Player: Pal Benko
Player profile: Samuel Reshevsky

Classical games: Samuel Reshevsky beat Pal Benko 6 to 3, with 20 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Benko vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 16 1959 US Championship E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 2. Reshevsky vs Benko   ½-½ 14 1959 US Championship 1958/59 E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 3. Benko vs Reshevsky 0-1 29 1960 New York Match E12 Queen's Indian 4. Reshevsky vs Benko   0-1 41 1960 New York m E60 King's Indian Defense 5. Reshevsky vs Benko   1-0 41 1960 Buenos Aires E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 6. Reshevsky vs Benko   ½-½ 41 1960 New York m D90 Grunfeld 7. Reshevsky vs Benko   1-0 54 1960 New York Match D98 Grunfeld, Russian 8. Reshevsky vs Benko   ½-½ 16 1960 New York m D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 9. Benko vs Reshevsky 1-0 37 1960 Match D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 10. Benko vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 46 1960 New York m E97 King's Indian 11. Benko vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 41 1960 New York m E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System 12. Benko vs Reshevsky 0-1 37 1960 New York Match E60 King's Indian Defense 13. Reshevsky vs Benko   ½-½ 14 1960 New York m E60 King's Indian Defense 14. Benko vs Reshevsky ½-½ 59 1963 US Championship 1963/64 E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 15. Reshevsky vs Benko 1-0 41 1963 First Piatigorsky Cup E60 King's Indian Defense 16. Reshevsky vs Benko   1-0 61 1963 US Championship D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 17. Benko vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 41 1963 First Piatigorsky Cup E79 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 18. Reshevsky vs Benko ½-½ 30 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 19. Reshevsky vs Benko   ½-½ 16 1965 US Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Reshevsky vs Benko   ½-½ 36 1967 US Championship B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 21. Benko vs Reshevsky 1-0 61 1968 USA-ch A33 English, Symmetrical 22. Reshevsky vs Benko   ½-½ 19 1969 Netanya D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 23. Reshevsky vs Benko   ½-½ 17 1969 USA-ch D94 Grunfeld 24. Benko vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 16 1971 Palma de Mallorca A15 English 25. Benko vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 10 1971 Netanya A04 Reti Opening  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Benko wins | Benko loses