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 649 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-19-15    Jim Bartle: Just saw highlights of Green Bay-Seattle. I can hardly count the number of ways Green Bay choked it. ""Hey look, a two-point conversion pass in the air. No, you just go ahead and take it." Jan-19-15    chancho: <Deflate-gate? Report: Patriots being investigated for using deflated footballs> http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s... Jan-19-15    Phony Benoni: Well, that lets all the air out of New England's victory. Jan-19-15    technical draw: < Benoni><Well, that lets all the air out of New England's victory.> That's good. I wish I had thought of it. Jan-19-15    WannaBe: Well, it's been 24 hours, give or take... And we have some exit poll numbers: http://espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPol... Jan-20-15    Phony Benoni: New England's color should be red. Everybody knows that Democrats are for inflation, Republicans for deflation. Jan-20-15    Tabanus: <Phony> For your pleasure! John Henry Smythe is now also up, and A G Ashbrook = Arthur Garwood Ashbrook (1921-2011), corr. slip sent. Jan-20-15    Jim Bartle: If the NFL allows teams to bring their own footballs, abuses are going to happen. Or the Pats could just take the balls to Mt. Washington and inflate them there. Then they'd be plenty soft back at the stadium. Jan-20-15    Phony Benoni: <Tabanus> Thanks. Looks like that John Henry Smythe was a pawn drivin' man, but broke down under the strain. Jan-20-15    WannaBe: Breakin' Gnus!!! Deflate-gate!! 11 of 12 football (found to be) under inflated by 2lb! http://espn.go.com/boston/story/_/i... Jan-20-15    WannaBe: I say ban the repeat cheater Belichik and the freakin' team for a season, a la Saints and Bounty-Gate. Plus first round picks in the next 2 drafts, and personal fine for Belichik and/or team. Repeat offender. No mercy. Jan-20-15    Phony Benoni: what if the Patriots just let the Radiers win next time they play? Jan-20-15    WannaBe: Sorry, my good friend <Phony Benoni>, they cheated in the snow covered field for a FG to beat us. And then SpyGate, and now this... 1 under inflated football, I can understand, but 11 of 12?!!? Here is Seifert's take: http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/p... Jan-20-15    Phony Benoni: Belichick's not going to be happy. They missed one. Jan-21-15    WannaBe: It's freakin' funny... I now live in San Mateo, CA, and Brady family house is about (maybe) 2 miles away from here. So, locally, when not rootin' for them 4th and 9ers, people root for the home town boy. Now, I get to watch one cheat (Pete) who brought shame and sanction to 'SC, vs another Beli-cheat for Super Bowl? Maybe Glendale, AZ will petition the NFL to cancel the whole thing. Jan-21-15    WannaBe: Did not know about that wife situation... Is he dating someone else now? =)) Jan-21-15    WannaBe: New report says Colts first warned/told NFL about deflated football back in their regular season match-up: http://www.newsday.com/sports/footb... Jan-21-15    chancho: <WannaBe> Belichick married the guy's wife. (After the divorce, obviously) I should have written: He was cheating <with> another man's wife. Maybe <Phony B> can do me the favor and delete that post. Uggh... Jan-21-15    mistermac: Why don't you guys seattle down. But, seriously, do we need a gossip column? I lost a good wife not so long ago, and she never cheated. And the place was a lot tidier with her around. Jan-21-15    OhioChessFan: <WannaKnow: Did not know about that wife situation... Is he dating someone else now?> Gisele, I think. Jan-21-15    mistermac: Pascalbels's Canon: "Keep up the pressure". Maybe it should be renamed Pascalbelichik's Canon. It is a nice Air. Has a lot of hang time though! Jan-21-15    Jim Bartle: <they cheated in the snow covered field for a FG to beat us.> I never understood why the refs let the snowplow play stand. They should have immediately marched to the other end of the field. Jan-21-15    WannaBe: Well, I am not defending the refs, but defending "Being Human", none of the refs threw a flag when a Dallas player ran on the field without a helmet. All of them missed the call... Jan-21-15    WannaBe: The thing I would like to know is, and maybe between all the brains that we have here, can tell me... Have NFL always allowed each team to supply their own ball to use? What about college? Jan-21-15    Phony Benoni: <chancho> Message deleted, as per your request. <WannaBe> As one of our Local Sports Guys (the intelligent one) explained it today, each team provides 12 balls for its offense to use. The referees check the balls two hours before game time, then give them back to the teams. Apparently, the hanky-panky took place during that time. And, speaking of hanky-panky, I do wish you guys would keep the scandals separate. I was picturing Belichick cheating with another man's wife during a snowstorm with the referees playing Pachelbel's "Air On a G-String. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 649 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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