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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

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Jan-30-10		lostemperor: Large Payoff Pair results: Payoff,Pair result,Winners $41.00,Anand-below-Shirov, benjinathan $13.67,Dominguez-equal-Leko, Aurora + NakoSonorense + SwitchingQuylthulg $13.67,Ivanchuk-equal-Nakamura, Aurora + SloVice + TheGladiatres $13.67,Karjakin-equal-Nakamura, PinnedPiece + TheGladiatres + YouRang $13.67,Short-equal-Tiviakov, DCP23 + TheGladiatres + yalie

Jan-31-10		OhioChessFan: Thanks <le> I need such diversions to make it through the winter

Jan-31-10		lostemperor: ♔♕♖♗♘♙ Okay, this is it. <FINAL UPDATE CORUS 2010> Round 13 decisive game: Nakamura - Tiviakov 1-0 FINAL STANDINGS: 1. M. Carlsen 8½ 2. A. Shirov 2. Kramnik 8 4. Nakamura 4. Anand 7½ 6. Karjakin 6. Ivanchuk 7 8. Dominguez 8. Leko 6½ 10. Caruana 5½ 11. van Wely 11. Short 5 13. Tiviakov 13. Smeets 4½

Jan-31-10		lostemperor: < CORUS 2010 PREDICTION CONTEST ON FINAL STANDINGS> Final Prediction standings Hall of famer <Aurora>, with one Gold already, clear winner! <Where is my mind> and <yalie> took the Siver! ABSOLUTE RANKER Maximum score: 98 Score,UserID ♔ 90,Aurora ♕ 80,Where is my mind ♕ 80,yalie ~~~~ 79,benjinathan 78,kolobok 77,OhioChessFan 76,chessmoron 76,PinnedPiece 75,CHESSBOOKIE 75,ELO 75,gus inn 74,Bobak Zahmat 74,Robin01 74,Shrunken Head 74,YouRang 73,SwitchingQuylthulg 72,TheGladiatres 71,wordfunph 70,cromat 70,percyblakeney 69,DCP23 69,Ezzy 69,NakoSonorense 69,nimh 69,Slaven MNE 68,kellmano 68,rogge 68,Winter 67,Billy Vaughan 66,Blunderdome 66,chancho 66,SloVice 66,Stonehenge 64,achieve 64,lostemperor 62,firebyrd 62,VargPOD 60,Bradah 58,WannaBe 54,wolfmaster 53,suenteus po 147

Jan-31-10		lostemperor: SQUARE RANKER: Also here <Aurora> finished first (so no extra medals awarded)! Second became <chessmoron> and <OhioChessFan>! Maximum score: 910 Score,UserID 888,Aurora 866,chessmoron 866,OhioChessFan ~~~~ 866,PinnedPiece 865,Where is my mind 862,yalie 855,kolobok 854,YouRang 851,benjinathan 851,CHESSBOOKIE 847,Robin01 844,ELO 832,Bobak Zahmat 828,Ezzy 827,percyblakeney 818,TheGladiatres 817,cromat 816,nimh 815,kellmano 815,Shrunken Head 815,SwitchingQuylthulg 813,Slaven MNE 810,SloVice 807,chancho 802,Blunderdome 801,wordfunph 800,Stonehenge 796,DCP23 792,Winter 790,NakoSonorense 783,rogge 779,VargPOD 771,lostemperor 770,gus inn 764,Billy Vaughan 756,WannaBe 754,firebyrd 728,achieve 721,wolfmaster 707,suenteus po 147 701,Bradah

Jan-31-10		lostemperor: PAIR BETTING RANKER: Winner, new comer <benjinathan>! Perhaps a distance relative of Viswanathan? He is not the first winner of the Pair Bettings but the first to get a medal since for the first time there is another winner here than in the Absolute or Square ranker. Second <Aurora> and third <yalie>! Earnings in $ ♔57.10,benjinathan ♕47.59,Aurora ♖28.65,yalie ~~~~~ 18.93,OhioChessFan 12.67,chessmoron 10.77,SwitchingQuylthulg 8.14,PinnedPiece 6.59,kellmano 6.27,gus inn 3.29,kolobok 2.52,ELO 2.40,Robin01 2.18,NakoSonorense 1.94,Where is my mind 1.85,Shrunken Head 1.74,Bradah -0.72,cromat -0.73,CHESSBOOKIE -1.32,Bobak Zahmat -1.64,DCP23 -3.35,percyblakeney -3.66,YouRang -4.58,nimh -4.67,SloVice -5.09,wordfunph -5.24,Winter -7.07,Ezzy -7.55,Slaven MNE -7.85,rogge -8.64,TheGladiatres -8.79,Blunderdome -8.99,Stonehenge -10.37,chancho -10.57,firebyrd -11.74,WannaBe -12.34,VargPOD -13.99,suenteus po 147 -17.45,achieve -17.98,lostemperor -19.10,wolfmaster -19.23,Billy Vaughan

Jan-31-10		lostemperor: Pair Betting Large Payoff Pair results: Payoff,Pair result,Winners $41.00,Anand-below-Shirov, benjinathan $13.67,Dominguez-equal-Leko, Aurora + NakoSonorense + SwitchingQuylthulg $10.25,Short-equal-Van Wely, Aurora + DCP23 + SwitchingQuylthulg + yalie $8.20,Ivanchuk-below-Shirov, benjinathan + kellmano + OhioChessFan + PinnedPiece + yalie $8.20,Smeets-equal-Tiviakov, Aurora + ELO + lostemperor + percyblakeney + yalie $6.83,Ivanchuk-equal-Karjakin, gus inn + OhioChessFan + rogge + suenteus po 147 + TheGladiatres + yalie $4.56,Leko-below-Shirov, Aurora + benjinathan + Bradah + chessmoron + cromat + DCP23 + kellmano + OhioChessFan + PinnedPiece $4.10,Ivanchuk-below-Nakamura, achieve + benjinathan + Bradah + firebyrd + gus inn + kellmano + nimh + PinnedPiece + Shrunken Head + Winter $4.10,Karjakin-below-Nakamura, Aurora + Bradah + chessmoron + gus inn + NakoSonorense + nimh + Shrunken Head + SloVice + Winter + wordfunph $3.73,Karjakin-below-Shirov, Blunderdome + Bradah + chessmoron + cromat + DCP23 + nimh + OhioChessFan + Robin01 + SloVice + yalie + YouRang

Jan-31-10		lostemperor: Correct Pairing missed opportunities (just two): $0.00,Anand-equal-Nakamura, (0 winners) $0.00,Kramnik-equal-Shirov, (0 winners)

Jan-31-10		lostemperor: <OhioChessFan: Thanks <le> I need such diversions to make it through the winter> Thank you <OhioChessFan>. Did you know that according to research the third Monday of January (18th this year) is the most depressing day of the year! But we have Corus Chess tournament prediction contest here at chessgames.com! Unfortunately I could not make it even better by awarding you a medal for second place in the SQUARE RANKER, but you did excellent!

Jan-31-10		NakoSonorense: Dank je wel for running the contest, <lostemperor>! Congrats to all the winners. Now, I need you to answer me sincerely, <lostemperor>. Do you think one day I will be able to win? Once?! It's become tradition of mine to come here after tournaments are over to complain about being cursed in this contest. Well, maybe next time... =)

Jan-31-10		lostemperor: <Aurora> golden predictions: 1. Carlsen 2. Kramnik 3. Anand 4. Nakamura 4. Ivanchuk 6. Karjakin 6. Shirov 8. Leko 8. Dominguez 10. Caruana 11. van Wely 11. Short 13. Tiviakov 13. Smeets ~~~ <benjinathan> winning expectations: 1.Carlsen 2.Kramnik 3.Karjakin 4.Dominguez 5.Nakamura 6.Shirov 7.Ivanchuck 8.Anand 9.Leko 10.Caruan 11.Van Wely 12.Short 13.Tiviakov 14.Smeets

Jan-31-10		lostemperor: Graag gedaan <NakoSonorense>! Where did you learn Dutch?!! :) You are an excellent predictor and no doubt you will win some day here! I noticed that you are good in predicting upsets!! You won the 5-tie ♗-Award on most surprising player IVANCHUK in the last Tal Memorial and was close with NAKAMURA's fine performance in Corus now! I believe you have something to celebrate in <YouRang>'s prediction contest, where you are my main rival amigo!! :0)

Jan-31-10		NakoSonorense: <lostemperor> I learned a couple of words in Dutch one time I was trying to find out the meaning of the titles of songs of Marco Borsato. Thankfully, Tiesto's songs are all in English so I didn't have to look them up! =) I don't like losing to the MONKEY. I've figured that the best way to avoid that is if I don't compete against it. Hence, I try to win only the Betting Ranker instead!

Jan-31-10		YouRang: Congratulations to the medal winners. Thanks <lostemperor> for running the contest (and congrats for your medal in my contest!).

Feb-01-10		WannaBe: Boy, I sucked!! Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to <lostemperor> for running the contest!

Feb-01-10		suenteus po 147: <lostemperor> Thanks, as always, for running the prediction contest. And congratulations to all the winners.

Feb-01-10		gus inn: <lostemperor> thanks for running the prediction contest.A lot of fun ! Perhaps Amber next !?

Feb-01-10		lostemperor: <NakoSonorense> Marco Borsato is a great singer of a small country! What does your name means btw? Thanks all! I will do the minor prestigeous ♗♘♙-Prizes of Corus 2010 and the next tournament will be Linares, what will take place in 12 days, February 12th if I'm correct?!! The players are not all set? Anybody knows more?

Feb-01-10		wordfunph: more power <lostemperor>!!! thanks..til next time..

Feb-01-10		lostemperor: CORUS SURPRISE PARTICIPANTS Predictions Deviations per player: 215,Shirov 121,Nakamura 94,Leko 89,Ivanchuk 85,Tiviakov 83,Anand 74,Karjakin 66,Dominguez 63,Smeets 62,Van Wely 60,Caruana 60,Short 45,Carlsen 33,Kramnik

Feb-01-10		lostemperor: SURPRISE PLAYER PREDICTION RANKER ♗♘♙-Awards Best predicitons on Major Upset <ALEXEY SHIROV> standing 2-4, ranked 6-7 Bookie odds 7 (41:1): UserID, prediction ♗OhioChessFan 4 ♘DCP23 4-5 ♘yalie 4-5

Feb-01-10		lostemperor: Best/CORRECT predictons on Second Upset <HIKARU NAKAMURA> standing 4-5, ranked 8-9 (LIVE RATING 6-8) Bookie odds 8 (58:1): ♘achieve 4-5 ♘Aurora 4-5

Feb-01-10		lostemperor: Best predicitons on 3rd (negative) Surprise Player <PETER LEKO> standing 8-9, ranked 5 Bookie odds 6 (29:1): ♙Aurora 8-9

Feb-01-10		lostemperor: Any word on Linares yet? I believe these are 6 players: Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Boris Gelfand Vugar Gashimov Who are the other two? Dominguez and Wang Yue? Anand or Radjabov perhaps?

Feb-01-10		percyblakeney: <Who are the other two?> There are no other two, only six players in Linares this year.

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