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 296 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-27-11    Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> As a matter of fact that's a trick that bleacher bums have done many times. Oct-27-11    Travis Bickle: Nobody has a sense of humor on this site unless they make the joke! I could care less if you keep a homerun ball or throw it back! It's been a Chicago tradition and I'm not advocating any other teams fans copy it like that young lady did when she threw back Albert Pujols 3rd homerun of the game. If I wanted to keep a baseball no group of rowdies would peer pressure me into throwing it back, but that's just me. P.S. This message is also for the Peruvian San Franciscan. Oct-27-11    OhioChessFan: <TB: If I wanted to keep a baseball no group of rowdies would peer pressure me into throwing it back, but that's just me.> I can see you now, "You yellin at me?" Oct-27-11    Phony Benoni: Travis, I half thought you were joking, but I've learned to take Cubs fans seriously. Chicago humor is a bit too deep for me at times. Like the pizza. Oct-27-11    WannaBe: I, too, thought <Travis Bickle> was (semi) serious. 2-2 game, will we see a game 7 tomorrow?! Oct-27-11    WannaBe: Oy vey, what an error. Oct-27-11    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, I like the thin crust myself. ; P Oct-27-11    WannaBe: 3-3, end of 4th. Oct-27-11    Travis Bickle: Unbelievable!! A Major Leaguer drops a pop fly in a World Series!?? Oct-27-11    WannaBe: That's okay, I've seen balls go between the legs of major leaguers in WS. Oct-27-11    TheFocus: <WannaBe>< That's okay, I've seen balls go between the legs of major leaguers in WS.> You know, the joke is right there in the open, but I just can't do it. Nah, I'm going for it! (Ahem) "How else would you assemble them?" Oct-27-11    WannaBe: Orel H., Bobby V. on ESPNRadio are ripping StL. for their mental errors, missing cut-offs, fielding, pitching, etc... Oct-27-11    WannaBe: Things are getting interesting in StL. Two on, bottom 9th, one out... Oct-27-11    WannaBe: Oh boy, we are tied, bottom of 9th, 2 outs... Oct-28-11    WannaBe: And we are untied, top o' tenth. Oct-28-11    Phony Benoni: Somebody is arranging this so that only Left Coasters will be able to stay up for the finish. Oct-28-11    WannaBe: No, somebody is arranging this so the people getting off work in Hawaii can watch one inning of WS. I am soooooooo sleepy.... Yawning to no ends. Oct-28-11    WannaBe: We are tied again... Oct-28-11    Phony Benoni: They can rip St. Louis for anything they want--but the Cardinals have got heart. Oct-28-11    Phony Benoni: You just <knew> Joe Buck was going to say that. Oct-28-11    Travis Bickle: Freese put it in the cheap seats!! I had a feeling. ; P Oct-28-11    WannaBe: See y'all for game 7. N. Ryan's prediction was wrong! I can now go to sleep...Zzzzzzzzzz Oct-28-11    Jim Bartle: There are still cheap seats? The general level of the defense last night--both teams--was more like a high school game. Oct-28-11    WannaBe: 'Cheap' and 'expensive' are relative terms. =) Oct-28-11    Jim Bartle: Honestly, can anybody remember a Serious game with worse fielding by both teams? Holliday dropping the fly in left, Young fielding an easy double-play grounder, then dropping the ball, Andrus throwing away a DP throw (and not hindered that much by the runner's slide), St. Louis fielding a bunt and throwing it into centerfield, Cruz butchering Freese's drive in the ninth. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 296 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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