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 708 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-29-15    Penguincw: And the funny thing is that Gose is a former Blue Jays. So glad that Toronto got rid of him. ;) Toronto is pouring it on, 9-1 in the 6th. I'm going to assume they'll win, so Toronto extends their lead temporarily to 2 games. Tomorrow, Toronto will go for the sweep. It would be nice if Verlander pitched though. Who wouldn't like to see him face off against Donaldson, Bautista and Encarnacion? Oh, and on unrelated note. I finally found someone that throws left and bats right: Madison Bumgarner (even though he's a pitcher). Even though I don't like the Giants, gotta give it to him. Aug-29-15    WannaBe: You should check out MadBum's career batting average... Aug-29-15    Penguincw: Wasn't there just some conversation about some guy with a low batting average and a lot of power. Though for Mad Bum, .182 average, 11 home runs. Good enough for a pitcher. Better than Kershaw's .153 and 1 home run though. :( But guess who has more runs and hits (and ABs)! On a related note, Vin Scully is returning for next year. Yay! Aug-29-15    Phony Benoni: Looks like the Tigers have a colonoscopy scheduled. Aug-29-15    Jim Bartle: <I finally found someone that throws left and bats right: Madison Bumgarner (even though he's a pitcher). > Sandy Koufax. Calling it "batting" may be a stretch but he did stand in the right-handed batters box. Aug-29-15    WannaBe: There's a game to keep an eye on, M. Fiers and HOU at MIN... Very early, only the 4th inning. Aug-29-15    WannaBe: Never mind... Aug-29-15    WannaBe: CHI-LAD will start soon, I hope for a good game, and <Travis Bickle> have plenty of Pabst Blue!! Aug-29-15    WannaBe: Cubs are on the board first, interesting that there's an ump named Gibson in this series, Greg. In the St.L-SFG series, there's an ump named Tripp Gibson, who last night, was the home plate ump. And whenever Miller (SFG radio play-by-pay) said "Gibson", I keep thinking Kirk. Man, there's a lot of Gibsons in the league, didn't know they had a monopoly on MLB umpires. Aug-29-15    WannaBe: Breakin' News: Montana (#12 in FCS A.K.A. DI-AA) just defeated North Dakota State (#1 FCS, 4-Time defending Champ). Reaction: I'm gonna take the points and bet the house on Virginia Tech Hokies when Ohio State visits Blacksburg two Mondays from now. Aug-30-15    Penguincw: Almost forgot to mention that the Yankees beat Atlanta 3-1. No fair that the Yankees get to face a weaker team... Aug-30-15    keypusher: <Penguincw: Almost forgot to mention that the Yankees beat Atlanta 3-1. No fair that the Yankees get to face a weaker team...> Pretty sure these things even out over 162 games. Aug-30-15    Phony Benoni: <keypusher> No, they don't even out. The Yankees always have an easier schedule, because they don't have to play the Yankees. Aug-30-15    WannaBe: That was quick, 2-0 Cubbies... Aug-30-15    Travis Bickle: <WannaBe> We need a strong performance from Arrieta because are bats have gone dead! Aug-30-15    WannaBe: Teams got to dread the West Coast road trips where stops include LA, SF. Two teams that always have pitching and visitors have to deal with time zone changes. Games that starts at 7PM but your body says 10. Aug-30-15    perfidious: <WannaBe> The opposite of the late 1970s in the AL when East powers NY, Boston and Baltimore got to feast on expansion Seattle, post-fire sale Oakland and the usually so-so Angels. Aug-30-15    Penguincw: < Penguincw: No fair that the Yankees get to face a weaker team... > Alright, I take that back. Rough calculations indicate Toronto has faced teams playing 0.496 baseball so far, while the Yankees are facing 0.503 clubs. But when I saw the Yankees were visiting Atlanta for the weekend, I felt like it was certain the Yankees were pulling off a sweep, and they did, outscoring them 38-10. Last weekend, the Jays outscored the Angels 36-10. :| This weekend, 29-6, not bad though. Aug-30-15    WannaBe: Yeah, yeah, yeah... People will always complain about the schedule. "Why do we get Toronto after they get so-and-so?", "Why did my draw have me playing black against Anand, So, and Topalov in the second half of Sequenfeld Cup?", "Why the Raiders have to face Green Bay this season?", blah, blah, blah... Aug-30-15    WannaBe: Apparently, there is something called "A No-Hitter" going on in Los Angeles. Anyone have any idea what the heck that is? Aug-30-15    WannaBe: I wonder if that 2-run HR in the first inning will be all the runs scored in this game. And I wonder how many Pabst <travis bickle> have left. I can use a few right now. Aug-30-15    WannaBe: Alright, 3 more outs for them LA Bums... Aug-30-15    WannaBe: 2 more outs... Aug-30-15    WannaBe: One more out... Aug-30-15    WannaBe: Another No-No. Arrieta struck out the side in the 9th!! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 708 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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