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cu8sfan
Member since Mar-22-04

I live in <♖Switzerland♖>. I've been playing chess since I was eight with some breaks in between.
Winner of Time Magazine Person of the Year, 2006
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Before I forget: Chess isn't my only passion. <Go Cubs!> <WORLD SERIES CHAMPION 2016> -- And I was there!

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   cu8sfan has kibitzed 6678 times to chessgames [more...]

   Feb-27-25 Boris Spassky

cu8sfan: Rest in peace, Boris Spassky! I will never forget playing against him in a simul in Zurich.

   Jul-13-20 Denker vs D MacMurray, 1932

cu8sfan: This is like Deja-vu all over again!

   Mar-11-19 Penguincw chessforum

cu8sfan: Thank you for your kind words on my forum. I have been so busy this year, I never had the chance to check in here on cg.com. I hope the situation has calmed down a bit. At least it seems like the difficulty level of the PotD has been fixed, I now can solve Mondays and sometimes ...

   Aug-23-18 N Arora vs B Samhouri, 2008

cu8sfan: I'd go for 32. ... ♖e1. For some reasons, that's the version I find more pleasing to the eye.

   Aug-21-18 Helmut Pfleger

cu8sfan: <Pyke> Same here. I have fond memories of watching him on TV talking chess. Remember, chess on TV?!

   Aug-21-18 cu8sfan chessforum

cu8sfan: The travellers trotted on, and as the sun began to sink towards the White Downs far away on the western horizon they came to Bywater by its wide pool; and there they had their first really painful shock. This was Frodo and Sam’s own country, and they found out now that they cared ...

   Aug-20-18 Sneaky chessforum

cu8sfan: <thegoodanarchist: <Sneaky: In the early days I remember Honza Cervenka, refutor, Knight13, GWGriffiths, pawntificator. Lots of people I can't recall, of course. If you cruise the first few hundred pages of the café you can see them. (Way back then, people actually discussed ...

   Aug-20-18 Daniel Freeman

cu8sfan: O my... I was away for a while, sometimes lurking on the site but not posting very often. Then these last couple of weeks I was really away and when I come back I get hit with the news. I am very sad to hear of Daniel's passing. We have interacted a couple of times when I was more ...

   Aug-13-18 Topalov vs So, 2016

cu8sfan: Is it just me or is this the second Monday in a row that was awfully hard?

   Aug-06-18 K Rohonyan vs A L'Ami, 2008

cu8sfan: Wow, that was difficult, even for me!

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Mar-11-06		WannaBe: <cu8sfan> Thanks for running it!! Even though my picks were down-right horrible!!

Mar-11-06		Chess Classics: Phew! What a terrible tournament for predictors! Especially with such an awful Morelia performance by Topalov followed by such an awesoe Linares performance! I shall wear my 45%, 19/20 after 5 rounds proudly! <cu8sfan> Thank you for taking the time to run this-my first prediction contest, but lots of fun! Regards, CC

Mar-11-06		LancelotduLac: What happened to <lostemperor's> prediction contest? I submitted a prediction there but not here... Which one is the "real thing" ?

Mar-12-06		lostemperor: <LancelotduLac> keep checking User: lostemperor. There will the other prediction results come up (the "real thing" :))!

Mar-12-06		cu8sfan: <LancelotduLac> My contest on the cu8sfan chessforum is the "real thing" for predicting rounb-by-round results. lostemperor's contest on the lostemperor chessforum is the "real thing" for predicting the final standings of tournaments. You can participate in both.

Mar-12-06		cu8sfan: Hi y'all! Here are the final standings of this year's Moralia/Linares tournament. Please let me know if you think I've got the results wrong. Congratulations to <yoozum> for winning this very difficult tournament and beating everybody including User: drawer! I'll post the trophy standings tomorrow. <Score,Max,Pct.,UserID,Rounds> 33,56,58.9%,yoozum,14 31,56,55.4%,iron maiden,14 30,56,53.6%,DRAWER,14 29,56,51.8%,cade,14 29,56,51.8%,Dim Weasel,14 29,56,51.8%,Montreal1666,14 29,56,51.8%,percyblakeney,14 28,56,50.0%,lostemperor,14 27,56,48.2%,cromat,14 27,56,48.2%,dimradil,14 27,56,48.2%,yalie,14 27,56,48.2%,YouRang,14 26,56,46.4%,ahmadov,14 26,56,46.4%,me to play,14 25,52,48.1%,bobbyboomer,13 25,52,48.1%,viapori,13 25,56,44.6%,Joshka,14 24,52,46.2%,Assassinater,13 24,52,46.2%,babakova,13 24,52,46.2%,Tassadar,13 24,56,42.9%,offramp,14 24,56,42.9%,TechN9ne,14 24,56,42.9%,VishyFan,14 24,56,42.9%,you vs yourself,14 23,48,47.9%,zarra,12 23,52,44.2%,radu stancu,13 23,56,41.1%,Resignation Trap,14 23,56,41.1%,Robin01,14 23,56,41.1%,WannaBe,14 22,52,42.3%,Appaz,13 21,40,52.5%,larrewl,10 21,44,47.7%,ConLaMismaMano,11 21,48,43.8%,AdrianP,12 21,56,37.5%,cu8sfan,14 21,56,37.5%,Mating Net,14 20,48,41.7%,Bobak Zahmat,12 20,48,41.7%,kolobok,12 20,56,35.7%,Broon Bottle,14 19,44,43.2%,BishopofBlunder,11 19,56,33.9%,Annie K.,14 19,56,33.9%,nintenchess,14 19,56,33.9%,RANDOM,14 19,56,33.9%,suenteus po 147,14 18,52,34.6%,Legend,13 18,52,34.6%,peabody88,13 17,56,30.4%,Jafar219,14 15,56,26.8%,WHITER,14 13,28,46.4%,petrovalovski,7 12,32,37.5%,like a GM,8 11,56,19.6%,BLACKER,14 10,24,41.7%,Chess Classics,6 10,28,35.7%,mikejaqua,7 8,16,50.0%,sire,4 8,24,33.3%,Father Karras,6 6,16,37.5%,Xaurus,4 5,12,41.7%,deepfluke,3 3,8,37.5%,Chesstosterone,2 3,16,18.8%,walker,4 2,8,25.0%,djmercury,2 1,4,25.0%,madserg,1 0,4,0.0%,pawnstar3,1

Mar-12-06		lostemperor: <cu8sfan> LOL. Thanks again for doing this!

Mar-12-06		iron maiden: Thanks to <cu8sfan> for running the contest, and congratulations to <yoozum> for winning. I'm just happy to have finished ahead of Drawer, myself.

Mar-12-06		offramp: Well done Yoozum! To get nearly 60% is amazing in a tournament where there were a lot of upsets.

Mar-12-06		yoozum: Thanks, you guys! But you guys didn't do too shabbily yourselves, especially you, <iron maiden>. As long as you have the Inner Eye, you'll do well in prediction contests ;-)

Mar-12-06		suenteus po 147: <cu8sfan> Thanks again for running the prediction contest. It's excruciating fun (with emphasis on excruciating for people like me who placed near the bottom)! It's kind of sad to know I did as well as <RANDOM> the guy who picks results out of a hat and submits them. Something tells me if I had done that instead I would have scored better. Congratulations also to <yoozum> for winning, and to <iron maiden> for second place and defeating the ever-difficult <DRAWER>.

Mar-12-06		you vs yourself: <cu8sfan> Thanks for running the contest. <yoozum> Congratulations on the win!

Mar-12-06		yoozum: Yes, huge thanks to <cu8sfan> for running such an awesome contest!

Mar-12-06		viapori: Thanks, cu8sfan! I had fun, indeed!

Mar-12-06		yalie: thanks for doing this cu8sfan .. after the Bosox and the White Sox, this may be the year of Da Cubs .. May Maddux lead you to the promised land ..

Mar-12-06		cu8sfan: <yalie> Hear! Hear!

Mar-12-06		Dim Weasel: Congratulations to <yoozum>, thanks to <cu8sfan>!

Mar-13-06		Chess Classics: <cu8sfan> I just got a pair of Cubs tickets for a friends birthday-it's just as much a present to myself as it is to me, since I kept the second ticket for myself :-) Box seats, too! Regards, CC

Mar-13-06		cu8sfan: <I just got a pair of Cubs tickets for a friends birthday> Just in case, my birthday is APR-26. They're playing Florida at home that day. (-;

Mar-13-06		cu8sfan: Hi y'all! Here are the trophy standings after the Linares tournament. Three tournaments have been counted now. There has been a change in lead: <iron maiden> is the new leader with 11 points, followed by Linares winner <yoozum>. Let me know if you think I've got your score wrong. Next up is Sofia, May 9th - 21st (http://www.mtelmasters06.com/). <UserID: Score /Tournaments participated> iron maiden : 11 /3 yoozum : 10 /2 cade : 9 /3 percyblakeney : 9 /3 cromat : 8 /2 cu8sfan : 8 /3 lostemperor : 6 /2 Dim Weasel : 6 /3 TechN9ne : 6 /3 you vs yourself : 6 /3 acirce : 5 /1 WannaBe : 5 /2 Assassinater : 5 /3 larrewl : 5 /3 KingG : 4 /2 Montreal1666 : 4 /2 Tassadar : 4 /2 YouRang : 4 /2 VishyFan : 4 /3 yalie : 4 /3 Chopin : 3 /1 Joshka : 3 /2 bobbyboomer : 3 /2 dimradil : 3 /2 kolobok : 3 /2 me to play : 3 /2 babakova : 3 /3 DCP23 : 2 /1 ahmadov : 2 /1 excmo : 2 /1 grobmaverick : 2 /1 Annie K. : 2 /2 BishopofBlunder : 2 /2 viapori : 2 /2 zarra : 2 /2 Appaz : 2 /3 Robin01 : 2 /3 Bent Bexley : 1 /1 Phi : 1 /1 SnoopDogg : 1 /1 firebyrd : 1 /1 Broon Bottle : 1 /2 Resignation Trap : 1 /2 offramp : 1 /2 peabody88 : 1 /2 radu stancu : 1 /2 twinlark : 1 /2 mikejaqua : 1 /3 suenteus po 147 : 1 /3

Mar-13-06		cu8sfan: Some stats I know you like: <Majority> scored 29 to tie for 3rd - 6th. He was not able to beat <Drawer>, though. <round \| score> 01 \| 1 02 \| 0 03 \| 4 04 \| 1 05 \| 2 06 \| 1 07 \| 3 08 \| 1 09 \| 3 10 \| 2 11 \| 3 12 \| 3 13 \| 3 14 \| 2 Al \|29 --- Some data about our winner <yoozum> <Result \| Number of predictions \| Percentage> 1-0 \| 15 \| 26.79 1/2 \| 38 \| 67.86 0-1 \| 3 \| 5.36 According to <yoozum>, Black is not OK. (-; --- Some data about all participants: 4 players reached a score of 4 twice: <Montreal1666>, <dimradil>, <iron maiden> and <lostemperor>. <yoozum> only did it once but managed to score 3 points in 6 rounds. <Jafar219> was very unfortunate and scored 0 in 4 rounds. --- Here's our combined round-by-round performance, sorted descendingly by percentage: Round \| Overall round score \| Participants \| Round performance \| Percentage 09 \| 107 \| 42 \| 2.548 \| 0.637 03 \| 129 \| 52 \| 2.481 \| 0.620 11 \| 103 \| 43 \| 2.395 \| 0.599 12 \| 92 \| 45 \| 2.044 \| 0.511 14 \| 81 \| 44 \| 1.841 \| 0.460 13 \| 78 \| 43 \| 1.814 \| 0.453 07 \| 83 \| 46 \| 1.804 \| 0.451 10 \| 69 \| 41 \| 1.683 \| 0.421 05 \| 75 \| 48 \| 1.563 \| 0.391 08 \| 61 \| 44 \| 1.386 \| 0.347 06 \| 60 \| 47 \| 1.277 \| 0.319 02 \| 63 \| 50 \| 1.260 \| 0.315 04 \| 63 \| 50 \| 1.260 \| 0.315 01 \| 59 \| 49 \| 1.204 \| 0.301 AL \| 1123 \| 644 \| 1.744 \| 0.436 Notice how the upper half only has one round (the all-draws third round) from the Moralia half of the tournament. --- Let's compare the last output with our last tournament, Wijk aan Zee: Tournament \| Percentage of points scored Wijk aan Zee \| 0.498 Linares \| 0.436 Linares, 1st half \| 0.389 Linares, 2nd half \| 0.489 Let me know if you want to know any more specific data.

Mar-13-06		you vs yourself: <Let me know if you want to know any more specific data.> How many bases will Juan Pierre steal this year with the cubs?

Mar-13-06		cu8sfan: <How many bases will Juan Pierre steal this year with the cubs?> 139 I hope.

Mar-13-06		yoozum: <cu8sfan>, what was the third tournament, besides Corus and Linares? I remember there was a period of time when I didn't participate this year, but cannot seem to remember during which tournament it was. Thanks.

Mar-13-06		yoozum: Oh, was it Cuernavaca? I just looked at the homepage.

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