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Donald Benge

Number of games in database: 10
Years covered: 1958 to 1963
Overall record: +4 -5 =1 (45.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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DONALD BENGE
(born Nov-04-1933, died Apr-06-2007, 73 years old) United States of America

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Donald Eugene Benge was born in Chicago. He lived in Southern California most of his life. Benge invented the board game Conquest® and the chess variant Quest-Chess. He died on April 6, 2007 in a car accident.

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D Benge vs D Groenig 0-1151958Idaho OpenD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
2. C Metzelaar vs D Benge 1-0321959Nevada State ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
3. D Benge vs F Clark  0-1301960Nevada OpenE61 King's Indian
4. D Fischheimer vs D Benge  1-0281960Utah OpenC15 French, Winawer
5. D Benge vs Yarmock  1-0181960California OpenD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
6. H Rogosin vs D Benge  0-1421961Southern California Amateur ChampionshipA23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation
7. E Osbun vs D Benge 1-0231961California OpenD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
8. O Bender vs D Benge 0-1201962Nevada OpenC88 Ruy Lopez
9. D Benge vs T Hartwell  ½-½361963Utah OpenB56 Sicilian
10. G Chappuis vs D Benge  0-1601963Utah OpenD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-29-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Inventor of Conquest board game and Quest-Chess:

http://www.chessvariants.org/multim...

Obituary: http://main.uschess.org/content/vie...

Nov-04-16  TheFocus: Inventor of Ben-Gay.
Jul-24-19  Pyrandus: What is the Conquest Game? Link?
Jul-24-19
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  GrahamClayton: <Pyrandus>
What is the Conquest Game? Link?

<Pyrandus>
https://artsandculture.google.com/a...

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