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 522 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-30-13    playground player: <Phony Benoni et al> Quickly, here's my all-star team for the 1970s. C-Johnny Bench 1B-Willie Stargell 2B-Joe Morgan SS-Larry Bowa (Who? think about it) 3B-Mike Schmidt (beating out George Brett) LF-Billy Williams RF-Reggie Jackson CF-Bobby Bonds (Yes, I know he usually played RF. But he did play some CF, and I couldn't see an All-Seventies team without him.) The big question for the 1980s team is, who's at shortstop--Cal Ripken Jr. or Ozzie Smith? Oct-30-13    Phony Benoni: Don't think there's a big argument about Bench and Morgan. And I'd take Schmidt at third; he had defensive skills that Brett lacked. I can see the argument for Bowa, but there has to be somebody else to at least talk about. Oct-30-13    Jim Bartle: I'd put Concepcion at shortstop and anybody else in centerfield, maybe Garry Maddox or Amos Otis. Otherwise looks good, though really Pete Rose has to be in there somewhere. RH starter would be Seaver over Palmer, and the LH starter Carlton. Reliever could be Fingers or Sutter. Oct-30-13    playground player: <Jim Bartle> I took a long time deciding on the pitchers. The 1970s had an awful lot of great pitching. But I finally went with: LHP-Steve Carlton (Jim Kaat a close second, and Ron Guidry a sentimental favorite) RHP-Tom Seaver (with good arguments to be made for Gaylord Perry, Nolan Ryan, Jim Palmer, and others) RP-Sparky Lyle (Yes, Fingers and Sutter were great; but Lyle won a Cy Young Award, first reliever to do it--and having seen so much of him with the Yankees, it's hard to imagine anyone doing a better job) Oct-30-13    perfidious: Concepcion at short and Otis as the CF look reasonable to me-I also go with Schmidt over Brett at third. What a decade for third basemen, even with Brooks Robinson fading from view; Brett, Schmidt, Buddy Bell, Doug DeCinces and Graig Nettles all showed the goods. LHP-Carlton, without a doubt. RHP-Seaver over Palmer, though not by as much. Oct-30-13    Jim Bartle: Darrell Evans was also a good third baseman, though not as good as those mentioned. Same with Bill Madlock. Oct-30-13    perfidious: <Jim>: Bill James was higher on Evans than many, and I suspect more than a few pundits passed him by because of his low batting average. As for me, I will take the excellent defence, ability to draw walks and power over the one shortcoming. Madlock was great, if hitting for average and being hung up on that statistic were the criteria which mattered. Oct-30-13    hangingenprise: phony: my dad, being from Detroit beaconfield, I am partial to teams from Detroit. that is why Stafford makes the big bucks! with the talent the lions have they seem inconsistent. the coaching is is fine, but the team seems to play to the level of the teams they face. I am sure your pal travis will be back. Oct-30-13    WannaBe: Solo HR, 4 nothing now... Oct-30-13    Phony Benoni: Don;t worry; I'm not going to rub in in . Much. Oct-31-13    chancho: Boston!! Woohooooo!!! Oct-31-13    technical draw: Well El Predicto picked St. louis to win the world series but Boston won instead. What does that mean? Somebody cheated. El Predicto never fails so some external force was operating here. Being that the case no bets will be paid until further investigation. OK, congrats to Boston and cheers to MVP David "Big Papi" Ortiz. Oct-31-13    WannaBe: <technical draw> Remind me to ask you who will win the Super Bowl. The Saturday before the game is played. =) Oct-31-13    technical draw: <WannaBe> I don't know anything about predictions but my friend "El Predicto" does. I'll just say it's a favor for me. Oct-31-13    WannaBe: <Phony> This is a must read for you: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sidesho... Nov-01-13    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> You got a problem with that? Hooligans playing fast and loose with tax-payers dollars, and y9u expect librarians to stand timidly by nibbling at bagels and drinking green tea? Just remember this: every replacement copy of a stolen GED manual represents one less chess book the Library can buy. Makes more sense now, doesn't it? Nov-02-13    chancho: <Jim Bartle: Sox in six is now the least likely of the five remaining possibilities.> Oh really? Just teasing, Jim. :-) Nov-02-13    Jim Bartle: Well, it was the least likely by the coin flip method. Least likely but still possible. Nov-02-13    perfidious: Barry Zito gets $7m to not play for Giants: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on... We should all find our opportunities so abundant. Hope SF are happy with what they got for $133m over seven years. Nov-04-13    Phony Benoni: Tigers have hired Brad Ausmus as their new manager. Local reaction skeptical due to his total lack of managerial experience. He was a respected team leader as a catcher, but this is a different deal. He is keeping current bench coach Gene Lamont. Some are comparing him to Mike Matheny in St. Louis, but the situation is totally different. Matheny had been a special coach with the team for several years before getting the job; Ausmus has no connection with the current Tigers. Some of our local sports talk firebrands really wanted Ozzie Guillen. He'd would have made their jobs more interesting, but that was never going to happen with this organization. Nov-04-13    perfidious: <PB>: Three years for Ausmus was surprising to me. Nov-05-13    Phony Benoni: <perfidious> In Detroit, we aren't so hard on managers, at least not most of the time. There won't be talk of firing Ausmus until at least Memorial Day. Leyland has left him a very good situation: a stable clubhouse where the superstars are self-motivated and hard working rather than prima donnas. If he can just keep that atmosphere, he'll do fine. But easier said than done. Nov-05-13    Travis Bickle: Hello Mr Benoni, how have you been sir? The Bears pulled off a Miracle last night in Cheeserland! Now we have to play The Lions. Are they any good? ; P I said to a pal before the game the only chance we have is if the Bears break Aaron Rodgers neck! Well DE Shea McClellin sacked Jolly Rodgers on his head and broke his collarbone, close enough! Now you owe us Bears a favor for knocking out the Cheesehead city's QB when you're Lions play them 4 weeks from now. How about a swap of Devin Hester for Ndamukong Suh? ; P Nov-05-13    Jim Bartle: I was surprised at how bulky Julius Peppers looked. I remember him as tall and powerful, but much more svelte. Nice interception. Nov-05-13    Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> Yes Jim, Peppers has great agility for a big man but unfortunately The Bears couldn't move the ball & on that series got the punt blocked! : 0 Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 522 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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