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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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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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 110 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-09-09    technical draw: I don't believe it <Phony>. I turned the TV off thinking it was all over! Oct-09-09    technical draw: yankee magic !! Oct-09-09    Phony Benoni: Well, it is all over. You seem to be the king of ygolohcysp. Oct-09-09    Phony Benoni: Twins killing! Oct-09-09    Phony Benoni: <JB> Spell it backwards. Oct-09-09    Jim Bartle: What a shot! 319 ft.! Oct-09-09    Phony Benoni: Yeah, the money they have to pay those Little Leaguers to turn pro. Oct-09-09    technical draw: Man, the Yankees always deliver. That's why I'm a fan. It was a Yankee that said, "it ain't over til it's over". (actually I invented that saying, lol!) Oct-10-09    Phony Benoni: Game of the Day: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... The Brooklyn Atlantics were later reincarnated as Dick Stuart. Oct-10-09    dzechiel: Just got back from watching the Angles take the second game from Boston. Good pitching by Weaver and the relievers. I hope the Angels can close it out on Sunday. Oct-10-09    Jim Bartle: I thought the Brooklyn Atlantics became the Los Angeles Pacifics. Speaking of bad fielders, the Giants had a player when they came to SF named Andre Rodgers who was considered a good hitter, but a horror at shortstop. They traded him to the Cubs, where he continued to rack up impressive error totals. Oct-10-09    playground player: <Jim Bartle> Once upon a time, Andre Rodgers was the only British subject playing in the major leagues: at least it said so on his baseball card. I remember it because the little cartoon baseball player on the back was wearing a monocle and sipping a cup of tea. It seemed none of the guys the Giants had playing the middle of the infield back then ever quite filled the bill. Andre could at least hit: more than you could say for Don Blasingame. Oct-10-09    Jim Bartle: Let's see: Daryl Spencer, Eddie Bressoud, Blasingame, Danny O'Connell, Jose Pagan, and Chuck Hiller (who could hit a little). They cemented the tradition with Hal Lanier and Tito Fuentes in the years of struggle with the Dodgers, leaving the Giants with in effect three pitchers spots hitting in the lineup. Bill James once named Lanier the worst hitting regular (who played several years) in the past fifty years. The Giants got so frustrated they traded their excellent catch Bill Haller to the Dodgers for 2B Ron Hunt, the human bruise. Oct-10-09    Phony Benoni: <playground player> Did a quick check. Rodgers was the first player from the Bahamas in the major leagues. There were quite a few British-born players back in the early days of baseball, but few in the middle third of the twentieth century until the Latin American and Caribbean influx began. Maybe the most famous British subject was the Scottish-born Bobby Thomson. <JB> Found a game where Dick Stuart played third base! http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... It happened in the Giants' 6th, and was an extreme example of a McCovey shift. Willie was coming up in a clutch situation, and the Phillies manager shifted shortstop Bobby Wine over to first, thrid baseman Dick Allen to short, and put Stuart at third where he would be out of harm's way. The other extraordinary thing in the inning was Willie Mays, who hit 52 home runs that year, sacrificing a runner from second to third with none out. Didn't those guys know how to play baseball? Oct-10-09    Jim Bartle: Giants fans really liked Rodgers, had a very forgiving attitude about his fielding. But SF fans loved EVERYTHING about the Giants at first. They particularly took to the wave of rookies in 1958: Davenport, Kirkland, Cepeda, Spencer, Schmidt, and then McCovey the next year. They were a little reticent about Mays, because they had been led to believe he walked on water, would hit .370 with 50 homers and 130 RBI. When he hit .350 with 29 homers, people were disappointed to find he was a great ballplayer but not a demigod. Oct-10-09    suenteus po 147: I don't really follow baseball anymore, but I happened to notice on my news sites today that the Dodgers are 2-0 with the Cardinals and are primed to go to the National League Finals. Is there a chance St. Louis will come back and win in three? If the Dodgers do win, who will they most likely face in the division finals? What are there chances? Oct-10-09    Jim Bartle: Sure, there's a chance the Cards will come back. The fluky game 2 win was a real blow, though. The winner will face the winner of the Philadelphia-Colorado series, now tied at 1-1. Oct-10-09    suenteus po 147: <Jim Bartle> Didn't the Phillies knock out the Dodgers to go to the World Series a year or two back? Oct-10-09    Phony Benoni: <suenteus po 147> The Dodgers certainly have to be heavily favored to advance, but they go to St. Louis for the next two games. If they lose those the deciding game will be in LA, but anything can happen in a single game. The other series is Philadelphia and the Colorado Rockies, and is tied 1-1 with two games coming up in Colorado. I think the Rockies have the advantage--but the fact is that all these teams are so close (they finished the regular season within four games of each other) that no result would be an upset. Oct-10-09    Jim Bartle: suenteus: Yes, last year. Oct-10-09    suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> & <Jim Bartle> Thanks, guys. I talk to my mother every weekend and when baseball gets to division series playoffs, finals, etc. she loves to talk about it. Always helps me to know what's going on :) Oct-10-09    Phony Benoni: The best hitting team of all time? Right here: http://retrosheet.org/Research/Ruan... The numbers are mind-boggling. Oct-10-09    Jim Bartle: And I thought the Indians' 1987 pitching staff was bad. Oct-10-09    Phony Benoni: <suenteus po 147>: If your mother's a Dodgers fan, it will be a happy phone call. They just beat the Cardinals 5-1 and swept the series. Their next opponent will be the Phillies or the Rockies, but that won't be decided for several days. The Dodgers should be favored against either one, and have the advantage of getting an extra game at home. But there will be many fingernails to gnaw yet! Oct-10-09    dzechiel: <A.G. Argent: Yes, Dave Z, Dodgers in three.> You should be a bookie. Even I didn't expect it to be three games. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 110 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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