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 364 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-31-12    Jim Bartle: Sorry, PB, I thought we were in solidarity with OCF. So you're one of those Bo guys? I just loved going to the 1972 Rose Bowl, where Michigan was undefeated by Schembechler simply had no passing in his offense. It was all power. At the end they had to pass in desperation, and it was comical. Mar-31-12    WannaBe: Just want to see a good game, hopefully. Jayhawks can make it a bit closer in the.second half. Mar-31-12    Jim Bartle: I only saw the last 8 minutes of the first game, but it looked like a parade of dunks. Nobody plays interior defense? Mar-31-12    WannaBe: Kansas is playing much better in the second half. Mar-31-12    WannaBe: Nervous time, folks! Mar-31-12    WannaBe: I saw the end, and I have no idea what happened, I have no volumn, because I am in a pub... He intentionally missed the free throw, got the rebound, and then ???? This is the part where I am lost, and why that Kansas kid did not simply dribble out the clock after the steal, but passed the ball (out of bounds...) is beyond me! Mar-31-12    Jim Bartle: He was called for crossing the free-throw line before the ball hit the rim. The Kansas guy made the steal and clearly should have held onto the ball, but saw a teammate heading for the basket unguarded and wanted to put a big slam as an exclamation point for the win. Mar-31-12    WannaBe: Thanks, <JB>, I better get my rear-end home, before the rain resumes, me, the genius, came out without any rain gears... Apr-01-12    Travis Bickle: <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?> No Jim I posted that since 1969. LOL! Apr-01-12    King Death: Travis Bickle: <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?> No Jim I posted that since 1969. LOL!> With Epstein as general manager things will get better there I think, but it'll take awhile. Getting out from under stuff like Soriano's crazy contract will help although that runs through 2014. Apr-01-12    Travis Bickle: <King Death> Maybe somehow Epstein could convince Soriana to go on a Space Shuttle to Mars for the good of the team. ; P Apr-01-12    King Death: Here comes the Melocalypse: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/e... Apr-01-12    Phony Benoni: Tigers just named <Drew Smyly> as their fifth starter. This is not an April 1st joke. Let the puns begin, both visual and verbal. :-) First, Detroit had Megatron; now we have Emoticon. Apr-01-12    WannaBe: Wow, just caught of the final score between OKC and Chi-town, granted the game was at OKC, but still. And this came in the heel of beating LAL on the road! Apr-01-12    Jim Bartle: Good win. Remember Rose didn't play. Apr-01-12    WannaBe: Yes, Pete have been banned for life, we've known that for the past 15 years... Apr-01-12    Jim Bartle: A Rose is a rose is a rose. Apr-01-12    WannaBe: Okay, I guess I will be slightly leaning toward Kansas tomorrow. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas... What is the current CG.com's members opinion on who will win? Apr-01-12    WannaBe: Oh, yeah, according to today's San Francisco Chronicle, Kentucky is favoured, 6.5 points, Over/Under is 140. Hoping for 61-61, and OT? Apr-02-12    Phony Benoni: Still rooting for Kansas, but betting on Kentucky. And 6.5 is not generous enough; can I get 6.75? Apr-02-12    WannaBe: <Phony Benoni>, since you and I go way back, and you let me hang out at your forum, I'll let you have 6.77! Apr-02-12    WannaBe: Ryan got arrested again!! Twice in 3 days! http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7... Let's hope Kansas plays better in the second half. Apr-02-12    WannaBe: Early exit polls have M. Romney winning Kentucky by double digits, covering the spread... Apr-02-12    jessicafischerqueen: Thanks for pointing out that alarming magazine! Who knew? Not me. Is it some kind of "high brow" version of <Guns n' Ammo>? Looks well out of order. Apr-02-12    WannaBe: Looks like possible civil disturbances in Lexington tonight... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 364 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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