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 615 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-11-14    Jim Bartle: Milwaukee and Atlanta aren't collapses, just norma l variation. The shock is Oakland's nosedive. Sep-11-14    perfidious: Oakland, without a doubt--for a number of years now, they have played their best ball after the break. This is not at all typical of them. Will they right the ship when playoff time comes round? That remains to be seen. Sep-13-14    Phony Benoni: Friendly neighborhood Spiderman. http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/cutfo... Sep-13-14    Jim Bartle: What a great catch. Sep-14-14    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, I just heard from ESPN Sports Center... According to Adam Schefter he reported that Bears coach Marc Trestman told Roger Goodell that The Bears with all the injuries, C Robert Garzo shoulder out, G Matt Slauson ankle out, WR Brandon Marshall ankle questionable, WR Alshon Jeffrey hamstring questionable... The Bears are going to forfeit tonight's game against the 49ers. Trestman told Goodell, "We'll Go Get Em Next Week"... P.S. Bet the house before Vegas pulls the plug on the contest... Sep-14-14    Phony Benoni: Great, Travis; now I can turn off whatever it is NBC is broadcasting instead. I've seen one too many football games today, although what happened in Carolina only qualifies as a game in the standings. Sep-15-14    Phony Benoni: Well, Travis, I see they ran an inspirational made-for-TV movies instead of the game. At least the Bears can win something. But congrats. That's a very good win. Sep-15-14    Travis Bickle: Phony, I hope you didn't bet your house pal!! Coach Trestman was playing possum... He told his BEARS to play dead in the 1st quarter & then open up a can of whup ass!! Bears 28 49ers 20!!! ; P Sep-15-14    Travis Bickle: You're welcome Mr Benoni! I gotta run & pick up some Bears Koolaid... ; P Sep-15-14    WannaBe: Thanks to J. Cutler, <Travis Bickle>, and Co. A lot of people in the Bay Area are calling in "Sick" today. =)) Last night, they were tossing their TV sets out the window!! Sep-15-14    hangingenprise: a great game by cutler and co. what to make of j. cutler? still has that arm, and a darn good one, than.... the lions have to make it interesting. why run away with the division and have people tuning out? Sep-15-14    Jim Bartle: <A lot of people in the Bay Area are calling in "Sick" today. =))> Starting with Harbaugh, I hope. Sep-15-14    Phony Benoni: Catchers can get hurt in a number of ways. Including diving back into first. http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl... Avila has had concussion problems the last couple of years. Sep-15-14    WannaBe: Hey! Did you get a new 'toy'?? Your last link shows up as m.tigers.mlb, which means you posted it on a mobile device copy/paste!! What did you get? iApple or Android?! =)) Sep-15-14    WannaBe: This MNF is a barn-burner, last possession win the game? Sep-16-14    Phony Benoni: Well, gosh. This is just my same old desktop. It's hardly a mobile device. Maybe if I lived in California or something. Sep-16-14    Travis Bickle: <Phony Benoni: Catchers can get hurt in a number of ways. Including diving back into first.> Also catchers can get hurt tripping over the dugout steps during day games when drunk from the night before... ; P P.S. Hey Phony, I seen Bob Uecker on the Johnny Carson show 1 time... He told Johnny that any catcher can go 2 for 4 & throw out a couple of base runners, but only the seasoned veteran can catch a double header when really hungover. lol Sep-19-14    WannaBe: Worst/Best Ranking of NFL teams (based on arrests. Slide show) http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/her... Sep-19-14    WannaBe: Breakin' Gnus!!! C. Kershaw gave up 3ER in 5IP and ERA have ballooned to 1.80! In other unrelated gnus, he is the first pitcher to 20 wins. (Even though he missed 6 weeks of season due to injury, or was it 4 weeks... Can't remember) Sep-19-14    WannaBe: Okay, that's a big kid... Errr, huge kid. http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/pos... Sep-19-14    Phony Benoni: Were those still photos or action shots? Sep-19-14    Travis Bickle: Yo Phony, Yer Lions have The Cheeseheads come Sunday & The Bears have the Jets... Any prognostications? Sep-19-14    Phony Benoni: Unbelievably, the Lions are favored, though only by 2½ at home. It would have been three, but we have a lousy field goal kicker. Sep-19-14    WannaBe: Tigers looked good with Verlander today, in the mean time, Milwaukee continues their free-fall. Almost as bad as Oakland A's have fallen, speaking of which, here is an article/blog by Jayson Stark of ESPN: http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-star... Sep-20-14    Phony Benoni: Meanwhile, Gaylord Perry is screaming, "I want that ball back! Get me that ball!" http://m.mlb.com/video/v36406439/ny... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 615 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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