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 710 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-01-15    WannaBe: Stop the presses, STOP THE PRESSES, in tonight's SFG-LAD game, both teams will have their pitcher hitting in the 8th spot!! (At least according to SFG announcer Miller...) Stop the madness, stop this unnatural madness! Next thing you know, somebody will introduce Designated Hitter concept. Or something even more unnaturaler, Wild Card play-off!! Sep-01-15    Jim Bartle: With Bumgarner going the Giants might as well hit him 4th. Sep-01-15    WannaBe: J. Verlander and them Tigers are beating up J. Cueto and KC Royals, on the road, in Kansas City! They have already chased Cueto after 6IP 4R 4ER. Sep-01-15    WannaBe: Them Canadian Blue Birds won in over time on a walk-off home run. Sep-01-15    WannaBe: I was at the last 2 Kershaw-Bumgarner game at AT&T park, (LAD lost both games, Kershaw lost one and one no decision). Be very interesting, now the Dodgers have decided to go with Greinke/MadBum instead of Kershaw/MadBum. After this series, LAD will visit SFG in the second to last series of the season. Wonder how the pitching staff will line up if the division is on the line. Maybe we'll see Koufax make a start for the Dodgers. Sep-01-15    Penguincw: Hehe, Blue Jays win in extras, Yankees win in regular, division lead remains the same, again. However, today seems to be the day of the underdogs. Currently, the weaker team is winning 10, losing 5 and tying 1 (including games already finished). Sep-01-15    Jim Bartle: Greinke-Bumgarner reminds me of leaving an SF-LA game at Candlestick with the parents in 1962. A drunk guy was ecstatic about the next day's game, repeating, "Marichal versus Drysdale, Marichal versus Drysdale" over and over. Sep-01-15    WannaBe: Pitchers hitting 8th in the SFG/LAD game: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1... Sep-02-15    WannaBe: Good Ol' Elias: <Jason Hammel is looking to help Chicago take two of three from Cincinnati on his 33rd birthday. Over the last 20 years, only one of 13 Cubs pitchers starting on their birthday earned a win (via Elias). > But Elias don't tell us who that <ONE> is, and I am not going to spend time lookin' that one up! Sep-02-15    WannaBe: S. Drew is a triple shy of the cycle for the Yankees in their blow out of BoSox. 3 more innings to go. Sep-02-15    WannaBe: http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/pos... I hope the car still runs. Sep-02-15    Penguincw: The Blue Jays currently have a 1.5 stroke lead over the Yankees, but these 2 are matching each other stroke for stroke. Tomorrow, they of course, both have a rest day. 2 AL East matchups for the weekend: BAL @ TOR and TB @ NYY. Don't forget the Jays are now just 5 games behind the Royals! Sep-02-15    WannaBe: From ESPN: https://twitter.com/espn/status/639... 1985: Mets did not reach the play-offs 2005: Astros reached World Series. But 4-0 sweep by ChiSox Yes, after 10 years, Astros have a chance to be back in the play-offs. But those stats does not bode well for Dodgers. Sep-02-15    Jim Bartle: Of course, in 1985 four teams made the playoffs. Today ten teams do. Sep-02-15    WannaBe: Interestingly, I just look'd up 1985 season, 30 years ago! http://www.baseball-reference.com/l... NYM finished with 98 wins, 3 more than the NL West winner Dodgers. (NYM finished 3 games behind St.L. 101 wins!) Sep-02-15    WannaBe: SFG-LAD, Leake v. Kershaw. Kershaw, 5IP 1H 0BB 7K 53 Pitches. 53 pitches!! That's like 106 pitches for 10 innings! Sep-02-15    Penguincw: Smart move by the Dodgers to have Greinke pitch against Mad Bum. Imagine if he defeated Kershaw for the 3rd time this season... Dodgers up 1-0. If Giants lose today, they can give up their postseason hopes. Remember, odd year = no giants. :) Sep-03-15    perfidious: Giants are about dead and buried for this postseason on all counts. Looking like Dodgers, Mets and three Central teams in there for the first round, barring some sort of collapse. Sep-03-15    Phony Benoni: So Brady's suspension is lifted. If he gets injured in those first four games, we'll know whose side Karma was on. Sep-03-15    Travis Bickle: #1 Apparently the integrity of the NFL doesnt't matter & #2 Roger Goodell needs to go away! P.S. Paul Tagliabue had to be called in to straighten out Roger's total mishandling of New Orleans bountygate a few years ago... All I know is Goodell isn't worth 44 million per year! Sep-03-15    WannaBe: This will be easy for some, virtually impossible for others. Name the only player to be awarded World Series MVP on the losing team. Sep-03-15    Phony Benoni: They were going to give it to Tony Kubek, but he wasn't able to make an acceptance speech. Sep-03-15    perfidious: <PB> Hard to imagine Kubek being at a loss for words (wink, nod). Voluble and opinionated are adjectives which come readily to mind when thinking of Kubek. Sep-03-15    Jim Bartle: He always seemed calm and reserved to me. Of course that may have been because he was usually sitting next to Joe Garagiola. Sep-03-15    WannaBe: Washington Nats have scored 2 touchdowns, while DET and KC are locked in a field goal battle. How 'bout that UNC and USC game? Now watching them Horny Toads taking on the Golden Varmints. =)) And them Horny Toads made a 53-yard field goal!! My Ucla Booo-ins will face Virginia Saturday, oh, glorious weekend!!! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 710 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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