WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Jan-25-26 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-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-23-26 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: I remember when so-and-so (e.g. Troy Aikman) transfers from one school to another (different conference), you sit out a year. If you transfer within conference, it's two years. And none of this 10th year of eligiblity because you were hurt or gone a religion mission to Pluto or ...      Jan-22-26 Memorable Quotes chessforum    WannaBe: <sfod> It's ignore list...      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.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 36 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-30-06    WannaBe: Oh that's nothing, remember when I said we can't play Bg6 or something like that? My brain was in the deep deep freezer... You can always add whiskey and/or bailey to coffee. =) Jan-30-06    RonB52734: Ok, while you guys are off making martinis (which would look like this: ~~~Y~~~), I'm voting for NxN, which would look like this: click for larger view Jan-30-06    WannaBe: Ah, what the hay... NxN is the one for me too. Jan-30-06    Robin01: Yes, Nxe5 is my vote also. I am going to finish my drink and then fall into my bed. Jan-30-06    RonB52734: Actually, 23...Nxe5 24.Qg3, it looks like 24...Bf6 is the move, not 24...Bd6, because of the threat of 25.Qxg7. Pour me one of those, barkeep! Jan-31-06    sitzkrieg: Nxe5 kinda amazed me, but now I am convinced the idea behind it is, indeed, Qe4, with double attack. (If we had played our rook to c8 this wouldnt have worked!) This was quite a brilliant find of them, and i fear we are now a little bit worse then before. Still it is easy to keep material equality in several lines. After Qe4 i have analysed Rc8, Rd8 and Bc5 chess and all seem playable, with most times equality. But first we need to play Nxe5 of course, and that is my vote. Jan-31-06    sitzkrieg: Damnit, I also missed Ron,s Qg3 wich is good too. Lets first see what they play, Nxe5 is sort of forced anyway. Jan-31-06    Robin01: I believe we have to post early this morning. Jan-31-06    sitzkrieg: Hmm We have 4 out of 5 votes, so we can post if we need to. Jan-31-06    RonB52734: We don't have to post until 9 tonight. I woke up at 6:30 this morning thinking "Do we have to move this morning?" And I double-checked it. Jan-31-06    sitzkrieg: Hehe. I have no clue what time it is at your home, but i ll leave it to you boss:) Jan-31-06    RonB52734: I'll post our move later this afternoon. Clearly, white knows what its next move is and they will post it quickly after we do. I don't want to be in a position where we have to move again by sometime tomorrow morning. Jan-31-06    RonB52734: Oops, another brain cramp. 23...Nxe5 24.Qg3 Bf6 (or Bd6) 25.Bf4 is trouble. I don't know yet what to do here. Jan-31-06    RonB52734: Maybe 23...Nxe5 24.Qg3 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 Bd4 and 26...g5 Jan-31-06    Robin01: <I don't want to be in a position where we have to move again by sometime tomorrow morning> Good idea. Post later this afternoon. I'm not going to get to analyze this anymore until this evening. Jan-31-06    RonB52734: One last idea for a bit. 23...Nxe5 24.Qg3 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 Bd4 26 Nd1 (dangerous because it prepares 27.Bb2) 26...Qg6 Jan-31-06    RonB52734: Any final thoughts, team? I'd like to post the move at about 4:30, and then I'm off to play what will seem, by comparison, to be a lightning game of chess, at game/2 hours! Jan-31-06    WannaBe: Oh sure, I think there something 'trappy' about this, but NxN is what I'll go for. =) Jan-31-06    RonB52734: Another thought: 23...Nxe5 24.Qg3 and now if 24...Bc5+ I think white's response could be 25.Be3. Here, I think 25...Qf6, but I'm not at a board and haven't got much time to look at it. Anyway, some challenges after 24.Qg3, but I do think it's possible to hold the position. Jan-31-06    RonB52734: I meant 25...Qg5, not 25...Qf6 Jan-31-06    WannaBe: Worst case scenario, we let them get the N back, (and the pawn that they took earlier.) And regroup/reforumate a plan. Jan-31-06    RonB52734: Ok, let me rewrite that 23...Nxe5 24.Qg3 and now if 24...Bc5+ I think white's response could be 25.Be3. Then 25...Be7 and probably something like 26.Bf4. It's at this point that we might play 26...Qg6 or be cute and play 26...Bc5+ again. Jan-31-06    Robin01: <RonB52734> Good luck in your G/120! Jan-31-06    RonB52734: <Robin01> Thanks, but we had 3 players call in sick, so as a "house" player, I was able to sit out this round. Fine with me: with the work I did this weekend and the end-of-month paperwork that surrounds me, I needed some rest. Jan-31-06    RonB52734: And now, before the talking shrub invades my living room, for some more analysis of 24.Qg3 Bc5+ If 25. Be3, then 25...Qd6. Now, if 26.Bxc5, then 26...Qxc5 with a double attack. In this position, white's light-squared bishop is pinned so it can't get into the attack on e5. If 26.Rd1, then 26...Qc7, still protecting the B and N. So I don't think we'll see 25.Be3. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 36 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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