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 493 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-26-13    Shams: <perfidious> In that scenario the only non-mutual penalty is the initial slash. So isn't that an argument against slashing in the playoffs rather than fighting? Jun-26-13    Travis Bickle: <Shams> You must take into consideration that fights can and do cause injuries, to noses, teeth & eye sockets not to mention other repercussions. P.S. you don't want 1 of your top players skills deminished because of an eye swollen shut or nose broken because of a fight in The Stanley Cup. Jun-26-13    Shams: <Travis> Good points. I remember Gretzky saying "you won't see fighting in hockey in five years." That was back when Reagan was in office! Jun-26-13    Jim Bartle: Bringing up another question: what's the difference between cross-checking and slashing? And when can you hit a guy into the boards and when can't you? Jun-27-13    WannaBe: <JB> As far as I know, cross-check is hit with shaft of the hockey stick with both hands. A slash is when you swing the hockey stick, image a knife. You can hit a guy into the boards when the opponent have the puck and you want to knock him off it. You can't do it when your opponent is a (semi) prone position, then it's a boarding penalty. At no time, may you interfere with obstruct an opponent who does not have the puck. Jun-27-13    FSR: Maybe there is some reason for it known only to you, but your Game Collection: Game of the Day Pun Index (A-C) has three games at the end for no reason I can see. None of them appear to have been GOTD. Jun-27-13    perfidious: <Shams: ....If the penalties offset, no team gets an advantage, right?> Correct, though for a number of years from 1985, on coincidental minor penalties, both teams were allowed to substitute players for those penalised, known as the Wayne Gretzky or Edmonton Rule. Jun-27-13    perfidious: <Shams: ....the only non-mutual penalty is the initial slash. So isn't that an argument against slashing in the playoffs rather than fighting?> Not necessarily: the point is, don't get caught, or be whistled off for a retaliatory penalty, a frequent occurrence wherein the original call is overlooked. Jun-27-13    avidfan: Hey <Phony> you have <POTD> June27 as Wednesday - should be Thursday Jun-27-13    Phony Benoni: <avidfan> Thanks; I've fixed it. Jun-27-13    Phony Benoni: <FSR> All of the "Pun Indexes" are like that. I chose to put the references to the games into the introduction rather than make them an actual games collection. If you look at the GOTDs, you'll see that a Pun Index does not show up in the "Featured in the Following Game Collections" section. I went this route because it is much easier to keep the entries in alphabetical order. With an actual collection, the entries would have to be renumbered every day. Also, the indexes now have room for more entries; for instance, "A-C" currently refers to 613 games, as opposed to a collection limit of 400 games. Finally, I think the formatting looks better, and there is room for more information than in the header for the game. There is the disadvantage that you can't go from the game itself to the Pun Index, but there are other ways of doing that. Since the entries are in the introduction, the three unrelated games are needed for the collection to to be searchable in the "Chess Game Collections" search. If you look closely at the names of the players, I think you'll see why they were chosen. Jun-27-13    FSR: 'pun my word. Jun-28-13    Travis Bickle: Good morning my good Pal Phony! Hey before ya know it The Lions & Bears will be going to training camp! ; P Jun-28-13    Phony Benoni: Hey, Travis! I've been getting my off-season football fix by watching reruns of <Cops>. Jun-28-13    Phony Benoni: White Sox -- Indians shaping up to be the game of the day. White Sox led 5-0 after one. By the top of the 5th, the Indians led 14-5. It's now 14-9 in the bottom of the sixth with the Sox threatening again. And they've still got the second game of a day-night doubleheader to play. Jun-28-13    perfidious: <Phony Benoni>: Nice football game there, with the final 19-10. Now, maybe they will get the second game in, though that is delayed at the moment. Jun-28-13    Phony Benoni: Final was 19-10. Cleveland used seven pitchers, Chicago only five--the last of which was an outfielder batting .171, which qualified him to pitch. Jun-29-13    Travis Bickle: <Phony Benoni: Final was 19-10. Cleveland used seven pitchers, Chicago only five--the last of which was an outfielder batting .171, which qualified him to pitch.> Hey Phony, early in that game that horses a$$ of a baseball announcer Hawk Harrelson was shouting "You can put it on the board...YESS!!" After the White Sux got blown out he was crabbier than a hornet and grouchy as a constipated old donkey! ; P http://sunlightinajar.files.wordpre... Jun-29-13    Travis Bickle: Phony here's another picture of that horse turd Harrelson! LOL http://umpire-empire.com/images/Haw... Jun-29-13    Travis Bickle: The Cubs hate him too! Here's when he suited up for The white sux. He got cold cocked!! ; P http://www.chicagomag.com/whet/aj-p... Jun-29-13    Phony Benoni: <Travis> An announcer is expected to favor the team that pays him. Harrelson has not only gone over the top, he has scaled Mt. Everest and just kept going. White Sox just went ahead 6-5 in the sixth inning of the morning cap. Still, I doubt they'll beat this second game of a doubleheader: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Headline in the New York paper the next day: "Well, you sure don't beat our guys in a hurry." Jun-29-13    WannaBe: Got a position player pitching in the Phil-LAD game. Jun-29-13    perfidious: The doubleheader concluded, at long last, after 7:53 of playing time, the longest such DH involving two nine-inning games. Even Red Sox and Yankees have enough sense to indulge their passion for marathons whilst only playing one game per day. From the Chicago Tribune account of the second game: <Just when it seemed a horrible night was about to be salvaged, the White Sox snatched a defeat out of the jaws of victory Friday.> White Sox can begin their fire sale any time now-their goose is cooked. Jun-29-13    Alien Math: <Phony Benoni>, Biographer Bistro has <Calli> note of Updates collections archive page Jun-30-13    perfidious: Jim Leyland and company are a little put out at old friend Fernando Rodney: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/e... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 493 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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