Nine tenths of five eighths of not much.

[El Gordo]

That reminds me . . . how's that chess match against the Plodder coming along? He didn't mention it this weekend, although he did enchant his MGS colleagues with a rather amusing after-dinner bon mot which some here might enjoy. Captain Tom and I had giggle-stitch for over an hour and some of the old buffers required oxygen.

Perhaps that's one for Molly's at around 9pm on 1st of Feb 2009 . . .

I'm glad you asked me about that chess match. It's still going strong, and although I'm in a very weak position, my last move seems to have stumped the great man as I've apparently been waiting 2041 hours for a move from him.

If you're interested, here are the moves. I'm white:

1.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(1,0)]e4[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(2,0)]e5[/url] 2.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(3,0)]Nf3[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(4,0)]Nc6[/url] 3.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(5,0)]d4[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(6,0)]Nf6[/url] 4.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(7,0)]dxe5[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(8,0)]Nxe4[/url] 5.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(9,0)]Nc3[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(10,0)]Bb4[/url] 6.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(11,0)]Bd2[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(12,0)]Nxd2[/url] 7.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(13,0)]Qxd2[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(14,0)]Qe7[/url] 8.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(15,0)]Qe3[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(16,0)]d6[/url] 9.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(17,0)]O-O-O[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(18,0)]Bxc3[/url] 10.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(19,0)]Qxc3[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(20,0)]dxe5[/url] 11.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(21,0)]h3[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(22,0)]f6[/url] 12.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(23,0)]Bb5[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(24,0)]Qe6[/url] 13.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(25,0)]Rhe1[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(26,0)]Bd7[/url] 14.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(27,0)]a3[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(28,0)]Rc8[/url] 15.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(29,0)]g4[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(30,0)]Qf7[/url] 16.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(31,0)]g5[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(32,0)]a6[/url] 17.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(33,0)]Bc4[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(34,0)]Qf8[/url] 18.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(35,0)]h4[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(36,0)]Ne7[/url] 19.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(37,0)]Nxe5[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(38,0)]fxe5[/url] 20.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(39,0)]Rxe5[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(40,0)]b5[/url] 21.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(41,0)]Rxe7+[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(42,0)]Kxe7[/url] 22.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(43,0)]Qb4+[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(44,0)]c5[/url] 23.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(45,0)]Qe1+[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(46,0)]Kd8[/url] 24.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(47,0)]Qa5+[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(48,0)]Rc7[/url] 25.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(49,0)]Qxa6[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(50,0)]Qf4+[/url] 26.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(51,0)]Kb1[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(52,0)]bxc4[/url] 27.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(53,0)]Qa8+[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(54,0)]Rc8[/url] 28.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(55,0)]Qa5+[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(56,0)]Rc7[/url] 29.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(57,0)]Qa8+[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(58,0)]Rc8[/url] 30.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(59,0)]Qa5+[/url] [url=http://javascript:SetMove(60,0)]Qc7[/url] 31.[url=http://javascript:SetMove(61,0)]Qc3[/url] *

What do you mean, "too much information..."?

That anecdote sounds worth waiting for.