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 880 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-23-17    Penguincw: Well <WannaBe> said that he didn't think Judge's strikeout streak would last as long as Joe's hitting streak. Well, he's right. Strikeout streak snapped at 37 games. And he actually had 3 un intentional walks today (not like he swung at the first pitch each time to try to snap the streak). And the Yankees won too, but by a blowout. Aug-23-17    WannaBe: Why balls are leaving the park at historical rate: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/... Aug-23-17    saffuna: Check out Pirates-Dodgers, 8th inning. Aug-23-17    Penguincw: Correction to that Judge streak. Giradi did take him out, and his replacement Ellsbury had 2 AB, so who knows. Maybe if it were a close game, Judge could've continued his streak. But hey, he struck out today. Time to start up a brand new streak? Aug-23-17    saffuna: Hill no hits through 9, one on via error in the ninth. But still 0-0. Almost reached Harvey Haddix territory. Aug-23-17    Penguincw: <WannaBe>, I know you were watching that LAD-PIT game. You just didn't want to jinx your own team. But well, not only did they give up the no-hitter, but got the loss too! And since it came on a homer, Hill doesn't have to ech his name as a pitcher who threw a no-hitter in a losing effort. --- Anyone still remember last year when Hill got pulled after throwing 7 perfect innings? Of course, last year was different, since the Dodgers were actually still contending for the postseason, and were pretty short on starters. The game was not a no-hitter, but Rich did retire 26 in a row (across 3 games). Aug-23-17    WannaBe: Completely missed it, until I saw the 1H 1HR line, for R. Hill. Tough loss. Aug-23-17    WannaBe: I am very much ashamed for missing that gem. Was talking and having brewskis with friends who are going to Reno for the upcoming fight... I wish I was following the baseball game, instead... Aug-23-17    saffuna: Brilliant catch by Utley in the 8th to keep it perfect. And on the home run Granderson made a great effort to catch the ball over the wall. Those are good signs. A single loss means nothing to do the Dodgers these days. Three in a row wouldn't mean much. Aug-24-17    Penguincw: Jays blew a 5-0 lead, but still win 7-6. First 10 runs in the game came via. the long ball. That article listed above is pretty much what everyone thinks, of why home runs are so common this year. I also think it's because players are more likely to swing for the fences. It can be hard to get hits with all these shifts... --- Surprised you missed it <WannaBe>. But it was a great game. Every no-hitter or perfect game though, a player usually <does> get a hit (they just get robbed by spectacular defense). But yeah, when you're 20 games up in your division and have a deep rotation, they don't have to worry about wins, or possible injuries. Speaking of no-hitters, I see NC (of the LLWS), gave up their first hit today. But still, it's now just 1 hit given up over 18 innings... Aug-24-17    saffuna: I have read that many players have changed from the classic level swing to an uppercut. That means more home runs and more strikeouts. Aug-24-17    WannaBe: Must have been swin' for the fences, trying to get one of them 500+ ft HR http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/... Aug-24-17    WannaBe: UFC broke out between DET & NYY. Aug-24-17    Deus Ex Alekhina: Funtime with Los Tigres and thedamnyankees Aug-24-17    saffuna: Realmuto hits an inside-the-park home run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYw... But once again, why isn't the rightfielder over there to back up? If he'd hustled this would have been a double. Aug-25-17    Phony Benoni: The Tiers are utterly frustrated. They haven't hit consistently all year, and now the starting pitching -- which had been the only thing keeping them above water -- is also falling apart. Except for Verlander, whom everybody still expects to be traded. This won't snap them out of it. Instead, it may be the beginning of a total tank. The effort has been there, just not the results, and they may simply not have the will to care any more. It that happens ausmus is gone, and GM Al Avila ought to be as well. Cabrera might as well get suspended for the rest of the year. He hasn't been right since being injured in the World Baseball Classic, and now it's obviously affecting him mentally as well. I guess playing the last month won't make that much difference, but he needs time to straighten himself out. If he can. It gets harder in your mid-30s when you've never faced this kind of adversity. Aug-25-17    saffuna: <The Tiers are utterly frustrated.> So are the Iants. Aug-25-17    technical draw: It looks like this year we're going to have another Mr. November. This season seems as slow as molasses in January. Aug-26-17    offramp: I asked James if I could sit down next to him. He didn't half go on about it. Aug-26-17    technical draw: <WannaBe> <Here's the list:> There's something wrong with that list. The #9 entry is out of chronological order. (Svengali TD sees it all) Aug-27-17    perfidious: <PB>, would it be reasonable to refer to, eg, the 1939 ACF Congress as the 40th US Open in the game headers or not? Aug-27-17    Phony Benoni: <perfidious> That's not just reasonable -- it's been on my To-Do List since Game Editors were allowed to change tournament names. One thing holding me back is the problem of what call the pre-1940 events in the series. <US Open> would be anachronistic -- most were neither open nor national in score. Right now we use "Western Championship", but more accurate would be "Western Chess Association Tournament." I need to clear this up in my own mind before changing everything. Aug-27-17    saffuna: <pb> You've commented that you don't see anything new in baseball very often. Here are a couple new ones from yesterday: Andrelton Simmons falls down as he hits a homer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZF... 7-4-3 triple play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZ... Aug-27-17    Penguincw: Cubs' offense crushed the Phillies yesterday. You know it's bad when the Cubs' <starter> (Hendricks) had 2 hits, in <one inning>. And Hendricks isn't too good of a hitter (even for a pitcher). --- Meanwhile, Stanton just hit his 50th HR of the season today. Excluding Bonds, McGuire and Sosa, only Maris has done it earlier than Aug/27 (at Aug/22). Maris of course, also holds the record at 61, if you exclude those 3 men. The record for a player on an NL team looks to be Howard (PHI) in 2007 (58 long balls). Aug-27-17    saffuna: I'm subscribed to MLB's "At Bat" program. It has lots of highlights from the day's games, in HD. But they've been getting lazy the past few days, just posting a Stanton home run each day. You'd think they could find a little variety. 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