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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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   Phony Benoni has kibitzed 18634 times to chessgames [more...]

   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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Mar-25-15		Tabanus: Here's US Open 1943 player Zenas Leslie Hoover, the father of the traffic lights.

Mar-25-15		Phony Benoni: <Tabanus> Thanks. That tournament was just chock full of real-life celebrities.

Mar-25-15		WannaBe: Be easier if everyone is eligible and screw this confusion... http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1... Hey, if it's 3rd down and 15, and you want to shovel pass to your center, go for it. I say.

Mar-25-15		Phony Benoni: Bring back the fumbleroosky!

Mar-25-15		Jim Bartle: If everyone were eligible there would be no pass rush. The DLs would have to cover the OLs. A simpler rule would be "Only players number 50 to 79 can be interior linemen."

Mar-25-15		WannaBe: <Jim Bartle: If everyone were eligible there would be no pass rush. The DLs would have to cover the OLs.> OK, so?

Mar-25-15		Jim Bartle: You want no pass rush, like schoolyard 2-mississippi rushing?

Mar-25-15		WannaBe: Game will evolve/adapt... It's not like there hasn't been (major) changes in football, before. Just think it's easier to have everyone eligible than to figure out who isn't and where they are lined up.

Mar-25-15		Jim Bartle: That's a reasonable position. The Chip Kellys and Bill Belichicks wouldn't sleep until next season devising new plays. An interesting thought is it might get rid of the 350-pounders.

Mar-25-15		WannaBe: You know in basketball where if the free throw shooter can't shoot (injured) the opposing coach gets to pick who the replacement will be? http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1... I say after the TD, let the opposing coach pick the PAT kicker. "Hey, ref, I want the back-up long snapper to kick it." "Yo, side judge, I think I want that #86, yeah, I know he is being tested for concussion, but he is officially not out of the game, yet. Here, my team's got some smelling salt for 'im." Guaranteed sell-out stadium, no more worries about local-TV black-outs due to empty seats. Boy, I am a genius.

Mar-26-15		Phony Benoni: Better yet. If a team is going for two, the opposing coach gets to pick the quarterback.

Mar-26-15		zanzibar: <Phony> I found this while investigating Momic... it ties in with your <USOpen54>: <In 1962, when Jude was 18 years old, he rode with McAuley to a chess tournament in Natchez, Mississippi. McAuley had paid Jude’s entry fee, as was his custom. Ahead of Jude in line at the Natchez hotel was William Scott III. It was the first time Jude met Scott and they would become lifelong friends (Scott, for example, helped “save” a couple of Jude’s Atlanta exhibitions in the early 1970s). In 1954, Scott had not been allowed to play at the U.S. Open chess tournament held in New Orleans because he was black. In 1945, Scott had served as an army photographer–a Reconnaissance Sgt. with the 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion–and documented [link behind free registration wall] the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Scott was also editor of the Atlanta Daily World. Behind Scott in line was Milan Momic. Formerly of Yugoslavia, Momic was an Alabama state champion. “I’m sorry, sir, but the hotel will not admit you. Black players are not allowed in the tournament.” “Why can’t he play?” asked McAuley, still in his Pelican Plumbing Supply uniform. “If he can’t play, I’m not playing.” He turned and walked out of the hotel. “If McAuley’s not playing, I’m not going to play.” Jude turned to walk out. “They no play, no me.” Momic followed. Jude is ever quick to praise McAuley: There is no one in Louisiana (chess) history, bar none, that touches–especially (Paul) Morphy–McAuley in class in terms of real world class manner. Morphy had many idiosyncrasies, he did not treat people well in many occasions, and did not fulfill professional contracts. McAuley was strictly by the book.> http://gbitchspot.com/classactionfi...

Mar-26-15		WannaBe: I propose: Life-time ban for Tim Duncan. http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....

Mar-26-15		Jim Bartle: Not surprised. Duncan has always been a bad actor. When I was in college I watched a 49er (and former Stanford player) bet $100 with a Stanford starter on the 1969 Stanford-UCLA game. It was a tie, so the current Indian (!) won the bet. He was happy.

Mar-27-15		Tabanus: More knowledge for Phony the seeker! Fredrick Flinn Wilcox, he was an optician in Chicago. Then I tried J W Taylor, you can put <James> W. Taylor from Chicago on your list. But there were 3 or 4 James W. Taylor's in Chicago and I can't be sure which one played chess.

Mar-27-15		Phony Benoni: <Tabanus> Thanks, as always.

Mar-30-15		Pawn and Two: <Phony Benoni> On Biographer Bistro I posted some information you were requesting for the 1997 U.S. Open.

Mar-30-15		Phony Benoni: <Pawn and Two> Thanks. I'll check it out tonight; have been under the weather this weekend.

Mar-30-15		WannaBe: http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id... http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id... http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id... (Well, remember, NCAA tournament is over several weekends, while Super Bowl, even with "silly props" is one game.) http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id... Taking Germany to win soccer, USA to win basketball, Japan to win baseball (Oh, wait, no baseball?) and India to win field hockey. Maaaaaybe the Russian in women volleyball and Dutch in handball.

Apr-01-15		WannaBe: Okay, I'll admit, I'm no Einstein, but with the number of pitchers going Tommy John, and now this article: http://espn.go.com/mlb/preview15/st... You think it's related?? Or it's all relative?

Apr-02-15		Jim Bartle: Today is the 30th anniversary of Sidd Finch.

Apr-02-15		WannaBe: Well, if he's been retired for 30 years, is the veterans committee going to select him for 2016?

Apr-02-15		Jim Bartle: Didn't you know? Finch sent a letter to the Hall of Fame saying that he was not interested in worldly honors, that all players are spiritually equal.

Apr-02-15		Phony Benoni: Now I know Sidd's a fictional character.

Apr-02-15		Jim Bartle: Why do people always use his nickname instead of his given name Siddhartha? I remember in the story a Mets second-string catcher complained about his hand hurting after catching Finch? But which catcher was it, Ed Hearn?

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