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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 18634 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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Aug-16-06		dakgootje: Yes but there are 2 main differances with the method you described and the one i mean. 1. If using that method to sign numbers to other people it will need from both sides a fairly big part of calculation and therefore takes long. 2. the method i mean is far older then the generation you belong to as im quite sure the old babylonic people already used it. Besides that, with some simple corporal signs its possible to go much furthur, up to 3600 or 4900, without the need of much calculating skills. if still none has an idea what im talking about, i will explain tomorrow or the day after that, but give it a try.

Aug-16-06		brankat: <Phony Benoni> <I am constantly amazed by the connectionns between people in the chess world.> Yes, I fell the same way. It is also amazing how a simple (and innocent) reference to a year can lead to fascinating mathematical considerations. Should have known <WannaBe> was to see my previous post :-) Not to keep anybody in a state of suspense, an accident of my birth happened on Sept, 15. 1951. I have not fully recovered from it yet:-)

Aug-16-06		Phony Benoni: <brankat> Then you've got me by six weeks; I was born Nov. 8 that same year. No wonder you seem to be a stronger player, with all that extra time to learn. Anatoly Karpov shares our year (May 23), and look where those few extra months got him! <dakgootje> I look forward to the explanation, having no idea what you're talking about. But I'd also like to head back toward chess, lest this become a subpage of Louis F. Stumpers. I seem to have a natural tendency toward finding the worst. For fifteen years, I compiled an annual list of the worst moves played in Michigan the previous year. Someday I may show you the player who hung a rook by checkmating his opponent, or the one who didn't realize she was checkmated, kept on playing and eventually won the game. But for now I welcome nominations for Worst Position. You know some of the classics, such as: Steinitz vs Sellman, 1885 Samisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923 Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929 Keres vs Panno, 1955 But I would like to bring one to your attention that is not in the database, and probably won't get in as long as the administrators remain vigilant. A look at the upcoming diagram will show why. [Event "Michigan Open"] [Site "Cadillac USA"] [Date "1999.09.06"] [EventDate "1999.09.03"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Bailey, Greg"] [Black "Fischvogt, Eric"] [ECO "A02"] [WhiteElo "1910"] [BlackElo "2200"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 0-0 6.Rb1 Nc6 7.e3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Be2 Bf5 10.Ra1 Ndb4 11.0-0 Bc2 12.Qe1 Nd3 13.Bxd3 Bxd3 14.Rf2 b5 15.Qd1 b4 16.Ne2 Qd5 17.Ne1 c4 18.g4 a5 19.Ng3 a4 20.a3 b3 21.Qf3 Qxf3 22.Rxf3 f5 23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Nxd3 cxd3 25.Kf2 e5 26.fxe5 Bxe5 27.Nxf5 Bxh2 28.e4 Ne5 29.Rh3 Bf4 30.Rh4 Bg5 31.Rh5 h6 32.Kg2 Kh7 33.Nxh6 Kg6 34.Rxg5+ Kxg5 35.Nf5 Rxf5 36.exf5 Kxf5 click for larger view White's game plays itself. 37.Kf2 Kf4 38.Rb1 Ng4+ 39.Kg2 Re8 40.Ra1 Re2+ 41.Kf1 Kg3 42.Rb1 click for larger view 42...Nh2+?? 0-1 The banal mate-in-two is a bitter disappointment. The only logical continuation in such a position is 42...Re1+!! 43.Kxe1 Kg2!! White can do nothing but march the rook around its prison cell until Black plays ...Nf3+; then after Kd1 Kf1, he must sit and wait until Black decides to play ...Nf2#.

Aug-17-06		dakgootje: Shame that black played such an ugly mate ;-) Will post the explanation later today i think ;-)

Aug-17-06		brankat: <Will post the explanation later today i think ;-)> Which today did You have in mind?

Aug-18-06		dakgootje: the today of around 30 feb 2011 ^^ note that i wrote 'i think' in that post as i knew i could forget it

Aug-18-06		Phony Benoni: If Feb. 30 is the result of counting on your fingers, I'm not sure I what to learn this.

Aug-18-06		dakgootje: thought for a sec about writing feb 31, but of course, its no good to exaggerate too much ^^

Aug-18-06		dakgootje: Okay, i will post the solution. Once had a nice picture ilustrating it when i made a essay for maths about Babylonian math, whch had number system with a base of 60. shame i dont have it anymore as that would have illustrated it all much better then i can with words, though i will do my best, making it as clear as possible: On your left hand there are three parts on each of four fingers (excluding the thumb). The parts are divided from each other by the joints in the fingers. Now one can count up to 60 by pointing at one of the twelve parts of the fingers of the left hand with one of the five fingers of the right hand. This gives a way of finger counting up to 60 rather than to 10.

Aug-18-06		JustAFish: <... or the one who didn't realize she was checkmated, kept on playing and eventually won the game.> I wonder what the ruling would be on that in a tournament game. Let's say you've won the game with checkmate, but neither you, nor your opponent realize it, but then, a few moves later it hits you. "Hey, that was checkmate back there!" Could you call the TD over and review the moves and claim victory? If yes, however, would you want to? Can a TD dock ratings points as punishement for being so chess dense as to not realize when a mate is staring you right in the face?

Aug-18-06		Phony Benoni: <dakgootje> That is ingenious. However, I worry about what happens when you get arthritis.

Aug-18-06		JustAFish: To partially answer my own question, here a relevant section from the Wikipedia article on the ruls of chess: <A player who makes an illegal move with a piece must retract that move and make another one, if possible, with the same piece. If the mistake is only noticed later on, the game should be restarted from the position in which the error occurred. However, if blitz chess is being played (where both players have a limited time, e.g. five minutes) and the player who has made a mistake has pressed his/her clock, the other player may call the illegal move and win the game.>

Aug-18-06		dakgootje: Then youve got to aim closely and spit on the 2 joints you mean ^^

Aug-18-06		Phony Benoni: <JustaFish> OK, let me dig out the position. click for larger view The game continued 1...Ne4# 2.Kc3 (!) Nd5+ (and how often do you see a double check from both knights at once?) 3.Kb3, and somehow White went on to win. In this case, the game was between two very young junior players. I don't think that either player, nor anybody else on the scene, realized that checkmate had occurred. I only happened to spot it several weeks later while playing over the game score. At that point, the best thing to do was to let well enough alone. I once pointed out a tie-breaking error the day after the tournament, and made several enemies for life--including the TD. But it does make an interesting question. It used to be the rule that an illegal move could not be rectified once the game was over. I think this was revised when it was pointed out that after 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Qxf7#, the game is over due to checkmate and the illegal move had to stand.

Aug-18-06		Chess Classics: <Not to keep anybody in a state of suspense, an accident of my birth happened on Sept, 15. 1951. I have not fully recovered from it yet:-)> No way! I was born on September 16th! (Not of 1951...) Regards, CC

Aug-18-06		chessmoron: <Chess Classics: I was born on September 16th! (Not of 1951...)> Then what year?

Aug-18-06		brankat: <Chess Classics> So I'm just one day older. For some reason I've thought You were much younger :-)

Aug-19-06		Chess Classics: <chessmoron> Er, 1992...=) Regards, CC

Aug-19-06		JustAFish: 1992? I have meals inside me older than that!

Aug-19-06		Phony Benoni: For a change, here's a game where the player with two queens wins: Arganian,David (2096) - Abero,Rodolfo (2107) [A00] Salem Invitational Salem, Ore. (2), 23.11.1990 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Ne2 exd5 6.exd5 Bxd5 7.Nf4 Bc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nh5 Kf8 10.Qg4 g6 11.Ng3 d5 12.c4 Nd7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Nc3 Bc6 16.Re1 Ndf6 17.Nge4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Kg7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Rd8 21.Bc4 Bf6 22.a4 Ne7 23.Ra3 Nf5 24.Qf3 Rhe8 25.Rf1 Rd4 26.Bb5 Rh4 27.g3 Nd4 28.Qg2 Nxb5 29.axb5 Rhe4 30.Qf3 h5 31.Bf4 Qe7 32.b3 g5 33.Be3 c4 34.Ra4 cxb3 35.Rxe4 Qxe4 36.Qxh5 b2 37.Bxg5 b1Q 38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Bxf6 click for larger view Leaving Black with a dilemma. Should he force mate with 39...Qh1+ and 40..Qxf1#, or do it the other way around with 39...Qxf1+ and 40...Qh1#? 39...Qh1+ 0-1

Aug-21-06		Resignation Trap: I was unaware of those two games by Barle! I have been unable to locate the score of my game vs. Alburt at the 1986 US Open (Gads! Has it really been 20 years??). If you still have the bulletins, I'd appreciate your posting of its score here or on my forum (round four, I believe). Thanks in advance!

Aug-21-06		Phony Benoni: I did sell off most of my collection, but I kept those bulletins! [Event "U.S. Open"] [Site "Somerset, N.J."] [Date "1986.08.06"] [EventDate "1986.08.03"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alburt, Lev"] [Black "Kulbacki, James"] [ECO "A62"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2093"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0–0 9.0–0 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.g4 Nhf6 16.h3 Rb8 17.Ng5 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Qf4 Ne5 20.Nge4 Nfd7 21.g5 b4 22.Nd1 Rb6 23.h4 Ba6 24.Re1 Qd8 25.Ne3 Bc8 26.Ra8 Bg7 27.Bh3 Qe7 28.Nf6+ Bxf6 29.gxf6 Qd8 30.Bg7 Ra6 31.Rxc8 Qxc8 32.Qh6 1–0

Aug-21-06		Phony Benoni: You're toddling along, just starting to get into the game, when an enemy knight suddenly lands on the g5 square in front of your castled king. He's no real threat, but having nothing better to do you decide to kick him out with ...h6. Might as well make some luft while you can gain a tempo doing so. Be careful, my friend. Be very careful. [Event "Olympiad"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "1935.08.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Andersen, Erik"] [Black "Pirc, Vasja"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Nb1 e6 8.Bxc4 Be7 9.Qe2 a5 10.0–0 0–0 11.Nbd2 Ba6 12.e4 Qb6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Qa6 16.Qc2 Nd7 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nfxg5 click for larger view 18...h6?? 19.Nc5! hxg5 20.Nxa6 Rxa6 21.Qd2 c5 22.dxc5 Rc6 23.Qxg5 Rfc8 24.Rfc1 Nxc5 25.h4 Nb3 26.Rxc6 Rxc6 27.Rd1 Kh7 28.f4 g6 29.f5 gxf5 30.h5 Rc4 31.Rxd5 exd5 32.h6 Rg4 33.Qxf5+ Rg6 34.Qxf7+ Kxh6 35.Qxd5 1–0 It's a handy little trick, and not that uncommon. I can even provide an example from one of my own games. [Event "Michigan Masters/Experts"] [Site "Flint, MIch."] [Date "1990.01.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Moody, David"] [Black "Cunningham, Robin"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2083"] [BlackElo "2227"] [PlyCount "33"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 e6 10.Nf3 Qb6 11.Nbd2 Bb5 12.0–0 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Be7 14.Ne5 0–0 15.Ndf3 Rac8 16.Ng5 click for larger view ...h6?? 17.Nd7! 1–0

Aug-23-06		Phony Benoni: I've been going through games from the Warsaw Olympiad of 1935. Here's an interesting one with some unusual tactical play. Unfortunatly, I can't submit it to the database because the score appears to be incomplete. [Event "Olympiad"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "1935.08.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bolbochan, Jacobo"] [Black "Enevoldsen, Jens"] [ECO "D33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.0–0 Bg4 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Ne5 Qe6 11.Qa4 Nge7 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.d5 Qe7 14.dxc6 0–0 15.cxb7 Rad8 16.Bf4 Bxe2 17.Rae1 Bxe1 18.Rxe1 g5 19.b8Q Rxb8 20.Bxb8 Rxb8 21.Qc2 Bd3 22.Qc3 Qd6 23.Re5 h6 24.h3 Qb6 25.Be4 Qxb2 26.Re8+ Rxe8 27.Qxb2 Bxe4 28.f4 Rc8 29.Qc3 gxf4 30.gxf4 f5 31.Kf2 Rc6 32.Ke3 Kf7 33.Kd2 Rd6+ 34.Kc1 Rc6 35.Kb2 Rb6+ 36.Ka3 Ra6+ 37.Kb4 click for larger view Obviously there is still a lot of play in the position, but Olimpbase only reports that the game was adjourned and later 1-0.

Aug-26-06		Phony Benoni: If I could only take one book to a desert island, it would not be Chessboard Magic! by Irving Chernev. But I would miss it. This is a collection of 160 endgame studies, originally published in 1937. Chernev doesn't go into a lot of analytical detail, and some of the studies have been cooked over the years--but that's not the point. The emphasis is on sheer enjoyment. Chernev is at his best here, as an enthusiastic guide to the beauties of the gallery. Take #135, composed by L. Ehrlich in 1928. click for larger view White to play and win. Do not be misled by the simplicity of the position.

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