Originally posted by Grampy BobbyROUND EIGHT STATUS:
ROUND EIGHT...
* Let's Warm Up (Point Value = 2 each)
31. 7 = D S
32. 14 = P P S
33. 23 = S
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* Git It On (PV = 8 each)
34. 20 = W F M O
35. 5 = O C C O P
36. 426 = H
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* BONUS LAND
Baby Bear Bonus (PV = 4)
37. 81 = M G A
Poppa Bear Bonus (P ...[text shortened]... P P P
Grampy Bear Bonus (PV = 14)
40. 49.57 = W R S R
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Round offers ten questions which yield 70 points. So far four, worth
13 points, have been solved... leaving six worth 56 still on the table.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyROUND EIGHT MEGA HINT:
ROUND EIGHT STATUS:
Round offers ten questions which yield 70 points. So far four, worth
13 points, have been solved... leaving six worth 56 still on the table.
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Solutions to several of the remaining challenges in round eight are right under your nose... Think chess.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyPoint Standings After Eight Rounds
Point Standings after Seven Rounds
* "Raven's 69 Hotties" = 25 (Raven 16, SJ247 9).
* "Lom's Laddies" ..... = 41 (Mikelom 16, Darvlay 13, Shortcircuit 12).
* "Raven's 69 Hotties" = 25 (Raven 16, SJ247 9).
* "Lom's Laddies"...... = 55 (Darvlay 27, Mikelom16, Shortcircuit 12).
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Solution Notes:
#34... "20 = WFMO"... 20 White First Move Options (Eight Pawns x 2 + Two Knights x 2).
#35... "5 = O C C O P"... 5 Online Correspondence Chess Outcome Possibilities (Checkmate, Stalemate, Resignation, Draw, Timeout).
#37... "81 = M G A"... 81 mg Aspirin.
#38... "3 = P A (PRD)"... 3 Pawn Attack (Pirc Robatsch Defense).
#39... "4 = P P P"... 4 Pawn Promotion Possibilities (Q, R, B, Kn).
#40... "49.57 = W R S R"... Weyerstrass Rating Square Root (2,457 = 49.57).
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Round Nine Thursday, 2 April '09, 9:00 AM -5GMT.
Thanks.
-gb
Originally posted by Raven69Toughie. Think if roles were reversed I'd attempt to simplify this meaningless and pretentious (two places to the right of the decimal
I would have never gotten that.
point accurate) value by squaring it first. With 2,457 in hand, probably still be quite lost unless I considered chess/site connotation.