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 131 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-26-09    Phony Benoni: After watching the Lions today, I'm more in the mood for a pick-me-up. Need some hard-core Germanic testosterone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92O... Particularly when it's about a group of women. And the next person who says "Kill the Wabbit" is going to incur my wrath. Nov-26-09    Jim Bartle: So is that Barry Sanders, Joe Schmidt, Night Train Lane and Chris Spielman riding to the rescue? Nov-26-09    Phony Benoni: Pride goeth before a fall (see Ron Herbel's performance in the Giants' fifth inning: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Nov-26-09    Jim Bartle: What would you expect? Herbel had probably never been to second base before. But i'm not sure that's a legit box score. I mean, "Henderson cf"? Nov-28-09    Travis Bickle: Man I wish The Cubs would sign this girl up and cut loose that butcher in left field by the name of Soriano. ; P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5my... Nov-28-09    Jim Bartle: Newly up for election to the Hall of Fame: Roberto Alomar, Fred McGriff, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez. I'd vote for Alomar and Martinez now, Larkin in a future year, McGriff no. Others first-timers on the ballot, mostly for comic relief: Kevin Appier, Ellis Burks, Andres Galarraga, Pat Hentgen, Mike Jackson, Eric Karros, Ray Lankford, Shane Reynolds, David Segui, Robin Ventura and Todd Zeile. Of the holdovers, I think Tim Raines and Lee Smith should definitely go in. Undecided on Bert Blyleven and Andre Dawson. Nov-28-09    playground player: <Jim Bartle> Edgar Martinez yes, R. Alomar no. Imagine how famous Edgar would've been if he'd played in New York--but it might hurt his chances, playing in so many games as the DH. As we all know, the DH is not quite the same as a real baseball player. For one thing, it's probably harder. I hated DHing in softball--boring, boring, boring! I read somewhere that Mark McGwire is still on the list, eligible to be voted for. They've gotta be kidding. Nov-28-09    Phony Benoni: Alomar, yes: best second baseman of his time, and a winner. Edgar Martinez, yes. He's got the numbers, and I don't penalize for being a DH. There are any number of players in the HOF who didn't qualify for their defense. Larkin, I'm not so sure. One of the better shortstops of his time, but I don't se him with Alomar's numbers or dominance. McGriff has a case, but not enough consistency and not enough of a colorful player to balance bouncing around like he did. You always have to question a player who has to agonize over deciding which team's cap to wear. Galarraga and Dawson I see as similar to McGriff, though one shudders to think what André might have done with one good knee, let alone two. Galarraga's numbers will probably be discounted because of his Colorado years. Lee Smith is a definite in my book; Bert Blyleven a not sure. Again, there's the matter of dominance. Lee Smith was the best for some time; Blyleven was always near the top, but never #1. But I think they'll both get in eventually based on numbers. Tim Raines, I don't know. Not that many really dominant seasons. He strung together several in a row early in his career, but didn't rank as high afterwards. Nov-28-09    Phony Benoni: Hey, Travis, that was a great catch! It turned the catcher left-handed! Seriously, I hope it was faked, because I would have fired her if it was real. She had no business going for a ball that close to being fair. So the Cubs will just have to wait. However, maybe the Bears can sign up this kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhxK... Nov-28-09    Phony Benoni: Charlie Weis not going down without a fight! Nov-28-09    Jim Bartle: Honestly, though, PB, if a Stanford player breathes on a Notre Dame player, it's a penalty. Incredible discrepancy, as Notre Dame players are taunting and not getting called for anything. Nov-28-09    Phony Benoni: Haven't been paying that much attention. I just look at the TV whenever I hear the word "touchdown" and watch the replay. That's been enough of a workout tonight. Nov-28-09    Jim Bartle: Notre Dame 2 penalties for 8 yards, Stanford 7 for 90 yards. No taunting called even though the ND receiver pranced into the end zone backwards. Nov-28-09    Phony Benoni: Looks like it didn't help. I think I'm rooting for the Lions to take Gerhart in the draft. Nov-28-09    Jim Bartle: Really I don't know how good a pro he will be. Good but probably not a star. Or maybe a Mike Alstott type. Interesting choice of ND just to give up the touchdown to get the ball back at the end. Stanford really should have taken a knee and kicked a field goal with just a few seconds left. That punk Golden Tate styled his way in for a touchdown, but at the end didn't bother to hustle back to the line of scrimmage, costing his team one more play. Really weak. Nov-29-09    Phony Benoni: Well, the Lions could use an Alstott type. And about 21 other players. Actually, I think they'll go defensive line this year, especially for a pass rusher. Nov-29-09    A.G. Argent: JB, I think he's more of a speedier version of Tom Rathman and you're right, fullbacks never become stars. No glamour. Nov-29-09    technical draw: Contrary to what you may read here I had nothing to do with that USC -UCLA game: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footba... Nov-30-09    waustad: <tb>Yeah, a friend sent me that link from Costa Rica. Now that is a catch! Nov-30-09    waustad: Blyleven is an OBVIOUS yes. He's 5th in Ks and threw 60 shutouts. In the live ball era he is behind Spahn with 63 and Ryan and Seaver with 61. Chicken brained clowns like Heyman say he wasn't dominant. What is more dominant than striking people out or throwing a shutout? He threw more shutouts than Glavin threw complete games. He merely committed the sins of playing for Cleveland, Minnesota, Texas, Pittsburgh and the Angels. How many members of BBWAA live within 100 miles of the Metrodome? How many live within 100 miles of Yankee Stadium? A pitcher's job is to prevent the opponent from scoring (he's way up there in terms of runs prevented). If his team scores, that turns into a win. Whitey Ford won a ton of games. I don't deny that he was a great pitcher, but he got 115 support (15% above average for his starts). Blyleven got 97. If I recall correctly, he lost 15 games 1-0. Sorry, but it isn't even close. It is embarrassing that anybody even still questions it. OK, I'll get off my soapbox. Nov-30-09    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony Dem Saints are pretty good huh!? Dec-01-09    Travis Bickle: Ok you guys who do you vote as best singer of take me out to the ballgame during the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley Field? A. Mike Ditka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAXT... B. Danica Patrik (the race car driver) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8ZK... C. Ozzy Osborne (Formerly of Black Sabbath) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdwO... D. A drunk Eddie Vedder (Of Pearl Jam) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zal4... E. Mr. T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvOl... F. Jeff Gordon (another race car driver) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvmI... G. Denise Richards (the starlet that Charlie Sheen screwed over) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4T-... Dec-01-09    WannaBe: Harry, best ever, end of discussion/voting. Next topic!! Dec-01-09    WannaBe: Here is the pic that I took: http://mysite.verizon.net/jyu1/Harr... Dec-01-09    noso: <Phony Benoni> actually doesn't rhyme because "Benoni" should be pronounced "ben-ohn-EE," which is Hebrew for "son of my sorrow" (referring to the backward d6-pawn). Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 131 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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