[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 Ra7 9. g3 Qd8 10. Bg2 Be7 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Ne1 c6 13. Nd3 0-0 14. e3 Bd6 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Na4 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Nac5 Re7 19. a3 h5 20. h4 Qc7 21. Nf4 Ra8 22. Ncd3 Rae8 23. Qd1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Re6 26. Bh3 Ng4 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. Kg2 Re4 29. Rh1 R8e6 30. b4 Qe7 31. Qd1 g3 32. f5 Rh6 33. fxg3 Rxe3 34. Qg4 Re4 35. Qf3 Rf6 36. Rcf1 g6 37. g4 gxf5 38. gxf5 Rxd4 39. Re1 Re4 40. Rxe4 Qxe4 41. Qxe4 dxe4 42. Rf1 Rd6 43. Rf4 Kg7 44. Rxe4 Kf6 45. h5 Rd2+ 46. Kg3 Rd3+ 47. Kg2 Rd5 48. h6 Rxf5 49. Rh4 Rg5+ 50. Kf3 Rg8 51. Rf4+ Kg6 52. Rg4+ Kh7 53. Rf4 Kxh6 54. Rxf7 Rg7 55. Rf8 Re7 56. Rg8 Kh7 57. Rg3 Re5 58. Kf4 Rb5 59. Ke4 a5 60. bxa5 Rxa5 61. Rb3 b5 62. Rc3 Kg7 63. Rxc6 Rxa3 64. Rb6 Rb3 65. Kd4 Kf7 66. Kc5 Ke7 67. Rxb5 Rxb5+ 68. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 h6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Ne4 Bf4 14. Bc2 Nce7 15. Nc5 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Bc6 17. Ne5 Nf4 18. Qg4 Qxd4 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Rfd1 f5 21. Rxd4 fxg4 22. Re4 Rad8 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Nxe6 Rfd4 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Be4 Rd2 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxb2 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. g3 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 h5 33. Rxa7 g5 34. Ra6+ Kf5 35. Ra5+ Kf6 36. Ra4 Ra1 37. h3 gxh3+ 38. Kxh3 g4+ 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Ra6+ Kg7 41. Ra8 Kh7 42. a4 Kg7 43. Ra5 Kg6 44. Ra7 Ra2 45. a5 Kf6 46. Ra8 Kg7 47. a6 Kh7 48. Kf1 Kg7 49. Ke1 Kh7 50. a7 Kg7 51. Kd1 Kh7 52. Kc1 Kg7 53. Kb1 Ra5 54. Kb2 Rb5+ 55. Kc3 Ra5 56. Kd4 Ra2 57. Ke3 Ra4 58. Kd3 Ra2 59. Ke4 Re2+ 60. Kf5 Rxf2+ 61. Kg5 Ra2 62. Kxh5 Ra4 63. Kg5 Ra5+ 64. Kxg4 Ra4+ 65. Kf5 Ra5+ 66. Ke6 Ra6+ 67. Kd5 Ra5+ 68. Kc6 Ra1 69. Kb6 Rb1+ 70. Kc5 Rc1+ 71. Kb6 Rb1+ 72. Kc5 Rc1+ 73. Kb6 Rb1+ 74. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. Nh3 d6 9. Nf2 Nd7 10. h4 b6 11. h5 Ba6 12. Ng4 Na5 13. Ne3 Re8 14. Be2 Nf8 15. Kf2 Ne6 16. Ra2 f6 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. g3 Qf7 19. Bb2 Rad8 20. Kg2 Ng5 21. Qf1 f5 22. Nxf5 Nxc4 23. Rc2 exd4 24. cxd4 d5 25. Bc1 h6 26. g4 dxe4 27. f4 Nf3 28. Bxc4 Ne1+ 29. Qxe1 Bxc4 30. Qc3 Bd3 31. Rb2 Rd5 32. Be3 Qd7 33. Kg3 Re6 34. Rc1 c6 35. Nh4 Red6 36. f5 Bb5 37. Ng2 Rxd4 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. Kg1 Rd3 41. Qb4 Qe5 42. Rf2 Rg3 43. Qb2 Qd6 44. Qa2+ Kh7 45. Qe6 Qxa3 46. Qg6+ Kh8 47. Rd1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5 Bc7 9. g3 0-0 10. Bg2 b6 11. 0-0 Be5 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. h3 Bc4 15. Nd2 Bd5 16. Nf3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 bxc5 18. Bxc5 d6 19. Be3 Bb3 20. Qd3 d5 21. Bc5 Bc4 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Nd2 Ba6 24. c4 Qc7 25. Rfe1 Red8 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Qe4 Qa5 28. Nf3 h6 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Ne7 31. Bc3 Qf5 32. Qa4 Qb5 33. Qg4 Qg5 34. Qxg5 hxg5 35. Ba5 Rd7 36. Bf3 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. Rb1 Ba6 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40. Rd8 Rxd8 41. Bxd8 Nf5 42. e3 f6 43. Be4 Kg8 44. Bc7 Bc4 45. Ba5 Kf7 46. Bb4 Ne7 47. Bc2 a6 48. f3 e5 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Bh7 Kf7 51. Be4 Nd5 52. Ba5 Ke6 53. Bc2 Ne7 54. Ke1 Nf5 55. Kf2 Ne7 56. Ba4 Nf5 57. Bb4 Nd6 58. e4 Nb5 59. Ke3 g6 60. Bd1 Nd4 61. f4 gxf4+ 62. gxf4 g5 63. f5+ Kd7 64. Bc5 Nb5 65. Bc2 Nd6 66. Bd3 Bxd3 67. Kxd3 Kc6 68. Bb4 Kd7 69. Be1 Nb5 70. Bb4 Nd6 71. Ke3 Nb7 72. Kf3 Ke8 73. Kg4 Kf7 74. h4 gxh4 75. Kxh4 a5 76. Be1 Nc5 77. Bxa5 Nxe4 78. Bb4 Ke8 79. Kh5 Kd7 80. Kg6 Kc6 81. a4 Kb7 82. Kf7 Ng3 83. Kxf6 Nxf5 84. Kxf5 e4 85. Kxe4 Ka8 86. Kd5 Ka7 87. Kc6 Ka8 88. Kb6 Kb8 89. a5 Ka8 90. a6 Kb8 91. a7+ Ka8 92. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Bd2 Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 Ne7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. h4 h5 14. Ng5 Nf5 15. Nd4 g6 16. 0-0 Qb6 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. b4 Rc2 19. b5 d4 20. Rfb1 Rg8 21. Bb4 Bh6 22. bxa6 Qxa6 23. Rc1 Qxd3 24. Rxc2 Qxc2 25. Qxd4 Qc6 26. Bd2 Qd5 27. Qxd5 exd5 28. Nh7 Bg7 29. a5 Bb5 30. Rb1 Ba6 31. Ng5 Bh6 32. Rc1 Bxg5 33. Bxg5 Kd7 34. f3 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Kxc8 36. Kf2 d4 37. Bf6 Kd7 38. e6+ Kxe6 39. Bxd4 f4 40. Ba7 Kf5 41. Bb8 Bb5 42. Bc7 Ba6 43. Bb8 Bb5 44. Bc7 Ba6 45. Bb8 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Root, Douglas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qxe5+ Be7 8. Qxg7 Bf6 9. Qg3 Be6 10. d3 Nf5 11. Qf4 Qe7 12. Ng5 Nd4 13. Nc3 0-0-0 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Be3 Be5 16. Qh6 Qxh6 17. Bxh6 Nxc2 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Rfe1 Rhe8 20. Kf1 Re6 21. Bg5 Rxd3 22. a3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nd5 25. c4 f6 26. Bh4 Rd4 27. cxd5 Rxh4 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. Re6 Rxh2 30. Rxc6 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 Ra1 32. Rxf6 Ra2+ 33. Kd3 Rxa3+ 34. Kc4 h5 35. Kb4 Ra2 36. g3 Kb7 37. Rf5 Kb6 38. f4 a5+ 39. Kb3 Rh2 40. Ka4 h4 41. gxh4 Rxh4 42. Rb5+ Kc6 43. Rxa5 Rxf4+ 44. Kb3 Rf3+ 45. Kc4 Rf4+ 46. Kc3 Kb6 47. Rh5 Rf3+ 48. Kc4 c6 49. Rg5 Rh3 50. Rf5 Rh4+ 51. Kc3 c5 52. Rf8 Rh6 53. Kc4 Rh4+ 54. Kc3 Rh6 55. Kc4 Rh4+ 56. Kc3 Rh6 57. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Qe2 Nh5 9. Be5 Bxd3 10. cxd3 f6 11. Ng5 fxg5 12. Qxh5+ g6 13. Qh3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qd7 15. f4 0-0 16. Ne2 Rae8 17. Qg4 Bd8 18. fxg5 Rf5 19. d4 Rxg5 20. Qh3 Rh5 21. Qg4 Rg5 22. Qh3 Rh5 23. Qg4 Rg5 24. Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 0-0 9. h4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. f3 Qb8 12. h5 h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. g4 b4 15. Ne2 Qb5 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. Nc1 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Rxc5 19. Bg3 d5 20. e5 Nh7 21. Nb3 Rc7 22. f4 a5 23. Bh4 Bxh4 24. Rxh4 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Bd3 e5 27. fxe5 Nxg4 28. Be2 Ne3 29. Rd2 Bf5 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. cxd3 Rac8 32. Rh1 Re7 33. d4 Nc4 34. Re2 Rf8 35. Nd2 Nb6 36. Rc1 Re6 37. Rc7 Rf5 38. Rh2 a4 39. Kc2 Rg5 40. Kd3 Rg3+ 41. Ke2 b3 42. axb3 axb3 43. Kf2 Rg5 44. Nxb3 Na4 45. Nc5 Nxc5 46. Rxc5 Rb6 47. Kf1 Kf7 48. Rxd5 Ke6 49. Rd8 Rf5+ 50. Ke1 Ke7 51. Rg8 Kf7 52. Rc8 Rb4 53. Rd8 Ke7 54. Rd6 Rg5 55. Kd1 Rc4 56. Kd2 Rg3 57. Rf2 Rb3 58. Kd1 Rd3+ 59. Rd2 Rg3 60. Rg6 Rxg6 61. hxg6 Ke6 62. Ke2 Kd5 63. Ke3 Rc6 64. Rd3 Rxg6 65. Rc3 Rg3+ 66. Kf4 Rg1 67. Rc7 Kxd4 68. Rd7+ Kc5 69. e6 Rf1+ 70. Ke5 Re1+ 71. Kf5 Rf1+ 72. Kg6 Rf6+ 73. Kxg7 Rxe6 74. Rd2 Rd6 75. Rxd6 Kxd6 76. Kxh6 Kc5 77. Kg5 Kb4 78. Kf4 Kb3 79. Ke3 Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Be3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. h3 Qe7 13. Qd2 Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 16. Bc2 Ne5 17. c5 Rfd8 18. Qd4 f6 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20. Qc5 Rd7 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Bb3 Rb8 24. Rad1 Bxb3 25. axb3 a5 26. Ra1 Rxb3 27. Rxa5 h6 28. Rc5 Re6 29. Rf5 Rb5 30. Rxb5 cxb5 31. Kf1 g6 32. Rf2 Rc6 33. Rb2 Rc4 34. Rxb5 Rxe4 35. Kf2 Rc4 36. Rxe5 Rxc3 37. Re7 Ra3 38. Ke2 Rg3 39. Kf2 Ra3 40. Ke2 Rg3 41. Kf2 Ra3 42. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 15th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 Nbc6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. Re1 0-0 11. Nxe5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Qf4 c6 15. Nf3 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Nd5 17. Qh4 Bd7 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 15th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bf4 Be7 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. e4 0-0 12. 0-0 Qc8 13. b4 Qb7 14. h3 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. d5 e5 18. Be3 c6 19. Nd2 h6 20. Nb1 c5 21. Nd2 Rb8 22. Rc3 Rdc8 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Nd2 Nd7 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Qa4 Rb6 30. Rb3 Nf6 31. Kf1 Rxb3 32. Qxb3 Qa5 33. Ke2 Bf8 34. Kd3 Be7 35. Nf3 Bf8 36. Nd2 Be7 37. Kc2 Bf8 38. Kb2 Nd7 39. Nb1 Qe1 40. Nc3 Nf6 41. Qa4 Qf1 42. g3 Qd3 43. Qxa6 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 45. g4 Qd3 46. a4 e4 47. a5 g5 48. Qc8 Kg7 49. Qb7 Qxc4 50. a6 Be7 51. a7 Bf6+ 52. Ka3 Bc3 53. a8Q Bb4+ 54. Ka4 Bc3+ 55. Ka3 Bb4+ 56. Ka4 Bc3+ 57. Ka3 Bb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 15th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nc6 Qd7 9. Na5 Qa4 10. Qd5 Rb8 11. Qc6+ Qxc6 12. Nxc6 Rb6 13. Na5 f5 14. f3 fxe4 15. fxe4 Be6 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. b3 g6 18. Bb2 Bg7 19. 0-0-0 0-0 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. exd5 Rbb8 23. Rhe1 Rbe8 24. Re2 Nf5 25. Rde1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 h5 27. Nc6 g5 28. a4 h4 29. a5 Kh6 30. Rf2 Kg7 31. Kd2 Kf6 32. c3 Re8 33. Re2 Rg8 34. Re6+ Kf7 35. Kd3 h3 36. g4 Nh4 37. Ke4 Rf8 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Re6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 15th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sriniaiyer, Sudarshan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Qc2 a6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bc1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qh4 15. c4 Nc5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Ba3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfd8 19. Qc3 Rd7 20. f3 Rad8 21. e4 Be6 22. Bc1 b5 23. Be3 Bc4 24. Rfe1 Qe7 25. a4 Rd3 26. Qb2 Rb3 27. Qf2 Qxe5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bd4 Qf4 30. Be3 Qd6 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Ra7 Rd3 33. e5 Qc6 34. f4 Qd7 35. f5 Rd1 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 h6 38. Bh4 Rxe5 39. f6 g5 40. Bg3 Re4 41. Bxc7 Qd5 42. Bb6 Re2 43. Qg3 Qe5 44. Qxe5 Rxe5 45. Ba5 Re2 46. Be1 Bd5 47. Bf2 b4 48. Rd1 Be6 49. Bd4 Kh7 50. Rb1 b3 51. Rb2 Re4 52. Rd2 Bf5 53. Bb2 Re1+ 54. Kf2 Rb1 55. Ke3 Bc2 56. Bc3 Kg6 57. Rf2 b2 58. Rxc2 Re1+ 59. Bxe1 b1Q 60. Re2 Qb6+ 61. Kd3 Qd6+ 62. Ke3 Qxh2 63. Bc3 Qf4+ 64. Kd3 h5 65. Be5 Qf1 66. Kd2 h4 67. Bd4 Qf4+ 68. Kd3 g4 69. Be5 Qf1 70. Kd2 g3 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 15th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Manon Og, Ramon Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
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[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. e4 0-0 12. Be2 h6 13. Rd1 Qe6 14. Be3 a6 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Na5 17. Bd3 b5 18. Ke2 Rfd8 19. Bc2 Nc4 20. Bc1 Kf8 21. b3 Nb6 22. Be3 Ke8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ra1 Bf8 25. a4 bxa4 26. b4 Kd7 27. Bxa4+ Nxa4 28. Rxa4 Ra8 29. Ra5 Bd6 30. b5 h5 31. bxa6 Kc6 32. Kd3 f6 33. Kc4 Kd7 34. a7 Kc6 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 15th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harriott, Tyrell"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 d6 4. f4 e5 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Ng3 exd4 8. exd4 Ng4 9. Ne2 c5 10. h3 Nh6 11. d5 c4 12. Bxc4 Qb6+ 13. Kh2 Bxb2 14. Bxb2 Qxb2 15. Nbc3 Nf5 16. Qd3 Nd7 17. g4 Nc5 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Bd3 Ng7 20. Rab1 Qa5 21. f5 gxf5 22. gxf5 f6 23. Rg1 Rf7 24. Nf4 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Qxc3 27. Rb3 Qd2+ 28. Kh1 Kh8 29. Qg4 Qxc2 30. Rbg3 Qe4+ 31. R1g2 Qf5 32. Qh4 Re8 33. Qh6 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Qb1 35. Rg1 Rxg1 36. Rxg1 Qc2+ 37. Rg2 Qc3 38. a4 Qe5 39. Rc2 Kg8 40. h4 Qf5 41. Rg2 Qe5 42. Re2 Nf5 43. Rxe5 Nxh6 44. Re6 Rc7 45. Rxd6 Rc4 46. Ne6 Rxh4+ 47. Kg2 Nf5 48. Rd7 Rxa4 49. d6 Ra6 50. Rxb7 Rxd6 51. Nc5 Rc6 52. Ne4 a6 53. Kf3 Ng7 54. Ra7 h5 55. Ng3 h4 56. Ne2 Kh7 57. Nd4 Rc3+ 58. Ke4 h3 59. Rxa6 h2 60. Ra1 Nh5 61. Nf5 Rh3 62. Ra7+ Kg6 63. Ne7+ Kg5 64. Ra5+ f5+ 65. Rxf5+ Kg4 66. Re5 h1Q+ 67. Kd4 Qa1+ 68. Kd5 Nf4+ 69. Kd6 Rh6+ 70. Kd7 Qxe5 71. Ke8 Nd5 72. Kf7 Qxe7+ 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 15th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Times, Lawyer"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. e3 c5 10. d5 d6 11. Bh3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 b5 13. cxb5 a6 14. bxa6 Nxa6 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Qe4 Bf6 17. Bf1 Nc7 18. Bc4 Ra4 19. Qc2 Rfa8 20. a3 R4a7 21. Rb1 Qb8 22. Bd2 Rb7 23. Bc3 Ne8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. a4 Rb4 26. b3 Qc8 27. Kg2 h5 28. f3 Nd7 29. Bb5 Ne5 30. h3 f5 31. f4 Nd7 32. Rbc1 Nf6 33. Kf3 h4 34. gxh4 Kf7 35. Bc4 Qh8 36. Qf2 Ne4 37. Qe1 Raxa4 38. bxa4 Rb2 39. Be2 Qh5+ 40. Kg2 Rxe2+ 41. Kg1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 0-0 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Bc1 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Re8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Rfd1 a5 18. e3 Qc8 19. Nd3 Ne4 20. Be1 Ng5 21. b4 Qg4 22. bxa5 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. Bc3 bxa5 25. Ne1 Qh5 26. Qd2 Ba6 27. f3 Re6 28. Bxa5 Rae8 29. Rc3 f5 30. Ng2 f4 31. Qf2 fxg3 32. hxg3 Rh6 33. Nh4 g5 34. Bxc7 Bxc7 35. Rxc7 gxh4 36. g4 Qg5 37. Re1 Rhe6 38. Qc2 Qg6 39. Kf2 Bc4 40. e4 Rf6 41. Rxc4 dxc4 42. Qxc4+ Kh8 43. Qb5 Ref8 44. Re3 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Bb4 9. Qe2 0-0 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Qb5 Bd6 18. Qd3 c2 19. Rd2 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxc2 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Be3 Rh8 25. Ke2 Rh4 26. a5 Rb4 27. Rd1 Be5 28. Rd7 b6 29. Rc6 Rxb2+ 30. Kf3 Kf6 31. axb6 axb6 32. Rxb6 Rxb6 33. Bxb6 Ra3+ 34. Be3 g5 35. g3 Kg6 36. Ra7 Rb3 37. Ra5 f6 38. Ra6 Kf7 39. Ra7+ Ke8 40. Kg4 Rd3 41. Kf3 Rc3 42. Kg4 Rb3 43. Bc5 Rb5 44. Be3 f5+ 45. Kf3 g4+ 46. Ke2 Rb2+ 47. Kd3 Bf6 48. Kc4 Rb8 49. Bc5 Rd8 50. Rb7 Rd1 51. Be3 Rd5 52. Bc5 Rd8 53. Ba7 Be5 54. Be3 Bd6 55. Rh7 Rc8+ 56. Kd3 Rc6 57. Kd4 Kf8 58. Rd7 Ba3 59. Rb7 Bd6 60. Rd7 Bb4 61. Rb7 Bc3+ 62. Kd3 Ba5 63. Rd7 Bb6 64. Bxb6 Rxb6 65. Ke3 Rb4 66. Ra7 Re4+ 67. Kd3 Ke8 68. Rb7 Re5 69. Ra7 Rd5+ 70. Ke3 Rd7 71. Ra6 Ke7 72. Ra5 Kf6 73. Ra6 Ke5 74. Ra5+ Rd5 75. Ra4 Rb5 76. Ra3 Rb6 77. Ra5+ Kf6 78. Ra8 Rb3+ 79. Ke2 Rc3 80. Ra5 Rc6 81. Rb5 e5 82. Kf1 f4 83. gxf4 exf4 84. Ra5 Rc1+ 85. Kg2 Re1 86. Ra8 Re6 87. Rg8 Kf5 88. Rf8+ Kg5 89. Rg8+ Rg6 90. Rf8 Rg7 91. Ra8 Rg6 92. Rf8 Rh6 93. Rg8+ Kf5 94. Rf8+ Rf6 95. Rg8 Rf7 96. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 Ba5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qd4 Qg5 17. f4 Qh6 18. Qxd5 Bc6 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. fxg5 Re5 21. Rf5 Rxf5 22. Bxf5 a6 23. Rd1 Re8 24. b4 Bc7 25. Bd3 Ba4 26. Rf1 Bb5 27. Rf3 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Ra3 h5 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. h4 Be5 33. Ra5 h5 34. Ke3 Re1+ 35. Kf3 Ra1 36. Ke3 Re1+ 37. Kd3 Ra1 38. Ke4 Bf6 39. Kd5 Bxh4 40. Kc6 Rc1 41. Kxb5 Rc2 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. a4 Rxg2 44. a5 Bf2 45. Rc8 h4 46. a6 Bxc5 47. Rxc5 Kh6 48. a7 Rg8 49. Ka6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 0-0 10. Be2 Qg6 11. 0-0 Bh3 12. Ne1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rfd8 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Be6 16. Qb5 Bd5 17. Bf3 Qd6 18. Rc1 a6 19. Qb1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Na5 21. Rc3 b5 22. Nd2 c6 23. Rfc1 Qe6 24. Qb2 Rd6 25. h3 Qd7 26. Qc2 Rg6 27. Nf3 Qd5 28. Rc5 Qe6 29. Ne5 Rg5 30. h4 Rf5 31. e4 Rf6 32. Nxc6 Nc4 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34. Rxe5 Qg4 35. h5 Rd8 36. Qd2 Re6 37. f3 Qg3 38. Rec5 Red6 39. d5 Qe5 40. g4 Qg3+ 41. Qg2 Qf4 42. Rc6 b4 43. Qe2 Rxc6 44. Rxc6 Qg3+ 45. Kf1 a5 46. Qf2 Qf4 47. Kg2 a4 48. Rc2 b3 49. axb3 axb3 50. Rb2 Rb8 51. Qg3 g5 52. Qxf4 gxf4 53. Kf2 Kg7 54. Ke2 Kf6 55. Kd3 Ke5 56. Kc4 Rc8+ 57. Kxb3 Rc1 58. Rd2 Kd6 59. e5+ Kxe5 60. d6 Rc8 61. d7 Rd8 62. Kc4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 Qa5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bd3 h6 12. 0-0 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. Ne4 Ned5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Rac8 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd6 Rc6 21. Nxb7 Rb6 22. Na5 Rxb2 23. Rc1 Ne5 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxa3 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Rcd1 Ra5 29. h4 h5 30. Rd4 g6 31. Rfd1 Raa2 32. Rf4 Rd2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rc2 36. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Qa5 5. Qe2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bd2 Na6 8. a3 Be6 9. Nf3 0-0-0 10. Nd5 Qa4 11. Nxf6 gxf6 12. b3 Qb5 13. Qxb5 cxb5 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxb5 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nc5 17. Nd2 Rhg8 18. g3 h5 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bd3 h4 21. Kf2 Nb6 22. a4 hxg3+ 23. hxg3 Kd7 24. a5 Nc8 25. Rh6 Ke7 26. Rf1 Rh8 27. Rfh1 Rxh6 28. Rxh6 Nd6 29. Rh1 Rc8 30. Ke1 Ba2 31. Kd1 Be6 32. Kc1 Rg8 33. Rg1 Rh8 34. Kb2 Rh2 35. Kc3 Bd7 36. a6 b6 37. Nc4 Nb5+ 38. Kb2 Nc7 39. Na3 Bc8 40. b5 Ne6 41. Kc3 Nc5 42. g4 Rh8 43. g5 fxg5 44. Rxg5 Kf6 45. Rg2 Bd7 46. Rg1 Rc8 47. Kb4 Be6 48. Nc4 Bxc4 49. Rf1+ Kg7 50. Bxc4 Rc7 51. Bd5 Rd7 52. Ra1 Rc7 53. Ra3 Kf8 54. Bc6 Ke7 55. Ra1 Kd6 56. Bd5 Ke7 57. Rh1 f6 58. Rh8 Rd7 59. Rc8 Rd8 60. Rc7+ Rd7 61. Rxc5 bxc5+ 62. Kxc5 Rd6 63. c4 Kd7 64. Kb4 Kc7 65. c5 Rd8 66. b6+ Kb8 67. c6 axb6 68. c7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. d4 Nb6 9. 0-0 Nbxd5 10. Re1 c6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Qf3 Bf8 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Kf1 a6 20. Nd7 Be7 21. c4 Nf6 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Bc3 Rad8 24. Ba5 Rc8 25. Bc3 Rcd8 26. Ba5 Rc8 27. Bc3 Rcd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 0-0 6. Ngf3 b6 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. c5 a5 11. Bb2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qa8 14. e3 Bc6 15. Rc1 Qb7 16. Ba3 Ra8 17. Qc3 Bb5 18. Bb2 c6 19. Ng5 Ne8 20. h4 h6 21. Ngf3 Nef6 22. Bh3 Be2 23. Bg2 Rb8 24. Ba3 Qa6 25. Ne1 Ne8 26. e4 Nc7 27. Qe3 bxc5 28. bxc5 Bf6 29. e5 Be7 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nbd2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qa4 12. Bc2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Bb4 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Ng5 Be7 17. h4 Bb5 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Rc1 Bd8 20. Qg4 h5 21. Qf3 g6 22. Bb4 Nh6 23. Bd6 Bc6 24. Qf4 Be7 25. Bd3 Nf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Re3 Rg8 28. Rg3 Bxd6 29. exd6 0-0-0 30. Qd4 Kb8 31. Rgc3 Rc8 32. Qf6 Rgf8 33. Nh7 Rfd8 34. Ng5 Rf8 35. Nh7 Rfd8 36. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wang, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6 7. e3 Be6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. h4 h5 10. g3 Bf7 11. Bg2 c6 12. d5 c5 13. e4 0-0 14. Bh3 Be8 15. exf5 Bd7 16. Nb5 Re8+ 17. Kf1 Bf8 18. Kg2 a6 19. Nc3 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxb7 Nd7 22. Rae1 Reb8 23. Qc7 a5 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2021.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miller, David"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bd7 7. 0-0 g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nd3 15. Rd1 0-0-0 16. Kf1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Rd2 h6 20. Bh4 e4 21. Rad1 Rd6 22. Nc1 Nxb2 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Rxd6 Be5 25. Rd5 Re8 26. Nb3 Na4 27. Na5 Nxc3 28. Rc5+ Kd7 29. Nc4 Bd4 30. Rxf5 b5 31. Nd2 Ke6 32. Rh5 Bg7 33. Nb3 a5 34. Nxa5 Ra8 35. Nc6 Rxa2 36. g3 Kd7 37. Nb4 Rb2 38. Nd5 Nxd5 39. Rxd5+ Ke6 40. Rd8 b4 41. Re8+ Kd5 42. Re7 Bc3 43. Rd7+ Kc4 44. Re7 Kd3 45. Rd7+ Kc2 46. Rc7 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Rd1 48. Be7 b3 49. Bb4 Rd3 50. Ba3 b2 51. Bxb2 Kxb2 52. Re7 Rd4 53. Re6 Bd2 54. h4 Kc2 55. g4 Kd3 56. Re5 Rd8 57. Kh3 Rf8 58. Rd5+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lin, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 e5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Bc2 Ne6 16. Qc4 a5 17. g3 Bc5 18. Ne2 Ba7 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Nh4 Rd8 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. Bxa5 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Ng5 24. Bd2 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Qd7 26. Nxg6+ hxg6 27. Be3 b5 28. axb5 Qg4 29. f3 Qd7 30. e6 Qb7 31. bxc6 Qxb2 32. Bxa7 N3f4+ 33. gxf4 Nxf4+ 34. Kh1 Rxa7 35. Nxf4 Ra2 36. Be2 1-0

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2021.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gedajlovic, Max"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 d5 9. b3 Na6 10. Bb2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 b5 14. Qb1 bxc4 15. bxc4 Qb6 16. Nd4 Qa6 17. N4b3 Na4 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nechio, Douglas Egidio Gome"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Be6 9. Qa4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Qc2 Nbd5 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Re1 Ne8 16. Rb1 Nd6 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Rxb7 Nb6 19. d5 h6 20. Nf3 g5 21. Be5 cxd5 22. exd5 f6 23. Bc7 Qc8 24. Rxe7 Qxb7 25. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2021.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dorn, Paris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2021.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 205 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.01.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. Nf3 Ng6 6. h4 h5 7. Bg5 Bc5 8. e3 d6 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nce4 Nf5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Bd3 0-0-0 16. g3 Rh6 17. 0-0-0 Ng7 18. Qe2 Bf5 19. Qd2 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bg2 Ra6 22. Kb1 Ne8 23. Qe2 Nd6 24. Qxh5 e4 25. Qe2 Rb6 26. a3 Qe5 27. Rc1 Rb3 28. Ka2 Rd3 29. Qc2 b5 30. cxb5 Qxd5+ 31. Kb1 c4 32. Bf1 Qxb5 33. Bxd3 exd3 34. Qc3 Ne4 35. Qb4 Qa6 36. Ka2 d2 37. Rxc4 d1Q 38. Rxd1 Rxd1 39. Qf8+ Rd8 40. Qxf7 Qa5 41. Qe6+ Rd7 42. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 121st"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2021.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vanapalli, Vishnu Surya"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 Qe5 8. d3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 exd3 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Nc4 Qc5 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Qxd3 Na6 15. Rfd1 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. bxa3 Rab8 19. Rb1 Nd5 20. Rd2 Bg6 21. Rc1 f6 22. Bf1 Ndc7 23. a4 Nc5 24. a5 Bf7 25. Kf2 g6 26. e4 Kf8 27. Ke3 Na4 28. Nb2 Nxb2 29. Rxb2 Ne6 30. Nxe6+ Bxe6 31. Rcb1 Rd7 32. Ba6 Rbd8 33. Rxb7 Bxa2 34. Rc1 Rxb7 35. Bxb7 Rd7 36. a6 Rc7 37. Kd4 Ke7 38. Rxc6 Rxc6 39. Bxc6 Kd6 40. Bd5 Bb1 41. Bb3 Kc6 42. e5 fxe5+ 43. Kxe5 Kb5 44. f4 Kxa6 45. g4 Kb6 46. Kd6 a5 47. Be6 h5 48. f5 Bxf5 49. Bxf5 a4 50. g5 1-0

[Event "US op 121st"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2021.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Homa, Seth"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. 0-0 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. c3 0-0 12. g3 Na5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nf4 Nc4 15. Nd3 a5 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Rc1 b5 18. a3 Rfc8 19. Rc2 Ra7 20. Bg2 Rac7 21. Bh3 Nf6 22. f3 Nd7 23. f4 g6 24. g4 Nf6 25. Bg2 h5 26. h3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Kg7 28. Rf2 Rh8 29. Ne5 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Rxe4 Qd5 33. Qf3 Rh4 34. Rg2 Rc8 35. Re3 Qxf3 36. Rxf3 Rch8 37. f5 Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Rb8 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Kg3 Rb1 41. Re3 R1xb2 42. Rxb2 Rxb2 43. Rxe6 Rb3 44. Rc6 Rxc3+ 45. Kf4 Rxa3 46. Rxc4 a4 47. Kg5 Ra1 48. Rc7+ Kf8 49. Ra7 a3 50. Kxg6 a2 51. g5 Ke8 52. d5 Kd8 53. d6 Ke8 54. Re7+ Kd8 55. Re2 Kd7 56. Rd2 Ke8 57. Rh2 Kd7 58. Kh6 Kxd6 59. g6 Ke7 60. g7 Kf7 61. Kh7 Rg1 62. Rf2+ Ke7 63. Rxa2 1-0

[Event "US op 121st"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2021.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 c5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. 0-0-0 Bc6 15. Rhe1 Rd8 16. Ne5 h6 17. f4 Rg8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. f5 Qxg2 21. Qa4+ Kf8 22. fxe6 Rg4 23. Qxa7 Ra8 24. Qc7 Rxa2 25. Re2 Ra1+ 26. Kd2 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Qf1+ 28. Re1 Qf3+ 29. Kc1 Qf4+ 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 121st"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2021.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wang, Lilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "1486"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Bf4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Rb1 a6 12. a4 Qa5 13. Qd2 b5 14. Bd6 Be6 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Bc5 f6 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. e4 Rab8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ Rxd5 21. Qe3 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Ne5 23. f4 Nd3 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Qxc4 Rd8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxb5 Qc7 28. Rd1 1-0

[Event "US op 121st"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2021.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidyarthi, Vyom"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be2 0-0 11. d4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Nc3 Bc7 15. Qd3 Qd6 16. g3 Bb6 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Kg2 Bc7 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qc3 e3 21. Qc5 Qg6 22. d5 Bd6 23. Qc3 Bb4 24. Qc4 e2 25. Rfe1 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Re4 27. Qb5 Nb4 28. Nc5 Nc2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 b6 31. Ne4 f5 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. Qxc2 f4 34. Qc4 fxg3 35. fxg3 b5 36. Qd4 Qc2+ 37. Kf3 Qf5+ 38. Ke3 Rd8 39. Qe4 Qxd5 40. Qxd5+ Rxd5 41. Bxf6 b4 0-1

[Event "US op 121st"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2021.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Guha, Eshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. 0-0 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 b4 14. Na4 Bb7 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rfd1 Nxc4 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Nd3 Bb7 24. b3 Na3 25. Qc7 Ba6 26. Qa5 Bxd3 27. Bxd3 Rab8 28. Kf1 Bg5 29. Rc6 Red8 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. Qxd5 Rb6 32. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "US op 121st"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2021.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Starkman, Eric C"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1779"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bd6 6. e4 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Qxd4 exd5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Nge2 0-0 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Re8 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Nxd5 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. 0-0-0 Bf5 18. Nc3 Rac8 19. Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 d4 21. Qe2 h6 22. g4 Bg6 23. f4 Rxc3+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d5 e6 5. a3 exd5 6. cxd5 b5 7. Nxb5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Bf4 Na6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nf3 c6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 0-0 14. Bc4 Qa5+ 15. b4 Qf5 16. Be3 Qf6 17. 0-0 Qxd6 18. Bd3 c5 19. Bxe4 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Bxe4 21. bxc5 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Rc7 23. Rd6 Nb8 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc4 Bf5 26. Rd2 Be6 27. Nd6 Na6 28. f4 g6 29. Rb2 Bd5 30. h3 Rb8 31. Rxb8+ Nxb8 32. Ne8 Rc6 33. Rb1 Na6 34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Nd6+ Ke7 36. Re1+ Be6 37. Rc1 f5 38. Kf2 Nc7 39. Nc8+ Ke8 40. Nxa7 Ra6 41. c6 Bd5 42. cxd7+ Kxd7 43. Be3 Ra4 44. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.07.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2021.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. 0-0 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Re1 g5 8. Rf1 g4 9. Ne1 h5 10. f4 b5 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bb2 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Qc1 h4 15. Ne2 h3 16. Nxd4 hxg2+ 17. Nxg2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Qe1 Rh3 20. Kg1 Qb6 21. a4 b4 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. a5 Qc5 24. Kf2 Bxe4 25. Ke1 Bf3 26. Qe5 Qxe5+ 27. fxe5 Nd5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolin, Leonid M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 e5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nge7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Nde2 a6 11. Bxc6 dxc6 12. Bc5 Qc7 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. 0-0-0 Be6 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. f3 Rad8 18. Nb3 Be6 19. Nc5 b5 20. Nxa6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Be5 22. Rdd1 Ra8 23. Nc5 b4 24. N3a4 Bxa2 25. Rd7 Bf6 26. Rhd1 Kg7 27. Rb7 Bc4 28. Rdd7 Bb5 29. b3 Kf8 30. f4 Bxa4 31. bxa4 Ng8 32. Rxf7+ Ke8 33. Ne6 Rxa4 34. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. e3 e5 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. d3 Ne7 11. g3 Bg4 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. 0-0 Qd7 14. Rfe1 h6 15. b4 a6 16. Rac1 Nd8 17. Nd2 Bh3 18. Bh1 Qf5 19. e4 Qh5 20. d4 Bd7 21. dxe5 Ng4 22. Nf1 Qxe5 23. f4 Qxc3 24. Bxc3 Nc6 25. Bf3 Rad8 26. b5 Ne7 27. bxa6 bxa6 28. c5 Nf6 29. Ba5 Rc8 30. Rcd1 Ba4 31. Rd2 dxc5 32. e5 Nc6 33. Bc3 Nh7 34. Rd5 Nd4 35. Bxd4 cxd4 36. Rxd4 Bb5 37. Rc1 Nf8 38. Bc6 Ne6 39. Rb4 Bxc6 40. Rxc6 a5 41. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2021.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. b3 Nfd7 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Qe1 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. f4 Ne6 19. f5 Nd4 20. Nc3 Qe7 21. Ne2 Qg5 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rxd4 Be6 25. e5 Rad8 26. h4 Qe7 27. Qf2 Bf5 28. Re1 Qb4 29. Red1 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Qa5 31. g4 Be6 32. h5 Qxa2 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Qd3 Kg7 35. Rf1 Qa5 36. Rf6 Bf7 37. Qf3 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Re7 39. Qf4 Be8 40. e6 g5 41. Qf5 Qxf5 42. Rxf5 Rxe6 43. Rxg5+ Bg6 44. Ra5 a6 45. Ra2 Re1+ 46. Kh2 Rb1 47. g5 Rxb3 48. Rd2 Bd3 49. c5 Bf5 50. Rd8 Kg6 51. Rg8+ Kh5 52. Bf1 Bg6 53. Bc4 Rc3 54. Be6 Rxc5 55. Kg3 Kxg5 56. Bf7 Kf6 57. Bxg6 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. g4 e5 10. d5 Nb6 11. Ng3 Bxg4 12. fxg4 Nxg4 13. cxb5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. bxa6 Qh4 17. Qf2 Na4 18. Bb5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qg5 20. Rg1 Qh4 21. Ne2 Qh6 22. a7 Kh8 23. Bc6 Bf6 24. Bxa8 Bh4 25. Ng3 f4 26. Bc6 fxg3 27. Qxf8+ Qxf8 28. a8Q gxh2+ 29. Ke2 hxg1N+ 30. Rxg1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 Be6 7. Nh3 0-0 8. Nf2 c6 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd8 Rfxd8 15. 0-0-0 N7b6 16. Rhe1 f6 17. Bd3 Rd7 18. Bf5 Re7 19. Be4 Rd7 20. Rd3 Kf7 21. Red1 Rad8 22. c4 Nb4 23. Rxd7+ Rxd7 24. a3 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Nc6 26. c5 Nd7 27. b4 a5 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. bxa5 Nxc5 30. Kc2 Ke6 31. Kc3 Kd6 32. Ne3 Ne6 33. Kc4 Kc7 34. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2021.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Nde2 Nf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. c3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. h4 Ba8 18. Bg5 Ne5 19. b3 Rbc8 20. Qf4 Bxg5 21. hxg5 h6 22. gxh6 Kh7 23. Rd4 g5 24. Qe3 g4 25. Rfd1 Rd7 26. R4d2 Qf8 27. Nf4 Rc6 28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Qxh6 30. Qxh6+ Kxh6 31. Kf1 Kg5 32. Ke2 e5 33. Rh1 Rc8 34. Rh7 Kg6 35. Rh4 Kg5 36. Rh7 Kg6 37. Rh4 Kg5 38. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2021.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 Qxc5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Qa5 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Qf2 Nb4 15. Bb1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rxc4 17. e5 Nc6 18. Rcd1 Re8 19. Qe2 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Bg1 Kf8 22. Rf3 Qa5 23. Rh3 Nc5 24. Rxh7 dxe5 25. f5 gxf5 26. Qh5 Kg8 27. Bxf5 e6 28. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 c5 5. g4 Bd7 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 e6 8. Nd2 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. h5 f6 11. Nf3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Qf6 13. Nxd7 Qxf4 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Qe2 e5 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. fxe3 Nf6 18. Be2 Ke7 19. Rf1 Nb4 20. 0-0-0 Rxa2 21. c3 Nc6 22. Kb1 Raa8 23. g5 Ne4 24. Rxd5 Nxg5 25. Rb5 Kd6 26. Nd2 Kc7 27. Nc4 Rhf8 28. Rg1 h6 29. Nxb6 Ra5 30. Nd5+ Kb8 31. Rxa5 Nxa5 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Kc8 34. Kc2 Kd7 35. Kd3 Kd6 36. Bg2 Nb3 37. Nb6 Kc7 38. Nc4 e4+ 39. Ke2 Nc1+ 40. Kd2 Nb3+ 41. Kc2 Nc5 42. b4 Nd7 43. Nd2 Nf6 44. c4 b6 45. Kc3 Kd6 46. Kd4 Ne6+ 47. Kc3 Ke5 48. b5 Nc5 49. Bf1 Nxh5 50. Bg2 Nf6 51. Nf1 g5 52. Ng3 h5 53. Ne2 h4 54. Nd4 g4 55. Nc6+ Kf5 56. Ne7+ Kg5 57. Kd4 h3 58. Bf1 Nh5 59. Nd5 Ng3 60. Nxb6 Nxf1 61. Kxc5 h2 62. Nd5 h1Q 63. b6 Qh8 64. b7 g3 65. Nf4 Nxe3 66. Ne6+ Kf6 67. Nc7 g2 0-1

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 d6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 e6 10. Rb1 a6 11. a3 exd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nc4 15. Nb3 Bf5 16. e4 Bg4 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. Ne2 Rfe8 21. Ned4 Ne5 22. Qd1 Rc4 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Na5 Rc3 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Nc4 27. Ndc6 Nxe4 28. Nxc4 Nc3 29. Re1 bxc4 30. Kh2 h5 31. Bd2 Rxe1 32. Bxe1 Nb5 33. Qxc4 Kh7 34. Bd2 Bf5 35. Bf4 Qd7 36. Qa2 Nc7 37. Qa5 Bd3 38. Qb6 Bc4 39. Qb7 Bb5 40. Nb8 Qe7 41. Nc6 Qd7 42. Na7 Ba4 43. Nc8 Nxd5 44. Bxd5 Be5 45. Qxd7 Bxd7 46. Nxd6 Bxf4 47. gxf4 Kg7 48. Nxf7 Kf6 49. Ne5 Bc8 50. Be4 g5 51. Kg3 h4+ 52. Kf3 gxf4 53. Kxf4 Bxh3 54. Ng4+ Ke7 55. Kg5 Bf1 56. Kxh4 Kd6 57. Kg5 Kc7 58. Ne3 Bb5 59. f4 Be8 60. f5 Kd6 61. Nc4+ Ke7 62. Bd5 Bb5 63. f6+ Kf8 64. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 a5 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd5+ Kh8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Qb5 e4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 c6 19. Qc5 Be6 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. Bb6 Bd8 22. Bc5 Re8 23. Rd2 Bg5 24. e3 Rad8 25. Bd6 Rd7 26. Rfd1 Red8 27. c5 Be7 28. Kf1 b6 29. Ke1 Bf6 30. Ke2 Bc3 31. Rc2 bxc5 32. Rxc3 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxc5 a4 35. bxa4 Bxa2 36. Rxf5 g6 37. Re5 Bc4+ 38. Ke1 Bb3 39. a5 Rd5 40. Rxd5 Bxd5 41. a6 c5 42. a7 Kg7 43. Ke2 Bc4+ 44. Kd2 Bd5 45. Bf1 Kf6 46. Kc3 Ke5 47. Bc4 Bc6 48. Bb5 Bd5 49. Bd7 g5 50. Bb5 h6 51. Bc4 Bc6 52. Kb3 Kf5 53. Bb5 Bd5+ 54. Ka4 Kg4 55. Bd7+ Kf3 56. Kb5 Kxf2 57. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Connell, Blair N"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Qb6 7. Rb1 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Bb4 10. h5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Be4 12. f3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 14. Kf2 Ne4+ 15. Kg2 f6 16. Bh2 Nd2 17. bxc3 Qxb1 18. Qe2 Qxc2 19. Kh3 Qxc3 20. Bg2 Nc4 21. Re1 e5 22. Bg3 0-0 23. h6 Rae8 24. hxg7 Rf7 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Bh4 Nc4 27. Bf2 Rfe7 28. Qf3 Nxe3 29. Qxf6 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rendle, Thomas E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Bd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne5 9. Nxd4 Nd3+ 10. Kd2 Nc5 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Kd8 14. Nd4 Bf6 15. b4 Na4 16. Na3 Nb6 17. Kc2 Nxd5 18. Be3 Re8 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. a4 a6 21. b5 Nxe3+ 22. fxe3 Bxd4 23. exd4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 axb5 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Ne3 Ra2+ 27. Kb3 Re2 28. Rxe2 Bxe2 29. c4 Bd3 30. Kc3 Be4 31. g3 c5 32. Ng4 f6 33. Nf2 Bf5 34. Nd1 b6 35. Ne3 Be6 36. Ng2 Ke7 37. Nf4 g5 38. Ne2 f5 39. Kd3 Kf6 40. Ke3 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Bunratty Online"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qc2 0-0 7. cxd4 Bg4 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. 0-0 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qd7 13. Kh1 Qh3 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Rg1 Nxb3 16. axb3 f5 17. Rg3 Qh5 18. Rag1 Rf7 19. Qf1 fxe4 20. Rh3 Bh4 21. Rg4 Rxf3 22. Rhxh4 Qf5 23. Qg2 Qf6 24. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Rilton Winners Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.12.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. c3 Bc5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. Bc6+ Ke7 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4 g5 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. axb5 h5 20. Ke2 axb5 21. Qd2 hxg4 22. hxg4 Rh4 23. Nxh4 Qxf2+ 24. Kd1 gxh4 25. Qg5+ Ke6 26. Qxh4 Qf3+ 27. Kc2 Qe2+ 28. Kb3 Qxd3 29. Bd5+ Kd7 30. Rh3 Qe2 31. Qf6 Rf8 32. Rf3 Bxe4 33. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Rilton Winners Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.12.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Be7 7. Bxc4 Nxd5 8. exd5 Bxg5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nf3 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Bf6 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Qd6 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Ng5 Qc7 20. Qh3 h6 21. Ne6 Qd7 22. Nxf8 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Rxf8 24. Rae1 b5 25. b3 Rf6 26. Re4 Ra6 27. Re2 Rg6+ 28. Kh1 Kh7 29. Rg1 Rf6 30. Kg2 a5 31. Kf1 a4 32. Rg3 axb3 33. axb3 Ra6 34. Kg2 b4 35. h4 Ra1 36. h5 Rc1 37. Rf3 Bf6 38. Re8 c4 39. Rc8 c3 40. Re3 Rd1 41. Ree8 g5 42. Rc7+ Bg7 43. Ree7 Kh8 44. Kf3 Ra1 45. Rxg7 c2 46. Rgd7 c1Q 47. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Rilton Winners Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.12.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Rad1 0-0 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Rfe1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Bh6 Bxa3 19. Re3 Nd5 20. Rg3 Qc7 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Nxg6 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Rf6 24. Ra1 Rxg6 25. Rxa3 Rxh6 26. Qe4 Rg6 27. Ra1 Rc7 28. Re1 Nxc3 29. Qe5 Nd5 30. Qd6 Kf7 31. f3 b4 32. Re5 Re7 33. Rh5 h6 34. Rh4 a5 35. Kh2 a4 36. Qe5 b3 37. Qh8 Nf6 38. Rf4 b2 39. Qh7+ Rg7 40. Qc2 a3 0-1

[Event "Rilton Winners Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.12.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. h3 Bg6 16. c5 Nd5 17. Bf2 Kh8 18. Rfe1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Be4 20. Qe3 Bd5 21. Bd3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bh4 23. Qxe6 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qh4+ 25. Kg2 Rf6 26. Qe8+ Rf8 27. Qe4 Qh6 28. Qe3 Qh5 29. Qe4 Rf6 30. Qg4 Qh6 31. Re2 Rdf8 32. Rde1 Nd8 33. Re3 Nf7 34. Re8 Ng5 35. f4 Nxh3 36. Qxh3 Rg6+ 37. Bxg6 Qxg6+ 38. Qg3 Qc6+ 39. d5 Qxd5+ 40. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Rilton Winners Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.12.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. exd4 a6 11. a4 d6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. Nc4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Ncd2 b4 18. c4 g6 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Ne4 h6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. d5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Re4 Qf6 27. Qxb4 Qd8 28. Qc3+ e5 29. Re1 Qg5 30. b4 Bb7 31. Qc1 Qh4 32. Qe3 f5 33. Qb6 Qe7 34. Ra1 e4 35. Be2 Rd8 36. Ra7 Rd7 37. c5 Bxd5 38. cxd6 Qf7 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Rilton Winners Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Schussler, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.12.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 Re8 9. Bc2 Bf8 10. d4 d5 11. Ne5 g6 12. Bg5 Bg7 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. f4 Ne7 15. g4 h6 16. Bh4 b6 17. Ba4 Rf8 18. Qe2 a6 19. Rae1 b5 20. Bc2 Bb7 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bc8 23. Ng4 Nf5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Nxf5+ gxf5 28. Kh2 Rh8 29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. Nf3 Qd6 31. Ne5 c6 32. Qd3 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Re8 34. Qxf5 Re6 35. Rg5 Rhh6 36. Qg4 Reg6 37. Rxg6 Rxg6 38. Qh4 Rh6 39. Qg3 Rg6 40. Qh4 Rh6 41. Qg5 Rg6 42. Qf5 Kg7 43. h4 a5 44. h5 Rf6 45. Qg4+ Kh7 46. Kg3 b4 47. Re8 1-0

[Event "Rilton Winners Cup"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Schussler, Harry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.12.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 200 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. g3 0-0 8. Bg2 Re8 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Rc1 h6 11. a3 Bg4 12. b4 Qd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. e3 Ne4 15. Qc2 f5 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Nb3 Ne7 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Qxc7 Qf6 20. Qxb7 Be2 21. Rfe1 Bc4 22. Na5 Bd3 23. Qc7 Rf8 24. Qf4 Qb6 25. Qg4 Qf6 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Nb7 Rde8 28. Nc5 Qxf2 29. Nd7 Rf5 30. Ne5 Ref8 31. Qd1 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Nf5 33. e6 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 Qxe3 35. e7 Re8 36. Rc7 Qg5 37. h4 Qe5 38. Qc1 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ g6 44. Qxd5 h5 45. Bh3 Qf6 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qe8 Kg7 48. Bg2 Qa1+ 49. Kh2 Qxa3 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Na3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d3 e6 8. Nc4 Be7 9. Qa4 0-0 10. Ne3 Qh5 11. Nxg4 Qxg4 12. Qxg4 Nxg4 13. 0-0 Rad8 14. d4 Nf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rfd1 Kg7 19. Kf1 f5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Kf6 23. Nd2 b6 24. h3 Bf8 25. Nc4 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Kxe5 27. Ke2 f4 28. Kd3 Bc5 29. f3 f5 30. b4 Bf2 31. Bb3 Kd6 32. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Getz, Shelby D"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bf4 c5 7. e3 0-0 8. 0-0-0 Nc6 9. f3 Nh5 10. Be5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxd5 Be6 13. Ne2 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc7 15. f4 Bg7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Qb3 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Rd8+ 19. Kc1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rd6 21. c3 Qc6 22. Qc2 Qd5 23. e4 Qa2 24. Bd3 c4 25. Qb1 Qb3 26. Bc2 Qb6 27. Qa2 Bxc3 28. Rd1 Qe3+ 29. Kb1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Qd3+ 31. Bc2 Qf1+ 32. Bd1 Qxd1# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. exf4 Bg4 11. Qe2+ Kf8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe7+ 14. Be2 Nb6 15. a3 Ne4 16. Rc1 c6 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19. Kd2 Rd8 20. Ke3 f5 21. Bc4 Ke7 22. b4 Nd5+ 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc5 Rhd8 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc1 a5 27. Rc4 Kd6 28. g4 g6 29. g5 b6 30. Rc2 Rb5 31. Rb2 axb4 32. axb4 Kd5 33. h4 Kc4 34. Rc2+ Kd5 35. Rb2 Kc4 36. Rc2+ Kd5 37. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. d3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. c3 0-0 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. Bg5 Bf8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd5 Qe6 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rc4 Kg7 21. Qc2 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Ne3 Kf6 25. Nc4 Ke6 26. Kf1 Bc5 27. Ke2 Bd4 28. f3 h5 29. b3 h4 30. h3 Bc5 31. Kd3 Bb4 32. a3 Bc5 33. b4 Be7 34. Na5 Kd6 35. Kc4 Bg5 36. Kb3 Kd7 37. Ka4 Be3 38. Nc4 Bd4 39. Ka5 Kc7 40. Ka6 f6 41. a4 Bf2 42. b5 Bd4 43. Na5 cxb5 44. axb5 Kb8 45. Nc6+ Ka8 46. Nxa7 Bxa7 47. b6 f5 48. bxa7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 0-0 10. Nde2 Rc8 11. b3 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 13. Rb1 a6 14. Nbd4 Nf6 15. Nc2 d5 16. Ne3 Nc6 17. cxd5 Nb4 18. Bb2 Nbxd5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Nc4 Rab8 22. Kf2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rhc1 f5 25. h3 Kf7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 Ke6 29. Nd3 Bd6 30. Nb2 Kd5 31. Ke3 e5 32. Na4 Bb4 33. Nb6+ Kc6 34. Nc4 Bc5+ 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Ne3+ Ke6 37. Nc4 h5 38. a3 Ba7 39. Ne3 h4 40. Nc2 Bc5 41. Kc4 Kd6 42. b4 Ba7 43. a4 e4 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. Nd4 e3 46. Nf3 e2 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. b5 a5 49. Kxe2 Kc4 50. Ne5+ Kb3 51. Nd7 Kxa4 52. b6 Bxb6 53. Nxb6+ Kb5 54. Nd5 Kc4 55. Nb6+ Kb5 56. Nd5 Kc4 57. Nf4 Kc3 58. Kd1 Kb2 59. Nxg6 a4 60. Ne5 Kb3 61. Kc1 a3 62. Kb1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Be3 Bxf3 8. exf3 dxc4 9. dxc4 Bc5 10. Qe2 0-0 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. f4 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Nd3 16. Rab1 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Rd4 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rbd1 R4d7 20. b5 cxb5 21. cxb5 Nc5 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Nfxd7 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Ke3 Kd6 27. Kd4 Nf6 28. h3 Ne8 29. Bf3 Nc7 30. h4 h6 31. h5 f6 32. Bg2 b6 33. Bc6 a6 34. a4 Nxa4 35. Ne4+ Ke7 36. bxa6 b5 37. a7 Nb6 38. Kc5 Na4+ 39. Kb4 Nb6 40. Nc3 Kd6 41. Bb7 Kd7 42. Nxb5 Nca8 43. Bxa8 Nxa8 44. Kc5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 0-0 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 cxb6 17. Na3 Rfd8 18. Nc2 Na5 19. Nb4 Nxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. Nc6 Re8 22. Nfd4 Bd7 23. f3 Nc5 24. b4 axb4 25. Nxb4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxe5 27. Ra8+ Re8 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Nxd5 Nd7 30. Nf5 f6 31. Nfe7+ Kf8 32. Nc8 b5 33. Nd6 Bf7 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Kf2 Ne5 36. b3 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Nc5 38. b4 Na6 39. Kd4 Ke6 40. g4 Kd6 41. Ke4 Nb8 42. Nc3 Nc6 43. Nxb5+ Kd7 44. Nd4 Nxb4 45. h4 Ke7 46. Nf5+ Kf7 47. Nd4 Ke7 48. Nf5+ Kf7 49. Nd4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Qe2 0-0 9. Re1 b5 10. Be3 d4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Bd2 a5 13. Na3 Ba6 14. Rec1 Qb6 15. Qe1 Rfc8 16. Rc2 Rc7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Bf4 Rd7 19. Bd2 Rdc7 20. h4 h6 21. Bf4 Rd7 22. Bd2 Rcc7 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. Bd2 Bf8 25. Nh2 Rdd8 26. Ng4 h5 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. e5 Bb7 29. Kh2 Qa6 30. Qe4 Nf5 31. Qf4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nb6 11. Qd3 Be6 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. a4 Rad8 14. a5 Nc8 15. e3 Bh3 16. Nf3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe6 18. Rfd1 Nd6 19. Nd2 Qg4 20. f3 Qh5 21. Ne2 Nf5 22. Nf4 Qg5 23. Qe2 h5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Nd6 26. e5 Ne4 27. Rf1 Bxe5 28. Nd3 Bg7 29. Rab1 Nd6 30. c5 Nf5 31. Nf4 Rfe8 32. Bc3 e5 33. Nh3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "New York-Singapore Online"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kvon, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.31"]
[EventType "team-match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York"]
[BlackTeam "Singapore"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SIN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Nh4 g6 12. c5 Bc7 13. 0-0 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. c6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Rb8 17. Rab1 Bb6 18. Nf3 e4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Be6 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. exd6 Bc5 23. Be5 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 f6 25. Bg3 Rd8 26. Rb7 Rd7 27. Rb8+ Kg7 28. Bb5 Rf7 29. Be8 Rf8 30. d7 Be7 31. a4 a5 32. Bc7 Bf7 33. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "New York-Singapore Online"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kvon, Andrey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.05.31"]
[EventType "team-match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Singapore"]
[BlackTeam "New York"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Rb8 9. Nd2 c5 10. e4 Qa5 11. Qc2 e5 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. Ne3 Bd7 15. a4 Bxa4 16. Qd3 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Nf5 Qc5 19. Ba3 Qxc4 20. Nxd6 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Re6 22. f4 Bc6 23. Rxd4 Rd8 24. Rad1 h5 25. h3 Ne8 26. Nf5 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Nf6 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. e5 Rc3 31. Bb4 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Ng8 33. Bxb7 Nh6 34. Be4+ g6 35. Be7 Rc4 36. Rxc4 Nxc4 37. Bd5 Ne3 38. Bb3 Nhf5 39. Bc5 Nf1+ 40. Kg2 N1xg3 41. Bxf7 Ne2 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Bc4 Ned4+ 44. Ke4 Nc6 45. Bb5 Nd8 46. Bxa7 Ne6 47. Bc4 Kf7 48. Bf2 Ke7 49. Be1 Kd7 50. Bb5+ Ke7 51. Bb4+ Kd8 52. Ba5+ Ke7 53. Bd2 Ng3+ 54. Kd3 Nf5 55. Bc6 Kd8 56. Kc4 Ke7 57. Be4 Kd7 58. Bc2 Ned4 59. Bd1 Ne6 60. Ba4+ Ke7 61. Kd5 Nc7+ 62. Kc6 Ne6 63. Bb4+ Kf7 64. Bd2 Nfd4+ 65. Kd6 Nf5+ 66. Kc6 Nfd4+ 67. Kd5 Ne2 68. Kd6 Ng3 69. Bb3 Ne4+ 70. Kd7 N4c5+ 71. Kd6 Nxb3 72. Be3 Nbd4 73. Kd7 Ne2 0-1

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.03.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2020.03.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States 50"]
[BlackTeam "Island 50"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.03.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Levin, Felix"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.03.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany 50"]
[BlackTeam "United States 50"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nd8 11. Bg2 0-0 12. 0-0 e5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Qc2 e4 15. Nd2 f5 16. f3 e3 17. Nc4 f4 18. gxf4 Rxf4 19. Nxe3 Nf7 20. Nd1 b6 21. e3 Rh4 22. f4 Nd6 23. e4 Ba6 24. Rf2 Rf8 25. Ra3 Bb5 26. Rxa7 Rhxf4 27. a4 Be8 28. a5 Qe5 29. Qc3 Qg5 30. Qg3 Rg4 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qf3+ Rf4 33. Qg3 Rg4 34. Qf3+ Rf4 35. Qg3 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.03.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.03.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic 50"]
[BlackTeam "United States 50"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Bg5 Qe7 10. Qf3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Rfb1 Re5 15. Rb3 Ra5 16. f4 Kf8 17. Kf2 Ke7 18. Ke3 Ba6 19. a4 Bc8 20. Rab1 Rxa4 21. Rb8 Rxb8 22. Rxb8 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Rh8 Ra2 25. Kd3 Ra1 26. Rxh7 Rd1+ 27. Ke3 Rc1 28. Kd3 Rd1+ 29. Ke3 Rg1 30. g3 Rg2 31. Kd3 a5 32. Rh8 a4 33. c4 a3 34. f5 a2 35. Ra8 Rxh2 36. Rxa2 Rg2 37. Ra8 Rxg3+ 38. Kd2 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Rg3+ 40. Kd2 Rg4 41. Kd3 c5 42. Rc8 Kd7 43. Rf8 Rg7 44. Kd2 Rh7 45. Kd3 Ke7 46. Rc8 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.03.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.03.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States 50"]
[BlackTeam "England 50"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 0-0 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bd5 Bb7 11. 0-0 Rb8 12. c3 Na5 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. d4 d6 15. cxb4 Nc6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bd2 Nxb4 18. Bc3 Qd6 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Rfd1 Rfb8 21. Rd2 h6 22. h3 a5 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Rad1 Nc6 25. Rd5 Qe6 26. R1d2 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. R2xd4 Rxb2 30. Rxa5 Qa2 31. Rad5 c5 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Qxa4 34. Qxc5 Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.03.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fatalibekova, Elena"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.03.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia 50 (W)"]
[BlackTeam "United States 50"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 Re8 8. 0-0 Bf8 9. h3 Nc6 10. g4 h6 11. Nde2 Rb8 12. f4 Na5 13. Qd3 b5 14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxb5 Rxb5 16. Qxc4 Rb6 17. b5 d5 18. exd5 Bxg4 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 a6 22. a4 axb5 23. axb5 Nh5 24. Bb2 Qh4 25. Be5 Rxe5 26. Ra7 Rc5 27. Qd3 Nxf4 28. Qf3 Bd6 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ f5 31. Qe8 Re5 32. Qh8+ Kg6 33. Rg8 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.03.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fletcher, John T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.03.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States 50"]
[BlackTeam "Wales 50"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. 0-0 Bf5 9. d4 e6 10. Na3 a6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be4 13. Nxe6 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Greensboro"]
[Date "2019.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brodsky, David"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. b3 Bf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Rfe1 d5 16. c5 Nc8 17. Bf2 N8e7 18. g4 g5 19. Ng3 Qd7 20. Nh5 Ng6 21. Kg2 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nd8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Ne2 Re8 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. h5 Nef4+ 27. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 28. Kg1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Greensboro"]
[Date "2019.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vigorito, David"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be3 c5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. exf3 Nd4 13. f4 d6 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. f5 Qd7 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Rfe1 Rab8 18. Rac1 Kg7 19. Re4 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rf1 Rf6 22. Kh1 Rbf8 23. f4 e5 24. Rfe1 Qf5 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. b3 Rh8 27. Qe2 Qf2 28. Rg4 Rh5 29. h4 Rhf5 30. Be4 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Greensboro"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Morefield, Jason P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. e5 Nh5 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bh2 Re8 12. a4 a5 13. Nd2 Nhf6 14. Bf3 Nb6 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Re6 17. c3 Qd8 18. Qb3 d5 19. Nc5 Re7 20. Rae1 Nc4 21. Bf4 b6 22. Nd3 Be6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qc7 26. Rfe1 Rae8 27. Qa3 f6 28. R5e3 Kf7 29. b4 Bf5 30. bxa5 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. fxe3 bxa5 33. c4 Qe7 34. Qxe7+ Kxe7 35. cxd5 Bc2 36. dxc6 Bxa4 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. d5 Bb3 39. Ke2 a4 40. Kd2 a3 41. Kc3 a2 42. Kb2 g5 43. e4 Kc7 44. g3 Kd6 45. Bg4 h6 46. Be6 Bc4 47. c7 Kxc7 48. d6+ Kxd6 49. Bxc4 Ke5 50. Bd3 Kd4 51. Bc2 Ke3 52. g4 Kf3 53. Kxa2 Kg3 54. Kb3 Kxh3 55. Bd1 Kg3 56. Kc4 Kf4 57. Kd5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2019.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Qc3 Qf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. Be3 b6 12. c3 Bc5 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Rfd1 Rg8 17. f3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Kf1 h5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Ke7 23. Rd3 b5 24. Bb3 Bh6 25. Re1 Kf6 26. Bc2 h4 27. h3 Bf4 28. Rd7 Rac8 29. Be4 a5 30. Bh7 Rh8 31. Be4 b4 32. cxb4 axb4 33. Red1 Rhg8 34. Re1 Rc5 35. Red1 Rb8 36. b3 Be3 37. Ke2 Bf4 38. Ra7 Rg8 39. Kf1 Rcc8 40. Rad7 Be3 41. Ke2 Bc5 42. Kf1 Bd4 43. Rb7 Rb8 44. Rxb8 Rxb8 45. Rc1 Kg5 46. Bd3 Ra8 47. Rc2 Bc3 48. Re2 Rd8 49. Bc2 f5 50. Kf2 Kf4 51. Kf1 Kg3 52. Kg1 Rd4 53. Kf1 Rf4 54. Bd1 Rd4 55. Bc2 Rd8 56. Kg1 Bd4+ 57. Kf1 Rc8 58. Ke1 Rc3 59. Kf1 Be3 60. Ke1 Kf4 61. Kf1 e4 62. fxe4 fxe4 63. Ke1 Rc5 64. Kd1 Re5 65. Ke1 Bd4 66. Kd1 Bg1 67. Rd2 Be3 68. Re2 Rc5 69. Ke1 Ra5 70. Bb1 Ra7 71. Kd1 e5 72. Ke1 Rd7 73. Bc2 Rd4 74. Kf1 Bc1 75. Rf2+ Kg3 76. Re2 e3 77. Re1 Bd2 78. Re2 Rf4+ 79. Kg1 Rf7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. f4 Nfg4 7. fxe5 Bf2+ 8. Ke2 Bd4 9. Nb5 Nf2 10. Qe1 Bb6 11. d4 Nxh1 12. Be3 a6 13. Nc3 d6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Nd5 Bg4+ 16. Kd2 c6 17. Nxb6 Qb4+ 18. Kd3 Qxb6 19. b3 f5 20. e5 Bf3 21. Kd2 0-0-0 22. c3 c5 23. Kc2 cxd4 24. cxd4 Kb8 25. Kb2 Be4 26. d5 Qc7 27. d6 Qd7 28. Qb4 Rc8 29. Qb6 Rc2+ 30. Ka3 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Nd2 a5 9. a4 Bc5 10. Kf2 Ke7 11. Ne2 Rd8 12. Nc1 Ne8 13. Nd3 Bxe3+ 14. Kxe3 Nd6 15. Bb3 b6 16. Bd5 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nc4 f6 19. Rhd1 Ndc5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. b3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. g3 Ke7 25. Nd2 Ke6 26. Nc4 Nb7 27. Kd3 Nc5+ 28. Ke3 Nb7 29. Kd3 Nc5+ 30. Ke3 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Na3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Nbxd4 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg5 e5 13. Nf5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 gxf5 15. Rxd7 f6 16. Bc1 Rf7 17. Rdd1 f4 18. g3 fxg3 19. fxg3 Rff8 20. Be3 Nb8 21. Nh4 Nc6 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Rfd1 Re8 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. g4 b6 26. h3 Re6 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Rd7+ Be7 29. Rc7 e4 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Bd8 32. Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rd7 Be7 35. Nd4 Nxd4+ 36. Bxd4 Bc5 37. Rxa7 Bxd4 38. cxd4 Rc6 39. Ke3 Rc2 40. d5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be3 d5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Qa4 Qe8 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e5 15. cxd5 exd4 16. Qxc6 Qe4+ 17. Nf3 dxe3 18. Rc4 Qf5 19. fxe3 Rfe8 20. Rd3 Re7 21. b3 Rd6 22. Qa8+ Bf8 23. Rf4 Qd7 24. Rc4 Qf5 25. Rf4 Qd7 26. Kf2 c5 27. dxc6 Qxc6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Nd4 Rc1 30. Nb5 Bh6 31. Rf3 Kg7 32. g4 Bg5 33. a4 a6 34. Nc3 Bh4+ 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Kh3 Bg5 37. Kg3 Re6 38. h4 Be7 39. g5 Bb4 40. Nd5 Be1+ 41. Kh3 Rd2 42. Nf4 Re7 43. Nd5 Re6 44. Nf4 Re7 45. Nd5 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. c3 0-0 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 exd4 10. e5 g5 11. Bxc6 gxh4 12. Ba4 Ne4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Nc3 h3 15. g3 Be6 16. Bc2 f5 17. Ne2 f4 18. Nxf4 Rxf4 19. gxf4 Qf8 20. Kh1 Qxf4 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Rg3 Rg8 24. Qd2 Rxg3 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Qf7+ Rg7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qxh3 Bxd4 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qh3+ Kg8 34. Re1 Qg4 35. Qxg4 Rxg4 36. Re2 Ba7 37. e6 Kf8 38. Ne5 Rg7 39. h4 Ke7 40. h5 Kxe6 41. Nc6+ Kd7 42. Nxa7 Rg5 43. f4 Rxh5+ 44. Kg2 Rh8 45. Kf3 Ra8 46. f5 Rxa7 47. f6 Ra8 48. Re7+ Kd6 49. Kf4 Rh8 50. Re2 d4 51. Kf5 d3 52. Re6+ Kc5 53. Re5+ Kd4 54. Re4+ Kd5 55. Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nb6 11. Na5 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxa5 13. Bxa5 Be6 14. Qd2 g5 15. Nf3 c5 16. b3 Qe7 17. Qc1 Nc8 18. Bd2 Bg4 19. Qd1 Na7 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4 Bf7 22. h4 Be6 23. Nh2 gxh4 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Rf7 26. Qe1 Nc6 27. Bc3 Ne5 28. Qf2 Raf8 29. Rf1 Qd6 30. Kh1 b6 31. Qe3 a5 32. R4f2 Bc8 33. Qh6 Ng6 34. g5 fxg5 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Qxh7+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ Nf8 39. Qxg5 Qg3 40. Qxg3 hxg3 41. Nf1 Bg4 42. Kg2 Ne6 43. Kxg3 Bh5 44. Ne3 Kd7 45. Kf2 Kd6 46. Bf6 Kd7 47. Ke1 Kd6 48. Kd2 Kd7 49. Nc4 Kc8 50. c3 Be8 51. d4 cxd4 52. cxd4 a4 53. b4 b5 54. Nb2 c6 55. a3 Nf8 56. Nd3 Nd7 57. Bg5 Bg6 58. Ke3 Nb6 59. Kf3 Nc4 60. Bc1 Kd7 61. Kf4 Ke7 62. Nc5 Kf6 63. Kg4 Be8 64. e5+ Kg6 65. e6 Kf6 66. Bg5+ Kg7 67. Bc1 Kf6 68. Bg5+ Kg7 69. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Ng5 d5 9. Bc2 Qd6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 Qe5+ 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. 0-0-0 Rc8 19. h4 Nb4 20. Kd2 Nc4+ 21. Ke2 Nxb2 22. Rb1 N4d3 23. Nd1 Rc2+ 24. Kf3 e5 25. Nxb2 e4+ 26. Kg3 Nxb2 27. Rhc1 Re2 28. Rc7 e5 29. Rxb7 Nc4 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors 50"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bb7 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nfd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 c5 10. c3 d6 11. f4 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. f5 Qd7 14. Qg4 Nc7 15. Qh3 f6 16. Rf3 gxf5 17. Rxf5 e6 18. Rh5 cxd4 19. exd4 f5 20. Bg5 Qf7 21. Rf1 Qg6 22. Be7 Nd5 23. Rg5 Nxe7 24. Rxg6 Nxg6 25. d5 exd5 26. Qd3 d4 27. cxd4 Rae8 28. Nf3 Nf4 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Kh1 Re2 31. Ng5 h6 32. Nf7+ Kh7 33. Nxd6 Rf6 34. Qf3 Rxd6 35. Qxf4 Rxd4 36. Qxf5+ Kh8 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh8 39. h3 Rxb2 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Re1 Rd5 42. Qb7 Rg5 43. Qe4+ Rg6 44. g4 Rb5 45. Qd3 Re5 46. Rxe5 Bxe5 47. h4 Kg7 48. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mahia, Gustavo"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.04.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. dxe5 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. c4 Nb4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Na3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 N8c6 11. Bg5+ Kc8 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. f4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxe5 18. Nc2 Bd6 19. b3 b6 20. Bd2 Kb7 21. Ke2 Rag8 22. Ne3 Bc5 23. g3 Rh3 24. Raf1 Rgh8 25. Rf2 Rxg3 26. h4 Rh5 27. Rg2 Rxg2+ 28. Nxg2 Be7 29. Be1 Ng6 30. Kf3 f5 31. Nf4 Nxf4 32. Kxf4 Bd6+ 33. Ke3 e5 34. b4 Kc6 35. Rg1 Be7 36. Kf3 e4+ 37. Kf4 Bxh4 38. Rg6+ Kb7 39. Bxh4 Rxh4+ 40. Kxf5 e3 0-1

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Denk, Adolf"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.04.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 Be6 7. Nge2 Qd7 8. Nd5 Nd8 9. h3 c6 10. Ndc3 Nf6 11. Bd2 0-0 12. Kf1 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Qc2 b6 16. a3 Rc8 17. Kg1 Nb7 18. Kh2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 f5 20. N4c3 Nc5 21. b4 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Bb3 23. Qb1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Ne6 25. h4 Rd6 26. Qa1 Nc7 27. Bf1 Rcd8 28. Nc1 Nd5 29. Bb2 f4 30. Re1 fxe3 31. fxe3 Rf6 32. Bg2 Rf2 33. Kg1 Rdf8 34. b5 Qf7 0-1

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Manor, Ilan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.04.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nb4 11. Be4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 N4d5 13. a4 a5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bc5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Bf3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 0-0 20. Be3 Rc7 21. Rg4 h5 22. Bxb6 hxg4 23. Bxc7 gxf3 24. Bxa5 Ra8 25. Bb4 fxg2 26. a5 Bc6 27. a6 f5 28. a7 Kf7 29. Bd6 Rc8 30. Rb1 Ke8 31. Rb4 Kd7 32. c4 g5 33. Rb8 g4 34. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.04.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nd2 Qa6 9. c4 Ne7 10. Ngf3 Nf5 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Rfc1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nb6 14. b3 Ba3 15. Rc2 Nd5 16. Qe4 Be7 17. Bxe7 Ndxe7 18. Nd6+ Nxd6 19. exd6 Nf5 20. d7+ Kxd7 21. Ne5+ Ke8 22. Nxc6 Qb6 23. Re1 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Qxd4 25. Qxf5 Rh6 26. Qb5 Kf8 27. Qc5+ Qxc5 28. Rxc5 a5 29. a4 Ke7 30. Ree5 Rhh8 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Rxa5 Rb8 33. Rxh5 Rxb3 34. Rb5 Ra3 35. a5 f5 36. g3 Kf6 37. Kg2 g5 38. Rc5 gxh4 39. gxh4 f4 40. h5 e5 41. h6 Kg6 42. Rxe5 Kxh6 43. Rc5 Kg6 44. Rb5 Kf6 45. Rb6+ Kf5 46. a6 Ke5 47. f3 Kd5 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Kd4 50. Re6 Kd5 51. Re4 Rxa6 52. Kg2 Rg6+ 53. Kh2 Rh6+ 54. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2019.04.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Nd7 9. Bc2 Nb6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. f4 a5 14. Nf3 a4 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. fxe5 Be7 18. Bg5 Re8 19. Be4 Nd5 20. c4 f5 21. Bxd5+ cxd5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. cxd5 Bb7 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. d6 cxd6 26. Rxd6 Rde8 27. Nd4 Rxe5 28. Rxf5 Re3 29. h3 a3 30. bxa3 Rxa3 31. Rf2 Rea8 32. Nb5 Re3 33. Nc7 Rc8 34. Ne6 Re8 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. Rd3 Re1+ 37. Kh2 h5 38. Rd5 g6 39. Nd3 R1e7 40. Rg5 Kh7 41. Rf6 Bf5 42. Nf4 Re5 43. Nxg6 Bxg6 44. Rfxg6 Rxg5 45. Rxg5 Kh6 46. Ra5 h4 47. a4 Re1 48. Rc5 Ra1 49. Rc6+ Kg5 50. Rc5+ Kh6 51. Ra5 Kg6 52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. a5 Kh7 54. Ra8 Kg7 55. a6 Kh7 56. a7 Kg7 57. Rb8 Rxa7 58. Rb4 Ra3 59. Rxh4 Rb3 60. Ra4 Rc3 61. h4 Kh6 62. g3 Rb3 63. Kh3 Rc3 64. Kg4 Rc6 65. h5 Rc1 66. Ra6+ Kh7 67. Kh4 Rc4+ 68. g4 Rb4 69. h6 Rb1 70. Kh5 Rb5+ 71. g5 Rc5 72. Ra7+ Kh8 73. Re7 Ra5 74. Kg6 Ra8 75. Re6 Rb8 76. Kf5 Rf8+ 77. Rf6 Ra8 78. g6 Ra5+ 79. Kg4 Ra4+ 80. Kg5 Ra5+ 81. Rf5 Ra8 82. h7 1-0

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.04.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 0-0 8. Nbd2 a5 9. a3 c5 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. c4 Nc6 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 exd5 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bb2 Nf8 17. d4 Ne6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.04.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Qd3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxe5 8. Bd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 d6 10. f4 Qe6 11. Re1 c6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Rxe5 Qd7 14. Qxd7 Bxd7 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Ree1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Ne4 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Seniors 50"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Farrell, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.04.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd6 11. f4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 0-0 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Be3 Be8 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 a6 19. Bb1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. exf6 dxe3 22. fxg7 Kxg7 23. Re1 Rxf4 24. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Bb5 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rf7 28. Re3 Re7 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. Kf3 Rd7 31. Ke2 e5 32. Rh3 Rg7 33. g3 Ke6 34. Kd3 Kd5 35. Rh6 Rf7 36. Ke3 Rg7 37. Rf6 Rc7 38. Rb6 Rg7 39. a4 Kc5 40. a5 Kd5 41. Rb4 Kc5 42. Re4 Kd5 43. g4 Rg6 44. h4 b6 45. h5 Rc6 46. Kd3 bxa5 47. Ra4 Rb6 48. Rxa5+ Ke6 49. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Winter-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. Qd2 Bf4 12. Bxf4 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. Rg3 Qe7 15. Rxg7 Nd7 16. Bxc7 Nc5 17. Bg3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 0-0-0 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Be5 Qe7 21. Qg3 Rhf8 22. a4 Qd7 23. Kd2 Qc6 24. Qf4 Qxc4 25. a5 Qb3 26. Rc1 Qa2+ 27. Rc2 Qxa5 28. Bd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Rd8 30. Qf4 e5 31. Qg4+ Kb8 32. Rg8 Rxg8 33. Qxg8+ Bc8 34. Qg5 f6 35. Qxf6 exd4 36. Qxd4 Bf5 37. Rc1 Qa2+ 38. Ke1 Qe6+ 39. Qe3 Qd5 40. Qf4+ Kb7 41. c4 Qc5 42. Qf3+ Kb8 43. Qe3 Qb4+ 44. Kf1 Bc8 45. Kg1 a5 46. h3 a4 47. c5 bxc5 48. Rxc5 Bb7 49. Qe5+ Ka7 50. Rb5 Qc4 51. Qe3+ Kb8 52. Rc5 Qb4 53. Rc3 Qb1+ 54. Kh2 Qb4 55. Kg3 Ka8 56. Rd3 Qa5 57. f4 h6 58. Qe8+ Ka7 59. Qe3+ Ka8 60. Qe5 Qb4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Winter-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nf3 b6 7. 0-0 Ba6 8. Qc2 c5 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ra7 11. Nc3 Rc7 12. Ncb5 Rc8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 d5 17. Qa3 Rc5 18. Nb3 Rc6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nc3 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Rad1 Kf8 23. e4 Rde6 24. Nd4 R6e7 25. Nf5 Re6 26. Nxd5 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Nfe3 Bb7 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Nf5+ Kf6 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Winter-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 g6 6. Qc2 Bxf3 7. exf3 Nc6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. d5 Ne7 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. g4 c6 13. h4 d5 14. h5 Qe8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Kb1 Qf7 17. cxd5 Nfxd5 18. Bd3 Nxc3+ 19. bxc3 Rad8 20. Be4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. Bd2 Qf6 23. Ka2 b5 24. Bxg6 Qxf3 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Be4 Qxg4 27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Kf7 29. Rh4 Qg2 30. Rh2 Qg4 31. Rh4 Qxh4 32. Qg6+ Ke7 33. Bg5+ Qxg5 34. Qxg5+ Bf6 35. Qg3 Bxc3 36. Be4 Bd4 37. f3 Kd7 38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Qg4 Be5 40. Qb4 Rb8 41. Qa5 Rb7 42. Qa6 Rc7 43. Qxb5+ Ke7 44. Qb4+ Kf7 45. Qh4 Rc2+ 46. Kb1 Rc7 47. Qh5+ Kf6 48. Qh4+ Kf7 49. Qh5+ Kf6 50. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

