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 651 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-23-15    Jim Bartle: Ernie Banks has died. I just hope Aaron, Mays and Robinson aren't next. Jan-23-15    WannaBe: =( Jan-24-15    OhioChessFan: Wake up at 4AM and the first news story I see online is Ernie Banks has died. http://www.aol.com/article/2015/01/... Jan-24-15    perfidious: RIP Ernie Banks. The man could play a little, even if he probably should not have won both his MVPs. Jan-24-15    technical draw: I am probably one of the few here who saw the great Ernie Banks play. It was 1961. Wrigley Field. And he didn't disappoint. He hit one into the bleachers. RIP Ernie "Mr. Cubs" Banks. Jan-24-15    playground player: Ernie Banks brought a lot of joy into a lot of people's lives. I had the privilege of seeing him play at the Polo Grounds, as the Cubs and Mets tried to iron out which of them was the worst time in baseball. Unfortunately I was too young to appreciate the historical value of what I was seeing. And probably too busy dodging pigeons, too. Jan-25-15    Phony Benoni: Special rules for the Pro Bowl: http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015... Some nwritten rules: 1) The last player drafted, commonly known as "Mr. Irrelevant", shall be automatically eligible for the game. 2) All the officials will be models from the Lingerie Bowl. Before sacking a quarterback, the defensive player must turn to an official and ask, "Mother, May I?" If she gives permission, then he is permitted to give the quarterback a nasty look, as long as it's not too scary. 3) Rules against players touching the officials will be strictly enforced. Exact penalties have not been announced, but there rumors of a special "Patriots Treatment". Jan-25-15    WannaBe: Watching the Pro Bowl, weird seeing someone with Lions helmet throw a touchdown to a guy in Broncos helmet... The long(er) PATs are interesting, the kicker just missed one... Jan-25-15    WannaBe: The up rights of the goal posts are narrower, instead of 18 ft apart, they are 14 ft apart, them PATs are further back, too. Jan-25-15    Phony Benoni: For a game called "football", they're doing their best to take the foot out of it. Jan-25-15    WannaBe: While we are all enjoying NHL & NFL All-Star Games, MLB (some-what quietly) have a new commissioner. Jan-25-15    Phony Benoni: I wonder if there has been research on the performance of a hockey goalie after he plays in the All-Star game. Surely there must be some shell shock. Final score today, if you missed it, was 17-12. Don't ask me who won. Jan-26-15    WannaBe: I think Team Toews just edged out Team Carter when the 55-yard field goal attempt to tie the game was blocked by the shell-shock'd goalie. Jan-26-15    WannaBe: Latest Super Bowl line have New England as an one-point fav, with O/U holding steady at 48 http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odd... And if that is not enough, I give you 43 pages of propositions for your reading pleasure (PDF reader required): http://www.vegasinsider.com/visport... That Seattle -7.5 with +260 looks interesting... Jan-26-15    WannaBe: Page 7 of the PDF have an interesting bet: <TOTAL YARDAGE OF ALL TOUCHDOWNS OF GAME **(Includes all returns-If no TD is scored--all bets are refunded) OVER 78.5 -110 UNDER 78.5 -110> If you think there will be 7 touchdowns, then the average will be 11-yards per, so one 40-yard touchdown or one INT returned will definitely put you in a really good shape. (Be really, really 'cute', if someone returns a kick-off or punt for touchdown, then you are definitely winning this bet...) I think I would take the over on this... Jan-26-15    Phony Benoni: So what's the O/U on the PSI? Jan-27-15    WannaBe: Grrrrrrreat, we now have world famous astrophysicist chiming in on DeflateGate, and not to be outdone, Ryan Leaf chimed in, too. (I wonder what Stephen Hawkins have to say about this...) http://nesn.com/2015/01/neil-degras... Jan-27-15    Tabanus: Arthur Garwood Ashbrook is up, and so is David Terker, Cornelius V Lynde, William Stewart Gilman, Harris Herschel Ryan, and Arthur Mordecai Feldman! Jan-27-15    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> I don't see what the problem is. There are a lot of fans whose temperature would shoot up to 125 degrees if Tom Brady were holding them in his hands. <Tabanus> Thanks. Jan-27-15    WannaBe: Mostly female fans, I would hope. =)) Jan-28-15    Phony Benoni: I wonder how Tom Brady feels about handling footballs that had been in the bathroom. Jan-29-15    keypusher: < WannaBe: Latest Super Bowl line have New England as an one-point fav, with O/U holding steady at 48 http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odd... And if that is not enough, I give you 43 pages of propositions for your reading pleasure (PDF reader required): http://www.vegasinsider.com/visport... That Seattle -7.5 with +260 looks interesting...> When did betting become so intellectually demanding? I'll stick to chess. Jan-29-15    WannaBe: According to this article, teams were allowed to use their own football starting 2007: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/deflat... Jan-29-15    WannaBe: Astrophysicist Tyson admitted to an error, and have re-done the calculation. In order for the ball to deflate that much, room temperature had to be 90 degrees, not 125. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/... Musta been that conversion from Fahrenheit -> Celsius -> Kelvin and forgot to the carry the 1. Jan-29-15    WannaBe: Maybe these bettors will place some money on the coin toss will land on its edge. Crazy people... http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 651 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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