CHESS PLAYER

Pal Benko

1928 - 2019

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Pal Charles Benko (Hungarian: Benkő Pál; July 15, 1928 – August 25, 2019) was a Hungarian and American chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pal Benko is the 82nd most popular chess player (down from 73rd in 2019), the 3,179th most popular biography from France (up from 3,253rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Pal Benko ranks 82 out of 461. Before him are Szymon Winawer, Alexander Kotov, Semyon Alapin, Elisaveta Bykova, Levon Aronian, and Maia Chiburdanidze. After him are Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Louis Paulsen, Gideon Ståhlberg, and Ljubomir Ljubojević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Pal Benko ranks 243. Before him are Tom Sharpe, Alejandro de Tomaso, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Horace Silver, Orson Bean, and Warren Oates. After him are Alexander Gomelsky, Natalie Zemon Davis, Saw Maung, Giacomo Biffi, Bengt Gustavsson, and Bob Cousy. Among people deceased in 2019, Pal Benko ranks 193. Before him are Ross Perot, Scott Walker, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, Negasso Gidada, Édith Scob, and Eduardo Fajardo. After him are Lydia Wideman, Fritz Hollings, Robert Walker, John Havlicek, José Antonio Reyes, and Stefano Delle Chiaie.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pal Benko ranks 3,179 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1498), Achille Richard (1794), Charles Dullin (1885), Pierre Poivre (1719), Jean Lorrain (1855), and Charles Frédéric Petit (1857). After him are Christian Ferras (1933), Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755), Adrien Maurice de Noailles (1678), Didier Auriol (1958), Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases (1766), and Anne Vernon (1924).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In France

Among chess players born in France, Pal Benko ranks 3. Before him are François-André Danican Philidor (1726), and Legall de Kermeur (1702). After him are André Chéron (1895), Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800), Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (1990), Étienne Bacrot (1983), Laurent Fressinet (1981), and Marie Sebag (1986).

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