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 91 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-07-09    Phony Benoni: <keypusher> You have to have good piitching to have a chance. Immediately after the All-Star break, the Tigers went into Yankee Stadium and held the Yankees to nine runs in three games. Of course, the Tigers got swept because they only scored five runs in the three games, but they have the pitching to pull off an upset in a short series like they did in 2006. If, of course, they get to the postseason. A 6 1/2 game lead can easily melt in four weeks. Sep-07-09    Jim Bartle: Even with an outfield that looks unimposing (Damon, Cabrera and Swisher?), the Yankees are playing similarly to the 1998-2000 teams. They seem to get the big hit or make the big play at the right time day after day. And they don't give up extra outs or bases in the field. And their shortstop, catcher and relief ace are playing just as well as their counterparts on those great earlier teams. Sep-07-09    Phony Benoni: No doubt, the Yankees are the class of the game right now. I'm just trying to keep my hopes up. And maybe the Cardinals shouldn't be underestimated. By the way, here are the winning percentages of each division, if it means anything: AL West .531 (Angels) AL East .521 (Yankees) NL West .516 (Dodgers) NL Cent .488 (Cardinals) NL East .481 (Phils) AL Cent .472 (Tigers) Sep-08-09    A.G. Argent: As far as the Yanks are concerned, the factor, the constant, that scares me the most is Rivera. He is almost inhuman in post-season. All we can hope for (us Yankee haters)is that someone picks them off in the first round in the short series. If not, I fear they will be hard to beat. I, of course will be pulling for the Tigers, Czar. If not, the Angels. Or whoever meets them in the ALCS. ( Actually, I must admit, I think the Angels would stand the best chance against the b.....ds in the ALCS). And, thanks to Selig's idiotic new rule about the winner of the All-Star game having home field advantage in the World Series, they have to be the favorites to win it all. Sep-08-09    playground player: <Jim Bartle> Speaking of American players in Japan, and Japanese players in America, do you have any Masonori Murakami stories for us? I remember being very impressed by him during his short stint with the Giants in the Sixties. Sep-08-09    Jim Bartle: I certainly remember Murakami, and didn't understand why he had to go back to Japan. He and Frank Linzy were a pretty good relief pair. But I don't remember much else about him. Sep-08-09    Phony Benoni: The game: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... and the highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wIy... Sep-08-09    Jim Bartle: Very nice, just great. Sep-09-09    WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> Sometimes, you just got to be careful of what you ask for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpcU... One doth wonder, if <Phony Benoni> really sings like Beaker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbu... Sep-09-09    Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> No way. Beaker has a much better voice. I can't do much more than back-up vocals. When I sing, people back-up. Sep-09-09    Phony Benoni: By the way, you realize that in the "Ode to Joy" clip, Beaker is actually singing the words to "My Darling Clemeentine". Sep-09-09    Phony Benoni: Today's irritant: announcers who pride themselves on their logical acumen by using "fair pole" instead of "foul pole". I'll accept that when they start saying "fair line" instead of "foul line". Sep-09-09    Jim Bartle: You make a foul point. What tends to bother me is the overuse of statistics. Like telling me what percentage of the time a batter swings at the first pitch, or how many full counts he has faced. I'm glad it's no longer just batting average and home runs, but there has to be a limit. Sep-09-09    Jim Bartle: Time to start an argument, with a quick list of the best defensive players of the past 50 years: C-Gary Carter/Del Crandall/Ivan Rodriguez 1B Keith Hernandez 2B Bill Mazeroski SS Ozzie Smith 3B Brooks Robinson LF Joe Rudi CF Gary Pettis RF Al Kaline/Ichiro/Jesse Barfield P Greg Maddux/Jim Kaat Sep-09-09    WannaBe: Bill Buckner for first base! Sep-09-09    Phony Benoni: Never knew <WannaBe> was a Mets fan. Picking top fielders is difficult, because there's not a good basis of comparison. Fielding average can be meaningless, and Gold Gloves have become a popularity contest where it's next to impossible to kick out an incumbent. I doubt there would be few disagreements with Smith for SS or Robinson for 3B. Surely Clemente in RF, Mays in CF, and Yastrzemski in LF would have to be considered. Rudi kind of surprised me. I had the impression of a very solid, fundamental player, but not a spectacular one. Sep-09-09    WannaBe: You kidding <ME>!!! Jose Canseco had skills, <<SKILLS>>, I tell ya... Once, he made a baseball bounce off his head!! Sep-09-09    Jim Bartle: Kind of hard to pick a best leftfielder, as most are there because they can't play center or right. Yastrzemski certainly was good, especially in Boston, and Clemente had that great arm. And there are many excellent centerfielders. Speaking of Gold Gloves, one year Rafael Palmeiro won one for first base when he was primarily a DH. Sep-09-09    Phony Benoni: Must have been a Gold Batting Glove. Sep-09-09    Jim Bartle: A couple of rookies from 1977: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mu... Sep-10-09    playground player: <Phony Benoni> That's some game you've got there. Black is indeed doomed in another move or two--no way out. Meanwhile, too bad you couldn't have overthrown GM Christensen. Is that game worth showing us? Speaking of Golden Gloves, many years ago I visited Bobby Schantz's bar in the Delaware valley and saw his collection of fielding trophies. A little later, my wife and I went to Old Timer's Day at Yankee Stadium and watched Schantz play... shortstop! He still looked pretty good out there. Certainly one of the best-fielding pitchers ever, by all accounts. Sep-10-09    playground player: <Him Bartle> None of your right fielders, as good as they were, could touch Clemente. And how could you leave Dwight Evans off the list? Sep-10-09    Phony Benoni: <playground player> If you really want to see my game with Christiansen, I've written about it here: http://www.michess.org/archives/art... There's a story attached, of course. My whole life seems to be a story, and not always one with a happy ending. Sep-10-09    Jim Bartle: Ooooops, forgot about Dwight Evans. Clemente certainly could throw, but I don't remember that much about him chasing down flies. Sep-10-09    Phony Benoni: Orioles bit the dust last night. On the bubble: Kansas city (3), Oakland, Pittsburgh, Toronto (5). 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