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 832 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-10-16    WannaBe: Holy Cow(boys), Cent. Mich just beat Okla State Cowboys on a Hail Mary!!! (Honestly, I don't even know CMU's nickname!?) Sep-10-16    saffuna: Hail Mary with a lateral. We'll be seeing that one on highlights for years. Sep-10-16    WannaBe: #2 Clemson only beat Troy by 6!??! Sep-10-16    WannaBe: Okay, 'SC game over, time to get into traffic on the 110 and head to Pasadena. Oh, wait, I'm not there. Sep-10-16    WannaBe: Re: CMU/OSU game: http://www.espn.com/college-footbal... Huh? I never knew that, is that NFL rule, too? If the offensive team commits a penalty, that have a loss of down (Intentional Grounding), the game is over if clock runs out? Sep-10-16    WannaBe: Still a little early, but something funny is going on in MIA/LAD game. Sep-10-16    WannaBe: Okay, 7 full innings, we have a potential Perfect-o in Miami. Rich Hill for LAD have faced and retired all 21 batters. (So far)... Sep-10-16    WannaBe: Rich Hill's Line so far: 7IP 0H 0BB 0IBB 0Bebe 0DKNY 0R 0ER 0-0 0-0-0 0HR 9K 88 Pitches 61 Strike 0 Spare, Bowling a perfect game. Sep-10-16    WannaBe: Never mind, R. Hill got pulled and the next pitcher promptly ruined the perfect game. Sep-10-16    Penguincw: Surprised he got pulled after just 88 pitches, and a perfect game. The Dodgers were up 5-0, and the pitcher spot wasn't due up soon. I would've let him pitch 'til he gave up the perfect game (or no-hitter). But hey, Dodgers win. Sep-10-16    Phony Benoni: It seems the Chippewas -- more familiarly, the Chips -- shouldn't have gotten that untimed down. Well, I don't like that rule. It doesn't seem fair that a team can deliberately commit an infraction and receive no penalty outside of the stat sheet. As fans, how often have we helpfully suggested our team not chance a punt with a few seconds left, but instead throw a long, uncatchable pass to use up the time? This should learn us. Sep-11-16    Penguincw: Yet another reason not to "abolish" the IBB: http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/09/10.... Man, the Yankees are on a roll. They kinda gave up on the postseason in July, trying to sell away their team for younger talent, but they've won 7 straight, and are just 1 game out of a postseason spot. Sep-11-16    Phony Benoni: hardly a reason to abolish the IBB. If a team can't execute properly, they deserve to be punished. I don't think Sanchez made such a great play, either. It won't take long for other teams to learn how to tempt him into bad swings in that situation. Sep-11-16    WannaBe: http://www.espn.com/college-footbal... Here was the scenario, OK St 27, Cen. Mich 24. OK St have the ball at CMU 41, 4th down and 13, clock shows 00:04 Make me the coach and I would: <59 yards to your own end zone, 4 seconds left RUN THE OTHER WAY FOR (A) SAFETY!!!!> Give the ball to the RB and tell him to run to the other way to the 5 or take a safety. OK St, you're up by 3 pts!! The RB's already got 5 or 6 yards head start on the defence if he runs the other way. Do the math, Cowboys coaching staff. Sep-11-16    WannaBe: OAK and LAD play at 10, SFG at 1, and we have evening football & baseball. Oh glorious Sunday! Go ARZ (-6), go SEA (-10.5)!! Sep-11-16    keypusher: <Premium Chessgames Member WannaBe: Thanks <keypusher> I'm gonna bet the house on SEA and retire Friday morning.> I hope that was a straight-up bet... Sep-11-16    WannaBe: <keypusher> Nope, just $11 on SEA -10.5 Guess I'm going to work Monday. Sep-11-16    WannaBe: Referee crew and replay officials suspended after CMU/OSU game gaffe http://www.espn.com/college-footbal... Sep-11-16    saffuna: The University of Colorado was given five downs against Missouri in the last minute around 1990 and scored on the fifth, going on to win the national championship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth...(1990) Sep-11-16    Phony Benoni: Note for posterity: When I made this kibitz earlier, it had a typo in it which I would rather not have preserved. <WannaBe>, Thanks for pointing it out, but I would appreciate it if you deleted your response as well. ------ I realize there is strong precedent not to reverse officiating calls after the game is over, no matter how egregious the mmistake. Hard to think examples outside of the Pine Tar Game, or the final score in the Harvey Haddix Game But OSU-CMU has to be close to the line, because the correct ruling would have been so absolutely final. I do hope nobody had Indy +3 ... hee-hee-hee... Sep-11-16    WannaBe: <saffuna> I remember that well, but it was waaaaaaay before (any) replay, HD TVs, and internet "replay" age... Sep-11-16    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> Thanks. Much appreciated. There's the finish of Missouri - Colorado.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Z... Sep-11-16    WannaBe: <Phony Benoni> What previous post?? =) Sep-12-16    Travis Bickle: Yo Phony yer Lions pulled out a shootout victory.. Congrats! The Bears Suck again... Sep-12-16    Phony Benoni: Hey, Travis, don't get down on the Bears yet. Houston's probably a playoff team, and opening against them ont he road was a tough assignment. You get the Lions at home in a couple of weeks; we'll know more then. Probably the most encouraging thing about the Lions yesterday was that they were finishing drives instead of kicking field goals. 5 TDs t 1 FG is not their usual ratio. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 832 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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