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 591 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-18-14    WannaBe: Anyone following/knows about this Jimmy Graham thing? http://bleacherreport.com/articles/... Jun-18-14    Jim Bartle: That's fascinating. How do you define whether a player is a tight end or a wide receiver on any given play? It's a matter of perception. Say he's lined up two yards wide of the tackle. Three yards. Four yards. Jun-18-14    Jim Bartle: I was complaining about a rightfielder not hustling because he thought he wasn't part of a play. Look at this amazing play by Sox centerfielder Brock Holt, who hustles even on a routine fly to left. http://m.mlb.com/video/v33800329/mi... Jun-18-14    WannaBe: I can picture Dr. Evil (Austin Powers) saying onnnnnnnnne-dollar! http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b... Jun-18-14    WannaBe: http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/18/tec... Let's hope this company survives/lives long enough to see the first bowl game that will bear its name. Jun-18-14    Phony Benoni: <JB> I figured you would find that play! Jun-18-14    Jim Bartle: But great hustle, right? I heard Scherzer threw 51 pitches in one inning. How does that happen? And I guess when it goes bad, it really goes bad. Tigers had the bases loaded, wild pitch straight to the screen, bounces straight back to KC catcher in less than a second, nails the runner at third. Jun-18-14    Phony Benoni: Ever since that fiasco with the Zuma outfits, the Tigers are 9-20 and have fallen 1 1/2 games behind KC. Their luck has completely deserted them. Today, KC's decisive run scored when an easy bounder up the middle hit second base and skipped into the outfield. In his last outing, Scherzer pitched his first ever complete game, a three-hit shutout. Yesterday, he gives up 10 runs and 10 hits in four innings. Maybe complete games are over-rated. KC red hot right now; ten wins in a row. Jun-18-14    Phony Benoni: Soon after Jim Leyland began his tenure with the Tigers, the team went into a lackadaisical funk. He closed the clubhouse door and, being careful to use no words found in Webster's Unabridged, advised them that such behavior would not tolerated. It worked. So how does rookie Tigers manager Brad Ausmus handle a similar situation? Can you spell Faux Pas? http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on... Jun-18-14    Jim Bartle: Ooh, not good. Does sound as if the team is snakebit at the moment. Ball hitting the base? A pitch so high and wild it bounces right back to the catcher? Jun-18-14    Phony Benoni: http://m.mlb.com/kc/video/v33825831... Scores a runner from second, no less. Jun-19-14    perfidious: Nice little effort by Clayton Kershaw last night; but one error from perfection and fifteen strikeouts into the bargain. Jun-19-14    WannaBe: Dodgers have thrown 2 no-nos this year. =) Jun-19-14    Jim Bartle: Bad error from Ramirez. I watched highlights of Tanaka's win last night. I don't remember seeing batters swing at more bad pitches. Almost every strikeout was on a bad pitch. I heard one player say that the spin on his fastball and splitter looks exactly the same. That's why they're swinging on pitches in the dirt. Jun-19-14    Phony Benoni: Elias lists six other would-be perfect games from the last 100 years marred only by errors: Walter Johanson: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... (error by Bucky Harris in the 7th) [Not only Johnson's only no-hitter, but the first by any Washington pitcher in any league dating back to 1871] Bill McCahan: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... (error by Ferris Fain in the 2nd) Dick Bosman: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... (error by Bosman in the 4th) Jerry Reuss: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... (error by Bill Russell in the 1st) Terry Mulholland: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... (Charlie Hayes in the 7th) Jonathan Sanchez: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... (error by Juan Uribe in the 8th) I've also found a box score and account of Nap Rucker's 14 K, no walk no-hitter on September 5, 1908. Three errors by the Dodgers in this one. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l... Jun-19-14    perfidious: <PB> Fain had a curious career: consecutive batting titles near the end of his days as a regular, though he was otherwise not much of an average hitter and had little power, but drew a lot of walks for that era. IIRC, he was a very good defensive first baseman. Jun-19-14    Jim Bartle: Back in, say, the 70s or before, but especially before the 60s, batting average was considered the primary number to value a hitter. So guys like Fain and maybe Mickey Vernon and Gene Woodling were overrated. A later example might be Bill Madlock. Jun-19-14    WannaBe: Interesting stat, Jacobs/Progressive Field, have the most walk-off homers in all MLB. Since that park opened. http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap... Jun-19-14    Phony Benoni: Interesting character Mr. Fain. Definitely Hollywood material. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris... He was an individualist who did what he wanted and was not popular with his teammates. A combination of a hot temper and a drinking problem often led to on- and off-the-field injuries. It's interesting that his two batting tiles--1951 and 1952--occurred after his first manager, Connie Mack, finally retired. In later life, he went to pot. Jun-19-14    WannaBe: Anyone here know much about Moe Berg? Or read the book?? He supposedly had 7 identical suits... But that's not the most interesting thing about him... Jun-19-14    Jim Bartle: Wasn't he a spy? Jun-19-14    WannaBe: Yes!!! The book is http://www.amazon.com/The-Catcher-W... Jun-19-14    WannaBe: I like that third to last paragraph: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1... <"When he strikes out swinging," his old hitting coach, Merv Rettenmund, once told me, "the pitcher's shocked. He's shocked. Everybody in the stadium is shocked. He's the best hitter I've seen in 35 years."> So, Merv, what <DO> you tell Tony Gwynn as a hitting coach? Choke up a millimeter? Open your stance just another 1/16 inch? Put another 1/64 oz more pine tar on your bat handle? =)) This is like Pat Riley coaching Magic Johnson, what do you tell him? Pass the ball more? Jun-19-14    Phony Benoni: You don't tell Tony Gwynn anything. You ask him about what to say to the other guys. Jun-19-14    WannaBe: Just found out, that MLB 10.22(a) is also known as Tony Gwynn Rule... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 591 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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