Pal Benko, the Glossary
Pal Charles Benko (Benkő Pál; July 15, 1928 – August 25, 2019) was a Hungarian and American chess player, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.[1]
Table of Contents
56 relations: Amiens, Basic Chess Endings, Benko Gambit, Bobby Fischer, Budapest, Canadian Open Chess Championship, Candidates Tournament, Chess composer, Chess endgame, Chess Federation of Canada, Chess Life, Chess opening, Chess problem, ChessBase, Chessmetrics, David Levy (chess player), Defection, Endgame study, FIDE, FIDE titles, Frederic Friedel, French Third Republic, Grandmaster (chess), Hungarian Chess Championship, Jeremy Silman, John L. Watson, Judit Polgár, King's Fianchetto Opening, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), List of chess openings named after people, Mikhail Tal, Peter Leko, Portable Game Notation, Reuben Fine, Reykjavík, Sofia Polgar, Susan Polgar, The New York Times, Tigran Petrosian, U.S. Open Chess Championship, United States Chess Federation, Vasily Smyslov, World Chess Championship, World Chess Championship 1954, World Chess Championship 1960, World Chess Championship 1963, World Chess Championship 1966, World Chess Championship 1972, World Chess Hall of Fame, 12th Chess Olympiad, ... Expand index (6 more) »
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Amiens
Amiens (English: or;; Anmien, Anmiens or Anmyin) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille.
Basic Chess Endings
Basic Chess Endings (abbreviated BCE) is a book on chess endgames which was written by Grandmaster Reuben Fine and originally published on October 27, 1941.
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Benko Gambit
The Benko Gambit (or Volga Gambit) is a chess opening characterised by the move 3...b5 in the Benoni Defence arising after: Black sacrifices a pawn for enduring pressure.
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Bobby Fischer
Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Pal Benko and Bobby Fischer are American chess players, American chess writers and chess Grandmasters.
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Budapest
Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.
Canadian Open Chess Championship
The Canadian Open Chess Championship is Canada's Open chess championship, first held in 1956, and held annually since 1973, usually in mid-summer.
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Candidates Tournament
The Candidates Tournament (or in some periods Candidates Matches) is a chess tournament organized by FIDE, chess's international governing body, since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship.
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Chess composer
A chess composer is a person who creates endgame studies or chess problems. Pal Benko and chess composer are chess composers.
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Chess endgame
The endgame (or ending) is the final stage of a chess game which occurs after the middlegame.
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Chess Federation of Canada
The Chess Federation of Canada or CFC (French name: Fédération canadienne des échecs) is Canada's national chess organization.
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Chess Life
The monthly Chess Life and bi-monthly Chess Life Kids (formerly School Mates and Chess Life for Kids) are the official magazines published by the United States Chess Federation (US Chess).
Chess opening
The opening is the initial stage of a chess game.
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Chess problem
A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by the composer using chess pieces on a chess board, which presents the solver with a particular task.
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ChessBase
ChessBase is a German company that develops and sells chess software, maintains a chess news site, and operates an internet chess server for online chess.
Chessmetrics
Chessmetrics is a system for rating chess players devised by Jeff Sonas.
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David Levy (chess player)
David Neil Laurence Levy (born 14 March 1945) is an International Master of chess who plays for Scotland, and a businessman.
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Defection
In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state.
Endgame study
In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a composed position—that is, one that has been made up rather than played in an actual game—presented as a sort of puzzle, in which the aim of the solver is to find the essentially unique way for one side (usually White) to win or draw, as stipulated, against any moves the other side plays.
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FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.
FIDE titles
FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) for outstanding performance.
Frederic Friedel
Frederic Alois Friedel (born 1945) studied Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of Hamburg without graduating.
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French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.
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Grandmaster (chess)
Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Pal Benko and Grandmaster (chess) are chess Grandmasters.
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Hungarian Chess Championship
The inaugural Hungarian Chess Championship was held in the city of Győr in 1906.
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Jeremy Silman
Jeremy Silman (August 28, 1954 – September 21, 2023) was an American chess player and writer. Pal Benko and Jeremy Silman are American chess players and American chess writers.
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John L. Watson
John Leonard Watson (born 1951) is an American chess player and author who was awarded the title of International Master in 1979. Pal Benko and John L. Watson are American chess players and American chess writers.
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Judit Polgár
Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. Pal Benko and Judit Polgár are chess Grandmasters and Hungarian chess players.
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King's Fianchetto Opening
The King's Fianchetto Opening or Benko's Opening (also known as the Hungarian Opening, Barcza Opening, or Bilek Opening) is a chess opening characterized by the move: White's 1.g3 ranks as the fifth most popular opening move, but it is far less popular than 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3.
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Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
The Kingdom of Hungary (Magyar Királyság), referred to retrospectively as the Regency and the Horthy era, existed as a country from 1920 to 1946 under the rule of Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary, who officially represented the Hungarian monarchy.
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List of chess openings named after people
The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants.
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Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal (9 November 1936 – 28 June 1992) was a Soviet and Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion. Pal Benko and Mikhail Tal are chess Grandmasters.
Peter Leko
Peter Leko (Lékó Péter; born September 8, 1979) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and commentator. Pal Benko and Peter Leko are chess Grandmasters and Hungarian chess players.
Portable Game Notation
Portable Game Notation (PGN) is a standard plain text format for recording chess games (both the moves and related data), which can be read by humans and is also supported by most chess software.
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Reuben Fine
Reuben C. Fine (October 11, 1914 – March 26, 1993) was an American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and author of many books on both chess and psychology. Pal Benko and Reuben Fine are American chess players, American chess writers, chess Grandmasters and chess theoreticians.
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland.
Sofia Polgar
Sofia Polgar (Polgár Zsófia,; born November 2, 1974) is a Hungarian and Israeli chess player, teacher, and artist. Pal Benko and Sofia Polgar are Hungarian chess players.
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Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster. Pal Benko and Susan Polgar are American chess players, American chess writers, chess Grandmasters, chess composers, Hungarian chess players and Hungarian emigrants to the United States.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Tigran Petrosian
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (Տիգրան Վարդանի Պետրոսյան; Тигран Вартанович Петросян; 17 June 1929 – 13 August 1984) was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster and the ninth World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. Pal Benko and Tigran Petrosian are chess Grandmasters and chess theoreticians.
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U.S. Open Chess Championship
The U.S. Open Championship is an open national chess championship that has been held in the United States annually since.
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United States Chess Federation
The United States Chess Federation (also known as US Chess or USCF) is the governing body for chess competition in the United States and represents the U.S. in The World Chess Federation (FIDE).
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Vasily Smyslov
Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Vasíliy Vasíl'yevich Smyslóv; 24 March 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the seventh World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. Pal Benko and Vasily Smyslov are chess Grandmasters, chess composers and chess theoreticians.
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World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess.
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World Chess Championship 1954
A World Chess Championship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov in Moscow from March 16 to May 13, 1954.
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World Chess Championship 1960
A World Chess Championship was played between Mikhail Botvinnik and Mikhail Tal in Moscow from March 15 to May 7, 1960.
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World Chess Championship 1963
At the World Chess Championship 1963, Tigran Petrosian narrowly qualified to challenge Mikhail Botvinnik for the World Chess Championship, and then won the match to become the ninth World Chess Champion.
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World Chess Championship 1966
A World Chess Championship was played between Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky in Moscow from April 9 to June 9, 1966.
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World Chess Championship 1972
The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
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World Chess Hall of Fame
The World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) is a nonprofit, collecting institution situated in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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12th Chess Olympiad
The 12th Chess Olympiad (12-я Шахматная олимпиада, 12-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 31 and September 25, 1956, in Moscow, Soviet Union.
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15th Chess Olympiad
The 15th Chess Olympiad (15-ата Шахматна олимпиада, 15-ata Shahmatna olimpiada), organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between September 15 and October 10, 1962, in Varna, Bulgaria.
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16th Chess Olympiad
The 16th Chess Olympiad (אולימפיאדת השחמט ה-16, Olimpiadat ha-shachmat ha-16), organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 2 and November 25, 1964, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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17th Chess Olympiad
The 17th Chess Olympiad (La 17a Olimpíada de ajedrez), organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 23 and November 20, 1966, in Havana, Cuba.
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18th Chess Olympiad
The 18th Chess Olympiad (Le 18º Olimpiadi degli scacchi), organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 17 and November 7, 1968, in Lugano, Switzerland.
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19th Chess Olympiad
The 19th Chess Olympiad (Die 19.), comprising an open team tournament as well as the annual FIDE congress, took place between September 5–27, 1970, in Siegen, West Germany.
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20th Chess Olympiad
The 20th Chess Olympiad (20., 20. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between September 18 and October 13, 1972, in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day Macedonia).
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See also
Hungarian refugees
- Ágnes Keleti
- Éva Pajor
- André Gertler
- Ann Beaglehole
- Arthur Erdélyi
- Béla Bartók
- Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau
- Catherine Schell
- Dennis Gabor
- Dezső Ernster
- Elod Macskasy
- Endre Hevizi
- Erwin Lendvai
- Felix Salten
- Géza Róheim
- Gabor B. Racz
- Georg Solti
- George Baloghy
- Gyula Pál
- Imre Lakatos
- Jenő Kalmár
- John M. Hollerbach
- John Peter (critic)
- László Kubala
- Lajos Steiner
- Laszlo Rabel
- Lili Kraus
- Máté Zalka
- Magda Cordell McHale
- Nicholas Kove
- Otto Roth
- Pal Benko
- Peter Medak
- Sándor Kocsis
- Sasha Gabor
- Vendel Endrédy
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal_Benko
Also known as Benko Pal, Pál Benkő.
, 15th Chess Olympiad, 16th Chess Olympiad, 17th Chess Olympiad, 18th Chess Olympiad, 19th Chess Olympiad, 20th Chess Olympiad.