Sneaky Member since Jan-19-02 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, basically, anybody with cojones. Addendum 2015: <Magnus Carlsen> has to be on the list. He's a modern day Casablanca. The way he squeezes wins out of the tiniest advantages and grinds his opponents down through sheer stamina is right up there with Robert James. 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. I also really like the site http://www.lichess.org but so far have only played anonymously.

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Jul-21-18 Kramnik vs Giri, 2018    Sneaky: I like the new Giri photo. Sharp dressed young grandmaster.      Jul-21-18 Duda vs Nepomniachtchi, 2018    Sneaky: For those who care what engines think... 52.b4! retains the initiative according to Stockfish. If true, that’s a hard move to see. And I’m not sure if it isn’t just having horizon blindness. It’s in love with the idea of getting Qa2+ in.      Jul-20-18 Biographer Bistro    Sneaky: <if I said "I live 90 minutes from Miami" I am not being ambiguous.> That's entirely ambiguous! 90 minutes by airplane? By automobile? By foot?      Jul-20-18 Chessgames Bookie chessforum    Sneaky: The first music I ever owned in my life were two eight track tapes my mother gave me. One was the Eagle’s Greatest Hits; the other was Pink Floyd’s Animals.      Jul-20-18 Nepomniachtchi vs Kramnik, 2018    Sneaky: <Marmot PFL: <c5/d5 are “hanging pawns” right?> Not really, black doesn't have an open c-file.> You are colorectal. (I’m sorry, I meant “correct.” Stupid auto-colorectal.)      Jul-18-18 Kramnik vs Duda, 2018    Sneaky: Who is it who mockingly said “All rook endings are drawn?”      Jul-10-18 Dortmund Sparkassen (2018)    Sneaky: Coors is like making love in a canoe. It’s ****ing close to water.      Jul-03-18 S Vaibhav vs Carlsen, 2018    Sneaky: <vabe vs vibe> ssssshhhh... don't spoil morf's fun. He lives for this stuff. So what's White's error here? I've never seen the Scandi get so much counterplay so quick. Is 4.f3 the culprit?      Jun-28-18 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa    Sneaky: Returning to India with a very warm reception :D https://twitter.com/maxinmathewTOI/...      Jun-17-18 E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957    Sneaky: The pun is a reference to the movie "300", specifically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZe... .

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 20 OF 58 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-11-06    positionalgenius: <Sneaky>Hey.Would you like to compete in a tournament I am organizing? It starts tomarrow.See my pfofile for info,and reply ASAP please. Sep-11-06    Sneaky: positionalgenius it sounds like fun but I'm sorry my schedule doesn't allow it. Maybe in the future I'd get into something with a one-day format, e.g. G/15. Sep-11-06    Sneaky: << mp3 of the day >> Just to prove I'm "hip", this is "Starry Eyed Surprise" by Paul Oakenfold. http://www.anaconda.net/ad/tim/paul... Sep-11-06    Sneaky: <shr0pshire> Thanks, those games proved my own conclusion, that 12...Qe6 is the only way for Black to stay alive. Sep-15-06    Rocafella: <Sneaky> Is hip the right word? Sep-15-06    Sneaky: << mp3 of the day >> What do you get when you cross a rap band with a famous theoretical physicist? Why, you get MC Hawking of course... this song is called "Entropy." http://www.knology.net/~belchja/MC%... Sep-15-06    Rocafella: Mp3 of the day should be good music ;) Sep-16-06    Sneaky: Good music *or* amusing music, either way ;-) Here's some music which defies all categorization. It's not an mp3, though, it's a video of Dan Deacon on NBC news. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvoX... This is some pretty heavy stuff, no? Sep-16-06    Rocafella: lmao <Sneaky> that guy is a geek, funny video! Sep-16-06    Sneaky: I knew I could find something that tickles your fancy, blingice! I heard a longer concert by that guy from his website www.dandeacon.com and he actually has some talent, but damn--he is really "out there." Sep-16-06    Rocafella: <Sneaky> For the record, my names Rocafella ;). I feel like Neo out of The Matrix, when Agent Smith calls him Mr Andersson, and he says 'My name, is NEO! Best film trilogy ever! :D Sep-16-06    neomaltusian2: so where do you keep other posts? Sep-16-06    Rocafella: <neomaltusian2> Huh? Sep-16-06    Sneaky: Ooops!! Sorry Rocafella, you are using bling's old avatar (or something a lot like it) so I got confused. Sep-16-06    dakgootje: Lol that dan deacon fellow is brilliant ;-) and he has such a horrible website, does he take himself as an artist totally serious? =) Sep-17-06    whatthefat: <Sneaky> Thought you might be interested.. In preparation for the big match, I decided to test the hypothesis that Kramnik is a particularly difficult match up for Topalov, based on their previous games. My results are given on the match page - I for one was surprised. Sep-19-06    Sneaky: << mp3 of the day >> "The Look of Love" by Burt Baccarat, sung by Dusty Springfield. http://dilbert.homelinux.org:8081/m... Sep-20-06    Tomlinsky: Great track Sneaky. Sep-20-06    blingice: <Sneaky: I knew I could find something that tickles your fancy, blingice!> Ugh, god, that video is distressing...haha... Sep-20-06    refutor: <Best film trilogy ever!> yeah maybe if you watch the first movie three times in a row... Sep-20-06    WannaBe: <Sneaky> I love Dusty! THanks for the link. Sep-20-06    refutor: sneaky, are you anywhere near port st. lucie? Sep-20-06    WannaBe: <Sneaky> You take requests? Stevie Wonder, "I Wish". =) Sep-20-06    chancho: <Sneaky> If you do take request, please put on your play list: "One Nation Under The Groove." by Funkadelic. Sep-21-06    WannaBe: <chancho> Did you mean 'One Nation under a Groove' ?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjKS... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 58) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 20 OF 58 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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