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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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Aug-22-11		hms123: <PB> Sorry, I was so amazed that I forgot to check first. It's a local story for me.

Aug-23-11		Phony Benoni: The dominos are beginning to topple: The Astros were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention last night! On the bubble are Baltimore and Florida, but they'll will probably hang on until next week.

Aug-23-11		WannaBe: The Cubs are still in it?!

Aug-23-11		Phony Benoni: Of course they are! In fact, if they can just go 27-7 the rest of the way while the Brewers go 5-27, they will eliminate Milwaukee and clinch the division! Provided, of course, that no one else sneaks in ahead of them which would just be the Cubs' luck. In the real world they should make it to Saptember, but I make no promises after that.

Aug-23-11		I play the Fred: <The Astros were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention last night!> Boy, who saw that coming, other than the entire baseball-watching universe? It's a disgrace. The Astros are the closest thing to a favorite baseball team I have, and the organization apparently has not the foggiest clue how games are won and lost. I don't either, for the record. I watch like ten baseball games per year before the playoffs; but it would be hard for anyone to do a worse job running a ballclub. Example: After their Saturday night win against the Giants, JD Martinez was interviewed as the player of the game. He was asked about his approach in RBI situations. I have to paraphrase his answer since I couldn't find a transcript: <"Down at AA and AAA, the coaches used to emphasize that it's okay to make an out trying to drive the run in with a double or a homer rather than hitting a single and not driving in the run. They would say that <hitting a single in that situation is a selfish act.">> Do you hear that, young, impressionable minor leaguers? Making an out is <okay> in certain situations, and can be a better outcome of an at-bat than getting on base. <ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!>

Aug-23-11		Jim Bartle: Jose Canseco's famous use of his head, with a different result: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPcA...

Aug-23-11		WannaBe: It looks like, I will have a chance to see an Ariz-SF game on Sept. 4th, over the long weekend, I am/will anticipating taking the CalTran from San Mateo, Hillsdale station right to the ball park. However, I will get there early, and walk down 3rd (St/Ave) towards Chinatown and have some brunch, maybe even stop by the Mechanics Institute and say 'hi'. Then I will head over to the ball park, and cross another one off my list. (4 down, 26 to go...)

Aug-24-11		perfidious: <WannaBe> Which were the other three? My last game was in 1993; while I've been to five parks, only one still hosts major league games; The Vet, Yankee Stadium I (1992), Shea (1986) and Olympic Stadium (1987) are all in the history books, leaving only Fenway (1989) as a current host of MLB.

Aug-24-11		Jim Bartle: My stadium history: Seals Stadium (1958), LA Coliseum (1959), Candlestick Park (1960), Yankee Stadium (1961), Oakland Coliseum (1968), Dodger Stadium (1978), Big A (1982), Cleveland Memorial (1983), PacBell Park (2002). Two are still being used for baseball. I need to get Fenway on the list somehow.

Aug-24-11		Phony Benoni: Only four myself: Tiger Stadium and Comerica Park in Detroit, the Metrodome in 1982, Oakland-Alameida in 1995. I remember being late to the Twins game because we spent an hour or so driving around Bloomington trying to find Metropolitan Stadium.

Aug-24-11		I play the Fred: Since we're all sharing, here's my stadium history: Arlington Stadium (1985), Astrodome (1989), Enron/Minute Maid (2001). I've only attended seven MLB games so far.

Aug-24-11		WannaBe: My other 3 are Dodgers, Angels, and Wrigley.

Aug-24-11		perfidious: The stadium dates were the last time I visited each, except the Vet, for which '93 was the only time. Another one which should have made this list was the Skydome, but on Canada Day 1991, I couldn't get out of my driveway for the seven-hour drive. So much for that! Has anyone here been to Lincoln Financial Field in Philly? Last time I was in the city (2003), I drove by the stadium on the way to Tunica, Mississippi as they were still building it-this was only a few weeks before the start of the NFL season-and it was hard to believe it would be ready in time! They managed, though. <Phony Benoni> While I've visited Detroit twice, both times were in January; so much for seeing Tigers play, and I'm not sure I ever saw them in all the sixty or so games I saw at Fenway during 1982-1989. Maybe one day. <Jim> Did 49ers ever play football at Seals after Giants moved into Candlestick? Seems to me that Clint Eastwood had a go with the nutjob Scorpio in Seals in the original Dirty Harry film, but I'm a mite hazy on that.

Aug-24-11		Jim Bartle: No, the 49ers played at Kezar Stadium on the edge of Golden Gate Park for many years, before moving to Candlestick. It was rundown but people loved it anyway. Wouldn't have been space for football at Seals Stadium. But that was great for watching baseball (capacity 22,000).

Aug-24-11		perfidious: <Jim> The scene from Dirty Harry took place in Kezar Stadium; I remember Eastwood looking for Scorpio and being told that he worked there, now you mention it.

Aug-24-11		chancho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkLp...

Aug-24-11		Jim Bartle: Yep, that's the old Kezar Stadium. Symbol of the 50s and 60s, when 49ers players were integral to the city, even though the team wasn't much better than average. Tittle, Perry, Nomellini, St. Clair, McElhenny, Owens (RC, not Terrell), Jimmy Johnson, Abe Woodson. Training camp was at a college about a ten-minute bike ride from my house, so we kids liked to watch them practice.

Aug-25-11		Phony Benoni: <perfidious> I know this is off topic, but I'd like to ask you a chess-related question. I'm working on collections of the US Opens, and trying to include crosstables for each one, even the big Swisses. Yes, I know I'm nuts. Too much time at Retrosheet. One place I know there is going to be trouble is the Boston 1964 tournament. No crosstable was published in <Chess Life>. An old friend of mine from Michigan once searched for some time without success. Since you have connections to Boston and Northeast chess, I was wondering if you could suggest any possible leads. Thanks.

Aug-25-11		perfidious: <Phony Benoni> A chess question on this page? Surely you're daft! The 1988 event in which we both played (my only US Open, by the way) ought to be easy enough-bet Chess Horizons has that, though I've no idea where my copy of the magazine is, nor am I certain that it was in CH. The '64 edition would appear to be a much tougher nut to crack-Chess Horizons didn't start publishing till 1969 and I can't think of any other magazine in that area which might have published it, except possibly Chess Review. The only suggestions which come to mind at the moment are possibly the Boston Public Library, or the archives of the Boylston Chess Club and their excellent collection, for which I append a link: http://www.boylstonchessclub.org/. As to possible connexions to chess, I'm way out of touch-no serious chess these last ten years, nor do I have more than very occasional contact with those who now play. Hope this helps, though I doubt it will come to much. Best of luck!

Aug-25-11		Thanh Phan: <Phony Benoni> For Archives of news at Google you can search for; U.S. Open Chess Championship, 1964 Then click on News to left, then below to left find under Any time, select Archives Most shown now have Pay per View to read them now ~ Hope that helps

Aug-25-11		Phony Benoni: <perfious> <Thanh Phan> Thanks for the tips.

Aug-25-11		Phony Benoni: Premature celebration in Boston today: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/gametr... It's amazing that with all the <players> who have hit two grand slams in a game, no <team> had ever hit three!

Aug-25-11		perfidious: While I'm sure there have been other games which featured three grand slams by both teams, this is one I remember: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/...

Aug-25-11		WannaBe: Sheeeee, I remember a player hitting 2 grand slams in the same inning, off the same pitcher!! Now, that's a record that will never, EVER, be broken. I am willing to wager <technical draw>'s 20$ that DiMaggio's record will be broken before someone, anyone breaks that one!

Aug-25-11		Phony Benoni: <perfidious> BaseballAlmanac.com sometimes has weird stuff like this: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_... and they list only one other game with three grand slams: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... I like your game better. The pitchers in that game were lucky that "Holds" hadn't yet been invented. <WannaBe> is of course referring to this game: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... I would love to hear Vin Scully's broadcast of that inning.

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