WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Jan-26-26 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-26-26 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: Wasn't Schultz on Hogan's Hero and then later started drawing daily comic strips?      Jan-24-26 Tata Steel Challengers (2026)    WannaBe: Personally I am surprised (or shocked) that L'Ami and Ivanchuk are playing in this section of the tournament.      Jan-23-26 Chessgames - Politics    WannaBe: See, if you defund the police, this would not have happened... https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles...      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 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-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

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 17 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-18-06    RonB52734: Other moves for White: Be3 is definitely a good developing move, but it has no immediate threats. No other white piece can move into its protection (in its new Queenside vision) in a single move, and it cannot be supported anywhere over there in a single move, unless we move both our QR and our N. I would welcome this move as giving us another chance to develop. Jan-18-06    Robin01: I believe on 14.Ng5, then we play 14...Qd7. If they follow up with 15.Ne6, then I believe we play 15...Bf7. Then they have to play 16.Nxf8, and we play 16...Rxf8 and we are looking good. Jan-18-06    RonB52734: <WannaBe> Yes, I'd say Qd7. Any of those Knight moves for us right now would prompt Qxb7 Jan-18-06    RonB52734: <Robin> I agree with your analysis of white's Ne6 and Nxf8, Rxf8. The development of the R to f8 is better than swapping Qs at that point. Jan-18-06    Robin01: Well, we cannot swap queens. If we play 16...Bxd5 we lose a piece. Jan-18-06    Robin01: But after 16...Rxf8 we are still attacking their queen. So they have to move the queen again. Jan-18-06    Robin01: This is why I do not think they will play 14.Ng5. Jan-18-06    Robin01: <Be3 is definitely a good developing move> <I would welcome this move as giving us another chance to develop> I believe you are correct. We could probably then play 14...Be7 and develop ourselves. Jan-18-06    RonB52734: <Robin01> <Well, we cannot swap queens. If we play 16...Bxd5 we lose a piece> Details, details LOL. Good call. Jan-18-06    WannaBe: So Ng5 move is a 'ghost' move. We know how to answer that... I do not see any other immediate move(s) that white can make that will put us in immediate trouble. (Can't spell dillema, dellima, dallima?) Jan-18-06    WannaBe: <Robin01> just curious, (your profile didn't give away much.) Where abouts are you at? (Yeah, behind that preposition... =) Right now, it's 8:18 PST, or 11:18 EST. Jan-18-06    RonB52734: Other moves for White pt. 2 Rd1. Here, I'm still liking ...Qd7 because it permits Rd8. I must point out, however, that having our Rooks on h8 and d8 (ripe for a Knight fork coming from Nf7) AND having our Q on d7 (effectively preventing our King from escaping a Queen check coming from Qf7) we must be vigilant in protecting f7. However, once we play the Bh5 that we seem to have voted for, White can't even get a Knight on g5 right away because of that B on h5. So, for example: 13...Bh5 14.Rd1 Qd7 15.Ne4 (to bring the "other" N to g5) 15...Rd8 and we are still adequately protected on pressure points d6 and f7. 16.Neg5 and now we might get in Be7 or pawn to h6. So I think we're ok here too. Jan-18-06    RonB52734: <WannaBe> I sympathize with your dilemma <g> Jan-18-06    Robin01: I am at 10:18 CST. I prefer to stay hidden in the background. You know, so no one even knows I'm around. Jan-18-06    WannaBe: <Robin01> Okay, so you're in the mid-west. (I lived in Sioux Falls, SD for 4 yrs.) Jan-18-06    Robin01: I have been looking at 14.Rd1, and I think I like the developing move 14...Be7. Jan-18-06    RonB52734: <WannaBe> Well, an immediate Ng5 from white threatens to put either the white N or Q on f7. Qd7 is sufficient to prevent that; that's all. Jan-18-06    RonB52734: <Robin01: I have been looking at 14.Rd1, and I think I like the developing move 14...Be7.> But isn't the problem with that: 14.Rd1 Be7 15.Bg5 (!) and now we're destined to trade bishops and to lose that d6 pawn (our passer)? Jan-18-06    RonB52734: <Robin01> is actually the Mayor of Chicago, as well as being <Batman01>'s ..... ok, I'll stop! Jan-18-06    WannaBe: time for our counselor to head to bed. =) Jan-18-06    Robin01: I am looking at variations after 14.Rd1, 14...Bd7, where if white tries to play 15.Ne4, we play like 15...Bf7 and chase the queen followed by advancing our central pawns. I do not know if this is good for us or not right now. Jan-18-06    Robin01: <14.Rd1 Be7 15.Bg5 (!)> White cannot play 15.Bg5. We just play 15...Bxg5 and white loses a piece. Or am I missing something? Jan-18-06    Robin01: Batman01 sounds better than the Mayor of Chicago. Jan-18-06    WannaBe: So your last name isn't Daly. =) Jan-18-06    Robin01: Well, I need to get some sleep also. Long day tomorrow. I should be on during the day at times, but I will not get back on in the evening until about midnight tomorrow. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 17 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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