WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Jan-21-26 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simulation, e.g. how much saving you already have, male/female life expectancy, expected returning and amount withdrawn each year.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 662 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-04-19    OhioChessFan: BTW, great advice to bet the over. Feb-04-19    diceman: <WannaBe: Burger King with Andy Warhol?? Huh???> You'd think Campbell's Soup would have used him. :) Feb-05-19    WannaBe: Happy New Year!!! Everyone! This is "my" year, which means I am 12!! This will begin the year of the Pig. Oink, Oink, Oink!!! Feb-05-19    Alien Math: Happy Lunar New Year 2019! Feb-08-19    WannaBe: I only use IE at CG.com because of Java, otherwise, I use something else. https://techcentral.co.za/stop-usin... Feb-10-19    juniper anole: they should make film of the moves Feb-11-19    WannaBe: <juniper anole> [Event "CG Tournament I"] [Site "https://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=27..."] [Date "2019.01.17"] [Round "-"] [White "wannabecg"] [Black "jackals"] [Result "*"] [WhiteElo "1555"] [BlackElo "1814"] [TimeControl "604800+432000"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "unterminated"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Ke8 8. f3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe 10. a3 Be7 11. Nge2 * click for larger view Feb-12-19    juniper anole: 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Ke8 8. f3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe 10. a3 Be7 11. Nge2 c5 * click for larger view Feb-14-19    WannaBe: Personal log. "Power strip". Maybe one day I will be able to tell the story. Feb-15-19    WannaBe: Valentine's day and Star Trek Discovery, I am going to give this episode A+ Feb-16-19    WannaBe: Best ever!!!! You go Chuck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMd... Feb-19-19    WannaBe: <juniper anole> 12. f4 [Event "CG Tournament I"] [Site "https://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=27..."] [Date "2019.01.17"] [Round "-"] [White "wannabecg"] [Black "jackals"] [Result "*"] [WhiteElo "1555"] [BlackElo "1814"] [TimeControl "604800+432000"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "unterminated"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Ke8 8. f3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe 10. a3 Be7 11. Nge2 c5 12. f4 click for larger view Feb-21-19    juniper anole: 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Ke8 8. f3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe 10. a3 Be7 11. Nge2 c5 12. f4 Nc6 Feb-25-19    WannaBe: (Probably) The best video... By Penn Jillette on politics, of all things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGA... Feb-25-19    WannaBe: Gem of a video, Billy Joel pays homage to V. Borges and some guy named Bob Dylan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIe... A++ Feb-26-19    technical draw: Hello friends. Today is my birthday. I am 70 years old. I thank my friend <WannaBe> for letting me use his forum. It has been a bad year so far for me. My brother passed away in Florida last month, he was 71. With the trips to Florida I had to postpone my trip to Israel. Well that's life. We plan but God has the last word. Thank you all for many years of friendship. Good chess to all! Feb-26-19    juan31: ( excuse <WannaBe> ) Felicidades TD, se te extraña por aqui. Feb-26-19    WannaBe: <TD> Thanks for dropping by and keeping us updated. Very sorry to hear about your brother. =( Feb-26-19    Diademas: Happy Birthday TD. And condolences on your loss. המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציון וירושלים Feb-26-19    Count Wedgemore: My condolences for your brother, <TD>. I hope you've had a nice birthday. Take care. Feb-27-19    technical draw: Thank you all for your kind words. Thank you <Diademas> for those nice words in Hebrew. Mar-02-19    WannaBe: gotta love the tuba player's entrance. So cool... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2r... Mar-02-19    WannaBe: The expressions of this conductor is just perfect, Bolero by Ravel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_p... Mar-02-19    WannaBe: Another totally different styled conductor, Mars by G. Holst: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXO... Mar-02-19    SugarDom: Happy birthday TD. Glad you're still alive like The Focus. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 662 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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