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 102 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-02-09    Jim Bartle: God, am I terrible at replaying games. I always make some mistake I don't realize for another ten moves, such as playing 0-0 instead of 0-0-0 for black here. Which I discovered when it was difficult to play 23...Rg8. My Mac Hiarcs gives 28...g4 a +2.02 after a minute or two. Oct-02-09    Phony Benoni: Yes, that sounds about right. In such positions, the only piece worth winning is the king. Oct-02-09    Jim Bartle: I assume if black had defended with ...b6 you would have taken with the rook. It's kind of fun to watch the evaluation as you play it through, and watch it jump to mate 7 after Qa3. Oct-02-09    A.G. Argent: Czar, noooooooooooo!, I do NOT want the Tigers to fold and blow this. I just don't. Oct-02-09    Phony Benoni: So far this year, they've been able to beat off challenge after challenge, even when it looked bleakest. Do they have one more in them? If it's any consolation, the Twins have to face Greinke tomorrow, whose chances for the Cy Young went up a bit tonight as Sabbathia got bombed. And the Tigers have Verlander available Sunday, if need be. Oct-02-09    Jim Bartle: But the Tigers better wake up. 16-3 the last two games. Oct-02-09    Jim Bartle: About the most exciting play for me is the play at the plate on an outfield throw. A great play tonight from Ethier to get a Rocky, just a perfect throw on the fly, and the catcher blocked the plate. It'll be on highlights. Oct-03-09    Jim Bartle: Here's the play: http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?... Oct-03-09    Phony Benoni: Nice play. Those runners always look safe to me, though, till they do the slo-mo. And I see that the Rockies stayed alive for the division title yet one more day. The Tigers seem to be like a racer who has sprinted to the front and is now trying desperately to stave off total collapse at the end. And, even if they do survive, I honestly can't see them beating the Yankees. Oct-03-09    Jim Bartle: Yes, I always have the feeling runners are safe on steals of second, but they don't argue much when they are called out. Oct-03-09    playground player: <Phony Benoni> Very nice game, taking Bath to the cleaners. (I dunno, that pun has something missing...) Your observation is right on the money, too--Black wasted one move too many, and that was the margin of victory. Replaying the game as an uninvolved party, I found it odd that Black didn't take more vigorous countermeasures against your threat on the b-file. It's one of those threats that seem terribly obvious from a distance. Mr. Bath must have been lured into tunnel-vision by his own plan. I do hate playing against the French Defense. That's one of the reasons I play 1.b4. No French, no Sicilian... and if you lose, you can blame it on the rinky-dink opening. Oct-03-09    Phony Benoni: <playground player> Thanks for your comments. I thought the countermeasures Bath took were pretty darn vigorous; he just made an error in judgment. I have never liked seeing the French either, but if I try it myself then White invariably plays the Tarrasch (3.Nd2) which I can't stand from either side. It's a hard life. Oct-03-09    Travis Bickle: <Phony Benoni: ...I have never liked seeing the French either, but if I try it myself then White invariably plays the Tarrasch (3.Nd2) which I can't stand from either side. It's a hard life.> HAHAH!!! Phony you have a way with words!! Oct-03-09    Deus Ex Alekhina: Is John Bath any relation to Jeremy Barth? Anyway, that game & diagrammed position remind me of a game I played in 1968 (and won ) against a 2 time US champion, Joe Edley. OK, he gave up chess shortly after that, and became a 2 time US Scrabble champion, but still, I'm counting it. The tabbies are playing later tonite & they should know the result in Minnie by the time they start & tomorrow's game may be meaningless, or, more likely, the tabbies may become meaningless if they can't figure out how to play the game. They don't even appear to have the strength to get on the plane for a one game playoff, if necessary. (Just to clarify: Edley became a 2 time US scrabble champion, not a 2 time US chess champion; he also was a commentator for ESPN's scrabble coverage & also wrote 2 scrabble books) Oct-03-09    Jim Bartle: What does scrabble commentary sound like? I've heard domino commentary on ESPN, and it sounds ridiculous. Oct-03-09    Jim Bartle: Minnesota breaks scoreless tie in the 7th with 4 off Greinke, who was let down by his outfielder. Twins announcer: "And you can hear the groans in Michigan." Cruel. Oct-03-09    Phony Benoni: <What does scrabble commentary sound like?> It's wordy. Oct-03-09    Jim Bartle: Jazzy, xenophobic, quixotic? Oct-03-09    technical draw: s-tile-ish? Oct-03-09    Phony Benoni: Quizzical. Oct-03-09    Jim Bartle: Nathan nails down the win for the Twins. You can thank the magnanimous Giants for sending him over a few years ago in exchange for (cough) AJ Pierczinski. Memories of Foster for Duffy and Cepeda for Sadecki. Oct-03-09    Phony Benoni: Just looked that trade up. They also gave the Twins Francisco Liriano--then released Pierzynski and got nothing for him! AJ signed with the White Sox, and has been killing the Tigers ever sense. The Giants have a lot to answer for. But now, as you pointed out, it's time for the Tigers to deliver a few answers of their own. Oct-03-09    Phony Benoni: Tigers down 2-0 in the second, and are already using their third pitcher of the night. This could get ugly. Oct-03-09    Jim Bartle: Quentin is just floating on air, "zoning," thrilled that his alma mater, Stanford, defeated UCLA today and is 3-0 in the Pac-10. (!!) Not to jump the gun, but should this continue, Tigers would have good company in the 62 Dodgers in not scoring the last few games, and the Giants getting shut out the last two playoff games against St. Louis in 87, after leading 3-2. Oct-03-09    Phony Benoni: 4-0 in the fifth, and they're on pitcher #4. And here I thought it was supposed to rain all weekend. Looking for consolation, I found that Retrosheet has box scores for the 1932 season up, which means this game is included. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Tony Lazzeri goes 5 for 6 with 6 RBI, hits for the cycle--and isn't even Player of the Game. And don't you just love it when a team scores 20 runs, and one of their pitchers gets a save? What I hadn't known was that coming into the game Gehrig had hit only 7 home runs in the first six weeks of the season. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 102 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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