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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simulation, e.g. how much saving you already have, male/female life expectancy, expected returning and amount withdrawn each year.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 99 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-22-06    Zebra: <suenteus po 147> Great, thanks. May-23-06    Open Defence: <Wannabe> im my humble opinion the Four Knights Defence and Four Knights variation of the Scotch is a very underestimated opening.... I don't think the Belgrade Gambit is sound though, however you are very likely to encounter it at club level if you play the Black side of the Four Knights... May-23-06    Swapmeet: <Wannabe> That Nb5 is called the Blumenfeld Attack, a very interesting and complicated line that I play religiously as white. Unfortunately I haven't seen much written about it (Lane doesn't even MENTION it!), it's kind of like that second cousin no one likes to talk about. I've done alot of personal analysis, for what its worth, if you'd like to go over it on FICS some time. May-23-06    Zebra: <Swapmeet: Lane doesn't even MENTION it!> Which Lane book is this? <themadhair: Ever tried the Göring?> I am also interested in the Göring and Scotch Gambits. Are these lines included in the book you are reading? May-23-06    themadhair: <Zebra>MCO style piece (http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller...) Played a mini tournament in it at gameknot here (http://gameknot.com/mt.pl?id=11552) (needs a gknot account) and quite liked it. Phenomenal blitz weapon. Although if you are desparate for a win as white and your opponent knows what they are doing it can be a bit tame though. Did I mention the blitz potential? May-23-06    Zebra: <themadhair> Thanks for the links, plenty for me to look at there. Great idea playing mini-tournaments to explore a particular opening. By the way I also play on GK - maybe see you there some time. May-23-06    Swapmeet: <Zebra> The Lane book is "The Scotch Game Explained". I only mentioned it because I think <Open Defence> said she was using the same book. May-23-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <WannaBe> I see that the USA national football team is playing against Morocco today! If I'm not mistaken, the match should start at 4:00 PM, Californian time. Perhaps you should look up if this match is on television! You can always follow the match on Internet here: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en... May-23-06    WannaBe: <EmperorAtahualpa: <WannaBe> I see that USA national football team is...> Yeah, I think our QB is gonna throw for 500 yards against them!! And our running-back is gonna rush for 300 yards and 5 touchdowns!!! May-23-06    WannaBe: On a serious note, team USA for preparation purposes, invited teams (that didn't qualify for the Cup, but is still ranked high by FIFA) to US for some friendlies. May-24-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <WannaBe> Did you get to see the USA-Morocco match? You guys lost 0-1! Also Reyna got injured..this is not looking good.. May-24-06    WannaBe: <EmperorAtahualpa> No, I did not get to see it, actually I haven't even read the morning paper yet. May-24-06    Open Defence: <Swapmeet> yes Lane's book that I was referring to was Winning with the Scotch .. it seems a little incomplete and some of the lines are not exactly "winning"...but then again nothing guarantees you of a win unless your opponent walks into an inferior position and you can execute the win. May-24-06    Robin01: <WannaBe> Here is the game between Ron and myself. I had black. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qd2 Bxf3 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. gxf3 Qxd4 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Qc2 Qf4 18. Be2 Re5 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 g6 21. Kh1 Rae8 22. Bb5 R8e7 23. f4 Rf5 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Rxf4 26. f3 Rd4 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Nd5 29. Kg1 Ne3 30. Be2 Nf5 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Bc4 f6 33. f4 h6 34. Kf3 Nd4+ 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Bd3 g5 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. Kg4 Ne6 40. h4 h5+ 41. Kxh5 Nf4+ 42. Kg4 Nxd3 0-1 May-24-06    WannaBe: <Robin01> Check back tomorrow morning. =) May-24-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <WannaBe> Luckily, Claudio Reyna's hamstring injury is not very serious. They were fearing he would be out for many weeks, so that he wouldn't be able to participate in the World Cup. But now it looks like he will be back in time! Here's my source: http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=62802/c... It's in Dutch, so you can use Babelfish to see if I'm lying to you or not. :) May-24-06    WannaBe: <Robin01>, <RonB52734> Here is the PGN. [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2006.05.24"] [Round "?"] [White "RonB52734"] [Black "Robin01"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qd2 Bxf3 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. gxf3 Qxd4 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Qc2 Qf4 18. Be2 Re5 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 g6 21. Kh1 Rae8 22. Bb5 R8e7 23. f4 Rf5 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Rxf4 26. f3 Rd4 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Nd5 29. Kg1 Ne3 30. Be2 Nf5 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Bc4 f6 33. f4 h6 34. Kf3 Nd4+ 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Bd3 g5 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. Kg4 Ne6 40. h4 h5+ 41. Kxh5 Nf4+ 42. Kg4 Nxd3 0-1 May-24-06    WannaBe: <Robin01>, <RonB52734> How to read this... First, is the move played, and then the first number in the bracket is the computer's evaluation. Followed by recommended moves and the evaluation if that line's played. 12. Nxf6+ <-0.66 12.Ne4-g3 Qd8-c7 13.Rf1-e1 Ra8-e8 14.Bd3-b5 a7-a6 15.Bb5xd7 Qc7xd7 16.d4xc5 Be7xc5 17.Bg5xf6 Qd7xd1 18.Ra1xd1 Bb7xf3 19.g2xf3 -0.04> 13. Qd2 <-2.80 13.Bg5-e3 c5xd4 14.Nf3xd4 Nd7-e5 15.Bd3-c2 Rf8-e8 -0.66> 18. Be2 <-3.16 18.Qc2-b3 Re8-e5 19.Bd3-c4 Ra8-f8 20.Rf1-e1 Nf6-d7 21.Re1xe5 Nd7xe5 22.Bc4-d5 Rf8-e8 23. Bd5-e4 Qf4-h4 24.Rd1-d6 -2.26> 19. ...Qxd2 <-1.83 19...Qf4-h4 20.f3-f4 Re5-e6 21.f4-f5 Nf6-g4 22.Be2xg4 Qh4xg4+ 23.Kg1-h1 Qg4xf5 24.Qd2-d8+ Re6-e8 25. Qd8-d2 Qf5-f3+ 26.Kh1-g1 Qf3-g4+ 27.Kg1-h1 Qg4-e4+ -3.16> 41. Kxh5 <-8.82 41.Kg4-g3 g5-g4 42.Bd3-b5 Kf6-e5 43.Kg3-f2 Ke5-f4 44. Bb5-e8 Ne6-g7 45.Be8-c6 Ng7-f5 46.Bc6-e8 g4-g3+ 47.Kf2-g1 -4.59> This is done w/ blunder check. I'll post the full analysis later. (That can take hours...) May-25-06    WannaBe: Okay, full analysis... Comments are Shredder's 9...exd5 <last book move> 12. Nxf6+ <12. Ng3!?=> 13. Qd2? <13. Be3 > is the best option white has 14...Nxf6 <14...Qxf6 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. Rad1 > makes it even easier for Black 16...Rfe8 <Rad8 17. Rfe1 > 18. Be2 <Qb3 a5 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Qxb6 Qxf3 > 19...Qxd2 <19...Qh4 20. f4 R5e6> keeps an even firmer grip 23. f4 <23. Rfd1 Kg7 > 26. f3 <26.kg2 Rfd4 27. Rfd1 g5 > doesn't get the bull off the ice 35. Kf2 <35. Ke4 Ke7 > does not help much. 37. fxg5 <37...hxg5 38. Kg3 > black can already relax. May-25-06    brankat: <WannaBe> In a reasonably searious tournament, with solid oppostion, the openings like: the Scotch, the Evans, the K-gambit, etc, is something You want avoid like plague. Btw, the same goes for the Mora! Try to choose something more solid, without looking for any kind of "shortcuts". May-25-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <WannaBe> Yikes, what happened to your chessbucks? :) May-25-06    Swapmeet: <brankat> Not bad advice in general, but would you really lump the Scotch in with the Evans, Morra, KG? Don't forget Wannabe is playing in the U1200. May-25-06    WannaBe: <EmperorAtahualpa: Yikes, what happened...> I think <refutor> took it all. :-) <brankat> I chose the Scotch for white is to avoid the multiple variations of the Ruy. Plus I haven't used the Ruy in a long time. For some reason, people tend to play French and Sicilian against me. And yeah, I'm playing in the super-patzer section. :-) May-25-06    Open Defence: I think the Scotch is a good choice even against more solid opposition... there are not many opportunities for Black to play the kind of opening trappy lines that White has... though I dislike trappy play... though I would suggest a more non committal opening like 1♘f3 if you are sound in the opening principles and try to stay away from the main lines... too many guys come to the board memorizing variations and they might out "book" you in the main lines..... May-25-06    Robin01: <WannaBe> Thanks for analyzing that game for us. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 99 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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