Phony Benoni Member since Feb-10-06 · Last seen May-25-13 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-25-13 Phony Benoni chessforum    Phony Benoni: I doubt it's 40-1. There are generally a couple of no-hitters every year, but there certainly aren't 80 one-hitters. 4-1 might be closer to the truth.      May-25-13 TheFocus chessforum   Phony Benoni: A brief account of Fischer's simul in Little Rock, Arkansas, March 29, 1964. http://www.memphischess.com/LittleR... The game with Berry is not in the database; he appears to be <Gary Berry> of Arkansas (1964 USCF rating list). Also, in Fischer vs J Hurt, 1964 , Black's ...      May-25-13 R Scrivener vs N Whitaker, 1924   Phony Benoni: <"In this Detroit game I played Whitaker in the 12th or 13th round. Tensions were mounting, Torre and Reshevsky were much interested, as Whitaker had not lost a game. Numerous behind-the-scenes prizes were being offered by individuals to the first man to beat Whitaker. I hit      May-24-13 A Kozlowicz vs R Hiltunen, 1998   Phony Benoni: Paradoxically, this sort of blunder could only occur in a correspondence game. White must have read Black's move as 18...Qg6.      May-24-13 Mieses vs Albin, 1903    Phony Benoni: Friday is usually the day for a straight line combination, this one being shorter than most.      May-22-13 E Paljusaj vs M Bosiocic, 2010   Phony Benoni: I guess it's true. Four minor pieces do beat a queen.      May-22-13 Tejada vs A Padros Simon, 1985    Phony Benoni: <3.Ke2> is simply the Steinitz Gambit without all the bother of making some developing moves first. It is surely sound, albeit a rather rude sound.      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 ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 404 OF 486 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-06-12    Phony Benoni: Hey Travis, Definitely C. Brewskis are the most important part of a football game, especially if you're watching the Bears. If fact, I can think of only one alternative with a bigger capacity for goodies: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Y8m29ZLX5... Aug-06-12    Travis Bickle: Oh yeah Phony you're talking about Yogi & BooBoo. Yogi always says when he's snatching people's picnic baskets, "I'm smarter than the average bear!" ; P Aug-07-12    WannaBe: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympi... See Section III (of the link below), I want to see that (rule) enforced. http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_9... Aug-07-12    I play the Fred: <Section III-Time Limit Each free throw attempt shall be made within 10 seconds after the ball has been placed at the disposal of the free-thrower.> That's fine <WB>, but who's out there breaking it? The only guy I can recall coming close was Karl Malone, and that was a maybe/maybe not situation. In Seattle, the fans used to count to ten when he was at the line trying to get that call. Problem was, they would start at <One> rather than <One-thousand-one>, so Malone was usually shooting between nine and ten seconds. I can't think of a guy who exceeds eight seconds today, but I could easily be wrong about that. Aug-07-12    Jim Bartle: The difference between basketball and soccer (football), of course, is that the clock is running when the goalie holds the ball in football but not when a player has the ball for a free throw. It shouldn't matter how long the goalie holds the ball, because the referee can just add the time to the end of the game, as he sort of ends the game when he decides to. That is, unless it's done just to give a rest to the other players on the team. The most hilarious guy for taking time on free throws was a big guy named Chris Dudley, who shot about 40%. He took a long time, then he somehow faked shooting it once as part of his motion before actually shooting. He drew dozens of lane violations. I think he once missed five in a row when there were three lane violations. Aug-07-12    WannaBe: Bring back pigeon shooting, tired of seeing their sheeeet on my car. http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fa... Aug-07-12    WannaBe: Watch the video, and listen to V. Scully (turn up the volumn =) http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles... Aug-07-12    WannaBe: Even more Useless Information Dept. http://espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/... I liked #3 and #3A, here is the link to the box score for #3: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... The info about the Upton brothers is interesting. But! #5 is strickly for our gracious host, <Phony Benoni>, of course. =) Aug-08-12    Phony Benoni: Another point about that Benoit save: they had a no-hitter going into the ninth. Aug-08-12    Jim Bartle: "We have all this technology and they don't use it because they say it would delay the game. Well, what was that we just saw?" Aw, what's Scully know about baseball? At least wait until you've seen a few games, Vin! On the play, that's about the closest catch/no catch I've ever seen. Aug-08-12    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony I was sitting in Lake Shore Drive traffic and my mind started to wander, and then it dawned on me, you could get a Lions Costume to wear to the lion games! I found these on Ebay and their relatively cheap! http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums... P.S. You may want to get a suit for your pal Jim Bartle. Check out below. http://www.caufields.com/productima... Aug-08-12    Jim Bartle: What is that, Travis? Seriously. For me, better is this: http://www.google.com.pe/imgres?um=... Aug-08-12    Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> Good thinking Jim! But I was thinking more along the lines of what if Phony really got into the game and started talking some major trash to the Bears players. You could use your Scarecrow mask to try and scare away Urlacher or Lance Briggs from blasting 'Ol Phony in the bleachers with a forearm! LOL! P.S. But alas Scarecrows only scare birds such as Seahawks, Falcons and Eagles. ; P Aug-08-12    Travis Bickle: Phony here's a nice gift you could send Wannabe! If Da Wabbit is ever in Detroit you guys could go together to the game in style. Plus that axe may fight off a couple of Bears LOL!! http://www.giftcollector.com/media/... P.S. The only problem is that Wannabe likes his libations and that might rust him up pretty good. ; P Aug-08-12    WannaBe: Don't think I'd look good in tin. =)) Aug-08-12    Jim Bartle: Travis: Sorry, didn't recognize it as a scarecrow, my eyes went right to the rope. Aug-08-12    Phony Benoni: <Travis> No, if it's a football game I'd want the metal suit for somebody a bit bigger. Like say Ton Timman. Aug-08-12    Jim Bartle: Watched US vs. Australia Olympic basketball, pretty dull really. Unless it was on the break, the US just threw up threes most time down with no ball movement. 46 threes in 40 minutes. Seemed to me they did a lot of missing, until the fourth quarter, but they made 19, a good percentage. Aug-08-12    WannaBe: While watching the SF-StL game, this came up on the TV screen: Yogi's wife: "You were born in St. Louis, but played and managed in New York. If you should go before me, where would you like to be buried?" Yogi: "Surprise me!" Aug-08-12    Jim Bartle: Reminds me of columnist Jim Murray's comment when Casey Stengel died: "God is getting an earful tonight." Aug-08-12    Phony Benoni: Finally watched the blinkin' Vin Scully highlight. Definitely looked like the ball bounced on the turf to me. But I have to agree with him that replays are quicker than rhubarbs. On the other hand, they're not nearly so much fun. Aug-08-12    Jim Bartle: I thought he caught it! Aug-08-12    WannaBe: I thought he did not, because of the bounce, then on replay with close-up shots, the ball bounced in the webbing of the glove. <JB> You are right, that is the closest catch/no catch call. <Phony Benoni>, this is for you: http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fa... Aug-08-12    Jim Bartle: What's that link, a group photo of Matt Millen's draft picks? Aug-09-12    WannaBe: Ba-da-bam!! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 486) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 404 OF 486 ·  Later Kibitzing>		from the Chessgames Store

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