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 718 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-22-15    WannaBe: There it goes, solid double in the gap... Sep-22-15    WannaBe: About 3 hours ago, A's announced Zito will start Saturday v Hudson, the number of available tix on StubHub halved in an hour. My seats that was listed for $90 got sold at 7PM. Sep-22-15    WannaBe: Blue Birds tie the game at 3, bottom ninth on a solo shot!! Sep-22-15    Phony Benoni: Just watched highlight of Chicago's first hit in the 9th. Almost no crawd noise, and nothing but grumbles after the hit. Sad. Sep-22-15    Penguincw: Blue Jays lose a thriller, 6-4 to New York in 10. :( Division lead down to 2.5 games, Minnesota won, so Toronto's postseason magic number remains at 4. Sep-23-15    Tabanus: Samuel Heyman Shapiro He could perhaps be the great-grandfather of Mark Shapiro, former President of the Cleveland Indians! (Unlikely though, his children were girls.) Sep-23-15    perfidious: <pgp....In 1962 Bob Buhl, in 70 at-bats, was hitless. Zero base hits. How that is even possible, I can't imagine...> There was a baseball monthly which named Buhl as one of the worst-hitting pitchers in history in a piece back in 1974. Sep-23-15    perfidious: RIP, Master of Malapropisms: Yogi Berra dies, aged 90. http://www.commercialappeal.com/spo... Sep-23-15    WannaBe: Very sad =( Sep-23-15    WannaBe: Yogi died Sept. 22 2015, made his major league debut on Sept. 22, 1946. 4AB 2H 1R 2RBI 0BB 0K http://www.baseball-reference.com/b... Sep-23-15    Tabanus: <Hokenson, H (WY) 1912, 195> <PB> Do you have him from Wyoming? I have Grand Forks ND in 1915. Winnipeg Tribune has H. Hokensen of Minneapolis in 1912 (Aug 20). Sep-23-15    WannaBe: <Tabanus> You know who would know info on that? <Resignation Trap>. Man I miss him. =( Sep-23-15    WannaBe: Here's another weird coincidence involving Yogi: <The rift ended in 1999, when Steinbrenner initiated a reconciliation and honored Berra with a Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium on July 18. On that day, Berra was also reunited with Don Larsen, whose perfect game in the 1956 World Series Berra had caught. Larsen threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Berra, and to make the day complete, Yankees starter David Cone threw a perfect game against the Montreal Expos.> http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9... Mustta been Deja vu all over again. Sep-23-15    Phony Benoni: Possible clinches today: Pittsburg clinches WC with a win or a San Francisco loss. Eliminations: Detroit eliminated with Loss and Houston win. Baltimore eliminated in Division with loss or Toronto win Cleveland eliminated in division with a loss or Kansas City. win. Sep-23-15    playground player: Yogi Berra, 1950--572 at bats... 12 strikeouts. Twelve! Sep-23-15    Phony Benoni: <Tabanaus> This whole Hokensen/Hokenson mess is more complicated than I thought, and I need to look at it more carefully. These facts are emerging: 1) The person or persons played in the Western Championships of 1912 and 1915. 2) The 1912 player is probably from Fort Russell, Wyoming, or at least Wyoming. The 1915 player is from Grand Forks, North Dakota. 3) Their results are similar. 4) Both the forms of name (Hokenson and Hokensen) are used in multiple sources from each year. I feel pretty certain they are the same player. I had just about decided that "Hokensen" was correct and changed it everywhere except the "Help!" page. Sep-23-15    Tabanus: <PB> Have a look again. I just updated with all I have. Yes I'm now pretty sure it's the same man, Helge and Harry. H Hokensen Sep-23-15    Penguincw: <HUGE> wins for the Blue Jays, as they down the Bronx Bombers 4-0. Division number down to 8, 4 to make the postseason. They're also breathing down KC's neck for home field advantage throughout the postseason. Sep-23-15    Penguincw: On a more somber note, R.I.P. Yogi Berra. :( Whether or not you love or hate the Yankees, Yogi Berra is one you have to tip your cap to. He will be forever remembered for his contributions on and off the field. Him and Johnny Bench are the 2 greatest catchers to ever play the game of baseball. Sep-23-15    Jim Bartle: <Bench and Berra> I have read rankings which put Mickey Cochrane up with those two. Sep-24-15    Jim Bartle: Roger Angell is oddly unconvincing in his Berra obit. It does have one line probably only he could have written: "I remember Yogi on an April morning in 1946..." He also has a line which I think has a mistake, rare in both Angell and the New Yorker: "The Yanks played in eight World Series between 1949 and 1957, facing the Dodgers five times and the Giants twice..." The Yankees played the Giants in 1951. What other year did they play? Sep-24-15    OhioChessFan: It was Joe Garagiola who started the Yogi Myth, putting words in Yogi's mouth that he never said. Jim Bouton in particular was adamant that Yogi really wasn't a very funny person. I can say his AFLAC commercial didn't come off as funny at all. Sep-24-15    WannaBe: File this under: "How Ya Like Them Apples?" Pittsburgh Pirates, have clinched at least Wild Card spot, are 4 behind St.L, and 3 in front of Chicago. This weekend, Pittsburgh will be in Wrigley (3 games) then starting Monday, host St.L (3). Wonder what the crowd will be like if Pitt is only 3 games out, or 2 games out. I think even watching the game on TV would require ear-plugs. Tie-breaker scenarios: (Warning!! Advanced Ph.D. from MIT in Quantum Astro-Physics required to understand this article, especially the AL 4-way tie) http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-star... Sep-24-15    WannaBe: Okay, it's possible, so... Yankees goes on a losing streak, NYY, HOU, MIN, LAA all end up tied for the 2 WC spot. (TOR, TEX, KC wins East, Central, and West) And I want to see Manfred & J. Stark's heads explode trying to explain to us what the match-up & home field & TV schedule will all work out. (I love ya Jayson, but it will be funny as heck watching you, Tim Kurkjian and Buster Olney on TV debating about this...) Sep-24-15    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> Oh, it could be even more fun than that. Cleveland could conceivably break into The Big Tie, but they would have to play off a postponed game with Detroit for which there is no room on the regular schedule. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 718 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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