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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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Jun-26-09		Phony Benoni: Speaking of fielding feats and defeats, here's a boxscore I ran into the other day: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Looks pretty ordinary? Something happened for the first time in the twentieth century in this game, and it's only occurred a few times since.

Jun-26-09		Jim Bartle: You've got me stumped. A 7-4-3 double play?

Jun-26-09		Phony Benoni: Take a look at the fielding totals for Chicago's first baseman, Bud Clancy.

Jun-26-09		Jim Bartle: Aha! So I guess the Sox pitcher could be classified as "fly ball."

Jun-26-09		Phony Benoni: Which it sounds like what the Mets could use these days! Tigers up 4-1 in the 3rd, with Verlander on the mound but not looking sharp.

Jun-27-09		Phony Benoni: <Game of the Day>: June 27, 1963 http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... "Money for Nothing". (If you looked up the Bud Clancy game yesterday, you'll understand.)

Jun-27-09		Jim Bartle: Kaline, Colavito and Cash as the heart of the order. Almost like Mays/McCovey/Hart or Mantle/Maris/Skowron. Vic Power 1b. Did he get his chicks for free? Wouldn't surprise me. Every notice how players don't reflect their names? Vic had no Power, and Horace had no Speed, Johnny rarely sat on the Bench. Reggie never played for Cleveland, nor Daryl for Boston. There are more examples I've forgotten. Mark did have some Grace, though.

Jun-27-09		Jim Bartle: And who was that guy who pinch hit for Mossi?

Jun-27-09		Phony Benoni: <And who was that guy who pinch hit for Mossi?> I'm not sure, but I'll bet the girl appreciated it.

Jun-27-09		Phony Benoni: On the other hand, Johnny was Sain, and Willie Miranda was a switch-hitter so he had rights as well as lefts. (Please, please, please--don't get me started on a name game! I'll be here all day!)

Jun-27-09		Jim Bartle: Neither Cecil was nor Prince is a good Fielder. And I'm not convinced he really is a Prince, either.

Jun-27-09		Phony Benoni: Rollie did have Fingers, Bill Hands, and ElRoy a Face. However, I'm sure Barry had more than one Foote, and at 6' 4" Chris wasn't Short.

Jun-27-09		Jim Bartle: No matter how many times he was ready to knock down his grandmother, Early Wynn still had 244 losses, many of them quite late, I would guess.

Jun-27-09		Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> Speaking of head hunters Don Drysdale would knock down his mother if she was crowding the plate.

Jun-27-09		Travis Bickle: The General Manager move of the year, trading Mark DeRosa for Milton Bradley showed it's ugly head yesterday. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/ar...

Jun-27-09		Jim Bartle: My apologies for being unclear. I believe Wynn was not talking about throwing a beanball at this grandmother, but knocking her down at home if he was trying to score the winning run.

Jun-27-09		Jim Bartle: Any nominations for the biggest trades in baseball history--players only, no cash, big names on both sides? (Not eligible is George Carlin's 1964 "Today the San Francisco Giants traded Willie Mays to the New York Mets, in exchange for the entire New York Mets team.") Some possibilities, mainly from 1960 onwards: * Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez of Toronto, to San Diego for Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter. Joe Morgan, Cesar Geronimo, Denis Menke, Ed Armbrister and Jack Billingham to Cincinnati from Houston for Lee May, Tommy Helms and Jimmy Stewart. Ted Simmons, Pete Vuckovich, and Rollie Fingers from St. Louis to Milwaukee for David Green, Sixto Lezcano, Lary Sorensen and Dave LaPoint. I thought this was a disaster for the Cards, but it worked out well for both teams. Ozzie Smith, Steve Mura and Al Olmsted from San Diego to St. Louis for Sixto Lezcano, Garry Templeton and Luis DeLeon. Another one I thought was a disaster for the Cards. Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley from KC to NY for Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern and Marv Throneberry. * Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg from Philadelphia to Cubs for Ivan DeJesus. I thought getting Bowa for DeJesus was already a win for the Cubs, and getting a little-known infielder with some potential in addition was just too much. Joe DiMaggio from NY to Boston for Ted Williams. (Oops, guess that one never happened.) Curt Flood, Tim McCarver, Byron Browne, Joe Hoerner and Willie Montanez from St. Louis to Philadelphia for Jerry Johnson, Dick Allen and Cookie Rojas. Historic, of course, as Flood refused to be traded and started the whole free-agent era, even though he lost his case. * Rogers Hornsby from St. Louis to Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley from Milwaukee to LA for Junior Bridgeman, Dave Meyers, Brian Winters and Elmore Smith. Oops, wrong sport. Frank Robinson from Cincinnati to Baltimore for Milt Pappas. Orlando Cepeda from SF to St. Louis for Ray Sadecki. Gaylord Perry from SF to Cleveland for Sam McDowell.

Jun-27-09		Phony Benoni: <Travis Bickle> You have to take Milton Bradley seriously. He doesn't play games. <Jim Bartle> You've covered most of the big ones I can think of offhand. But the one that stands out in every Tigers' fan was the 1960 deal with the Indians of Mike Demeter for Norm Cash. Oh wait--you said no Cash involved. And I guess Mike Demeter's not that big a name, as he played exactly five major league games after the trade. How about this 1954 trade between the Orioles and Yankees: Don Larsen, Bob Turley, Billy Hunter, Mike Blyzka, Darrell Johnson, Jim Fridley and Dick Kryhoski for Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, Willie Miranda, Bill Miller, Kal Segrist, Don Leppert and Ted Del Guercio. A lot of names, if not a lot of big names. And then there was the famous Max Flack for Cliff Heatcote trade. Check these two boxscores, from a doubleheader: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... The trade seems have benefitted both players, they went hitless in the first game but got hits with their new teams in the second game.

Jun-27-09		Jim Bartle: I'd always thought Cash was a Tiger farm product. In fact, I thought the entire Detroit team (starters, I mean) in the 68 series was homegrown. That Orioles-Yankees trade was huge, and there were a lot of good players in there: Turley, Larsen, Woodling, Triandos. I do wonder how the GMs figured those trades, who had what value, what they had to get in return for what they were giving up. At least back then salaries and contracts weren't a consideration. I think Triandos was desperate to get out of NY, where there was no future. Berra, and then Howard.

Jun-27-09		Phony Benoni: Yes, outside of Cash, all the Tigers starters in 1968 were homegrown--as well as most of the major reserve players. Dick Tracezewski and Eddie Mathews were about the only exceptions. Most of the pitching staff were Detroit originals as well. Earl Wilson was the only starter from outside the system, and guys like Don McMahon and John Wyatt idd some of the relief work.

Jun-28-09		A.G. Argent: And Bob could Walk.

Jun-28-09		A.G. Argent: Yeah, <TB> and now DeRosa is a Cardinal as of yesterday. Sorry, old son, of course you must hate that as much as the Bradley trade but it makes yer ol' pal AG happy. Got him for a song too. Although, a lot of utitlity guys have been doing quite nice lately waiting for the carrot-on-a-stick return of Glaus and the subsequent constant juggling of the infield by LaRussa so it'll be interesting to see how he fits in. But what a luxury. He's gotta be a boon. (Oh man, dast I?....... Bob was a Boone?) Never mind.

Jun-28-09		playground player: <Jim Bartle> Gaylord Perry for Sodden Sam McDowell--thank you so much for bringing that up! Would you also like to give me a nice paper-cut?

Jun-28-09		Jim Bartle: Sorry about that. At least I didn't mention George Foster for Frank Duffy.

Jun-28-09		Phony Benoni: Speaking of the name game... I was looking in on the Tigers' game at one of the scoreboard websites, and saw listed among the pitchers in the bullpen "Ni". Some sort of computer glitch, I thought. Then I learned that the Tigers had just brought up a new pitcher from Toledo, <Fu-Te Ni>. Actually, I guess he's not originally from Toledo.

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