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 391 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-17-12    Phony Benoni: The record for most hits allowed in a game is 29, by Eddie Rommel. And: (a) He wasn't the starting pitcher; (b) He won the game! http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... The story is that the A's were the middle of a homestand, but traveled to Cleveland for this one make-up game. They had played doubleheaders each of the previous three days, so their staff was a bit short anyway. With that in mind, and to save a bit of money, Connie Mack took only two pitchers with the team. Starter Lew Krause was so ineffective that Mack yanked him after one inning, so Rommel (who had pitched five innings over the previous two days) had to finish the game, no matter what. Rommel didn't pitch again for six weeks, and his career (which, admittedly, was already winding down) was effectively ended by this effort. It was too much even for a knuckleballer. Jun-17-12    Jim Bartle: Why take Rommel out? He had three hits! Jun-17-12    WannaBe: Too busy fighting Monntgomery?? Jun-17-12    Jim Bartle: Maybe they were tanking. Jun-17-12    CharlyNY: Oh, that was a funny read :D Jun-18-12    Phony Benoni: Every day, the Elias Sports Bureau comes up with something unique: <There were two MLB games that ended after 15 innings on Sunday (Milwaukee vs. Minnesota and St. Louis vs. Kansas City) and there were two games that went at least 14 innings on Saturday. This marks the first time in major-league history that there were multiple games that lasted at least 14 innings on consecutive days.> Jun-18-12    WannaBe: More useless no-hitter/perfect-0 information: http://espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/... <jim bartle> will enjoy #1 under the <Bonus> Section, since he raved about that catch. =)) Jun-18-12    Jim Bartle: Clemens was acquitted on all charges. I wonder what this means for him and for baseball. I have to think he'll now be a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame. Or maybe not. Jun-18-12    Phony Benoni: Don't bet on it. Shoeless Joe Jackson was acquitted too. Besides, the charge wasn't steroid use, but lying to Congress. Clemens might be hated, but he's still more popular than Congress. Jun-18-12    Shams: R.A. Dickey is putting the finishing touches on another jewel today-- through seven innings, he has a one-hit shutout with 9 Ks. This after his last outing, a nine-inning one-hitter. Dickey's ERA is at 2.04. I find the knuckleball really interesting, and it's a ton of fun to root for him. I just had to google something that all of you would have known immediately: no knuckleballer has ever won the Cy Young. I'd love to see Dickey be the first. Jun-19-12    WannaBe: A. Hill of Arizona hit for the cycle against Seattle. Jun-19-12    playground player: Hooray! Roger Clemens cleared of charges of lying to Congress! Lying to Congress? Since when is that an offense? Oh, I see--only other Congressmen, and members of the executive branch, are allowed to lie to Congress. So Clemens offended Congress as an amateur trying to horn in on the pros. Kind of like Pelosi taking it upon herself to pitch a game at Fenway Park... Jun-19-12    Phony Benoni: This R. A. Dickey is beginning to scare me. Over his last six starts, he has over 60 strikeouts and about half-a-dozen walks. A knuckleballer with good control must be a sign of the Apocalypse. Jun-19-12    YouRang: Pretty funny basketball video: http://devour.com/video/uncle-drew/ Jun-19-12    WannaBe: As Spike Lee & MJ's old commercial used to say: "Gotta be da shoes, Mars" http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/adid... Jun-19-12    WannaBe: I want to thank <Phony Benoni> for sharing his wealth with us. NOT! http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sidesho... Jun-19-12    Phony Benoni: Hard to be mad at the guy. After all, he kept the money in the city. Jun-19-12    Shams: Roger Angell on Dickey: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blo... Jun-20-12    WannaBe: Joel Peralta of Tampa Bay got caught with foreign substance on his pitching glove. And some rookie got a 50 games suspension for testing positive of PED. Reminds me of a great one-liner, I can't remember who said it, he was also a pitcher caught with foreign substance. "That's not foreign substance, Vaseline is made in the USA" (May not be exact quote). Jun-20-12    WannaBe: Phillies rookie Galvis got the 50 games suspension, my personal favourite, is still (pitcher I can't remember). On national TV, when the umpires came out to confront him, he reached into his back pocket and flung the emory board towards 3rd base. On TV!! Ah, the good ol' days of cheatin'! Jun-20-12    Jim Bartle: The Vaseline comment was by Don Sutton. Jun-20-12    Jim Bartle: Balls flying out of Yankee Stadium today, eight home runs in the 6th inning. NY announcer says, "The outfielders should play leaning against the wall and be ready to run in if there's a shorter fly.' Jun-20-12    playground player: <YouRang> That really *is* a funny basketball video! I just came back from playing hoops today, in the broiling hot gym--I'm glad that guy wasn't on the other team. I get props for being by far the oldest guy on the court--well, at least I'm *really* old! I earned this grey beard! <Esteemed Colleagues> Help me reach the 9,000-hit mark, before the month is over, by visiting my blog, http://leeduigon.com Jun-20-12    Jim Bartle: Basketball seems to be the one American team sport that pro players love to play, even when they're not being paid. They're always in pickup games, which you don't see in football or baseball. With hockey I'm not sure. I like the chatter and the play in that video as well. "White Men Can't Jump" was really good with the on-court chatter as well. Jun-21-12    vonKrolock: ... but there's no hint about where to find that Babson photo... <John G. White> in Cleveland would be a sure guess!? Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 391 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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