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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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   Phony Benoni has kibitzed 18634 times to chessgames [more...]

   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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Oct-30-11		WannaBe: True story... A friend of mine, (it moves? I'm betting on it.) one time, at a sports bar, saw a sure TD dropped in the end zone (he likes to play the 'over' bet.) Got so mad, decided to walk outside and pace off his frustration, walked head down in anger towards the door. Completely miss judged his distance, and <BAM> walked straight into it. (Solid wooden door), had a big goose egg on his forehead for weeks.

Oct-30-11		Jim Bartle: Obviously your friend wasn't John Madden, who we know just walks through doors and doesn't feel a thing. 49ers win again. Amazingly, they're soooo close to being 8-0.

Oct-30-11		WannaBe: <JB> Remember ol' 'Iron Head' Hayward for NO Saints? Doubt he would feel a thing either. So, counting my morning games, went 4-3 all day. Not tooooooo bad, stayed ahead of the vigorish.

Oct-30-11		Jim Bartle: Hey, didn't the Lions get the memo that Tebow's a folk hero?

Oct-30-11		Jim Bartle: One guy we can assume would feel it if he ran straight into a door is Gus Frerotte.

Oct-31-11		technical draw: I am a gambling man. And today I'm going to gamble $25. Not quite a high roller but it could win $150,000....(and I ain't sharing)...

Oct-31-11		Phony Benoni: Anybody else wonder if Tony LaRussa is really gone for good? Albert Pujols is rumored to be heading to the Cubs, and they'll probably get a new manager as well... In any event, it's interesting to see him go out just 35 wins short of John McGraw. Sparky Anderson considered McGraw to be the true record holder for wins by a manager since Connie Mack didn't have to worry about getting fired. LaRussa might have had a chance; he's 67 now, and being about 1000 wins behind Mack would mean another 11-12 years, bringing him close to 80. But if Jack McKeon can do it...

Oct-31-11		crawfb5: <PB> Looks like CG processed a big batch of PGNs within the last couple of days, so it's time to check whatever you had pending.

Oct-31-11		keypusher: <Kinda like the movie 'Titanic', drama, roller-coaster emotional ride, people died at the end, boat sunk. Fini. But was it a 'good' or 'great' movie?! No.> Oh c'mon. Titanic was a terrifc movie, although the anachronistic characters drove me crazy. (It's funny how filmmakers will spend millions to make sure there isn't a stitch of clothing or a brand of beer to be seen than wasn't available in 1912, but have no compunction about ripping a young woman from the 70s and plopping her down on a pre WWI steamship.) If Titanic were a Super Bowl it would definitely be top five.

Nov-01-11		Phony Benoni: <keypusher: If Titanic were a Super Bowl it would definitely be top five.> Considering how often Super Bowls fail to live up to the hype, I don't think that's not saying much.

Nov-01-11		WannaBe: Gotta love this: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s... Paragraph 2: <The congressman, Bobby Rush of Illinois, made the accusations at a congressional forum on college sports called to look at the impact of "back-room deals, payoffs and scandals" in college sports.> Back-room deals? Payoffs? Scandals? Are you sure you are not talking about Capitol Hill?

Nov-01-11		Jim Bartle: What are you talking about, WannaBe? They're totally different. On Capitol Hill the deals and payoffs are right out front to be seen, not in back rooms.

Nov-01-11		WannaBe: Yet another 'WannaBe's Research Article', thanks to Gregg Easterbook of espn.com (Without you guys at espn. I wouldn't have anything good to post!) <Stats of the Week No. 9: Stat that will never be matched: Against Oklahoma State, Baylor gained 622 yards on offense, and lost by 35 points.> OSU's offense yardage? 601.

Nov-01-11		Jim Bartle: A lot of teams with high-powered offenses give up a lot of yardage on defense. The other team tends to get the ball a lot because the team scores so quickly. And also the good team is often far ahead at halftime, so the subs play a lot in the second half. I'll bet if you look at Oregon's record last year you'd find they gave up a ton of yards despite winning almost all their games by huge margins.

Nov-01-11		Phony Benoni: Speaking of offenses, you might want to check out the Glass Bowl on ESPN2. (Yes, they now have bowl games during the regular season). Toledo just took a 60-56 lead on Northern Illinois with four minutes left in the fourth quarter. Not overtime. They're still in regulation.

Nov-01-11		Phony Benoni: Here's the recap and stats from the Baylor - OSU game: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo... Simply incredible. Baylor had five turnovers, and was stopped twice on 4th down at the goal line. They got inside OSU's 35-yard line on each of their first five drives, without scoring. Can it ever have happened that a team lost by 35 points without punting a single time? And nearly a 2-1 margin in time of possession?

Nov-01-11		WannaBe: Alright <JB>, just for you, I am actually going to do 'research' on that stat... 2010 U. of Oregon stats, total offensive yards. Since they only lost their last game against Auburn, they are undefeated until the last entry on the list. =) Opponent/ Yards for/ Yards against/ Final Score New Mexico/ 720 / 107 / 72-0 @Tennessee/ 447 / 333 / 48-13 Portland St./ 668 / 140 / 69-0 @Ariz St./ 385 / 597 / 42-31* Stanford/ 626 / 518 / 52-31 @Wash. St./ 556 / 336 / 43-23 U.C.L.A./ 582 / 290 / 60-13 @U.S.C. / 559 / 377 / 53-32 Washing./ 522 / 263 / 52-16 @Cal / 317 / 193 / 15-13 Ariz. / 537 / 506 / 48-29 @Ore. St./ 491 / 319 / 37-20 Auburn / 449 / 519 / 22-19** Only victory when out-gained. * BCS Championship game, neutral site, AZ.

Nov-02-11		Jim Bartle: Opposing offenses didn't do as well as I'd thought. But still, Stanford, Arizona and Arizona St. all gained over 500 yards and lost 21 (Stanford had been ahead 21-3), 19 and 11 points. I listened to the Stanford game, and once Oregon got its offense going it was no contest. Stanford scored 31 in the first half, and ended the game with 31.

Nov-02-11		WannaBe: CSI Boxscore, courtesy of Jim Caple of ESPN: http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/110...

Nov-02-11		Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> Didn't even have to look. Final game of the 1908 World Series. I knew from (1) Overall pitched for the Cubs, Donovan the Tigers; (2) The attendance, which was the lowest ever for a World Series game.

Nov-02-11		WannaBe: <Phony Benoni> Congratulations!! You have won a year supply of Rice-O-Roni. (At this rate, I'll be going broke buying everyone Rice-O-Ronis.)

Nov-02-11		keypusher: <Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> Didn't even have to look. Final game of the 1908 World Series. I knew from (1) Overall pitched for the Cubs, Donovan the Tigers; (2) The attendance, which was the lowest ever for a World Series game.> I read Crazy '08, one of many books written about that season. The author spent about two paragraphs on the World Series. It was all about the pennant races that year.

Nov-02-11		WannaBe: Not to be confused with Crazy 88 from 'Kill Bill'. Or the year Dodgers beat the A's. =)

Nov-02-11		I play the Fred: The sports-reference sites have shut down their blogs. Everything is going to hell lately.

Nov-02-11		OhioChessFan: <A Russian pilot inadvertently put the wheel brakes on during takeoff, causing a crash that killed 44 people including a professional ice hockey team, investigators said Wednesday, citing lax oversight and insufficient crew training as key reasons behind the error.> http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/sto...

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