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 758 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-06-16    keypusher: <WannaBe: We have a winner for the second manager!! Yankees & Metropolitans.> Hilarious that the Mets retired Stengel's number. All he ever did was insult them. Jan-06-16    MissScarlett: The remaining two games of Norm Whitaker from Game Collection: US Open 1915, Excelsior = 16th Western Champ.: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l... I'll let you do the bizzo. Jan-06-16    MissScarlett: Also Kent vs Whitaker from 1916. Note that W Moorman vs N Whitaker, 1916 has an extra move here; see moves 28-30. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l... Jan-06-16    WannaBe: Griffey and Piazza are in... Maybe Piazza will wear a Marlins cap. Jan-06-16    WannaBe: I just hope Piazza doesn't ask Lasorda to give the induction speech, HoF weekend will be HoF month... You'll never get ol' Tommy off the podium. Jan-06-16    MissScarlett: Whitaker v Schrader from 1916 Western Ch: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l... Jan-06-16    WannaBe: Just two this year. According to Adam Rubin of ESPN: Schilling 52% Clemens 45% Bonds 44% E. Martinez 43.4% Mussina 43% A. Trammell 40.9% https://twitter.com/AdamRubinESPN/s... Jan-06-16    WannaBe: New names to be added for 2017 ballot: Names for 2017 ballot: Danys Baez Julio Lugo Arthur Rhodes Freddy Sanchez Pat Burrell Aaron Rowand Orlando Cabrera Jason Varitek Carlos Guillen Melvin Mora Edgar Renteria Tim Wakefield Derrek Lee Magglio Ordonez Jorge Posada JD Drew Mike Cameron Javier Vazquez Vladimir Guerrero Manny Ramirez Ivan Rodriguez Jan-06-16    Phony Benoni: <Miss Scarlett> Thanks for finding those. I need to check <Chronicling America> more thoroughly. In 1915, Whitaker was missing rounds 6, 8 and 10. My incomplete records (not included in the report) indicate he had a bye in round 6 (8/19), played Erickson in round 8 (8/20), and Hahlbohm in round 10 (8/21). For 1916, I've done a reconstruction whites puts Schrader - Whitaker in round 18 (8/22) and Kent - Whitaker in round 12 (8/19). As usual, this reconstruction matches the data I have to hand, but is based on incomplete evidence. Jan-06-16    Phony Benoni: <Miss Scarlett> As for W Moorman vs N Whitaker, 1916, it's not just an extra move, but a different sequence. I got the game from a borrowed copy of Hilbert's biography, but didn't think to record his source; that needs to be checked out. Jan-07-16    WannaBe: Alright, I'll start giving out clues on the 7 players who had their number retired by two teams. I'll start out with a common link: Player 1: Milwaukee/Atlanta Player 2: Chicago Cubs/Atlanta Will post more clues on the other 5 later through out the week(end). Jan-07-16    Jim Bartle: <Player 1: Milwaukee/Atlanta > I'm wracking my brain. I think I'll go through the Baseball Encyclopedia starting at the beginning. Aardsma....Oops, found it! Jan-07-16    Phony Benoni: Player 2: Greg Maddux? Jan-07-16    OhioChessFan: Aaron and Ryan were gimmes. Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, Rod Carew? Jan-07-16    WannaBe: Player 1: H. Aaron <Jim Bartle> Player 2: G. Maddux <Phony Benoni> Player 3: Rod Carew <OhioChessFan> <CLUE> Player 4: Two teams that retired his number, share a same word in the team's name. Jan-07-16    OhioChessFan: Jackie Robinson's number was retired by everyone. Jan-07-16    Jim Bartle: Easy, easy. A catcher from the 70s. Jan-07-16    Phony Benoni: #4: Stay fair! Stay fair! Jan-07-16    WannaBe: <OhioChessFan> Phony Benoni chessforum Not sure if you saw the/my original question. =) Alright, so everyone got #4, <CLUES> Number 5 and 6 played together on the same team for 8 years. Number 7 should be easy one for <OhioChessFan>. Jan-07-16    Phony Benoni: <WammaBe> Something's wrong. None of those clues fit Wade Boggs (Red Sox and Rays). Jan-07-16    WannaBe: Funny thing about Boggs, Rays retired his number (#12), and he only played there '98-'99 While the two other teams NYY '93-'97 and BoSox '82-'92 have not yet retired his number! People in Tampa must have really, really, really liked him. Jan-07-16    OhioChessFan: The Reds are slow to retire numbers and I don't remember it but Griffey maybe. Jan-07-16    OhioChessFan: Billy Wagner? Jan-07-16    Phony Benoni: OK, I see what happened. My source noted that the Red Sox will retire Boggs' number, but not until May of this year. Jan-07-16    WannaBe: While #5 and #6 played together, they won World Series three times, after separation, one player won two more times. And the other made it to the World Series, but lost. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 758 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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