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 9 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-14-06    Phony Benoni: <Isolated pawns> I'm just checking in on my lunch hour; won't be free again until after 5:00. As far as I'm concerned, go ahead and play Qe2; it's probably better to keep our options open. FYI, don't count on me during working hours; I'm generally available only evenings and weekends. Sep-14-06    Phony Benoni: fillerfiller illerfillerf llerfillerfi lerfillerfil erfillerfill rfillerfille Sep-14-06    suenteus po 147: <square dance> I see you already posted. That's good. I assumed you knew we were all in agreement with your analysis on 8.Qe2. I would have gone along with it for the simple fact Anand and Kramnik have in the past (the scant few who have taken Kasparov's lead in individual games). I can be a good substitute poster in the future if you need one. Sep-14-06    suenteus po 147: FILLER Sep-14-06    square dance: <sp147> <Depending on their move, I have some games lined up for us to look at and consider.> were you still going to post these? i'd like to see them. Sep-14-06    square dance: filler. Sep-14-06    suenteus po 147: Here's what I have been looking at so far: Kasparov vs Kamsky, 1994, Kamsky vs Anand, 1996, Tiviakov vs Adams, 1996, Kasparov vs Anand, 1998, Topalov vs Karpov, 2002, Anand vs Bologan, 2003, Leko vs Bologan, 2004, and Kramnik vs Ponomariov, 2005. Not sure what these games have in common really except that they are all white wins. They also follow a similar development of attack along a similar line. Whether we will face that line depends on our opponents. Sep-14-06    suenteus po 147: Filler buster. Sep-15-06    square dance: as far as i can see 9.Ne4 is the best move, so that gets my vote. Sep-15-06    square dance: filler Sep-15-06    Phony Benoni: If either knight sacrifice were sound it would have been played by now, and 9.Nh3 looks pathetic. I don't see much of an alternative to 9.Ne4 and get to the weekend for some cramming. Sep-15-06    Phony Benoni: To everything, fill, fill, fill, There is a season, fill, fill, fill. Sep-15-06    suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> & <square dance> 9.Ne5 is the obvious choice for me as well. The more important question we need to answer is what do we capture with on e5 during the exchange of knights? Do we capture with the queen or the bishop. Each have their ups and downs and I will post a synopsis I've been working on in the coming days. But be thinking about your choice. Sep-15-06    suenteus po 147: fizziller Sep-15-06    square dance: ok, Ne4 it is. <sp147> you need only look at the analysis i posted for your answer<Do we capture with the queen or the bishop.> capturing with the ♕ appears better. Sep-15-06    square dance: filet Sep-16-06    Phony Benoni: After 9...Nxe4, there is no difference between 10.Qxe4 and 10.Bxe4 if Black plays 10...Nf6. However, if Black chooses soemthing different, then 10.Qxe4 certainly gives us more options. In the games <Suenteus po 147> mentioned, the move Qg4 often comes in with interesting results. So I would agree that, if Black trades knights now, we should recapture with the queen. Sep-16-06    Phony Benoni: I bought a new computer back in 1999. But now I'm getting hints it's at the end of the line. The monitor is squiggly, the performance has sagged, Apparently my hard drive has been totally fragged. I've got those Waiting-On-The-Hourglass-Fatal-Error-Cold-Boot Blues. Sep-16-06    chessmoron: Time to get a new one next year. Sep-16-06    suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> & <square dance> Sounds like a good plan, 10.Qxe4 in case of a response other than 10...Nf6. Otherwise we transpose anyway. I admit I ahve been looking at the variations that arrive from playing Qg4, but maybe I shouldn't get ahead of myself in case they do play the almost hopelessly drawish 10...Nf6. Sep-16-06    suenteus po 147: I need a new computer too. It's hard to believe being only five years old that it's already falling apart. Sep-16-06    square dance: interesting convo about the computers since i just got my new one today. :-D its got an athlon amd 64 processor and 1 gig of ram, so it will be nice for my chess programs. and yeah, 10.Qxe4 should be the move. i'll probably just post it tomorrow. Sep-16-06    square dance: filler Sep-16-06    chessmoron: <SD> Upgrade to 2 GB, it's better. Sep-17-06    square dance: <chessmoron> if you're buying im upgrading! ;-) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 914) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 9 OF 914 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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