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 891 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-30-17    Phony Benoni: Now I don't want to hear any arguments. That was the greatest 13-12 extra innings game in World Series history. Oct-30-17    saffuna: I'm trying to make an NFL joke, but I'm not sure an overtime game can end 13-12. Does a safety end an overtime game? Maybe a 10-10 game, a team gets caught for a safety, then scores a field goal. Oct-30-17    OhioChessFan: Team A scores a field goal on the first possession of a 10-10 game, makes it 13-10. Team B is guaranteed a possession, they take the ball, throw an interception to Team A in the end zone. Team A runs the ball out of the end zone, is tackled, and fumbles the ball out of that end zone. Safety. Team B had their possesion, so game over, Team A wins 13-12. Oct-30-17    saffuna: Right. I hadn't thought of that. Oct-30-17    OhioChessFan: Reviewing the overtime rules, it appears a safety counts as a score, without a guaranteed possession either way, so the game would end then. Nov-08-17    keypusher: Happy birthday, David! Nov-08-17    WannaBe: Happy Boithday, have a Dr. Pepper on me! Nov-18-17    Stonehenge: Nice photo for your Game Collection: Pan-American Chess Congress, Hollywood,1945 http://www.julielondon.org/J/Family... Nov-18-17    Phony Benoni: probably the only time in history more guys came to kibitz the kibitzers rather than the games! I need to go back over that thing and finish it up. Nov-25-17    Fusilli: <PB>, in Game Collection: USSR Championship 1955, you may want to delete the note, as all the problems that it notes were taken care of. Cheers! Nov-26-17    Phony Benoni: <Fusilli> Change made. Thanks. Dec-07-17    MissScarlett: E P Elliott vs J W Clark, 1901 has finally arrived. Dec-07-17    Phony Benoni: <MissScarlett> Added to collection; thanks. Found Jacobs - Stacy from this tournament recently. See introduction to http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Dec-10-17    WannaBe: J. Morris and A. Trammell got elected! Dec-10-17    saffuna: Pro-Detroit bias! Dec-15-17    MissScarlett: Found/submitted the prelims victory by Eastman over Kashdan: Game Collection: US Open 1934, Chicago = 35th ACF Tournament in the Cincinnati Enquirer, 09.09.1934. Surprised Lahde missed it. Dec-15-17    Phony Benoni: <Miss Scarlett> Thanks. I'm rather embarrassed at missing the it myself. Thought I had gone through the Cincinnati Enquirer more thoroughly than that. Dec-15-17    WannaBe: Should read The National Enquirer... Dec-16-17    MissScarlett: One slight problem - the game is the same as Denker vs G Eastman, 1934. I noticed yesterday that the opening was similar, but I just played through it waiting for the divergence that never came...What's the source for the score? Dec-16-17    OhioChessFan: <If a batter ball hits the foul pole, it is considered a home run even it it bounces back on the field or into foul territory.> Because the foul pole is over/higher than the fence. The fence is the dividing line of the field. The equivalent to a field goal hitting a post and bouncing back would be a baseball hitting the top of the fence and bouncing back. Dec-16-17    OhioChessFan: <But, even so, there is an inconsistency in football. If a kicked ball goes directly over the goal post, it's good. If it's a foot lower. hits the goal post and bounces back, it's no good. Why should the physical presence of the goal post be allowed to make a difference?> I have never understood that one. Another thought. If a punted football is rolling with its ends facing the sidelines and a player stops it an inch before it reaches the goal line, what is the call? I used to know, but have forgotten. The problem is that when you reorient the ball to be snapped so the ends are facing the goalines, you either have to move the ball forward a few inches so that the center isn't snapping while it's on the goalline, or you must acknowledge the orientation of the rolling ball impacts where a touchback is warranted. Dec-17-17    Phony Benoni: <Missscarlett> Unfortunately, my records don't indicate a source for that game. As I mentioned, I did go through Keeney's column in the <Cincinnati Enquirer>, and I'm left with the even more embarrassing possibility that I either misread or mistranscribed White's name. Dec-17-17    MissScarlett: But the dating of the game to the finals suggests the source was different. Dec-17-17    Phony Benoni: <MissScarlett> I determinef the chronology before finding the game. When I thought it was Denker - Eastman, I gave it the data of that game. Kashdan - Eastman would have been played on July 22. I'll send in a correction to change White's name Kashdan, and correct the section round / date information. Dec-18-17    OhioChessFan: <But, even so, there is an inconsistency in football. If a kicked ball goes directly over the goal post, it's good. If it's a foot lower. hits the goal post and bounces back, it's no good. Why should the physical presence of the goal post be allowed to make a difference?> The thought just hit me, sheer speculation, but it seems to me to be consistent, is maybe the underlying thought is that to be good, a kick must pass inside the outer edge of the goalposts. If it hits the goalpost and bounces back, sure enough, it didn't pass inside the outer edge. If it goes directly over the goalpost, voila, it did pass inside the outer edge. The physical presence of the goalpost is a necessity for the determination of where the ball is travelling, but at least the premise is consistent.. 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