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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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Jan-20-12		Jim Bartle: From what I've seen Messi is right up there with Pelé and Maradona. Maybe he can't carry a team like Maradona did without great players around him (Argentina 1986), and it's true his great play has been with Barcelona, and for some reason not with Argentina's national team (with Maradona as coach last year). But if you think Pele has a big ego, take a look at Maradona some time. Totally beyond reason, but supported by all the fanatics in Argentina.

Jan-20-12		King Death: <Jim Bartle> Other than when Rizzuto died has anybody really mentioned his name in connection with the Hall since he made it there? There are more than likely a whole bunch of others whose names never come up now that they're in. A few were Yankees who rode the coat tails of guys like Ruth and Gehrig.

Jan-20-12		Jim Bartle: Yeah, you know, DiMaggio, Berra, Ford, Mantle. Lucky stiffs. Actually I'm surprised Don Mattingly hasn't received more attention. He was a great player for maybe five years, then got injured and his career went downhill. (Same thing with Will Clark on the Giants.)

Jan-20-12		King Death: <Jim Bartle> In mentioning those players you're being ridiculous. They obviously belong. Let's try a few other names...Combs, Pennock, Hoyt, Lazzeri. If they play anywhere else what chance they do they really have?

Jan-20-12		Jim Bartle: I was just kidding around. You're right about a lot of those names, in face there are lots of names from the twenties and thirties who got in via the Veterans Committee who are pretty dubious.

Jan-20-12		benjinathan: You guys may have seen this, but in case not, this is near the topic tha you are discussing: http://joeposnanski.si.com/2012/01/...

Jan-20-12		King Death: <Jim Bartle> Okay and those Yankees I named were just a start. Big numbers from an era full of them.

Jan-21-12		Jim Bartle: From Posnanski's article: "Next yearï¿½s ballot will include: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling, Craig Biggio, Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza and Kenny Lofton. "The 2014 ballot will include: Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Mike Mussina and Jeff Kent. "The 2015 ballot will include: Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Gary Sheffield." Leaving out the steroid guys, I think Maddux, Johnsonn and Martinez are automatics. I'd also say Glavine and Smoltz should go in. and I think Biggio and Schilling as well, though they will probably not be elected the first year. I don't see Kent, Lofton or Mussina as Hall of Famers. There are dozens of players of their quality who aren't in, the Davey Concepcion/Dwight Evans types. Is Sheffield one of the steroid suspects? Not sure--he certainly got bigger, and trained with Bonds. In any case, he did hit 500 home runs, hit .290 lifetime and walked an awful lot. That would seem good enough, but he's not identified with any single team, bounced around so much, and that hurts him.

Jan-21-12		King Death: <Jim Bartle> Next year I think Jack Morris and possibly Jeff Bagwell from the holdovers go in even though I'm not sold on Morris. Leaving aside the players with the steroid taint who show up for the first time, next year Biggio looks like an automatic to me. In 2014 I like Maddux Glavine and Thomas (I've never seen anything about steroids involving Thomas) and in 2015 I agree that Johnson and Martinez go in on the first ballot.

Jan-21-12		WannaBe: My prediction: 2013: Biggio 2014: Maddux, Glavine, and Big Hurt. 2015: Johnson, Smoltz 2016: WannaBe

Jan-21-12		King Death: <WannaBe> Those ears of yours look a little puffed up. Some of those writers might start poking around for dirt and decide not to vote for you.

Jan-21-12		Jim Bartle: The voters ought not to vote for Maddux and Glavine in 2014. Then they could go in together with Smoltz the next year. I'll bet three members of the same rotation have never gone in together. Besides, if Maddux and Glavine are inducted along with Thomas they'll just spend the weekend complaining that "chicks dig the long ball."

Jan-21-12		Phony Benoni: Surprised Piazza isn't getting a little more love for 2013. With a .309 average and 400+ home runs as a catcher, he should definitely be considered. Or does he have The Taint? If not, I'd make him a better candidate than Biggio except for the 3000 hits. Maddux is a shoo-in for 2014, and Glavine will probably make it with 300 wins. Three in one year is tough, so Thomas will probably wind up waiting. In 2015, three more viable candidates. I'd discount Sheffield on bad mojo alone, after seeing his act in Detroit. Johnson and Martinez first ballot, Smoltz will probably wind up waiting since his dual citizenship lowered his lifetime numbers in all categories. <WannaBe> Being eligible in 2016 means you must have retired in 2011. Now, I hate to break this to you, but in baseball you have to have a career before you can retire.

Jan-21-12		Jim Bartle: I thought Piazza was on the suspicious list. Otherwise he's a sure thing. Johnson, Martinez, Smoltz, Maddux and Glavine--five starting pitchers probably to go in in three years.

Jan-21-12		WannaBe: Hey, with all my postings here, I'm a lock in the writer's wing! 2016, here I come!

Jan-21-12		King Death: <Phony Benoni> and <Jim> There's never been quite the storm that surrounded some of the others but I remember suspicions expressed in re Piazza. Maybe they were just along the lines of "he's putting up those numbers so he must be juicing". If not for that Piazza's just as much a lock as Bagwell should be. Sheffield is a strange one. He has some nice career numbers but his relationship with the folks doing the voting is gonna cost him some. With some of the candidates in the next few years he may have to wait awhile. The juicers will hurt him too because a portion of the media will be voting for them making it less likely that he gets a piece of the action.

Jan-21-12		WannaBe: News: Rams will play a game in London for 2012-2014 season. Opponents to be Announced. Reaction: Dear Comm. Goodell, The British are our friends, our ally, why do you treat them so??

Jan-21-12		Phony Benoni: 2012-2014? That's going to be a long season for the Rams. But then, these days every season is a long one for the Rams. (Gotta use up my leftover Lions material.)

Jan-21-12		Jim Bartle: Sheffield was a prickly character, particularly at the beginning of his career, I guess. Still I repeat that his chances are hurt more because he bounced so much from team to team.

Jan-21-12		Jim Bartle: Speaking of the Rams, where do people think Kurt Warner stands in NFL history and among all-time quarterbacks? He had some really great seasons, but had some poor ones as well. He's certainly not one of those quarterbacks who was great year after year.

Jan-21-12		Phony Benoni: Warner was capable of catching lightning in a bottle and dragging otherwise mediocre teams into contention. Put him on a team capable of giving him proper protection, and he might hold a good number of the records. He'll probably make the Hall of Fame with his record (and his inspirational story), but doesn't belong in the top echelons.

Jan-21-12		King Death: The first thought that came into my head when I saw the question about Warner was a comparison to Lefty Gomez. They both had some great seasons but were uneven in their form. <Phony Benoni>'s right, Warner will probably get in the Hall Of Fame, just like Gomez did in baseball. http://www.baseball-reference.com/p...

Jan-22-12		benjinathan: On December 13, 2007, Sheffield was named in the Mitchell Report as one of the players who had obtained and used steroids

Jan-22-12		benjinathan: And Tim Raines should make it but I fear won't.

Jan-22-12		King Death: < benjinathan: On December 13, 2007, Sheffield was named in the Mitchell Report as one of the players who had obtained and used steroids> Well that his prickly relationship with the press and some pretty strong candidates in the next few years may end any chances that he'll get there soon. The Veterans Committee may be his only shot. <And Tim Raines should make it but I fear won't.> He played in the wrong era, he was in the shadows of Henderson and Molitor plus his best years were wasted in Montreal. By the way I agree, he should be in there and he's better than a number of stiffs who already are, in my opinion.

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