WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Jan-19-26 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-19-26 R Toran vs M Valls Tona, 1948    WannaBe: Well, if you play f4, there is mate in 250...      Jan-19-26 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: Time to look at the Final Four NFL edition. SEA +150 LAR +220 NE +245 DEN +1300 Amazing what Bo Nix (being injured) does to betting odds. NE -5.5 DEN 40.5 Money Line: -265/+215 LAR 47.5 SEA -2.5 M/L: -157/+131 Super Bowl Odds, AFC Team 48.5 NFC Team -4.0 ML: ...      Jan-16-26 WannaBe chessforum   WannaBe: 12m in. Not impressed      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.      Jan-04-26 OhioChessFan chessforum   WannaBe: This is for you, with some deeper insight on drone productions, Russian, and now with the cut-off of oil from certain S. American country https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUB...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 120 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-24-06    twinlark: Final: 1. Argentina 2. Spain 3rd place: 3. Australia 4. Netherlands Losers of quarter finals: Germany Ukraine England Brazil Losers of 1/8th finals Sweden Mexico Italy Switzerland Ecuador Portugal Ghana France Jun-24-06    Open Defence: My predictions <Winner> 1.ARGENTINA !!!!!!!!!!! <Lose in Final> 2.Netherlands <Lose in Semi Final> 3.Italy 4.Spain <Lose in 1/4 Final> Germany Switzerland England Brazil <Lose in 1/8 final> Sweden Mexico Australia Ukraine Ecuador Portugal Ghana France Jun-24-06    whiskeyrebel: WannaBe, it was good to meet you in person in Vegas. I hope you're enjoying the books you won. Thank you Mr. Alburt. Jun-24-06    larrewl: My Predictions Finals 1.Brazil 2.Argentina 3.England 4.Italy Lose in 1/4 finals Germany Switzerland Netherlands Spain Lose in 1/8 finals Sweden Mexico Australia Ukraine Ecuador Portugal Ghana France Jun-24-06    Chopin: <Wannabe> After calling the 1900- Psychic Hotline, and paying 3.99/minute, here are my (her) predictions; can't believe I paid 70 dollars. Anyways, she thinks you're going to be an 1800 rated player one day, and Saudi Arabia will win the world cup in 2010; so I'm confident she's legit. <Predictions> <Finals> 1. Brazil 2. Germany <3rd place> 3. Italy 4. Netherlands <Losers of Quarter-Finals> Argentina Switzerland England France <Losers of 1/8th Finals> Sweden Mexico Australia Ukraine Ecuador Portugal Ghana Spain Jun-24-06    zarra: Final: 1. Brazil 2. Argentina Bronze medal match: 3. Netherlands 4. Italy Knocked out in quarter-finals: England Spain Germany Ukraine Knocked out in eighthfinals: Ecuador Portugal Ghana France Sweden Mexico Australia Switzerland Jun-24-06    WannaBe: <whiskeyrebel> It was a pleasure too!! Jun-24-06    TrueBlue: Final: 1. BRA 2. ARG Bronze medal match: 3. ITA 4. ENG Knocked out in quarter-finals: GER UKR ENG ESP Knocked out in eighthfinals: SWE MEX AUS SUI ECU NED GHA FRA Jun-24-06    WannaBe: No more predictions. game have started. :-) Jun-24-06    NakoSonorense: My predictions are... 1.Mexico 2-16 Figure out the rest :) Jun-24-06    dakgootje: Note to myself: Never sleep again else you might miss important things ;-) Jun-24-06    notsodeepthought: Damn it, I forgot we had to make predictions for the round of 16 - oh well, I know it's too late, but I'll make them anyway, just to impress people. For starters, I predict that Germany has beaten Sweden 2-0 and Argentina has defeated Mexico 2-1 with the winning goal coming in extra time - that's how accurately I can predict past events. For the remaining of the tournament: 1. Germany 2. Brazil 3. Italy 4. the Netherlands 5-8 should be in no particular order: 5. Argentina 6. Switzerland 7. England 8. France 9-16 should be in no particular order, just like 5-8: 9. Spain 10. Ghana 11. Ukraine 12. Australia 13. Portugal 14. Ecuador 15. Mexico 16. Sweden Jun-24-06    Larsker: <NakoSonorense: My predictions are... 1.Mexico> I don't know how to say this but - oh well - you'll read about it in the papers tomorrow. Jun-24-06    WannaBe: Poor <NakoSonorense>, I hope he isn't going into the barrel with <Chopin> and going over the Niagra Falls. Jun-24-06    WannaBe: <Dionyseus> Our computer rematch, Shredder has finally decided on 1. e4 second choice was d4 followed by Nf3. Jun-24-06    Chess Classics: <WannaBe> I'm sorry mate, tomorrow at noon for our training game doesn't work for me (I'll be at church and then golfing). If you want to reschedule, I'll try to fit you in sometime. Regards, CC Jun-24-06    WannaBe: <Chess Classics> Can you squeeze me in between the front 9 and the back 9? :-) How about July 1st or 2nd? let me know which day is good for you, or even 3rd. I have that Monday off. Jun-25-06    Mating Net: <Mating Net: ...I despise the Sicilian,...> May I ask why?!?!?! Mainly because most Sicilian players love to play the open Sicilians, but consider the anti-Sicilians to be wimpy. The reason they think this is because they devote 90% of their study time to open Sicilian theory so when you hit them with 3.Bb5 or 3.Bb5+ it renders all that theory useless and turns the game into a chess game & not a memory contest. I've actually had Sicilian players say things like "...if you had played 3.d4 I would have won..." Sorry to spoil your plans. Jun-25-06    brankat: <WannaBe> I see You have the Shredder pretty well booked up. Ever since Your first game against <Dynoseues>'s Rybka I've been meaning to ask You if it would be OK for me to challenge the Shredder (under Your guidance) for a game! Really just to test myself, to see how much resistance can I possibly offer. Please let me know if this is acceptable. If so, then I'll get back to You with my thoughts on the ground rules. Thank You. Jun-25-06    Dionyseus: <WannaBe> <Our computer rematch, Shredder has finally decided on 1. e4> 1...c5 It's a good thing I decided to check up on your forum tonight, otherwise I would have waited until Monday ;p I'll be using Rybka 2 Beta 8, although my hardware is still the same as before, P4 3.2 Prescott with HT, 1gb ram. Jun-25-06    cu8sfan: Too bad, I'm too late, I was doing pretty good... Final: 1. Germany 2. Brasil Bronze medal match: 3. Switzerland 4. Portugal Knocked out in quarter-finals: Argentina Italy Ecuador Spain Knocked out in eighthfinals: England Netherland Ghana France Sweden Mexico Australia Ukraine Jun-25-06    WannaBe: <Mating Net> I see, I see. Funny story... =) Reminds me one of the top 'excuses' for losing a chess game: "My opponent went out of the book." Jun-25-06    WannaBe: <Dionyseus> 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Jun-25-06    larrewl: I'm surprised that several have picked The Netherlands to make the semi-finals, some even the finals. They have a great team but have not been very impressive so far. I'm even more surprised that some have picked Spain, who have been even less impressive. :) Jun-25-06    Open Defence: well Holland seem to have less injuries I think than others and the Stage 2 matches tend to go the distance meaning that they can make more use of substitutions Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 120 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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