For anyone living in the Detroit area and wishing to attend, there will also be an opportunity for anyone attending to say something during the ceremony. The tree is expected to be planted prior to the ceremony, which will be a timesaver for those attending.

The former dean of Detroit Mercy, Margaret Auer, is slated to read the text of the plaque, which will be placed at the base of the tree.

The text will read:

David W. Moody

1951 - 2022

Cataloging Librarian

Chess Aficionado

Renowned for His
Wealth of Knowledge

I realize most of us are not in close proximity to Detroit; however, anyone planning on attending can get in touch with Kris McLonis, so that she can plan for enough refreshments.

Not sure I can, but certainly will if at all possible.

David was a good person, I counted him as a friend. (We even chatted on the phone a few times when I lived at Chapin's Landing.) I found his POTD ... indeed, ALL his game collections ... to be invaluable!!!!!!

I had a minor stroke in 2019. I could not remember his rating so I looked him up on the USCF website. It says on his player profile that: "This player is deceased." I literally think I went into shock. I ran into the bathroom fearing I might ... you know.

What a freaking crummy way to find out that I had lost a friend and the CG group had lost one of our most valuable contributors!

if you go hawking around old threads look out for his posts. You will not be disappointed.

He had a pleasant laid back dry sense of humour and the knack of condensing a post into a few good sentences.

Dave answering a punter who said a Blackburne - Steinitz game played in 1862 was of a 'poor quality.'

"Of course, many 19th century games are going to be of "poor" quality to today's players.
But, paradoxically, the "average" player will learn more from games like this than from a masterpiece from Fischer or Kasparov or Carlsen.
You have to master the simple ideas behind games like this before you can comprehend the subtler ideas of today's super-GMs."

Probably took less than two minutes to write but it would not look out of place if it was printed on the back of a book of 19th century games. And note the inoffensive content. The original poster thanked him!

User: Phony Benoni

His posts are always funny and interesting.

It took me a long time to realise how much I miss him.

<I'm a librarian in my spare time. Even worse, I'm a cataloger, which means I keep log books for cattle.

Also, I'm not one of those extroverts who sit at the Reference Desk and help you with research. Instead, I spend all day staring at a computer screen updating and maintaining information in the library's catalog.

The general public thinks Reference Librarians are dull.

He suffered a broken hip Saturday, June 11th after being struck by a motorized wheelchair being operated by one of the residents at the retirement community where he lived. While the surgery went 'ok', he had problems coming out from the anesthesia. He was released from the hospital on the 24th to the nursing wing of his retirement community. Unfortunately, he passed away overnight of the same day as a result of a bacterial infection.> David Moody (kibitz #274)

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Question - Is the young man pictured at the start of the video with the (can't help but say) cheesy music a young Mr. Benoni?