WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Jan-20-26 Thank you Daniel Freeman and Alberto A Artidiello Not enough words can describe what you created and what we lost.

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Jan-20-26 WannaBe chessforum   WannaBe: Re: Star Trek Academy <WannaBe: 12m in. Not impressed> So, I did not finish episode one, it's still in my queue, but I did manage to read some of the reviews... And the reviews have not been kind. Some even compared episodes 1 and 2 (released the same day) to the very much ...      Jan-20-26 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: <perfidious> Probability and Statistics was a course required to obtain a degree in mathmatics and also computer science. Either one course or multiple courses. This led me into the fascination of how a non-predictable outcome can be quantified and an odd be established. ...      Jan-20-26 Hort vs de Firmian, 1986   WannaBe: <Breunor> Good question, I ran this game through the computer game analysis and: 31...Kg6 32.Bxa7 Bc4 33.Nd5 Nc6 34.Bc5 Ne5 35.Ke3 Bf1 36.Bd4 ⩱ +0.87 (41 ply) Possibly white was low on time and don't want to risk the chance to reaching move 40      Jan-19-26 R Toran vs M Valls Tona, 1948    WannaBe: Well, if you play f4, there is mate in 250...      Jan-16-26 Chessgames - Politics    WannaBe: Zed's dead. Zed's dead. (if one is to go down the 'Pulp Fiction' path) "That is A tasty burger!!"      Jan-14-26 Chessgames - Odd Lie    WannaBe: This one is from Henry Cho: "I'm changing the caller ID of my wife's phone number to Potential Spam" If you have not seen or heard of Henry, he is worth some of your time on YouTube.      Jan-14-26 Dickson    WannaBe: Apparently, it was a "far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"      Jan-12-26 Fischer vs V Pupols, 1955    WannaBe: I was thinking baseball bat, tire iron, or brass knuckles.      Jan-11-26 Tata Steel Masters (2026)    WannaBe: So, the Tata Steel blitz were held in India, and players have 6 days to fly to NED for the next (or 2026 first) major event... What is the flight path? Here are some ideas: https://www.flightroutes.com/CCU-AMS      Jan-06-26 Atterdag chessforum    WannaBe: <OCF> Not to mention when TV stations switch red (dem) and blue (rep) to what we know today... On a similar note, in Asia, if the stock shows red, it mean up, green, means down. Go fig.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 108 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-09-06    Ingolf: I never miss a chance to make world cup predictions. Hope there's still time. 1.Czech Republic 2.Argentina 3.Switzerland 4.Germany Knocked out in QF Ivory Coast Sweden Spain Italy Knocked out in 1/8-finals England Angola Costa Rica Portugal Croatia France Ukraine Brazil (knocked out by Italy, who only finishes second in their group) Jun-09-06    lostemperor: kill msg <WannaBe> here my guesses for the football world ch sh 2006 (correction). 1. Brasil 2. Italy 3. Spain 4. Argentina 5. England 6. Portugal 7. France 8. Germany 9. The Netherlands 10. Serbia-Montenegro(!) 11. Costa Rica 12. Angola 13. Czech Republic 14. Australia 15. Switzerland 16. Sweden Although impossible I put three from group C in the list (I wanted to put all four)! Delete my former post. Jun-09-06    mack: <WannaBe> I can't remember, did I enter your World Cup predictorama in the end? Jun-09-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <mack> I already remembered that you posted your predictions on the P Ball page, and I found them! Here's a repost of the predictions you made on December 30, 2005: <Okay, here goes, a couple of slightly dodgy ones in there, especially group E. Group A: <Germany>, Costa Rica, <Poland>, Ecuador Group B: <England>, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, <Sweden> Group C: <Argentina>, Côte d'Ivoire, Serbia & Montenegro, <Netherlands> Group D: <Mexico>, Iran Angola, <Portugal> Group E: Italy, Ghana, <USA>, <Czech Republic> Group F: <Brazil>, Croatia, <Australia>, Japan Group G: <France>, <Switzerland>, Korea Republic, Togo Group H: <Spain>, <Ukraine>, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia> Jun-09-06    mack: Ah ha, cheers chum. Jun-09-06    MoonlitKnight: My predictions: 1. Brazil 2. Germany 3. Czech Republic 4. Sweden Quarter Finals: Portugal Mexico France Spain 1/8 Finals: England Argentina Costa Rica The Netherlands Croatia Ukraine USA Korea Jun-09-06    Dionyseus: <WannaBe> I'm going to let it think a little bit longer, probably half an hour. Jun-09-06    technical draw: <Wannabe> The song you are looking for is "I wish"..Sung by Stevie Wonder.. Jun-09-06    Jilted Rook: This engine stuff is all interesting - but I wouldn't call it a good excuse for leaving your brains in the jar. Jun-09-06    Dionyseus: <WannaBe> Sry about the delay, I think i'm going to let it think for a couple more hours. Jun-09-06    WannaBe: <Dionyseus> Take your time. I'm in no rush. Jun-09-06    WannaBe: <Ingolf>, <Moonlitknight>, <lostemperor> can you post the other 8 teams that make it to the knock out round? Then you're all set!! <technical draw> Thank you!! Jun-09-06    WannaBe: <EmperorAtahulapa> 32 members are participating in the WC pred. contest. Jun-09-06    Open Defence: <but I wouldn't call it a good excuse for leaving your brains in the jar> I couldn't put it better Jun-09-06    apawnandafool: hi <wannabe> good luck in the simul at las vegas. will you bring a copy of that dvd with you? Jun-09-06    WannaBe: <apawnandafool> You mean 'March of the Penguins'?? No. (But I did watch it again last night. Since the topic came up on Ms. Polgar's page. =) Jun-09-06    zarra: Here's my attempt: 1. Brazil 2. Argentina 3. England 4. Czech Rep. 5-8. Germany 5-8. Netherlands 5-8. France 5-8. Spain 9-16. Paraguay 9-16. Mexico 9-16. Poland 9-16. Portugal 9-16. Japan 9-16. Ukraine 9-16. Italy 9-16. Korea Rep. Jun-09-06    Dionyseus: <WannaBe> 26.Ra1 Jun-09-06    ganstaman: <Jilted Rook: This engine stuff is all interesting - but I wouldn't call it a good excuse for leaving your brains in the jar.> I'm curious, where did this thought come from? You do realize that they aren't playing human vs human, but instead computer vs computer. I'm sure both of them can and do play chess by themselves. Or is there a post I missed that talked about jarring brains? Jun-09-06    Open Defence: <brains in a jar> that comes from another page I think... at least that's the way I considered it... from my side it was not an insinuation about this game Jun-09-06    WannaBe: <Dionyseus> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Re1 O-O 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rb1 Qd7 16.Qc2 Rab8 17. Ba3 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Qxa4 19.Qb2 Nc6 20.Ng5 Nd8 21.Qa2 Nh5 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23.Qxe6+ Rf7 24.Qa2 Nf4 25. f3 g5 26. Ra1 g4 click for larger view Current eval, -0.88 Jun-09-06    ganstaman: <Open Defence: <brains in a jar> that comes from another page I think... at least that's the way I considered it... from my side it was not an insinuation about this game> Fair enough. I honestly didn't know whether to be angry about the comment or not (not that it's about me at all anyway...). Interesting game. Are both sides in agreement over the evaulation? Black thinks it's winning right? Does white think it's winning instead? How about the humans -- who's ahead here? Jun-09-06    WannaBe: I think black's ahead, but winning? Not sure... I'm much surprised by this ...g4 move. Jun-09-06    Dionyseus: <ganstaman> Rybka does not agree with Shredder 10's evaluation in this position. Jun-09-06    notsodeepthought: <Wannabe> Wait, we even have an attempt to predict the <exact standigs> now? Well then... I'm not one to back off a challenge... give me a little time, I'll get right back to you. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 108 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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