Pal Charles Benko (Hungarian: Benkő Pál; July 15, 1928 – August 25, 2019) was a Hungarian and American chess player, author, and composer of endgame studies...

Hungarian-American grandmaster Pal Benko, who provided many new suggestions and published his book The Benko Gambit in 1974. The name Benko Gambit stuck and is particularly...

Baden-Baden in 1925, with mixed results. 1.g3 received renewed attention after Pal Benko used it to defeat Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Tal in the 1962 Candidates...

Hungarian boxer Pál Benkő (1928–2019), Hungarian-American chess player Pál Csernai (1932–2013), Hungarian football player and manager Pál Dárdai (footballer...

(Sydney), 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens), 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing) Pál Benkő (1928–2019), chess player Gyula Bíró (1890–1961), midfield and forward...

Gregor Benko (born 1944), American writer, lecturer, record producer, and collector-historian Gyula Benkő (1918–1997), Hungarian actor Péter Benkő (born...

expert Poe McClinton, still a park regular, is seen throughout the film. Pal Benko was supposed to be in the film but his part was cut out. Waitzkin's real...

versus three minor piece endings "are theoretically drawn." Grandmaster Pal Benko, an authority on the endgame and like Fine a world-class player at his...

Borislav Milić, Božidar Đurašević  Hungary 26½ László Szabó, Gedeon Barcza, Pál Benkő, György Szilágyi, Miklós Bély, Lajos Portisch 1958 13th Chess Olympiad...

Fischer v. Spassky. Vintage. ISBN 978-0-394-71830-9. Benko, Pal; Silman, Jeremy (2003). Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions. Siles Press. ISBN 978-1-890085-08-7...

Vasily Smyslov, Bobby Fischer, Svetozar Gligorić, Friðrik Ólafsson, and Pal Benko. Tal's victory was attributed to his dominance over the lower half of...

basis of some problems (see below). Benko vs. Bronstein, 1949 In this position from a 1949 game between Pal Benko and David Bronstein, Black underpromoted...

for first place in the World Open Chess Championship with grandmaster Pal Benko, afterwards working as a software engineer for Casher Associates and TMI...

for first at the Western Open in St. Louis, and shared first place with Pal Benko at the USA Open Championship in Puerto Rico. In 1966, Lombardy took clear...

David Bronstein from the Soviet Union got no visa for a visit to Texas. Pál Benkő defeated Ken Smith in a match that was played as a side event. The time...

work to participate. Fischer and Bisguier won the first two spots, and Pal Benko was nominated to fill the final position. Daniel Yanofsky, a former Canadian...

(2003), Modern Endgame Practice, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8740-2 Benko, Pal (2007), Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory, Ishi Press, ISBN 978-0-923891-88-6 Capablanca...

530 pages, Siles Press, ISBN 978-1890085100. Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions, with Pal Benko and John L. Watson, 2004, 520 pages, Siles Press...

1965 Río Piedras, Puerto Rico Pal Benko, William Lombardy 67 1966 Seattle Pal Benko, Robert Byrne 68 1967 Atlanta Pal Benko 69 1968 Aspen, Colorado Bent...

Füster Chess player Hungary 1945 Defected through East Berlin with friend Pal Benko who was caught and jailed for three years Igor Gouzenko GRU Russia 1945...

Petrosian, and Viktor Korchnoi. Despite winning a 3-way playoff against Pal Benko and Svetozar Gligorić for the 6th and final spot, due to the aforementioned...

Pirc, Karlovy Vary 1948, Queen's Gambit Declined, Classical, D61, 1-0 Pál Benkő vs Jan Foltys, Mariánské Lázně 1951, zonal, Zukertort Opening, Symmetrical...

year in the same event to place 2nd with 8/11, ahead of Reshevsky and Pal Benko, as Fischer won again. In 1960, Byrne increased his serious play, winning...

he had not participated in the 1969 US Championship (Zonal). However, Pal Benko (and the reserve William Lombardy) gave up their spot, and FIDE President...

times in master games, with the stronger side almost always winning. Pal Benko called this the "headache ending." David Howell observed, "Especially...

(2000), Winning Endgame Strategy, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8446-2 Benko, Pal (2007), Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory, Ishi Press, ISBN 978-0-923891-88-6 Berliner...

Prodigy (2nd ed.). David McKay. p. 78. ISBN 0-486-25925-0. Benko, Pal; Silman, Jeremy (2003). Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions. Siles Press. p. 429...

He met some distinguished opposition as a result, losing games against Pal Benko and Ludek Pachman at Moscow 1956, Oscar Panno at Munich 1958, Mikhail...

Nunn both say 243, but Müller & Lamprecht say 242 Bibliography Benko, Pal (2007), Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory, Ishi Press, ISBN 978-0-923891-88-6 Dvoretsky...

exploit weak squares. Duncan Suttles vs Pal Benko, Hastings 1973–74, Modern / Hungarian Opening (A00), 1–0 Benko himself first introduced this variation...