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 229 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-12-10    Jim Bartle: Have we been underestimating Brett Favre's powers after all these years? Looks like he might miss his first game in 18 years, needs a few more days to recover, and <the roof of the stadium collapses>, causing the game to be delayed! Dec-12-10    Phony Benoni: And lo, Mother Nature tooked at the Metrodome, and saith, "This has gone on long enough." Good news for Minnesota: They'll be playing in Detroit this week. Bad news: They'll still be playing the Giants. Dec-12-10    Jim Bartle: Was that Travis Bickle I saw sneaking around the Metrodome with a very big knife? Dec-12-10    Phony Benoni: So today the Lions are playing Green Bay. Unfortunately, Aaron Rodgers throws a touchdown pass to a receiver who is several yards in the clear. Fortunately, the ball bounces backwards off the receiver's hands right to the hapless defender, who returns the ball deep into Packers' territory and is credited by the announcers with "a great defensive play". Unfortunately, the Lions manage to commit no fewer than three penalites on the play. Fortunately, none of them negate the interception, though the return is taken away. You guys don't have to put up with stuff like this. Dec-12-10    Jim Bartle: Quite the shootout at halftime in Detroit. Dec-12-10    Phony Benoni: When was the last time both teams went through an entire half without a 3rd down conversion? Dec-12-10    Jim Bartle: As Favre was calling signals at the 20-yard line: http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/... Dec-12-10    Phony Benoni: Notice how high the water bounces when it hits the turf. Dec-12-10    Jim Bartle: Talk about a cold shower. Now maybe somebody can help me out. In the Green Bay-Detroit game, toward the end one of the Lions caught the ball and ran into one of the painted areas at the end of the field. Watching the game I thought that was illegal. Dec-12-10    Jim Bartle: Uh oh. Looks like the roof fell in in Chicago as well. Dec-12-10    Phony Benoni: <JB> Not sure what you're talking about. Aren't the painted areas just the out-of-bounds markers? Running into them ends the play, but is not illegal. Dec-12-10    keypusher: Wow, 7-3. But no worse than my Phins winning 10-6. Who knew a win could feel this bad? Dec-12-10    Jim Bartle: PB: I meant the end zones. They're not painted any more? I should pay more attention. Dec-12-10    Phony Benoni: <keypusher> As the Lions' coach said, "It may have been ugly, but it was beautiful." <JB> After watching the Lions today, I've sort of forgotten what an end zone looks like. But I checked a few other highlights, and it looks like the end zones generally have the team's name or logo in the center, but nothing else. The sidelines are now wide painted paths rather than thin lines, probably to help official judge out-of-bounds plays. By the way, it's amazing what a single win can do. Detroit gets to host their first Monday Night game in seven years tomorrow! Maybe they'll be playing in it next time. Dec-12-10    Phony Benoni: Hockey is a thinking man's game; you really have to use your head. If you can't, try using somebody else's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drK1... Dec-12-10    Jim Bartle: I don't know much about hockey, but I think I know that a hand pass is illegal. PB: Did you go to the Michigan-Michigan St. hockey game? Dec-12-10    Phony Benoni: <JB> No, I always avoid Michigan Stadium during a game. Too much gravity. Dec-13-10    Phony Benoni: Tonight's <Brilliant Sports Analysis>, covering the Giants - Vikings game: <Neither team has played a disciplined game through three quarters. The teams have committed a combined 14 penalties for 97 yards. Minnesota has been flagged for eight of the 14 fouls, The Giants were guilty of the other six.> Not only insightful, but they got the math right! Dec-14-10    keypusher: <The teams have committed a combined 14 penalties for 97 yards. > Looks average for two teams through three quarters. If they had said both teams looked incompetent, I would have been on board with that. Dec-15-10    Phony Benoni: <Bob Feller> has passed away: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/inde... Dec-16-10    playground player: <Phony Benoni> Hearing of the passing of Bob Feller was like hearing that King Arthur died. Dec-16-10    Phony Benoni: Probably the most consistently dominant pitcher in baseball during the 1940s. The four years lost to military service may have cost him a shot at 300 wins, although given his heavy workload before the war, the four years off may have actually lengthened his career in the long run. By the way, since I have a feeling someone will ask, here is a list of Baseball Hall-of-Famers by age: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o... It seems odd that there are only 66 living members. Dec-16-10    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, speaking of military service, Ted Williams the best pure hitter ever IMO served two tours as a Marine corp Aviator. Ted served four years in WWII and two years in Korea. The incredible thing after returning from both wars Williams didn't lose anything in terms of timimg, power, or average at the plate! He was an amazing athlete! As we all know in his final at bat Ted hit a homerun. How many homeruns do you think Williams would have hit had he not gone to combat action for six years? Here's Ted Williams career hitting stats. Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002), nicknamed "The Kid", "The Splendid Splinter", "Teddy Ballgame", and "The Thumper" because of his hitting prowess,[1][2][3] was an American Major League Baseball left fielder. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox (1939-1942 and 1946-1960). Williams' career was twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot. Williams was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner, led the league in batting six times, and won the Triple Crown twice. He had a career batting average of .344, with 521 home runs, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. He is the last player in Major League Baseball to bat over .400 in a single season (.406 in 1941). Williams holds the highest career batting average of anyone with 500 or more home runs. His career year was 1941, when he hit .406 with 37 HR, 120 RBI, and 135 runs scored. His .551 on base percentage set a record that stood for 61 years. An avid sport fisherman, he hosted a television show about fishing and was inducted into the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame. Dec-16-10    Phony Benoni: One shudders to think what Williams could have done against wartime pitching. Dec-17-10    crawfb5: Thanks for the link. I will dig around in it when I have a bit more time. I am still on the hunt for that last Showalter-Hodges game (#2 of the rematch/extension). I verified the date of the start and adjournment, but have yet to find a game score. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 229 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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