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 901 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-29-20    MissScarlett: The good news is I located a contemporary report that confirmed Chernev's contention that Teichmann vs NN, 1914 was a rook odds' game. The bad news is that I can't find it again. Mar-03-20    takchess: I am back at it. I have P0TD by opening caught up to 2015. Looking to catch up soon...... Cheers, Jim Takchess Mar-04-20    Phony Benoni: <MissScarlett> Oh, no! Not the dreaded Reverse Serendipity! <takchess> Good to know other people are crazy as well. Mar-09-20    MissScarlett: Don't say I never give you anything: E P Elliott vs L Uedemann, 1903 Mar-09-20    Phony Benoni: <MissScarlett> You have given me -- and everyone around here -- many gifts. Thank you again. Mar-10-20    takchess: Just completed POTD by Opening 2004- to Present day. Seemed like something that needed to be done. Cheers, Jim Mar-10-20    MissScarlett: Ahhh, ain't you sweet! I only recently discovered the Clipper archive online - no doubt you're aware of it - so I'm sure there's quite a few nuggets waiting to be discovered. In this case, Hazeltine was sent the game by George B Spencer, who played in the event. Maybe you've checked it already. Mar-11-20    Phony Benoni: I found the column through Fulton affter seeing your source on the game. Glad you deciphered it. . I had checked the Clipper, but never thought to look that long after the tournament. Live and learn. Mar-11-20    MissScarlett: I never use Fulton anymore. This is the archive I mean: https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?... Mar-11-20    Phony Benoni: Hmm. I did have a link to that archive, but it was no longer working. Changed that in a hurry. And, just goofing off a little, found another Rudolf Raubitschek game. Mar-19-20    jnpope: Hey <Phony>, can you do a citation check for me? I have a photocopied page of a game annotated by Pillsbury from, what I believe is, the American Chess Bulletin, 1905, p165 (Richardson v. Johnston). I suspect this is from the March issue... can you confirm the source and date of publication? Thanks. (the Google books version appear to be missing a large chunk of 1905) Mar-19-20    Phony Benoni: <jnpope> The citation is correct: March 1905, p. 165. If you have a copy of the entire page, at the bottom is a drawing captioned "A character study -- two habitués of the Cosmopolitan Chess Club.. This appears on the page after Shipley's rebuttal to the accounts of Pillsbury's attempted suicide (March 1905, p. 164). Byt the way, I have collected the bare scores of games from ACB ACB in Game Collection: American Chess Bulletin 1905 (January-June). However, this does not include notes or annotator's name, so it is probably of limited use to you. Mar-19-20    jnpope: Excellent. Thank you. I just needed to confirm the citation. I made a photocopy of pages 164 and 165 back in the 90s on a trip to Cleveland but I didn't write down the month of the issue at the time but it "felt" like it should have been the March issue based on the size of the early ACB issues. I didn't realize you had a collections page (with full source citations!). I read that you had entered all the games from the ACB, but I figured they were just uploaded to the database and are pending inclusion (as I didn't find the Richardson-Johnston game in the live data). Impressive work. Mar-20-20    Phony Benoni: I started the project in the Dark Days when it seemed to take months for games to get added, and didn't feel like taking the time. Now, with things running more smoothly, I suppose I should get rid of some of the backlog. At the moment, it would be about 1900 additions (through 1935). Mar-20-20    jnpope: I submitted this little gem today: R Raubitschek vs R Raubitschek, 1895 It kind of/sort of looks Benoni-ish to me. I thought you might enjoy it. Thanks again for the cite check. Mar-21-20    Phony Benoni: Thanks, indeed. More updates for th Raubitshek collection! Mar-24-20    Tabanus: Gift for PB and Miss S: S F Shenstone. May-09-20    mifralu: S Landau vs Euwe, 1939 (kibitz #2) May-13-20    Phony Benoni: The bad news is that, no matter how good you think you are at chess, there is always somebody who can beat you. The good news is that, no matter how bad you think you are at chess, there is always somebody you can beat. What's weird is that it's usually the same person. May-15-20    Phony Benoni: When things look bad, allow your opponent to establish a knight on K6.Everyone says they can then go to sleep because their game will play itself,, and you might be able to pull off a sucker punch as they snooze. May-17-20    Phony Benoni: I can hardly wait for computers to solve chess. They will no doubt get bored with such a simple game and move on, leaving us with re-established illusions of mastery. May-19-20    Phony Benoni: The Perfect Game of chess may have been played already. We just don't know which one it is. Someday, an engine will figure it all out down to the last quintillionth of a pawn, and publish the score of the ultimate masterpiece of chess strategy and tactics. And this is why I love chess history. For, if we keep digging hard enough, we will be able to greet this announcement with a superior smile and point out that this impossibly brilliant game was played by two obscure guys from Dry Gulch, playing a casual game on a park bench while enjoying a cold beer under a blazing sun. And if we've done our homework thoroughly enough, we'll even be able to answer the question which will immediately spring to the lips of any True Chess Player: <"Which beer?">. May-29-20    Phony Benoni: So, how will chess change when The Perfect Game is finally identified? Well, for centuries grandmasters have been telling us how to play Perfect Chess. But no matter how well we memorizd their analysis, the moment has always come when our memories conk out we're on our own. Usually around move 2.. .So I doubt the game will change much for most of us Normal Players. Chess will continue to be too deep and wide for us to comprehend all its complexities. IIt's no use knowing The Perfect Game if your opponent doesn't. May-31-20    Phony Benoni: Given the opportunity, players invariably capture en passant. Everybody loves to show off their knowledge of the rules. May-31-20    technical draw: <Given the opportunity, players invariably capture en passant. Everybody loves to show off their knowledge of the rules.> Good observation, <Phony>. And I think you're right. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 901 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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