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lostemperor
Member since Feb-18-03 · Last seen Feb-02-25

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<FINAL STANDINGS PREDICTIONS' CONTEST FORUM>
Predict the final standings of Tata Steel tournament January 12
Format example to post your predictions
1.Caruana
1. Erigaisi
3. Gukesh
4. Abdusattorov
5. Wei Yi
5. Harikrishna
5. Praggnanandhaa
8. Giri
9. Keymer
10. Fedoseev
11.Van Foreest
12. Sarina
12. Warmerdam
12. Mendonca
Good Luck!
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Some years ago I came up with a new but simple system to calculate the final standings of a tournament including all players. This is how it goes:
For each correct standing you'll get a maximum amount of points. Each prediction deviation from the actual player standing in the tournament, will deduct one point from your total (ABSOLUTE RANKER).
In case of a shared player's standing the average standing counts (both actual and in your predictions).
The SQUARE RANKER, squares your predictions' deviations. Here only medals are awarded if the winner s is not the same person s as in the absolute ranker.
Same goes for the The PAIR BETTING RANKER compare all possible pair outcomes of the tournament participants.
The three best predictions will get Real Virtual Gold Silver and Bronze!
Note: only one set of medals is awarded (in the absolute ranker) unless another ranker produces a different winner.
Special thanks to <YouRang> who made a software to calculate these numbers.
Our new contest manager for game results prediction User: Golden Executive during the tournament also ([1-0], [1/2], [0-1])!
or predict the # of moves in User: ohiochessfan organized by <chessmoron>
Enjoy!
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<HALL <OF> FAME>
WannaBe 10♔ 5♕ 4♖
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♔♔♔♔♔ ♔♔♔♕♕♕♕♖♖♖♖SwitchingQuylthulg
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♔♔♔♔♔♕♕♕♕♕♖♖♖YouRang
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♔♔♔♔♕♕♕♖Aurora
♔♔♔♔♕♕♖suenteus po 147
♔♔♔♔♖♖♖Penguincw
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♔♔♔♕♕♕♖♖♖lostemperor
♔♔♔♕♕♖♖♖♖♖chessmoron
♔♔♔♕♕♖♖♖rogge
♔♔♔♕♕♖cromat
♔♔♔♕♖Robin01
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♔♔♕♕♕♕WinKing
♔♔♕♕♕♖percyblakeney
♔♔♕♖♖♖yalie
♔♔♕♖wordfunph
♔♔♕♖Ragh
♔♔♕♖Ezzy
♔♔Golden Executive
♔♔SloVice
♔♔positionalgenius
♔♔amadeus
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♔♕♕♕♕♖♖OhioChessFan
♔♕♕♖Diademas
♔♕♖nimh
♔♕♖ahmadov
♔♕♖CHESSBOOKIE
♔♕Keysersoze
♔♕Where is my mind
♔♕Appaz
♔♖♖moronovich*
♔♖Golden Executive*
♔♖Montreal1666
♔♖Troewa
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♔Beholder
♔juan31
♔wtwz
♔Twinlark
♔SoUnwiseTheKnight B4
♔NGambit
♔benjinathan
♔DCP23
♔firebyrd
♔kellmano
♔Stonehenge
♔cu8sfan
♔larrewl
♔babakova
♔djmercury
♔mikejaqua
♔Joshka,
♔SnoopDogg
♔Like a GM
*may be incomplete
♔ Gold
♕ Silver
♖ Bronze
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   lostemperor has kibitzed 7712 times to chessgames [more...]

   Feb-02-25 lostemperor chessforum

lostemperor: <Keyser Soze>,<0ZeR0>,<Penguincw> won gold each! Congratulations!

   Apr-20-24 Golden Executive chessforum

lostemperor: It is fixed! I had an expert looking at it.

   Jan-18-24 OhioChessFan chessforum

lostemperor: Betcha you. Right damn

   Jan-11-24 Tata Steel Masters (2024)

lostemperor: ♔♕♖ Announcement ♔♕♖ Join the annual Tata Teel Chess final standings prediction contest at lostemperor chessforum 1. Ding 2. Nepomniachtchi 3. Firouzja 4, Giri 5. Praggnanandhaa 6. Maghsoodloo 7. Vidit 8.Wei 9. Abdusattorov

   Feb-26-23 WR Chess Masters (2023)

lostemperor: The predictions' winners on the final standings of WR Chess on my forum <Penquincw>♔, <Golden Executive>♔, <Chesschronicle22>♕, <OhioChessFan>♕, <Messiah>♖

   Jan-30-23 Tata Steel Masters (2023)

lostemperor: Winners of the TATA STEEL CHESS 2023 FINAL STANDINGS PREDICTION'S CONTEST at my forum <Firouzjias>♔♔♖, <tuttifrutty>♔♕♖, <lostemperor>♕♕, <Messiah>♖

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FINAL STANDINGS PREDICTIONS

< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 49 OF 285 · Later Kibitzing>
Feb-15-08		bumpmobile: 1 Anand 2 Carlsen 3 Topolov 4 Leko 5 Shirov 6 Radjabov 7 Ivanchuk 8 Aronian For the record, I had my 3-year-old son pick these. For someone who really can't even pronounce "Radjabov" I'd say he came up with a plausible list.

Feb-15-08		Ezzy: 1 Anand 2 Aronian 3 Carlsen 4 Topalov 5 Radjabov 6 Leko 7 Ivanchuk 8 Shirov

Feb-15-08		acirce: <For the record, I had my 3-year-old son pick these. For someone who really can't even pronounce "Radjabov" I'd say he came up with a plausible list.> He'd definitely have bragging rights if Aronian does finish last!

Feb-15-08		rogge: 1 Anand 2 Carlsen 3 Aronian 4 Radjabov 5 Topalov 6 Leko 7 Ivanchuk 8 Shirov

Feb-15-08		Red October: here are my predictions 1. Aronian 2. Anand 3. Carlsen 4. Radjabov 5. Topalov 6. Leko 7. Ivanchuk 8. Shirov

Feb-15-08		DCP23: Predictions: 1 Anand 2 Carlsen 3 Shirov 4 Aronian 5 Radjabov 6 Leko 7 Ivanchuk 8 Topalov

Feb-16-08		lostemperor: The predictions in this <Linares Morelia 2008> were so much divers this time. Except for Anand who got high precdictions and Shirov who got low, every other participants range from first till last place! So it is inevitable some players will disappoint. I hope you will enjoy it nevertheless!!

Feb-16-08		lostemperor: <PREDICTION GAME> results after one round First round Morelia-Linares. EXPERIENCE prevail over YOUTH. Anand, Topalov and Leko won vs. Shirov, Aronian and Radjabov respectively Morelia standings 1. Anand, Topalov, Leko 2. Carlsen, Ivanchuk 3. Shirov, Aronian, Radjabov Maximum score: 68 Rank,Score,UserID 1,63,lostemperor 2,59,ELO 3t,55,amadeus 3t,55,ASKALTAMAN 3t,55,bumpmobile 3t,55,whiteshark 3t,55,yalie 8,54,ELO VIRTUAL 9t,53,acirce 9t,53,WannaBe 11,52,Comandente 12t,51,Aurora 12t,51,cromat 12t,51,iron maiden 12t,51,stefan1967 12t,51,SwitchingQuylthulg 17,50,EXPERIENCE 18t,49,Dim Weasel 18t,49,Ezzy 18t,49,Open Defence 18t,49,percyblakeney 18t,49,TheGladiatres 18t,49,YouRang 24t,47,ahmadov 24t,47,DrawingIsLife 24t,47,just a kid 24t,47,kolobok 24t,47,rgr459 24t,47,rogge 30t,45,DCP23 30t,45,Red October 30t,45,Youjoin 33t,43,firebyrd 33t,43,NakoSonorense 35,42,YOUTH 36,41,chessmoron 37,38,suenteus po 147

Feb-16-08		lostemperor: Here the average predictions for the players calculated by YouRang's software AvgRank,Player,HighRank,LowRank 1.92,Anand,1,7 3.76,Carlsen,1,8 3.76,Topalov,1,8 3.97,Aronian,1,8 4.24,Radjabov,1,7 5.46,Leko,2,8 5.84,Ivanchuk,1,8 6.22,Shirov,1,8 Except for Leko, Anand and Radjabov, every player has been predicted first and last at least once!! Incredible!

Feb-16-08		lostemperor: Correction: Morelia standings should of course be 1. Anand, Topalov, Leko 4. Carlsen, Ivanchuk 6. Shirov, Aronian, Radjabov

Feb-16-08		lostemperor: Oh, I forgot to put in the Chessgames Bookie betting odds: Morelia-Linares: WINNER 1. Anand 9,065 5:2 3.51 A winning 10 chessbuck ticket pays out 35 chessbucks. 2. Carlsen 6,000 9:2 5.27 A winning 10 chessbuck ticket pays out 52 chessbucks 3. Radjabov 4,305 13:2 7.33 A winning 10 chessbuck ticket pays out 73 chessbucks. 3. Aronian 4,176 13:2 7.55 A winning 10 chessbuck ticket pays out 75 chessbucks. 3. Topalov 4,019 450 7:1 7.84 A winning 10 chessbuck ticket pays out 78 chessbucks 6. Ivanchuk 2,043 70 14:1 15.38 A winning 10 chessbuck ticket pays out 153 chessbucks 6. Leko 1,973 80 15:1 15.93 A winning 10 chessbuck ticket pays out 159 chessbucks 8. Shirov 1,391 22:1 22.57 A winning 10 chessbuck ticket pays out 225 chessbucks. CHESSBOOKIE is on shared 18th with 49 points

Feb-16-08		Open Defence: <lostemperor> I seem to have entered into this contest twice by mistake both as <Open Defence> AND <Red October> Sorry about that it was not intentional, just been such a hard work week that when I finally took a vacation starting from this Friday I must have blown a fuse somewhere Sorry for the inconvenience if you have to update all your records all over again :(

Feb-16-08		lostemperor: <Open Defence> you're <Red October>?! Wow. I didn't know that since haven't read all text of Red October profile. Doesn't matter. I will erase Red october from existence, just like the USSR. Only problem is, even if I erase your predictions the program may keep publishing your predictions results. Just like the USSR also:)

Feb-16-08		Open Defence: hehehe, well no problem just dont include Red October in the hall of fame when she wins :) btw I think your quote about the Soviet Union is in the Red October profile ? or was that made by a different user ?

Feb-17-08		lostemperor: <Open Defence> I Thought Red October was a man. You could have fooled me :) Do you mean if I have made the quote <"The Soviet Union...has seized to exist">? I was going to anwer this question with a firm NO, but extensive search on google, wikipedia and finally this site has proven that it was indeed I that has said these words on the Korchnoi pages! I completely forgot about it. <Harvestman> called this quote <"Profound">. I didn't know he was making fun of my poor English. I'm an alien. But look at it this way if I didn't make this mistake it was just another quote:)

Feb-17-08		lostemperor: Round two at Morelia-Linares; YOUTH and EXPERIENCE in balance. Aronian beat Anand and Ivanchuk beat Leko. 1.Topalov, Ivanchuk 1.5 3.Anand, aronian, carlsen Leko 1 7.Radjabov, Shirov 0,5 Maximum score: 68 Rank,Score,UserID 1,58,lostemperor 2,56,ASKALTAMAN 3,55,ELO VIRTUAL 4t,54,amadeus 4t,54,iron maiden 6,53,Comandente 7t,52,acirce 7t,52,cromat 7t,52,ELO 7t,52,stefan1967 7t,52,TheGladiatres 7t,52,whiteshark 13t,50,CHESSBOOKIE 13t,50,Dim Weasel 13t,50,Ezzy 13t,50,kolobok 13t,50,SwitchingQuylthulg 13t,50,WannaBe 13t,50,yalie 20,49,EXPERIENCE 21t,48,bumpmobile 21t,48,Open Defence 21t,48,Red October 21t,48,rogge 25t,46,ahmadov 25t,46,Aurora 25t,46,chessmoron 25t,46,DrawingIsLife 25t,46,NakoSonorense 25t,46,percyblakeney 25t,46,rgr459 25t,46,Youjoin 33,45,YOUTH 34t,44,just a kid 34t,44,YouRang 36,42,DCP23 37,41,suenteus po 147 38,40,firebyrd

Feb-17-08		lostemperor: Guess what: <Open Defence> and <Red October> in perfect harmony. It seizes to amaze me!:) <21t,48,Open Defence 21t,48,Red October>

Feb-17-08		Open Defence: <I didn't know he was making fun of my poor English> actually he wasn't, he was just alluding to how unintentionally the word "seized" added a whole new perspective to the statement It was as if the Soviet Union had to "seize" to exist :) profound isn't it ?

Feb-17-08		lostemperor: Awesome! :)

Feb-17-08		lostemperor: It can be confusing though if a non-native English speaking negotiater agrees this with an English speaking opponent: "We agree to a seize fire!"

Feb-17-08		Open Defence: well it can be applied to other contexts as well... like Julius "Seizer" or even Julius "Seizure"

Feb-17-08		lostemperor: Very punny:) Btw. I'm planning to add some new quotes soon. (got a lot more of where that came from:))

Feb-18-08		lostemperor: Round three Morelia Linares. A slight win for EXPRIENCE what YOUTH had yesterday. Topalov beat Ivanchuk, Anand beat Carlsen Here the results of the <FINAL STANDINGS PREDICTION GAME>. The toughest game of all, if I say so myself:) The reason being, that you can't do a thing if you find out certain players are in form or not. STANDING MORELIA-LINARES after 3 rounds 1.Topalov 2.Anand 3. Aronian, Leko, Ivanchuk 6.Radjabov, Shirov, Carlsen Maximum score: 68 Rank,Score,UserID 1t,60,ELO 1t,60,lostemperor 3,59,Comandente 4,58,SwitchingQuylthulg 5t,56,amadeus 5t,56,ASKALTAMAN 5t,56,stefan1967 5t,56,whiteshark 9,55,ELO VIRTUAL 10,54,acirce 11t,52,cromat 11t,52,iron maiden 11t,52,rgr459 11t,52,TheGladiatres 15,51,EXPERIENCE 16t,50,Aurora 16t,50,bumpmobile 16t,50,CHESSBOOKIE 16t,50,Ezzy 16t,50,kolobok 16t,50,WannaBe 16t,50,yalie 23t,48,Dim Weasel 23t,48,NakoSonorense 23t,48,Open Defence 23t,48,Red October 23t,48,rogge 23t,48,Youjoin 29t,46,ahmadov 29t,46,DrawingIsLife 29t,46,firebyrd 29t,46,just a kid 29t,46,percyblakeney 29t,46,YouRang 35,45,YOUTH 36t,44,chessmoron 36t,44,DCP23 38,41,suenteus po 147

Feb-18-08		lostemperor: The predictions deviations per player: Deviation,Player 118,Ivanchuk 104,Topalov 103,Carlsen 96,Leko 80,Radjabov 72,Shirov 60,Aronian 34,Anand

Feb-18-08		lostemperor: ELO (though not the updated VIRTUAL ratings but the old ones at the FIDE list) has reached the pinnacle of the prediction standings for the first time in three years (with another recent débutante at that spot:). It's a long way to go.

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