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 127 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-14-09    Phony Benoni: <Playground Player> I think William Perry is working on a Ph.D. in Philosophy, trying to determine whether the refrigerator light goes off when the door is shut. I think a simple camera phone should solve the problem, but what do I know? I'm a history major. But to be almost serious for a moment, I would just say that a civilization may indeed be built on the sweat of its workers, the blood of its soldiers, the ingenuity of its inventors, the enterprise of its entrepreneurs, and the wiliness of its lawyers. But it's also built on the useless musings of a Plato or a John Locke, neither of whom did an honest day's work in their lives. Besides if we kicked all the lifetime students out of school, could you imagine what the unemployment rate would be? Nov-14-09    A.G. Argent: Speaking of serious, is Stanford gonna knock off USC too? Up by 7, 3rd quarter. Nov-14-09    Jim Bartle: AG: Shhhhh! (up 14 now) Nov-14-09    Jim Bartle: What's this? Stanford running up the score? Leading 48-21, they go for a two-point conversion. Not classy. Nov-14-09    A.G. Argent: God, they're murderin' 'em. It's an official rout. Nov-14-09    Jim Bartle: 55-21. If I may be permitted some nostalgia (well, yes or no, I'm going ahead), the best football game I ever saw--no question--was in October 1970: Stanford 24 USC 14. USC had won the previous two years 27-24 and 26-24, both with a last-minute field goal. In the first one OJ completed a pass (!) after being trapped behind the line, to set up the winning kick. So 1970 was the last chance for the Jim Plunkett class to beat USC and go to the Rose Bowl. And they just played great, Plunkett especially, beating a very good team. Nov-14-09    Phony Benoni: What is going on around here? Stanford running up the score against USC? Navy beats Notre Dame 2 out of 3? Michigan in the cellar of the Big Ten? Oh, well. At least we still have the Detroit Lions. Nov-14-09    Jim Bartle: Stanford winning with a power running game rather than a flashy passing attack is plenty strange as well. Nov-14-09    A.G. Argent: Who do they play on Thanksgiving this year, Czar? Nov-14-09    Phony Benoni: <A.G. Argent> The Packers. Let's hope it's 1962 all over again. This article includes a picture of the Lions' team meeting that day; http://packerville.blogspot.com/200... I'm anxious to see if they are capable of making the Browns look good the previous Sunday. I wouldn't put it beyond their capabilities. Nov-14-09    A.G. Argent: That's a great picture. Poor Bart. That's not roughing the passer, that's suffocating the passer. Too bad the other seven guys couldn't join in. Nov-15-09    Jim Bartle: Poor Bart. He never got over those hits, never again would he win a big game. Nov-15-09    Phony Benoni: I hear he had to move to San Francisco and go underground. Nov-15-09    playground player: <Phony Benoni> Sorry, didn't mean to sound like I was going into a working-class hero schtick. I have a great respect for real scholarship, and for the power of philosophy for harm or good. What I have no patience for is pseudo-scholarship and outright humbug. Yes, I love college libraries. Where else could I teach myself to read Old French? I love old books that preserve knowledge. What I don't love is some academic shyster charging an arm and a leg to teach courses in comic strips or rock groups or black nationalism. Oo-fah to that! Nov-16-09    Phony Benoni: <playground player> I have to be very careful discussing this topic, since the other two librarians in my department are active members of the Women and Gender Studies program on campus. I like to keep the peace in my real life as well as here! While we share the same general perspective, I'm more wary of dismissing these new fields of study. Time usually decides such things. The subjects of lasting importance will survive, those of ephemeral interest will fade away. After all, the plays of Shakespeare were originally considered vulgar and fit only for the rabble, not for serious academic study. Who knows how the Beatles will be perceived 400 years from now? Nov-16-09    playground player: I can appreciate your position. Nov-16-09    Red October: <Who knows how the Beatles will be perceived 400 years from now?> I dread it if every school boy and girl would have to hand in a 500 word essay on the inner meaning of "Yesterday" Nov-16-09    Jim Bartle: Kid #1: What did you get? Kid #2: "I Want to Hold Your Hand." Kid #3: You're so lucky. I got "I Am The Walrus." Nov-16-09    Phony Benoni: The librarians in my department went out for lunch today as a birthday celebration, and I happened to mention the Grateful Dead archivist position that started this whole riff. My deparment head mentioned that she was a neighbor of the Grateful Dead when she lived in California back in the 1960s. When I asked if they were ever home, she said that she would often take her infant son out in a stroller and walk by their house listening to them jam. (No, she didn't know them personally, and she's not interested in the position.) Nov-16-09    Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle: Kid #1: What did you get? Kid #2: "I Want to Hold Your Hand." Kid #3: You're so lucky. I got "I Am The Walrus."> hahaha!!! Kid #4 I got Revolution #9! ; P Nov-16-09    A.G. Argent: Nice imagery, Czar, as Jim has said, those must have been very, very pleasant days. Whether or not one is an actual fan of the Dead's music don't matter. In imagining a warm summer eve, just happening by an apartment/house in the Haight with a band like the Dead inside jamming, music flowing out on to the street, easily brings to mind the Animals tune;... "on a warm San Franciscan night". Lovely. Nov-16-09    Travis Bickle: The other Chucky. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/... Nov-16-09    Jim Bartle: And the Bride of Chucky: http://www.billythephonefreak.com/p... Nov-17-09    Phony Benoni: Chess Versus Football. In 1907. http://books.google.com/books?id=3C... Nov-18-09    Travis Bickle: Here's the only lousy Cubs game I went to last year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3fr... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 127 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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