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 776 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-15-16    WannaBe: 9 times, them two aces have faced off. http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/p... Apr-15-16    WannaBe: C'mon Kershaw!! We scored 6 runs for ya... Apr-16-16    Party Animal: <WannaBe: ...While we are on the subject of Bees-ball, it's all over for them Cubs, lost at home today to them lowly Rockies.> Ah Shut Up!! Apr-16-16    Party Animal: Yo Phony I think the St Louis Blues fat slob of a coach got Coach Q's Irish up when he said he wants to check the Blackhawks 70 times a game! Coach Quenville said seethingly, "Good that means will have the puck the whole game"! ; P http://chi-guy.com/wp-content/uploa... Apr-16-16    Party Animal: <WannaBe: C'mon Kershaw!! We scored 6 runs for ya...> What do you mean we? All you did was drink 25 Whiskey's! ; P Apr-16-16    Phony Benoni: <Party Animal> So the Blues are trying to draw by perpetual check? Apr-16-16    WannaBe: Great day, NBA (Warriors), MLB (SFG/LAD), NHL (SJ/LAK). Wheeeeeee!! Apr-16-16    WannaBe: Bad day for Toronto fans, baseball team, basketball team both lost, how's the hockey team doing? Apr-16-16    Party Animal: <Phony Benoni: <Party Animal> So the Blues are trying to draw by perpetual check?> Nah Phony this Bozo, who looks like Humpty Dumpty is trying to win by perpetual check! ; P http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibt... P.S. Great pun by the way. Apr-17-16    WannaBe: Bad day for LA fans, baseball team, hockey team both lost, how's the Lakers doing? Apr-17-16    Phony Benoni: When did the Lakers move to Louisiana? Apr-17-16    MissScarlett: <Capa - Davis Chicago Tribune Dec. 11, 1910 p.32 Capa - Hahlbohm Chicago Tribune Dec. 18, 1910 p.30 Capa - Gelman Chicago Tribune Dec. 4, 1910 p.28 Capa - Brock/Whitehead Chicago Tribune Jan.11, 1911 p.26 Capa - Gundlach Chicago Tribune June 2, 1912 p.10 Lee-Widmeyer Chicago Tribune Sept. 10, 1911 p.24 Wolbrecht-Lee Chicago Tribune Sept. 4, 1910 p.26 Phillips-Winter Chicago Tribune Aug. 28, 1910 p.26 Erdeky-Phillips Chicago Tribune Aug. 21, 1910 p.26 Gessner-Uedemann Chicago Tribune Aug. 21, 1910 p.26 Uedemann-Phillips, Chicago Tribune Aug. 21, 1910 p.26> The Davis and Hahlbohm games are known from Caparros, but the other Capa games are new, I believe. Brock/Whitehead is a blindfold game. Apr-17-16    Phony Benoni: <MissScarlett> Duly noted. Thank you. Apr-17-16    Phony Benoni: <Miss Scarlett> OK, I've got these game: <Cross-Chajes, Chicago Tribune Sept. 19, 1909 Chajes-Erdeky, Chicago Tribune Sept. 19, 1909 Elliott-Schrader, Chicago Tribune Sept. 19, 1909 Smith-Barnhart, Chicago Tribune Sept. 19, 1909 Smith-Stacy, Chicago Tribune Sept. 19, 1909> Apr-17-16    WannaBe: Watching the SF/LAD game, the Marlins fan is behind home plate, bright orange Marlins gear. Can't miss him. Apr-17-16    WannaBe: To put things in perspective, in a way: Vin Scully started in 1950, this will be 66th year, or 67, working behind the microphone. People <RETIRE> when they hit 66, or 67... Years old!!! Apr-17-16    Jim Bartle: Another amazing thing is that his voice has hardly changed. Play a tape of a game and it's hard to tell if it's 1965 or 2005. That is, if you ignore giveaways like "split fingered fastball" or "fireman." Apr-17-16    Jim Bartle: Bill James' top five righthanders in peak value, written in 1985: Johnson, Mathewson, Dean, McLain, Feller. Not what I would have guessed. I have to figure Clemens and Maddux moved in there later on. If McLain is high on the list with just two great years then Gooden might be up there as well. Apr-17-16    WannaBe: What?! No Big D(rysdale)?!!? Apr-17-16    Jim Bartle: Drysdale #19 in peak value, #27 in career value. In one of his books James makes two opposite cases for Drysdale and the Hall of Fame. One seems to show he clearly should be in, the other that there's no way. Each is convincing. Now if Drysdale had never had to pitch to McCovey... Apr-17-16    WannaBe: I saw this car, while leaving the watering hole, with decals and a plate holder that identify the owner as SF Giants fan, the licence plate, which made me pause and look twice: CRAZ4DP Apr-18-16    Party Animal: <Phony Benoni: When did the Lakers move to Louisiana?> During the Louisiana Purchase. ; P P.S. Phony have you got your pony picked out yet for The Run For The Roses? Time is slipping away... Apr-18-16    Phony Benoni: <Party Animal> I'm not that interested in horse racing. All I see is a bunch of high-strung animals running as fast as they can for 1¼ miles in order to end up where they started. Sounds too much like Congress. Apr-18-16    WannaBe: This day in history, Dodgers played their first Los Angeles game as 80K fans packed the Coliseum: https://twitter.com/espn/status/722... 75K left after the 4th inning to "beat the traffic", and they all missed a historic game as K. Gibson hit a 10th inning walk-off home run and O. Hershiser pitched a complete game 5 hitter. Apr-18-16    Party Animal: Mr Benoni, only for you I'll share these handicap tips! ; P Choose your exacta's and gimmick wagers with chess like creativity! If you like a bomb, (high odds pony), bet a $100 on him to show. If there's a lot of speed in the race look for a pony that closes late. Good luck my good pal! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 776 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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