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 517 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-14-13    Travis Bickle: <OhioChessFan: <JB: Speaking of folk legends, why does more time on the field tire out the defense more than the offense?> Agreed. There are 5 interior offensive linemen, each of whom is normally heavier than the 4 defensive linemen. The wideouts must begin sprinting from the snap, while the defense backpedals a bit at lesss than full speed as they watch the play unfold. The guys with the ball are the ones who get hit. All added up, I would expect the offense to be more tired.> The defense gets tired especially the D-line because of the sheer size of the O-line plus the 5 against 4 and sometimes 5 plus a RB and/or a TE wears the line down. Plus the linebackers sprinting to cover TE's, RB's & sometimes slot recievers on pass routes & also linebackers & safeties having to take on huge pulling guards and LB's & safeties from a stationary position tackling usually big RB's running at full speed! All-Pro FS Gary Fencik once said, "people don't understand that when you tackle a back with size much bigger than your own running at full speed, that you get hurt more than the offensive player". Oct-14-13    jnpope: <<WannaBe:> Oh, my, grand slam, and T. Hunter is bleeding...> And so was I after I slammed my head into the wall several times. Every time Leyland puts in Benoit I get the most gut-wrenching pain in my stomach. Oct-14-13    Phony Benoni: <jnpope> Benoit was fine until the last few weeks when he started going roller-coaster. the same happened in October last year. I think the reason he didn't get the closer job earlier was concern over his stamina late in the season. I ususally don't blame the manager, but I'll put a good deal on Leylond for this one. There was no need to burn through the reliable arms in the bullpen in one inning, then ask a tired Benoit for a four-out save. All of those guys must have lost some confidence in themselves, and Leyland in them. If he's having a good night, Verlander may well go 9 tomorrow. At least cabraera is beginning to show a little pop. However, the announcers need to change something. Wen Cabrera is on second, the Tigers do not have a runner in scoring position. Oct-14-13    Phony Benoni: <OCF> <JJ> <Tavis> Points duly noticed. Surely there must be something to the effect, sincin in almost any long multi-play drive evidence can be seen: the offensive line is inexorable, the defensive line weakens. (This is not so much tru among the "skill" players; both sides suffere here.) The O-line does have some labor-saving techniques. One I've seen is on the paas rush: instead of standing toe-to-toe with the rusher and pounding it out man-on-man, the offensive lineman will gently use the rusher's momentum to steer him in a wide arc far away fom the pocket. Almost judo-like, and certainly energy efficient. But in large part the effect may be psychological. In general, attacking in energiizing, defending is enervating. Think back to your own chess games. How do you feel after a win where you were in control the whole way? How did you feel after a tough loss where you put up a stout defense before collapsing at the end? There aren'5 that many Korchnois in football either. Oct-14-13    Jim Bartle: "Wen Cabrera is on second, the Tigers do not have a runner in scoring position." As great a hitter as he is, Cabrera's lack of speed right now really hurts on the basepaths. Spectacular Sam Rice imitation by Hunter on Ortiz's home run, barely missed it. Though I doubt he could have held the ball after flipping over the fence. Of course the witnesses in the Boston bullpren could be counted on to tell the truth. Oct-14-13    Jim Bartle: Iglesias finally had a bad game. In the ninth he threw away a ball he never should have thrown, then he missed a (very tough) chance to knock down the winning hit. I boldly predict the Sox will get a hit before the seventh inning against Verlander. Oct-14-13    WannaBe: Iglesias should stick with singing. =)) Oct-14-13    Jim Bartle: He's an excellent shortstop. Just had a bad inning. Oct-14-13    WannaBe: 10 year anniv. of Steve Bartman. (Has it already been 10 years??? =) Oct-14-13    Travis Bickle: <WannaBe: 10 year anniv. of Steve Bartman. (Has it already been 10 years??? =)> Yes Mr Rabbit it's been 10 years, but it feels like a hundred... P.S. Bartman's still in protective custody. Oct-14-13    Phony Benoni: Some news for Cubs fans: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport... I don't know if this is good news indicating some sense of reality in management, or bad news indicating they'll try to get by with even worse players. Oct-14-13    OhioChessFan: Bartman: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/s... Oct-14-13    Jim Bartle: There it was. Puig hits a drive to right, raises his arms in celebration of a homer, but it's off the wall. He still got a triple because It bounced past Beltran, but otherwise he would have got a double instead of a triple. The batter just has to run hard unless he's hit it fifty rows deep. Oct-14-13    WannaBe: There goes the no-no... Oct-14-13    WannaBe: 7-4 DP! Oct-14-13    Jim Bartle: What about the Cards not catching two balls in the outfield? Oct-14-13    OhioChessFan: I think I could pitch with a strike zone like that. Oct-14-13    Jim Bartle: Hershiser is referring to the ump's "liberal outside corner." I'd say liberal inside corner as well. Oct-15-13    OhioChessFan: <Hershiser is referring to the ump's "liberal outside corner." > If he meant the left side of the plate from the umpire's view, I'd agree. Oct-15-13    Travis Bickle: Atlanta's John Smoltz & especially Tom Glavine never threw a strike that wasn't 6 inches off the plate. ; P Oct-15-13    OhioChessFan: TBone, yeah, I recall a playoff game when they first used the overhead shot to show pitches as they crossed the plate. I had a friend who was a Braves fan who I'd told that to for years and he denied it. He really had to shut up after seeing that pitches way off the plate were called strikes. Maddux got an even bigger strike zone than Glavine. Oct-15-13    Travis Bickle: <OhioChessFan> The thing about Glavine was he expected every pitch he made at least 6 inches off the plate to be called a strike, if not he became furious with the ump. If that's the case you don't need a plate! Oct-15-13    OhioChessFan: <TB> yeah, and I remember Glavine saying in an interview that he deserved it! Oct-15-13    WannaBe: Power outage?! Oct-15-13    Phony Benoni: If the Lions can't make it to the Super Bowl, the Tigers will! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 517 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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