Choose your picks for the following sections.
Copy the comment and fill your choices in the brackets (the easiest way to do it):
- Winner of WCC
(25 pts) - [Carlsen/Karjakin] - Number of games played in WCC
(15 pts) - [0-27] - Number of all wins in WCC
(15 pts) - [0-27] - First win - round
(12 pts) - [0-27] - First win - player
(12 pts) - [Carlsen/Karjakin/none] - Tie-break?
(10 pts) - [Yes/No] - Average number of moves per game
(5 pts) - [0-100] - Most used opening move
(4 pts) - [1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4, 1.Nf3, ...] - Points difference at the end
(2 pts) - [0-7] - BONUS: Result of Game 7
(1 point) - [Carlsen wins/Karjakin wins/Draw]
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Clarifications:
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- The 27 represents the number of all possible games. It's unlikely they'll play all games though. For the record, 16 games were played in 2012, the most in this format until now. Look post #5 for additional info.
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- Number of the round in which the first game is gonna be decisive for either side. Mark '0' if you believe they're gonna draw everything.
- Name of the player that will win the first game.
- Mark if tie-break will be needed or not.
- I'll award 5 pts for the ±1 range, 3 pts for ±2 and 1 point for ±3. 1 decimal allowed.
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- Important: I'll award +1 if you correctly guess the winner and +0.5 if you correctly guess the game was drawn. However, if you get the prediction wrong, the following penalties apply: If you predicted a draw and the game was won by either player, you lose half a points (-0.5). If you predicted a winner and the game was drawn, you get 0 points. If you predicted the wrong winner, you get +0.25. This is implemented to discourage draws.
Hello everybody!
Welcome to the:
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Official Prediction Thread of the 2016 World Chess Championship.
Here, you can discuss the games throughout the match and of course make some predictions (ideally according to the rules
It'll be easy. I've chosen 10 parameters on which you can make predictions. Each segment is awarded differently.
The World Championship Match consist of 12 games. If there's no winner, additional 4 games of rapid are played. If no winner, then 2/4/6/8/10 blitz games are played. If no winner again, Armageddon takes place and decide the match.
Deadline for predictions: Thursday, November 10th, 15:00 GMT
Prize: 1€ (PayPal)
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So, have fun playing and observing it!
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