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simulation, e.g. how much saving you already have, male/female life expectancy, expected returning and amount withdrawn each year.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 95 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-10-06    you vs yourself: The Kibitzer's Café <percy> gave you some userful advice there. But I still think it's unclear and we'll play it again tonight. ps: I was ROFL after seeing <mkabba>'s post and <whatthefat>'s response in that page. May-10-06    Robin01: I like to drank a lot of coffee when I play. .stceffe edis on eciton I May-10-06    WannaBe: I see no side effects either. =) May-10-06    FICSwoodpusher: Group A - <Germany>, <Poland>, Ecuador, Costa Rica Group B - <England>, Paraguay, <Sweden>, Trinidad & Tobago Group C - <Argentina>, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, <Netherlands> Group D - <Mexico>, Angola, <Portugal>, Iran Group E - <Italy>, Ghana, <Czech Republic>, USA Group F - <Brazil>, <Croatia>, Australia, Japan Group G - <France>, Switzerland, Togo, <S. Korea> Group H - <Spain>, <Ukraine>, Tunesia, Saudi Arabia May-10-06    dakgootje: <brankat> Thanks for those thoughts, but isnt it often better to drink/eat something with sugar if you need to think a lot? or was that something else... past midnight over here.... need... coffee! (or beer ;-) May-10-06    WannaBe: Got my books, one Scotch Game (C45), one King's Indian Defense (E60), and one Sicilian, Najdorf (B90). Or is it, according to George Thurgood, one Scotch Game (C45), One Bourbon, and One Beer?! =) May-10-06    WannaBe: four nothing white wash... <NakoSonorense> beat my rear end silly... May-10-06    brankat: <robin01> <I like to drank>?? You must have had too much coffee already :) May-10-06    NakoSonorense: Hey wannabe. Those were good games. I got lucky on the last one... i shdve lost that. :) See you around. And hope to play ya again. laterssss May-10-06    brankat: <WannaBe> Just remembered, although You may be aware of this. Regarding various sorts of tactical opportunities ("traps & zaps"), the Sicilian, mostly if You have the white, is full of them. More so than any other opening. Since You like to play the Sicilian as both, black & white, it may not hurt to check out some of these fast ones. You would want to know them when the white, in order to capitalize on it, and as the black to avoid them. It could be a gold mine. Since there is no more gold left in California, might as well use the substitute :) Anyhow, Paul Keres was The Master of Sicilian tactics. It is interesting to notice how he played various lines of this opening as White but hardly ever as the black! I suppose he knew better. In this Database there is a list of almost 200 of Paul's games having the white pieces in the Sicilian and not a single one when the black! You may WANNA check out a few of them. Good luck mate. May-11-06    chessmoron: It's just too bad that Paul Keres can't achieve world champion status. May-11-06    Dim Weasel: Predictions: Group A - <Germany>, Poland, <Ecuador>, Costa Rica Group B - <England>, Paraguay, <Sweden>, Trinidad & Tobago Group C - <Argentina>, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, <Netherlands> Group D - <Mexico>, Angola, <Portugal>, Iran Group E - <Italy>, Ghana, <Czech Republic>, USA Group F - <Brazil>, Croatia, Australia, <Japan> Group G - <France>, <Switzerland>, Togo, S. Korea Group H - <Spain>, <Ukraine>, Tunesia, Saudi Arabia May-11-06    Zebra: <Wannabe> What is your book on the Najdorf (if it isn't a secret)? May-11-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <Dim Weasel> Whoa, Japan instead of Croatia?? That's one hell of a gamble. :) May-11-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <all> Here is a really cool World Cup predictor!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared... May-11-06    WannaBe: <brankat> Thank you, I'll check out the Keres. <Zebra> Book's at home (I'm currently reading the Scotch book). Will post title and author when I get to it. =) May-11-06    WannaBe: <brankat> Thank you!! http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... I've downloaded the PGN and will examine the games later!! =) May-11-06    offramp: FIRST ROUND: Group A: <Germany>, Costa Rica, Poland, <Ecuador> Group B: England, <Paraguay>, Trinidad and Tobago, <Sweden> Group C: <Argentina>, Côte d'Ivoire, <Serbia & Montenegro>, Netherlands Group D: <Mexico>, Iran, <Angola>, Portugal Group E: <Italy>, Ghana, USA, <Czech Republic> Group F: <Brazil>, Croatia, Australia, <Japan> Group G: <France>, Switzerland, <Korea Republic>, Togo Group H: Spain, <Ukraine>, <Tunisia>, Saudi Arabia May-11-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <offramp> Did you pick those countries while blindfolded? :) May-12-06    offramp: No: I think England will do badly; Japan will do well. My heart hopes that African countries do well. You can never really predict these things... May-12-06    thegreatzidane: My predictions: Group A - <Germany>, <Poland>, Ecuador, Costa Rica Group B - <England>, Paraguay, <Sweden>, Trinidad & Tobago Group C - <Argentina>, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, <Netherlands> Group D - <Mexico>, Angola, <Portugal>, Iran Group E - <Italy>, Ghana, <Czech Republic>, USA Group F - <Brazil>, <Croatia>, Australia, Japan Group G - <France>, Switzerland, Togo, <S. Korea> Group H - <Spain>, <Ukraine>, Tunesia, Saudi Arabia May-12-06    thegreatzidane: <wannabe> dont mind posting the title of your KID book also? May-12-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <No: I think England will do badly; Japan will do well. My heart hopes that African countries do well. You can never really predict these things...> <offramp> I have the same sympathies for the African countries, except Côte d'Ivoire! These guys are playing so horribly defensive...not at all the style you're used to from an African team! And of course there's the diver Drogba on that team, whom I totally detest! Oh, and I think you should know that Japan drew a match against Bulgaria at home 1-1...and that is not a very good sign at all, because just a few days after that, Bulgaria lost 5-1 against Scotland! May-12-06    Open Defence: <diver Drogba on that team, whom I totally detest> don't tell me there is a Manchester United fan amongst us hehehehehe May-12-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <don't tell me there is a Manchester United fan amongst us hehehehehe> <Open Defence> Not anymore after they fired Van Nistelrooy (or they are going to anyway). :) Well, actually I was never a big fan of any English team. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 95 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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