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 525 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-09-13    WannaBe: Times are a changing... For good or bad. Nov-09-13    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> No, that was last weekend. Nov-10-13    Travis Bickle: Hey Phoney get your ice cold libasion, they're gonna kick it off!! ; P Nov-10-13    WannaBe: That Lions-Bears game is getting interesting. But need to go for 2 to tie. Nov-10-13    Phony Benoni: Whew! Nov-10-13    Jim Bartle: I'd be interested in stats comparing results from regular plays from the 3-yard line (on third or fourth down) vs. 2-point conversions. I'd swear the conversions are successful at a much lower rate. Nov-10-13    OhioChessFan: Hail Mary.......TOUCHDOWN A.J. Green! Nov-10-13    Jim Bartle: It just seems teams have a positive mindset from the three on regular plays, but somehow play scared on 2-point conversions. Nov-10-13    OhioChessFan: And.........they bungle it in overtime. Nov-10-13    WannaBe: Okay JAX won, and is off the no win list, will TB do the same tomorrow night? Nov-10-13    Phony Benoni: <JB> Well, obviously two-point conversions succeed more often because they come at the end of touchdown drives when the defense is tired. :-) More seriously, my first reaction is that teams specifically practice two-poiont conversions and have special plays devised for the situation. Selection and execution of the paly is thus more automatic, hence they succeed more often. And there may be a psychological effect as well. The defense has just given up a touchdown, and may be demoralized. Nov-10-13    Jim Bartle: But what I see is the opposite. The conversions work less often. The Bears' attempt today is all too common. The rush breaks through, and the quarterback immediately panics. Frankly I wonder if it wouldn't be better to take a 5-yard penalty and run the play from the 8. It's going to be a pass 95% of the time. And it gives receivers more room to operate. Nov-10-13    WannaBe: I would like to see the FG or free throw percentage of last 2 minutes (of a player) vs. other 46 minutes of an NBA game. Or the batting average for innings 8 or 9... It is mental, that is why some player are 'clutch', and can do the 'Drive' like Elway, just my opinion. Nov-10-13    Jim Bartle: I agree, wannabe. Has anybody noticed the increased "hack-a-..." this year? In a game the other night <both> teams were fouling every time, deAndre Jordan and Dwight Howard. Nov-13-13    hangingenprise: phony: it finally looks like the lions are in control of their own destiny but are they Nov-13-13    perfidious: No surprise in AL Cy Young voting-Scherzer wins a virtually unanimous vote: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on... The following excerpt was, however, a bit of a jolt to your humble kibitzer, who must have missed something: <....(Max) Scherzer was the best pitcher on the pennant winning team, though ballots were cast before the postseason.> Nov-13-13    Phony Benoni: <perfidious> No jolt. Just a prophecy. <hangingenprise> Everyone around here is talking byes and homefield advantage for the Liions because their remaining schedule is so week. Well, lit's see: 10: at Pittsburgh 11: Tampa Bay 12: Green Bay (Thanksgiving) 13: at Philadelphia 14: Baltimore 15: NY Giants 16: a Minnesota Say what you will about sub-.500 records, it wouldn't be hard to lose any of those games. Even Tampa Bay could be a trap game just before Green Bay on Thanksgiving. Nov-13-13    Jim Bartle: You're right. A lot of those teams have bad records. But at least four of them are traditionally among the powers and are probably stronger than they seem. Having said that, I never thought I'd see Pittsburgh with a weak defense. Their offense may have been up and down, but they've been a strong defensive team for 40 years. Nov-13-13    perfidious: <PB>: That may very well be on the cards for Tigers in 2014. Nov-14-13    Jim Bartle: They better sign some relievers. Nov-14-13    perfidious: <Jim>: Iglesias playing at short the whole year will only improve the infield defence, which could have been kindly described as below average with Peralta in the mix. Nov-14-13    Jim Bartle: Right. That running catch on Ortiz's popup was one of the greatest plays I've ever seen. Nov-14-13    perfidious: Yankees will have to sink or swim in '14 without the services of Brian Wilson, who will not shave his beard: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on... Principled man; he already refused an offer of $1m to break out the clippers. Nov-15-13    Jim Bartle: Cabrera and McCutchen runaway MVPs. Nov-16-13    perfidious: On the potential evils of locking a player up with a massive long-term extension, poster child number 329, Ryan Howard: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on... This brings to mind a stanza from <The Rime of the Ancient Mariner>: <Ah! Well a-day! What evil looks / Had I from old and young! / Instead of the cross, the albatross / About my neck was hung> That is indeed one massive albatross about the neck of Phillies as they struggle to regain relevance in the NL East. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 525 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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