The Life and Times of Lenny_Bongcloud - and ratings!!
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General, you missed 6. Qa4+ Kb6 7. Qb5# (6. ... b5 7. Qxb5#)
Ned63 wrote: General_Pawnwallis wrote:
I will say that Lenny Bongcloud is one of the most fearsome opponents I've yet to face. However, I was able to prevail:
Yeah,
but only after 36 moves!! Were you trying to win? Was there any dialogue? What was it like?
Yes tell us
What I did like about the General's game is that he forced Lenny's king back to e8. Given Lenny's preferred style of play, this is probably the one thing that could really upset Lenny.
Well when I saw him move the king on turn 2 I knew he had a trick up his sleeve, so I went with what I consider to be the safest and most reliable tactic in my repertoire, the Pawnwall. It hasn't failed me yet. The hardest part about facing Lenny is certainly the intimidation factor- he was taunting me all along and throwing insults toward my mother, so it made me feel that much better when I smashed him with a forceful mate.
"Intimadation" how could you read what he was writing
that was a dumb game!
Loomis,
I can't believe you are actually analysing any games - its all 'fish in a barrell' stuff.
I would draw some caution here. I feel bad now about drawing attention to Lenny, but, he did join chess.com and his games are there for all to see.
Can we laugh with him instead of at him? I will try
To get the lowest rating ever i think its smarter to first make sure ye got a rating like 13-1400 so that a lot of players want to play you. Start a lot of games, as much as possible. Do 3 moves so that it affects your rating and then resign all games:]
General_Pawnwallis wrote: Well when I saw him move the king on turn 2 I knew he had a trick up his sleeve, so I went with what I consider to be the safest and most reliable tactic in my repertoire, the Pawnwall. It hasn't failed me yet. The hardest part about facing Lenny is certainly the intimidation factor- he was taunting me all along and throwing insults toward my mother, so it made me feel that much better when I smashed him with a forceful mate.
He insulted your mother??
Thats not Lenny surely. Thats the weed talking
Loomis wrote: What I did like about the General's game is that he forced Lenny's king back to e8. Given Lenny's preferred style of play, this is probably the one thing that could really upset Lenny.
Very insightful, I like that. And good theory, Dinkydoe, though I guess he is only a few games away from being the lowest on this site - likely his true goal. I wonder what he'll do once he is. How low could he theoretically reduce his rating?
Sure will try to laugh with him if we can understand him
He probably has the best rating considering the fact that a loss for Lenny is a win for Lenny.
Dinkydoe wrote:
To get the lowest rating ever i think its smarter to first make sure ye got a rating like 13-1400 so that a lot of players want to play you. Start a lot of games, as much as possible. Do 3 moves so that it affects your rating and then resign all games:]
That is not Lennys way. See BongCloud gambit
2. K E2
Ned63 wrote:
Loomis,
I can't believe you are actually analysing any games - its all 'fish in a barrell' stuff.
I would draw some caution here. I feel bad now about drawing attention to Lenny, but, he did join chess.com and his games are there for all to see.
Can we laugh with him instead of at him? I will try
Ned,
NO-ONE plays as badly as Lenny by accident, his play is clearly by design. The two games he won were in 1 and 2 moves, and on time (luckily not affecting his rating). I would hazard a guess that he is having fun and desires to be the lowest rated player on chess.com. Lenny is well on the way to achieving his goal.
Is there a point at which it is mathematically impossible for his rating to go any lower? Or could he reduce it to 1 point?
Ray_Brooks wrote: Ned63 wrote:
Loomis,
I can't believe you are actually analysing any games - its all 'fish in a barrell' stuff.
I would draw some caution here. I feel bad now about drawing attention to Lenny, but, he did join chess.com and his games are there for all to see.
Can we laugh with him instead of at him? I will try
Ned,
NO-ONE plays as badly as Lenny by accident, his play is clearly by design. The two games he won were in 1 and 2 moves, and on time (luckily not affecting his rating). I would hazard a guess that he is having fun and desires to be the lowest rated player on chess.com. Lenny is well on the way to achieving his goal.
Ray,
You are right. But the thing is, could you play him and lose, without resigning? Could you stopper up all that 'chess instinct'?
Surely you must mean that his play is by design of the Rastafari Gods
"But the thing is, could you play him and lose, without resigning?"
That would be a real challenge! I suspect that if he were to win a game "properly" he might stop playing here, his game now spoilt. A tricky dilemma if ever there was. 
Ray_Brooks wrote:
"But the thing is, could you play him and lose, without resigning?"
That would be a real challenge! I suspect that if he were to win a game "properly" he might stop playing here, his game now spoilt. A tricky dilemma if ever there was.
Well,
I've put the challenge out there (without being heavy or anything like that). It's up to Lenny now. He will win. Will he like it? hmmmmm
