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 366 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-06-12    WannaBe: I got a 2 litre bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper, too! Apr-06-12    King Death: Sold, you get 6m, kid! Apr-07-12    Phony Benoni: What is this drink you speak of? Diet Dr Pepper I know; in fact, it is my Beverage of Choice. But Diet Dr. Pepper must be from a different period. Apr-07-12    WannaBe: Shoot me, someone please just shoot me and get me out of pun hell... Apr-07-12    WannaBe: W. Sapp have declared that he is broke! http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7... Apr-07-12    King Death: <WannaBe> One thing about Sapp's case looks strange, he has $6.45m in assets and ~$6.7m in debts. Usually it seems like people get a lot more in the hole than this before filing. Not to mention that at least for a few months he's taking down over 100k a month in that silly job. Apr-07-12    WannaBe: Thursday, Tor-Cle played 16 innings for the season opener, the teams had Friday off, which is a nice thing, because today, they played 12 innings! (Toronto won both games.) Apr-07-12    Jim Bartle: The revenge of Ernie Banks, now that doubleheaders are history. Apr-07-12    WannaBe: Detroit is putting a big hurt on Boston. Apr-07-12    WannaBe: You are rooting for Ferris (Bueller) State?? Apr-07-12    WannaBe: 1-1 first inning, good hockey!! Apr-07-12    WannaBe: One doth wonder, what is <Phony Benoni> doing, no post since last night?! Apr-07-12    Jim Bartle: Long line to buy Tigers season tickets. Apr-07-12    WannaBe: Okay, http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7... that's one, after only 2 games... I can't wait to see what other stuff Ozzie will say, English or Spanglish! Apr-07-12    King Death: Watch this video at 0:18 for a whale of a cheap shot. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b... Apr-07-12    WannaBe: Okay, but it's only 19:50 here, I've gotta wait a few hours to watch it... Apr-07-12    King Death: <WannaBe> It's 20:00 here too but I couldn't wait that long! Apr-07-12    Phony Benoni: On the prowl for Abraham Kupchik games! No time to talk! Apr-08-12    WannaBe: Great football game between the Patriots and Lions, 10-10 going into OT. Apr-08-12    Phony Benoni: Today might be a typical Tigers game for this year. They're down three going into the bottom of the ninth, so Cabrera hits a three-run homer to tie it. Down two going into the bottom of the 11th, and they score three to win it. The happiest people in Detroit right now are the commercial sponsors for the baseball games. No matter how far behind this team may get, nobody is going to give up and switch channels. Apr-08-12    Jim Bartle: I've never understood when they say "So-and-So's hitting is affected because he's playing out of position." So it's nice to see Cabrera hitting well despite his problems at third base. Apr-08-12    WannaBe: So this years Tigers will follow their fellow feline's habits?? Down 'big' and then score 4 TDs in the 9th quarter? Apr-09-12    Phony Benoni: Hey, it's only three wins. Hope they don't get oo high. Apr-09-12    WannaBe: http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story... I don't know what is worse/worst, wearing the Sugar Bowl cap to remind people what you've accomplished, or the neck brace, or how bruised your face looks. Were you wearing a helmet on that motorcycle? Did you drink? Were you drunk? What did you hit, a tree? (Oh, by the way, Univ. of Arkansas played in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 4th, 2011, and lost to Ohio State... Suuuuuuuuuu-ey!!) Apologies to any member(s) of CG.com, living or from Arkansas or alum of the fine institution of higher learning, I just don't like (hate, hate, hate, hate!) Bobby Petrino. Apr-09-12    WannaBe: P.S. If you do (decide to) read the article, <DO NOT>, click on the Steve Spurrier link of #4. For the love of humanity... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 366 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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