2018 Finals Vote for CAP/DH/Draft Order

1. labratory - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 1st Pick
2. djmacb - 100 Mil (80-NoDH 100-NoDH) 2nd Pick
3. cristano1 - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 3rd Pick
4. hallerose - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 4th pick
5. The Last Druid 100 Mil (80-No DH 100-DH) 12th Pick
6. jet40- 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 5th pick
7. tmfw30
8. Dougess
9. tplatypi

Do the 3 semi final winners vote on ballpark and cap?

Yes, after their season is over - the winner of each league gets the same vote and whats left of the draft pick choices.

1. labratory - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 1st Pick
2. djmacb - 100 Mil (80-NoDH 100-NoDH) 2nd Pick
3. cristano1 - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 3rd Pick
4. hallerose - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 4th pick
5. The Last Druid 100 Mil (80-No DH 100-DH) 12th Pick
6. jet40 - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH)
7. tmfw30
8. Dougess
9. tplatypi
10. Semi Champion with the most wins
11. Semi Champion with next most wins
12. Semi Champion with fewest wins

jet40 please choose your draft pick selection - choices 5-11

Running totals:



cap dh no dh
100 4 5 1
80 2 4 2

1. labratory - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 1st Pick
2. djmacb - 100 Mil (80-NoDH 100-NoDH) 2nd Pick
3. cristano1 - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 3rd Pick
4. hallerose - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 4th pick
5. The Last Druid 100 Mil (80-No DH 100-DH) 12th Pick
6. jet40 - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 5th Pick
7. tmfw30
8. Dougess
9. tplatypi
10. Semi Champion with the most wins
11. Semi Champion with next most wins
12. Semi Champion with fewest wins


Running totals:



cap dh no dh
100 4 5 1
80 2 4 2

1. labratory - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 1st Pick
2. djmacb - 100 Mil (80-NoDH 100-NoDH) 2nd Pick
3. cristano1 - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 3rd Pick
4. hallerose - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 4th pick
5. The Last Druid 100 Mil (80-No DH 100-DH) 12th Pick
6. jet40 - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 5th Pick
7. tmfw30 - 80 Mil (80- no DH - 100-DH) 11th pick
8. Dougess
9. tplatypi
10. Semi Champion with the most wins
11. Semi Champion with next most wins
12. Semi Champion with fewest wins


Running totals:



cap dh no dh
100 4 5 1
80 2 4 2

1. labratory - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 1st Pick
2. djmacb - 100 Mil (80-NoDH 100-NoDH) 2nd Pick
3. cristano1 - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 3rd Pick
4. hallerose - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 4th pick
5. The Last Druid 100 Mil (80-No DH 100-DH) 12th Pick
6. jet40 - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 5th Pick
7. tmfw30 - 80 Mil (80- no DH - 100-DH) 11th pick
8. Dougess - 80 Mil (80 -no DH - 100 no DH) 6th pick
9. tplatypi
10. Semi Champion with the most wins
11. Semi Champion with next most wins
12. Semi Champion with fewest wins



Running totals:

cap dh no dh
100 4 6 2
80 4 4 4

1. labratory - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 1st Pick
2. djmacb - 100 Mil (80-NoDH 100-NoDH) 2nd Pick
3. cristano1 - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 3rd Pick
4. hallerose - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 4th pick
5. The Last Druid 100 Mil (80-No DH 100-DH) 12th Pick
6. jet40 - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 5th Pick
7. tmfw30 - 80 Mil (80- no DH - 100-DH) 11th pick
8. Dougess - 80 Mil (80 -no DH - 100 no DH) 6th pick
9. tplatypi - 80 mil (80-no DH, 100-DH) 10th pick
10. Semi Champion with the most wins
11. Semi Champion with next most wins
12. Semi Champion with fewest wins

1. labratory - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 1st Pick
2. djmacb - 100 Mil (80-NoDH 100-NoDH) 2nd Pick
3. cristano1 - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 3rd Pick
4. hallerose - 100 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 4th pick
5. The Last Druid 100 Mil (80-No DH 100-DH) 12th Pick
6. jet40 - 80 Mil (80-DH 100-DH) 5th Pick
7. tmfw30 - 80 Mil (80- no DH - 100-DH) 11th pick
8. Dougess - 80 Mil (80 -no DH - 100 no DH) 6th pick
9. tplatypi - 80 mil (80-no DH, 100-DH) 10th pick
10. Semi Champion with the most wins
11. Semi Champion with next most wins
12. Semi Champion with fewest wins

Running Total:

80 Mil - 5
100 Mil - 4

80 Mil DH - 4
80 Mil NO DH - 5

100 Mil DH - 7
100 Mil NO DH - 2

Draft picks left - 7-8-9

And now we wait...…...

80's No DH coming strong at the end!

Anybody checking out the World Chess Championship? I ask only because I've seen Druid mention that he's an aficionado. It looks thrilling so far (cricket fan here, so can appreciate that a draw can be thrilling).

Not an aficionado myself, but I occasionally go through fazes, and was lucky enough to attend the Kasparov-Anand world championship on the observation deck of the World Trade Center when I was in college. Pretty amazing, but the good memories are somewhat compromised for obvious reasons.

Well Matt, I am following the match closely. It's painful to watch, largely because of Magnus' grinding style of attempting to create a small advantage and then relentlessly press the issue for many hours. Magnus had previously separated himself from the rest of the world with his Capablanca like precision, but now the world has caught up. His chess style tends to suck all the life out of a position and he usually does so with staid openings and an early exchange of queens.

I'm rooting for Caruana, who I know personally. We actually played a rated tournament game together at Adelphi in Garden City in 2000, when I was the Editor of Empire Chess. I've crossed swords with several world championship candidates, but Fabi is the only one I managed to actually beat. His teacher at the time was Bruce Pandolfini and it was obvious even then that he would be a world class player when he matured. Of course now I would have no chance to beat him but I could probably manage a draw once in a while...

Caruana had his chances today but failed to convert a promising advantage. I think there will be at most one decisive game during the first 12 games. Most likely they will continue to draw the remaining games, which speaks to the absurdity of a World Championship being only twelve games at a non-rapid time control. Matches used to be 24 games which was much more fun to watch. Now we have the stupid tiebreaker of four rapid games followed, if necessary, by 2 blitz games and if there is still a tie, one final Armageddon game. Magnus is the best in the world at rapid and blitz and should have no problem besting Fabi at those time controls. Too bad, because at his best Fabi is probably stronger than Magnus, but the format of the match makes it hard for him to demonstrate that and rapid and blitz are very different games than "slow" chess.