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 281 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-28-11    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> I think rain-shortened games are still possible, but in light of the situation you can be sure they'll make every effort to finish it. Tigers won, by the way, with Jose Valverde making it 49/49 in saves on the year. He'll probably get a few low-grade MVP votes himself. Sep-28-11    Phony Benoni: This is a Full Service Forum! Now, the weather forecast from Baltimore: http://www.weather.com/weather/toda... It looks like they may have to wait an hour or two, but the game will be finished. After this commercial break, we'll be back with our consumer reporter, Winky Fluffball. Sep-28-11    WannaBe: Sports break, 1-1 in that TEX-LAA game. Now back to Mr. Beaker for the latest on nutrinos that travel faster than light. Sep-28-11    Jim Bartle: "Wow, fans in TB are leaving in droves." I'll bet they're regretting that now. Sep-28-11    Phony Benoni: Don't look now, but Tampa Bay has come back from down 7-0 with six runs in the eighth inning. Maybe it was the rest of the Yankees staff getting Brian Matusz lessons. Or they're just setting up one last save for Rivera. St. Louis lives to fight another day, blanking Houston 8-0. Atlanta blew a ninth-inning lead, still tied in the 10th. The next update will be packed with neutrinos, and appear before this one. Sep-28-11    WannaBe: And now TB have tied it up!! HOW ABOUT THAT! Sep-28-11    Jim Bartle: Kotchman drilled a fast pitch way out of the park. Unfortunately for the Rays, foul. Dan Johnson then drilled one just fair with two outs, 7-7. Sep-28-11    Jim Bartle: I meant "fat" pitch, not "fast." Sep-28-11    Phony Benoni: Tampa Bay ties the game with a two-out homer in the bottom of the ninth, though not off Rivera. Guess the Yankees knew what was coming, and were saving him for later. The Boston game may end before that one, even as the Red Sox channel their inner Noah. Atlanta now in the 11th against the Phillies, in a must-win situation. Texas clinches the #2 seed in the AL, and it looks like Milwaukee will do the same in the NL. Dodgers up 4-0 on the Diamondbacks. Well, that game is over. Sep-28-11    Jim Bartle: How about that I don't believe what i just saw he's in the catbird seat bye bye baby see ya. Sep-28-11    Jim Bartle: 50 players used in the NY-TB game so far. What's the record? Sep-28-11    Phony Benoni: Don't have a for sure, but here's a game with 54 players: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... 29 for Seattle, 25 for Texas. The record for one team may be 30 by Oakland in this game: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Only in September. Sep-28-11    Phony Benoni: Boston and Baltimore have resumed; still 3-2 for the Sox. Philly and Atlanta in the 13th, Yankees/Rays in the 10th. Sep-28-11    Phony Benoni: Atlanta loses in the 13th, so the NL is settled: St. Louis plays at Philadelphia, Arizona goes to Milwaukee. Boston up 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, with Papelbon pitching. Rays and Yankees still tied in the 12th. Sep-29-11    WannaBe: Hold all tickets, O's have just tied the game up, and the fans in Baltimore are going nuts! You'd think it's Baltimore that's playing for the post-season. And after that rain delay! Sep-29-11    WannaBe: O's win! O's win! How about that!! Sep-29-11    Phony Benoni: Both fans in Tampa Bay are going crazy! Television executives are poised to jump if the Rays win! Orioles have been playing great baseball the last couple of weeks. Even the Tigers could only split with them. Sep-29-11    WannaBe: Okay, okay, all the games are over, nothing to see here, move on, get moving, please disperse! Sep-29-11    Phony Benoni: Incredible. Both collapsing teams can't hold it together on the last day, and blow ninth-inning leads. How will we live without baseball tomorrow? But how could we have lived through it? Sep-29-11    technical draw: <I'd rather see Tampa and St. Louis win.> I picked a lot of winners yesterday. Sep-29-11    keypusher: Un be LIEV able. Serves me right for putting the television in my daughter's room. <Phony Benoni: Both fans in Tampa Bay are going crazy! Television executives are poised to jump if the Rays win!> Imagine the lines to get to the roofs of Boston's few skyscrapers. And let's have a moment of silence for the forthcoming ratings. But the Rays (if they hadn't taken "Devil" out of their names, this never would have happened) are such an amazing story, will that make more people around the country want to watch them? Or does baseball fandom just not do that? Sep-29-11    keypusher: <PB> If I may obtrude a chess note, congratulations on a great battle with wagenaar. I've never made him break a sweat. Sep-29-11    Phony Benoni: <keypusher> Thanks. I should have at least drawn, but got too careful in the ending. He is incredibly tough. Sep-29-11    Jim Bartle: Boston just didn't do the things a championship-type team does (aside from not win). The closer can't close, the leftfielder can't make the big play when he absolutely has to, they only score three against mediocre pitching in a must-have game. Losing a nine-game lead in one month, pretty amazing. Sep-29-11    OhioChessFan: <Boston just didn't do the things a championship-type team does (aside from not win). > Come, come, old chap, they spent like a drunken sailor, which is what championship teams do. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 281 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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