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 567 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-24-14    Phony Benoni: Two more games in Texas, then they go for the record against ... the Tanking Pistons. Won't be easy. Mar-25-14    Phony Benoni: Any former Eagles fans around? http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s... Mar-25-14    WannaBe: It's official!! No Fun League. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1... Mar-25-14    thegoodanarchist: Your Lone Pine game collection brought back memories. Best of which is the following video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc... Mar-25-14    WannaBe: Further more, things you can't do at Levi Stadium (New 49ers home) http://www.mercurynews.com/southbay... Mar-25-14    Jim Bartle: <No Fun League> Dunking over the goalpost should be legal. What should get a 15-yard penalty is going up to dunk and coming up short. No layups! Mar-25-14    Phony Benoni: So how's your NIT bracket doing? http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas... And what do you mean you're not a NITpicker. Mar-26-14    Phony Benoni: Hey, Travis, I hear there's one less guy around to sack Jay Cutler! http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport... Mar-26-14    Travis Bickle: Yes Mr Benoni, Jared Allen wants to kick some ass with Da Bears!! ; P Mar-26-14    Travis Bickle: I don't want to play for no Stinkin' Cowboys!! http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/4d6... Mar-26-14    thegoodanarchist: <Travis Bickle: I don't want to play for no Stinkin' Cowboys!! > Jerry "The Egomaniac" Jones is driving that team into the ground again. Mar-27-14    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, thanks for the heads up on the Bears acquisition of Jared Allen!! P.S. I'm sending you a couple of delicious Ditka Dogs!! ; P http://www.hdwallpapercrew.com/wp-c... Mar-27-14    WannaBe: Hey, I have 29¢ under my seat!! http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1... Mar-27-14    WannaBe: Trees down 10 to the Flyers... Mar-27-14    WannaBe: M. Cabrera signs 10 yr deal for $292 Million... http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1... Just to make the math easy, that is 29 million per year (give the remainder to his agent, for the sake of argument). That would be (before taxes, based on 365 days per year) $79,452.05 per day. $3310.50 per hour (24 hour day, not counting leap year or hours or minute). $55.18 per minute, awake or sleeping... Mar-27-14    Phony Benoni: Just to clarify, it's actually an eight-year extension worth $248 ($31 mil/year) of a contract that called for $48 milliion over two years ($24 mil/year). So it's just another %7 million per year. There have to be a few worries about committing to ten years for a slugger who was already troubled by injuries last year. But he will probably switch to DH in a few years, which will lessen the strain, and he's a proven commodity who has shown dedication and a wilingness to work. They were probably able to get the deal done when Sherzer turned down an offer for $144 mil/6 years offer. With a choice, I'd rather give the money to Cabrera. Mar-27-14    Jim Bartle: Sounds idiotic. Cabrera only has three-four years left as a top-level hitter. He's thirty now. Mar-27-14    perfidious: <PB: They were probably able to get the deal done when Sherzer turned down an offer for $144 mil/6 years offer. With a choice, I'd rather give the money to Cabrera.> Scherzer has had exactly one excellent season; we all know what Cabrera has done. While I do not disagree with <Jim>'s assessment, the contract is, in essence, partially for services rendered. How will it look six to eight years on? We shall see. Mar-27-14    WannaBe: Every sport/team have been on this 'long-term' deal kick, partly to show the fans that team owner/GM are serious. And then (as we have recently seen in NFL) they get cut/released to ease cap space, and this also happen in NBA. Mar-28-14    Phony Benoni: Oh--did I mention that the club has a two-year option at the end of the contract? Mar-28-14    perfidious: <WannaBe> There is, of course, a vast difference between the way NFL and MLB contracts are structured, as even megastars in football do not have fully guaranteed contracts; you will recall Peyton Manning's release. The option noted by <PB> is a good one for Tigers, more sensible by far than some of the contracts out there. Mar-28-14    WannaBe: Here is one dang good reason to visit Baltimore! http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/... Mar-30-14    Phony Benoni: Sixers end their 26-game losing streak by blowin out he Pistons by 25 points. Thank goodness is wasn't a 50-game losing streak. Mar-30-14    Shams: Did Kentucky have key players injured this year? I'm a little confused how they are an 8 seed. Mar-30-14    Shams: This game is insane!! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 567 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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