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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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Sep-19-12		Jim Bartle: Good point, I was wrong about batters not getting hit in the face. I remember an absolutely gruesome photo of him on the cover of SI. http://www.google.com.pe/imgres?num...

Sep-19-12		Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> Remember the NHL days of goalies with no masks? It's unbelievable to me now that a goalie could stand in goal with no face protection against slapshots close to a hundred mph by the likes of a guy like Bobby Hull! Plus half the time goalies get screened by their own defenseman, also by opposing players and pucks get misdirected.

Sep-19-12		Jim Bartle: I don't remember much about hockey back then, but to play goalie without a mask seems suicidal. I believe Montreal goalie Jacques Plante was the first to wear one. I remember a girl in the stands was killed by a puck a few years ago (that's why they have nets today), so it must have been twice as dangerous for the goalies. Now from the little I see of hockey, the goalies seem so overloaded with such huge pads it seems as if they cover the entire goal without having to move. They leave the tiniest holes.

Sep-19-12		perfidious: <Jim> Plante was; matter of fact, while wearing his mask, he took a puck between the eyes which knocked him cold and left him with dizziness for a week. Doctors told him that without the mask, he'd have been killed. In 1980, I was at a UVM game when a puck tumbled over the glass and struck a glancing blow on my head. Didn't hurt anything except the puck, of course.

Sep-19-12		WannaBe: Back in those days, hockey sticks weren't curved as today, hence the speed wasn't that bad. The puck that killed the poor girl, was a deflection, went over the glass, bounced/glanced another fan, before striking her. I think she is the first fan casualty in hockey, I also can be wrong...

Sep-19-12		WannaBe: The puck was a deflection of a shot, but it did not strike another fan before hitting her. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deat...

Sep-19-12		Jim Bartle: Does the curved stick make it possible to shoot harder or does it make it make the puck move around as it flies?

Sep-19-12		Phony Benoni: <JB> Looks like the latter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_ho...

Sep-19-12		Travis Bickle: Hey Phony how are ya pal?! I know your Lions lost a tough one. When my Bears lost to the cheesers I was sick. I was feeling really down driving my cab playing loud rock n roll, drinking heavy when the shift was over and nothing helped... Then I realized there's always next Sunday! Just Win Baby!! ; P

Sep-19-12		WannaBe: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_... Read blade pattern and the cuvature, which came about in the early 60s.

Sep-19-12		Phony Benoni: <Travis> The only consolation I have is that it looks the Vikings won't win the division!

Sep-19-12		Travis Bickle: Nah Phony you got the Titans this Sunday... Easy ballgame will get you Lions back in the win column! We Bears have The Rams... Wannabe's Raiders look pretty bad. Sorry Wabbit. JB's 49ers look mighty tough! A once finesse team with an ex bear headcoach has them playing tough physical Bear football!

Sep-19-12		Phony Benoni: <Travis> Oh, I don't know. The 49ers previous coach was also an ex-Bear, and he didn't work out so well. Watch out for those Rams. Lions had them the first week, and they played tough.

Sep-19-12		Travis Bickle: True Dr Benoni, another ex-Bear Jeff Fisher is their headcoach! When he got injured playing for The Bears he was Buddy Ryans assistant.

Sep-20-12		Shams: Wasn't Fisher injured by Steelers coach Mike Tomlin?

Sep-20-12		Travis Bickle: <Shams> That's a good question?

Sep-20-12		Shams: <Travis> I had the wrong Pittsburgh coach. From Fisher's wikipedia entry: <In 1983, Fisher had suffered a broken leg on a punt return when he was tackled by then-Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Bill Cowher, the future head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Coincidentally the two became rivals as head coaches beginning in the AFC Central in 1995; Fisher's Oilers/Titans squads came out with an 11-7 record against Cowher's Steelers.>

Sep-20-12		Shams: Here's what I don't get about shutting Strasburg down: why didn't they skip the first six weeks of his season instead of the last six?

Sep-20-12		Travis Bickle: <Shams> I can't help you there, being a Cubs fan I haven't watched baseball much this season. Here's what I found on Strasburg. http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/8/10/3...

Sep-20-12		Phony Benoni: <Shams> Skipping the six weeks would be much like missing the first few weeks of a class. It would be very difficult to catch up. For most players, April is much like extended spring training, and they don't begin to hit their stride until later. By starting later, you face hitters who are at a more advanced stage within the season. By the way, Miguel Cabrera hit another home run tonight. I'd like to show the highlight because the pitch is a fast ball high out of the strike zone. Many hitters can't make contact with a pitch like this, much less clobber it over the fence. http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?c...

Sep-20-12		perfidious: <Phony Benoni> At the zenith of his career, Jim Rice could take pitches like that over the bullpen wall in right at Fenway, but as you say, there are very few who can do what Cabrera did.

Sep-20-12		crawfb5: Here are four Reshevsky games from Detroit 1933 that I submitted today. I double-checked the score in Gordon for the Margolis game. Assuming it's correct, Margolis missed a simple win at move 50. In either event, it's the best we have unless we can find another source. [Event "Western Championship"] [Site "Detroit"] [Date "1933.09.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Reshevsky, Samuel"] [Black "Factor, Samuel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qxc5 8.e3 d5 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 Qxc2 14.Bxc2 Bb7 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Ke2 Ke7 17.Bd3 a6 18.Rc5 Ne5 19.Rhc1 Rxc5 20.Rxc5 Kd6 21.Rc3 Nxf3 22.gxf3 Rg8 23.Bxh7 Rh8 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.fxe4 Kd7 26.a4 bxa4 27.Rc4 Rb8 28.Rxa4 Rxb2+ 29.Kf3 Rb6 30.h4 Ke7 31.Kf4 Kf8 32.e5 fxe5+ 33.Kxe5 Rb5+ 34. Kf4 a5 35.e4 Kg7 36.Ra1 Kh6 37.Kg4 Rb4 38.Rxa5 Rxe4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Western Championship"] [Site "Detroit"] [Date "1933.09.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Reshevsky, Samuel"] [Black "Barnes, George Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 b5 10.Bb3 Rb8 11.h3 h6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.g4 Nh7 14.Kh2 Bf6 15.Ng3 Na5 16.Bc2 c5 17.d5 Ng5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.gxf5 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Bg5 21.Rg1 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 Qf6 23.Rg3 Kh7 24.Rcg1 Rg8 25.Bd1 Nc4 26.b3 Nb6 27.Qe3 Nd7 28.Bh5 Qe7 29.Be2 Nf6 30.h4 g6 31.fxg6+ fxg6 32.Bg4 Nxg4+ 33.Rxg4 h5 34.Rg5 Rbf8 35.Qg3 Qf6 36.Kg2 Qf4 37.f3 Qd2+ 38.Kh1 Rf6 39.Rxh5+ Kg7 40.Rg5 Kf7 41.Qg4 Qf4 42.Qd7+ Kf8 43.Qd8+ Kf7 44.Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Western Championship"] [Site "Detroit"] [Date "1933.10.01"] [Round "13"] [White "Margolis, Albert"] [Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.Nc3 d6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.e4 e5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Rac8 14.Qa4 a5 15. Rac1 exd4 16.Nxd4 Nc5 17.Qc2 Rfe8 18.f3 Qf6 19.Rfd1 g6 20.Nb5 Na6 21.Qc3 Qg5 22.Nd4 h5 23.Qd2 Qf6 24.b3 Nc5 25.Rc3 c6 26.dxc6 Bxc6 27.Nxc6 Rxc6 28. Rc4 b5 29.Rd4 Nb7 30.f4 Rc7 31.b4 Rec8 32.Bf1 Rc2 33.Qd3 h4 34.Qxb5 hxg3 35.hxg3 Qe7 36.e5 Rxa2 37.Bg2 Rc7 38.Bxb7 Rxb7 39.Qc4 Ra3 40.Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qh3 Rxb4 42.Rxd6 Rbb3 43.Kf2 Qc7 44.Rxg6+ fxg6 45.Rd7+ Qxd7 46.Qxd7+ Kh6 47.e6 Rxg3 48.e7 Rgb3 49.Qd2 Re3 50.f5 Kg7 51.e8=Q Rxe8 52.Qb2+ Kh6 53. Qxa3 gxf5 54.Qxa5 Kg6 55.Kg3 Re4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Western Championship"] [Site "Detroit"] [Date "1933.09.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Dake, Arthur William"] [Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 O-O 9.e3 Be7 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rd2 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16.Qa4 Rac8 17.Rd6 Ne8 18.R6d3 d6 19.Qa3 a6 20.e4 Qc7 21.b3 Ne5 22.Rd4 Ng6 23.g3 Ne5 24.Qb2 Nc6 25.R4d2 Na5 26.Rd3 Nf6 27.Qd2 Bxe4 28.Rxd6 Nb7 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.Qe3 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Bxf3 32.Bxf3 Nd6 33.Na4 Nd7 34.Nxb6 Nxb6 35.c5 Nd5 36.cxd6 Qxd6 37.Qd3 Qa3 38.Bxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

Sep-20-12		Phony Benoni: <Crawfb5> Thanks again.

Sep-20-12		Jim Bartle: The pitch Bobby Thomson hit was high and inside, but of course it wasn't really hit all that hard or far, just took advantage of the odd dimensions of the Polo Grounds, 279 ft. down the line with an overhand even closer. http://www.google.com.pe/imgres?num...

Sep-20-12		perfidious: <Jim> Here's the video, Russ Hodges calling the action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI7...

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