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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


click for larger view

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
[what is this?]

   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 8 OF 45 ·  Later Kibitzing>
Mar-25-11  OneArmedScissor: hey dude when are you gonna post your pic?
Mar-26-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Wow.My forum has reached 8 pages.But it's not 200 posts yet...

< OneArmedScissor: hey dude when are you gonna post your pic? >

I don't have any pictures of me online.

Mar-29-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: <Penguin> thanks for those gambling links- but where can I find the full list of rankings?

I could only find the top part and the bottom part.

What ranking did you get?

Mar-29-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Not a good ranking. :(
Mar-29-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: <Penguin> is there any story to your user name?

Are you a Pittsburgh Penguin hockey fan?

Here in Korea the penguin is probably the most popular animal.

Possibly because the number one rated animation show is "Pororo," who is a penguin who flies an airplane.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE PENGUINS CAN'T FLY

ahahah

Just curious

Mar-29-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: <Penguin>

Fascinating data on that Winter Leg- the last place finisher here- User: SwitchingQuylthulg- I have a suspicion that he may have been "reverse betting" in a secret plan to deliberately finish last.

Kind of like those people who legally change their last name to be last in the phone book.

For a time, in the Vancouver phone book "Gregory Zzzzzzra" was in last place.

Second to last was "Geoff Zzygzzygy."

Imagine actually changing your name- legally- and then getting bumped off the last position by some other guy.

<Switch> knows a great deal about chess and I believe he is currently the best "Winter Quiz" champion.

Part of why I think he tried to finish last.

Mar-29-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: < jessicafischerqueen: <Penguin> is there any story to your user name? >

I just chose penguin.

Mar-31-11  wordfunph: <Penguincw: Signed up for the chessbookie game yet? I'm ready for a leg of insane betting. Are you?>

ready as ever! as usual, nothin to lose and everything to gain, fight!

Apr-01-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Woo hoo.If I'm not mistaken,this is my 100th day since I first kibitzed on chessgames.com.My account is actually 101 days old today though,but I did not do any kibitzing on Wednesday December 22th,2010.I also did not do any kibitzing from Monday January 3rd,2011-Friday January 8th,2011 cause I was doing something (which is none of your business :) ).

If anyone is curious,here is my first kibitz : Santa Claus.

Here is how much I have kibitzed so far,

December : 66

January : 214

February : 377

March : 1098

April : 8 (so far)

Total : 1763 (so far)

:)

Apr-02-11  wordfunph: 1st salvo..

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Ding Liren vs Yu Yangyi : Yu Yangyi [info] 200 LIVE BET 7:4 2.86 572 Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Hou Yifan vs Zhang Ziyang : Draw [info] 100 LIVE BET 11:4 3.86 386 Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Li Shilong vs Zhao Jun : Zhao Jun [info] 100 LIVE BET 11:4 3.80 380 Apr-02-11

Apr-02-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: BET CONFIRMATION
TICKET #10431573
You have just wagered 200 chessbucks on Hou Yifan
EVENT: Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Bu Xangzhi vs Hou Yifan Good luck!
Apr-02-11  technical draw: I have my first bets in and I already borrowed $500 cbs from the loan shark. (hint: Don't borrow when you're broke because 'ol sharkie will offer you less)
Apr-02-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Aye.Not a good round.Lost 6 chessbucks.Not a good way to start out the leg. :(

Chinese Championship: Rd 4 :Li Chao b vs Zhou Jianchao : Li Chao b [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 13 7:4 2.76 13 Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4 :Li Chao b vs Zhou Jianchao : Zhou Jianchao [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 7:4 2.65 -- Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4 :Li Chao b vs Zhou Jianchao : Draw [discard ticket] 10 LOSE 5:2 3.43 -- Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Ding Liren vs Yu Yangyi : Draw [cash in ticket] 10 YOU WIN! COLLECT 21 8:7 2.14 21 Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Ding Liren vs Yu Yangyi : Yu Yangyi [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 7:4 2.86 -- Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Ding Liren vs Yu Yangyi : Ding Liren [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 7:2 4.62 -- Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Hou Yifan vs Zhang Ziyang : Hou Yifan [discard ticket] 10 LOSE 2:5 1.40 -- Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Hou Yifan vs Zhang Ziyang : Draw [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 19 11:4 3.86 19 Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Hou Yifan vs Zhang Ziyang : Zhang Ziyang [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 19:1 20.17 -- Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Li Shilong vs Zhao Jun : Zhao Jun [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 19 11:4 3.80 19 Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Li Shilong vs Zhao Jun : Li Shilong [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 4:3 2.34 -- Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Li Shilong vs Zhao Jun : Draw [discard ticket] 10 LOSE 2:1 2.93 -- Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Ni Hua vs Bu Xangzhi : Ni Hua [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 22 7:2 4.55 22 Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Ni Hua vs Bu Xangzhi : Bu Xiangzhi [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 9:2 5.54 -- Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Ni Hua vs Bu Xangzhi : Draw [discard ticket] 10 LOSE 3:5 1.59 -- Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Xiu Deshun vs Wang Yue : Draw [cash in ticket] 5 YOU WIN! COLLECT 20 3:1 4.08 20 Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Xiu Deshun vs Wang Yue : Xiu Deshun [discard ticket] 5 LOSE 10:1 10.98 -- Apr-02-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 4: Xiu Deshun vs Wang Yue : Wang Yue [discard ticket] 10 LOSE 4:9 1.45 -- Apr-02-11

Lost 6 chessbucks.Here's what my account looks like now :

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 754 chessbucks
NET WORTH: 994 chessbucks (max bet: 200)

I will wager 720 chessbucks on Round 5. :)

Apr-02-11  technical draw: I won $132 on the first round. Good start, let's see how it ends..
Apr-02-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Congratz < technical draw > *clap* *clap* *clap*. :(
Apr-02-11  wordfunph: <technical draw: I have my first bets in and I already borrowed $500 cbs from the loan shark. (hint: Don't borrow when you're broke because 'ol sharkie will offer you less)>

right, take it from bookie veteran <TD>.

Apr-02-11  wordfunph: <Penguincw: P.S. The bet above was supposed to be an April Fools Day joke. :) Well,you didn't fall for it. :( Here's my real account:>

lol! i really thought you bet $200 for Yu Yangyi..

i won around $350, good start! and long way to go..

Apr-03-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: It's offical.The bets are paid out.And I'm happy

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Bu Xangzhi vs Hou Yifan : Draw [cash in ticket] 50 YOU WIN! COLLECT 84 2:3 1.69 84 Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Bu Xangzhi vs Hou Yifan : Hou Yifan [discard ticket] 20 LOSE 11:2 6.48 -- Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Bu Xangzhi vs Hou Yifan : Bu Xangzhi [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 5:2 3.52 -- Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Wang Yue vs Li Shilong : Wang Yue [cash in ticket] 50 YOU WIN! COLLECT 86 3:4 1.74 86 Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Wang Yue vs Li Shilong : Li Shilong [discard ticket] 20 LOSE 7:1 7.94 -- Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Wang Yue vs Li Shilong : Draw [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 2:1 3.05 -- Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Yu Yangyi vs Ni Hua : Ni Hua [cash in ticket] 50 YOU WIN! COLLECT 216 7:2 4.34 216 Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Yu Yangyi vs Ni Hua : Draw [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 2:3 1.69 -- Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Yu Yangyi vs Ni Hua : Yu Yangyi [discard ticket] 20 LOSE 4:1 4.80 -- Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Zhang Ziyang vs Li Chao b : Zhang Ziyang [discard ticket] 20 LOSE 4:1 4.96 -- Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Zhang Ziyang vs Li Chao b : Draw [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 3:4 1.73 -- Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Zhang Ziyang vs Li Chao b : Li Chao b [cash in ticket] 50 YOU WIN! COLLECT 199 3:1 3.98 199 Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Zhao Jun vs Ding Liren : Draw [cash in ticket] 50 YOU WIN! COLLECT 93 7:8 1.88 93 Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Zhao Jun vs Ding Liren : Ding Liren [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 9:4 3.37 -- Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Zhao Jun vs Ding Liren : Zhao Jun [discard ticket] 20 LOSE 4:1 4.94 -- Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Zhou Jianchao vs Xiu Deshun : Xiu Deshun [discard ticket] 20 LOSE 15:2 8.32 -- Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Zhou Jianchao vs Xiu Deshun : Zhou Jianchao [cash in ticket] 50 YOU WIN! COLLECT 120 7:5 2.41 120 Apr-03-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 5: Zhou Jianchao vs Xiu Deshun : Draw [discard ticket] 50 LOSE 1:1 2.02 -- Apr-03-11

ACCOUNT: Penguincw
FUNDS: 1,072 chessbucks
NET WORTH: 1,072 chessbucks (max bet: 200)

Don't know how much I will bet for the 6th round though.The loan is still only 500.But,my standings will probably go up.Maybe I'll be in the leaderboard. :)

Apr-03-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: 4-1 ON THE GIRL!?

BET CONFIRMATION
TICKET #10431741
You have just wagered 200 chessbucks on Hou Yifan
EVENT: Chinese Championship: Rd 6: Hou Yifan vs Yu Yangyi

Good luck!

Apr-03-11  wordfunph: arghh! i lost around $200, still over 1k anyway..
Apr-03-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: I am only 800 Chess Dollars US funds now.
Apr-03-11  technical draw: <I am only 800 Chess Dollars US funds now.>

You talk funny miss jess. I lose more plenty money. Many chinese player dont know me. I bet chinese player win he lose, I bet lose he win. Don't know what to do, you help ok, miss jess?

Apr-03-11  wordfunph: <Penguincw: I went in the opposite direction that you went in. :) What happened with your tickets?>

$100 jianchao vs xie 1-0 <won>

$100 zhao jun vs ding 1-0 <lost>

$100 yuyangyi vs nihua 1-0 <lost>

$100 wangyue vs lishilong 1-0 <won>

$200 bu vs hou 1-0 <lost>

GM Bu didn't make a headway vs GM Hou in a difficult knight-bishop plus queen endgame and eventually settled for a truce huh!

Apr-04-11  wordfunph: my precious tickets..

Chinese Championship: Rd 6: Wang Yue vs Zhou Jianchao : Draw [info] 200 LIVE BET 3:2 2.53 506 Apr-04-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 6: Hou Yifan vs Yu Yangyi : Yu Yangyi [info] 100 LIVE BET 4:1 4.88 488 Apr-04-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 6: Li Chao b vs Bu Xangzhi : Bu Xangzhi [info] 100 LIVE BET 9:2 5.69 568 Apr-04-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 6: Li Shilong vs Ding Liren : Ding Liren [info] 100 LIVE BET 9:2 5.46 546 Apr-04-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 6: Ni Hua vs Zhao Jun : Draw [info] 100 LIVE BET 1:1 1.93 193 Apr-04-11

Chinese Championship: Rd 6: Xiu Deshun vs Zhang Ziyang : Draw [info] 200 LIVE BET 13:9 2.45 490 Apr-04-11

Apr-04-11  technical draw: Penguin, you're on the leaderboard! No quite in the top ten but 11 is OK, congratulations.
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