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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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Feb-27-12		WannaBe: Just barely 2 laps in, crash already... Blame the weather?

Feb-27-12		WannaBe: From http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft2012/st... I love this line: <Manning was selected by the Chargers with the No. 1 overall pick in 2004 and traded to the New York Giants for two first-round picks, a third-round pick and a fifth-round choice. With those picks, the Chargers ended up adding quarterback Philip Rivers, linebacker Shawne Merriman and kicker Nate Kaeding, all of whom have made multiple Pro Bowls.> That's great, Manning and the Giants have 2 Super Bowl rings, and the Chargers have Pro Bowls. (Merriman have also been arrested, been out with injuries, etc, etc, etc...)

Feb-28-12		Jim Bartle: I don't think that's the whole story. San Diego did very well with that trade, especially considering Manning was saying he wouldn't play for them. NY just has a better team than San Diego.

Feb-28-12		WannaBe: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s... Everything must go!

Feb-28-12		Jim Bartle: Looks like those homes just slipped through Owens' fingers. As a lifelong 49ers fan, be assured it wouldn't be the first time he dropped something.

Mar-01-12		Phony Benoni: New baseball playoff structure: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/... As I understand it, the playoffs will now begin in April with each team playing 162 games to determine the qualifiers for the next round.

Mar-01-12		Jim Bartle: The new playoff teams haven't been OKed yet, have they? I liked it best when there were four divisions and you had to win a division to get to the postseason. That way you had real races between good teams. All the last week races to win divisions today are between good-to-mediocre teams. However if we're stuck with the wild card, the extra wild card isn't such a bad idea. It would mean two good teams at the top of a division, both assured of postseason spots, would still fight to see who comes out on top, to avoid the extra playoff round (whether one game or more).

Mar-01-12		Jim Bartle: Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of Wilt scoring 100 against the Knicks in Hershey, Pennsylvania. I can't believe it's been that long. In a few months it'll be 50 years since the Warriors came to San Francisco, which I refuse to believe. I went to three games that first season: SF 112 St. Louis 89 (Wilt 61) Detroit 118 SF 112 (Wilt and Ferry fight) SF 128 Boston 112 (Cousy's farewell) Probably got all three of the scores wrong, but that's what I remember.

Mar-02-12		King Death: If I run the Saints I lock up Drew Brees as fast as I can. It looks like somebody else has other ideas though: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_y...

Mar-02-12		Jim Bartle: A look at how far the NBA has come. The Hershey, Pennsylvania coliseum where Wilt set the record: http://www.google.com.pe/imgres?q=w...

Mar-02-12		King Death: That's a prescient quote I never heard before, from Darrall Imhoff: "Well, why don't you just give the guy a hundred now and we'll all go home!" If he'd only known.

Mar-02-12		Jim Bartle: Imhoff has always defended himself, saying he was on the bench with foul trouble much of the game, that Wilt wasn't scoring on him all along. A lot of points scored in general those years (my favorite Willie Naulls scored 39 in the Wilt100 game), an awful lot of shots taken, rebounds to be grabbed. Plus no offensive goaltending rule, which helped all the big men. My favorite Al Attles, a super-friendly man but basically a terrible shooter, shot 8-for-8 in this game and went totally unnoticed. Similar to the time Giants shortstop hit two home runs for the only time in his career, and nobody noticed. Mays had hit four.

Mar-02-12		Shams: <King Death> Saints are playing a dangerous game with Brees! Don't they remember what life was like before him? He's a great QB, period. Needs to be paid like one.

Mar-02-12		Jim Bartle: A Brees in the hand is better than a Manning (or a Unitas or a Staubach) in the bush. I mean, what could they possibly want, a QB better than Brees?

Mar-02-12		Shams: Wow, in the one hour since I typed my last post things have gotten a whole lot worse for the Saints. This will cost draft picks. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co... Back in the day it was common knowledge that there was a bounty on Steve Largent's head within the division. A lot has changed, though.

Mar-02-12		Jim Bartle: From that article: "No NFL team whose city hosts the Super Bowl has ever played in that game." Technically true, no doubt. But the 1985 Super Bowl between San Francisco and Miami was played at Stanford Stadium, about half an hour down the Bayshore Freeway from Candlestick. And the Peninsula is the heart of 49er territory. And Steve Largent? Why did teams want to get him? Because he looked so harmless yet kept on killing defenses? It couldn't have been because of any TO-style antics.

Mar-02-12		Shams: <Because he looked so harmless yet kept on killing defenses?> I think so, yeah. Getting burned all day by Calvin Johnson would be one thing; you just tell yourself "it's Calvin Johnson" and you sleep well enough. But getting burned by Largent must have really rankled. Like getting the "golden sombrero" from Jamie Moyer, maybe. It's not supposed to happen that way.

Mar-02-12		King Death: < Jim Bartle: ...A lot of points scored in general those years...an awful lot of shots taken, rebounds to be grabbed. Plus no offensive goaltending rule, which helped all the big men...> Even as late as the 1980s teams shot more, therefore more rebounds and scoring. Now it's mostly milk the clock and call that "defense". <...My favorite Al Attles, a super-friendly man but basically a terrible shooter, shot 8-for-8 in this game and went totally unnoticed....> The man that led the Warriors to a championship out of nowhere on the shoulders of Rick Barry in 75. < Similar to the time Giants shortstop hit two home runs for the only time in his career, and nobody noticed. Mays had hit four.> Those homers were also Jose Pagan's first in the majors. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/...

Mar-02-12		Jim Bartle: We Warriors fans loved Al Attles, though I really don't think he was all that great a coach. He'd been such a dedicated player, and such a friendly guy, that he'd built up a ton of good will. Attles spent a few minutes chatting with my friends and me, 12 years old, before the first game we attended in 1962. Super friendly, introduced us to a couple of other players, but not Wilt.

Mar-03-12		Jim Bartle: OK, the one-game wild-card playoff is now official. It is now possible for a team to play five different teams in the postseason: one-game playoff to get a wild card, one-game wild card playoff, division series, league championship series, world series. And it's also possible a team (or both teams?) in the wild-card playoff game will be playing for the chance to meet a team with a worse record. Still, I like it.

Mar-03-12		Phony Benoni: Well, my employer (University of Detroit Mercy) is just one game away from the NCAA tournament! After a 63-58 upset of Cleveland State tonight, they will play in the finals of the Horizon League tournament Tuesday night against the winner of the Butler -- Valparaiso game. With a 21-13 record as a mid-major and an RPI in the 150s, this is obviously UDM's only chance. Don't know who to root for. We've beaten Butler twice this year (obviously not a vintage Bulldog team) and had two close losses to Valparaiso (5 points or less). Of course the third time is a charm, but the tournament is being played at Valparaiso. Maybe I'd just better adopt the "Glad to Be Here" attitude and root for quintuple overtime.

Mar-04-12		Jim Bartle: Good luck to Detroit Mercy then. I'd make some "Lord have Mercy" joke, but I figure every possible one has been made in a thousand headlines. I read an article from 1999 on reliever Billy Wagner, who I saw pitch a few times over the years and never looked like anything special those times. So I looked up his record, and I'd say he's a borderline Hall of Fame candidate. Fifth all time in saves, 2.30 lifetime ERA, 12 K's per nine innings. That's pretty darn good.

Mar-04-12		Phony Benoni: Wagner should get some consideration, though I expect his frequent injuries and a horrible postseason record (16.88 ERA) will be held against him. Still, his record certainly compares favorably with someone like Hoyt Wilhelm, whose selection may have been due more to notoriety.

Mar-04-12		Jim Bartle: Ah, that's what it was. I must have seen him pitch mainly in the postseason.

Mar-04-12		playground player: <Jim Bartle> Great box score! And poor Jose Pagan, hitting two home runs in complete obscurity... But the thing that really jumped out at me was Mel Roach (?!) instead of Joe Adcock hitting behind Hank Aaron in the Braves' lineup. What were they thinking?

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