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 730 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-11-15    Black Ops: Phony all kidding aside. I think you're Lions got absolutely screwed last week by those incompetent idiot ref's!! 2 rule violations were completely blown! The ball was illegally punched out of your reciever & the ball batted out of the endzone was an illegal play that would have given The Lions the ball back 1st & goal! I feel for ya Phony. Oct-11-15    Phony Benoni: <Black Ops> The way the Lions played today, they don't deserves getting any breaks at all. All season, I've figured they could beat the Bears at home next week. Now, I don't know if they could beat the California Golden Bears. Oct-11-15    Jim Bartle: I am soooo tired of watching pitches in the dirt. My solution is, any pitch which bounces in front of the plate and is not swung at, counts as two balls. Oct-11-15    Phony Benoni: <JB> Oh, give 'em a break. It's October. Their arms are tired. Sometimes you just cant make that extra 6 inches. Besides, the sabernauts would never allow it, and it would totally screw up the pitch count. Oct-11-15    Jim Bartle: Ah right. I hadn't considered the sacred pitch count. Oct-11-15    Penguincw: < I am soooo tired of watching pitches in the dirt. My solution is, any pitch which bounces in front of the plate and is not swung at, counts as two balls. > You know, sometimes the pitcher might *accidentally* throw it in the dirt. Some batters can actually hit that stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj9... While on that topic, I think a couple of years ago, I read this article about "What to do with intentional walks". I think the simplest solution is if a manager wants to IBB a batter, just give them 1st instead of throwing 4 pitches. The harshest solution was if an IBB is given, award the batter <2nd> base <and> the next batter gets to start with a <2-0> count. But again, what is defined as an "intentional walk"? Does it count if the pitcher on purpose throws 4 pitches way above the strike zone? Oct-11-15    Jim Bartle: Or have the bounce not count. So if it bounces in the strike zone it's a strike. Some catcher caught a bouncer and framed it a while back, looking for a strike call. But man, there are times when at least half the pitches hit the dirt, though not all in front of the plate. Oct-11-15    Penguincw: < Jim Bartle: Or have the bounce not count. So if it bounces in the strike zone it's a strike. Some catcher caught a bouncer and framed it a while back, looking for a strike call. > Pierzynski actually tried it earlier this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVE.... I think the rule about a ball bouncing in the dirt in cricket is different. I know a guy who keeps hating on baseball, because he <loves> cricket. He mentioned that in baseball, if a ball bounces in the dirt and hits the strike zone, it's a ball. However, in cricket, if the ball bounces in the dirt and starts coming toward you, you can swat it away or something. (basically, he's trying to say cricket is more "hard core" than baseball, making it better; I obviously disagree) Speaking of which, if a ball hits the dirt, and then the batter, is it an HBP? In other news, was MLB right in suspending Chase Utley 2 games for that slide? Oct-11-15    Jim Bartle: Doesn't the ball always bounce before reaching the batter in cricket? Or almost always? Yes, Utley is suspending. We are arguing it on the Jeremy Lim page. Oct-12-15    WannaBe: TV really think Cubs/Cards will finish in 2.5 hours? Because the same station is carrying Dodgers/Mets... Oct-12-15    WannaBe: Gonna be a crazy couple of days at Wrigley, Arrieta today, if Cubs win, they can eliminate Cards tomorrow. I wonder how many people are calling in sick tomorrow. Oct-12-15    Penguincw: Should the Blue Jays win today, I want to "call in" Wednesday, except that I kinda already did that on Friday. :p Oct-12-15    Penguincw: Ah, I see Harold Reynolds has apologized for his comments in yesterday's game. I know he didn't mean to do any harm, but seriously, can MLB just be like (to FOX sports) "here's your money back, take it, please don't broadcast any more postseason games"? Oct-12-15    Penguincw: Ooh. Scoring is starting to pick up. Firstly, Jays hit 2 homers, lead it 3-0 in the 1st. Off to a good start with the right plan: force a G5 back at home, where <anything> can happen. Also, Houston blew a 4-run lead in the 8th, tied 6-6. Ugh, they had such a good chance of eliminating the 2nd most hated team in the AL. Oct-12-15    WannaBe: Deuces Wild, both AL series tied 2-2, Cubs and Cards tied 2-2. What did H. Reynolds say? Oct-12-15    WannaBe: Dodgers jumps on Harvey in Top Second, 3-0 LAD!! Oct-12-15    WannaBe: And here come the Mets... Ugh! Oct-12-15    WannaBe: Ugh, 7-3 Mets, almost as much scoring as the MNF game. Oct-12-15    Jim Bartle: 49 runs today, and five innings to go. Oct-12-15    Jim Bartle: Oops, 52. Oct-12-15    WannaBe: Make that 10 runs for NYM, did San Diego score on that drive? Or is baseball outscoring football? Oct-12-15    Black Ops: <WannaBe: Deuces Wild, both AL series tied 2-2, Cubs and Cards tied 2-2. What did H. Reynolds say?> Attn. Mr Rabbit, Cubs lead series 2-1... Game 4 tomorrow @ Wrigley. Oct-12-15    WannaBe: When I made that post, the score was two to two. Oct-13-15    Black Ops: <WannaBe> Sorry I misread your post. Oct-13-15    Tabanus: Navy man for deletion: William Joseph Platten. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 730 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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