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 597 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-01-14    Phony Benoni: <YouRang> Don't bet on Verlander winning another Cy Young. Right now, he is possibly the fifth-best starter on the Tigers, and this decline has been I evidence since his Cy Young year. By the way, the Tigers, who were celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 1984 champions, won last night's game with a walk-off grand slam. Here's what happened when they celebrated the 20th anniversary: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Travis, a little Twilight Zone music please. Jul-01-14    WannaBe: Remind me to bet the house on Tigers in 10 years. Jul-01-14    Phony Benoni: I don't think anyone's mentioned it, but you must have seen this play: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb... Here's the rule (7.08): "Any runner is out when -- (a) (1) He runs more than three feet away from his base path to avoid being tagged .... <A runner's base path is established when the tag attempt occurs and is a straight line from the runner to the base he is attempting to reach safely> ..." Note that this says nothing about "going on the grass". The base path is determined by the position of the tag attempt, not an imaginary fixed line on the field, and In the umpires' judgment the runner was within the three foot limit. Looking at the replay with that in mind, I think they got it right. So relax, Travis. I found your Boots Randolph link: http://youtu.be/Zcq_xLi2NGo Jul-01-14    Jim Bartle: Unit was obvious, Lincecum just threw his second no- hitter last week, and I sort of guessed on Halladay. Two greats, two very goods. Jul-01-14    Jim Bartle: On the rundown, the guy who missed the tag when he went down on the grass pulled a Brainlauch, arguing the play instead of throwing to third. He probably still had time. Jul-01-14    Phony Benoni: <JB> Agreed; he probably thought going on the grass was an automatic out. In any event, great scrambling by the runner. Jul-01-14    WannaBe: Porcello had a great game today. CG shutout, 4H, and only 95 pitches!! (When Linceceum got pulled during his almost no-no, he was at 95 after 5 innings)... The bullpen loves ya, baby!! Jul-01-14    WannaBe: Speaking of Timmy (One of the answer to the trivia question), 4 and 1/3 against Cardinals, at home, already at 63 pitches... Jul-01-14    WannaBe: Okay, the answer to my Sunday schedule question... The Cubs did not play on Sunday, first time MLB scheduled a Sunday off in 80+ years. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/... Jul-02-14    Phony Benoni: Another oddity about Porcello's shutout; something happened which hadn't occurred since this game, nearly 25 years ago: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Jul-02-14    WannaBe: Both games have the same exact number in attendance? I'm staring at both box scores side by side, and I can't figure it out. Jul-02-14    WannaBe: On the other hand, we had a triple-play and a double-review on the same pitch/batter/play!!! http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/... Jul-02-14    Jim Bartle: Winning pitcher had complete game with no walks or strikeouts? But two hit batters. A Stanford pitcher not named Mussina won a game? The names of the visiting team's first two batters rhyme? Each of the first six hitters got exactly one hit? Trying to figure out why Reuss was taken out after five batters. Jul-02-14    Jim Bartle: In the Dodger game the runner was ckearly safe at the plate. Jul-02-14    Phony Benoni: <JB> No walks or strikeouts. Jul-02-14    YouRang: <I predict that Verlander will be next on this list...> <Phony Benoni: <YouRang> Don't bet on Verlander winning another Cy Young. Right now, he is possibly the fifth-best starter on the Tigers, and this decline has been I evidence since his Cy Young year.> Okay, I'll take your word for it. I'll revise my prediction: The next guy to join the select group of pitchers with <multiple Cy Young> and <multiple no hitters> will be Clayton Kershaw. Jul-02-14    Phony Benoni: <YouRang> A much safer statement! Jul-03-14    Phony Benoni: There are bucket catches, and there are bucket catches: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11... Jul-03-14    Jim Bartle: Gaylord Perry said, "Get me that ball back." Jul-03-14    WannaBe: Okay, another one for y'all... What do these 5 baseball players have in common: Kirk Gibson http://www.baseball-reference.com/p... John Tudor http://www.baseball-reference.com/p... Eric Chavez http://www.baseball-reference.com/p... Tim Salmon http://www.baseball-reference.com/p... Cesar Tovar http://www.baseball-reference.com/p... Jul-03-14    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> We're just a bunch of patzers. How are we supposed to answer these All-Star questions? Jul-03-14    WannaBe: <Phony Benoni> Correct, those 5 players <NEVER> made it to an All-Star game. Jul-03-14    Phony Benoni: Gibson's non-appearance is well-known. Tudor surprised me a bit, what with that 1985 year (21-8, 10 shutouts). But he actually started the year 1-7 before winning 20 of his last 21, and was only 10-7 at the break. Chavez and Salmon don't surprise me at all. Maybe good, but nowhere near the best even on their own teams. As for Tovar, which position do you select him for? Jul-03-14    Phony Benoni: The Tampa Bay announcers tonight seemed to think it interesting that the Rays' lineup, counting the DH as "0", had the position numbers "8675309", and that the lead-off hitter was "Jennings". Jul-04-14    Phony Benoni: OK, here's a weird one. The umpire says a runner was not tagged. The <hitting> team asks for a review, and gets the call reversed! http://m.mlb.com/video/v34268385/to... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 597 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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