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 272 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-19-11    WannaBe: I wouldn't want anyone named Bill(y) Buckner playing first base. =) Sep-19-11    Jim Bartle: Willis is 0-6 this year. Wonder what happened to the guy who once went 22-10. Sep-19-11    Jim Bartle: I've complained before about this guy Joe Posnanski at cnnsi.com always making the start of his stories about himself. Here's the first paragraph of his story on Rivera breaking the saves record: "I’m going to start this with a simple fact that might make it sound like I’m picking on the great record of Mariano Rivera. I promise you: I am not. I think my admiration and respect for the Great Rivera is fairly well-established. Heck, I wrote this thing." (Last sentence is a link to a previous article.) http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/09/... Sep-19-11    Phony Benoni: Baltimore scores three off Lackey in the top of the first. Boston comes right back with four against Matusz, whose ERA is now 10.43. Somehow, I don't think the scoring is over quite yet. Sep-19-11    Jim Bartle: This game looks like it's going to take ten to win. I had the same feeling in game four of the 1993 series, the 15-14 Mitch Williams game. That one was also 4-3 after the first. Sep-19-11    Jim Bartle: First Guerrero fouled off a pitch, after it had bounced, then he struck out on a wild pitch and was safe at first. Not exactly another Williams or Bonds in strike-zone judgment. I'll bet this is something that isn't covered in the rules: how late can a batter swing and still have it be called a strike? What I mean is, with two strikes, a ball gets by the catcher. Can the batter just swing then and run down to first? Sep-19-11    WannaBe: Real slug-fest, Matusz got pulled already, first team to 12 runs wins. Sep-19-11    perfidious: Three runs in for Beantown in the third so far, 9-5 good guys-but it ain't over! Guerrero's success as a hitter was despite his strike zone judgment; he swung at anything that moved and did well with that approach. Sep-19-11    Jim Bartle: 11-8 in the sixth. Sep-19-11    WannaBe: 11-9, two run game! Sep-19-11    perfidious: They could win, with a touchdown so far in the seventh. It's 18-9; they've got a shot. Sep-19-11    Phony Benoni: What happened? Did they put Matusz back in the game? <JB> Can't find anything in the rules about that situation. Certainly batters swing after the ball is past them, but they also take practice swings between pitches that aren't called strikes. Certainly the batter can do what Guerrero did. And one with really quick reflexes might judge that the catcher couldn't catch an incoming pitch and deliberately swing. But if the batter waits until the ball actually gets past the catcher, I think the umpire would disallow it. Catchers don't run after wild pitches in that situation, so a late swing would give the batter too much of an advantage. I don't see a rule forbidding the practice, but I think the umpire would utilize judgment in such a case. Sep-20-11    WannaBe: Toronto beat the Angels in 10 innings, while Ariz. won 1-0. That faint beep-beep-beep is going to go flatline any day now. Looks like I won't be able to make it to the Wed. night A's game, work, and other things on my plate. Oh, well, always next year. Sep-20-11    perfidious: <WannaBe> Now you mention it, there have been a lot of 1-0 games this year. Sep-20-11    WannaBe: Especially in soccer, or football as our cousins across the pond like to call it. =)) Sep-20-11    WannaBe: Speaking of football, how come soccer players never got yellow carded for excessive celebration?! Sep-20-11    Jim Bartle: PB: I agree an umpire would not call a strike if a batter swings when the ball is already rolling toward the backstop. It just sounds like something a manager like Billy Martin or Earl Weaver might have instructed players to do in that situation, then argue that there's no rule against it. Sep-20-11    Jim Bartle: Actually soccer players can get yellow cards for excessive celebration. For example, it's now a yellow card if you take your shirt off to celebrate, though players sometimes still do it. For example, Andrés Iniesta did it (to reveal a T-shirt remembering a friend from another team, who had died) when he scored the winning goal in last year's World Cup. He said he knew he'd get a card, but didn't care. What I don't understand about goal celebrations is that the scorer often runs away from his teammates, who are just trying to celebrate with him. They'll run toward the crowd, and avoid teammates for as long as possible. Sep-20-11    playground player: <Phony Benoni> Has the 1930 Phillies pitching staff made a comeback? Time was, a manager who started a guy with a 6.00+ ERA in a big game would've been investigated. Sep-20-11    WannaBe: <Jim Bartle: ... They'll run toward the crowd, and avoid teammates for as long as possible.> See: Lambau Leap, and Kendry Morales (home run/plate injury) for the Angels. Sep-20-11    Phony Benoni: <playground player> Apparently Baltimore was short of starters going into the doubleheader. Matusz hadn't pitched since Sept. 8, and I'd be surprised if he appeared again this season. As mentioned, he had success against Boston before this year. Moneyball doesn't always work. Sep-20-11    Bengambit: Does anyone remember Mickey Lolich or Earl Wilson??? Sep-20-11    WannaBe: Mickey Lolich rings a bell, albeit, faint bell. I see the early line have Detroit Lions (-3) @ Minnesota Vikings. When was the last time the Lions was a favourite <on the road>? When was the last time the Lions was a favourite on the road <in Minnesota>?? Sep-20-11    Jim Bartle: "Has the 1930 Phillies pitching staff made a comeback?" A more recent comparison might be the 1987 Indians: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Sep-20-11    Phony Benoni: Two Hall-of-Famers with ERAs over 5.00. Of course, Carlton and Niekro were mainly concerned with embarrassing themselves at the time. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 272 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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