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 716 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-18-15    WannaBe: Gonna be some contentious games Saturday & Sunday. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1... Bean-War? Anyone? Sep-18-15    WannaBe: This explains <A LOT>!! http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/schedul... Cheapest tix for KC/OAK $39, cheapest tix for OAK/KC $23 Gonna be a loooooooong season. Sep-18-15    WannaBe: Really good game going on in the City of New York, 1-1, top 6. Sep-18-15    Penguincw: The Jays beat the Sox 6-1, and the Yankees lost to the other NY team 5-1. Both division leaders shrink their magic number. Win-win situation! Toronto's division magic number is 12, while their postseason number is 7. No team has clinched any berth yet, although the Cards are at 2 (1 if the Giants lose tonight). Sep-18-15    WannaBe: PIT 0, LAD 2, top 3rd. Sep-19-15    Phony Benoni: St. Louis didn't clinch last night, but got another stop forward with San Francisco's loss. What has been apparent for some time -- that the NL field would be Mets, Cardinals, Pirates, cubs, Dodges -- is becoming a reality. Cardinals have a five game lead now, so the only real question appears seeding between Mets/Dodgers and whether the Pirates or Cubs will host the Wild Card playoff. In the AL, Jays appears safe for the play-offs and KC for the Central. Yankees appear to be in good shape. The West remains open, as does the second wild card. Minensota currently 1 game out, Angels two, Cleveland 2.5. Baltimore, Tampa Bay and Seattle are only a miracle run away, but it's hard to take under-.500 teams seriously. San Diego eliminated last night. Arizona and Oakland still handing on. Sep-19-15    WannaBe: Duke 7, N'Western 3 at the half. Real engineering barn burner going on. Sep-19-15    Penguincw: The Yankees win 5-0, and so gain a half game on Toronto. Meanwhile, the Cardinals had the chance to win a postseason berth with a win, but lost. They do return home on Monday vs. CIN. Maybe they want to clinch at home... Sep-19-15    Phony Benoni: If you're leading e division, clinching a Wild Card isn't that big a deal. That one-game Wild Card play-off is a crapshoot. But a clinch is a clinch. And it looks like Arizona might do the Cards' work for them up 5-0 over the Giants in the 7th. Sep-19-15    WannaBe: This will make it easier on the Dodgers, they can clinch NL West before they visit SFG in that second to last series of the year. Sep-19-15    WannaBe: Oh, geeze! This KC-DET game is on the channel as BYU-Ucla game! I'm gonna miss a lot of the actions. Oh, well, I can flip back forth to Trees-USC or PITT-LAD GAME. Sep-19-15    Penguincw: Blue Jays lose 7-6 due to a 9th inning debacle. :( The Yankees also won, so the lead is now down to 3.5 games, and magic number still at 12. However, Minnesota lost, so Toronto's magic number for a postseason berth is down to 6. The Cardinals clinch with a Giants loss. It also helps the Dodgers, as their number to clinch the division is down to 7, 6 if Kershaw (who hasn't lost since June) can beat the sliding Bucs. Next up, KC, PIT and CHC are all at 5 if they want to play in October. Sep-19-15    WannaBe: BYU moved tha ball really well, 7-0 Stormin' Mormons. Kershaw on the short end of a 2-1 game. Trees lookin' really good against Trojans. Sep-19-15    WannaBe: Great, BYU on-side kicked, and recovered the ball. UGH!!! Sep-19-15    Jim Bartle: I'll switch over to UCLA game after Stanford-USC is over. Stanford 38 USC 28 in the 4th, a real shocker at the moment. Sep-19-15    WannaBe: Not really, Trees have always had USC's numbers, was it just 5 years ago when 21-points underdog beat 'SC in LA?? Sep-19-15    WannaBe: INT, Rosen need to learn throw it out of bounds... Ugh! Great pitchers duel, 2-1 Pittsburgh, bottom 7. Sep-19-15    WannaBe: 2-2!!! Second & third, one out, bottom 7th, in LA. Fans in the parking lot are runnung back to their seats!!! Sep-19-15    Jim Bartle: Stanford has already lost to Northwestern, and USC started the game by steamrolling the Stanford defense, scoring three TDs effortlessly. But it's all changed. The shocker win was 2007, when Stanford was a 30-point underdog. Sep-19-15    WannaBe: Trees win!! Trees win!! Sep-19-15    WannaBe: Dodgers down a run, again. Powdered blues showing signs of life. Was it 2007 and 30 points?? How time flies. Sep-19-15    WannaBe: Tipped ball, INT, if Ucla didn't have bad luck, they'd have no luck at all.. UGH!! Sep-20-15    WannaBe: INT in the endzone, just as them Boo-ings were driving for the tying score. UGH. Sep-20-15    Jim Bartle: Mississippi scored the wildest TD you will see all year . A bad snap, the QB about to be nailed by two Alabama guys, he throws it up for anybody, a defender knocks it away, and it falls into the hands of a second receiver who runs 60 yards for a TD. Mississippi is wiping out Bama. Sep-20-15    Phony Benoni: St, Louis finally clinches a wild card berth. 4 game lead over Pittsburgh, 5 over Chicago. Angels beat Twins twice, pass them in the wild card race and are just 1.5 behind Houston, 4 behind Texas. Tigers win another extra-inning walk-off vs. Kansas City for their fourth win in a row. Too little, too late. KC still sees their magic number to clinch the division fall to 3, so they may be be the next to qualify, though Pittsburgh is at 4 and Cubs at 5 to clinch Wild Card spots. Oakland becomes the first AL to be mathematically eliminated, and is joined on the sidelines by San Diego. Arizona still clinging in their, but one loss or a Dodger win finishes them. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 716 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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