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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-20-12		Phony Benoni: You mean the Giants won the pennant? I've always found it amusing how Hodges is screaming at the top of his lungs, "<They're> going crazy! <They're> going crazy!" He wasn't exactly in full possession of his faculties either.

Sep-20-12		Jim Bartle: And Ernie Harwell was doing the call on TV, but it wasn't recorded. I suspect it was more restrained. Hodges came west with the Giants and teamed with the wonderful Lon Simmons for Giants games into the 70s before retiring. He was replaced by Al Michaels, who only lasted a couple of years before moving on to bigger things.

Sep-20-12		Phony Benoni: <JB> Wikipedia has an article about Thomson's home run. Of course. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_H...(baseball) Here's the section on Harwell's call: <"Ernie Harwell called the game for Giants television flagship WPIX—the independent station's broadcast was carried nationally on the NBC network, the first coast-to-coast live telecast of a Major League Baseball game—and his description of the home run was a simple shout of "It's gone!" almost at the moment Thomson's bat struck the ball. Harwell later admitted he had probably called it "too soon", but fortunately for him, the call proved to be correct. "And then," Harwell recalled, "the pictures took over."> Yeah. Restrained sounds about right.

Sep-20-12		Jim Bartle: My favorite home run call is still "I can't believe what I just saw!"

Sep-20-12		WannaBe: My favourite home run call is "Dinner is ready." And I run home.

Sep-21-12		Shams: <Phony Benoni> Thanks for your reply re: Strasburg; instead of sitting him to start the season, what about skipping his every fourth start or so? Surely with his ability they could schedule things so he had a chance to peak at playoff time. It looks like a catastrophe the way things have shaken out. The Nationals are a team with a first-in-history shot at the playoffs, and their staff ace, with once in a generation talent, must watch from a glass box with a perfectly healthy arm. As an observer I find it maddening. Were I a season ticket-holder or an aging veteran on the squad with his first and only shot at October, it would seem more like apostasy. I'm imagining the Mariners getting to the ALDS and having to lock Felix Hernandez in the basement. It would make Super Bowl XL resentment look like frustration our favorite American Idol candidate lost.

Sep-21-12		crawfb5: A few more games, this time from Chicago 1934, submitted today: [Event "Western Championship"] [Site "Chicago"] [Date "1934.07.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Reshevsky, Samuel"] [Black "Eastman, George"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.e4 Qc8 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 Bf8 12.Rae1 e5 13.Bh3 c6 14.d5 c5 15.Nh4 Qd8 16. f4 g6 17.Qf2 Bg7 18.Nb5 Qe7 19.Nc7 Rf8 20.Nxa8 Bxa8 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Nf3 Qd6 23.Bc3 Bb7 24.Qg2 Re8 25.a3 h6 26.Kh1 Bc8 27.b4 Qc7 28.Nd2 Ba6 29.Rc1 cxb4 30.Bxb4 Nc5 31.Bxc5 bxc5 32.Qf3 h5 33.Bg2 Qd6 34.Qc3 Bc8 35.Rb1 h4 36.gxh4 Re7 37.Bh3 Ba6 38.Qb3 Kh7 39.Qb8 Rc7 40.Nf3 Bh6 41.Ng5+ Bxg5 42. hxg5 Nxe4 43.Bg2 Nxg5 44.h4 Bxc4 45.hxg5 Bxd5 46.Rbd1 Bxg2+ 47.Kxg2 Qc6+ 48.Kg3 1-0 [Event "Western Championship"] [Site "Chicago"] [Date "1934.07.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Belson, John Harold"] [Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O Bxc3 6.dxc3 h6 7.Qe2 d6 8.h3 Qe7 9.Bd2 g5 10.Nh2 Bd7 11.Rfe1 Nd8 12.Nf1 Ne6 13.Bxe6 Bxe6 14.c4 Nd7 15. Ne3 h5 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Rad1 g4 18.Kh2 c6 19.Nc3 gxh3 20.gxh3 Qh4 21.Qf1 Nf6 22.Be3 Rg8 23.Rxd6 Bxh3 0-1 [Event "Western Championship"] [Site "Chicago"] [Date "1934.07.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Engholm, N G"] [Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.a3 g6 8.Bd2 Bg7 9. dxc5 bxc5 10.Bc3 Qe7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.O-O-O d5 13.h4 Rfd8 14.b3 e5 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nh5 17.Bd2 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.h5 Na5 20.Nxc5 Qxc5 21.b4 Nb3+ 22.Kb1 Bxf3 23.bxc5 Bxe2 0-1

Sep-21-12		Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, here's some baseball verbage for you. http://youtu.be/sShMA85pv8M

Sep-21-12		Phony Benoni: <Shams> I can understand shutting down Strasburg for the end of the regular season. The Nationals will be in the playoffs, should have little trouble clinching the division without him, and Strasburg is coming off major arm surgery. But unless they are aware of some condition, shutting him down completely for the postseason seems excessive. I can see him not taking his regular turn, but one start in each playoff series (and two in the World Series) shouldn't be too much strain.

Sep-21-12		Jim Bartle: Strasburg is an extremely hard thrower, I think, which can be reason for caution. Now I've seen Max Scherzer pitch a couple of times for Detroit, and he throws extremely hard, scary hard. Has he had arm trouble?

Sep-21-12		Phony Benoni: As a matter of fact, Scherzer came out his last start after two innings with a "tired right shoulder". Not supposed to be serious and MRIs were negative, but still worrisome. I don't recall serious arm trouble. His problem has always been being erratic. Apparently, he has a very small margin for error in his pitching motion, and if it's a "Bad Max" day he can get lit up in a hurry. When he's in the groove, well, he had one game this year with 15 strikeouts--all swinging. His ball moves.

Sep-21-12		Phony Benoni: Melky Cabrera will not be eligible for the NL batting title this year: http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/... This was probably the right decision, but I'm still disappointed. With Miguel Cabrera leading the AL batting race, we could have had two winners with the same last name.

Sep-21-12		Jim Bartle: When I saw the headline, I thought, "Why doesn't Miguel Cabrera want to win the batting championship?" I'd completely forgotten about the other one.

Sep-22-12		perfidious: Tigers seem to like power pitchers-with Dave Dombrowski at the helm, you'll not be seeing finesse pitchers in their system very often.

Sep-22-12		Jim Bartle: What's out of the ordinary in this game? http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/...

Sep-22-12		Phony Benoni: Another one of those pitcher-position-pitcher switches. They brought in Billy Pierce just to face Ted Williams, and moved the pitcher (Dorish) to third where he would be out of the way with Williams hitting.

Sep-22-12		Jim Bartle: Very quick, PB. But they had to take Minoso out of the game to do it. One of my favorites when I first started following baseball.

Sep-22-12		OhioChessFan: For anyone interested in something less serious than sports: Bilbao Moves Prediction Contest, sponsored by the legendary <chessmoron> and hosted in my forum, is now open. First round begins Monday, September 24. Click on Elvis for details.

Sep-22-12		WannaBe: I was going to stream the U. of Ariz @ U. of Oreg game (7:30PM Pacific) on espn3.com but then I found out. It's in Spanish. Aye Caramba! Oy Vey!!

Sep-23-12		Phony Benoni: Y tú dejes que eso te detenga? Actually, it's not hard. If the announcer starts screaming, it's a touchdown. Then all you have to learn are a few numbers, and you have the whole story.

Sep-23-12		WannaBe: <Phony> Sorry about your Lions. The Raiders' (radio) announcers are ripping the replacement refs a new one.

Sep-23-12		Phony Benoni: Lawd, that was a frustrating game. The Titans scored five touchdowns, all of 60 yards or more, three of which were returns on a kickoff, punt, and fumble recovery. The last came with about a minute left to give the Titans a 14-point lead. So the Lions score with 18 seconds left, recover an onside kick, complete a Hail Mary with the clock expiring, and we go to overtime. Yawn. Titans cross midfield, so they can only score a field goal. Lions drive right back until they get fourth and inches at the 5 yard line. Lions line up in an attempt to draw the Titans offside. The center gets confused and snaps the ball anyway. No gain. Titans win. I don't have to watch any more football the rest of the year. It all happened in this game.

Sep-23-12		WannaBe: Nah, if you don't watch any more football, you're gonna miss the quick on 1st and goal from the 2-yard line... Do team(s) even do quick kick anymore??

Sep-23-12		Jim Bartle: On the 5-yard line and don't score? Yikes. I see the Raiders came from well behind to beat Pittsburgh in overtime, but I have no idea how they did it. I haven't seen a quick kick for a long time. The only one I ever saw in person was at a UCLA-Stanford game. The kicker was Billy Kilmer, so that'll tell you how long ago it was.

Sep-23-12		Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> What happened to the 49ers?

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