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 36 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-04-07    YouRang: I hope my "lucky charm" streak continues. I'm going to Dodger Stadium tonight for the Dodgers-Braves game (and 4th of July fireworks show!). Jul-04-07    WannaBe: <YouRang> By tradition, you have to leave after the 7th inning stretch, I hope the firework show takes place <BEFORE> the 7th inning stretch! =) Jul-05-07    cu8sfan: <WannaBe: <YouRang> By tradition, you have to leave after the 7th inning stretch> Lol! This is so stupid. People in LA leave a ballgame early to beat the traffic. As if traffic wasn't a 24 hour problem in LA. (-: Jul-05-07    NakoSonorense: Traffic is not that bad at 3AM or 4AM in LA, at least it's not on weekends. I should try going out to a party during weekdays to see how bad it gets.. But then again, there's school to go to next day, so that might not be a good decision... =p Jul-05-07    WannaBe: <NakoSonorense: Traffic is not that bad at 3AM or 4AM in LA,...) We have only an hour where there's no traffic. :-) Jul-05-07    YouRang: So much for being a lucky charm. Dodgers lose 5-2. :-( But the fireworks show was great! :-) After the game, they let fans onto the field to watch fireworks. Our group didn't go, however. We were stationed way up in the top deck. Not very close to the field, but close to the fireworks. :-o Jul-05-07    WannaBe: <YouRang> I was watching the tele-cast of the game, but I couldn't find Lurch in the stands! :-) Jul-06-07    WannaBe: <cu8sfan> You're really making me think here! (Our game on GK) What did I do to deserver this torture? =) Jul-07-07    WannaBe: I don't have a clue on what I'm doing in our game on GK, I just made my move because I'm running low on time. :-( You have a great position, a real hard nut to crack, and I've looked at it again, and again, but can't find a way to do anything with it. Jul-07-07    cu8sfan: <WannaBe> Well, it's who wins that counts and not who has the better position. I may be fine at the moment but have many ways to go wrong before this is over. Besides, our fight really means something as we are next to each other in the standings. Jul-07-07    WannaBe: <cu8sfan> You have a lot more games left than I do! You're in a much better tournament position than I. Jul-13-07    WannaBe: Good games, I'm still unwon (new word!) vs. you. Jul-13-07    WannaBe: <cu8sfan> I was wrong, I went back and looked at the record, I lost one to <emperoratahualpa> then he timed out on a game. Jul-21-07    TheBB: So... are you swiss? Or do you just live here? I'm norwegian, but I work in Zürich this summer, so I was lucky enough to get to visit Biel at the right time :). Jul-23-07    cu8sfan: <TheBB> I wrote the answer in your forum. Jul-23-07    brankat: <cu8sfan> 6,000 posts! Congratulations. Jul-23-07    cu8sfan: <brankat: <cu8sfan> 6,000 posts! Congratulations.> Indeed, I hadn't noticed it! I once was 7th in the list but now you need almost 10k to be up there. ChessGames.com Statistics Page Jul-23-07    brankat: <cu8sfan> <I once was 7th in the list but now you need almost 10k to be up there. ChessGames.com Statistics Page> Yes. At the time You were 28, now it's 31. Slowing down with age :-) Btw, out of curiosity, does #8 in Your username stand for "B"? :-) Jul-24-07    cu8sfan: <Slowing down with age :-)> I am, aren't I? Der Geniesser schweigt (he who enjoys keeps silent). <Btw, out of curiosity, does #8 in Your username stand for "B"? :-)> Actually it stands for "b". (-: Jul-24-07    brankat: <Cubs Fan> Is Baseball a popular sport in Switzerland? I have not lived in Europe for some 26 years, but what I remember from before, the sport had very small following then. At the time most of people probably didn't even know what Baseball was. I still don't, or just about. But, I suppose things may have changed. "Americanization" ? :-)? Jul-25-07    meloncio: <brankat><...At the time most of people probably didn't even know what Baseball was...> Now, we really know what baseball is, but we still don't understand the rules. <"Americanization"?> I don't think so, just "TV-zation", :-) Jul-25-07    cu8sfan: <Is Baseball a popular sport in Switzerland?> Not at all. We don't even have fields with a real diamond. We play on soccer fields. <I don't think so, just "TV-zation", :-)> I wish! I can't watch Baseball on TV. I can watch via the internet, though. Europeans think Baseball is boring. I find Soccer boring. A 0:0 game in soccer is terrible while a 0:0 baseball game is a great game. I love pitchers duels, I'm not a fan of the power explosion that's taken place over the last decade or so. Jul-25-07    brankat: <cu8sfan> <I'm not a fan of the power explosion that's taken place over the last decade or so.> I assume You are referring the US industrial/military/neo-colonial power explosion :-) Aug-01-07    YouRang: When I saw that Pelletier won his game today, I thought "wow - cu8sfan just won another jackpot!" But it wasn't you! Traitor! ;-) Aug-01-07    SwitchingQuylthulg: It was me! Does that mean I'm also a traitor? ;-) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 48) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 36 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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