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May-19-08
 | | lostemperor: <ahmadov> you seem to be on a medal winning streak after our meeting in the Netherlands! ;) |
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May-19-08
| | lostemperor: Correct prediction on second surprise IVANCHUK finishing 1st, seeded 4th, average prediction 3.53. ♘<Aurora>(1)
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♙-Award on second prediction on 2nd surprise Ivanchuk: ♙<lostemperor>(2)
♙<yalie>(2) |
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May-19-08
| | lostemperor: ♙-Award on correct prediction on third upset CHEPARINOV ranked 4, seeded 6th, average 5.68. ♙<brankat>(4) |
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May-19-08
| | lostemperor: Short scientifical statistical summary of MTel 2008!: After heavy losses in Corus, Linares and BakuGP, age <EXPERIENCE> has success again vs <YOUTH> or <CHANGE> if you will:). Pseudo-contestant <CHESSBOOKIE>, the chessgames bookie betting game odds order finally got some challenge again from <ELO> the rating order. It usually does better than ELO and here also it did in the square ranker. |
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| May-19-08 | | YouRang: Thanks <lostemperor> for running the contest, but I must apologise for stinking up your contest with my performance. Speaking of that, I would also like to express my appreciation for <DrawingIsLife>. ;-) == POST-MORTEM of my lousy prediction:
1. Topalov [2] (not bad, but hardly original)
2. Aronian [5t] (lol)
3. Bu [5t] (I think Wang Yue's win in the Grand Prix somehow influenced me to think that Bu would do well too. How dumb is that?) 4. Radjabov [3] (not bad)
5. Ivanchuk [1] (Groooaaaan - what WAS I thinking? Well, I was thinking he's maybe over-the-hill and always in time trouble. Surely he'll be the big disappointment...) 6. Cheparinov [4] (Funny, I suspected that he'd get whomped twice by Topalov, so I put him last. Well, he DID get whomped twice by Topalov (and also by Ivanchuk), but he did well enough against the others - especially Bu - to stay out of the cellar). |
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| May-19-08 | | nimh: so only couple of minutes separated me from getting 2 third places... |
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May-19-08
| | lostemperor: For the 2008 ANNUAL prediction standing, the system of <firebyrd>: Award accumulated points for being:
1- top 50%
2- top 30%
3- top 20%
4- top 10%
5- winners
6- single winner
I combine the absolute ranker with the square ranker. The best result of the two will be given <Baku GP 2008>
6. ahmadov
6. nimh
4,percyblakeney
4,SwitchingQuylthulg
3,Dim Weasel
3,wolfmaster
2,CHESSBOOKIE
1,cromat
1,positionalgenius
1,sakii
1,suenteus po 147
1,whiteshark
1,Dim Weasel
1,ELO |
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May-19-08
| | lostemperor: <nimh> right, very unfortunate all! But I have to be strict on that:( If only you could tell me what time you posted the predictions. |
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May-19-08
| | lostemperor: <YouRang> I finally broke the spell that contest managers cannot win their own contest. My contest-manager buddies, you, cu8sfan and me, never won any main prizes in our own games. But we do win in contests in other forums. As it turn out now, it is possible to win your own game! ;-) |
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| May-19-08 | | NakoSonorense: Thanks for running the prediction contest, <lostemperor>. Surprisingly enough, I am yet to win in here...
Wonder if I'll ever win... It's just so hard to predict! I don't know what to do! |
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| May-20-08 | | ahmadov: Hello <lostemperor>! Today is the birthday of Max Euwe, you hero of all times... |
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May-20-08
| | lostemperor: <NakoSonorense> it took me also some three years to win a major prize here;) Let's put it this way ELO has also only won one silver, in this time. <ahmadov> Max Euwe is certainly still the main chess person of the Netherlands, though I doubt many chess player know today is his birthday. I only know some chess players' birthdays by heart especially around March. March 9, March 12(!), March 15 and of course April 13. I'm sure you know most of these too. We don't have many heroes here what doesn't mean we aren't a proud nation:) |
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May-20-08
| | lostemperor: <nimh> don't worry. Win silver one day and it's worth more that all the bronze. Or better yet win gold again;) |
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May-20-08
| | lostemperor: <M-TEL 2008> Annual points: 6,Aurora
6,lostemperor
4,ahmadov
4,brankat
4,rogge
4,yalie
3,CHESSBOOKIE
3,chessmoron
2,ELO
2,TheGladiatres
1,DCP23
1,NakoSonorense
1,percyblakeney
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May-20-08
| | lostemperor: <ANNUAL 2008 STANDINGS> (top 50% in one tournament or more): <ahmadov> leading!
15,ahmadov
15,CHESSBOOKIE
14,percyblakeney
10,Aurora
9,lostemperor
9,rogge
6,cromat
6,nimh
5,amadeus
5,chessmoron
5,Ezzy
5,NakoSonorense
5,TheGladiatres
4,acirce
4,brankat
4,Dim Weasel
4,messachess
4,SwitchingQuylthulg
4,yalie
3,ELO
3,iron maiden
3,kellmano
3,kolobok
3,Dim Weasel
3,stefan1967
3,WannaBe
3,whiteshark
3,wolfmaster
3,YouRang
2,Alphastar
2,BETSSON
2,cdm511
2,DCP23
2,Touch of Knight
1,bumpmobile
1,just a kid
1,Elixir of Life
1,gmgomes
1,kolobok
1,positionalgenius
1,Ragh
1,sakii
1,suenteus po 147
1,Youjoin
(Let me know if something is missing)
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May-20-08
| | lostemperor: This should almost wrap things up for now concerning the prediction game. Leave me to give the remaining medal rankings someday soon.. |
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May-20-08
| | lostemperor: For the annual standings: it speaks for itself, not everyone has played all 4 tournaments. That's why there is a seperate medal ranking. |
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| May-22-08 | | ahmadov: <lostemperor: <ANNUAL 2008 STANDINGS> (top 50% in one tournament or more):
<ahmadov> leading!> HURREY!!! |
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| May-22-08 | | brankat: Just always lucky :-) |
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| May-22-08 | | ahmadov: <brankat: Just always lucky :-)> Yes, thank God, I am a lucky person indeed... ;-) |
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May-22-08
| | lostemperor: That's the least I can do for <ahmadov> letting me win in our OTB game hehehe. |
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| May-22-08 | | ahmadov: <lostemperor: That's the least I can do for <ahmadov> letting me win in our OTB game hehehe.> It would be great to win against you in the OTB game and take leading positions in all your contests ;-) (OMG, I seem to wish much) |
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May-22-08
| | lostemperor: I found this link from a Dutch chess magazine. It is hillarious. This is a weekly live telephone chess game on a Manhattan TV broadcast http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=PT4US... . The hosting babe doesn't seem to know much about chess. Same goes for the one who operated the chess engine:) |
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| May-26-08 | | brankat: Hilarious indeed! Thanks for the link. |
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May-26-08
| | lostemperor: And there is a lot more where that came from from chessnow :) Btw. I like your photo of the day at your forum. Hilarious! |
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