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 614 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-07-14    Phony Benoni: Oh, there is a Northern Michigan, up on the shores of Lake Superior. They play in Division II, but nobody knows about them because it takes too long for the results to come in by dogsled. Hold on--they lost to Northwood Institute today, 23-13. This is rather like losing to MIT. Sep-07-14    perfidious: <Phony Benoni....Eastern Michigan held Florida under 70 points....> Sounds like a cover. Sep-07-14    WannaBe: 10 minutes to football, 10 minutes!! Northwood Institute of Technology? The NITs? Sep-07-14    WannaBe: Tonight, I am the biggest Tigers fan west of the Rockies... Sep-07-14    Phony Benoni: <Travis> <WannaBe> That's why you always want to start the season on Monday night. there's an extra day of hope before reality sets in. Sep-08-14    WannaBe: Sports book made out like bandits! Especially with Tennessee, Miami, Carolina (no Cam Newton!) & Atlanta winning. http://espn.go.com/espn/chalk/story... Sep-08-14    Jim Bartle: Back to the Billy Martin biography: The author claims Martin was the best manager of his era, and Elias has a formula saying the same thing. Really? Better than Weaver and Herzog? Or Anderson and LaSorda? Any claim that Martin was the best, especially statistically, has to be because Martin took a couple of really poor teams and improved them for a year or two. That doesn't make him the best. Sep-08-14    Phony Benoni: Billy Martin was the Performance Enhancing Drug of managers. He invariably brought a quick boost, but once the poisonous effects became apparent he was gone. Often, his results came from good teams that needed just a little bit extra. His stints with the Twins, Tigers, and Yankees all fell into this category. His reputation with bad teams was established when he took sub-60 win teams in Texas and Oakland to winning records, but that didn't last either. As far as Xs and Os and getting players to respond immediately, there may well have been nobody better. But being a great manager involves much more, and over time the stability of a Weaver or Lasorda should count for much more than instant results with long-term negative consequences. Sep-08-14    Jim Bartle: He was death on pitchers as well. Wiped out a promising Oakland rotation with overwork in the esrly 80s. And at least early on, he wanted a running team. Even with Detroit, an old, slow but powerful team in a tiny park, he wanted tonsteal and sacrifice. Lunacy. Sep-08-14    perfidious: Rice gets sacked: <BALTIMORE (AP) — Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ravens on Monday and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released that appears to show the running back striking his then-fiancee in February.> http://www.commercialappeal.com/spo... Sep-08-14    Jim Bartle: ESPN must have garbled this: Detroit 14 NYG 0. Sep-08-14    WannaBe: Calvin Johnson is already having a great game, and it's not even half-time, yet. Oh, yeah Tigers won, too!! Good day for Detroit sports. Sep-08-14    Phony Benoni: It ain't a great day for the Lions yet. They're still playing. Sep-08-14    Travis Bickle: Cutler sucks!!! Sep-08-14    Phony Benoni: Travis, thanks for the instant analysis. And thanks also for waiting to cool down before posting it. Lions lead by 21 with 4:39 to go. Apparently the Giants are pretty bad this year. I'd feel safe if Joe Nathan wasn't our defensive coordinator. Sep-08-14    WannaBe: Yeah, but you got Lombardi as offensive coordinator. The name alone is good for 21 pts. Sep-08-14    hangingenprise: phony: the lions looked very dominate tonight and they look very confident and inspired. the secondary had an interception? the lions are going to make a run this year. your pal travis might be in for a long season. the raiderzs sigh Sep-09-14    perfidious: Any time Giants get wasted is a good thing. Just think: they still have four games to play vs the NFC West. Could be a long, ugly season by the Hudson. Sep-09-14    Phony Benoni: Apparently, the only way to score off Clayton Kershaw is to hit a shallow pop-up to Yasiel Puig for a two-run sacrifice fly: http://m.mlb.com/sd/video/topic/470... Lordy, the man is magic. Sep-09-14    hangingenprise: ebron is going to be a great tight end. the lions will score and score often. now will the defense (secondary)will have to play just as good. the Achilles heal? Sep-10-14    Phony Benoni: Here's the list of active pitchers with the most career wins. Think there are any 300-game winners in here? http://www.baseball-reference.com/l... Sabbathia definitely seems to be on the way out. Mark Buehrle could have a bit of a shot. He'd need 7-8 more years at his current pace, going into his early 40s, but he seems to be the type that can pitch forever. Sep-10-14    OhioChessFan: I was surprised how few I thought had a realistic shot. Kershaw, of course. And only because I see him a lot, Mat Latos is <really> good. Sep-11-14    WannaBe: SB on appeal play!! http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b... Sep-11-14    WannaBe: Quick Poll! Which team's collapse surprise you most (all records were of All Star Break) & as of today: 1. Milwaukee (ASB: 53-43 1G up on StL) 75-71 4.5G back of StL <22-26 since break> 2. Detroit (ASB: 53-38 6.5G up on KC) 80-66 1G back of KC <27-28> 3. Oakland (ASB: 59-36 1.5G up on LAA) 81-65 9.5G back of LAA <21-29> 4. Atlanta (ASB: 52-43 0G up on WAS)75-71 8G back of WAS <23-28> Sep-11-14    OhioChessFan: Atlanta. Everybody I knew predicted Milwaukee to crash and burn. It'd be even worse if the best player of the 3 other strong teams in their division hadn't lost their best player for a long stretch. I couldn't find 10 people around these parts at the All Star break who thought they'd win the pennant. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 614 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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