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 565 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-21-14    Phony Benoni: OK. Who's the wise guy that gave <WannaBe> an eraser? Mar-21-14    WannaBe: Kansas is having their hands full with Eastern Kentucky U. Mar-21-14    WannaBe: < WannaBe: OK, seriously, now. I have San Diego State, Duke, Michigan State and Kansas as my Final 4. And I have Duke winning over Mich. State. > I was mis-quoted. My account got hack'd. That wasn't me who wrote that. I was drunk. It's all Lindsay Lohan's fault. Mar-21-14    Jim Bartle: ...My keyboard is malfunctioning. Mar-21-14    WannaBe: 16 remain for the shot at 1 BILLION DOLLARS http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab... Mar-21-14    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> The night is young. <JB> If you can spell "malfunctioning", your keyboard is just fine. Either that, or you're lucky enough to be one of the Buffet 16. Mar-21-14    Jim Bartle: No, I missed Milwaukee-Villanova. I thought the Bucks had been relegated to the NCAA. Mar-21-14    perfidious: <Jim> Nah-they gave up their hitherto automatic spot to Sixers. Will Sixers win another game? They went for their 23rd straight defeat, vs Knicks tonight. Thirteen games left and no soft spots, though two games left with Celtics. Texas swing soon, plus finishing up at Miami. Lucky them. Mar-21-14    WannaBe: Nobody have a chance for one billion, after Memphis beat George Washington. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas... Mar-21-14    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, at a tavern I visit they had a drawing a few weeks back for this NCAA basketball tourney. I selected Aardvark State... The guy running the pool told me they're a very good team! Do I have a shot? Mar-21-14    WannaBe: Stephen F. Austin!! Mar-21-14    Travis Bickle: <WannaBe> Hey Mr Bunny, The Raiders picked up Matt Schaub for QB, isn't he an investment broker also? Mar-21-14    WannaBe: Super Bowl, 2015 or bust!! Mar-22-14    Phony Benoni: Congratulations, Travis. Aardvark State will surely be the first team listed. Mar-22-14    Travis Bickle: Good thinking Phony! But I can't seem to find them... ; P Mar-22-14    Jim Bartle: Sorry, but the UC Irvine Anteaters didn't make the tourney. Mar-22-14    WannaBe: Dayton 20, Syracuse 18. Gotta be the lowest half time score I have ever seen. Mar-22-14    Phony Benoni: Bah! A couple of Loyola Marymount wannabes! http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas... Mar-22-14    WannaBe: Go Dayton!! Nice link <Phony>! Mar-22-14    WannaBe: Ooooooo, c'mon Haaaa-vard. Mar-22-14    Phony Benoni: Hey, watch it there! Rooting for upsets is one thing, but that's getting a bit close to home. I may have to retaliate by rooting for UCLA tomorrow. Mar-23-14    playground player: <Esteemed Baseball Mavens> If I may inject two quick trivia questions-- 1. What pitcher won the most games during the 1960s? 2. Who won the most games in the 1950s? Do you know the answers without looking them up? Hint: I got them both right, so how hard can it be? Mar-23-14    Jim Bartle: I say Marichal and Spahn. Marichal's career fits almost perfectly with the 1960s, and Spahn won 20 almost every year in the fifties. Whitey Ford might have been close to Spahn, except Stengel pitched him mainly against the good teams, didn't have him pitch much against the weak teams. Mar-23-14    Jim Bartle: Much tougher is winningest pitcher of the 70s. I looked it up once but have forgotten. Could be Carlton, Seaver, Palmer or Perry. Mar-23-14    Shams: <JB> Wow, huge upset in the making for Stanford! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 565 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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