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 If you're new to this site these are some places you should check out to find out what we do on this site: Oleg Romanishin, City of Moscow, Raymond Keene, [bad player ID], Beer, Raymond Weinstein, John Homer Stapfer, Charles H Storey, Game Collection: Chessgames.com members in action, User: nikolaas Before I forget: Chess isn't my only passion. <Go Cubs!> <WORLD SERIES CHAMPION 2016> -- And I was there! ♔♕♖♗♘♙♘♗♖♕♔♕♖♗♘♙♘♗♖♕♔♕♖♗♘♙♘♗♖♕♔♕♖♗♘♙♘♗♖

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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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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 21 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-13-06    cu8sfan: <yoozum> It was the Russian Championship Superfinal (2005) that took place in late 2005/early 2006. Mar-13-06    yoozum: Oh, ok, thanks. Haha, I was way off. Mar-13-06    BishopofBlunder: <cu8sfan>, as always, a splendid job of hosting the tournament. Thanks. Mar-13-06    YouRang: <Individual highlights for round 14> BEST PREDICTORS (3-for-4): Appaz, Assassinater, offramp, percyblakeney, TechN9ne, VishyFan, yalie 1 person went 0-for-4. GAME CORRECTLY PREDICTED BY THE FEWEST PEOPLE: Leko-Aronian[0-1] Predicted by: Appaz + suenteus po 147 + TechN9ne Mar-13-06    YouRang: Congratulations <yoozum> for winning <cu8sfan>'s prediction contest. For anyone interested, I have posted the final <Alternate Prediction Contests> on my forum, at User: YouRang. There are four alternate scoring systems: (1) Betting Ranker, (2) Weighted Ranker, (3) Risk Ranker, and (4) 1-2-3 Ranker. Mar-14-06    Chess Classics: <cu8sfan: <How many bases will Juan Pierre steal this year with the cubs?> 139 I hope.> Pierre gets caught 40% of the time, so if he's successful 139 times, he'll get caught...*shudder* Regards, CC Mar-15-06    cu8sfan: Linares stat quiz: a) Which game had the most predictions for a white win? b) Which game had the most predictions for a draw? c) Which game had the most predictions for a black win? I will post the answer soon. Mar-15-06    yalie: cu8sfan - my guesses 1. Topa - Vallejo 2. Leko - Svidler 3. Vallejo - Topa Mar-15-06    lostemperor: My guess is 1. Topalov - Vallejo 2. Radjabov - Leko 3. Vallejo - Topalov Mar-15-06    cade: a) Topalov vs Bacrot b) Leko vs Svidler c) Vallejo vs Topalov Mar-15-06    Jafar219: a)Topalov-Radjabov b)Vallejo-Radjabov c)Radjabov-Topalov Mar-15-06    johnwgoes: Hi, my account name on ICC is now jwgoes. Always up for games on FICS or ICC if anyone is interested... Mar-15-06    WannaBe: <johnwgoes> I've seen your rating on FICS, I'm not playing you!! =) I'll play you one next time I see you. I'm WannaBeCG. Mar-16-06    cu8sfan: <johnwgoes> You're on the list. Check out User: ICC Mar-16-06    cu8sfan: Solution to yesterday's Linares stat quiz: <a) Which game had the most predictions for a white win?> Round 4, Topalov-Radjabov (44 predictions for a white win). A close second was round 6, Topalov-Vallejo(43), followed by round 2, Topalov-Bacrot (42). Correct answer first given by <Jafar219>. <b) Which game had the most predictions for a draw?> Round 3, Svidler-Leko (42), followed by round 4, Leko-Ivanchuk (41) and round 6, Aronian-Leko (40). No one got this answer right though <yalie> and <cade> came very close. Round 10, Leko-Svidler had 36 predictions for a draw. <c) Which game had the most predictions for a black win?> Round 14, Vallejo-Topalov (31), followed by round 9, Bacrot-Topalov (29). Correct answer first given by <yalie>. Mar-16-06    YouRang: It shows how tough this tournament was to predict: The game that had the most predictions for a white win was Topalov-Radjabov. --- WRONG, Radjabov won! The game with the 2nd most predictions for a white win was Topalov-Vallejo. --- WRONG, Vallejo won! The game with the 3rd most predictions for a white win was Topalov-Bacrot. --- WRONG, it was a draw. The game with the 4th most predictions for a white win was Topalov-Ivanchuk. --- WRONG, it was a draw. In all, I counted 12 games where the consensus prediction was for white to win, and we were right just 4 times. Mar-16-06    cade: Maybe you noticed the trend there of everyone picking Topalov to win. His poor performance in the first half of Linares really destroyed alot of peoples predictions. Mar-17-06    cu8sfan: <YouRang> Very interesting. So we all blame Topalov on our bad performance. I've taken a look at the whole contest without Topalov's games: Tournament | Percentage of points scored Wijk aan Zee | 0.498 Linares | 0.436 Linares, 1st half | 0.389 Linares, 2nd half | 0.489 Linares without Topalov | 0.465 Linares without Topalov, 1st half | 0.432 Linares without Topalov, 2nd half | 0.502 <chessgames.com> Stat Geek needs ability to post tables! (-; Mar-17-06    lostemperor: I'm sure glad the stat quiz wasn't part of the contest. Mar-17-06    lostemperor: <So we all blame Topalov on our bad performance> no I blame it on the hot Mexican food with chili pepper! Mar-17-06    cu8sfan: <lostemperor> Lol! I actually blame it on the mariachi bands that went from table to table and just wouldn't cease to play until you tipped them. Mar-17-06    lostemperor: <cu8sfan> you're right. Don't blame it on the sunshine. Don't blame it on the moonlight. Don't blame it on the good times. Blame it on the boogy:) Mar-18-06    lostemperor: I put this on YouRang's forum. A tip for the next predictioncontest. Is Topalov going to beat Svidler in Sofia? Ask guru Joe http://www.goriya.com/flash/askguru... :) Mar-26-06    Bobak Zahmat: <lostemperor> Funny thing that guru Joe. I asked some questions and got interesting answers: Was Kramnik ill? <guru Joe><without a doubt>:) Mar-26-06    Bobak Zahmat: Will Topalov beat Aronian in MTel? <guru Joe> Absolutely NOT! :) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 48) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 21 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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