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    Pal Charles Benko (Hungarian: Benkő Pál; July 15, 1928 – August 25, 2019) was a Hungarian and American chess player, author, and composer of endgame studies...
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  • Hungarian-American grandmaster Pal Benko, who provided many new suggestions and published his book The Benko Gambit in 1974. The name Benko Gambit stuck and is particularly...
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  • Baden-Baden in 1925, with mixed results. 1.g3 received renewed attention after Pal Benko used it to defeat Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Tal in the 1962 Candidates...
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  • Hungarian boxer Pál Benkő (1928–2019), Hungarian-American chess player Pál Csernai (1932–2013), Hungarian football player and manager Pál Dárdai (footballer...
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    versus three minor piece endings "are theoretically drawn." Grandmaster Pal Benko, an authority on the endgame and like Fine a world-class player at his...
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  • Gregor Benko (born 1944), American writer, lecturer, record producer, and collector-historian Gyula Benkő (1918–1997), Hungarian actor Péter Benkő (born...
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  • expert Poe McClinton, still a park regular, is seen throughout the film. Pal Benko was supposed to be in the film but his part was cut out. Waitzkin's real...
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  • (Sydney), 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens), 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing) Pál Benkő (1928–2019), chess player Gyula Bíró (1890–1961), midfield and forward...
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  • for first place in the World Open Chess Championship with grandmaster Pal Benko, afterwards working as a software engineer for Casher Associates and TMI...
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    Borislav Milić, Božidar Đurašević  Hungary 26½ László Szabó, Gedeon Barcza, Pál Benkő, György Szilágyi, Miklós Bély, Lajos Portisch 1958 13th Chess Olympiad...
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