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 189 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-22-10    Jim Bartle: From cnnsi.com: "His career OPS (.836) is the best for any second baseman at age 27 since 1942." Sometimes this stat stuff gets out of hand. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20... Jun-22-10    Phony Benoni: Everybody has to be above average in something. By the way, I think the 27-year-old second baseman from 1942 was Joe Gordon (.859). Jun-22-10    A.G. Argent: Gentlemen, could I ask you to indulge me by clicking the following link? The guy carrying and holding the featured beast while she is hand fed is my little brother. Just a bit proud of him, I am. He and all of the people you see are volunteers for such rehabilitations over in Astoria, Oregon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUNd... Jun-22-10    Phony Benoni: <A.G. Argent> Looks like very satisfying work. Jun-23-10    jessicafischerqueen: <My Dear PB> Thanks for alerting me to that intriguing endgame. Indeed- the "Thrusting Fawn Pawn sac"- How strange and wonderful. A mind bending endgame. And that quote about a pawn on the 6th- I think there's more truth to that than the overquoted "All Rook endgames are drawn." I do daily endgame training, part of which is to finish "won games" from the resigned positions at our database. I always play these to the end even when my engine tries to resign. But when the engine is down material, it always strives to get a pawn forward, and if it gets to the sixth or seventh it can tie down my pieces and effectively restore material balance. Restraining pawns can become crucial. Jun-23-10    Deus Ex Alekhina: Sborz sbnot sbready for sbig sbleagues. Give him some marshmallows, hershey bars, & graham crackers & send him back down to Toledo. Jun-23-10    Phony Benoni: <JB> What is this 59-59 crap? Don't they use the Armageddon tiebreaker? By the way, great story about England-Germany trash talking over at the Café. Jun-23-10    Jim Bartle: No final set tiebreakers at Wimbledon, Australia, or Roland Garros, so they can go on forever in theory. I'd say a tiebreaker is called for at 12-12 or so, though last year's Wimbledon final went to 16-14. I turned on the TV at 43-44 and it took me a while to figure out that that was the game score. At first I thought it was some wild tiebreak score. Now I predict somebody will go 2-0 tomorrow and it'll be over. The (second) suspension is a huge break for Isner, who was hardly moving, while Mahut was diving for balls. But Mahut was the first to ask to suspend play due to darkness. Thanks. Whillans was a legendary character. Jun-24-10    Phony Benoni: There's already a detailed Wikipedia article about the match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_W... The line score at the end is somewhere between amazing and hilarious. Jun-24-10    Phony Benoni: The match has finally ended, Isner prevailing 70-68 after only one extra hour of play. Both players could not win the match, but both surely emerged triumphant. Jun-24-10    Jim Bartle: Isner is exactly the sort of player most likely to get into a long set like that. He's 6-foot-9 with a huge serve, so he's likely to hold serve over and over. On the other hand he's not particularly good at returning serve, so he might not break for a long while. Result: many holds in a row. Jun-24-10    Phony Benoni: The Tigers finally took one from the Mets tonight, so I feel cocky enough to show you a combination from one of my games. There are many indicatiors that a mating attack could be in the offing. Strongly posted pieces. Exposed king. Underdeveloped or poorly posted opponent's pieces. Queen out munching on pawns at Rick's Café. In my experience, one of the best indicators is having an extra rook: click for larger view This was one of my postal games from around 1980, and things are going well since Black's b-pawn is clearly insufficient compensation. However, if you've ever seen me play endings, you'll know why I went for mate instead. <1.Ne6 fxe6 2.Bg5 Bc6 3.Bf6!> click for larger view Nice enough. Of course, Black can avoid immediate mate with giveaway defenses like 2...Rxf2+ 3.Kxf2 Bf8. And the Silicon Spoilsport points out that 1.g4! is the most efficient finish. But it would never have gotten the position in the first place. No self-respecting computer would ever play like I do. Jun-24-10    Jim Bartle: I was watching Mets-Tigers a couple of nights ago, and the Mets announcers were saying, "The Detroit outfield certainly wasn't designed to play on this field," suggesting that (with Damon in center) it wasn't fast enough to cover such a large area. Then I about gagged when one of them (was it maybe Keith Hernandez?) said, "At least when Jackson's in there he can cover a little ground." Along the lines of, "Well, at least Ryan has a decent fastball." Jun-25-10    A.G. Argent: All due respect Travis, but I'm thinking of starting a pool to predict just when Piniella is going to be sacked. July? September? Can he ride out the season? I know they're only 8 1/2 out and it's still June but that club is a rudderless mess. Cubs TV analyst Bob Brenly calls them a "dead-ass team". And it will not, I repeat, will not get any better, only worse. I'm sorry, but to me, it is indeed pretty much all on Piniella. I've never been convinced of his managerial prowess anyway, regardless of his somewhat bloated win/loss record. This latest Zambrano psycho act is just another reflection of a team flopping about like a dying fish. And this ain't from a gloating rival fan, I've always liked the Cubs. Honest. So, I say by mid-July. Jun-25-10    Jim Bartle: I was watching a little today, and Brenly was saying that sort of thing, the team is just flat, no drive, no emotion. He said that Zambrano blowing up and yelling at Derrek Lee (apparently for not fielding a ball that went for a double, though it wasn't Lee's fault that Zambrano then gave up a 3-run homer) wasn't that bad, that somebody had to do something to shake up the team. And sorry for not saying this earlier, AG: Great story with the eagle. What a bird, much larger than I would have thought. Jun-26-10    Jim Bartle: No-hitters are becoming so routine nobody even bothers to comment. Jun-26-10    Phony Benoni: Was that a no-hitter? After all, Jackson did hit a batter. Jun-26-10    A.G. Argent: Thanks, Jim. Just hope she can survive being blind in one eye, knowing how much they rely on their incredible vision but I'm sure little brother and his cohorts know what they're doing in being fairly certain she'll adapt. And also that she doesn't come anywhere near another mouth-breathing redneck with a shotgun. Jun-26-10    Deus Ex Alekhina: I wonder if Bartle ever got tickets for the LA-NY series? (Hint: scalpers) Jun-26-10    Phony Benoni: Life could always be worse. For instance, you might not be able to complain how bad life is. For example, if you are sick of the vuluzela, just imagine what would have happened had the "instrument" been popular 30 years ago when Fernando was pitching. Jun-26-10    Jim Bartle: ThunderStix were bad enough. Jun-26-10    OhioChessFan: According to the Onion, the South African Vuvuzela PHilharmonic is upset that a soccer game broke out at their last concert. Jun-26-10    Jim Bartle: Great headline at fannation: "Big Ten Likely to Stick with 12" http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_... Jun-26-10    Phony Benoni: There has been a lot of interest in the World Cup around here, but I'll bet it's Ghana drop off. Jun-26-10    WannaBe: <PB> Horrible, just horrible... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 189 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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