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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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Feb-07-12		King Death: <Jim> The first thought that would enter my head is that an older team would be at a big disadvantage in that compressed schedule, but maybe a group with lot of veteran players would do a better job taking care of themselves. From playing fantasy basketball I've seen that some teams at least are being cautious with players that are injured (Rajon Rondo) and others are resting their players that get a lot of mileage on them (Dirk Nowitzki at the back end of 4 games in 5 nights or 5 in 6). A team like the Boston Celtics probably won't hold up too well because they had a lot of age to begin with and not much of a bench, then one of their bench players went out for the year right before the season started. With all of the craziness after the lockout in my opinion most teams themselves don't even know what they got when they get down to players 10-15 and they're winging it. There can't be much time to evaluate players, just plug in and hope for the best.

Feb-07-12		Jim Bartle: Another possibility is that teams with more than one big star (Miami, mainly) could do well, because they could win with one guy having a big night and another just ordinary or worse. But it's really not fair to the fans, having to see tired teams come in to play far below their best.

Feb-07-12		WannaBe: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...

Feb-07-12		King Death: < Jim Bartle: ...But it's really not fair to the fans, having to see tired teams come in to play far below their best.> The strike itself was a type of bad comedy with the players wanting to keep what they had and some of the owners bound and determined to break them. In the end it was a huge black eye for the NBA and cost a lot of folks behind the scenes (the ones that make things happen for the teams) a bunch of money.

Feb-07-12		WannaBe: I love this, courtesy of G. Easterbrook on Page 2 of espn.com: Teams on the road in the play-offs are combined 3-9, guess which (one) team won the 3 games? Counting last year's (GB) winner, the past 2 SB winners have a combined 19-13 record in regular season. (Wait, what was St. L. Cardinal's record in regular season, before they got hot and won the World Series??) T. Tebow had more rushing yards than NY Giants regular season leading rusher. So I had to look it up, A. Bradshaw, 659 yds http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/stats/_... vs. T. Tebow 660 yds [unknown player] Okay, so it only one more yard... Probably the head linesman gave T. Tebow a good spot in that game vs. Raiders. Giants are 4-0 when Bill Belichick is on the other side, head coach, sideline coach, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, special team coach, head water-boy, assistant bench-warmer, or what-ever. <At any rate, a little-known football rule is that a runner can end a play by yelling "down!" The rule dates to no-helmets football of a century past, when the ballcarrier would be held up, punched and gouged by defenders and yell "down!" in self-defense. Probably Bradshaw did not know he could have yelled "down!" Had he, the zebras might have missed it -- most officials have never heard a runner yell "down!">

Feb-08-12		Phony Benoni: Now, wait just a minute there. Bellichek beat the Giants in the last game of that 16-0 regular season.

Feb-08-12		WannaBe: My agent, my family, my team, and I, myself, want to make the statement, that I was mis-quoted, I mis-spoke, and I mis-tweeted, and I was mis-understood. I also suffered a keyboard malfunction. Here is what I meant <Stats of the Super Bowl No. 10: The Giants are 4-0 in the Super Bowl when Bill Belichick is on the sideline. Noted by reader Bill Dowling of Washington, D.C. > I apologize to G. Easterbrook for my 'interpretation' of what he wrote. Please don't bring this up when I run for the White House in 2020. Wink

Feb-08-12		Phony Benoni: I don't what to know what gets exposed during a keyboard malfunction.

Feb-08-12		King Death: <WannaBe> The Cardinals went 83-78 and won the NL Central, in any other division of either league they wouldn't have made it in. I wonder where Easterbrook got his stats, there were only 2 wins by visiting teams in the playoffs (the Giants opened at home) and it's only 3 if the Super Bowl is counted, which I think is a stretch. Another mistake seems to be that there were 11 games played in the playoffs (counting the SB) not 12. It looks like 2-8 was the record for road teams.

Feb-08-12		WannaBe: <King Death> Giants were 'considered' to be the visiting team, since they got to call head/tails, which they lost. About the only thing they lost during the whole game.

Feb-08-12		Jim Bartle: Paul Pierce has passed Larry Bird for second on the all-time Celts' scoring list. Really impressive, even if it took him a hundred more games or so, plus he spent years as the only real offensive threat while Bird was supported by others. Now only 5,000 or so more points to go to overtake Havlicek.

Feb-08-12		WannaBe: Interesting geek stats for Super Bowl: http://www.networkworld.com/news/20...

Feb-08-12		Jim Bartle: That got me to thinking about how many great players the Celts have had over the years. Their second team could give the first team a real battle: First team: Bird, Russell, McHale, Cousy, Sam Jones. Second team: Garnett, Cowens (or Parish, maybe), Havlicek, Ray Allen, Dennis Johnson. And Pierce, Heinsohn, JoJo White, Sharman, and a lot of other good players couldn't make the second team. (Not even Antoine Walker, who produced one of the greatest, and most revealing sports quotes ever. Asked why, as a 6-9 power forward, he shot so many threes, he answered, "Because there aren't any fours.")

Feb-08-12		WannaBe: Good college BBall matchups tonight, guess I know what I am going to be doing.

Feb-08-12		Jim Bartle: When my cable system deigns to show college basketball, it's almost always between lousy teams. But last night I got to watch Kentucky-Florida, which Kentucky won in a walk. I was impressed, but now even more so, as I didn't realize Florida was also ranked in the top ten. Kentucky made them look terrible.

Feb-08-12		WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> go to www.espn3.com

Feb-08-12		Jim Bartle: Looks like I get Kansas-Baylor tonight, nothing more. Plus some NBA. I have three ESPN channels, but they're all tailored to Latin America.

Feb-08-12		WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> They are punishing you for leaving and not paying U.S. taxes. =))

Feb-08-12		Jim Bartle: I pay US taxes. And a lot more here. What happens is that since there is soccer in every single country, all three channels get blanketed not only with games but with dozens of analysis shows. Most are from Argentina, but there are ones from Colombia and Mexico as well. The only one I like is "Goles de Europa," which covers all the best from the different European leagues, plus Champions League and stuff like that.

Feb-09-12		King Death: This player probably isn't the worst in the Baseball HOF but I don't really see him in there either, even though his career OPS+ was 110 making him better than say Jack Morris's career ERA+ of 105. Any thoughts from our knowledgeable board? http://www.baseball-reference.com/p...

Feb-09-12		Jim Bartle: My belief is that a Hall of Famer is a guy who you know is a great after ten years or so in the majors. If you go to a game and see a player in the field, you can say "That's a Hall of Famer." Bill James' book on the Hall of Fame named a lot of guys he thought were marginal electees at best. I don't remember if Lindstrom was one of them.

Feb-09-12		drukenknight: Hello KD: I spend a lot of time on Baseballthinkfactory website and Lindstrom comes up sometimes. I think Lloyd Waner may be the favorite for worst. Others include Wes Ferrell; Geo. Kelly; Travis Jackson; Jack CHesbro, Rube Marquard and Catfish Hunter. Lou Brock also comes up a lot over there(lots of SB and 3000 hits, no power or walks) However they forget he was a star in 3 world series; the thinking tends to be dominated by career stats. Mazeroski also comes up a lot, but defense is still not very quantified in sabermetric land and it was a dead ball era and FOrbes field diminished power. I think Maz was best of his era, however a short time later JOe Morgan may be best ever. Personally I detest Arky Vaughn and his 47 errors, but he gets strong support based on high batting avg. in a lively ball era. Again on defense people dont understand how many balls mid infielders fail to get to that dont even show up as errors. Jack MOrris (not yet in) and Jim Rice (recent elected) are the current most controversial. I like MOrris as he came through in big games, Rice had holes in his game namely KOs/DPs as I recall. Again that community tends to be stat based, career oriented, they forget big games, and defense is not understood well. Go there for more info you wont regret.

Feb-09-12		King Death: <drukenknight> Thanks, I've never heard of that site but I'll check it out! Jesse Haines is another player that comes to mind. He started late, had his first strong season at 29 then a long decline and he pitched until he was 43.

Feb-09-12		Jim Bartle: "Again on defense people dont understand how many balls mid infielders fail to get to that dont even show up as errors." I've always thought the importance of good defense is more obvious when you're at the game than when you're watching on TV. At the game you can really see how difficult it is, on TV it tends to seem more routine. I just can't see people wondering whether Lou Brock is a Hall of Famer. OK, he wasn't a great fielder, but he was an outstanding (singles) hitter for many years, and effectively turned about 800 of those into doubles or triples. According to my rule above, if you went to a game in the mid-70s, you certainly looked out in leftfield and thought "there's an all-time great." I went to see the Cards at Candlestick in 1974 just to see Gibson pitch once more before he retired. He went all the way for the win (1 run, only 2 K's), and Brock stole four bases. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/...

Feb-09-12		WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> Don't forget mental errors, base running errors... Those cost you runs or allow runs and are not in the box-score.

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