Joel Benjamin playing the Ruy Lopez as White

Player profile: Joel Benjamin
Opening: Ruy Lopez (C60-C99)

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 74  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Benjamin vs M Yeo   1-0 34 1978 London (England) C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 2. J Benjamin vs Zuckerman   ½-½ 60 1979 02, Marshall it C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 3. J Benjamin vs J Kastner   ½-½ 31 1980 06, Manhattan CC C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. J Benjamin vs Reshevsky   0-1 40 1981 2, South Bend USA ch C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. J Benjamin vs Short 1-0 49 1983 m/5, London 36/ C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. J Benjamin vs Short 0-1 49 1983 London C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 7. J Benjamin vs A Lein   ½-½ 81 1983 Ch USA C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 8. J Benjamin vs Hebert   1-0 41 1985 Hastings (England) C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 9. J Benjamin vs Flear   ½-½ 46 1987 Szirak (Hungary) C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 10. J Benjamin vs Romanishin   1-0 49 1987 Moscow (Russia) C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. J Benjamin vs Short   ½-½ 17 1988 It (cat.13) C60 Ruy Lopez 12. J Benjamin vs Dzindzichashvili   0-1 77 1988 Boston USA-op C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. J Benjamin vs A Ivanov   0-1 57 1988 Philadelphia 46/463 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 14. J Benjamin vs Gligoric   1-0 45 1988 open II, Saint John 45/414 (Benjamin,Joel) C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 15. J Benjamin vs E Torre   1-0 29 1988 ol, Thessaloniki 46/419 C67 Ruy Lopez 16. J Benjamin vs Igor Ivanov   1-0 24 1989 15, Long Beach USA ch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 17. J Benjamin vs S Djuric   ½-½ 32 1989 Philadelphia open (04) C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. J Benjamin vs M Sharif   ½-½ 38 1989 Cannes (France) C67 Ruy Lopez 19. J Benjamin vs Dorfman   1-0 53 1989 Cannes C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 20. J Benjamin vs Igor Ivanov   ½-½ 22 1990 1, Jacksonville USA ch m C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 21. J Benjamin vs Finklestein   1-0 67 1990 It (open) C60 Ruy Lopez 22. J Benjamin vs Bisguier   1-0 37 1990 01, New York op C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 23. J Benjamin vs J Howell   1-0 37 1990 It (open) C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 24. J Benjamin vs J Gil Capape   1-0 31 1990 It (active) C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 25. J Benjamin vs V Kovacevic   ½-½ 91 1990 Mississauga (Canada) C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 74    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Benjamin wins | Benjamin loses

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