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 536 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-15-13    perfidious: <pgp>: Bert Blyleven. Dec-15-13    Jim Bartle: Williw Mays had 24 homers going into August in 1965, then went on a tear and hit 17 in August. During the month our family went to the city of Berkeley camp in the Sierras. A retired captain stayed in his tent during every game and posted the results on the bulletin board. One day the Giants played a doubleheader and I asked my dad what Mays had done that day. He said, "Hit a homer in each game." I replied, "Did he get any other hits?" That's how much I expected from him back then. Dec-15-13    Jim Bartle: One day when I can watch NFL games, expecting a big game, and darn it all, Dallas hammered Green Bay, leading 26-3 at the half. The other games don't look so interesting, so I had to do something else. Dec-15-13    Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> Green bay is about to win! ; P Dec-15-13    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, Yer Lions have to win Monday night. ; P Dec-15-13    Jim Bartle: Quit kidding around, Travis. Dec-15-13    WannaBe: I do believe, Romo is still winless in December?! Or very close to that. Dec-15-13    Phony Benoni: Even if I were a betting man, I wouldn't put money on the Lions tomorrow. Third place, here we come! Dec-16-13    Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, here's an In The Know synopsis from Vegas oddsmakers on MNF! http://linemakers.sportingnews.com/... Dec-16-13    Phony Benoni: Travis, I don't put that much truck in handicapping numbers. (And, by the way, I know the Lions are 7-6 with SU, but who is that ATS guy who keeps costing them a game? He needs to be bneched.) All I know is that the results yesterday put extra pressure on the Lions (who don't have a history of rezponding well to it) and given new playoff life to the Ravens (who have proven they know how to take advantage of their opportunities). Until the Lions start winning games like this, I'm not going to have a lot of confidence in them. Dec-16-13    playground player: <perfidious> You knew that? I'm impressed! Dec-16-13    Jim Bartle: It was a big deal that Blyleven gave up so many home runs, a major news story when he approached and broke the record in 1986. Jaime Moyer now holds the career record, based largely on longevity I would assume. As we've noted before, he also holds the record for most parks pitched in. Dec-16-13    Phony Benoni: Moyer's record is well deserved, longetivity notwithstanding. He ended with 522, just seventeen ahead of Robin Roberts' 505, but did so in 600 <fewer> innings. Here's the top ten, with number of innings pitched and "Home Runs Per Nine Innings": 1 Jamie Moyer 522 4074.00 1.153 2 Robin Roberts 505 4688.67 0.969 3 Fergie Jenkins 484 4500.67 0.968 4 Phil Niekro 482 5404 0.803 5 Don Sutton 472 5282.33 0.804 6 Frank Tanana 448 4188.33 0.963 7 Warren Spahn 434 5243.67 0.745 8 Bert Blyleven 430 4970 0.779 9 Tim Wakefield 418 3226.33 1.166 10 Steve Carlton 414 5217.67 0.714 By this measure, Wakefield is the most generous in the group, Carlton the hardest to homer against, and Blyleven actually does better than average. But none of them make the list of Top Ten Gopher Ball Pitchers. This is restricted to pitchers with over 200 home runs allowed, and arranged by HRA: 1 Brian Anderson 1.536 2 Jose Lima 1.533 3 Eric Milton 1.519 4 Rick Helling 1.456 5 Brett Myers 1.300 6 Woody Williams 1.255 7 Steve Trachsel 1.252 8 Ervin Santana 1.222 9 Pedro Ramos 1.207 10 Brad Radke 1.197 Wakefield is 15th on this list, just ahead of Denny McLain and Moyer. 34 pitcherz average more than one home run a game, and none are in the Hall-of-Fame. The highest HRA for an HOF-er is 0.976 for Catfish Hunter. Dec-16-13    Jim Bartle: I wonder if knuckleballers as a class give up more homers. Dec-17-13    Phony Benoni: "I am the Ghost of Field Goals Past!" Dec-17-13    hangingenprise: phony: as your pal travis rally cry of his beloved cubs, wait till next year! again the color announcer states the obvious, the lions with the talent they have just make too many mistakes! Dec-17-13    WannaBe: In the NFC, the two Wild Card leaders have better record than 2 division leaders. And every team in the NFC East lost this weekend, and every team in the NFC West won. Dec-17-13    perfidious: <WannaBe....(E)very team in the NFC East lost this weekend, and every team in the NFC West won.> This feat was accomplished with only one meeting between the divisions--more evidence, as if it were needed, how bad the NFC East is this year. Dec-18-13    hangingenprise: phony: is schwartz and company on the "warm seat"? the lions have not progressed beyond the 500 mark the last two years and they should be atop the division. Dec-18-13    Phony Benoni: General consensus locally is that if the Lions don't make the playoffs, he's gone. He has brought the team back to respoectablity, but doesn't seem capabla of making them into the consistent winner that their talent would indicate. Ikeep hearing rumors that Tom Coughlin is on the hot seat with the Giants as well. He might be the right guy here. Dec-18-13    Shams: I think Schwartz might still get canned if they lose at home in the Wild Card round. But yeah, at the very least the Lions have to make the playoffs to save his job. As John Clayton has pointed out-- if you can't win the division with all these weapons, in a year when the Bears and Packers have seen their starting passers get injured, you deserve to go to the coaching guillotine. Dec-18-13    Jim Bartle: The greatest motivational speech ever would be, "You better win, or Tom Coughlin will be your next coach." Dec-18-13    Phony Benoni: The Lions have had a problem with undisciplined and immature play for some time. Schwartz has not shown that he can solve it. Simple enough. Dec-18-13    Jim Bartle: The offense seems to play well some games. So does the defense. But rarely in the same game. Dec-18-13    Phony Benoni: So I see there's a baseball clue. I learned long ago not to try and solve these things. For instance, here's what comes to mind. The guy lon the left is Jackie Robinson, initials J.R. The guy on the right looks like Roy "Campy" Campenella. I'm not sure about the guy in the middle, but if it's Ralph Branca you would have: <J. R. Campy Branca> And now you know why I don't even bother trying to solve these clues. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 536 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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