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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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Sep-03-13		Jim Bartle: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/criti...

Sep-03-13		Phony Benoni: <playground player> Besides Hand, the Lions had Jerry Rush on the defensive line. Always fun to hear "Rush put the rush on, and Hand got a hand on him!" Or vice versa. Steve Owens was a Hall-of Fame caliber running back whose career was ruined by knee injuries. Not shifty, but tough and speedy. Think John Riggins with the speed of Earl Campbell. Greg Landry. An improved version of Bobby Douglass since he could throw a bit better. Bobby Douglass, of course, was the original Tim Tebow, all the way down to being left-handed. Tough, but anyone who practiced against Butkus had to be.

Sep-04-13		perfidious: <PB>: Was just talking with someone a day or two ago who mentioned Douglass-I well remember 1972, when he very nearly rushed for 1000 yards, not a bad thing for a RB in those fourteen-game seasons. Also recall that a bit was made of his being a lefty at QB, but no-one said anything more after the successes of contemporary Kenny Stabler, a man with ice water in his veins when the big money was on the line.

Sep-04-13		Phony Benoni: <perfidious> Looked up Bobby Douglass in Wikipedia. Lifetime passer rating of 48.5 (38 TDs, 64 INTs), yet had a better tna .500 record. After his NFL career, he tried pitching in the minor leagues for a while. In his last year, his line read 7 innings, 13 walks, no strikeouts. Can't say I'm surprised.

Sep-05-13		perfidious: <PB>: Never knew Douglass had tried his hand in another sporting endeavour. Typical left-hander with no control; I was the same way as a softball pitcher. Astonishing that he could have had a winning NFL career mark with those putrid numbers.

Sep-05-13		Jim Bartle: I was watching a video of triple plays, and wondered about a rule: Runners on first and second, a bunt is popped up but allowed to drop (no infield fly rule called; can it even be called on a bunt?), the pitcher throws to second where the runner is standing on the base. The shortstop tags the runner on the base, before stepping on the base. Is the runner out? In other words, is runner who is in a force situation safe from being tagged on his original base?

Sep-05-13		OhioChessFan: Infield fly can be called on a bunt. If it isn't, not high enough, in between fielders, whatever, the runners are forced and are liable to be tagged out, standing on original base or not. If the shortstop happened to catch the ball with his foot on the base, the runner on second is no longer forced and can remain safely on the base.

Sep-05-13		Jim Bartle: Thanks, OCF. Check out the bunt at 2:00. It's close but I think the fielder touched second before tagging the runner. In any case If I were the manager I would have argued. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ckQJ0V... I guess there wasn't time to call the infield fly, but the play shows why the rule exists.

Sep-05-13		Phony Benoni: The definition of "Infield Fly", rule 2.00, begins with the following: <"An INFIELD FLY is a fair fly ball <(not including a line drive or an attempted bunt)..."> As for BUNT: <"...a batted ball not swung at, but intentionally met with the bat and tapped slowly within the infield."> Apparently, the definition is supposed to imply that a true "bunt" rolls on the ground; if in the air, it's an attempted bunt.

Sep-05-13		OhioChessFan: Hmmm. Did you delete a post of mine about the bunt/infield fly? If not, I happened not to send it after I composed it. I don't care, just curious.

Sep-06-13		Phony Benoni: <OCF> I saw only the existing messae from you on the bunt topic.

Sep-06-13		Jim Bartle: Did anyone watch the bunt play? I thought the pitcher was sharp to let it drop. And he acted like he was going to catch it at first to freeze the runners. The video has quite a few unassisted triple plays. Every one the same, runners on first and second try to steal and a line drive is hit right to second base. Made to order.

Sep-06-13		OhioChessFan: Man, I'm getting old. Guess I didn't send it. Anyway, it appears that a popped up (attempted) bunt doesn't qualify for the infield fly rule.

Sep-06-13		perfidious: <Jim>: The 1980s shortstop Jim Schofield was a canny one-while having no video evidence, I well remember Red Sox announcers discussing his catching, then letting drop an infield line drive so as to double off an incautious runner in some way.

Sep-06-13		OhioChessFan: Doh! http://msn.foxsports.com/lacesout/b...

Sep-06-13		perfidious: Shades of Leon Lett, at least on the occasion when Lett's showboating cost Dallas nothing but a blow to their pride.

Sep-06-13		Jim Bartle: <perfidious> dropping a line drive intentionally is illegal in double-play situations.

Sep-06-13		Phony Benoni: After looking at the video, I'm almost sure the fielder at second touched the base before tagging the runner, which should has invalidated the triple play. Notice how the first basement ran over and tagged a runner af the end of the play? He must not have been sure what was happening either. Three more thoughts on the video: (1) I've now seen enough of the "step-on-third" triple plays to last a lifetime; (2) Did anyone ever day try the dropped line drive trick at the Metrodome? (3) I wonder if weak batters never ground into triple plays because they don't hit the ball hard enough..

Sep-06-13		Travis Bickle: Hey Phony all this baseball talk... & to think you have plenty to worry about come Sunday when The Lions & Minnesota kick it off! P.S. They say that RB Adrian Peterson is pretty good. ; P

Sep-06-13		Jim Bartle: True. Triple plays come only on hard hit balls, unless there's a baserunning gaffe.

Sep-06-13		Phony Benoni: This might possibly be the bunt triple play: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... See the Blue Jays' ninth inning. Nelson is definitely the pitcher, and having the second baseman cover first on a bunt seems possible. But some of the other details are muddled. Retrosheet actually has a list of triple playe that can be searched by the positions involved. An asterisk (8) after the number represents a putout, and each putout is shown individually. For example, an unassisted triple play by the shortshop is 6-6-6. I found that bunt play as 1-6-64, indicating that the shortsop made two putouts zand the second baseman one. http://www.retrosheet.org/TPsummary... This one looks pretty crazy. I still don't know hat happened, and maybe only the Cubs could have turned a double play plus an errant throw into into a triple play (Cadrinals' 8th): http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/...

Sep-06-13		Phony Benoni: OF, just one more weird one: 5-8-6-8*. Yes, the center fielder makes two putouts on a triple play, but not the first putout: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... On second thought, I don't get it. Batter probably hit pop fly that several players went for. I suppose the CF, knowing he couldn't get it, rushed to third base inst4ead. I supposes the catacher had to stay home incase the runner tried to score, and the pitcher was backing up third or home. I don't think a rundown was involved; they generally list all the players in that situation. But if the shortstop was able to cover second, why didn't he cover third? That's one I would like to see a video of.

Sep-06-13		Jim Bartle: I can't figure out either of those triple plays.

Sep-06-13		Phony Benoni: Here's a fuller description of the 5-8-6-8 triple play. Would you beleive another attempted bunt?! http://griddle.baseballtoaster.com/... <"Oakland leads Texas 3-2, but the Rangers lead off the fourth inning against Craig Minetto with infield singles by Oscar Gamble and Bill Sample. Johnny Grubb comes to the plate. Texas manager Pat Corrales asks Grubb to bunt, but he pops it up to the Human Triple Play Maker Wayne Gross. Gross throws to second to try to double off Gamble, but the throw went over the head of shortstop Dave Chalk. Centerfielder Tony Armas was backing up the play and was able to throw the ball back to Chalk for the second out. Then Armas noticed that Sample was well off of first base, but there was no first baseman covering as Jeff Newman had charged in on the play, so Armas ran to first and Chalk threw the ball to him there to complete the highly unlikely 5-8-6-8 triple play."> Which would seem to indicate: (a) Tony Armas was pretty fast; (b) Oscar Gamble and Billy Sample didn't make it to the majors on base running skills; (3) As a first baseman, Jeff Newmna made a darn good catcher; (4) Fast? Tony Armas was Batman!

Sep-07-13		Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, here's the Grizzly Bear head I'm wearing to the games Sunday! Plenty of room to get a beer bottle down the mouth! What do you think? Your pal, Travis http://www.infobarrel.com/media/ima...

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