benoni

hi

do you like playing the benoni?

i like playing it.  i think fischer and kasparov also played it.

but i don't understand why it is translated "son of sorrow" in hebrew.

why would someone name a chess opening benoni if it means something really depressing?

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That's what I was gonna say.

you are smart chicken monster

The "Son of my sorrow", when playing the Benoni, is specifically the horrible pawn on d6.

Tal played the benoni more than Fischer and Kasparov combined . He played over 70 games with it . 

I certainly agree with that !  

My take on the naming is that so often (and I speak from experience) is that Black will often get squeezed without counterplay and losing depressingly, but the occasional spectalular win is enough to make the Benoni-addict continue on. 

Benoni is a form of the King's Indian Defense and Pirc openings...

Benoni is a reverse of my opening (German Opening)

Benoni

German Opening

I can't recall the souce, but I've heard the Benoni referred to Black's d6 pawn being the 'son of sorrow'

Edit : ioops, what doggy_style already mentioned

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Wikipedia used to say that but was updated with the actual origin of the name which is from the manuscript ""Whenever I felt in a sorrowful mood and wanted to take refuge from melancholy, I sat over a chessboard, for one or two hours according to circumstances. Thus this book came into being, and its name, Ben-Oni, 'Son of Sadness,' should indicate its origin." (Aaron Reinganum, Ben-oni oder die Vertheidigungen die Gambitzüg im Schach [Son of sorrow, or Gambit Defenses in Chess]. Frankfort am Main, Germany, 1825)" It has nothing to do with the pawn structure. He named the book the son of his sorrow because he created it when he was depressed as a coping mechanism. Sublimation of bad feelings is a good way to deal.

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Smart enough to think that might be sarcasm.