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simulation, e.g. how much saving you already have, male/female life expectancy, expected returning and amount withdrawn each year.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 96 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-12-06    Open Defence: <Emperor> as an Arsenal fan I once held the same opinion of Van Nistelrooy as you now hold of Drogba LOL!!! great player though especially at penalties .. broke many an Arsenal fan's heart May-12-06    EmperorAtahualpa: Van Nistelrooy? A diver? Nooooooo... May-12-06    Open Defence: <Emperor> I remember last year there was a very controversial game after which some of the Arsenal players whacked him on the head. May-12-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <Open Defence> Yeah, I remember that too! There was a fight while they were on their way to the changing rooms, right? I don't remember what it was about though. May-12-06    Open Defence: < I don't remember what it was about though.> an alleged dive May-12-06    EmperorAtahualpa: There, you said it, "alleged"! Don't forget that Drogba actually admitted diving! (accidentally) :) May-12-06    Open Defence: <Emperor> I used the word "alleged" as it was controversial .. however .. my opinion after seeing many replays of him is that the term "alleged" is a mere formality May-12-06    WannaBe: <thegreatzidane> I will do so when I get home. =) May-12-06    WannaBe: <thegreatzidane> Never mind, I remember the title of this one... and its unique cover. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18... No one asked, but I'll post it anyway, the Scotch book is http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18... And the Najdorf book's link to amazon is posted on <Zebra>'s forum. May-12-06    Open Defence: <Wannabe> Gary Lane wrote a nice book "Winning with the Scotch" ... it helped me come up with some nice ideas for the Black side ... maybe we could practice them some time ... May-12-06    WannaBe: <Open Defence> Oh, that would be lovely!! May-12-06    Open Defence: great .. I will try to post some of the lines from that book so that we can compare notes and see if the opinions differ .. I generally mistrust computers on Opening Analyses as I am not sure if they are relying on their opening book or actually analysing the position May-12-06    Zebra: I will follow that with interest as well. I recently decided to take up a new opening as white against ...e5, and had a look at the Scotch. However the main priority was to find a way of avoiding the Petrov, so I settled for the Kings Gambit. May-12-06    Open Defence: <avoiding> the Petrov .. maybe you should try the Vienna ? May-12-06    Chopin: <Wannabe> I've already made my predictions, but "just to be safe"-- that's what I say to all my girls. FIRST ROUND predictions: 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 <offramp> Just to be consistent with your predictions, you should have picked <Saudia Arabia>, <Ghana> and <Trinidad & Tobago> to reach the second round. Actually, I'm just joking-- I agree it's hard to make these predictions, but how could you leave out The Netherlands???????. May-12-06    WannaBe: <Chopin> Got it. (again =) May-12-06    Isolani: <zebra> The best way to befuddle a Petrov guy is to play 3♘c3. Most of the time that will lead to a Four Knights Game. Jan Pinski wrote a book on that opening years ago which introduces new ideas since the John Nunn edition was released. In addition when you have a grasp of the Four Knights your repertoire grows since you will now also have an alternative to the Scotch. May-13-06    Open Defence: <isolani> yes especially since some "sophisticated" players out there think that the Four Knights is a beginners opening .. hehehe May-13-06    Zebra: <Isolani> Interesting thoughts, I will check them out. Isn't there a sharp variant in the Four Knights (the Belgrade Gambit??). That would quite appeal to me. May-13-06    Zebra: <Open Defence: <avoiding> the Petrov .. maybe you should try the Vienna ?> I used to play the Vienna at school - maybe I'll go back to it one day. At the moment (apart from the Kings Gambit), I am also looking at the Bishops Opening (which of course can easily end up as a Vienna). May-13-06    Isolani: <Zebra> Belgrade Gambit 4 d4 exd4 5♘d5!? Pinski devotes a chapter in his book to it. It is a popular "club level" variation laden with tricks and complications, to paraphrase the author. May-14-06    Zebra: <Isolani>: <Pinski devotes a chapter in his book to it. It is a popular "club level" variation laden with tricks and complications, to paraphrase the author.> That sounds like the kind of thing that might be interesting. I just have to remember not to play it against any grandmasters ;-) May-15-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <WannaBe> Sorry, sorry, sorry and a million times more sorry, but I have just changed my mind in the predictions: Could you please change my preference for South Korea to Switzerland?? 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 Sorry again, and thanks a bunch for your trouble. :) May-15-06    Zebra: I would also like to switch from Togo to Switzerland, if this is possible. May-15-06    WannaBe: <EmperorAtahualpa> & <Zebra> Okay, not a problem. =) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 96 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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