9,615,ahmadov
10,611,BETSSON
11,609,chessmoron
12,605,lostemperor
13,601,acirce
14t,593,Aurora
14t,593,Elixir of Life
14t,593,stefan1967
17,585,kolobok
18t,581,Alphastar
18t,581,iron maiden
20,578,amadeus
21t,577,Dim Weasel
21t,577,gmgomes
23t,575,ELO
23t,575,Touch of Knight
25,568,SwitchingQuylthulg
26,566,suenteus po 147
27,555,whiteshark
28,554,cromat
29,548,yalie
30t,547,WannaBe
30t,547,YouRang
32,537,gorash
33,529,bgkuzzy
34,527,DCP23
35,513,rogge
36t,495,Ezzy
36t,495,Ibelox
38,493,virginmind
39,390,fuerst |
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Jan-28-08
| | lostemperor: Golden Prediction of <percyblakeney>: 1. Aronian
2. Anand
3. Radjabov
4. Kramnik
5. Topalov
6. Carlsen
7. Leko
8. Ivanchuk
9. Mamedyarov
10. Gelfand
11. Adams
12. Polgar
13. van Wely
14. Eljanov
He was the only one with <NakoSonorense>, who predicted Aronian to finish first in Wijk aan Zee! (together with Carlsen) |
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Jan-28-08
| | lostemperor: For the Surprise Ranker; here the players that upsets the most in terms of predictions/ expectations deviations, either negative(-) or positive(+). <Carlsen>(+), <Topalov>(-) and <Aronian>(+) were the most surprising players. Deviations per player:
254,Carlsen
233,Topalov
216,Aronian
188,Gelfand
187,Kramnik
150,Adams
142,Radjabov
115,Leko
109,Mamedyarov
103,Polgar
93,Ivanchuk
67,Eljanov
51,Anand
49,VanWely |
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Jan-28-08
| | lostemperor: ♗-AWARD
for best prediction on 1st surprise player Carlsen (1-2) goes to <TheGladiatres> (2-3) ♘-AWARD
for 2nd surpise player Topalov (9-11) is for <YouRang> (8-10) ♙-AWARD
for 3rd surprise player Aronian (1-2) goes to <NakoSonorense> (1) and <percyblakeney> (1) Congratulations! |
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Jan-28-08
| | lostemperor: Thanks to <YouRang> for his software program which makes holding this prediction game enjoyable and interesting. It seems just a while ago when I had to calculate each and every single prediction by head. Thank you all for joining the game! Next, no doubt awesome tournament will be Linares-Morelia. http://previews.chessdom.com/linare... You can turn in your predictions as of now. Participants are:
1.Anand
2.Ivanchuk
3.Topalov
4.Leko
5.Radjabov
6.Aronian
7.Shirov
8.Carlsen
I pack my bags and go to Mexico! |
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| Jan-28-08 | | TheGladiatres: Well I can't be to unhappy about finishing fifth :)
Linares!
1. Carlsen
2. Anand
3. Ivanchuk
4. Aronian
5. Leko
6. Radjabov
7. Shirov
8. Topalov |
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Jan-28-08
| | lostemperor: Fine predictions <TheGladiatres>, You were best on Carlsen standing (1-2). Predicting him on shared 2nd place (2-3) just slightly better than <YouRang> (2-4) and <messachess> (3), As for me this final standings prediction contest use to be the hardest for me. I usually do better at other prediction contests like finishing 4th at the User: yourang Betting Ranker, 2nd at several moves predictions rankers of User: chessmoron despite great competitors and 3rd at the ChessBookie Introduction despite this bloodbath of Corus in the last weeks. I managed to make money out of a recession. Like slightly over 9 grands in two weeks :-) |
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| Jan-28-08 | | YouRang: Thanks <lostemperor> for running the standings prediction contest. The cards didn't fall into place for me this time -- Carlsen was too good and Gelfand too bad. :-( Congratulations on the double 4th place finishes in Standard Ranker and Betting Ranker. If the Olympics ever introduce the "tin medal" for 4th place, I'll be sure to add them to your medal collection. :-) |
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| Jan-28-08 | | YouRang: Predictions for Linares..
1. Anand
2. Radjabov
3. Carlsen
3. Topalov
5. Aronian
5. Shirov
7. Ivanchuk
8. Leko |
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Jan-29-08
 | | Open Defence: well I am not very good at this but here goes:
1.Radjabov
2.Topalov
3.Anand
4.Carlsen
5.Aronian
6.Leko
7.Ivanchuk
8.Shirov |
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| Jan-29-08 | | NakoSonorense: My list for Linares:
1.Aronian
2.Radjabov
3.Topalov
4.Anand
5.Carlsen
6.Leko
7.Ivanchuk
8.Shirov
By the way, great picture of "Les Trois Mousquetaires" in Corus! You should've taken more. |
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| Jan-29-08 | | percyblakeney: My guess:
1. Anand
2. Carlsen
3. Radjabov
4. Topalov
5. Aronian
6. Leko
7. Ivanchuk
8. Shirov |
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Jan-29-08
 | | WannaBe: Here are my predictions...
1. W@nn@Be
2. W@nn@Be
3. W@nn@Be
4. W@nn@Be
5. W@nn@Be
6. W@nn@Be
7. W@nn@Be
8. W@nn@Be |
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Jan-29-08
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: My predictions:
1. Topalov
2. Anand
3. Aronian
4. Shirov
5. Leko
6. Radjabov
7. Carlsen
8. Ivanchuk |
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Jan-29-08
| | lostemperor: <YouRang> if fourth place became the highest possible result, I would be great!:) You did win the consolation prestige ♘-Award on second upset Topalov, ahead of <ahmadov> and <DCP23>. As for Carlsen I knew he can do it. Heck, like I said before also in my best ever list, I think he is better than Kasparov. I just didn't expect he can pull it off to win a top-tournament now already! Carlsen surprised everything and everybody a magazine wrote |
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| Jan-29-08 | | YouRang: Yeah I had a feeling that Topalov had not yet returned to his 2005 form. :-) My predictions were as follows (* indicates severity of mis-prediction on my chances of doing well) 1. Anand [not bad]
2. Gelfand [ouch!]***
2. Carlsen [good]
2. Kramnik [poor, but everyone made this mistake]
4. Ivanchuk [pretty good]
6. Mamadyarov [what was I thinking?]**
7. Radjabov [I underestimated him]*
8. Topalov [very good]
8. Polgar [very good]
8. Aronian [very bad]***
11. Leko [pretty bad]*
12. Adams [not great]
13. Van Wely [good]
14. Eljanov [good]
Oh well -- On to Linares! |
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Jan-29-08
| | WannaBe: Been so busy, forgot my manners...
<lostemperor> Thank you for running the over-all standing prediction contest! |
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| Feb-01-08 | | ahmadov: Here are some pictures from Corus 2008 you kindly sent to me: http://picasaweb.google.com/zahirah... |
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