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    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    WannaBe: <keypusher> I personally would not waste my time here, Kangaroo Court.      Nov-04-25 United States Championship (1984)    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    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    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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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 655 OF 749 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-15-18    Diademas: Great first half. Go Croatia! Jul-15-18    technical draw: France world champions, why wait? Jul-15-18    WannaBe: Woo... 3-1 France. When do you pull the goalie? Jul-15-18    WannaBe: 4-1, time to pull the goalie... Jul-15-18    WannaBe: 4-2, pull the goalie again... Jul-15-18    thegoodanarchist: Congratulations to the Frenchies! A bit of bad luck for Croatia - obviously the hand ball in the box was accidental. It bounced off the French guy first, I think, and no way the defender could avoid having it hit his arm. However, it must be called a penalty, otherwise we would have neverending handballs in the box where the defenders claim "accident". The bad luck didn't reverse a fair result. France were the best team in the tournament and likely would have won without the penalty. Griezmann is a poor sport, too. He made the "Loser" symbol with his hand when he danced in the face of the Croatian supporters after the penalty. Shame on him. Jul-15-18    thegoodanarchist: <WannaBe: 4-2, pull the goalie again...> Yes, pull the goalie. Just don't pull my finger! :) Jul-15-18    Diademas: France choosees to end the game with 11 players. Out goes Giroud. Jul-15-18    WannaBe: I want to congratulate our 2018 World Cup Prediction Contest Winner: <NakoSonorense>!! You earned 4 years of bragging!! Out of 80 possible points, <NakoSonorense> scored 72! That is 90% (good for a grade of A--) 72 - NakoSonorense 58 - chessmoron 57 - Penguincw 56 - juan31 55 - Diademas 47 - TheAlchemist 37 - Valiant 36 - Morfishine 35 - Golden Executive 33 - paavoh 32 - Keyser Soze 27 - technical draw 26 - Winston O Boogie 25 - optimal play 21 - Count Wedgemore 19 - offramp 12 - zborris8 10 - sodal WCPC Winners List: '06 <percyblakeney> '10 <dakgootje> & <NakoSonorense> '14 <Schwartz> '18 <NakoSonorense> Jul-15-18    Diademas: Congrats to NakoSonorense for winning and a massive thank you to WannaBe for hosting this great competition! Jul-15-18    Count Wedgemore: Big congratulations to <Nako> for an impressive performance, showing that his shared 1st in the WC2010 contest was no accident. Thanks to <WannaBe> for hosting this fun and entertaining contest. Next time I will employ <Penguincw>'s bizarre strategy in <lostemperor>'s prediction contest, and turn my picks upside down. Then I should have good chances of winning :) Jul-15-18    NakoSonorense: Thanks, everyone. And thanks to Wannabe for hosting the contest! It was fun. Vive la France, I guess. Agh. Jul-15-18    juan31: Cogratulations , Felicidades < NakoSonorense> Jul-16-18    optimal play: Well, congratulations to those players fielded by France on becoming the first ever African team to win the world cup. And congratulations to FIFA on getting the result they wanted. The referee and VAR officials made certain of that! Oh, and of course congratulations to <NakoSonorense> on winning <WannaBe>'s internationally renowned World Cup Prediction Contest. Jul-16-18    morfishine: Thanks <Wannabe> for hosting this World Cup tournament! It sure was lots of fun! :) and kudos NakoSonorense! Well Done! Jul-16-18    TheAlchemist: Thanks, <WannaBe> and congratulations, <Nako>! Jul-16-18    Golden Executive: Many thanks <WannaBe> for running this contest and big congratulations to <NakoSonorense> on winning it! I had a lot of fun despite the teams I predicted to play the final couldn't even reach the semifinals. Oh well, see you guys next time :) Jul-16-18    WannaBe: Technology, what can go wrong... https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/16/te... Jul-17-18    Penguincw: Thank you to <WannaBe> for hosting this fun event. Also thanks to France for winning it all. Congrats to <NakoSonorense> for becoming the first repeat winner, and <chessmoron> for taking the silver. I'll add the shiny bronze to my trophy case. See you in 4 years! Jul-18-18    Dr Winston OBoogie: Yes, thank you wannabe for opening your forum for the WC wagers. Congratulations to Nako, he certainly knows his stuff. Morf I'm writing out my World Cup review - should be fun - and I'll come and post it in your forum when I've done, mate. Very proud of England. Btw wannabe.. Google just got a 4 billion dollar fine for this.. <Google has been fined a record €4.34bn ($5bn; £3.9bn) over Android. The European Commission said the firm had used the mobile operating system to illegally "cement its dominant position" in search. The firm's parent Alphabet has been given 90 days to change its business practices or face further penalties of up to 5% of its average global daily turnover. It has said it plans to appeal. However, it could easily afford the fine if required - its cash reserves totalled nearly $103bn at the end of March.> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technolo... They have such a monopoly over basically everything we use online. I don't mind working for them though :) Jul-18-18    valiant: Thank you WannaBe for hosting such a great event! And like we use to say in Sweden - Stort grattis till alla tävlande (även norrmännen). Bra jobbat! Jul-18-18    Count Wedgemore: <valiant: Stort grattis till alla tävlande (även norrmännen).> Det var storsint av dig :) Jul-18-18    WannaBe: 2:50 minute mark, first chair violin can really use a hair cut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlr... Oh, I kill meself!!! Jul-18-18    WannaBe: If this is the 'New', how come everyone in the audience look so 'not new'?? =)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNi... Jul-19-18    juan31: < WannaBe> Better late than never, thanks for the contest Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 749) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 655 OF 749 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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