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 483 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-17-13    Phony Benoni: <perfidious> On the other hand, lousy teams usually have lousy players that don't stick around for long. I'm also curious about teammates with the longest total career between them. For instance, Early Wynn (1939-1963) and Tommy John (1963-1989), with careers spanning fifty years, were teammates in 1963. That's good, but I have a feeling it's not the record. May-17-13    Phony Benoni: Technially longer: Minnie Minoso (1949-1980) and Harold Baines (1980-2001): teammates in 1980, careers span 52 years. Of course, Minoso's appearances in 1980 were a stunt. May-17-13    Jim Bartle: Need to look at teammates of Jesse Orosco and Hoyt Wilhelm. May-17-13    Jim Bartle: I get Seattle teammates Rickey Henderson and Jamie Moyer at 53 years combined. May-17-13    Phony Benoni: <JB> To clarify: I was looking at the longest stretch between the first year of Player A and the last year of Player B, not the length of the two careers combined. By that reckoning, Henderson/Moyer are only 33 (1979-2012). May-17-13    Jim Bartle: Oops, missed that. I thought Steve Carlton-Julio Franco was a chance, but only 1965-2007. I was thinking the obvious Williams-Yastrzemski, but Yaz arrived right after Williams retired, and it was only 44 years anyway. May-17-13    Phony Benoni: I also took a look at teams at the beginning and end of Nolan Ryan's career (1966-1993), but didn't see any good candidates. May-17-13    perfidious: Here's one from nowhere which doesn't make it: Ron Kline and Carlton Fisk on the 1969 Red Sox (September callup), which runs from 1952-93. Tried the '28 Athletics, with the relics Cobb and Speaker, but the best bet there was actually Jack Quinn: still nothing on either the 1932 Dodgers or '33 Reds for a shot at the record. Jimmie Foxx also came to naught, because he was done by 1945, so Cobb-Foxx was 'only' 1905-45. May-17-13    WannaBe: http://voices.yahoo.com/top-10-long... have a list of top 10 (length) career, number 1 is Cap Anson. Perhaps this is a good starting point? See if Charlie Hough can overlap with another player... May-17-13    Jim Bartle: Getting 40-45 isn't too difficult (Wilhelm-Hough), but getting closer to 50 is tough. May-17-13    WannaBe: Nolan Ryan and Julio Franco is a good one... May-17-13    Jim Bartle: That's 1966 to 2007. May-17-13    Phony Benoni: If we really want to stretch it, we can count Satchel Paige's Negro League experience beginning in 1927. Then pitching that one game with the Athletics in 1965 connects him to Bert Campaneris for 56 (1927-1983) and Catfish Hunter for 52 (1927-1979). Really, though, I think the Minoso-Baines 52 (1949-2001) isn't going to be beaten, with Early Wynn-Tommy John for 50 (1939-1989) as the "non-exhibition" record. But as soon as I say that, some guy from the 50s will get a token at-bat and blow the whole thing sky-high. May-17-13    Jim Bartle: Wynn-John seems to be the legimate record holder. May-17-13    OhioChessFan: <WannabBe> tell the guy who wrote that article not to quit his day job. Whew. These 2 lines alone are enough to make my eyes bleed: <Koat played in 3 different decades and accomplished a lot during his career. Koat began his career in 1959 and retired after 25 seasons in 1983.> May-17-13    Jim Bartle: What's so strange? Koat came in second in the Sy Yang vote in 1966. May-17-13    OhioChessFan: True. And I guess it's pretty informative to find out someone who lasted 25 years accomplished a lot. But I'm not sure it's fair to say he played 25 years if he skipped an entire decade in the middle. May-17-13    Phony Benoni: Thought I might have something with Nick Altrock (1898-1933), another in the exhibition category, but couldn't go beyond 49 years with Joe Kuhel (1930-1947) and Cecil Travis (1933-1947). Bobo Newsom (1929-1953) had five different stints with the Senators, but never hooked up with Altrock. Darn. May-17-13    Phony Benoni: <OCF> Another line from that article caught my eye: <2. Nolan Ryan- Ryan played 27 seasons during his career and remained a dominating pitcher for many years. Ryan won numerous Cy Young awards and didn't retire until 1993 after beginning his career in 1966.> I suppose 0 is a number, after all. May-17-13    WannaBe: <OhioChessFan> & <Jim Bartle> Better get used to it, I read more typo/grammar errors than I can imagine, I have posted some of the really doozy ones here. =)) May-17-13    Jim Bartle: But that wasn't a typo. It was spelled "Koat" twice. Of course he was a strange guy, he drove his catcher Battey. May-17-13    OhioChessFan: <1. Cap Anson- Anson is a name you probably haven't heard but had a long career in Major League Baseball. Anson is tied with Ryan for the most seasons played in MLB. > Any moderate fan of baseball knows him. And he gets much blame on the Baseball video by Ken Burns for the sport's segregation. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the "played in 3 different decades" comment. May-17-13    Jim Bartle: Bill James says much the same about Anson. May-18-13    Phony Benoni: I don't see what is inaccurate about the "three decades" comment. You have to play in three decades before you can play in four. May-18-13    Deus Ex Alekhina: Phony has played chess in 7 different decades, yet he is not yet 65 years old. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 483 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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