Rainman DX

Uranus has a planet complex? You should probably get that checked out, yo. Oh that's right! First one to sink to new depths of twisted/overused humor!

Nobody mentioned me! Just kidding. I know why too - my first tournament was also Johnderrilll's first tournament here at OCR, February of this year. I am the Jimmie Foxx to Johnderrilll's Babe Ruth. The Karl Malone to JD's Michael Jordan. ... The Carmelo Anthony to JD's LeBron.

Enough with your candor!

Kasparov retired in 2005. Sorry.

Ye gods! Why me???

If I were sticking with my math major, I'd be taking Abstract Algebra I next semester, along with Numerical Analysis I... But a math minor'll have to do instead.

Anything to help a fellow GA Jedi Knight.

...maybe try subtracting 1? Actually, I'm pretty sure that's correct. The sum, as you mentioned, looks a lot like the infinite sum representation of e^x. As such, it behaves the same way, but the one you have shown here is missing the initial term of n=0. So you can merely subtract (5^0)/0!, which is 1. Therefore, the sum converges at e^5 - 1.

Hmm... remember what I said yesterday about not playing my best lately? Yeah, seems Falchion caught a whiff of that today... Rainman DX vs. Falchion39, 0-2.

I'll field this one, kamoh. As we've been over this before, by "next tourney", I'm sure you mean, NEXT WEEK. However, you can't play next week, since next week is the playoffs. You're welcome to startup with many of the others in January, however. You will hardly be at a disadvantage to the rest of us, as long as you play well from the outset.

Here's two of my games with Johnderrilll. The first is our first game, the second is a third match we played for fun. I forgot to save the second one. He let slip some mistakes, as did I. Suffice to say neither of us brought our A games to the table. In summary, Rainman DX vs. Johnderrilll, 2-0. ;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game ;White: johnderrilll ;Black: rainmanr2d2 ;Date: Sat Dec 09 20:24:21 GMT 2006 1. d2-d4 d7-d5 2. c2-c4 c7-c5 3. d4xc5 d8-a5+ 4. b1-c3 d5xc4 5. e2-e4 a5xc5 6. d1-a4+ c8-d7 7. a4xc4 c5xc4 8. f1xc4 e7-e5 9. c3-d5 f8-d6 10. c1-e3 g8-e7 11. o-o-o d7-g4 12. f2-f3 g4-e6 13. g1-e2 o-o 14. c1-b1 b8-c6 15. e2-c3 a8-d8 16. d5xe7+ d6xe7 17. c4xe6 f7xe6 18. d1xd8 f8xd8 19. b1-c2 c6-b4+ 20. c2-b3 b4-c6 21. h1-d1 d8xd1 22. c3xd1 c6-b4 23. d1-f2 a7-a5 24. f2-g4 b4-d3 25. b3-c3 d3-f4 26. g4xe5 f4xg2 27. e3-d2 e7-f6 28. f3-f4 g7-g5 29. c3-d3 g5xf4 30. e5-f3 e6-e5 31. d3-e2 a5-a4 32. e2-f2 g2-h4 33. f3xh4 f6xh4+ 34. f2-f3 b7-b5 35. d2-b4 g8-f7 36. a2-a3 h7-h5 37. b4-d6 f7-e6 38. d6-b4 h4-e7 39. b4-d2 e7-c5 40. f3-e2 c5-d4 41. d2-c1 e6-d6 42. e2-d3 d4-g1 43. h2-h3 d6-c5 44. c1-d2 g1-d4 45. d2-b4+ c5-c6 46. b4-c3 d4xc3 47. b2xc3 c6-c5 48. d3-d2 c5-c4 ;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game ;White: johnderrilll ;Black: rainmanr2d2 ;Date: Sat Dec 09 19:39:40 GMT 2006 1. e2-e4 c7-c5 2. g1-f3 d7-d6 3. d2-d4 c5xd4 4. f3xd4 g8-f6 5. b1-c3 a7-a6 6. f2-f4 c8-g4 7. f1-e2 g4xe2 8. d1xe2 b7-b5 9. o-o b8-d7 10. e4-e5 d6xe5 11. f4xe5 f6-g8 12. e5-e6 f7xe6 13. d4xe6 d8-b6+ 14. g1-h1 g8-f6 15. c1-f4 e8-f7 16. e6-g5+ f7-g8 17. f4-e3 b6-d6 18. a1-d1 d6-e5 19. e2-f3 a8-d8 20. c3-d5 h7-h6 21. e3-d4 e5xg5 22. d5xf6+ d7xf6 23. d4-e3 g5-e5 24. d1xd8 h6-h5 25. e3-d4 e5-c7 26. f3-a8 g8-h7 27. d4xf6 c7-c4 28. f1-d1 e7xf6 29. d8xf8 c4xc2 30. f8xh8+ h7-g6 31. a8-e8+ g6-g5 32. h8xh5+ g5-f4 33. d1-f1+ f4-g4 34. e8-e2+ c2xe2 35. h2-h3+

That's right, bitches. Keegan by skillzors, Rainman by pure volume of matches. EDIT: Dangit, JD, the light's on all day, but nobody's home.

Rainman DX loses two to Keegan. Rainman DX vs. KeeganTheFox, 0-2.

checkers : chess :: miniature golf : golf

Ho ho ho. JD, you never cease to make me chuckle.

You at the Capitol One Nothing Bowl is impending. Negativo. We accepted a bid to the Toyota Gator Bowl, January 1st, against one of either a) Texas, Louisville, or c) West Virginia. While our odds of winning against any of these teams is something short of possible, it will still be easier than any team we might have faced at the Orange Bowl. ^ Oh, and whatcha tryin' to do, spoil my chances of getting first place? Man, sucks to be me...

Your mom's impending. Also, good to have you again, Arek.

Hmmm... as it stands right now, after Keegan loses his 20 point week, I will be in first place... by a point. Sweet!

For the record, I tried to get DropZero2000, back in the day, to play me some across the board, but our schedules never worked out. So we just opted to play each other on Yahoo! from less than a mile away, basically. On the other hand, I did beat him.

Ah ha ha ha ha lol. Orange Bowl, Miami FL, here I come.

If all else fails, use PM! Works every time!

Alright, JD, all you've got to do is beat Keegan twice, and we share this week's top score. My success this week is entirely dependent upon you. And dangit, kamoh, I want it clear that I've played every game assigned to me - and that includes two wins over Margoute in week 4. I hate to keep bringing it up. Get on the ball!

Yeah, Johnderrilll and I extend our as of yet one-sided history of games, and I manage to accrue a second win over him in regulation. Rainman DX vs. Johnderrilll, 1-1. Here's the move list from Game 2, where I won as White. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 f6 5. exf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Qxb2 8. Ngf3 d6 9. Rb1 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Qxa2 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 g5 13. Bd5+ Kg7 14. Bxb7 Bxb7 15. Rxb7 gxf4 16. Qxg4+ Kh8 17. Rxc7 Qa1+ 18. Ke2 f3+ 19. Nxf3 Qb2+ 20. Nd2 Na6 21. Rb1 Rxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 23. Kf3 Rf8+ 24. Ke4 Re8+ 25. Kf5 Qd3+ 26. Kf6 Nxc7 27. Qg7# JD just made a major slip at the end, as you can see. He promises he won't let it happen again.

Okay, I am officially spent in every sense of the word but the way you are probably now thinking. After about three hours of chess, it's bedtime. Bug Setz or Dama for movelists; they may have got them. And I'm too tired to summarize them. Anyways, I couldn't do them justice if I tried. They were all good games. Rainman DX vs. Setz, 2-0. Rainman DX vs. Damathacus, 1 1/2-1/2. And in a vainglorious effort to make sure I don't get the highest score this week, I will play Johnderrilll this weekend for my halfmatches.

Dama, Setz, and Johnderrilll, I will be available this weekend, and not really much more. Hope to catch youz guyz online then.