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 114 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-17-09    technical draw: Well, Rivera better come up with a second inning as the batters blew a good chance. Oct-17-09    Phony Benoni: <JB> That's true. Plus they're playing at home, so there's no way he could get a save opportunity. Oct-17-09    Travis Bickle: I'm worried about the Bears game tomorrow night. The Bears are getting 4 1/2 in Atlanta. The Falcons have a good team this year but the Bears are coming off a bye, which is a plus. The thing that worries me about my bears is they have yet to start quick out of the gate and have yet to play 4 solid quarters. Also they haven't established the run this season. RB Mat Forte had 2 big runs against Detroit but hasn't been consistent. What do you guys think? Oct-18-09    technical draw: Well, who was the smarty that put Rivera in early, huh?. If the Yankees lose it's all over, good bye world series. Oct-18-09    Phony Benoni: <Travis> Well, the last thing any Lions fan would be worried about is the Bears. But, frankly, I've never been much impressed by Jay Cutler as a quarterback. He seems to be a Bret Favre type, with fewer highs and deeper lows. Oct-18-09    Travis Bickle: Phony I think right now especially with Urlacher out for the season and the offensive line not run blocking well at all Jay Cutler is saving The Bears with his arm and mobility out of the pocket. P.S. Thanks for your opinion. Oct-18-09    Benzol: Dave thanks for Game Collection: Coburg 1904 You might want to edit that bit about a 'guick' lead near the beginning. :) Oct-18-09    zanshin: <PB> I still do follow Purdue football .. unfortunately ;-) I also root for the NFL teams with Purdue QBs - the Saints (Brees), Broncos (Orton) and Colts (Painter as backup). Well, I was a Colts fan since living in Indiana. The win against OSU is unfathomable to me given the way the team has been playing recently. Hopefully, it will be something for the team and their new coach to build upon. Thanks for your post. Oct-18-09    keypusher: Question for the wise men on this board: doesn't it make sense to put your closer in a tie game in the 9th? I remember Bill James arguing in favor of doing that. Oct-18-09    Jim Bartle: Yes, absolutely use the closer in a tie game. I think James argued that it was much more valuable (over time) to use the closer in a tie game than when two or more runs ahead. And since you have to limit the number of times you use him, it's a better use in a tie than when leading by more than one run. Oct-18-09    playground player: <Jim Bartle> Closer, schmoser! If you've got Dick Radatz, Stu Miller, Hoyt Wilhelm, Sparky Lyle, Mike Marshall, Lindy McDaniel, or Elroy Face (just to name a few) in your bullpen, you use him any time you damn well please. I hate this Whitey Herzog/Tony LaRussa style of baseball! "I'm a closer, I pitched 49 innings in a single season..." Bah and double-bah! Oct-18-09    Phony Benoni: <playground player> As much as we might dislike it, specialization is here to stay simply because it works. The records of LaRussa and Herzog speak for themselves. Back in the 1950s or 1960s, your only relief pitchers were those not good enough to be starters. Now, you get tagged early as one or the other, and receive the proper training to specialize in your role. Starters and relievers generally have different philosophies of pitching. A starter needs to have several pitches he can command; since hitters are likely to see him more than once, they need to be kept off balance. A reliever can get by with just one or two phenomenal pitches. For instance, Mariano Rivera and his cut fastball. Everyone knows it's coming, but he had such fantastic command of it that he's still effective. Another outcome of early specialization is that more reliable relief pitchers are available. A Radatz or a Face might pitch several innings simply because the manager had no other relievers he could rely on. Back in those days, teams often went with only 10 pitchers, which would be unheard of today. Now I'm all for the purity of baseball. I've never liked the designated hitter. But teams are out there to win, and they've learned that the one inning closer system seems to be the most consistent way to do that. Oct-18-09    Jim Bartle: Lot of mention of great relievers here, but the name of Rich Gossage hasn't appeared. Maybe he wasn't the very best, but he was surely the scariest. In Whitey Herzog's book (highly recommended!), he wrote that with the Cardinals he liked to have competent starters (Forsch, Cox, Andujar--also Tudor, who was outstanding) who could go six and get the game to the bullpen. He didn't try to have just a top closer (Sutter), but several good relievers. The thing I most dislike about the one-inning-with-a-lead closer is that it's partly based on the pitcher's desire to build up a huge number of saves. That's not a valid reason to use a pitcher any particular way. Still a manager has to find a way to use his best relief pitcher often without wearing him out. He can't just roll him out there every time he's the best option, or he'll wear out in August. Oct-18-09    Jim Bartle: New England 59 Tennessee 0? Raiders 13 Philadelphia 9? New Orleans 48 Giants 27! Oct-18-09    Phony Benoni: Well, Tennessee looks pretty awful this year. And the Raiders had to win a game sometime, but I don't think the Lions will break out the champagne and cigars until (and if) the Rams win. But New Orleans is beginning to look impressive. 48 points vs. the Giants is nothing to sneeze at. Still some worries about their defense, though. Oct-18-09    Phony Benoni: And the Dodgers faithful seem none too chirpy tonight. Oct-19-09    Jim Bartle: It's just one game. No disaster. Oct-19-09    WannaBe: One game?!?!?! It is already a disaster, unless we can do, what the Pirates did to the Yankees, be outscored 213432243-4 and win the series!!! Oct-19-09    technical draw: <WannaBe> You're obviously confusing the Pirates/Yankees score with you loss/win record in chess. Baseball last 9 innings and you last nine moves, don't confuse the two.......heheheheh..... Oct-19-09    Jim Bartle: Another example: St. Louis lost the first game of the 1982 World's Serious 10-0, yet came back to win in seven. Oct-19-09    Phony Benoni: Or the Dodgers in 1959, who lost the first game to the White Sox 11-0, but came back to win in six. Still, the 1960 Yankees-Pirates series has to be at the top of the list. The Pirates' three losses were by 10-0, 12-0, and 16-3. Oct-19-09    Jim Bartle: Amazing. Oct-19-09    chancho: I'm hoping for a Phillies vs Yankees showdown. The Dodgers and Yankees have played each other a lot of times already. Oct-19-09    technical draw: And they're off! Running for the early lead it's Yankees by a a head. Oct-19-09    technical draw: Mr. October! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 114 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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