Four Time US Chess Champ Visits Skokie Posted by Chris Wainscott, June 9, 2013 at 10:50 am The “March of the Grandmasters” series continued on Saturday June 8th at the North Shore Chess Center in Skokie, IL with a visit by four-time US Chess Champion Joel Benjamin. Joel entertained the crowd with a six hour […]
ICC game of the week: Meier vs Ding Liren
If you are a member of ICC, you can view a very instructional presentation this week of the Game of the Week by GM Joel Benjamin. He featured on November 2nd the very exciting game between GM Georg Meier and GM Ding Liren from the 2012 SPICE Cup. [Event “6th SPICE Cup GM”][Site “Webster University”][Date […]
Happy Birthday to GM Benjamin
Joel Benjamin, one of the greatest American born Grandmasters ever, celebrates his 45th birthday today. He won 3 US championships (1987, 1997 and 2000) and was a member of many US Olympiad teams. His peak FIDE rating was 2620 (7/1993). Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Christiansen and Benjamin tied for 1st in Curacao
Larry Christiansen, Joel Benjamin, and Luis Bernal Moro tied for 1st at the 2008 Curacao Open. Bernal Moro lost his last game from the tournament against Thomas Willemze who refused a draw offer after only four moves. Although Bernal Moro made a GM norm he must have had mixed feelings to give away ‘a certain’ […]
Zatonskih vs Benjamin in Curacao
Round 8 pairings: Fridman (5½) – Bernal Moro (6½)Zatonskih (5) – Benjamin (5½)Christiansen (5½) – Werle (5), etc. Official website: http://www.curacaochess.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Sun and fun in Curacao
History The Curaçao Chess Festival was initiated in 2001 by the Curaçao Chess Players’ Foundation in a new set up for the international chess tournaments that the CCPF had organized since 1993. International grandmasters and masters were invited to come to Curaçao to participate. The first Curaçao Chess Festival was held in the Van der […]
The complicated reasons
Recent Hall of Fame inductee GM Joel Benjamin wrote the following when asked why so many top American GMs declined their invitations to participate in the US Championship: “The U.S. Championship took a big hit when it lost the sponsorship of America’s Foundation for Chess (AF4C). Frank Berry’s generous support has kept the tournament going, […]
The 3 Hall of Famers
At the banquet (CCI and US Senior) last night, GMs Benjamin, DeFirmian and Christiansen were honored again. I am glad to see the 3 of them going into the hall of fame at the same time. The only person left from this American group of outstanding players is John Fedorowicz. All three also made the […]