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 419 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-23-12    Jim Bartle: Snuffed by Minnesota. Sep-23-12    WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> Da Traiders kicked the winning FG as the clock expired. The 49ers game was quite a shocker, did not expect Ponder to play like Montana, and did not expect Alex Smith to play like JaMarcus Russell. The Jumping Trees had a bye this weekend, their game vs. Oregon could very well be the most exciting game of the Pac-12 this year. (Better than that LSU-Auburn 12-10 game...) Sep-23-12    Jim Bartle: Come on, I know Alex Smith isn't the reincarnation of Johnny Unitas, but that insult is too much! I misread the scoreboard, thought the Raiders game was OT. Jumping Trees are going to get chopped by those Ducks. The metaphor would work perfectly with the other Oregon team, the Beavers. In any case, Oregon crushes Stanford every year. Sep-23-12    WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> Wasn't meant as an insult, I do apologize if you took it as such. Just tried to be funny. Sep-23-12    Jim Bartle: Oh right, call someone a JaMarcus Russell and it's "just a joke." Sort of like saying a basketball player "played like Kwame Brown." (I was just joking, too.) How could a guy like Russell be so great in college and such a total bust in the pros? Either he wasn't smart enough, or once he had the money he figured he didn't have to work. But I see PB just scratched the surface on the weird in the Detroit-Tennessee game. The second-string QB came in with two minutes left and threw for 170 yards! I'll bet that's never been done before. Sep-24-12    OhioChessFan: <Lions line up in an attempt to draw the Titans offside. The center gets confused and snaps the ball anyway. No gain. > Snort Sep-24-12    playground player: All of a sudden, where did baseball go? Sep-24-12    WannaBe: <Jim Bartle: ... How could a guy like Russell be so great...> See: Ryan Leaf. Sep-24-12    Jim Bartle: See: Rick Mirer, George Mira, Danny Wuerffel, Akili Smith, Joey Harrington, Tim Couch. Too many to name. Russell and Leaf are in a league of their own, though. Remember when there was discussion before that draft whether Indianapolis should take Manning or Leaf at #1? Sep-24-12    Travis Bickle: I hope the strike gets settled before Monday night. That is the worst officiating I have ever seen!! I hate Green Bay but they got jobbed so disgustedly bad it was unbelievable!!! Green Bay on the last play of the game intercepted the ball and it was ruled a touchdown to Seattle after review??? Sep-24-12    Travis Bickle: Even the fans could see the replay was a pick by Green Bay, why couldn't these nitwit officials see it on review?? lol Sep-25-12    Travis Bickle: There were holding penalties when nobody held. Pass interference when there wasn't any & offensive pass interference twice by Seattle including the last play of the game that was called defensive pass interference. John Gruden who was just broadcasting was ready to blow his brains out. A billion dollar industry like The NFL owe more to it's fans than this B.S.! P.S. Las Vegas could get a few people whacked on the impact on their point spread tonight! ; P Sep-25-12    WannaBe: http://isportsweb.com/wp-content/up... Sep-25-12    Jim Bartle: Yes, looking at the video now (I fell asleep last night), it was an interception. But why did the Green Bay back even try to catch the ball? He should have just reached out and batted it down and the result would have been the same. I guess it's just natural for a player to want to catch it. I'll bet that play finally forces the league to reach an agreement with the real refs, though. And the catch was given to Golden Tate, one of the few players I really dislike. He was such a showboat at Notre Dame, always trying to show up the defensive backs who couldn't cover him. Sep-25-12    chancho: Let's face it: These replacement Referees SUCK!!! Sep-25-12    Phony Benoni: <JB> Did you see the Lions' Hail Mary? The defensive back did bat the ball down, but the Lions still got it. The onside kick and the Hail Mary are simply random plays wherein the outcome is often determined by luck But I think you're right that this will be the final straw for the replacement refs. My concern is that they aren't breaking up fights effectively. If they stay, there is going to be a full-sized war out there sometime. Sep-25-12    Jim Bartle: I do remember one play where the DB batted the ball and an offensive player caught it, but don't remember the game. I still think the DB could have just slammed the ball to the ground. Then again, he probably didn't figure he'd intercept it and then have it ruled a completion. Sep-25-12    WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> I believe, that was last year between Wisc and Mich. State and the receiver who caught the ball was on the 1-yard line, his fellow teammates pushed him into the end-zone. Sep-25-12    Phony Benoni: Hey, you can't say the replacement refs don't have experience: http://content.usatoday.com/communi... Sep-25-12    WannaBe: Love the typo in that article: "Half-billion dollars chnages hands". Sep-25-12    technical draw: < Love the typo in that article: "Half-billion dollars chnages hands".> It's not a typo. Obviously you've never had half a billion dollars in your hands. If you put half a billion dollars in your hands your hands "chnage" which means they rot and wither. Live and learn pal. Sep-25-12    WannaBe: All day, I've hearing about the referees for the GB-SEA Monday Night Game. However, thus far, (at least none of the article/radio) have mentioned this: Inside of 2 minutes, plus, at all times, all TDs are reviewed by the booth official!! And not one person have mentioned this: http://www.sportsgrid.com/nfl/repla... Sep-25-12    Jim Bartle: I read some about the play, and several times I saw the claim that although the play was being reviewed, who caught the ball was not one of the things which could be reviewed/changed. I'll say it's a tough call for the ref to see properly in less than a second. I don't see why it can't be reviewed. Sep-25-12    talisman: i believe it's the pass interference(offensive in this case) before the catch that could not be reviewed. if they had called it, it would have ended the game in GB's favor. Sep-25-12    Jim Bartle: Yes, I just read Peter King, and he said who caught the ball can't be reviewed--except when it's in the end zone. So how could they miss it? I think there was a bit of homefield advantage involved due to the super-hyper crowd. Not really the point, but that offensive powerhouse the Green Bay Packers didn't score a single touchdown, so maybe they shouldn't complain so much. 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