Moron Chess

In this post I posited that R and I are Gods of Chess because in our games white had an overwhelming advantage. An update: since then (April 2010) I have played on chess.com a variety of opponents. As white I am 45-38-7; as black, 47-33-9. A decidedly mortal record. But what else does that say about my playing? Likely either

--I am a defensive, counterattacking player, as opposed to an offensive, attacking one (I don't have an intuitive opinion), or

--The website preferentially selects the higher-rated player as black, to counterbalance the natural advantage of playing white. (This isn't too likely because most of the time I play two games per opponent, one as white and one as black.) Or

--R and I bring out the best in one another. Maybe.

When I get a round tuit I'll investigate further.

Temporal Absurdity

From SI:

Oklahoma president David Boren said just before the season's opening weekend that the Sooners would decide within the next three weeks, if not sooner, if they would leave the Big 12 for another conference.

You can't make this stuff up.