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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 18637 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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Jul-26-17		WannaBe: Another minor oddity I noticed during the game, MIN@LAD game started 5 minutes before PIT@SFG. By the fourth inning even with all the runs in the SFG game (10-0), LAD was also in the fourth inning (4-1). By the bottom of the seventh in the SFG game, it was top seventh in the LAD game. PIT 3, SFG 11 Game time 3:10 MIN 2, LAD 6 Game time 3:35 SFG pitcher Stratton came in the 6th with score 10-1 gave up 2R 2ER finished up the game, and got a save. Starter MadBum went 5, and Stratton went 4 innings.

Jul-26-17		WannaBe: The last time team scored on a triple play was 2006, Seattle against Minnesota. Now I got to find that box score... http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...

Jul-26-17		saffuna: All that remains is a triple play where the "fourth out" needs to be recorded. The runner on second hesitating, and then running toward third, certainly indicates he does not think he would have been safe standing on second. He went back toward second thinking the hit might have been caught, then ran toward third.

Jul-26-17		WannaBe: Found it, http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... 8th inning, bases loaded, 4-3-5 Triple Play Castillo to Morneau to Batista. Again, it was the second base runner that started slow, afraid of the ball being caught line-drive. Much like CIN/NYY game. And LOL, Jamie Moyer was the starting pitcher for SEA that day, the ageless wonder was only 20 years into his career (First game was 6/16/1986 for Jamie). Moyer's last game was 5/27/2012.

Jul-26-17		saffuna: As mentioned before, Moyer holds the record for most major league parks played in.

Jul-27-17		WannaBe: Dolphins 22, Houston Texans 10. Good football game. I still say HOU should have gone for the on-side kick and then gone for 2.

Jul-27-17		WannaBe: "That is Incredible", if you remember the 80s TV show. MIA scored 22 on 22 hits and TEX scored 10 on 10 hits, no error by either team. And the game "only" was 4:02 minutes long, 30 minutes longer than that MIN/LAD (6-2) game last night!!! http://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?ga... 32 runs and only 30 minutes longer! You gotta be sheeting me...

Jul-27-17		WannaBe: Gotta love it... Tidbit from TEX game: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...

Jul-27-17		Penguincw: WSH putting a hurt on MIL, as they lead 15-1, hitting 4 consecutive innings. WSH has the offense, and if they're trying to get bullpen help. I think WSH finally makes it to the NLCS this year, but LAD > WSH in the NLCS (calling it now). --- I'm sure it's pretty obvious, but in a game where it's a blowout, it can be quicker than a close game, since the result is already decided, but sides more likely to throw strikes and less likely to work the count. Almost like basketball; if it's a blowout, you're not going to a commercial break every 2 minutes due to constant fouling. It still can be surprising, nonetheless.

Jul-28-17		Penguincw: It's been around 9 months since the Cubs won the World Series, and I was starting to wonder how couples celebrated the win. Well, the results are in: http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/ml...

Jul-28-17		WannaBe: I blame the beers...

Jul-29-17		WannaBe: Super scary scene, ball went airborn after striking Ray in the head, 3B caught it in foul grounds for an out. http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...

Jul-30-17		Penguincw: Jays, down 10-4 heading into the 9th, score 7 runs to walk it off 11-10! Of course, earlier this year, the Angels were also down 6 runs heading into the 9th, and won it. And on the day with HOF inductions, Beltre, a HOF candidate, records his 3000th career hit. I believe there is a win streak of 5 straight games, where the game a player records his 3000th career hit, his team wins. Right now, TEX trails 9-2. Looking at next in line, I think I made a post about this: Phony Benoni chessforum. I can see Pujols and Cabrera making it, Beltran probably not. Cano is a coin flip. And guys like Trout (close to 1K) and Altuve could make it in the 2020s (or maybe 2030s).

Jul-30-17		saffuna: I can see Pujols and Cabrera making it, Beltran probably not. Cano is a coin flip. And guys like Trout (close to 1K) and Altuve could make it in the 2020s (or maybe 2030s). Pujols, Cabrera and Beltre automatics. 3000 hits is a guarantee. Cano, hard to say, on a weak team now. Trout on his way, Altuve too early to tell. Posey and Yadier Molina are good candidates.

Jul-30-17		Phony Benoni: I'm beginning to question Cabrera's chances. He has been slowing down that last couple of years, and 2017 is just a disaster; he can't get above .260. Part of it is nagging injuries, but mostly it just seems to be the wear and tear of early aging. He needs to become a full-time DH. I don't think he'll make it expending extra energy (and risking injury) by playing the field.

Jul-30-17		saffuna: Sorry, <pb>. Cabrera is a Hall of Famer if he retires today. Lifetime .320 hitter, .400 OBP with 450 home runs. Triple Crown. A no-doubter.

Jul-30-17		Penguincw: Agree, Cabrera is going to the HOF. I'm sure 11 straight 100 RBIs season will be helpful to his resumé too. As for 3000 hits, he's less than 400 away, and his contract isn't up 'til 2023. He'll be 40 by then. Probably will retire there (barring unforeseen circumstances). 75 hits/season for 5 years or 125 hits for 3 years will do the trick. Although I can see Miggy becoming a full time DH, and yeah, it's tough getting old. Players decline when they do so, unless you're David Ortiz.

Jul-31-17		WannaBe: Steve Bartman receives 2016 WS Ring from ChiCubs! http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...

Jul-31-17		WannaBe: No hitter alert WAS/MIA!!!

Jul-31-17		Phony Benoni: I need to follow the conversation more closely. I thought we were talking about reaching 3000 hits in the light o Adrian Beltre getting there. Of course Cabrera is a HOFer. But I do think he's on the downward slope.

Jul-31-17		WannaBe: Bottom 9th, first batter Dee Gordon, solid single. No no-no for WAS.

Jul-31-17		WannaBe: FGSaw this last night on ESPN (SFG@LAD) and it got me interested... SFG have hit the least HRs in the majors, 82, the team with the most? Houston, 169. Okay, that's not really good comparison, but what about teams within striking distances of SFG or HOU? http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/team/... 2. TEX 158 3. WAS 158 4. MIL 156 5. NYY 153 6. NYM 152 ... 25. MIN 112 26. ATL 108 27. PHI 107 28. PIT 102 29. PIT 102 30. SFG 82 That <IS> incredible. AL have DH! Designated Hitter! Okay, let's look at the basic batting average: http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/team/... 1. HOU .291 2. WAS .277 3. COL .274 4. MIA .268 5. CLE .264 6. NYY .262 7. ATL .261 (!!) 8. DET .260 9. BOS .260 10. LAD .260 ... 20. MIN .251 21. MIL .251 22. PHI .248 23. PIT .247 24. CUBS .244 25. SFG .244 26. LAA .243 27. TOR .241 28. TEX .239 29. OAK .237 30. SD .236 Bottom 10, 5 are in the AL, Top 10, 5 are in the NL. What is the purpose of DH??

Jul-31-17		WannaBe: Alright, look at runs: http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/team/... 1. HOU 609 2. WAS 574 3. COL 564 4. NYY 550 5. LAD 535 6. ARZ 528 7. TEX 512 8. MIL 507 9. CLE 504 10. DET 503 ... 21. STL 469 22. KC 454 23. OAK 447 24. PIT 446 25. LAA 442 26. ChiWS 442 27. TOR 438 28. PHI 414 29. SF 414 30. SD 400 Again, 5 NL and 5 AL in both top 10 and bottom 10, but with DH, does not one think that AL would generate more runs? You know, chicks dig the long ball??

Jul-31-17		OhioChessFan: <25. MIN 112 26. ATL 108 27. PHI 107 28. PIT 102 29. PIT 102 30. SFG 82 That <IS> incredible. AL have DH! Designated Hitter!> It's really incredible Pittsburgh has both an AL and NL team with the same number of home runs.

Jul-31-17		WannaBe: Alright Elvis, one of them is BOS, you can check the link to see which one it is. =)))

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