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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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Aug-18-16		WannaBe: <saffuna> I think the worst, are West Coast team playing Sunday Night Baseball (8PM Eastern starting time) then finish the game close to midnight, fly, and playing 7:15PM Pacific time Monday night game. Ugh!! I'm sure team will sleep on chartered flight, but still...

Aug-18-16		Penguincw: < Ironically, it was rain-shortened to just six innings. Still don't know when the game was officially called. And when BoSox eventually got to Detroit. > I don't know about you, but I'm just thinking back to Game 162 in 2011. There was a rain delay during the BOS-BAL game in the 8th inning, with BOS up 3-2. Shouldn't the game have been called off? If it had, then there would be Game 163 between those TB and BOS, at TB. < I think teams should not be required to play a day game after playing a night game in a different city. > Agreed. Or at the very least, make the "travel day" a day game, and the next game a night game. Wrigley might be an exception though... < I think the worst, are West Coast team playing Sunday Night Baseball (8PM Eastern starting time) then finish the game close to midnight, fly, and playing 7:15PM Pacific time Monday night game. > How about those special holidays (ex. 4th of July with 11am ET start in Washington, must be horrible for West Coast teams)?

Aug-18-16		saffuna: I believe players are supposed to be at the park three hours before game time. So let's say 4:30 for a 7:15 game. The Dodgers play the Mets on Sunday night, finish the game at 11, probably get on a flight at 2 a.m., arrive in LA at 7 a.m., get home at 9 a.m, then have seven hours before they need to be at the park again. They sleep some on the plane, but it's not the same as in a bed.

Aug-18-16		WannaBe: The "Problem", is TV, especially ESPN for their Sunday Night games. Biggest offence, is starting time, 8PM Eastern. Start the game 6PM Eastern, or 5PM. (I know, I know, fans at West Coast or Hawai'i will complaint...) Imagine if you have to delay the start due to weather (e.g. last Friday night at NYY with ARod ceremony and rain.) Or BOS/BAL mid-game weather delay, last night, and if they decided to resume the game!! Now the game's not starting until 9PM, or with a mid-game delay, it won't end until 1:30AM. Ugh!! And since TV pick their games after the schedule's already released, it's virtually next to impossible to change Monday's game. What's a team to do? Get an agreement with the next opponent and play Tuesday double-header? Then you'll get the fans all upset, because they want to see Monday's game with so-and-so pitching, but can't make it to Tuesday's double-header. It's TV, I tell ya. =)

Aug-18-16		saffuna: I've seen a Sunday game on the West Coast starting around 5 in the afternoon. The ESPN announcers say it's tough for the hitters at this hour, with the long shadows. But they won't say the starting time was determined by ESPN itself.

Aug-18-16		WannaBe: <saffuna> That is correct, 4PM or 5PM starting time at any time zone are rough. That's how Kuroda got hit in the head by a come-backer, sunlight/shadow made it very difficult to see.

Aug-18-16		WannaBe: #4 is pretty cool. Wonder if he can chew gum and walk at the same time. =)) http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/... Great matchups (at least on paper...) tonight, NYM (de Grom) at SFG (MadBum), cheapest tix is $11.70 NYM (60-60, 29-30 on the road), SFG (66-54, 33-26 at home), betting line: SFG -157 O/U 6.5 Would be a freakin' <BLAST> going back to AT&T for this game. Must not give into temptation! Must not give into temptation!!!

Aug-18-16		WannaBe: MadBum just hit a ball very, very, very far...

Aug-19-16		WannaBe: From ESPN: <Darren Rovell ESPN Senior Writer 65 Years Ago Today: Bill Veeck sends Eddie Gaedel to the plate for the St. Louis Browns. He gets paid $100 for the appearance>

Aug-19-16		Penguincw: Wow, this is actually a really long streak. Brewers, for the first time in 474 games, have a LHP starting: http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/08/19.... Well the game hasn't actually started yet, so don't want to jinx it...

Aug-19-16		thegoodanarchist: <WannaBe: From ESPN: <Darren Rovell ESPN Senior Writer 65 Years Ago Today: Bill Veeck sends Eddie Gaedel to the plate for the St. Louis Browns. He gets paid $100 for the appearance>> Gaedel was a little person, right? He walked on 4 pitches, I think.

Aug-19-16		WannaBe: LAD getting killed in Cincinnati. Ugh!! Norris only lasted 3 2/3 inning. That bullpen for LA will not last until Labour Day.

Aug-19-16		WannaBe: Just "caught" this on the ad, probably heard it over and over and over again, but just realized/dawned on me, see if you can pick up what I did: KNBR 680AM SF Giants flagship radio station have this ad from a sponsor: "[Company Name] will donate $100 for each Giants game winning save." I want to see a save that's not game winning. Yes, I know you can have a blown save, but still... =))

Aug-19-16		Penguincw: Ooh, Jays lose in the 9th, after giving up back-to-back home runs, including a walk-off inside the park home run. But the O's lose too, despite hitting 4 homeruns in the 1st!

Aug-19-16		WannaBe: Inside da Park? Oooo, musta been a sight to watch. Exciting.

Aug-19-16		saffuna: Jays centerfielder should absolutely be fined for lack of hustle on that home run. The rightfielder tried to catch the ball against the wall, but couldn't. After it bounced back the centerfielder has to be there to pick it up, but he hadn't moved. Really bad.

Aug-20-16		saffuna: I read several articles saying the inside-the-park homer wasn't really a walk-off. This is a misunderstanding of the term as I learned it. Dennis Eckersley invented the term because the pitcher has to walk off, not because the hitting team walks off. Seems the very best closers are those who can deal easily with losing. Eckersley, Rivera, Fingers just accepted that they were going to lose sometimes, so they didn't tighten up.

Aug-20-16		thegoodanarchist: <<<<>>WannaBe: Just "caught" this on the ad, probably heard it over and over and over again, but just realized/dawned on me, see if you can pick up what I did: KNBR 680AM SF Giants flagship radio station have this ad from a sponsor: "[Company Name] will donate $100 for each Giants game winning save." I want to see a save that's not game winning. Yes, I know you can have a blown save, but still... =))> It's like a <free gift> or <The Department of Redundancy Department>

Aug-20-16		WannaBe: Something funny going on in Cincinnati, unless you're a LAD fan, then it's not so funny.

Aug-20-16		Penguincw: < saffuna: Jays centerfielder should absolutely be fined for lack of hustle on that home run. > I noticed that too (watching it, I wondered where Upton was). Upton wasn't there to back up the previous homerun either, though it was out of the park. < I read several articles saying the inside-the-park homer wasn't really a walk-off. > I was "taught" that any play that results in the home team scoring the immediate game winning run was a walk off _____, since the pitcher and the fielders haev to walk-off the field, while the other team celebrates on it. --- Uh oh, Dodgers being no-hit through 6 innings, and down 8-0. And this is coming 365 days after Mike Fiers no-hit them on Aug/21/2015. Luckily, the Giants have already lost today.

Aug-20-16		Penguincw: Here's to jinxing no-hitters! Mere minutes after <WannaBe> and I mentioned it, A-Gon gets a single.

Aug-20-16		WannaBe: Too bad they already played 6 full innings (it's an official game), hoping for that rain out. =)

Aug-21-16		WannaBe: One of the SFG radio announcer just made a 'hilarious' slip of the tongue. "... any reproduction or dissemination of this broadcast is prohibited by Major League Baseball and San Francisco Giants." Well, he said: "... any reproduction or decimation of this broadcast..." To give him a break, he is subbing for one of the regular broadcaster. Still funny as heck. Decimate. =))

Aug-21-16		WannaBe: Today's trivia question from SFG radio announcer J. Miller: "Four managers have managed Giants, both while in New York or in San Francisco 10 years or more, name them." <saffuna> is DQ'd from answering this question. =))

Aug-21-16		saffuna: Giants have had only a few managers going back to Roger Craig. Not sure how many stayed ten years though. I would guess (sorry) that John McGraw might be one of them.

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