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 340 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-22-12    Fusilli: Hi <PB>. As per the info you posted, I submitted a correction slip on that misattributed Timman-Guillermo Garcia game. cg.com corrected the error and now it is correctly attributed to Gildardo Garcia: Timman vs G Garcia, 1978. Nice to see the system at work! Jan-22-12    hangingenprise: <wannabe> quote the raven nevermore?? joe flacco.......... Jan-22-12    hangingenprise: <phony> jack morris is a h.o.f. Jan-22-12    hangingenprise: when you have to have a pitcher to win a big game i'll take jack morris. true, he may not have had the glamour numbers during the season, but if you needed a win morris was there. that is his qualification! he WON the big game! Jan-22-12    WannaBe: Regarding Atl.'s 3 pitchers, with a staff like that, you'd think of all those trips to play-offs and WS, they would have more than 1 World Series win. Bobby Cox is definitely HoF, if he is not already in... Does 5 years rule also apply to managers? Jan-22-12    Jim Bartle: Atlanta did have a lot of bad luck in the World Series in the 90s (91, 96), plus losing in the NL playoffs more than they should have (Philadelphia 1993, Florida 1997, San Diego 1998). Jan-22-12    WannaBe: I have a minor rooting interest in NY and NE to win over San Fran. and Balt. Only because of my friends, otherwise, I just want to see good football being played. Still remember that (botched) snap from 9 years ago when New York came to San Francisco. =) Back then, the best individually rated refs get to work the games, and it turned out by throwing the best people together does not mean you have the best crew. (Where have we seen this before?!) Next year, the policy was changed, the best rated crew, would then work the play-off games. Jan-22-12    benjinathan: <plus his best years were wasted in Montreal.> As a lifelong Expos fan who lived and died with that team, I can't agree. But from a HOF perspective I know what you mean. I think if there had not been labour strife during his peak years there probably would be no debate. I think he as about a 40% chance. Jan-22-12    Jim Bartle: The Expos of the early 80s were an outstanding team, led by Dawson, Raines and Carter. That was before Dawson got hurt, and was fast and versatile, just a great player. Later he became a one-dimensional power hitter, and it's too bad he's remembered that way. Jan-22-12    King Death: <WannaBe: Regarding Atl.'s 3 pitchers, with a staff like that, you'd think of all those trips to play-offs and WS, they would have more than 1 World Series win..> < Jim Bartle: Atlanta did have a lot of bad luck in the World Series in the 90s (91, 96), plus losing in the NL playoffs more than they should have (Philadelphia 1993, Florida 1997, San Diego 1998).> There were too many games where their hitters didn't do the job in the playoffs. Bad luck in the Series? How about 1996 where they were up 2-0 before the Yankees woke up? http://www.baseball-reference.com/p... Basically I agree that with that starting pitching they might have won more Series than they did, but we saw a lot of failures back then. The Mets with Strawberry, Gooden Carter and others fluked out one Series with a team that could have done a lot more. Then there are the Oakland teams from 1988 to 1990 that had the stuff to win all of those World Series but only managed to beat the Cubs. Jan-22-12    WannaBe: Errr... no, they lost to Dodgers, beat SF Giants in the earthquake, and then got swept by the Reds. Jan-22-12    WannaBe: One hour before kickoff!! One hour warning! Jan-22-12    Jim Bartle: There are lots of really strong teams, possible "dynasties," which make the Series several times, or are always in the playoffs, but don't win many championships. Atlanta in the 90s is of course a good example, and the A's from 88 to 90, and the Yankees of the 2000s could be another. Atlanta really did let the 1996 Series slip away. They were up two games to one and ahead 6-0 in game four, then lost that one 8-6 and the last two by one run each. Jan-22-12    Jim Bartle: He pulled the helmet all the way off grabbing the face mask? Jan-22-12    King Death: <WannaBe> Yes, the Giants beat the poor Cubbies before getting served up. <Jim Bartle> The Yankees of the 2000s never got much press probably because they won a bundle from 1996-2000, but they were a flea's whisker from winning in 2001, lost to the Angels in 2002, and couldn't beat the Marlins in 2003 for a start. Jan-22-12    Jim Bartle: That's right. Then in 2004 they had Boston down 3-0 with a lead in the ninth of game four, and lost. Jan-22-12    King Death: <Jim Bartle> The 2004 ALCS took the attention away from the rest of the times they didn't win during 2001 to 2008. It was some payback for this: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Jan-22-12    Jim Bartle: Thurman Munson batting second? Jan-22-12    Jim Bartle: Oh man, if it's Baltimore vs. SF I'm going to be sick of the Harbaugh-vs.-Harbaugh stories by about Tuesday. Jan-22-12    benjinathan: I wonder where baseball would be if the Yankees had won all those times? I am struggling with my baseball fandom as it is- and with the Jays management already warning us not to epect anything this year (for the tenth straight year) Jan-22-12    WannaBe: Okay, the San Francisco Chronics have the O/U of Bal-NE at 50. Current score 20-16, with one more quarter to go, but OT is possible. Jan-22-12    benjinathan: I am "watching" the game on twitter as I work. Seems like Baltimore is able to run the ball witth impunity on N.E. but that the Ravens are not likely to stop them either. Jan-22-12    King Death: A 32 yard FG to tie it wide? No way!!! Jan-22-12    WannaBe: Oh, my goodness, missed it wide left! It's Under, <Phony Benony>'s pick. Final score, 23-20. Jan-22-12    King Death: New England's first win against a team with a winning record this year. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 340 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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