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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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Apr-08-10		Phony Benoni: Travis, I think Tiger is happy she wasn't holding a mashie-niblick. By the way, I think he would have been better off playing in a tournament before the Masters. Not so much for the golf practice, but he had to realize that his return would lead to a media circus and inevitably detract from his concentration on golf. Better to get that out of the way at a relatively unimportant event.

Apr-09-10		WannaBe: <Phony Benoni: As long as they keep winning, he should...> That is a great story, did not know about it!!!

Apr-09-10		Jim Bartle: Woods knew that crowds at the Masters are different than those at other tournaments, more respectful. He had to figure he wouldn't hear much negative there.

Apr-09-10		WannaBe: <Jim Bartle: Woods knew that ...> Them nice and gentle southern folks. =)

Apr-09-10		Jim Bartle: Hmmmm. The Masters is really, really careful about protecting its high-class image, to the extent that TV announcers cannot mention the size of the purse, and have to refer to spectators as "patrons." I think fans are well aware that there is plenty of security, and anybody heckling Tiger will be quickly escorted to the gates.

Apr-09-10		Jim Bartle: An umpire has started a little controversy by ripping into the Red Sox and Yankees for overly slow play. I noticed umpires trying to speed up the games during their opening series. In particular, the home umpire refused to grant time to the batter when he held up his hand. A Red Sox batter tried it, then had to stay in and try to hit. Then Jeter tried to call time, the ump didn't give it to him, and Jeter stepped out anyway. The pitcher didn't throw. I guess Jeter was challenging the ump. Later David Ortiz did the same thing when not given time. The ump also tried to get Posada back behind the plate quickly when he went out of the mound, which happened often. I wonder if this is an overall baseball policy, or just something with that umpiring crew.

Apr-09-10		WannaBe: It's an over-all policy to try to speed up the pace, and cut down on total game time. Reports have said that Boston and New York are the two biggest offender, especially when they play each other. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/... Boston reliever Pappelbon (sp?) was fined last year for slow play. The rule states, after 1st visit by manager/pitching coach, pitcher must be pulled, but there are no limit for players only meeting on the mound. The other side of the argument, which I favor, baseball requires more strategy, how to pitch to a batter, where to put your shifted fielders, or do you play straight-away. Especially when two really good teams meet up, it's like two chess masters, they take their time. And let them!! What is your rush? Need to be home by 11 PM's curfew??

Apr-09-10		Jim Bartle: I prefer to see a game move along. But what bothers me are not conferences and timeouts, but pitchers who don't throw strikes, or at least pitches close to the strike zone.

Apr-09-10		Phony Benoni: Perhaps there should be an overall limit to the number of timeouts, as in other sports. But it's not a new problem. I can remember reading articles back in the early 1960s complaining that games were starting to approach 3 hours in length.

Apr-09-10		Jim Bartle: We're skipping an obvious reason. With every game televised now, there's a minute more every time the teams switch. I remember going to a Giants game in 2002, and it seemed like more than a minute went by every inning before Bonds even came out of the dugout.

Apr-10-10		dakgootje: Jints the only unbeaten team at this point - who would have thought!

Apr-10-10		Phony Benoni: Well, the Gians being undefeated is not that big a surprise; anybody can win four in a row at any time. But to be the only undefeated team this early seems unusual. Maybe we're in for one of those parity years where most races go down to the finish. <JB> Oh, yes, commercials. Thank goodness for them. When I was younger, 60 seconds was adequate for a bathroom break. Now I appreciate the extra time. Two other factors: more ptiching changes, and increased posturing. Why does every player seem to think they have to refocus on every pitch as though the fate of the world hung on it? I blame Al Hrabosky and Mike Hargrove.

Apr-10-10		thegoodanarchist: I was at the Nationals game Thursday and they managed to blow a 3-run lead, but went on to win 6-5, losing the series to the Phillies but avoiding the sweep. Same ol' Nats! Nothing unusual about .333 ball & bad pitching in DC :)

Apr-10-10		Phony Benoni: Good to know there's something we can depend on in Washington. But there's no need despair just yet. A lot of teams are going to play .333 against the Phillies.

Apr-10-10		Jim Bartle: The Giants swept a no-name Astros team, then eeked out a win over Atlanta last night with a bunch of well-placed squibbers. Nothing to get excited about, though better than 2-2.

Apr-10-10		Phony Benoni: Tigers now 4-1, albeit against Kansas City and Cleveland. Hitting has been timely if not abundant, pitching generally excellent throughout. They're not blowing teams out, but they're winning.

Apr-10-10		Jim Bartle: I watched a little yesterday. The Tigers took advantage of some really poor fielding by Cleveland, including the pitcher throwing a pickoff attempt into centerfield.

Apr-10-10		Jim Bartle: Headline at Sports Illustrated: "Sabathia flirts with no-hitter as Yanks crush Rays" Maybe pitchers would have more luck if they "hit on" no-hitters" or "went for it" with no-hitters. They could chat up, seduce, try to pick up, or make eyes at a no-hitter.

Apr-11-10		WannaBe: Maybe they should buy 'no-hitters' a couple of drinks, that'll surely get it done.

Apr-11-10		Phony Benoni: Nah, wouldn't work. Men can't keep quiet about a thing like that, and no-hitters vanish the moment you mention them.

Apr-11-10		thegoodanarchist: In any event, I predict the Nats win at least 68 games this year. No more 100+ loss seasons!!!! At least not until next decade :)

Apr-11-10		Phony Benoni: So the Giants finally go down, and the best record now belongs to ... the Twins at 5-1, <having played all six games on the road>. Who needs the Metrodome?

Apr-11-10		dakgootje: <So the Giants finally go down> Alas yes.. Despite their nice record, they have not been playing overly convincing yet. I had hoped their hitting would have been much improved compared to previous year.. Ah well, the season is still young and Lincecum is up for tonight! O/u set at 7 and seeing how low-scoring a lot of games have been so far, fair chance it might even dive under with a Giants victory of, say, 4-1. <In any event, I predict the Nats win at least 68 games this year.> That would be a major improvement but they seem to have improved compared to previous year. My 10ct is on 65 or 66 <Hitting has been timely if not abundant> I only saw the 5-2 game against the indians but that was terrible to say the least! Could not hit a ball in the first 4 innings and only scored 4 runs in the 5th due to a couple of walks and a 3-run(!) error! Maybe that happens to have been a bad sample game though.

Apr-11-10		Phony Benoni: No, that was a pretty typical game. Effective pitching and taking advantage of opportunies. Thing is, they are creating more opportunties this year. Austin Jackson, the rookie they got for Curtis Granderson, has been impressive. Things just seem to happen when he's on the field, like scoring from first base on a throwing error by the third baseman. We haven't had a good drink-stirrer around here for some time.

Apr-11-10		dakgootje: What a game... Two aces [Verlander & Santana) giving up grand slams in the first inning. Bloodbath lol I like that about other sports like basketball, if your team has the lead with 25 points going into the last quarter you can be pretty sure they will win -- with baseball there is always a chance they completely mess up either way.

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