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 654 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-12-15    OhioChessFan: <The Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball team's 2014 wins have been vacated, and the team has been stripped of its national title, after a Little League investigation discovered the team and its district both "knowingly violated" league rules.> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/... Feb-12-15    WannaBe: MLB pitcher Mark Mulder says JRW have always cheated: http://chicago.suntimes.com/basebal... Jesse Jackson threatens law suit at Little League: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b... Supporters of JRW claim racism: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jesse-j... Bust out the race card and Jesse!! Feb-12-15    Jim Bartle: I think the team they beat in the US final, with Mon'e Davis, was also largely black. The people I think were cheated the most were the three or four kids who actually lived in the district who got bumped to let the ringers on the team. Feb-12-15    WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> I think all the kids on that JRW team got cheated, by the unethical adults. Feb-12-15    Jim Bartle: Right. Of course. Looks like the entire Chicago establishment is lining up behind the team. Feb-12-15    WannaBe: Here is the story, turns out JRW decided to redraw the boundary of its district and did not consult with others... <Here’s what happened: Kids from around Chicagoland joined JRW. A man named Chris Janes, who runs a league that lost a game 43-2 against JRW, complained to Little League International that the team used players from outside its boundaries. Little League investigated, found that JRW redrew the boundaries without consulting nearby leagues and stripped it of the 2014 U.S. title. In a statement, Little League president Stephen Keener said: “As painful as this is, we feel it a necessary decision to maintain the integrity of the Little League program.”> http://sports.yahoo.com/news/little... Feb-12-15    Jim Bartle: Not saying it's so, but it's possible the boundaries were "gerrymandered," using knowledge of where the best players lived. Feb-12-15    WannaBe: 71% said they would rather have Mariota than Winston: http://espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPol... Even Florida voters, by a margin of 59-41 percent! Feb-19-15    technical draw: The Yankees will add three more names to the wall of fame: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/... Feb-19-15    WannaBe: News: Vegas dimmed them casino lights for Tark last night. Reaction: Casinos saved $3B in electricity. Feb-19-15    Phony Benoni: <td> Bernie William, Jorge Posada, and Andy Pettitte? With all due respect--and they certainly deserve a great deal--that seems to be lowering the standards a bit. Or maybe they just wanted to get everyone else out of the way before Jeter's number goes up. If this keeps up, there will come a time when you won't need a scorecard to identify the Yankees' players. you'll need a calculator. (Do they stil sell scorecards?) On the other hand, it means something to have such a problem. Feb-19-15    WannaBe: There is an episode of "Futurama", where in the players all have fraction on their jersey, because all the whole numbers have been retired. =)) Feb-20-15    technical draw: <PB> Remember the records they have to set are Yankee records not overall baseball records. Feb-20-15    playground player: <Technical Draw>, <Esteemed Baseball Mavens> I always knew the Yankees would someday get around to retiring Horace Clarke's historic No. 20. It's about time! Viva Horace! Feb-20-15    technical draw: <News: Vegas dimmed them casino lights for Tark last night. Reaction: Casinos saved $3B in electricity.> And $5B were stolen in chips. Feb-21-15    WannaBe: This would be interesting, same conference, same division, same home stadium: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1... At least Jets and Giants are AFC/NFC... Feb-22-15    technical draw: I heard the Pope is quitting his job to become an American League umpire. He will be known as the Holy Roman Umpire. hahahahaha! Feb-22-15    Phony Benoni: I would not want to be thrown out of the game by the Pope. Feb-23-15    WannaBe: Too bad his jacket was flapping and being non-aerodynamic, otherwise he'd probably have ran it in 2.87 http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/2/... Feb-24-15    playground player: Speaking of Yankees, here's something that jumped out at me from the Baseball Encyclopedia. Norwegian-born catcher Art Jorgens played 11 seasons for the Yankees, 1929-1939. During that period, the Yanks were in the World Series 5 times. In all those World Series games, Art Jorgens did not appear once. Nope, not once. Seems kind of mean, doesn't it? Feb-24-15    Phony Benoni: <playgournd player> You know, I don't think he minded too much as long as he got that World Series check. Feb-24-15    Jim Bartle: Charlie Silvera, whose family I knew pretty well, was on seven Yankee World Seies teams, played in one game and batted twice. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Feb-24-15    Phony Benoni: <Arndt Jorgens' Immortal Game> http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... How often did anybody get to run for Joe DiMaggio, let alone a third-string catcher? Feb-24-15    WannaBe: Here's an interesting study done by ESPN on how Major League (baseball, hockey, football, basketball) teams use analytics, or a lack of analytics: http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/sto... You can click on "Overall Top 10" or "Overall Bottom 10" for a combined view of the 4 leagues. Or click on the individual sport to see how the teams are ranked. L.A. Flakers are virtually bottom... Feb-24-15    Jim Bartle: Analytics just means more sophisticated use of stats, right? Certainly valuable but can be overused, and some of today's writers using analytics are unbearable. Michael Lewis wrote an article on Houston's use of analytics a couple of years, focusing on Shane Battier's defense. I thought it went way, way too far, as they calculated their chances of winning after each play. It was interesting in the way it showed exactly where Battier needed to move Bryant on the floor for the greatest chance he would miss or couldn't make a good pass (small joke). What bothers me is how the coach and front office keep the players from thinking too much rather than just playing basketball. If they're always thinking what the numbers say is the best play, it will just keep them from playing their best. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 654 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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