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 537 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-19-13    WannaBe: Thought the guy in the middle is Barry Zito. Dec-19-13    Alien Math: From image search appears as left to right, Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson http://jerseychaser.com/blog/wp-con... Gilbert Ray Hodges, ne Hodge http://blog.timesunion.com/mcguire/... Edmundo "Sandy" Amorós Isasi http://www.lewpaper.com/images/phot... Dec-20-13    nickpelling: Hi Phony Benoni, Thanks for your quick response, it was very helpful! I've now published my Kindle ebook "Chess Superminiatures" (it contains 100+ nicely-annotated sub-10-move games with 100+ interactive puzzles) and would like to send you a copy by way of thanks. Please email me ( nickpelling@nickpelling.com ) and I'll send it through! Cheers, ....Nick.... Dec-20-13    Phony Benoni: <nickpelling> Thanks for your offer, but I don't own a Kindle and have no plans to get one. I'll just be happy if none of my losses are in the book! Dec-21-13    Travis Bickle: Happy Holidays Phony!! Ya know it's not Christmas without Andy Williams! ; P It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year http://youtu.be/gFtb3EtjEic Dec-21-13    Travis Bickle: Yo Phony & ya can't have Christmas without Dean Martin either! That reminds me I have to make a run to the liquor store and load up the Fridge! ; P Let It Snow! Let It Snow! http://youtu.be/mN7LW0Y00kE Dec-21-13    Jim Bartle: Load up the <Fridge?> What about poor Dan Hampton and Richard Dent? Dec-21-13    Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> Good thinking Jim! I better take the pickup truck on this beer run! ; P Dec-22-13    WannaBe: Sorry, <Phony>... Dec-22-13    Phony Benoni: Only 56 more shoping days until Spring Training! Dec-22-13    hangingenprise: phony: very disappointing Dec-22-13    Phony Benoni: <hangingenprise> Oh, no, the season was a big success. They beat the Bears twice, and I'm sure Travis will agree that's far better than any stupid play-offs. Dec-22-13    Jim Bartle: This time I do think the Lions choked. The interception and TD return was ridiculous, then they still had all sorts of opportunities and couldn't do it. Dec-22-13    Phony Benoni: And it was all setting up for them again, with the Packers losing and the Bears getting clobbered. But they just can't win won games. I'm not one to blame the coaching staff, but it's time for a change. Schwarz brought them from a laughingstock back to respectability, but he's shown he can't take them to the next level. And I would also be taking a very long look at what now seems to be an overpaid franchise quarterback. Dec-23-13    OhioChessFan: Hey <Travis> I was busy yesterday and didn't hear how the Bears game went. Did they win? Dec-23-13    Jim Bartle: At one point the score was 33-11, very likely the first time that score ever occurred. Dec-23-13    perfidious: <Jim>: That is a bet I would not take at any odds, same as I would never have believed 11-10 in an NFL game possible till it happened. Dec-23-13    Phony Benoni: Unfortunately, this list only refers to final scores. But it still might occupy you for a while. http://www.pro-football-reference.c... Dec-23-13    Phony Benoni: And, in case you were wondering, the top ten scores are: 1 20-17 (241) 2 17-14 (188) 3 27-24 (178) 4 13-10 (157) 5 23-20 (155) 6 24-17 (144) 7 24-21 (135) 8 24-14 133) 9 16-13 (130) 10 17-10 (129) The list appears to be current only through week 7, but I don't recall anothe. 54-11 offhand. Dec-23-13    Jim Bartle: I just thought that 33 was a rare score, and 11 extremely rare. I would guess the non-final or final (possible) score, below 40 each for both teams, would be 2-2. Dec-23-13    WannaBe: Tony Romo is out! http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s... Dec-23-13    Phony Benoni: Dallas will start Kyle Orton at quarterback! The Cowboys are now Travis's favorite team! No, that's really bad for the Cowboys. It figures to be a high-scoring game, and they needed Romo in order to keep up. But the big loser has to be Sunday Night Football, who thought they were getting a ratings blockbust in what now figures to be a blowout. Dec-23-13    Deus Ex Alekhina: At the end of regulation, the Lions let the clock run out to go to overtime, and coach Schwartz was seen responding to the boos & epithets from the stands. All the local TV sports shows mentioned it and one speculated if there were another angle so that a lip reader could tell what was said. Both Schwartz & QB Stafford appear to be on the hot seat even tho' the Lions have an excellent division record (4 wins, one loss, pending the last game vs Minnesota). Dec-23-13    hangingenprise: the cowgirls are now travis favorite team? say it aint so travis! Dec-23-13    hangingenprise: yes time for a change for the lions. schwartz is not able to take the team to the next level and stafford.... he has thrown too many interceptionns leaving the defense on the field. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 537 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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