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 664 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-16-15    Jim Bartle: Reshevsky must be a huge bridge to a low Morphy number for many players. Apr-16-15    WannaBe: MLB and spend, spend, spend!!!! http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1... Apr-16-15    WannaBe: Illegal horse downfield, 10-yard penalty. Replay second down!! http://espn.go.com/college-football... What is the hand signal for Illegal Horse downfield?? Apr-17-15    Phony Benoni: Where's Alan Ameche when you need him? Apr-17-15    waustad: FYI, both of our pages here have been mentioned as places to talk about baseball. I'm good with it, up to a point. Apr-17-15    WannaBe: <waustad> We respect the host of this page, and we tend to discuss historical sporting events, I tend to post funny or weird sporting links (see my illegal horse down field) Otherwise, we are all good here. =)) Apr-17-15    WannaBe: Truly useless information, from (as always) J. Stark of ESPN. =) Trevor Bauer have already thrown a nine-inning no-hitter. http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-star... Apr-18-15    Jim Bartle: So many of the young ambitious sportswriters (hello, grantland) try too hard to find ever more esoteric stats, just to show off, and are boring. But Stark knows how to do it. He uses stats to make interesting points and is always entertaining. And he doesn't show off. Apr-18-15    Jim Bartle: There's a documentary called "Fastball" coming out, sounds great. The director talked about Dalkowski. I didn't know he was about to make the majors after blowing away Dodgers and Yankees in spring training. Then he hurt his shoulder fielding a bunt by Phil Linz and it was all over. Wush there was film. He also said Yankee draftee Brian Taylor could throw welover 100 with no effort, was the next Gooden. Then he hurt his shoulder in a fight. Goodbye, career. Apr-18-15    playground player: <Jim Bartle> Ah, yes--Brian Taylor! I do remember that. Yankees sign him to fabulous contract before he ever throws one pitch in a real game, his mother takes time off from her job at the crab meat-packing plant to demand even more money--and the stupid kid gets involved in a rock-fight with some other teenagers and blows out his arm. Contrast with Orel Hershiser, who took just about forever to develop. Apr-18-15    Jim Bartle: I don't know that it's that simple. He fought for more money, his right, and his mother helped him. I like to see great pitchers become great, whether on my team or not. Taylor, stupidly didn't protect himself. Kerry Wood, pitched both ends of high school doubleheaders. Gooden, drugs and drinking. Canseco, threw his shoulder out in first appearance. Reds in 70s: Gullett, Nolan, Simpson. Dalkowski was apparently just dumb. Weaver figured it out and just kept it really simple, and Dalkowski got some control. Apr-18-15    perfidious: <waustad: FYI, both of our pages here have been mentioned as places to talk about baseball....> No problem over in my neck of the woods, either, come to baseball. Or anything else, for that matter; the only thing is that I have tended not to post there very often. Still and all, anyone is welcome to come by--might e'en prod me to drop in there more than hitherto! Apr-19-15    Jim Bartle: Here's the sort of manufactured stat which irritates me: <35 points & 5 rebounds in playoff debut all-time: Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julius Erving...Anthony Davis (via @EliasSports)> What does "5 rebounds" mean. Not a big number. Seems it just keeps other players out to make Davis look more impressive. Apr-19-15    Jim Bartle: Found the first reason for "5 rebounds": Chris Paul 2008, 35 points, 10 assists. But only three rebounds. I'll bet there are others. Apr-19-15    WannaBe: File this under "Appropo Names" Anaheim Ducks have a player last name Fowler. And I remember a player for Univ of Oregon last name Mallard. Prince Fielder is a nice one. Since he plays first base. Too bad, he doesn't play for Kansas City. It'd be a 'double'. And LA Kings had a player last name, King. =) Can anyone come up with more Appropo Names? Apr-19-15    perfidious: <Jim....Then (Steve Dalkowski) hurt his shoulder fielding a bunt by Phil Linz and it was all over. Wush there was film.> Phil Linz, aka Mr Harmonica Man. Jes' ask Yogi 'bout thet. Apr-19-15    Jim Bartle: Horace Speed never stole a base. Vic Power was a singles hitter. Apr-19-15    playground player: <WannaBe> If Jason Kidd had played basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates; if Rudy Arias had pitched for the New York Mets, and Bob Veale for the Nippon Ham Fighters; if Roman Gabriel had played baseball instead of football, and played for the California Angels... Apr-19-15    Penguincw: I think last year the Tigers had a pitcher named "Buck Farmer". If only he played basketball in Milwaukee... Apr-19-15    WannaBe: I am still hoping for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirosl... to be traded to New Jersey Devils http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81... to be traded to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Apr-19-15    Phony Benoni: Speaking of Phil Linz and appropriateness, don't forget he was an utility player. Back in the early 1970s, the Tiger's second baseman was Tony Taylor. Especially appropriate in the state where Kellogg's is based. Apr-19-15    Jim Bartle: Then there was van Lingle Mungo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nKzob... Apr-20-15    Phony Benoni: I've held off bringing up the Tigers so far, but I want to show you this play. It's not unbelievably spectacular, but what amazes me about Iglesias is the speed with which he gets rid of the ball. http://m.mlb.com/video/v81777783/ny... Apr-20-15    Jim Bartle: Great play. Looked at this other one. At first I wondered why the centerfielder was loafing. Then I realized it was bases loaded, one out, tie game, bottom of the ninth. Didn't matter if he caught it or not. http://m.mlb.com/video/v82073183/cl... Apr-21-15    Phony Benoni: I don't like giving up by not even trying to catch the ball. Million-to-one shot, maybe, but players have been known to leave third base early. If everybody had just kept running, could the batter have gotten credit for an inside-the-park home run? Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 664 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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