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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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   Phony Benoni has kibitzed 18634 times to chessgames [more...]

   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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Aug-01-09		Travis Bickle: Phony, Now here was Murderer's Row from Chicago! Scroll down just a wee bit. http://www.thesportgallery.com/prod...

Aug-01-09		A.G. Argent: David, have you ever gotten your smothered mate in any game, friendly, tourney, on-line, whichever? I know I ain't never done it.

Aug-01-09		Phony Benoni: <A.G. Argent>: If you'll read the story I mentioned above at http://www.michess.org/archives/art..., you'll learn the happy ending. If that link doesn't work for some reason, here's the game: David Moody (2009) - Ron Dowell (Unrated) [B06] East Detroit Open, East Detroit, Mich. (3), 1987.07.18 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 0-0 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c5 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.e6 Nde5 11.exf7+ Nxf7 12.Bxe7 Qa5 13.0-0 Re8 click for larger view 14.Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.Ng5+ Kg8 16.Qc4+ Kh8 17.Nf7+ Kg8 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Qg8+ Rxg8 20.Nf7# 1-0 However, there is a sequel which I didn't mention in the article. Two weeks later I was in Portland, Oregon for the US Open, and played this game during one of the afternoon Quads before the main event in the evening: Lee Harmon (2086) - David Moody (2009) Mt. Rainier Quads, Portland, Ore. (3), 1987.08.02 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.0-0 Bxc3 10.Qe2+ Be6 11.bxc3 Qxc3 12.Bd2 Qa3 13.Ng5 0-0 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qxe6+ Kh8 17.Bxf4 Qc3 18.Be5 Qe3+ 19.Kh1 Ne4 20.Qe7 click for larger view 20...Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Nf2+ 22.Kg1 Nh3+ 23.Kh1 Qg1+ 0-1 However, I seem to have used up my quota.

Aug-01-09		A.G. Argent: Oops, I obviously misunderstood after just scanning your piece. Well done. In both games. What a coinckidink about the second game being in Portland; that's here wheres I be.

Aug-02-09		dzechiel: Hi, A.G., I think you question was probably directed at another David, but I thought I would answer it as well. In 30 years of serious chess, I have probably gotten a smothered mate off about once a year. This was my most recent occurrence (but my opponent realized what was happening and resigned before the mate was actually carried out): [Event "ICS unrated blitz match"] [Site "freechess.org"] [Date "2009.06.20"] [White "dzechiel"] [Black "hombrelunatico"] [Result "1-0"] [TimeControl "120+12"] 1. d4 b5 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. exd4 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qa4 Re8 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxf7+ Kf8 19. Qa4 Kxf7 20. Ne5+ Kg8 21. Qxa5 d5 22. Rc1 Qf5 23. Bg3 d4 24. Qb6 Qe4 25. Qe6+ 1-0 click for larger view Final position of dzechiel - hombrelunatico

Aug-02-09		dzechiel: Reading into the notes further I see that the call was for a smothered mate in a tournament game. I did accomplish one of those, it was in the early '70's and it was the classic trap in the Budapest Defence. My opponent looked like a wild man, with hair that was considered long even for those days. Unfortunately for him, he didn't know the theory in the Budapest and went right down the line and fell for the trap. I think he was the only one in the room that was unaware of what was about to happen. [Event "USCF Tournament Game"] [Site "Orange Chess Club"] [Date "1972.08.02"] [White "Lookalike, Will Bill"] [Black "Zechiel, David"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. axb4 Nd3# 0-1 click for larger view Final position of Lookalike - Zechiel

Aug-02-09		whiskeyrebel: I won a game with the same trap and move order in 1970. My opponent was rated in the 1800's. It was the last round of the "Tualatin valley open" in Oregon.

Aug-02-09		Phony Benoni: This is all irrelevant in a way, since I was talking about "Philidor's Legacy". But this forum is required to have at least one chess discussion a month to comply with site guidelines. I've never pulled off the Budapest trap myself (you just can't get to it out of the Benoni), but I knew a guy here in Michigan who pulled did it twice within the space of a month. I've also seen the Caro-Kann version happen: <1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Qe2 Ngf6 6. Nd6# > click for larger view but have never done it in a tournament.

Aug-02-09		Benzol: Thanks for the birthday wishes Dave. OK the 8th USSR Ch held in Leningrad from August 16th to September 9th 1933. Round 1 16th August Botvinnik - Verlinsky 1-0 but gamescore is not available. Round 2 17th August Romanovsky - Botvinnik 1/2-1/2 but gamescore is not available. Round 3 18th August Botvinnik - Kan 1/2-1/2 Round 4 19th August Rauzer - Botvinnik 0-1 Round 5 20th August Botvinnik - Lisitsin 1-0 Round 6 ?? August Kirillov - Botvinnik 0-1 but gamescore is unavailable. Round 7 ?? August Botvinnik - Alatortsev 1-0 Round 8 25th August Botvinnik - Zubarev 1-0 but gamescore unavailable. Round 9 26th August I. Rabinovich - Botvinnik 1/2-1/2 but gamescore unavailable. Round 10 27th August Botvinnik - Yudovich 1-0 Round 11 28th August Savitsky - Botvinnik 0-1 Round 12 29th August Botvinnik - Sorokin 1-0 Round 13 ?? August Duz-Hotimirsky - Botvinnik 1/2-1/2 but gamescore unavailable. Round 14 ?? September Botvinnik - Levenfish 1-0 but gamescore unavailable Round 15 3rd September Bogatyrchuk - Botvinnik 1-0 Round 16 4th September Botvinnik - Riumin 0-1 but gamescore unavailable Round 17 6th September Freiman - Botvinnik 0-1 Round 18 9th September Botvinnik Goglidze 1/2-1/2 but gamescore unavailable Round 19 ?? September Chehover - Botvinnik 1/2-1/2 but gamescore unavailable. This last might be Vitaly Chekhover but I'm not sure. Anyway hope this helps. Cheers mate. :)

Aug-03-09		WannaBe: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh... Can you be the starting QB for the 2009 season??

Aug-03-09		Phony Benoni: Probably not. My invitation to training camp got lost in the mail for the 35th straight year.

Aug-03-09		Jim Bartle: Maybe they'll sign up the ghost of George Plimpton. Speaking of Lions QBs, I always thought Greg Landry was pretty damn good. At least he was tough against the Niners. But that seems to be a minority opinion.

Aug-03-09		Phony Benoni: Greg Landry was in the mold of Bobby Douglass: big, tough, and more of a threat to run than pass. Probably more skilled than Douglass, and well liked, but not considered a "classic" QB by the people who think they know these things. He won a lot of games, though.

Aug-03-09		Jim Bartle: Yes, very tough from what I remember. Billy Kilmer was a bit that way, I guess. Did you know Kilmer started out as a running back for the 49ers? Maybe it was some sort of shotgun system at times, but he ran a lot and passed very little. John Brodie was the QB, in the first year post-Tittle.

Aug-04-09		Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> Hey what about the punky QB? He was smart, tough, savvy, and most important not afraid of Ditka! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdPN...

Aug-04-09		Travis Bickle: <Phony> <Jim Bartle> I just had to add this vintage clip of The '85 Bears I hope you enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUmh...

Aug-04-09		Phony Benoni: Ah, yes. Those were the days when every broadcast of a Bears game was required to show one shot of Mike Singletary's eyes.

Aug-04-09		Phony Benoni: Today was a Wild Day in Major League history--well, at least on August 4, 1979: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... As Phil Niekro tied the major league record with six wild pitches in one game. The fifth inning was particularly noteworthy, as Niekro got one batter to fly to center, one to go out to third, and struck out three. The record had been set earlier that year by J.R. Richard on April 10: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Oddly enough, three years to the day after Richard first set the record, Bill Gullickson tied it in only seven innings of work: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Now, I can understand why Phil Niekro did it. I can understand why J.R. Richard did it. But Bill Gullickson?

Aug-04-09		Jim Bartle: I gotta say I really can't stand the sort of narration used in that 85 Bears piece. "They played with more passion." Ugh. You see it all the time for so many teams. Let us see them play. My favorite quote on the 85 Bears comes from 49ers guard Randy Cross: "Dan Hampton is a man. Every play we hold him and gouge him, and he never complains. Just gets up and brings it the next play."

Aug-04-09		Jim Bartle: The Cardinals honored Mike Shannon for his 50 (!) years with the team. Bob Uecker congratulated him: "He's done a magnificent job coaching the Denver Broncos."

Aug-04-09		Travis Bickle: <Phony Benoni> <Jim Bartle> <AG Argent> Hey this Tom Gorzelanny the Cubs got from The Pirates doesnt look bad. He's pitching a 5-0 shutout through 6. HOMERUN Derek Lee!!!

Aug-04-09		Jim Bartle: This boy is getting satellite TV installed at this very moment! Hello, major leagues!

Aug-04-09		Phony Benoni: Sounds like somebody has been catching a few too many knuckleballs. Out of curiosity, I looked up Shannon's record on Retrosheet. He must have loved facing the Dodgers. Against Drysdale, he was a Buhl-like 3 for 43 (.070). At least with Koufax he had a fighting chance, going 4 for 24 (.167).

Aug-04-09		Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> That weasel Randy Cross and some of the other offensive lineman on the 49er's back then were dirty. If they got beat they would leg whip the rushers. I dont know if they tried it on The Bears though LOL.

Aug-04-09		Jim Bartle: Yes, a stain on the reputation of Bill Walsh (coach of both my college and my NFL team).

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