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 777 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-18-16    WannaBe: Most expensive 49ers home tix: Dallas ($203), New England ($185). Cheapest Tampa Bay ($74), the funny thing is, 49ers have a chance of winning against TB. http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/schedul... Most expensive Oakland home games: Atlanta ($115), Houston ($109). Cheapest home tix: Indianapolis ($69) http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/schedul... Guess no one want to go see Andrew Luck, seen enough of him at Stanford. Apr-18-16    WannaBe: <Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer The gamesmanship has already begun between the Cubs and Cardinals as classical music was played throughout the stadium at the beginning of Cubs batting practice at Busch stadium on Monday. Assistant hitting coach Eric Hinske quickly ran into the Cubs clubhouse bringing a wireless speaker back with him setting it up behind the batting cage. The Cubs proceeded to provide their own music during the rest of BP.> I hope Cardinals were playing Clair de Lune, that'll put everyone to sleep. Apr-18-16    WannaBe: Congratulations to them Cubs, first team to double-digit wins, now, who will be the first team to triple digit wins? Or will there be one with 100+ wins?? Apr-18-16    Penguincw: On the other side of the spectrum, who will be the first to double digit losses? Minnesota, Atlanta and San Diego all have 9. Blue Jays and Raptors both win today, so that's good. But my favourite hockey team, Flyers, ugh. Aside from losing 6-1 to fall to 0-3 in the series, the Flyers got a delay of game penalty thanks to their <fans> throwing bracelets onto the ice that were supposed to be in honour of the franchise's owner, Ed Snider (who died a week ago). Apr-19-16    MissScarlett: <Elliott - Cross, Chicago Tribune Sept. 8, 1907, p.26> http://archives.chicagotribune.com/... If you get time, have a look at the score and see if you agree with the one I've submitted, because the ending is a little strange: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Bd7 6. Nf3 Rc8 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Nxd4 12. Kh1 Nxf3 13. Rxf3 Nh6 14. Nc3 g6 15. Rg1 Ng4 16. h3 h5 17. g3 Nh6 18. Kh2 Nf5 19. g4 hxg4 20. Rxg4 Bc6 21. Rf1 Ne3 22. Rfg1 Nxg4+ 23. Rxg4 Kd7 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rxg6 Rxh3+ 26. Kxh3 Rh8+ 27. Kg2 d4+ 28. Kg3 Kc8 29. Ne2 d3 30. Qxd3 Qxb2 31. Qc4 Qb1 32. Rg7 Qh1 33. Kg4 Kb8 0-1 Apr-19-16    Party Animal: Yo Mr Benoni, who do you think The Lions are aiming to pull the trigger on with their #1 pick in Da Draft in Chi-Town? I Think The Bears are going DE but I could be wrong. Apr-19-16    WannaBe: Well, Twinkies lost at home to Milwaukee, that's their 10th loss. Later today, San Diego and Atlanta (both with 9-losses) will play at home. Apr-19-16    Phony Benoni: <Miss Scarlett> Thanks for finding the game. I see what you mean about the finish. The transcription looks correct, but the last three moves are hardly believable. A time scramble is possible, but this looks like more of a score issue. However, there doesn't seem to be a good improvement here. For instance, 33...Kb8 could be moved up to move 31, That would work out a bit better, but will hardly solve all the problems and is a very big assumption to make for a small gain. So I suppose we have to settle with the score as is, bad as it may be.. Apr-19-16    Phony Benoni: <Party Animal> Lions draft possibilities are all over the map, but I would suspect DB near the top: they've been shaky there for years, and have some retirements to fill. Don't be surprised if they grab at QB at some point. Stafford is nearing a decade in the league, and it seems obvious now he's never going to take the next step to elite status. Apr-20-16    Party Animal: A number 1 pick on a talented DB especially a corner is a good selection especially if it's a team need. Good Luck on your Draft! Apr-20-16    Jim Bartle: I go more for "best available player" overall. Obviously if have Dan Marino and Eric Dickerson I won't take a QB or RB in the first round, but if you look for a player at a particular position you may be forced to take a not-so-strong player. If you need a safety and there's a great receiver available, take the receiver. Then if necessary you can make a trade later. I also like the Bill Walsh "volume" theory, getting as many picks as possible even if means fewer first-round picks. It's such a crapshoot anyway, so it's best to get various shots at good players rather one really good shot. Apr-20-16    WannaBe: This day in history: April 20th, 100 years ago Cubs played their first game at Wrigley, beating Cincinnati Reds in 11-innings: http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/p... April 21st: 30 bars opened up for business around Wrigley. Apr-20-16    Jim Bartle: What? There were no lights at Wrigley until 1988? Apr-20-16    WannaBe: <JB> It was a Chicago Public Utility project, it actually started in 1965... Apr-21-16    Party Animal: <Jim Bartle: What? There were no lights at Wrigley until 1988?> They had the materials to construct lights but when the WWII broke out the Cubs donated the steel to the war effort. Apr-21-16    Jim Bartle: Well, then, how did they play games in the dark? Apr-21-16    Party Animal: That's why they played day games. Duh! Apr-21-16    keypusher: < 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...> I believe it was in that same book that he reported on a research project on Drysdale's performances against the Dodgers' key rival in each of their 1960s pennant races. He identified 13 of these games. Amazingly, Drysdale didn't win any of these games, and never even pitched particularly well. Being Bill James, he was agnostic about the result, and said he'd still start Drysdale in a pennant race if it was up to him. But, it did make him wonder a little bit. I think the book came out in the 1980s, and of course it was a massive research project, finding all the old box scores and newspaper accounts. Today it would take someone with access to retrosheet and the internet a couple of hours, I'd guess. Apr-21-16    Jim Bartle: That's right. He didn't win a single game in a series of pennant races. He was always tough, though, and really suffered in comparison pitching on the same team. Koufax's record in those same years in close games was just unreal. In 1963 he went 8-2 when the Dodgers scored four runs, 9-0 when the they scored three, 6-3 when they scored two, and 3-1 when they scored one run. He did fail to win a single game when the Dodgers were shut out. Big strike zone, high mound, pitchers park, doesn't matter--that's an incredible record. Apr-21-16    WannaBe: Our own field sucks!! Our own field sucks!! Our own field sucks!! Our own field sucks!! Our own field sucks!! Our own field sucks!! http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1... Apr-21-16    WannaBe: In a three game series in ATL (one of the pre-season predicted worst team in NL), Dodgers scored a total of 8 runs. Gonna be a challenging season for them Dodgers. Apr-21-16    WannaBe: "Blooper Pitch"?? Kershaw?! http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/p... Apr-21-16    WannaBe: Something's going on in Cincinnati with Jake Arreta... Apr-21-16    Jim Bartle: You're right! 18 hits for the Cubbies! Apr-21-16    WannaBe: One more out!! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 777 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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