Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://www.schach-bad-wiessee.de" rel="nofollow">Bad Wiessee</a> hosts a strong chess tournament every year. It generally has nine rounds. So although I'm not familiar with this exact expression, it is pretty clear that the speaker means that he scored 6 points out of 8 rounds before the final (and ninth) round. I have seen this kind of score being written as 6:2, possibly "six and two going" is the correct way to read this.</p>
  
  <p>Edit: To clarify, the "2" is the number of points missing from a perfect score, not the number of games still to be played. In other sports it might be the number of losses. In chess it can also contain draws i.e. half points.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>It means that he has won 6 and lost two (or equivalent scores with draws included) going into the last round and the game being shown was the last round game. </p>
  
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Answers.Text: again some cowardly bully downvotes a CORRECT answer.  The full statement was clearly that 'I was 6 wins and 2 losses going into the final round game which is being annotated here'
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Answers.Text: how do you know it's 2 losses and not like 1 loss and 2 draws (so not 6 wins then) ?
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Answers.Text: We don't. This answer said "(or equivalent scores with draws included)".
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Answers.Body: <p>"6 and 2 going" is not idiomatic English or chess-speak.</p>
  
  <p>My first assumption is that there are words missing and the speaker actually said or meant "My score was 6 and 2 going into this round." This means that s/he earned 6 points out of the possible 8 in the previous 8 rounds (you get 1 point for a win, 1/2 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss) before the game being annotated.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: So "six and two" would be idiomatic?
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Answers.Text: Well the narrator was Josh Waitzkin and there were also subtitles. He definitely said (and the subtitles read): 6 and 2 going.
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Answers.Text: @BlindKingFuMaster Yes, totally.
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Answers.Text: dfan, @BlindKungFuMaster wait so idiomatic or not? chess-speak or not? sports-speak perhaps? re 'So "six and two" would be idiomatic?' and 'BlindKingFuMaster Yes, totally.'
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Answers.Text: @ArmenTsirunyan why don't you mention this in OP?
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Answers.Text: "6 and 2" is totally idiomatic by itself, as is "6 and 2 going into this round". It is both chess-speak and sports-speak. I have not heard "6 and 2 going" without something "into this round" following it, but I can believe that it is part of Waitzkin's idiolect.
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Answers.Text: Another possibility is that Waitzkin said "6 and 2 going in" and kind of swallowed the "in", and the person making the subtitles didn't hear it.
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Body: <p>I am watching an annotated chess game, and the narration goes like this:</p>
  
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    <p>The game I am about to show you was played in the last round of an open tournament in Bad Weise, Germany. My score was 6 and 2 going.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>What does the last sentence mean?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Just a comment to say that I don't think this should have been migrated. As a native (British) English speaker, it's not at all clear what is meant. However, I have an idea that it's to do with North American sport and game scoring terminology (wins and losses), not specifically chess-related. I think that EL&U is the correct place for the question.
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Comments.Text: I would interpret the sentence as "my score was 6 (out of ??) with 2 games remaining". I'm neither a native English speaker, nor a professional tournament player, though. This is just a hunch. If you could post a link to the annotations of the game (if there is one), maybe it would be possible to deduce something concrete from the whole context.
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Comments.Text: I'm not sure, but it could be a tournament with "adjourned games". So, "6" is his score for the finished games and "2" is the number of adjourned games.
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Comments.Text: That sentence is nonsense.
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Comments.Text: @PeteBecker josh waitzkin is nonsense?
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Title: What does 6 and 2 going mean?
ThreadText: # What does 6 and 2 going mean?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-13)
  
  I am watching an annotated chess game, and the narration goes like this:
  
  > The game I am about to show you was played in the last round of an open tournament in Bad Weise, Germany. My score was 6 and 2 going.
  
  What does the last sentence mean?
  
  **Tags:** tournament, terminology
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Just a comment to say that I don't think this should have been migrated. As a native (British) English speaker, it's not at all clear what is meant. However, I have an idea that it's to do with North American sport and game scoring terminology (wins and losses), not specifically chess-related. I think that EL&U is the correct place for the question.  
  > **username_2**: I would interpret the sentence as "my score was 6 (out of ??) with 2 games remaining". I'm neither a native English speaker, nor a professional tournament player, though. This is just a hunch. If you could post a link to the annotations of the game (if there is one), maybe it would be possible to deduce something concrete from the whole context.  
  > **username_3**: I'm not sure, but it could be a tournament with "adjourned games". So, "6" is his score for the finished games and "2" is the number of adjourned games.  
  > **username_4**: That sentence is nonsense.  
  > **username_5**: @username_4 josh waitzkin is nonsense?  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_8 on 2015-10-13. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  "6 and 2 going" is not idiomatic English or chess-speak.
  
  My first assumption is that there are words missing and the speaker actually said or meant "My score was 6 and 2 going into this round." This means that s/he earned 6 points out of the possible 8 in the previous 8 rounds (you get 1 point for a win, 1/2 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss) before the game being annotated.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_6**: So "six and two" would be idiomatic?  
  > **username_0**: Well the narrator was Josh Waitzkin and there were also subtitles. He definitely said (and the subtitles read): 6 and 2 going.  
  > **username_8**: @BlindKingFuMaster Yes, totally.  
  > **username_5**: username_8, @username_6 wait so idiomatic or not? chess-speak or not? sports-speak perhaps? re 'So "six and two" would be idiomatic?' and 'BlindKingFuMaster Yes, totally.'  
  > **username_5**: @username_0 why don't you mention this in OP?  
  > **username_8**: "6 and 2" is totally idiomatic by itself, as is "6 and 2 going into this round". It is both chess-speak and sports-speak. I have not heard "6 and 2 going" without something "into this round" following it, but I can believe that it is part of Waitzkin's idiolect.  
  > **username_8**: Another possibility is that Waitzkin said "6 and 2 going in" and kind of swallowed the "in", and the person making the subtitles didn't hear it.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2015-10-13. Score: 3
  
  [Bad Wiessee](http://www.schach-bad-wiessee.de) hosts a strong chess tournament every year. It generally has nine rounds. So although I'm not familiar with this exact expression, it is pretty clear that the speaker means that he scored 6 points out of 8 rounds before the final (and ninth) round. I have seen this kind of score being written as 6:2, possibly "six and two going" is the correct way to read this.
  
  Edit: To clarify, the "2" is the number of points missing from a perfect score, not the number of games still to be played. In other sports it might be the number of losses. In chess it can also contain draws i.e. half points.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2020-02-18. Score: 0
  
  It means that he has won 6 and lost two (or equivalent scores with draws included) going into the last round and the game being shown was the last round game.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_7**: again some cowardly bully downvotes a CORRECT answer.  The full statement was clearly that 'I was 6 wins and 2 losses going into the final round game which is being annotated here'  
  > **username_5**: how do you know it's 2 losses and not like 1 loss and 2 draws (so not 6 wins then) ?  
  > **username_8**: We don't. This answer said "(or equivalent scores with draws included)".  
  
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