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 828 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-02-16    WannaBe: LAD (-225) heavy favourite in tonight's game vs SD, Puig have re-joined the team and will bat fifth. Sep-02-16    Phony Benoni: Possible eliminations this weekend (including Labor Day action): <DIVISION> Cleveland 3 Minnesota Texas 7 Oakland Washington 1 Atlanta Cubs 1 Milwaukee Three of these should happen. <WILD CARD> Toront 3, Boston 5, Detroit and Baltimore 7 Minnesota Very unlikely all that will happen, but Minnesota could be out of contention complexly by Monday. Sep-02-16    WannaBe: One of the (T)Heisman favourite for 2016 is that guy from Stanford, who burned UCLA last year, badly. Time to http://tunein.com and listen to some Jumpin' Tree footbaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!!!! Sep-02-16    saffuna: You mean the one who just ran a punt back 97 yards? Clipping penalty, though. Sep-02-16    WannaBe: Jumpin' Jimminy. Tree are up 10-0 over K-State. <saffuna> Yeah, that Mc-guy, he burned UCLA bad last year. I really hoped he'd go pro. =)) Sep-02-16    saffuna: Wasn't eligible for the NFL after last year, only a sophomore. He's a different player from the norm. He's very fast, but doesn't appear to be really elusive. But he seems to have really quick, subtle moves because guys keep missing. In the Rose Bowl Iowa players seemed to slip as he ran right by them. You know his ancestry, I assume. Not only the son of receiver Ed McCaffrey, but the grandson of 1960 Silver Medalist in the 100, Dave Sime. Sep-02-16    WannaBe: <saffuna> I think, think, he was eligible, two years out of/after high school. Yes, I know his "family history", highly profiled in the Bay Area, my new 'adopted' home. =)) Sep-02-16    saffuna: I saw his grandfather run at the 1960 Olympic trials at Stanford Stadium. Sep-02-16    WannaBe: That Mc-Guy just scored, 16-0, waiting for the PAT. And, it's goooooood! NCAA football is in full swing, baby! <saffuna> You are really dating y'self! =)) Sep-02-16    saffuna: I was nine, and it was really exciting. 75,000 both days. World records in the high jump and pole vault (last one with the steel pole). Wilma Rudolph, Al Oerter, Don Bragg. The 20-km. walk was so strange. They waddled around the track once, walked out, and then came back an hour later. Sep-02-16    WannaBe: <saffuna> Oh, yes, the "walk" where one foot must touch the ground at all times. It <IS> like a (Oregon) Duck waddling around. =) Sep-03-16    WannaBe: Did I mention that LAD was a heavy favourite over SD last night? Well, LAD lost. Sep-03-16    saffuna: Dodgers had 13 hits and scored two runs? They had a solo homer, so that means on 12 hits they scored one run. Sep-03-16    WannaBe: Woo woo, Houston Cougs are ahead of the #3 Sooners! Third Qtr. Sep-03-16    WannaBe: Got SFG/CHI game right now, going over to Ucla/A&M later than close out with USC. Wheeeeee!! Sep-03-16    WannaBe: First upset of the NCAA Season, #3 Oklahoma goes down to Houston Cougs. Sep-03-16    WannaBe: Ucla have a new kicker this year, JJ Molson. Yes, he is Canadian. =)) Sep-03-16    saffuna: <Fowler sacrificed into double play, third to second to shortstop, Rizzo to second, Rizzo out at third attempting to advance on play. > I'd like to see that. But trying to go first to third on a bunt sounds risky. Sep-03-16    WannaBe: Ucla's not lookin' good vs A&M. Sep-03-16    WannaBe: Holy Boo-ins!! Go for 2! Sep-03-16    WannaBe: We're tied!! 24-24! Sep-03-16    WannaBe: Wisconsin beat #5 LSU! Sep-03-16    WannaBe: Lost, ugh!! Sep-03-16    saffuna: I turned off the radio when Rosen threw the interception down near the goal line trailing 24-9. Reception was cutting in and out anyway. UCLA announcers were saying receivers were dropping good passes all day long. Sep-03-16    saffuna: espn.com puts up tweets from the writers in a column on the righthand side. Someone just posted one saying, "Alabama has won the toss." Sheesh. Going to listen to Alabama-USC on the radio with the great Alabama play-by-play man Eli Gold. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 828 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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