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 237 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-17-11    Travis Bickle: I betcha Phony remembers this commercial. ; P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Ip... Hey Dr Benoni who do you like in The Bears packers game? Jan-17-11    Travis Bickle: I guess I asked your prediction a little late. Bears vs Jets Superbowl Jan-18-11    Phony Benoni: <Travis> I cannot deny remembering that commercial. My mother used to make a wonderful punch drink using Hawaiian Punch and Vernors Ginger Ale. (I have to specify Vernors only because this message will be read by outsiders. Around Detroit, Vernors <is> ginger ale.) Jan-18-11    Phony Benoni: <Jim Bartle> A question for our local tennis pro: How often does this sort of thing happen? In admittedly limited exposure, I've never seen it before. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xD-... The player's reaction is priceless. Jan-18-11    Jim Bartle: Don't even have to look at the video--it's Radwanska's racket breaking in two right above the grip, right? I loved the reaction as well. Looked as if she could hardly stop from laughing. No, that doesn't happen often. But she had slammed the racket in anger a few points earlier and kept playing with it, though obviously it was damaged. The rule is that if you have to change rackets after slamming it on the court, that's a penalty for racket abuse. I don't remember if it's a warning or loss of a point, but players don't want it. So sometimes they continue with the same racket, hoping nothing will happen until the next changeover, when they can change rackets. Jan-18-11    Jim Bartle: BTW, there was a great match this morning/last night, a first-rounder between Nalbandian and Hewitt. Neither guy has a chance to win the tournament or even reach the semis, but they have a long rivalry and they fought like crazy, with a sellout crowd supporting Hewitt (fairly). Lots of great rallies, great shots, and a lot of errors as well, sets going back and forth. Nalbandian won 9-7 in the fifth, and both were still running hard after almost five hours. Great stuff. Jan-19-11    Travis Bickle: Dr. Benoni this being the 202nd birthday of Edgar Allen Poe & with you working in the field of library science I'm sure you will appreciate this fine performance. It is of Poe's classic tale 'The Tell Tale Heart', performed by Vincent Price. ; P Act 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LNj... Act 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-t... Jan-19-11    Phony Benoni: <Travis> Thanks. I'll have to listen to it; my pulse rate has been a bit low of late, and I certainly haven't been working out! Jan-21-11    hangingenprise: phony: is lion fan a little concerned about stafford and his physical condition? he has all the tools to be a great quarterback, but....seems to be a bit fragile. Jan-21-11    Phony Benoni: <hangingenprise> Lions fans are very worried about Stafford, and for the reasons you give. That's a lot of money to shell out to somebody who keeps wasting it on surgeons. Jan-23-11    playground player: <Phony Benoni> Rooting for the Lions at least spares you the hype-storm we are enduring in the New York area. I sincerely hope the Jets lose today! I don't think the Jets-in-the-Super-Bowl hype will be surviveable. Jan-23-11    Phony Benoni: <playground player> I'm rooting for Steelers and Packers as well just so the television networks don't get their dream pairing of New York and Chicago. I have long admired the Steelers ever since the days of Chuck Noll. Good old fashioned Rust Belt football. Three yards and a clump of artificial turf mixed with polluted ice. Jan-24-11    WannaBe: < Phony Benoni: <playground player> I'm rooting for Steelers and Packers...> Congratulations, you have won the Daily Double, please check with Chess Bookie for your prize... (or boobie prize. =) Jan-24-11    Phony Benoni: Tough Super Bowl to call. Both teams have staunch defenses and good offenses which, however, tend to stall at times. This week, both showed a troubling inability to put teams away when they had them on the ropes. Hence, probably a close game. I favor the Steelers, due to more experience and a slightly more balanced attack. But it could easily go either way. Jan-24-11    Jim Bartle: Of course this becomes more likely every year as the total number of Super Bowls grows. But it's still interesting that Pittsburgh-Green Bay will be the matchup with the most past titles: 6 for Pittsburgh, 3 for Green Bay. Couldn't watch the NFC game, but I'm reading a lot of comments about Jay Cutler, saying he didn't seem injured and didn't seem terribly upset about having to leave the game (and his team losing) afterward. Jan-24-11    Phony Benoni: There are a few bloodthirsty souls who insist Cutler should have been out there even if he had a torn ACL or something. But I think the main complaint is that Cutler didn't seem to be interested in the game. He was standing (standing, mind you) by himself, not encouraging teammates or getting excited when the Bears started coming back. That sort of attitude doesn't fly anywhere. Jan-24-11    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> I don't dare go anywhere near Chess Bookie, not while Loanshark and his friends are around. Jan-24-11    Jim Bartle: Hey, PB, who's the answer to the current Stumpers question? My only guess was Joe Schmidt, who was not only not born in Colorado but still alive. Schmidt was the star of the only NFL game I ever saw in person, against the Rams in (I think) 1959). Jan-24-11    Phony Benoni: <JB> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_.... Hard not to get it, since he coached for a couple of years at the university where I work. I thought of using this game as a clue, but thought it might be too obvious: V Sladek vs C R Harmon, 2001 Jan-24-11    Phony Benoni: <JB> This game? http://www.pro-football-reference.c... Looks like turnovers killed the Rams. By the way, Joe Schmidt was from Pittsburgh, not Colorado. Another one of those great players who never quite cut it as a coach. Jan-24-11    Jim Bartle: No, I'm pretty sure it's this one, in 1958: http://www.pro-football-reference.c... Notice the Lions had SEVEN interceptions, and I think Schmidt had three. I notice Wayne Walker ran one back for a TD, which surprises me since I would have thought he was still in college in 1958. Walker went on to be the sports guy on one of the Bay Area stations for many, many years and was extremely popular. Did an excellent job. Jan-24-11    Phony Benoni: Wayne Walker got his start in broadcasting here as a part-time sports anchor before his playing days were over. Jan-25-11    Travis Bickle: Hey Dr. Benoni this is pre-Tiger Woods golf, but some of these players made some great golf shots even back then. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mnB... Jan-25-11    Phony Benoni: Hey, <Travis>, I didn't know you owned a car dealership! http://thebiglead.com/index.php/201... Seriously, the Bears deserve a lot of credit for that gutsy comeback. It would have been easy to roll over and die, but that's not Bears football. Jan-26-11    wordfunph: thanks to the Sanguinetti-Ciric game.. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 237 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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