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 50 OF 58 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-23-09    Silverstrike: 15.Na4 Feb-26-09    Sneaky: <Silver> I play 15...Ng6, so now we're looking at this, with White to Move: click for larger view Quite interesting. Feb-27-09    Silverstrike: 16.f5 Looking forward to some fire play! :P Feb-28-09    Sneaky: <Silverstrike> I play 16...O-O Fiery enough for ya? :-) Mar-01-09    Silverstrike: We'll see ;-) Mar-02-09    madlydeeply: Hey Sneaky I had a moment of weakness (4 hours) last night and watched tv...I saw "the return of the king" hobbit movie and i SWEAR the crazy "Steward of Minas Trith" was that same dashing man in Men's Fashion from Twin peaks! Older and long haired in the movie. I need a confirmation. Hmmm Maybe I can dig up photos... Mar-02-09    madlydeeply: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UXXtCpkeK... this is an awsome photo HA!: http://garmonbozia.us/tp/charpics/d... Mar-02-09    Silverstrike: 17.Bd2 Mar-02-09    Sneaky: <Silver> I play 17...Bxf5 Mar-02-09    Sneaky: <madlydeeply> rofl that's great. IMDB is usually pretty good with such confirmations. Mar-04-09    madlydeeply: oops apparently not the same person. Mar-06-09    Silverstrike: 18.exf5 Mar-07-09    Sneaky: <Silver> 18...Qxf5+ Just to make sure we're on the same page, here's the position: click for larger view 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! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 58) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 50 OF 58 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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