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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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   Phony Benoni has kibitzed 18634 times to chessgames [more...]

   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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Mar-19-12		WannaBe: I think Tebow have these options: 1. Join A.C. Green and start a revival of religion. 2. Sign with the Saints, Tebow, Religion, Kneeling, Praying, Saints, next thing you know, we'll all forget about this Bounty Gate thing. And they'll be throwing Hail Marys on every down. Even First! 3. Arena Football. 4. Return to U. of Florida, get a Divinity Degree. 5. Convert to the Church of Latter-Day Saints, gain 4 more years of eligibility in the NCAA. 6. Join CG.com and bring peace & harmony to all the members, posts, and forums, or forumi... Ommmmmmmmmm. (I am going to fire my blog-writer, that's all I have to say about that.)

Mar-19-12		WannaBe: Polling question on espn.com main page, "Would you want your team to pursue Tebow" Yes/No were the only options. 76% voted no, based on 53,647 votes.

Mar-19-12		keypusher: <WannaBe: <keypusher> Gerrard declined pretty much all offers last year after being released. Now he is willing to compete for a starting job?! Sounds like desperation. :-)> Yes, by him and the Fins. But having read a bit more, it looks like they signed him to a cheap one-year contract (because hey, you can't let Matt Moore get cocky just because no one else wants to play QB for Miami). So no real harm done. Apparently Tannehill is going to get snatched up by the Browns, but there are some good prospects in next year's draft, and the great thing about drafting someone is he pretty much has to play for you. Kind of amazing that a franchise in a place that offers all the temptations of the flesh and has no state income tax to boot can't attract talent. Who knew that football players were such ascetics?

Mar-20-12		WannaBe: <keypusher> All that flesh?! You know they are retirees, right?!?! :-)) On a separate note, here is one for our gracious host, that lets us to rib each other, and shows great sportsmenship, an eye in the storm that is swirling around us, Mr. <Phony Benoni> : http://espn.go.com/mlb/spring2012/s... Goalies for the RedWings are fearing for their jobs.

Mar-20-12		WannaBe: Rollie Massimino is now coaching NAIA Division II ?!?!?! http://espn.go.com/chicago/ncb/stor...

Mar-20-12		Phony Benoni: Rollie Massimimo seems like one of those guys who couldn't live without coaching. Besides, he has to do something when not serving as a stunt double for Danny DeVito.

Mar-20-12		Jim Bartle: Massimino made a mistake leaving Villanova for UNLV. He seemed to be beloved at Villanova, especially having win an NCAA title, and misjudged the situation in Las Vegas. He probably thought the attraction was the team and the city, where really it was Tarkanian and his shenanigans. So he didn't win there, didn't even make the tournament, and sort of faded away.

Mar-20-12		Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> It's easy to be a gracious host when the guests are gracious. Now that we've got the love and goodwill out of the way, it's time to start moaning. Word is that the grounder which hit Miguera Cabrera in the face fractured a small bone underneath his right eye. There should be no permanent damage or vision loss, but he'll miss the rest of spring training. Good news is that it wasn't worse, and he probably won't be out of any regular season games. The bad news is that The Great Third Base Experiment hits a snag; he obviously needed all the practice he could get. However, it wasn't his inexperience that did it. He was going to field the ball to his lower left when it took a bad hop and hit him underneath the right eye. Brooks Robinson wouldn't have gotten it either, but it might have missed him since he isn't as wide as Cabrera.

Mar-20-12		Jim Bartle: I'm surprised things like this don't happen more often. Hard hit balls are tough to handle even without a bad bounce. Third basemen and first basemen (most of them) are amazing at picking up those hot shots.

Mar-20-12		WannaBe: That's why it's called the hot corner... Maybe he can have/wear mask, like Kobe... Or C. Osgood.

Mar-20-12		WannaBe: News: P. Manning finalizes deal with Denver. Reaction: RBs & WRs are actually practicing catching/tipping drills, anticipating being hit, and most of all, how to spike the football once they reach the end-zone. You watch, the first guy that 'dunks' over the goal post, is gonna pull a hammy. The first guy that tries to jump into the stand, a la Mile-High Leap (MHL) is gonna pull a hammy, that guy who is gonna spike the football? He's gonna throw his shoulders out, (Yes, both! I don't know how, but BOTH!!) He will require Tommy John surgery, out for the season.

Mar-21-12		WannaBe: Worth reading, it's before my time, and I don't know (all) the characters involved, but I'm quite sure, it's still going on... http://espn.go.com/colleges/alabama...

Mar-21-12		WannaBe: Tebow got traded to the Jets, now I wonder where Mark Sanchez is going, this domino effect is (quite) fun to keep track of... Maybe the Raiders will sign Sanchez, then we'll have 2 ex-USC QBs. =)

Mar-21-12		WannaBe: Sean Payton suspended, one year!!! http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?sl...

Mar-21-12		Phony Benoni: I cannot understand the Tebow move. It looks like a bad deal for Denver (two low-range draft picks?), a bad deal for the Jets (just signed Sanchez long-range), and I still don't think it's a good deal for Tebow. My guess is that the Broncos dealt Tebow to:(a) get rid of the quarterback controversey; (b) he doesn't fit with John Elway. Since I seem to have such a consistent track record on predictions, I'll say that neither Denver nor the Jets will win a playoff game next season. (I'd say they wouldn't make the play-offs, but it's almost impossible for Denver not to make the play-offs in that division.)

Mar-21-12		WannaBe: Hold allllll tickets, there is an enquiry regarding the Bronco-Jets trade. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...

Mar-21-12		Jim Bartle: Tebow can be a folk hero in NY, playing different positions, coming in to run the "Wildcat" at key moments. No way he'll be the starting quarterback.

Mar-21-12		Jim Bartle: I hear another part of the punishment of the Saints is they will be called the Sinners for the 2013 season.

Mar-21-12		WannaBe: Coke to place ads with J. Lin in Chinese around Madison Square Garden: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y... How do you say: "Carmelo, pass me the ball when you are double-teamed" in Chinese?

Mar-21-12		Jim Bartle: Nice one, Wannabe. As a Californian do you happen to remember a Democratic prankster named Dick Tuck who used to torment Nixon in the 50s and 60s? One time Nixon was campaigning in LA's Chinatown in front of a huge banner written in Chinese. Turned out Tuck had put it there and it read, "What about the Hughes loan?", in reference to a suspicious loan Howard Hughes had made to Nixon's brother. My favortie "Tuck" was much simpler. Nixon was doing a whistlestop tour, speaking from the balcony at the end of a train. Tuck dressed up as a railroad employee, walked in front of the engine, and signaled the engineer to pull out of the station. So Nixon rode away in mid-speech.

Mar-21-12		WannaBe: <JB> Nice ones... but unfortunately I know nothing about this D. Tuck guy. I was born early 70s, plus I did not come to the States until early 80s. Some of my earliest memories are Raiders beating Redskins, and '84 Olympics in LA.

Mar-21-12		WannaBe: Trade finalized, T.T. is now a NY Jets. Sanchez watch have now begun.

Mar-21-12		Jim Bartle: If we're talking about USC quarterbacks, what about Todd Marinovich, who played two years (freshman and sophomore), then was drafted in the first round by the Raiders. He'd been raised since he was born to be a quarterback, his entire life controlled by his father (a former USC lineman) to make Todd an NFL quarterback. Once in the NFL, he sort of collapsed and starting doing all the irresponsible things he should have got out of his system as a teenager, but never could.

Mar-21-12		WannaBe: The dad somehow talked the wife into having another son, so he can "restart" that QB project!

Mar-21-12		WannaBe: Another great article, if you like pitching... http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/...

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