cu8sfan Member since Mar-22-04 I live in <♖Switzerland♖>. I've been playing chess since I was eight with some breaks in between. Winner of Time Magazine Person of the Year, 2006 If you're new to this site these are some places you should check out to find out what we do on this site: Oleg Romanishin, City of Moscow, Raymond Keene, [bad player ID], Beer, Raymond Weinstein, John Homer Stapfer, Charles H Storey, Game Collection: Chessgames.com members in action, User: nikolaas Before I forget: Chess isn't my only passion. <Go Cubs!> <WORLD SERIES CHAMPION 2016> -- And I was there! ♔♕♖♗♘♙♘♗♖♕♔♕♖♗♘♙♘♗♖♕♔♕♖♗♘♙♘♗♖♕♔♕♖♗♘♙♘♗♖

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Feb-27-25 Boris Spassky    cu8sfan: Rest in peace, Boris Spassky! I will never forget playing against him in a simul in Zurich.      Jul-13-20 Denker vs D MacMurray, 1932    cu8sfan: This is like Deja-vu all over again!      Mar-11-19 Penguincw chessforum    cu8sfan: Thank you for your kind words on my forum. I have been so busy this year, I never had the chance to check in here on cg.com. I hope the situation has calmed down a bit. At least it seems like the difficulty level of the PotD has been fixed, I now can solve Mondays and sometimes ...      Aug-23-18 N Arora vs B Samhouri, 2008    cu8sfan: I'd go for 32. ... ♖e1. For some reasons, that's the version I find more pleasing to the eye.      Aug-21-18 Helmut Pfleger    cu8sfan: <Pyke> Same here. I have fond memories of watching him on TV talking chess. Remember, chess on TV?!      Aug-21-18 cu8sfan chessforum    cu8sfan: The travellers trotted on, and as the sun began to sink towards the White Downs far away on the western horizon they came to Bywater by its wide pool; and there they had their first really painful shock. This was Frodo and Sam’s own country, and they found out now that they cared ...      Aug-20-18 Sneaky chessforum    cu8sfan: <thegoodanarchist: <Sneaky: In the early days I remember Honza Cervenka, refutor, Knight13, GWGriffiths, pawntificator. Lots of people I can't recall, of course. If you cruise the first few hundred pages of the café you can see them. (Way back then, people actually discussed ...      Aug-20-18 Daniel Freeman    cu8sfan: O my... I was away for a while, sometimes lurking on the site but not posting very often. Then these last couple of weeks I was really away and when I come back I get hit with the news. I am very sad to hear of Daniel's passing. We have interacted a couple of times when I was more ...      Aug-13-18 Topalov vs So, 2016    cu8sfan: Is it just me or is this the second Monday in a row that was awfully hard?      Aug-06-18 K Rohonyan vs A L'Ami, 2008    cu8sfan: Wow, that was difficult, even for me!

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 35 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-27-07    cu8sfan: <You're traveling to Amman, Jordan? A neat trip. I recommend that you go see Petra, if you haven't seen it before. Amazing place.> Yes, we're going to see Petra. It's in the run for one of the new world wonders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Se...). We're also going to take a bath in the Dead Sea. Feb-27-07    YouRang: <We're also going to take a bath in the Dead Sea.> Ah yes, floating on the water like a cork is another trippy experience. I hope the showers work. :-) Mar-05-07    suenteus po 147: <cu8sfan> Would you be interested in joining a chessgames.com kibitzers-only invitational tournament? A position is yours if you want it: http://gameknot.com/mt.pl?id=20338 Drop me a post on my chessforum if you're interested. Mar-06-07    acirce: Say NO to war and occupation! Switzerland out of Liechtenstein! Down with Swiss imperialism! http://news.aol.com/topnews/article... Mar-06-07    cu8sfan: <acirce> Lol! Such an incident happens every other year. But honestly, Switzerland must be one of just a few countries that has won territory in WWII. We took a hill from Liechtenstein because we needed it to complete our fortresses in the mountains. I've heard this story several times but am yet to see any written confirmation. Apr-02-07    cu8sfan: Well, well, well... New season, 1st inning, and the Cubs give up a 2 run homerun. Different year, same Cubs. Apr-02-07    WannaBe: <cu8sfan> The Cubs will be sold, after this season is completed. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/... Apr-09-07    cu8sfan: Jaaaaaa!!!!! DAVOS isch Maischter!!! http://www.hcd.ch Apr-24-07    chessamateur: <cu8sfan> Don't give up hope! If the Red Sox won it and then the White Sox won it, the Cubs must be next in line, right? Oh yeah then the hated Cardinals won it and Mark Prior and Kerry Wood being on the DL doesn't help either. It's hard being a Cubs fan, but I wish them the best of luck. Their fans deserve a championship after all these years. Good luck Cubs in 2007! Jun-04-07    WannaBe: <cu8sfan> ! Good game on GK.com, I fell asleep at the wheel (again!) <DrDum>, <you vs yourself> and I had a great time at the ball park, <DrDum> and I got there early, so we had a few brews, and got in early, sat on the patio and chatted with some great locals. This is our (<DrDum> and I) first time to Wrigley, and the atmosphere was just great. Gonna try to make it to New York for Yankee Stadium's last year. Gotta see it, before it gets demolished. If this is going to be the Cubs year, they need to get their act together, and quickly. Jun-10-07    cheski: <cu8sfan:> (-: = :-) The Wimbledon syndrome? Jun-11-07    cu8sfan: <cheski> You've got to help me here, what is Wimbledon Syndrome? All my emoticons are left-handed, just like I am. Jun-11-07    cheski: Good morning, Watching a tennis match? Ping -Pong. Your lefthanded (-: in a righthanded world, stuck in my eye, even without reading the comment in question. BTW, do you play free cell on our PC? Move your cursor over the little head in the middle of the top: that is virtual Wimbledon Syndrome. How are things? Jun-17-07    talisman: <cu8sfan> google Morning Advocate Baton Rouge... tomorrow ... 6/17(Sunday) ...go to Sports and I'll be talking about THE RIOT in Robin Fambrough's column. Jun-27-07    WannaBe: Cubs are the hottest team in baseball, with a 6 game winning streak!! This all happened after they traded the catcher... If they can play well and get some momentum going, they'll be an interesting team after the All-Star break. Jun-28-07    Chess Classics: Yeah, but the Cubs are about to play a series against the Brewers, who are pretty hot themselves. At least, though, we've still retained a shot at the division, even if it's a long one. Regards, CC Jun-28-07    cu8sfan: <Cubs are the hottest team in baseball, with a 6 game winning streak!!> Well, they're not even in the Fab 15: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/news/fab_fif.... Maybe next week. (-: I don't know, should I be happy that they're doing good, winning 6 in a row and being only 7.5 out of first or should I worry that they're still playing sub-500 baseball. And what about the June swoon when they have to play afternoon games in the blazing summer heat... LET'S GO CUBS!!! Jun-29-07    YouRang: Hah! I noticed you talking about the Cubs, so I switched over to mlb.com to see how they were doing. I tuned into the "gameday" page for the Cubs-Brewers game just in time to see the bottom of the ninth. The Cubs were trailing 5-3, but they got a couple of singles to put runners on 1st and 3rd with one out. Then Lee hit a sac fly to make it 5-4, and with two out, Ramirez socked a two-run homer to win it for the Cubs, 5-6! Now what are the chances of that? Jun-30-07    Chess Classics: Walk-off jack by Ramirez! Only 6.5 back now! Woo! 7 in a row! Regards, CC Jul-03-07    cu8sfan: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/news/fab_fif.... Now they're in. Just barely but they're in. These Cubs are on a roll! It's good to see them winning at last. May be April/May were a fluke. Jul-03-07    chessmoron: <cu8sfan> You going to Biel this year? If so, bring back a picture of Bu Xiangzhi plz. Thanks! Jul-03-07    cu8sfan: <chessmoron: <cu8sfan> You going to Biel this year? If so, bring back a picture of Bu Xiangzhi plz. Thanks!> Unfortunately, my tight schedule and private commitments will not allow even a kibitzing visit this year. )-: Jul-03-07    WannaBe: Congrats to your fellow countrymen: http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/ac07/... Jul-03-07    YouRang: I'm on a roll! Last week I tuned in just in time to see the Cubs make a dramatic come-back against the Brewers. Then, last night I went to the gym to play some racquetball, and on my way out I caught the Dodger-Braves game playing on a TV in the break room. It was tied 1-1 in the sixth inning with 2 out and bases empty. But then a batter reached first on a strike-out (!) [batter swung and missed for 3rd strike, but the got away from the catcher so the batter reached first safely]. Then Kemp comes up and blasts a two-run homer to put the Dodgers up 3-1! (I found out later that the Dodgers won.) I should sell my "good luck charm" services. :-) Jul-04-07    cu8sfan: <I should sell my "good luck charm" services.> Doesn't look like the Cubs are in need of them any time soon. (-: O blast, I jinxed them! <Congrats to your fellow countrymen> What a great finish that was yesterday! They won by one second. Winning the America's Cup twice is quite a feat for a landlocked country. (And yes, I know that all the important sailors on board are not Swiss...) 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