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 32 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-13-06    pawn52: <cu8sfan> Hey man long time no see. How'd your vacation go? Oct-15-06    cu8sfan: <pawn52> I had a great time in Canada. We'll be back next year. I don't kibitz as often as I used to but I still visit on a daily base. Feel free to challenge me on gameknot whenever you feel like another game. Oct-15-06    pawn52: <cu8sfan> Nice! Glad you had a great time. Man, after last week, I could've used a vacation. You wouldn't BELIEVE what I went through. I'll send ya a challenge though on gameknot. Need something to do. We got tomorrow off school so I'm trying to find something to keep myself occupied. Oct-17-06    Stevens: Hey <cu8sfan>. Lou Piniella is due to be announced as the new Cubs manager! Oct-17-06    cu8sfan: Really? Maybe they should hire Jim Leyland... After the Red Sox, White Sox, Tigers, it seems like every team's had a chance now except for the Cubs. I always say they won't fill the century but we're getting awfully close it scares me. Oct-25-06    yalie: hi when is the next contest? Oct-25-06    cu8sfan: Good question. Honestly, I have no idea. Is the season over? What's up next? There won't be anything on Christmas as I'm playing myself this year in the Zurich Open (http://www.kradolfer-informatik.ch/...). Oct-25-06    percyblakeney: <What's up next?> There's a Tal Memorial coming up soon (starting November 5th or 6th, I think) and according to earlier posts at Magnus Carlsen it's supposed to include: <Svidler (2750) Aronian (2741) Leko (2741) Gelfand (2733) Shirov (2720) Grischuk (2710) Ponomariov (2703) Magnus (2698) (missing player 9) (missing player 10)> Oct-25-06    cu8sfan: A quick search revealed that missing player 9 is Moro (http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...). This sounds like a great event now if there only were a bit more information on the web. Oct-26-06    WannaBe: <cu8sfan> Good Game on schemingmind. *handshake* Oct-26-06    cu8sfan: *handshake* What a surprise, I thought this was far from over, wasn't it? click for larger view White to play. Oct-26-06    WannaBe: Shredder has it at -3.25 with white to move, Kg2 is the recommended move for white. While my brain recommended 0-1 as the best move for white. Oct-27-06    cu8sfan: So we're using Shredder, are we? (-: Sorry, I had no computer evaluation. I figured I might win this, but it would still be a long way. Rook endings can be that way. Of course, your rook is very passive and I still have one more pawn. Thanks for the game. Nov-03-06    Rocafella: Hey Cu8. Take my advice, I suck at chess but do not give up, I got lucky. Never apologise for playing bad, If I did that, I would be constantly sorry =) Nov-06-06    cu8sfan: Thanks, <Rocafella>. It's just, I'm going through a streak where everything seems to go wrong chesswise. I know I first need to get back to where I simply enjoy playing and solving puzzles. Maybe I've been too result orientated recently. Maybe this would be good advice for me: http://despair.com/in24x30prin.html. And while you're on that site: Is this guy wearing a Cubs shirt? http://despair.com/los24x30prin.html Nov-08-06    Rocafella: LMAO!! Cubs and failure are associated? I don't even know the rules of american sports, never mind follow them! Nov-20-06    Stevens: <cu8sfan> <CHICAGO -- The Cubs appear to have landed one of the biggest free-agent names on the market, reportedly signing outfielder Alfonso Soriano to an eight-year, $135 million contract.> you lucky buggers. the yankees should never have let that guy go. one bad post season and he was gone. we missed out there. Nov-21-06    cu8sfan: <Stevens> I never follow the offseason deals and trades. It's too depressing. But this sounds like good news. Will it be enough to win a championship? How's Soriano's pitching? I keep on saying 'The Cubs won't complete the century before their next championship'. It's getting very, very close... Nov-21-06    chessmoron: <cu8sfan: How's Soriano's pitching?> You are joking, right? He plays Left Field. .277 Batting Avg 46 HRs 95 RBIs 119 Runs 41 Stolen Bases Cubs need a bit more to win a pennant. Nov-21-06    cu8sfan: <chessmoron> Yes, of course I was joking. With my comment I wanted to say that the Cubs don't need a home run hitter but more pitching. Otherwise they'd won the pennant when they had Sammy Sosa. Nov-21-06    WannaBe: Especially with Kerry Wood and Mark Prior going on the disabled list every other week... Nov-21-06    talisman: <cu8sfan> glad to hear soriano to play OF.my 2b theriot might get a chance to start.by the way, he never missed working out on his own, on sunday, for 4 yrs(sunday practices here are forbidden).GREAT young man. Nov-22-06    Stellar King: <<cu8sfan, <<<<Have any of you guys read "Excelling at..." Books I've heard good things how about you guys?<<<< (you posted that message on this page Jacob Aagaard) Well cu8sfan...in fact I have EXCELLING AT CHESS CALCULATION. It is very good ..but it is quite complicated and needs to be focused on with 100% of your energy ...if not <>>YOU WILL NOT GET IT!!>>>in fact this happened to me and I had to start all over>>the books are quite expensive too.>>My EXCELLING AT CALCULATION book is 200-some pages and it was $24.95!!!!> Dec-05-06    cu8sfan: Ah, hilarious! I finally got the calendar I ordered from the USA. It took a very long time to deliver. Might have something to do with the fact that there's a big fat stamp of the Royal Swedish Mail on it... (-: Dec-13-06    cu8sfan: Q1: <Then came the shock. ... It told me ... that the set in the photograph was a prop ... due to the fact that ... did not own a chess set.> I think <acirce> once told us he didn't own a chess set, either. 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