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Penguincw
Member since Dec-22-10 · Last seen Nov-09-25
♔ MY PROFILE ♔

I'd like to thank the user who gave me a year of premium services from Feb/14/2012-Feb/14/2013, the user who gave me 3 years of premium services from Dec/26/2015-Dec/26/2018, the user who gave me 2 years of premium services from Dec/31/2018-Dec/31/2020, the user who gave me 3 years of premium services from Dec/25/2020 to Dec/25/2023, the user who gave me 1 year of premium services from Dec/26/2023 to Dec/26/2024, and the user who gave me 1 year of premium services from Dec/26/2024 to Dec/26/2025. :)

??? BIOGRAPHY ???

Outside of chess, I also like to watch sports (who doesn't), and even play sports (even though I'm not great at it). Baseball is by far my favourite sport.

??? GAME COLLECTIONS ???

Penguincw's Game Collections

To view all my collections, see here: Game Collection: 0: Table of Contents.

??? CHESS PUZZLES ???

Here are some chess puzzles I composed. I'm not a very strong composer, but they should be fun to solve nevertheless. However, since my forum won't always be open, I decided to use one of my game collections for that purpose:

Game Collection: Chess Puzzles

Here's a sample:

White to move, mate in three


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Solution: (click on above game collection)

??? ACHIEVEMENTS ???

Here's my short list of achievements on this site (other than achievements relating to the prediction contests, which are listed further below):

966th user to open up their forum.

Became the 45th user to reach 13,000 posts (unofficial).

Only the 2nd user (honour shared with 7 other users) to win a membership from the Santa Claus draw twice.

In the ChessBookie Game, finished first in the Championship 2015 preseason with 1727 cbs, 174 cbs ahead of 2nd place. Also, in the Fall 2014 preseason, I finished in 2nd with 1418 cbs, just 40 cbs behind first at the last known update.

4th user, and 3rd overall (after <SwitchingQuylthulg> (x2), <wordfunph> and <Annie K.>) to run the ChessBookie Game.

At the 2016 Caissar Awards, I was nominated and won the "Most Helpful" award for 2015.

In Spring 2016, I became the 172nd user to qualify for the Championship Leg in the ChessBookie Game, finishing in 10th place with 4,204 cbs. (fact-checking needed)

??? PREDICTION CONTESTS ???

I like competing in the prediction contests, and so far, have won these medals (along with the rank listed):

<Golden Executive>

♔♔♔♕♕♕♕♖♖♖♖♖♖♖ (3 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze; 23rd)

<chessmoron> (hosted by <OhioChessFan>) ♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗ (10 gold, 12 silver, 22 bronze; 10th)

<lostemperor>
♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♖♖♖♖ (7 gold, 4 bronze; 3rd)

<Overall>
♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♔♕♕♕♕♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♘♖♖♖♖♖♖♖♖♖♖♖♗- ♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗♗ (20 gold, 16 silver, 33 bronze; 8th)

Updated through Tata Steel 2018.

<Golden Executive>'s Games Prediction Contest: User: Golden Executive

<chessmoron>'s Moves Prediction Contest (hosted by <OhioChessFan>): User: OhioChessFan

<lostemperor>'s Final Standings Prediction Contest: User: lostemperor

Other Notable Achievements:

Only user to ever win a quadruple crown (London Chess Classic 2011) in the Moves Prediction Contest (or any contest for that matter).

Only user to ever win a Betting title crown in the Games Prediction Contest, and defend it the very next year, same tournament (Tata Steel 2014 & 2015).

First user to ever win a gold medal in each of the 3 contests from the same tournament (Tata Steel 2015).

The 4th user to have won at least 3 golds in 3 different contests (after <chessmoron>, <lostemperor> and <SwitchingQuylthulg>). Members of this club are unofficially considered to be "grandmasters" of the prediction contests.

For the 7th consecutive year (2011-2017), I have won at least one gold medal in one of the contests. I am one of just 6 active users to have done so, the others being <chessmoron>, <cromat>, <lostemperor>, <SwitchingQuylthulg> and <WinKing>.

??? NOTABLE POSTS ???

I've made over 13,000 posts, but not all posts are created equally. In fact, most of them don't have too much value, but here are some of my best posts:

Probably my most "viral" post to date (introducing the now defunct Chessgames Playing Zone The Kibitzer's Café

Probably the first <on the internet> to notice the Original Six sweep the Tampa Bay Lightning were going through during the Stanley Cup playoffs, 2015: Mating Net chessforum.

More posts will be added as time progresses.

Here are some of my favourite posts by <other users> around the site (no reason given to some):

The Kibitzer's Café

SwitchingQuylthulg chessforum

chessgames.com chessforum

<YouRang> describes his Hall of Fame (which I am in): YouRang chessforum

Golden Executive chessforum (kibitz #3235)

More posts will be added as time progresses.

>> Click here to see Penguincw's game collections.

Chessgames.com Full Member
   Current net-worth: 1,457 chessbucks
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   Penguincw has kibitzed 16389 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Oct-23-25 Chessgames - Sports (replies)
 
Penguincw: Hello <keypusher>.
 
   Oct-20-25 Daniel Naroditsky (replies)
 
Penguincw: Heard about it from chess.com https://x.com/chesscom/status/19803... R.I.P. Naroditsky. Gone far too young.
 
   Feb-27-25 Boris Spassky (replies)
 
Penguincw: Rest in peace, Mr. Spassky.
 
   Feb-04-25 lostemperor chessforum
 
Penguincw: Thank you <lostemperor> for hosting this. Happy to come away with a gold. Congrats to the other medalists, hope to see you next time, whenever that may be.
 
   Jan-01-25 Benzol chessforum
 
Penguincw: Dropping by to wish you Happy New Year, <Benzol>.
 
   Dec-26-24 OhioChessFan chessforum (replies)
 
Penguincw: Hi <OCF>. Seasonal greetings to you, my friend.
 
   Dec-25-24 WannaBe chessforum (replies)
 
Penguincw: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, <WannaBe>.
 
   Dec-25-24 juan31 chessforum (replies)
 
Penguincw: Feliz Navidad <juan31>.
 
   Dec-25-24 Golden Executive chessforum
 
Penguincw: Hello <GE>. Merry Christmas to you, your friends, and your family!
 
   Dec-25-24 FSR chessforum (replies)
 
Penguincw: Hello <FSR>. Dropping by to wish you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. :)
 
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March of the Penguins

Kibitzer's Corner
< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 14 OF 45 ·  Later Kibitzing>
Dec-09-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Had an amazing round continuing to get closer to the leaderboard.

London Classic: Rd 6: Anand-Kramnik: Opening : Queen's Gambit Declined [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 16 9:4 3.33 16 Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Anand-Kramnik: Opening : Ruy Lopez [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 5:2 3.60 -- Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Anand-Kramnik: Opening : Petroff [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 7:2 4.38 -- Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Anand-Kramnik: Opening : Sicilian [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 66:1 67.46 -- Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Adams-Aronian : Aronian [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 9:4 3.27 -- Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Adams-Aronian : Draw [cash in ticket] 200 YOU WIN! COLLECT 316 4:7 1.58 316 Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Anand-Kramnik : Draw [cash in ticket] 400 YOU WIN! COLLECT 557 2:5 1.39 557 Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Anand-Kramnik : Anand [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 9:2 5.49 -- Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Daily Double : Draw-White [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 9:1 9.86 -- Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Daily Double : White-Draw [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 10:1 10.45 -- Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Daily Double : White-White [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 24:1 24.90 -- Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Daily Double : Draw-Draw [cash in ticket] 20 YOU WIN! COLLECT 59 2:1 2.99 59 Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Howell-Short : Draw [cash in ticket] 200 YOU WIN! COLLECT 440 6:5 2.20 440 Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Howell-Short : Howell [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 11:4 3.64 -- Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: McShane-Nakamura : Draw [cash in ticket] 200 YOU WIN! COLLECT 356 7:9 1.78 356 Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: McShane-Nakamura : McShane [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 4:1 4.97 -- Dec-09-11

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 2,091 chessbucks
NET WORTH: 2,401 chessbucks (max bet: 500)

This day is awesome. New "career" highs. Can this day get any better? Hmm.

< My Predictions >

< Adams - Aronian 1/2-1/2 40 Anand - Kramnik 1/2-1/2 31
Howell - Short 1/2-1/2 42
McShane - Nakamura 1/2-1/2 50 >

< Actual >

< Adams - Aronian 1/2-1/2 34
Anand - Kramnik 1/2-1/2 39
Howell - Short 1/2-1/2 36
McShane - Nakamura 1/2-1/2 31 >

Some what close.

Dec-09-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Whoops. Forgot something. I wanted to tell the LoanShark about my awesome day but all he did we talk.

< Well Penguincw, I see you could use a line of credit. How does a nice 1,250 chessbuck loan sound?

The terms are simple. For each 100 chessbucks you borrow, I tack on another chessbuck interest. Daily.

So what do you say, pal--do we open an account for you now?

Accept 1,250 chessbuck loan? >

Dec-09-11  wordfunph: lucky 6th round..

<London Classic: Rd 6: Adams-Aronian : Draw [cash in ticket] 1000 YOU WIN! COLLECT 1582 4:7 1.58 1,582 Dec-09-11>

London Classic: Rd 6: Anand-Kramnik : Kramnik [discard ticket] 100 LOSE 7:1 8.08 -- Dec-09-11

London Classic: Rd 6: Anand-Kramnik : Anand [discard ticket] 100 LOSE 9:2 5.49 -- Dec-09-11

<London Classic: Rd 6: Daily Double : Draw-Draw [cash in ticket] 1000 YOU WIN! COLLECT 2987 2:1 2.99 2,987 Dec-09-11>

<London Classic: Rd 6: Howell-Short : Draw [cash in ticket] 500 YOU WIN! COLLECT 1102 6:5 2.20 1,102 Dec-09-11>

<London Classic: Rd 6: McShane-Nakamura : Draw [cash in ticket] 585 YOU WIN! COLLECT 1041 7:9 1.78 1,041 Dec-09-11>

+3,427

net worth: 1,774

Dec-09-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: This is going to be my last kibitz of the day. Another huge day of posts for me. This is no. 100 for today. I went from 2596-2696. Most of them came from McShane vs Nakamura, 2011. My kibitzes per day is now up to 7.11. Getting there. Now time for puzzle solutions for those of you who are actually stumped or just want to know the answer.

Puzzle #1
White to move, mate in 2.


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It's all forced starting with 1.♘f6+


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1...♔h6 (only move)


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2.♖h7# 1-0. It's checkmate. The bishop pins the knight on g5 so it can't capture. The knight on f6 defends the rook (as well as the bishop) and the rook covers the rest of the squares.


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Puzzle #2
Black to move, mate in 1


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1...♕c2# 0-1. It's simple. The rook defends the queen, and the queen on "d2" is pinned because of the bishop on "h6".


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Note: It's a composed position. It's impossible so don't try to play out chess and try to figure it out. Hope you enjoyed the puzzles and I'll try to post some more soon. They may be amateur like, but I'm just a beginner.

Dec-09-11  wordfunph: <Penguincw: I'm assuming that's before any interest. What's your current loan anyways?>

FUNDS: 0 chessbucks
LOAN: 5,468
NET WORTH: 1,829 chessbucks (max bet: 1500)

1,774 after interest

<Penguincw: Don't forget about the Chessgames Present Hunt Clues Page. Starts in 4 hours.>

thank you.

Dec-10-11  Birthday Boy: Nice puzzle compositions. I manage to solve the mate in one puzzle. lol
Dec-10-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: < Birthday Boy: Nice puzzle compositions. I manage to solve the mate in one puzzle. lol >

Thanks.

Dec-10-11  wordfunph: <Penguincw: How did you get to 1500 max. bet?>

i have plenty of "unclaimed" won chessbucks and normally maintain my funds at zero.

Dec-10-11  wordfunph: <Peng>

bad 7th round :(

hope you did well..

Dec-10-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Still waiting. :(

If they don't pay out within approx. 15 minutes, I'm going with Plan B.

Dec-10-11  wordfunph: may i know your Plan B? :)
Dec-11-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Looking good (for some of them).

< Round 8
Anand - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 35
Howell - Aronian 1/2-1/2 40
McShane - Kramnik 1/2-1/2 46
Nakamura - Short 1/2-1/2 37 >

< Actual Round 8

Anand - Carlsen 1/2-1/2 33
Howell - Aronian 1/2-1/2 54
McShane - Kramnik - 49
Nakamura - Short - 64 >

Dec-11-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Round 7 tickets are out. :)

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Aronian vs Anand : Draw [cash in ticket] 500 YOU WIN! COLLECT 744 1:2 1.49 744 Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Aronian vs Anand : Aronian [discard ticket] 25 LOSE 3:1 4.22 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Carlsen vs Adams : Draw [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 3:2 2.47 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Carlsen vs Adams : Carlsen [cash in ticket] 150 YOU WIN! COLLECT 262 3:4 1.75 262 Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Carlsen vs Adams: First Move : OTHER [discard ticket] 6 LOSE 11:2 6.62 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Carlsen vs Adams: First Move : 1.e4 [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 7:4 2.77 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Carlsen vs Adams: First Move : 1.d4 [cash in ticket] 25 YOU WIN! COLLECT 58 4:3 2.33 58 Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Kramnik vs Howell : Kramnik [cash in ticket] 175 YOU WIN! COLLECT 274 4:7 1.57 274 Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Kramnik vs Howell : Draw [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 7:4 2.75 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Pick Three : White-Draw-Draw [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 11:2 6.56 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Pick Three : Draw-Draw-White [discard ticket] 8 LOSE 10:1 11.23 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Pick Three : White-White-White [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 11:2 6.61 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Pick Three : Draw-White-Draw [discard ticket] 2 LOSE 20:1 21.24 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Pick Three : White-White-Draw [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 21:1 22.39 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Pick Three : Draw-White-White [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 17:1 17.69 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Pick Three : White-Draw-White [cash in ticket] 75 YOU WIN! COLLECT 288 11:4 3.84 288 Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Pick Three : Draw-Draw-Draw [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 10:1 10.58 -- Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Short vs McShane : McShane [cash in ticket] 10 YOU WIN! COLLECT 26 3:2 2.61 26 Dec-10-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 7: Short vs McShane : Draw [discard ticket] 206 LOSE 8:9 1.89 -- Dec-10-11

:)

New account

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 0 chessbucks
LOAN: 476
NET WORTH: 2,837 chessbucks (max bet: 1000)

Hmm. I can bet up to a 1000 now. Interesting.

Dec-11-11  brankat: Wow! You sure have a heck of a Profile :-)
Dec-11-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: < brankat: Wow! You sure have a heck of a Profile :-) >

I know.

Dec-11-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Round 8 out. :)

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Anand vs Carlsen : Anand [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 8:1 8.98 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Anand vs Carlsen : Draw [cash in ticket] 500 YOU WIN! COLLECT 644 2:7 1.29 644 Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Howell vs Aronian : Aronian [discard ticket] 10 LOSE 5:9 1.55 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Howell vs Aronian : Draw [cash in ticket] 175 YOU WIN! COLLECT 574 9:4 3.28 574 Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: McShane vs Kramnik : McShane [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 12:1 12.99 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: McShane vs Kramnik : Draw [discard ticket] 400 LOSE 1:3 1.36 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Nakamura vs Short : Nakamura [discard ticket] 30 LOSE 4:5 1.79 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Nakamura vs Short : Draw [cash in ticket] 150 YOU WIN! COLLECT 443 2:1 2.96 443 Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Pick Three : White-White-White [discard ticket] 2 LOSE 32:1 33.33 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Pick Three : White-White-Draw [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 193:1 193.77 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Pick Three : White-Draw-White [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 53:1 53.63 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Pick Three : Draw-White-White [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 22:1 22.94 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Pick Three : White-Draw-Draw [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 60:1 61.47 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Pick Three : Draw-White-Draw [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 22:1 23.37 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Pick Three : Draw-Draw-White [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 2:1 2.98 -- Dec-11-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 8: Pick Three : Draw-Draw-Draw [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 9:2 5.26 -- Dec-11-11

Before the McShane - Kramnik bet and Pick 3 came out, my max. bet was 1500 and my loan was 2000.

But now.

< ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 2,837 chessbucks
NET WORTH: 3,147 chessbucks (max bet: 1000) >

Still a great account. :)

Plus, I went to talk to the loanshark and

< Well Penguincw, I see you could use a line of credit. How does a nice 1,500 chessbuck loan sound?

The terms are simple. For each 100 chessbucks you borrow, I tack on another chessbuck interest. Daily.

So what do you say, pal--do we open an account for you now?

Accept 1,500 chessbuck loan? >

I hope I can hang on for the final round.

Dec-11-11  wordfunph: <How was your bet? Did you heal a four leaf clover or destroyed a mirror?>

Peng, good 8th round..

ACCOUNT: wordfunph
FUNDS: 0 chessbucks
LOAN: 3,391
NET WORTH: 2,570 chessbucks (max bet: 2000)

all-in for tonight's last round, goodluck..

Dec-12-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: This just made my day. :)

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Kramnik vs Aronian : Draw [cash in ticket] 750 YOU WIN! COLLECT 1064 3:7 1.42 1,064 Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Kramnik vs Aronian : Aronian [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 11:2 6.51 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: McShane vs Anand : McShane [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 11:4 3.84 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: McShane vs Anand : Draw [cash in ticket] 400 YOU WIN! COLLECT 657 2:3 1.64 657 Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Nakamura vs Adams : Draw [discard ticket] 250 LOSE 5:4 2.27 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Nakamura vs Adams : Nakamura [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 10 7:6 2.18 10 Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Pick Three : White-Draw-Black [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 6:1 7.23 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Pick Three : White-White-Draw [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 69:1 69.61 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Pick Three : White-White-Black [discard ticket] 2 LOSE 45:1 45.66 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Pick Three : Draw-Draw-Draw [discard ticket] 100 LOSE 6:1 7.22 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Pick Three : Draw-White-Draw [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 52 10:1 10.40 52 Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Pick Three : White-Draw-Draw [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 32:1 33.18 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Pick Three : Draw-Draw-Black [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 7:1 8.01 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Pick Three : White-Draw-Draw [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 32:1 33.18 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Pick Three : Draw-White-Black [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 8:1 8.78 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Short vs Carlsen : Carlsen [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 2:3 1.69 -- Dec-12-11

London Chess Classic: Rd 9: Short vs Carlsen : Draw [cash in ticket] 175 YOU WIN! COLLECT 485 7:4 2.77 485 Dec-12-11

London Classic: QUINELLA : Carlsen-Aronian [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 2:1 3.06 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: QUINELLA : Carlsen-Anand [discard ticket] 25 LOSE 9:1 9.94 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: QUINELLA : Anand-McShane [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 260:1 261.49 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: QUINELLA : Carlen-McShane [discard ticket] 10 LOSE 57:1 57.72 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: QUINELLA : Carlsen-Kramnik [discard ticket] 20 LOSE 5:1 6.16 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: WINNER : Anand [discard ticket] 23 LOSE 13:2 7.47 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: WINNER : Adams [discard ticket] 6 LOSE 68:1 68.53 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: WINNER : McShane [discard ticket] 10 LOSE 71:1 71.62 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: WINNER : Nakamura [discard ticket] 10 LOSE 19:1 19.69 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: WINNER : Kramnik [cash in ticket] 15 YOU WIN! COLLECT 91 5:1 6.09 91 Dec-12-11

London Classic: WINNER : Howell [discard ticket] 3 LOSE 481:1 481.52 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: WINNER : Short [discard ticket] 6 LOSE 112:1 112.73 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: WINNER : Aronian [discard ticket] 27 LOSE 7:2 4.67 -- Dec-12-11

London Classic: WINNER : Carlsen [discard ticket] 100 LOSE 9:7 2.29 -- Dec-12-11

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 3,470 chessbucks
NET WORTH: 3,470 chessbucks (max bet: 1000)

Loan and max.bet still the same. I could be on the leaderboard. Probably not though. :( If I am, please be the end of the leg. If I'm not, please be another tournament.

Dec-12-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: As soon as I got home, I turned on my computer and went to chessgames.com. After checking the Bookie Game, I went to OhioChessFan's contest and look what I saw:

< chessmoron: ♔
<WINNER'S CORNER>

♔♔♔♔ <Penguincw> (First ever 4! Gold grab) LCC11:StdMvRnk(1t) + BonusRnk(1) + StdMv/Bonus(1) + 1stRanker(1t)>

Makes me have a good feeling. :) Earlier today, I played a few casual games with someone and boy they cheated all the way. For instance, when he blundered a queen away to a bishop, it took me more than 5 minutes to make him settle down because he wanted to take my queen (even though it wasn't under attack). Here was the position.

Black to move.


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Dec-12-11  wordfunph: <How was Round 9? Was it a friend or foe? Do you still owe the Loanshark?>

good 9th round..

ACCOUNT: wordfunph
FUNDS: 4,570 chessbucks
NET WORTH: 4,570 chessbucks (max bet: 2000)

my 2k Short-Carlsen draw bet did the trick :)

Dec-13-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Not leaderboard. :(

< 16. Penguincw 3,470 >

I'm watching my back.

< 17. Blunderdome 3,170 >

While eyeing who's ahead of me.

< 15. TheFocus 3,581 >

Dec-13-11  wordfunph: ohhhh..it's 6am here.

good eve and i wish you qualify.

Dec-13-11  TheFocus: <Penguincw> Good luck to both of us!!
Dec-14-11  Robin01: <Penguincw>This was like my worst leg of the bookie game ever. Every bet I placed like lost. Oh, well, onto the next one.
Dec-14-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Quick Chess Puzzle. Pretty easy too.

Black to move, mate in 1


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