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 356 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-04-12    Jim Bartle: Milwaukee did some strange things with their lineup in those years, in particular often playing light-hitting Frank Torre instead of Joe Adcock at first base, and still having him hit in the heart of the order. Mar-04-12    Phony Benoni: OK. I know it's just the first two days of Spring Training, and past performances are no guarantee of future results. But today the Tigers beat the Braves 18-3, hitting nine home runs in the process. The Atlanta starter, Julio Teheran (would I joke about a thing like that?), gave up six hits, all homers. Yesterday, Detroit beat Atlanta 2-0 with a one-hitter, the only hit being allowed by Future Deep Minor League Pitcher Chris Bootcheck. Obviously not ready for prime time. If nothing else, you gotta love the names in spring training. I am trying very hard not to get excited, but The Voice of the Turtle is heard in the land. Mar-04-12    Jim Bartle: "The Atlanta starter, Julio Teheran (would I joke about a thing like that?), gave up six hits, all homers." Then he had a brilliant BABIP of .000, right? Mar-04-12    WannaBe: Man, Teheran got bombed, big time!! Talk about self-implosion! On a different note, from http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7... <Trevor Pryce, who played on the defensive line for the New York Jets, Baltimore Ravens and Denver Broncos, told The New York Times that bounty programs are common in the NFL, with players pledging cash to reward big plays in a game. "It's pretty much standard operating procedure," the retired Pryce told the newspaper. "It made our special teams better. I know dudes who doubled their salary from it. Trust me, it happens in some form in any locker room. It's like a democracy, the inmates governing themselves."> Trevor went to Clemson Univ. Mar-05-12    Jim Bartle: My cable system gave me the national networks via the Denver stations in the 90s, so I watched an awful lot of Broncos games, Broncos analysis, etc. Pryce was a key player on their Super Bowl teams, a super-strong and steady defensive tackle. Mar-05-12    WannaBe: How 'bout that St. Mary-Gonzaga game?! Going to OT!!! espn3.com is broadcasting the game. =) <JB> You watching this?!?! Mar-05-12    WannaBe: Gaels win, Gaels win!! Mar-06-12    WannaBe: If I am Drew, or any offensive player that is not a linemen, I would not play for the Saints. Period. 15 yards and an auto first down, versus taking out someone? I'll take you out. Try going over the middle on a receiving route. I think any games involving the Saints will be very, very interesting. Mar-06-12    Jim Bartle: No, didn't watch St. Mary's, not on my system, but frankly I'd forgotten about the game as well. I think they play pretty good basketball in that "mid-major" league, even though they are small schools. Brigham Young is the only fairly large college in the league. Mar-06-12    WannaBe: The age of the horse might be a record too! http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olymp... Mar-06-12    Phony Benoni: Hey, guess which is the first team from Michigan to qualify for The Big Dance? Final score: UDM 68, Valparaiso 50. Of course they probably won't survive round 1, but it still feels good. Mar-06-12    WannaBe: Don't worry <Phony> Detroit Mercy will be matched up with the 5th finisher in the Pac-12 and UDM will win by double-digits. If not triple digits. http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/... Worth reading, I remember the ol' LA-BOS rivalry. Worthy, Scott, Rambus, A.C. Green, Magic, Kareem, McHale, Dennis (freckles!?) Big Chief, Ainge (cry baby) Walton (on one leg and trying to play) and of course, Bird, before The Birdman became famous in Utah. Those were the good ol' days, where shorts were shorts and basketball was basketball. And because of this West/East finals, NBA changed the finals from 2-2-1-1-1 to 2-3-2 format. Mar-06-12    Phony Benoni: The center of the UDM Campus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U... My office is on the third floor in the back corner furthest from the entrance. I interpret this as recognition that my work is too important to be interrupted. Your mileage may vary. The appearance of the building has changed radically in the five years since the picture was taken. The Book Return is now in the left corner of the porch instead of the center. We're just a Happening Bunch. Mar-07-12    WannaBe: A few more victories, they'll rename the school to Univ. of Detroit of No Mercy. Mar-07-12    WannaBe: http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/030... Mar-07-12    Phony Benoni: Actually, UDM has won their last two first-round games, beating St Johns in 1998 (10 vs. 7 seed) and UCLA in 1999 (12 vs. 5 seed). OK, I guess the latter is not saying much. This year, though, they're projected as around a #14 seed or so. That's stretching it a bit. Mar-07-12    WannaBe: <Phony Benoni: ... OK, I guess the latter is not saying much.> Hey! Hey!! Hey!!! =)) Mar-08-12    WannaBe: Really, why do sports leagues even bother with salary cap anymore? http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/sto... Mar-08-12    Fusilli: Nice post on the POTD today, <PB> Mar-09-12    Shams: <WannaBe> Gotta have the salary cap, it's a great mechanism for keeping the playing field level! Mar-09-12    Phony Benoni: Brandon Inge is trying to become the Tigers' starting 2B this year. Poor fellow has no confidence left; he doesn't even think he can beat out Miguel Cabrera at 3rd. Inge has had opening day starts at three different positions: catcher, center field, and third base. Adding a fourth would be interesting, but not a record. Pete Rose, for one, has six: 1B, 2B, 3B, LF, CF, RF. Yes, believe it or not, Rose was the Reds everyday centerfielder at the start of 1969, with Bobby Tolan in right. They switched mid-season, and that seemed to work better. Mar-09-12    Jim Bartle: Pete Rose seemed to be able to get the job done, whatever was asked of him. But still, I can't see him as a centerfielder. Too bad Tolan got injured. He probably would have replaced Geronimo on the Big Red Machine, and they would have been that much better. Mar-09-12    WannaBe: News: Illinois fires Coach Bruce Weber. Reaction: Maybe he can coach at Weber State. News: Colts fielding trade offers for D. Freeney. Reaction: Indy is shooting for Super Bowl in 2035. Mar-09-12    WannaBe: Suh + car + Portland (Again!) http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7... Mar-09-12    Phony Benoni: I do not like this. Detroit's other superstar problem child, Miguel Cabrera, appears to have genuinely cleaned up his act. Suh hasn't yet learned, both on and off the field, and I hope it doesn't take a real tragedy for him to do so. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 356 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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