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 524 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-08-13    keypusher: <Jim Bartle> See this re the economics of Stanford's football success. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles... Relatedly, Stanford has a $17 billion endowment. Here are the endowments of some large colleges for comparison. Penn State $1,780 million Tulane U. $961 million Rutgers $694 million U. of Arizona $563 million Arizona St. $500 million Florida St. $498 million Being a Silicon Valley nursery helps. Nov-08-13    WannaBe: It's Mr. Moody's boithday?!?! Happy birthday <Phony>!! Nov-08-13    keypusher: I started watching football in the 70s, when the Dolphins and Steelers would have 50 runs and 10 passes. Thought that was the way it should be. Damn you Teddy Roosevelt! You ruined the game. Nov-08-13    Jim Bartle: But that running was more dynamic. Plus those teams had Griese and Bradshaw, Warfield, Swann and Stallworth. Great threats so the defenses couldn't pack it in the way those Big 10 defenses could. The Michigan and Ohio State attempts to pass when they fell behind at the two Rose Bowls I attended were really poor. Nov-08-13    playground player: <Phony Benoni> Happy Birthday! Gee, you have the same birthday as <Mrs. PGP>. I gave her a scary video, <A Warning to the Curious>. My present to you is my 1950s All-Star team. C-Yogi Berra (narrowly over Roy Campanella, who was loved in my house even though he was a Dodger) 3B-Eddie Matthews SS-Ernie Banks 2B-Jackie Robinson (yes, he played other positions--but who else would you want?) 1B-Stan Musial (over my personal favorite, Ted Kluzewski) CF-Willie Mays LF-Mickey Mantle RF-Duke Snider (Yes, I know they were all three center fielders, all playing in NY. But to beat out that outfield, I think you'd have to go up on Olympus for Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and either Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams.) RHP-Early Wynn LHP-Warren Spahn (over Whitey Ford) RP-Hoyt Wilhelm Ah, them were the days...! Nov-08-13    Jim Bartle: My knowledge of the 50s is mostly through reading and listening. But here is my team: C Berra 1B Musial 2B Robinson SS Banks (but how good was Reese?) 3B Mathews LF Williams CF Mantle (Mays gets the 60s) RF Aaron LHP Spahn RHP Robin Roberts (just to be difficult) RP Wilhelm Managers Stengel, Alston Nov-08-13    Phony Benoni: <playground player> An alternative second baseman for the 50s would be Nellie Fox. Hard to pick Robinson, who hardly played the position once Junior Gilliam came to the team in 1953. Nov-08-13    hangingenprise: happy birthday phony born the same year as karpov Nov-08-13    Phony Benoni: <hangingenprise> Yes, Karpov was born in May. It's amazing how much that six months meant to our chess developments. Nov-08-13    Jim Bartle: KP: That's another thing not so great about Stanford football, the incredible upgrade of the football facilities. (Facilities for secondary sports like swimming and tennis had been upgraded years before, which was fine. And believe it or not, the university has an outstanding golf course, which cost me a few tenths off my grade point average.) In my day... the football locker room was at Encino Gym, which was pleasant but far from luxurious. The pro teams coming to play the 49ers would be there for the week, and it was fun to see them when we went to play basketball. But whatever Stanford has done to upgrade is dwarfed by Nike U, I mean Oregon. Nov-08-13    Jim Bartle: Yes, Nellie Fox was an excellent player. Probably the best Nellie ever to play baseball, and in the running for consistently biggest chaw, along with Harvey Kuenn and some others. The White Sox shortstop in that time wasn't bad either. Nov-08-13    playground player: <Jim Bartle> I plead temporary insanity in passing by Robin Roberts for RHP. If we're restricting great players to one decade only, then who would you name to take Ted Williams' place on the 1940s team? Nov-08-13    technical draw: I was in Chicago then and that shortstop was Luis Aparicio, Nov-08-13    Jim Bartle: Sorry, I didn't mean to say a player could only be on one all-decade team, just that I wasn't intending to ignore Mays altogether. It must have been very close between Mays and Mantle in the 50s. As far as the 40s are concerned, if Williams isn't in left, it would have to be Musial then, though I guess he played right and first base as well. Nov-08-13    Jim Bartle: Aparicio is a friend of a friend, and he's extremely proud to have been voted to the Hall of Fame by the writers. He says he came in the front door, while those guys elected by the Veterans Committee came in through the back door. Said with a smile, not maliciously, according to my friend. Nov-08-13    perfidious: The Veterans Committee has foisted some idiosyncratic selections upon us: Enos Slaughter and Ross Youngs are two who come to mind. Nov-08-13    Jim Bartle: I've always thought a Hall of Famer is a guy you se on the field after eight or ten years in the majors and you think, "There's an all-time great, there's a Hall of Famer.' Not for guys you look at after they're done and think, Hey, he was pretty good. There are exceptions, of course, but not too many. Nov-08-13    Phony Benoni: Thanks to all for the good wishes. May all your favorite teams be so blessed. Yes, Travis, even the Bears. Nov-08-13    WannaBe: <JB> sprung money, and became premium member? =)) Nov-08-13    Jim Bartle: No. It's a mystery. Nov-09-13    Deus Ex Alekhina: Thanks Dave for finding that article; you probably didn't even need to search for it, you have all that stuff in mind. And belated birthday wishes. BTW, the name "Benoni" is mentioned in the bible. Nov-09-13    benjinathan: i WOULD BET ocf bought it for you Nov-09-13    Phony Benoni: Yes, that Bible story is a tragedy. If Jacob had just honored Rachel's wishes, we could have had Grandmaster Joel Benoni. Nov-09-13    Phony Benoni: Well, the best thing you can say about U-M's loss today was that their rushing attack was more than 50% better than last week. Today they were only -21 yards instead of -48. Seven more sacks. Nov-09-13    Jim Bartle: Nebraska vs. Michigan just doesn't sound right, strange that they play each other. Too much change. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 524 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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