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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Living in the Past

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 220 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-31-10    playground player: <hangingenprise> I envy you, having seen both Koufax and Ryan. Ron Guidry in 1978 pitched on that level, and Dwight Gooden in 1985. Guidry was performing a little over his head, and came back down. Gooden came way, way, way down--and part of the reason for that was the professional "coaching" he got. The Mets thought he was throwing too many strikeouts, and ordered Mel Stottlemyre to turn him into a sinker-ball pitcher like Mel Stottlemyre used to be. Clemens was great, but now it seems he was cheating all along. Oh, well... I can't afford to go to the ballpark anymore, anyhow. Oct-31-10    Jim Bartle: Guidry's 1978, Gooden's 1985 and Clemens' 1986 have to be three of the best years of pitching ever. Never knew that about Gooden and trying to change his style. Reminds me a little of Whitey Herzog telling his coaches they'd be fired immediately if he caught them fooling with Willie McGee's swing. McGee appeared to do everything wrong, but Herzog didn't want to fool with the results. The opposite of the Gooden case. I saw Koufax pitch several times, Spahn as well, and Marichal many times, but missed on Ryan. Oct-31-10    A.G. Argent: Congrats, <Czar> - Win #2. Lions and Niners, both 2-6, are on their way back. Heh, heh. Lions maybe, Niners NOT. But at least I got the Ducks. Oct-31-10    Jim Bartle: Niners are undefeated in Europe! Oct-31-10    Phony Benoni: If you see the replay of Ndamakuong Suh's fumble recovery TD for the Lions, watch the Redskins player who catches up to him at about the five yard line. Very intelligent play. It was not the moment to attempt a tackle. Oct-31-10    technical draw: Darn it! My search engine finds all the "TD's". And I hate it when it's about a touchdown! Oct-31-10    Phony Benoni: <touchdown> I thought you hadn't followed football since the Yankees folded. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yo...(NFL) Oct-31-10    technical draw: Yankees? What Yankees? Are they some kind of baseball team? Never heard of dem bums. Nov-01-10    playground player: <Phony Benoni> For sale (cheap): used copy of "The First Steps 2 Forever: My Story," by Justin Bieber. Introduction by Eddie Brinkman and Barbaro Garbey. Nov-01-10    crawfb5: In looking for something else, I came across a report on the 1908 Western Championship held at Excelsior, MN. <ACB> 1908, pp. 212-214 has crosstables for the two preliminary sections of six players each in a single round robin (Swiss? this is chess, not cheese) and the final section of the top three from the preliminaries in a double round robin. There are also four games given (Uedemann-Elliott, Stacy-Schrader, Uedemann-Michelsen, Schrader-Uedemann). Nov-01-10    dakgootje: actually somewhat toying with the idea to watch it myself; never really seen any World Series games and now it is the Giants who can win! On the other hand, the game starts at 1:30 am.. Even though I don't have any obligations tomorrow morning.. Oh, decisions decisions. Nov-01-10    A.G. Argent: Congratulations Jim. Nov-01-10    Jim Bartle: Thanks, but what did I do? All I can say is winning doesn't feel nearly as good as losing feels bad (2002). Now four players have gotten the Series-winning hit twice: Gehrig! DiMaggio! Berra! Renteria (?) Nov-01-10    keypusher: Congratulations JB! <All I can say is winning doesn't feel nearly as good as losing feels bad (2002).> Let's hope tomorrow isn't too bad for you then. :-) Nov-01-10    technical draw: So the Giant's win it. Congratulations to all Giants fans. What Mays, McCovey, Cepeda and Bonds could not do these newcomers show how it's done. Dynasty? I don't think so. Repeat? Probably not. Well at least there's a year to celebrate. Nov-02-10    chancho: Land of the Giants. Congrats San Francisco! Nov-02-10    Jim Bartle: A few anachronisms, but still: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_jo... Nov-02-10    playground player: <Jim Bartle> A few years ago I'd have been walking on air today: the Giants have won the World Series! Dusty Rhodes lives! But all those players' strikes and steroid home runs have left me living in baseball's past. Somewhere Christy Mathewson is throwing fadeaways and Carl Hubbell is striking out the demigods of the American League; Mays is catching Vic Wertz's line drive over his shoulder, and this time McCovey's line drive is just an inch higher than Bobby Richardson can reach... and there is no cheating. Nov-02-10    keypusher: <playground player: <Jim Bartle> A few years ago I'd have been walking on air today: the Giants have won the World Series! Dusty Rhodes lives! But all those players' strikes and steroid home runs have left me living in baseball's past. Somewhere Christy Mathewson is throwing fadeaways and Carl Hubbell is striking out the demigods of the American League; Mays is catching Vic Wertz's line drive over his shoulder, and this time McCovey's line drive is just an inch higher than Bobby Richardson can reach... and there is no cheating.> Yeah, but until eight years before Mays made that catch there was a color line; there was rampant throwing of games in the years leading up to the Black Sox; Carl Mays killed a man, etc. etc. No era is clean. Nov-02-10    Phony Benoni: Now that the offseason is here, I may be spending a little more time with <Baseball Digest> at Google Books. Here's an article from July, 1962. http://books.google.com/books?id=kS... Also some interesting pitching stories beginning on p. 35. Nov-03-10    playground player: <keypusher> Carl Mays didn't kill Ray Chapman on purpose, did he? (I presume that's the incident you mean.) The Cleveland shortstop was hit in the head by a pitch, there were no helmets in those days, and it killed him. To my knowledge that is the only instance of a player being killed--by accident, of course--in a major league game. But kids get killed in high school ball now and then, usually by a hard line drive (off an aluminum bat!) right back at the pitcher. Meanwhile, I prefer baseball without steroids to baseball with steroids. Nov-03-10    Jim Bartle: I prefer baseball with wooden bats. Made of ash, not maple. Too expensive overall, I guess. Nov-03-10    Jim Bartle: From the annals of amazing headllines: "Beltre declines $10M option, will test free agency" Nov-03-10    Phony Benoni: Sparky Anderson placed in hospice care due to complications from dementia: http://content.usatoday.com/communi... Not a big surprise. He was interviewed by a local station earlier this year when Ernie Harwell passed away, and it was obvious that he was not right. Nov-03-10    Jim Bartle: I saw that. 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