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 679 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-10-15    Phony Benoni: I'd say so. If nothing else, Jim Bunning pitched his perfect games against the Mets. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Jun-10-15    keypusher: This raises an obvious question: what teams have been no-hit the most? I'm sure someone has figured it out. The Mets look like they've tried hard, but their short history should weigh against them. The Cubs? Jun-10-15    Phony Benoni: <keypusher> Looking at this right now, with the help of Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o.... I'm going to guess it's a long-standing team with a tradition of good pitching. Jun-10-15    Penguincw: Looks like the Philadelphia Phillies have been no-hit the most (including their time as the Quakers), currently at 19 times; every active team has been no-hit at least twice. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/80552... However, that list does not include the 4 most recent no-hitters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o... (scroll down to the bottom of the chart). Jun-10-15    Phony Benoni: Yes, I should have looked harder instead of going to work. Phillies is indeed the answer. I speculated on good pitching teams being at the top of the list because that implies good pitching home ball parks, which can work against you just as easily. Braves, Dodgers and Orioles might quality. The Phillies were just so bad for so long. Most for an expansion franchise is, ironically enough, the Padres with 9. Jun-10-15    Penguincw: Another piece of trivia I just found out. The Giants are now just the 2nd team in MLB history to have thrown a no-hitter in 4 consecutive seasons. Who is the other one (I'm mad/sad I couldn't figure this one out)? BTW: 4 no-hitters in 3 years don't count. Jun-10-15    WannaBe: NY Mets have been no-hit 7 times, first done by: Sandy Koufax (1962 @ Dodgers Stadium his first of 4 no-nos came at the expense of Mets' first) Jim Bunning (1964 @ Shea Stadium. Perfecto, Jimbo's second no-no) Bob Moose (1969 @ Shea Stadium. Who is this guy??) Bill Stoneman (1972 @ Parc Jarry, Montreal his second and last no-no. First no-no outside of U.S.) Ed Halicki (1975 @ Candlestick) Darryl Kile (1993 @ AstroDome) Chris Heston (2015 @ CitiField) http://www.nonohitters.com/no-hitte... Jun-10-15    Phony Benoni: <Penguincw> Dodgers in 1962-1965, though you could hardly call that a team effort. Jun-10-15    Jim Bartle: Heston, no hits, no walks, no errors. Three HBP. Jun-10-15    WannaBe: No idea if grandson of Nolan Ryan was drafted, or son of Mike Scott... Yet. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1... Jun-12-15    Phony Benoni: <UPDATE> Bryce Harper is now on a page to walk 135 times this year. He's also on a pace to strike out 135 times. Guess which direction those numbers are likely to head. Jun-12-15    WannaBe: Wow, King Felix just got hit hard by them 'Stros in Houston. Jun-12-15    WannaBe: So Toronto scores 9 to go ahead of BoSox 13-8, then I came across article by J. Stark on their "Closer" situation: http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-star... Jun-12-15    Penguincw: And the Blue Jays win their 9th in a row with the help of a 9-run 7th. Speaking of saves, I don't think the Blue Jays had a blown save during that streak either (at least the traditional "9th inning" blown save). However, the game ended in a 3-run win, with the same man ending the streak as the same one who began it: Brett Cecil. His 3 saves is 2nd most on the team (Castro leads with 4). :| Jun-13-15    WannaBe: Anderson of the D'Backs have a no-no at Giants. Jun-13-15    WannaBe: That was quick, never mind. Jun-13-15    playground player: The Mets game that turned out to be Jim Bunning's no-hitter was on TV that day, but my friends insisted on watching a Godzilla movie. Andy Hawkins, poor sod, had a no-hitter for the Yankees some years ago, which he lost on a 9th-inning error in the outfield. Then they changed the definition of a no-hitter so that got taken away from him, too. Along with Harvey Haddix's perfect game which was lost in extra innings, again to an error, not a hit. Jun-13-15    playground player: Oops, memory lapse. Haddix took his perfect game into the 12th inning to lose to the Braves on an error, a walk, and a double by Joe Adcock. Did he at least get a quality start? Jun-13-15    Phony Benoni: Haddix should have been awarded two quality starts. That would have made everything all right. Hwakins' no-hitter was taken away because it was only eight innings long, all the nonsense occurring in the bottom of the eighth. There were three errors and two walks, and you have to wonder if the errors would have been ruled hits in different circumstances--especially with the game being played in Chicago. Jun-13-15    Jim Bartle: Haddix pitched 12 perfect innings, then Don Hoak made an error to start the 13th. I think we've discussed this before, but why was the ball Adcock hit into the stands counted as only a double? Pirates had 12 hits and no runs. What's the record for most hits in a shutout? Jun-13-15    Phony Benoni: Here's one candidate with 14: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Jun-13-15    Jim Bartle: Cleveland got the leadoff man on five times and he never scored... Jun-13-15    Penguincw: According to this website, 14 is the record for a 9-inning game, while 15 is for extra innings. http://answers.google.com/answers/t... My personal take at the record, I thought was on April 15th, 1968 when the Houston Astros beat the Mets 1-0 in 24 innings, while surrendering 11 hits. Jun-13-15    Phony Benoni: The record will likely go up a bit as older box scores become tabulated. It will probably turn out to be a record from the dead ball era, when extra-base hits were less common. Jun-13-15    Phony Benoni: Box score of the Giants - Cubs game from September 14, 1913. (See far right column.) The story is long on color but short on details. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 679 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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