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#162889 - 06/07/12 03:00 PM Re: Tal Memorial 2012 - Prediction contest [Re: littlefish]
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Rook

Registered: 02/20/08
Loc: Washington, DC
Well, the aftermath has left us with a pretty big first round! The favorites all seem to clash in the first round: Carlsen vs. Kramnik, and Aronian vs. Nakamura.
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#162891 - 06/07/12 05:58 PM Re: Tal Memorial 2012 - Prediction contest [Re: littlefish]
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Registered: 03/20/03
Loc: Hyderabad
Originally Posted By: littlefish
there will be a blitz tournament to decide the draw numbers of the players on Thursday.


Chessbase have called the organizers cheapo for this. (That too by misspelling it as Chapeau.)
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#162892 - 06/07/12 06:11 PM Re: Tal Memorial 2012 - Prediction contest [Re: proloy]
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Ninja

Registered: 08/01/04
Loc: USA
If it isn't too late..

Magnus Carlsen +2
Levon Aronian +1
Vladimir Kramnik 0
Hikaru Nakamura +2
Teimour Radjabov 0
Alexander Morozevich 0
Fabiano Caruana -2
Alexander Grischuk 0
Evgeny Tomashevsky -1
Luke McShane -2
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#162898 - 06/08/12 04:03 AM Re: Tal Memorial 2012 - Prediction contest [Re: PircAlert]
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Queen

Registered: 02/17/05
Loc: Norway
Still about 3 hours until start of the first round.

Magnus Carlsen +2
Levon Aronian +1
Vladimir Kramnik +1
Hikaru Nakamura -1
Teimour Radjabov +1
Alexander Morozevich +1
Fabiano Caruana -1
Alexander Grischuk +1
Evgeny Tomashevsky -2
Luke McShane -3
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#162901 - 06/08/12 07:44 PM Re: Tal Memorial 2012 - Prediction contest [Re: Akselborg]
littlefish Online   content
Ninja

Registered: 12/14/02
Loc: Vienna, Austria
These are the contest standings after the first round, Excel file here:
Code:
                        Pred.  Square
                        error  error
1  Akselborg		7,11	5,85
2  Instant Karma	7,56	6,96
3  Rimfaxe		7,78	6,94
4  littlefish		7,78	6,99
5  kalten		7,78	7,33
   PircAlert		7,78	7,33
7  Petrosianic		8,00	8,00
8  Avalon		8,22	7,88
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#162939 - 06/11/12 09:00 AM Re: Tal Memorial 2012 - Prediction contest [Re: littlefish]
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Rook

Registered: 02/20/08
Loc: Washington, DC
Round three had some great games! McShane's exchange sacrifice, extreme time trouble, and ultimate mate in 10 victory over Aronian is probably the game of the tournament so far, though there are many yet to go. Another contender is the wacky Grischuk - Morozevich game. Really fun stuff; amazing how that white rook ended up trapped on h7 behind a black pawn!
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#162940 - 06/11/12 02:06 PM Re: Tal Memorial 2012 - Prediction contest [Re: Avalon]
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Ninja

Registered: 12/14/02
Loc: Vienna, Austria
Contest standings after round 3:
Code:
                        Pred.  Square
                        error  error
1  Akselborg		8,00	9,33
2  Instant Karma	8,67	12,00
3  Rimfaxe		9,33	12,44
4  littlefish		9,33	14,22
5  Avalon		9,33	15,56
6  PircAlert		10,00	14,00
   Petrosianic		10,00	14,00
8  kalten		11,33	20,00
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#162947 - 06/12/12 07:44 PM Re: Tal Memorial 2012 - Prediction contest [Re: littlefish]
inky. Offline
Ninja

Registered: 02/05/03
Loc: St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
Sorry I haven't been around and missed this prediction contest. Oh well, I would have picked Fabiano to win, and so I would have lost. But he did win his game today. smile
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#162977 - 06/17/12 03:51 PM Re: Tal Memorial 2012 - Prediction contest [Re: inky.]
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Ninja

Registered: 12/14/02
Loc: Vienna, Austria
Oops, just noticed that I've posted the previous contest standings in the wrong thread. Maybe a moderator can move them? These are the standings after round 8:
Code:
                        Pred.  Square
                        error  error
1  Petrosianic		8,00	12,00
2  Akselborg		11,33	22,07
3  PircAlert		13,11	31,56
4  Instant Karma	16,22	41,63
5  kalten		16,67	35,11
6  Rimfaxe		16,67	40,05
7  littlefish		18,00	41,43
8  Avalon		18,00	46,77
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#162978 - 06/17/12 04:31 PM Re: Tal Memorial 2012 - Prediction contest [Re: littlefish]
PircAlert Moderator Offline
Ninja

Registered: 08/01/04
Loc: USA
Contest standings after round 5:
Code:
                        Pred.  Square
                        error  error
1  Akselborg		9,11	12,96
2  Instant Karma	10,44	21,85
3  Rimfaxe		11,56	20,12
4  littlefish		11,56	24,69
5  Petrosianic		12,00	20,00
6  PircAlert		12,44	22,22
7  Avalon		12,67	30,25
8  kalten		13,56	35,56


(Note: Duplicated from Tal memo round 5 thread)
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