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 498 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-23-13    WannaBe: Think he'll get one of these? http://www.thepostgame.com/features... Jul-23-13    Jim Bartle: " I think back in the day of Glavine, Maddux, Avery, et al, the Atlanta Braves official scorer tried to count home runs as errors if the fans dropped the ball in the stands." Great line, OCF. Jul-23-13    Phony Benoni: Did I fall asleep and miss the end of the 2013 season? Outside of this being 2014, I can't think of any other way the Dodgers can be in first place. Jul-23-13    Phony Benoni: All of Detroit is agog. No, not over the Royal Bankruptcy or whatever it is going on in Fantasy Land. No, Miguel Cabrera is out tonight with a sore left hip flexor. Fortunately, some of his magic seems to be rubbing off on his replacement, Don Kelly, who has walked twice so far. Jul-24-13    technical draw: Hey, Phony, I found you on FaceBook. My, you certainly look the intellectual. It must be the beard! Jul-24-13    WannaBe: <Phony Benoni> Well, knowing Detroit is cutting back on all municipal services, I am not surprised that Kelly have to walk everywhere he goes. Jul-24-13    WannaBe: ESPN have hired Nate Silver: http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.c... He have already predicted that Dodgers will win the 2013 World Series. Lakers will win the 2024 NBA Championship. Raiders will win the Super Bowl in 2132. Calgary Flames will win the Cup in 2267. Jul-24-13    Phony Benoni: <td> I just want to know how much you are getting paid as a stunt double for The Royal Baby. Jul-24-13    Phony Benoni: Here you go: a Walk-Off Rundown! http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?c... Jul-24-13    technical draw: <Phony> The world is obsessed with the Royal baby, but what about me, I'm cute too you know. Jul-24-13    TheFocus: Cuter. But that's just my opinion. Jul-25-13    Jim Bartle: Necessary or showing off? http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?cid=mlb&c... Great play in any case. Jul-25-13    Phony Benoni: Necessary to get the double play; any delay and the runner is safe at first. The gloved hand flip is becoming almost routine these days. Second baseman gets some credit just for being alert to the possibility. Jul-25-13    WannaBe: See, this is what happens when you go out drinkin' with <Phony Benoni>. http://news.yahoo.com/man-swims-acr... Jul-25-13    Jim Bartle: I've seen quite a few glove flips, but that was the first behind-the-back flip I've seen. Most impressive to me was Omar Vizquel casually fielding a fairly hard hit grounder with his bare hand in the 1997 World Series. Jul-25-13    technical draw: <Necessary or showing off? > Necessary. Jul-25-13    Phony Benoni: Guy's lucky he didn't wind up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zug_Is... Though it would be a perfect spot of a chess tournament. Jul-25-13    WannaBe: Start a petition, rename it to Zugzwang Island, because some Chinese named Wang lived there once... =))) Jul-26-13    technical draw: That's pretty good <WannaBe>. I wish I has thought of it. Jul-27-13    WannaBe: Lions 10, Eagles 0, end of 3rd, good football game. Jul-28-13    WannaBe: Absolutely incredible/amazing article... http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9... Jul-29-13    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, The Cubs played Moneyball against Jim Bartle's Giants. ; P http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi32... Jul-29-13    Phony Benoni: Hey Travis, don't knock the Cubs! They're 2½ games ahead of the Reigning World Champions in the Race to Nowhere! http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/standi... Jul-29-13    WannaBe: Living in NoCal, I have seen the heart-break of the last few games for them Giants, especially that 9th inning error. (Saturday's game? Or was it Friday's game...) But how 'bout them Dodgers!! Jul-29-13    perfidious: No more taters from Boomer, George Scott dead at 69: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/e... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 498 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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