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 336 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-14-12    WannaBe: Ouch, 42 points... Ouch... Jan-14-12    WannaBe: 42-10, New England ahead, just where Tebow wants them... Starters resting. Jan-14-12    Phony Benoni: If Tebow pulls this one out, the NFL will just give up, cancel the rest of the playoffs, give the Broncos the Lombardi Trophy, and have Tebow fly everybody to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Without a plane. Jan-14-12    WannaBe: Good, then they only need to get one mahi-mahi to feed both AFC and NFC all-stars. (Coaches get to buy their own food.) Jan-14-12    Phony Benoni: No, those are big guys. They'll need two mahi-mahi and five loaves of bread. The coaches can eat the twelve baskets of leftovers. Jan-14-12    WannaBe: 2:56 left, Denver's ball, down by 35, score, on-side kick, score, on-side kick, fire, brimstone, locust, parting of the South China Sea, not a problem! Jan-15-12    Fusilli: Hi there, <PB>. After your reply to my post on G Garcia Gonzales vs Timman, 1978 I've been looking at games from the 1978 Buenos Aires olympiad on that olimpbase site. Sometimes I wanted to post a comment on a game, but then I'd look it up here and wouldn't find it. I was surprised to find out that too many games from that olympiad are just not available on chessgames.com... Sigh. In any event, thanks for the link. I didn't know that site, and it is fun to get a sense of how the tournament progressed. I grew up in Buenos Aires and was a kid about to play my first tournament at the time, and I do remember the comments on the Hungarians winning over the Russians being a big upset, after the USSR having won so many olympiads in a row. I looked at the games of IM Jaime Emma, who was Argentina's champion in 1978 and my teacher, briefly, at some point in the 1980s. He didn't do very well, but here's a nice finish (not in this database): Jaime Emma v Terje Paul Wibe click for larger view White to play and win. Jan-15-12    hangingenprise: obviously you can't make 5 turnovers in a play-off game. another ugly game in baltimore, go ravens and lets see brady and company against ray lewis and company. hmm... a giant upset? Jan-15-12    WannaBe: <Fusilli> PGNs are not copyrighted, I asked CG.com about this long time ago, so if the PGNs have no annotation, you can upload them here. If the PGN have annotation, just make sure they are removed first. If you are not sure how to do so, post the link to the games, and I can do them for you. Jan-15-12    WannaBe: Play-offs!? Play-offs?! Jan-15-12    WannaBe: This is for <Phony Benoni>, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100... I remember Pistons playing at Palace (Auburn Hills, and I don't know how far away it is from downtown Det. Suppose I can google map it...) Joe Luis Arena and the ol' Tigers Stadium are the only 2, that is <IN> Detroit? Jan-15-12    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> Ford Field (Lions) and Comerica Park (Tigers) are also in downtown Detroit, next door to each other and within a couple miles of Joe Louis Arena. The Palace of Auburn Hills is about 25-30 miles due north of Detroit. Pontiac is about 15-20 miles north of Detroit, and built in the same mold of being based on the auto industry. The downtown area of Detroit is being restored and flourishing to some extent, but the neighborhoods continue to experience blight. The city will probably have to go under the direction of an Emergency Financial Manager soon. Jan-15-12    Jim Bartle: I remember the Pistons playing at Cobo Arena for many years, which I guess was a smaller arena but one of the most modern ones in the NBA in the 60s. Jan-15-12    WannaBe: <Phony Benoni> Thanks for the info, I also should have clarify my post. Before the new stadiums, Red Wings and Tigers are true 'Detroit' teams. =) Like the ol' Lakers, played at the Fabulous Forum at Inglewood, but still called L.A. Lakers. Clippers have always been a 'true' L.A. team, playing at the ol' Sports Arena, next door to the Coliseum. Jan-15-12    WannaBe: This Hou-Bal game is turning out to be pretty interesting! Jan-15-12    Phony Benoni: And let us not forget The Detroit Olympia, home of the Red Wings from 1927-1979 and Pistons from 1957-1961: http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/image... Generally known as the Old Red Barn, and so well constructed that one general manager remarked "If an atom bomb hit, I'd want to be in Olympia." Jan-15-12    WannaBe: Nice Marquee in the front! =) Bal-New England, I'll go NE -3, with O/U 37. Jan-15-12    hangingenprise: flacco and is offense looked offensive today! against new england he better not look anemic. Jan-15-12    hangingenprise: <wannabe> what about a "giant" win today? i know a certain music man that would like it to happen. i don't know about the giants-packers game, toss up. Jan-15-12    WannaBe: <hangingenprise> We'll see, which G-men defensive team shows up. Wooooo, G-men just got a fumble recov. Jan-15-12    WannaBe: Fumble over-turned. =( Jan-15-12    WannaBe: Touchdown G-men, Touchdown!! Jan-15-12    WannaBe: I am doing something kinda neat today, for the Hou-Bal game, I listened to the live feed from a San Antonio radio station. Now, I am listen to WFAN out of New York online. The announcer calls every pass a 'fast ball'. <Manning throws over the middle, a fastball.> =) Jan-15-12    WannaBe: If Giants lose this game, they have a good grip. Oooo, onside kick! Jan-15-12    WannaBe: Touchdown! Touchdown!! G-men! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 336 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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