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 133 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-03-09    Jim Bartle: Slap? Gnaw? Chew? Dec-03-09    A.G. Argent: Now THAT'S funny; <Gnaw?>. In other words, a Beaver sound bite? Dec-03-09    Phony Benoni: Don't these teams ever stop scoring? Dec-03-09    Jim Bartle: That's the Pac-10 this year. Stanford beat Oregon 51-42 with a couple of clutch 3-pointers and good foul shooting at the end, and OSU beat S by something like 45-10. Dec-04-09    A.G. Argent: What'd I say; 3 1/2 at the most? 37 to 33, final. I tell ya people, ol' AG should be a bookie. Quack, bloody quack. Ducks v. Bug Eyes = Grandaddy of 'em all. Dec-04-09    Jim Bartle: Darn. If Oregon State had won, I could have written "Timberrrrr! (Crunch, crunch, crunch.)" Dec-05-09    Phony Benoni: OK, so it was <Central> Michigan. and they beat Ohio University Without State In The Middle. But they still won the MAC title, and will probably go to the GMAC Bowl. Their senior quarterback, Dan LeFevour, has now accounted for 148 TDs passing, rushing and receiving. Congratulations, Chips! At least one team in this blasted state can play football! Dec-05-09    Phony Benoni: Retrosheet now has the 1871 season up, which means that this beauty if available: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... I think the pitchers must have been exhausted from running the bases. Dec-05-09    hangingenprise: since the lions will have a top draft choice again-like the sadiers- are they looking for an alstott type receiver? look at al cuckoo davis bust: mcfadden, williams, bey, and of course arrrrgh russel. maybe travis will trade a jay for a chumpmarcus. Dec-05-09    Jim Bartle: Not a shutout for even half an inning. And 82 runs but only three homers. JaMarcus Russell really is awful, unbelievably so. And worse, he thinks he is doing OK. And he was the #1 overall pick. Dec-05-09    playground player: <Phony Benoni> 49-23??? In baseball? I read the score sheet, and I still don't believe it. I've been in a lot of really terrible slow-pitch softball games, but never one in which 72 runs were scored. Not even in a beer game. What the heck were they doing in 1871? Where's Old Hoss Radbourne when you need him? Dec-05-09    Phony Benoni: <playground player> It was even worse; 49-33, for 82 runs. 1871 was the first year of the National Association, the first professional league, and things were not well organized. Only 120 games were played the entire year. That 49-33 was a bit extraordinary, even by NA standards. Still, teams averaged about 11 runs per game--and that's each team. The fielding may have had something to do with it, since the league ERA was only 4.22. Having both teams reach double digits in runs, hits and errors was nothing unusual. There was also the fair-foul rule, meaning that any ball which hit in fair territory was considered fair, even if it bounced into fould territory before passing first/third base. You can imagine how good bunters and slap hitters could exploit this. There was one fellow named Ross Barnes who was a regular .400 hitter with the rule, a .270 hitter without it. If you prefer, here's the only shutout I've been able to find that year: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Dec-05-09    Phony Benoni: Now that the MetroDome is history (baseball-wise, at least), it's time to remember it may not have been the worst ball park of all time: http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm... Dec-05-09    Phony Benoni: Just like you drew it up, right Coach? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHQ7... Dec-07-09    Phony Benoni: Veterans Committee on Managers and Umpires votes two into the Hall of Fame: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp... Billy Martin not even close. Does he belong? Dec-07-09    playground player: <Phony Benoni> Does Billy Martin belong in the HOF as a manager? The only thing that would keep him out would be his tormented (and tormenting) personality. If there were a chess Hall of Fame, would we bar Bobby Fischer on account of his revolting personality, or include him for his great achievements in chess? But everything you can say about Fischer in chess applies to Martin in baseball. Marcus Cato used to kick Romans out of the Senate on account of their living blameworthy personal lives. Should that standard apply to an institution created to honor a sport? Martin's achievements as a manager were undeniably great. Many, many times I used to watch him routinely outmanage the likes of Gene Mauch and others. I also used to watch him get himself into ridiculous trouble for no good reason at all. I'd love to get Reggie Jackson's take on this. Dec-07-09    technical draw: <"...would we bar Bobby Fischer on account of his revolting personality, or include him for his great achievements in chess? But everything you can say about Fischer in chess applies to Martin in baseball."> Martin is not being barred like Pete Rose. He's just not being selected. Dec-07-09    Jim Bartle: Of course Martin deserves the HOF. If Durocher is in, then Martin should be as well. Gene Mauch as well. Herzog certainly deserves it as well. Dec-07-09    Jim Bartle: And Harvey should be congratulated for becoming one of a select few to be elected to two Halls of Fame. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame many years ago. Dec-07-09    technical draw: Baseball Managers in the Hall of Fame: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hof... Dec-07-09    technical draw: Bobby Cox should be in the Hall of Fame, only because he looks like Pope John Paul II...: http://classic17.files.wordpress.co... Dec-08-09    playground player: <technical draw> Sorry, I didn't mean "barred" in the same way Pete Rose is officially barred for a stated reason. And "not selected" need not be forever. Come to think of it, I saw Billy Martin manage rings around Whitey Herzog when Whitey managed the KC Royals. But Whitey did manage to go through a whole career without brawling with his players, calling his owner "a congenital liar," and drinking himself into a fatal auto accident. By any standard, Billy was a troubled soul. And his mother was a real piece of work, too. Dec-08-09    Jim Bartle: Oh baloney. Martin never outmanaged Herzog. The Royals won the regular season matchups over the Yankees when those two were the managers. Martin won two playoff series by 3-2, basically because he had Sparky Lyle and KC had Mark Littell. Not a case of one out-managing the other. Dec-08-09    Phony Benoni: Martin was a quick energy drink. He provided a quick boost, but woe betide when the reaction set in. There's only a certain number of games that can be won by superiior strategy. Perhaps the most effective managers are those who get the most possible from their players without pushing them beyond their limits. Dec-08-09    Jim Bartle: Were you there, PB? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJTr... 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