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 112 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-13-09    Jim Bartle: I agree. That was a very exciting game. Though the Jets lost, that Sanchez looks like a great quarterback. Oct-13-09    technical draw: <I wonder if this portends anything for the league championships or World Series...> Yes it portends that the Yankees will win it all. Oct-13-09    hangingenprise: phony: dang those blackhawks. they are going to be tough! the red wings will hold there own. Oct-13-09    hangingenprise: <dzechiel>like i have been saying; look on your shoulder and you'll see an angel team coming on strong! Oct-13-09    Phony Benoni: I had occasion to find this earlier today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNMy... "There's nothing real in the world any more!" I had the displeasure of watching this game live, as I had money riding on the Chargers. Haven't bet on a game since. Oct-13-09    Jim Bartle: That was the immortal Bill King's call on the radio. King was the Warriors' announcer from their first year in SF, as good a play-by-play man as I've ever heard ("Holy Toledo!"). Later he started doing the Raiders and then the A's as well. He was excellent in all the sports, but really shone in basketball. Oct-13-09    Jim Bartle: Really interesting article in this week's New Yorker by Malcolm Gladwell on the long-term effects of blows to the head in football: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/... Pretty scary. He also mixes dogfighting into the story, which I didn't really like. Oct-15-09    Phony Benoni: It ain't over when it's over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd8-... Oct-15-09    Jim Bartle: Really dumb on the part of the defense. But I'd really like some clarification on that rule. Say the defense had fought for the ball and the offense had recovered. Would they then have a new set of downs? Oct-15-09    Jim Bartle: OK, I checked. If the ball falls behind the line of scrimmage after a block, it's a free ball and can be advanced by the offense. However if they recover it's just like a fumble, so it counts as a down. So assuming the kick was on 4th down, the ball would be turned over on downs. Duh. As I remember, Leon Lett of the Cowboys once gave the other team a TD by trying to recover a blocked kick downfield. The offense then picked it up and ran it in for a touchdown. Oct-15-09    WannaBe: If the defense fought for the ball, and get possession, it's their ball. The ball is still 'live', if the kicking team recovers it, the ball would be spotted where the ball was recovered. If the kicking team had advanced the ball enough for a first-down, the offense will re-take the field, maintain possession. If not, the other team comes on the field. That's why soccer is so much more popular than football... =) Oct-15-09    Phony Benoni: The line of scrimmage is the key. Once a kick goes past that point (and is not a successsful field goal) it is treated as a punt, and the kicking team can recover possession only if the other team touches it first. That was the Leon Lett play; he didn't realize that, essentially, he was trying to return a punt. As long as the kick remains behind the line of scrimmage, either team may recover and advance it. The offensive teams very rarely does so since they usually have fewer players in position to do so. That play was on the local news around here, and included a segment when the announcer said, "Well, there's one kid who won't have to take exams for a week!" Oct-15-09    keypusher: <Jim Bartle> The Dolphins were the beneficiaries of Leon Lett's brainfreeze. They didn't score, but were able to kick a field goal from point blank range to win. It was quite a game even apart from the finale. It was played after a freak winter storm. Miami was quarterbacked by 39-year-old Steve DeBerg, their third-stringer. Neither team could run except for a freak 77 TD by Keith Byars, who was mostly a pass receiver by then, and a 64-yard punt return by the Cowboys. On both plays the defenders simply fell down. DeBerg played a tremendous game but the Phins would have lost 14-13 if not for Leon. Strangest of all, after this win the Dolphins lost their last five straight to finish 9-7 and miss the playoffs. The Cowboys won their last five straight and went right on winning until they had beaten the Bills 30-13 in the Super Bowl. As in chess, I know some football history, so I am thrilled that the Dolphins now are running a cross between the old single wing and the 1961 shotgun of the 49ers. Oct-15-09    Jim Bartle: The Red Hickey shotgun? The one that led the 49ers to trade YA Tittle and try to depend on Billy Kilmer? Oct-15-09    technical draw: Ok, Yankee bashers, have fun with this one: http://www.theonion.com/content/new... Oct-15-09    Jim Bartle: At those injured Yanks have what feels like several months to recover before the ALCS. Oct-15-09    keypusher: <Jim Bartle> Kilmer, John Brodie and Bob Waters. Kilmer ran, Brodie threw, and Waters did both. They alternated on every play. Here's the Shotgun's apotheosis: http://www.pro-football-reference.c... 20 carries for 115 yards and 4 TDs for Kilmer, 209 yards passing for Brodie. Unfortunately the next week the Bears blew up the Shotgun. http://www.pro-football-reference.c... Oct-15-09    Jim Bartle: I remember that game. The Bears changed to a five-man defensive line, moving middle linebacker Bill George into a down position over the center. And the 49ers couldn't move the ball. Funny to think of Kilmer as a quick back, remembering him from his lumbering days and the wobbly passes with Washington. I saw him play for UCLA against Stanford in 1960, running the single wing brilliantly. Oct-15-09    Travis Bickle: It seems like the football season will end before The World Series is over! ; P Oct-15-09    Jim Bartle: Announcers: "The Dodgers won 51 games this year when Manny either didn't play or didn't get a hit." Is that exceptional? Doesn't seem so to me. Oct-15-09    Jim Bartle: A couple tidbits in the box for the first game KP links to: Hugh McElhenny playing for the Vikings is obviously a misprint. He will forever be a 49er. The 49ers didn't complete any passes to their wide receivers--all to a running back and the tight end. Except two to Abe Woodson, who was a starting defensive back. Oct-15-09    Phony Benoni: <JB> Just probably trying to make the point that the Dodgers are not one-dimensional, but can win without Manny contributing. Oct-15-09    Jim Bartle: Yes, but I suspect you could say the same with most stars on good teams, if the player was injured (or suspended) for a month or two. I just don't think it's so out of the ordinary. I'm listening to Chip Caray for the first time after reading how terrible he's been. And I see why. Loney's homer was a "low line drive." (Are there any other kind?) And when the Dodger swung and missed on the wild pitch for strike three, he obviously didn't realize he was out by rule. Sounded like his partners didn't want to embarrass him by correcting the call. Oct-15-09    Travis Bickle: JB The only reason why Chip is a major league baseball announcer is because of his grandfather Harry Carey period. Oct-15-09    technical draw: Well, Manny comes through. That's what he gets the big bucks for. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 112 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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