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 375 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-04-12    Jim Bartle: Brosnan was a well-respected writer as well as a pitcher, so maybe it was a "write-off." May-04-12    technical draw: I think the "walk off" might refer to the losing pitcher who "walks off" the field with his head low. May-04-12    Jim Bartle: That's an interesting point. Eckersley walked off the field with his head held high. He knew he wasn't going to save the game every time (same with Rivera), and took it in stride when he lost. Then he was ready to go the next day. That has to be a key for a good closer, to forget the failures. May-05-12    WannaBe: Toooooootally useless information department (well, except the part about R. Washington's birthday, and getting ejected, which tied into our starting pitchers sharing birthday stat...) (Andre) Either way, thak you Jayson Starks!! http://espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/... May-05-12    Phony Benoni: The Nolan Ryan ejection mentioned by Stark was the only one of Ryan's career--and it wasn't even the Robin Ventura Incident. Ryan stayed in the game after that one. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... I found a great quote by Dave Duncan: "A good day against Nolan Ryan is going 0 for 4 and you don't get hit in the head." May-05-12    Jim Bartle: I didn't realize Ryan had hit Ventura twice in that game. There are so many quotes about Ryan, so much of a legend about him. And on many days they must have been merited--I had a tape of him treating the Giants like a Little League team in 1987 (the year he went 6-16), to the point that SF catcher Bob Brenly was just laughing after striking out on a monster curve. But his overall record doesn't back up so much talk. Batters hit .242 against him in his career, which is good but not exceptional, plus he walked more batters at a higher rate than almost any other pitcher, leading his league in walks eight times. And he did manage to lose 292 games. May-05-12    Jim Bartle: While looking up Ryan I found there was a player named The Only Nolan: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/pla... May-05-12    Jim Bartle: Oops, that 8-16 for Ryan with Houston in 1987, not 6-16. He did manage to lead the league in ERA, though. May-05-12    playground player: I remember when the Mets traded a shiny new Nolan Ryan for...I forget who. Nobody I'd have any reason to remember! May-05-12    Jim Bartle: Jim Fregosi. Maybe the Mets thought he was about burned up, wouldn't last much longer. After all, he did retire only 22 years later. May-05-12    Phony Benoni: Looking at his record, I can see why he was called The Only Nolan. Nobody wanted another one. May-05-12    playground player: <Jim Bartle> Thank you! Jim Fregosi it certainly was--a good player in his time, but that time had passed. At about the same time, the Mets also traded away a brand-new Amos Otis for Joe Foy. Did Bela Lugosi make them do it, or what? May-05-12    Phony Benoni: <playground player> Everyone knows about the Fregosi trade, but I didn't recall Amos Otis for Joe Foy. It seemed strange to me since Foy and Fregosi both played third, so I looked into it. In 1969, the Mets won the World Series with Wayne Garrett at third base. He hit only .218, and was viewed as an utility player anyway, so they went shopping and traded Otis for Joe Foy, who had showed some promise with the Red Sox in 1967. Foy was a complete bust in 1970, and the Mets let him go to the New Washington Senators in the expansion draft. They brought in veteran Bob Aspromonte from Atlanta in a trade for Ron Herbel, who hit well enough to play third base for the Mets but whose pitching career was about over. Aspromonte tried third base in 1971, but he was about out of gas. The Mets let him go at the end of the year, and pulled the trigger on the Fregosi - Ryan trade. Fregosi flopped in 1972, and was relegated to a utility role in 1973 when the Mets went back to the World Series with third baseman ... Wayne Garrett, who had never left the team. The mind boggles at what they might have been with a little more faith in Garrett. May-05-12    Jim Bartle: Right, Herbel was a real slugger. In the 90s Sports Illustrated had a long poem about the Mets' attempts to find a decent third baseman, and managed to weave in someting like thirty names. May-05-12    Phony Benoni: Substance abuse costs the Yankees a game in 1915! http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%... May-05-12    Phony Benoni: The mind boggles at the thought of how this sportswriter would have described Mia Hamm's celebration upon winning the World Cup: http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%... May-05-12    WannaBe: You mean Christie Chastain, right? Also, did you scroll down and read the article on IBB? May-05-12    WannaBe: News: This day in history, rookie Tom LaSorda ties a major league record by throwing three wild pitches in a single inning. Reaction: Viva la Cinco de Mayo, Oy Vey!! No Bueno! =) May-05-12    Phony Benoni: No, I guess I meant Brandi Chastain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandi... Though I imagine his reaction to Mia Hamm would be similar in any event. May-05-12    WannaBe: Correction, Tom LaSorda was NOT a rookie that year. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... He started, pitched 1 inning, and uncorked 3 WPs. Aye carumba! May-05-12    Phony Benoni: Don't know why they took him out. He was pitching a no-hitter. On 5/5/55, no less. By the way, you were right the first time. He only pitched nine innings the previous year, so he was still technially a rookie. May-05-12    Jim Bartle: Now that is hilarious: "Too Much Raisin Cake." May-06-12    WannaBe: Courtesy of San Francisco Chronicle: Dave Stewart (ex-A's pitcher) is now an agent, and Matt Kemp is one of his client. Rivera's injury can be blamed on Eric Chavez, how you ask? Eric Chavez went on the DL, and Nix was called up, it was his fly-ball that Rivera tried to catch. When Rivera retires, there will be no more 42 (except Robinson Day). He is last one to be grandfather'd. May-06-12    WannaBe: The LA Kings have a left-winger, named Dwight King. Guessing that finding someone named Brown and play(ed) foor Cleveland would be too easy? A's have a pitcher name Dallas Braden, too bad he don't play for the Mavs.. Any ol' timers that I have forgotten? Maybe the SF Giants can trade Angel Pagan to Los Angeles Angel of Anaheim. That would be very fitting. Angel playing for the Angels, in the city of Angels. (Well, almost, they ARE in Anaheim.) May-06-12    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> Look for yourself: http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/an... But, just to save you the trouble: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... I imagine most baseball teams would have a page with a complete list of players. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 375 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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