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 542 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-02-14    Jim Bartle: <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> Wasn't that 1987, when Boggs hit 24 homers? Jan-02-14    Phony Benoni: Looks like <JB? has this one. Here's 1986, when not a single team hit 200 home runs: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... And 1987, with five: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... However, after 1987 the MLB home run totals receded. Here's a chart between the strike years of 1981 and 1994: 1982 3379 1983 3301 -.2.31% 1984 3258 -1.30% 1985 3602 +10.56% 1986 3813 +5.86% 1987 4458 +16.92% 1988 3180 -28.67% 1989 3083 -3.05% 1990 3317 +7.59% 1991 3383 +1.99% 1992 3038 -10.20% 1993 4030 +32.65% This is interesting because the usual account is that the Steroid Age began after the 1994/95 strike, but there were certainly signs of it in 1993. While there was a two-team expansion in 1993, that could hardly account for an extra thousand home runs (even if one team was Colorado(. There may have also been some reaction to the abnormally low totals in 1992. Jan-02-14    playground player: <JB> , <PB> I stand corrected; yes, it was 1987, the year Boggs hit 24 homers. Heck, even Luis Aguayo was parking a few, that year. Jan-02-14    Travis Bickle: <WannaBe: J. Cutler gets 7 year (!?!?!) extension with Chicago.> Now it's time to build up our Defense again... and then Superbowl baby!!! ; P Jan-02-14    Phony Benoni: Hey, <Travis>, there are some people here in Detroit suggesting we should Hire Lovie Smith. As A Bears fan, I'm sure you hope that comes true! Jan-02-14    Jim Bartle: Sorry, Travis but <Super Bowl winning Quarterback> and <Jay Cutler> are two terms which just don't seem to go together. But either did <Joe Flacco>, so what do I know? Jan-02-14    Travis Bickle: Phony, It's pretty much a done deal Lovie Dovie is going to Tampa Bay but I'd love to see him be Detroit's skipper & get involved with their offense. ; P Jan-02-14    Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> I know what you mean, but I'd rather The Bears have a strong armed, experienced & semi mobile QB than drafting an unproven guy out of college that takes 2-3 years to school the guy. Trestman is the quaterback whisperer & Steve Young respects him. The key is if the Bears can keep Cade McCown. Jan-02-14    keypusher: <Phony Benoni: Hey, <Travis>, there are some people here in Detroit suggesting we should Hire Lovie Smith. As A Bears fan, I'm sure you hope that comes true!> It's funny, I saw one of those teaser headlines "Lovie Smith to coach talented roster" or similar, meant to get you to click on the link. I assumed he'd been hired to coach the Lions. I guess the more sophisticated view is that the Lions don't have a talented roster so much as they have a few talented guys who are eating up vast amounts of cap space. As a Dolphins fan I can't really feel as sorry for anyone as I feel sorry for myself. Though I note the Bears also won their first three, went through a rocky phase, seemingly had a playoff spot wrapped up with two weeks to go, and then... But even Bears fans didn't have to suffer through a terrible uniform redesign and a bizarre bullying scandal. Jan-02-14    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, you know what's so depressing in Chicago when the football season ends is the baseball season approaches. : 0 Jan-02-14    Travis Bickle: Mr Benoni, what was I thinking? We have our beloved World Champion Blackhawks!!! http://youtu.be/I_nu5QokaCw http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bla... Jan-02-14    WannaBe: 8 minutes left in the OU-Ala game, safe for me to declare game over? Can I lave the game and go read 'Lawrence in Arabia' by Scott Anderson? (This book have me hooked, I am only on page 50, and boy, it rivals any Clancy, Ludlum, or Le Carre novel.) Jan-03-14    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, you must be real busy in the bowels of the library working way into the night on the complete game compilation of Genghis Kahn or some other colossal project like the complete chess history of Alfred The Great! Otherwise you would have watched all 20 minutes worth of The Chicago Blackhawks Playoff & Stanley Cup goals of last season I linked on your Forum! ; P Jan-03-14    keypusher: <WannaBe: 8 minutes left in the OU-Ala game, safe for me to declare game over? Can I lave the game and go read 'Lawrence in Arabia' by Scott Anderson?> Someone gave it to me, but I read <A Peace to End All Peace> 20-some years ago, and I'm not sure it just won't be a rehash. http://www.abebooks.com/Peace-End-F... Jan-03-14    Phony Benoni: Hey, Travis, I'm not even at work this week. But we've got this snow. I know you Tough Guys in Chicago use it to line your parkas for protection from the Real Cold, but we Wimpy Detroiters have to spend a couple of minutes shovelling every ten inches. (We could do it quicker, but some time has to be spent compalining about whoever lost yesterday.) Jan-03-14    hangingenprise: phony: your pal travis dishing on our cougars? we could use another winger like gordie howe again! Jan-03-14    Phony Benoni: I don't see much interest inthe NFL games this weekend. Three of the four feature warm-weather teams at cold-weather sites (NO @ Philly, SD @ Cincy. SF @ Green Bay). I can see Philly outscoring NO outside, and Cincy out-toughing SD. SF is favored over GB, but if you want an upset this weekend that's probably the one to watch. Otherwise, it's KC in the dome at Indy. KC has been doing it with mirrors lately, and Indy has shown they can play with anybody. I'm going All Home Winners. Jan-03-14    hangingenprise: game that will be over by half time cincy high score eagles packers edge the 49ers home cold field upset yeaaa we get to play in a dome chiefs Jan-03-14    Travis Bickle: Interestingly San Fran's QB Colin Kaepernick comes from Milwaukee & GB's QB comes from California! LOL!! Plus at that expected frigid brutal temperature it's all psychological. The toughest will perform & prevail! http://www.latimes.com/sports/footb... Jan-03-14    Jim Bartle: Kaepernick was born in Milwaukee but both he and Aaron Rodgers grew up in small cities in California's Central Valley. Jan-04-14    WannaBe: For the games Saturday and Sunday (except in Indy, where they have a retractable roof) I want to see this: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images... this: http://cbsdallas.files.wordpress.co... this: http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/... But definitely, <NOT> this: http://www.chinamosh.com/wp-content... Jan-04-14    WannaBe: Wow, Wow, all I have to say, is that I am glad I live at sunny and warm 50 degrees N. California. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s... Jan-04-14    OhioChessFan: Monday I may be looking at highs of minus something. Anyone got 13 mill laying around? http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/sto... Jan-04-14    WannaBe: Let's get these play-off games on!! =)) Jan-04-14    WannaBe: I would not have in anyway expected what is going on in the KC-IND game. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 542 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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