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WannaBe
Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Nov-10-25
Thank you Daniel Freeman and Alberto A Artidiello

Not enough words can describe what you created and what we lost.

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   Nov-10-25 Chessgames - Sports (replies)
 
WannaBe: Making a short story long(er)... I was watching a vid on the winner (3 of them, max allowed under the rule) of 2025 Ecoomics Nobel Prize. Within the video, insider knowledge and irregular betting was mentioned. So I found this article on Forbes: ...
 
   Nov-06-25 WannaBe chessforum
 
WannaBe: English Is Confusing: "John Doe dropped out of the race for office." "Amazon Black Friday Sale have just dropped."
 
   Nov-04-25 Chessgames - Politics (replies)
 
WannaBe: <keypusher> I personally would not waste my time here, Kangaroo Court.
 
   Nov-04-25 United States Championship (1984) (replies)
 
WannaBe: It was a nice day and De Firmian-Kudrin decided to play 2... Okay, I'll shut-up and leave now. Let y'all smart(er) people figure it out. 😁♟️
 
   Nov-04-25 keypusher chessforum (replies)
 
WannaBe: Another 'Just Curious Question', I am a fan of Michael Connelly books, them Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series. In the past, there's Scott Turow and I'm sure may others that focuses on law(er). I a curious on how realistic (aside from creative imaginations) you find ...
 
   Nov-04-25 chessgames.com chessforum (replies)
 
WannaBe: Another not important thing that I noticed, as a premium member when I visit ChessGames.com Statistics Page page, I see ads. Not that a big deal. Sure CG.com have more important things to fix.
 
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Jul-06-18  Keyser Soze: <No doubt Argentines will be massively cheering for Belgium, though.>

heh Fair enough. Sure I will root for Uruguay today.

Jul-06-18
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  Fusilli: The second French goal was Uruguayan bad luck. I feel bad for the Uruguayan goalie.
Jul-06-18  thegoodanarchist: As I said, 8 days ago, France looks very good.

< thegoodanarchist: ...

But I think the Frenchies will take it this year. I don't want them to, but they look like the best so far.>

WannaBe chessforum (kibitz #16294)

It was apparent in group play that the Frenchies are a formidable team.

Jul-06-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: I'd just like to take a moment to thank <WannaBe> for hosting this FIFA <Euro> Cup prediction contest.
Jul-06-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: In other news, espn.com seem to be broken. Main page still show 73 minutes, with Belgium leading Brazil.
Jul-06-18  morfishine: Goose eggs for me today, my fortune lies with Croatia & England, they both must win after today's debacle! lol
Jul-06-18  thegoodanarchist: My Belgians did it! They withstood the assault! Go Belgium! Win it all!
Jul-07-18  technical draw: Man, I'm glad I didn't make any bets. I gave England no chance of advancing even in the group stage. Excuse me while I remove the egg from my face.
Jul-07-18  technical draw: <I have England going all the way to the finals. >

Great prediction by the penguin.

Jul-07-18
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  WannaBe: English advances to face RUS or CRO.
Jul-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: < technical draw: <I have England going all the way to the finals. >

Great prediction by the penguin. >

Thanks <TD>. I gotta keep an eye on <valiant>. I think among knockout only games, he's in the lead. He predicted 7/8 R16 and all 3 QF games correctly so far. (but in both cases, that team beats England in the finals)

(the difference is that he got the Belgium-Brazil result correct; I didn't)

He does have Belgium beating France in the semi-finals en route to the Cup, while having France doing that.

Jul-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Diademas: <Penguincw>
<NakoSonorense> and <TheAlchemist> are also still very much inn it.
Jul-07-18  Dr Winston OBoogie: Ahem! Now are you gonna believe us, are you gonna believe us are you gonna believe us... We're going to win the Cup! #ENGERLAND!!!

Check out @BBCSport’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status...

^^^^ #ITSCOMINGHOME! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Jul-07-18
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  WannaBe: RUS/CRO Going OT.
Jul-07-18
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  WannaBe: Croatia wins on PK 4-3!
Jul-07-18
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  Penguincw: Russia is going home. Oh wait...
Jul-07-18
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  WannaBe: After 3 rounds, 48 is the max possible.

How to read this table:

Score - Username <Picked to win Semi and Final> Picked to win Semi

40 - juan31 <Croatia> France
40 - NakoSonorense <France> Croatia
39 - TheAlchemist <Belgium> Croatia
37 - Valiant <Belgium> England
36 - Morfishine <England> Brazil
35 - Golden Executive <Brazil> Spain
34 - chessmoron <France> Switzerland
33 - paavoh <Brazil> Spain
33 - Penguincw <France> England
32 - Keyser Soze <Brazil> Spain
31 - Diademas <France> Spain
27 - technical draw <Mexico> Colombia
26 - Winston O Boogie <Brazil> England
25 - optimal play <Belgium> Switzerland
21 - Count Wedgemore <Brazil> Spain
19 - offramp <Portugal> Switzerland
12 - zborris8
10 - sodal

Jul-07-18  Dr Winston OBoogie: Just saying....

<DWOB: Those #3lions on our shirts are there for a reason. We're the best team right now, maybe Brazil and France could say otherwise, but we ain't scared. <Colombia in the 2nd round, Sweden in the quarter finals, Croatia in the semis.>

It's like I predicted it..

<Count Wedgemore: <Dr Winston OBoogie: We'll beat Sweden I'm absolutely positive of that,> Seems like there is a long tradition in England of underestimating Scandinavian teams. They're always convinced they'll win>

Read that, Wedgie. I'm a genius lol :)

Jul-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Diademas: So six people can still win this.

If France beats Croatia <NakoSonerens> wins

If France beats England <Penguincw> wins

If Crotia wins <juan31> wins

If England wins <Morfisine> wins

If Belgium beats Croatia <TheAlchemist> wins

If Belgium beats England <Valiant> wins

Jul-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: If Tunesia [sic] wins, I win!
Jul-07-18  morfishine: <WannaBe> Thanks for the quick update on the scoring for your World Cup Game!

Its good to see I'm the only one with England

*****

Jul-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: <Diademas: So six people can still win this. >

18 players, 6 are still in, or 1/3 or 33.33% not bad at all, keep people interested. =))

Jul-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Diademas: Vegas has:
France 21/10
England 11/4
Belgium 14/5
Croatia 6/1
https://www.oddschecker.com/footbal...
Jul-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Nice to see Vegas is on my side here. And I thought I had just a 1 in 8 chance of winning.

But in fairness, Vegas has been wrong before.

WannaBe chessforum (kibitz #16352)

If it were based on that, the SF would be France-Brazil and Spain-England, with Brazil beating Spain in the finals.

Even the favourites there (in order) are Belgium > England > France > Croatia.

Jul-07-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Vegasinsider's odds for the last 4 teams:

http://www.vegasinsider.com/soccer/...

France 2-1
Belgium 5-2
England 11-4
Croatia 4-1

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