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Benjamin Finegold
Number of games in database: 324
Years covered: 1981 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2505
Highest rating achieved in database: 2611
Overall record: +113 -62 =142 (58.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      7 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (31)      E32 E33 E38 E39 E30  King's Indian (25)      E61 E97 E92 E99 E94  Queen's Pawn Game (16)      A45 A40 A41 D00 A46  Semi-Slav (11)      D47 D45 D43 D44  Sicilian (11)      B22 B52 B30 B50 B27  Modern Benoni (8)      A57 A56 A65	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (50)      B30 B32 B66 B89 B58  Slav (16)      D19 D11 D16 D10 D15  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (13)      B66 B67 B65 B63  Ruy Lopez (11)      C65 C64 C97  King's Indian (10)      E70 E92 E74 E84 E62  Caro-Kann (10)      B18 B13 B16 B10 B14

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R N Bauer vs B Finegold, 2001 0-1
   B Finegold vs D Kuljasevic, 2009 1-0
   G Johnstone vs B Finegold, 1992 1/2-1/2
   B Finegold vs Anand, 1986 1/2-1/2
   B Finegold vs J Benjamin, 2010 1-0
   Yermolinsky vs B Finegold, 1994 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   US Championships 2003 (2003)
   12th Chicago Open (2003)
   Chessmaster US Championships 2005 (2004)
   US Championship 2006 (2006)
   National Open (2006)
   Spring North American FIDE Invitational (2006)
   34th World Open (2006)
   National Open (2007)
   US Championship (2008)
   SPICE Cup (B Group) (2009)
   US Championships (2010)
   US Chess Championships (2013)

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BENJAMIN FINEGOLD (born Sep-06-1969) United States of America [what is this?] Benjamin Finegold was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is part of a strong chess-playing family, as both his father Ronald Finegold and older brother Mark Finegold are USCF masters. Ben became a USCF Life Master at 15, USCF Senior Master at 16, an International Master in 1989, and achieved his final GM norm at the SPICE Cup B Section in September, 2009. Finegold was co-champion of the 1989 U.S. Junior Championship, and was awarded the prestigious Samford Fellowship in 1993. He has tied for first place in two U.S. Opens (Chicago, 1994; Cherry Hill, 2007). Other major tournament victories include co-champion of the 2002 World Open and the National Opens of 2005 and 2008. He has played in six U.S. Chess Championships: 1994 (Key West, FL), 1999 (Salt Lake City, UT), 2002 (Seattle, WA), 2005 (La Jolla, CA), 2006 (San Diego, CA), and 2008 (Tulsa, OK). Finegold maintains a blog at http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/.... Wikipedia article: Ben Finegold

page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 324  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Finegold vs D Moody 0-1 30 1981 Michigan Open A27 English, Three Knights System 2. B Finegold vs Sorenson   1-0 22 1982 St Paul B02 Alekhine's Defense 3. B Finegold vs D Moody 1-0 15 1983 Detroit C44 King's Pawn Game 4. J Kulbacki vs B Finegold ½-½ 77 1983 Super Double Tornados C29 Vienna Gambit 5. D Thompson vs B Finegold 1-0 77 1983 Ann Arbor ch-MI op B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 6. B Finegold vs T Palmer ½-½ 54 1983 Ann Arbor Victory Tournament A07 King's Indian Attack 7. J Tomas vs B Finegold   ½-½ 12 1984 Midwest Masters II D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. B Finegold vs E Schiller   1-0 64 1984 Tournament 'Midwest Masters' D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. B Finegold vs Anand ½-½ 61 1986 Oakham D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 10. B Finegold vs E Schiller   ½-½ 21 1986 WorldOpen D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 11. Suba vs B Finegold   0-1 38 1987 Hastings A15 English 12. Gulko vs B Finegold   1-0 66 1987 Philadelphia D97 Grunfeld, Russian 13. B Finegold vs Sherzer   ½-½ 38 1987 USA-ch U18 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 14. B Finegold vs Gligoric   ½-½ 12 1988 Saint John op-2 E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 15. B Finegold vs Hebden   ½-½ 65 1988 Hastings A57 Benko Gambit 16. J Howell vs B Finegold 1-0 37 1988 London (England) C55 Two Knights Defense 17. Plaskett vs B Finegold   1-0 57 1988 Hastings op 8889 C42 Petrov Defense 18. B Finegold vs Smyslov   ½-½ 17 1988 London Lloyds E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 19. Kudrin vs B Finegold   1-0 47 1988 London C55 Two Knights Defense 20. B Finegold vs Gelfand 1-0 25 1989 Amsterdam Euwe-mem E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 21. Psakhis vs B Finegold   1-0 81 1989 Amsterdam OHRA II D02 Queen's Pawn Game 22. B Finegold vs Sosonko   1-0 62 1989 Amsterdam E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. Judit Polgar vs B Finegold 1-0 49 1989 Amsterdam Euwe-mem B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 24. B Finegold vs Bagirov   ½-½ 37 1989 08, Amsterdam D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. B Finegold vs Illescas Cordoba   ½-½ 80 1989 It D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 324    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Finegold wins | Finegold loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-09-09    Marmot PFL: A much simpler interpretation is that anyone smart enough to be a strong master should be smart enough not to waste their on something as trivial as chess, at least in the view of society at large. Sep-19-09    norami: It says Finegold, at the Spice Cup, is still going for his last GM norm at age 40. What's the record for oldest new GM? Sep-19-09    MaxxLange: good luck to him the record is older than 40, but not by much Sep-21-09    Billy Vaughan: He'll have to wait another few decades to beat Janis Klovans, who became a GM at age 62. Sep-26-09    arthurp: I am glad that Benjamin is getting his GM title after the Spice Cup is over!BUT why has it taken 20 years to get the title?He was an IM in 1989. Sep-26-09    whiskeyrebel: The little norm monkey's have certainly directed their mischief towards BF, but now it seems official that he has earned the GM title. Bravo! Sep-26-09    Resignation Trap: As for that title, "Well, It's About Time!!" Sep-26-09    notyetagm: Congratulations, GM Finegold. :-) Sep-26-09    MaxxLange: Good job, and raise a glass to GM Finegold and to Korchnoi, the patron saint of old guys who still play chess The oldest guy to get the GM title was 62? That beats Emory Tate making his IM title at 50-somtehing, a feat unusual enough to get notice in the NYT chess column. Sep-26-09    Susan Polgar: 2 videos were posted. One was when he got the draw and norm. The other one was during the celebration at my home. http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/200... http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/200... Sep-27-09    kurtrichards: Benjamin Finegold, USA's newest grandmaster. Congratulations! Sep-27-09    zanshin: Wow! Rating of 2604 for an IM? Congrats on becoming a GM! Sep-27-09    Billy Vaughan: Congratulations, Mr. Finegold! And what a dominating performance! Sep-27-09    micartouse: Congratulations from a MI patzer to Mr. Finegold! He's the strongest player I ever confronted in rated play, and it was a blast. An extremely talented player with a practical view of the game. And what's all this talk about old guys? :) Only in chess and figure skating is 40 old; everywhere else 40 is the new 30. Sep-27-09    Wild Bill: Congratulations, Grandmaster Feingold. Sep-27-09    HeMateMe: I wonder if Jay Bonin will ever get that elusive GM title? He's an IM in NYC who plays dozens of events each year, going back to the 70s. I think some years Chess Life has listed him as 'the most active player in the country'. He has never quited done well enough to get those GM norms. Sep-28-09    Billy Vaughan: <And what's all this talk about old guys? :) Only in chess and figure skating is 40 old; everywhere else 40 is the new 30.> And it's not even really that way in chess. 30 is old. 40 is when you resurge! Sep-29-09    Phony Benoni: Some videos from the SPICE Cup in Ben's blog at http://finegoldchess.blogspot.com/ Also some mention of his son, Spencer, who is rated 1929 and coming up fast. And, even more frightening for us oldsters, Spence is attending Michigan State this fall. Where have the years gone... Oct-15-09    Billy Vaughan: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/... Oct-23-09    Joshka: Looking forward to meeting America's new GM at this weekend's Cleveland Open. Any other folks attending? If ya are, hope to see you!:-) Oct-24-09    HeMateMe: Isn't cleveland where Fischer won his first US championship? Oct-24-09    Joshka: <HeHateMe> No, he won the US Open in Cleveland, 1957. Oct-24-09    Joshka: GM Feingold wasn't there tonight, he's playing in the two day section, hoping to meet him tomorrow. GM Anatoly Lein is playing as well. He's 79, and a product of the Soviet system which produced, Korchnoi, Tal, Geller, ect. Oct-24-09    HeMateMe: I think Lein was one of the early chess emigres from Russian, mid 70s. Maybe he was one of the small percentage of jewish people filling out paperwork to leave the ussr, who actually got to do so. In his 40s, I guess the USSR chess authorities decided he was no threat. Most went to Israel, I think. A Leningrader (st. Pete) he might have games in the database with Spassky and Korchnoi. Jan-02-10    mysql: Why is he not part of USA in the WTCC? Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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