Phony Benoni Member since Feb-10-06 · Last seen Jun-11-22 Greetings, O Seeker After Knowledge! You have arrived in Dearborn, Michigan (whether you like it or not), and are reading words of wisdom from a player rated 2938--plus or minus 1000 points. However, I've retired from serious play--not that I ever took playing chess all that 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 US 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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Jun-11-22 M Blau vs Keres, 1959    Phony Benoni: Not a good recommendation for the DERLD. Out of 59 moves, White makes only three in Black's half of the board. And two of those conist of 3.Bb5 and 6.Bxc6.      Jun-11-22 chessgames.com chessforum    Phony Benoni: Er, it's back. Karpov vs Timman, 1988      Jun-10-22 Orlo Milo Rolo   Phony Benoni: Marco!      Jun-10-22 Lilienthal vs Bondarevsky, 1947   Phony Benoni: Another one for you King Hunters. Black's monarch travels fron g8 to b8, then takes the Great Circle Route back to h3 before calling it a day.      Jun-10-22 GrahamClayton chessforum    Phony Benoni: <GrahamClayton> I've posted a question for you at L T Magee vs J Holland, 1948      Jun-10-22 L T Magee vs E L Holland, 1948    Phony Benoni: <GrahamClayton> The source you cite, <Chess Review, May 1948, p. 24>, gives Black's name as <E Holland> "Chess Life" (June 5, 1948, p. 1) has a table of results giving <E L Holland>. That form also appears in USCF rating supplements for a player fro ...      Jun-09-22 Biographer Bistro    Phony Benoni: SkinnVer Here Among the Fold?      Jun-09-22 Flohr vs Bondarevsky, 1947    Phony Benoni: Black's bishop makes me think of Godzilla emerging from the depths of the ocean to wreak havoc. However, in the end it's his Two Little Friends who steal the show. Well, maybe not so litt.      Jun-06-22 W Ritson-Morry vs G T Crown, 1947   Phony Benoni: it was the last round. Rison-Morry was mired in last place. These things happen.      Jun-06-22 W Adams vs M Kagan, 1947   Phony Benoni: Some more informztion. The game was published in <Chess Review>, March 1948, p. 23. Black's name is given as "M Kagan", and the location as "Massachusetts". There is no other game data, but I think we can now safely assume Black is <Milton Kagan>. Earlier in the ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 818 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-06-16    saffuna: Mark Teixiera has announced his retirement. Now I'm seeing articles discussing whether he's a Hall of Famer. 400 homers, 1000 runs, 1200 RBIs. Are they serious? Aug-06-16    WannaBe: <Party Animal> Decided to stay in and follow chess, instead. Aug-06-16    WannaBe: Got chess on my PC, and later Chi/OAK, BOS/LAD, finally SF/WAS. Gonna be a nice restful Saturday. Aug-06-16    Party Animal: Hey Phony, The Cubs are starting Jake Arrieta today against The A's. I think it's about time that boy turns his pitching funk around! ; P Aug-06-16    perfidious: Teixeira has been a class act all the way, even wearing those dreaded pinstripes. Pity he fell off the map as an odds-on HOFer, as he tailed off from those .300/30 HR/100 RBI seasons he used to post with great consistency. Aug-06-16    saffuna: I happened to look at the career of Jim Edmonds. His hitting stats are virtually identical to Teixeira's, plus he was a tremendous centerfielder. And nobody talks about him as a Hall of Famer. If he'd continued to play the way he did with Texas, probably. But he didn't keep it up. Aug-06-16    WannaBe: Dodgers won, now on to Giants/Nats game. Aug-06-16    Party Animal: Cubs Win Cubs Win! Holy Cow!! Phony this ice cold Budweiser truly is for you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpJ... Aug-06-16    Phony Benoni: <Party Animal> You sound surprised. Is this their first win of the year? Aug-06-16    Party Animal: Hey Phony, it isn't their 1st win but every time they win a ball game it feels like the 1st win! http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/... Aug-06-16    Party Animal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB3... Aug-06-16    Penguincw: Matt Cain had a streak of 5 no-hit innings going, and today, first batter he faces, gives up a hit. Ichiro had a pinch hit, infield single, his 2999th MLB hit. Aug-06-16    Phony Benoni: I've been spending too much time around my own forum. Today, I was filling in some name in one of my US Open databases, and for David Koenig entered instead "Mark Koenig", the shortstop on the 1927 Yankees. The Tigers win a few games, and I lose all sense of proportion.. Aug-06-16    saffuna: Of course there was Derek Fisher who won the World Championships. And Michigan player Arnold Palmer. Long-time Chess LIfe columnist Darrell Evans. Aug-07-16    Phony Benoni: And the great double play combination, Arnold Denker to Larry Melvyn Evans to Jose Sanz Aguado Aug-07-16    WannaBe: Ichiro got a hit last night as PH-RF replacement in Marlin's loss to Colorado. One more to go. Aug-07-16    WannaBe: Glorious Sunday! SFG followed by OAK, and wrap up the day with LAD. (And some chess tournament in St.L, too!) Aug-07-16    WannaBe: SFG have lost, now on to ChiCubs/OAK. Ichiro is batting 6th in today's MIA/COL game. He should get at least 4 at-bats. Aug-07-16    WannaBe: And Ichiro strikes out in his first AB. Aug-07-16    Penguincw: After Ichiro, next in line to 3K hits: - Beltre (2876) - Pujols (2773) - Beltran (2570) Beltre still has 2 seasons left, so I see him joining (~50 hits/season). Pujols has 5 seasons left, I can see him hitting it too (~50 hits/season). Beltran is about to be a free agent, and already at 39, I'd say no. Looking at the other active 2K hit members, the only 2 I see that will make it are Miguel Cabrera and Robinson Cano. Cabrera needs about 75 hits/season for 7 years, Cano needs about 125 hits/season for 7 years. And I'm pretty certain that there is an active MLB player currently with fewer than 2K hits who is a future 3K hit member (Altuve perhaps). Aug-07-16    WannaBe: Miami 6, Colorado 1, 9 hits for Marlins, zero for Ichiro. Top of the 4th. Most likely Ichiro will get 3 more ABs. Aug-07-16    WannaBe: Ichiro 0-3. Middle of 4th. Aug-07-16    WannaBe: Got it, he did it, 3K. Triple! Aug-07-16    perfidious: <Phony Benoni: I've been spending too much time around my own forum. Today, I was filling in some name in one of my US Open databases, and for David Koenig entered instead "Mark Koenig", the shortstop on the 1927 Yankees.> lol Played David once, at Foxwoods in an Open Spanish. He had a clear advantage, went wrong, then I had a chance to get a big edge. Once I missed it, the ending levelled out and wound up a draw. Suzuki is only the second player to triple for his 3000th hit (Paul Molitor was the other). Aug-07-16    WannaBe: 3K hits trivia time!!! Three players got their 3000th hit with HR, can you name them?? Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 818 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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