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 560 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-25-14    Shams: <hangingenprise> I think Detroit would sprint to the podium if Watkins were still there at ten but it's hard to imagine he would be. This is probably the best draft for receivers in my lifetime and everyone agrees that he is clearly the best. An amazing player. I'm tracking receivers this year because the Seahawks need one. And this draft class is perceived as so strong, at receiver and other positions, that a real stud could still be there when Seattle picks. Say, did I mention they have the 32nd selection this year? Feb-25-14    Jim Bartle: <Say, did I mention they have the 32nd selection this year?> Why is that? Feb-25-14    keypusher: <Jim Bartle: All right, he's big, strong and fast. Can he play football?> I am really curious to see how he turns out. He could get a little bigger like Travis says. <WannaBe: Exhibit A: J. Russell prosecution rests.> Ouch! But Clowney's athletic abilities translate much better to what he's going to be asked to do in the NFL than Russell's did. Feb-25-14    Jim Bartle: There are impressive guys physically who aren't any good, and strange-looking guys who become stars. Feb-25-14    Shams: RE: top drafts for receivers, I'm reminded that 1996 was also a great draft at that position: Joe Horn, Terrell Owens, Muhsin Muhammad, Eric Moulds, Marvin Harrison, Keyshawn Johnson, Terry Glenn. Keyshawn was the last WR to go first overall. Trivia, who was the last before him? Hint, he actually came from a famously four-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust program. Feb-25-14    Shams: It's funny how quickly things change. It was only a few years ago that Houston was considered too-mavericky-by-half for picking Mario Williams first overall over USC tailback Reggie Bush (who the Saints promptly grabbed with the next pick.) And now it's almost hard to imagine that a running back could ever be the top pick again. Many pundits think that an RB won't even be picked in the first round this year, which would be the second straight year for that. Feb-25-14    Jim Bartle: <Trivia, who was the last before him?> Has to be either Desmond Howard or Irving Fryar, though I think both ran the ball quite a bit. And Reggie Bush didn't turn out to be half as good as expected. Feb-25-14    Shams: <JB> Yep, Irving Fryar from Nebraska. After a great career Fryar founded a church and became its pastor. Last fall he was indicted for mortgage fraud and is facing prison time. Feb-27-14    Phony Benoni: An action shot of legendary tennis star Suzanne Lenglen. Wonder if she ever grunted? http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l... Quite a difference in outfits. Feb-27-14    Jim Bartle: Doubt it, but she sometimes drank champagne during changeovers. Feb-27-14    hangingenprise: phony: is not she one of your past flames? Feb-27-14    WannaBe: Holy crap, someone who actually <DO> something in the off-season. http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/bal... Feb-27-14    FSR: <Phony Benoni: Hey, guess what! A chess post! White to play and mate in 549 moves. If you can't spare a minute or two for solving it, the answer is at Tim Krabbé;s <Open Chess Diary>, which is thankfully returning from a long hiatus)> Too easy. Don't you have anything a little more challenging? Feb-27-14    WannaBe: <FSR: ... Too easy. Don't you have anything a little more challenging?> click for larger view White to play and mate. Feb-27-14    Shams: <White to play and mate in 549 moves.> It was the 344th move that I had trouble spotting for some reason. Feb-27-14    Phony Benoni: Oh, great. Now i need to find a position where a light-squared bishop mates. That's too hard. Here's a three-mover: click for larger view Feb-27-14    Phony Benoni: Larry Chappell, the $18,000 Bust. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l... Here's what the investment yielded: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... If only Comiskey had spent that money on a few of his stars, history might have been much different. Feb-27-14    FSR: White to play and <not> mate in one (K. Fabel): click for larger view Feb-27-14    Phony Benoni: <FSR> Saw that one in "Chess Life" many years ago, but just now noticed White's unusual bishop pair. Feb-28-14    FSR: <Phony Benoni> btw, do you understand why Black has those two knights? I don't see what their function is. Feb-28-14    Phony Benoni: <FSR> I wonder if the knights are supposed to be there at all. Here's a version from a book by Martin Gardner that doesn't show them: http://books.google.com/books?id=fA... I've found a couple of other sites that don't have the knights. Are they in Wikipedia or something? Feb-28-14    FSR: <Phony Benoni> I have a photocopy of Gardner's version in my library, and indeed it doesn't have the knights. The knights appear in <100 Classics of the Chessboard> by A.S.M. Dickins and H. Ebert, p. 213. I also saw them in these two online versions of the problem: http://www.chessforums.org/chess-pu... AND http://marshtowers.blogspot.com/200... Feb-28-14    Phony Benoni: <FSR> Obviously, we need the original source here. I'd bet that the Black knights are just a symmetrical addition, but can't prove it. Feb-28-14    Jim Bartle: Rc6, right? Feb-28-14    WannaBe: <JB> Can't, there's a bishop on h7... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 560 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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