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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-23-06		Phony Benoni: Now everything is beeping; it's becoming a strain. Looks like I might have to start consulting my brain! Gotta be a method for avoiding such a loss. Hit CONTROL ALT & DELETE--that'll show it who's boss! I've got those Waiting-On-The-Hourglass-Fatal-Error-Cold-Boot Blues.

Sep-23-06		brankat: <Isolated Pawns> Postponment noted. The 13th (lucky?) move due by 4:00 PM EST, Sun. Sept. 24/06. <PB> Hopefuly You are in better shape than Topalov :-)

Sep-24-06		Phony Benoni: <IPs> I should probably resign from the team. I had no idea of the time and committment that would be asked of me in this game, and I'm not willing to fulfill that committment.

Sep-24-06		Phony Benoni: Who cares?

Sep-24-06		suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> I understand your situation. The time committment has been a lot for me too. If you really feel that way I'll start looking for someone to fill in your spot immediately.

Sep-24-06		suenteus po 147: <square dance> Will you be able to post the move, or should I do it?

Sep-24-06		suenteus po 147: filler

Sep-24-06		square dance: <pb> thanks for all of the help up until this point.

Sep-24-06		suenteus po 147: <square dance> Since you last posted on <Phony Benoni>'s forum (before today) I've been analyzing the position and the move you recommended. It looks solid and we couldn't really be hurting ourselves by playing 13.dxc5 so I'm willing to vote with it along with you in the wake of <Phony Benoni>'s departure. If you would rather wait and see if <brankat> gives us an extension due to our situation, I understand.

Sep-24-06		suenteus po 147: filler

Sep-30-06		Phony Benoni: White to play and win. Composed by D. F. Petrov, 1936. Published in Chessboard Magic by Irving Chernev, #1. click for larger view 1.Re7+ Kd6! <1...Kc8 2.Rxc7#; 1...Kxc6 2.bxc7 and White cannot be stopped from queening.> 2.bxc7 Nxc6! <In contrast to the position after 1...Kxc6, Black has this clever defense: 3.c8Q Ne5+> 3.c8N+ Kd5 4.Nb6+ Kd6 5.Rd7+ Ke5 8.Rd5+! Rxd5 9.Nc4#

Oct-02-06		Phony Benoni: WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN (Composed by A. S. Kakovin, 1936. Published in Chessboard Magic by Irving Chernev, #2.) click for larger view <1.f4+ Kd5> (1...Kf5 2.Nd4+) <2.f5! Bxf5 3.Nf4+ Ke5 4.Rd1 c6 5.Rd5+! cxd5 6.Nd3+! exd4 7.f4#!> click for larger view Now, I know what you're saying: "Very pretty, but it's not real. Things like that don't happen in practical play!" Well, think again: click for larger view <1.Rxd5+! cxd5 2.Nd3+! exd3 3.f4#!> (From a game Hromadka--Opencensky. Irving Chernev published the entire score in his book "Combinations, the heart of chess", but I no longer have the book and the game is not in the database. If someone could find it, I'm sure that all the skeptics out there would appreciate it.)

Oct-03-06		Phony Benoni: WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN (Composed by F. Richter, 1929. Published in Chessboard Magic by Irving Chernev, #3.) click for larger view <1.Qh1+ Bh7 2.Qxh7+! Kxh7 3.g6+ Kh8 4.g7+ Kh7 5.Nf6+ Kh6 6.g5+! Bxg5> (If 6...Kxg5 7.Ne4+ followed by 8.Nxd2 and 9.g8Q) <7.g8N#!> click for larger view All very pretty, but my silicon analyst insists that 1.Nf6 forces mate in 6.

Oct-04-06		Phony Benoni: WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN (Composed by A. S. Gurewitz, 1930. Published in Chessboard Magic by Irving Chernev, #4.) click for larger view <1.b4+ Ka4 2.Nb2+ Ka3 3.Nc4+ Ka4 4.Bc2+ Kb5 5.Nd6+ Kc6 6.b5+ Qxb5> (Now if 7.Nxb5 Kxb5 and Black will capture the last White pawn, with a draw. So instead:) <7.Be4+ Kxc5 8.Nb7#!>

Oct-06-06		Thrajin: Greetings Phony Benoni. I've been a lurker here for about a year, and I'm looking to establish myself within a network of chess players here. I hear some of you hold tournaments, and it'd be good to get involved in something like that. My rating waivers... on ICC standard rating is now 1420 (I don't play enough standard games there), but on Chessmaster 10k it's usually in the high 1800s, and I've beaten their GM personalities on a few occasions. Regardless, I'm posting on your forum because I tend to respect most of your comments on this site and I think you and a few others here can provide direction to a newcomer trying to break in to the chess community. Thanks in advance, James (a.k.a. Thrajin)

Oct-06-06		Phony Benoni: <Thrajin> Nice to hear from you, but you're coming to the wrong person for that sort of advice. I've never been very good at being part of a community; instead, I tend to just circulate around my own little private world and respect what other people have to say.

Oct-06-06		Thrajin: Understood. All the same, thank you for responding!

Oct-08-06		Phony Benoni: WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN (Composed by G. M. Kasparyan, 1935. Published in Chessboard Magic by Irving Chernev, #5.) click for larger view <1.Ne8 Kg6> (The threat was 2.Ng7+ Kg6 3.Bf5#) <2.h5+ Rxh5> (2...Kxh5 3.Ng7+ and 4.Bf5#.) <3.f5+ Rxf5 4.g4 Rf4 5.Bf5+> (Get back in there!) <5...Rxf5 6.Ng7!> click for larger view Go ahead and move!

Oct-11-06		Phony Benoni: WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN (Composed by A. O. Herbstmann, 1934. Published in Chessboard Magic by Irving Chernev, #6.) click for larger view <1.Qb4+ Kg3> (Alternatives get mated or lose the queen for no compensation.) <2.Nf5+ Kg2!> (With the point that 3.Nxh6 allows 3...f2+, obtaining a new queen.) <3.Qg4+ Kh1 4.Nxh6 f2+ 5.Kf1! Bxg4 6.Nxg4> click for larger view Black to move. Unfortunately.

Oct-11-06		WannaBe: I would never have seen that in a million years in OTB.

Oct-12-06		Phony Benoni: <WanneBe> Just wait till the next one.

Oct-12-06		Phony Benoni: WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN (Composed by A. S. Seletsky, 1933. Published in Chessboard Magic by Irving Chernev, #7.) click for larger view One of those studies that is too complicated to go into all the variations. Just enjoy the smothered mate at the end. Smothered mate? <1.Qg5 Ke3+> (1...Bxd7 2.Nf4 followed by 3.Bh5+) <2.Kg1 Kxd7> (2...Bxd7 3.Bg4+ Kf7 4.Ne5+ Ke8 5.Bxd7#) <3.Nc5+ Kc8 4.Ba6+ Kb8 5.Qg3+ Ka8 6.Bb7+ Bxb7 7.Nd7 Qd8 8.Qb8+! Qxb8 9.Nb6#!!> click for larger view

Oct-13-06		Phony Benoni: WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN (Composed by V. A. Korolikov, 1937. Published in Chessboard Magic by Irving Chernev, #8.) click for larger view (Black threatens 1...c1N+ 2.Kh1 Ndb3#, so White has to start checking and keep on checking.) <1.Rh5+ Kxh5> (1...Bxh5 2.d8Q+, or 1...Kg3 2.Rh1 stops Black's combination.) <2.Nf4+ Kh6 3.g8N+ Kh7 4.Ngf6+ Kh6 5.Nxg4+ Kh7 6.Nef6+ Kg7 7.Ne6+ Kf7 8.d8N+ Ke7 9.c8N#!> click for larger view It will be appreciated if nobody kibitzes using the word "knightmare".

Oct-14-06		Phony Benoni: WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN (Composed by G. Sachodakin, 1934. Published in Chessboard Magic by Irving Chernev, #9.) click for larger view <1.Ne6 Bf2 2.Kb1 Bxg3 3.Nc5 b3 4.Bf8 Be1 5.Nd3+ Bb4 6.Bxb4+ axb4 7.Nb2> (Yawn!) <a5 8.Ka1> (Hey, how about them Tigers?) <8...a4 9.Nc4#> click for larger view

Oct-15-06		Phony Benoni: WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN (Composed by S. M. Birnov, 1933. Published in Chessboard Magic by Irving Chernev, #10.) click for larger view <1.d7 Bf6 2.h6 Nb4 8.d8Q! Bxd8 4.Bd4! Nd3+ 5.Kf3 Nf4! 6.Kxf4 Bg5+ 7.Kf5 Bxh6 8.Bf2+ Kh5 9.g4#> click for larger view

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