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 348 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-05-12    technical draw: That safety could ruin El Predicto's uh, prediction. Not a very good start for the Patriots. Feb-05-12    King Death: Does anybody know the payout for the prop bet on a safety as the first score? Feb-05-12    Jim Bartle: What's the payout for betting that the guy dancing on the tightrope is still able to father a child? Feb-05-12    Phony Benoni: What's the payout that the tightrope walker's wife just called Pfizer and said, "Oh, never mind." Feb-05-12    OhioChessFan: <JB> yeah, I thought the same thing. "The receiver was supposed to cut off his route blah blah blah" Feb-05-12    Phony Benoni: <King Death> 50-1, apparently. http://www.sbnation.com/2012-super-... Feb-05-12    King Death: <Phony Benoni> I couldn't find the chart listing all of the props so thanks! Feb-05-12    Jim Bartle: I don't ever remember a defender with #93 in pass coverage 40 yards downfield. Much less making the interception. Feb-05-12    Jim Bartle: Man, that was funny, a runner trying not to score but falling into the end zone. Feb-05-12    Phony Benoni: Why didn't Joe Pisarcik just take a knee? Feb-05-12    Jim Bartle: Showing your age there, PB. Feb-05-12    Phony Benoni: Poor Bradshaw. He scores the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl, but he ain't going to Disney World! Feb-05-12    OhioChessFan: Why did the Giants even run a play? Inexcusable on the RB's part, but such things do happen in an adrenaline soaked game. Of course, there's always the chance the kicker would have missed and been emotinally ruined forever. Feb-05-12    OhioChessFan: A rare game where I have no sense of whether the better team won. Just a few close plays were the difference. Feb-05-12    Phony Benoni: It's hard to blame the running back when every instinct is propelling him into the end zone. Maybe he could use a session on the punt coverage squad. They needed to run a play to use up as much of the clock as possible. But just have the quarterback kneel down, for goodness sakes! Feb-05-12    hangingenprise: one word says it all: G-MEN Feb-05-12    OhioChessFan: Yes, no reason to hand the ball off. Just let Manning kneel down. I always find it odd how much the narrative changes because of a few random plays. The Big Story will be Eli Manning and his winning touchdown drive. Of course, if not for 2 really lucky bounces on a couple fumbles, he'd have gone home a loser, and the narrative would have been Brady and Belichick. Feb-05-12    YouRang: Some strange plays: (1) A safety called on a ball thrown 40 yards downfield. (2) A play where the running back tried to not score a touchdown, but failed -- which was considered a mistake. But a really good Super Bowl -- especially since I was rooting for the Giants. :-) Feb-06-12    Jim Bartle: "Of course, if not for 2 really lucky bounces on a couple fumbles, he'd have gone home a loser, and the narrative would have been Brady and Belichick." True, and true of many big games, where one play or bounce of the ball determines the result. And I don't think the Giants had considered that NE might just going to let them score, so the guy hit the hole hard as always and had no way of holding up. Feb-06-12    YouRang: <True, and true of many big games, where one play or bounce of the ball determines the result.> Yes, although if you think about it, you could probably conclude that every close game is decided, to some extent, by luck. I mean, in every game there will be a number of non-deterministic events (that is, outside the control of the the players & coaches). Things like fumble bounces, punt bounces, referee judgment calls, weather -- all can make a difference in the outcome of a close game. In the Super Bowl, some of these things definitely went the Giant's way. The two fumbles, and a couple punts downed inside the Patriot's 5-yard line (the first leading to the Giant's safety). Still, credit is due to the Giant players who had the alertness and quickness to make those plays go their way. Feb-06-12    King Death: The problem with the result is that we the public will have to spend all winter listening to how the pundits knew all along that the Giants had this one in the bag. The tidal wave of garbage pouring from them is already more than I can stand and I haven't dared to read the New York Post online yet. The Giants got some breaks and made the most of them. Let's move on to 2012, where maybe they can match their feat of 2008 when they got top seed in the NFC and were one and done. Feb-06-12    Jim Bartle: The Giants deserve their win, even though I think New England would win 7 of 10 against them, but let's be honest--there were no truly outstanding teams this year. Green Bay and New Orleans looked like it during the regular season, but clearly won. For example, look at the 49ers. A good team, but clearly not close to the class of the five SF Super Bowl winners. And they came within one fumble of beating the Giants. Feb-06-12    WannaBe: All I got to say, is the game was 'Under', and I called it!! =)) Feb-07-12    King Death: <Jim> The 49ers were decent I agree, but Alex Smith isn't the answer at quarterback. They need to think about getting him a backup and look down the road at somebody to replace Frank Gore who's played seven years and has had some major injuries. Even without the injuries Gore's getting some mileage on him. As far as I'm concerned you nailed it when you said that there were no super teams this season and the Giants winning reminds me of the 2006 Cards winning the World Series, a mediocre team that was playing in the right division, got hot at the right time and came up with just enough to do the job. Feb-07-12    Jim Bartle: The NBA schedule this year is 66 games in about 125 days, or less. This could be devastating, considering all the travel. I bet there'll be more injuries than usual, a lot of minor injuries, and that the percentage of games won by the home team will be up significantly. Teams on the road are simply not going to have enough time to recover night to night. So I guess the team with the deepest bench among the top teams has to be the favorite. No idea who that might be. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 348 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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