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 201 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-26-10    Jim Bartle: Things seem to be getting worse and worse for the Tigers. I see the "Stork" got them this time. Jul-26-10    Jim Bartle: Not "Stork," sorry. It's "Heron." Jul-27-10    Travis Bickle: The 'Stork' played on The Raiders Jim. ; P Jul-27-10    just a kid: Should I dare say...Matt Garza anyone? Jul-27-10    Phony Benoni: <just a kid> No problem. It'll probably happen again with what players the Tigers have left. <Travis Bickle> Hey, looks like Lou Piniella gets to go out with dignity. Jul-27-10    just a kid: to be honest,I was more surprised it wasn't the Rays getting no-hit but the one giving the no-hitter! And with some of the inconsistency of our hitting lineup,I was a little surprised that we didn't get no-hit first Jul-27-10    WannaBe: No hitters and perfect games are now as common, as me losing chess games. It used to be as common as me winning a chess game! Jul-27-10    WannaBe: There are now 2 teams that does not have at least a no-hitter in their record book, San Diego Padres, and the New York Mets. Now, the Mets surprises me, since they had Nolan Ryan, the Pads, well... Jul-27-10    Jim Bartle: The Mets without a no-hitter is a real surprise, and I'd say a fluke. Among all the major league teams, and the unlikelihood of a no-hitter in any one game, there's bound to be one good team without one. However ex-Mets have done very well. Seaver, Gooden, Cone, Ryan and a couple others have thrown them. Hideo Nomo threw a no-hitter before he was a Met and also after he moved on. Jul-27-10    Travis Bickle: <Phony Benoni: <Travis Bickle> Hey, looks like Lou Piniella gets to go out with dignity.> Yes I agree. The names that have come up so far in the Chicago media are Ryne Sanberg, Joe Girardi, Bobby Valentine & Bob Brenly who's up in the Cubs broadcast booth. Who do you like Dr. Benoni? Jul-27-10    Phony Benoni: <Travis> Hard to believe Girardi would leave the Yankees for the Cubs, unless Jeter wants to take over as player-manager. Have to believe they'd go with Sandberg. He's been climbing the ladder and it would be a popular move. It's a much different situation than we had in Detroit when Alan Trammell took over. Smart ballplayer, but no manangerial experience and it showed at times. Plus a pretty bad team. Jul-27-10    WannaBe: Surprised that Detroit did not retain/hire Kirk Gibson, front office, or as bench coach, hitting coach, etc... He now is managing a terrible Arizona team. Jul-27-10    Phony Benoni: Gibson was the bench coach for Trammell in 2003-2005, when the Tigers had some horrible teams. When they hired Leyland in 2006, they just wanted to sweep away the entire mess of the previous administration. Gibson impresses me as the kind of manager/coach who can give you a quick jump start via a kick in the pants, but would wear thin over the not-so-long run. Sort of the way George Steinbrenner kept alternating Billy Martin and Bob Lemon. Jul-27-10    A.G. Argent: Yeah, Travis, I agree; I would think Sandberg would be a lock. If nothing else, you need a good vibe or two at Wrigley these days. But wouldn't you agree who(m)ever it is, it's pretty much a rebuilding situtation? Jul-27-10    A.G. Argent: And sorry, Czar you got ho-hit. That has to have just that much more salt-in-the-wound to it. 5th no-hitter this year and we're still in July. Jul-27-10    Jim Bartle: I'll bet if Sandberg becomes Cubs manager, he'll have a pretty long honeymoon. But if he doesn't win, eventually he'll join Piniella, Frey, Baker and the rest. I still remember where I was, in a photo studio in Palo Alto, when I heard about the DeJesus for Bowa trade on the radio, and the report made it sound as if Sandberg might be a decent player. Bowa was a key to the Phillies' pennant in 1983, but still, what a bad trade. Jul-27-10    Travis Bickle: JB, Jim Frey's Cubs won 13-0 at Wrigley against the Padres in the 1st game of the NCLS and needed 1 game in San Diego to advance to the World Series. The Cubs who had the best record in the National League had to be a road team because they didn't have lights. I think they played 1 night game! Dusty Baker was no loser either. He had the Cubs 5 outs away from The Series in 2003. The way they lost could only be told in a Twilight Zone episode. Jul-27-10    Jim Bartle: You're missing the point, Travis. No matter how popular a manager at first, eventually the fans are going to turn on him if the team doesn't win. Sandberg would get more time than most, but not forever. I remember Green Bay fans being pretty angry with Bart Starr as coach when he couldn't produce results. Jul-27-10    Phony Benoni: OK. I think we've reached a new level in freak baseball injuries: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp... Jul-27-10    Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> I know what you're saying. That's the nature of the beast in professional sports, the bottom line is winning. Unfortunatley for most Cubs managers the bottom line is the bottom line for the owners. besides the great Vince Lombardi who was a genius, I don't know of any coaches or managers etc. capable of winning at the pro level without having the players it takes to get the job done. P.S. Recently The Chicago Bears were #13 on Forbes list of most profitable sports franchises. I think that frugality explains why The Bears played in Super Bowl XLI without a legitimate QB. Jul-27-10    WannaBe: <Phony Benoni: OK. I think we've reached a new level...> I agree, at least Jeff Kent was 'washing his truck' when he slipped and got hurt. Jul-27-10    crawfb5: The Munich collection looks great. The round 3 game Maroczy vs Pillsbury, 1900 had an interesting finish: click for larger view One thing I find odd is that some thought that Pillsbury was not going to play at Munich. Marshall even said one reason he came back to the US right after Paris, 1900 was that neither Lasker nor Pillsbury was going to be at Munich. Probably not compelling enough to add, especially given we don't know the details. Anyway, I can now delete the collection I started on Munich and if I run across anything that might belong in the introduction, I'll pass it along. Jul-28-10    sleepyirv: After Sandberg paid his dues for this moment, the Cubs aren't going tell him no- they already have enough fan's wrath on their hands. The only reason not to is that is a cruel and unusual punishment to hand this team over to anyone who's been through this show already. Girardi just won a World Series. Yeah, I don't think he's moving away. Valentine... well, is a bit mercurial for the team. Brently is a first-rate analyst, for his management abilities all I have to say is "How many games did Kim pitch back in the 2001 World Series?" In conclusion, FIRE JIM HENDRY! Jul-28-10    jessicafischerqueen: Fantastic! Thank you. A particularly robust and useful introduction- Coupled with <Crawfb5's> stellar detective work, I think I can make an interesting segment on <Munich 1900> with all of this outstanding material you've collected. Just great, thank you again. Jul-28-10    jessicafischerqueen: Hello! I have a quick question: You are a library scholar, correct? Did Libraries just finish archiving tons of stuff on mircofilm, and now they have to re-archive it on "the internet"? Nobody reads microfilm today right? Do you think that one second after they finish re-archiving all of the microfilm to "internet ether", there will be a new technology rendering the archive useless again? 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