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 667 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-24-15    WannaBe: Breakin' Gnus: Tony Romo predicts Super Bowl win http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12... Reaction: 2015 season have been canceled, parade at downtown Dallas scheduled for June 1st, 2015 Apr-24-15    Jim Bartle: OK, don't feel so bad about that one... My guess of 15 walks wasn't so bad. As far as I can tell the record is 16 for nine innings. Then I got through the sixth inning 1-1 and both runs were scored by players who walked or were hit, so I figured maybe all 11 runs were players who had walked. But no luck. Apr-24-15    WannaBe: Gotta love baseball, LAA were out-hit by OAK 8 to 1, but won the game 2-0. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap... Apr-24-15    Phony Benoni: Oh, I finally got around to looking up the rule on coaches' interference. It's 7.09(h), part of the rule defining interference: "In the judgment of the umpire, the base coach at third base or first base, by touching or holding the runner, <physically assists him in returning to or leaving third base or first base.>" There might be an argument that this was a case of the runner colliding with the third base coach instead of receiving "physical assistance". But there's no way an umpire shouldn't have seen it. If nothing else, somebody had to be looking at the runner to make sure he touched third base. Apr-25-15    Jim Bartle: The home plate ump had to see it. I think the rules should prohibit the coach from even standing so clise to the base. Apr-25-15    Phony Benoni: The Longest Slide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR1... Apr-26-15    Jim Bartle: Garrett Richards got Adrian Beltre out three times, breaking his bat each time. Beltre sent him a bill for the price of three bats. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b... Apr-26-15    WannaBe: Was at Stanford watching Ucla-Stanford baseball, outside the Sunken Diamind is a list of Stanford Baseball Olympians, and All-Americans. One name caught my eyes, 1958, Ralph Holding, too bad he didn't play football. Apr-26-15    Jim Bartle: Great place, Sunken Diamond, though I liked it better before it was modernized. You're so close to the field. I saw Jack Clark hit the longest homer I've ever seen in a game. Over the centerfield fence, over the second fence at the top of the slope, over a service road, over some bleachers, and into the middle of an intramural soccer game. And before the game Clark, Morgan, Chili Davis and others borrowed aluminum bats, and all I can say is, big league infielders, and outfielders, should be glad they're not allowed in the majors. Apr-26-15    Phony Benoni: Jimmie Foxs didn't need no aluminum bat. Just ask any pitcher: http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=... Apr-26-15    Jim Bartle: Catcher's interference! Apr-28-15    perfidious: Two tremendous defensive plays from last night's action, neither of which involved Andrelton Simmons (heresy), featured in the link below: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on... Apr-28-15    WannaBe: Baltimore baseball will be played in front of an empty stadium! http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1... I know games have been postponed, or moved, but play with fans? Have that ever happened in baseball? It have happened in soccer, as a punishment for the home team. Apr-28-15    WannaBe: B. McCarthy (4yr/$48M) is now out for the season. Will he be the 'new' Jason Schmidt of the Dodgers? Apr-28-15    WannaBe: Sure signs that the apocalypse is upon us: 1. Both New York Baseball club are in first place. 1a. Mets have the best record in baseball, METS?!!? 2. Astros are in AL West First place, high-spending Seattle and LAA are below 0.500. 'Stros?!!? The team that had back-to-back- to-back-to-back 200 loss season? Okay, so it wasn't that many back-to-backs. 3. Cubs are one game behind the always solid StL Cards, one game back! With rookie infielders and out bleachers that not completed yet. Maybe when the stadium have finished renovation, the team will collapse... 4. Nats are last in NL East. Apr-28-15    Phony Benoni: 1. Wait until Memorial Day. 1a. Ditto. 2. Ditto. 3. Ditto. 4. Ditto. April is the cruelest month when it comes to getting our hopes up. Apr-28-15    WannaBe: How much taxes you think NFL will pay? Zero after the accountants are done with forms? http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s... Apr-28-15    Phony Benoni: And after the prices go up on tickets and merchandise. Apr-28-15    Phony Benoni: Kirk Gibson diagnosed with Parkinson's. http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl... Apr-28-15    thegoodanarchist: <Phony Benoni: Move 64!? Reminded me of the finish in the famous game, F Parr vs G Wheatcroft, 1938.> Holy Cow, Parr v Wheatcroft is a famous game?? Please enlighten me - in what galaxy is this game famous? I used the Random Game feature from the home page and the first game it gave me was Keres v Opocensky, which I dare say is way more famous than Pear versus Wheat beer. Keres vs Opocensky, 1943 Apr-28-15    WannaBe: So, Dodgers now have: Crawford, Puig, McCarthy, Jensen, all on DL. McCarthy is done this year, and possibly one-half of next year. Maybe they'll finally call me up to play. Put me in Coach, I'm ready to play. Today... Apr-28-15    Phony Benoni: <thegoodanarchist> Probably a generational thing. Parr - Wheatcroft was included in the "Fireside Book of Chess", where Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld mentioned that, in the opinion of some critics, it was the most brilliant attacking game ever played. That was no doubt too effusive, but those where the days when everything Chernev and Reinfeld wrote was gospel truth to a youngster such as myself and created an impression. But now the game is nearly 80 years old, and neither player ever achieved immortal fame, and it's fading from the collective memory. Still, it seems I am not alone in my opinion. Parr - Wheatcroft is included in more than 30 collection; Keres - Opocensky not a single one. Admittedly, the former had the benefit of once being Game of the Day, but I still rest my case. Apr-29-15    thegoodanarchist: <PB> I don't know that being a cg.com gotd is of any benefit in ranking famous games. We've had some real lame matches that end up as gotd simply because of a humorous pun. Kind of like praising a film for winning an Academy Award for Best Picture, until one is reminded that the snorefest "The English Patient" won the same award. Apr-29-15    Phony Benoni: <thegoodanarchist> I agree, and you will note I wasn't recommending the game on the basis of it being a gotd. Rather, I just mentioned that as one reason it showed up in so many collections. Being a gotd confers some notoriety on a game, which can be either good or bad. Apr-29-15    Jim Bartle: Did either of the Orioles who hit home runs today take a curtain call? I sure hope so. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 667 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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