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 642 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-02-15    Jim Bartle: So, if he had waved his hand in the air no State player could have touched him? I would think the announcers would know enough to mention it afterward. They drone on about every other tiny thing. Jan-03-15    Phony Benoni: In a word, yes. As long as a kicked ball is in flight, a member of the receiving team can call for a fair catch. He waives his right to advance the ball, but in return cannot be interfered with while attempting to catch the ball. If the ball hits the ground after a fair catch, then the fair catch is off and the rules of a kicked ball apply. On a kickoff, that means the kicking team is free to recover the ball and gain possession. That is probably why most teams prefer the bounced onside kickoff: harder to control, but the fair catch possibility is eliminated. Yes, it's hard for the kicking team to pull up, but that's how the rule works. Both teams need to be prepared to take the proper action. It's probably easier for the kicking team to prepare, since they know it's coming. The Michigan State head coach loves these gimmicks, and Baylor probably should have been better prepared. But it was still tough to do it under game conditions. Jan-03-15    perfidious: <Jim....the announcers....drone on about every other tiny thing.> Other than, of course, those even they overlook. Ah, well: even Homer nodded. Jan-03-15    Jim Bartle: Just think of the controversy which would have erupted if the guy had called a fair catch, was clobbered (inevitable), and a penalty was called. It might have been on the level of the "fourth out." Jan-03-15    Jim Bartle: Just stumbled onto this: <1. Kickoffs/Punts. You probably already know about this one. Kickoffs will be moving to the 35-yard line, and a touchback will give the ball to the offense at the 25 instead of the 20. Receiving teams can also call for a fair catch on onside/squib kicks on the first bounce, and if so the kicking team can not make contact until the ball hits the ground twice. > So why don't receiving teams know this? http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post... Jan-03-15    perfidious: Gawlee, were those Pirate teams bad in the fifties--if memory serves, they only started to markedly improve after Clemente joined them, somewhere around 1958. Jan-03-15    Jim Bartle: No, no. They also had Dick Groat, Bob Skinner, Smoky Burgess, Bob Friend, Bill Mazeroski, Don Hoak, Roy Face. A lot of good players. It's true they won the Serious when Clemente had his first really big year in 1960. Jan-03-15    Phony Benoni: <JB> If that is the rule and receiving teams don't take advantage of it, that's either poor coaching or poor execution. Or, just perhaps, it's not such an easy thing to do in the heat of battle. If there's a controversy, fine; one team's ignorance or disregard of the rules doesn't excuse them. <perfidious> Clemente actually came up in 1955. The Pirates slowly assembled the pieces during the 1950s. In 1952 they already had Bob Friend and Dick Groat, and Vern Law was in military service. 1958 was the first year they cracked .500. Jan-03-15    Jim Bartle: <Or, just perhaps, it's not such an easy thing to do in the heat of battle.> I think that's the key. It's difficult for a player on the receiving team to make a clear fair catch signal in time for the kicking team to see it and react. Looking around I found this amazingly detailed description of onsides technique: http://www.humankinetics.com/excerp...-. And now there's the behind-the-back kick somebody tried on New Years Day. Jan-03-15    WannaBe: Fans behaving badly: http://www.tallahassee.com/story/ne... Jan-03-15    WannaBe: Just heard this on ESPN (ECU-FLA game), a teammate can call for a fair-catch. Does anyone know if this is also true in Pro Ball? And have anyone ever seen a non-returner call fair catch? Jan-03-15    Jim Bartle: No. But somehow it reminds of the game this year where the whole receiving team moved over to one side to set up the return, but the kick was on the other side and a guy walked in for a TD. Jan-03-15    WannaBe: The guy who walked in for the TD, was he on the kicking team? You'd think receiving team would have time to sprint to the other side after they realized where the ball was headed. Put that in perspective NFL hash marks are the same as the goal posts, 18 feet 6 inches apart, college is 40 feet apart (wider than goal posts.) Jan-03-15    Jim Bartle: Here it is: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WhY1lQ... The entire receiving team except for one guy went to one side, then that one guy took it and ran it in. Must be incredibly hard to pull off, but if they do it right it's unstoppable, because the cover team runs by looking at the receiving team. They never see the ball. Jan-03-15    WannaBe: Oh, that fake return play, yeah, too bad someone got called for holding. =) Jan-03-15    WannaBe: How about UrbanMeyerVille?? http://espn.go.com/college-football... Jan-03-15    Jim Bartle: New Hall of Famers announced next week: http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/p... Says Unit, Biggio, Pedro and Smoltz should get in. I'm not saying he should get in, but I'm still surprised Sheffield is down around 10%. His numbers look Hofish. Jan-03-15    WannaBe: I hope those guys don't call me at 2AM, like them Norwegians and them Swedes. Jan-03-15    WannaBe: Now the Balt-Pitt game have started, I thought the O/U line of 47.5 is high, I would have taken the under... (Did not post this earlier, fearing someone would actually bet their dog house and lose... =) Jan-03-15    technical draw: I just saw an old Mission Impossible TV episode with an appearance by none other than Cincinnati Reds great Johnny Bench. He didn't have a speaking part and I didn't notice him until the credits rolled. http://www.hardballtimes.com/tht-li... Jan-03-15    WannaBe: Bad call on Pitt for personal foul at 1:17 mark of first period. Jan-03-15    WannaBe: What a stupid 12 men on the field on a field goal attempt on Baltimore, gave Pittsburgh a first down!!! Jan-03-15    WannaBe: Wow, wow. Final score 30-17, how about that... Talk about squeaking by, by a whisker, by your chinny chin chin, razor thin margin. So glad I am not a bettin' man. I'd be out of the dog-house 1000X over. Jan-04-15    Jim Bartle: Didn't see much but did see Roethlisberger knocked out, miss a couple of plays, then throw an easy interception on his first play back in the game. Jan-04-15    perfidious: <Jim> A rephrasing might be in order: I well remember, from the exercise created in these pages by <PB>, that in the first half of the 1950s, there was nothing to cheer about if one were a Pirates fan. That '54 team--the only one to feature no future member of Cooperstown for many a year--was a classic example: the two decent starting pitchers, Groat at short, otherwise a mix of retreads with old players who were one foot out the door and youngsters who could not force their way in. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 642 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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