WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Jan-27-26 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-26-26 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: Wasn't Schultz on Hogan's Hero and then later started drawing daily comic strips?      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-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 8 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-12-06    RonB52734: What about 6.Qc2? I was looking at this position on the board and figured the threat was 7.Nd5 and then 8.Nc7. For an answer I was looking at 6...e6, which might prompt 7.Nb5. If 7.Nb5, then 7...Nc6. If I were white, I'd play either 6.Qc2 or do something with the King's Bishop to make way for castling. Jan-12-06    WannaBe: <RonB52734> I do not believe I have ever seen Qc2 played this early, it's usually e2 or d2 that I've seen. So I do not have much to contribute until I get my board out later and examine it. =) Jan-12-06    RonB52734: Yeah, that open c-file just caught my eye. Jan-12-06    RonB52734: <WannaBe> Just for clarity, in your second line, which was: 6. e5!? Nd7 7. exd6 exd6 (Maybe, Maybe) you are proposing 6...Nfd7, not Nbd7 Jan-12-06    WannaBe: <RonB52734: you are proposing 6...Nfd7, not Nbd7> Yes, you are correct. I should have made that clear. Don't want to drop that knight there. =) Jan-12-06    RonB52734: Altho I'd like to see the Knightmares stick that up their collective nostril! lol Jan-13-06    Robin01: I see we did go ahead and make another move. So now it is there move. Jan-13-06    Robin01: "their" move. Jan-13-06    Robin01: I think they will probably play 6.Bc4 or 6.Bb5+. If 6.Bc4 is played, then I like the reply of 6...Nc6. If 6.Bb5+ is played, I like 6...Nbd7, because if we play 6...Bd7, then they have 7.Qb3 and I do not like our position after that. Jan-13-06    Robin01: I do not think they will play 6.e5, but who knows. If they play 6.Bg5 then I again like 6...Nc6. I do not think we have to fear them taking off our knight with their bishop, because we just take back with the g pawn and we are doing well. Jan-13-06    Robin01: I was also looking at perhaps them playing 6.Qb3 maybe. I think we can just develop then again with 6...Nc6. Jan-13-06    Robin01: That's all I can think of right now. I need to sleep. Jan-13-06    RonB52734: They have played 6.Bc4 click for larger view I, too, think 6...Nc6. However, we have to be mindful of tactics against the f7 pawn. Jan-13-06    Robin01: I like 6...Nc6 here. We can follow that up with 7...e6 next, unless they make some weird move. Jan-13-06    RonB52734: Two votes for 6...Nc6 and holding..... Jan-13-06    Robin01: We have to make at least one move today, so if nobody else shows up today, I guess you have to make the move anyhow is the way I see it. Jan-13-06    WannaBe: If 6...Nc6 followed by 7. Ng5 we'll play 7...e6? Jan-13-06    Robin01: I think 7.Ng5 for them is a waste of a tempo, so I do not believe they will do that, but who knows for sure until it happens. But, yes, if they would play 7.Ng5, I guess 7...e6 is good also. Jan-13-06    Robin01: If they play 7.Ng5, then we can later chase the knight with h6. Jan-13-06    WannaBe: I too, vote for Nc6. Jan-13-06    Robin01: If for some reason they play maybe 7.e5, then I was looking at 7...Nd7; 8.exd6, Nb6 possibly followed by a recapture for us, after they move the bishop, of exd6. Just another possible line of many. Jan-13-06    NakoSonorense: I vote for Nc6 Ill be back in a few hours Jan-13-06    RonB52734: Ok so we're only waiting for sitzkrieg? Anyone think we should move? or wait? Jan-13-06    WannaBe: we have 4 votes for Nc6. That's a majority. =) Jan-13-06    RonB52734: Thinking ahead now (I'm going to display White to play after 6...Nc6 click for larger view After 6...Nc6, we might see 7. 0-0 (probably the most sensible) and we could respond with ...e6 or possibly ...g6. I think that, given the time to do so, we need to prepare the short castle. I'm a little leery of ...g6 and fianchetto because of the lurking dark-squared weakness around the king. 7. Ng5 or 7.Qb3 (again, these are my jaundiced looks at the f7 pawn) and I think we'd have to respond ...e6 7. Bg5 and I'd be tempted again to respond ...e6 rather than an immediate ...h6. ...e6 allows our Queen to defend the f6 Knight, preserving our pawn structure. And ...e6 discourages a hasty 8.Nd5. These appear most likely to me. (Of course, the grossly rash 7.Bxf7+?? Kxf7 8.Ng5+? Ke8 [Not 8...Kg8 9.Qb3+] is possible and the only thing to remember is not Kg8 to "castle by hand") Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 8 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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