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 691 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-22-15    Jim Bartle: I wonder if the Giants lent their bats to serve as pillows. Jul-23-15    WannaBe: Okee-Dokee, non-waiver trading (season) have started, with A's dealing S. Kazmir to Astros. (Kazmir will be a free agent after the season) Next up, Price, Hamel, Puig(?!). Anyone? Anyone?? Jul-23-15    WannaBe: D. Schoenfield on the 'Shift'. The Jim Rice (by W. Herzog) one is interesting. http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/p... Jul-23-15    WannaBe: Doth make one wonder, how will the manager(s) be ejected for arguing balls and strikes?! http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b... Jul-23-15    Jim Bartle: Schoenfield: <Boswell's piece mentions John Mayberry, a Royals slugger whose career went into a tailspin, in part because of the shifts against him.> Becoming a drug addict may have had something to do with it as well. Herzog yanked him out of a playoff game when he was clearly high and missed a popup. Jul-23-15    WannaBe: <JB> Did not know that, I read up a bit on him (just now) on Wiki. His son John Jr. is an outfielder for the Mets. Jul-23-15    Jim Bartle: Here it is, 4th inning, game 4, 1977 AL playoffs: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Mayberry didn't play in game five. Jul-23-15    WannaBe: Oh well, Kershaw lost the perfecto and the no no... Jul-23-15    WannaBe: Kershaw got the CG, SHO, 11K, 0BB allowed 3H. Best of all, he looked gooooooood doing it. Oh, and 29 consecutive scoreless innings. Mr. Greinke, your turn next. =)) Jul-23-15    WannaBe: From ESPN via Elias Sports: <In L.A.'s 3-0 win over the Mets, Clayton Kershaw became the first pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) to allow no runs, strike out at least 10 and walk none in 3 straight starts. The only pitcher to do that even twice in the modern era? Cy Young in 1905 (via Elias).> Jul-24-15    Phony Benoni: Thank goodness Cy Young did it. Can you imagine having to give out the Clayton Kershaw award every year? Jul-24-15    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, after listening to the NFL experts I'm really worried about my beloved Bears! Newly acquired Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio is revamping the Defense to a 3-4 when we don't have anybody to play it?? : 0 And of course we still have Jay Cutler... P.S. If <wannabe's> R A I D E R Z beat the Bears this season I may jump off the Willis Tower! Without a chute... Willis Tower http://scottfredrickson.com/wp-cont... Jul-24-15    Travis Bickle: P.S.#2 I may go hunting for my new Grizzly hat without a rifle. ; P Jul-24-15    WannaBe: <Travis> That would be week 4. I see, that currently on StubHub, cheapest tix for that Raiders @ Chicago (Game? Match-up? Slaughter? Fiasco?) is going for $169. Here are some interesting numbers for Raider tix. All are regular season game and U.S. Dollars, listed in order from Wk 1 to Wk 17 v Cin $58 v Balt $41 @ Cle $37 @ Chi $169 v Den $64 BYE @ SD $51 v NYJ $36 <-- I may go to this one! @ Pit $118 v Min $34 <-- This one, too! @ Det $43 @ Ten $27 v KC $34 @ Den $106 v GB $98 <-- Hello Cheez-heads! v SD $43 @ KC $19 <-- Really?! Really!! Jul-24-15    WannaBe: Just learnt' that GB will visit NorCal twice this year, week 4 at SF and then week 15 at OAK. That outta make Aaron happy, to be close to Berkeley twice this year. Jul-24-15    Travis Bickle: Mr Benoni, too bad we couldn't clone 4 linebackers like this guy to play in the new 3-4 D. ; P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8... Jul-24-15    Travis Bickle: <WannaBe> Thanks Mr Bunny for the football info! P.S. I just noticed The Raiders Bears game is the most $$$$$$$ expensive, LOL!! Jul-24-15    WannaBe: <Travis> Check out the $$ for San Francis: http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/schedul... Especially the Seattle & GB games, plus the @CHI game. Currently at $120, which is less than the OAK game tix. Go Figure. Jul-24-15    WannaBe: ESPN have fired Colin Cowherd. Jul-24-15    Jim Bartle: <ESPN have fired Colin Cowherd.> These sports talk radio guys like Cowherd, Le Batard and the others all have to keep interest up and fill up so much time that they constantly go into controversial territory. And sometimes they just go too far. I really can't stand to listen to them with the exception of 70s veteran Mike Lupica, who is knowledgeable and doesn't try to stir up trouble. Jul-24-15    Phony Benoni: <Travis> I'd worry too about a coach instituting a new system without the personnel to play it properly. But I'm sure he knows what he's doing. Maybe he'll bring in Cutler as the 4th linebacker and solve that problem as well. And don't worry about the Raiders game. Just tell <WannaBe> they're throwing a no-hitter at halftime. He'll broadcast the news here, and your problems will be over. Jul-24-15    WannaBe: LAD have jumped out to 4-0 lead on them NYM, in other news, top 2nd inning, J. Verlander is throwing a no-no. =)) Jul-24-15    Phony Benoni: Ha! You can't jinx Verlander! He has a corner on the market. Jul-24-15    Travis Bickle: I heard Verlander has asked The Lovely Kate Upton to marry him more than once & she refused. The latest gossip is Verlander asked her to to get engaged & she turned Justin down again, saying she wants to focus on her career right now... I think that is what is messing with Justin's head... P.S. I wish I had such problems. ; P http://www.moviecricket.com/wp-cont... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM5... Jul-24-15    WannaBe: Detroit/Boston tied at one, going into bottom 9th. 16 innings, anyone!? Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 691 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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