Phony Benoni Member since Feb-10-06 · Last seen May-21-13 Greetings, O Seeker After Knowledge! You have arrived in Detroit, Michigan (whether you like it or not), and are reading words of wisdom from a player rated 2950--plus or minus 1000 points. However, I've more or less retired from serious play--not that I ever took chess really seriously. You only have to look at my games to see that. These days I pursue the simple pleasures of finding games that are bizarre or just plain funny. I'd rather enjoy a game than analyze it. For the record, my name is David Moody. This probably means nothing to you unless you're a longtime player from Michigan, though it's possible that if you attended any U.S. Opens from 1975-1999 we might have crossed paths. Lucky you. If you know me at all, you'll realize that most of my remarks are meant to be humorous. I do this deliberately, so that if my analysis stinks to high heaven I can always say that I was just joking. As you can undoubtedly tell from my sparkling wit, 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. Reference Librarians think Catalogers are dull. My greatest achievement in chess, other than tricking you into reading this, was probably mating with king, bishop and knight against king in a tournament game. I have to admit that this happened after an adjournment, and that I booked up like crazy before resuming. By the way, the fact I have had adjourned games shows you I've been around too long. My funniest moment occurred when I finally got a chance to pull off a smothered mate in actual play. You know, 1.Nf7+ Kg8 2.Nh6+ Kh8 3.Qg8+ Rxg8 4.Nf7#. When I played the climactic queen check my opponent looked at the board in shocked disbelief and said, "But that's not mate! I can take the queen!" Finally, I must confess that I once played a positional move, back around 1982. I'll try not to let that happen again.

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May-22-13 I Berezovsky vs V Rusel, 1984    Phony Benoni: And just in case you had any doubt, after <12...Be6>: [DIAGRAM] White has 13.Bxg7+ Rxg7 14.Qxg7+ Kxg7 15.Nxe6+.      May-21-13 Korchnoi vs Zsuzsa Polgar, 1994   Phony Benoni: <FSR> The result appears to be correct, so my guess would be time pressure and/or fatigue. It was a blindfold game, after all, with a time limit of G/25 and a 20-second increment per move. That's a lot for anybody, let alone the 63-year-old Korchnoi. After all, he is no ...      May-21-13 Anand vs Karjakin, 2013   Phony Benoni: <norami: I wonder if there has ever been a game where all the pieces were exchanged, but no pawns.> Here are three examples: Movsesian vs Aronian, 2009 , after <33.Kxf1>: [DIAGRAM] J Cuartas Medina vs A Rodriguez Vila, 2010 , after <26...Kxd8>: [DIAGRAM] A ...      May-21-13 M Didier    Phony Benoni: <jnpope> The <Koninklijke Bibliotheek> (National Library of the Netherlands) has (or used to have) a copy of the 1901 brochure. There is a similar brochure from 1925 that is available at the Cleveland Public Library, but might not have information on Didier. There ...      May-21-13 Biographer Bistro    Phony Benoni: You're right; I was probably trying to be too exact. Stick with what people will look for, and put details in the introduction. So it's back up for voting.      May-21-13 Gustave Simonson    Phony Benoni: <Tabanus> I suspect that Sept. 15 Simonson and Sept. 24 Simonson are probably the same person. The New York Times for November 2, 1892, commenting on the game G Simonson vs Lasker, 1892 , notes: <"His vanquisher was Dr. Gustave Simonson, a fellow townsman of Lasker, ...      May-21-13 G Simonson vs Lasker, 1892   Phony Benoni: Promoting to a bishop also wins, but would only have been worth doing a few years later when Lasker was world champion. Why waste it on an ordinary master? If Lasker had been in his prime, White would have promoted to a knight and added to the legend of Lasker's ability to ...      May-21-13 V Small vs Panno, 1988    Phony Benoni: Panno has suffered through this before: Keres vs Panno, 1955      May-20-13 Samuel Reshevsky    Phony Benoni: Wow! He's playing Albert M Swank !      May-20-13 F J Moyano Morales vs C Merlo, 1967    Phony Benoni: <20.Qg5+> is the efficient way, of course. It looks like 20.Qh6 also works, since the same combination can be played after 20...Ne8 21.Qg5+ Rxg5 22.Rxg5+ Ng7 23.Rxg7+ Kh8 24.Rbackwards#. Don't know if it's worth full credit, though.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 379 OF 484 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-13-12    Jim Bartle: That's some amazing stuff, PB. I mean, Todd van Poppel once threww two scoreless innings? Of course Ernie Shore of the Red Sox once threw a nine-inning 27-out win in relief. In fact he threw a perfect game. Babe Ruth started, walked the first batter, and was thrown out for arguing with the umpire. I think he even hit the ump. Shore came in, the guy who had walked was thrown out trying to steal, and Shore retired 26 straight. May-13-12    Jim Bartle: The Celtics go back well before the 1940s. The most famous team of the 1920s was a barnstorming team (though they did play in some leagues) called the Original Celtics. May-13-12    WannaBe: Is it just me, and I'm a Lakers fan, that OKC is gonna run Kobe and the gang off the court in 6 games? World Peace's elbow in the last regular season meeting between the two teams ain't gonna help none. It'll only make OKC & J. Harden angrier. Still think it will be San Anton and OKC for the Western Conf. Finals. I am intrigued by this Pacers-Miami matchup, got a team that is under the microscope whole season, and a team that no one expected to do (so) well this season. That said, I expect BOS-MIA for the Eastern Conf. Finals, rating will go through the roof. It will go 7 games. K. McHale will make a last second jumper to win it for Boston. May-13-12    I play the Fred: <Is it just me, and I'm a Lakers fan, that OKC is gonna run Kobe and the gang off the court in 6 games?> You're 83% correct. The series will go five games. May-13-12    Jim Bartle: Hey, they're showing a "classic" Yankee game on TV. Andy Pettite is pitching and Derek Jeter just made a diving catch of a line drive. It's great to watch and remember how they used to play. May-13-12    Jim Bartle: Even if Boston gets by the Sixers, I don't think they have a chance against Miami this year. Pierce and Allen are going at half-speed, and I don't think Garnett can maintain his spectacular play (29, 28 points) of the past couple of games. And Rondo can't do it by himself. May-13-12    WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> Bring back Parrish, McHale, D. Johnson, and someguy named Bird, heard he's pretty good (For a white-boy). May-13-12    Jim Bartle: Never gonna happen again, not anything like it. Never be a Kareem-Magic-Worthy quality team again either. You're never going to see a team with three legitimate stars again, much less four, unless one is a rookie or second-year guy. There might be one possibility, if a team has an internal problems or a player has personal problems. That's how the Celts got Dennis Johnson, when Phoenix had big-time drug problem on the team, and just wanted to clean house. Plus I think Phoenix still didn't know how good DJ was. May-13-12    I play the Fred: <Never be a Kareem-Magic-Worthy quality team again either. You're never going to see a team with three legitimate stars again> Oklahoma City? Miami? San Antonio has three no-doubter HOFers on its roster right now. People made the same argument after the NFL implemented free agency; then the Patriots went to three Super Bowls in four years. As long as organizations are smart, there will always be a team or two to corner the market on taleny. And, in the case of Miami, big money will snap up available talent. May-13-12    Jim Bartle: I disagree, Fred. I don't think Bosh is a true star, and as good as Parker and Ginobili are, I don't see them as on the level of the top guys on those 80s Lakers and Boston teams. OKC clearly has two stars, Durant and Westbrook, and the rest are supporting players. (I think Westbrook is going to fade incoming years; there's something I don't trust about his game.) I'm still picking San Antonio this year, by the way. As I remember it, the Patriots built their team by picking up lower-rated players who were actually good and fit the system. What's the name of that linebacker who also played fullback sometimes? He was a nobody when they picked him up yet he became a key to the defense. And of course they got Brady with a 6th-round pick. May-13-12    Jim Bartle: I see that David Stern said today that flopping is a problem in the NBA. I know some guys let themselves go down (a lot less since Reggie Miller retired), but I think so much is asked of defenders in order to avoid blocking fouls that guys are going to look as if they're flopping all the time. A defender is required to be absolutely still, not even the upper body moving, as a guy drives into him to get a charging call. He has to be a statue--it's ridiculous. So natually an unmoving defender is going to go down when he's hit even if it's not that hard. If he prepares himself in order not to go down, he'll get called for the block. May-13-12    WannaBe: Biggest flopper, Vladi Divac. He even played for the Lakers!! May-13-12    Jim Bartle: What about Dick Fosbury? May-13-12    WannaBe: Speaking of Fosbury (I had to google him), how come no one high dive into the water feet first like the ol' days?? May-14-12    Phony Benoni: Thank goodness for the Armistice! We almost lost Brooklyn! http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%... May-14-12    Phony Benoni: I may have to bookmark this site. That first statistic about the Clippers - Grizzlies series is amazing. http://espn.go.com/espn/elias May-14-12    Jim Bartle: I think the key in that Elias note is "first round." Most first-round series are not that competitive--for simplicity we can say only the 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5, even if 7 and 8 seeds have won a couple of times--so that would leave only 54 of the 107 series as possibilities. Of those 54 let's say half go to a seventh go to a seventh game, probably more than actually occurred. That leaves 27. So the visiting team only wins 25% of game sevens, that leaves us with seven times the visitor won a game seven. And only one of those seven also won the opening game on the road. I'd say that's unlikely but not extremely so. May-14-12    WannaBe: Someone have put a lid over the baskets in this Phi-Bos game... May-14-12    WannaBe: Yep, the Lakers are being ran off the court, not even half-time yet... May-14-12    WannaBe: Found a new online streaming video place: http://www.livep2p.tv/ May-14-12    WannaBe: Sign seen at Okla. City.: Woodshed This Way ====> May-15-12    Jim Bartle: Some of the Philadelphia-Boston game last night was really ugly. I think there was one point when neither team scored for four minutes. It was 57-49 at the end of three quarters when I fell asleep, so I guess both teams picked up in the last quarter to get to 82-81. May-15-12    Jim Bartle: Pretty good old-time face-to-face argument between Charlie Manuel and Ump John Davidson today. Lamentably Manuel stopped before kicking dirt on Davidson, and he didn't turn his cap around to be able to get closer. What I couldn't figure out is what the argument was about it. An Astro swung and missed (struck out) on a wild pitch and was easily safe at first. Somehow this started a very heated argument. May-15-12    WannaBe: Second juror have been removed from the Roger Clemens case, for falling asleep. May-15-12    Phony Benoni: <JB> Did the umpire block the catcher going for the ball? Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 484) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 379 OF 484 ·  Later Kibitzing>		from the Chessgames Store

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