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 683 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-19-15    Penguincw: (deletes above post, and not even going to attempt it) In other news, the minor leagues have caught on to ransoming baseballs as well. Would you give up all this for your first ever professional HR ball? http://bleacherreport.com/articles/... Jun-19-15    WannaBe: MLB Cancels 65million (All-Star Game) votes! Jun-19-15    Phony Benoni: "I have a $100,000 bid! Do I hear $90,000? $90,000 from the man in the hoodie! Do I hear $80,000? $80,000 from the pretty model! Do I hear $70,000? That's $80,000 going once! Going Twice! $70,000 from the gentleman from Indianapolis? Do I hear $60,000?..." http://my.xfinity.com/articles/spor... Jun-19-15    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> The little puzzle is not that complicated. If the lead-off hitter bats in each inning, then at a minimum he bats nine times and every other player on the team bats eight times. That makes a total of 73 batter ((8X8) + 9). In each inning, up to six batters don't have to score (3 outs, 3 LOB). That's a total of 54 batters who don't score, leaving 19 who do. Simple. Except that wasn't the question. Jun-19-15    WannaBe: Ah, shoot, Phillies did not use any positional player as pitcher in their blow out loss tonight. http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gam... Jun-19-15    Phony Benoni: Looks like the Cardinals are still hacking. Jun-19-15    WannaBe: Bwaaaaa hahahahaha Jun-19-15    WannaBe: Baseball ruling question (imagine that...) Runner on first, catcher (fakes) throw to first: 1: if the throw hits the batter what happens? Runner advance on own risk? Batter doubles over in pain? (Happened in a minor league game, but video stopped too soon) 2: in this case, Panik ducked and created a throwing lane, but the catcher didn't throw. Is it "better" for the batter to not duck? 3: does it matter if the batter is in the box or out? Jun-20-15    Phony Benoni: If it's a fake throw, how does the batter get hit with the ball? Jun-20-15    WannaBe: Let's say the catcher did throw the ball... Jun-20-15    OhioChessFan: 1. Runner advances on own risk. 2. The batter doesn't have to duck. 3. The umpire has some discretion. If the batter is in the box, I don't think there's any recourse. Jun-20-15    Phony Benoni: Surely the batter has no more obligation to duck than a runner in the base path between second and first. That's why the catcher throws behind the batter. Of course, the batter couldn't step backwards into the throw. Just ask Reggie Jackson. Jun-20-15    Jim Bartle: Batters and runners can help their teams greatly if they're willing to get hit by a thrown ball, but at closer than Reggie distance and not always in the backside. What is that Dizzy Dean story? Jun-20-15    Phony Benoni: 1934 World Series, game 4: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... In the fourth inning, Dizzy Dean was used as a pinch-runner and used his head to break up a double play as the tying run scored. (It wasn't necessary, there was only one out and the run would have scored anyway.) dean was knocked unconscious, carried off the field, and taken to a local hospital. Next day, the newspaper headines proclaimed: <X-Rays of Dean's Head Show Nothing"> He came back to pitch game 5. Jun-20-15    Jim Bartle: Everyone asleep at the wheel? Scherzer no hitter, perfect game until two outs in the ninth, hits the batter. But the guy clearly leaned into a curveball with his elbow. Should have made him stay at bat. Jun-20-15    WannaBe: Busy with chores... Dang, missed it. Jun-20-15    Phony Benoni: And Max Scherzer thanks you for being so dutiful. Wasn't he coming off a one-hitter with 16 strikeouts? Jun-20-15    perfidious: Anyone here ever seen an umpire call a batter back to the box after being hit? To date, I never have. Wonder whether any other perfecto has foundered on the shoals of a hit batsman. Jun-20-15    WannaBe: Seen it in college ball all the time, the umps enforce the "made no attempt to avoid the pitch" much, much more to the letters of the rule book. Can't remember the last time I'd seen it in MLB. If ever! Jun-20-15    Jim Bartle: Oh, it happened once in a very famous game. And it was the right call. <GIANTS 9TH: McCovey walked; OLIVER RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Hart singled to right [Oliver to second]; Marshall walked [Oliver to third, Hart to second]; Dick Dietz hit by 2-2 pitch but called back because he did not try to evade pitch; Giants Manager Herman Franks ejected by HP umpire Harry Wendelstedt; this run would have broken Don Drysdale's scoreless inning streak; Dietz flied out to left; CLINE BATTED FOR LANIER; Cline forced Oliver (first to catcher) [Marshall to second, Hart to third]; HIATT BATTED FOR MCCORMICK; Hiatt popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 3.> http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Jun-20-15    OhioChessFan: <In the fourth inning, Dizzy Dean was used as a pinch-runner and used his head to break up a double play as the tying run scored. (It wasn't necessary, there was only one out and the run would have scored anyway.)> If there was one out before the play, the run would not have scored on a double play. Jun-20-15    Phony Benoni: <OCF> Sorry, I didn't make that clear. There were no outs before the play; the first out was the force of Dean at second base. Jun-20-15    keypusher: Isn't it unusual to use your ace pitcher as a pinch runner? It wasn't like it was the sixteenth inning or something. Jun-20-15    Phony Benoni: <keypusher> You used to see starting pitchers used as pinch runners on occasion. Dean was scheduled to start the next day, so he wasn't going to be used in relief. He had run for the same hitter once previously that year: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... He appears to have done it at other times both before and after this incident. Jun-21-15    Jim Bartle: J.D. Martinez flied out in the eighth inning tonight. What a choker. By the way, who is J.D. Martinez? Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 683 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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