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 315 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-04-11    Jim Bartle: Seems to me Bernie Williams' record is quite similar to that of his outfield mate Paul O'Neill, another outstanding player who has never been considered a serious HoF candidate. Dec-04-11    Jim Bartle: "I threw in Kaline as a tribune to <Phony Benoni's> forum." Yes, too bad Detroit never had a great outfielder before Kaline... Dec-04-11    Phony Benoni: <JB> Be patient with these kiddies. They don't remember the great Tiger HoF outfielders of your generation, like Big Sam Thompson: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Dec-04-11    Jim Bartle: Right, Thompson's the one I forgot. I seem to remember they had a pretty good first baseman at one time. At least when we played the spin-baseball game as kids he had a HUGE home run area on his hitting ring. Dec-04-11    playground player: <Jim Bartle> Just a few that spring to mind: Cobb, Heilmann, Wahoo Sam Crawford, Greenberg, Goslin, Manush... They're all in the HOF. Not in, but still quite good--Kuenn, Wertz, Charlie Maxwell, Barney McCoskey, Willie Horton, Colavito... Yes, Kaline has a lot of company in the Tigers' outfield. Dec-04-11    WannaBe: Have <Travis Bickle> Thrown his TV set out the window yet? After that lst INT? Dec-04-11    WannaBe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amobi_... Okoye plays for Chicago, but it reminded me of another Okoye that played for KC. Amobi seems to be a really, really bright kid! Dec-04-11    Phony Benoni: <JB> I had Ethan Allen's All-Star Baseball: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_St... I remember having a wrenched neck for a week after Lefty Grove pitched a perfect game. It wasn't easy finding the proper angle to look at the spinner to make sure he didn't give up a hit or walk in the last couple of innings. I still think of it as "The Immortal On The Line Spin Again" game. Dec-04-11    Phony Benoni: I haven't seen anything like Tim Tebow since the George Blanda streak. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George... Dec-04-11    WannaBe: 4 games remain, Denver & Oakland are both 7-5. Denver: vs. Chi., vs. NE, @Buf, vs. KC. Okaland: @GB, vs Det., @KC, vs. SD. Chances are slim, that Wild Card will come out of AFC West, both Balt, Cin, and Pit are ahead in that race... Dec-04-11    hangingenprise: wannabe: travis is talking to his t.v. you can also add the vikings to the list of games tebow has won. Dec-04-11    hangingenprise: wannabe: phony intercepted travis t.v. for to-nights game. Dec-04-11    hangingenprise: travis is listening to led zeppelin's when the levee breaks Dec-04-11    Jim Bartle: That has to be the game we played, PB. The ratings affected my image of great players for many years. Ruth had the largest home run space, but Greenberg and Hack Wilson weren't far behind, and had larger areas than Gehrig or Ted Williams. So Greenberg and Wilson were among the greatest players. We played hundreds of games, sitting on the floor. We loved it. Dec-04-11    Phony Benoni: About time to turn off NBC for the night. Dec-04-11    WannaBe: What chu talkin' about, Detroit's got them where they want them. Come from behind kids. Only down 10 points. Dec-04-11    Phony Benoni: 17 again. And the only team the Lions are stopping is themselves. Dec-04-11    King Death: Did anybody play the over? Dec-04-11    Travis Bickle: <hangingenprise> yeah the raiders looked great against the dolphins today. Dec-04-11    King Death: <Travis> Yeah, they were awesome. Dec-04-11    King Death: That was a great penalty on Titus Young. The ref's right there and he gives the man a shove. Dumb dumb dumb. Dec-04-11    WannaBe: 7 point game!! 12:38 left! Dec-04-11    WannaBe: Oy vey, missed another FG. Dec-04-11    Phony Benoni: OK. Now I'm turning it off. Disgusting. Another loss due to sheer stupidity and lack of discipline. This one goes on the coaching staff as well. They have to stop the players from doing this. Dec-05-11    Phony Benoni: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=... The Beef O'Grady Bowl??? The one I might pay to see is the Military Bowl, with Air Force against Toledo. The way the Rockets score and give up points, that's sure win up 3-0 in triple overtime. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 315 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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