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 396 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-08-12    Phony Benoni: Zach Greineke has a chance to something quite unusual: start three consecutive games in the same season! http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/e... The Brewers don't play again until Friday, so this is a very real possiblity. You can look up Red Faber's "triple" here: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... He started both games of a Labor Day doubleheader on September 3, lasting about six innings total, then threw a complete game against the Browns on September 4th. Jul-08-12    WannaBe: http://espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/... More useless baseball information. Jul-09-12    WannaBe: Anyone seen this? (Turn up the sound, if you are not in a public place, else, turn it down!) http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b... Jul-09-12    WannaBe: Just shown Kruk chowing down on some KC BBQ ribs, while Brett is being interviewed, guess Kruk had to keep up his figure, 'less he sweat off some of that weight in the mid-west weather. And yes, them ribs look really good, too. Jul-09-12    Jim Bartle: Mitch Williams (Phillies' teammate): How would you try to hit me if we faced each other? Kruk: I'd stand right on home plate. That way I know I won't get hit. Jul-09-12    WannaBe: Ah, yes, Mitch (Wild Thing), served the (walk-off) homer to Carter of the BJs for their WS win. Back then, it was just called a game-winner. Jul-09-12    Jim Bartle: No, I think at least some were called "walk off jobs" back then, a phrase popularized by Dennis Eckersley. Jul-09-12    WannaBe: OK, don't go swimming in Ill. http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/20... Jul-10-12    Phony Benoni: One must admire the straight-faced paragraph which begins: <"The pacu can weigh up to 55 pounds and eats nuts, aquatic vegetation and snails..."> Jul-10-12    WannaBe: I just hope <OhioChessFan> remembers who his friends are. =)) http://news.yahoo.com/baseball-card... Jul-10-12    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony my pal! How are they treating you? I just rotated back to the world as I was in the Middle East doing top secret work for the government. I just checked the newspapers and I see The Cubs are a 1/2 game out of last place. I thought this Theo Epstein was a world shaker ya know like Cool Hand Luke!? We have 3 Allstars but alas I guess I'll have to wait until next year. Your pal, Travis Jul-10-12    WannaBe: <Travis Bickle> Read the Swimming in Ill. article! I know it's hot, but don't go into the water. Jul-10-12    Phony Benoni: Howdy, Travis! Don't know what to tell you. The Tigers have three All-Stars, they're 3 1/2 games out of first place, but more people are disappointed in their performance than the Cubs. You probably had an easier time straightening things out in the Middle East! Hope you are well prepared for the Bears and Lions match-ups this year. Be sure to order extra Bactine and Ouchies for all those little boo-boos. Jul-10-12    Travis Bickle: <WannaBe> Thank you for the heads up Mr Bunnyman. I wouldn't swim in Illinois water if I caught on fire from gasoline with those kin to piranhas in the water! Jul-10-12    WannaBe: More Useless Information, this All-Star game have the most 'Cabrera's, ever. Jul-10-12    OhioChessFan: We could have a fun Chessgames.com version of Survivor. When people got voted off the site, Travis could throw them in the water. Jul-11-12    Travis Bickle: Dr Benoni, I think The Bears Lions 2 games this year could be very interesting! Game #1 Detroit at Chicago (8:30 PM), Sunday the 28th of Oct. a Prime Timer! Game #2 Chicago at Detroit (1:00 PM) December 30th the last game of the regular season. P.S. With The Cheeseheads, The Bears, Lions & if Minnesota turns it around the central division will be The Black & Blue Division again! Jul-11-12    Travis Bickle: <OhioChessFan> Hey my pal Elvis! Jul-11-12    WannaBe: I say we throw <WannaBe> in the water first. Jul-11-12    crawfb5: Dave, I started a collection on the 1893 NY Masters tournament (held in December a couple of months after the "Impromptu"). <The Sun> published all the games, so I have been adding date and round as well as submitting missing games. The Delmar-Halpern game from Round 7 (12/19/1893, published 12/20, page 8) has me stuck. All of the other sources I could find (e.g., http://www.365chess.com/search_resu...) end the game after Black's 48th move: click for larger view However, <The Sun> continues on through Black's 57th move (http://www.chessarch.com/excavation... or use LoC if you want to enlarge that section). The moves <look> to me to be: 49. R-Kt2ch K-B4 50. K-K7 K-Kt5 51. KxR K-Kt6 52. R-B7ch P-Kt5 53. R-B8 K-Kt7 54. R-KR8 P-N6 55. R-KKt8 K-B2 56. R-N7 K-N8 57. R-B7ch P-N7 Resigns Now something is obviously wrong, as these moves are not legal from the diagram. Any thoughts? Jul-11-12    OhioChessFan: Dortmund Moves Prediction Contest, sponsored by the legendary <chessmoron> and hosted in my forum, is now open. First round begins Friday the 13th. Click on Elvis for details. Jul-12-12    crawfb5: I checked on what the NY Times had to say about that Delmar-Halpern game: <Delmar resigned to Halpern a "king's gambit declined" after thirty-seven moves> Well, it <was> a KGD, and the <Sun> score turned to gibberish after <forty>-seven moves, so maybe the game really did end there. Seems as good a theory as any. Jul-14-12    perfidious: Todd Helton was put on the DL; at 38, could this be the end of the road, given that he has a hip problem? It would be unfortunate to see it end this way-he's had a fine career and carried himself with class. If Helton never plays again, what do you all think of his chances of making Cooperstown? Jul-14-12    Phony Benoni: Helton will always be discounted because of his home ballpark. It was certainly a factor in his success, since his lifetime batting average is about 60 points higher at home and he's had roughly 60% of his HRs and RBIs there. Also, playing in such an out-of-way spot hurts his name recognition and notoriety. [Now, I do have to admit that I haven't looked closely as how great the home field effect is in general, though a 60-point difference is surely unusual. Other things being equal, you'd expect teams to hit more home runs on the road since they get more at bats on the road.] Helton's .323 lifetime average is his only outstanding number; 350 home rune isn't HOF quality. He did have two dominant years in 2000-2001 (40+ HRs, 140% RBIs, high averages), but has not quite reached those heights otherwise. A good player, even great at times, but not the sort of figure destined for the Hall of Fame. Maybe many years from now, if they still haven't had an inductee from Colorado, he might get a Veterans' nod. But I don't see him getting close to 50% in the regular balloting, much less 75%. Jul-14-12    Shams: Tour de France: is this legal? http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 396 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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