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 513 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-03-13    WannaBe: <Phony Benoni> As long as you don't say "Go Dodgers!!" =)) Oct-04-13    Phony Benoni: No, this is not an excerpt from the Odd Lie page: <"...the Browns (3-2) won their third straight and temporarily moved into sole possession of first place in the AFC North."> Oct-04-13    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony who would have thunk it? The Browns traded their number 1 running back & start their 3rd string QB & have more success! Oct-04-13    Shams: Sounds like they fear torn ligaments in Hoyer's knee. A shame since he looked pretty good, and the AFC North should be wide open this year. Oct-04-13    Jim Bartle: Sports Illustrated does some ridiculous things. This week the cover of their playoff preview issue features a .184 hitter with 9 home runs and 26 RBIs, an outfielder, just because his last name is the same as their swimsuit model of the moment, and his brother is a good player. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ba... Oct-04-13    Phony Benoni: Travis, now all we need is the Cavaliers knocking the Heat out of the playoffs and we won't even notice the Zombie Apocalypse! Oct-04-13    Travis Bickle: LOL!! Oct-04-13    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, I just wanted to wish your Lions good luck against The Cheesers. I have my own worries against Then Damn Saints! Oct-05-13    Phony Benoni: Well, Travis, Bears should be able to score on New Orleans. Whether either team can stop the other is the question. If the Liionsa can end their losing streak in Wisconsin, that will be a big step. They seem able to score on or stop anyone, but still haven't learned smart play and discipline. Oct-05-13    Jim Bartle: This sounds nuts, but I think on high flies hit toward the Green Monster, the third baseman should go out fast. He can get there more quickly than the centerfielder, and still allow the leftfielder to try to catch the ball with little risk. Sox just got a triple on a ball off the wall, would have been a double if the third baseman had gone out. Oct-05-13    Phony Benoni: <JB> Didn't see the play, but it would seem more natural for the shortstop to do that. First, you don't have to worry about third base being covered. Second, it seems like the shortstop would be in a better position to make a throw should he field the ball. The 3B is probably going to his left, and would have to turn all the way around. The shortstop would be going more straight back, and would only have to make a half-turn. Of course, it could also depend on the angle of the ball If it's heading for the corner, then it's the third-baseman's play and the shortshot hustles over to third. If it's close to centerfield, it might even be the second baseman's play.. However, if I remember my physics correctly, high fly balls would tend to rebound as a shorter angle, and the outfielder should be able to get them. It's the line drives he might have trouble with. In any case I should probably look at the play first. Oct-05-13    Jim Bartle: Right, the shortstop is better. My point was that an infielder should go out. What I'm referring to are high fly balls, fairly near the line, where it's unclear if the leftfielder can catch it or should take it off the wall. If the shortstop goes out, the outfielder doesn't have to worry as much, since he knows there's a guy to pick up a rebound. Of course on a ball toward left-center the centerfielder can come over to back up. Oct-05-13    Shams: Between the Big 10 and the Big 12 there are twenty-two schools. Now, who would like to guess how those schools are allotted? Oct-05-13    Phony Benoni: <Shams> Last week, this week, or next week? Oct-05-13    Shams: <Phony Benoni> I know, right? This trivia question has a short shelf life. Oct-06-13    Jim Bartle: I still think there are errors in basic baseball strategy. For example, tonight Oakland had runners on first and third with no out in the bottom of the ninth. So they walked the next batter to set up the force at home. This seems to be standard strategy, even walking two when there's just a man on third. I don't like this. In exchange for getting the force rather than the tag at home, and the possibility of a double play, you lose not just with a hit but also with a walk. It's a bad tradeoff, particularly since the batter knows the pitcher has to come to him. Oct-06-13    WannaBe: Break up the Bungles, break up them Bungles. Oct-06-13    WannaBe: Break up the Colts, break up them Colts. Oct-06-13    Phony Benoni: <JB> Maybe the strategy is based on the idea that it wil be harder to get a standard double play with runners on first and third because each fielder must pause for a moment to make sure the runner on third isn't trying to score. ("Checking the runner back to third".) With the bases load they can go fielder-home-first, at worst least leaving the bases loaded wit the force still on. Oct-06-13    Jim Bartle: That's possible. I still think the batter knowing "he can't walk me" is a huge advantage. Of course if the first batter is Henry Aaron and the second Hal Lanier, I'd consider walking Aaron. I saw highlights of yesterday's game, looked like brilliant pitching by both Verlander and Gray, great curveballs. Oct-06-13    Jim Bartle: Denver-Dallas is heading for a basketball score. Oct-06-13    WannaBe: Base running gaff for Pittsburgh, see if they can recover. Oct-06-13    WannaBe: Pirates were able to recover and score runs, 5 to 3 still one out, bottom 8th. Oct-07-13    Phony Benoni: That Denver game was a microcosm of Tony Romo's career. When they make his biopic, it will probably be called "One Stupid Mistake". Oct-07-13    WannaBe: Reminds me of the game 2 years ago (?) where Lions came back and won the game via INT by Romo in the 4th quarter, too. Or was that game against the Bears? Something like that. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 513 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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