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 335 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-11-12    Phony Benoni: <TheFocus> Thanks. At the moment I'm trying to make sense of the 1960 crosstable from Chess Life. I may have to solve some Circe serieshelpmates in 25 to relax. Jan-11-12    WannaBe: <Shams> Rick isn't one of my favourites either... I've posted some very 'frank' comments on ESPN about his articles. Jan-11-12    OhioChessFan: Roger Angell, John Feinstein, ummmmmmmm. Mitch Albom is okay. I guess Peter King has one great column and one horrible column on a regular basis. Jan-12-12    Jim Bartle: Sorry, shams, I've always liked Reilly. Not on every subject, but most of the time. I like Peter King as well, Roger Angell, Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated and Bruce Jenkins and Scott Ostler of the SF Chronicle. Frank Deford is the best, but doesn't write much any more. Feinstein is up and down. And as I've mentioned many times, Joe Posnanski is the worst despite a lot of knowledge. Always makes everything about himself. Jan-13-12    WannaBe: Okay, let's try this columnist, also from espn.com... http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/201... Jan-13-12    WannaBe: My future ex-ex-ex-ex Fiancee have made her picks!!! http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story... I agree with her on ever pick, except who will win the Funniest Kibitz'r award, I still have Bazillion-gajillion-gogglillion votes! Ha, that that!! Jan-13-12    jessicafischerqueen: Thanks for this: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1920 A wonderful resource, very handy for people trying to construct a biography of <Alekhine>. I haven't forgotten about your coup on the <Notorious Game that influenced the result of the 1955 US Open but actually didn't>, great detective work there. Thanks for posting it in my forum. I also haven't forgotten about your question on the <Nezhmetdinov> game either. I had a horrifying last month in Korea, and now I'm in Canada without either of my <Nezh> books. However, I'll look in both of them when I get back to Korea to see if I can help. Jan-13-12    jessicafischerqueen: Oh and congratulations on your co-Best Games Collection award with <Big Tuna>. As you pointed out, an appropriate result given how closely you two have been working together on the collections for the last few years. An eerily appropriate result if you ask me, given that the other category in that vote was also a tie. What were the odds? Jan-13-12    WannaBe: According to espn.com page 2 Madden simulation, New Orleans, Green Bay, New England, and Baltimore will win. I think one dog will pull an upset, but I just don't know which one. Jan-13-12    jessicafischerqueen: <Mannbee> I should come to this forum more often. Do you have the tournament book for the <Grean Bay> tournament? Jan-14-12    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> I tend to favor experience in the playoffs. This weekend, we have have three games with playoff veterans against playoff rookies (NE-Den, Bal-Hou, NO-SF), and I see no reason to change my stance. In particular, I don't think Denver has a prayer. I think the Giants have an excellent chance to knock off Green Bay. Giants can rush against a suspect Packers offensive line, they can run on the tundra, and their quarterback is capable of lighting up the scoreboard. He's the key. If Eli is playing like Peyton Manning, the Giants win. If Manning is playing like Eli Wallach, the Packers win. A slight vote for GB, with a hedge on the Over. Jan-14-12    Jim Bartle: I'm not picking a winner until I know if they're playing on frozen tundra, or just ordinary tundra. Jan-14-12    Joshka: <Phony Benoni> Thanks for your US Open Crosstables from 1957. Any chance you know where the event was held at in Cleveland? thanks in advance:-) Jan-14-12    WinKing: Just stopped by to congratulate you <Phony Benoni> on being co-winner of the 'Best Game Collection' Caissar Award. I realize that it takes a lot of time & hard work to achieve such a collection. Well done! Jan-14-12    WannaBe: Touch down! 7-0 for the 4th and 9ers!! Jan-14-12    WannaBe: Touchdown! 14-0 for the 4th and 9ers!! Jan-14-12    WannaBe: Field Goal! 17-0 for the 4th and 9ers! Jan-14-12    WannaBe: 17-14 at half! Jan-14-12    WannaBe: Saints just converted 2pt, leads 32-29... Wheee! Jan-14-12    Phony Benoni: Didn't the librarians ... er, the bookies say a three-point game? Jan-14-12    Phony Benoni: After a lousy start, this is turning into a heckuva game. Jan-14-12    WannaBe: Touchdown!! Touchdown!!! 4th and 9ers!! Jan-14-12    Phony Benoni: And CBS is wondering, "Why isn't anybody watching Tebow?" Jan-14-12    WannaBe: Denver is playing option/college/Army/Navy styled football, all NE have to do, is keep 2 LBs to back, watch Tebow don't let him run (That is how they came back against the Raiders, and won.) Bam, game over. Jan-14-12    Phony Benoni: Yeah, it wasn't hard to guess this would probably be the least competitive game of the weekend. So how come it's the one that ended up in prime time? Tebow obviously has some skills, and a player with his inspirational powers (and I don't mean spiritual here) should never be counted out. But there's a lot of work ahead of him, and it's an open question whether he'll wind up as a great NFL quarterback or a frequent guest on "Whatever Happened To..." specials. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 335 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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