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 720 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-26-15    WannaBe: Another bad snap by UA, Ucla recovers!!! Sep-26-15    Phony Benoni: Mets clinch. Nationals and White Sox out. San Francisco Baseball Giants survive another day. Sep-26-15    WannaBe: Wow, Ucla is on pace to score over 80 pts!!! Sep-26-15    Phony Benoni: Now that's they've instituted the 7-point shot from midcourt, you're going to see a lot more of that. Sep-26-15    WannaBe: Dodgers have tied it at 6, Ucla/UA at half time. Utah pulls ahead of Oregon at Eugene. Are we having fun, yet?! Sep-26-15    Phony Benoni: Well, Utah is not to be underestimated. They handled Michigan easily enough, who shut out BYU today, who gave UCLA a lot of trouble last week. Is it any wonder I don't bet on college football? Sep-26-15    Phony Benoni: Tigers finally eliminated by the Twins, but in a bit of a surprise announced that Manager Brad Ausmus will be back in 2016. People all over the city are scrambling to get their deposits back on farewell parties. Sep-26-15    WannaBe: Dodgers lost, Bruins won, Utah's putting on a world of hurt on Ducks. Sep-27-15    Phony Benoni: Mets clinched division today, Cubs were eliminated in the Division race, White Sox and Tigers officially gone. Also, Colorado clinches last place, and Nationals second place. Dodgers (2) can still clinch over San Francisco tomorrow. Leaving soon will be Seattle (WC 1), Tampa Bay (WC 2), Boston (WC 2). Miami (2) can clinch third place over Atlanta. Well, they gotta have something to play for. Sep-27-15    playground player: <Esteemed Baseball Mavens> As the 2015 regular season winds down, let's go back 85 years to the last day of the American League season, Yankees vs. Red Sox at Boston (using the Boston Braves' field). Working on only nine years' rest, Babe Ruth takes the mound for the Yankees and pitches a complete game victory against the Sox, 9-3. He also started two double plays. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b... Is that cool, or what? Sep-27-15    Tabanus: Dr. Chancey David King treated the baseball players with osteopathy, until his art was murdered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteo... Sep-27-15    Phony Benoni: Could a player combine a full-time starting role with full-time play in the field? If anybody could have it would have been Ruth, but his record suggests he was better concentrating on just one of the roles. He never had a really bad year as a pitcher, but his two "worst" seasons were clearly 1918-1919 when he was making the transition to full-time outfielder. His ERA rose, he gave up an extra hit per nine innings, and his already shaky control became worse (in both years, he walked more men than he struck out). Starting a game and pitching deep into it is certainly the most strenuous act on the diamond, even more so than catching. It would appear that the body simply needs some time recover before any more serious activity is possible. Today, of course, there is the DH role, and it's interesting to consider how Ruth would have done as a starter / DH. Physically, it might have been possible, but the roles are so different that full-time concentration mon both might prove impossible. Sep-27-15    Phony Benoni: Raiders 20, Browns 3. Where's Johnny? Sep-27-15    Penguincw: < PB: ... Where's Johnny? > http://utterdigital.com/digital-mar... Sep-27-15    Penguincw: Toronto rallies and beats Tampa Bay 5-4 thanks to Donaldson's walkoff HR. He continues to add more and more to his MVP resumé. Huge win, as New York beat the White Sox 6-1 and Kansas City beat Cleveland 3-0. TOR's magic number now down to 4. Sep-27-15    WannaBe: Arrieta, 6IP, something going on in Chicago North Side. Arrieta already thew a no-no earlier this year. Sep-27-15    WannaBe: First hitter, top 7, solid single... Perfecto over. Sep-27-15    Black Ops: Phony here's your game scores brought to you by Budweiser. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde... P.S. Yo Phony, I'm going to dress up for Halloween this year as Harry Caray... What do ya think? See Costume below... http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i... Sep-27-15    Phony Benoni: <Black Ops> I think the Cubs should be thanking their lucky stars the NL Wild Card play-off game is scheduled for a week from Wednesday. That will be Arietta's turn to pitch. Sep-28-15    Black Ops: Mr Benoni, thanks for the inside dope! I take it you don't like the costume... : 0 Sep-28-15    Phony Benoni: Oh, I just don't like thinking about Halloween before the end of October. Too much Christmas stuff going on. Sep-28-15    WannaBe: Here's the updated tracker for NFL Teams playing on the road 2 or more time zones away. Week 3 (2-2): <WON> Oakland @ Cleveland <LOST> San Diego @ Minnesota <LOST> Chicago @ Seattle <WON> Denver @ Detroit. This brings the running total to 3-10 for Two or More Time-Zone on the Road. While for week three, the rest of the road teams performed 6-6, I am already counting KC's game tonight at GB as road loss. But will adjust this, if KC wins. That will bring the running total for road teams to 18-17. Week 4 will feature the following teams: <??> Oakland @ Chicago <??> Cleveland @ San Diego <??> Green Bay @ San Francisco <??> Detroit @ Seattle Sep-28-15    WannaBe: Scary play at Pittsburgh, Cardinals left fielder seriously injured. Still down. Sep-28-15    WannaBe: He got carted off, and he waved to the crowd. Good sign. Sep-28-15    Penguincw: Toronto rallies and wins 4-3! Magic number shrinks to 3, could be 2 if Boston can hang onto the 5-1 9th inning lead against the Yanks. Meanwhile, Scherzer took a no-hitter into the 8th, and Yordano Ventura had a perfect game into 6th or so. 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