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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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Living in the Past

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Jan-15-12		hangingenprise: touchdown giants! manning throws a fastball strike!

Jan-15-12		King Death: GO NINERS!!!!!! The Giants must not make the Super Bowl!!!!

Jan-15-12		hangingenprise: g-men

Jan-15-12		WannaBe: This will make for some interesting games next week, I will say 49ers -7 with O/U 42. Mr. <Shams> do you have the latest update from Las Vegas? =) This weekend, we saw defence (49ers and NY Giants), take down offence oriented teams. I have made numerous posts on how NE and GB have the 32nd and 31st ranked defence in the NFL. Next weekend, we have Baltimore going against a weak defensive team, but Baltimore may not have enough offence to compensate. NY Giants at San Francisco, will be a very, very hard hitting game, the survivor <WILL> need the 2 weeks off to heal, and lick their wound. It may very well come down to a 'war of attrition'. Manning played well, very sad, and too bad, that Rogers had so many passes dropped, but that is what you get in cold weather, that ball is just a rock. Watched the 2nd half of the NY-GB game at the local watering hole, never in my life have I seen so many Giants fans wearing 49ers t-shirts/hats/memorabilias.

Jan-15-12		hangingenprise: <wannabe> g-men won't give the game to the 9ers like the saints did. g-men won't leave their heart in san francisco. GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG-MEN

Jan-15-12		hangingenprise: i want to see lewis make brady's uniform grass stained!!

Jan-15-12		Phony Benoni: If I didn't know better, I would sense some partisanship and, yes, even excitement about upcoming sporting events around here. But this is a civilized chess site, so such sentiments are patently impossible. It must be a trick of the acoustics or something. Of course, if the Lions were still playing, things would be different.

Jan-15-12		hangingenprise: have to add some rock & roll to this sedative site: G-Menhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCIU...

Jan-15-12		WannaBe: Going with the G-men next weekend, because Tom Coughlin is an ol' schooled coach, and defence wins Championships. Bal-NE, could be 14-13 game, will be exciting, because the score will be close, otherwise, expecting the punters holding their Swan Lake try-outs.

Jan-15-12		Shams: <WannaBe> 1/22 @New England -7.5 Baltimore 50 1/22 @San Francisco -2.5 NY Giants 43.5 I think the Pats cover. Niners and Giants is a very tough game to call, both teams looked brilliant.

Jan-15-12		hangingenprise: ray lewis after the game: now you face tom brady and the patriots, how will you prepare for them? ray: he is at the top of his game. i am leaving right now to study film! thank you.

Jan-15-12		hangingenprise: <phony> the lions will roar next season "if" they draft secondary help!

Jan-15-12		WannaBe: Wow, was I mistaken, I had NE -3, and SF -7... Gotta talk to my 'guys' in LV, and make sure they didn't screw up the lines. Think NY will win, remember that botched hold/field goal from 12(?) years ago? Same 2 teams!! (At least my 42 was 'very close' to the O/U of 43 and half... Small consolation.)

Jan-15-12		Shams: <WannaBe> Remind me again how it is that you are a Giants fan but you live in Northern California?

Jan-15-12		WannaBe: Espn.com is having a poll, of 4 teams, who will win the Super Bowl... NE -- 39% SF -- 27 NY -- 23 Bal -- 11 So, this weekend, we had 2 upsets, both in the NFC... While in the AFC, it was as predicted. Will we see a 'reverse' next weekend? Stay tuned, same Beaker station, same Beaker time, same Beaker's Beep-Beep-Beep!!

Jan-15-12		Phony Benoni: Two New teams in an old match-up, I think. Patriots seem more balanced, but I think Ravens keep it close. Probably a field-goal margin. I still don't trust SF, though they've proved me wrong so far. Final score in the teens, though; in fact, under in both games. <King Death> If it's any consolation, I'm usually wrong.

Jan-15-12		WannaBe: <Shams> Well, the story started like this: Once, upon a time, I was a regular at a pub, and I befriended some locale folks, and on a whim, I quit my day job and bought the pub. I later learned, a regular of mine, who have become a very good friend, is from NY, and attended a small mid-west college in Iowa, (I got my degree from a small Lutheran College in South Dakota, after my first two years at UCLA). So, we'd yak about sports, (drink schooners of beer) me, being a life-time member of the Dodgers club (drink more schooners), and him (drink more schooners) being a life-time member of the Yankees (glug-glug-glug) club. Anyway, of the remaining teams, I am rooting for NY, because of him, however, I also have another buddy, a postal office inspector, who is from Boston, and roots for New England. And during the NFL season, we'd all sit together, drink some brews (glug-glug-glug-glug-glug-glug-glug-glug), watch the games, talk a l'il trash, and 'The boys being boys'. But we all love, respect, and honour one, and another. And, so, anyhow, in a nutshell, it's complicated... =)

Jan-15-12		King Death: <Phony Benoni> Neither do I. The Niners rely way too much on Alex Smith managing the game and Akers for one field goal after another. SF barely beat them back when the Giants weren't playing all that well, so I'm not optimistic about seeing the Giants go down.

Jan-16-12		Jim Bartle: What's so strange about there being lots of Giants fans in Northern California? What are odd are Dodger fans.

Jan-16-12		Jim Bartle: Look at 6:04 of this video of the 1966 World Series. Doesn't it look as if Wills has such a huge lead that he could be picked off easily? And then he goes on lefty McNally's first move, and I don't understand why he didn't just throw over and hang Wills out to dry. Or have the rules changed since then? I never see anyone with a lead like that today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJr4...

Jan-16-12		technical draw: Thanks for that link <JB> it was great hearing the names of the baseball players I grew up with, especially Luis Aparicio. Also I got a kick out of the fans wardrobe. Lots of white shirts and ties and hats. Also the crowd then was much older than the crowds today. But to answer your question: To me it doesn't look like Wills had that much of a lead. At least not enough to pick him off. But I guess it was McNally's call and he paid the price.

Jan-16-12		Phony Benoni: <JB> I'd agree with <TD>; the lead didn't look that big. It's also possible that, with a three-run lead, McNally wasn't quite as concerned about Wills stealing a base. The name of director <Lew Fonseca> rang a bell: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Not a bad player, but he never made it to the World Series.

Jan-16-12		Jim Bartle: Except Wills took off well before McNally committed to throw home. Also, could be since we never see that angle on TV anymore, I was confused. And maybe the O's really weren't that concerned. After all, the Dodgers only scored two runs in the entire Series.

Jan-16-12		technical draw: Yes. Lew Fonseca, not shabby at all. Lived to be 90 and played in the 20's and 30's. (for some reason he didn't play in 1926.) He ended with a career batting avg. of .316.

Jan-16-12		King Death: <Phony Benoni> Since Fonseca didn't play for the Giants in the NL or the Yankees then A's in the AL he had no chance of getting a ring. This player had some major injuries so he only played 4 seasons full time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Fo...

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