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 541 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-31-13    Jim Bartle: Any way to know how many of those homers were inside-the-park? Dec-31-13    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, you can cue this up & midnight in Detroit... Happy New Year!!! ; P http://youtu.be/Ik7ktS3PqEs - Guy Lombardo Dec-31-13    hangingenprise: (46 days) that must mean the cubs are in first place!? armmagedon is upon us. Dec-31-13    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, It's never too early to start thinking football for next season! ; P http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/... Dec-31-13    Phony Benoni: Everybody is a Cubs fan at some point in their life. Most recover. Dec-31-13    WannaBe: Woooo... Potential local black-out for this weekend's NFL games. http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/201... Dec-31-13    Annie K.: <David> Happy New Year! :) Dec-31-13    TheFocus: Happy New Year <Phony Benoni>! Jan-01-14    playground player: <Jim Bartle> Cravath hit 119 career home runs, 92 of them at home in the Baker Bowl with its short (272 feet) right field fence (source: Wikipedia). Let's see what I can dig up on Schulte. Jan-01-14    playground player: Wildfire Schulte played his home games at West Side Park, whose dimensions were 560 feet in center field and 340 in right field and left field. Jan-01-14    hangingenprise: happy new year phony Jan-01-14    Phony Benoni: <playground player> The baseball was "livened" a bit in 1911, which probably contributed to Schulte's power surge. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/... Jan-01-14    WannaBe: Trees scored! Jan-01-14    Jim Bartle: Right down the field, 77 yards. Jan-01-14    Jim Bartle: 17-17 at the end of the third, but Michigan St. seems in control. Jan-01-14    WannaBe: State just scored 24-17 Sparty. Jan-01-14    WannaBe: Play call selection by Stanford have not been very awe-inspiring... Jan-01-14    WannaBe: 4th& 1, Stanford have not run the ball well, especially up middle. So, what was the play??? Jan-01-14    Phony Benoni: As an U-M alum, I have mixed feelings about this result. But not many. Jan-01-14    WannaBe: You went to Missisippi?? Jan-01-14    Jim Bartle: Really strange play calling by Stanford. But after a quick opening drive for a score, MSU just dominated. Jan-01-14    OhioChessFan: Wannabe, yeah, stupid play call. The worst, by far, today was when Duke had 4th and one, had been running the ball down A&M's throat, and got cute and tried a play action. It was so bad even the announcers commented on it. Jan-02-14    WannaBe: J. Cutler gets 7 year (!?!?!) extension with Chicago. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s... Bad move, bad move. Jan-02-14    Jim Bartle: That's one year for about each five interceptions. Jan-02-14    playground player: <Phony Benoni> Thanks for a fascinating essay! Alas, it disabused me of the dream of standardizing the baseball so that players of different eras could be fairly compared to one another. And so on. It's funny the author didn't say anything about the 1986 season, when suddenly more teams hit 200+ homers than in all of previous baseball history. A few of the subsequent seasons looked a bit suspicious to me, too. I remember a game in 1992, I think it was, in which Mike Gallego, then a Yankee infielder, hit ***two*** opposite-field, checked-swing home runs. Yipes! Gallego was about the size of <Mrs. PGP>, and it seemed extremely peculiar that he should sock two home runs in one game. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 541 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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