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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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Oct-06-15		WannaBe: This is the article published on ESPN regarding DraftKing & FanDuel: http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id... Apparently an employee for DraftKing played at FanDuel, and won second place & 25K prize money. So far, there's no report of FanDuel employee(s) playing at DraftKing and winning prize money, or an amount high enough to be noticed. Yet. Here's what I understand of how these Fantasy League works, I don't play them, but one of the regular at the watering hole do, and we chatted about it last week. Multi-tiered entry levels, the article in ESPN mentioned the $25 entry, my friend said it can go as low as $1 entry per team, and you are allowed up to 200 teams. You are then allowed a certain amount of "Salary Money", in this example, we'll say 10K. You then use that 10K to purchase/draft players for your team, e.g. R. Wilson 5K, R. Bush 1K, Megatron 3K, etc... Depending on how your "team" performs, you then get points for TDs, Receptions, Yards, Sacs, etc. "Team" with the highest points win (prize money). My friend also told me, that 200 teams you can create? Very hard, as you have manually enter the player. There's no script you can write to automatically create the teams. And you can't upload your team via spreadsheet or as a text file. (which can be easily computer generated)

Oct-06-15		WannaBe: Let's say you have 3 really good options for QB and 3 for WR 3 for RB and 3 for LB & 3 for CB QB: A, B, C WR: D, E, F RB: G, H, I LB: J, K, L CB: M, N, O Your first entry/team would be ADGJM, next entry would be AEGJM, then AFGJM, and so forth. It's really no different than playing a pick-6 at the race track, if you want all the combinations. So, do employees of FanDuel or DraftKing have more NFL player information than an "Average Joe"? Do they get more in-depth injury report than we can get from NFL.com or ESPN.com? The employees may have had access to which QB got drafted the most, or RB, WR. But does that really help? So, let's say everyone's hot on Andrew Luck, Indy hosting Jags, and JAX sucks, everyone knows it. I expect Luck to throw for 35,000 yards, 300 TDs against the Jags, but so do everyone else. Alas, Luck did not play... Guess who the best QB was in week 4 by passing yards? Drew Brees 359 YDs & 2 TDs. Second place? C. Palmer 352 YDs & 1 TD. How about this guy? Blake Bortles, ever heard of him? Plays for JAX, QB, he had 298 YDs and 1 TD. Will knowing B. Bortles was on 1% of DraftKing's roster aid your chance of winning on FanDuel? Or knowing 98% of players had R. Wilson on their team? Same as ChessBookie, I go and look at numbers, Svidler have 500cbs, Karjakin have 700 cbs and Draw have 4000cbs. But how does <Switch> always win? Does he work for DraftDuel? FanKing??

Oct-06-15		Jim Bartle: <So, do employees of FanDuel or DraftKing have more NFL player information than an "Average Joe"? Do they get more in-depth injury report than we can get from NFL.com or ESPN.com? The employees may have had access to which QB got drafted the most, or RB, WR. But does that really help?> As I understand it, if you pick winners that goes into the pool of all the bettors who have won with those players. If your players were chosen by fewer bettors, that means the winnings are divided among fewer winning bettors. And only employees know how much has been bet on each player. The whole thing seems ridiculous to me. From what I read there is very little chance of winning a modest bit of money. You either lose it all, or make a huge killing (which of course is highly unlikely). There are people who make it a profession, working full-time on choosing teams and betting. Also, the advertising is blatantly deceptive, though anyone with intelligence will see right through it. I love the way they say, "you can win such and such on a $125 investment." That's like saying I "invested" $25 at the blackjack table.

Oct-06-15		WannaBe: Correction to my earlier post, $350K was won, not 25K. Quite a bit of difference in prize fund. http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/06/new... I've never visited those 2 sites, but I'll be willing to bet a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts that you can access who the 'HOT' players are. (Drafted by a lot of players) It's like a casino that have the last 20 numbers from the roulette wheel, or playing baccarat where you are allowed to keep track on a piece of paper.

Oct-06-15		Jim Bartle: I have no idea. What I do know is the vast majority lose everything and a few people win a large amount. It's not like horse racing or sports gambling (win or lose games, point spreads) where there's a good chance you can win a modest amount.

Oct-06-15		Phony Benoni: So apparently the NFL is examining the "Illegal Bat" rule, and is bringing in George Brett as a consultant.

Oct-06-15		WannaBe: G. Brett: "THAT'S NOT AN ILLEGAL BAT, YOU CRAZY UMP, M(&^$, I'M GONNA KICK YOUR F(&%@! A*" In lighter news, Ichiro resigns with Marlins, projected to be their number 2 starting pitcher. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1... DraftKing claims no unfair advantage over prize winning: http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id...

Oct-06-15		perfidious: <Jim: Journalistic ethics....> Ethics in journalism: an oxymoron if there ever was one.

Oct-06-15		WannaBe: J. Stark picks Toronto to win it all: http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2015... But do keep in mind, he also picked Dukakis, B. Goldwater, A. Stevenson, and Dewey to win, too.

Oct-06-15		Jim Bartle: Easterbrook writes about fantasy. Having trouble posting the link.

Oct-06-15		WannaBe: TMQ: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/u...

Oct-06-15		Jim Bartle: Ichiro's slugging percentage was .279??

Oct-06-15		Phony Benoni: I fear Ichiro is going to Early Wynn his way to 3000 hits.

Oct-06-15		Tabanus: I had to give up on S Epstein. I can give you Matthew Meyer Epstein, but don't know if he played in any US Opens.

Oct-06-15		WannaBe: Chris Archer needs a hair cut. =))

Oct-06-15		Phony Benoni: <Tabanus> Yes, a name like S Epstein is probably too much to hope for.

Oct-06-15		perfidious: Telling tweet from Bryan Hoch, illustrating Yankees' flawed roster: <Just so we're clear about finances: the $155 million ace gets pulled after five inning (sic), the $153 million CF is still on the bench.> In particular, I have long regarded Yankees' decision to sign Ellsbury to that contract as suboptimal, to put it mildly. The man had one terrific season, bookended by two which were spent largely on the disabled list. Would have liked Ellsbury to stay in Boston, but not at that price.

Oct-06-15		WannaBe: New York Attorney General have opened an inquiry into fantasy sports, if you go down into the link, there are 7 Q& A regarding timeline and what happened. http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id... Looks like I lost that dozen donut bet, sites do not advertise/list hot or cold players in fear of rigging the game.

Oct-06-15		perfidious: <WannaBe> is stuck one dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts. No worse fate is imaginable; I had my druthers, I'd go for a big number at a table full of top pros before losing them dozen.

Oct-06-15		WannaBe: Okay, NYY is out... Will NYM follow?

Oct-06-15		Phony Benoni: And Houston moves on impressively, as the Yankees go quietly. Have to favor KC over the Astros. Toronto should be favored over the Rangers, but Texas certainly has a slugger's chance. There will probably be at least one game with a football score.

Oct-06-15		Penguincw: And the 2 bottom teams in the AL West last year both will play in the ALDS... Keuchel has 6 shutout innings, giving up just 3 hits. Tanaka didn't have too bad of a line score either though. Tomorrow, Pittsburgh will host the NL Wild Card game for the 3rd straight season. Wild Card Winner 3-3 in Game 1 of the LDS.

Oct-06-15		WannaBe: Time for lies, d@mned lies and statistics... Season head-to-head: HOU 4 - KC 2, Astros swept KC at home in late June, early July, and took game 1 at Kansas City (July 24), dropped game 2 in extra innings, then losing game 3 by the score of 5-1 TEX 2 - TOR 4, Rangers lost games 1 and 3 in Toronto on June 26 & 28, then lost games 1 & 2 in Texas before winning game 3 (Aug. 25 - 27) *July 31st was non-waiver trading deadline.

Oct-07-15		Shams: From the twitter feed *TweetsofOld": <Base ball was played by electric light in Indiana last week, but the fielders had to carry lanterns to find the ball after a hit. ND1883> (I presume that means North Dakota.)

Oct-07-15		Tabanus: Walter Patrick McHale, off the list.

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