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 461 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-24-13    crawfb5: Are you sure F Reinfeld vs Factor, 1932 was at the Western Open rather than Pasadena 1932? Jan-24-13    Shams: <OCF> Not really a conspiracy theory, though. As I read Brown he suggested that Callahan acted alone. Jan-24-13    Jim Bartle: The Raiders were just freaked out because their former coach Jon Gruden was coaching the Bucs, and he knew the Raiders' system. Plus their center freaked out the day before the game and didn't play. Jan-24-13    WannaBe: Plus Al Davis frea... Oh, wait, that's just Al. Never mind. Jan-24-13    jessicafischerqueen: Another clue! Till now, the earliest reference I found that gives 1908 as <Petrov's> birth year was from 2004. However, here is a reference from the Latvian chess journal <Sacha Maksla 1937>, a post-Kemeri interview with <Petrov>: "V. Petrovs is born in Riga September 27, 1908." Jan-24-13    Phony Benoni: <jfq> Now that's a significant resource, from Petrovs's own country. Less chance of a misunderstanding. Jan-24-13    jessicafischerqueen: That's what I was thinking as well. I hope Mr. Brandreth makes some headway on this issue, and emails me what he might discover. He may be able to contact <Andris Fride>, for example. Jan-25-13    OhioChessFan: The 10 homers were quail, not manna. Does that matter? Jan-25-13    Phony Benoni: <OCF> Evidently. They must have picked up the birds during the Dead Quail Era. Would have been tricky otherwise. That means the Homers must have been of the Noah type. Inside the Ark. By the way, I just assumed that "homer" was an alternate spelling for "omer", but apparently they were quite different units of measurement. Jan-26-13    Jim Bartle: Pitchers will no longer be able to fake the throw to third and then throw to first. It'll be a balk. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ml... Jan-26-13    Phony Benoni: They'll regret getting rid of the "Clint Eastwood Gambit". The only reason most people were watching was to see if it would ever work. Jan-26-13    WannaBe: Wow, more soccer violence. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/s... <JB> However, fake to third and throw to second will still be legal. Or fake to first and throw to second will also still be legal... Jan-26-13    Jim Bartle: But you have to be careful faking to first. If you're still on the rubber it's a balk. Jan-26-13    WannaBe: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8... Incredible, was FDR not available? WHT once got stuck in the White House bath tub, because of his weight... I'd like to see FDR in that race, with a cigarette in a holder, and the cig have to be lit, and the runner have to inhale!! Jan-26-13    Phony Benoni: Hmm. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt. Guess they picked Taft because they needed a president who couldn't rush more. Jan-26-13    WannaBe: Relieve Pitcher, Throws Right, Bats right, Career Record: 33 Wins, 35 Loses, 6 Saves, 52 Holds, 11 Blown Saves, 1.29 WHIP and 4.26 ERA. http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/stats... How much money would you sign me for per year?? http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/stor... Jan-27-13    Phony Benoni: Cheap at the price. Right-handed hitting relief pitchers are at a premium these days. Jan-27-13    WannaBe: I just love the way how these coaches dressed, back then. =)) http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fa... Jan-28-13    FSR: Note, incidentally, that the anagram of "Taft" is "Fatt." Jan-28-13    FSR: btw, I happened to notice a few minor errors in your several million game collections. The first-listed has a typo in the title: Game Collection: 0USSR Championship 1939; an "o" somehow snuck in before "USSR." In Game Collection: Game of the Day Pun Index (D-G), "Give and Inch and He'll Take a Miles" should be "Give <an> Inch and He'll Take a Miles," and "Got My Mojo Working" should be "Got My <Wojo> Working." Jan-28-13    Phony Benoni: <FSR> Game Collection: USSR Championship 1939 is a deliberate typo. When adding a large number of games to a collection, I've found it helps if the collection appears first in my list. It saves a lot of time to be able to choose it immediately instead of searcing for it dozens of times. The leading "0" does that since numbers file before letters. I was going to leave it there until a large number of submitted games come in, but at the rate they are being added I might has well change it for now. As for the others, I'm amazed you only found two. But thanks. Jan-28-13    TheFocus: <When adding a large number of games to a collection, I've found it helps if the collection appears first in my list. It saves a lot of time to be able to choose it immediately instead of searcing for it dozens of times. The leading "0" does that since numbers file before letters.> LOL. We think alike. I do the same thing when I am working on a collection. Putting it at the top saves lots of time when I am inputting games. Jan-29-13    WannaBe: Remember that chicken wing article I posted last week? Here is a follow-up: http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blog... Jan-29-13    WannaBe: News: R. Moss says he's the best WR ever: http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/201... Reaction: We have a winner for 2013 Funniest Kibitzer!! Jan-30-13    WannaBe: News: Ashley Judd is separating/divorcing. Reaction: I am the biggest Kentucky Wildcats basketball fan, wanna go watch a game together? Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 461 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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