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 65 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-05-09    Jim Bartle: 20 left on is a lot, of course, but at least the Yanks scored 7. The highest-scoring teams often have the most LOB. But that first game, 16 on base, none scoring, is amazing. Griffey had three hits, and still neither scored nor drove in a run. Jul-05-09    Phony Benoni: That's a good point about better-hitting teams leaving a lot of runners on base. Here's a case for you: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Glenn Beckert went 0-for-6 and left twelve runners on base, including four in the seventh inning. I don't know how much it bothered him, though. Jul-05-09    Jim Bartle: That Seaver. What a bum. Jul-05-09    Phony Benoni: Just to go off topic for a moment-- OK, I have to admit I'm not up-to-date on all this tennis stuff. But i do have a couple of questions: 1) Wouldn't it save time to just skip all the preliminary folderol and play the best 3-of-5 tiebreakers? 2) More seriously, do you think Federer might be just a little past his peak and on the downhill side? Jul-05-09    TheAlchemist: <Phony Benoni> About point 2, last year we were all absolutely sure about it, now it's not so clear :-) Of course, he loses more matches and makes more unforced errors in recent years than he used to at his peak (roughly 2005-2007), but the opposition now is better, I think, so that's probably the reason why he isn't as dominant as he used to be (if at all, some would argue). Jul-05-09    Jim Bartle: The all-tiebreaker theory only comes into play if both players have really big serves which they can get in. That was true today, so there were only three breaks of serve in 75 games, and not many even got to deuce. Federer had some break points in early sets, but couldn't win any. No, I don't think Federer is on the way down at all. What happened above all is for a year or so he wasn't as consistent with his serve. Now he's getting it in 60-65% of the time with the same power (50 aces today), and he's back at his best. Now whether that is better than Nadal is still a big question. Jul-05-09    TheAlchemist: <Jim> There's still some slight concern over Nadal's injury (if it will become recurring), his style of play takes a big toll on his knees, hopefully he will be back at his top form soon (I'm not sure about this season, though) Jul-05-09    Jim Bartle: That's true. The point I was trying to make is that Federer is as good as ever, it's just that Nadal has caught up to him, and Murray and maybe others are getting close. Jul-05-09    Jim Bartle: Tim Wakefield makes his first All-Star team. It's nice to see these up-and-coming guys getting some recognition. Jul-05-09    Travis Bickle: <Phony Benoni> Hey Phony Cubs pitcher Ted Lily made The Allstar Team! WooHoo!! P.S. Finally since June our 3rd baseman Ramirez is coming off the DL. Jul-06-09    Travis Bickle: Since May* Jul-06-09    Phony Benoni: <Travis Bickle> Ha! The Tigers got two pitchers on the winning AL squad (Justin Verlander and Edwin jackson), plus Curtis Granderson (Chicago native, but we forgive him that). Jul-06-09    Travis Bickle: I can't wait until football season... Bare down Chicago Bears da dah do doo da doo da doo... Jul-06-09    Phony Benoni: <Travis> Sorry, but the last thing I want to see is a Chicago Bear bareing down. Jul-06-09    Jim Bartle: Or a Dick Butkus. Jul-06-09    Phony Benoni: Oh, yeah, Butkus was scary. He didn't tackle opponents so much as swallow them. Jul-06-09    Travis Bickle: <Phony Benoni> Phony Detroit has some fine pitchers. I especially like that Edwin jackson! P.S. Here's a couple interesting links for you. I hope you enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8b... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhNV... Jul-06-09    Phony Benoni: <Game of the Day>: July 7, 1923 http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... "Ah, Mr. O'Doul, might I suggest a slight career change?" Jul-07-09    Jim Bartle: Wasn't his fault. They left him in for that fateful third inning. O'Doul was a revered, legendary character around San Francisco, who played for the SF Seals before going to the major leagues, and managed the team for many years after he retired as a player. He was known as a great storyteller. He owned a restaurant which was sort of the SF equivalent of Toots Shor's in New York. O'Doul also spent a lot of time in Japan, and the Tokyo Giants got their name because of his association with the NY Giants. Jul-07-09    Phony Benoni: <Game of the Day>: July 8, 1941 http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... "No Passeau Fancy" Jul-08-09    Jim Bartle: That looks like a total mismatch. NL has only four Hall-of-Famers, none of them all-time greats except maybe Mel Ott. (Hubbell didn't pitch.) AL has 10 HOFers, including Williams, DiMaggio, Feller, Cronin, and Foxx (probably fading by that year, though). Jul-08-09    Jim Bartle: Nice article on the 50 years of Willie McCovey in San Francisco: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic... Jul-08-09    Travis Bickle: Attn: <Phony Benoni> <Jim Bartle> and all baseball fans, checkout the link below. http://www.hbo.com/events/ted-willi... Jul-08-09    Jim Bartle: I'm really confused about that photo of Ted Willliams at the HBO site. Why is he hitting right-handed? Jul-08-09    playground player: <Jim Bartle> It wasn't that bad a mismatch. Pete Reiser in 1941 looked like a Hall of Famer, but injuries derailed his career. The NL had Billy Herman and Joe Medwick on the bench, both Hall of Famers. As for the photo of Ted Williams batting right-handed, I offer 3 possible explanations: 1. Somebody in the production department really screwed up. 2. It's actually a photo of his reflection in a mirror. 3. Mr. Williams' clone is ready. 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