WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen May-07-26 Thank you Daniel Freeman and Alberto A Artidiello Not enough words can describe what you created and what we lost.

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May-06-26 Carlsen vs J Zhu, 2026   WannaBe: 12... and 13... what the????      May-06-26 OhioChessFan chessforum   WannaBe: <OCF> You have passed the 50K mark!!      May-05-26 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: <jnpope> Not a good omen when you have to depend on 'Hundred Years Old' Justin Verlander to save one's team's season.      Apr-28-26 Chessgames - Politics    WannaBe: < areknames: <<areknames>, do you like the book of Romans?>> No. I failed Latin and got my knuckles spanked.      Apr-26-26 J Carleton vs G Pyrich, 1994    WannaBe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrh...      Apr-14-26 chessgames.com chessforum    WannaBe: <MissScarlett> How would we the members do that? Isn't that better done with internal email message/list? I volunteer, just let me know how.      Apr-14-26 World Championship Candidates (2026)    WannaBe: < perfidious: At least the username User: Bishoprick is displayed in full, unlike that of User: farticchio, whose content is automatically blocked from the kibitzing page cos of someone's fixation on the first four letters of the name. Perhaps the user should have been informed ...      Apr-11-26 Karpov vs J Bellon Lopez, 1973   WannaBe: Computer analysis on this game is now available.      Apr-11-26 Chessgames - Guys and Dolls    WannaBe: Anna Cramling Bellon, she covers chess on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@AnnaCramling      Apr-11-26 Anna Cramling Bellon   WannaBe: Cross posting (spam) from Lopez's page, same YT link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhX...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 257 OF 754 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-29-07    nescio: <I offered a draw after 25... Be5> I do hope you didn't realize that you were completely lost after 25...Be5. Otherwise the draw offer would be quite inappropriate. :) Nov-29-07    WannaBe: <nescio> No, I thought the game was equal... But when I ran it through the computer, I was down 2.22 eval points. Nov-29-07    nescio: <No, I thought the game was equal...> That's allright then. I think you played an excellent game up to the 17th. After you decided you needed the h-pawn (what for?) your position detoriated quickly, but 26.Qd2? gave you back some of your advantage. All's well that ends well. Nov-29-07    WannaBe: <nescio: ... After you decided you needed the h-pawn...> Patzer sees free pawn, patzer takes free pawn. =) At that time, I looked at the position, and didn't see any immediate 'problems' if I take the h-pawn. So I did it... Position after 17. Bf2 (black to play) click for larger view Shredder gives 17...Nb4 as the best option, which, I missed. Not seeing the fork and the exchanges that come after =( 1. (-4.69): 17...Nb4 18.Qxc7 Nxd3+ 19.Kb1 Rxc7 20.Bg3 Rd7 21.Rxe7 Rxe7 22.Nc4 b5 23.Rxd3 bxc4 2. (-1.29): 17...Qxh2 18.Bg1 Qf4 19.Kb1 Rc7 20.Ne4 Nb4 21.Qh2 Nxd3 22.Rxd3 Qxh2 23.Nxf6+ Nov-29-07    nescio: <WannaBe> I looked at the game quickly and when I saw 25.g5 Be5 took out my chess set to confirm my suspicions about 26.f4. 17...Nb4 is indeed immediately decisive. I didn't see it either, but was thinking that 17...Nd5 (18.Bg3 Bd6) would give you a nice, compact and promising position. In analysis it is often possible to win a pawn and get away with it, even if it displaces an important piece, but just as often it requires careful defending. Nov-30-07    WannaBe: Oh, goodness, a new book by Joseph Ellis! http://www.amazon.com/American-Crea... Now, I have to drop everything and get it! Nov-30-07    WannaBe: An old clip of "The Killer"!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5C7... Dec-01-07    WannaBe: Gooooooo Bruins! Beat 'SC!!! (Going to meet friends for lunch, then watch the game down at the watering hole... =) Go Bruins! Dec-01-07    RonB52734: <WannaBe> I have a computer hardware question for you. The Pittsburgh Chess Club's desktop has been shutting down after about 15 minutes of operation. When I say shutting down, I mean it just flicks off instantly, as if someone had unplugged it from the wall. The only way to get it to turn on again is to unplug it (or turn off the surge protector) for about 10 minutes. What do you think is the matter? My uneducated guess is that there's a short circuit somewhere and something is building up either heat or a charge that somehow breaks the circuit after a certain amount of time. Any suggestions? Dec-01-07    chessmoron: Down goes UCLA! Dorell will be fired. Dec-01-07    NakoSonorense: <Dorell will be fired.> Throw him down the well. Bad game from our side. Too many turnovers at critical times. At least our touchdown was the nicest one! Dec-01-07    chessmoron: Football season is over for UCLA. I think Bruin basketball might finally win a national championship. Freaking awesome players. Dec-01-07    WannaBe: Go Sooners!! (W. Virginia just lost to Pittsburgh!) I want a complete mess in the BCS!! (Just to show why BCS doesn't work!) I want play-offs, hey NCAA, do you hear me?! I WANT PLAY-OFFS!!!! Dec-01-07    chessmoron: Darn. Only 3 out 5 of mine predictions were right. Damn LSU! Damn Virginia! If it weren't for them, USC might be #2. Dec-02-07    WannaBe: Don't play like this... Especially when I offer you a 'sacrifice' :-)) [Event "MAW International Tournament"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=854..."] [Date "2007.12.02"] [Round "-"] [White "wannabecg"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1417"] [BlackElo "1422"] [TimeControl "777600+432000"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "normal"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nxc7+ Kd8 7. Nxa8 Bc5 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Nh6 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nc7 Kxc7 12. Nd5+ Kb8 13. Nxf6 gxf6 14. Qxd6+ Ka8 15. Qxf6 1-0 Dec-02-07    WannaBe: Beware of forks... [Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=844..."] [Date "2007.12.02"] [Round "-"] [White "NN"] [Black "wannabecg"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1351"] [BlackElo "1405"] [TimeControl "1/345600"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "normal"] 1. e4 c5 2. e5 d6 3. f4 dxe5 4. fxe5 f6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Rf1 fxe5 8. Nh4 Nf6 9. h3 a6 10. Bc4 e6 11. d3 Bd6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qg3 Nh5 14. Qg4 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Nf6 16. Qg3 Qf8 17. Ke2 e4 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Kh8 20. Nd2 exd3+ 21. Bxd3 Nd4+ 22. Ke3 Nd5+ 23. Kf2 Qxf4+ 24. Nhf3 Rf8 25. Nc4 Nxf3 26. g3 Qf6 27. Kg2 Ne1+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qg2# 0-1 Dec-02-07    WannaBe: Grrrrrr.... UCLA lost to U. of Texas in basketball... Grrrrrrr..... Dec-02-07    chessmoron: Crap. Why is Love not shooting the ball frequently for this game? 4-6 FG...you got to be kidding me!!! Dec-02-07    WannaBe: 4-6?! That is 0.6666666 in my quick math... I'd say he didn't shoot enough! Draw more fouls! Put the other team in foul trouble, go to the free throw line. Get into the bonus! That's what my ol' basketball coach would have said. Dec-03-07    WannaBe: UCLA is going to play BYU (again!!) in the Las Vegas Bowl, these two teams already played earlier in the year on Sept. 8th at the Rose Bowl!!! If Karl Dorrell is gone by Monday, as rumored by the local newspaper, and various TV/on-line articles, will one of the assistant coach(es) take over as (co-) head coach?? And why did we accept a bowl bid? I know there is some money and pay-outs involved by going to a bowl, but to play someone you already played?!?! Dec-03-07    WannaBe: http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/2... Dec-04-07    WannaBe: Looks like I'm headed to N. Cal this week, leaving Wednesday, and hopefully be back home by Friday night, if not Saturday afternoon... Dec-04-07    JointheArmy: <Looks like I'm headed to N. Cal this week, leaving Wednesday, and hopefully be back home by Friday night, if not Saturday afternoon...> You wouldn't be visiting Redding by any chance would you? Dec-04-07    WannaBe: <JointheArmy> Very doubtful, I'm stopping around San Mateo/Foster City area. =) Dec-04-07    WannaBe: Now, this is a car: http://car-news.roadfly.com/wp-cont... http://www.carpages.co.uk/rolls_roy... http://allworldcars.com/wordpress/w... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 754) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 257 OF 754 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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