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 796 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-15-16    WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> Some bettor, probably noticed a lot of big odds in today's matchups (ESPN have a chalk page). And notified someone and then they asked Elias to look it up. My best guess. LAD -215, SF -188, NYM -190, ChiSox -184. Huge betting lines. Next 3 highest line on today's schedule: STL -150 McHugh v Wainwright OAK -150 Holland v Gray WAS -145 Hammel v Strasburg Jun-15-16    Jim Bartle: I've mentioned this before, but you never know with the starting pitchers. I went to a game in the mid-60s, Marichal for the Giants and John Tsitouris for Cincinnati. At that time the two pitchers warmed up side by side near home plate. My mom looked and said, "Tsitouris looks like a man going to the slaughter." But the Reds got three or four runs off Marichal and Tsitouris held the Giants to one run. You never know. Jun-15-16    WannaBe: <JB> That is (so) very true in the sport of baseball, where the odds are pretty much set/determined by the starting pitcher. Another thing that can happen, besides a pitcher having a bad day on the mound, is if he gets hurt. Bam, one pitch, running to cover first/home, or one bad come-backer, the whole game just changed, possibly a whole season for the team. Jun-15-16    WannaBe: Today's line for C. Kershaw 7.1IP 5H 2R 2ER 1BB 11K 1HR 104 Pitches 71 Strikes By giving up two ER, his ERA ballooned to 1.58 and get this, he now have 133K to 7BB!? Jun-15-16    keypusher: < he now have 133K to 7BB!?> Good golly! How is scoring this year? how much is it down from the steroid era? Jun-15-16    WannaBe: <Keypusher> Ask ye shall receive: NL http://www.baseball-reference.com/l... AL http://www.baseball-reference.com/l... Jun-15-16    keypusher: <wannabe> Thanks. At first I thought things had really gone off a cliff this season, then I realized I was reading the chart upside down. 1992 was a bad year for hitting. Jun-15-16    Jim Bartle: <By giving up two ER, his ERA ballooned to 1.58> Must be a Tom Brady balloon. Jun-15-16    Phony Benoni: 133 Ks and 7 BBs? When did he get traded to Atlanta? Jun-15-16    WannaBe: That would be some line for a(n) hitter, wouldn't it, <Phony Benoni>? =)) Jun-15-16    WannaBe: Looking back at today's betting lines: LAD -215 (W) SF -188 (W) NYM -190 (W) ChiSox -184 (TBD) STL -150 (L)* OAK -150 (TBD) WAS -145 (W)* *Both Starting Pitchers got No Decision Jun-15-16    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> Yeah. Ron Herbel, lifetime, had 8 walks, 125 strikeouts. So he's making the whole league look worse than Ron Herbel! Jun-15-16    Phony Benoni: Kershaw's just lucky he hasn't faced Jose Iglesias: http://m.mlb.com/det/video/topic/88... Jun-16-16    WannaBe: We had a cycle tonight, F. Freeman of ATL hit a single in extra innings to complete it. To finish up the 2 TBD games: OAK (L)* ChiSox (W) *Both Starting Pitchers got No Decision Jun-16-16    WannaBe: Congratulations to Buffalo Bills, you're already 1-0! http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1... Jun-16-16    Penguincw: Something going on near <WannaBe>: 1-0 Rangers. Jun-16-16    WannaBe: 6 more outs... Jun-16-16    WannaBe: He just issued a walk, there goes the perfecto... Jun-16-16    WannaBe: Three more outs, no-no still possible. Jun-16-16    WannaBe: There goes the no-hitter! And there goes the shutout!! Just noticed, Fielder is hitting .197! Buck-Ninety-Seven? You know, when your batting average is under your weight... Jun-16-16    Phony Benoni: Or, in Fielder's case, his BMI. Jun-17-16    WannaBe: Honus Wagner and Pearls Before Swine. Imagine that!! http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbefor... Jun-17-16    WannaBe: Wow, them Blue Birds are putting on a serious hurt on them Orange Birds. Jun-17-16    Penguincw: < WannaBe: Wow, them Blue Birds are putting on a serious hurt on them Orange Birds. > Good. Red Sox lost today, so Jays will be within 1 game of the Orioles. I'm not really surprised that the Jays are murdering the Oreos, since Mike Wright started. Last time when pitching vs. the Jays (which was just this Saturday), he gave up 4 runs in 5 innings in a no-decision, as his team lost 11-6. Yet after the game, he talked about how Encarnacion is overrated, and has flaws and all. I mean, this guy (Wright) is one bad start away from AAA, and he's chirping at an All-Star? (almost as pathetic as Odor) I mean, Chris Davis has flaws too, but the Jays can't seem to find them (other than perhaps striking out a lot), so they aren't talking bad about him. Today, Encarnacion went 1-2 with a run against this fool (on the game, he went 2-3, 2 BB, 3 R). Lifetime, he's 3-7, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 R against this kid. Wright went 3.2 IP, giving up 6 hits, 8 earned runs (3 of them homers), a walk, and struck out 3. Game score: 19 (last time it was 37). --- Atlanta is currently tied with Minnesota for the worst record in MLB. How bad is it? Well, it's one thing to have a bunch of bad relief pitchers. It's another thing to have a bullpen whose door can't even open: http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/ml.... Jun-19-16    Party Animal: Hey Phony, I didn't see your avatar on the Chess forum list! I can't exist on this site without your dry wit & sports commentary, so please turn your froum light on. ; P Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 796 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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