WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Jan-23-26 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-22-26 Memorable Quotes chessforum    WannaBe: <sfod> It's ignore list...      Jan-22-26 Chessgames - Politics    WannaBe: <gezafan> Errr.... No. The fact that you refuse to answer/address the question shows that you are incapable of doing so. By further pointing out what you believe/belief in your response post is not evident of supporting your argument.      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simulation, e.g. how much saving you already have, male/female life expectancy, expected returning and amount withdrawn each year.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-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

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 68 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-01-06    Robin01: <I think even if we do play 47...Rd6+ followed by 48. Qxd6 Bxd6 49. Kxd6, I believe we can get a stalemate.> We lose if the pieces come off. We cannot trade off our rook and bishop for their queen. Mar-01-06    Robin01: I'll have to look at this some more later this evening as I am way too busy at work today. Mar-01-06    sitzkrieg: I vote for Rd7check, based on the lines given above. I dont like Rc7 and Ba7 is not a possebility. Mar-01-06    sitzkrieg: possebilety/ how do i spell it? Mar-01-06    sitzkrieg: Btw in the line with the checks (after Rd7), when we drive the king to f5, the king cant do g6 because of Rf6 check and Qxf6, gxf6.. Then either Kxf6, wich is an easy draw, or a last white try with Kxh6. This looks problematic, but in the lines I checked we can always capture the a pawn, and with help of the bishop the king is back in time to prevent whites pawns from queening. So this all looks sufficient. BUT, if the king moves to g1 and hides BEHIND its pawns, it can lead them forward and probably break throug. So Rd7 is as i see it also not enough for a draw. Also there was the earlier mentioned opportunity to play Kh4 (with g4 as a possabilety) but then we capture the a pawn. The problem with 44. Rc7 is imo Qa8. We are totally tied, and the king will march to g6. We can only move our rook around on the 7th rank, i think there are many ways to win for white then, one is to give up their queen for rook in the centre, and then grab our pawns. So I think we unfortunatly still have a lost position after all. with the checks we can drive away their king for some time but sooner or later it will show up. In the other line i expect it to be a shorter affair. As I see it we have three options. Resigning Rc7 Rd7 I go for the latter, since then we have some chances of muddying the water, if thats the correct expression. Mar-01-06    WannaBe: Looks like I'll be spending most of my today and tomorrow in meeting with software engineers. So won't be looking at this until I get home. Mar-01-06    sitzkrieg: Okay. Good luck. Any vote of you for if you are not back in time? Mar-01-06    RonB52734: I vote for Rd7+. Mar-01-06    TheAlchemist: <WannaBe> You finally had your big break today, congratulations! Kupreichik vs Rashkovsky, 1986 Nukhim Rashkovsky Mar-01-06    RonB52734: <sitzkrieg> <BUT, if the king moves to g1 and hides BEHIND its pawns, it can lead them forward and probably break through> 44...Rd7+ 45.Ke2 Re7+ 46.Kf1 Rf7+ 47.Kg1 Ba7+. Now, if (a) 48.Kh1 Rf1+ 49.Kh2 Bb7+ 50.g3 Rb1 and I think we're ok, or (b) 48.Kh2 Bb8+ and this either transposes into the other line, or 49.g3 Rf2+ 50.K_1 Bxg3 winning a pawn, and I think we are ok here too. Now, mind you, I haven't looked at lines where the White King goes to g4 and h5 instead of f1 and g1, but I think in those lines, they are actually worse off because we can continue the Rook checks thanks to our Bishop being where it is. Don't lose hope, my hearties. There's life in the Black pieces yet!! Mar-01-06    RonB52734: I should point out that I have to get up very early tomorrow morning and drive to the other end of the state (to give a talk about Internet access to court records) and so I'd appreciate it very much if we could have a definitive vote tonight before I go to bed. To me, it is quite clear that Rd7+ is our move. Mar-01-06    sitzkrieg: I like/vote Rd7 too. Mar-01-06    sitzkrieg: And i agree that lines with King to g4 or h5 are relatively good for us. I have no board at hand, but <9.g3 Rf2+ 50.K_1 Bxg3> sounds good i probably missed that tho i looked at Ba7check. Mar-01-06    Robin01: <44...Rd7+ 45.Ke2 Re7+ 46.Kf1 Rf7+ 47.Kg1 Ba7+> Your line looks good right now. So I vote for 44...Rd7+. Mar-01-06    Robin01: Maybe they will get tired of chasing us around and offer a draw! Mar-01-06    RonB52734: <sitzkrieg> possibility. Sorry; I have been called "the spelling police" before. I come from a long line of English teachers. Mar-01-06    RonB52734: <Robin> I still have not seen anything but a draw here, with correct play. Mar-01-06    sitzkrieg: Seriously, thanks for helping me out with my spelling. I dont write a lot of English, so it gets worse, and it is always good to be corrected:) Mar-01-06    sitzkrieg: <Cogano and Wannabe> still have to vote. From what i understood Wannabe wont be posting for a day? Mar-01-06    RonB52734: <sitzkrieg> I thought there was a chance <WannaBe> might post something this evening. As I write, it is only 4:50 p.m. where he lives. He may not be home from work yet. Mar-01-06    sitzkrieg: OK. I am off, but my vote is clear. Have a good journey tomorrow. Mar-01-06    Robin01: <I still have not seen anything but a draw here, with correct play.> So far, so good! Maybe they will get tired of moving and offer us a draw. Mar-01-06    WannaBe: Well, if you have 3 votes... :-), if not, check 'em! Rd7+ Will also be in meeting all day tomorrow, meeting might run long, because they are flying out Friday morning and ALL open issues will be discussed/debated. So could be a very very long day for me tomorrow. Mar-01-06    WannaBe: <TheAlchemist> Actually my first 'fame' was: Rohde vs Seirawan, 1988 and Michael Rohde :-) Mar-01-06    Robin01: <RonB52734> I just saw a weather map for tomorrow, and it looks like PA is covered in a mix of rain, ice and snow, so be careful driving out there. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 68 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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