WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Apr-22-26 Thank you Daniel Freeman and Alberto A Artidiello Not enough words can describe what you created and what we lost.

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Apr-20-26 Chessgames - Politics    WannaBe: <stone free or die> Truman, and not mention G. Ford that didn't even win a presidential election. Like K. Harris that didn't go through a nomination process. And was just thrown out there.      Apr-20-26 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: Speaking of ice soccer, this is my annual post on the Presidents' Trophy (which will be renamed Trump Trophy in 2027. 🤣) This is a trophy awarded the NHL team with the most points, or in a way, best record... The last time a 'best' team went on to win the Stanley Cup? ...      Apr-14-26 chessgames.com chessforum    WannaBe: <MissScarlett> How would we the members do that? Isn't that better done with internal email message/list? I volunteer, just let me know how.      Apr-14-26 World Championship Candidates (2026)    WannaBe: < perfidious: At least the username User: Bishoprick is displayed in full, unlike that of User: farticchio, whose content is automatically blocked from the kibitzing page cos of someone's fixation on the first four letters of the name. Perhaps the user should have been informed ...      Apr-11-26 Karpov vs J Bellon Lopez, 1973   WannaBe: Computer analysis on this game is now available.      Apr-11-26 Chessgames - Guys and Dolls    WannaBe: Anna Cramling Bellon, she covers chess on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@AnnaCramling      Apr-11-26 Anna Cramling Bellon   WannaBe: Cross posting (spam) from Lopez's page, same YT link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhX...      Apr-11-26 Juan Bellon Lopez   WannaBe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhX...      Apr-06-26 Fusilli chessforum    WannaBe: You too <Fusilli>      Apr-05-26 Chessgames - Odd Lie   WannaBe: Gotta double-triple check for typos in the future, what is "coving my neighbor's wife"?? Are we doves?

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 108 OF 754 ·  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 754) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 108 OF 754 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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