Sneaky Member since Jan-19-02 · Last seen Nov-17-09 I live in South Florida USA. Rated USCF ~1800 A long time ago I was a new player in a Miami chess park, and one of the stronger players thought I had real talent, so he suggested that I play the park champ, a Cuban master. After the master destroyed me in a few blitz games, the question was posed, "Is he any good?" The answer I took as a great compliment: "Ehh... he tries to be sneaky." The greatest chess player of all time is Robert James Fischer. The greatest chess problemist of all time is Sam Loyd. The greatest chess site of all time is chessgames.com! Other players who I admire: <Morphy> Possibly the greatest natural chess talent ever. Like Steinitz who followed, he taught the world how the game should really be played. <Najdorf> He was smart enough to make his money outside of chess, so he played for the pure joy of it. <Tal> Proved that even in the modern era, chess is an art more than a science. <Blackburne> Sacrificed his queen more times than I've had hot meals. <Diemer> One of the most original thinkers the game ever has known. His ideas were not always right, but they were HIS ideas. <Topalov> He hates draws so much he'll gladly risk losing to avoid one. I can forgive him for the Elista debacle; his chess is payment enough. <Lembit Oll> When on the attack, Lembit Oll said "Dambit All!" <Kasparov> Strive for perfection, one move at a time. <Alekhine> Swashbuckling play culminating in booming sacrifices. And countless others: Nezhmetdinov, Shirov, Nunn, Shabalov, Nakamura, Carlsen, basically, anybody with cojones. You can find me on FICS (freechess.org) ... and lately, on ICC as well. I'll gladly play anybody within 1000 points of my rating.

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Sneaky has kibitzed 10942 times to chessgames   [more...]

Nov-15-09 Battle of the Brains 3, 2009     Nov-14-09 Leko vs Carlsen, 2009    Sneaky: When the eternal optimist gives up hope, you know it's time to resign.      Nov-13-09 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 2009    Sneaky: First! (The Devil made me do it.)      Nov-11-09 Kramnik vs Ponomariov, 2009    Sneaky: <We hope to see you all back> I'm there, dude.      Nov-11-09 Carlsen vs Anand, 2009    Sneaky: <DEEPERGRAY: how anout g5? crazy no> Huh? g5 in what variation? If you were thinking of ...g6 as an answer to 34.Qf8+ Kh7 35.Qf5+ then yes it's quite crazy. So crazy that the World Champion would get mated in a few moves starting with with Rf7+.      Nov-10-09 Gelfand vs Kramnik, 2009    Sneaky: This reminds me of a Capablanca game where it was "theoretically drawn" but all it takes is one wrong move to lose to "the chess machine". And sure enough, J.R. won. Likewise, Kramnik will pounce on the slightest mistake here. He lives for rook endings.      Nov-08-09 Kramnik vs Svidler, 2009    Sneaky: <Eyal> Haha that's precious, for those not following our jibba jabba he is saying that in one variation we could get to this position [DIAGRAM] And 99 out of 100 players would instantly "capture the rook with check" but ironically that would botch everything up! Instead the ...      Nov-08-09 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2009    Sneaky: I found it: <"I have never had the satisfaction of beating a completely healthy opponent" would probably have been a witticism of Tartakower, except that Amos Burn was able to say it already in the 19th century. You win a game, and afterwards the opponent says he was indisposed. ...      Nov-08-09 A Karpov Fan chessforum    ...      Nov-07-09 Chessgames Bookie chessforum    Sneaky: I'm third from the top << 312. Sneaky -3,751 313. Robin01 -3,834 314. Winter -4,398 >> ...if you stand on your head. If those two make a few smart bets I'll be the cellar king. The sad thing is that I'm really trying to win.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 51 OF 51 ·  Later Kibitzing > Mar-07-09    Sneaky: I found the screenplays to the old Twin Peaks show online. Here's a relevant scene. << 16. INT. TRUMAN'S OFFICE - DAY [ Close on the chess board set found with the body. We slowly circle it, coming to Cooper, intently staring at it. Coffee cup in hand. Harry joins him. ] TRUMAN: How does chess figure into all this? [ Cooper studies the board for a moment, then looks at Harry. ] COOPER: Because we played a game every day for three years. Windom felt all of life could be found in the patterns and conflicts created on the board. And because I never beat him, and we both know it. Now I have to make my next move. > http://anniecordier.chez.com/serie/... Mar-13-09    Silverstrike: <Sneaky> 19.Kg2 Mar-13-09    Sneaky: <Silver> 19...Qxd3 Mar-18-09    Sneaky: <Silverstrike> Take your time--no rush at all. I'm going to leave town for a couple of days so if you move I probably won't see it until I get back anyhow. Mar-22-09    Silverstrike: 20.Rad1 Mar-26-09    Sneaky: <Silverstrike> 20...Qe2+ <if-move> If 21.Kh3, then I reply 21...f5 Mar-26-09    Silverstrike: 0-1, I'm not gonna survive much longer. Well played, and thanks for the game :-) So that makes it 1-1 now - I think a tiebreaker is called for ;-) Mar-26-09    Sneaky: <<< handshake >>> For the benefit of the audience, I have to illustrate the grizzly fate which awaited you: After 21.Kh3 (virtually forced) f5 22.Qxb7 (for example) then comes ...Nh4! click for larger view And I believe that mate is unavoidable. Sorry, I'm not trying to rub it in, I just thought ...Nh4! is a pretty move there. Of course Black could also win just by pushing the central pawn mass. Yes, I agree a rematch is in order. So far it seems that we're proving that "Black is OK". Mar-26-09    Silverstrike: *handshake* A great game, and I don't feel that you're rubbing it in in the least - indeed ...Nh4 is a pretty move. It's an interesting opening and an interesting game; I'm interested on what lies beneath the stones that strong analysis will upturn. Let me know when you're up for a tie-break! Apr-01-09    Sneaky: The opening debate of our game is 11.f4!? Is that line reasonable or did I really refute it? Maybe the real mistake came later. I do know that Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov says that the "Lowenthal Sicilian" is busted and that the refutation lies in the 8.Qc7 line. I don't know the specific line that he was referring to, but I don't doubt him for a minute. Frankly I agree with him that it's busted, but in my opinion the bust is in the 8.Qxf6 variation. Of course it's possible that the opening is refutable in more ways than one ;-) I am always loathe to show people the 8.Qxf6 bust, since it's the one variation that makes me think that it's not a good idea to play the Lowenthal Sicilian in correspondence play. Apr-01-09    Sneaky: <I am always loathe to show people the 8.Qxf6 bust...> I should add to that, but I will show it to anybody upon request, because in chess, the cold hard truth ought to come before all other considerations. It's a line that I found in an old copy of MCO, I don't think it's actually been played over the board, but it is the reason (or one of the reasons) why we don't see GMs play the opening in modern tournaments. Apr-17-09    GeauxCool: Thanks for the anecdote, it really made my day! May-14-09    Sneaky: I assume you mean the anecdote in my profile? Thanks. I wonder what became of some of those people who used to hang out at that chess park in Miami's South Beach. It was a rather unsavory place, to tell the truth. A lot of homeless people used it as a shelter at night, people would panhandle, con-men would look for their "marks", and kids on bicycles would drive through and discretely sell little bags of marijuana. But I never saw any violence take place, and I never saw any hard drugs there, so I felt comfortable. I met a lot of interesting characters at that place. May-18-09    Open Defence: heh! thanks, that pic was taken about 10 years ago... I hope to have not aged significantly since then :) Jun-05-09    GeauxCool: My dad had a friend who lived in Homestead, who's home was totally destroyed by hurricane Andrew. He said that the criminal element wasn't so bad in Miami, either. That more cash changed hands over dominoes than over drugs. Anyway, thanks for THAT anecdote as well. I was originally referring to the John Medeski story - quite entertaining! Jun-07-09    Sneaky: < I was originally referring to the John Medeski story - quite entertaining!> Ohhhh, THAT anecdote. Yes I find it amusing as well. Medeski was one of those kids so full of talent that nobody had any doubt that one day he would etch out a name for himself in the jazz world. In fact, as a child of single mother, my mother was dating a doctor for a while who was also an amateur jazz musician (a trumpeter). The good doctor told me one day "I'm going to jam tonight with one of your schoolmates. This kid one day will be world-class. WORLD CLASS I TELL YOU!" When I heard that Medeski had become the leader of the one the most popular modern jazz bands, it made me smile, but it didn't surprise me in the least. I've never seen him play live, but I've seen videos on the internet. He certainly never "sold out"; he plays hardcore jazz for hardcore jazz fans. Those who don't get his music probably never will, and I'm sure that's fine with John. Jul-22-09    Knight13: <Sneaky> Hey, I live in Florida too! Do you still play over-the-board? Any chance you played in US Class Championship in Boca Raton this past weekend? :-) Aug-28-09    Sneaky: <Sneaky> <Hey, I live in Florida too!> Do you? I didn't know that! <Do you still play over-the-board?> Only with friends lately, but I would be up for a chess tournament. <Any chance you played in US Class Championship in Boca Raton this past weekend?> Oh man did I miss that? I thought there was some big event coming up soon in Florida. Labor Day weekend is always good for chess. Sep-09-09    Sneaky: <Twin Peak fans> Here's the best photo of that "fashionable young bachelor" that madlydeeply and I have been going on about: http://nsa01.casimages.com/img/2008... hahahaha oh my God, it makes me want to watch the two seasons all over again. Oct-01-09    SirChrislov: Hey there. just swingin by to ask if you got any of that "tobacco". I was told by user <I like Fruits> this was the place to get that "stuff". nah, I was just reading page #1 of your forum. I'm Chris, pleased to meet you Sir<Sneaky> Oct-02-09    Sneaky: Hehe me and <I Like Fruits> have been growing our own "Whacky Tobaccy" in my back yard lately. With the new Obama sin taxes we have to do our part to stay financially afloat. Wonder what's with all of these black helicopters flying around?? And why do they all say IDEA on them? :-D Oct-02-09    Sneaky: Oh wait, that's not the letter "I" that's just the side mounted machine-gun. Whew, for a second I was worried. Oct-09-09    technical draw: Um, <sneaky> I have noticed that you are dead last in the chess bookie rankings. Which means I am proudly ahead of you like everybody else! You just resting for the finals? Oct-10-09    eightsquare: <Sneaky> You sure are dead last in the chess bookie rankings. :) BTW , nice game collections. And a "Sneaky" avatar!! Oct-17-09    Sneaky: I guess it's my style. I make more and more radical bets until I'm either "worst or first". Well I qualified for the finals last leg so if I don't place #1 it doesn't really matter where I place. I guess there is a strange pride in being the absolute cellar-dweller. All it takes is to log in daily and make some really bad decisions. Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 51) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 51 OF 51 ·  Later Kibitzing >		a real life chess murder mystery

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