Benjamin Raphael
Number of games in database: 20
Years covered: 1856 to 1857
Overall record: +7 -10 =3 (42.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C33		King's Gambit Accepted (3 games)
B40		Sicilian (2 games)
B44		Sicilian (2 games)
C42		Petrov Defense (2 games)

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BENJAMIN RAPHAEL (born Nov-08-1818, died Mar-17-1880) United States of America [what is this?] Benjamin Raphael was born in Richmond, Virginia and died in New York. He was a medical doctor.

page 1 of 1; 20 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Raphael vs W Montgomery 1-0 12 1856 Unknown C30 King's Gambit Declined 2. B Raphael vs T Lichtenhein   0-1 32 1857 New York C33 King's Gambit Accepted 3. N Marache vs B Raphael 0-1 24 1857 New York C42 Petrov Defense 4. B Raphael vs Paulsen   0-1 25 1857 USA-01.Kongress B40 Sicilian 5. B Raphael vs N Marache   1-0 46 1857 New York B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 6. B Raphael vs H Kennicott   0-1 42 1857 New York C33 King's Gambit Accepted 7. H Kennicott vs B Raphael 0-1 34 1857 New York C42 Petrov Defense 8. N Marache vs B Raphael 1-0 70 1857 1st American Chess Congress B44 Sicilian 9. B Raphael vs H Kennicott   1-0 54 1857 USA-01.Kongress B40 Sicilian 10. B Raphael vs N Marache   1-0 30 1857 New York A80 Dutch 11. B Raphael vs Morphy 0-1 26 1857 New York C33 King's Gambit Accepted 12. H Kennicott vs B Raphael   0-1 24 1857 New York B44 Sicilian 13. N Marache vs B Raphael   ½-½ 39 1857 1st American Chess Congress C20 King's Pawn Game 14. B Raphael vs N Marache 0-1 20 1857 New York C01 French, Exchange 15. T Lichtenhein vs B Raphael 1-0 25 1857 First American Chess Congress A43 Old Benoni 16. B Raphael vs H Kennicott   ½-½ 61 1857 1st American Chess Congress D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. B Raphael vs Paulsen   0-1 53 1857 New York C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 18. B Raphael vs H Kennicott   0-1 36 1857 New York C44 King's Pawn Game 19. Paulsen vs B Raphael   ½-½ 47 1857 USA-01.Kongress C47 Four Knights 20. T Lichtenhein vs B Raphael   1-0 29 1857 New York C48 Four Knights  page 1 of 1; 20 games

Jun-15-07    Whitehat1963: His real name is Benjamin Raspail. A former patient of mine, whose romantic attachments ran to, shall we say, the exotic. I did not kill him, I assure you. Merely tucked him away, very much as I found him. After he'd missed three appointments. Jun-15-07    Whitehat1963: If you didn't kill him, then who did, sir? Jun-15-07    Whitehat1963: Who can say? Best thing for him, really. His therapy was going nowhere. Apr-15-08    Augalv: Funny :)

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