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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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Living in the Past

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Apr-06-15		WannaBe: Oh, boy. Is this gonna be another loooooong year for the Twinkies? And also Chicago Porta-potty: http://chicago.suntimes.com/basebal...

Apr-07-15		playground player: <Esteemed Baseball Mavens> Here's something I don't get at all. In 1962, in his 5th season with the Red Sox, Pete Runnels wins the American League batting championship. It is the second time he has done this. Immediately after the season is over, the Sox unload Runnels, trading him to the expansion Houston Colt .45s for Roman Mejias. The Sox have no profit from the trade... and Runnels plays only the 1963 season, during which he seems to have forgotten how to hit, and then retires. Why would you get rid of your batting champion? Okay, the Tigers unloaded Harvey Kuenn after he won the batting title in 1959--but they did get Rocky Colavito for him. Roman Mejias?

Apr-07-15		WannaBe: She was really trying to throw the ball to the kid 4 rows down... http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...

Apr-07-15		OhioChessFan: doh! http://www.aol.com/article/2015/04/...

Apr-07-15		WannaBe: Interesting, tonight's Women Championship Game is also a rematch (like the Men's game yesterday) UConn defeated Notre Dame 76-58 at South Bend in Dec. 2014. <OCF> I'd fire the marketing firm, or the (in-house) idiot(s) that came up with "Touchdown" and the manager(s) that approved the ad. Embarrassing.

Apr-07-15		Phony Benoni: <playground player> A few facts about the Pete Runnels situation, gleaned from Retrosheet: 1) He was 34 years old in 1962, and by then strictly a first baseman with little power or speed. 2) Mejias was not considered chump change. In q962, he had led the Colt 45s with 24 home runs and 76 RBIs while batting .288. Who wouldn't like a right-handed power hitter at Fenway? 3) Runnels, originally from Texas, had expressed a desire to play in Houston. 4) The Runnels / Mejias trade was completed on November 26, 1962. Six days earlier, the Red Sox had acquired Dick Stuart in a trade. Runnels had no position to play. Though Runnels and Mejias flopped, Stuart did have a good offensive year in 1963 with 42 home runs and a league-leading 118 RBIs. Admittedly his defense was a strong motivation to hire fly-ball pitchers, but the Red Sox didn't lose on the deals.

Apr-07-15		Jim Bartle: It's funny that Stuart is so well-known as Dr. Strangeglove, since it had to be just for his last couple of years.

Apr-07-15		WannaBe: <JB> Congrats!!! 40K Kib'z!

Apr-07-15		Jim Bartle: Oh God, don't remind me. Nothing to be proud of. I keep thinking of starting again with a new user name.

Apr-07-15		technical draw: Hey, Jim, don't worry. You're the first one to hit 40,000. That's an achievement you can write about.

Apr-07-15		WannaBe: Few members have surpassed <acirce>, never thought/knew that was possible... Life master will soon be off the data stats page...

Apr-07-15		Jim Bartle: In my defense I bet <frogbert> still has posted the most words. Not even close.

Apr-07-15		Shams: If you took out <JB>'s duplicate posts I bet he'd be around thirty-nine five. :)

Apr-07-15		Penguincw: Hey guys, wait for me. ;)

Apr-07-15		WannaBe: Oh, man. You've yet to reach 10K! By the time you get 40K, <JB> will be on the millions mark. =)

Apr-08-15		Jim Bartle: I'm changing my name.

Apr-08-15		Phony Benoni: <JB> Being serious here. You're a sensible guy, but changing your name just because of the number of posts is silly. If you feel that you've been stereotyped and want to start fresh, that's understandable. But if you're being criticized simply because you post a lot -- well, face it, a name change won't alter that unless you change your posting habits as well. And if you change your posting habits, why change your name? But I have to admit I'm fascinated by records.

Apr-08-15		Jim Bartle: I don't feel I'm being criticized, not at all. It's just a little embarrassing. Of course so many of the posts have been very short, just a few words, so the total is a little deceiving.

Apr-08-15		chancho: In 11 years at CG, <Jim> has <posted on average> about 3637 posts per year. This does not mean he has been sitting around posting away for the entire 11 years. http://www.alibris.com/search/books... The guy publishes books. He even did an interview: http://www.fertur-travel.com/blog/2... So you are number one on the list of posters, <Jim>. So what? You have something to say, and people here generally think highly of what you say.

Apr-08-15		technical draw: Yes, and one of <Jim's> books sells for $1,377.78. Beat that, J.K. Rowling!

Apr-08-15		playground player: <TD> Gee, and I thought my books were expensive, at $12-$18 each. I guess <JB's> publisher figures, "I only have to sell a few of these..."

Apr-08-15		Jim Bartle: It's due to my incompetent distribution. People put up a couple of used copies where they're not available directly. The guidebook is long out of print. I have new edition more or less written, but don't know whether to print it or do it digitally somehow.

Apr-08-15		playground player: <Phony Benoni> A few years before that, Runnels could play all the infield positions. OK, Mejias showed signs of developing into a pretty good ballplayer. But I wonder how often someone is traded right after winning a batting championship. Dick Stuart wasn't the only National Leaguer to have a good time playing at Fenway in the 1960s. Felix Mantilla comes to mind. Escaping from the 1962 Mets, for whom he had a career-high 11 home runs, he hit 30 (!) for the Sox in 1964, after hitting .300+ for them in limited duty in 1963. I remember being astonished by that, at the time. Not quite old enough to appreciate what a difference a ballpark makes.

Apr-08-15		chancho: I've been meaning to buy one of <Jim's> books for a good number of years, but geeeez, those prices: http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?k... http://www.amazon.com/Peru-Images-e... ;-)

Apr-08-15		WannaBe: Why, have I never heard of the term "Golden Sombrero", until now? One of the A's batter achieved the dubious distinction last night, the most efficient way possible, 12 pitches.

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