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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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   Phony Benoni has kibitzed 18634 times to chessgames [more...]

   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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Jun-20-16		Penguincw: < Party Animal > I'm sure his forum was on all this time. It's just that, if no one has kibitzed on a forum on a given day, or the day before that, it disappears from the main list. But if you click "< earlier kibitzing" and go back far enough, I'm sure it's there. ;)

Jun-20-16		WannaBe: <David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer So 10-0 Stephen Steasburg is facing 10-1 Clayton Kershaw tonight at Dodger Stadium. How rare is this matchup of win-loss records? Elias reports it's just the second in MLB history among starters with 10+ wins and one or fewer losses. You surely remember the first one: Joe McGinnity versus Bill Bernhard, both 12-1, on June 22, 1900.>

Jun-20-16		Jim Bartle: Yes, that is pretty exceptional. You would think it happened between Giants and Dodgers in the 60s, but for some reason Marichal and Koufax rarely faced off, only three times in five years. Maybe Giant's decision not to risk a Marichal win against Koufax.

Jun-20-16		WannaBe: Betting line for tonight's WAS/LAD: LAD -172 O/U 5.5

Jun-20-16		Phony Benoni: <Party Animal> No need to despair. This was just one of those weekends that I remembered this is actually a chess site. And the Tigers were getting clobbered anyway.

Jun-20-16		Phony Benoni: Here's an account of that other game (third column): http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l... It's safe to say tonight's game will not have this result.

Jun-20-16		WannaBe: Ahhhhh, ol' time box score. =)

Jun-20-16		Jim Bartle: Hey, where are the pitch counts listed?

Jun-21-16		WannaBe: Kershaw wins his 11th, 7IP 6H 1R 1ER 8K 0BB 1.57ERA

Jun-21-16		WannaBe: Kershaw (11-1) line so far this season: 15GP 15GS 3CG 3SHO 115.0IP 70H 21R 20ER 6HR 7BB 141Ks 104.9Pitches/Game 0.67WHIP .174BAA 1.57ERA Be funny as heck if he gives up more HRs than BBs for a full season. Anyone know if that's ever, ever been done (Starting pitcher, or otherwise?!)

Jun-21-16		Jim Bartle: I immediately headed toward Bert Blyleven. In 1986 he gave up 50 home runs and walked 58 batters, his closest. Of course that isn't so much about walking few as giving up home runs. So I checked Dennis Eckersley, known for not walking anybody with the A's. He did it twice with the A's and twice with the Cardinals.

Jun-21-16		Phony Benoni: My impression is that it wouldn't be extremely uncommon. Pitchers with good control are generally around the plate, and the batter can hit it a long way if he makes contact. They survive by giving up solo home runs. A couple of minutes searching came up with Jose Lima (twice0, Bronson Arroyo, and Robin Roberts. There are surely a number of other.

Jun-21-16		Jim Bartle: Bill James has a group I think he causes the Tommy John group, pitchers who don't throw hard, have good control, give up relatively many home runs, depend on good defense. Robin Roberts, Catfish Hunter, Ferguson Jenkins, and Charlie Liebrandt are in this group.

Jun-21-16		Phony Benoni: Should have known I was channeling Bill James. Might be interesting to check on a few pitchers from the dead ball era in the 1920s, used to not being punished for grooving the baseball.

Jun-21-16		Phony Benoni: Tigers really bombing the ball tonight: http://m.tigers.mlb.com/det/video/t... With thebases loaded, the first baseman should have let the ball roll a bit more, hoping for a foul. Another thing which I 've been seeing. Whenever a team scores a big run these days, they cut to the dugout for a reaction shot -- and it's invariably of the current pitcher. (Here's he's the guy jumping up and down with his fist in the air.) You seeing that too?

Jun-21-16		Jim Bartle: <Might be interesting to check on a few pitchers from the dead ball era in the 1920s, used to not being punished for grooving the baseball.> But there were so few home runs in the '10s and '00s. Mathewson went ten years without giving up ten homers in a year.

Jun-21-16		Phony Benoni: That's why I wanted to look at the 1920s, when home runs became more common. But a few random sample showed little promise of being fruitful.

Jun-22-16		perfidious: <Jim> The Tommy John family was all lefties, with Roberts, Jenkins and Hunter being another group, since they were all right-handed. The John group tended to give up many hits and runs, but survived because they allowed few homers and had excellent defences behind them. Funny you mention Leibrandt; I saw him win at Fenway in '85 while giving up a HR to Wade Boggs, who dinked it over the Green Monster.

Jun-22-16		perfidious: Addendum on the Robin Roberts family: all right-handed pitchers who, as James wrote, just went at people: no cute stuff on 1-0 and 2-1. They just threw it over the plate, so gave up lots of HRs, but walked very few. Some nice careers there.

Jun-22-16		Jim Bartle: You may be right. Maybe there's a Tommy John family and a Robin Roberts family.

Jun-22-16		perfidious: Edit alert! Meant hits and walks above--one rather doubts they would have got on very well had they allowed <that> many runs. <Jim> Still another James 'family' was lefty power pitchers: Grove and Koufax (possibly Sam McDowell was included as well) come to mind. Have not read that book in an age.

Jun-22-16		WannaBe: StL sweeps 3 game series vs Cubs in ChiTown!! It's all over, for them Cubbies. Next year. =))

Jun-22-16		Penguincw: Sorry to change topics, but looks like Vegas <is> (not <could be>) getting an NHL team: https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-expand.... Interesting choice. I'm not sure if having a team in Vegas is the best choice (for obvious reasons), but thinking about it twice (and seeing some comments), might not be a bad idea after all. I thought Quebec City might deserve a hockey team, although it has failed there in the past, so maybe not. The Canadian dollar is weak right now, but it should rebound soon, so I don't think the NHL should be quick to scrap the idea. The other argument I see is conference imbalance, so maybe push the Red Wings back out West if need be? But having 31 teams will definitely result in a balanced NHL... While on that topic, what are your guys thoughts on moving baseball back to Montreal? Obviously, as a Blue Jays fan, it might not be great to have a rival team, but it could be good sign for baseball in Canada. Some exhibition games have been held in Montreal, and attendance was about 50,000/game. Compare that to teams like Tampa Bay and Miami, who average about 20,000/game. Maybe move one of those teams up to Montreal.

Jun-22-16		WannaBe: I don't know enough about Quebec City to make any comments on that. Baseball back in Montreal, I'm all for it. Funniest story about that is when Expos first had a team, fans were wondering why players had hockey puck in their back pockets. Vegas getting a team, is definitely a new "ground" breaking idea, since gambling and sports have had a very bad reputation, as far as points shaving (basketball) and what nots. (Hello Pete Rose) Unbalanced schedule, yeah, being a math guy meself, 31, is just no right, like when NFL had odd team and every team had a bye, first week or last week. For me, that is not just 'even'.

Jun-22-16		WannaBe: More Totally Useless Information Department That I Don't Care About (MTUIDTIDCA) <Doug Padilla ESPN Staff Writer Dodgers rookie starter Julio Urias works around a first-inning walk for his fifth consecutive scoreless first inning in six career starts.>

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