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 571 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-07-14    WannaBe: Something of fascination and to chew on, with the NCAA Final, the subject of Texas Western (now Univ. of Texas at El Paso, UTEP) with 5 black starters defeated Univ. of Kentucky (all-white team). University of Kentucky did not integrate (basketball team, at least. I do not know about the football team or the University as a whole) until 1969! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965%E... On the other hand, when John McKay and USC went to Alabama 1970 and defeated the 'Tide, Alabama already have a black player on the Freshman Team. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles... But it still took Kentucky another 3 (or two, depending on how you want to count the years) to integrate the basketball team. Apr-08-14    Jim Bartle: Bear Bryant got USC to come play in Alabama precisely to show people that having black players was necessary if they wanted to keep winning. After USC won he brought fullback Sam Cunningham over to his locker room to meet the Alabama team. Apr-08-14    Phony Benoni: Some tournament. Higher seed wins again. Big deal. Apr-08-14    Jim Bartle: I only saw the last seven minutes, and Kentucky lost, but that Randle is an NBA star in waiting. He made a double clutch driving layup which few pros could have pulled off. Apr-08-14    hangingenprise: the real tournament is tomorrow Apr-08-14    WannaBe: Tonight, we got 2 undefeated going at it. Should be a barn-burner. Good thing Notre Dame moved to ACC, both ND and UConn were in the Big East. Apr-08-14    Travis Bickle: Is Major League Baseball on it's way out? http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/04/mlb... Plus with these insane contracts and the owners greed, the price of admission to ballgames, parking & concession prices make attending games for only the wealthy... http://sports.yahoo.com/news/seduct... Apr-08-14    perfidious: Forty years ago, Hammerin' Hank hammered 715: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on... Couldn't have been done by a nicer guy. Apr-08-14    WannaBe: If them UConn women win tonight, do we get to riot, again?? http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas... Apr-08-14    WannaBe: Tigers at Dodgers for 2 game series, oughtta be good games! Apr-09-14    hangingenprise: hmmm: the UConn huskies are also the naacp champs for mens and womens basketball?! Apr-09-14    WannaBe: <hangingenprise> Second time UConn basketball teams have achieved that feat. Apr-09-14    Jim Bartle: <hangingenprise: hmmm: the UConn huskies are also the naacp champs for mens and womens basketball?!> Right. And with some white players, too. Apr-09-14    Jim Bartle: UConn men and women have reached the finals 13 times. They are 13-0. Apr-09-14    WannaBe: Guess the two teams have the same philosophy. All or Nothing! Apr-09-14    hangingenprise: that is ok!! you still are beautiful! wannabe: is this one of you exes? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCrn... Apr-09-14    WannaBe: Perfect zero point zero. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b... Apr-09-14    Jim Bartle: That's really amazing! There's actually a race called the Duck Commander 500? Apr-09-14    WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> I think this is more amazing, total lack of fore-sight and planning: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/... Apr-09-14    perfidious: The latest chapter of Andrelton Simmons, a guy who can play a little at short: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on... (Poster is still shaking head in astonishment) Apr-10-14    OhioChessFan: <On the other hand, if a line drive bounces off a fielder's foot, is that a ground ball as well? > No. Catch or not is a nightmare for umpires. The fact the runners are/are not at risk to be doubled up is what makes it so hard. Apr-10-14    OhioChessFan: <JB: By the way, if a runner crosses home, does he still have the right to run back to third?> Yes. <On a related note, if I promote a pawn, pick up a queen and place it on the square but don't release it, can I still change it to another piece?> I read a similar question on a chess quiz somewhere and can't remember the answer. Intuitively, I'd say no, but a case can be made either way. Apr-10-14    Jim Bartle: Then I assume a runner who has crossed home plate has to touch home on the way back to third. If he's heading toward the dugout he can't run straight back to third. Apr-10-14    OhioChessFan: Correct. Apr-11-14    Shams: <JB> A must-read piece here on how star college athletes get paid: http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo... It's great to see the lid being blown off the NCAA. Jon Stewart nailed them tonight too. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 571 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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