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 468 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-13-13    hangingenprise: congrats phony on the lions signing of bush! he seems to be willing to be a slot receiver and running back and willing to come out of the backfield as a receiver. also rumor has it that they are silently shopping the pick to trade down a couple of slots and taking the guard from alabama walmack? how is the offensive line of the lions? Mar-13-13    hangingenprise: your pal travis is overly excited about his bears, isn't he?! Mar-13-13    hangingenprise: phony: congrats on the signing of bush! he seems willing to be more of a receiver now and coming out of the backfield. rumor has it that they are looking to trade down a couple of slots and draft the guard out of alabama walmack. how is the lions offensive line? meanwhile in raider land they have released bey, the safety, cut the middle linebacker all high draft picks! and they are trying to renegotiate palmer's contract and if they can't are considering releasing him. their best defensive lineman left and signed with the browns. now i know what it was like when millen was your g.m. Mar-13-13    Travis Bickle: I'm surprised The Patriots let Wes Welker go to The Broncos. Brady loved going to his slot guy & usually what the QB wants he gets. Mar-13-13    Phony Benoni: <hangingenprise> Lions don't need Bush to carry the load, but just as a reliable option. Travis, Welker goes to Denver to team up with Peyton Manning? We'd better be happy our teams won't face them until February! Mar-13-13    Travis Bickle: I agree with you Phony. ; P Mar-14-13    OhioChessFan: http://www.mandatory.com/2013/03/04... Mar-14-13    Phony Benoni: The real irony in that situation is that a player inbounds because they are not a good shooter. Mar-14-13    OhioChessFan: <hangman: your pal travis is overly excited about his bears, isn't he?!> He's gotten a lot of love for the Bears since Lovie left. Mar-14-13    OhioChessFan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qye1... Mar-18-13    WannaBe: http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/stor... Mar-18-13    OhioChessFan: They sure got some mean women in Chicago. Here's a few pics: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/dam/ass... http://www.trbimg.com/img-51427eea/... Mar-19-13    FSR: Apparently we've got some crazy little women here - something I had previously heard concerning Kansas City. Somehow I did not know of this bizarre story. Mar-19-13    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, I found a clip about George Halas with some great old time footage! http://youtu.be/Cu833XcGhtM Mar-20-13    Phony Benoni: Maybe Kentucky didn't get snubbed by the NCAA after all: http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles... Mar-20-13    Jim Bartle: "Robert Morris stuns Kentucky in NIT, 59-57" And they lost to a single player, too. Maybe they couldn't get acclimatized to Moon. Mar-20-13    Phony Benoni: There goes my bracket. Kentucky was my NIT pick. Mar-20-13    crawfb5: If only Calipari could lose in the first round of the NIT <every> year... As one commentator said, Kentucky "was a great outside shooting team. Too bad all of their games were played indoors." Mar-20-13    WannaBe: <Phony Benoni> & <crawfb5> bwahahaha!!! Mar-20-13    WannaBe: Woo, Bears have parted ways with Urlacher... I predict 7-9 at best. Mar-20-13    Phony Benoni: Hey, Travis, would Halas have cut Urlacher? Mar-20-13    Travis Bickle: <Phony Benoni: Hey, Travis, would Halas have cut Urlacher?> In a heartbeat! Like Mike Ditka said of Halas, George throws nickels around like their manhole covers. ; P Mar-20-13    Travis Bickle: I guess we know what position The Bears will be drafting with their 1st pick. ; P Mar-20-13    WannaBe: New owner?!!? Mar-20-13    Jim Bartle: Speaking of Halas, I like the story that he wouldn't give Butkus a raise, telling him the fans come to see Sayers. Then Sayers complained to Butkus he couldn't get a raise because Halas told him the fans come to see Butkus. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 468 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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