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 29 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-24-06    cu8sfan: click for larger view It's Black to move and find a pretty mate in two. Jun-24-06    Zebra: ...d4+ followed by ...Nf5# ? Jun-24-06    cu8sfan: <Zebra> Exactly. I was black in the above position today. It wasn't a deep game but the finish is nice: The two Knights, the Bishop, the Rook and the c-pawn combine for a mate where no square is covered more than once. I think there's a word for this in chess puzzle lingo. Jun-24-06    Zebra: Yes, it was cute. Congratulations by the way on winning your group. Jun-24-06    cu8sfan: <Congratulations by the way on winning your group.> Thanks. Switzerland is soccer crazy! I hope it will last forever. If we allow as many goals now as we did in the group phase we'll be world champion! Jun-24-06    TheAlchemist: <cu8sfan> It's called a "model mate". I heard there are T-shirts in print that say "I'm Kübi Kuhn too" or somezthing like that. Jun-24-06    acirce: That's not a model mate, unfortunately: there are several Black pieces not participating in the mating net, and in both lines at least one square is covered twice. But it's pretty nonetheless. Jun-24-06    TheAlchemist: <there are several Black pieces not participating in the mating net, and in both lines at least one square is covered twice> Sorry, I didn't even pay attention :-). I only read <cu8sfan>'s description. Thanks for correcting me. Jun-25-06    cu8sfan: <TheAlchemist/acirce> Thanks. So all the pieces must participate. And I didn't notice that in the 1...Kxd4 variation one square is covered twice. <I heard there are T-shirts in print that say "I'm Kübi Kuhn too" or somezthing like that.> I never knew the Swiss can be so crazy about soccer. It's beautiful! Let it last for a little longer! Jun-25-06    acirce: <in the 1...Kxd4 variation one square is covered twice> Actually, two... d5 is, and e5 is too. It's both occupied by a white pawn and controlled by the d7-knight. In this context this counts as being covered twice. Sorry, but the rules ARE tough :-) Similarly, d4 is after cxd4 Nf5#. Jun-26-06    cu8sfan: OK, next time I take better care of how I mate my opponents. (-: Jun-26-06    chessmoron: <cu8sfan: OK, next time I take better care of how I mate my opponents.> Yuck! That's nasty. <sorry to be immature> =) Jun-27-06    EmperorAtahualpa: Sorry <cu8sfan> that your boys lost, at your request I was shouting "Hopp Schwiiz" (even though I don't know how to pronounce the double "i") throughout the entire match, but it didn't help! :) I guess you're a little upset about the match? It's not the most pretty way to go out of a tournament.... you guys need to exercise on your penalty kicks! :) Jun-27-06    Open Defence: Well thankfully none of you closed your forums.. commisserations though Jun-28-06    cu8sfan: Thanks, friends. I'm still heartbroken. Jun-29-06    notsodeepthought: <Open Defence: Well thankfully none of you closed your forums.. commisserations though> Wait until Italy loses - if we do... Jul-02-06    cu8sfan: The Cubs are 29-51 and now comes the hot season where they usually dwindle. Well, this year it can't get much worse... Jul-10-06    YouRang: Hi <cu8sfan>. For the Biel 2006 Chess Tournament, have you decided if you are going to do run a prediction contest for just the men, or both men and women? P.S. I am planning to run a contest for the Dortmund tournament since you stated earlier that you don't want to do both Biel and Dortmund. If you change your mind about that, let me know (it's okay with me either way). Jul-11-06    cu8sfan: <YouRang> Honestly, I don't know yet. But I have another week or so. (-: Jul-12-06    Montreal1666: <cu8sfan> Dortmund pairings are out. Can you decide about Dortmund so we know where to post predictions. Jul-12-06    cu8sfan: I'm not doing Dortmund, that I have decided. Prediction contest will be for Biel. Jul-14-06    cu8sfan: <WannaBe>'s number hunt: 13: http://n.nfshost.com/for_some.html Jul-14-06    suenteus po 147: <cu8sfan> Oh man! That would have taken me forever! Thanks for saving my sanity for one more day :) Jul-14-06    BishopofBlunder: I don't understand the answer to 13, though I did finally get it myself. All the previous pages referenced the number in question. What the heck does "for_some" have to do with "fourteen". Jul-16-06    buscher07: <cu8sfan> I also play on ICC. I just discovered your list of people, lol. :) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 48) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 29 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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