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David Bennion

Number of games in database: 41
Years covered: 2000 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 1959 (1948 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2096
Overall record: +13 -20 =8 (41.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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DAVID BENNION
(born Sep-23-1960, died May-30-2025, 64 years old) United Kingdom

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David Andrew Bannion lived most of his life in Ruabon, near Wrexham, Wales. He played in tournaments all over the world. He often played in the Welsh Championship, his best result being =5th with 4.5/6 at Hensol Park 2006. His peak FIDE rating was 2107 in April 2007. His biggest upset (370 rating points) was E Anka vs D Bennion, 2004 at the National Open in Las Vegas, when he beat Grandmaster Emil Anka.

Last updated: 2025-07-18 07:47:55

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 41  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Bourne vs D Bennion  1-0292000Staffordshire opE91 King's Indian
2. S Brady vs D Bennion  1-0722002Monarch Assurance 11thB06 Robatsch
3. L Williams vs D Bennion  1-0382004Wales Fishguard OpenD85 Grunfeld
4. D Bennion vs A R Talbot  ½-½362004Wales Fishguard OpenB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
5. F May vs D Bennion  1-0262004Wales Fishguard OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
6. D Bennion vs F Rayner  1-0242004Wales Fishguard OpenB49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
7. J Cast vs D Bennion  0-1262004Wales Fishguard OpenC18 French, Winawer
8. T Weinberger vs D Bennion 0-1432004National OpenD80 Grunfeld
9. E Anka vs D Bennion  0-1322004National OpenC07 French, Tarrasch
10. N Miezis vs D Bennion 1-0142005European Union ChampionshipA22 English
11. D Bennion vs J Loughran  1-0292005European Union ChampionshipB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
12. D Bennion vs P Carey 1-0252005European Union ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
13. D Bennion vs P Short 0-1412005European Union ChampionshipB07 Pirc
14. D J Smith vs D Bennion ½-½442005European Union ChampionshipA20 English
15. D Bennion vs S Moran  ½-½432005European Union ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
16. D J O'Donoghue vs D Bennion  1-0562005European Union ChampionshipA28 English
17. D Bennion vs J Flynn 1-0222005European Union ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
18. A J Aherne vs D Bennion  0-1372005European Union ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
19. D Bennion vs R Nokes  0-1462006Queenstown ClassicA46 Queen's Pawn Game
20. D Bennion vs I Bjelobrk  0-1292006Queenstown ClassicB42 Sicilian, Kan
21. D Bennion vs R S Jones  0-143200753rd Welsh ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
22. T Kett vs D Bennion  ½-½32200753rd Welsh ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
23. A Cast vs D Bennion ½-½75200753rd Welsh ChampionshipA43 Old Benoni
24. D Bennion vs L Williams 0-1192008Welsh ChampionshipB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
25. D Bennion vs T Brown  ½-½492008Welsh ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-17-25
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  FSR: David Bennion died at the chessic age of 64, like Robert James Fischer, William Steinitz, Howard Staunton, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Vladimir Savon, Pedro Damiano, Albin Planinc, Vladimir Antoshin, Edmar Mednis, Vitaly Halberstadt, Giulio Cesare Polerio, Karl-Heinz Maeder, Octavio Troianescu, Maximilian Ujtelky, Solomon Gotthilf, Erwin Voellmy, Ivan Nemet, Adolf Staehelin, Paul Tautvaisas, Claude Frizzel Bloodgood, Larry Tamarkin, Gary Sanders, John Kalish, John Stopa, Leroy Jackson, Rufus Henry Streatfeild Stevenson, Larry Parr, Donald A Femmel, Ralph Hurttlen, Andrew Schoene, and Karl Marx.
Jul-17-25
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  perfidious: <FSR>, yet another for that scroll of doom was https://www.chessgames.com/perl/kib....
Jul-17-25
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  FSR: <perfidious> I just realized that you have made it through the Age of Doom! My congratulations! I still have 20 days left.
Jul-17-25
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  perfidious: <FSR>, I am thus more fortunate than two high school classmates who called it a day at 64 these last few months, not to mention two who did not make it to the end of the year we graduated.
Jul-17-25
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  FSR: <perfidious> Wow. That is terrible.
Jul-17-25
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  perfidious: <FSR>, one had terminal cancer and passed on days after graduation, so was no surprise. Jay was a good kid and liked by everyone.
Jul-18-25
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  FSR: <perfidious> Life is a crapshoot. You have no idea what will get you, or when.
Jul-18-25
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  perfidious: <FSR>, the other classmate who bought it went in a car accident and I will always remember my disbelief on reading of it, because it was in an area where I would have sworn there was no chance whatever that could happen.
Jul-18-25  Muttley101: Sad to see that Dave has died. He was, like pretty much everyone in Wales, considerably underrated. His play was sharp and if you weren't careful he would destroy you. He liked to attack and was full of tactics. He was a regular of the chess scene up to 2019 at least, when Covid shut everything down. He was a quiet and proper person. Whether he won or lost he remained calm and accepted it. RIP Dave, it was always good to see you at a match or a tournament. You will be missed.

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