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 668 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-29-15    keypusher: <WannaBe: How much taxes you think NFL will pay? Zero after the accountants are done with forms?> It's really much ado about nothing. The franchises, which is where the money is, have always been for-profit and have always paid taxes. Apr-30-15    WannaBe: Usually the attendance number is right under the game time on ESPN.com and MLB.com box score. I can't find the attendance number for that Baltimore game earlier. Guess MLB don't want a big-fat zero as official number. Feel sad, that had to happen, and the circumstances under which it occurred. Apr-30-15    Jim Bartle: Curious: The Baltimore game was 8-2, but took only 2:03. Apr-30-15    Phony Benoni: They probably didn't have the 7th inning stretch. Apr-30-15    Jim Bartle: The O's first baseman did flip the ball into the stands at the end of innings. Apr-30-15    WannaBe: And TB takes Winston with the first pick. Wonder what is <Mating Net>'s take on this choice. Apr-30-15    Phony Benoni: If I were Marcus Mariotta ... well, then I would probably be disappointed. But he shouldn't be unhappy at not playing for a team with the poor judgment to pick Winston. Not that Mariotta is likely to do any better. I'll probably be in bed long before they get to the Lions at #23. Will probably pick a lineman, going for substance over flash. Apr-30-15    OhioChessFan: Jameis Winston #1. I'm not seeing it. At all. Most the experts do, so........ Apr-30-15    WannaBe: We got A. Cooper WR, but who will be the one throwing the ball to him? Apr-30-15    Phony Benoni: Yes, A. Cooper should be very popular with Raiders fans: http://abcnewsradioonline.com/stora... Apr-30-15    WannaBe: Lions traded their 1st round pick to Denver!?! Apr-30-15    WannaBe: Oh, Lions traded down, same thing SF <-> SD did. Apr-30-15    Phony Benoni: Lions traded #23 pick for Denver's #28, fifth round this year and next, and Manny Ramirez. Boy, somebody is loading up for the annual intrasquad softball game. May-01-15    keypusher: <PB>, <OCF> Why don't y'all see Jameis Winston at #1? I don't know enough to have an opinion. May-01-15    Phony Benoni: <keypusher> Winston himself has had character issues, including several run-ins with the law. I've seen enough such players go bust to worry. But, in general, I don't think a team picking #1 should take a quarterback. Unless a team has traded down or had a freakishly bad year, a team picking #1 will have significant problems that taking a quarterback will not address. Such teams generally destroy rookie quarterbacks rather than being saved by them. To my mnd, a team should consider picking a quarterback if they are an average team with mediocre quarterback play. Somebody like, say, the Browns. May-01-15    Phony Benoni: New Football Cliché of the Day: <"His intangibles are off the charts."> Well, where else would they be? May-01-15    keypusher: <But, in general, I don't think a team picking #1 should take a quarterback.> The thinking, I guess, is that a shot at a true franchise quarterback doesn't come along very often, and if you get one you can't pass it up. If it works (Peyton Manning with the Colts) great. If it doesn't, well I guess David Carr with the Texans is an example of the kind of ruination you're talking about. May-01-15    Jim Bartle: Tim Couch? Ryan Leaf? Steve Spurrier? May-01-15    keypusher: <Jim Bartle: Tim Couch? Ryan Leaf? Steve Spurrier?> I think the issue with Couch and Leaf was that they turned out to be not that good. While the book on Carr seems to be that he had genuine talent, but just took too much of a beating in his early years. So he seemed to fit better with Phony's thesis. I can't speak to Spurrier's talent, but for whatever reason he went to the 49ers, not a terrible team. May-01-15    keypusher: <Jim Bartle> <I can't speak to Spurrier's talent, but for whatever reason he went to the 49ers, not a terrible team.> Thinking about this a little further, the funny thing is that Spurrier's rival, Bob Griese, went to a legitimately terrible team, spent a few years running for his life, changed coaches, won a couple of Super Bowls, and wound up in the Hall of Fame. I looked up the 1967 draft. My recollection was that Spurrier and Griese went ##1-2, but in fact the top pick was Bubba Smith, and the second was Clint Jones (who?). Then came Spurrier and Griese. May-01-15    WannaBe: Last night on ESPN's Draft coverage: NEW YORK -- Quarterbacks drafted 1-2 in the same year of the NFL draft since 1967: 1971-Jim Plunkett, Stanford, by New England, and Archie Manning, Mississippi, by New Orleans. 1993-Drew Bledsoe, Washington St., by New England, and Rick Mirer, Notre Dame, by Seattle. 1998-Peyton Manning, Tennessee, by Indianapolis, and Ryan Leaf, Washington St., by San Diego. 1999-Tim Couch, Kentucky, by Cleveland, and Donovan McNabb, Syracuse, by Philadelphia. 2012-Andrew Luck, Stanford, by Indianapolis, and Robert Griffin III, Baylor, by Washington. May-01-15    WannaBe: This explains a lot about the status of Browns football: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/... May-01-15    Phony Benoni: <OCF> Hey, you want a job in football? Will you settle for the Browns? May-01-15    WannaBe: Carolina Panthers drafted a kid out of U. Of Michigan, D. Funchess. Wonder what is the kid's Rating. May-01-15    Jim Bartle: Spurrier had some very good games and was certainly not a classic bust, though of course Griese was much better. The problem was the 49ers already had a great quarterback, John Brodie, but didn't realize it yet. I know the Dolphins had decided to pick Griese over Spurrier and were prepared to accept a storm of abuse from fans in Florida. Then the 49ers took Spurrier ahead of them and got them off the hook. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 668 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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