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 611 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-18-14    WannaBe: Item of interest: Anyone catch that strange play between OAK-ATL last night? Braves had man on first, batter hit a streaming line drive to third, (batter's out). On the throw to first trying to pick off the runner, the throw hits the diving runner in the romps, and bounces into the dugout. The runner on first ends up on thrid base. A bit of totally useless trivia: C. Kershaw now have pitched 6 complete games, the most for Dodgers since (fill in the blank) in 1995? Aug-18-14    WannaBe: Did I type 'streaming'? I meant screaming. =) Aug-19-14    WannaBe: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s... Thoughts on this? For? Against? Aug-19-14    Jim Bartle: The NFL should just go all the way. Sell the halftime to the highest bidder. Aug-19-14    WannaBe: Cubs ground crew having a hard time getting the tarp out correctly... Funny. Aug-19-14    Jim Bartle: Just make sure Vince Coleman stays far away. Aug-20-14    perfidious: <Jim> Coleman and his fateful duel with the tarp is one of the larger what might have beens from the 1980s. Aug-20-14    WannaBe: Alright, here is the article with video of the grounds crew vs tarp. https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-... Aug-20-14    Phony Benoni: Looks like they need a bailout. Worked for the auto industry. Aug-20-14    WannaBe: Even Warren Buffet can't get returns like these!! http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story... Aug-20-14    WannaBe: http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/stor... What I don't understand, is since SF is playing at CHI again today, why can't they resume the game??? Or is that too logical for MLB to understand? Aug-20-14    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony the tarp crew at Wrigley Field deliberately screwed up putting the tarp on so they could wash out the game! ; P Aug-20-14    WannaBe: Potential World Series Matchup for TV rating 'Nightmare'... Milwaukee vs Seattle/Oakland/Baltimore/Kansas City/Detroit/Angels (Okay, Milwaukee vs any team from AL) Dodgers vs Angels (No one outside of LA would care) Nationals vs Baltimore (Not even D.C. would care, do they get Obama to throw out every ceremonial first pitch? Bohner? Palin? =) San Francisco vs Oakland (No one outside of Bay Area would care, plus the potential for another earthquake...) Aug-20-14    WannaBe: Logic have prevailed!! Game to resume. http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/stor... Aug-20-14    Phony Benoni: Hey, Travis! I just heard today that the Lions have the most expensive beer in the NFL! Can't say their success has gone to their head! It's too bad that Bud Selig never throw out the first pitch during one of the 1990s Braves World Series appearances. He might have been able to get a called strike. Aug-20-14    OhioChessFan: <Dodgers vs Angels (No one outside of LA would care) > That is my projected matchup. Aug-20-14    WannaBe: Blount for blunt http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1... Aug-21-14    Jim Bartle: SF-Cubs tarp game will be played out tomorrow before the scheduled game. That's a surprise. Aug-21-14    Phony Benoni: Wasn't the last protest to be upheld was the Pine-Tar Game? Aug-21-14    WannaBe: Last Successful Protest: https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-... G. Brett 1983 Pirates Game 1986 Aug-21-14    playground player: I'll never forget that pine tar game. I thought George Brett was going to have an apoplexy. Anybody got video of that? Aug-21-14    OhioChessFan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrT... Aug-21-14    WannaBe: Wow... http://www.mercurynews.com/southbay... Aug-21-14    WannaBe: That postponed game in Chicago (from Tuesday night), is now in a rain delay, Mother Nature have a weird sense of humour. Aug-21-14    WannaBe: Okay, that postponed, delayed, protested game, same result. Giants lost. At least there will be no controversies about it. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 611 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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