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 174 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-05-10    Phony Benoni: The Tigers just went into Minnesota 1/2 game out of first and on a five-game winning streak. They got swept. No doubt about it. The Twins are going to be helpless at home this year without the Metrodome. May-05-10    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony & Deus Ex Alekhina, what do you think of The Black Hawks playing The Redwings in The Playoffs? Also Phony & JB What are the chances of Cubs Soriano hitting a homer in 5 straight games? May-05-10    Phony Benoni: Well, with the Wings down 3-0, I don't think much of them playing the Black Hawks at all. May-05-10    Phony Benoni: And, since I assume from your question that Soriano has already homered in four straight games, I'd say the chance of him making it 5 straight are about the same as hitting a homer in any particular game. At least, that's how I understand probability. May-06-10    Travis Bickle: Dr Benoni sorry about your Wings. Dr. Phony I thought you were The Gran Poohbah of baseball? I thought you covered the sport like AP! Soriano did have 4 straight games of hitting a homerun but fizzled tonight against a horse bleep Pirates team. If he had hit a fifth consectutive homer in as many days Alfonso would have tied Hack Wilson, Ryne Sanberg & Sammy(steroids)Sosa for that distinction in a Cubs uniform. May-06-10    Phony Benoni: <Travis> With everything going on around here, I don't have time to keep up with all the big happenings in baseball. Now, if you had asked something about 1923... May-06-10    Travis Bickle: Aha! The computer mind of a high level librarian! ; P May-06-10    Jim Bartle: Detroit up 4-0 over the Sharks halfway through the first period? And all the goals by the same guy (Franzen)? Has to be an error. May-06-10    Phony Benoni: Nope. They looked at the films, saw that "The Mule" was the only guy playing well for Detroit, so he's taking on the Sharks by himself. Actually, Franzen is a good player all year long who can become inspired in the playoffs. And now a different player has made it 5-0 Wings after one period. May-06-10    Phony Benoni: As great as Ernie Harwell was, he had one classic slip-up in this game: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... (This may seem too good to be true, but Ernie later included the audio clip in a collection called <Ernie Harwell's Audio Scrapbook>.) It occurred during the steal of home in the Angels 8th. As you can tell, there was quite an argument. Tiger catcher Bill Freehan insisted he had tagged the runner, and was emphasizing his point by banging his glove on the plate. Ernie's call: <"And Freehan is beating his meat -- his mitt -- on home plate".> Fortunately, it was about 2:00 AM Detroit time, so not too many people caught it. May-07-10    LucB: Phony Benoni: great avatar!! My favourite Muppet! May-07-10    Jim Bartle: I read this in Sports Illustrated. Somebody asked a gas station owner what hours he was open. He said, "From 7:30 in the morning until five minutes to Ernie." I wonder how many really outstanding long-time local announcers there are that I don't know about. There are Vin Scully, Chick Hearn and Johnny Most, of course, and Jerry Remy is very popular in Boston, but I don't know much beyond that. In San Francisco we had Lon Simmons for many years doing 49ers and Giants, and Bill King doing Warriors (from their first game in 1962), Raiders and A's. King was brilliant but stuck to himself away from the games. Simmons was a local monument, seen and appreciated everywhere. May-07-10    Jim Bartle: Here's a nice interview with Most and Hearn from 1987. At 4:30 they play each of them calling the Magic Johnson hook shot to win game four, in totally different ways. Afterward, the two of them just laughed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtzg... May-07-10    Jim Bartle: You'll be seeing replays of the Mets' Ike Davis catching a foul pop against the Giants. Pretty amazing. Earlier, Giants' announcer: "There's strike two. Now Sanchez can go for the strikeout." May-08-10    Deus Ex Alekhina: <Travis> The Redwings aint dead yet, as of 3:50pm Saturday, but the Zamboni will probably start looking like a hearse soon. May-08-10    chancho: This one goes to the Detroit Redwings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM8l... May-08-10    Jim Bartle: Davis catch in the dugout: http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/video/p... May-08-10    Jim Bartle: If the Giants are tied with the Mets coming up to bat in the bottom of the ninth with the score 4-4 tomorrow, and the catcher comes up to bat, I'm going to scream. May-08-10    Phony Benoni: I can see it now. The Giants intentionally walk the catcher. The Mets put in the other catcher as a pinch hitter, and he also gets walked. The third batter comes up wearing a mask, chest protector and shin pads, and the Giants walk him just to be safe. The Mets activate their bull pen catcher, who hits a grand slam to win the game. The Giants begin to lobby for a DH in the National League who will be allowed to hit only for the catcher. May-08-10    Phony Benoni: I saw the Davis catch. Some guys just can't wait to get off the field at the end of an inning. May-08-10    Jim Bartle: Nothing wrong with that, but do they have to make such a show of it? May-08-10    Phony Benoni: It's amazing how one game can affect a career. The Kansas City Athletics used six pitchers in this game. Wheat and Van Brabant never pitched again in the major leagues, and Trice pitched just once more about ten days later. Burtschy and Spicer were both gone by the end of the next year. And all as a result of one game. It just doesn't seem fair. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... The jinx even affected the White Sox. They got shut out their next two games. May-08-10    Jim Bartle: In their first four years the Rockies might have rivalled those A's in going through pitchers. They used 25 in '93, 18 in '84, 20 in '95, and 21 in '96. May-08-10    Jim Bartle: Looking up the Rockies pitching (my cable got Denver stations those years, so I remember) I was drawn to Larry Walker's record. In 1997 he hit .366 with 49 homers and 130 RBIs. I bet those numbers would win the Triple Crown most years. May-08-10    Phony Benoni: 2nd in batting average, 3rd in RBIs. Walker had some nice numbers and three batting titles, but the Colorado factor and frequent injuries mean no Hall of Fame consideration for him. (1997 was the only season he played more than 150 games, or got 200 hits). Thinking about it, though, would the thin air in Colorado necessarily help you win batting titles? Those are usually won by line drive hitters. 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