I just realized, Kupov is gone.

Too bad. IMO he was a good contributor here.

I suppose his old antagonists won't be crying much, but maybe a little. He had an endearing sincerity about him.

Yeah, the young fellah was fresh and aggressive, something that got beaten out of me a while back. I'll definitely miss him and his contributions. Anyone know why he left?

What have you fools done with him? Bring him back and stop messing around.

Did he leave or get banned?

All I see is a closed account. I don't know any more than that.

 Just says "Member account closed", no indication of anything untoward.

Ack! My one solid ally in the great "opening principles ain't all that" debate.

*tears up*

I should have waited a bit before making my comeback thread and seen what everyone thought about me behind my back.

I could have used that information.

Hey Kupov2,

how do we know that you are the real deal and not some "Kupov wannabe" clone?

It should become apparent fairly soon.

Where's Chess_Kebabs?

Rock on Elubas.

 Ah...gotcha.