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WannaBe
Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Jan-15-26

Thank you Daniel Freeman and Alberto A Artidiello

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

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   Current net-worth: 980 chessbucks
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   WannaBe has kibitzed 49738 times to chessgames [more...]

   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 Chessgames - Politics

WannaBe: So, again, the worker expressed and exercised the 1st amendment right(s), whether suspension is warrented or not is up to company/union policy. Not the administration, because this will be 0-9 in the Supreme Court. Another individual (who happens to be the president) also exercised ...

   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-14-26 Chessgames - Sports

WannaBe: Well, the Wizard of Oz is playing at Las Vegas Sphere...

   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 WannaBe chessforum

WannaBe: And let's not even get into trombone with triggers...

   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...

   Jan-01-26 chessgames.com chessforum

WannaBe: That is weird, I posted the answer to <TGA> at 7PM Pacific/10 PM Eastern, and now it shows as I posted Jan 1 2026(???????)

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Dec-27-06		technical draw: <Wannabe> You're playing Chicago and then Las Vegas? Tell me something, are you rich?

Dec-27-06		WannaBe: <technical draw: ... are you rich?> No, just saved up lots of money for my 'hobby'. Traveling and playing chess. =) Gonna be at the Gilbratar tournament in 2008, wanna go/join??

Dec-27-06		technical draw: <Gonna be at the Gilbratar tournament in 2008, wanna go/join?> Sure! Umm, you're paying, right?

Dec-27-06		Chess Classics: <WannaBe> About 9 months ago I was washing cars and robbing banks in a vain effort to save up for the Chicago Open. Now that I get a steady paycheck, things might be different. We shall see. Regards, CC

Dec-27-06		chesstoplay: Hi WannaBe. My parents are divorced and both remarried. One set of parents lives in Rapid City. I've never lived there, but have visited enough times now that I wish we lived there! I envy your 4 years of living there.

Dec-27-06		WannaBe: <chesstoplay> Don't envy me, I hated the cold weather. =)

Dec-27-06		chesstoplay: You are right. I've only been there in the summers!! I didn't really consider the winters near the Rocky Mountains... ... I may have to rethink that envy.

Dec-27-06		Archives: [Event "World Champs"] [Site "Gameknot"] [Date "past couple weeks"] [Result "1/2"] [White "Archives"] [Black "WannaBe"] [ECO "Echo"] [WhiteElo "eleventy billion"] [BlackElo "2820"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Ng-e2 Nb-d7 12. Nc1 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Rb8 15. a5 b6 16. Bxa6 Ra8 17. Bb5 Rxa5 18. Rxa5 bxa5 19. Nb3 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Nc4 21. Qd3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 a4 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Qxc5 Qc8 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. dxc6 Rc8 27. Rc1 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Bxb2 29. Rc4 a3 30. Nc3 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 a2 32. Ra3 Rxc6 33. Rxa2 Re6 34. Ra4 Kg7 35. Kf2 h5 36. h4 Kh6 37. Kg3 f6 38. Kf4 Kg7 Draw Agreed <GG Sir> I like playing the Samisch against the KID. I read in a book that a good way to play it if Black challenges the centre with ...c5 is to play d5 and try to handle it like a modern benoni.

Dec-27-06		Archives: Although it is not a popular way of playing it according to opening explorer.

Dec-27-06		WannaBe: <Archives> Good game too. I hate it when white plays 1. d4 :-)

Dec-27-06		WannaBe: <Archives> I've challenged you to another game, this time, I get white!

Dec-27-06		Archives: Cool =) GL!

Dec-28-06		WannaBe: Okay, I just ran the game between <Archives> and I through the software, and here is what it says... 14...Rb8 <Last book move> 17. Bb5 (-0.87 17. Be2 bxa5 18. h3 Bc8 19. f4 Ned7 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22, Bxc5 Rb8 23. Bb5 Ne4 24. Nxe4 0.44) 17...Rxa5 (-0.07 17...Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Nc4 19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 bxa5 21. Qd2 Qb6 2. Nc3 c4+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Nd7 25. Rd2 Nc5 26. Nb5 Be5 27. Ra3 Reb8 28. Nd4 -0.84) 19. Nb3 (19. Be2 Qb6 20. h3 Bc8 21. Na4 Qc7 22. Nb3 Bd7 23. Ra1 Rb8 24. Nxa5 Ra8 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. dxc6 -0.06) 24... Qc8 (-1.98 24...Nd7 25. Qc6 Qb6+ 26. Rs2 Rb8 -3.53) I had a winning game here!! 27...Nxe4 (-0.02 27...Ne8 28. Rc2 -2.59) What was I thinking?! 28. fxe4 (-0.97 28. c7 a3 29. bxa3 Nc3 30. Nxc3 Rxc3 31. Ne2 Rxc1+ 32. Nxc1 Bb2 33. Nd3 Bxa3 34. Kf2 Kg7 35 Ke3 f5 -0.02) 30...Bxc3 (-0.10 30...Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. c7 f5 -1.35) From 30... on, there were no moves that was considered to be a blunder by the computer. Overall, that's a pretty decent game for me, considering that I'm only 2800+ player. (According to <Archives>) but for someone who is eleventy-billion, this must be a major disappointment. =)

Dec-28-06		Archives: Thanks for that <Wannabe>! <24... Qc8 (-1.98 24...Nd7 25. Qc6 Qb6+ 26. Rs2 Rb8 -3.53) I had a winning game here!!> Haha, I actually thought 24...Nd7 would be the best move for Black, though I thought it would lead to a roughly equal position after some fudged up line I came up with. <but for someone who is eleventy-billion, this must be a major disappointment.> I'm actually quite proud, because for the entire game I thought we were playing Go-Fish!

Dec-28-06		WannaBe: <Archives> Just beware of my <WannaBe> Gambit in our second game. :-))

Dec-29-06		azaris: <WannaBe> So would you be up for a kibitzers mini-tournament at Gameknot, starting maybe next month?

Dec-29-06		WannaBe: <azaris> Sir! Yes, Sir! =) Now, watch me as I get my behind kicked.

Dec-29-06		azaris: <Now, watch me as I get my behind kicked.> I was thinking more about playing chess, but we can make it freestyle wrestling just the same.

Dec-29-06		twinlark: Hi <WannaBe>, I had to repost on magilla's forum as I stuffed up the hyperlinks. Just to let ya know in case the posting sequence matters. Delete this message before ya read it. Or is that during?

Dec-29-06		WannaBe: <twinlark> Of course posting sequence(s) matter!! I hate it when my check gets posted to the bank before my pay check does.

Dec-30-06		Archives: Man I suck at chess. Picked up a nice advantage on the second move of my game against Wannabe (he tried the infamous Wannabe Gambit). But I've already squandered the advantage away within the first dozen moves =(

Dec-30-06		WannaBe: Been a while, so you know what it means... Time for another <WannaBe>'s Book Review! 'Sea of Thunder' by Evan Thomas non-fiction. One of the best naval history/battle of the Second World War I've ever read. http://www.amazon.com/Sea-Thunder-C... In a nut-shell, it covers the 4 'main' participants in the battle of Leyte Gulf, two American, and two Japanese commander/admirals points of view are presented, plus their personal history background. Culminating at the battle of Leyte Gulf, off the Phillipines. Definitely recommended for anyone who's interested in naval war/history and just the whole World War II as a whole.

Dec-31-06		brankat: <WannaBe> May You have a very happy and prosperous New Year. Wish You all the best in 2007, my friend!

Dec-31-06		Archives: Hey Doc, have a safe and good New Years!

Dec-31-06		Robin01: <WannaBe> Have a Happy New Year!

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