Joel Benjamin vs Patrick Wolff
Joel Benjamin was born on March 11, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, and when he was 13 years old, he became the youngest-ever U.S. chess master, a record previously held by Bobby Fischer.
Benjamin had numerous successes in international and national tournaments, and in 1982 he became U.S. Junior Champion. He also won the U.S. Championship three times: in 1987 when he shared the title with Nick de Firmian, in 1997, and in 2000. By winning the recently finished the U.S. Senior Championship 2020 Benjamin is now the only player who to become U.S. Junior Champion, U.S. Chess Champion, and U.S. Senior Champion.
He is also a prolific and renowned writer, and in 1997 he worked as a consultant for IBM to prepare the computer Deep Blue for its successful match against Garry Kasparov.
Benjamin is still an active player, and he is still strong – as his first place and his play at the U.S. Senior Championship show.
In round 5 he won with fine technique against Patrick Wolff.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.0-0 Ngf6 6.d3 g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Nc3 Qb6 14.Qe2 Rfc8 15.Bg5 Bf8 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nd5 Qe6 18.Rac1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rc4 Kg7 21.Qc2 Rxc4 22.Qxc4 Qc6 23.Qxc6 bxc6 24.Ne3 Kf6 25.Nc4 Ke6 26.Kf1 Bc5 27.Ke2 Bd4 28.f3 h5 29.b3 h4 30.h3 Bc5 31.Kd3 Bb4 32.a3 Bc5 33.b4 Be7 34.Na5 Kd6 35.Kc4 Bg5 36.Kb3 Kd7 37.Ka4 Be3 38.Nc4 Bd4 39.Ka5 Kc7 40.Ka6 f6 41.a4 Bf2 42.b5 Bd4 43.Na5 cxb5 44.axb5 Kb8 45.Nc6+ Ka8 46.Nxa7 Bxa7 47.b6 f5 48.bxa7 1–0
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| Joel Benjamin | 2554 | Patrick Wolff | 2555 | 1–0 | 2020 | | 2020 US Senior Championship | 5.1 |
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