WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Jan-22-26 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-20-26 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: <keypusher> In a nutshell, Monte Carlo simulation is used in insurance, life, auto, home <A LOT>. It is also used in retirement simulation, e.g. how much saving you already have, male/female life expectancy, expected returning and amount withdrawn each year. Also some ...      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-16-26 Chessgames - Politics    WannaBe: Zed's dead. Zed's dead. (if one is to go down the 'Pulp Fiction' path) "That is A tasty burger!!"      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      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.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 652 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-06-18    Keyser Soze: <No doubt Argentines will be massively cheering for Belgium, though.> heh Fair enough. Sure I will root for Uruguay today. Jul-06-18    Fusilli: The second French goal was Uruguayan bad luck. I feel bad for the Uruguayan goalie. Jul-06-18    thegoodanarchist: As I said, 8 days ago, France looks very good. < thegoodanarchist: ... But I think the Frenchies will take it this year. I don't want them to, but they look like the best so far.> WannaBe chessforum (kibitz #16294) It was apparent in group play that the Frenchies are a formidable team. Jul-06-18    Penguincw: I'd just like to take a moment to thank <WannaBe> for hosting this FIFA <Euro> Cup prediction contest. Jul-06-18    WannaBe: In other news, espn.com seem to be broken. Main page still show 73 minutes, with Belgium leading Brazil. Jul-06-18    morfishine: Goose eggs for me today, my fortune lies with Croatia & England, they both must win after today's debacle! lol Jul-06-18    thegoodanarchist: My Belgians did it! They withstood the assault! Go Belgium! Win it all! Jul-07-18    technical draw: Man, I'm glad I didn't make any bets. I gave England no chance of advancing even in the group stage. Excuse me while I remove the egg from my face. Jul-07-18    technical draw: <I have England going all the way to the finals. > Great prediction by the penguin. Jul-07-18    WannaBe: English advances to face RUS or CRO. Jul-07-18    Penguincw: < technical draw: <I have England going all the way to the finals. > Great prediction by the penguin. > Thanks <TD>. I gotta keep an eye on <valiant>. I think among knockout only games, he's in the lead. He predicted 7/8 R16 and all 3 QF games correctly so far. (but in both cases, that team beats England in the finals) (the difference is that he got the Belgium-Brazil result correct; I didn't) He does have Belgium beating France in the semi-finals en route to the Cup, while having France doing that. Jul-07-18    Diademas: <Penguincw> <NakoSonorense> and <TheAlchemist> are also still very much inn it. Jul-07-18    Dr Winston OBoogie: Ahem! Now are you gonna believe us, are you gonna believe us are you gonna believe us... We're going to win the Cup! #ENGERLAND!!! Check out @BBCSport’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status... ^^^^ #ITSCOMINGHOME! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Jul-07-18    WannaBe: RUS/CRO Going OT. Jul-07-18    WannaBe: Croatia wins on PK 4-3! Jul-07-18    Penguincw: Russia is going home. Oh wait... Jul-07-18    WannaBe: After 3 rounds, 48 is the max possible. How to read this table: Score - Username <Picked to win Semi and Final> Picked to win Semi 40 - juan31 <Croatia> France 40 - NakoSonorense <France> Croatia 39 - TheAlchemist <Belgium> Croatia 37 - Valiant <Belgium> England 36 - Morfishine <England> Brazil 35 - Golden Executive <Brazil> Spain 34 - chessmoron <France> Switzerland 33 - paavoh <Brazil> Spain 33 - Penguincw <France> England 32 - Keyser Soze <Brazil> Spain 31 - Diademas <France> Spain 27 - technical draw <Mexico> Colombia 26 - Winston O Boogie <Brazil> England 25 - optimal play <Belgium> Switzerland 21 - Count Wedgemore <Brazil> Spain 19 - offramp <Portugal> Switzerland 12 - zborris8 10 - sodal Jul-07-18    Dr Winston OBoogie: Just saying.... <DWOB: Those #3lions on our shirts are there for a reason. We're the best team right now, maybe Brazil and France could say otherwise, but we ain't scared. <Colombia in the 2nd round, Sweden in the quarter finals, Croatia in the semis.> It's like I predicted it.. <Count Wedgemore: <Dr Winston OBoogie: We'll beat Sweden I'm absolutely positive of that,> Seems like there is a long tradition in England of underestimating Scandinavian teams. They're always convinced they'll win> Read that, Wedgie. I'm a genius lol :) Jul-07-18    Diademas: So six people can still win this. If France beats Croatia <NakoSonerens> wins If France beats England <Penguincw> wins If Crotia wins <juan31> wins If England wins <Morfisine> wins If Belgium beats Croatia <TheAlchemist> wins If Belgium beats England <Valiant> wins Jul-07-18    WannaBe: If Tunesia [sic] wins, I win! Jul-07-18    morfishine: <WannaBe> Thanks for the quick update on the scoring for your World Cup Game! Its good to see I'm the only one with England ***** Jul-07-18    WannaBe: <Diademas: So six people can still win this. > 18 players, 6 are still in, or 1/3 or 33.33% not bad at all, keep people interested. =)) Jul-07-18    Diademas: Vegas has: France 21/10 England 11/4 Belgium 14/5 Croatia 6/1 https://www.oddschecker.com/footbal... Jul-07-18    Penguincw: Nice to see Vegas is on my side here. And I thought I had just a 1 in 8 chance of winning. But in fairness, Vegas has been wrong before. WannaBe chessforum (kibitz #16352) If it were based on that, the SF would be France-Brazil and Spain-England, with Brazil beating Spain in the finals. Even the favourites there (in order) are Belgium > England > France > Croatia. Jul-07-18    WannaBe: Vegasinsider's odds for the last 4 teams: http://www.vegasinsider.com/soccer/... France 2-1 Belgium 5-2 England 11-4 Croatia 4-1 Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 652 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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