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WannaBe
Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Apr-17-26
Thank you Daniel Freeman and Alberto A Artidiello

Not enough words can describe what you created and what we lost.

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   WannaBe has kibitzed 49947 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Apr-16-26 Chessgames - Sports (replies)
 
WannaBe: <unferth> Speakin' of DH (and the Ohtani Rule), check out these 2 box score: https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_... https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_... The reason I know, is because I was on MLB.TV and watching the game @PHI Philly announcers were besides themselves wonder ...
 
   Apr-14-26 chessgames.com chessforum (replies)
 
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) (replies)
 
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 (replies)
 
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 (replies)
 
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?
 
   Apr-01-26 OhioChessFan chessforum
 
WannaBe: <OCF> I will now have be a wabbit and dig dipper into Camp Washington Chili. Never hoid of them, don't know if they are canned, fast food, grocery store, etc. Will keep you updated.
 
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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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Poor <NakoSonorense>, I hope he isn't going into the barrel with <Chopin> and going over the Niagra Falls.
Jun-24-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
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