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 701 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-17-15    WannaBe: I wonder how many tries, and why the other 2 guys are running away... http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/... Aug-17-15    WannaBe: Woe is them Oakland A's, lost to Baltimore 4-2, have to fly cross country to California, and Tuesday Night, face the Dodgers & some guy named Kershaw. Aug-18-15    Phony Benoni: Gesundheit! Aug-18-15    Phony Benoni: You know, they're not supposed to hit you so hard in the first preseason game: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co... Aug-18-15    Penguincw: The MLB postseason schedule has been announced: http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/ml.... Aug-18-15    WannaBe: So, that's why P. Rose had $100.00 bet on a no-hitter! http://espn.go.com/sports/llws15/st... Aug-18-15    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, just sending you a reminder... ; P http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde... P.S. Yo Phony, why does your pitcher Sanchez hold his breath before he throws the ball? ; P Aug-18-15    Phony Benoni: Well, Travis, you never know with Anibal the Cannibal. He could spend the night on WannaBe Alert, or he could spend the night distributing souvenirs to everybody in the bleachers. We hold our breath too when he pitches. Aug-18-15    WannaBe: Souvenirs for eveybody!!! Aug-18-15    WannaBe: Cabrara lost his glove on a pick off play!??!!? Aug-18-15    WannaBe: Another souvenir!!! Aug-18-15    Travis Bickle: Yo Phony, Here's me in my backyard. http://3219a2.medialib.glogster.com... I'm doin' a raindance... : O Aug-18-15    WannaBe: There is now an OFFICIAL souvenir alert for the DET-CHI game. Incommmmmmmming!!!! Aug-18-15    WannaBe: Looks like that rain dance worked!! Is that the same storm front that delayed SF-StL game? I know the distance from StL to CHI is really not that far... Aug-18-15    Travis Bickle: <WannaBe> Yo I think it's the same weather system. Aug-18-15    WannaBe: Y'all are lucky, bring some of that rain (dance) this way to Cali!!! Aug-18-15    WannaBe: Well, good news for TOR, Twinkies are leading Yank-Mes, top 7. Aug-18-15    Travis Bickle: <WannaBe: Y'all are lucky, bring some of that rain (dance) this way to Cali!!!> Bugs you silly wabbit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX_... Aug-18-15    Travis Bickle: Mr Benoni, it doesn't look good... The TV man sayd more rain headed to Wrigley... https://41.media.tumblr.com/2d4e19a... Aug-18-15    Phony Benoni: That would be the sort of luck the Tigers have had all year. Not that a 5-2 lead is safe. Our bullpen doesn't have firemen, it has arsonists. Aug-18-15    perfidious: Dave Dombrowski to Boston as team president, GM Ben Cherington out: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on... Perhaps Dombrowski can coax another phoenix from the ashes...... Aug-18-15    Penguincw: Jays and Yankees both score 8 runs to win, as the Jays' deficit remains at a game (A-Rod hit out another grand slam). Some interesting stories going on around the league: - Chris Davis got robbed of a homer <again>. - The STL-SF is an interesting one. Both catchers have 99 career HRs, while Lynn took a no-hitter to the 5th. - Iwakuma lost his bid at back-to-back no-hitters in the 1st. - Cueto returns to Cincinnati, currently tied in the 11th. Aug-18-15    WannaBe: Yeah, that Van DeMeer record is about as unbreakable as DiMaggio, Ripkin Jr., P. Rose, N. Ryan career no-nos, Bobby Cox, Cy Young (Wins & Losses) and the ultimate, Chan Ho Park. You can forget about tying those records, <MUCH> less breakin' them. Most hits or K's (pitcher or as batter) and RBIs in a single season, maybe... Be hard to break those career records. Aug-18-15    WannaBe: That Crazy Bochy, he put in M. Bumgardner to pinch hit and he only not got a hit, he came around to score. I remember O. Hershiser did the same thing when that crazy ol' Italian manager had him pinch hit. =)) Aug-18-15    Phony Benoni: <perfidious> That sheds a little insight on Dombroski's sudden departure from Detroit. One theory being thrown around was that he let owner Mike Ilitch know he wouldn't be back next year, and Ilitch said, "Well, what are you waiting for?" The fact that, officially, he was "..released from his contract" makes it look like he had been granted free agency to look elsewhere immediately. That's sort of a tradition around here. Back in 1989, Michigan basketball coach Bill Frieder let the Athletic Deparment know he would be moving on to Arizona State for the next season. AD Bo Schembechler fired him on the spot, saying that only a Michigan man would coach at Michigan. Assistant Steve Fisher took over, and guided the team to the NCAA Championship. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 701 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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