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 436 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-24-12    waustad: I see from a comment you made in the BioBistro that you post large numbers of games sometimes. What is the process for this? I've posted numerous games one at a time and sometimes they are processed quickly and sometimes they take months. Sometimes email to chessgames is answered very quickly and sometimes it seems to be ignored too, so I suspect I'm not always dealing with the same person. Maybe they are just busy. I did learn that I need to run games through a player before submitting because sometimes chess-results.com messes up the headers if the name of the tournament or the location of play is too long. Oct-24-12    Deus Ex Alekhina: If some SF natives are coming to Detroit, bring your passport because it is a short one mile trip across the bridge to Windsor, Canada, where wondrous things await. And remember the trip from Detroit USA to Windsor Canada requires you to travel South to get to Canada!! Oct-24-12    WannaBe: Let's get it on!!!! Oct-24-12    WannaBe: That one (bad) bounce off the third base changed the whole complexion of the game. Oct-24-12    waustad: As a lifer Indians fan who likes Kuiper and Krukow I'm torn, but I guess I'll go for the Midwest option. Oct-24-12    hangingenprise: looks dim on the homefront. Oct-24-12    WannaBe: Is the Libertarian vice presidential debate on CSPAN18?? Oct-24-12    waustad: Yeah. Like I said, they're probably busy. I just wondered if I should put something in a particular format that makes it easy for them to run a script instead of doing it a game at a time. Oct-25-12    Jim Bartle: "That one (bad) bounce off the third base changed the whole complexion of the game." The Giants have been getting one lucky break after another for their past four games. Oct-25-12    WannaBe: Been misty/drizzling all day... But 'supposedly' the weather will clear up. http://www.weather.com/weather/hour... Oct-25-12    Phony Benoni: Yes, the Giants were lucky last night. But they also took advantage of their breaks. Not feeling too good this morning. The Tigers have had trouble with left-handed pitchers all year, and the Giants can throw a bunch of them out there. Oct-25-12    WannaBe: Possible light sprinkle: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic... Oct-25-12    Phony Benoni: Should help the Tigers. Fister is pitching, and he spent several years in Seattle. Oct-25-12    WannaBe: Sun has broken through, weather is actually good! I am on CalTrain heading into SF. Will be your live on-site reporter. :-)) Oct-25-12    Deus Ex Alekhina: If the 5 day wait by the Tigers amounts to "rust, not rest" (as they say), then all of the the Tigers' pitchers are in trouble. Oct-25-12    Phony Benoni: The whole 5-day rest thing is overblown. The Tigers had four days off during the All-Star break. They were 6-0 just before it, 8-2 immediately after. Oct-25-12    WannaBe: Left field bleachers, row 5, I can jump over and run onto the field and be taz'd!! Really close to the foul pole. Oct-25-12    WannaBe: If these 30K people don't stop waving their orange towels and blocking my views, I will have to beat them all up. :-)) Very surprised the 3rd base coach sent the runner... Oct-25-12    Phony Benoni: If Sandoval hadn't caught that line drive by Cabrera, you might have had a chance for it. Oct-26-12    WannaBe: Good read: http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/tr... Oct-27-12    Phony Benoni: Yes, Tigers, I know you're still mad at the third base coach for waving Fielder home the other day. But at least give him a chance to make amends! Oct-28-12    OhioChessFan: <PB: Yes, the Giants were lucky last night.> It's been ridiculous the whole postseason. Funny bounces, every bad umpire call going their way, that's life. <If these 30K people don't stop waving their orange towels and blocking my views> I am majorly tired of the towel thing. Everybody is doing it. How about something new? Oct-28-12    OhioChessFan: <JB: The Giants have been getting one lucky break after another for their past four games.> Just noticed someone else has noticed it. I've never seen such a sustained run of good luck. Makes me think they stole the Cardinals' karma. Oct-28-12    technical draw: It's the Babe's revenge. The Bambino's curse. If you 4-0 the Yankees you get 4-0'd back. Oct-28-12    playground player: So the Giants are in the World Series--and where is that arch Giants fan, <moi>? Living in the past. Baseball's past is a very nice place. Barry Bonds, quality starts, stadiums named for corporate sponsors, bullpen by committee, expansion... I got kind of soured on the present. Plus, who can afford a $275 ticket for a regular season game at Yankee Stadium (which isn't really Yankee Stadium anymore, but never mind)? Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 436 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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