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 740 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-27-15    WannaBe: <In the ALCS Escobar led off 3 of the games with a single, double and triple by swinging at first pitch fastballs...Harvey throws him first pitch fastball and he hits inside the Park homer. How has now hit for the cycle on first pitch ...first inning fastballs this post-season. He told me he is always going to swing at every first pitch fastball in the zone...Mets need to adjust in his next at-bats> Jim Bowden, ESPN Oct-27-15    WannaBe: If you are watching the game on TV, upper deck, by/around left field foul pole, you'll see a section of orange. That's Mets employees and family member section. Oct-27-15    WannaBe: This is from 2007: http://m.mlb.com/news/article/22811... But tonight, it was the first pitch!! Still waiting for Elias Sports to confirm that's the quickest/earliest run ever scored Oct-27-15    perfidious: <Jim: Looked at the list of players with most ABs. I've seen eight of the twelve play. And three others on TV. I missed Ty Cobb somehow.> Always thought you were older'n Methuselah. Shows what I know. Oct-27-15    WannaBe: Thank you David Schonfield: http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/p... Jeter in game 4 of the 2000 WS led off with a HR. But it wasn't game 1, first pitch. And he agreed that should be E8. 1-1 game. NYM just scored. Oct-27-15    Jim Bartle: <perf> Cobb was in the AL, and in those days only NL teams came to SF. I did see the Red Sox play the Seals in an exhibition in 1957. Oct-27-15    perfidious: <Jim> Managed to see six of the top eleven in ABs play live, plus Aaron in one time up on TV that we all remember. Oct-27-15    WannaBe: I had to go allll the way to Adrien Beltre, LAD to say 'live'. Hope to see Ichiro at AT&T next year before he hangs it up. Think he's number 42 or 43 on the list... Oct-27-15    Jim Bartle: I started in 1957, so I have an edge. Mays: probably 25-30 Rose, Aaron: 4 each Henderson, Musial: 2 Yastrzemski, Yount, Winfield: 1 Now if you combine Ichiro in US and Japan... Oct-27-15    WannaBe: If you combined Ichiro in US & Japan, I still would not have seen him live. As he did not play in the last World Baseball Classics at AT&T. =)) I was at the semi-final game, where Japan got eliminated. Oct-27-15    WannaBe: 3-1 Mets now, top 6. Oct-27-15    WannaBe: 3-3!!! Oct-27-15    keypusher: Good game! Oct-27-15    WannaBe: <keypusher> You're in NY (?) if I remember correctly, you NYM or NYY fan? Oct-27-15    WannaBe: Funny info from ESPN radio announcers, KC and NYM have never won game 1 in their previous World Series history. And the game is tied at 4!!! We're gonna go 30 innings in a tie game. =) Oct-28-15    WannaBe: Midnight in New York, I think Wall St. by-law will allow opening to be 20 minutes later for every extra inning played. Oct-28-15    Phony Benoni: Ah, yes. The only thing better than late October baseball is a 4-hour night game in late October. Oct-28-15    WannaBe: Okay, 12:40 Eastern, I'm throwing in the towel, waving my white flag. Zzzzzzzzzz Oct-28-15    keypusher: <WannaBe: <keypusher> You're in NY (?) if I remember correctly, you NYM or NYY fan?> Yankees, but I'm rooting for the Mets in this series -- shows I'm not much of a baseball fan, really. Went to bed when the Royals tied it in the 9th, since I had to get up at six. I care a lot more about the Dolphins than I do the Yankees. Oct-28-15    keypusher: I've always been a little bit fond of the Royals because of my 1978 Strat-o-Matic and Bill James. Some teams were really hard to figure out, but the 1978 Royals had four clear starting pitchers and a starting lineup that seemed to consist of nine guys all hitting .290. They were the epitome of good-but-not-great. Oct-28-15    playground player: <keypusher> Fond memories! courtesy of Strat-O-Matic. C-Darrel Porter, 1B-John Mayberry, 2B-Frank White, 3B-George Brett, OF-Amos Otis, Al Cowens, Tom Poquette, DH-Hal McRae (boy, could he hit!), and on the mound, Leonard, Splittorff, Hassler, Colborn... Hard to imagine what you'd have to add to that team to make it great. Oct-28-15    Phony Benoni: <playground player>: A shortstop might help. I always liked Freddie Patek. And what about Willie Wilson? Oct-28-15    keypusher: < playground player: <keypusher> Fond memories! courtesy of Strat-O-Matic. C-Darrel Porter, 1B-John Mayberry, 2B-Frank White, 3B-George Brett, OF-Amos Otis, Al Cowens, Tom Poquette, DH-Hal McRae (boy, could he hit!), and on the mound, Leonard, Splittorff, Hassler, Colborn... Hard to imagine what you'd have to add to that team to make it great.> In 1978? Ron Guidry, or a slightly older George Brett. Also, Mayberry was gone after showing up hung over during the 1977 ALCS, and the back end of the rotation was Larry Gura and Rich Gale. They finished 92-70 and lost the '78 ALCS 3-1, so yeah. Good but not great. They were at their best in 1977, when they won 102 games and lost a heartbreaker of an ALCS to the Hated Yankees. Oct-28-15    WannaBe: Game 2, NYM -122 O/U 7.5 Which J. Cueto will show up? The one that gets pulled early and bullpen gets extra workout? Or will he go 7+ innings and get a quality start? Oct-28-15    Jim Bartle: When is Elias going to tell us if this is the longest combined hair for starting pitchers in the World Series? Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 740 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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