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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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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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 246 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-10-07    WannaBe: This Navy v. Pittsburgh game is getting good. With apologies to <RonB52734>, I'm rooting for Navy, because my good friend, Mr. Neumann in Las Vegas was USNA grad of '43 and served in the Pacific during WWII. Oct-10-07    WannaBe: This is from the World vs. G. Timmerman game: <Artar1> Dunno is you will get to read this, or not, but if you choose to not participate further in this game, that is your decision, I respect that. But you will continue to be a member of this joint?!?! I'll post this same message on my forum, since I noticed that your forum is close. And I hope that doesn't mean you're leaving us for good. Oct-10-07    WannaBe: Navy win! Navy win!! Woo-Woo !!!! Oct-11-07    brankat: <WannaBe> Congratulations for opening Your own Player's Page! Now You just need to fill it with a lotta games :-) Oct-11-07    chesstoplay: Hi WannaBe... I hope to get to the X-Men III movie tonight or tomorrow night. I put it out on the TV stand so I have to "trip" over it later. Hey, did you see that Artar1 is back!! Take care and good chess to you! Oct-11-07    WannaBe: I like her comments... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071011... And also, if she don't care less, can I have the medal? She probably don't need the money either... Oct-12-07    midknightblue: hello wannabe, how are you? You got anything exciting going on in the chess world? Oct-12-07    Benzol: <WannaBe> Just want to thank you for those photo's you supplied which included pictures of yourself and <whiskeyrebel>. It's great to see what you guys actually look like. Oct-12-07    Robin01: <WannaBe>A game I found that was played on ICC that employs the <WannaBe Gambit>. Enjoy. The annotator thinks perhaps <guest71> could be <Fischer>. guest71 - Beber, ICC 3 0, 2001 1.e4 c5 2.Ke2 Nc6 3.Ke3 g6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.d3 Nf6 6.Kd2 d5 7.Ke1 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.a3 e5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.exd5 Bxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.c3 Ne6 14.Be3 Rad8 15.Qa4 e4 16.dxe4 Nxe4 17.Rc1 a6 18.Be2 b5 19.Qxa6 c4 20.Rd1 Qf5 21.Nf3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Bxc3+ 23.Nd2 Nc5 24.Bxc5 Bxd2+ 25.Rxd2 Rxd2 26.Kxd2 Rd8+ 27.Kc1 Qe5 (See diagram) White is two Bishops up, but he cannot prevent a perpetual with 28...Qa1+ or, after 28.Kb1, with Qf5+ 29.Ka1 Qe5+. White played the surprising 28.Bxc4 At first, I thought this was a typical computer move. My computer programs do look at it, but finally they play 28.Qxb5 Qa1+ with a draw. However, there is also a typical human maxim for this kind of situation: "You can only take one at a time." So why not Bxc4? - after Qxc5, you have 29.Qxb5, and will remain a pawn up. What makes Bxc4 human too, is that it does not change the result: after 28...bxc4 29.Qb6 it's still a draw with Qa1+. It could just as well be a very human last attempt to let the opponent go wrong, and win a drawn game. But there is something else. Good thing ICC even keeps this kind of game in their database, with times used for each move. When I looked at that, I was in for a surprise: guest71 never took more than 3 seconds for any move in that game, but 28.Bxc4 cost him 12 seconds. Computers do not vary their thinking times that much. There followed: 28.Bxc4 Qc3+ Black obliges and makes the decisive mistake. 29.Kb1 bxc4 30.Rc1 Qb3+ 31.Ka1 Rd2 32.Qc8+ Kg7 33.Bf8+ Kf6 34.Qc6+ Kf5 35.Qc5+ Kf6 36.Qe7+ Kf5 37.Qxf7+ After 5 seconds. 37...Kg5 38.Be7+ Kh6 39.Qf8+ Kh5 40.g4 mate Oct-12-07    WannaBe: <midknightblue> I'm fine, how's your neck of the island? Going to be at ChessPalace's annual party/tournament Saturday, 4SS, G/30. Gonna get my rear-end beat. =) <Benzol> You're more than welcome. I enjoy the tournaments, everything except OTB hard-thinking that's involved. Most of time, I'm just happy to see old opponents, make new friends, and take pictures. <Robin01> Will go over that game later. Looks like a fun game. If that <IS> Fischer, tell him to quit stealing my (unsound) ideas! Oct-12-07    chancho: <WannaBe> I was told that Sloan is a racist towards hispanics. I said that he's a sucker, and that what he needs is a lap dance from a hispanic hottie. Then he'll see things differently. The original post was more expletive worded though. Oct-12-07    WannaBe: <chancho> Ummm... I see... "Some Puerto Rican girls, just dying to meet you!" =) Oct-12-07    WannaBe: I agree with over 95% that's on the list, but Simon & Garfunkel?? http://www2.blender.com/guide/artic... Oct-12-07    NakoSonorense: Have heard about ten or so of those songs and some are pretty bad. But I find Celine's "My heart will go on" rather nice, or at least, useful. Works wonders for getting chicks in the mood, as well as the movie. Ahem... I've been told so, ahem... Oct-12-07    NakoSonorense: By the way, <chancho> left out the funniest part of his post. Don't know why he didn't translate that... Lol! Oct-12-07    WannaBe: <NakoSonorense> Get chicks in the mood for a game of chess?! I'll keep that in mind next time. Oct-12-07    WannaBe: [Event "rated standard match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2007.10.12"] [Round "?"] [White "moineau"] [Black "WannaBeCG"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1250"] [BlackElo "1285"] [ECO "B20"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. g3 d5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. O-O e5 13. c3 Bg4 14. Nbd2 e4 15. dxe4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 dxe4 18. Nd2 f5 19. f4 exf3 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Rxf3 Rae8 22. Raf1 g6 23. b4 cxb4 24. cxb4 Re4 25. Rc3 Bb6+ 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. a4 Rxb4 28. Rf4 Rxf4 29. gxf4 Ra8 30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Rxg6+ Kh7 32. Re6 b5 1/2-1/2 Oct-13-07    WannaBe: Wish me luck, gonna go to chesspalace and get my rear end kicked, most likely by some 12 yrs. old. =) Oct-13-07    Open Defence: best of luck <Wannabe> ... go easy on the Ole Ladies... be easy with the young ones ;-p Oct-13-07    NakoSonorense: Good luck today! Hey, once your rear end stops hurting, would you mind answering a couple of computer-related questions? Here they are. Firstly, I read an article yesterday about how to delete files once and for all using some software. Is it possible to make sure files are deleted without having to install any of those programs? I'm not actually sure how it's possible to recover those files other than by creating a "restore point". Although I think that's only for programs and does not work for single files, like music or pictures. Here's the link to the article: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/50... Second question: Is it possible to connect my cellphone to my laptop via bluetooth? I'd like to know this so that I don't have to upload my pictures to "my pix place" and then copy them to my computer. If this is possible, how can I do it? Is there any software for this? Thx, and hope you're not annoyed by my questions. Oct-13-07    WannaBe: Got my rear end kicked, 4 rounds, lost 1st, got a full point bye in the second, (19 players, I was the odd-man out), lost 3rd, lost 4th. But I did win a really nice chess (wooden) board in the raffle... Will post a link to that later, and my PGNs of the G/30 later. Oct-14-07    Artar1: <WannaBe:> <And I hope that doesn't mean you're leaving us for good.> Nah, ya can't keep a good horse down, or is that a mule? What the heck, I've changed my avatar to a feather. I think it's more fitting; you know, light weight! I'm dying to know...where did you get that Homer Simpson tea shirt? You know, the one that says, "I dress myself." What a kick! Sorry about your set backs. You know these youngsters today are real smart! I'd probably would have gotten my ass kicked too. Oct-14-07    brankat: <WannaBe> Have You by any chance been in touch with <RonB> lately? He has not been seen around here for more than 3 weeks now. Thanks. Oct-14-07    WannaBe: <Artar1> I first bought that shirt at a shop called Urban Outfitters. That particular one is no longer made, but another one is: http://www.gosimpsons.com/Scripts/p... <brankat> Ummm... perhaps he is busy with teaching his law class... Oct-14-07    talisman: sorry for late reply on my forum.who you pulling for in the playoffs? Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 246 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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