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 656 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-05-15    Jim Bartle: <WannaBe: Duke 52, Wake Forest 15. Half time. > It'd be different if Duncan still had eligibility. Mar-07-15    WannaBe: Built Hockey Tough! (Apology to Ford's commercial) http://espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/stor... Mar-08-15    OhioChessFan: Just your routine 102 foot putt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUP... Mar-09-15    WannaBe: Be kinda easy to steal on this guy: http://yahoo.thepostgame.com/blog/e... Mar-09-15    Jim Bartle: More than Marichal: http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/wp... Mar-09-15    Phony Benoni: It was quite hard to steal on Marichal. You had to get on base first. Mar-09-15    WannaBe: I know baseball-reference have Juan's career pitching stats, but without having to go through every single game and count up the SB & CS, is there a way to see/calculate how successful runners were against him? And it would be incredibly pain in the rear, if Juan went 8 innings and the SB came in the 9th off some other pitcher. Grrrrr I googled for "stolen base success rate against pitcher" and found no link that have easy to pull down stats. =(( Mar-09-15    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> BaseballReference.com has your answer: http://www.baseball-reference.com/p... Go down to the <Standard Fielding> chart. In the last few columns you wil see "SB", "CS", "CS%" and "lgCS%". This tells you that 32% of runners against Marichal were caught stealing, against a league average of 38%. Which meant it was easier than average to steal against Marichal, though not egregiously so. There are other factors, of course. Without looking, I'm willing to predict that Drysdale and Koufax had better a CS% because (a) Roseboro was a better catcher; (b) they didn't have to contend with Maury Wills. Mar-09-15    WannaBe: <Phony Benoni> you da man! Thanks. Mar-09-15    WannaBe: What a find, thanks to <Phony>'s link, and the comment, I'm gonna do some serious "research" into this... Will post my results when I am done. =)) Thanks again, <Phony>!! Mar-10-15    keypusher: For some reason, this: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/f... brought this to mind. <Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,/ Is the immediate jewel of their souls./ Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing/ 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;/ But he that filches from me my good name/ Robs me of that which not enriches him,/ And makes me poor indeed.> Mar-12-15    WannaBe: We have officially gone from 0.0000000000000001 to big fat zero! http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/12/new... Mar-15-15    WannaBe: Act quickly, good seats still available!! http://www.stubhub.com/detroit-pist... I saw $4.59!! Mar-16-15    WannaBe: Another Tommy John surgery, how many is that now, for 2015?! 10 pitchers?? http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/sto... Mar-16-15    Jim Bartle: Tommy must be in real pain. Mar-16-15    WannaBe: Well, somebody planned this good. Two teams open MLB season Sunday April 5th, and everyone else is Monday, 6th. You know what else happens on the 6th? Mar-17-15    Phony Benoni: Spring Prom? Mar-17-15    YouRang: Official start of the tax deadline panic? Mar-17-15    Penguincw: The day the Cubs get mathematically eliminated from the postseason (and thus World Series)? Or is that the day of the championship for NCAA Basketball? Mar-17-15    perfidious: <Penguincw: The day the Cubs get mathematically eliminated from the postseason (and thus World Series)?> Y'all try telling Jon Lester that. <Or is that the day of the championship for NCAA Basketball?> It is, though many if not most ballgames will be played during the day. Mar-18-15    WannaBe: <Penguincw> It is the NCAA game I am talking about. =) <perfidious> According to the schedule, 3 MLB games will start/overlap NCAA game. =) Mar-19-15    WannaBe: Apparently the congress is back in session: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1... Mar-19-15    Phony Benoni: Some seem sensible. 6. A foul against a defenseless receiver may be enforced when a reversal results in an incomplete pass. 8. Eliminate the requirement that a team be successful on each of its first two Instant Reply challenges in order to be awarded a third challenge. [In essence, three challenges.] 12. Put fixed cameras on all boundary lines. 12. Put fixed cameras on all boundary lines. (A much better idea than eliminating the kicked PAT.) 20. Allow for the enforcement of an Unsportsmanlike Conduct foul at the end of a half to be applied to the ensuing kickoff. 1. Allow teams with retractable roofs to open them during halftime shows. (Especially in Colorado and Washington.) I would worry about reviewing penalties. The more egregious examples, in my mind, are those that aren't called. Mar-19-15    WannaBe: Almost 2 upsets, in the morning games. Wheeeee!!! Let the Madness begin. Mar-19-15    WannaBe: The last time Iowa State was ranked/seeded this high, they were #2 and lost to #15 Hampton U. I think that game was played in Boise, ID. Watched that game at a sports bar and boy, it was something. Almost as good as U of Ariz's loss to Santa Clara, also a 2 vs 15 seed. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 656 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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