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 363 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-28-12    Jim Bartle: I don't see how any sports franchise can be worth $2 billion dollars. Mar-28-12    Phony Benoni: By the way, I want to caution everybody about looking things up at the <Baseball Almanac> site. Yesterday I picked up a Trojan virus [and keep it clean, guys!] on the way there, and this is not the first time this has happened. I've accessed the site plenty of times with no problems, but some areas of it seem to be infected. There's no way of knowing the bad spots beforehand, so I plan to avoid the site completely in the future. Too bad; they have a lot of good stuff. Mar-28-12    Shams: <Jim Bartle> A dozen or so years ago a Picasso, I think it was, became the first painting to be sold at auction for more than $100m. The Times noted, "this tells us less about what a Picasso is worth than it does about what $100m is now worth." So, what's a paltry two bill, after all? Mar-28-12    Jim Bartle: Of course times change quickly. I remember when Ryne Sandberg signed for $7 million a year, almost twice what any other player had gotten, and it seemed nuts. Now $7 million is typical for a really good player but not nearly enough for a real top player. Still, two billion? What's the most any team has ever been sold for? How much did the American guy pay for Manchester United, $700 million? Mar-28-12    Shams: Looks like Glazer spent 800 million pounds, give or take, in 2005. So, somewhere north of a billion USD. Of course you are right and the figures are absolutely absurd. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glazer... Mar-28-12    WannaBe: It just means, that after I win the Friday's Mega Lotto, I can afford to buy the left field bleacher section at Dodgers Stadium. Mar-28-12    Jim Bartle: I find it jarring that Dodger Stadium is now the 3rd oldest in the major leagues. I went a few times in the late 70s/early 80s and thought it was absolutely marvelous. But I guess the many of the modern stadiums have passed it by. Pac Bell in SF (or whatever they call it now) sure was great, but just for baseball, no better than Dodger Stadium. Mar-28-12    WannaBe: <JB> AT&T Park, and it's nice, I like how the levels are situated right on top of another, not as much bowl shaped, where if you are in the cheap seats, you are miles and miles away from the action. Mar-28-12    Jim Bartle: Oh certainly a great stadium, maybe even too luxurious for baseball. My point is that purely for baseball, Dodger Stadium is just as good. Except for the view. And Dodger Stadium has a lot of history, which AT&T still doesn't. Mar-28-12    WannaBe: Here is an article on what McCourts paid back in 2004: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dodge... Nice return, I must say. Mar-29-12    WannaBe: Reallllllllly?!?! http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/... Mar-29-12    WannaBe: This is for <JB>, so he can figure out who to root for/against on Saturday. http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story... Mar-30-12    Jim Bartle: Maybe they can both lose. I've always liked the author for years. He's written "Sportspickle" since the mid-90s, sort of an Onion on sports. Mar-30-12    Phony Benoni: Well, I have to root for Kansas simply because they beat UDM. It's always nice to think that it took the National Champions to knock you out of the tournament. But it's hard to pick against Kentucky. I like to watch for teams that can make free throws in the tournament. No doubt that's a shallow approach--but when I saw Kentucky go 35 for 37 in one game last weekend, that clinched it. Mar-30-12    King Death: Ryan Leaf is in the news again. http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/3080... Mar-30-12    Phony Benoni: Great Falls seems an appropriate place for Ryan Leaf. Mar-30-12    WannaBe: Good ol' Ryan... Mar-31-12    WannaBe: Game started, wonder if <JB> is rooting A. Judd to have a wardrobe malfunction. :-)) Mar-31-12    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, how's it going pal? I haven't heard from you in a couple months of Sundays! ; P Are you ready for baseball season Dr? Here in Chicago The Cubs are weak on starting pitching, power in the 3 4 & 5 spots and a little weak in the bullpen, other than that were ready to start the season! Mar-31-12    Phony Benoni: <Travis>, always good to have you stop by! And here I thought the Cubs were optimistic because the Tigers stole Prince Fielder from Milwaukee! But I wouldn't worry about your weaknesses--everybody seems to have problems there. The mood in Detroit is overly optimistic, what with sunshine and 60 degrees forecast for Opening Day. Yeah, we've got some solid starting pitching, a good bullpen, and strength throughout the lineup. The big worry in the "D" is the "D"--we may have one of the worst defensive infields in history. Of course, if the four guys hit 150 home runs between them, we'll just develop more fly ball pitchers! Mar-31-12    OhioChessFan: Louisville has to be setting a record for missed shots inside of 3 feet. Some of that is initimidation, but much of it is just horrible shooting. Mar-31-12    WannaBe: Looks like we will get to see A. Judd on Monday night, should make <Jim Bartle> happy. =) Mar-31-12    Jim Bartle: OK, we all gotta go for Ohio State. WannaBe: A. Judd is classy, not the sort to have a wardrobe malfunction, nor one I would want to have one. Mar-31-12    Phony Benoni: Ah, <JB>, rooting for Ohio State is a hard thing to ask of a Michigan grad. Mar-31-12    Jim Bartle: Travis: "Here in Chicago The Cubs are weak on starting pitching, power in the 3 4 & 5 spots and a little weak in the bullpen, other than that were ready to start the season!" Did you just cut-and-paste that from 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008? San Francisco will of course once again be in the running for fewest run scored. And you just can't count on the admittedly great pitching to carry them with no injuries or bad years. Just look at that article posted here a few days ago: Lincecum gave up 6 runs total in four starts against the Dodgers vs. Kershaw, and the Giants lost every game. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 363 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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