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 632 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-28-14    Travis Bickle: <WannaBe> Deal! Nov-28-14    Phony Benoni: Well, Travis, I do hope your wish comes true. The Lions have another game with the Bears at Soldier Field, and will probably need to win it to have a chance to make the playoffs. Nov-28-14    Travis Bickle: Better your Lions than those Stinkin' Cheeseheads!! Nov-29-14    WannaBe: Goooood game between Mich-OSU. Nov-29-14    Phony Benoni: Well, it was for a while. Nov-29-14    WannaBe: Anyone here roots for Notre Dame? They are getting killed in the first Qtr. (I always joked, "You know what ND stands for? No Defence!!) Nov-29-14    Jim Bartle: What year did Notre Dame lead USC 24-0 just before halftime, then gave up 49 straight points? Nov-29-14    Phony Benoni: <JB> 1974: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ice... Nov-29-14    WannaBe: Number 4 Miss State lost, be interesting if TCU & Baylor gets the shaft by not playing in a conference championship game. If OSU win, I can easily see the Buckeyes go up to #4. Nov-29-14    Phony Benoni: OSU quarterback broke his ankle today against Michigan. That may tell against them in the rankings, even if they win the Really Big 10 title game against Wisconsin. TV guys seem to want either TCU or Baylor in there. Everybody loves a scoring machine. Nov-29-14    WannaBe: Just what we need, 4 1/2 hour football game that have more points that a basketball game =)) Nov-29-14    WannaBe: Another INT by Auburn, don't think Alabama's gonna win this game... That's gonna make the top 4 really interesting. Nov-29-14    WannaBe: Just like I said, Alabama's gonna come back and win this game. Nov-30-14    Phony Benoni: Five punts? http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo... Nov-30-14    WannaBe: Okay, here are the teams that I (pick'd) jinx'd this week: Lions, Eagles, Seahawks, Colts, Texans, Bills, Ravens, Giants, Bengals, Raiders, Steelers, Vikings, Cardinals, Packers, Broncos, and Jets Nov-30-14    WannaBe: Anybody took the Traiders and the +49.5 points? Nov-30-14    WannaBe: Okay, (read paragraph 3), will someone please tell me how you fit 7 passengers in to a Camaro?? I doubt you can fit 7 passengers into a Corolla, or Camry. Okay, a Caravan, maybe. http://espn.go.com/college-football... Dec-01-14    Phony Benoni: How do you fit seven elephants in a Volkswagen? Three in the front, three in the back, and one in the glove compartment. Dec-01-14    WannaBe: Everything must go, no offer is too low or refused!!! http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/sto... Dec-01-14    Jim Bartle: Football question: Tonight on MNF a player made a fair catch on a high, short kickoff. Now it's a free ball on a kickoff, unlike on a punt. So does a player making the fair catch have the right to catch the ball undisturbed, or can a player on the kicking team also try to catch it? Dec-01-14    WannaBe: Kicking team may not interfere with the receiver of the kick-off. http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/faircatch http://www.ask.com/sports-active-li... http://www.answers.com/Q/Can_you_fa... But if on kick-off and you signal fair catch and don't catch it (Unlike punt), it's a live ball. Dec-02-14    Jim Bartle: That sounds like a giant controversy waiting to happen. Say a team tries an onside kick by kicking the ball very high about 15 yards down the field. Ten guys are charging to get the ball in the air, then one guy on the receiving team waves his arm in the airand claims the right to catch the ball untouched. How is the defense expected to see that? Dec-02-14    OhioChessFan: A kick off is a live ball and a punt is not, whether a fair catch is signalled or not. Dec-02-14    Jim Bartle: OK. but that seems to conflict with what < wannabe> says. The ball is in the air. Players from both teams have a chance to catch it, or at least touch it, before it hits the ground. A player on the receiving team signals fair catch. Everyone else has to step aside and let him catch it? Looks to me as if there's a hole in the rules. Dec-02-14    Phony Benoni: That may be tough for the kicking team, but given the rules I don't see the problem. I also don't see a lot of high pop-ups on onside kicks. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 632 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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