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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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Sep-28-16		WannaBe: <Baseball Tonight: Incredibly, that's the first career walk-off HR for @teixeiramark25. He had the most career regular season HR without a walk-off HR.> And just so happens, it was a Grand Slam.

Sep-28-16		Penguincw: < Unfortunately the Penguins lost to the Orioles, so they pick up on ground on Baltimore. > I just realized that today (Sep/28) is the 5 year "anniversary" of Game 162 back in the 2011 season. Doesn't quite feel like Game 162 today though. But remember how the AL and NL wild card races finished that day (especially the AL). Probably the best night of baseball ever. And of course, on that day, Baltimore rallied in the 9th to beat a divisional rival, just like today.

Sep-28-16		WannaBe: Was that the year TB rallied from 7-runs down to win in 12 innings? We were all online following 2(?) games and all going nuts? Gooooooood time with Gooooooooooder friends.

Sep-28-16		WannaBe: Potentially/Could be huge, ARZ/WAS called after 6 innings, 3-0 D'backs won. Now, 3-3 LAD game, Dodgers entered tonight's contest 2 games back of WAS. In case of a tie, LAD have head-to-head tie-break over Nationals (see my previous post).

Sep-28-16		Penguincw: <WannaBe> Yep. Yeah, just like to add on to that above post of mine. On Sep/28/2011, Boston blew the lead in the 9th, Baltimore rallied and won in the 9th. On Sep/28/2016, Boston blew the lead in the 9th (ouch), Baltimore rallied and won in the 9th. I remember watching Game 162 of the 2011 season, but I was inactive on this site at that time (to watch MLB of course).

Sep-29-16		SwitchingQuylthulg: <WannaBe: I think it's just silly to slide feet first, especially everyone runs heads down, so you already have that slim 'head' start. To go from running position and then slide feet first, the whole (body) motion seem counter to Newton's law. Anyone have their 2 cents to throw in? I'm very curious about this.> In Finland, everybody uses head-first; though it's generally more of a dive and less of a slide than in American baseball. Accordingly, I suspect feet-first sliding may have something to do with some quirk in the rules of the American game, like tiny bases; it's not the fastest way to get to the base, but you're guaranteed to hit it and stay in contact with it.

Sep-29-16		WannaBe: Found this 'ancient' article, dated 2008: https://www.wired.com/2008/09/scien... According to the article, 0.02 seconds faster if head first, and gaining 5 inches.

Sep-29-16		Phony Benoni: When sliding head first, do taller players get there more quickly than shorter players? Rain delay in Detroit approaching 2 hours, and I don't know what is going on. I'm maybe 5 miles from the stadium, it hasn't been raining for a couple of hours, the forecast is clear until about 6:00 when the deluge resumes. There was very substantial rain overnight, so maybe the field is still unplayable..

Sep-29-16		WannaBe: Well, Shaq would definitely get to second base on a head-first slide than Mugsy Bogue. But Mugsy would out-run Shaq anyway... On a different note, AL Wild Card is Tuesday, if CLE/DET do not get played today, and need to be made up (Monday) and if Detroit ends up tied for second wild card, it will be total chaos! What if Monday's make up game gets rained out?? Wheeeeeeee.

Sep-29-16		WannaBe: Out of curiosity, I looked it up, it's 2 hour flight to both Kansas City and Atlanta from Detroit. They can still start the game at 11PM and have plenty of time to travel.

Sep-29-16		Phony Benoni: They'll give up before that. The skies are already getting ugly again.

Sep-29-16		saffuna: The advantage of the headfirst slide that I see is that it's harder to make the tag. Normally it's just one arm near the base, while it's both legs in a standard slide. A smaller target. Here's a classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8B...

Sep-29-16		WannaBe: Okay, game officially postponed, to be made up Monday, if necessary. But I was checking out the conversation page for this game: http://www.espn.com/mlb/conversatio... I sorted it by "Newest" and some of them are hilarious, keep in mind, the company name that you work for is next to your post. One guy wanted to know if the game will be played, because he wanted to move the bet money to another game. (Insurance Sales Agent) Another one posted "Hi, I'm single", (Human Resource Management Intern) Not sure how "Serious" one should take on these message boards.

Sep-29-16		WannaBe: We have something that happened in MLB that's more rare(r) than no-no, perfect game, or a cycle. Tonight, we have an official tie-game! <Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer The Cubs and Pirates played to a 1-1 suspended game on Thursday meaning it will go down officially as a tie. The game has no meaning in the standings and the teams won't be able to make it up before the end of the reg season this Sunday. The last tie in MLB was 2005, the last time the Cubs played to a tie was in 1993. All stats count.> <Baseball Tonight @BBTN The @Cubs and @Pirates game ends in a tie. Yep. Last Pirates tie? 8/24/1998 (5-5 vs Cardinals) Last Cubs tie? 5/28/1993 (2-2 vs Expos)>

Sep-29-16		Penguincw: Hope it doesn't have any implications on possible tiebreakers. Oh well. Fly the "T". --- I also noticed that the Marlins have been eliminated from the postseason. That's good news, in terms of scheduling. Imagine if the Marlins finished half a game back of the wild card, so then that makeup game would have to be played, and then a Game 163. Would be really emotional and all, but probably a scheduling nightmare. That CLE-DET potential problem is more realistic, with my home team hanging on by 1.5 games over <PB>'s home team. Toronto will face the 2nd best team in the AL, while the Tigers face the worst team in the NL.

Sep-29-16		WannaBe: This AL Wild Card's gonna get interesting, TOR @ BOS, and BAL @ NYY with DET @ ATL. And that one postponed game hanging over CLE/DET. Now, CLE potentially would care about that game, too. If they end up 1/2 game behind BOS for 2nd seed, who have the head-to-head tie-break? If by the end of Sunday, CLE and BOS are separated by 1/2 game for Home Field, (and DET is out) will MLB have the postponed game played? I need to go and check head-to-head between BOS and CLE.

Sep-29-16		WannaBe: BOS won the season series over CLE 4-2. So there's the answer to that question...

Sep-29-16		WannaBe: What happened tonight at St.L answered my question regarding fan interference about 1.5 month ago... Tied game, bottom 9th, man on first, double by Molina, but was it fan interference? If fan interference, umpire can send runner from third to home (according to J. Miller on KNBR Giants radio), if it was deemed "standard ground rule double", runner goes back to third.

Sep-29-16		WannaBe: Today is the anniversary of "The Catch" by W. Mays, but the better trivia would be: 1. Who was playing against the Giants 2. Which game of the World Series was it? 3. What inning did "The Catch" took place? 4. Who was the batter? 4a. Who was the pitcher? 5. What was the score of the game at the time of the catch? 6. Who won that game? 7. Since the game took place at the Polo Ground, who won the Indianapolis 500 that year? Okay, #7 is a joke.

Sep-29-16		saffuna: 1. Cleveland 2. First 3. Don't know 4. Vic Wertz 5. Don't remember, but he was taken out and came into the dugout and said "Well, I got my man." 6. Giants 7. Stirling Moss

Sep-30-16		WannaBe: According to SFGate, there's 20% chance of rain Sunday afternoon in the Bay Area. LAD/SFG play at 1:15PM, imagine the fun if that game is postponed until Monday, and we have 3-way tie NYM/STL/SFG. And we get 3 way tie with a CLE/DET make-up game on Monday. Heck, with all the possibilities (http://www.espn.com/blog/jayson-sta...) We may not start the play-offs until Halloween, and World Series' not gonna start until Thanksgiving.

Sep-30-16		WannaBe: Oh boy, it's raining in Boston, will they have to play 2 Saturday?

Sep-30-16		Boomie: -> Who let the dogs out? Woof! Woof! Woof! UW 16 Stanford 0 2nd Quarter 8:52 Christian who?

Sep-30-16		Boomie: -> UW 23 Stanford 0 Tequila!

Sep-30-16		Boomie: -> UW 30 Stanford 0 I never thought I could ever feel sorry for Stanford. I was right about that.

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