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 175 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-08-10    Jim Bartle: I think just the fact the breaking balls don't break as much would help batting averages. (I remember curveballer Darryl Kile got hammered in Colorado.) Can you find Walker's home/away record for that year? Pittsburgh used five pitchers to shut out the Cards today. I wonder what the record is for most pitchers in a shutout (nine innings). May-08-10    Phony Benoni: At least six. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... I had forgotten about curve balls at altitude. That would make a huge difference. Here's batting statistics for Larry Walker: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... . If you click "Splits" next to a particular year, one of the breakdowns given is home vs. away. In 1997, Walker had a higher batting average at home (.384 to .346), but hit more home runs on the road (29-20). May-08-10    Jim Bartle: That home run split is really odd, as in those years the Rockies were typically scoring more than 500 runs at home and 350 on the road. In 1996 it was 650-300, or from first to last. May-09-10    Jim Bartle: Quiz time: In 1959 Joe Adcock hit a ball over the fence but was credited with only a double. Why? May-09-10    Phony Benoni: Because the official scorer felt sorry for Harvey Haddix. May-09-10    Jim Bartle: I guess there was some confusion. Aaron touched second and returned to the dugout, so Adcock was called out for passing Aaron on the bases. Mini-outrage in SF over ESPN setting Bengie Molina's attempt to score from third into a "Chariots of Fire" scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbR-... I think it's pretty funny, though maybe the ESPNguys shouldn't have made the comments afterward. Molina makes millions and he's slow; he should be able to take a little ribbing. May-09-10    Phony Benoni: The way I heard it, Aaron thought the ball had been caught and was trying to get back to first base. At any rate, the thought of the slow-footed Adcock passing him on the basepaths seems ludicrous at first. The Molina play might have been funnier if they had shown it in slow motion. May-09-10    Phony Benoni: Is that a sigh of relief I hear from the direction of San Francisco? May-09-10    Jim Bartle: Oh man. Did you see those two high flies to the outfield which the Giants couldn't catch? The first one to left was unbelievable. Then again, though the Giants announcers wouldn't say it, Rowand's homer to right looked it rode out on the Gulfstream. May-09-10    Phony Benoni: Yeah, we've been getting a lot of wind in this part of country the last few days, with generally unsettled weather and a definite touch of Indian Winter. May-09-10    Jim Bartle: Braden of the A's perfect through seven. Just something amazing to see in Oakland! Not the pitching, the fact there are fans in the seats. May-09-10    dakgootje: And Braden succeeds in pitching a perfect game - quite nice; apparently the 19th in MLB-history. Heh, and I saw the previous perfect game [by Buehrle of course] as well - such coincidence. May-09-10    Jim Bartle: Tampa Bay Rays with a perfect game two years in a row! Of course they were on the wrong end both times. May-09-10    Phony Benoni: <dakgootje> Could you watch a few more Tigers games? May-09-10    Phony Benoni: Here's a good, complete summary of major league baseball perfect games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfec... We do need to be specific. Never know when a bowler is going to show up. And I ain't talking cricket. May-09-10    Jim Bartle: Remember, Braden is the guy who got upset at Alex Rodriguez for running across the mound. He seems to have found an excellent way to keep that from happening again. May-09-10    Phony Benoni: I saw a quote from Alex Rodriguez, something noble to the effect that he was happy Braden pitched the perfect game because players should be remembered for their positive achievements on the field--and because he pitched it against the team the Yankees are trying to catch. May-09-10    Jim Bartle: I guess his p.r. staff wrote that for him. May-10-10    technical draw: What do you guys think? I think it was ok to bunt because it was way too early to be thinking of a perfect game (only four innings): http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi... May-10-10    Jim Bartle: Fifth inning, close game, no problem with bunting. Eighth inning, not a close game, big problem. In fact a problem even if it's still close. May-10-10    technical draw: Although it was the 5th inning the pitcher only had 4 innings of a perfect game. I agree that at that point the opposing team still has to play to win the game even if they are down 4-0. May-10-10    Jim Bartle: I would think trying to bunt in the fifth inning of a perfect game would give more confidence to the pitcher. It's like admitting "we can't hit this guy." Unless it's a Richie Ashburn, a Brett Butler or some other expert bunter. May-10-10    Phony Benoni: I have to disagree here. Say the guy has a perfect game going with two out in the ninth and a 10-0 lead. Do you pinch hit for your pitcher? Of course you do, and to my mind it's the same situation. May-10-10    YouRang: IMHO, I don't give much sway to "unwritten" rules. Even if it's the 9th inning and I'm down 0-4, why not bunt? After all, we're still playing for the win. To do that, we need baserunners, and taking full swings hasn't worked out so well. Besides that, maybe we can get the pitcher rattled. :-) May-10-10    Jim Bartle: Don't like "unwritten rules"? Well, what about this one: . And this one is important, too: . 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