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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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Sep-18-06		brankat: All You guys seem to be thinking of getting a new Computer. Aren't You ever lucky, I don't even have an old one :-)

Sep-18-06		Phony Benoni: <IPs> In answer to 10...c5, we seem to have two main choices: 11.Bd2 and 11.0-0. Oddly enough, I think castling is the more flexible move here; I glanced at a number of games in this line, and White invariably castles kingside. 11,Bd2 commits the bishop to a square where it seems to be doing little, but is probably the safer move (we don't have to worry about a possible ...Bxh2+). In addition, there's something weird I noticed in the Opening Explorer. After 10...c5 11.Bd2, Black's usual response is 11...Qc7. But, in the line 10...Qc7 11.Bd2, Black doesn't play 11...c5, (transposing to the 10...c5 line), but instead 11...b6. So maybe there's some slight advantage to the 11.Bd2 move order that I'm not picking up on; I can't pretend to be an expert in this variation. But right now, I still have a slight preference for 11.0-0.

Sep-18-06		Phony Benoni: I raided Mama's cookie jar, and went to the store. Bought a bag of gigahertz, and memory galore. But all those megs of RAM and ROM are making me ill, 'Cause now I haven't got the cash to pay the electric bill. I've got those Waiting-On-The-Hourglass-Fatal-Error-Cold-Boot Blues.

Sep-18-06		square dance: <pb> here are some evals... NCO: <e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. O-O> (11. Bd2 Qc7 (11... Nf6 12. Bb5+ ) 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Qh4 Bd7 15. Ne5! Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf3 <almasi-karpov, tilburg 1996.>) <11... Nf6 12. Qh4> (12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qc7 unclear) <12... cxd4> (12... Qc7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bg5 Be7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Qh3 ivanchuk-karpov, dortmund 1997.) 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. Be3 MCO: <1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. Bd2> (11. Qg4 Kf8 <black is all right after this since the white queen is exposed on the kingside.> 12. O-O Qc7 13. Re1 b6 14. c3 Bb7 15. h4 Rd8 16. Bd2 Nf6 unclear <shirov-karpov, monaco 1998 blindfold.>) (11. O-O Nf6 12. Qh4 Qc7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bg5 Be7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Qh3 Rd8 unclear <ivanchuk-karpov, dortmund 1997. NOTE: this variation is posted in the NCO analysis as well, but notice the different annotation; i.e. unclear instead of .>) <11... Qc7> (11...Nf6?! 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rxb2 17. dxc5 <psakhis-meduna, trnava, 1988. this game is in the cg.com database.>) <12. O-O Nf6> (12... c4 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Qh4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf3! O-O?! (17... Bc6 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Qxc4 O-O 20. b3 ) 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bf4 Qb5 20. Bxb8 <almasi-karpov, tilburg 1996.>) 13. Qh4 Bd7 14. Rfe1 cxd4 15. Rad1 O-O-O 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Be3 shabalov-gulko, us champ 1996. the CK! in black & white: beliavsky just shows the line up to 15. Qa6 from the psakhis-meduna game and says that it gives white a lasting but small advantage.

Sep-18-06		square dance: filler

Sep-18-06		square dance: <pb> & <sp> the evals generally seem to be a little stronger for 11.Bd2, but i'd like to get some more input from you guys. i think the move has to be posted by noon est tomorrow, so i'd appreciate it if you weigh in an hour or so before then.

Sep-18-06		Phony Benoni: <sd> A lot of small edges for White in there! One of the interesting things for me comes in the 11.Bd2 ilne, when Black doesn't play 11...Nf6 12.Bb5+ Bd7 because of Psakhis--Meduna, 1988. Nobody seems to have risked that again. Instead, Black plays 11...Qc7 12.0-0 c4, which I don't mind for White at all. However, after 11.0-0 Nf6, White doesn't play 12.Bb5+ because Black in the 1990s began doing well with 12...Ke7. See, for instance, Topalov vs Karpov, 1997 or F Andersson vs A Rasmussen, 2001 So if we play 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.Bb5+ (aiming for Psakhis--Meduna), I wonder if we would run into the novelty 12...Ke7 instead. I don't see that having the bishop on d2 helps White gain any advantage. In short, I don't see anything that makes me change my slight feeling in favor of 11.0-0. But it's just a slight feeling; I have no real problem with playing 10.Bd2.

Sep-18-06		Phony Benoni: My CD player's wasted; the music's gone flat. My Windows need some washing; my mouse is is a rat. My Internet connection dies when I take a breath. The background on my desktop is the Blue Screen of Death.

Sep-18-06		WannaBe: Add some fiddle and a Gee-tar you got you-self a country-music song there buddy boy.

Sep-18-06		suenteus po 147: Here are some questions: If we do play 11.O-O are we prepared for variations with our queen on h4? For instance, 11...Nf6 12.Qh4. Whereas, if we play 11.Bd2 then are we at all interested in queenside castling? The problem is that either option creates lots of drawing situations. This is our first real choice as a team. My vote is for 11.Bd2 since there seem to be some plans behind black's response. I don't see where we go yet if play 11.O-O.

Sep-18-06		suenteus po 147: One of my favorite Family Guy skits is the "Epicac Episode."

Sep-19-06		Phony Benoni: Again, I can go with either 11.Bd2 or 11.0-0. I have a slight preference for the latter, but will be satisfied if you both prefer 11.Bd2.

Sep-19-06		Phony Benoni: Gotta go.

Sep-19-06		square dance: i posted 11.Bd2. this was a difficult choice as both moves seemed to be good. <pb> i looked at your idea of 12...Ke7 and there was one game in the chessbase database and the reply was 13.Qe2 and black wins. i was looking at Qd3, which seems alright to me. i know you're pretty sharp tactically since you get most of the monday puzzles ;-) so i was wondering if you could do some analysis on that move. i looked at a few obvious ideas like 13...a6 and ...cxd4 and white just seems to get the better game, but maybe i missed something as that was right before i went to bed. maybe we could even do a little pow wow(sp?) on chatzy later today. btw, <sp>, the line we're talking about is 11...Nf6 12.Bb5+ Ke7!?(?!), which <pb> has mentioned as a possibility. maybe you'll want to join us if we get together.

Sep-19-06		square dance: filler

Sep-19-06		Phony Benoni: <sd> Just checking in on my lunch hour, but I have to wonder if Qd3 is correct. (I assume we're talking about 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.Bb5+ Ke7 13.Qd3.) It looks like Black can play 13...a6, threatening to trap the bishop with ...b5 and ...c4. To avoid this, White would have to play 14.dxc5. But I don't have a board with me and can't go into this in any depth.

Sep-19-06		Phony Benoni: I raided Sis's piggy bank, and went to the shop, Looking for a modem and a multi-line drop. But now I'm into broadband, and don't have to wait as long. Yes, I can know instantly that something's gone wrong. I've got those Waiting-On-The-Hourglass-Fatal-Error-Cold-Boot Blues.

Sep-19-06		suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> & <square dance> Looking at the line 11...Nf6 12.Bb5+ Ke7!?(?!) I'm wondering if we can't splice in a move from the 11.O-O variation with: 13.Qh4, creating a pin on the f6 knight while simultaneously leaving an escape hatch for our king's bishop. For instance (just brainstorming here): 11...Nf6 12.Bb5+ Ke7 13.Qh4 a6 and then we could put the bishop on e2 or even back on d3 with a look to e4 (since the queen pins the knight so far. That also leaves us options for castling as well. Is it crazy to consider a kingside pawnstorm this early???

Sep-19-06		suenteus po 147: I put the kibosh on the kibitz.

Sep-19-06		square dance: 11...Nf6 played. looks like 12.Bd5+ is the move.

Sep-19-06		square dance: filler

Sep-19-06		square dance: ok guys, i presume we're all done with work. does anyone feel like banging out some lines together on chatzy? if you are, be on the lookout for those invitations in your email.

Sep-19-06		square dance: filliam baldwin is my favorite baldwin. which one is yours?

Sep-19-06		Phony Benoni: Here's the position: click for larger view The only game in the chessgames.com database is Psakhis vs Meduna, 1988 which proceeded 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Qxb7 Rb8 14.Bxd7+ Nxd7 15.Qa6, with complications favoring White. I'm sure the NKs are well acquainted with this game, and would not play into it without an improvement. (True, I may be giving them too much credit, but I think we have to assume the worst.) The above game, after 12...Bd7, seems fairly convincing to me, so I'm looking at their playing 12...Ke7. There is a similarity here to a line that goes 11.0-0 Nf6 12.Bb5+. There are two games in the chessgames.com database (which I mentioned above), and Black plays 12...Ke7 both times with good results. My point is that I don't see any real difference in the positions with 11.Bd2 and 11.0-0, so what works in one line might work well in the other. OK, here's the position after 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.Bb5+ Ke7: click for larger view To my mind, if White wants to attack the centralized Black king in this position, he has to play for the d4-d5 push. However, Black can negate this at any time by playing ...cxd4, even if White could prepare it sufficiently. And while White is trying to build up, Black develops he queen to b6 or c7, brings the KR to d8, and castles by hand. He can even gain a tempo or two on the bishop with queenside pawn pushes. Still, I doubt the position is bad for White. If we do go there, I would advise 13.Qe2. As I mentioned before, 13.Qd3 could leave the bishop out on a limb, and would also abandon pressure on the e-file. 13.Qh4 seems to lose a piece to 13...g5! 14.Qh3 g4. White could sack the piece with 14.Nxg5, but after 14...hxg5 the queen is attacked again by the protected rook. In short (for a change), I think that 12.Bb5+ will be playing into their preparation, and would prefer either the safe 12.Qe2 or the more enterprising 12.Qh4. (However, I notice that the most usual line for White after 11.0-0 Nf6 is 12.Qh4 cxd4 (12...g5 is out because the rook is unprotected) 13.Re1, an idea we don't have here.)

Sep-19-06		Phony Benoni: Whew! I talk a better game that I play!

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