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 158 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-05-10    Travis Bickle: Dr. Benoni I hope you're doing great! I have some breaking sports news for you and you sports fans out there. Be advised! The Chicago Bears in the free agent market just signed DE Julius Peppers at 3 yrs. 40 mil. a sack monster! Also The Bears signed arch enemy Minnesota Vikings RB Chester Taylor a great pass catching back to a 12.5 million dollar deal! In addition with Mike Martz now as offensive coordinator The Bears got Martz a great blocking TE in Brandon Manumaleuna who comes from the San Diego Chargers! All we need now sports fans is 2 offensive linemen and the pieces are in place. Yeah baby!! Mar-05-10    Jim Bartle: Three years, $40 million? Unbelievable. He's already 30, wonder if he'll keep up his play. At least the Bears improved their basketball team. Mar-05-10    Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle: Three years, $40 million? Unbelievable. He's already 30, wonder if he'll keep up his play.> He's coming into his prime Jim. Ask Dan Hampton how he played at age 30 or Reggie White? Mar-06-10    Jim Bartle: Hope so. Mar-06-10    Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle: Hope so.> No you don't, you're a niners fan. ; P Mar-06-10    Jim Bartle: Unless a guy's a jerk (cough cough TO cough Jeff George cough) I always want a guy to play well. Mar-07-10    A.G. Argent: (Cough cough Ryan Leaf, belch). Mar-07-10    Travis Bickle: <A.G. Argent> Ryan Leaf and Tony Mandarich have to be the two biggest hyped college busts of all time! Next to Pam Anderson's. ; P Mar-07-10    Travis Bickle: http://artfiles.art.com/5/p/LRG/9/9... Mar-07-10    Jim Bartle: Pamela Anderson went to college? And you have to add: any running back from Penn State. Mar-07-10    chancho: <Jim> Thanks for the link about Reggie Miller. I remember those games. They were rough. Mar-07-10    Travis Bickle: I just caught the tail end of Bryd & Magic last night. Man those guys are really great friends! I'll have to watch it from the beginning when they aire it again. Mar-07-10    Travis Bickle: Hurry back Phony with a speedy recovery! Chessgames is not the same without you! Your encyclopedic knowledge on chess and baseball are missed. Plus I miss your great sense of humor Dr. Benoni. ; P Mar-09-10    Jim Bartle: Greatest season ever in the NBA, measured by scoring per minute? Undoubtedly George Lee for the 66-67 San Francisco Warriors, who shot .750 from the field and scored 86.7 points per 36 minutes played. On the other hand, he played the entire season without a single rebound or assist. What happened? He only played in one game, for five minutes, and shot 3-4 from the field and 6-7 from the line. I think he was an assistant coach (to Bill Sharman) and filled in one night when a lot of players were injured. Mar-09-10    playground player: Any word on <phony's> state of health? Nothin' bad better happen to him! Mar-09-10    Phony Benoni: Thanks to all for the kind wishes. I really should provide some details. I've had eye trouble all my life. Both eyes are extremely myopic, and I have amblyopia in the right eye to boot. Also, a couple of bouts of retinal bleeding due to diabetic retinopathy have required laser surgery. Those condidtions have stabilized, but now the problem is cataracts. The surgery to remove them is routine for most people, but in my case the eye structure has been so weakened the doctors fear surgery could start the bleeding again. Hence they are being very cautious about removing them. I'm still able to function well enough to work. However, my job requires full time computer work, and even adaptative enhancements don't ease the strain. So I've been avoiding using the computer at home for a while to see what would happen. There's been enough relief that I'm going to continue doing this. I will pop in more frequently--the strain of going a whole week without posting was just too much. But I'll have to give up prolonged work for now. In particular, I won't be building game collections; there's just too much time and effort involved in doing those right. It's possible I may finally get the cataracts removed later this year, since they have grown to the point that my eyes can no longer be properly examined. If that's successful, I should be able to get back to full strength. Again, thanks again for the kind wishes. And thanks for continuing to post in the spirit I've tried to maintain around here. Mar-10-10    Travis Bickle: Good to hear from you Dr. Benoni!! Although for now you're only here temporarily this calls for a song for The Good Librarian!! Best wishes for a great recovery! ; P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnLT... Mar-10-10    playground player: <Phony Benoni> Last year my wife had "bloodless cataract surgery." It was all done in half an hour, and when she got up from the chair, she could see perfectly out of that eye--for the first time in years. The other eye still needs to be done, but we haven't gotten to it yet. Of course, your condition sounds very different from hers. But if you want to come out to New Jersey, we've got one of the best cataract surgeons in the world right down the road. Mar-10-10    A.G. Argent: Czar, what a coinckidink; you and the other highly regarded David here at CG, Dave Zechiel, have been absent and missed by many, both with eye problems. Him with a detached retina. But also both close to being on the mend and off the DL, which is what's called for. Mar-11-10    suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> I'm relieved that it is nothing more serious, Dave. However, my father developed cataracts not too long ago to such an extent that they impaired his ability to drive safely. He was able to have them removed and is now perfectly fine to drive, but your condition sounds little trickier. I hope they find a solution for you before it gets too debilitating. I'll keep working on the Hastings tournaments of course, but I think I've collected all the events that were complete in the database by this point. So you won't be seeing any new ones for the index for a couple of months, once I've had a chance to upload hundreds of Hastings games. In the meantime, if you're giving your eyes a break from the computer I could recommend some nice music diversions to give your ear a workout. Let me know :) Mar-12-10    playground player: I don't pretend to be able to fill <phony benoni's> shoes, but here's a baseball question for youse, dear colleagues--what catcher caught the most no-hitters? Mar-12-10    Phony Benoni: <playground player> I'm sure any diehard Yankees fan will know that one. Mar-12-10    Travis Bickle: Yogi Berra? Mar-12-10    Travis Bickle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y31R... Mar-12-10    Phony Benoni: No, I just said Yankee fans would know the name. I didn't say they would <like> it. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 158 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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