[Event "Hallsberg opJ"]
[Site "Hallsberg"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aperia, T."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qd8 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Qb3 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Qb6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.Bb5+ Kd8 12.Be3 Nbd7 13.Ke2 e6 14.Rhd1 Bd6 15.d5 e5
16.Na4 Bc5 17.Nxc5 bxc5 18.a4 b6 19.b4 cxb4 20.Rab1 Nc5 21.Rxb4 Nfd7 22.d6 Kc8
23.Rc1 Ra7 24.Bc6 Ra5 25.Kf1 Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hallsberg opJ"]
[Site "Hallsberg"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.h3 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be3 Bf5
9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Be2 d5 11.b3 Bb4 12.Qc1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nxc4 14.bxc4 Bd3 15.a3 Ba5
16.c5 Re8 17.Kd1 b6 18.cxb6 cxb6 19.Ra2 Bc4 20.Rd2 Bb3+ 21.Ke2 Qc8 22.Kf1 Ne7
23.Rb2 Bxc3 24.Rxb3 Qc4+  0-1

[Event "Hallsberg opJ"]
[Site "Hallsberg"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bergstrom, Mats"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A02"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.f4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Qe1 Qd7 11.d3 b5 12.e4 a5 13.h3 a4 14.b4 Qa7 15.g4 a3 16.Bc3 cxb4+
17.Bd4 Qa4 18.Nbd2 Rac8 19.Nb3 Bd7 20.Qd2 Ne8 21.f5 Bxd4+ 22.Nfxd4 Qa7 23.Kh1 Kg7
24.Qxb4 Nf6 25.Qd2 Qb8 26.Rad1 e5 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Rf2 e5 29.Ne2 Nxe4 30.Rxf8 Nxd2
31.Rxc8 Qb7+  0-1

[Event "Hallsberg opJ"]
[Site "Hallsberg"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wengholm, Anders"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e3 e5 7.Nge2 Nge7 8.a3 O-O
9.Rb1 a5 10.O-O Rb8 11.Bd2 Be6 12.Nd5 b5 13.cxb5 Nxd5 14.bxc6 Qb6 15.Qa4 Ra8
16.Nc3 Nc7 17.Qd1 Bb3 18.Qc1 Rad8 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 f5 21.Be1 d5 22.Nd1 Rfe8
23.Bc3 d4 24.exd4 cxd4 25.Bd2 Nd5 26.Rf2 Rc8 27.Bxd5+ Bxd5 28.b4 Rxc6 29.Qb2 a4
30.b5 Rce6 31.Qb4 Ba8 32.h3 Qb7 33.Rh2 Qf3 34.b6 Qg3+ 35.Kf1 Qxh2 36.b7 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "Hallsberg opJ"]
[Site "Hallsberg"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Welin, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.d4 e6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.f4 Bd6 11.f5 Bxf5 12.Nxf5 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qxf5 14.O-O-O Nd7 15.Rhf1 Qg6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Be7 18.Rfe1 Qf7 19.Qd6 Kd8 20.Ba5+ b6 21.Qxc6 Rc8 22.Qa4 Qc4
23.Qxc4 Rxc4 24.Bc3 Bd6 25.g3 Re8 26.Kd2 Rc8 27.Kd3 Nf8 28.Rf1 Ke7 29.Rf5 Kf7
30.Rdf1 Nd7 31.R1f2 Re7 32.g4 Kg6 33.Bd2 Rf7 34.c3 Rh8 35.h4 h6 36.h5+ Kh7
37.a4 Rg8 38.Rg2 Bc7 39.Ke2 Re8+ 40.Kf3 Rfe7 41.Rf2 Kg7 42.b4 Nf8 43.a5 Nh7
44.axb6 axb6 45.c4 Ng5+ 46.Bxg5 fxg5 47.Kg2 Bf4 48.Ra2 Re2+ 49.Rxe2 Rxe2+
50.Kf3 Re3+ 51.Kf2 Rb3 52.Rd5 Rxb4 53.Rd7+ Kg8 54.Rd8+ Kg7 55.Rd7+ Kg8 56.Rd8+ Kf7
57.Rd7+ Ke6 58.Rh7 Rxc4 59.Rxh6+ Kd5 60.Rxb6 Rxd4 61.Rg6 Rd2+ 62.Kg1 Ke4  0-1

[Event "Hallsberg opJ"]
[Site "Hallsberg"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adler, Bo"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 d5 8.Bb5 O-O
9.Bxc6 Nxc6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Qe1 d4 12.Ne2 Nb4 13.Bd2 Nxc2 14.Qc1 Ne3 15.Bxe3 dxe3
16.Qxe3 b6 17.d4 cxd4 18.Nexd4 Bb7 19.Rfd1 Qe7 20.e5 a6 21.Ng5 Ba8 22.Ne4 Qb7
23.Re1 Rfd8 24.Rbd1 Rbc8 25.Qh3 Qd5 26.Nd6 Rxd6 27.exd6 Bxd4+ 28.Kh1 Rc2
29.Rg1 Qxd6 30.Qd3 Qc6 31.Qxd4 Rxg2 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qxa8 Rxg1+  0-1

[Event "Hallsberg opJ"]
[Site "Hallsberg"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Swanson, Stephen"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 h6 7.Bh4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O O-O 12.h4 g4 13.Nh2 b5 14.Bd3 Nh5 15.Bf4 Nxf4
16.Qxf4 Ne5 17.Be2 Ng6 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.h5 Ne5 20.Nd5 Rab8 21.Ne3 Rfc8 22.c3 a5
23.Rfc1 a4 24.g3 Rc5 25.Qd1 Nc4 26.Bxc4 bxc4 27.Qe2 Rxh5 28.Nhxg4 Rhb5 29.Rc2 Qb7
30.Nd1 Qc8 31.Nge3 Qc5 32.a3 R8b7 33.Rd2 Qh5 34.Qxh5 Rxh5 35.Nd5 Bg4 36.Kg2 Bh3+
37.Kf3 Bc8 38.N1e3 e6 39.Nb4 Rc5 40.Rxd6 Bf8 41.Rd2 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hallsberg opJ"]
[Site "Hallsberg"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Pirttimaki, Timo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.Ngf3 Nf6 7.e5 Nfd7 8.O-O Nc6
9.Re1 g5 10.c4 d4 11.h3 h6 12.a3 Qc7 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Qe2 Ndxe5 15.Nexg5 hxg5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 Qxe5 18.Rxe5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Kd7 20.Bd2 Rab8 21.a4 Rh7
22.Ree1 f5 23.Rh1 Bf6 24.b4 e5 25.f3 Re7 26.Rhe1 a6 27.g4 f4 28.Reb1 Ree8
29.Ra2 Kc7 30.Rab2 Be7 31.bxc5 Bxc5 32.Be1 a5 33.h4 gxh4 34.Bxh4 Bb4 35.Be1 Bc5
36.Rb5 Ra8 37.R5b3 Rh8 38.Bd2 Kd7 39.Rh1 Rxh1 40.Kxh1 Rh8+ 41.Kg2 Ke6 42.Rb1  1-0

[Event "Hallsberg opJ"]
[Site "Hallsberg"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Bjork, Carl Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 d6
9.Nc3 Qe7 10.e4 e5 11.d5 Nb8 12.Ne1 Ne8 13.Nd3 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Rae1 Nd7
16.f4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nef6 18.Qd2 b6 19.Bh3 Rae8 20.Be6+ Kh8 21.Nb5 Qd8 22.f5 e4
23.Nc3 Ne5 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Qf6 26.Qe2 g5 27.fxg6 Qxf1+ 28.Qxf1 Rxf1+
29.Kxf1 hxg6 30.Ke2 Kg7 31.b3 Rh8 32.h4 Ra8 33.a4 Rh8 34.Ke3 Rf8 35.Rf4 Rh8
36.Kd4 Rh6 37.Rf1 Rh8 38.Ke4 Rd8 39.g4 Rh8 40.Rh1 Rf8 41.h5 Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "US-op"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Haas, D."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5 8.a3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qf3 Qb6 11.Be3 Qb7 12.g4 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Qg2 Bb7 15.f3 a5
16.a4 b4 17.Ne2 Nd7 18.Nd4 Qc8 19.Rfd1 Nc5 20.Qf2 d5 21.exd5 Nxb3 22.cxb3 Bxd5
23.f4 Qb7 24.Qg3 Rfe8 25.Kf2 Rac8 26.Rd2 Bc5 27.Rad1 Ba7 28.Nb5 Bb8 29.g5 Qa8
30.Bd4 Bc6 31.Qe3 Qb7 32.Na7 Bxa7 33.Bxa7 Bd5 34.Bd4 Qe7 35.Qe5 Qf8 36.h4 Bxb3
37.Ra1 Red8 38.Qe3 Bc4 39.b3 Ba6 40.Rad1 Bb7 41.h5 Rd5 42.Rg1 Rcd8 43.h6 g6
44.Rgd1 Qd6 45.Ke1 Qd7 46.Bb6 Ra8 47.Rxd5 exd5 48.Qd4 Re8+ 49.Kf2 Qh3 50.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "US-op"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Terry, Grant"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Be7
9.f4 O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nb3 Rd8 12.Qe2 Rb8 13.a4 b6 14.Rad1 Nd7 15.e5 d5 16.Bxd5 exd5
17.Nxd5 Qb7 18.Qc4 Bf8 19.Rd2 b5 20.axb5 Qxb5 21.Qxb5 axb5 22.Rfd1 Rb7 23.Nb6 Ncb8
24.Na5 Rc7 25.Nd5 Bc5 26.Bxc5 Rxc5 27.b4 Rxd5 28.Rxd5 Kf8 29.Rxb5 Ke7 30.c4 Rg8
31.Rbd5 g5 32.f5 Nb6 33.f6+ Ke6 34.Rd6+ Kxe5 35.Rxb6 Bg4 36.Rd5+ Ke4 37.Rbd6 Be6
38.Rd8 Rxd8 39.Rxd8 Nd7 40.c5 Nxf6 41.c6 Nd5 42.b5 f5 43.Re8 Ke5 44.Nc4+ Kf6
45.b6 Kf7 46.Rxe6 Kxe6 47.b7  1-0

[Event "US-op"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fox"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bb5 e6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d3 Ne7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Ng6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Rae1 Bh4 13.g3 Bf6 14.Nd1 Rb8 15.b3 Qb6
16.Kh1 Qa6 17.a4 Qb6 18.h4 Bd8 19.h5 Ne7 20.f5 exf5 21.exf5 f6 22.Ne3 Qc7
23.Nc4 Qd7 24.g4 d5 25.Ne3 Bc7 26.Ng2 c4 27.dxc4 dxc4 28.Qe2 Nd5 29.Qxc4 Kh8
30.Re6 Nb6 31.Qe2 Rbd8 32.Bf4 Nd5 33.Bxc7 Qxc7 34.Qf3 Qb7 35.Ne3 Nxe3 36.Qxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "US-op"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Arthur L"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5.d5 Nb8 6.h3 c5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.c4 O-O 9.Nc3 Ne8
10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.O-O-O Nc7 13.g3 a6 14.Ng1 b5 15.f4 bxc4 16.Bxc4 Nb5
17.Bxb5 axb5 18.Nf3 Ba6 19.Ne2 b4 20.Be3 Qa5 21.b3 c4 22.Kd2 Rfc8 23.Rc1 Nf6
24.fxe5 cxb3 25.Qxb3 Nxe4+ 26.Ke1 Bxe2  0-1

[Event "US-op"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Acosta, Mariano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 Nc6
9.Be2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ne4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.O-O Be6 14.Qc2 Bd5 15.Rfd1 Bd6
16.Qc3 Qg5 17.Bc4 Rad8 18.g3 Bb8 19.Rac1 Rfe8 20.Bf1 h5 21.Bg2 h4 22.Rd2 Rd6
23.Rcd1 hxg3 24.hxg3 Rh6 25.b4 Be5 26.Qc2 Bxg3 27.fxg3 Qxe3+ 28.Rf2 Qxg3
29.Re2 e3 30.Rxd5 cxd5 31.Qd3 Re4 32.Rc2 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Rf4+ 34.Ke1 Qg1+ 35.Bf1 Rxf1+
36.Qxf1 Qg3+ 37.Kd1 e2+ 38.Rxe2 Qd3+ 39.Ke1 Qb1+ 40.Kf2 Rh2+ 41.Kg3 Qxf1
42.Rxh2 Qe1+ 43.Rf2 Qxb4 44.Kg2 Qg4+ 45.Kf1 d4 46.Ke1 Qg1+ 47.Rf1 Qe3+ 48.Kd1 Qd3+
49.Ke1 Qb1+ 50.Ke2 d3+  0-1

[Event "US-op"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Buehl, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.h3 Na5
9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 Bd7 11.Qe1 Bc6 12.f5 Nd7 13.Bg5 Ne5 14.Qh4 Nxf3+ 15.Rxf3 f6
16.Be3 g5 17.Qf2 b6 18.Bd2 Qd7 19.Nd5 Qb7 20.c4 a5 21.g4 Kf7 22.h4 h6 23.Rh3 Rae8
24.Qh2 Rh8 25.Kg2 Qb8 26.Bc3 Qb7 27.Ne3 Qb8 28.Nf1 Qb7 29.Ng3 Qb8 30.Rh1 Qa8
31.Kf2 Reg8 32.Nh5 Bf8 33.Qg2 Qb8 34.Ke3 Qa8 35.Qf3 Bg7 36.Qf2 Bf8 37.Qh2 Qd8
38.Ng3 Bg7 39.Nf1 Qa8 40.Nd2 Re8 41.Kf2 Qb7 42.Nf3 Qa8 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.Nxg5+ fxg5
45.Bxg7 Kxg7 46.Rh7+ Rxh7 47.Qxh7+ Kf6 48.Rh6+ Ke5 49.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Haik, Aldo"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e4 Bb4 5.d5 Qe7 6.Be3 exd5 7.exd5 Nf6 8.Bd3 c6
9.dxc6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxc6 11.Ne2 Ne5 12.O-O Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Qe4 14.Qxe4+ Bxe4
15.Rfd1 Rc8 16.Nd4 a6 17.f3 Bg6 18.Nb3 Rxc4 19.Bxb6 O-O 20.Bc5 Rc8 21.Bb4 Bf5
22.Na5 R4c7 23.c4 Be6 24.Bd6 Ra7 25.a3 Raa8 26.Rac1 Ne8 27.Bb4 Rc7 28.c5 Rac8
29.Rc3 h6 30.Kf2 Kh7 31.Rcd3 Rb8 32.g4 g5 33.h4 Kg6 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Kg3 Rcc8
36.R3d2 Nc7 37.Rd6 Rh8 38.Nc4 f6 39.Nb6 Nb5 40.Nxd7 Nxd6 41.Nxb8 Rxb8 42.Rxd6 Bc4
43.Bc3 Rf8 44.c6 Bb5 45.c7 Rc8 46.Bxf6 Kf7 47.Bd8 Bc4 48.Rf6+ Kg7 49.Rc6 Bb5
50.Rb6 Kf7 51.Rb8 Bd7 52.Rxc8 Bxc8 53.Bxg5  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Yeo, Michael J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "C73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Be3 Ne7 8.Nc3 Ng6
9.Qe2 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.O-O-O Qb8 12.dxe5 fxe5 13.Qc4 Be7 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.hxg5 a5
16.g3 Qb4 17.Qe2 Bg4 18.f3 Be6 19.a3 Qb7 20.Kb1 d5 21.exd5 cxd5 22.f4 Bg4
23.Qd3 Ne7 24.Bc5 Rb8 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 d4 27.Ne2 Qc6 28.Kc1 Bf5 29.Qa3 Nd5
30.Rhe1 Rxb4 31.Nxd4 Qxc5 32.Rxe5+ Be6 33.Rxe6+ Kf7 34.g6+  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Forintos, Gyozo V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bc4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3 Qxc5 6.Qb3 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.Na3 a6
9.O-O-O Nf6 10.f3 Nc6 11.Qb6 Qxb6 12.Bxb6 Bf8 13.Nc2 d6 14.Ne2 Be7 15.Bb3 O-O
16.Ne3 a5 17.Nc4 a4 18.Bc2 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Be4 Ra6 21.Bf2 Bg5+ 22.Kb1 Rd8
23.h4 Bh6 24.h5 Bg5 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Nd4 Bf6 27.Nb5 Nce7 28.Bb6 Rd7 29.Bd4 Bxd4
30.Rxd4 Nf4 31.g4 Ne2 32.Rxd7 Bxd7 33.Nba3 Bc6 34.Bxc6 Rxc6 35.Re1 Nf4 36.Rd1 Ned5
37.Rd2 Kg7 38.Na5 Rd6 39.Kc1 b6 40.N5c4 Rc6 41.Ne5 Rc5 42.Nd3 Nxd3+ 43.Rxd3 b5
44.Kd2 e5 45.Nc2 Kf6 46.Ne3 Nxe3 47.Kxe3 Ke6 48.Kd2 Rc8 49.Ke3 f5 50.gxf5+ gxf5
51.b3 Rc7 52.Kd2 Rh7 53.Kc2 Rh2+ 54.Rd2 Rh4 55.Kb2 Rh3 56.Rf2 Kd5 57.Rd2+ Ke6
58.Rf2 e4 59.fxe4 fxe4 60.Rf8 Rh2+ 61.Ka3 Rc2 62.bxa4 bxa4 63.Kxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Basman, Michael J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bf4 f6 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Nb5 Na6
9.c4 Nf7 10.cxd5 g5 11.Bg3 h5 12.Nc3 h4 13.Bh2 Kf8 14.Qb3 Nc7 15.Be2 b6 16.O-O Rh6
17.Rfe1 Bb7 18.Bd3 Qd7 19.Rac1 Rd8 20.Qa3 g4 21.Bxc7 gxf3 22.Bxd8 Qxd8 23.Qxa7 Nd6
24.Nb5 Nxb5 25.Qxb7 Nd6 26.Qc7 Qe8 27.Rc6 f5 28.Rxb6 Rg6 29.Rb8 Rxg2+ 30.Kh1 Qxb8
31.Qxb8+ Kf7 32.Qc7 Bf6 33.Qd7 Rxf2 34.Qe6+ Kf8 35.Rg1 Bg7 36.Qg6 Rg2 37.Rxg2 fxg2+
38.Kxg2 Bxd4 39.Qh6+ Ke8 40.Qh5+ Kd8 41.Bxf5 Bxb2 42.Bd3 Bf6 43.a4  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balinas, Rosendo Carrean"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nbd7
9.Nf3 a6 10.a4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.O-O Qe7 13.e4 e5 14.Bg5 Nb6 15.Bxf6 Nxc4
16.Bxe7 Bxe7 17.Nd5 Bd6 18.Rfc1 Na5 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Rd1 Nb3 21.Rab1 Bc7 22.Nd5 Bd6
23.Ne3 Bc7 24.Rd3 Be6 25.Nd5 Nc5 26.Rdd1 Bd6 27.Nc3 Bc7 28.b4 Nd7 29.Ng5 Rfd8
30.Nxe6 fxe6 31.Bf1 Kf7 32.a5 Nf6 33.f3 Ke7 34.Na4 Rxd1 35.Rxd1 Bd6 36.Rb1 Rc8
37.Bd3 Nd7 38.Kf1 Nb8 39.b5 axb5 40.Rxb5 Rc7 41.Nb6 Rc5 42.Rb3 Rc7 43.Nc4 Nc6
44.Rb5 Nd4 45.Rb6 Bc5 46.Rb1 Nxf3 47.Kg2 Nd4 48.Nxe5 Bd6 49.Nc4 e5 50.Rb6 Nc6
51.Ne3 Kd7 52.Nd5 Nxa5 53.Nxc7 Kxc7 54.Rb1 Be7 55.Rb5 Nc6 56.Bc4 b6 57.Rd5 Bd6
58.Bb5 Nd4 59.Be8 Ne6 60.Kf3 Ng5+ 61.Ke3 Bc5+ 62.Kd3 Bd6 63.Rb5 Bc5 64.Rb2 Kd6
65.Re2 Nh3 66.Kc4 Bd4 67.Bf7 Nf2 68.Bg8 h6 69.Bd5 Nd1 70.Ba8 Nc3 71.Rc2 Nd1
72.Kb5 Ne3 73.Ra2 Ke6 74.Ra7 Kf6 75.Bd5 g5 76.Rc7 g4 77.Rc6+ Kg7 78.Be6 h5
79.Rc7+ Kf6 80.Bb3 Bc5 81.Bf7 Nd1 82.Bxh5 Kg5 83.Be8 Nc3+ 84.Kc6 Nxe4 85.Rg7+ Kh6
86.Rxg4 Nc3 87.Bg6 Bg1 88.Bd3 Kh5 89.Rc4 Bd4 90.h3 Kg5 91.Rb4 Kh5 92.Kd7 Nd5
93.Ra4 b5 94.Ra5 Nc3 95.Bxb5 Bf2 96.g4+ Kh4 97.Bf1 Bd4 98.Ke8 e4 99.g5 e3
100.g6 e2 101.Bxe2 Nxe2 102.Ra4 Kh5 103.Rxd4 Kxg6 104.Re4 Nc3 105.Rd4 Ne2
106.Rg4+ Kh5 107.Kf7 Nc3 108.Rg8 Nd5 109.Rh8+ Kg5 110.h4+ Kg4 111.h5 Kg5
112.h6 Nf4 113.h7 Kh6 114.Ra8 Kxh7 115.Kf6 Nh5+ 116.Kg5 Ng7 117.Ra7 Kg8 118.Kf6 Ne8+
119.Ke7 Ng7 120.Ra5 Kh7 121.Kf8 Ne6+ 122.Kf7 Nd8+ 123.Kf6 Nc6 124.Rd5 Nb4
125.Rd7+ Kg8 126.Rd4 Nc2 127.Rg4+ Kh7 128.Rg7+ Kh8 129.Kg6 Nd4 130.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bouaziz, Slim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bc4 Qc7 7.d4 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qe2 e6 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 Nd7 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Be3 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Kb8 15.Kb1 f5
16.Bg5 Rc8 17.gxf5 gxf5 18.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Qe7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Rd8 11.O-O c6 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.Ng5 c5 15.d6 Rxd6
16.Bxf7+ Kh8 17.Qf3 Rf6 18.Qh3 h6 19.Rad1 Nc6 20.Rd7 Bc8 21.Rxe7 Bxh3 22.Rc7 Rc8
23.Rxc6 Rcxc6 24.Bd5 Bd7 25.Nf7+ Kh7 26.Nxe5 Rc7 27.Nxd7 Rxd7 28.Bxc5 Ra6
29.b4 Ra3 30.h4 h5 31.Rd1 Kh8 32.Rd2 Rc3 33.f4 Rc1+ 34.Kh2 Bf6 35.g3 Kg7
36.Rf2 a6 37.f5 Rd1 38.fxg6 R1xd5 39.exd5 Rxd5 40.Re2 a5 41.a3 Kxg6 42.Be7 Bxe7
43.Rxe7 axb4 44.axb4 Kf6 45.Re4 Kf5 46.Rf4+ Kg6 47.Kg2 Rd2+ 48.Kf3 Rd3+ 49.Kf2 Rd2+
50.Ke3 Rg2 51.Kf3 Rd2 52.g4 hxg4+ 53.Rxg4+ Kf6 54.Ke4 Rd1 55.Rg5 Rh1 56.Rh5 Kg6
57.Rxb5 Rxh4+ 58.Kd5 Kf6 59.Rb7 Rh1 60.b5 Rd1+ 61.Kc6 Rc1+ 62.Kb6 Ke6 63.Rh7 Kd6
64.Kb7 Rb1 65.b6 Rb2 66.Rh6+ Kd7 67.Rh1 Rd2 68.Rc1 Rd3 69.Kb8 Rd2 70.b7 Rb2
71.Ra1 Kc6  1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Watson, John L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 a6 10.Nd2 b5 11.Be2 O-O 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.O-O Re8 14.Rae1 g5 15.Bg3 Nbd7
16.a4 b4 17.Nd1 Ne5 18.Ne3 h5 19.h4 gxh4 20.Bxh4 Ng6 21.Bg3 h4 22.Bh2 h3
23.Bf3 Nh4 24.Nec4 Ng4 25.Bxd6 Qg5 26.g3 Qg6 27.Kh1 Nxf3 28.Nxf3 Bb7 29.Nh4 Qh7
30.f3 Nh6 31.Ne3 Rad8 32.Bf4 Bd4 33.Nef5 Nxf5 34.Nxf5 b3 35.Qd3 Bxb2 36.Qxb3 Bxd5
37.Qxb2 Rxe4 38.fxe4 Qxf5 39.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peters, John A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "C79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Re1 Be7
9.Nc3 exd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.f4 Rfe8 14.Qd2 Rad8 15.Rad1 Qf6
16.Qe3 Nc5 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.e5 Qf5 19.Qf3 d5 20.Ne2 Ne6 21.Qd3 Qxd3 22.cxd3 Rb8
23.b3 g6 24.g3 Rb4 25.Rc1 c5 26.Nc3 Rd8 27.Red1 g5 28.fxg5 Nxg5 29.Na4 Re8
30.Nxc5 Rxe5 31.Rc3 Kg7 32.Nxa6 Rb6 33.Nxc7 Nf3+ 34.Kh1 Nd4 35.Rc5 Re2 36.Rf1 Rxa2
37.Rxd5 Rh6 38.h4 Ne2 39.Rg5+ Rg6 40.Rxg6+ hxg6 41.Kg2 Nf4+ 42.Kf3 Nxd3 43.Ke3 Nc5
44.b4 Ra3+ 45.Kd4 Nd7 46.Rg1 f6 47.Nd5 Ne5 48.Kc5 Nf3 49.Rf1 Nd2 50.Re1 Rxg3
51.b5 Nb3+ 52.Kd6 Nd4 53.b6 Nf5+ 54.Kc5 Rb3 55.Re4 Rb1 56.Rc4 Re1 57.b7 Re8
58.Kc6 Kf7 59.Kc7 Ne7 60.Ne3 g5 61.hxg5 fxg5 62.b8=Q Rxb8 63.Kxb8 Ng6 64.Rc5 Kf6
65.Rf5+  1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Riemsdijk, Herman C"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Ne2 Bf5 7.c3 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6
9.h4 h6 10.h5 Bh7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Qc7 13.Be3 e6 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Ne2 Bd6
16.Qd2 Nb6 17.b3 Nd5 18.Kb2 Qa5 19.Bxh6 Ba3+ 20.Kb1 Rdg8 21.g3 Ne7 22.d5 Nxd5
23.Rh4 Rd8 24.Ra4 Qc5 25.b4 Nxb4 26.cxb4 Qf5+ 27.Qc2 Rxd1+ 28.Bc1 Bxc1 29.Qxf5 Bh6+  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ligterink, Gert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 a6 6.Be3 c4 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 Nc6
9.h3 Bd6 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Rae1 h6 15.Qb1 Rc8
16.Re2 Be6 17.Rc1 Qd7 18.Ree1 Bb8 19.b4 Bd6 20.Nh4 Na7 21.Nf5 Bb8 22.Nf1 Ne4
23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.N5g3 f5 25.Ne2 Nb5 26.Nd2 Qf7 27.Bf4 Bxf4 28.Nxf4 Nxc3 29.Qb2 Nd5
30.Nxd5 Bxd5 31.Rc5 b6 32.Rc3 Rxc3 33.Qxc3 f4 34.Qa3 Qg6 35.Nf1 e3 36.f3 Bxf3
37.Qa2+ Kh7 38.Nh2 Be4 39.Qe2 Rc8  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 a6 6.a4 Qc7 7.Nc4 Nc6 8.Be2 Be6
9.O-O g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.f4 Rad8 13.Ne3 Nd4 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.bxc4 e6
16.d3 Nh5 17.g3 f5 18.Rb1 Qd6 19.Ba3 Rf7 20.Qd2 g5 21.fxg5 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Qxg3+
23.Ng2 Be5 24.Rf4 Qxg5 25.Rbf1 Rg7 26.Bc1 Kh8 27.R1f2 Rdg8 28.Nd1 Bxf4 29.Qxf4 Qxf4
30.Bxf4 Rxg2+ 31.Rxg2 Ne2+ 32.Kf2 Rxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Nxf4+ 34.Kf3 Ng6 35.Nc3 Kg7
36.a5 Kf6 37.Na4 Ne5+ 38.Kf4 Nd7 39.Nc3 h5 40.Nb1 h4 41.Nd2 e5+ 42.Kf3 Kg5
43.Nb1 Nb8 44.Nc3 Nc6 45.Na4 Nd4+ 46.Kf2 Ne6 47.Nb6 f4 48.Kg2 Kf5 49.Nc8 Kg4
50.Ne7 f3+ 51.Kh2 Nf4 52.Kg1 h3 53.Ng8 Kg5  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Whitehead, Paul A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Ne2 e6 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.c4 Be7 8.Qb3 dxc4 9.Qxb7 Nd7
10.Nc3 c5 11.Bxc4 cxd4 12.Bb5 dxc3 13.Bxd7+ Kf8 14.O-O Rb8 15.Qxa7 cxb2 16.Bxb2 Rxb2
17.Rac1 Rb8 18.Rfd1 Ra8 19.Qb7 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rind, Bruce"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.b3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.Bb2 d6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Re1 Qf6 11.c4 Be7 12.Qd2 Qg6 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Rad1 Rfd8 15.Nc2 Be8
16.f4 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.b4 d5 19.f5 Qh5 20.exd5 Nxb4 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Nxb4 Bxb4
23.Qd4 Bd6 24.h3 exd5 25.Nxb5 Bf8 26.a4 Rac8 27.Rc1 Qg5 28.Nc7 Bf7 29.Nb5 Rc4
30.Qd1 Bh5 31.Qb3 Qd2 32.Bc3 Qd3 33.Qb2 Rxa4 34.Nc7 Bf7 35.Be5 Ba3 36.Qc2 Qxc2
37.Rxc2 Bg6 38.Rc6 Be4 39.Bxg7 Bd6 40.Bf6 Rd7 41.Nb5 Bg3 42.Rf1 Ra2 43.Rc8+ Kf7
44.Bh4+ Kg7 45.Bf6+ Kh6 46.Rf3 Bxf3 47.gxf3 Rb7 48.Nc3 Rc2 49.Rg8 Rbb2 50.Bg7+ Kh5
51.Ne2 Rb1+ 52.Kg2 Rxe2+ 53.Kxg3 Rg1+ 54.Kf4 Re7  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Silman, Jeremy D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b3 e5 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bb5 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 exd4 8.e5 Nd5
9.cxd4 cxd4 10.Bb2 Nc7 11.Bxc6 dxc6 12.Nxd4 c5 13.Nc2 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Be6 15.Nc3 Rfd8
16.Ne3 f6 17.Ne4 fxe5 18.Bxe5 Nb5 19.f4 Nd4 20.Kf2 Nf5 21.Nxf5 Bxf5 22.Kf3 Rd7
23.Nd6 Bg6 24.Nc8 Rxd1 25.Nxe7+ Kf7 26.Rxd1 Kxe7 27.g4 Rd8 28.Rxd8 Kxd8 29.f5 Bf7
30.Bxg7 c4 31.bxc4 Bxc4 32.a3 Ke7 33.h4 Bb3 34.h5 Bd1+ 35.Kf4 Kf7 36.h6 a5
37.Bc3 a4 38.g5 Bc2 39.g6+ Kg8 40.Kg5 Bb1 41.Kf6 Bc2 42.Bd2 Bd3 43.gxh7+ Kxh7
44.Ke6 Kg8 45.f6 Bc4+ 46.Ke7 Bb3 47.f7+ Bxf7 48.h7+ Kxh7 49.Kxf7 Kh8 50.Bc3+ Kh7
51.Bg7 b6 52.Bf8 Kh8 53.Bh6 Kh7 54.Bg7 b5 55.Bf8  1-0

[Event "Marshall op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fuster, Geza"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.h3 d6 6.Bc4 Nbd7 7.O-O Qe8 8.Bh2 e5
9.Bb3 Qe7 10.c4 b6 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Re1 a6 13.Rc1 c5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.e4 Rad8
16.Qe2 Ne8 17.Ba4 Nd6 18.Rcd1 Nb8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 f6 21.Nd2 g5 22.h4 h6
23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Bc2 Qf7 25.g4 Rfe8 26.Ne4 Bf8 27.Nxd6 Bxd6 28.Bf5 Kf8 29.Qe4 Kg7
30.Kg2 Rh8 31.Re3 Rh6 32.Rh3 Rxh3 33.Kxh3 b5 34.Kg2 Rh8 35.Bg3 Qb7 36.b3 Nd7
37.f3 Nb6 38.Bf2 Qc7 39.Rc1 b4 40.a3 bxa3 41.Ra1 Na8 42.Rxa3 Qb7 43.Be1 Nc7
44.Bg6 Rh6 45.Bh5 Qc8 46.Bc3 Qd7 47.Ra1 Qc8 48.Qe2 Qb7 49.Qb2 Rh8 50.Rh1 Qc8
51.Qc2 Rh6 52.Bf7 Qh8 53.Bh5 Qc8 54.Ba5 Na8 55.Rb1 Bc7 56.Bc3 Bd6 57.Qd3 Nb6
58.Ba5 Na8 59.Qe4 Qd7 60.Be1 Nb6 61.Bf2 Nc8 62.b4 Qc7 63.bxc5 Bxc5 64.Bxc5 Qxc5
65.Rb7+ Kh8 66.Rb8 Qc7 67.Ra8 Kg7 68.Rxa6 Nd6 69.Qe1 e4 70.Rc6 Qd7 71.Qa5 exf3+
72.Kxf3 Kh8 73.Qa8+ Kg7 74.Qb8 Rxh5 75.Rc7 Rh3+ 76.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Marshall op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zuckerman, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 Bb6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bxc6 Rb8 12.Nc3 Ne7 13.Be4 Ba6 14.Re1 Bxd4 15.Qc2 f5
16.Bf3 Ng6 17.Qa4 Qh4 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Qxa4 20.Nxa4 Ne5 21.Bd5+ Kh8 22.Rec1 c6
23.Bb3 Rbe8 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.h3 Nd7 26.Nxd7 Bxd7 27.Rc3 Re7 28.Rd1 Rf6 29.Rd4 g6
30.Kf2 Kg7 31.Rc5 Be6 32.Rxc6 Bxb3 33.Rxf6 Kxf6 34.axb3 Rb7 35.b4 Rc7 36.Kf3 Rc2
37.Rd7 Rxb2 38.Rxh7 Rxb4 39.Rxa7 Rb2 40.Ra5 Rc2 41.Ra8 Rb2 42.Ra1 Rc2 43.Rf1 Kg5
44.Rf2 Rc1 45.Rb2 Rf1+ 46.Kg3 Re1 47.Kf2 Ra1 48.Rb6 Ra4 49.Kf3 Ra1 50.Rb2 Rf1+
51.Ke2 Rg1 52.Kf2 Ra1 53.Re2 Rb1 54.Re1 Rb4 55.Kf3 Ra4 56.Rg1 f4 57.h4+ Kf5
58.exf4 Ra3+ 59.Kf2 Kxf4 60.Re1 Ra2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "La Rota, Fabio"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 c6 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Ne2 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6
9.f4 f5 10.d5 cxd5 11.Qxd5 Qc7 12.Be3 e6 13.Qd4 Rg8 14.Bb5 a6 15.Bxd7+ Qxd7
16.Qb6 Be7 17.O-O h5 18.Rad1 Qc6 19.Qxc6+ bxc6 20.Rf2 h4 21.Nf1 c5 22.Rd3 Rb8
23.Rfd2 Rb7 24.Kf2 f6 25.c4 Bf7 26.Rb3 Rxb3 27.axb3 e5 28.Rd1 Be6 29.Ra1 Bc8
30.Ra5 Bb7 31.g3 Bd6 32.fxe5 Bxe5 33.Bxc5 f4 34.gxf4 Bxf4 35.Ke1 Be5 36.Bf2 Rg2
37.Ke2 h3 38.Ke3 Kf7 39.Bg3 Bxg3 40.hxg3 Rxb2 41.Rh5 Rxb3+ 42.Kd4 Bc8 43.Ne3 Rb2
44.g4 h2 45.Nf1 Bxg4 46.Rxh2 Rxh2 47.Nxh2 Be2 48.c5 Ke6 49.Ke3 Bh5 50.Kd4 Be2
51.Ke3 Bb5 52.Kd4 Kf5 53.Nf3 Kf4 54.Nh4 a5 55.Ng6+ Kf5 56.Ne7+ Kg5 57.c6 a4
58.Kc3 Bxc6 59.Nxc6 f5 60.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O d5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.d3 c5 9.Nbd2 Nc6
10.a3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rad8 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Ne4 Qb8 14.Qc2 e5 15.e3 h6 16.Rfd1 Kh8
17.Qb1 f5 18.Ned2 Bf6 19.Qa1 Nde7 20.Nc4 Ng6 21.a4 Rfe8 22.h4 Kh7 23.Bc3 Nh8
24.Qb2 Nf7 25.Qe2 Nd4 26.Nxd4 exd4 27.Bd2 dxe3 28.Bxe3 Bxg2 29.Kxg2 f4 30.gxf4 Qxf4
31.Bxf4 Rxe2 32.h5 Bg5 33.Bxg5 Nxg5 34.Re1 Rde8 35.Rxe2 Rxe2 36.a5 Ne6 37.axb6 axb6
38.Nxb6 Nf4+ 39.Kf3 Nxd3 40.Rc3 Re6 41.Rxd3 Rxb6 42.Rc3 Rb4 43.Kg3 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Burger, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Qc7 8.f4 d5
9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.O-O Nxe4 13.Bxe4 O-O 14.Qh5 f5 15.Bd3 Bf6
16.Qe2 e5 17.fxe5 Bxe5 18.h3 a5 19.c3 Bd7 20.Qc2 g6 21.Bh6 Rfe8 22.Rae1 Be6
23.Kh1 a4 24.b3 axb3 25.axb3 Rab8 26.b4 c5 27.Qe2 Bf7 28.Bb5 Bxc3 29.Bxe8 Rxe8
30.Qxe8+ Bxe8 31.Rxe8+ Kf7 32.Rf8+ Ke6 33.bxc5 Qxc5 34.Rd1 Qb5 35.Rfd8 Bb4
36.R8d3 Be7 37.Bf4 Qc4 38.Bc1 Qb5 39.R3d2 Qe5 40.Rd3 Qb5 41.Bf4 Qc4 42.Bh2 Qb5
43.Re3+ Kf7 44.Rde1 Bf6 45.Rc1 Bd8 46.Rec3 Bb6 47.Rc8 Qb2 48.Bf4 Qf2 49.Bh6 Qd4
50.Rf8+ Ke6 51.Re1+ Kd5 52.Bg5 Qf2 53.Rd1+ Kc6 54.Rf6+ Kc7 55.Rf7+ Kc6 56.Rxh7 Qg3
57.Rc1+ Kd5 58.h4 f4 59.Rd7+ Ke6 60.Re7+ Kd6 61.Rd1+ Kc5 62.Re5+ Kc4 63.Re4+ Kc5
64.Rc1+ Kd5 65.Rxf4 Bc5 66.Rf3 Qe5 67.Rd3+ Ke6 68.Rd8 Qc7 69.Re1+ Kf5 70.Re5+  1-0

[Event "Marshall op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goodman, David SC"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nfd7
9.Be3 e5 10.d5 a5 11.O-O Na6 12.Be2 Nac5 13.Qd2 b6 14.Bd1 f5 15.exf5 gxf5
16.f3 f4 17.Bf2 e4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.fxe4 Ne5 20.Rc1 Qf6 21.Bf3 Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 Qxb2
23.Qxb2 Bxb2 24.Rb1 Be5 25.a4 Kf7 26.Kh2 Rg8 27.Rg1 h5 28.Rxg8 Rxg8 29.Rg1 Rxg1
30.Kxg1 Ke7 31.Kf1 Kd7 32.Ke2 Kc8 33.Kd3 Kb7 34.Bd4 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shahade, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.Bb3 d5 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe1 Nd4 10.Kh1 b6 11.f5 Nxb3 12.axb3 exf5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bf4 g5 15.Nxg5 fxg5
16.Bxg5 fxe4 17.Qh4 Ng6 18.Bxd8 Rxf1+ 19.Rxf1 Nxh4 20.Bxh4 exd3 21.cxd3 d4
22.Nd5 Ba6 23.Rf3 Rf8 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Rxf6 Rxf6 26.Bxf6 Bxd3 27.b4 Kf7 28.Be5 Ke6
29.Bb8 a5 30.bxa5 bxa5 31.Kg1 c4 32.Kf2 a4 33.Bf4 Kd5 34.Bd2 Ke4 35.Bb4 Kd5
36.Ke1 Be4 37.Kd2 c3+ 38.bxc3 Kc4 39.g4 d3 40.Be7 Kb3 41.h4 a3 42.c4 a2 43.Bf6 Kxc4
44.g5 Kd5 45.h5 Ke6 46.h6 Kf5 47.Ke3 Kg4 48.Kd2 Kf4 49.Bg7 Kxg5 50.Ke3 Bg6
51.Kd2 a1=Q 52.Bxa1 Kxh6 53.Ke3 Kg5  0-1

[Event "Marshall op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gruchacz, Robert"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bg4 10.f3 Bd7 11.Be3 b6 12.Nc3 O-O-O 13.Nd5 Ne7 14.c4 Ng6 15.Rac1 Be6
16.Nd2 Kb7 17.b3 a5 18.a4 Bd6 19.Nf1 c6 20.Nc3 Be5 21.Ne2 f5 22.f4 Bb2 23.Rb1 Rxd1
24.Rxd1 fxe4 25.Rd2 Ba1 26.Nfg3 Ne7 27.Nxe4 Nf5 28.Bxc5 Re8 29.Bd4 Bxd4+
30.Nxd4 Kc7 31.Nxe6+ Rxe6 32.Ng5 Re3 33.Nxh7 Rxb3 34.Ng5 c5 35.Ne6+ Kc6 36.Nd8+ Kc7
37.Ne6+ Kc6 38.g4 Ne3 39.Nd8+ Kc7 40.Ne6+ Kc6 41.g5 Nxc4 42.Nd8+ Kc7 43.Ne6+ Kc6
44.Nd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Popovych, Orest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f3 b5 10.g4 Nb6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Be7 14.Na5 Rc8 15.Nc6 Qc7
16.c3 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qxc6 18.Qxc6 Rxc6 19.a4 bxa4 20.Rxa4 O-O 21.Kd2 Rb8 22.Kc2 Nc5
23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.h4 Rcb6 25.Ra2 h6 26.gxh6 Rxh6 27.Rxa6 Rxh4 28.Rxh4 Bxh4
29.Bc4 Rb7 30.Rc6 Bf2 31.Kd3 Kh7 32.b3 Ra7 33.Ke4 Re7 34.Kd3 Bg1 35.Ke2 Ra7
36.Kf1 Ra1+ 37.Ke2 f6 38.Bd5 Kh6 39.Rc7 g6 40.Rc8 Kg5 41.Rg8 f5 42.Bf7 Ra6
43.Be8 e4 44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Ba4 c4 46.Re8 cxb3 47.Bxb3 e3 48.Re5+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "C71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Qg6 12.dxe5 Qxg2 13.Rg1 Qh3 14.Qe2 O-O-O
15.O-O-O dxe5 16.Rg3 Qf5 17.Qxe5 Qd7 18.Qd4 Bd6 19.Rxg7 Qf5 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.Rxg4 Rhe8
22.Rd2 f5 23.Rh4 Re4 24.Kd1 Bf4 25.Rd3 Rg8 26.Rh5 Rg2 27.Rxf5 Rxf2 28.Nd2 Re5
29.Rf7 Rxd2+ 30.Rxd2 Bxd2 31.Kxd2 Rxd5+ 32.Kc3 Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Jardak, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 b6 8.a3 a5 9.f4 Ba6
10.Bxa6 Rxa6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.O-O g6 13.g4 h5 14.h3 b5 15.Be3 a4 16.Qd3 c4 17.Qc2 hxg4
18.hxg4 Bf8 19.Kg2 Ne7 20.Rh1 Rxh1 21.Rxh1 Nb6 22.Rh7 Ra7 23.Ng5 f5 24.exf6 Nf5
25.gxf5 Rxh7 26.fxg6 Rb7 27.g7 Qxf6 28.gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 29.Qg6+ Kd7 30.Nxe6 Qe7
31.f5 Rb8 32.Bg5  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Be3 Bd7 8.Qf3 Nxd4
9.Bxd4 Ne7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Be3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.a4 Nb4 14.a5 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Bc6
16.Bb6 Qd7 17.Bd4 f5 18.Qe3 Rae8 19.Ne2 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Rae1 Qd8 22.b4 e5
23.Ng3 fxe4 24.dxe4 exf4 25.Rxf4 Rxf4 26.Qxf4 Rf8 27.Nf5 g6 28.Qg3 Bxe4 29.Nh6+ Kg7
30.Rxe4 Qf6 31.h3 Kxh6 32.Qe3+ Kg7 33.Re6 Qf1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 35.Qxf4 Rxf4 36.b5 axb5
37.Rxd6 Ra4 38.Rd7+ Kh6 39.Rxb7 Rxa5 40.h4 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Re1 e5
9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Nc6 13.h3 a6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qd2 Rb8
16.Rab1 Be6 17.Bg5 Qc8 18.e5 dxe5 19.Rxe5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Ree1 c6 22.c3 a5
23.b3 Qa6 24.Bf4 Rbd8 25.Bc7 Rc8 26.Bf4 a4 27.Rbc1 axb3 28.axb3 Qa3 29.b4 c5
30.bxc5 Qxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O b6 8.Re1 Bb7
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.c3 O-O-O 11.a3 Ba6 12.e5 Nd7 13.h4 h6 14.h5 g5 15.hxg6 fxg6
16.Bh3 Nf8 17.Nh2 g5 18.Ndf3 c4 19.d4 Kb8 20.b4 Bc8 21.Bg2 Bd7 22.Ng4 Be8
23.Nfh2 Bg6 24.Ra2 Nd7 25.Qd1 Rdf8 26.Qa4 Qb7 27.f4 h5 28.Nf6 g4 29.Nxd5 exd5
30.Qb5 Be4 31.Bxe4 dxe4 32.Qxc4 b5 33.Qd5 Nb6 34.Qxb5 a6 35.Qe2 Nd5 36.Rc2 e3
37.Qg2 Qd7 38.Nf1 Rxf4 39.gxf4 Nxf4 40.Qe4 Nh3+ 41.Kh1 Ng5 42.Qg2 Rf8 43.Nxe3 Rf3
44.Rf1 Rh3+ 45.Kg1 Nf3+ 46.Rxf3 gxf3 47.Qg8+ Nd8 48.Rh2 Rxh2 49.Kxh2 Qc6
50.Nd5 Qc4 51.Nxe7 Qe2+ 52.Kh1 Qe1+ 53.Kh2 Qe2+ 54.Kh1 Qe1+ 55.Kh2 Qh4+ 56.Kg1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nd7 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.e3 Ngf6 8.Be2 g5
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Qc2 b6 11.O-O Ndf6 12.Rad1 Nxg3 13.hxg3 O-O 14.e4 Nd7 15.d5 a6
16.a4 Ne5 17.Nh2 Ng6 18.Qd2 Bd4 19.Nf3 Bg7 20.Kh1 Qe8 21.Nh2 Bd7 22.b3 Qc8
23.f4 gxf4 24.gxf4 f5 25.Bh5 Be8 26.exf5 Nh4 27.Bxe8 Nxf5 28.Qd3 Qxe8 29.Rde1 Nd4
30.Ne4 Qf7 31.Qh3 b5 32.Ng4 bxc4 33.bxc4 Nf5 34.Ng3 Qg6 35.Re6 Nxg3+ 36.Qxg3 Qh5+
37.Nh2 Kf7 38.Qe3 Bf6 39.g4 Qh4 40.g5 Bd4 41.Rxe7+ Kg8 42.Qe6+ Kh8 43.g6  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaspret, Guido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nge2 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.f4 Nge7 7.Nb3 b5 8.Bd3 d5
9.e5 Qb6 10.Qf3 Bb7 11.a4 b4 12.a5 Nxa5 13.Nxa5 bxc3 14.bxc3 Bc8 15.Be3 Qc7
16.O-O Nc6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Bd4 Bc5 19.Kh1 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Bd7 21.Qg4 g6 22.Qh4 a5
23.Qf6 Rf8 24.c4 dxc4 25.Be2 Qc7 26.Rfc1 Bb5 27.Rab1 Ba6 28.Bf3 Ra7 29.Bd1 Kd7
30.d5 Qd8 31.dxe6+ fxe6  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Bg5 f6 6.Bh4 e5 7.e4 Nh6 8.Be2 Nf7
9.O-O c6 10.Rb1 a5 11.a3 O-O 12.b4 Qc7 13.d5 axb4 14.axb4 f5 15.Ng5 Nxg5
16.Bxg5 Bf6 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Qd2 Rf6 21.Ra1 Rxa1 22.Qg5+ Kh8
23.Rxa1 Qd8 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Ra7 Qf8 26.Bh5 f4 27.Rc7 Rf5 28.Qh4 Qg8 29.Bg4 Rg5
30.Rxc8  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.Ng5 Bf5 7.a3 h6 8.Nf3 dxe5
9.dxe5 e6 10.c4 Ne7 11.Nd4 Nd7 12.f4 Qb6 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.Be3 Rd8 15.b4 Nd3+
16.Bxd3 Rxd4 17.Qe2 Bxd3 18.Qd2 Nf5 19.Bxd4 Qxd4 20.O-O-O Be7 21.g3 Ne3 22.Qxd3 Qxd3
23.Rxd3 Nxc4 24.Kc2 Nb6 25.Kb3 O-O 26.a4 Rc8 27.a5 Nd5 28.Nxd5 exd5 29.Rc1 Rb8
30.b5 Bd8 31.Ka4 Be7 32.bxc6 bxc6 33.Rb3 Rxb3 34.Kxb3 c5 35.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 Nh6 8.d3 f5
9.a4 O-O 10.Qe1 b6 11.e5 Bb7 12.Bd2 Bc6 13.Qh4 a6 14.Nc3 Nf7 15.Kh1 e6 16.Qf2 d6
17.exd6 Qxd6 18.Be3 e5 19.Nd2 Qd8 20.Nc4 exf4 21.Bxf4 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rxa8 Qxa8
24.Nd6 Bd4 25.Qd2 Nxd6 26.Bxd6 Re8 27.Nd1 Re6 28.Bg3 Qe8 29.Re1 b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Valkesalmi, Kimmo"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bg5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Ne5 Qc7
16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Qb3 Rac8 18.Rfc1 Nb6 19.Rab1 Rfe8 20.a4 Re7 21.Qb5 Qd6 22.Qb4 Qd7
23.a5 Nc4 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qc6 26.Bxc4 dxc4 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Re7 b6 29.Rxa7 bxa5
30.Qe7 Rf8 31.Rxa5 Re8 32.d5 Rxe7 33.dxc6 Rc7 34.Rc5 Kf8 35.Rxc4 Ke7 36.Kf1 Kd6
37.Ke2 Kd5 38.Kd3 g5 39.f4 gxf4 40.Rxf4 Rxc6 41.h4 Ke5 42.Rf5+ Ke6 43.h5 Rd6+
44.Kc2 Rd8 45.h6 Rh8 46.Rh5 f5 47.gxf5+ Ke5 48.Kd3 Kf4 49.h7 Kg4 50.Rh1 Kxf5
51.Ke3 Ke5 52.c4 f6 53.c5 f5 54.c6 Kf6 55.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tassi, Oliviero"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 a6
9.Bf4 d6 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Rab1 Nd4 12.Bg5 Rb8 13.b4 cxb4 14.Rxb4 Qa5 15.Rfb1 Qc7
16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Ne2 Bg7 18.Be3 Nc6 19.Rb6 Ne5 20.Bd4 Nd7 21.R6b4 Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Canda, Danilo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.O-O Bg7 8.d3 Nf6
9.Qe1 Qd7 10.Bd2 e6 11.Kh1 d5 12.a3 d4 13.Ne2 O-O 14.Qh4 Ne8 15.Ne5 Qc7 16.Nxc6 Qxc6
17.f5 exf5 18.exf5 Bf6 19.Qg4 Ng7 20.Ng3 Kh8 21.Rf3 Be5 22.Bh6 Nxf5 23.Nxf5 gxf5
24.Qxf5 Qxh6 25.Qxe5+ Qg7 26.Qxc5 Rac8 27.Qe7 Rxc2 28.Rg3 Rfc8 29.Re1 Qh6
30.Qe8+ Qf8 31.Qe5+ f6 32.Qxd4 Rc1 33.Re3 Qh6 34.h3 Rxe1+ 35.Rxe1 Rc1 36.Rg1 Rxg1+
37.Kxg1 Qc1+ 38.Kf2 Kg7 39.Qg4+ Kh6 40.Qd4 Kg7 41.Kg3 Qe1+ 42.Kh2 Qc1 43.a4 a6
44.h4 Kg6 45.Qg4+ Kh6 46.b4 Qc7+ 47.Kh3 Qc1 48.Qe4 Qc8+ 49.Kg3 Qc2 50.a5 Qb1
51.Kg4 Qc2 52.Kf5 Qc3 53.g4 Kg7 54.Qxb7+ Kg8 55.Qd5+ Kg7 56.Qd7+ Kg8 57.Qd6 Qb2
58.Ke6 Qe2+ 59.Kxf6 Qf3+ 60.Ke7 Qb7+ 61.Kd8  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Balsinde Elias, Rolando"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nf4 c6 13.Qa4 Re8 14.Re1 Bd6 15.Nd3 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.f3 Rc8 11.Rc1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bh6 13.Rc2 Nh5 14.g3 Ng7 15.f4 f5
16.Rd2 Bc6 17.e5 Ne6 18.Be3 g5 19.Bf3 Qe8 20.Bh5 Qd8 21.Bf3 Qe8 22.Bh5 Qd8
23.Nb5 gxf4 24.gxf4 Kh8 25.Rff2 Rg8+ 26.Kf1 Rg7 27.Nxa7 Qg8 28.Ke2 Nxf4+
29.Bxf4 Qxc4+ 30.Rd3 Bxf4 31.Nxc6 Qe4+ 32.Kf1 Rcg8 33.Rg3 Rxg3 34.hxg3 Qh1+
35.Ke2 Qxh5+ 36.Rf3 Rxg3 37.Nd4 Rg2+ 38.Kd3 Rd2+ 39.Qxd2 Bxd2 40.Kxd2 Qh2+
41.Kd3 e6  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Nb5 d6
9.c3 Nf6 10.Nxd4 e5 11.Ne2 O-O 12.O-O d5 13.fxe5 Nxe4 14.Bc2 Bxe5 15.d4 Bg7
16.Nf4 b6 17.Qf3 Bb7 18.Be3 Qd7 19.Rae1 Rae8 20.Bb3 Re7 21.Bc1 Rfe8 22.Re3 h5
23.Rfe1 Bh6 24.R3e2 Kg7 25.Bc2 Ba6 26.Nxd5 Bxe2 27.Bxh6+ Kxh6 28.Qe3+ Ng5
29.Nxe7 Rxe7 30.Qf4 Bg4 31.Rxe7 Qxe7 32.h3 Qe1+ 33.Kh2 Qe2 34.h4 Qxc2 35.hxg5+ Kg7
36.Qf6+ Kg8 37.Qd8+ Kh7 38.Qe7 Qf2 39.d5 h4 40.Qe4 Qg3+ 41.Kg1 h3 42.c4 Bf5
43.Qf3 Qxf3 44.gxf3 Kg7 45.b4 Kf8 46.c5 bxc5 47.bxc5 Ke7 48.Kh2 Kd7 49.a3 Kc7  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Bf4 d6 8.Bg3 b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.O-O Nc8 11.Kh1 Be7 12.f4 O-O 13.f5 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bf6 15.Qd3 Qe7
16.Bg4 Rd8 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Rad1 Qe8 19.Qe3 Kh8 20.e5 dxe5 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 22.Bxe5 Bxe5
23.Qxe5 Qe7 24.Qxe6 Qxe6 25.Bxe6 Nd6 26.Rd1 Ne4 27.Nxe4 Bxe4 28.c3 g6 29.Kg1 Re8
30.Rd6 Bb7 31.g4 g5 32.Kf2 Rf8+ 33.Ke2 a5 34.Bf5 Bc8 35.Bxc8 Rxc8 36.Rd5 b4
37.Kd3 bxa3 38.bxa3 h6 39.c4 a4 40.Rd7 Rb8 41.c5 Rb1 42.c6  1-0

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nc6 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.Bd3 b5 12.Qe2 b4 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.Nxd6+ Bxd6 15.e5 Nd5
16.exd6 Qxd6 17.Be4 Bb7 18.f5 h6 19.Qh5 hxg5 20.Qxh8+ Ke7 21.Qxg7 Qf4+ 22.Kb1 Qxe4
23.Qxg5+ Kd6 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Rhe1 Qf5 26.Qg3+ Kc6 27.Re5 Qf6 28.Rde1 Bc8
29.Qd3 Bd7 30.g3 Kb7 31.R5e4 a5 32.Rf4 Qg7 33.Qf3 Kc6 34.Rf7 Qd4 35.Rd1 Qe5
36.h4 Qd6 37.Qd3 Kb6 38.Qd4+ Kb7 39.h5 Rc8 40.h6 Qc6 41.Qd2 Qb5 42.Ka1 Ka6
43.h7 a4 44.Qd3 Qxd3 45.cxd3 Bb5 46.Rg7 Rh8 47.Rc1 Bxd3 48.Rc6+ Kb5 49.Rxe6 Rxh7
50.Rxh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Youngworth, Perry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd7
9.Qe2 Bc6 10.Rd1 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Ne5 Ba4 14.Rf1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nc6
16.f4 Nxe5 17.fxe5 Ne4 18.Rxf7 Rxc4 19.Qxc4 Kxf7 20.Rf1+ Kg8 21.Qxe6+ Kh8
22.Qf7 Rg8 23.Ba3 h6 24.Bf8 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Na6 8.b3 Bg4
9.Bb2 Nd7 10.d5 Nc7 11.Qd2 a6 12.Nd1 Bxb2 13.Nxb2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 b5 15.Nd1 Rb8
16.Ne3 Rb6 17.Bg4 Nf6 18.Qc2 Nxg4 19.Nxg4 e5 20.f4 Qh4 21.h3 h5 22.Nh2 exf4
23.Qd2 Qf6 24.Qxf4 Qxf4 25.Rxf4 bxc4 26.bxc4 Rb4 27.Rc1 f5 28.Nf3 fxe4 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8
30.Nd2 e3 31.Nb3 Na8 32.Rf1+ Kg7 33.Re1 Rxc4 34.Rxe3 Rf4 35.Na5 Nb6 36.Nb7 Rf6
37.Ra3 Nxd5 38.Rxa6 Nb4 39.Rxd6 Rxd6 40.Nxd6 Nxa2 41.Kf2 Nb4 42.Ke3 Nd5+
43.Ke4 Nf6+ 44.Ke5 h4 45.Ke6 Nh5 46.Ke5 Kf8 47.Ne4 c4 48.Nc3 Kg7 49.Nd5 Kh6
50.Ne3 c3 51.Kd4 Kg5 52.Kxc3 Kf4 53.Kd2 Kg3 54.Ke2 Nf4+ 55.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 a6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.g4 Nd7 12.g5 Nc5 13.Rhg1 Bd7 14.f4 b5 15.f5 b4
16.g6 Nxb3+ 17.axb3 fxg6 18.fxg6 bxc3 19.Qh5 hxg6 20.Rxg6 Rf7 21.Rh6 gxh6
22.Rg1+ Bg5 23.Bxg5 Rg7 24.Be3 Be8 25.Qxh6 Nxd4  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rajkovic, Dusan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O d6 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7
10.Qd2 Nc7 11.Rfd1 a6 12.h3 Qb8 13.a4 Rc8 14.d5 b5 15.Bd3 b4 16.Ne4 Re8 17.Ng3 e5
18.e4 Qd8 19.Rf1 Bc8 20.Rae1 a5 21.Qd1 Na6 22.Bc1 Nb8 23.Nh2 Qe7 24.f3 h5
25.Bg5 Qf8 26.Qd2 Nh7 27.Be3 Nd7 28.Kh1 Qe7 29.Ne2 Bf6 30.g4 hxg4 31.fxg4 Bh4
32.Rd1 Ng5 33.Ng1 Kg7 34.Kg2 Rh8 35.Nhf3 Nxf3 36.Nxf3 Kg8 37.Bg5 Bxg5 38.Qxg5 Qe8
39.Nh4 Nf8 40.Nf5 Nh7 41.Nxd6 Nxg5 42.Nxe8 Nxh3 43.Rh1 Nf4+ 44.Kg1 Rxh1+
45.Kxh1 Kf8 46.Nf6 Ke7 47.g5 Nh3 48.d6+ Ke6 49.Kg2 Nxg5 50.Nd5 Kxd6 51.Be2 Bh3+
52.Kg1 Kc6 53.Ne7+ Kc7  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E95"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Re1 h6
9.Rb1 Nh7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.b4 c6 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Qd2 h5 14.Red1 Re8 15.a3 Ndf8
16.Bc5 Qf6 17.Bd6 Bg4 18.Ne1 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 Ng5 20.Qc2 h4 21.h3 Nfe6 22.Rb3 Nf4
23.Nxf4 Qxf4 24.Re3 Ne6 25.c5 Rad8 26.Nf3 a6 27.Rde1 f6 28.Qa2 Kh7 29.Nh2 Qg5
30.Ng4 Rd7 31.g3 hxg3 32.fxg3 Qh5 33.Kg2 Ng5 34.Rh1 Nf7 35.Rd3 f5 36.Nf2 Red8
37.Rhd1 Ng5 38.g4 Qh4 39.exf5 gxf5 40.gxf5 Rf7 41.Rg3 Rxf5 42.Qc2 e4 43.Be7 Rxd1
44.Bxg5 Rxg5 45.Nxe4 Rxg3+ 46.Nxg3+ Kh8 47.Qxd1 Be5 48.Qh5+ Qxh5 49.Nxh5 a5
50.bxa5 Bd4 51.Nf4 Bxc5 52.Ne6 Be7 53.Kf3 Kg8 54.Ke4 Kf7 55.Ke5 Ke8 56.Kd4 Kd7
57.Nc5+ Kc8 58.a4 Kc7 59.Kc4 Kb8 60.a6 b6 61.Nd7+ Ka7 62.Ne5 Kxa6 63.Nxc6 Bh4
64.Nd4 Bf2 65.Nb5 Ka5 66.Kb3 Bh4 67.Nd4 Ka6 68.Kb4 Be1+ 69.Ka3 Bf2 70.Nb3 Be1
71.Kb2 Kb7 72.Kc2 Kc6 73.Kd3 Kd5 74.Nd4 Kc5 75.Nc2 Bh4 76.Kc3 Bd8 77.Na3 Bf6+
78.Kb3 Bh4 79.Nb5 Be7 80.Nc3 Bd8 81.Ne4+ Kd5 82.Nf2 Be7 83.Nd3 Kd4 84.Nf4 Kc5
85.Ng6 Bd8 86.Nf8 Be7 87.Nd7+ Kc6 88.Ne5+ Kc5 89.Nd3+ Kd4 90.Kc2 Bh4 91.Nb4 Kc4
92.Nd3 Kd4 93.Nb2 Kc5 94.Kb3 Be7 95.Nd3+ Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 a5 10.O-O Be7 11.e4 b4 12.Na4 c5 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.Ng5 h6 18.Qh5 Qc7 19.Ne4 bxa3 20.bxa3 Bd4 21.Rb1 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Bxe5
23.Nc5 Nc3 24.Rb2 Bc8 25.Re1 Bd6 26.Bc6 Ra7 27.Be3 Rc7 28.Rb6 Nd5 29.Nxe6+ fxe6
30.Bxd5 Bxa3 31.Bxe6 Bxe6 32.Rxe6 Bb4 33.Rd1 Kf7 34.Re4 Re8 35.Rg4 Kf8 36.h3 Ra8
37.Bf4 Rb7 38.Rd4 Bc5 39.Rc4 Be7 40.Be5 Bb4 41.Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.e5 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nd5 8.h3 O-O
9.O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 Be6 11.c4 Nb6 12.Bf4 N8d7 13.Nbd2 Rfd8 14.Bc2 a5 15.b3 Nf8
16.Qe3 Nbd7 17.Rad1 a4 18.Rfe1 Qa5 19.g4 axb3 20.axb3 Qb4 21.Nd4 Nc5 22.Bg3 f6
23.Bb1 Qa5 24.N2f3 Bf7 25.Rd2 Nce6 26.Rde2 Qc5 27.Nxe6 Nxe6 28.Qc3 b5 29.Kh2 bxc4
30.Qxc4 Qxc4 31.bxc4 Ra3 32.Be4 Nc5 33.Bxc6 Rc3 34.e6 Be8 35.Bd5 Rxd5 36.cxd5 Rxf3
37.Rc1 Nd3 38.Rc8 Kf8 39.d6 Ne5 40.d7  1-0

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.a4 Na6
9.Be3 Nc7 10.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Valvo, Michael J"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.e5 Ne8 8.O-O c5
9.exd6 Nxd6 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be3 Ne6 12.Nd4 Nxc4 13.Bxc4 Nxd4 14.Rc1 Nf5 15.Bc5 b6
16.Ba3 Bb7 17.Qa4 a6 18.Rfd1 Qb8 19.Bd5 Rd8 20.Qe4 Rxd5 21.Nxd5 e6 22.Qxf5 gxf5
23.Nxb6 Bd5 24.Nxa8 Qxa8 25.f3 Be5 26.b3 Qd8 27.h3 h6 28.Rc2 Qg5 29.Kf1 Qg3
30.Bc5 Kh7 31.Re1 Bc6 32.a4 Bd5 33.Bf2 Qh2 34.Bg1 Qf4 35.Be3 Qb4 36.Bf2 Qxb3
37.Rc8 Bh2 38.Rec1 Qd3+ 39.Ke1 Bf4 40.R1c2 Bb3  0-1

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kastner, Jeffrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 O-O 7.e5 Ne8 8.Bf4 a6
9.Ba4 b5 10.Bb3 Na5 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.Nf5 Nxb3 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.axb3 f6 15.c4 fxe5
16.Bxe5 Qf7 17.Bg3 Nd6 18.Nd2 Nf5 19.Qg4 Nxg3 20.Qxg3 d6 21.Re3 Qf4 22.Re7 Qxg3
23.hxg3 Rf7 24.Rae1 Rxe7 25.Rxe7 Rc8 26.Nf3 Kf8 27.Re1 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Rb8 29.Re2 bxc4
30.bxc4 Rb4 31.Rc2 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Coudari, Camille"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.O-O Bb7
9.a3 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Rc8 11.Qe1 Qc7 12.Kh1 Be7 13.Qg3 O-O 14.Qh3 Rfe8 15.Bd2 e5
16.Rae1 Bf8 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Ng5 g6 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Bg7 21.Nxf7 e4 22.Bf4 Qxf4
23.Rxf4 exd3 24.Rff1 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 d2 26.Rf1 Re8 27.Nd6 Re1 28.Qe6+ Rxe6 29.dxe6 Ne5
30.Rd1 Bh6 31.e7 Neg4 32.Kg1 Bf4 33.e8=Q+ Nxe8 34.Nxe8 Bxh2+ 35.Kf1 Ne3+
36.Ke2 Nxd1 37.Nf6+ Kf7 38.Ng4 Nxb2 39.Kxd2 Bd6 40.Kc3 Nd1+ 41.Kd2 h5  0-1

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Nb3 Ng6 8.O-O Be7
9.a4 O-O 10.Be3 b6 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Rad1 Rb8 13.f4 Na5 14.f5 Ne5 15.Bf4 f6 16.Kh1 Rf7
17.Nd4 Bc5 18.Bg3 Re7 19.Nf3 Nac6 20.fxe6 dxe6 21.Nxe5 fxe5 22.Bxe5  1-0

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O d5 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.e4 Be7 8.h3 Bh5
9.c3 O-O 10.Qe2 h6 11.Re1 Qa5 12.Nf1 c4 13.exd5 cxd3 14.Qxd3 Nxd5 15.Ne3 Rad8
16.Qf1 Nxe3 17.Bxe3 Bf6 18.Nd2 Bg6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.b4 Qa4 21.Qc4 Rc8 22.Qb3 Qxb3
23.axb3 a6 24.Red1 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Bf6 26.Rac1 Rfd8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Kf1 Be5
29.Ke2 f5 30.Bg2 Rd7 31.Bc5 Kf7 32.Rc2 Bf6 33.Bxc6 bxc6 34.c4 Be7 35.Ra2 Rb7
36.Ra3 Rb8 37.Kd3 Ra8 38.f4 Bxc5 39.bxc5 e5 40.fxe5 Ke6 41.Kd4 a5 42.Ra2 g5
43.g4 Rd8+ 44.Kc3 f4 45.Rxa5 f3 46.b4 Kxe5 47.b5 Kf4 48.bxc6 Kg3 49.c7 Rc8
50.Kd4 Rxc7 51.Ra3 Rf7 52.c6 Kxh3 53.Ke5 Kxg4 54.Ke6 f2 55.Ra1 f1=Q 56.Rxf1 Rxf1
57.c7 Rf8 58.Ke7 Rh8 59.c5 Kf5 60.c6 Ke5  0-1

[Event "New York MCC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Peters, John A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 a6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.a4 Qc7
9.Bf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.g4 Ne8 12.g5 Qd8 13.h4 Nc7 14.Bg2 Re8 15.Nb3 Rb8
16.Be3 b6 17.Qe1 Bb7 18.Qg3 Bf8 19.h5 g6 20.Rad1 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rd2 b4
23.Ne2 Nb5 24.Ned4 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 e5 26.fxe5 Nxe5 27.Qf4 Qe7 28.Nc1 Ba6 29.Rfd1 Bg7
30.h6 Bh8 31.b3 Rf8 32.Be3 Rbd8 33.Qg3 f6 34.Na2 Nf7 35.Nxb4 Bb7 36.gxf6 Bxf6
37.Rf1 Be5 38.Qg4 Rde8 39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.Rxd5 Rc8 41.Rd2 Rc3 42.Bf4 Rfc8 43.Rff2 R8c5
44.Bxe5 Rxe5 45.Qf4 Re6 46.Rd3 Rxd3 47.cxd3 g5 48.Qc1 Nxh6 49.b4 Nf7 50.b5 Re5
51.b6 Rc5 52.Qa1 Nd8 53.Ra2 Rb5 54.Rb2 Qe5 55.Qa2+ Kf8 56.Rxb5 Qxb5 57.Qa7 Qc5+
58.Kh2 Qe5+ 59.Kh1 Qf4 60.Qa1 g4 61.Qh8+ Ke7 62.Qxh7+ Ke8 63.Qh8+ Kd7 64.Qg7+ Kc6
65.Qc7+ Kb5 66.Qd7+ Kc5 67.Qf5+ Qxf5 68.exf5 Kxb6 69.d4 Kb5 70.Bd5 Kb4 71.Be6 d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Nf6 5.e5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Qc7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Bd7
9.d3 Nd5 10.Ba4 e6 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Re1 O-O 13.c3 Rad8 14.Nc4 Bf6 15.Bd2 Bc8
16.Rad1 Ba6 17.Bc2 Rd7 18.Re4 Rfd8 19.Rde1 Qb7 20.Bc1 Nb6 21.Rg4 Nd5 22.Rg3 Qc7
23.a3 g6 24.Nd2 Be5 25.Ne4 Bxg3 26.hxg3 Qa5 27.Nf6+ Kg7 28.b4 Qb6 29.Nxd7 Rxd7
30.c4 Ne7 31.Bb2+ Kf8 32.Qf6 Rd8 33.Rxe6 Qb7 34.Qh8+ Ng8 35.Bg7+  1-0

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Maeki, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.c5 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Rc1 Bg4 13.Nd4 Bxe2 14.Ncxe2 a5 15.a3 axb4
16.axb4 c6 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.Nxc6 Qf6 20.Nxf4 Nxc6 21.Nd5 Qe5
22.Rxc6 Qxe4 23.Re1 Qh4 24.g3 Qh3 25.Qf3 Ra2 26.Rf6 Ra7 27.b5 Bxf6 28.Nxf6+ Kh8
29.b6 Ra2 30.b7 Rc2 31.Ne8  1-0

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.h3 O-O
9.Ngf3 Bf5 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.O-O Nh5 12.Bh2 Bh6 13.Bxf5 gxf5 14.Ne5 Ng7 15.Ndf3 f6
16.Nd3 Re8 17.Kh1 b6 18.Rg1 e6 19.g4 Kh8 20.Rg2 Qe7 21.Rag1 fxg4 22.hxg4 Rg8
23.Rg3 Nd8 24.Rh3 Nf7 25.Bf4 Bg5 26.Rg2 Ne8 27.Rgh2 Rg7 28.Nxg5 Nxg5 29.Bxg5 fxg5
30.Re3 Nc7 31.Rh6 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Nge2 a6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.g3 O-O 9.Bh3 b6
10.O-O Ne8 11.f4 g6 12.Rb1 Ng7 13.Bd2 f5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.g4 Ng7 16.f5 gxf5
17.gxf5 Bg5 18.Ne4 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 Qh4 20.Qe3 Rf6 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.b3 a5 23.Rf3 Bd7
24.Kh1 Rf8 25.Rg1 Kh8 26.Qg5 Qxg5 27.Rxg5 Nge8 28.Nc3 Ng7 29.Bf1 Be8 30.Bd3 Ngh5
31.Bc2 Bd7 32.Rh3 Ng7 33.Rh6 Nge8 34.Rgg6 Rf7 35.Kg2 Ng8 36.Rh4 Nef6 37.Rg5 Rg7
38.Rxg7 Kxg7 39.Rh3 Be8 40.Rg3+ Kf8 41.Kf3 Bd7 42.Ke2 Kf7 43.Nd1 Kf8 44.Nf2 Nh6
45.Rf3 Be8 46.Rh3 Nhg8 47.Kf1 Bd7 48.Kg2 Be8 49.Rf3 Bh5 50.Rg3 Be8 51.Nh3 h6
52.Rf3 Bh5 53.Rg3 Ne7 54.Nf2 Neg8 55.Kh3 Bf7 56.Kh4 Be8 57.Rf3 Bh5 58.Re3 Be8
59.Re1 Bf7 60.Rf1 Be8 61.Bd1 Ne7 62.Nh1 Bd7 63.Ng3 Be8 64.Bh5 Bd7 65.Rf2 Bc8
66.Bg6 Kg7 67.Nh5+ Nxh5 68.Kxh5 Ng8 69.Rg2 Kf6 70.Bh7 Ne7 71.Kxh6 Bxf5 72.h4 e4
73.h5 Bh3 74.Rg6+ Ke5 75.Rg7  1-0

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cramling, Dan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Rb1 a5 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 axb4
10.axb4 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nb5 Ng4 13.O-O Re8 14.Bb2 c5 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.Rbe1 Bf5
17.h3 Ne5 18.e4 dxe3 19.Rxe3 Ra2 20.Rfe1 Qd7 21.Nc3 Bxd3 22.Rxd3 Rxb2 23.Qxb2 Nxd3
24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Qd2 Qe1+ 26.Qxe1 Nxe1 27.Nd5 cxb4 28.Nxb4 Nxg2 29.Kxg2 f5
30.f4 Kf7 31.Kf3 Ke6 32.g4 Bd4 33.Nd5 Ba7 34.Nc7+ Kd7 35.Nd5 Bd4 36.Nb4 Bg7
37.Ke3 Bb2 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Nd5 Bg7 40.Kd3 Ke6 41.Nc7+ Kf7 42.Nd5 Bf6 43.Ke2 Bd8
44.Ne3 Ke6 45.Kd3 Bb6 46.Nd5 Bg1 47.Nc7+ Kd7 48.Nd5 Bh2 49.Ke3 Kc6 50.Ne7+ Kc5
51.Nxf5 d5 52.cxd5 Kxd5 53.Nh4 b5 54.Nf3 Bg3 55.Nd2 Be1 56.Nb3 Kc4 57.Nc1 Bc3
58.Nd3 Kd5 59.Nc1 Bb2 60.Nb3 Bf6 61.Kd3 b4 62.Nd2 Bg7 63.f5 Ke5 64.Kc4 Bf8
65.Nf3+ Kxf5 66.Nd4+ Ke4 67.h4 Bd6 68.h5 Kf4 69.Nc2 Kg5 70.h6 Kxh6 71.Nxb4 Bxb4
72.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panczyk, Krzysztof"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 O-O 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.h3 Qc7 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.Qc2 Rb4 15.Bd2 Rab8
16.Nd1 R4b7 17.Bc3 Re8 18.Ne3 e6 19.Qd3 Nb6 20.dxe6 Rxe6 21.Ng5 Re7 22.Ng4 Ne8
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qd2 Qc6 25.Nf3 f6 26.Qh6+ Kg8 27.h4 Nd7 28.h5 g5 29.Rad1 Rb4
30.Rd5 Rbxe4 31.Rxe4 Rxe4 32.Nxf6+ Ndxf6 33.Rxg5+ Kf7 34.Rf5 Ke7 35.Kh2  0-1

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O a6 6.Be2 d5 7.d3 g6 8.Qe1 Bg7
9.c3 b6 10.Qh4 h6 11.Na3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Qd7 13.Rb1 f5 14.e5 a5 15.d4 Nb8 16.Qf2 Ba6
17.dxc5 bxc5 18.c4 d4 19.Nfe1 O-O 20.b3 Bb7 21.Nd3 Na6 22.a4 Be4 23.Bd2 Nc6
24.Na3 Rf7 25.Nb5 Bf8 26.Rbd1 Rg7 27.Ne1 g5 28.Bf3 Qe8 29.Qe2 Bxf3 30.Qxf3 Rd8
31.Nd3 g4 32.Qe2 Rdd7 33.Kh1 h5 34.Kg1 h4 35.Rfe1 h3 36.g3 Qa8 37.Qf1 Rd8
38.Qe2 Rgd7 39.Qf1 Kf7 40.Qe2 Be7 41.Qf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qb3 c5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.Qa4 Bb7 10.e3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.a3 Bxd2 13.Bxd2 Ne4 14.Bc3 c4 15.Nd2 f5
16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 a6 19.e4 b5 20.Qc2 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 dxe4 22.Bxg7 Qb6+
23.Qf2 Qxf2+ 24.Rxf2 Kxg7 25.Bh5 Kh6 26.Bg4 Kg5 27.Bh3 Rxf2 28.Kxf2 Rd8 29.Ke2 Rd3
30.Rd1 Rb3 31.Rd2 e3 32.Rd7 Be4 33.Ra7 Bd3+ 34.Kxe3 Bf5+ 35.Kd2 Rxb2+ 36.Kc1 Rb1+  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strauss, David J"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.e4 a6 9.d4 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Qc8 11.b3 Nbd7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Rc1 Qc7 14.f4 Rad8 15.Kh1 Rfe8 16.f5 Bf8
17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Rc2 Ne5 19.Bh3 Qf7 20.Rf2 d5 21.Nxe6 Rxe6 22.Bxe6 Qxe6 23.Nxd5 Neg4
24.Rff1 Nxe4 25.Qf3 Ngf2+ 26.Kg1 Nh3+ 27.Kg2 Nhg5 28.Qf5 Bxd5 29.cxd5 Qxd5
30.Qxd5+ Rxd5 31.Re2 Nd6 32.h4 Nge4 33.Ba3 Nf6 34.Rc1 a5 35.Bb2 Nfe4 36.Rc7 b5
37.Kh3 h5 38.Rd7 Rf5 39.Re3 Nf2+ 40.Kg2 Ng4 41.Re2 Rf7 42.Rd8 Nf5 43.Bc1 Kh7
44.Ra8 Bb4 45.a3 Bc3 46.Bd2 Bxd2 47.Rxd2 Nfe3+  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 Qc7 8.g4 h6
9.h4 e5 10.Nde2 Be6 11.a4 Qc6 12.Rg1 Nbd7 13.g5 hxg5 14.hxg5 Nh5 15.a5 Bg7
16.Qd2 Rc8 17.Rh1 Ke7 18.Kf2 f5 19.gxf6+ Nhxf6 20.Rxh8 Rxh8 21.Rd1 Bf8 22.Kg1 Kf7
23.Ng3 Nh5 24.Nxh5 Rxh5 25.Nd5 Nf6 26.c4 Qc8 27.Nb6 Qe8 28.b4 Be7 29.Rc1 Nh7
30.c5 dxc5 31.Bxc5 Ng5 32.Bg2 Nh3+ 33.Bxh3 Rxh3 34.Qg2 Bh4 35.Nc4 Qh8 36.Nd6+ Kf6
37.Kf1 Bg5 38.Rd1 Rh1+ 39.Bg1 Bh3  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Grefe, John A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3 O-O 8.h3 Rb8
9.Be3 b5 10.Qd2 b4 11.Ne2 a5 12.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.c5 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Rc1 Bg4 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 g5 15.Qh5 Ng6
16.Nf3 h6 17.Nb5 Qd7 18.c6 bxc6 19.Rxc6 Rae8 20.a4 a6 21.Rxa6 Rxe4 22.Rc6 Rxb4
23.Rxc7 Qd8 24.Rfc1 Rxa4 25.h4 gxh4 26.Qg4 Qf6 27.Nc3 Rb4 28.Re1 Qd8 29.Rd7 Qc8
30.Ne4 Rb7 31.Nxh4 Rxd7 32.Nf5 Qd8 33.Qh5 Re8 34.Nxh6+ Bxh6 35.Qxh6 Rxe4
36.Rxe4 Re7 37.Qg5 Qe8 38.Rxf4 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Qe5 40.Qxe5 Rxe5  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 Nge7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nbd2 b6
9.Re1 Bb7 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc4 Re8 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Bd2 Rad8 14.a4 a5 15.Rad1 h6
16.Bc1 Qc8 17.Re2 Kh7 18.h4 f6 19.Qc2 h5 20.Nfd2 Ndb4 21.cxb4 Nd4 22.Ne4 Nxc2
23.Rxc2 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 axb4 25.Nxb6 Qa6  0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Ne2 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6
9.h4 h6 10.Be2 Qa5 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Bf4 e5 13.Be3 Nb6 14.h5 Bh7 15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Rg8 17.Qh7 Bd6 18.Qxf7 exd4 19.Bxd4 Nd5 20.Rad1 Kb8 21.c4 Nf4 22.Be3 Qe5
23.Rfe1 Rxg3 24.fxg3 Nh3+ 25.gxh3 Qxg3+ 26.Kf1 Qxh3+ 27.Ke2 Qg2+ 28.Bf2 Qe4+
29.Kf1 Qh1+ 30.Bg1 Qf3+ 31.Bf2 Qh1+ 32.Ke2 Qe4+ 33.Be3 Qg2+ 34.Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Ne5 Be6 8.Be2 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.c4 O-O 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qa4 Rfd8 13.f4 Ne8 14.Rac1 Bf5 15.Qa3 a6
16.Rfe1 Rac8 17.h3 Nd6 18.g4 Be4 19.Bf2 Bh6 20.Qe3 Re8 21.c5 Bd5 22.Bf3 Bxa2
23.Qa3 Bxf4 24.Qxa2 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Nb5 26.Rcd1 Red8 27.Qc4 Rxd1 28.Bxd1 Rd8
29.Qf4 Qa5 30.Bb3 e6 31.Rf1 Qd2 32.Be3  1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wells, Ian Duncan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.Nd2 Bf5 8.Bxf5 gxf5
9.Qb3 Qd7 10.O-O-O Rg8 11.Ngf3 Rxg2 12.Bg3 f4 13.Nh4 fxg3 14.Nxg2 gxf2 15.Kb1 Bh6
16.Nf1 Qf5+ 17.Ka1 O-O-O 18.Ng3 Qh3 19.Qc2 Qxg2 20.Qf5+ Kb8 21.Rdf1 Be3 22.b4 Ne4
23.b5 e6 24.Qh5 Nxd4 25.Qe5+ Ka8 26.cxd4 f6 27.Qc7 Bxd4+ 28.Kb1 Nd2+ 29.Kc1 Bb6
30.Qf4 Nxf1 31.Rxf1 Qxh2 32.Kb1 Rc8 33.a4 Bc7  0-1

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peters, John A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.Na3 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Qb3 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Rb8 15.Rd2 Qc7
16.Qd1 Nc5 17.Nab1 Rbc8 18.a3 Ne5 19.f3 Qb8 20.b4 Ncd7 21.Qf1 Nf6 22.Na4 Ned7
23.Nbc3 d5 24.Nxb6 Nxb6 25.Bxb6 Bd6 26.g3 dxe4 27.f4 h5 28.c5 Be7 29.Bxa6 e3
30.Ra2 Nd7 31.Bxb7 Qxb7 32.Qg2 Qb8 33.Ba5 Nxc5 34.bxc5 Bxc5 35.Ne2 Ba7 36.Rac2 Rxc2
37.Rxc2 Qd6 38.Rc7 Qa6 39.Be1 Rd8 40.Kf1 Qxa3 41.Qb7 Bc5 42.Rxf7 Qa1 43.Nc3 Bd4
44.Rd7 Rxd7 45.Qxd7 Bxc3 46.Qd8+ Kh7 47.Qd3+ g6 48.Qxc3 Qa6+ 49.Kg1 Qe2 50.Qa1 Kg8
51.Qa5 Kg7 52.Qb4 Qd1 53.Qb7+ Kf6 54.Kf1 Qd3+ 55.Kg1 Qd1 56.Qb4 Kf7 57.h3 Qf3
58.Qd4 Qe2 59.Qd7+ Kg8 60.Qxe6+ Kh7 61.Qe7+ Kg8 62.Qb4 Kh7 63.f5 gxf5 64.Qe7+ Kg6
65.Qe6+ Kh7 66.Qxf5+ Kh6 67.Qf1  1-0

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.a3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.b4 Bf8 14.Bb2 g6 15.c4 exd4
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nxd4 c6 18.Bb3 Bg7 19.N4f3 Ng4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Nf1 Qf6 22.Qd2 c5
23.h3 Nge5 24.Nxe5 Nxe5 25.f4 Nc6 26.bxc5 Nd4 27.e5 dxe5 28.fxe5 Qc6 29.Ba2 Rxa3
30.Ne3 Rxe5 31.Rad1 Qxc5 32.Qf2 Nf3+ 33.gxf3 Raxe3 34.Rxe3 Rxe3 35.Rd7 Re1+
36.Kg2 Qg5+ 37.Kh2 Qf4+ 38.Kg2 Bxf3+ 39.Qxf3 Rg1+ 40.Kxg1 Qxf3  0-1

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Na4 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Re1 d6 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Bg5 a6 13.Rc1 Re8 14.h3 h6 15.Bf4 Rc8
16.Bh2 Bf8 17.a3 Qc7 18.Rc2 Qb8 19.Nd2 Qa8 20.Bf1 d5 21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Nde4 Nxc3
23.Nxc3 Nf6 24.Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 d6 8.Nc3 g6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Rfe1 Nd7 15.Rac1 Rac8
16.a4 Nhf6 17.h3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.Qd2 Ree8 20.Bh6 Bxh6 21.Qxh6 Qe7 22.Qd2 Nd7
23.b3 Qe5 24.e3 f5 25.f4 Qg7 26.Nd1 Nf6 27.Nf2 Rc7 28.e4 Rce7 29.e5 dxe5
30.d6 Re6 31.fxe5 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 Rxe5 33.b4 Qd7 34.Rd1 cxb4 35.Qxb4 Re6 36.Qb3 Bc8
37.Rc1 Kf8 38.Rc7 Qd8 39.Qc3 Bd7 40.Rxa7 Be8 41.Qc1 g5 42.Qxg5 Re1+ 43.Bf1 Bf7
44.Qd2 Re5 45.Bg2 Ra5 46.Rxa5 bxa5 47.Qd4 Bd5 48.Qe5 Bxg2 49.Kxg2 Kg8 50.Qe6+ Kg7
51.Qxf5 Qxd6 52.Qxa5 Qc6+ 53.Kh2 Kg6 54.Qb4 Qd5 55.Qc3 Kf7 56.Qc7+ Kg6 57.Qc3 Qa2
58.Qd4 h5 59.Kg2 Kf7 60.Kg1  1-0

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Ne2 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6
9.h4 h5 10.Be2 Qa5 11.b4 Qc7 12.Nxh5 e5 13.Ng3 O-O-O 14.h5 Bh7 15.O-O Bd6
16.Bg4 e4 17.Nf5 Bh2+ 18.Kh1 Bf4 19.Bxf4 Qxf4 20.g3 Qc7 21.Re1 Rde8 22.Kg2 Kb8
23.Qc2 Nf8 24.Rxe4 Ne6 25.Qe2 Reg8 26.Rh1 Bxf5 27.Bxf5 Nf4+ 28.Rxf4 Qxf4
29.Qf3 Qd2 30.a4 Rd8 31.a5 a6 32.Qe3 Qa2 33.h6 Qd5+ 34.Qf3 Qd6 35.h7 Rde8
36.Rh4 Ka7 37.Re4 Qf8 38.Rxe8 Qxe8 39.Qe3 Qd8 40.d5+ Kb8 41.Qf4+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kogan, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5 7.N5c3 O-O 8.e3 e4
9.Nd2 Bf5 10.g3 Nbd7 11.Bg2 Re8 12.O-O Rc8 13.h3 h5 14.b3 Bb4 15.Nb5 a6 16.Nd4 Bg6
17.Bb2 Ne5 18.a3 Bd6 19.Ne2 h4 20.Nf4 hxg3 21.fxg3 Bh7 22.Bd4 Bc5 23.Nc4 Nf3+
24.Bxf3 exf3 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.Qd4 Rb5 27.Rxf3 Be4 28.Rf2 Nxd5 29.Rd1 Qg5 30.Kh2 Nf6
31.Nd6 Rd8 32.Qc4 Rxd6 33.Rxd6 Rc5 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.Qxf7 Rc1 36.Ng2 Qxe3 37.Rdd2 Bc6
38.Rde2 Qh6 39.Rf4 Bd5 40.Qe7 Qxh3+ 41.Kxh3 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.exd6 cxd6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.b3 Nc6 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.a3 a5 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Bf1 d5 15.c5 Nd7 16.Rc1 Qb8
17.Bb5 Rc8 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 b6 20.Qe2 bxc5 21.bxc5 Ra5 22.Bxc6 Rxc6 23.Ra1 Raxc5
24.dxc5 Bxb2 25.Ra6 Rxa6 26.Qxa6 Nxc5 27.Qa5 Nd3 28.Rd1 h6 29.Nf1 Nf4 30.Ne3 Be4
31.Nd2 Bc3 32.Qa2 Bxg2 33.Nb1 Bf3 34.Nxc3 Nh3+ 35.Kf1 Qxh2 36.Ke1 Qg1+ 37.Nf1 Nf4
38.Qa7 Ng2+ 39.Kd2 Bxd1  0-1

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.b4 Ba7 10.Bb3 Ne7 11.Nc4 Ng6 12.Be3 h6 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.Re1 Ra8 15.h3 Qe7
16.Ne3 Rae8 17.Nh2 Nh7 18.Nhf1 Nf4 19.Ng3 Qg5 20.Ra2 h5 21.Kh2 g6 22.Ne2 Ne6
23.Nd5 Kg7 24.Qd2 Qd8 25.d4 Neg5 26.dxe5 dxe5 27.Qe3 f5 28.exf5 Bxf5 29.Ng1 c6
30.Nb6 Bd3 31.a5 e4 32.Rd2 Qf6 33.Qd4 Rd8 34.Qxf6+ Nxf6 35.f3 h4 36.Red1 Rde8
37.fxe4 Bxe4 38.Ne2 Nh5 39.Nd4 Ng3 40.Kg1 Bf5 41.Nxf5+ Rxf5 42.Bc2 Rfe5 43.Nd7 Re1+
44.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 45.Kf2 Re7 46.Kg1 Ne2+ 47.Kf1 Nxc3 48.Nc5 Nd5 49.Bb3 Ne3+ 50.Kf2 Nf5
51.Rd8 Ng3 52.Rg8+ Kf6 53.Rf8+ Ke5 54.Bc2 Ne6 55.Nxe6 Rxe6 56.Rb8 Kf4 57.Rf8+ Kg5
58.Bd3 Rf6+ 59.Rxf6 Kxf6 60.Ke3 Nf5+ 61.Ke4 g5 62.Bc2 Ng7 63.Bd1 Ke6 64.Bg4+ Kd6
65.Bc8 Kc7 66.Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.f3 d6 7.e4 e6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 a6 11.Qe1 Nbd7 12.Qf2 Rc8 13.Rac1 Qc7 14.b4 Qb8 15.a3 Rfe8
16.Rfd1 Bd8 17.Nb3 Bc7 18.g3 h6 19.Bd4 Rcd8 20.a4 Ba8 21.Rb1 Ne5 22.b5 a5
23.Nxa5 d5 24.exd5 exd5 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.bxc6 dxc4 27.Nb5 Re6 28.Bxe5 Bxe5
29.f4 Bc7 30.Bf3 Ne4 31.Qc2 Nd6 32.Bd5 Re7 33.Bxc4 Nxb5 34.axb5 Bd6 35.Kh1 Rde8
36.Qf5 Qc7 37.Rd2 Rf8 38.Rbd1 Bc5 39.Rd7 Qc8 40.h4 Qe8 41.Kg2 h5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.Rb1 Nc6 8.b4 a6
9.d3 Rb8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6
9.Ngf3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rae1 Rab8 14.Ne5 b5 15.a3 a5
16.f4 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.Qd1 bxc3 19.bxc3 g6 20.Re3 Nd7 21.Qe1 Ncxe5 22.fxe5 Qe7
23.Ref3 f5 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Rxf6 Nxf6 26.Rf3 Re8 27.h3 Nd7 28.Bb5 Rf8 29.Re3 Rf6
30.Qg3 Nf8 31.Kh2 Qf7 32.Be2 Rf4 33.Bg4 Rf6 34.Re2 g5 35.Qe5 h6 36.Rb2 Rf4
37.Re2 Rf6 38.Re1 Kg7 39.Ra1 Kg6 40.Ra8 h5 41.Be2 Rf2 42.Kg1 Kh6 43.h4 Rf5
44.Qh8+ Nh7 45.Bd3 gxh4 46.Bxf5 Qxf5 47.Ra7 Qb1+ 48.Kh2 Qg6 49.Qe5 Nf6 50.Qf4+ Qg5
51.Qxg5+ Kxg5 52.Rg7+ Kf5 53.Kh3 Ne4 54.Kxh4 Nxc3 55.Kxh5 Ne2 56.g4+ Ke4
57.g5 Kxd4 58.Rf7 Ng3+ 59.Kh4 Ne4 60.g6 Nd6 61.Rf8  1-0

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Bd3 Nb4 7.Be2 c5 8.c3 Nc6
9.O-O Qb6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Re1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.Qc2 h6
16.Be3 Bc5 17.Bf4 g5 18.Be3 g4 19.Nd2 Rg8 20.Nb3 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Rg5 22.Rae1 a5
23.Bf1 a4 24.Nc1 Nf8 25.h4 Rf5 26.g3 Bd7 27.Qd2 Rc8 28.Bd3 Rf3 29.Rxf3 gxf3
30.Bf1 h5 31.Nd3 Ng6 32.Qg5 Qd4 33.Qxh5 a3 34.bxa3 Rc3 35.Qxf3 Bb5 36.Re3 Bxd3
37.Bxd3 Rxd3 38.Rxd3 Nxe5 39.Qf6 Qxd3 40.Qxe5 b5 41.Qb8+ Ke7 42.Qc7+ Kf6
43.Qf4+ Kg7 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qf6 Kg8 46.Kg2 Qxa3 47.h5 Qf8 48.g4 Qg7 49.Qf4 f6
50.Kg3 Kh7 51.Qe3 Qc7+ 52.f4 Qd7 53.Qd4 Qg7 54.Qd3+ f5 55.g5 Qa7 56.Qe2 Qg1+
57.Qg2 Qe3+ 58.Qf3 Qg1+ 59.Kh3 b4 60.g6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Nb3 Ng6 8.O-O b5
9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.e5 d6 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.a4 b4 14.Ne4 Be7 15.g3 f5 16.Nec5 Re8
17.Bf3 Qc7 18.Qd3 Kh8 19.Qc4 e5 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.Qxc6 Rac8 22.Qxe6 Bc5 23.Qxe8+ Rxe8
24.Bxc5 exf4 25.Rae1 Ne5 26.Bh5 fxg3 27.Bxe8 gxh2+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch/zt"]
[Site "South Bend"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 Nd4
9.a3 a5 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 c6 12.Bd2 Bg4 13.e3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Ne8 10.c5 f5 11.Nd2 f4 12.Nc4 g5 13.a4 Ng6 14.Ba3 Rf7 15.a5 Bf8 16.Rb1 Nf6
17.f3 h5 18.Kf2 g4 19.Ke1 Rg7 20.cxd6 cxd6 21.Kd2 g3 22.Rh1 gxh2 23.Rxh2 h4
24.Qb3 Nh5 25.b5 Nh8 26.Bb4 Ng3 27.Bd3 Nf7 28.Qa3 Rg6 29.b6 a6 30.Bc2 Ng5
31.Ne2 Bd7 32.Nxd6 Nxe2 33.Nxb7 Qc8 34.Nc5 Bxc5 35.Bxc5 Bb5 36.Rxb5 axb5
37.Kxe2 Rxb6 38.Qb4 Rba6 39.Bb3 Rxa5 40.Rxh4 Ra2+ 41.Bxa2 Rxa2+ 42.Kd3 Rxg2
43.Rh1 Nxf3 44.d6 Rd2+ 45.Kc3 Rxd6 46.Qxb5 Kg7 47.Rb1 Rc6 48.Kb4 Rc7 49.Bb6 Rc2
50.Rb3 Qe6 51.Bc5 Nd2 52.Qb7+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saeed, Nasser A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.c4 Bb7 10.Nc3 d4 11.Qa4+ Nd7 12.Ne4 Qc7 13.c5 e5 14.Bd2 Bc6 15.Qc2 Be7
16.b4 Rb8 17.Ng3 g6 18.f4 f5 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 O-O 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Rae1 Qc7
23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Qxd4+ Bf6 25.Qf4 Qxf4 26.Rxf4 Rfd8 27.Re6 Bg5 28.Rf1 Bd5 29.Re2 Rxb4
30.Rb1 Rxb1+ 31.Bxb1 Bc4 32.Re1 Bd2 33.Re7 Bb4 34.Ne4 fxe4  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qd4 f6 13.a5 a6 14.Bg2 Be7 15.Ne4 O-O
16.O-O Rfe8 17.Qc3 Bf8 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Nc5 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Qf7 21.b4 Bc8 22.e4 Kh8
23.f3 g6 24.Be3 Bg7 25.f4 Ng4 26.Bc1 Nh6 27.Bb2 Qe7 28.Bf3 Nf7 29.h4 h6 30.Kg2 Rd8
31.Rd3 Rxd3 32.Qxd3 Qd6 33.Qc2 Kg8 34.Be2 Kf8 35.Ba3 Ke8 36.Bc4 Nd8 37.Bb2 Kf8
38.e5 Bf5 39.exd6 Bxc2 40.Nd7+ Ke8 41.Nxf6+ Bxf6 42.Bxf6 Bf5 43.Bxd8 Kxd8
44.Be2 Kd7 45.g4 Be6 46.Kf3 Kxd6 47.Bd3 Bf7 48.Ke4 Be6 49.g5 hxg5 50.hxg5 Bd7
51.Kd4 Be8 52.f5 gxf5 53.Bxf5 Bh5 54.g6 Ke7 55.Kc5 Kf6 56.Bc8 Bxg6 57.Bxb7 Ke7
58.Kxc6  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nishimura, Hiroyuki"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.f3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.Rfd1 Ne5 12.Nb3 b5 13.a3 Rb8 14.Rab1 Bb7 15.Qe1 Ba8
16.Qf2 Nfd7 17.Nd4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Qg3 Qc7 20.Nce2 Rfe8 21.Nf4 Bf8 22.Rd3 Ne5
23.Rc3 Qe7 24.Nd3 Nc4 25.Bf2 Rec8 26.Re1 g6 27.Re2 Bg7 28.Qg4 Bb7 29.h4 a5
30.f4 Ba6 31.e5 b4 32.Rb3 Qd7 33.axb4 a4 34.Rc3 Nxb2 35.Rxc8+ Qxc8 36.Nxb2 a3
37.Nd3 a2 38.Nb3 Qc3 39.Ndc1 Bxe2 40.Qxe2 a1=Q 41.Nxa1 Qxa1 42.Qe1 dxe5 43.Nd3 e4
44.Ne5 Qxe1+ 45.Bxe1 Rc8 46.c3 Rc7 47.Kf2 f6 48.Ng4 h5 49.Ne3 f5 50.Nd1 Kf7
51.Ke2 e5 52.g3 Ke6 53.Bd2 Bf6 54.Be3 Rc8 55.Kd2 Rd8+ 56.Kc2 Rd3 57.b5 exf4
58.Bxf4 Be5 59.c4 Bxf4 60.gxf4 Kd6 61.Nc3 Kc5 62.Na4+ Kb4 63.Nb2 Rd6  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.g3 Bb4 6.Bg2 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Ne1 Qe8 10.f4 e4 11.Nc2 Bd7 12.Ne3 Qf7 13.Qd2 Rfe8 14.Bb2 Na5 15.Kh1 a6
16.Rac1 h5 17.h3 Be6 18.Kh2 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.c4 bxc4 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.dxe4 fxe4
23.Bxe4 c6 24.Bf3 Bf7 25.Nd1 d5 26.Nf2 Red8 27.g4 h4 28.g5 Qd6 29.Ng4 Bg6
30.Ne5 Bf5 31.Qe1 Nb7 32.Qxh4 g6 33.Bg4 Be4 34.Rfd1 Rf8 35.Rd2 Nd8 36.Qg3 Ra3
37.e3 c3 38.Rf2 c2 39.Nd7 d4 40.Rd2 d3 41.Nf6+ Rxf6 42.gxf6 Qxf6 43.Bf3 Bxf3
44.Qxf3 Nb7 45.Qe4 Nd6 46.Qxc6 Kh7 47.Qd5 Nf5 48.Rxd3 Nxe3 49.Qg5 Qxg5 50.Rd7+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Be3 Ne5 12.f3 Ned7 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rad8
16.Bf1 Qb8 17.Qf2 Ba8 18.Nc2 Rfe8 19.b4 Rc8 20.Na4 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Nb6 Nxb6
23.Bxb6 Bc6 24.a4 bxa4 25.Ba6 Bb7 26.Bb5 Bc6 27.Ba6 Bb7 28.Bb5 Bxe4 29.Bxe8 Bxc2
30.Rd2 Bb3 31.Rxc8 Qxc8 32.Bb5 Nd5 33.Bd4 Nxb4 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.Qd4+ Bf6 36.Qxb4 Qc5+
37.Qxc5 dxc5 38.Bd3 a3 39.Bb1 c4 40.Kf2 Bb2  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Trifunov, Dimitar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Qc2 h6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.Ne5 Qc8 15.e4 b5
16.Qe2 Bd6 17.f4 f5 18.Bd2 Bxe5 19.fxe5 Nc7 20.Rae1 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Qd7 22.Qg6 Kh8
23.Bxh6 gxh6 24.Qxh6+ Kg8 25.Rf6 Rf7 26.Rxf7 Qxf7 27.Re3 Ne8 28.Rh3 Qg7 29.Qxe6+  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Rad1 cxd4 15.cxd4 Bf6
16.Nd2 g6 17.Ne4 Bg7 18.Bc3 Qe7 19.Qb2 Rfd8 20.Bb1 Na5 21.Bb4 Qc7 22.Rc1 Nc4
23.Qe2 a5 24.Bd6 Qc6 25.Be7 Rd7 26.Bf6 Qa4 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.h4 Bxe4 29.Bxe4 Rdc7
30.d5 Ne5 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Bb1 Qxh4 33.Qb2 Qf6 34.Qxb6 Rc4 35.f3 exd5 36.Qxa5 Rc3
37.Qxd5 Rxe3 38.a4 Qf4 39.a5 Re2 40.a6 Qg3 41.f4 Ng4  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barbulescu, Dan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Be3 Ne5 12.f3 Ned7 13.Qe1 Bb7 14.Qf2 Rc8 15.Rac1 Qc7
16.Rfd1 Rfe8 17.Kh1 Ba8 18.g4 h6 19.h4 Nh7 20.Bf4 Ne5 21.Nc2 Qb8 22.Ne3 Bc6
23.a4 Red8 24.Qh2 Nf8 25.c5 bxc5 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Bxa6 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.h5 Rd4
30.Qe2 Bg5 31.Nc4 Bf4 32.Bb5 Ba8 33.Kg2 Nh7 34.Qc2 Qd8 35.Rh1 Ng5 36.Rd1 f5
37.gxf5 exf5 38.Rxd4 cxd4 39.Nd5 fxe4 40.fxe4 Bxd5 41.exd5 Qxd5+ 42.Kf2 Qf3+
43.Ke1 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 Ne7 11.b4 Bf5 12.O-O c6 13.Rfc1 a6 14.a4 Qd6 15.Nd1 Rfc8
16.Nb2 a5 17.bxa5 c5 18.dxc5 Rxc5 19.Nd4 Rcxa5 20.Nxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.Bxb5 Bxe4 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 e6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Re1 O-O
9.Bd3 d6 10.Ng5 Nbd7 11.Bf4 c5 12.Nb5 Qb6 13.Rad1 a6 14.dxc5 Qc6 15.Be4 Nxe4
16.Nd4 Nc3 17.Qg4 Qxg2+ 18.Qxg2 Bxg2 19.bxc3 Bd5 20.cxd6 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 f6
22.Bh4 Kf7 23.Nf5 Bxa2 24.Ra1 Bc4 25.Ne7 e5 26.Bg3 g5 27.h4 g4 28.Re3 Rfb8
29.Ra4 Be6 30.f4 gxf3 31.Rxf3 Rb6 32.Nf5 Bxf5 33.Rxf5 Rxd6 34.Ra5 Ke6 35.Rf3 Rc8
36.Rd3 Rxd3 37.cxd3 Rxc3 38.Rxa6+ Kf5  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 f5 5.e3 Qb6 6.Qc1 Bg7 7.c3 d6 8.Ne2 Nd7
9.Nf4 Nf6 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Nd2 Bd7 12.O-O Rae8 13.Qc2 Kh8 14.Nf3 e5 15.Ne2 Qd8
16.a4 a6 17.a5 Ne4 18.Ng3 Rg8 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Bd3 Ref8 21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 f5
23.Qc2 Bh6 24.Kh1 Qf6 25.g3 Rg4 26.Rab1 Qf7 27.Qd1 Bg7 28.Ne1 Qc7 29.Ra1 Qd7
30.f4 e4 31.Rg1 Bf6 32.Rb1 Qb5 33.b4 Bxc3 34.bxc5 Qxc5 35.Ng2 Rg7 36.Nh4 Qxe3
37.Qh5 Qc5 38.Nxf5 Rgf7 39.Nh4 Kg8 40.Qg4+ Kh8 41.Qe6 e3 42.Nf3 Bf6 43.Rgc1 Qxa5
44.Rc8 Kg7 45.Rxf8 Kxf8 46.Rc1 e2 47.Rc8+ Kg7 48.Qg4+ Kh6 49.Qh3+ Kg7 50.Qg4+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Qf3 Qc7 8.Be3 b5
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.g4 b4 11.Nce2 Nc5 12.g5 Nfd7 13.h4 Bb7 14.h5 h6 15.g6 f5 16.Qh3 Nf6
17.exf5 e5 18.Nb3 Nxd3+ 19.cxd3 Bxh1 20.Qxh1 Rc8 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.d4 e4 23.Rc1 Qd7
24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.Qh2 Ng4 26.Qf4 Nxe3 27.Qxe4+ Kd8 28.Qxe3 Qxf5 29.d5 Bd6
30.Qb6+ Ke7 31.Qa7+ Kf6 32.Qd4+ Kg5 33.Qxg7 Re8 34.Qd4 Kxh5 35.g7 Qe5 36.Qd3 Qg3+
37.Kd2 Qxd3+ 38.Kxd3 Be5 39.Nc5 Bxg7 40.Nxa6 Bxb2 41.Nf4+ Kg4 42.Ne6 Be5
43.Nxb4 h5 44.Ke4 Bd6 45.Nc2 Bf4 46.Kd3 h4 47.Ke2 h3 48.Kf2 Rb8  0-1

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Nbd7 8.e4 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 Ne5 12.Nf1 a6 13.a4 Rb8 14.h3 h6 15.Ng3 g5 16.Be3 g4
17.h4 Nh7 18.h5 Qh4 19.Qd2 Bf6 20.Bxh6 Kh8 21.Nd1 Rg8 22.Ra3 Bg5 23.Bxg5 Rxg5
24.Qf4 f5 25.Nxf5 Bxf5 26.Rh3 gxh3 27.Qxh4 Rxg2+ 28.Kf1 Rbg8 29.f3 Rg1+ 30.Kf2 R8g2+
31.Ke3 h2 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qe7+ Kg8 34.Qd8+ Nf8 35.Qh4 Rxe1 36.Qxe1  0-1

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2+ Be7 8.dxc5 O-O
9.Nb3 Re8 10.Be3 a6 11.Bd3 Ba4 12.Nfd4 Nbd7 13.O-O-O Bxb3 14.Nxb3 Nxc5 15.Qf3 Qc7
16.Qg3 Bd6 17.Qh4 Nfe4 18.Kb1 Rac8 19.Nxc5 Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.f3 Nf6 22.g4 Qb4
23.c4 h6 24.Rhg1 dxc4 25.g5 hxg5 26.Rxg5 Qf8 27.Bf5 Rc5 28.Rdg1 c3 29.bxc3 Rxc3
30.Rxg7+ Qxg7 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qxf6 Rxf3 34.Qh6+ Ke7 35.Qh4+ Kd6
36.Qd4+  1-0

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.O-O cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.a3 Be7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.Qe2 Nd5 12.g3 Nf6 13.Rae1 d5 14.h3 Re8 15.Ng5 Bf8
16.f4 g6 17.g4 Bg7 18.Ndf3 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Nxd4 21.Qxb7 Rc7 22.Qe4 Nxf3+
23.Qxf3 Bxb2 24.a4 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaushansky, Leonid"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 8.Be3 e6
9.g4 h6 10.Qd2 a6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Rg1 Ne5 13.h4 b4 14.Nb1 Qa5 15.g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 Nxf3
17.Nxf3 Nxe4 18.Qg2 Rc8 19.Nd4 d5 20.g6 f5 21.Bd3 Qxa2 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Rh1 Rg8
24.Qd2 Qd5 25.Qh2 Ba4 26.b3 Bxb3 27.Nxb3 Qxb3 28.Qd2 Bd6 29.Rh2 Qd5 30.Qxd5 exd5
31.Rf2 f4 32.Bxf4 Rf8 33.Be3 Rxf2 34.Bxf2 Bf4+ 35.Kb2 e3 36.Be1 Be5+ 37.Kb3 d4
38.Bxb4 Rc6 39.Rg1 Kd7 40.Na3 Ke6 41.Nc4 Bf6 42.Nb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Paolozzi, Marcos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "A54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.O-O-O exd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.g4 Re8 12.Bd3 Nf8 13.h3 Be6 14.Kb1 a6 15.Ne2 b5
16.Nf4 g6 17.Rhe1 Qb6 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.Bxg6 bxc4 20.Qxc4 d5 21.Qc2 Nxd4 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7
23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Nh4 Bxh4 25.Qxh6+ Kg8 26.Qg6+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.a4 Qc7
9.a5 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nb3 Bd7 12.Be3 Nb4 13.f4 Bc6 14.Rf2 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4
17.Bb6 Qc8 18.Qe2 Nd5 19.Bxe4 Nxb6 20.axb6 Bd8 21.Rf3 Bxb6+ 22.Kg2 Rd8 23.Rc3 Bxe4+
24.Qxe4 Qd7 25.Rd3 Qc7 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Re1 g6 28.g4 a5 29.Re2 Rd1 30.Nd2 Qd7
31.Nf3 a4 32.h4 Qb5 33.c4 Qc6 34.Qxc6 bxc6 35.Kg3 Rc1 36.h5 gxh5 37.gxh5 h6
38.Nh2 Bd4 39.Ng4 Rb1 40.Nf6+ Kf8 41.Rd2 c5 42.Nd7+ Ke8 43.Nb6 a3  0-1

[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.Bg2 a6 8.h4 g6 9.g5 Nh5
10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qd2 hxg5 13.hxg5 e5 14.O-O-O Rg8 15.Kb1 Be7 16.Ne2 Bg4
17.f3 Be6 18.f4 Bg4 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Qc3 Qc7 21.Bh3 Bxh3 22.Rxh3 Ng7 23.Ng1 Ne6
24.Nf3 Bd6 25.Bb6 Qxb6 26.Rxd6 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Qxc6+ Kf8 29.Rh1 Nxg5
30.Nxe5 Kg7 31.Nd3 Qf6 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.e5+ Kf5 34.Rf1+ Ke4 35.Rf4+ Ke3 36.b4 Ne6
37.Rxf7 g5 38.Nf2 g4 39.Nxg4+ Rxg4 40.a3 Nd4 41.Kb2 Rg2 42.Rc7 Ke4 43.Rc5 Ne6
44.Rc6 Nd4 45.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 cxd5 14.exd5 Nc4 15.a4 g6
16.Bd3 Qd7 17.Qe2 Qb7 18.Rd1 Nb6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Na3 b4 21.cxb4 Rfb8 22.b5 Nbxd5
23.Bg5 Nc7 24.Rac1 Nfd5 25.Bh6 Nb4 26.Bc4 Re8 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qc4+ Ncd5
29.Qb3 g5 30.h4 Kg6 31.hxg5 Nf4 32.Rc6 Nxc6 33.Qc2+ Kf7 34.bxc6 Qb4 35.Qxh7+ Ke6
36.g6 d5 37.Qf7+ Kd6 38.Bxf4 Qb3 39.Re1 exf4 40.g7 Bh4 41.Qxf4+ Kc5 42.Rc1+ Kb6
43.Qxh4 Ra4 44.Qh6 Ka5 45.c7 Qxb2 46.c8=Q Rxc8 47.Rxc8 Rxa3 48.Ra8+ Kb5 49.Rb8+  0-1

[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Nbd7 8.e4 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.a4 Ne5 12.Qc2 g5 13.Re1 g4 14.Nf1 Nh5 15.Bd2 Qf6
16.Ng3 Nf4 17.Nf5 Nxe2+ 18.Nxe2 Bxf5 19.exf5 Qh4 20.Ng3 c4 21.Bc3 Rac8 22.Re4 a6
23.f6 Qxf6 24.Rxg4 Nxg4 25.Bxf6 Nxf6 26.Nf5 Bf8 27.Qd2 Kh8 28.f4 Kg8 29.Ra3 h6
30.Rg3+ Kh7 31.Qd4 Nh5 32.Rh3 Kg6 33.Rxh5 Kxh5 34.Qf6 Kg4 35.Kf2 Kxf4 36.Ng3+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 e5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.f5 Qa5 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Bc4 Bb7 13.Bb3 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd5 e4 17.Bxe4 Rab8 18.Bd5 Rxb2 19.Kxb2 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Bf6+ 21.Kc1 Qa3+
22.Kd2 Rd8 23.Ke2 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Qxa2 25.Rc5 h5 26.Rd1 Qa4 27.Kf1 Qe4 28.Bf2 Qf4
29.Kg1 Be5 30.h3 Qxf5 31.c4 f6 32.Re1 Qf4 33.Rcxe5 fxe5 34.Bxa7 Qxc4 35.Bf2 e4
36.h4 Kh7 37.Be3 Qc3 38.Kf2 Kg6 39.Bg5 Kf5 40.Re3 Qc5 41.Kg3 Qc2 42.Re1 Ke5
43.Re3 Kd4 44.Kh2 Qc7+ 45.Rg3 Qf7 46.Kh3 Qf2 47.Kh2 Qe1 48.Rh3 Ke5 49.Re3 Qf2
50.Rh3 Kf5 51.Re3 Qb2 52.Kh3 Qe5 53.Rg3 Qa1 54.Kh2 Qe1 55.Re3 Qf2 56.Rg3 g6
57.Re3 Ke5 58.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barth, Jeremy"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe2 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 Bf6 10.Na3 Re8 11.Nc4 g6 12.Ne1 b6 13.Nd3 Bb7 14.Qg4 Qe7 15.f4 exf4
16.Qxf4 Bxb2 17.Ndxb2 Nc5 18.Rae1 Rad8 19.d3 Ne6 20.Qf2 Ng7 21.Nd2 Rf8 22.Nf3 Rde8
23.Nc4 Qd8 24.Qd2 f6 25.Qh6 Qd7 26.Re2 Ne6 27.Ref2 c5 28.Ne3 Qg7 29.Qxg7+ Kxg7
30.Nd2 Nd4 31.Ndc4 Ba8 32.c3 Nb5 33.a4 Nxc3 34.Rc1 Nxe4 35.dxe4 Rxe4 36.Nf1 Rd8
37.Ng3 Re6 38.Rfc2 f5 39.Kf2 f4 40.Nf1 g5 41.Rd2 Rxd2+ 42.Ncxd2 Kf6 43.g3 Kf5
44.gxf4 gxf4 45.Rc3 Rd6 46.Rh3 h6 47.Rh5+ Kg6 48.Re5 Bd5 49.Re7 Rc6 50.Nc4 Kf6
51.Re8 b5 52.axb5 axb5 53.Ncd2 Ra6 54.Re1 Ra2 55.Rc1 c4 56.bxc4 bxc4 57.Ke1 Ra4
58.Nb1 Ra1 59.Kd2 Be4 60.Nc3 Rxc1 61.Kxc1 Ke5 62.Nd2 Ba8 63.Kd1 Kd4 64.Ne2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gebran, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qb3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.e3 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nd7 11.Rd1 e6 12.a4 Qc8 13.Bb2 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.Qb5 Qxb5
16.axb5 a5 17.bxa6 Ra7 18.Ra4 Rfa8 19.Rda1 Nb8 20.Kf1 Rxa6 21.Rxa6 Rxa6 22.Rxa6 Nxa6
23.Ke2 Kf8 24.Kd3 Ke8 25.Kc4 h6 26.Kb5 Nb8 27.c4 Kd7 28.Ba3 Nc6 29.Nd2 Nd8
30.d5 exd5 31.cxd5 Be5 32.f4 Bd6 33.Bxd6 Kxd6 34.e4 c6+ 35.dxc6 Nxc6 36.Nc4+ Kc7
37.Nxb6 Nd4+ 38.Kc4 Ne6 39.Nd5+ Kd7 40.Kd3 Nc5+ 41.Kd4 Ne6+ 42.Ke5 Nc5 43.f5 gxf5
44.exf5 Ke8 45.f6 Kf8 46.Ne7 Nd7+ 47.Kf5 Nc5 48.g4 Ne6 49.h4 Nd4+ 50.Ke4 Ne6
51.Ke5 Nc5 52.h5 Nd7+ 53.Kf5 Ke8 54.Ng8  1-0

[Event "Marshall CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shipman, Walter"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Nge2 Na6 8.O-O Nc7
9.a4 Rb8 10.Bf4 Ng4 11.h3 Ne5 12.Qc1 a6 13.Bh6 b5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.f4 Nd7
16.a5 Bb7 17.Qd2 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nd1 Nf6 20.Ne3 Kh8 21.Rad1 Qe8 22.Rfe1 Qh5
23.b4 c4 24.Nc3 Rf7 25.Qf2 Rg8 26.Nf1 Bc8 27.Rd2 Rfg7 28.Rde2 Ne4 29.Nxe4 fxe4
30.Bxe4 Bxh3 31.Bf3 Qh6 32.Rxe7 Qxf4 33.Rxg7 Rxg7 34.Re4 Qf6 35.Ne3 Bd7 36.Bg2 Qxf2+
37.Kxf2 Rf7+ 38.Rf4 Rxf4+ 39.gxf4 Ne8 40.c3 Nf6 41.Bf3 Kg7 42.Nc2 Bg4 43.Bg2 h5
44.Kg3 Kf7 45.Ne3 Bc8 46.Kh4 Kg6 47.Bf3 Bf5 48.Kg3 Be4 49.Bxe4+ Nxe4+ 50.Kh4 Nxc3
51.f5+ Kh6 52.Kg3 Kg5 53.Kf3 Na2 54.Nxc4 bxc4 55.b5 Nb4 56.b6 Nd3 57.b7 Ne5+  0-1

[Event "Marshall CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Nf3 Na6 8.Bc4 e6
9.O-O Nc7 10.Re1 Qd7 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.a4 Bg7 13.Qf3 O-O 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.h4 Qd8
16.Qh3 f5 17.Qg3 Nd5 18.h5 gxh5 19.Bg5 Qc7 20.Qh4 f6 21.Bd2 Qf7 22.Be2 Rfd8
23.Bxh5 Qd7 24.Bg6 Ne7 25.Bh7+ Kf7 26.Qh5+ Kf8 27.Re3 Qe8 28.Qh4 Qf7 29.Rae1 Rd6
30.Rg3 Ke8 31.Bh6 Bxh6 32.Qxh6 Qf8 33.Rg7 Kd7 34.Bxf5 exf5 35.Rgxe7+ Qxe7
36.Rxe7+ Kxe7 37.Qg7+ Ke6 38.Qxb7 Rdd8 39.Qxc6+ Kf7 40.d5 a5 41.d6 Ke6 42.c4 Rac8
43.Qd5+ Kd7 44.c5 Rf8 45.Qb7+ Ke6 46.Qe7+ Kd5 47.d7  1-0

[Event "Marshall CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goodman, David SC"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O Bg4 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nbd7 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Qd2 Rac8 14.Rfc1 Ne4 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.Bf4 Qc6 17.d5 Qf6 18.Bg5 Qd6 19.Bf4 Qg6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 b6 22.Rb4 h5
23.Bg3 Bd7 24.Rd4 Rfe8 25.Qf4 Rc5 26.h4 Ra5 27.Ra1 Bg4 28.Kh2 Kh7 29.a3 Qf5
30.Qxf5+ Bxf5 31.d6 Rc5 32.c4 Bd7 33.Re1 f5 34.f3 e3 35.Re2 Kg6 36.Bf4 Kf7
37.Rxe3 Rxe3 38.Bxe3 Ke8 39.Kg3 Kf7 40.Bf4 Ke8 41.Bd2 Be6 42.Kf4 Kd7 43.Kg5 Bf7
44.Bf4 a6 45.Bd2 f4+ 46.Kxf4 Bxc4 47.Bb4 Rc8 48.Kg5 a5 49.Bd2 Bf7 50.Rf4 Rc5+
51.Rf5 Rxf5+ 52.Kxf5 Kxd6 53.Bc3 g6+ 54.Kf6 Be8 55.Bd4 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 e4 5.Ng5 Bf5 6.g4 Bxg4 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Ngxe4 Be7
9.b3 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 O-O 11.Bb2 f5 12.Ng3 f4 13.Ne4 d5 14.cxd5 Nb4 15.d6 Bxd6
16.d5 Qe7 17.a3 Bf5 18.Nxd6 Nc2+ 19.Kf1 Qxd6 20.Rc1 f3 21.exf3 Qa6+ 22.Kg1 Rae8
23.Qd2 Qg6 24.h4 Bd3 25.h5 Qf5 26.Rh4 Re2 27.Qc3 Qf6 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.Bf1 Re1
30.Rg4+ Kf7 31.Rxe1 Nxe1 32.Bxd3 Nxd3 33.Bc3 Rg8 34.Rxg8 Kxg8 35.Bd2 Kf7
36.Kf1 Nc5 37.b4 Nd7 38.Bf4 Nb6 39.Bxc7 Nxd5 40.Bb8 a6 41.Ke2 Ke6 42.Kd3 Ne7
43.Bg3 Nf5 44.Kc4 Kd7 45.Kd5 Ng7 46.h6 Nf5 47.Bf4 Ne7+ 48.Kc5 Ng6 49.Be3 Ne5
50.Bd4 Nf7 51.Be3 Ne5 52.Bd4 Nf7 53.Bxf6 Nxh6 54.Kd5 Nf7 55.f4 b5 56.Bh4 h5
57.f5 Nh6 58.Ke5 Ke8 59.Kf6 Nf7 60.Kg6 Ne5+ 61.Kg7 Nf7 62.Bg3 Nd8 63.f3 Nc6
64.f6 Nd8 65.Kg6 Kf8 66.Bc7 Nb7 67.f7  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Nd2 O-O
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O Nbd7 11.a4 Ne5 12.Re1 a6 13.Qc2 Rb8 14.a5 Nh5 15.Bxh5 gxh5
16.Nd1 Bd7 17.Ne3 Qf6 18.Ra3 Re7 19.h3 Rbe8 20.Qd1 h4 21.Rf1 Ng6 22.Nec4 Nf4
23.Qf3 Bb5 24.Re3 Bh6 25.b3 Qg6 26.Rfe1 Bd7 27.Kh1 Nh5 28.Nxd6 Bxe3 29.Rxe3 Qxd6
30.Qxh5 Qf4 31.Rf3 Re5 32.Qxh7+ Kxh7 33.Rxf4 f5 34.f3 Kg6 35.Rxh4 Bb5 36.Bb2 R5e7
37.Rf4 Rf7 38.Kh2 Bd3 39.Kg3 Rfe7 40.Rxf5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Whitehead, Jay E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nd2 d6 5.e4 bxc4 6.Bxc4 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.Ngf3 e5 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.e5 Nh5 12.Qc2 d5 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.g3 Bb7 15.O-O Rc8
16.Rac1 Nf4 17.gxf4 Rxf4 18.Rfe1 Qf8 19.Qd1 Bh6 20.h3 Rf7 21.Qe2 Qe7 22.Rc2 Rcf8
23.Nh2 Rxf2 24.Qxf2 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Qh4+ 26.Ke2 Qxh3 27.Nhf3 d4 28.Rf1 Qg4 29.Nc4 Bf4
30.Rf2 Bg3 31.Rf1 Bxe5 32.Nd2 Bf4 33.Rg1 Qh5 34.Be4 Bxe4 35.Nxe4 d3+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.g3 d6 9.Bg2 O-O
10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 Nbd7 13.e4 Ng4 14.Nd2 Nde5 15.h3 Nh6 16.Nf1 c4
17.Bf4 Nd3 18.Qd2 Nxf4 19.Qxf4 Rb8 20.Nh2 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nf3 Qc7 23.Rac1 Bd7
24.g4 Kh8 25.Ne2 Re7 26.b3 Rbe8 27.Nd2 c3 28.Nxc3 Bxc3 29.Nb1 b4 30.Qxh6 Bb5
31.Nxc3 bxc3 32.Qf4 Kg8 33.Qf6 c2 34.h4 h6 35.h5 Kh7 36.Re3 Re5 37.Rxc2 Qa7
38.hxg6+ fxg6 39.Qxd6 R5e7 40.Qc5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 e6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O
9.b3 d6 10.Ba3 Na6 11.Rad1 d5 12.Bb2 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Qc8 14.Qf4 Nb4 15.Rc1 Qb8
16.Qxb8 Raxb8 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rbc8 19.a3 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.Nd5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.d4 O-O
9.h3 Re8 10.d5 Nb8 11.Bc2 a5 12.c4 Na6 13.Nc3 c6 14.Be3 cxd5 15.cxd5 b5 16.a4 b4
17.Nb5 Qb8 18.Bd3 Rc8 19.Rc1 Rxc1 20.Qxc1 Be8 21.Nd2 Nd7 22.Bf1 Ndc5 23.b3 h6
24.Qc2 Qd8 25.Nc4 Rc8 26.Rc1 Bxb5 27.axb5 Nb8 28.Ra1 Nb7 29.Be2 Bg5 30.Ba7 f5
31.exf5 Nd7 32.f6 Qxf6 33.Bg4 e4 34.Re1 Rxc4 35.Qxc4 Ndc5 36.Bxc5 Nxc5 37.Rxe4 Nxe4
38.Qxe4 Qa1+ 39.Kh2 Qe5+ 40.Qxe5 dxe5 41.d6 Bd8 42.Kg3 Kf7 43.Kf3 a4 44.bxa4 b3
45.Bf5 b2 46.Bb1 Ke6 47.Ke4 Kxd6 48.Kf5 Kc5 49.Kg6 Bf6 50.Be4 Kb6 51.f3 Ka5
52.g3 Kb6 53.h4 Ka5 54.Bc2 Kb6 55.Kf7 Ka5 56.Ke6 Kb6 57.Kd5 Ka5 58.h5 Bd8
59.g4 b1=Q 60.Bxb1 Kxa4 61.Bd3 Ka5 62.Kxe5 Kb6 63.Kf5 Bc7 64.f4 Kc5 65.Ke4 Bd8
66.Bf1 Be7 67.Kf5 Bd6 68.g5 Bc7 69.Be2 Bd6 70.Ke4 Be7 71.gxh6 gxh6 72.f5 Bf6
73.b6 Kxb6 74.Kd5 Kc7 75.Ke6 Bc3 76.f6 Kd8 77.Bb5 Bb2 78.Ba4 Bc3 79.f7 Bb4
80.Bb3 Ba3 81.Kf6 Bb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Rfd1 Nbd7 11.Nb5 e5 12.Qe3 e4 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Nfd4 Ng4 15.Qf4 Ne5
16.h4 Nxc4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.Bg2 Nxb2 19.Rdc1 a6 20.Nf5 Bf6 21.Nbd6 Rb8 22.Rab1 b5
23.Nxb7 Rxb7 24.Rc6 Rb6 25.Rxb6 Qxb6 26.Ne3 Qb8 27.Nxd5 Qxf4 28.gxf4 Na4
29.Nxf6+ gxf6 30.Rc1 Rd8 31.Rc6 a5 32.Bf3 b4 33.Ra6 Nc3 34.Rxa5 Rd2 35.Ra8+ Kg7
36.Rb8 Nxe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.Nd5 Nge7 8.c3 O-O
9.d3 Rb8 10.Be3 Nxd5 11.exd5 Ne7 12.Nd2 Nf5 13.a3 b5 14.b4 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Qb6
16.Qe2 cxb4 17.axb4 h5 18.Kh1 Bg4 19.Bf3 Bxf3+ 20.Rxf3 Rbc8 21.Ra3 a5 22.bxa5 Qc5
23.Rb3 Qxd5 24.e4 Qc5 25.Qf2 Bh6 26.Nb1 d5 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.Na3 dxe4 29.dxe4 Ra8
30.Rxb5 Rxa5 31.Rb8+ Kg7 32.c4 Ra7 33.Rb5 Rc6 34.Rxe5 Rf6 35.Rb3 Rf1+ 36.Kg2 Ra1
37.Nb1 R1a2+ 38.Kh3 Rf2 39.g4 Bf4  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kogan, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.f3 e6 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be3 Bc5
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bxc5 bxc5 12.O-O Qb8 13.Qd2 Rd8 14.Rac1 a6 15.Bd3 Qd6
16.Qe3 e5 17.Rf2 Nh5 18.g3 g6 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 Re8 21.Re1 Rab8 22.e5 Qe7
23.Be4 f6 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Bxd5+ Kh8 26.Qc3 Ng7 27.Rfe2 fxe5 28.Rxe5 Qf8 29.Rxe8 Rxe8
30.Rxe8 Qxe8 31.Kf2 Qf8 32.Ke3 d6 33.Be4 Qd8 34.b4 cxb4 35.Qxb4 Nh5 36.Qb2+ Nf6
37.Qd4 Qe7 38.Kd3 Kg7 39.Bf3 Qd7 40.Ke3 a5 41.Kf2 Qc7 42.Kg3 Qc5 43.Qxc5 dxc5
44.h4 Ne8 45.h5 gxh5 46.Be4 h6 47.Kh4 Nf6 48.Bd3 Kf7 49.Bf5 Ke7 50.Bc2 Kf7
51.Bf5 Kf8 52.Bc2 Kg8 53.Bd3 Kh8 54.Bc2 Kg8 55.Bd3 Kf8 56.Bc2 Kg7 57.Bd3 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 a6 10.Rb1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.f3 d5 13.exd5 Rxe1 14.Qxe1 cxd5 15.Bg5 dxc4
16.Nd5 Ne5 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qe4 Bd7 20.Qxb7 Rd8 21.Qa7 Ba4 22.Ne2 Nd3
23.b3 cxb3 24.axb3 Bb5 25.Ng3 Qc3 26.Ne4 Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.Ra3 e6
10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Qd6 Qc8 12.Be2 Ne8 13.Qg3 d5 14.O-O Nf6 15.Qh3 Qe8 16.Rd1 Qe7
17.Ng5 Bc8 18.Bg4 axb5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Bxc8 b4 21.Rad3 h6 22.Be6+ Kh8 23.Bxd5 Nxd5
24.Rxd5 Ra6 25.e4 Kg8 26.Nf3 h5 27.e5 c4 28.Bg5 Qf7 29.Rc5 c3 30.bxc3 b3
31.Rb5 Qc4 32.Nd4 Qxa4 33.Rxb3 Bxe5 34.Qd3 Rd6 35.Be7 Qxb3 36.Bxd6 Bxd4 37.Bxf8  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Qa5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.Qe3 e6
9.O-O Bc5 10.Qf4 O-O 11.e5 Nd5 12.Qg3 Nde7 13.Bd3 Ng6 14.Ne4 Bb6 15.Neg5 Nce7
16.Bd2 Qa4 17.Rac1 h6 18.Nxf7 Kxf7 19.Rc4 Qd7 20.Bxg6+ Nxg6 21.Rg4 Kg8 22.Rxg6 Kh7
23.Nh4 Kh8 24.Rxh6+ gxh6 25.Ng6+ Kg8 26.Nxf8+ Qg7 27.Bxh6 Qxg3 28.hxg3 Bd4
29.b3 Bxe5 30.Re1 Bc3 31.Rc1 Bg7 32.Ng6 Bf6 33.Rc7 Bd8 34.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.h4 c5 8.d5 b5 9.cxb5 a6
10.a4 Qa5 11.Bd2 axb5 12.Nxb5 Qb6 13.Qc2 Ba6 14.Rd1 Rfe8 15.Bf4 Qa5+ 16.Kf1 Rec8
17.Nf3 Nb6 18.b3 Qb4 19.Bc4 Nxc4 20.bxc4 Bxb5 21.axb5 Nd7 22.Nd2 Ra3 23.Rb1 Qa5
24.h5 Nb6 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rh3 Ra8 27.Rxa3 Qxa3 28.Qb3 Bc3 29.Qxa3 Rxa3 30.Rb3 Ra1+
31.Ke2 Bb4 32.Kd3 Ra2 33.Be3 Nd7 34.Nf3 f5 35.exf5 gxf5 36.Bd2 Bxd2 37.Nxd2 Nb6
38.g3 Kf7 39.f3 Kf6 40.Nb1 Rf2 41.Nd2 Rg2 42.Ra3 Rxg3 43.Ra7 Rg2 44.Kc3 Rh2
45.Kd3 Rg2 46.Rb7 Na4 47.Rb8 Ke5 48.Re8 Nb2+ 49.Kc3 Na4+ 50.Kc2 Kd4 51.Rxe7 Nb6
52.Rh7 Ke3 53.Kc3 Na4+ 54.Kb3 Kxd2 55.Kxa4 Kc3 56.Ka5 Kxc4 57.Rf7 Kxd5 58.Rxf5+ Kd4
59.b6 Rb2 60.Ka6 d5 61.b7 c4 62.Rf8 Ra2+ 63.Kb6 Rb2+ 64.Kc7 c3 65.b8=Q Rxb8
66.Kxb8 Ke3 67.f4 c2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 e5
9.Ng5 O-O 10.f4 exd4 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.exd4 h6 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.d5 Nd4 15.Bb2 Nxf3+
16.gxf3 Bh3 17.Rf2 Nh5 18.Qd2 Qh4 19.Kh1 Nxf4 20.Rg1 f6 21.Bb1 Rf7 22.Bd4 g5
23.Be3 Kh8 24.Qc2 Rg8 25.Qe4 Ng6 26.f4 Re7 27.Qd4 gxf4 28.Bxg6 Rxe3 29.Qxf4 Bg2+
30.Rgxg2 Qxf4 31.Rxf4 Re1+ 32.Rg1 Rxg1+ 33.Kxg1 Rxg6+ 34.Kf2 Kg8 35.Rf3 Kf7
36.Ra3 Rg4 37.Rxa7 Rxc4 38.Rxb7+ Kg6 39.Rd7 Rc2+ 40.Kg3 Rxa2 41.Rxd6 Ra3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.e3 d5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Be2 c6 9.O-O Nbd7
10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.b3 Bd6 12.Bb2 f5 13.Rc1 Nf6 14.cxd5 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Bxh2+ 16.Kxh2 Ng4+
17.Kg3 Qg5 18.f4 Qg6 19.Kf3 exd5 20.Rc3 Rae8 21.Ng3 h5 22.Rh1 Nh2+ 23.Kf2 Ng4+
24.Kf3 Nh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng3 c5 7.Qe2 cxd4 8.Nf3 e6
9.O-O Bc5 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.a4 O-O 12.a5 Qc7 13.Nxd4 a6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Be3 Rd8
16.Bb3 b5 17.Nh5 Nxh5 18.Qxh5 Ne5 19.c3 Bb7 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Rxd6 Qxd6
23.Bxe5 Qe7 24.Re1 Bd5 25.Bc2 Qg5 26.Qxg5 hxg5 27.Bd4 Rac8 28.Re5 Ba2 29.Be3 b4
30.h3 bxc3 31.bxc3 Rxc3 32.Be4 Bd5 33.Bxg5 Rf8 34.Bxd5 exd5 35.Rxd5 Rb3 36.Be3 Rb5
37.Rxb5 axb5 38.a6 b4 39.a7 b3 40.Bd4 Ra8 41.Kf1 Rxa7 42.Ke1 Re7+ 43.Kf1 Rd7
44.Bc3 Rc7  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Nde2 Bd7 8.Bg2 Qc8
9.Nd5 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Ne5 13.b3 Re8 14.a4 Bh3 15.Be3 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Qf5 17.f3 Nd7 18.Ra2 e6 19.Nf4 e5 20.Nh3 Nf6 21.c4 b6 22.Nf2 Rab8
23.Qb1 Qd7 24.Ne4 Rf8 25.Qd3 Ne8 26.a5 b5 27.cxb5 Rxb5 28.Bxa7 Nc7 29.Nc3 Rxb3
30.Qc4 Rb7 31.Bf2 Rc8 32.Qc6 Qxc6 33.dxc6 Rb3 34.Ne4 Na6 35.Rc1 Rd3 36.Rb2 f5
37.Nxd6 Rxd6 38.Rb6 Nc7 39.a6 Nxa6 40.Rxa6 e4 41.Rc2 Bh6 42.f4 Bf8 43.Rb6 Kf7
44.Rb7+ Ke6 45.c7 Rd5 46.Rb8 Kd7 47.Bb6 Bb4 48.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kogan, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.f3 Qa5 11.Qd2 Rd8 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qd7 14.g4 a6 15.Nd4 b5
16.h4 Bb7 17.Be3 Qe8 18.h5 e5 19.Nf5 d5 20.Nxg7 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Kxg7 22.Bh6+ Kg8
23.Qc3 dxe4 24.Be2 Qc6 25.Qxe5 Qxh6 26.Qxe7 Bd5 27.Rhf1 Re8 28.Qc5 Be6 29.g5 Qf8
30.Qe3 Rac8 31.Rd4 Qc5 32.c3 a5 33.g6 hxg6 34.hxg6 fxg6 35.Qh6 Bf5 36.Bg4 Qf8
37.Qg5 Qg7 38.Bxf5 gxf5 39.Qxf5 Rc7 40.Qd5+ Rf7 41.Rdd1 Qh7 42.Rg1+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Henley, Ron W"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 d6 8.b4 c6 9.Bb2 O-O
10.Be2 e5 11.Nh3 Nbd7 12.O-O Re8 13.Re1 Bf8 14.Qa4 Bb7 15.Rad1 a6 16.Qb3 h6
17.a4 a5 18.b5 exd4 19.exd4 cxb5 20.cxb5 d5 21.Nf4 Bb4 22.Nd3 Bxc3 23.Bxc3 Ne4
24.Bb2 Rc8 25.Bf1 Qf6 26.f3 Nd6 27.Ne5 Nf8 28.Rc1 Ne6 29.Nc6 Qg5 30.Re5 Nf5
31.Rce1 Bxc6 32.bxc6 Red8 33.Qd3 g6 34.g4 Nf4 35.Qb5 h5 36.c7 Rxc7 37.Re8+ Rxe8
38.Qxe8+ Kh7 39.Qe5 Re7  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Be7 8.h3 Nf8
9.Bd3 Ng6 10.Bh2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Rb1 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Nd2 Nh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 h6 8.dxe5 Ng4
9.Bf4 Nxe5 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.O-O Nbc6 12.Rac1 Re8 13.h3 b6 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Nh2 Nd7
16.Ng4 h5 17.Nh2 Nc5 18.f3 f5 19.Nd5 fxe4 20.b4 Ne6 21.fxe4 Ne5 22.Nf3 Kg8
23.Ng5 Qd7 24.Nxe6 Rxe6 25.Rf2 c6 26.Nf4 Rf6 27.Rd1 Qf7 28.Qc2 Rf8 29.Rdf1 Bh6
30.c5 dxc5 31.Qc3 Qe8 32.bxc5 b5 33.g3 Bg7 34.Bd4 R6f7 35.Nxg6 Nxg6 36.Bxg7 Rxg7
37.Bxh5 Rxf2 38.Rxf2 Bc8 39.Qf6 Kh7 40.e5 Be6 41.Rf4 Kg8 42.a4 bxa4 43.Rxa4 Qe7
44.Rd4 Nf8 45.Rd6 Rxg3+ 46.Kf2 Qxf6+ 47.exf6 Rg5 48.Be8 Rxc5 49.Bxc6 Kf7
50.Ke3 Kxf6 51.Kd4 Rc4+ 52.Kd3 Rh4 53.Rd8 Ng6 54.Kc3  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.Nb3 a6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qxd6 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qf6 13.Qg3 e5 14.Bc4 Be6 15.Bxe6 Qxe6
16.Rd5 Rac8 17.Rhd1 Rc7 18.Nc5 Qe7 19.Kb1 h6 20.R1d3 Re8 21.Nd7 Kh8 22.Qh3 f6
23.Qh5 Rg8 24.Qg6 Na5 25.Rd6 Qe8 26.Qxe8 Rxe8 27.Nb6 Nc4 28.Nxc4 Rxc4 29.f3 Kh7
30.Rd7 b5 31.Ra7 Rc6 32.Rdd7 Rg8 33.Kb2 h5 34.h4 Kh6 35.g3 g5 36.Rh7+ Kg6
37.a3 g4 38.fxg4 hxg4 39.h5+ Kg5 40.h6 Kg6 41.Kb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 g6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.d4 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Ne5 e6 10.Bf4 Nd7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Na4 Ba6 13.Re1 Qa5 14.Bd6 Rfc8 15.b4 Qd8
16.Nc5 Bc4 17.Qd2 Bf8 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Nb7 Qe7 20.Na5 Nb6 21.e3 Bb5 22.Bf1 Rc7
23.a3 h5 24.h4 Kg7 25.Rac1 Rac8 26.Kh2 Nd7 27.f3 Nf6 28.Bh3 Ba4 29.e4 dxe4
30.fxe4 Rd8 31.e5 Ng8 32.Qf2 Nh6 33.Rc3 Rcd7 34.Rd3 Rd5 35.Rd2 R8d7 36.Nc4 Bb5
37.Nd6 R5xd6 38.exd6 Qxd6 39.Qe3 Ng8 40.Rf2 Nf6 41.d5 Qxd5 42.a4 Bc4 43.Rc1 Qd4
44.Qf4 Ne4 45.Rfc2 Bd5 46.b5 e5 47.Qf1 Nd2 48.Qe2 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E19"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Bf6 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.Qd2 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Rd8
16.Rd2 Nc6 17.Qh4 Rd7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Qf4 a6 20.e4 b5 21.c5 e5 22.Qg4 Nd4
23.Nxd4 exd4 24.Rxd4 Qxc5 25.Qf4 h6 26.h4 Qc2 27.R4d2 Qc5 28.Kh2 a5 29.Rd4 b4
30.Qd2 g5 31.Bh3 Re7 32.Bf5 f6 33.Rc4 Qb6 34.Qd4 Qxd4 35.Rcxd4 Kg7 36.f3 d5
37.R1d2 Kf8 38.exd5 Re5 39.Be6 Ke7 40.Kg2 Re1 41.Kf2 Rc1 42.Re4 Kd6 43.Bf7 Bc8
44.Be6 Bb7 45.f4 gxh4 46.gxh4 Kc5 47.Red4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O a6 10.Kh1 Qc7 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qe2 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 gxf4 15.Rxf4 Ne5
16.Raf1 Ng8 17.R4f2 f6 18.Qh5+ Kf8 19.Ne2 Rh7 20.Nf4 Rg7 21.Nd4 Qc8 22.Be2 Bd8
23.Qh3 Ke7 24.Bh4 Bb6 25.Nf5+ exf5 26.Nd5+ Kd8 27.Nxb6 f4 28.Qb3  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.f4 Qc7 10.a5 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.Qd3 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne5 15.Qg3 Ng6
16.Be3 Bh4 17.Bb6 Qe7 18.Qe3 Bg5 19.Qf2 Be6 20.Rad1 Bf4 21.Rfe1 Qg5 22.Rf1 Rfe8
23.b3 h5 24.g3 Be5 25.Be3 Qe7 26.Na4 h4 27.Nb6 hxg3 28.hxg3 Rad8 29.Bxa6 Bc3
30.Bd2 Bxd2 31.Qxd2 Bg4 32.Rde1 Qe5 33.Bc4 Re7 34.Kg2 Qh5 35.Kg1 Ne5 36.Be2 Bf3
37.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 38.Rxf3 Qxf3 39.Qf2 Qh5 40.Nc4 d5 41.exd5 Rxe1+ 42.Qxe1 cxd5
43.Ne3 Re8 44.Qf2 d4 45.Nf1 Qc5 46.c4 Rb8 47.Nd2 Qxa5 48.Ne4 Qa1+ 49.Kh2 Rxb3
50.Qf5 Rb2+ 51.Kh3 Qh1+ 52.Kg4 Qd1+ 53.Kh3 Rb8 54.Nd6 Qh1+ 55.Kg4 Rf8 56.Qe4 Qd1+
57.Kh4 g6 58.g4 Qh1+ 59.Kg3 Qg1+ 60.Kf3 Ra8  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Bc3 7.Rb1 Bb7 8.Bb2 Ne4
9.Rg1 Qf6 10.Bc1 Nc6 11.e3 Nb4 12.Rb2 c5 13.Be2 cxd4 14.exd4 Nxf2 15.Kxf2 Bxd4+
16.Kg2 Bxb2 17.a3 Bxc1 18.Qxc1 Na6 19.b4 O-O 20.Bd3 Rac8 21.Qb1 h6 22.Bh7+ Kh8
23.Be4 d5 24.cxd5 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Qd3 Nc7 27.Rf1 Ne6 28.Qxd5 Rfd8 29.Qe4 Ng5
30.Qb1 Qc6 31.Qe1 Rd3 32.h4 Re8 33.Qxe8+ Qxe8 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Rf2 f6 36.g4 Qe6
37.Nh2 Rxa3  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 e5
9.d5 Nb8 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 a6 13.a4 Qe8 14.a5 h5 15.Qe2 Nh7
16.Bh4 Bh6 17.Kh1 Bg5 18.Bxg5 Nxg5 19.Qe3 Nxf3 20.Qxf3 f5 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Qe2 Qf7
23.Qc4 Nc5 24.Ne2 b5 25.axb6 cxb6 26.f3 b5 27.Qc3 Qxd5 28.Rad1 Qe6 29.b4 Nb7
30.Qe3 Rf7 31.Nc3 Rc8 32.Ne4 Re7 33.Rd2 d5 34.Rxd5 Rxc2 35.Rfd1 Kg7 36.Qg5 Rcc7
37.Qg3 Rc4 38.Qg5 Rxb4 39.Nd6 Rf4 40.Nxb7 Rxb7 41.Rd6 Qf5 42.Qd8 Rf7 43.Rxa6 Rxf3
44.gxf3 Qxh3+ 45.Kg1 Qg3+ 46.Kh1 Qxf3+ 47.Kg1 Qg3+ 48.Kh1 Qh3+ 49.Kg1 Qg4+
50.Kh1 Qe4+ 51.Kg1 Qe3+ 52.Kh1 Qf3+ 53.Kg1 Qg3+ 54.Kh1 Qf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 axb5 8.Bxb5 Qb6
9.Qb3 e6 10.e4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxd5 12.Qd3 f5 13.Ng5 Bxg2 14.Qe2 Bxh1 15.f3 Ra6
16.a4 Be7 17.N1h3 h6 18.a5 Qb7 19.Nxe6 Rxe6 20.Qxe6 Qxb5 21.Qe2 Qxb2 22.Rd1 Nc6
23.Kf2 Qd4+ 24.Be3 Qh4+ 25.Kg1 Qxh3 26.Kxh1 Nxa5 27.Bxc5 Nc6 28.Bxe7 Nxe7
29.Rg1 Kf7 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.b3 O-O 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.e4 Qb8 12.Ba3 Nc5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Qxe5 Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Peters, John A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 a5 10.a4 Nb4 11.Bg5 b6 12.f4 Bb7 13.Bf3 Rc8 14.e5 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 dxe5
16.fxe5 Nd7 17.e6 fxe6 18.Qe2 Rc6 19.Rxf8+ Nxf8 20.Rf1 Qe8 21.Qe4 h6 22.Be3 e5
23.Nd2 Qc8 24.h3 Qe6 25.Nb5 Nxc2 26.Bxb6 Rxb6 27.Qxc2 Rc6 28.Qd3 e4 29.Nxe4 Bxb2
30.Qd8 Bg7 31.Nec3 Qc8 32.Qxc8 Rxc8 33.Nd5 Rc4 34.Nxe7+ Kh7 35.Rf7 Ne6 36.Nd5 g5
37.Re7 Nf4 38.Ne3 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Kg6 40.g3 Nd3 41.Rd7 Ne5 42.Rd6+ Kh7 43.Ra6 Re1
44.Nf5 Re2+ 45.Kg1 Nf3+ 46.Kf1 Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin op"]
[Site "Berlin-West"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fette, Martin"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 Ne7 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 Bb6 7.e5 Nf5 8.Na4 Nc6
9.c3 f6 10.b5 Na5 11.Nf4 O-O 12.Nxb6 cxb6 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Be2 Bd7 15.O-O Rac8
16.Bd2 Nd6 17.a4 Ne4 18.g3 Nxd2 19.Qxd2 Nb3 20.Qe3 Nxa1 21.Rxa1 Rfe8 22.Bg4 Rc4
23.a5 Qd8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Re1 e5 26.Bxd7 Qxd7 27.Nd3 Rxc3 28.dxe5 Qxb5 29.Rd1 Qc4
30.e6 d4 31.Qe4 Rxe6 32.Ne5  0-1

[Event "Berlin op"]
[Site "Berlin-West"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wockenfuss, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Qc8 8.Re1 Nc6
9.d5 Nb8 10.Bd2 a5 11.Nd4 Re8 12.Rc1 Bh3 13.Bh1 Ng4 14.Nf3 h6 15.e4 Nd7 16.Ne2 Nde5
17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bc3 Bg4 19.Qc2 Bf8 20.f4 Nxc4 21.Bd4 b5 22.a4 e5 23.dxe6 Bxe6
24.axb5 f5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Nc3 Nb6 27.Bc6 Bg7 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Ne2 Bd7 30.Bxa8 Nxa8
31.Nd4 Kf6 32.Qc3 Kg6 33.Rxe8 Qxe8 34.Re1 Qf7 35.Qxa5 Qd5 36.Qc3 Nb6 37.Re7 Na4
38.Qe3 Bc8 39.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "Berlin op"]
[Site "Berlin-West"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Renman, Nils Gustaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 d6
9.d5 e5 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Nh4 O-O 12.e4 Nc5 13.Qc2 c6 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Rad1 Qc7
16.Rd2 g6 17.Re1 Rad8 18.Qd1 Kg7 19.b3 Rfe8 20.Re3 Qb7 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.cxd5 Bd7
23.f4 f6 24.Rf2 Rf8 25.Qd2 Qc7 26.Rc3 Rc8 27.Qe3 b5 28.Rcc2 b4 29.Nf3 Qb6
30.h4 Na4 31.Qxb6 Nxb6 32.fxe5 dxe5 33.Ne1 Rxc2 34.Rxc2 Rc8 35.Rxc8 Bxc8
36.Kf2 Kf7 37.Ke3 Ke7 38.Nf3 Kd6 39.Bf1 Bd7 40.Bd3 h6 41.Nd2 g5 42.Nf3 Nc8
43.Nd2 Nb6 44.Nf3 Bg4 45.Nd2 Kc5 46.Bc2 Bh5 47.Kd3 Bg6 48.Nc4 Nxd5 49.hxg5 hxg5
50.Nxa5 Nc3 51.Ke3 Nxa2 52.Nc4 Bf7 53.Nb2 Nc1 54.Nd3+ Nxd3 55.Kxd3 Be6 56.Bd1 f5
57.exf5 Bxf5+ 58.Ke3 Kd5 59.Bf3+ e4 60.Be2 Ke5 61.Bc4 Bd7 62.Be2 Be6 63.Bd1 Bf7
64.Bc2 Bd5 65.Bd1 Be6 66.Bc2 Bg4 67.Bxe4 Bd1 68.Bc6 Bxb3 69.Kd3 Bd5 70.Bd7 b3
71.Bg4 Bc4+ 72.Kc3 Be6 73.Bf3 Bd5 74.Bg4 Ke4 75.Bd7 Kf3 76.g4 Kf4 77.Bc8 Ke5  0-1

[Event "Berlin op"]
[Site "Berlin-West"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lorscheid, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Qe7 11.Nb3 Re8 12.f3 b6 13.Bf4 Ne5 14.Qd2 Bf8 15.Nd4 Bb7
16.Kh1 Rad8 17.Bg5 Rc8 18.Qf4 Ned7 19.Qh4 Bg7 20.Re1 Qf8 21.Rad1 h6 22.Bc1 d5
23.exd5 cxd5 24.Ndb5 a6 25.Na3 dxc4 26.Nxc4 Re6 27.Bf1 Rce8 28.Rxe6 Rxe6
29.Qf4 Qe7 30.Qc7 Ne5 31.Qxe7 Rxe7 32.Re1 Nfd7 33.Nd6 Bc6 34.f4  1-0

[Event "Berlin op"]
[Site "Berlin-West"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bilek, Istvan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.Bb2 a6
9.c4 e5 10.Nf3 e4 11.Nfd2 Qc7 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Nf1 dxc4 15.Ng3 Nc6
16.Qxc4 Qe7 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Nd2 f4 19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.Rxc5 fxe3 21.Rg5 exf2+
22.Kxf2 Ne8 23.Nxe4 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ravikumar, Vaidyanathan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3 c5 8.O-O Nc6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b4 Bd6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nb5 Bb8 13.Bb2 Bg4 14.Be2 Ne4 15.Rc1 Re8
16.Rc2 a6 17.Nbd4 Qd6 18.g3 Bh3 19.Re1 Ba7 20.Qc1 Ne7 21.Bf1 Bd7 22.Qa1 f6
23.Qa2 Kh8 24.Qb3 Rad8 25.Bg2 Ng6 26.Nd2 f5 27.N2f3 Rf8 28.Rd1 f4 29.exf4 Nxf4
30.gxf4 Rxf4 31.Bc1 Rg4 32.Kh1 Rf8 33.Re2 Bb8 34.b5 Rh4 35.Kg1 Rxh2 36.Qb4 Rxg2+
37.Kxg2 Qg6+ 38.Kf1 Bd6 39.Qb3 Bh3+ 40.Ke1 Qg2 41.Rxe4 dxe4 42.Qd5 Bg3 43.fxg3 exf3
44.Nxf3 Bg4 45.Qf7 Qxg3+ 46.Kf1 Qb8 47.Bf4 Rxf7 48.Bxb8 Rxf3+ 49.Kg2 Rf8
50.Bd6 Bxd1 51.Bxf8 axb5 52.Kg3 Kg8 53.Bb4 g5 54.Bd2 h6 55.Ba5 Kf7 56.Bd8 Kg6  0-1

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Qxb6 axb6 8.b3 g6
9.Bb2 Bg7 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Kxd7 12.Nd2 b5 13.O-O dxc4 14.bxc4 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 bxc4
16.a4 Ra6 17.Rfc1 Rha8 18.Rxc4 Bf8 19.e4 e6 20.Bf3 Be7 21.Kg2 b5 22.Rc2 bxa4
23.Ba3 Bxa3 24.Rxa3 Ra5 25.Rc4 R8a6 26.Rb4 Ne8 27.Be2 Ra7 28.Bd1 Nd6 29.Kf3 Nb5
30.Raxa4 Nc3 31.Rxa5 Rxa5 32.Bb3 Ra3 33.Kf4 Kd6 34.Rb7 g5+ 35.Ke3 f6 36.Kd3 Nb5
37.Kc4 Ra1 38.e5+ fxe5 39.dxe5+ Kxe5 40.Rxh7 Rc1+ 41.Kb4 Nd4 42.f4+ gxf4
43.gxf4+ Kxf4 44.Bc4 Ke5 45.Rh4 Nf3 46.Rh6 Nd4 47.Kc5 Rc2 48.h4 Ke4 49.h5 e5
50.Rf6 Rh2 51.Bf7 Rc2+ 52.Kd6 Nf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.Nd2 Be7 8.Qc2 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.e3 O-O 13.Bd3 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O h6
9.Nb3 d6 10.a4 Be7 11.f4 O-O 12.Be3 b6 13.Qe2 Rb8 14.g4 Na5 15.g5 hxg5 16.fxg5 Nh7
17.h4 Nc4 18.Bd4 Bd7 19.Rf2 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.e5 d5 22.Raf1 g6 23.Nd1 b4
24.Rf4 Bb5 25.Qe1 Na5 26.R1f3 Nxb3 27.cxb3 Qc1 28.Bf1 Bxf1 29.Rxf1 Qc2 30.Ne3 Qxb3
31.Ng4 Kg7 32.Qf2 Qh3 33.Nh6 Nxg5 34.hxg5 Bxg5 35.Nxf7 Bxf4 36.Qxf4 Qh7 37.Rf3 Kg8
38.Nh6+ Kg7 39.Nf7 Ra8 40.Kg2 Kg8 41.Qf6 Rxf7 42.Qxe6 g5 43.Rf6 Qe4+ 44.Kg3 Qh4+
45.Kg2 Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Martin, Andrew D"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 b5 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bg5 d6 7.Qd3 a6 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.e4 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Rfe1 c5 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Nf1 Be7 15.h4 Nf6
16.N3h2 Rfe8 17.Ne3 Rac8 18.Nhg4 Nxg4 19.Nxg4 cxd4 20.Qxd4 Qc5 21.Qd2 a5
22.a3 Red8 23.Ne3 Qb6 24.Nc2 Bc6 25.Ra1 Bf6 26.Kh2 g5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Ne3 Qc5
29.Ng4 Bg7 30.Rad1 Kf8 31.Bh3 a4 32.Re2 Be8 33.Re3 Bc6 34.Re2 Rd7 35.f3 Rcd8
36.Rde1 Bb7 37.Nf2 Be5 38.Ng4 Bg7 39.Nf2 Qe5 40.Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.Ng5 exd4 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.O-O d5
9.Qh5+ Kf8 10.Ng5 g6 11.Qf3+ Nf6 12.Re1 Kg7 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.cxd4 Rf8 15.Qc3 Bd6
16.Nd2 Ng4 17.Ndf3 h6 18.Ne6+ Bxe6 19.Rxe6 Qd7 20.Re2 Rxf3 21.Qxf3 Bxh2+
22.Kf1 Bd6 23.Kg1 Bh2+ 24.Kf1 Bd6 25.Ke1 Rf8 26.Qd3 Nf6 27.f3 Nh5 28.Kd1 Bf4
29.g4 Bxc1 30.gxh5 Bg5 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.Kc2 c5 33.Rae1 Qf5+ 34.Qxf5 Rxf5 35.dxc5 d4
36.Kd3 Be3 37.b4 Rxf3 38.Rxe3 dxe3 39.Rxe3 Rf7 40.Re6 Kg7 41.Rg6+ Kh7  1-0

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.a3 Bf8 6.Nf3 Qd7 7.Be2 Ba6 8.O-O Ne7
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qd3 Nb8 11.Ne2 Nbc6 12.Bd2 Ng6 13.Rac1 Be7 14.g3 O-O 15.h4 f6
16.exf6 Bxf6 17.c4 Rad8 18.h5 Nge7 19.Nf4 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Qxd5+ Qxd5 24.cxd5 Rxd5 25.Bc3 Bd6 26.g4 Rf3 27.Kg2 Rfd3 28.Rfe1 Kf7 29.Re4 h6
30.Ra4 a5 31.Re4 Rg5 32.Ra4 g6 33.hxg6+ Rxg6 34.Rh1 Be7 35.Rh5 Bg5 36.Rc4 c5
37.Re4 Rgd6 38.f4 Bd8 39.Re1 Rd7 40.Rxh6 R3d6 41.Reh1  1-0

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 Qb6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Ne4 h6
10.Bd2 Nd7 11.b3 cxb3 12.Qxb3 Ba6 13.a5 Qb7 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Be2 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5
17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.O-O b4 19.Qa4+ Ke7 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.Rc2 Qc6 22.Qb3 Qb5 23.Rfc1 Rc7
24.Nd4 Qxa5 25.Qg3 Rhc8 26.Qxg7 Bxd4 27.Bxh6 Bxe5 28.Rxc7+ Nxc7 29.Bg5+ Kd6
30.Rd1+ Kc6 31.Qxf7 Bxh2+ 32.Kxh2 Qxg5  0-1

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 Qc7
9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Ne5 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.h3 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Qxc4 14.Nb3 Bf5 15.Rhe1 Rc8
16.Re2 h5 17.Kb1 Be4 18.Bf4 Bxd5 19.Qe3 Be6 20.Rd4 Qc6 21.Re4 Qd7 22.Bg5 Bd5
23.Rd4 Bc4 24.Red2 Be6 25.Re4 Bf5 26.Rh4 f6 27.Nd4 fxg5 28.Qxg5 Rc5 29.Qe3 g5
30.Nxf5 Qxf5 31.Rhd4 Re5 32.Qc3 Bg7 33.Qc7 Rc5 34.Qb8+ Rc8 35.Qxb7 Bxd4 36.g4 hxg4
37.hxg4 Qe6 38.a4 Bf6 39.f4 gxf4 40.g5 Bxg5  0-1

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.Bd6 Re8 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Rd1 b5 12.Bxc5 Na6 13.Bd4 b4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Qb3 Qa5
16.e3 Bxd5 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Nc2+ 19.Ke2 Nxd4+ 20.Rxd4 Rab8 21.b4 Qf5 22.Rhd1 Rec8
23.Qb3 Qe6 24.Qa3 Nh5 25.g4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Nf6 27.g5 Ne8 28.Qxa7 Ra8 29.Qb7 Rab8
30.Qa7 Ra8 31.Qb7 Nd6 32.Qd5 Nf5 33.Rd2 Ra3 34.Ne4 Qxd5 35.Rxd5 Rc2+ 36.Nfd2 Ra7
37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Nxd7 Rb2 39.Ne5 Rb7 40.Nd3 Ra2 41.e4 Ne7 42.Rc5 Rd7 43.Rc3 Rd6
44.b5 Rb6 45.Rc5 Rb7 46.f4 Ra5 47.f5 gxf5 48.exf5 Nxf5 49.Rxf5 Rbxb5 50.Rxb5 Rxb5
51.Ne4 h6 52.gxh6+ Kxh6 53.Kf3 f5 54.Nec5 Kg5 55.Kg3 Ra5 56.Nf4 Ra3+ 57.Ncd3 Rb3
58.h4+ Kh6 59.Kf3 Ra3 60.Ke3 Ra4 61.Nf2 Rb4 62.N2h3 Rb3+ 63.Kf2 Rb2+ 64.Kg3 Rb3+
65.Kg2 Rb4 66.Kf3 Rb3+ 67.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bf4 Be6 8.Qc2 Bc4
9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Qc1 Nd5 11.Be5 Nf6 12.b3 Ba6 13.Na4 O-O 14.Nc5 Nb8 15.Qa3 c6
16.Bxb8 Rxb8 17.Nxa6 bxa6 18.e3 a5 19.Rc1 Nd5 20.Be2 e5 21.dxe5 Re8 22.O-O Bxe5
23.Rxc6 Nb4 24.Rcc1 Bf6 25.Qa4 Qb6 26.a3 Nd5 27.Rc6 Qb7 28.Ba6 Qa8 29.Qc4 Rb6
30.Bb5 Rd8 31.e4 Rxc6 32.Bxc6 Nb6 33.Qc1 Qb8 34.Bb5 Rc8 35.Qd2 Bc3 36.Qg5 Qd6
37.a4 Rc5 38.Qe3 Rc8 39.h4 Qe6 40.Ba6 Rc7 41.Bc4 Rxc4 42.bxc4 Qxc4 43.Rc1 Nxa4
44.h5 Qb4 45.e5 Qb2 46.Rd1 Bb4 47.Rd8+ Bf8 48.e6  1-0

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8485"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Rb1 a5 8.a3 e5
9.d3 Nd4 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Bg4 14.e3 Ra3 15.Nd5 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 Bh3 17.Qc1 Rxd3 18.Be4 Bf5 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.b5 e4 21.Qc2 c6 22.bxc6 bxc6
23.Rb8 Qxb8 24.Nxf6+ Kg7 25.Nh5+ Kh7 26.Rb1 Qa7 27.Qb2 f6 28.Ra1 Qc7 29.Nf4 d5
30.Ne6 Qe7 31.Nxf8+ Qxf8 32.Ra7+ Kg6 33.Qb7 Qg8 34.Ra8 Qf7 35.Qb8 dxc4 36.Qh8 c3
37.Rg8+ Kh5 38.h3  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nd7 8.Qc2 N5f6
9.e4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg5 a6 12.Bh4 Qc7 13.Rd1 b5 14.Bg3 Qb6 15.Bd3 Nh5
16.O-O Nxg3 17.hxg3 Qc7 18.Nxb5 axb5 19.Bxb5 Bc6 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.b4 O-O 22.Nd4 Qb6
23.bxc5 Qxc5 24.Qe2 Ne5 25.Qb5 Qxb5 26.Nxb5 Ra5 27.Rb1 Nc4 28.Rb4 Nxa3 29.Nd6 Ra6
30.e5 Rc6 31.Ra4 Nc2 32.Rb1 Rc5 33.Rc1 Rc6 34.Rd1 h6 35.Kf1 f6 36.Rc4 Rxc4
37.Nxc4 fxe5 38.Rd2 Nd4 39.Nxe5 Nf5 40.Ke2 Rc8 41.g4 Ne7 42.Rd6 Nd5 43.g3 Re8
44.f4 Nf6 45.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Ne5 Nd7 8.Nd3 g6
9.Bf4 Bg7 10.c3 Qa5 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Be2 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Qxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 Nf6 5.d5 Bd6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bd2 f5 10.g3 Bf6 11.Bg2 a5 12.O-O Na6 13.Qc2 Nc5 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Ne1 Bxc3
16.Bxc3 Nf6 17.Bd4 Nce4 18.dxe6 Qxe6 19.Nd3 d6 20.Nf4 Qf7 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Nd5 Qf7
23.a4 Rae8 24.Rd4 Nc5 25.e3 Re5 26.Rfd1 Kh8 27.b3 Bc6 28.Qb2 Ne4 29.Qc2 Rfe8
30.Qb2 R5e6 31.Nf4 Rh6 32.h4 Rf6 33.Bf3 Qd7 34.Nd5 Rff8 35.Bg2 Re5 36.Qc2 Qf7
37.Qb2 Ree8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.e5 Nfd7
9.f4 Nc6 10.Nf3 f6 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.O-O Bf5 13.Qe1 Nd4 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.b3 Rad8
16.Ne5 Qb4 17.Bd3 Rd6 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.Rxd6 exd6 20.Nd3 Qa5 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nd5 Bd4+
23.Kh1 Qxa2 24.g4 Nh4 25.Qxh4 Qxb3 26.Qh3 Qxc4 27.Qf3 a5 28.f5 a4 29.N3f4 a3
30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Ne7+ Kh7 32.g5 Qe6 33.Nxe6 Rxf3 34.Rxf3 a2 35.Rh3+  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d3 Bf5 5.Nbd2 e6 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.c4 Bh7 10.Bh3 Nbd7 11.Nd4 Re8 12.Rc1 Bd6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.N2f3 a5 15.a3 Qe7
16.Ra1 Qf8 17.Re1 Ra6 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Bxf5 Rb6 20.Qc2 Ne5 21.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.g5 hxg5 8.Bxg5 Nc6
9.Nb3 Bd7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Be3 Na5 12.O-O-O Nxb3+ 13.axb3 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gutman, Lev"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.Be3 Rb8 12.b3 c5 13.Nde2 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.a4 b4
16.Nb5 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Nxd6 Qe7 19.Rc1 Ba6 20.Nxe4 Qxe4 21.Bf4 Ne5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5
23.Qd2 Qf3 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Bxe2 26.Rfe1 Bd3 27.Rxc5 Bc3 28.Rc1 Bf5 29.g4 Be6
30.Rb1 Rd8 31.Kf2 Rd2+ 32.Kf3 Bd5+ 33.e4 Rd3+  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 Nd7
9.Bg5 Nf6 10.e4 c6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.d5 exd5 13.O-O-O Qd6 14.exd5 O-O-O 15.Bb5 c5
16.Kb1 Rg8 17.g3 Bxd5 18.Ka1 Bg7 19.Qc2 f5 20.Qxf5+ Qe6 21.Qf4 Bb7 22.Bd3 Bh6
23.Qf5 Qxf5 24.Bxf5+ Kc7 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Bg4 f5 27.Bh5 Rd3 28.Ne5 Rxa3+ 29.bxa3 Bxh1
30.Nf3 Bg7+ 31.Kb1 Bf6 32.Kc2 b5 33.h4 h6 34.Kd3 a5 35.Ke2 a4 36.Bg6 Bb2
37.Bxf5 Bxa3  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd2 Qxc5 7.Rc1 O-O 8.Bg2 d6
9.b3 Nc6 10.Be3 Qa5 11.Qd2 Ng4 12.Nd5 Nxe3 13.Nxe7+ Kh8 14.Bxc6 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 bxc6
16.Nxc8 Ng4 17.Nxd6 Nxf2 18.Nf3 Nxh1 19.Rxh1 c5 20.Kc2 Kg8 21.Rd1 Rfd8 22.Rd5 Bf8
23.Nb5 Rxd5 24.cxd5 Rd8 25.e4 f5 26.Ng5 Rd7 27.Kc3 Rb7 28.Na3 Be7 29.Ne6 fxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Boehm, Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.g3 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.O-O Be7 10.Bg5 a6 11.a4 O-O 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Rfc1 a5
16.b3 Bb4 17.Qe3 Qe7 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 bxa4 20.bxa4 Rfd8 21.Rc2 c5 22.Nd6 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Qc7 24.Rc4 Qc6+ 25.Qf3 Qxf3+ 26.exf3 f5 27.Kf1 Rab8 28.Ke2 Rb6 29.g4 g6
30.h4 Rbxd6 31.exd6 Rxd6 32.Rd1 Rd5 33.gxf5 Rxf5 34.Rd7 Rf7 35.Rxf7 Kxf7
36.Re4 Kf6 37.Kd3 h5 38.Kc4 Kf5 39.Kb5 Kf6 40.Kc6 Kf5 41.Kd7 Bc3 42.Rxe6 Bd4
43.Re4 Bxf2 44.Kd6 Bd4 45.Kd5 Bf2 46.Kc4 Kf6 47.Rf4+ Ke5 48.Rf8 Bxh4 49.Ra8 Kf4
50.Rxa5 Kxf3 51.Rxc5 Be1 52.Re5 Bd2 53.Kd3 Bb4 54.Rb5 Be1 55.Rb1 Bb4  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Qa4 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Rd1 Nb4
9.Ne5 c6 10.a3 Na6 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.Qxc4 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qxe5 14.Bf4 Qh5 15.Bd6 Re8
16.Bf3 Qf5 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qxc6 Rb8 19.Bxb8 Nxb8 20.Qb5 Qh3 21.Ne4 Nbd7 22.Nxf6+ Nxf6
23.f3 e5 24.e4 Qe6 25.Rac1 Bd7 26.Qb4 Qa6 27.Kf2 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 c5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O Rb8
9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 a6 11.h3 b5 12.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 b6
9.Qd2 Bb7 10.f3 Rc8 11.O-O d6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.a4 a5 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Bc2 Nc5
16.Rad1 Bd7 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 f6 19.f4 Rf7 20.b3 Qf8 21.Qh4 f5 22.exf5 gxf5
23.Nd5 Rb8 24.Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "McCambridge, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 Nd7
9.Bg5 Nf6 10.e3 Rc8 11.Qc2 Be7 12.Qa4+ Qd7 13.Bb5 c6 14.Be2 c5 15.Bb5 Bc6
16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Qxc6+ Rxc6 18.Rc1 Nd5 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Ne5 Rc7 21.dxc5 bxc5
22.Ke2 Rb8 23.Rc2 a5 24.Rhc1 Rbc8 25.Nc4 a4 26.g3 Rc6 27.Rd2 Nb6 28.Kd1 f6
29.Nxb6 Rxb6 30.Rc4 Ra6 31.e4 Ra5 32.Kc1 g5 33.Kb1 Rb8 34.e5 fxe5 35.Re4 Kf6
36.Rde2 Rd8 37.Rxe5 Rd6 38.R5e4 Raa6 39.Rc4 Rd5 40.Kc1 h6 41.h4 e5 42.Rd2 Ke6
43.hxg5 hxg5 44.Rg4 Rxd2 45.Kxd2 Rb6 46.Kc1 Rb3 47.Rxa4 Rf3 48.Rc4 Kd5 49.Rc2 e4
50.Re2 g4 51.Kd2 e3+ 52.Rxe3 Rxf2+ 53.Kc3 c4 54.a4 Rf1 55.a5 Rc1+ 56.Kd2 Rh1
57.a6 Rh2+ 58.Kc3 Rh6 59.a7 Ra6 60.Re7 Ra1 61.Rg7 Ra4 62.Rg5+ Kc6 63.Rxg4 Rxa7
64.Kxc4 Ra2 65.Rg6+ Kb7 66.b4 Rd2 67.Kc5 Rb2 68.g4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Re1 a6 11.h3 Rb8 12.Be3 c5 13.Nc2 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Qxd6 b4
16.Na4 Bf8 17.Qd2 Bb7 18.Bg5 Qa5 19.b3 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Rxe4 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Bxe4 Nxe4
23.Qf4 Qa8 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Ne3 Qc6 26.Nd5 Bg7 27.Kg2 Bd4 28.Nab6 Nxf2 29.Rf1 Re2
30.Qf3 Qb5 31.Nc4 Rxa2 32.Re1 Nd3+ 33.Kh1 Nxe1 34.Qe4 Qd7 35.g4 Qe6  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bd7 4.Nf3 a6 5.Bg5 Ne7 6.Nc3 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
9.Nb3 Nbc6 10.Qe2 Ng6 11.O-O-O d4 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E57"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 Nf6
9.O-O Nc6 10.a3 O-O 11.Re1 a6 12.Ba2 b5 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Bb7
16.Qh5 Qd6 17.Bg5 Rad8 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Ng5 Qg6 20.Qxh7+ Qxh7 21.Nxh7 Kxh7
22.Rxe7 Bd5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.g3 Rf5 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Rd2 Rc4 27.Rb7 g5 28.Rb6 a5
29.Rbd6 Rfc5 30.R2d5 g4 31.Kg2 a4 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Rd4 f5 34.Rd7+ Kg6 35.Rd6+ Kg5
36.h4+ gxh3+ 37.Kxh3 f4 38.g4 Rc2 39.Rd5+ Kg6 40.Rxb5 Rxf2 41.Rb8 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kogan, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Bg4 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O Nbd7 6.c4 e5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 O-O 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Bg2 a6 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.d5 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 b5 9.Qe2 Be7
10.O-O-O Nh5 11.Bh6 Bg4 12.e5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Bg5+ 14.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 15.Kb1 Qxe5
16.Bxb5+ Kf8 17.Bc6 Ra7 18.Rhe1 Qf5+ 19.Ne4 Qxf3 20.gxf3 Ng7 21.Nxd6 Nxc6
22.dxc6 Ne6 23.Nb7 Nd4 24.Nxc5 Nxc6 25.Rd6 Na5 26.Rxa6 Rxa6 27.Nxa6 Kg7 28.Nc5 Nc4
29.Kc2 Rd8 30.a4 Rd5 31.b4 Rf5 32.Re4 Nb6 33.f4 Rh5 34.a5 Nd5 35.Nd3 Nxb4+
36.Nxb4 Rxa5 37.h3 Kf6 38.Kd2 Ra1 39.Nd3 Rh1 40.Re3 Kf5 41.Ke2 f6 42.Nc5 Rc1
43.Ne4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.e3 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 Nxg3 12.fxg3 Nd7 13.O-O c5 14.Rf2 Qe7 15.Raf1 O-O
16.e4 Rac8 17.Qe2 cxd4 18.cxd4 e5 19.d5 Nc5 20.Ne1 Ba6 21.Bc2 Rc7 22.Bb3 Bc8
23.Nd3 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 Kg7 25.h3 Bd7 26.Kh2 f6 27.Bd1 Rc5 28.Be2 Qd8 29.Qa3 Qc7
30.h4 Ra5 31.Qc1 Be8 32.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.e3 Bb7 7.Be2 Ne4 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.Ne1 Nd7 11.f3 Nef6 12.e4 Qe7 13.Be3 O-O 14.Nc2 Ba6 15.Rae1 Rfc8
16.Bd3 c5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bf2 a4 20.Qa3 Nh5 21.g3 cxd4 22.cxd4 Bxc4
23.Bxc4 Rxc4 24.Ne3 Rcc8 25.Rc1 b5 26.Qb4 Qd8 27.Qxd6 Nhf6 28.Kg2 Qf8 29.Qxf8+ Kxf8
30.Rxc8+ Rxc8 31.Rb1 Rb8 32.Be1 h5 33.Bb4+ Ke8 34.Rc1 Kd8 35.a3 Ra8 36.Rc6 Ng8
37.d5 Ne7 38.Rc1 exd5 39.exd5 Ra6 40.Kf2 Ne5 41.Ke2 Kd7 42.Rc5 Rb6 43.Nc2 Nc4
44.Nd4 Nd6 45.Nc6 Ng6 46.Kd3 f5 47.Rc1 Nc4 48.Kd4 f4 49.gxf4 Nxf4 50.Re1 Rb7
51.Ne5+ Nxe5 52.Rxe5 g4 53.Re4 Ng6 54.fxg4 hxg4 55.Rxg4 Rb6 56.d6 Nf8 57.Kd5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.Be3 exd4 6.Bxd4 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.Be3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.h3 Nbd7 7.c4 Ne4 8.Qc2 f5
9.O-O e5 10.Bh2 b6 11.c5 bxc5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Na3 Qe7 14.Nc4 Kh8 15.Rfd1 Rb8
16.Rac1 Bb7 17.Qa4 Nd6 18.Qa5 Rfc8 19.b3 Bc6 20.Nfd2 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Qg5 22.Bf1 f4
23.Qa6 Qf6 24.exf4 exf4 25.Bxf4 Qxf4 26.Qxc6 Bd4 27.Qf3 Qh4 28.g3 Qe7 29.Qe2 Qf7
30.Bg2 Re8 31.Qf3 Qe6 32.Rf1 Qe2 33.Qxe2 Rxe2 34.Nf3 Ne5 35.Nxd4 cxd4 36.Rxc7 Rd8
37.f4 Nd3 38.Bf3 Rxa2 39.Rd1 Nf2 40.Re1 Nxh3+ 41.Kh1 Nf2+ 42.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.h3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Qxe4
16.Qd2 Nf6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Nh2 Qc4 19.Bg5 Rc8 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Ng4 Bg7 22.e4 Qa4
23.Qf4 Be2 24.Rd2 Bxg4 25.hxg4 Be5 26.Qe3 c4 27.Rc1 Rc5 28.Rdc2 Qb3 29.Rxc4 Qxe3
30.fxe3 Bxb2 31.Rxc5 bxc5 32.Rb1 Bxa3 33.Ra1 Bb2 34.Rxa7 Be5 35.Kf2 c4 36.Bf1 c3
37.Bd3 Rb8 38.Ra2 Rb2+ 39.Rxb2 cxb2 40.g5  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burger, Karl"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd3 d6 8.h3 Nc6
9.O-O Nb4 10.Bb1 Be6 11.e4 Bc4 12.Re1 Nd7 13.a3 Nc6 14.b3 Ba6 15.Be3 Rc8
16.Qd2 Na5 17.Ba2 b6 18.Rac1 Bb7 19.Bh6 Nf6 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.d5 a6 22.Qd4 b5
23.a4 e5 24.dxe6 fxe6 25.Ng5 Re8 26.e5 dxe5 27.Qxe5 b4 28.Nce4 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Nc6
30.Qxf6+ Qxf6 31.Nxf6 Kxf6 32.Nxh7+ Ke7 33.Bb1 Rc8 34.Bxg6 Nd4 35.Rxc8 Bxc8
36.h4 Nxb3 37.Kf1 Nc5 38.Ke2 Nxa4 39.h5 Nc3+ 40.Kd2 Bb7 41.f3 e5 42.h6 Bd5
43.Ng5 Kf6 44.h7 Kg7 45.Bd3 a5 46.Be4 Ba2 47.Bg6 a4 48.Bf7 Bb1 49.Bg8 a3
50.Kc1 Bf5 51.g4 Ne2+ 52.Kd2 Bxh7  0-1

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.h3 a5
9.Re1 Na6 10.Nh2 Nc5 11.Ndf1 h6 12.Ng4 Nxg4 13.hxg4 d4 14.Nh2 a4 15.a3 Ra5
16.Bf3 Ne6 17.Kg2 Be7 18.Be2 Nf8 19.Bd2 Ra6 20.Rh1 c5 21.Qg1 b5 22.f4 exf4
23.gxf4 Ng6 24.Rf1 b4 25.Qf2 bxa3 26.bxa3 c4 27.Bc1 cxd3 28.Bxd3 Rc6 29.Qg3 Qc7
30.Qf2 Rd8 31.g5 Ba6 32.Bxa6 Rxc2 33.Bd2 hxg5 34.fxg5 Bxg5 35.Bxg5 Rxf2+
36.Rxf2 Rd6 37.Rc1 Qa5 38.Rc8+ Kh7 39.Nf3 Qxa6 40.Rfc2 f6 41.Kg3 Ne5 42.Bf4 Nxf3
43.Kxf3 Qd3+  0-1

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bd7 4.Nf3 a6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Bc6 7.O-O Ne7 8.Nc3 h6
9.Qe2 Nd7 10.Rd1 Nb6 11.Bd3 Ned5 12.Ne4 Nb4 13.Bb1 Ba4 14.b3 Bb5 15.Qe1 a5
16.a3 N4d5 17.a4 Bc6 18.Bd2 Nb4 19.Bxb4 Bxb4 20.Qe3 Nd5 21.Qc1 Qe7 22.Ra2 O-O-O
23.Bd3 Kb8 24.Bb5 Bxb5 25.axb5 Qe8 26.Qc4 b6 27.Rc1 Qd7 28.Re2 Rc8 29.g3 Rhd8
30.Kg2 Qe8 31.Ne1 Bxe1 32.Rcxe1 Rd7 33.Ra2 Qe7 34.Nc5 bxc5 35.dxc5 c6 36.b6 Nxb6
37.cxb6 Rb7 38.Rxa5 Rxb6 39.Rea1 Kc7 40.Ra7+ Rb7 41.Rc1 Kb8 42.Ra6 Qd7 43.Qa4 Qd5+
44.Kg1 c5 45.Ra8+ Kc7 46.Qa5+  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Blocker, Calvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 Re8 10.e5 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.O-O d6 15.Qa4 Rf8
16.Rae1 a6 17.Ne4 Qd8 18.Nfg5 Nh6 19.b4 Ra7 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Rb1 Bf5 22.Ne6 Bxe6
23.dxe6 Nf5 24.Rfd1 Nd4 25.Bc4 Re7 26.Rxd4 cxd4 27.Bd5 Qc7 28.Qxd4 Rc8 29.g3 Nc6
30.Nf6+ Kh8 31.Bxc6 Qxc6 32.Nxh7+ Kg8 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Qh4+  1-0

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nc3 Qa5 10.d5 exd5 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Bxh5 Ne6 13.O-O Nf6 14.Re1 g6 15.Bg4 Bg7
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qb3 O-O 18.Rxe6 Kh8 19.Be3 Rf7 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Nb5 b6 22.Bg5 Rdf8
23.Bd2 Qa6 24.Bb4 Rd8 25.Be7 Rd7 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.Qxd5 Qc8 29.Rc6 Qe8
30.Re6 Qc8 31.Re1 Qd7 32.Qb3 Kg7 33.Rd1 Qc6 34.Nd4 Bxd4 35.Rxd4 Qc5 36.Qd1 Qf5
37.f4 Qc5 38.Kh2 Qc6 39.Qd2 Qf6 40.Kg3 h5 41.Rd6 h4+ 42.Kf3 Qe5 43.Qd4 Qxd4
44.Rxd4 Rc7 45.Rd2 Kf6 46.Kg4 Rc4 47.b3 Re4 48.Rd6+ Kf7 49.Rd7+ Kf6 50.Rd6+ Kf7
51.Rd7+ Kf6 52.Kf3 Re1 53.Rxa7 Rf1+ 54.Ke3 Re1+ 55.Kf2 Rc1 56.Rb7 Rc2+ 57.Kf3 Kf5
58.Rxb6 Rc3+ 59.Kf2 Rc2+ 60.Ke3 Rxg2 61.Rb5+ Kf6 62.a4 Rh2 63.Kf3 Rxh3+ 64.Kg2 Rg3+
65.Kh2 Rf3 66.Rb4 g5 67.fxg5+ Kxg5 68.a5 Rf6 69.Ra4 Rf2+ 70.Kg1 Rb2 71.a6 Rb1+
72.Kf2 Rb2+ 73.Ke1 h3 74.a7 h2 75.a8=Q h1=Q+ 76.Qxh1 Rb1+ 77.Kd2 Rxh1 78.Re4 Rh8
79.Kc3 Kf5 80.Re1 Rc8+ 81.Kd4 Rd8+ 82.Kc5 Rc8+ 83.Kd5 Rd8+ 84.Kc6 Rb8 85.Rb1 Ke6
86.b4  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dehmelt, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Qc2 g6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Qd2 Bf6
16.Qf4 Bg7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Ng5 Re7 19.Re3 h6 20.Ne4 Rd7 21.Rh3 h5 22.Re1 Rd5
23.Qg3 Ne7 24.Ng5 Qd6 25.f4 Nf5 26.Qf2 Nh6 27.Be4 Ng4 28.Qd2 Bc6 29.Bxd5 Bxd5
30.Nf3 Re8 31.Ne5 Nf6 32.Rhe3 b5 33.Qd3 a6 34.Rg3 Kf8 35.Nxf7 Qxf4 36.Ne5 Qf5
37.Nxg6+ Kf7 38.Qxf5  1-0

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O a6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.a4 Nb4 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Qxb6 15.Na5 Re8
16.f4 Nd7 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Nc4 Qb8 19.e5 d5 20.Nd6 f5 21.Qf2 Nf8 22.Ra3 Rc7
23.Rfa1 Bd7 24.h3 Rc6 25.Kh2 Qb6 26.Qd2 Nxd3 27.cxd3 d4 28.Ne2 Rxd6 29.exd6 Qxd6
30.Rb3 Ng6 31.Qb4 Qd5 32.Qc4 Bc6 33.Qxd5 Bxd5 34.Rb4 Rc8 35.Rc1 Rxc1 36.Nxc1 Nxf4
37.g3 Ng6 38.Rxd4 Ne5 39.Ra4 Bb7 40.Kg1 Kf7 41.Kf2 g5 42.Rb4 Bc6 43.Rb6 Bb5
44.Ke3 Kf6 45.b3 h5 46.d4 Nd7 47.Rb7 e5 48.dxe5+ Kxe5 49.Nd3+ Kd6 50.Ra7 Nf6
51.Nb4 Ne4 52.h4 gxh4 53.gxh4 Nc5 54.Kf4 Nxb3 55.Nxa6 Nd4 56.Nb4 Bc4 57.Ra3 Kc5
58.Nd3+ Kd5 59.Ne1 Be2 60.Ra7  1-0

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.Nf3 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.c4 Nbd7 10.a3 a5 11.Nd4 Bg6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.Bh3 Rac8 15.Rxc8 Rxc8
16.N2f3 Bh5 17.a4 Nc5 18.Nb5 Bxf3 19.exf3 Ne8 20.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "London, Dimitri"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.d5 Nb8 6.Be2 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 c6 11.h4 Nbd7 12.h5 Ne5 13.Be2 cxd5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.hxg6 hxg6
16.Qh6 Re8 17.f4 Nd7 18.f5 Bg7 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.fxg6 Nf6 21.Qh4 Qb6 22.O-O-O Rec8
23.Rh3 dxe4 24.g4 e3 25.g5 Rxc3 26.bxc3 Nd7 27.Rf1 Bxc3 28.Rxf7+ Ke8 29.Qh8+ Bxh8
30.Rxh8+ Nf8 31.Rhxf8+ Kd7 32.g7 Qd4 33.Kb1 Qb4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Fotis, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c5 3.dxc5 Na6 4.e4 fxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc5 6.Bc4 Qa5 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.Nxe4 Qc7
9.Nxf6+ gxf6 10.Be3 b6 11.Bd5 Bb7 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Qh5+ Kd8 14.Nf3 Rc8 15.O-O-O Qe4
16.Kb1 Qg6 17.Qh3 Rc7 18.Nh4 Qf7 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Qf3 e6 21.Qa8+ Rc8 22.Qxa7 Rg8
23.f4 Rg7 24.Rhe1 d6 25.Qxf7 Rxf7 26.Rxe6 f5 27.Rd5 Kd7 28.Re2 Be7 29.Nxf5 Rcf8
30.Nxe7 Rxf4 31.Rd1  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bass, Leonid"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Bg5 Ba6 11.f4 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nbd7 13.Ng3 Qe7 14.Rae1 c4 15.Qf3 b5
16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 Qxe5 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxf6 Bxf6 21.Rxf6 b4
22.Nb5 Rfc8 23.Ne4 a6 24.Nd4 c3 25.bxc3 bxc3 26.Rc6 Rxc6 27.dxc6 Rd8 28.c7 Rc8
29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Nd5 f5 31.Kf2 Kf7 32.Ke2 c2 33.Kd2  1-0

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 b5 9.Qe2 Nh5
10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bh6 Bf8 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.Be2 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qf6 15.O-O Qf4 16.Ng5 Ndf6
17.g3 Qd2 18.Bxh5 Nxh5 19.e5 Bf5 20.exd6 Qxb2 21.Rae1+ Kd7 22.Nxf7 Rhe8 23.Qxh7 Qxc3
24.Ne5+ Kxd6 25.Qb7 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Qxe5 27.Qxa8 Qxd5 28.Qxa6+ Ke7 29.Re1+ Kf7
30.Qxb5 Nf6 31.Rc1 Bc2 32.a4 Ne4 33.Qa5 Bd3 34.Qc7+ Kg8 35.Qb8+ Kg7 36.Qc7+ Kg8
37.Qb8+ Kf7 38.Qc7+ Kf6 39.Qf4+ Ke6 40.Re1 g5 41.Qe3 Kf5 42.a5 Nf6 43.h3 Ba6
44.Rb1 Nd7 45.h4 gxh4 46.Qf4+ Kg6 47.Qg4+ Kf7 48.Rd1 Bd3 49.Qf4+ Nf6 50.gxh4 Qd7
51.a6 c4 52.Ra1 Be4 53.a7 Ba8 54.Qxc4+ Kg7 55.Qc3 Qd5 56.f3 Qh5 57.Qc7+ Kg6
58.Qg3+ Kf7 59.Qc7+ Kg6 60.Qg3+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Buzbuchi, Ionut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "A79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Kh1 Nc7 12.a4 Rb8 13.f3 Nd7 14.Nc4 Ne5 15.Ne3 b6
16.f4 Nd7 17.e5 dxe5 18.f5 Rf8 19.Ng4 Nf6 20.Bg5 gxf5 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nh6+ Kh8
23.Nxf5 Bb7 24.Bc4 Rg8 25.Nh6 Rg7 26.Qf3 Ne8 27.Ne4 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Qxd5 29.Rad1 Qb7
30.Nxf6 Rg6 31.Qxb7 Rxb7 32.Nxe8  1-0

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Nc2 Be7 10.O-O Qb6 11.b3 Rc8 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Bd3 f6 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.Ne5 Be6 17.Qd2 f4 18.Rfc1 Be7 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Ne1 Bc8 21.Rxc6 Qxc6 22.Nf3 Qg6
23.Ne5 Qh5 24.Re1 Bd6 25.Qa5 Be6 26.Ba3 b6 27.Qxa7 Bxe5 28.Bxf8 Kxf8 29.dxe5 f3
30.Qb8+ Kf7 31.Qc7+ Kg6 32.Qc3 fxg2 33.Qd4 Qf5 34.Qxb6  1-0

[Event "New York Manhattan"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E09"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 c6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nbd2 b6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Bb7 12.Rd1 a5 13.Bf4 a4 14.Rac1 a3 15.b3 Nb8
16.Ne5 Bg5 17.Bxg5 Qxg5 18.c5 b5 19.Bf1 Ra7 20.Bd3 g6 21.h4 Qe7 22.h5 f6
23.Nf3 g5 24.Re1 Bc8 25.Nd2 Rd8 26.Rcd1 Qf7 27.Qf3 f5 28.Qe3 Qxh5 29.Nf3 Rg7
30.Kg2 g4 31.Ne5 Qg5 32.Qxg5 Rxg5 33.Bc2 Rg7 34.b4 Na6 35.Nxc6 Bb7 36.Rxe6 Rg6
37.d5 Bxc6 38.Rxc6 Rxc6 39.dxc6 Rxd1 40.Bxd1 Kf7 41.Be2 Nc7 42.Bd3 Ke6 43.Kf1 Kd5
44.Bxf5 Kc4 45.Bxg4 Kxb4 46.Bf5 h6 47.g4 Kxc5 48.f4 Kxc6 49.g5 h5 50.Bg6 Ne6
51.Bxh5 b4 52.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Nc5 13.Nd4 Qf6 14.f3 Nba6 15.Be2 f4
16.Bf2 e5 17.Nb5 O-O 18.exf4 gxf4 19.g3 Qf5 20.Qxf5 Rxf5 21.gxf4 Rxf4 22.Be3 Rf6
23.Kd2 c6 24.dxc6 Bxc6 25.Rhg1+ Kh7 26.Rg3 Rg8 27.Rxg8 Kxg8 28.Rg1+ Kh7 29.Rg4 Nd7
30.Bd3+ Kh8 31.Rg6 Rxg6 32.Bxg6 Kg7 33.Nxa7 Bxf3 34.Bf5 Nac5 35.Nc8 d5 36.cxd5 Bxd5
37.Nxb6 Nxb6 38.Bxc5 Na4 39.Be3 Nb2 40.Kc2 Nc4 41.Bc5 Kf6 42.Bd3 Kg5 43.a4 Kg4
44.Kb3 Nd2+ 45.Kb4 Kf3 46.Bg6 e4 47.Bh5+ Kg2 48.a5 Kxh2 49.a6 Kg3 50.a7 Kf4
51.Bf7 Ba8 52.c4 Nxc4 53.Kxc4 Ke5 54.Kb5  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Qa5 12.f3 Rd8 13.Bc4 Be7 14.Bb3 b5 15.Bd2 Qb6
16.Ne2 Rc8 17.Qg3 a5 18.a3 Qc7 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Kb1 a4 21.Ba2 e5 22.Nf5 Bxf5
23.exf5 Qxc2+ 24.Ka1 Qxf5 25.Qxg7 Rh7 26.Bxf7+ Kd8 27.Bg6 Rxg7 28.Ba5+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hartman, Brian"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.O-O cxd4
9.cxd4 Be7 10.Re1 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Nb3 Qa4 13.Bc2 Nb6 14.Nd4 Qa5 15.a3 Bd7
16.Bd2 Qc5 17.Bb4 Qc7 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Qg4 Kf8 20.b3 Nc8 21.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Jones, Kenneth E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.d5 c5 11.g3 Ne8 12.Nh4 Bf6 13.Ng2 Ng7 14.h4 Kh8 15.Bh6 Rg8 16.a3 Nf8
17.b4 b6 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Rab1 g5 20.hxg5 Bxg5 21.Bxg7+ Rxg7 22.Rb2 h5 23.Bxh5 Rh7
24.Bf3 Qf6 25.Ne1 Bh3 26.Rdb1 Nd7 27.Rb7 Rg8 28.Qe2 Qh6 29.Nd1 Bg4 30.Qd3 Bd2
31.Kf1 Bh3+ 32.Ke2 Bxe1 33.Kxe1 a6 34.Ne3 Nf6 35.Ke2 Bc8 36.R7b6 Nd7 37.Rc6 Nf8
38.Rh1 Qf6 39.Rxh7+ Nxh7 40.Bg2 Ng5 41.Qb1 Kg7 42.Qb6 Rd8 43.Qc7 Kh7 44.Rb6 Bh3
45.Bxh3 Qf3+ 46.Ke1 Nxh3 47.Qxd8 Qxf2+ 48.Kd1 Qxg3 49.Qf6  1-0

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lindsay, Fred"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Qc7 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Bg2 d6 10.h3 Nbd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Qd2 h6 13.Be3 Nf8 14.Rfd1 Bd7 15.Nb3 Rac8
16.Bf4 e5 17.Be3 Qb8 18.Na5 b6 19.Nb7 d5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Bf6 22.d6 e4
23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.Bxb6 Qxb7 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 Nh7 27.Rc1 Nf6 28.Rc7 Qb5 29.e3 Qa5
30.Bf1 Qe1 31.Qc4 Qd1 32.Qxa6 Re6 33.Qe2 Rxd6 34.Rc2 Bxh3  0-1

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rao, Vivek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Nd2 Nf6 10.Bg3 Nc6 11.h4 g4 12.h5 e5 13.d5 Ne7 14.e4 Nh7 15.Bh4 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6
17.Be2 Kh8 18.Nf1 Rg8 19.Qd2 Rg5 20.Ng3 c6 21.O-O-O cxd5 22.cxd5 Bd7 23.Bb5 Bc8
24.Kb1 a6 25.Bd3 Bd7 26.Rc1 Rc8 27.Nd1 Qb6 28.Rxc8+ Nxc8 29.Ne3 Qd4 30.Rc1 Ne7
31.Ne2 Qa7 32.Qa5 Rg8 33.Qc7 Qb8 34.Qxb8 Rxb8 35.Rc7 b5 36.Ra7 Rb6 37.a4 bxa4
38.Nc4 Rb3 39.Nc1 Rxd3 40.Nxd3 Bb5 41.Ndxe5 dxe5 42.Nxe5 Nfg8 43.d6 Nc6 44.Nxc6 Bxc6
45.d7 Bxd7 46.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nc3 axb5 7.Bxb5 Qa5 8.Bd2 Qb6
9.Bc4 e6 10.Qb3 Qxb3 11.Bxb3 Na6 12.Nf3 exd5 13.O-O Be7 14.Rfd1 O-O 15.Be1 Nc7
16.Nh4 g6 17.g3 Rfb8 18.Ng2 Bc6 19.Rab1 c4 20.Bc2 Ne6 21.Nf4 d4 22.exd4 Bf3
23.Nfe2 Bb4 24.d5 Ng5 25.h4 Bxe2 26.hxg5 Bxd1 27.Rxd1 Ne8 28.a4 Be7 29.Nb5 Bxg5
30.Bc3 Bf6 31.Bxf6 Nxf6 32.Rd4 Re8 33.Rxc4 Nxd5 34.Rd4 Re1+ 35.Kh2 Nf6 36.Bd1 Kg7
37.b4 Rc8 38.Nd6 Rc1 39.Bf3 Rc2 40.Kg2 Ra1 41.Rf4 g5 42.Rf5 h6 43.b5 g4 44.b6 gxf3+
45.Kxf3 Rb2 46.b7 Rb3+ 47.Kg2 Rxb7 48.Nxb7 Rxa4 49.Nd6 Rd4 50.Nb5 Rd5 51.Rxd5 Nxd5
52.Kf3 Kf6 53.Ke4 Ne7 54.Nc7 h5 55.Ne8+ Kg5 56.f4+ Kg6 57.Ke5 Nf5 58.Nc7 Nxg3
59.Nd5 Nf5 60.Ke4 d6 61.Kf3 Nh6 62.Ke4 Ng8 63.Ne3 Nf6+ 64.Kf3 Ng4 65.Nc4 d5
66.Nb6 Nf6 67.Nc8 Kf5 68.Ne7+ Ke6 69.Nc6 Ne4 70.Nd4+ Kd6 71.Nf5+ Kc5 72.Ng7 h4
73.Nf5 h3 74.Nh6 f6 75.Nf5 Kc4 76.Ne3+ Kd4 77.Nf1 Kd3 78.Nh2 f5  0-1

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O h6 8.Bh4 O-O
9.c3 d5 10.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veinger, Itzchak"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.d3 e6 7.c3 Nge7 8.d4 O-O 9.Be3 b6
10.Na3 Ba6 11.Re1 Qe8 12.Rb1 e5 13.d5 Na5 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 Nc4 16.Nxc4 Bxc4
17.a4 f5 18.f3 Rf7 19.Rc1 b5 20.axb5 Qxb5 21.Rb1 a6 22.Nc3 Qb7 23.Qd2 Raf8
24.Rec1 Kh8 25.Rc2 Ng8 26.b5 axb5 27.Nxb5 Bxb5 28.Rcb2 fxe4 29.Rxb5 Qd7 30.fxe4 Nf6
31.Qe2 Ng8 32.Qd2 Nf6 33.h3 Rc8 34.Rb8 Bf8 35.Qa5 Kg7 36.Qa8 Rxb8 37.Rxb8 Ng8
38.Kh2 Qc7 39.Re8 Qb7 40.Rxf8  1-0

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bc5 11.Nb3 Be7 12.O-O Nc6 13.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qc2 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.d3 Nge7 7.g3 Nxd5 8.cxd5 Ne7
9.Qb3 O-O 10.Bg2 h6 11.O-O Ng6 12.e3 Bb6 13.a4 a6 14.Rd1 Qf6 15.Nd2 Rb8 16.Qc3 Qe7
17.Nc4 Ba7 18.b4 f5 19.b5 f4 20.Ba3 Nh4 21.gxh4 f3 22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.Nxe5 fxg2
24.Nc4 Rf6 25.Rab1 axb5 26.axb5 Bg4 27.Rd2 Bf3 28.Bxd6 cxd6 29.b6 Ra8 30.Ra1 Bxd5
31.bxa7  1-0

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A92"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d5 7.Qc2 c6 8.Bf4 Ne4
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Ne5 Bf6 11.Ndf3 g5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 g4 14.Ne1 Bxe5 15.dxe5 b6
16.f3 gxf3 17.exf3 Ng5 18.Qd2 Qe7 19.Rc1 Bb7 20.Nd3 dxc4 21.Nf4 Rad8 22.Qe3 c5
23.Nh5 Kh8 24.Rcd1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rd6 Nf7 27.Qc3 b5 28.Nf4 Bc8 29.Nd5 exd5
30.e6+ d4  0-1

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.e3 Qc7 8.Be2 a6
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 d6 12.Rac1 Nbd7 13.Nd4 b6 14.Nc6 Nc5 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7
16.b4 Ncd7 17.Rfd1 Rd8 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Rb8 20.Qd4 Nf6 21.c5 bxc5 22.bxc5 e5
23.Qd2 Ne4 24.Qc2 Nxc5 25.Ba3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.e4 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 a5 13.Bc4 Qc8 14.Qe2 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Qxa6
16.Qxa6 Nxa6 17.Ke2 e5 18.Rhd1 Rfd8 19.Rac1 a4 20.Bd2 Kf7 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Kxe3 Nc5
23.g3 g5 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Nd2 Ke6 26.Rc2 g4 27.Nc4 Rd3+ 28.Ke2 Rb3 29.Nxb6 Rxb6
30.Rxc5 Rxb2+ 31.Kf1 Rb3 32.Rc6+ Ke7 33.Kg2 h5 34.h3 Rxa3 35.Ra6 Ra2 36.hxg4 hxg4
37.Kf1 a3 38.Kg2 Kd7 39.Kf1 Kc7 40.Kg2 Kb7 41.Ra4 Kb6 42.Ra8 Kb5 43.Kf1 Kb4
44.Rb8+ Kc3 45.Ra8 Ra1+ 46.Ke2 a2 47.Ra6 Rb1 48.Rxa2 Rb2+ 49.Rxb2 Kxb2 50.f3 Kc3
51.fxg4 Kd4 52.Kf3 Kd3 53.Kf2 Kxe4 54.Ke2 Kd4 55.Kd2 e4 56.Ke2 e3 57.Kd1  0-1

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Qa4+ Nbd7
9.Bxd6 Qb6 10.Nb5 a6 11.e3 axb5 12.Qxa8 Qxd6 13.Qxc8+ Ke7 14.Qxb7 c4 15.Qxb5 c3
16.bxc3 Rb8 17.Qc6 Qa3 18.d6+ Kf8 19.Be2 Ne4 20.O-O Nxc3 21.Bc4 Rd8 22.Qc7 Bf6
23.Rac1 Qb2 24.Nd4  1-0

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 Ne7 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.Qe3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.b3 d6 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Rd2 b5 15.Nd1 Re8
16.Qe2 Bf8 17.Ne3 Ne5 18.Rc1 Bb7 19.f4 Nd7 20.c4 b4 21.Rcd1 Rbd8 22.Qh5 e5
23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.Rf2 g6 25.Qe2 Bg7 26.Qd2 a5 27.Kh1 Bc6 28.Rdf1 Rd7 29.Qd4 Qa7
30.Rd1 Qxd4 31.Bxd4 h5 32.h3 Rb7 33.Nc2 Bf8 34.Re2 Nd7 35.Bg1 Nf6 36.e5 Bxg2+
37.Kxg2 Rxe5 38.Rxe5 dxe5 39.c5 Rc7 40.Rc1 Ne4 41.Ne1 Bxc5 42.Rc4 f5 43.Nd3 Bd6
44.Bb6 Rb7 45.Rc6 Kf7 46.Nb2 Bb8 47.Bxa5 Nc3 48.Nd3 Nxa2 49.Nc5 Re7 50.Na6 Ba7
51.Rc2 Nc3 52.Nxb4 Nd1 53.Kf3 Ne3 54.Rc3 e4+ 55.Ke2 f4 56.gxf4 Nf5 57.Nc6 Nd4+
58.Nxd4 Bxd4 59.Rc4 Rd7 60.Rc6 Rd5 61.Bd2 Bg1 62.b4 Rd3 63.Rc3 Rxc3 64.Bxc3 Ke6
65.Bd2 Ba7 66.Be3 Bb8 67.Kd2 Kd5 68.Kc3 Bd6 69.b5 Bc5 70.Bxc5 Kxc5 71.h4 Kxb5
72.Kd4 Kc6 73.Kxe4 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Qb3 b5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.h4 Nb6 11.h5 Nc6 12.Be3 Be6 13.Qd1 f6 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Bd3 f5
16.Ng5 Bd5 17.f4 Nb4 18.Kf2 c5 19.dxc5 Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Qg1 Nd3+ 22.Kf1 e6
23.Qh2 Qxg5 24.fxg5 Bc6 25.Qh7+ Kf7 26.Rh6 Nxe5 27.Bd4  1-0

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Birnboim, Nathan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Re1 Ne4
9.Nd5 Bd7 10.Be3 e6 11.Nf4 Ne7 12.Qc2 Nf6 13.Bd2 d5 14.Rac1 c6 15.Nd3 Nf5
16.e3 h5 17.Nfe5 Bc8 18.b4 Nd6 19.a4 Ng4 20.Nxg4 hxg4 21.c5 Nc4 22.Bc3 f5
23.h3 gxh3 24.Bxh3 Kf7 25.f3 Rh8 26.Bg2 Bd7 27.Nb2 Nxb2 28.Qxb2 Qg5 29.Kf2 Rh2
30.Rh1 Rah8 31.Rxh2 Rxh2 32.Rh1 Rxh1 33.Bxh1 Qh5 34.Bg2 g5 35.Qd2 Ke7 36.Qc1 Bc8
37.Qh1 Qg6 38.f4 Bf6 39.Bf3 g4 40.Be2 a6 41.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Murrey, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Ne5 e6 6.g3 Bb4 7.Bg2 Nd5 8.Bd2 Nb6
9.Ne4 a5 10.e3 O-O 11.Qc2 N8d7 12.Bxb4 axb4 13.Nxc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Qa5 15.O-O e5
16.a3 Nb6 17.Qxb4 Qxb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 exd4 20.exd4 Rd8 21.Rd1 Nc4 22.b5 cxb5
23.b3 Na5 24.d5 Bf5 25.Rd4 Nxb3 26.Rb4 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 Nd2 28.Bg2 Nc4 29.Rxb5 Nd6
30.Rb3 Kf8 31.Kf1 Rc8 32.Rb2 Ke7 33.Ke2 Rc3 34.Ra2 g5 35.Kd2 Rb3 36.Kc2 Rb6
37.Kd3 Rb1 38.h3 h5 39.Re2+ Kf6 40.Kd4 Rc1 41.Rb2 h4 42.Rb6 Ke7 43.Rb3 Rc2
44.Bf3 Rxf2 45.gxh4 gxh4 46.Ke5 Rc2 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Rb4 b5 49.Bd1 Rc3 50.Be2 Rc5
51.Kg4 Rxd5 52.Kxh4 Rg5 53.Bg4 Rc5 54.Kg3 Ke5 55.Be2 f5 56.h4 Ne4+ 57.Kf3 Nd2+
58.Kg3 Ne4+ 59.Kf3 Nc3 60.Bf1 Rd5 61.h5 Kf6 62.Rb3 Rc5 63.Ke3 b4 64.Kd4 Rd5+
65.Kc4 Rd1 66.Bd3 Na2 67.Bb1 Rc1+ 68.Kd4 Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.e4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.cxd6 Bxd6 8.Be2 Qc7
9.Nb5 Bb4+ 10.Nd2 Qf4 11.g3 Qe5 12.f4 Qc5 13.Bxg4 O-O-O 14.Nc3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qe3+
16.Qe2 Qxc3 17.Rb1 Nd4 18.Qd1 Nc2+ 19.Kf2 Ne3 20.Qb3 Rxd2+ 21.Bxd2 Qxd2+
22.Be2 b6 23.Qd3 Neg4+ 24.Kf3 Qa5 25.c5 bxc5 26.h3 Nh6 27.Rhc1 Kc7 28.Rb5 Rd8  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zuckerman, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qa4 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Nbd7 12.Ba5 Rc8 13.a4 b4 14.Qe1 Rb8 15.Nbd2 Ba8
16.e3 Qc8 17.Qe2 c5 18.Rfc1 Qb7 19.Ne1 Qa7 20.Bxa8 Qxa8 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Rc4 Nce4
23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Rd1 Nf6 25.Qf3 Nd5 26.e4 Nb6 27.Rc7 Bf6 28.Bxb4 Rfc8 29.Rxc8+ Rxc8
30.b3 Qa7 31.Qd3 a5 32.Bc3 Be7 33.Nf3 h6 34.Nd4 Bc5 35.Nb5 Qa8 36.Be5 Qb7
37.Bc3 Qa8 38.Qe2 Qa6 39.Qe1 Qb7 40.Bxa5 Nd7 41.Bc3 Nf6 42.Bxf6 gxf6 43.Qe2 Kh7
44.Qd3 Qb6 45.Qf3 Kg7 46.Kg2 Rd8 47.Qg4+ Kh7 48.Rxd8 Qxd8 49.Qf4 Qd3 50.Qxf6 Qxe4+
51.Qf3 Qg6 52.a5  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansson, Dan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.a3 Bf8 6.Nf3 Qd7 7.Bf4 Ne7 8.b4 c6 9.Bd3 Ba6
10.O-O Ng6 11.Be3 Be7 12.Ne2 Qb7 13.Ng3 Nd7 14.Nh5 O-O 15.Re1 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 a5
17.Rab1 Qa6 18.Qd2 Rfc8 19.Bg5 Bf8 20.h4 axb4 21.axb4 Qc4 22.c3 Ra2 23.Qc1 Rca8
24.Ng3 h6 25.h5 Ne7 26.Bf4 Qd3 27.Re3 Qh7 28.Ne1 c5 29.bxc5 bxc5 30.Rb7 Nb8
31.Qb1 Qxb1 32.Rxb1 Ra1 33.Rxa1 Rxa1 34.Kh2 Nec6 35.Nf3 Nd7 36.Re2 Nb6 37.Be3 c4
38.Re1 Ra3 39.Ne2 Na4 40.Rc1 Ra2 41.Bd2 Na5 42.Rb1 Nb3 43.Be1 Rxe2  0-1

[Event "Nordic-USA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Nfd2 d6 6.e4 b4 7.a3 Na6 8.axb4 Nxb4
9.Be2 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nb3 Qb6 13.Be3 Rab8 14.Ra3 Bc8 15.f3 Ne8
16.Qd2 f5 17.Rc1 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Bf5 19.Nexc5 dxc5 20.Bxc5 Qf6 21.Bd4 Qh4 22.Bf2 Qf6
23.Bd4 Qh4 24.Bf2 Qf6 25.Nd4 Nd6 26.Rxa7 Bc8 27.Rf1 Nf5 28.Nb5 Na6 29.b4 Bh6
30.Qd3 Nxb4 31.Qb3 Qe5 32.Bd1 Na6 33.Re1 Qf6 34.c5 Bd2 35.Re2 Bf4 36.d6+ e6
37.Qc4 Rxb5 38.Qxb5 Nd4 39.Qc4 Nxe2+ 40.Bxe2 Nb8 41.g3 Be5 42.f4 Nc6 43.Rc7 Nd4
44.Bg4 Kh8 45.Rxc8 Rxc8 46.fxe5 Nf3+ 47.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Nordic-USA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6
9.Bf4 Bb7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Rfc1 Rc8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qd1 Qe7
16.e3 Rfd8 17.Ne1 Na5 18.Rc2 Nc4 19.Rac1 Qd7 20.Nd3 Be7 21.Ne2 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.h3 O-O 11.Kg1 Nbd7 12.Kh2 Qb6 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.Kg1 Ne8 15.Re2 Qa6
16.Qe1 Nc7 17.Bf4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 f6 19.a4 Rb3 20.Rc2 Rb7 21.a5 Qd3 22.Rcc1 Rb2
23.c4 Re2 24.Qf1 Qxe4 25.Nd2 Qd3 26.Nb1 Na6 27.Nc3 Rd2 28.Qe1 Rb2 29.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5 4.Nf3 Qf6 5.Be2 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nxf3+ 7.Bxf3 Ne7
8.O-O O-O 9.Nc4 d6 10.c3 Bc5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Be6 13.g3 Qe5 14.Qd2 Rad8
15.Rfe1 c6 16.Bg2 Qc5 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.b3 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 Rxd5
22.Qe2 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Qc7 24.Qd2 Re8 25.Qd7 Qb8 26.Rd4 c5 27.Rf4 Rf8 28.h4 b6
29.Qd5 Qc7 30.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Thorsteins, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qa4 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Qf4 c5 15.Nbd2 h6
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Rac1 Nd5 18.Qe5 f5 19.Rxc5 Qd7 20.Nb3 Bd6 21.Rxd5 Bxd5 22.Qe3 f4
23.Qd2 Rac8 24.Nc1 Qc7 25.Nd3 fxg3 26.hxg3 Qa7 27.Qe3 Bxa2 28.Bh3 Rfe8 29.Nfe5 a5
30.Nf4 Qc7 31.Ra1 Bxe5 32.dxe5 Qc4 33.Kh2 a4 34.Rd1 Qc5 35.Rd4 Qc1 36.Qe4 Rc7
37.Qg6 Rce7 38.Nh5 Bb1 39.e4 Kh8 40.Nf6 gxf6 41.exf6 Qxb2 42.fxe7 Qxf2+ 43.Bg2 Qxd4
44.Qxe8+ Kh7 45.Qf7+  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Welin, Thomas"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.Re1 Rb8 12.Rb1 Ne5 13.b3 Bd7 14.f4 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6
16.Bb2 Re7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Qe8 19.Qd3 Qb5 20.Qxb5 axb5 21.e5 Rbe8 22.Ba3 Nh5
23.Kh2 Bf8 24.exd6 cxd6 25.Rxe7 Bxe7 26.Re1 Kf8 27.Re2 Rc8 28.Bb4 Rc1 29.Bf3 Nf6
30.Rd2 h5 31.Kg2 Ne8 32.Be2 Nf6 33.Bf3 Ne8 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 g5 36.Kg3 Bf6
37.Re2 Bc3 38.Bxc3 gxf4+ 39.Kxf4 Rxc3 40.g5 Nc7 41.Rh2 Na6 42.Rh6 Ke7 43.Rh7 Nc5
44.g6 Nd3+ 45.Kg3 Ne5 46.g7 Rxf3+ 47.Kh2 Rf2+ 48.Kg1 Rf4 49.g8=Q Rg4+ 50.Qxg4 Nxg4
51.Rh4 Nf6 52.Rb4 Kd7 53.Rxb5 Kc7 54.Kg2 Ne4 55.Kf3 Nc3 56.Ra5 Kb8 57.b4 f5
58.Ke3 b6 59.Ra3 Nxd5+ 60.Kd4 Nxb4 61.Rb3 Nc6+ 62.Kd5 Kb7 63.Kxd6 Nd4 64.Rb4 Nc6
65.Rf4 Na5 66.Rxf5 Nc4+ 67.Kd7 Ne3 68.Rh5 Nc4 69.Rh4 b5 70.Rh6 Ne5+ 71.Ke6 Nd3
72.Kd5 Nb4+ 73.Kc5 Nxa2 74.Rb6+ Ka7 75.Rxb5 Nc3 76.Rb4 Ka6 77.Rc4 Ne2 78.Ra4+ Kb7
79.Re4 Ng3 80.Rg4 Nf5 81.Rg5 Nh4 82.Kd5 Nf3 83.Rg2 Nh4 84.Rg7+ Kc8 85.Ke4 Kd8
86.Rg4  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Burger, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Bf4 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 a5 11.O-O d6 12.Rad1 Nd7 13.e4 Qc8 14.Qc2 Qb7 15.Rd2 c6
16.e5 d5 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 g6 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Rd3 Rfc8 21.Qd2 Nf8 22.Rh3 Rc6
23.Rf3 Rc7 24.Qf4 Ra7 25.Rh3 Qc8 26.Rh6 Qd8 27.h3 Ra8 28.Re1 Rac8 29.Kh2 Qe7
30.Re3 b5 31.Rf3 Qd8 32.Qh4 b4 33.axb4 axb4 34.Rf6 Re7 35.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Arnason, Arni A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.c5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Nf3 a6 10.Qd2 g5 11.h3 Bg7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.Be2 Bd7 14.O-O Rad8 15.a3 Be8
16.Rfe1 Qe7 17.b4 Qc7 18.Bf1 Ra8 19.Ne2 f5 20.Qe3 Bf7 21.Nc1 Qe7 22.Ne5 Bxe5
23.dxe5 Bh5 24.f3 Qg7 25.Rd2 f4 26.Qc3 Bg6 27.Nb3 h5 28.a4 Rf5 29.Rde2 g4
30.hxg4 hxg4 31.fxg4 Rf7 32.b5 axb5 33.axb5 Nd8 34.Rf2 Be4 35.Nd2 Bg6 36.Ra1 Rc8
37.Qd4 Qh6 38.Ra3 Qg5 39.Raf3 Rh7 40.Qxf4 Qxf4 41.Rxf4 Nf7 42.Rf6 Nxe5 43.Rxe6 Re8
44.Rxe8+ Bxe8 45.Re2 Re7 46.Nf3 Ng6 47.Rxe7 Nxe7 48.Kf2 Kf7 49.Bd3 Nc8 50.Ke3 Na7
51.Ne5+ Kf6 52.b6 Nc6 53.Nxc6 Bxc6 54.Kd4 Kg5 55.Bf5 Kf6 56.g3 Ke7 57.Ke5 Kf7
58.Be6+  1-0

[Event "Somerset op"]
[Site "Somerset"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bf4 Be6
9.Qc2 Nc6 10.Rd1 g5 11.Bg3 g4 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qc8 14.f4 gxf3 15.exf3 c6
16.Bd3 Nd7 17.Qe2 h5 18.h3 h4 19.Bh2 Nc5 20.Bc2 Bf5 21.b4 Bxc2 22.Qxc2 Na6
23.a3 Nc7 24.O-O a5 25.f4 axb4 26.axb4 Nd5 27.Nxd5 cxd5 28.Qxc8+ Rxc8 29.Rxd5 e6
30.Rd4 Bf8 31.Rfd1 Be7 32.Kf1 b5 33.Bg1 O-O 34.Bf2 Rfe8 35.Ke2 Rc2+ 36.R1d2 Rec8
37.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 38.Kf3 Rb2 39.Rd7 Kf8 40.Be3 Bxb4 41.Rb7 Be7 42.Rb8+ Kg7 43.Re8 Ba3
44.Bf2 Rb3+ 45.Kg4 Rb2 46.Bxh4 Rxg2+ 47.Kf3 Rg6 48.Bf6+ Rxf6 49.exf6+ Kxf6
50.Rb8 b4 51.Rb5 Kg6 52.Kg4 Kh6 53.Rb6 Kg6 54.h4 Kf6 55.Rb7 Kg6 56.h5+ Kf6
57.Rb8 b3 58.Rxb3 Bf8 59.Rb8 Bh6 60.Rg8 Bg7 61.Kf3 Bh6 62.Ke4 Bg7 63.Rc8 Bh6
64.Rb8 Bg7 65.Rg8 Bh6 66.Rg1 Bg7 67.Rh1 Bh6 68.Rh4 Ke7 69.Kd4 Kf6 70.Kc5 e5
71.fxe5+ Kxe5 72.Rg4 Ke6 73.Kc6 Ke7 74.Rg8 Ke6 75.Rh8 Bc1 76.Re8+ Kf6 77.Rg8 Ke6
78.Kc5 Ke5 79.Kc4 Bh6 80.Kd3 Bf4 81.Ra8 Kf6 82.Ke4 Bc1 83.Rc8 Bd2 84.Rd8 Bh6
85.Rg8 Ke6 86.Rh8 Bg7 87.Re8+ Kf6 88.Rg8 Bh6 89.Kd5 Bf4 90.Rg4 Bh6 91.Kd6 Kf5
92.Rg8 Kf6 93.Kd7 Bg7 94.Ke8 Bh6 95.Rg2 Bg7 96.Rg1 Bh6 97.Rf1+ Kg7 98.Rxf7+ Kg8
99.Ke7 Bg7 100.h6 Bxh6 101.Kf6 Bg5+ 102.Kg6 Bh4 103.Rf4 Bg3 104.Rg4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.e5 Nd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O Nc6 9.Be4 dxe5
10.dxe5 Nb6 11.Na3 Be6 12.Qe2 Qc8 13.Qb5 Nb8 14.Be3 Na6 15.Rad1 Rb8 16.Ng5 Bg4
17.Rd2 f6 18.Nf3 Bf5 19.Qb3+ Be6 20.Qd1 f5 21.Bc2 Qc6 22.Bb3 Nc7 23.Bxe6+ Nxe6
24.Qb3 Kh8 25.Kf2 g5 26.g3 gxf4 27.gxf4 Bh6 28.Qb5 Qe4 29.Re1 Bxf4 30.Bxf4 Qxf4
31.Qb3 Ng5 32.c4 Nxf3 33.Qxf3 Qxd2+ 34.Re2 Qd4+ 35.Kf1 Rg8 36.Rf2 Nxc4  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.f4 e6 8.h5 Bh7
9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qc7 12.Bd2 O-O-O 13.Qe2 Ngf6 14.O-O-O c5 15.Ne5 Nb6
16.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kogan, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qb3 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 Be7 8.Rd1 O-O
9.Bd3 b5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Qd1 Ne4 15.Ne2 Bd6
16.Bb1 Qe7 17.Ne5 f6 18.Nd3 Rc4 19.a3 a5 20.f3 Ng5 21.Qd2 b4 22.axb4 Bxb4
23.Nxb4 Qxb4 24.Qxb4 Rxb4 25.Nf4 Re8 26.Rf2 Ba6 27.h4 Nf7 28.Rc6 Bc8 29.Rfc2 Rb8
30.Rc7 Ba6 31.R2c6 Bc4 32.Bxh7+ Kxh7 33.Rxf7 Rxb2 34.Rcc7 Rg8 35.Nxe6 Re2
36.Rxf6 Bd3 37.e4 Kh8 38.Rf5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O a6 11.Be3 Be7 12.Rfd1 O-O 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.f3 Re8 15.Bf2 Bf8
16.b4 Qc7 17.Qd2 Qb8 18.Nb3 Ba8 19.Rb1 Ne5 20.c5 dxc5 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.Nxc5 Qc7
23.N3a4 Red8 24.Qb2 Rb8 25.Qa1 Rxb1 26.Qxb1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Bc6 28.Nxa6 Bxa4
29.Nxc7 Bxd1 30.Bxd1 Bxa3 31.Nb5 Bb4 32.Kf1 Nfd7 33.Ke2 Bc5 34.Be1 Nc6 35.Bc3 Bg1
36.g3 h6 37.Bc2 Nb6 38.h3 Bc5 39.Bb3 Bb4 40.Bb2 Na5 41.Ba2 Nc6 42.f4 Na4
43.Ba1 Nc5 44.f5 exf5 45.exf5 Ne4 46.g4 Nd6 47.Nc3 Bc5 48.Bb2 Nb4 49.Bb3 Bd4
50.Kd2 Na6 51.Kd3 Bf6 52.Ba3 Bxc3 53.Bxd6 Bb4 54.Bxb4 Nxb4+ 55.Kc4 Nc6 56.Kd5 Ne7+
57.Kd6 Kf8 58.Bc2 Ng8 59.Be4 Nf6 60.Bc6 Nh7 61.h4 Nf6 62.Bf3 Nh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Na3 Nf6 8.Bxb4 axb4
9.Nc2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Nd2 h5 12.Nf3 Qd6 13.Qd2 e4 14.dxe4 Nxe4 15.Qf4 Qxf4
16.gxf4 Be6 17.Nfxd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bxc4 19.Rfc1 Nd6 20.e3 c5 21.Nb3 Rec8 22.Bxb7 Nxb7
23.Rxc4 Rc6 24.a3 bxa3 25.Rxa3 Rb8 26.Kf1 g6 27.Rc2 Kg7 28.Ra7 Nd6 29.Rxc5 Rxc5
30.Nxc5 Rxb2 31.Ne6+ Kg8 32.Ng5 f6 33.Ne6 Ne4 34.f3 Rf2+ 35.Ke1 Rxf3 36.Ke2 Rf2+
37.Kd3 f5 38.Kd4 Rxh2 39.Ke5 Rg2 40.Ra8+ Kh7 41.Ra7+ Kg8 42.Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.c4 c6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nc3 dxc4
9.bxc4 e5 10.Qc2 Re8 11.d3 Nc5 12.Rfd1 Bf5 13.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.b3 Rd8 12.Bb2 Nb4 13.dxc5 Bd7 14.e4 Bc6 15.Rd6 Nd7
16.Nd5 exd5 17.exd5 Bxd6 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Nh4 Qf4 21.g3 Qg5 22.f4 Qc5+
23.Kh1 Nd5 24.Nf5 N7f6 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.Qh5 Qe7 27.Qg5+ Kf8 28.Be5 Ne4 29.Qh6+ Ke8
30.Qxc6+ Qd7 31.Bxd5 Nf2+ 32.Kg2 Rac8 33.Qxd7+ Rxd7 34.Bc4 Ng4 35.Re1 Rd2+
36.Kh3 f5 37.Bc3+ Kf8 38.Bxd2 Nf2+ 39.Kh4 Ne4 40.Bb4+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Bd3 Nf6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Re1+ Kf8 11.d6 Bb7 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nc6 14.Nb5 h6 15.Bd2 Kg8
16.Bc3 Nh7 17.Nc7 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Kg7 19.Nxa8 Qxa8 20.Bb5 Rc8 21.Rad1 Nf6 22.Bxc6 Qxc6
23.Qxc6 Rxc6 24.c4 Kf8 25.Re7 h5 26.f3 Rc8 27.Kf2 Rd8 28.Re3 Rc8 29.Re7 Rd8
30.a4 Ne8 31.Re3 Rc8 32.g4 hxg4 33.fxg4 Rc6 34.Red3 g5 35.Kg3 Ng7 36.Rd5 Ne6
37.Ra1 f6 38.h4 gxh4+ 39.Kxh4 Kf7 40.Rf1 Ng7 41.g5 Ne8 42.Kh5 Kg7 43.Re1 Nxd6
44.Re7+ Kf8 45.Rxd7 Nxc4 46.Rxa7 Nd6 47.g6 Ne8 48.Rd8 Re6 49.Raa8 Re1 50.Rxe8+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.bxa6 Nxa6 8.Bd2 Qb6
9.e4 e6 10.Nf3 exd5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Be2 Be7 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bc3 Be6 15.Ne5 O-O
16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.Qxd7 Ra7 18.Qg4 Bf6 19.O-O Nb4 20.Bc4 Rfa8 21.Qe4 Qc6 22.Qxc6 Nxc6
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Bd5 Rc8 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Rfc1 Rd6 27.g3 Ra5 28.Rc3 Rd2 29.b3 f5
30.Kg2 Kg7 31.a4 f4 32.gxf4 Kf6 33.Rac1 Rd5 34.Rh3 h5 35.Rg3 h4 36.Rgc3 Ke6
37.Kf3 Kd6 38.Ke3 Ra8 39.Rd3 Rb8 40.Rcd1 Rxd3+ 41.Rxd3+ Ke6 42.Kd2 Kf5 43.Kc3 Rb4
44.Rd2 Kxf4 45.a5 Rb8 46.a6 f5 47.a7 Ra8 48.Ra2 Kg4 49.Kc4 f4 50.Kxc5 Kh3
51.Kd4 f3 52.Ke4 Kg2 53.h3 Re8+ 54.Kf4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D42"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 Nde7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bb7 8.Nd2 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.e4 g5 11.Bf2 Nh5 12.g3 f5 13.Bd3 Qf6 14.Qe2 O-O 15.h4 Ng7 16.Rh2 c5
17.hxg5 Qxg5 18.Rh3 cxd4 19.cxd4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Qa5+ 21.Kf1 h5 22.Kg1 d5 23.cxd5 Qxd5
24.Rf1 Nf6 25.Rh4 Rac8 26.Rf4 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Qd6 28.Be3 Rxf4 29.Rxf4 Rc3 30.Bc4 b5
31.Bb3 a5 32.Qd2 Qb4 33.d5 a4 34.d6 axb3 35.d7 b2 36.d8=Q+ Kh7 37.Rf7 b1=Q+
38.Kf2 Q1xe4 39.Rxg7+ Kxg7 40.Q2d7+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Qe7 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bg3 h5 13.f3 h4 14.Bf2 O-O-O 15.a4 a5
16.Rb1 g4 17.fxg4 h3 18.g3 Rhg8 19.Be2 Ne4 20.Bf3 Nxd2 21.Bxb7+ Kxb7 22.Qxd2 Rxg4
23.Qe2 f5 24.Qf3+ Re4 25.Qh5 Nf6 26.Qxh3 Rg4 27.Qg2+ Ne4 28.Be1 Qd7 29.Rb5 Ka7
30.Rf4 Rdg8 31.Rxg4 Rxg4 32.Qe2 Qc6 33.d5 Qd7 34.dxe6 Qxe6 35.Rd5 Ng5 36.Rd4 c5
37.Rxg4 fxg4 38.e4 Nf3+ 39.Kf2 Qf6 40.Kg2 Qh6 41.h4 gxh3+ 42.Kh1 Ne5 43.Bd2 Qe6
44.Bf4 Nxc4 45.Kh2 b5 46.axb5 Kb6 47.Qc2 Kxb5 48.Qb3+ Ka6 49.Qc2 Na3 50.Qd3+ Nb5
51.Qe3 Kb6 52.e5 d5 53.Qd3 d4 54.c4 Nc3 55.Bd2 Na2 56.Bxa5+ Kxa5 57.Qa3+ Kb6
58.Qxa2 Qxe5 59.Kxh3 Qf5+ 60.Kg2 Qe4+ 61.Kh3 d3 62.Qb2+ Kc7 63.Qg7+ Kc6 64.Qg8 Kd7
65.g4 Qd4 66.Qf7+ Kd8 67.Qf3 d2  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wilder, Michael"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.h3 c6
9.a4 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.g4 h5 12.g5 Nh7 13.h4 exd4 14.Bxd4 Ne5 15.f4 c5 16.Bxe5 dxe5
17.f5 Qxd1 18.Raxd1 Rfd8 19.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O O-O 11.Nbd2 Nce4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Nd2 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7
15.Re1 Nf6 16.Qa4 Rfe8 17.Re2 b5 18.Qc2 Rad8 19.Rae1 Qe6 20.a4 b4 21.cxb4 Rd4
22.Qc3 Qd5 23.f3 h6 24.fxe4 Qd7 25.b3 Rd3 26.Qb2 Rd8 27.Nc4 Qe7 28.Ne5 Qxb4
29.Nxd3 Rxd3 30.Qe5 Rxb3 31.h3 Qxa4 32.Qc5 Rb5 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.e5 Qd4+ 35.Kh1 Nd7
36.Qc2+ Kg8 37.Rd1 Qc5 38.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kramer, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bb7 8.e4 Qe7
9.Bd3 Bxd5 10.Nc3 Bc6 11.O-O d6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 g6 15.Rad1 a6
16.b4 Nd7 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.b5 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Rxa3 20.Nxd6+ Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Bxd6
22.Rd1 Be7 23.Qe4 Ra7 24.Qc6 Ng7 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.b6 Ra3 27.Qxd7+ Kf7 28.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaushansky, Leonid"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 g6 8.Bg2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qb4 a5 11.Qb5 Ra6 12.a4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Rd1 Rc6
16.Qf2 Rxc3 17.bxc3 Nd7 18.Bd2 Bxc3 19.Bxc3 Qxc3 20.Bf1 Rc8 21.Bd3 Nc5 22.Kg2 Bd7
23.Bb5 Bxb5 24.axb5 Nd7 25.Ra2 Ne5 26.Rd5 Rc4 27.Qe2 Qb4 28.Qd2 Rc3 29.Rd4 Qc5
30.Rd5 Qc4 31.Rd4 Qc8 32.Rd5 Nxf3 33.Qe2 Ne5 34.Rd2 b6 35.Ra4 Nc4 36.Rd3 Rxc2  0-1

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Blocker, Calvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 O-O 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.Be2 a6 12.a4 Re8 13.O-O g5 14.Bg3 Ne5 15.Qb1 g4
16.Bxe5 Rxe5 17.Nc4 Rh5 18.Rd1 Bf5 19.Bd3 Bd7 20.a5 Qe7 21.Ne2 Rg5 22.Ng3 Rd8
23.Nb6 h5 24.Nxd7 Nxd7 25.Nf5 Qf8 26.Bf1 Bf6 27.Kh1 Kh8 28.Ra4 Re8 29.Be2 Rg6
30.h3 Ne5 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.g3 Kg8 33.Kg2 Rb8 34.Rh1 b5 35.Re4 Qc8 36.Rh5 Qb7
37.Qh1 Re8 38.Qd1 Bg7 39.Bxg4 Rxg4 40.Rxg4 Nxg4 41.Qxg4 f6  1-0

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McCambridge, Vincent"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 c5 9.dxc5 Nxg3
10.hxg3 dxc5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.O-O-O+ Bd7 13.Be2 Na6 14.Nd2 e6 15.Bf3 Rb8
16.Nde4 Ke7 17.g4 Bc6 18.a3 Rbd8 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.cxb5 Nb8 21.Nd2 b6 22.Nc4 Nd7
23.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rizzitano, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bxc5 8.e3 b6
9.Rd1 Be7 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Qb1 d6 13.Rd2 Rc7 14.Rfd1 Rd7 15.Nb5 a6
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nbd4 Kh8 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.b3 Rg8 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.Nxf3 Qb7
23.Ne1 Rc7 24.Qb2 Rc5 25.Rxd6 Bxd6 26.Qxf6+ Rg7 27.Rxd6 Rc8 28.g3 Qc7 29.Qd4 b5
30.c5 h6 31.Nd3 Kh7 32.b4 a5 33.Rd7 Qb8 34.Nf4 e5 35.Qe4+ Kh8 36.Nh5 f5 37.Qxf5 Rxd7
38.Qxd7 Qc7 39.Qe6 axb4 40.Qxh6+ Kg8 41.Nf6+ Kf7 42.Ne4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 Qe7
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bb7 12.Nd2 e5 13.Rae1 Rfe8 14.Bd3 e4 15.Be2 Nf8
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.f3 Qg5 18.Bd1 f5 19.fxe4 fxe4 20.Rf4 Qe7 21.Bh5 Ne6 22.Rg4 Rf8
23.Nxe4 Kh8 24.h3 a6 25.Bg6 Bc8 26.Rg3 Bd7 27.Qe2 b5 28.Nf2 bxc4 29.Bb1 Ng5
30.Qxc4 Rxf2 31.Kxf2 Rf8+ 32.Kg1 Nxh3+ 33.Rxh3 Bxh3 34.gxh3 Qg5+ 35.Kh1 Qg3
36.Rf1 Qxh3+ 37.Kg1 Qg3+ 38.Kh1 Qh3+ 39.Kg1 Qxe3+ 40.Kg2 Qg5+ 41.Kh1 Qh4+
42.Kg2 Qg4+ 43.Kh2 Qh4+ 44.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kogan, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O h6 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Qc2 d6
9.a4 a6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.e4 Nbd7 13.Re1 c5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.b3 Bc6
16.c4 bxc4 17.Nxc4 Qa8  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.f4 Bb7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.f5 Qb6 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Bd3 h5
16.Kb1 Bh6 17.Qe1 Qc5 18.Rf1 Qe5 19.Qf2 O-O 20.Ne2 Bg7 21.Qf4 f5 22.Qxe5 dxe5
23.Ng3 h4 24.Nh5 fxe4 25.Be2 Bd5 26.g3 Rxf1 27.Rxf1 hxg3 28.hxg3 e3 29.Nxg7 Kxg7
30.Re1 Rf8 31.Bd1 Bf3 32.Kc1 Bxd1 33.Kxd1 Rf3 34.Ke2 Rxg3 35.Kd3 Kf6 36.Rf1+ Ke7
37.Rh1 Kd6 38.Rh8 Rg2 39.Kxe3 Rxc2 40.Ra8 Rc6 41.Rd8+ Kc5 42.Ke4 Kb4 43.Rd2 Rc1
44.Kxe5 Ra1 45.Rd4+ Ka5 46.a3 Re1+ 47.Kd6 Re2 48.Rb4 Kb6 49.Rb3 a5 50.Kd7 a4
51.Rb4 Kc5 52.b3 axb3 53.Rxb3 Re4 54.Rc3+ Kb6 55.Kd6 Re1 56.Rc8 e5 57.Rb8+ Ka6
58.Kc5 Rc1+ 59.Kd5 Re1 60.Kc5 e4 61.Ra8+ Kb7 62.Re8 e3 63.Kxb5 e2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.Bh4 Rfe8
16.Bg3 Qc6 17.Qe2 Qd5 18.c4 Qh5 19.Ne5 Qxe2 20.Bxe2 Nxe5 21.Bxe5  *

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Nd2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.Nc4 O-O 13.e3 Qe7 14.Be2 Bd7 15.a4 Na6
16.Qd2 Nc7 17.e4 b5 18.axb5 Nxb5 19.O-O Nxc3 20.bxc3 Qxe4 21.Nxd6 Qe5 22.Nb7 c4
23.Bxc4 Rfc8 24.Qa2 Rab8 25.Ba6 Rxc3 26.Rae1 Qf6 27.d6 Bf8 28.Qa5 Qd4 29.Rd1 Qf6
30.Nc5 Qe5 31.Qc7 Bg4 32.Qxb8 Rxg3 33.fxg3 Qxc5+ 34.Kh2  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Whitehead, Jay E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Qxe4 c5 10.Be3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Bc3 Bf6 13.b4 cxd4 14.c5 Qc6 15.Qxc6 bxc6
16.Nxd4 a5 17.Bd3 Ba6 18.Be4 O-O-O 19.O-O-O axb4 20.axb4 Nb8 21.Kb2 Bxd4
22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.Bxd4 f6 24.Kc3 Bb5 25.f4 Na6 26.Re1 Nc7 27.Kb3 Rd8 28.Bb2 h6
29.h4 Nd5 30.g3 Rd7 31.h5 Ra7 32.Bxd5 exd5 33.g4 Kd8 34.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wilder, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.Be2 dxe4 6.dxe4 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Qc7
9.c3 Nbd7 10.Re1 a5 11.a4 e5 12.Bf1 Nc5 13.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 Be4 8.Qd1 Bxd2+
9.Bxd2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Bc3 Nbd7 12.Re1 c6 13.Bf1 d5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7
16.f3 Bg6 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Bh3 Nc5 19.Rc1 Ne6 20.e4 Ng5 21.Bg2 dxe4 22.f4 Nf3+
23.Bxf3 exf3 24.Qxf3 Qd5 25.Qxd5 cxd5 26.g4 Be4 27.Bb4 Rfe8 28.Rc7 h5 29.g5 Bf5
30.Kf2 d4 31.Be7 Kh7 32.Rd1 Rac8 33.Rdc1 Kg6 34.Bd6 Be6 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 36.Rxc8 Bxc8
37.Bb8 Kf5 38.Bxa7 b5 39.Bxd4 Kxf4 40.e6 Bxe6 41.Bxg7 Bxa2 42.Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Bc5 8.Be3 Qb6
9.Nce2 Nc6 10.c3 Nf6 11.b4 Bxd4 12.Nxd4 Qc7 13.Rc1 O-O 14.Bg5 Ne5 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.f4 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Kh8 18.Nb3 Rad8 19.Nc5 d6 20.Nxb7 Qxb7 21.Qd4 Qe7 22.a4 d5
23.e5 f5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ra1 Rc8 26.Ra7 Rc7 27.Rfa1 Rfc8 28.h3 Qh4 29.Rxc7 Rxc7
30.Rf1 Rc4 31.Qe3 Qd8 32.Kh2 d4 33.cxd4 Rxd4 34.Rf3 Rxb4 35.Qc5 Rc4 36.Qxb5 Rc2
37.Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Bd7 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 O-O
9.Bg2 d6 10.Nf3 Re8 11.Rd1 Nd7 12.O-O e5 13.Rfe1 e4 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Nf1 d5
16.Ne3 Be6 17.f4 Rad8 18.f5 Bc8 19.c5 h5 20.Rf1 b6 21.Rc1 Ba6 22.Qd2 Rb8
23.b3 c6 24.Rc2 bxc5 25.Rxc5 Qd6 26.Rfc1 Rb6 27.Qe1 Nd7 28.R5c2 Qh6 29.Qf2 Bb7
30.Rc3 a5 31.Nf1 a4 32.e3 Ra8 33.Nd2 Qd6 34.Bf1 Nf6 35.h3 Bc8 36.bxa4 Rxa4
37.Nb3 Ra3 38.Nc5 Rxc3 39.Rxc3 Bxf5 40.Qxf5 Qxg3+ 41.Kh1 Rb2  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.a4 a5 8.Qd2 Na6 9.Rd1 Qc7
10.Be2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bc4 Nh5 13.O-O Nf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Rfe1 Be5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5
17.Qd6 Qg5 18.Rd3 Nc5 19.h4 Qh5 20.Rf3 Be6 21.e5 b6 22.Rxf4 Bxc4 23.Rxc4 Rac8
24.Qf6 Qh6 25.Rd4 Rfe8 26.Rd6 Qf8 27.Ne4 Nxe4 28.Rxe4 b5 29.Rxc6 bxa4 30.c3 a3
31.bxa3 Rxc6 32.Qxc6 Rc8 33.Qf6 Rxc3 34.e6 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 fxe6 36.Qxe6+ Kh8
37.Qe5+ Kg8 38.Qd5+ Kh8 39.Qd4+ Kg8 40.Qd5+ Kh8 41.Qe5+ Kg8 42.Rf4 Qd8 43.Qe6+ Kh8
44.Qe5+ Kg8 45.h5 gxh5 46.Qe6+ Kh8 47.Qe5+ Kg8 48.Qxh5 Rc6 49.Rg4+ Rg6 50.Rxg6+ hxg6
51.Qxg6+ Kh8 52.Qh6+ Kg8 53.Qe6+ Kh8 54.Qe5+ Kg8 55.g4 Qf8 56.Qg5+ Kh8 57.Qe3 Qd6+
58.Kh3 Qd1 59.f3 a4 60.Kh4 Qb3 61.Qe8+ Kg7 62.Qe7+ Kh8 63.f4 Qc4 64.f5 Qb3
65.Kg5 Qg8+ 66.Kh6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Estes Park"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bb2 Be7 8.e3 O-O
9.Qe2 d5 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.Na3 Qc7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nc4 Rfd8 14.a3 b5 15.Nce5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Bf6 17.f4 a6 18.Rac1 Ne7 19.e4 Qb6 20.Qf2 Ng6 21.b4 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Be7
23.Rf1 Rf8 24.Kh1 a5 25.h4 Qa7 26.d3 axb4 27.axb4 Qa2 28.bxc5 Bxc5 29.Rxc5 Rxc5
30.Qxc5 Qxb2 31.Qc7 Bc8 32.Rc1 h6 33.Kh2 b4 34.Rc6 b3 35.Rb6 Qc2 36.Qc4 Rd8
37.Rxb3 Qxc4 38.dxc4 Ba6 39.Rb4 Rc8 40.Bf1 Kf8 41.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nh3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nd2 Kh8 8.Qb3 d6
9.d5 Ne5 10.Nf3 Nxf3+ 11.exf3 c6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Ng5 Qb6 14.f4 d5 15.Be3 Qc7
16.Bd4 h6 17.Nf3 Be6 18.Rfe1 Bg8 19.Ne5 Kh7 20.Qa3 e6 21.c4 Rfc8 22.Rac1 Qb7
23.b3 Bf8 24.Bc5 Bg7 25.Rc2 Nd7 26.Bd6 Nf6 27.Rec1 Ne4 28.cxd5 exd5 29.Rxc6 Rxc6
30.Rxc6 Rc8 31.Rxc8 Qxc8 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Qxa7 e3 34.Qxe3 Qc2 35.Qd3 Qxa2
36.Nc4 Qa1+ 37.Kg2 Qa8+ 38.f3 Qa2+ 39.Kh3 Be6 40.Be5 Bxe5 41.Nxe5 Qxb3 42.Qd6 Kg7
43.Kh4 Qa2 44.h3 Bf7 45.Qd4 Qd5 46.Qxd5 Bxd5 47.g4 Kf6 48.Kg3 g5 49.Nd7+ Kg6
50.Ne5+ Kf6 51.Nd3 Bc4 52.Nb4 Bf7 53.Nc6 Be6 54.Nd4 Bd7 55.Nc2 fxg4 56.hxg4 gxf4+
57.Kxf4 Kg6 58.Nb4 h5 59.g5 h4 60.Nd3 h3 61.Ne5+ Kh5 62.Kg3 Bc8 63.f4 Be6
64.Nd3 h2 65.Nf2 Bd5 66.Kxh2 Kh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Be2 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.Bf3 Bb7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.a3 Qc4 12.Qd3 Nf6 13.O-O h5 14.h3 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5+
16.Rf2 e5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 exf4 19.Re1+ Kd8 20.Qf5 Qd6 21.Qg5 g6 22.Bd1 Re8
23.Rxe8+ Kxe8 24.Rxf4 Ng8 25.c3 Kf8 26.Re4 Nf6 27.Re1 Kg7 28.Bb3 a5 29.Qd2 Re8
30.Rxe8 Nxe8 31.a4 bxa4 32.Bxa4 Nf6 33.Qd4 Kh7 34.c4 Qe7 35.d6 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Ne4
37.Qe5 f6 38.Qe7+ Kh6 39.Bxd7 Qg3+ 40.Kg1 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Qg3+ 42.Kh1 Qf4 43.Bc6 Ng3+
44.Kg1 Qd4+ 45.Kh2 Nf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Qe2 b4 9.Nb1 Nbd7
10.Nbd2 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.O-O Qc7 13.a3 bxa3 14.Rxa3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Bb7 16.c4 Nd7
17.Nd4 Rac8 18.b3 Nc5 19.Qb1 f5 20.exf5 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Qc6 22.f3 gxf5 23.b4 Nd7
24.Re1 e5 25.Bf2 Rf7 26.Rd3 Rg7 27.b5 Qc7 28.b6 Qb8 29.Rc3 Rf8 30.c5 dxc5
31.Bxc5 Rf6 32.Re2 Kh8 33.Kh1 a5 34.Bg1 Ba6 35.Nc4 Qg8 36.Qa2 Rfg6 37.Nxe5 Bxe2
38.Nxg6+ hxg6 39.Qxe2 Kh7 40.Bd4  1-0

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Be7 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.f3 b5 14.Bd3 b4 15.Ne2 Qb6
16.h4 a5 17.g4 Nd7 18.g5 Ne5 19.Qg3 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Ba4 21.gxh6 Bxd1 22.hxg7 Rg8
23.Rxd1 Bf6 24.Bxd6 Qe3 25.Qh2 Rxg7 26.Nf4 Rd8 27.Bc7 Qxf3 28.Rc1 Rd7 29.Bxa5 Rg4
30.Nh5 Bd8 31.Bxd8 Rxd8 32.Qe5 Qxd3+ 33.Ka1 Rg6 34.Nf6+ Kf8 35.Nh7+ Kg8 36.Nf6+ Kf8
37.Nh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qc2 Be4 10.Qd2 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc3 d5 13.Rfd1 Nc6 14.e3 Bh7 15.Qe2 Rc8
16.Rac1 Ne7 17.e4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Qd6 20.c5 bxc5 21.dxc5 Qc6 22.Qe2 Rfd8
23.b3 Rxd1+ 24.Qxd1 Qb5 25.h4 Nf5 26.Bf1 Qb7 27.Bg2 Rd8 28.Qe1 Qb5 29.Qe4 Nd4
30.Rc4 Nxf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Be2 b5 12.Bf3 Rc8 13.Kb1 Na5 14.g4 Nc4 15.Qf2 b4 16.Nce2 Qc7
17.g5 hxg5 18.fxg5 Nh7 19.h4 e5 20.Nf5 g6 21.Nxe7 Kxe7 22.Bc1 Be6 23.Ng3 Qa5
24.b3 Rc5 25.Rhf1 Rhc8 26.Bg4 Na3+ 27.Bxa3 Rxc2 28.Rd2 Rxd2 29.Qxd2 Bxg4
30.Bxb4 Qb6 31.Bxd6+ Qxd6 32.Rxf7+ Ke6 33.Qxd6+ Kxd6 34.Rxh7 Rc3 35.Nf1 Be2
36.Kb2 Rh3 37.Nd2 Kc5 38.Rd7  1-0

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.f3 a6 11.a4 Qc7 12.a5 Nbd7 13.Nh3 Rb8 14.O-O b5 15.axb6 Rxb6
16.Nf2 h5 17.Kh1 Nh7 18.Be3 Ne5 19.Rac1 Qd8 20.f4 Ng4 21.Nxg4 hxg4 22.e5 Bf5
23.Bd3 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 Rxb2 25.Ne4 dxe5 26.f5 Qb6 27.Bxc5 Qb3 28.fxg6 fxg6 29.Rc3 Qb5
30.d6 Nf8 31.Ba3 Qxd3 32.Rxd3 Ra2 33.Rc1 Nd7 34.h3 Re2 35.Nc5 e4 36.Rdd1 Ne5
37.d7 Rd8 38.hxg4 e3 39.Bb4 Ra2 40.Rd5 e2 41.Bc3 Nf3 42.Bxg7 Rc2 43.Ra1 Rxc5
44.Rxc5 Rxd7 45.Rcc1 e1=Q+ 46.Rxe1 Nxe1 47.Bc3 Nd3 48.Rxa6 Rc7 49.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be2 e5 6.Be3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 exd4 8.Bxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 c6 10.O-O-O Qb6 11.Rhe1 Qxd4 12.Rxd4 O-O-O 13.Rdd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Qf4 Rc8 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Qh4 Na5 12.b3 Nh5 13.Nd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nc6 15.Be3 d6
16.Rac1 Qd7 17.Nf3 f5 18.Nd5 e6 19.Nc3 e5 20.Nb5 f4 21.Rxd6 Qb7 22.gxf4 exf4
23.Bd2 Ne7 24.Qh3 Nf5 25.Rd5 Qe7 26.Kf1 Rce8 27.Re1 a6 28.Rxf5 Rxf5 29.Nc3 Nf6
30.Nd4 Ne4 31.Nxe4 Qxe4 32.Nf3 Qc2 33.Qg4 Qxa2 34.e4 fxe3 35.Rxe3 Rxe3 36.Bxe3 Qxb3
37.Qe4 b5 38.Qe8+ Rf8 39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Ne5 Qb1+  0-1

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nd2 e5 6.Ngf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 Qc7
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Re1 Rd8 11.Nc4 f6 12.c3 Be6 13.Qe2 Bf7 14.Nh4 Bf8 15.a5 Re8
16.Nf5 Rad8 17.Be4 Kh8 18.Qf3 Qd7 19.h4 g6 20.Nh6 Be6 21.Qe2 Bg7 22.Bg2 Nde7
23.Bf1 Rf8 24.Be3 Nd5 25.Bc1 Rde8 26.Bg2 Rd8 27.Bf1 b5 28.axb6 axb6 29.Bg2 b5
30.Na5 Ra8 31.Nb3 Nxc3 32.bxc3 Bxb3 33.Rxa8 Rxa8 34.h5 Rd8 35.hxg6 hxg6 36.Qe4 Ne7
37.Qh4 Bxh6 38.Qxh6+ Kg8 39.Ba3 Qa7 40.Bb2 Bf7 41.Be4 Rd6 42.c4 bxc4 43.dxc4 Qa4
44.Qe3 Qxc4 45.Rc1 Qa4 46.Rxc5 Nf5 47.Qe2 Nxg3 48.fxg3 Qd1+ 49.Qxd1 Rxd1+
50.Kf2 Rd2+ 51.Ke3 Rxb2 52.Rc8+ Kg7 53.Rc7 Rb5 54.Bd3 Rb4 55.Be4 Rd4 56.Ra7 f5
57.Bb1 Kf6 58.Ra6+ Kg5 59.Ra7 Bd5 60.Bd3 Bc4  0-1

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nb5 Nf6 14.Nxa7 Bd7 15.c5 Rxa7
16.cxd6 Nc8 17.dxc7 Qxc7 18.Bxa7 Nxa7 19.Qb3 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Nh5 21.Nd3 Qe3 22.Nf2 Qxe2
23.Qxb7 Rf7 24.Qxa7 g4 25.Rfe1 Qb5 26.fxg4 Nf6 27.a4 Qb3 28.a5 f3 29.Qb6 fxg2+
30.Kg1 Qf3 31.Qe3 Qxe3 32.Rxe3 Bf8 33.Rc3 Bb4 34.Rc2 Nxg4 35.a6 Nxf2 36.a7 Nh3+
37.Kxg2 Rg7+ 38.Kh1 Bg4 39.a8=Q+ Bf8 40.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 Bxc3 6.bxc3 d6 7.O-O e5 8.Ne1 Nbd7
9.f3 Ne8 10.e4 f5 11.exf5 Rxf5 12.d4 Rf8 13.Be3 Nef6 14.c5 exd4 15.cxd4 Nd5
16.Bc4 Nf6 17.Bg5 dxc5 18.dxc5 Be6 19.Qb3 h6 20.Bh4 b6 21.Nd3 c6 22.Rfe1 Bf7
23.Qb2 bxc5 24.Ne5 Qb6 25.Qc1 Be8 26.Rb1 Qa5 27.Rb7 Kh8 28.Bf2 Rd8 29.Bb3 Qa6
30.Qxc5 Rg8 31.Rxa7 Qb5 32.Qxb5 cxb5 33.Rd1 Rc8 34.h3 Nc3 35.Rd2 Rf8 36.Be6 Nb1
37.Bxc8  1-0

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 d6 7.d4 Bd7 8.Re1 Nge7
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bb3 b6 13.a4 Kh7 14.Qe2 Qe8 15.Nc4 Be6
16.Ba2 a5 17.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings8788"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 g6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Bf4 Ne4
9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.Rfd1 Re8 12.Rac1 a5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 e5
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Bg2 f5 18.Rd4 Re6 19.Qd2 Qe7 20.e3 Nf7 21.Rc3 Re5 22.Ra3 Qc7
23.h3 Rae8 24.Kh2 R8e7 25.Rdd3 R7e6 26.f4 Rc5 27.Rac3 g5 28.Qd1 Qe7 29.a3 gxf4
30.gxf4 a4 31.Qxa4 Qh4 32.Qd1 Rg6 33.Qf1 Ra5 34.Rd1 Nh6 35.Qe1 Qh5 36.Rcd3 Ra4
37.Rxd6 Rxc4 38.Rd8+ Kg7 39.R8d7+ Nf7 40.R1d2 b5 41.b3 Rc5 42.Qa1+ Kg8 43.b4 Rc4
44.Ra7 h6 45.Rxf7 Kxf7 46.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Emms, John M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.Nf3 Qxc5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 O-O
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Bd4 Ne4 11.Qd3 d5 12.cxd5 Qa5+ 13.Nd2 exd5 14.b4 Qa4 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Qc3 f6 17.e3 Be6 18.Bc4 Qc6 19.Rc1 Bxc4 20.Qxc4+ Qxc4 21.Rxc4 Nc6 22.Bb2 f5
23.Ke2 a6 24.a4 Rac8 25.Rhc1 Na7 26.Rc7 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Rf7 28.Rc5 g6 29.b5 axb5
30.axb5 Rd7 31.Bd4 Kf7 32.h3 h5 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 fxg4 35.Re5 Nc8 36.Rxe4 Nd6
37.Rf4+ Nf5 38.Bc3 Rc7 39.Kd3 Rd7+ 40.Kc4 g3 41.fxg3 Ke6 42.Bd4 g5 43.Re4+ Kf7
44.Re5 Nxg3 45.Rxg5 Ne4 46.Re5 Nd6+ 47.Kc5 Nc8 48.Rf5+ Ke6 49.Rf6+ Ke7 50.Rh6 Kf7
51.Rh7+ Ke6 52.Rh6+ Kf7 53.Rh8 Rc7+ 54.Kd5 Rd7+ 55.Kc5 Rc7+ 56.Kb4 Ke6 57.Bc5 Kd5
58.Re8 Nd6 59.Rd8 Rxc5 60.e4+  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Qe2 h6
9.b3 a5 10.a4 Na6 11.Bb2 Nb4 12.Ne1 Qb6 13.Kh1 Rfd8 14.f4 Ng4 15.Bd4 c5 16.Bb2 c4
17.e4 cxd3 18.cxd3 Qe3 19.Qxe3 Nxe3 20.exf5 Nxf1 21.Nxf1 exf5 22.Ne3 g6 23.Bc3 d4
24.Bxb4 Bxb4 25.Nc4 Rab8 26.Nf3 Bc3 27.Rd1 f6 28.Na3 Rd7 29.Nb5 Rc8 30.Rc1 Rc5
31.Nd2 Rxb5 32.axb5 Bxd2 33.Rc8+ Kf7 34.Rb8 g5 35.Bxb7 Re7 36.Bd5+ Kg6 37.b6 Re1+
38.Kg2 Re2+ 39.Kf1 Re1+ 40.Kf2 Rc1 41.b7 Be3+ 42.Ke2 Rc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.Qd2 exd5
10.cxd5 Re8 11.f3 Kh7 12.g4 Nbd7 13.h4 Ne5 14.Nh3 b5 15.Nf2 b4 16.Ncd1 Ba6
17.O-O Nc4 18.Bxc4 Bxc4 19.Re1 Nd7 20.Kg2 Bb5 21.Bf4 Ne5 22.g5 h5 23.Bg3 Qd7
24.Rc1 a5 25.Ne3 Qe7 26.f4 Nd3 27.e5 Nxe1+ 28.Rxe1 dxe5 29.f5 Qb7 30.Ne4 Qb6
31.Kh2 c4 32.Qf2 Ra7 33.Rd1 Rd7 34.Qf3 c3 35.bxc3 bxc3 36.f6 Bf8 37.Nxc3 Rc8
38.Ne4 Ba4 39.Rd2 Rc1 40.Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Mads Smith"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Re1 Be7 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Bb1 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 dxe5 17.dxe5 Rfe8 18.h4 Qc6 19.Qg3 Qa4 20.h5 Kh8 21.Red1 Nf8 22.h6 Ng6
23.hxg7+ Kxg7 24.Bg5 Bxg5 25.Qxg5 Qf4 26.Qh5 Rc5 27.g3 Qxe5 28.Bxg6 hxg6
29.Qxe5+ Rxe5 30.Rd7 Ra5 31.Rcd1 Rc8 32.Rb7 Rxc3 33.Rdd7 Rf5 34.Rxa7 Rc1+
35.Kg2 Rc2  0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 d5 7.Ne3 Be6 8.Qh5 Qd6
9.Bd2 Nd7 10.O-O-O O-O-O 11.Qh4 Qb6 12.Bd3 Nc5 13.Bf5 Qa6 14.Kb1 d4 15.Bxe6+ Nxe6
16.cxd4 Rxd4 17.Qh3 Ra4 18.b3 Rxa2 19.Bc3 Bc5 20.Nf5 Kb8 21.Nxg7 Nxg7 22.Bxg7 Rg8
23.Rhe1 b6 24.Bc3 Bxf2 25.Rf1 Bc5 26.Qxh7 Qa3 27.Rxf7 a5 28.Be5  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wiedenkeller, Michael"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.d5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.O-O e5 10.Nh4 O-O 11.e4 Re8 12.f4 Nbd7 13.f5 b5 14.cxb5 a6 15.b6 a5 16.Rb1 Ra6
17.Rf2 Rxb6 18.Rxb6 Qxb6 19.g4 h6 20.Bf3 Ba6 21.Rb2 Qa7 22.g5 hxg5 23.Bxg5 Rb8
24.Rg2 Kf8 25.Bc1 Rb1 26.Qd2 Bd3 27.Qg5 c4+ 28.Kh1 Ke8 29.Rg1 Qf2 30.Rg2 Rxc1+
31.Qxc1 Qxh4 32.Rxg7 Qf2 33.Bg2 Qxa2 34.h4 Qb1  0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Qd4 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 d5 11.e5 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.f4 f6 14.O-O fxe5 15.fxe5 Rxf1+
16.Rxf1 Qxe5 17.Qxe5 Nxe5 18.Re1 Nxd3 19.cxd3 Kf7 20.d4 Rb8 21.b3 Bf5 22.Na4 Be4
23.Nc5 Re8 24.Kf2 g5 25.Rc1 Bf5 26.Rc3 Kg7 27.b4 h5 28.Ra3 Rb8 29.Ra4 Bc2
30.Rxa7 Rxb4 31.Rxc7+ Kg8 32.Ke3 Rb2 33.a4 Ra2 34.Rxc6 h4 35.Rd6 Bd1 36.Rg6+ Kf7
37.Rxg5 h3 38.gxh3 Rxh2 39.Rxd5 Rxh3+ 40.Kf4 Ra3 41.Rd7+ Kf6 42.Rd6+ Ke7
43.Ra6 Kd8 44.a5 Be2 45.Re6 Bc4 46.Rc6 Bb5 47.Re6 Bc4 48.Re3 Ra2 49.Rc3 Bf1
50.d5 Bg2 51.a6 Bxd5 52.Rd3 Kc7 53.Rxd5 Kb6 54.Ke4 Ra1 55.Rh5 Re1+ 56.Kd4 Rd1+
57.Kc4 Rc1+ 58.Kb4 Rb1+ 59.Kc3 Rc1+ 60.Kb3 Rb1+ 61.Kc3 Rc1+ 62.Kb2 Rg1 63.Rh8 Rg7
64.Rh5 Rg3 65.Rd5 Rh3 66.Kc2 Rg3 67.Kd2 Ra3 68.Ke2 Rh3 69.Kf2 Rh4 70.Kg3 Rb4
71.Rd8 Rc4 72.Rb8+ Ka7 73.Rb7+ Ka8 74.Rc7 Kb8 75.Rb7+ Ka8 76.Rb5 Ka7 77.Kf3 Rd4
78.Ke3 Rd5 79.Ke4 Rd1 80.Ke5 Rd2 81.Rb7+ Ka8 82.Rd7 Rh2 83.Kd5 Rh6 84.Rd6 Rh5+
85.Kc6 Rh1 86.Rd8+ Ka7 87.Rd7+ Ka8 88.Nd3 Rh6+ 89.Rd6 Rh8 90.Nb4 Rc8+ 91.Kb6 Rb8+
92.Ka5 Rh8 93.Nd5 Rg8 94.Nc7+ Ka7 95.Nb5+ Ka8 96.a7 Rc8 97.Rb6  1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wilder, Michael"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d3 Nc6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.c3 Nge7 8.Na3 O-O 9.Nc2 b5
10.a3 a5 11.O-O Ba6 12.Rf2 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 e6
9.Bg2 c6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe2 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.f4 h5 14.Be3 hxg4 15.hxg4 O-O-O
16.Rad1 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Qc4 Bc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Qxc5 Nxc5 21.b4 Rxd1
22.Rxd1 Nd7 23.b5 Kc7 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Rd4 Nb6 26.Ne4 e5 27.fxe5 fxe5 28.Rd2 Nc4
29.Rd3 Bxe4 30.Bxe4 Rg8 31.Rg3 Nd6 32.Bd3 e4 33.Be2 Nf5 34.Ra3 Nd4 35.Bd1 Rd8
36.Rxa7+ Kb6 37.Re7 Nb5 38.Be2 Nc3 39.Bc4 Kc5 40.Bb3 Kd4 41.g5 Nd5 42.Re6 Nf4
43.Rxc6 Ke3 44.g6 Rd1+ 45.Kh2 Rd2+ 46.Kh1 Rg2 47.Rf6 Rg4 48.Be6 Rg5 49.Kh2 Kf3
50.Bd7 Rh5+ 51.Kg1 Rd5 52.Bc6 Rd1+ 53.Kh2 Rd2+ 54.Kg1 Rxc2 55.Rxf4+ Kxf4
56.g7 Rc1+ 57.Kg2 Rc2+ 58.Kg1 Rc1+ 59.Kg2 Rc2+ 60.Kh1 Rc1+ 61.Kh2 Rc2+ 62.Kh1 Rc1+
63.Kh2 Rc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 Ne7 8.Bf4 Nc6
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.Rhe1 Bc5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 O-O 15.Kb1 d6
16.f4 Qa5 17.Bf1 b4 18.Ne2 Qc5 19.Qxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fong, Juan M"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Be3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nbd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Ne1 Nb4 15.Rxc8 Qxc8
16.Bb1 Nb6 17.a3 Nc6 18.f4 Bxb1 19.Qxb1 Na5 20.f5 Nac4 21.Ng2 h5 22.Nxc4 Nxc4
23.Bc1 hxg4 24.hxg4 Rh3 25.Qc2 Qc6 26.Qf2 Qb6 27.Nf4 Bh4 28.Qe2 Qxd4+ 29.Kg2 Re3
30.Bxe3 Nxe3+ 31.Kh3 Nxf1 32.Qxf1 Bg5 33.Nh5 Qe3+ 34.Kg2 Qe4+ 35.Kh3 Qe3+
36.Kg2 Qxe5 37.Qb5+ Kf8 38.Qxb7 Kg8 39.fxe6 Qxe6 40.Ng3 Bf4 41.Qxa7 Qxg4
42.Qf2 Be5 43.Qf3 Qxf3+ 44.Kxf3 Bxb2  0-1

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gliksman, David N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Na4 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.a3 Be4 11.Bxe4 Nxe4 12.d5 Na6 13.Qe2 Nac5 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.Be3 Bf6
16.Rad1 Qc8 17.Qc2 Qa6 18.Bg5 Qa4 19.Qb1 Qxc4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rd4 Qb3 22.Qc1 f5
23.Qg5+ Kh8 24.Qf6+ Kg8 25.Ng5 Qc2 26.Nxh7  1-0

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lakdawala, Cyrus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 Nbd7
9.Qd2 Nc5 10.f3 Nh7 11.h4 h5 12.g4 hxg4 13.h5 Bf6 14.fxg4 Bh4+ 15.Kd1 Bg5
16.Nh3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 g5 18.Rf1 a5 19.Nf2 a4 20.Nh1 Bd7 21.Ng3 Qb8 22.h6 f6
23.Rf2 Rf7 24.Kc2 Kf8 25.Raf1 Ke7 26.Nh5 Qh8 27.Bd1 Rg8 28.b4 axb3+ 29.axb3 Rg6
30.b4 Na6 31.Kb3 Qc8 32.c5 Rxh6 33.Rg1 Nf8 34.Ra2 Ng6 35.Be2 Nb8 36.b5 dxc5
37.Qxc5+ Kd8 38.Ra8 b6 39.Qa3 Rh8 40.Qa7 Ke7 41.Qa3+ Kd8 42.Qa7 Ke7 43.d6+ cxd6
44.Nd5+ Ke6 45.Bc4  1-0

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.f3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.Ng3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.O-O Na5 12.Qe2 d5 13.cxd5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qxd5 15.e4 Qc4
16.Qe3 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Root, Douglas"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Re8 11.Bf1 Bf8 12.b3 b6 13.Bb2 Bb7 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.Rad1 Nb8
16.Nd5 Nbd7 17.c4 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Nc5 19.Bd3 Qd7 20.Qe2 Nxd3 21.Rxd3 b5 22.Rc3 Rxc3
23.Bxc3 Rc8 24.Rc1 b4 25.Bb2 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 Qc7 27.Bb2 Be7 28.Ne1 Bd8 29.Kh2 a5
30.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O Bxc3
9.Qxc3 Nbd7 10.b3 Qe7 11.Bb2 Rac8 12.Rad1 Rfe8 13.Rfe1 Be4 14.Bh3 c6 15.Nd2 Bf5
16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Qf3 g6 18.Ba3 Qe6 19.e3 d5 20.Rc1 Ne4 21.Qe2 Ndf6 22.f3 Nxd2
23.Qxd2 h5 24.h4 Qd7 25.cxd5 Qxd5 26.Kf2 Re6 27.Re2 Rce8 28.Rce1 Nh7 29.Qd3 Nf6
30.Bb2 Kh7 31.Ba1 Kg8 32.Bb2 Kh7 33.Ba1 Kh6 34.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bf5 15.Re1 a5
16.a3 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Re1 Re8 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Qf4 Be6 22.Bxe6 Qxe6
23.Ne4 Be7 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.dxc5 Nd7 26.b4 axb4 27.Qxb4 Qe8 28.Qxb7 Nxc5 29.Qb1 Qe2
30.Qe1 Qa2 31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Qe3 Qc2 33.Nd4 Qb1+ 34.Kh2 Qg6 35.g3 Nd3 36.Nf3 c5
37.Nh4 Qd6 38.Ng2 g6 39.Qf3 Ne5 40.Qb7 c4 41.f4 Nd7 42.Qb4 Qd3 43.Qe7 Kg8
44.Qe3 Qc2 45.g4 c3 46.a4 Qb2 47.Qd4 Nf8 48.Kg3 Ne6 49.Qe5 Qb3 50.Qe3 Qc4
51.Ne1 c2 52.Nxc2 Qxc2 53.a5 Qc7 54.Qe5 Qxe5 55.fxe5 Kf8 56.Kf3 Ke7 57.Ke4 Kd7  0-1

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Bg2 d6 10.O-O Nxc3 11.Rxc3 e5 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nd2 a5 14.c5 Bd7 15.Nc4 Bb5
16.Qb3 Bxc4 17.Qxb7 Bxe2 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.Qxa8 Na6 20.Qc6 Bxf1 21.Bxf1 Nb4
22.Qxc7 Qxc7 23.Rxc7 Nxd5 24.Rc5 Rd8 25.Rxa5 Kf8 26.Rb5 e4 27.a4 Nf6 28.a5 Rd1
29.a6 Ra1 30.b4  1-0

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qc2 Nb4 7.Qb3 N8c6 8.a3 Be6
9.Qa4 Nd5 10.Ne5 Nxc3 11.dxc3 Qd5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Qxc6+ bxc6 14.Be3 Bb3 15.g3 e5
16.Bg2 Kd7 17.Rc1 a5 18.c4 a4 19.Rc3 Ra6 20.g4 Bg7 21.Be4 Ke6 22.Rg1 Rd8
23.Rc1 Ba2 24.f3 Bf8 25.Bd3 Bg7 26.Bf5+ Ke7 27.Be4 Rb8 28.Bc5+ Ke6 29.Bb4 Bf6
30.g5 Be7 31.c5 Rh8 32.Bd2 Bd5 33.Bd3 Raa8 34.Rg4 Bf8 35.Rb4 h6 36.e4 Bb3
37.Rb7 Rc8 38.Ba6 Ra8 39.Bf1 hxg5 40.Rxc7 Rxh2 41.Rxc6+ Kd7 42.Rb6 g4 43.c6+ Kc7
44.Rb7+ Kc8 45.Be3 Rxb2 46.Ba7 Be6 47.Ba6 Rxa7 48.Rxa7+ Kb8 49.Rxf7 Bd6 50.c7+ Bxc7
51.Rfxc7 gxf3 52.R7c2 Rb3 53.Bc4  1-0

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Qxd5
9.O-O Qh5 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Bd6 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Qg5 14.Qf3 Nd7 15.Rac1 Qb5
16.b3 Nf6 17.Rc5 Qd7 18.Rd1 Rb8 19.Nh5 Nxh5 20.Qxh5 f5 21.Bf3 b6 22.Re5 Qd6
23.Qg5 Bb7 24.Bxb7 Rxb7 25.Qe3 Rf6 26.d5 Rd7 27.h3 h6 28.Qd4 exd5 29.Rxd5 Qxd5
30.Qxd5+ Rxd5 31.Rxd5 a5 32.f4 Kf7 33.Kf2 Kg6 34.Ke3 Rc6 35.Kd3 Kf6 36.g4 g6
37.a3 Re6 38.Rb5 Rc6 39.gxf5 gxf5 40.h4 Kg6 41.Kd4 Re6 42.Kd5 Re3 43.Rxb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.Rc1 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qxf6 gxf6
9.Nf3 b6 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Rxc3 Bb7 12.e3 Rg8 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.f3 f5 15.Kf2 Ne5
16.Be2 d6 17.Rhc1 Ke7 18.Nb3 Rc7 19.Nd4 a6 20.Bf1 Rgc8 21.Ke1 Nd7 22.b4 Ne5
23.Kd2 h5 24.R1c2 h4 25.h3 Nd7 26.Kc1 Nf6 27.Kb2 Nh5 28.Rc1 Kf6 29.Bd3 Rg8
30.R3c2 Bc8 31.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Nxd7 6.d3 Bd6 7.c4 d4 8.O-O Ne7
9.e5 Bc7 10.Nbd2 a5 11.Ne4 h6 12.Qa4 O-O 13.Qb5 b6 14.Bd2 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6
16.Rae1 Ng4 17.Nf2 Nxf2 18.Rxf2 Ng6 19.g3 Rf6 20.Rfe2 e5 21.Kg2 Qc8 22.Nxe5 Bxe5
23.fxe5 Qb7+ 24.Kg1 Re6 25.Re4 Rf8 26.R1e2 Nxe5 27.Rxe5 Qf3 28.Bf4 Rxf4 29.gxf4 Rg6+
30.Rg5 hxg5 31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.f5 Rf6 33.Qe4 Rxf5 34.Qxf3 Rxf3 35.Re6 Rf6 36.Re5 Rf3
37.Re6 Rxd3 38.Rxb6 Rd2 39.Rd6 Rxb2 40.Rd5 Rxa2 41.Rxc5 a4 42.Ra5 d3 43.Rd5 d2
44.Kf1 a3 45.Ke2  0-1

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Qxd5
9.O-O Qh5 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nc6 12.Qd3 Bd6 13.Nf4 Bxf4 14.Bxf4 Rd8 15.Qe3 Nb4
16.Qg3 Nd5 17.Be5 Qh6 18.Qb3 b6 19.Rad1 Ba6 20.Rfe1 f6 21.Bc7 Re8 22.Bxd5 exd5
23.Qxd5+ Kh8 24.Qc6 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rg8 26.Re3 Qg6 27.Qc1 Bb7 28.f3 Qf7 29.b3 Qd7
30.h3 Qxd4 31.Kh2 h6 32.Re7 Rc8 33.Qe1 Kh7 34.Qg3 Rg8 35.Bf4 Qd5 36.Bc1 a6
37.Bb2 Kh8 38.Qc7 Bc8 39.Bxf6 Bxh3 40.Rxg7 Rc8 41.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 Qe7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b3 a5 11.a3 Ra7 12.Qc2 b6 13.Nh4 Bb7 14.d5 g6 15.dxe6 Qxe6
16.Bb2 Be4 17.Bxe4 Qxe4 18.Qc3 Raa8 19.f3 Qe5 20.Qd2 Qe6 21.Rae1 Rae8 22.Ng2 a4
23.e4 axb3 24.Ne3 fxe4 25.f4 Qf7 26.Qd4 h6 27.g4 Kh7 28.Re2 Nc5 29.Rg2 Nd3
30.g5 Nxb2 31.Qxb2 Nd7 32.f5 Ne5 33.Kh1 gxf5 34.gxh6 Qe6 35.Rf4 Re7 36.Rg5 Qxh6
37.Qg2 b2 38.Rf1 Ng4 39.Nxg4 fxg4 40.Rxg4 Rxf1+ 41.Qxf1 Qc1 42.Rh4+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nc6 12.d5 Na5 13.b3 g6 14.a4 Bd7 15.axb5 axb5 16.Nxe5 dxe5
17.d6 Nh5 18.dxe7 Qxe7 19.Be3 Be6 20.Nd2 Nc6 21.Qe2 Rab8 22.Nf3 b4 23.Ra6 Rfc8
24.c4 f6 25.Rea1 Ng7 26.Ne1 Bf7 27.f4 Ne6 28.Nd3 Rb7 29.Qf2 exf4 30.Nxf4 Nxf4
31.Qxf4 Rd7 32.Rf1 Kg7 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qf4 Kg7 35.Qf2 Qe5 36.Bxc5 Be6 37.Be3 Rf7
38.Rb6 Qc7 39.Bf4 Qa7 40.Be3 Qc7 41.Kh1 Ra8 42.Bf4 Qc8 43.Qc5 Bd7 44.Qd5 Qe8
45.e5 Ra5 46.c5 Nxe5 47.Rxf6 Bc6 48.Bxe5 Bxd5 49.Rxf7+  1-0

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.f3 e6 6.fxe4 fxe4 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Nge2 Na5
9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 Bd7 11.Ng3 Bc6 12.O-O Be7 13.Be5 O-O 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Qc4 Qe7
16.Nf5 Qd7 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Bxf6 d5 19.Qc5 Rxf6 20.Rxa7 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Rf8+
22.Kg1 Qf7 23.h3 e3 24.Qd6 e2  0-1

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Bf4 Bh5 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.h3 a6
16.Rfc1 Bg6 17.Bg5 Qb6 18.Bxg6 fxg6 19.Bd2 Bxd2 20.Qxd2 Rac8 21.b4 h6 22.Rc3 Rxc3
23.Qxc3 Nb8 24.Qd3 g5 25.b5 Rc8 26.h4 g4 27.Nh2 h5 28.Nf1 Rc4 29.Rd1 Qc7
30.Ng3 Qf7 31.Qd2 Nd7 32.bxa6 bxa6 33.a5 Nf8 34.Rb1 Qe7 35.Rb8 Qc7 36.Rb1 Qe7
37.Nxh5 Qxh4 38.Ng3 Qh7 39.Rb8 Qc2 40.Qxc2 Rxc2 41.Nh5 Kf7 42.Rb7+ Kg6 43.Nf4+ Kh6
44.Rb8 g5 45.Nxe6 Nxe6 46.Rb6 Rd2 47.Rxe6+ Kg7 48.Rxa6 Rxd4 49.Ra7+ Kg6 50.a6 g3
51.fxg3 Rd1+ 52.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Nbd7 5.e4 Nc5 6.f3 a5 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Nge2 Ne8 10.Ng3 h6 11.Be2 Bg5 12.O-O Qe7 13.Rf2 Bd7 14.Raf1 g6 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Ng7 17.Bd1 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 Qe5 19.Bc2 Rae8 20.R4f3 Bg4 21.R3f2 Qg5 22.Rf4 h5
23.Qf2 Qe7 24.e5 dxe5 25.d6 cxd6 26.Nd5 Qg5 27.Rf6 h4 28.Ne4 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Bf5
30.Rxd6 Rd8 31.Qb6 Rxd6 32.Qxd6 Qd8 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Qxe5 Qb6+ 35.c5 Qe6 36.Qd4 Bxe4
37.Nxe4 Qg4 38.h3 Qh5 39.Rf4 g5 40.Rf6 Re8 41.Nd6 Re7 42.Nf5 Re1+ 43.Kh2 Rd1
44.Qe5 Kh7 45.Rh6+ Qxh6 46.Nxh6 Kxh6 47.Qf6+ Kh7 48.Qxg5 Rd4 49.Qf6 Rc4 50.Qxf7 Rxc5
51.Qxb7 Rg5 52.a4 Kg6 53.b4 axb4 54.Qxb4 Nf5 55.a5 Kh5 56.Qe4  1-0

[Event "Moscow-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Re8 11.Bf1 Bf8 12.b3 a6 13.Bb2 b6 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Rad1 Rc8
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Nb8 18.c4 Nd7 19.Nh2 Rc7 20.Kh1 Bc8 21.f4 exf4 22.Rxe8 Qxe8
23.Re1 Ne5 24.Qxf4 f6 25.a4 Qg6 26.Qf2 Nd3 27.Bxd3 Qxd3 28.Qf3 Qc2 29.Bd4 b5
30.axb5 axb5 31.cxb5 Qd2 32.Rd1 Qg5 33.b6 Re7 34.Nf1 f5 35.Ne3 f4 36.Nc4 h5
37.Rf1 Rf7 38.Be3 Qh4 39.Bf2 Qe7 40.Re1 Qg5 41.Re8 Bg4 42.Qd3 Bf5 43.Qe2 Qg6
44.Kh2 Kh7 45.b7 Rxb7 46.Rxf8 Rxb3 47.Nd2 Rd3 48.Nf3 Rxd5 49.Nh4  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Akhsharumova, Anna M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O Qc7
9.Qb3 a5 10.d5 O-O 11.Nh4 Na6 12.e4 Nc5 13.Qc2 Rac8 14.Nd2 Rfe8 15.Rfe1 d6
16.Rad1 Rcd8 17.dxe6 Nxe6 18.Qb1 g6 19.Nhf3 Qc5 20.h3 Ng5 21.Nxg5 Qxg5 22.Kh2 Nd7
23.f4 Qh6 24.Nb3 Qf8 25.Nd4 Nc5 26.Nb5 Qe7 27.e5 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 dxe5 29.Rxe5 Qf6
30.Rd6 Re6 31.Rexe6 Nxe6 32.Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.Qc2 Qa8+ 34.Kh2 Qf3 35.Qd2 h5 36.h4 Nc5
37.Qd8+ Kh7 38.Qc7 Qe2+ 39.Kg1 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Qc2+ 41.Kg1 Qb1+ 42.Kg2 Qxb2+
43.Kf3 b3 44.Qxf7+ Qg7 45.Qxg7+ Kxg7 46.axb3 Nxb3 47.Ke3 Kf6 48.Nc3 Kf5 49.Na4 Nc5
50.Nxb6 a4 51.Nd5 a3 52.Nb4 Ne4 53.Kd4 Nxg3 54.Kd5 Ne2 55.c5 Nxf4+ 56.Kc4 g5
57.c6 Ne6 58.Nc2 gxh4 59.Kb3 Ke4 60.Nxa3 h3  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bg5 Bxc5 8.Rd1 b6
9.e4 Qc7 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Qd2 Ne5 12.Be2 a6 13.O-O Ng6 14.Ne1 Rd8 15.Kh1 Bf8
16.f4 Bh6 17.Nd3 Bb7 18.Qe1 f5 19.exf5 exf5 20.Nb4 Re8 21.Nbd5 Qd8 22.Qg3 Kh8
23.Bd3 Nxf4 24.Rxf4 Rg8 25.Qf2  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.e4 Na5 8.Qc2 Bb4
9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Rc8 12.Qd1 Ng4 13.a3 Qf6 14.Rb1 Nc6 15.b4 Bd6
16.Bb2 Qh6 17.Re1 Bb8 18.Bf1 O-O 19.h3 Nge5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.f4 Ng6 22.Nf3 Nxf4
23.gxf4 Bxf4 24.Qe2 f5 25.e5 g5 26.Bg2 g4 27.Nh2 Bxg2 28.Qxg2 Rxc4 29.Rbd1 Kh8
30.Rxd7 Rg8 31.h4 Be3+ 32.Kh1 g3 33.Rxe3 Qxe3 34.Nf3 Rf4  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Rd1 Qa5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 e5 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.Ne4 Ned5
16.Bc4 Be6 17.Nbc5 Nb4 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Qe4 f5 20.Qh4 Bxc4 21.Nd7 Qg6 22.Qxc4 Nc6
23.Nxf8 Rxf8 24.f4 Qf6 25.Rd7 e4 26.Qc3 Qxc3 27.bxc3 Na5 28.Rfd1 Nc4 29.Kf2 Rb8
30.Rd8+ Rxd8 31.Rxd8+ Kg7 32.Rd7 Nb2 33.Ke2 b6 34.Rxa7 Kf6 35.Rc7 b5 36.Rb7  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bb5 e5 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd5 Nf6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nxe7+ Nxe7
9.h3 Ng6 10.O-O d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Re1 a6 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bb3 Qd6 15.Ng5 Bb7
16.Qf3 Qd7 17.Ne4 Rac8 18.Be3 Ndf4 19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.Qg3 Kh8 22.d4 cxd4
23.cxd4 exd4 24.Kh2 d3 25.Rc1 Qb8 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Ng5 Bd5 28.Bxd5 Nxd5 29.Nxf7+ Kg8
30.Nd6 Rd8 31.Ne4 Qxg3+ 32.Kxg3 Nb4 33.a3 Nc6 34.Rd1 Ne5 35.b3 Rd4 36.Kf4 Ng6+
37.Ke3 Rd7 38.g3 Ne5 39.f4 Nc6 40.Rxd3 Re7 41.b4 a5 42.Rc3 Re6 43.f5 Rh6
44.f6 axb4 45.Rxc6 bxa3 46.Rc8+ Kf7 47.Rc7+ Kf8 48.fxg7+ Kg8 49.Ra7 b4 50.Kd4 Rg6
51.Kc4 Re6 52.Kd5 Rg6 53.Nd6 b3 54.Rxa3 b2 55.Rb3  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O h6
9.Bd2 e5 10.d5 Nc5 11.Qc2 a5 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.Rfd1 Bg4 15.Na4 Rfd8
16.Ne1 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Bf8 18.Rac1 Qc7 19.b3 b6 20.Nd3 Re8 21.Nc3 Rad8 22.dxc6 Qxc6
23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.cxd5 Qf6 25.Nb2 h5 26.Rc3 Rb8 27.Rf3 Qd8 28.Qb5 Bd6 29.Nc4 Re7
30.Rf6 Rd7 31.Rd3 Rbb7 32.Rdf3 Kg7 33.h3 Qxf6 34.Rxf6 Kxf6 35.Qc6 Ke7 36.Nxd6 Rbc7
37.Qxb6  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wilder, Michael"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.d5 Nb8 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nbd7 8.Bf4 g6
9.O-O-O Bg7 10.g4 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Qc8 14.Bd4 O-O 15.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Weldon, Charles"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.Qxd5 Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 g6 11.h4 Nb4 12.Qg5 Qxg5 13.hxg5 d5 14.Rh4 f6 15.gxf6 Rxf6
16.Ke2 c4 17.Kd2 Nxd3 18.cxd3 g5 19.Rh5 h6 20.Ne5 Rxf2+ 21.Kc3 Kg7 22.dxc4 dxc4
23.Rd1 Be6 24.Rd6 Rf6 25.Rh1 Re8 26.g4 b5 27.Ra6 Re7 28.Kd4 Rf2 29.Nc6 Rd7+
30.Kc5 Rd5+ 31.Kb4 Rxb2+ 32.Kc3 Re2 33.Rxa7+ Rd7 34.Rxd7+ Bxd7 35.Ne5 Be6
36.a4 bxa4 37.Ra1 a3 38.Kd4 Rd2+ 39.Kc3 Re2 40.Kd4 a2 41.Nxc4 Bxg4 42.Kd3 Rh2
43.Kd4 Be6 44.e4 Rc2 45.Ne3 Rb2 46.Nd5 Bf7 47.Ke5 Rd2 48.Rc1 Rb2 49.Ra1 h5
50.Kf5 g4 51.Kf4 Kg6 52.Ne7+ Kf6 53.Nd5+ Bxd5 54.exd5 Rb4+  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qc7 11.Bd2 e6 12.O-O-O Ngf6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.g4 O-O-O
16.Qe4 Nb6 17.Kb1 Rd5 18.Qe2 c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Bc1 Qc6 21.c4 Rd7 22.b3 Be7
23.Bf4 e5 24.Bc1 Rhd8 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Rd1 Bf8 27.Nh4 Nc5 28.Rxd8+ Kxd8 29.Nf5 Qh1
30.Kc2 Ke8 31.f3 Ne6 32.Qd1 Qg2+ 33.Kb1 e4 34.fxe4 Qxe4+ 35.Ka1 Bc5 36.Bb2 Nf4
37.Bxf6 Nd3 38.a4 a5 39.Bc3 b6 40.Ng7+ Kf8 41.Nf5 Ke8 42.Ng3 Qe3 43.Qe2 Qxe2
44.Nxe2 Nf2 45.g5 Ng4 46.gxh6 Nxh6 47.Bd4 Ke7 48.Kb2 Nf5 49.Bxc5+ bxc5 50.Nf4 Nd6
51.Kc2 Kf6 52.Kd2 Kg5 53.Nd3 Nb7 54.Ke3 f5 55.Kf3 Kxh5 56.Kf4 Kg6 57.Ke5 Kg5
58.Kd5 f4 59.Kc6 Nd8+ 60.Kxc5 f3 61.Kd5 Kf5 62.c5 Ne6 63.Kd6 Ke4 64.Nf2+ Ke3
65.Nh1 Kd4 66.Kxe6 Kxc5 67.Kd7 Kb4 68.Kc6 Kxb3 69.Kb5  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Watson, William N"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bf4 d6 7.Bg3 Nf6 8.Be2 Be7
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 Nd5 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Ne4 Bc7 13.c4 Nf4 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.O-O-O+ Ke7
16.Bf3 Ra7 17.Nc5 Ng6 18.Bxc7 Rxc7 19.Rhe1 Rd8 20.Rxd8 Kxd8 21.Rd1+ Ke7 22.g3 f6
23.Kc2 Ne5 24.Be2 Nf7 25.Kb3 a5 26.Ka4 e5 27.Kxa5 Ra7+ 28.Kb4 Nd6 29.a4 Nf5
30.Bg4 Ra8 31.Bxf5 Bxf5 32.a5 Bc8 33.Na4 Bg4  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.b3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.c3 Bc5
9.Qh5 Bb6 10.Ba3 d6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qxe5 f6 13.Qe4 Kf7 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qxc6 Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 b6
9.O-O Bxc3 10.Qxc3 Ba6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.Bxb7 Nxb7 13.b3 d5 14.Bb2 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Qd5
16.Rad1 Qh5 17.Ne5 Rfc8 18.Qd4 Qxe2 19.Rfe1 Qh5 20.Nd7 Ne8 21.Re5 Qg6 22.h4 h6
23.h5 Qc2 24.Rd2 Qb1+ 25.Rd1 Qc2 26.Rd2 Qb1+ 27.Rd1 Qxa2 28.Re2 Qxb3 29.Rd3 Qb5
30.Ne5 Rd8 31.Qf4 f6 32.Qg4 Nc5 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Ng6 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Qd7 36.Ba3 Nc7
37.Bxc5 bxc5 38.Rb2 Qd8 39.Ne7+ Kh8 40.Nc6  1-0

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 c5
9.Ng3 d6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.a4 Qc7 13.e4 c4 14.Bc2 Nc5 15.Qd4 Bd7 16.Qxc4 b5
17.Qd4 Ng4 18.h3 Ne5 19.f4 Nc4 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Nh5 Na6 23.b3 Na5
24.Bb2 b4 25.Nd1 Qxc2 26.Nf6+ Kh8 27.Nxd7 Nxb3 28.Qb6 Be7 29.Qc6 Qxc6 30.dxc6 Nd2
31.Rf2 Nc4 32.Rc2 Nxb2 33.Nxb2 Nc7 34.Nd3 d5 35.exd5 Nxd5 36.N3e5 Kg8 37.Rd2 Nc7
38.Kh2 f6 39.Nc4 Kf7 40.Ndb6 Rd8 41.Ra2 Rd4 42.Ra7 Bd8 43.Ra4 Be7 44.Ra7 Bd8
45.Ra4 Rxf4 46.Rxb4 Rd4 47.Rb1 Ne6 48.Ra1 h5 49.Kg1 Bc7 50.Rc1 Bf4 51.Rc2 Rd1+
52.Kf2 h4 53.Nb2 Bg3+ 54.Ke3 Bf4+ 55.Kf2 Bg3+ 56.Ke3 Rd4 57.Nd3 Bc7 58.Na8 Ra4
59.Nxc7 Nxc7 60.Kf3 Ke7 61.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.Qh5 Bb6 7.d3 Ne7 8.f4 c6
9.Bc4 d5 10.Bb3 Bc7 11.f5 Be5 12.Nd2 Bf6 13.Nf3 g6 14.Qh6 Ng8 15.Qf4 gxf5
16.exf5 Ne7 17.Nxd4 Rg8 18.Be3 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Bxf5 20.Rae1 Be6 21.c3 Kd7 22.Bf6 Rg4
23.Qf3 Qg8 24.Bd1 Rg6 25.Bxe7 Kxe7 26.d4 Kd7 27.Bc2 Rg5 28.Re2 h5 29.Re5 Rxe5
30.dxe5 Qg4 31.Qxg4 hxg4 32.Kf2 Rg8 33.Kg3 Rg5 34.Re1 Ke7 35.b4 b6 36.a3 Kd7
37.Re2 Kc7 38.Bd3 Rh5 39.Re3 a5 40.Be2 axb4 41.axb4 Rg5 42.Kf4 Rf5+ 43.Kxg4 Rxe5+
44.Kf4 Rf5+ 45.Kg3 Kd6 46.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.c3 d5 6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2 Nge7 8.e4 O-O
9.Re1 b6 10.a4 Bb7 11.exd5 exd5 12.Nb3 h6 13.d4 c4 14.Nbd2 Qd7 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Rad8 17.Nf3 Nc6 18.Be3 Rfe8 19.Bd4 Qc7 20.Re3 Bc8 21.h3 Re7 22.Qe2 Bf5
23.Re1 h5 24.Ng5 Bd3 25.Qf3 Nxd4 26.cxd4 Bh6 27.h4 Bf5 28.Qd1 Qc6 29.Bf3 Rb8
30.b3 c3 31.Qa1 Rc8 32.Qa3 Bf8 33.b4 c2 34.Rc1 Rec7 35.Qb3 Rd8 36.Be2 Qd7
37.Bd3 Rdc8 38.Bxf5 Qxf5 39.Rf3 Qg4 40.e6 fxe6 41.Qd3 Kg7 42.Rxc2 Bd6 43.Rxc7+  1-0

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 c5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Rfd1 Nc5 12.Qc2 Qc8 13.Ne1 Rd8 14.Bd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Bxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 h6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.Ne1 a5 10.e4 Bg6 11.Rb1 Na6 12.Qe2 a4 13.e5 Nd7 14.f4 Qa5 15.Ndf3 a3 16.Ba1 Bb4
17.Kh1 Bc3 18.Qd1 Bxa1 19.Rxa1 Nb6 20.Nd4 c5 21.Ne2 c4 22.d4 Nc7 23.g4 Bh7
24.Qc1 f6 25.exf6 Rxf6 26.Qe3 Raf8 27.Kg1 Nb5 28.h4 Nd6 29.h5 Kh8 30.Ng3 Nd7
31.g5 hxg5 32.fxg5 Rxf1+ 33.Bxf1 Nf5 34.Nxf5 Bxf5 35.Rd1 Qc7 36.Rd2 cxb3
37.cxb3 Qc1 38.Bb5 Nb8 39.h6 gxh6 40.g6 Kg7 41.Qe5+ Rf6 42.Rf2 Nc6 43.Bxc6 Qxc6
44.Nd3 Qe8 45.Nf4 Qd8 46.Nh5+ Kxg6 47.Qg3+  1-0

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 Nf6 2.d3 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 6.dxe4 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.h3 Be6
9.a3 a6 10.O-O Qxd1 11.Raxd1 Rfd8 12.Rxd8+ Rxd8 13.Rd1 Rxd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 b6 8.g3 Bb7
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O h6 11.b4 Be4 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Rfd1 c6 14.Bf1 Rfc8 15.Nd2 Bg6
16.Bg2 d5 17.a4 a6 18.Re1 a5 19.bxa5 Rxa5 20.Rec1 Kh7 21.e3 Rca8 22.cxd5 cxd5
23.Qb3 Ne4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4+ dxe4 26.Rc7 Qd6 27.Rac1 R8a7 28.Rxa7 Rxa7
29.Ba3 Qb8 30.d5 Qe5 31.dxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxe6 fxe6 33.Bd6 Kg6 34.Rc4 Kf5 35.h3 e5
36.Bc7 h5 37.Kg2 Ra5 38.Rb4 Ra6 39.Kf1 g6 40.Rc4 Ra8 41.Rb4 Ra6 42.Kg2 Nc5
43.Rxb6 Rxb6 44.Bxb6 Nxa4 45.Bc7 Nc5 46.g4+ hxg4 47.hxg4+ Kxg4 48.Bxe5 Nd3
49.Bf6 Ne1+ 50.Kf1 Nf3 51.Kg2 g5 52.Bd8 Nh4+ 53.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Allan, Denis"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 a6 8.O-O Bd6
9.b3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qc7 11.Nf3 Be6 12.Bb2 O-O 13.g3 Rfe8 14.Rc1 Rad8 15.Ng5 Qe7
16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.Bf3 Be5 18.Re1 Qf5 19.Na4 h5 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Be2 h4 22.Nc3 Nfg4
23.Bxg4 Nxg4 24.Rc2 hxg3 25.hxg3 d4 26.exd4 Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 Qxc2  0-1

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Rd1 c5 13.Na2 Ba5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Qc2 Ncd7
16.b4 Bc7 17.Ba3 Qb8 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Qb3 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.g3 Rxc1 22.Nxc1 h5
23.b5 h4 24.Ne2 Qe8 25.gxh4 Rc8 26.Bb2 Bxb2 27.Qxb2 Rc4 28.Rd4 Rc5 29.Qd2 Rc8
30.Ng3 a6 31.Qd3 axb5 32.axb5 Nd5 33.Rg4 Nf6 34.Rd4 Nd5 35.Nh5 Rc3 36.Qe2 Qa8
37.Qg4 Qa1+ 38.Rd1 Rc1 39.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 40.Kg2 Qb2 41.Qg5 f5 42.Qg6 Qe5 43.Qe8+ Kh7
44.Nf4 Nxf4+ 45.exf4 Qd5+ 46.Kg3 Qd1 47.h3 Qg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6 6.Nc3 Bc7 7.Nd2 d6 8.Nc4 a6
9.a4 Nbd7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.e4 Re8 12.Bd3 Rb8 13.Ne3 h6 14.Bh4 Ne5 15.O-O Bd7
16.Bc2 Ng6 17.Bg3 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.f3 c4 20.Ne2 Nh5 21.Bf2 Bb6 22.g3 Ne5
23.Kg2 b4 24.Re1 Rc8 25.Ng1 Nf6 26.Rc1 Bc5 27.Nf1 Bxf2 28.Kxf2 Qb6+ 29.Kg2 Ra8
30.Bb1 Rec8 31.Ne3 c3 32.b3 Ra3 33.h3 Bb5 34.f4 Ned7 35.Nf3 Re8 36.Nf5 Nc5
37.e5 dxe5 38.fxe5 Nxd5 39.Qxd5 Bc6 40.Qd4 Rxb3 41.e6 f6 42.e7 Bxf3+ 43.Kxf3 c2+
44.Kg4 Qc6 45.Kh5 cxb1=Q 46.Rxb1 Qf3+ 47.Kg6 Rd3 48.Qxc5 Rd5 49.Rf1 Rxf5
50.Qxf5 Qxg3+ 51.Kh5 Rxe7 52.Rg1 Qc3 53.Rbc1 Re5 54.Rxc3 Rxf5+ 55.Kg6  1-0

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c6 8.f3 a6
9.Nh3 b5 10.Nf2 bxc4 11.Bxc4 d5 12.Bb3 dxe4 13.fxe4 c5 14.e5 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Nh5
16.Qe4 Rb8 17.Nd3 Bb7 18.Qe2 Qc7 19.O-O Nxe5 20.Rae1 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Rbd8 22.Qe2 Qc5+
23.Be3 Bd4 24.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 25.Qf2 e6 26.Rd1 Qxf2+ 27.Rxf2 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Rd8
29.Bxh5 gxh5 30.Rf4 Rd2 31.Rf2 Rd4 32.g3 Kg7 33.Re2 h4 34.Kf2 hxg3+ 35.hxg3 h5
36.Ke3 e5 37.Rd2 Rxd2 38.Kxd2 Kg6 39.Ke3 Kg5 40.b4 f5 41.Na4 Kg4 42.Kf2 e4
43.Nc3 e3+ 44.Kxe3 Kxg3 45.Ne2+ Kg4 46.Nf4 h4 47.a4 Bc6  0-1

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 Bb4
9.f4 d5 10.e5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ne4 12.Bd3 Na5 13.Qe1 Bd7 14.Ba3 Qxc3 15.Qxc3 Nxc3
16.Bb4 Nb5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bxa5 O-O 19.a4 Nd4 20.Bb6 Nc6 21.Rab1 Rfc8 22.Rfe1 Ne7
23.Bd4 Rc7 24.a5 Be8 25.Bb6 Rcc8 26.Be3 Bb5 27.g4 Bxd3 28.cxd3 Rc7 29.Bb6 Rc2
30.Bg1 Rb8 31.Ba7 Rf8 32.Rxb7 Ng6 33.f5 Nh4 34.Rf1 exf5 35.g5 Rf7 36.Rb8+ Rf8
37.Rb4 Ng6 38.Bb8 Re2 39.Bd6 Rc8 40.d4 f4 41.Rb8 Rxb8 42.Bxb8 Re4 43.Rc1 Nh4
44.e6 Rxe6 45.Bxf4 Nf3 46.Bg3 Rg6 47.Kg2 Nxd4 48.Rd1 Nf5 49.Bf4 Ne7 50.h4 Rc6
51.h5 Kf7 52.Be5 Nf5 53.Rb1 Ke6 54.Rb6 Kd7 55.Rb7+ Ke6 56.Bxg7 Nxg7 57.g6 Rc2+
58.Kf3 hxg6 59.Rxg7 gxh5 60.Rg6+ Ke5 61.Rxa6 Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nbd2 d6 6.c3 Nd7 7.e3 Qd8 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 b6 11.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Be2 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bd7 12.f4 Bc6 13.g4 Nd7 14.Bf3 b5 15.h4 Qa5
16.a3 Rb8 17.Qd2 Nc5 18.Rhe1 b4 19.Na2 Bxe4 20.Bxc5 Bxf3 21.Bxb4 Qd8 22.Bxd6 Bxd1
23.Rxd1 Rb6 24.Bxe7 Qxd2+ 25.Kxd2 Kxe7 26.Nb4 g5 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.h5 f5 29.gxf5 Rd6+
30.Nd3 exf5 31.c4 Rxh5 32.c5 Rd8 33.b4 Rh4 34.Kc3 Re4 35.a4 a5 36.b5 Rxa4
37.Re1+ Re4 38.Rxe4+ fxe4 39.Ne5 Ke6 40.Nc6 Rd1 41.b6 e3 42.Nd4+ Kd5 43.b7 Rb1
44.Nb3 e2  0-1

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Bouaziz, Slim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.Qd2 exd5
10.cxd5 Re8 11.f3 a6 12.Bxh6 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qxh6 15.Qxh6 Bxh6 16.Nf6+ Kf8
17.Nxe8 Kxe8 18.f4 Nd7 19.Bf3 c4 20.Ne2 Nc5 21.Nc3 Nd3+ 22.Kd2 Nxb2 23.Rab1 Nd3
24.Ne4 Kd7 25.Be2 Nc5 26.Nxc5+ dxc5 27.Rb6 Bf8 28.Rhb1 Bd6 29.Bg4+ f5 30.Be2 Bc7
31.Rxg6 b5 32.Kc2 Bb7 33.Bxc4 Rh8 34.h4 Kc8 35.Bd3 Bxd5 36.Bxf5+ Kb7 37.Rd1 Bc6
38.Re1 b4 39.Be4  1-0

[Event "Szirak Interzonal"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.d4 dxc4 8.Ne5 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 11.O-O Bb7 12.Qa4 Qxd4 13.Bxb7 Rxb7 14.Rd1 Qc5 15.Kg2 Rfb8
16.h3 Nd5 17.Ne4 Qb5 18.Qxb5 Rxb5 19.Rd4 Nb6 20.a4 Rd5 21.Be3 a5 22.Nc3 Rxd4
23.Bxd4 Bb4 24.Be5 Bd6 25.Bd4 Kf8 26.Nb5 e5 27.Bxb6 Rxb6 28.Rc1 Rc6 29.b3 Ke7
30.bxc4 Bb4 31.e3 Kd7 32.f4 Bc5 33.Kf3 e4+ 34.Ke2 Rh6 35.h4 c6 36.Rd1+ Kc8
37.Nd4 Rd6 38.g4 Kc7 39.h5 Rd8 40.Nf5 Rxd1 41.Kxd1 g6 42.Nd4 gxh5 43.gxh5 Bxd4
44.exd4 f5 45.Ke2 c5 46.d5 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd7
9.Qe2 Bc6 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Bd2 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glueck, David"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Bf1 Nec6 7.c3 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 g6
9.Bb5 Bg7 10.d3 O-O 11.Na3 d6 12.Qg3 Na5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bd2 a6 15.Ba4 b5 16.Bd1 Rb8
17.b4 cxb4 18.cxb4 Nc6 19.Rb1 Kh8 20.h4 f5 21.h5 gxh5 22.Bxh5 e5 23.exf5 Bxf5
24.Bg4 Qd7 25.Bxf5 Qxf5 26.Nc2 Rf6 27.Rb3 Rbf8 28.Rf1 Bh6 29.Be3 Rg8 30.Qh2 Bf4
31.Bxf4 exf4 32.Rc3 Ne5 33.Nd4 Qg5 34.Rc7 Rh6  0-1

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hinchey, C."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Qc2 b6 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Bd3 Na5 14.e4 h6 15.dxc5 Qxc5
16.Be3 Qh5 17.Bd4 Nd7 18.Nd2 Nc6 19.Be3 Rfd8 20.f4 Rac8 21.Be2 Qh4 22.Bf3 e5
23.g3 Qe7 24.Qb2 Nc5 25.Be2 exf4 26.Bxf4 Ne5 27.Qc2 Ned3 28.Bxd3 Nxd3 29.Re3 Qc5
30.Nb3 Qxc3 31.Qxc3 Rxc3 32.Nd2  0-1

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Nf3 Bc5 8.Bd3 b5
9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Be3 Nb4 11.a4 Nxd3+ 12.cxd3 b4 13.Nd1 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Rc8 15.Qd4 Qxf4
16.O-O f6 17.Qxb4 Ba8 18.Qb6 Ne7 19.Qxa6 O-O 20.Qa7 Rc7 21.Qe3 Qxe3+ 22.Nxe3 Rb8
23.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d6 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 e5 13.d5 Nd8 14.c5 Nf7 15.cxd6 cxd6
16.Rac1 f4 17.Qc7 Qf6 18.b4 Bg4 19.h3 Bh5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Nd2 Rae8 22.Qxb7 e4
23.Rc4 f3 24.exf3 exf3 25.Nxf3 Bd3 26.Rcc1 Be2 27.Nd2 Qf4 28.Rc2 Bd3 29.Ra2 Re2
30.Qxa7 Ne5 31.f3 Qg3 32.Rf2 Re1+ 33.Nf1 Nxf3+  0-1

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nickoloff, Bryon"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 exd4
9.Bxd4 a4 10.Nc3 a3 11.b3 c6 12.Ne1 O-O 13.Nc2 Bc5 14.Na4 Qe7 15.Nxc5 dxc5
16.Be3 Ne5 17.h3 Bf5 18.Qc1 Ra6 19.Rd1 h6 20.Ne1 Re8 21.Qd2 Be4 22.Nf3 Ng6
23.Qd6 b6 24.Qxe7 Nxe7 25.g4 Ng6 26.Nd2 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Ra7 28.Nf1 Rae7 29.Rd6 h5
30.Rxc6 hxg4 31.Rxb6 Nh4+ 32.Kh2 Nf5 33.Bxc5 Rxe2 34.Rxf6 gxf6 35.hxg4 R8e5
36.b4 Ne7 37.Kg3 f5 38.Ne3 fxg4 39.Nxg4 Nf5+ 40.Kf4 R2e4+ 41.Kf3 Rxc5 42.Nf6+ Kg7
43.Nxe4  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shaine, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A43"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.e5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bxb5 10.Qxd8+ Bxd8 11.Nxb5 O-O 12.Be3 Na6 13.c3 Nd5 14.Bd2 Rf5 15.Nc4 Be7
16.O-O Rd8 17.Nxa7 Nac7 18.a4 Nf4 19.Nb5 Ncd5 20.Rae1 Nf6 21.g3 Nd3 22.Rxe6 Nxb2
23.Nxb2 Rxd2 24.Nc4 Rd7 25.Nb6  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Harris, Derek JE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.h4 b4 12.Nce2 Rb8 13.Ng3 Nc5 14.Kb1 Bd7 15.Be2 Bc6
16.g5 hxg5 17.hxg5 Rxh1 18.Rxh1 Nfd7 19.Rh7 g6 20.Bf2 Nb6 21.Nf1 Nba4 22.Qe3 Bb5
23.Nxb5 axb5 24.Be1 Nxb2 25.Kxb2 Na4+ 26.Kc1 Nc3 27.Bxc3 bxc3 28.Qd4 Qa5
29.Rh8 Kd7 30.Rh7 Ke8 31.Kd1 d5 32.Qf6 Rb7 33.exd5 Rd7 34.Ke1 Qxa2 35.dxe6 Qa1+
36.Kf2 Bc5+ 37.Kg2  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Giles, Morris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 a6 7.g5 Nfd7 8.Be3 b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.Qg4 Ne5 11.Qh3 Nbc6 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.g6 Rc8 14.O-O-O Qf6 15.gxf7+ Qxf7
16.Be2 b4 17.axb4 Nxb4 18.Bg4 Ke7 19.Rhe1 h5 20.Rd4 a5 21.e5 d5 22.Bg5+ Kd7
23.Rf4 Qg6 24.Bxe6+ Kc7 25.Qf5  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.Be3 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 Bb7 14.b3 Ncb6 15.Nbd2 Re8
16.Nf1 exd4 17.cxd4 c5 18.Bb2 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Ne5 20.N3h2 Rc8 21.Qd2 Ned7 22.Bxf6 Qxf6
23.Rad1 Qc3 24.Qxc3 Rxc3 25.Bb1 d5 26.exd5 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Bxd5 28.Re8+ Nf8
29.Bxh7+ Kxh7 30.Rxf8 Rc2 31.Rd8 Bc6 32.Rd6 Nc8 33.Rd2 Rc1 34.Ng4 b4 35.Ne3 Na7
36.Kh2 Nb5 37.Ng3 Nc3 38.Ngf5 g6 39.Nd6 Kg7 40.Ndc4 Bb5 41.Nd6 Bc6 42.Nec4 Bd5
43.Ne5 Rd1 44.Rxd1 Nxd1 45.Ne8+ Kf8 46.Nf6 Be6 47.Nc6 a5 48.Nxa5 Nc3 49.Ne4 Nxe4
50.Nc6 Nxf2 51.Nxb4 Ne4 52.Nd3 Nc3 53.Nc1 Ke7 54.Kg3 Bd5 55.Kf2 Kd6 56.h4 Ne4+
57.Ke3 Ng3 58.Kf2 Ne4+ 59.Ke3 Nf6 60.g3 Nh5 61.Kf2 Ke5 62.Ne2 Nf6 63.Ke3 Ne4
64.g4 Be6 65.Nd4 Bxg4 66.Nc6+ Kd6 67.Nd8 f5 68.Kf4 Ke7 69.Nc6+ Kf6 70.Nb4 Nc3
71.Ke3 Ke5 72.Nd3+ Kd6 73.Kf4 Nd5+ 74.Kg5 Be2 75.Nf2 Bh5 76.Nd3 Nc7 77.Kf6 Kd5  0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd2 c6 7.Rc1 Bg4 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Be2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Nd7 11.O-O Nb6 12.h3 Be6 13.b3 h6 14.Qc2 a5 15.Rfd1 a4
16.b4 Qd5 17.Rd2 Bf5 18.Bd3 Bxh3 19.b5 Bg4 20.Ne5 Bd7 21.Bb4 cxb5 22.Be4 Qe6
23.Bxb7 Rab8 24.Nxd7 Nxd7 25.Qc7 Qb6 26.Bf3 Rfc8 27.Qxc8+ Rxc8 28.Rxc8+ Kh7
29.Rdc2 e5 30.R2c6 Qa7 31.R8c7 Qb8 32.Rxd7 exd4 33.exd4 Qf4 34.Rcc7 Qf5 35.Rxf7 Qb1+
36.Kh2 Qxb4 37.Rxg7+ Kh8 38.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "Lugano op"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e4 Nd7 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.cxd4 O-O 14.O-O Nf6 15.Bd2 Rc7
16.a4 Qa8 17.Rfe1 Rfc8 18.a5 bxa5 19.Bxa5 Rd7 20.Bb5 Bxe4 21.Bxd7 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Qxf3
23.gxf3 Nxd7 24.d5 Nf6 25.dxe6 fxe6 26.Rxe6 Kf7 27.Re2 Rc6 28.Rb1 Nd5 29.Rb7 a6
30.Re5 Rc1+ 31.Kg2 Nf4+ 32.Kg3 Ne6 33.f4 Rg1+ 34.Kf3 Nd4+ 35.Ke4 Nc6 36.Bb4  1-0

[Event "Nassau-ch"]
[Site "Nassau"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chipkin, Leonard"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bc4 c6 6.a4 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.d4 Bg4 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne2 Bxf3 12.Rxf3 e6 13.c3 Rc8 14.Qe1 Na5 15.f5 exf5
16.Rh3 Nb3 17.Bg5 Nxa1 18.Qxa1 Qd6 19.Qe1 Ne4 20.Bf4 Qe7 21.Bd3 Rfe8 22.Bb5 Red8
23.Qc1 a6 24.Bd3 Rc6 25.Bh6 Bf6 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Qe1 Rb6 28.b4 Rc6 29.Qg3 a5
30.Nf4 Rxc3 31.Qf2  0-1

[Event "National op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd2 c6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.O-O Nb6 10.Be2 Be6 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.e4 Bc4 14.Bg5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 h6
16.Bh4 Nh5 17.e5 Nf4 18.Qe4 Ne6 19.Rac1 Rfd8 20.Bg3 Rd7 21.h4 Qd8 22.h5 g5
23.b3 Nd5 24.Na4 Rdc7 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 e6 27.Nd2 Rd7 28.Qe1 Nb4 29.Ne4 Nd3
30.Rxd3 Rxd3 31.Nd6 Rc7 32.Qe2 Rd5 33.b4 Rd7 34.f3 a5 35.a3 axb4 36.axb4 Qa8
37.Qb2 R7xd6 38.cxd6 Rxd6 39.Qa1 Qxa1 40.Rxa1 Rd5 41.Ra8+ Kh7 42.Rc8 Rb5
43.Rc7 Kg8 44.Rc8+ Bf8 45.Bf2 Kg7 46.f4 Bxb4 47.fxg5 hxg5 48.Kh2 Bc3 49.Bg3 Bxe5
50.Bxe5+ Rxe5 51.g4 Re3 52.Rc7 Rb3 53.h6+ Kxh6 54.Rxf7 Kg6 55.Re7 Kf6 56.Rc7 Ke5
57.Rg7 Kf4  0-1

[Event "National op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.exd5 Re8 10.h3 Nh5 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Be2 a6 13.a4 f5 14.Qd2 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Ndf6
16.Bd3 Ne4 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Bg5 Qf8 19.Rfe1 Bd7 20.Rxe4 fxe4 21.Nh2 b5 22.cxb5 axb5
23.a5 Qg7 24.Ra2 Qe5 25.Ng4 Bxg4 26.hxg4 Nf6 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.a6 Ra7 29.Qe2 Qxc3
30.Qxe4 Kg7 31.Qe6 b4 32.Re2 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qxa6 34.g5 Rf7 35.Re3 c4 36.Rh3 Qb7
37.Qe4 c3 38.Qd4+ Kg8 39.Re3 Re7 40.Rxe7 Qxe7 41.Qxb4 c2 42.Qb8+ Kg7 43.Qc8 Qe5+
44.g3 Qf5 45.Qc7+ Kg8 46.Qd8+ Kf7 47.Qc7+ Ke8 48.Qb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qc2 Rc8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Bg4 12.Ngf3 e6 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Bg5 Bh5 15.f4 h6 16.Bh4 g5
17.Bg3 Ng4 18.Ndf3 Rg8 19.fxg5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 Ne3 21.Qf2 Qxg5 22.Nf3 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Nb3
24.f4 Qe7 25.Qxe3 Nxa1 26.O-O Nb3 27.f5 Qg5 28.Qe5 Nd2 29.Rf2 Nc4 30.Bxc4 dxc4
31.d5 h5 32.dxe6 f6 33.Qd5 Rg7 34.Kf1 Qc1+ 35.Kg2 h4 36.Rd2 hxg3 37.h4 Qe1
38.h5 Qe3 39.a5 Qg5 40.Rd4 Qxh5  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.f3 Nbd7 5.Be3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bc4 Qc7 11.Na3 a6 12.b4 Ne6 13.Bb3 Rb8 14.Qd2 Nh5 15.Rac1 Rd8
16.Rfd1 Bf8 17.c4 Kh8 18.Nb1 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Nbc3 Qg7 21.Kh1 Be7 22.Nd5 Bh4
23.f4 Rg8 24.g3 Qg4 25.Rg1 Qh3 26.Qe1 Bd7 27.Qf1 Qxf1 28.Rgxf1 exf4 29.Nexf4 Nhxf4
30.Rxf4 Bg5 31.Rxf5 Bxe3 32.Nxe3 Nd4 33.Rf6 Rbe8 34.Rxd6 Bc6+ 35.Nd5 Rgf8
36.Kg2 Re2+ 37.Kh3 Nf3 38.Rc2 Ng1+ 39.Kg4 Re4+ 40.Nf4 Rg8+ 41.Kf5 Nf3 42.Ne6 Re5+
43.Kf6 Rh5 44.c5 Nxh2 45.Rd8 Ng4+ 46.Ke7 Rxd8 47.Nxd8 Ne5 48.Rf2 Kg7 49.Nxc6 Nxc6+
50.Kd6 Rh6+ 51.Kc7 Nxb4 52.Kxb7 Rg6 53.Rf3 a5 54.a3 Na6 55.c6 Nc5+ 56.Kb6 Nd7+
57.Kxa5 Ne5 58.c7 Rc6 59.Rf5 Nd3 60.Rf7+ Kg6  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Popovych, Orest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 Be7 10.Rg1 Rc8 11.Qd2 O-O 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Kb1 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Qc7 18.Rg2 Kh8 19.Nc1 f5 20.a3 fxe4 21.fxe4 Rf3 22.Re1 g6
23.Na2 Qd7 24.Qd2 Rcf8 25.Nc3 Bd8 26.Nd5 Qh3 27.Rge2 Qh4 28.Qb4 Bxg5 29.Qxd6 Re8
30.Qd7 Ng7 31.Bxg5 Qxg5 32.Qxb7 Ne6 33.c3 a5 34.Qb5 Qd8 35.Rd1 Ng5 36.Ka2 Re6
37.Ne3 Qa8 38.Qd5 Qa6 39.Qd8+ Kg7 40.Nf5+ Rxf5 41.exf5 Nf7 42.f6+ Rxf6 43.Qd3 Qe6+
44.Qd5 Qg4 45.Rdd2 a4 46.Rf2 Rf4 47.Rxf4 Qxf4 48.Re2 h5 49.c4 Qg4 50.Rf2 Ng5
51.Qxe5+ Kh6 52.Qf4 Qd1 53.Rd2 Qb3+ 54.Ka1  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 g6 13.Bc2 Bg7 14.d5 Ne7 15.c4 c6 16.dxc6 Nxc6
17.b4 Rc8 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Bb2 d5 20.Rc1 Qb6 21.Bd3 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Rcd8
24.Qb3 Nd4 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.Ng5 Re7 27.Bf3 Red7 28.Nxf7 Bxf3 29.Nxd8+ Bd5
30.Re8+ Bf8 31.Qd3 Rxd8 32.Rxd8 Qxd8 33.Rd1 Bg7 34.Qxb5 h5 35.Qd3 Qg5 36.f3 Be5
37.Kf1 Kh7 38.Qb5 Bf7 39.a4 Qf4 40.Re1 Bd6 41.Re4 Qc1+ 42.Kf2 Qd2+ 43.Re2 Qxb4
44.Qxb4 Bxb4 45.Rb2 Bc3 46.Rb7 Kg8 47.Rc7 Bb3 48.g4 hxg4 49.hxg4 Bxa4 50.f4 Bd2
51.Kf3 Bd1+ 52.Ke4 Bxg4 53.Kxd4 Bxf4 54.Rb7 Bf5 55.Ra7 g5 56.Ra5 Bg6 57.Ra7 g4  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brooks, Michael A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.Qd2 Qc7
9.e5 Nh5 10.exd6 exd6 11.Ne4 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 Qb6 13.Nxd6 Qxb2 14.Bc4 Nf6 15.Bxf7+ Rxf7
16.Nxf7 Be6 17.Nh6+ Kh8 18.Ng5 Bc4 19.Rab1 Qxa2 20.Ra1 Qb2 21.Rab1 Qa2 22.Rxb7 Rf8
23.Rb8 Rxb8 24.Qxb8+ Ng8 25.Nxg8 Bxg8 26.c3 a5 27.f4 a4 28.f5 gxf5 29.Rxf5 h6
30.Nf7+ Kh7 31.Rf2 Qb3 32.Qe8 Qb1+ 33.Rf1 Qd3 34.Ne5 Qxc3 35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Nf7+ Bxf7
37.Qxf7 a3 38.Kh1 Qxd4 39.Re1 Qd5 40.Qg6 Bf8 41.Qf6+ Bg7 42.Qg6 Bf8 43.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.b4 d6 8.Bb2 Bb7
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Be2 a5 11.O-O e5 12.d3 Qe7 13.Nd2 Rfe8 14.Rfc1 Qf8 15.Rab1 axb4
16.axb4 Ra7 17.Bf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Ra4 19.d4 exd4 20.Nxd4 Ne5 21.Qb3 Raa8 22.Nb5 Qe7
23.f3 c6 24.Nd4 d5 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Nc6 Nxc6 27.Rxc6 Qxe3+ 28.Qxe3 Rxe3 29.Bd4 Re6
30.Rxb6 Rxb6 31.Bxb6 Nd7 32.Bd4 f6 33.b5 Ra4 34.Bf2 d4 35.Kf1 Nb6 36.Ke2 Ra2+
37.Ke1 Ra4 38.Ke2 Ra2+ 39.Kf1 Nc4 40.Rd1 Ne3+ 41.Bxe3 dxe3 42.Rb1 Rf2+ 43.Ke1 Rxg2
44.Rb4 Rd2 45.b6 Rd8 46.b7 Rb8 47.Ke2 Kf7 48.Kxe3 Ke6 49.Ke4 Kd6 50.Kf5 Kc5
51.Rb2 Kd6 52.Rb1 Ke7 53.Rb3 Kd6 54.Rb2 Ke7 55.Rb1 Kd6 56.h3 Ke7 57.Rb4 g6+
58.Ke4 Kd6 59.Kd4 Kc6 60.Rb1 Rxb7 61.Rxb7 Kxb7 62.Kd5 Kb6 63.Ke6 f5 64.Kf6 Kc5
65.Kg7 Kd4 66.Kxh7 Ke3 67.Kxg6 Kxf3 68.Kxf5 Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Ne1 Bxg2 12.Nxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b4 Nbd7 15.Bb2 g6 16.Qb1 Bg7
17.Nb3 Rb8 18.Na5 Ba8 19.d5 Nb6 20.Bb3 Qd7 21.Qa2 Rf8 22.c4 bxc4 23.Bxc4 Nxc4
24.Qxc4 Rb6 25.Rac1 Ne8 26.Rc2 Kh7 27.Nd2 f5 28.Qd3 h5 29.Ndc4 Rb5 30.f3 Bf6
31.Bc3 Bh4 32.Rd1 Bg3 33.Qe3 Nf6 34.Be1 Bxe1 35.Rxe1 fxe4 36.fxe4 Rbb8 37.Nd2 Rbc8
38.Rec1 Bxd5 39.exd5 Nxd5 40.Qe4 Qb5 41.Nf3 Rf4 42.Qe2 Qd7 43.Nc4 Rff8 44.Qd2 Nf6
45.Ncxe5  1-0

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 Nc5
9.f3 h6 10.Be3 a5 11.O-O-O Kh7 12.g4 h5 13.h4 Rh8 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Nb5 Qd7 16.Bxf6 Bxf6
17.gxh5 Kg7 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.h5 Qe7 20.Kb1 Bg5 21.Qe1 Rxh5 22.Rxh5 gxh5 23.Bf1 Kh6
24.Bh3 a4 25.Qg3 Bxh3 26.Nxh3 Bh4 27.Qg2 Rf8 28.Rg1 Rf6 29.Qd2+ Kh7 30.Ng5+ Bxg5
31.Qxg5 Qf7 32.Rh1 Rh6 33.Nxc7 Qxc7 34.Qf5+ Kh8 35.Qf8+ Kh7 36.Qf5+ Kh8 37.Qf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Andonov, Bogomil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nbd2 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.Bd3 c6 7.c3 d5 8.O-O Be7
9.exd5 cxd5 10.Qa4+ Nfd7 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Qc2 Bg6 14.f4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 g6
16.Nf3 Na6 17.f5 exf5 18.Bh6 Rfe8 19.Ne5 Qc8 20.g4 Bd6 21.gxf5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Rxe5
23.Rae1 Qc5+ 24.Kg2 Rae8 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Qf3 f5 27.Qg3 Re2+ 28.Kh1 Qc6 29.Rxe2 Rxe2
30.Rxf5 Qe6 31.Rf1 Nc5 32.Bg5 Nd7 33.Kg1 Qb6+ 34.Kh1 Qe6 35.Kg1 Qe4 36.h4 Ne5
37.Bf6 Ng4 38.Bd4 Kh7 39.b4 Kh6 40.a4 Rh2 41.Qf4+ Qxf4 42.Rxf4 Rxh4 43.Rf7 Rh2
44.Rxb7 Ra2 45.Rxa7 Kg5 46.b5 Kf4 47.Rf7+ Kg3 48.b6 Ra1+ 49.Rf1 Ra2 50.Rb1 Rg2+
51.Kf1 Rd2 52.Ke1 Rh2 53.Kd1  1-0

[Event "Saint John op-1"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.d3 f5 7.f4 Qf6 8.Qb3 Nge7
9.Nf3 O-O 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Kh8 12.d4 Ng6 13.d5 Na5 14.Qb4 b6 15.c5 Ba6
16.Rf2 h6 17.Nd2 Rae8 18.Nb3 e4 19.Nxa5 bxa5 20.Qd4 Rd8 21.g4 Ne7 22.Qxf6 Rxf6
23.gxf5 Nxd5 24.Bxe4 Nxc3 25.Bd3 Bxd3 26.exd3 Na4 27.Bf4 Nxc5 28.Be5 Rf7
29.f6 Kh7 30.d4 Ne4 31.Rc2 gxf6 32.Bxc7 Rg7+ 33.Kf1 Rxd4 34.Bxa5 Rd5 35.Be1 Rdg5  0-1

[Event "Saint John op-1"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.d4 dxc4 8.Ne5 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Rb8 11.Qc2 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint John op-1"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Nc3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 Qb6 10.d3 Bb7 11.Ng3 g6 12.Bg5 Bg7 13.Qd2 f6 14.Bh4 O-O 15.f4 Rae8
16.a4 b4 17.Ne2 f5 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.exf5 gxf5 20.a5 Qc5 21.Ra4 Bf6 22.Rxb4 Qxa5
23.Qe1 Ba8 24.Rc4 Rg7 25.Ng3 Qb6 26.Qb4 Qd8 27.Rf2 Bh4 28.Rxd4 Qf6 29.Rd6 Qh6
30.Qd4 Bf6 31.Qe3 Kh8 32.d4 Rfg8 33.d5 Bxb2 34.dxe6 Qf6 35.Rd3 dxe6 36.Qxe6 Qxe6
37.Bxe6 Re8 38.Bd5 a5 39.Bxa8 Rxa8 40.c4 Rb7 41.Nxf5 a4 42.Nd6 Rb3 43.Nb5 Rxd3
44.Rxb2 Rd1+ 45.Kf2 Ra1  0-1

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Bd7 11.Be2 b5 12.Bf3 Rc8 13.Kb1 Na5 14.g4 b4 15.Nce2 Nc4
16.Qd3 e5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.gxf5 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Qc7 20.Rd2 O-O 21.Nc1 Rfe8 22.Rg2 Kh7
23.Nd3 a5 24.Qf2 Bf8 25.Rhg1 exf4 26.Nxf4 Qc5 27.Qxc5 dxc5 28.Nh5 Nxh5 29.Bxh5 Kg8
30.Bf3 Rcd8 31.Kc1 c4 32.h4 Kh8 33.Rd1 Be7 34.Rxd8 Bxd8 35.Rg4 Bf6 36.c3 bxc3
37.bxc3 Bxc3 38.e5 Bxe5 39.Rxc4 Bf6 40.Rc7 Kg8 41.Bd5 Re1+ 42.Kd2 Re7 43.Rxe7 Bxe7
44.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bxb4 cxb4 10.a3 Na6 11.axb4 Nxb4 12.Nc3 Ne4 13.Qc1 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 a5 15.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.b4 a5 12.a3 Na6 13.Nb3 Nxe4 14.Nxa5 f5 15.Qc2 Nac5 16.Nh4 Rxa5
17.f3 Ng5 18.bxa5 f4 19.Rab1 Qf6 20.Rb5 Nf7 21.Rxc5 dxc5 22.Bh1 Bh3 23.Re1 Nd6
24.Qc3 g5 25.Ng2 e4 26.Qxf6 Rxf6 27.Nxf4 gxf4 28.fxe4 f3 29.Kf2 Nxc4 30.e5 Rf5
31.e6 Kf8 32.Rb1 Nxa5 33.Rb5 b6 34.d6 cxd6 35.Rxb6 Ke7 36.Ra6 c4 37.Ra7+ Kxe6
38.Rxh7 Bg2  0-1

[Event "Saint John op-2"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Bg4 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O e6 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.e4 d5 10.Re1 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 Nf6 13.Re1 Bb4 14.c3 Bd6 15.Qc1 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Qe7 17.c4 Rfd8 18.a3 Rac8 19.Bc3 Qf8 20.Qb2 Be7 21.a4 Bb4 22.a5 Bxc3
23.Qxc3 a6 24.Ra2 Rd7 25.Rd1 Rcd8 26.Rad2 Qd6 27.Kf1 h6 28.h4 Qc7 29.Qb4 Qd6
30.Qxd6 Rxd6 31.Ke2 Kf8 32.Rd3 R6d7 33.Ke3 Ke7 34.Be2 Ne8 35.h5 Nd6 36.Kd2 f5
37.Ke3 Kf6 38.f4 Rg8 39.Bf3 g5 40.hxg6 Rxg6 41.Rh1 Rh7 42.Rh3 Rhg7 43.Rd1 Rxg3
44.Rxh6+ Ke7 45.Rdh1 Ne4 46.Rh7 Nf6 47.Rxg7+ Rxg7 48.Rh8 Kd6 49.b4 Rg1 50.Rh1 Rxh1
51.Bxh1 Kc7 52.Bf3 Kd6 53.Kf2 Kc7 54.Kg3 Kd6 55.Kh4 Kd7 56.Kg5 Ke7 57.Kg6 Ne4
58.d5 cxd5 59.cxd5 Kd6 60.dxe6 Kxe6 61.Bg2 Nd6 62.b5 axb5 63.Bxb7 Kd7 64.Bd5 Kc7
65.Be6 Nc4 66.a6 Ne3 67.Bxf5 Kb6 68.Be4 Kxa6 69.Kf6 Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint John op-1"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.d4 Bf5 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Nxc3
9.Bxc3 Be4 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 e6 12.e3 Nd7 13.Bh3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 d5 15.Qe2 Qe7
16.Rfd1 f5 17.Qe1 Qg5 18.Bg2 Qh5 19.b4 Nf6 20.b5 cxb5 21.cxb5 g5 22.Bb4 Rf7
23.Rc2 Re8 24.Rdc1 Rd7 25.Rc8 h6 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Qc3 Bf8 28.a4 Bxb4 29.Qxb4 Qd8
30.Rc5 Kf7 31.Qc3 Ne8 32.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint John op-1"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.b3 a6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.e3 d6 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Rb8 12.Rac1 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Ne5 Bxg2 15.Nxd7 Qxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint John op-1"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 h6
9.h4 b6 10.c3 a5 11.a4 Ba6 12.exd5 exd5 13.Nb3 O-O 14.d4 c4 15.Nbd2 Bc8 16.Nf1 Be6
17.Bf4 Qd7 18.b3 cxb3 19.Qxb3 f6 20.Qxb6 g5 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Bc1 Rfc8 23.Qb5 Rab8
24.Qe2 Nd8 25.Bxg5 fxg5 26.Nxg5 Rb6 27.Qd3 Qe8 28.Ne3 Qh5 29.f4 Bf7 30.Bf3 Qg6
31.Qxg6 Rxg6 32.Ra3 Rd6 33.Nxf7 Kxf7 34.Rb3 Ne6 35.Kg2 Rcc6 36.Rb7 Nc7 37.Bh5+ Kg8
38.Rb8+ Bf8 39.Ng4 Nf5 40.Re5 Ng7 41.Rg5 Ne6 42.Nf6+ Kh8 43.Rg6 Nxf4+ 44.gxf4 Rxf6
45.Rxf8+ Rxf8 46.Rxc6 Nxh5 47.Rh6+ Kg7 48.Rxh5 Rc8 49.Rxd5 Rxc3 50.Rxa5 Rc4
51.Kf3 Rxd4 52.Kg4  1-0

[Event "Saint John op-1"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 b6 8.h4 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.h5 h6 11.Qd3 Nb8 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.c4 Nbc6 14.O-O O-O 15.Be3 Qa5
16.Rab1 Rfd8 17.Rb5 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Qxa3 19.Rxc5 Rac8 20.Rb1 Rd5 21.Kh2 Rxc5
22.Bxc5 Qa5 23.Rb5 Qd8 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.Qb3 Nc6 26.Rc5 Nd4 27.Rxc8 Nxf3+ 28.gxf3 Qxc8
29.Qa4 Qc5 30.Qe4 Qxf2+ 31.Kh3 Qg1 32.f4 a5 33.Qa8+ Kh7 34.Qxa5 Qe3+ 35.Kg4 Qe2+
36.Kg3 Qxc2 37.Qe1 Qd3+ 38.Kg2 Qf5 39.Qh4 Qd3 40.Kf2 Qd1 41.Kg2 Qe2+ 42.Kh1 Qd2
43.Kg1 Qd4+ 44.Kg2 Qd2+ 45.Kg1 Kh8 46.Qg4 Qe3+ 47.Kg2 Kg8 48.Kf1 Kf8 49.Kg2 Ke7
50.Kf1 Ke8 51.Kg2 Kf8 52.Kf1 Kg8 53.Kg2 Qa3 54.Kf2 Qa7+ 55.Kg2 Qa8+ 56.Kg1 Qa7+
57.Kg2 Qb7+ 58.Kg1 Qb6+ 59.Kg2 Qc6+ 60.Kg1 Qb6+ 61.Kg2 Qc6+ 62.Kg1 Qc5+ 63.Kf1 Qc2
64.Qf3 Qf5 65.Kg2 g6 66.hxg6 fxg6 67.Qa8+ Kg7 68.Qa7+ Qf7 69.Qe3 h5 70.Qe4 Kh6
71.Kh3 Qa7 72.Qc4 Qb6 73.Qc8 Qe3+ 74.Kg2 Qe2+ 75.Kg1 Qg4+ 76.Kh1 Qxf4 77.Qxe6 h4
78.Qd5 g5 79.Qe6+ Kh5 80.Qe8+ Kg4 81.Qd7+ Qf5 82.Qd1+ Kf4 83.Qd4+ Kf3 84.Qd1+ Ke4
85.Qe2+ Kd5 86.e6 Qxe6 87.Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint John op-1"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.a4 b6 8.Be2 Qc7 9.e5 dxe5
10.Nxe5 Be6 11.Bf4 Qc8 12.Bf3 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.O-O Nd7 16.Re1 Nf6
17.c3 a5 18.Qb3 Qb7 19.Re3 Rfc8 20.Rae1 e6 21.R1e2 Re8 22.Rf3 Ne4 23.Ng4 Re7
24.h4 h5 25.Ne5 Rb8 26.Nc6 Qxc6 27.Bxb8 Rb7 28.Bf4 b5 29.axb5 Rxb5 30.Qc2 Rb7
31.Rd3 Qc4 32.f3 Nc5 33.Rd1 Na4 34.Bc1 Kh7 35.Qd2 Kg8 36.Rde1 Bf6 37.Qf4 Kg7
38.Rxe6 fxe6 39.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "Saint John op-1"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.Be2 Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.Nf3 Qa5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qxd7 exf4 15.Qd6 Rad8
16.Qxf4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxa2 18.Bd3 Rxd3 19.cxd3 Na5 20.Rde1 Rc8 21.Kd1 Nb3
22.Rhf1 Rd8 23.Nd2 f5 24.Qe3 Na5  1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Amroe, F."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 Bg4 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Be2 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Rad1 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nxe4 Qf5 15.Ng3 Qd5
16.Qf4 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qd6 18.Qxd6 cxd6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Ne4 Red8 21.Rd3 Rab8
22.b3 Rb4 23.Rfd1 e5 24.c3 Rxb3 25.dxe5 Bxe5 26.f4 Bxf4 27.Nxd6 Be5 28.Ne4 Rxd3
29.Rxd3 Ra3 30.Nc5 a5 31.c4 Ra1+ 32.Kf2 Bxh2 33.Ne4 Bg1+ 34.Kf3 Rxa4 35.g4 h6
36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.c5 Bd4 38.Rd6 Ra3+ 39.Kg2 Be5 40.Rxc6 Re3 41.Nf2 Bd4 42.Nh3 Re5
43.Nf4 Rxc5 44.Ra6 Be5 45.Nd3 Rd5 46.Nf2 Rd2 47.Kf3 Bd4 48.Ne4 Rd3+ 49.Kg2 Re3
50.Ng3 Be5 51.Nf1 Ra3  0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Na4 Qa5 13.Bh6 Rb8 14.b3 Rb4 15.Qe2 Rxa4
16.bxa4 Bb4 17.Red1 Bc3 18.Bd2 Bxd2 19.Rxd2 Qc3 20.Rb1 O-O 21.Rdd1 c5 22.Rb3 Qxe5
23.Qxe5 Nxe5 24.Rb6 c4 25.Be2 Nd7 26.Rc6 Nb8 27.Rc7 Bd7 28.Rb1 Bxa4 29.c3 Rd8
30.f4 Kf8 31.Rbb7 Be8 32.Bd1 a5 33.Rc5 a4 34.Bc2 a3 35.Kf2 d4 36.cxd4 Nc6
37.Ba4 Nxd4 38.Bxe8 Kxe8 39.Rxc4 Nf5 40.Rc2 Nd6 41.Rb3 Ra8 42.Rd3 Ne4+ 43.Kf3 Nf6
44.Rcc3 Nd5 45.Rxa3 Rc8 46.Rdb3 Rc7 47.Rb2 Ke7 48.Rab3 Rc4 49.g3 h6 50.Ke2 Kf6
51.Kd3 Ra4 52.a3 Kf5 53.Rc2 Re4 54.Re2 Ra4 55.Kc2 Rc4+ 56.Kb2 Rd4 57.Rb7 f6
58.Rd7 g5 59.g4+ Kxg4 60.fxg5 hxg5 61.Rxe6 Kf5 62.Re2 g4 63.Rd8 Kf4 64.Kc1 f5
65.a4 Rc4+ 66.Rc2 Nc3 67.a5 Ke5 68.Kb2 Na4+ 69.Kb3 Rxc2 70.Kxc2 Nc5 71.Kc3 f4
72.Kc4 Na6 73.Kb5 Nc7+ 74.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Braga, Cicero"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 f5 4.O-O Nf6 5.c4 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d4 e4 8.Ne1 c6 9.d5 c5
10.f3 exf3 11.exf3 Na6 12.Nd3 Nh5 13.g4 fxg4 14.fxg4 Rxf1+ 15.Bxf1 Nf6 16.h3 Nc7
17.Bg2 Nfe8 18.Be3 Bg5 19.Bf2 Bh4 20.Be3 Bg5 21.Bf2 Bh4 22.Be3 Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 c6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.e4 Nbd7 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Ne8 12.g3 g6 13.Nd3 Ng7 14.f4 exf4 15.gxf4 Bf6
16.Bd2 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 a6 18.Rae1 Qh4 19.Qg2 Rae8 20.Ne2 Bf6 21.Ng1 Bd8 22.Nf3 Qh5
23.Ng5 f5 24.e5 Bxg5 25.fxg5 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.Bc3 e4 28.Qg3 f4 29.Rxf4 Rxf4
30.Qxf4 Nf5 31.d6 e3 32.d7 Rd8 33.Qe5 Qf3+ 34.Kg1 Qg4+ 35.Kh1 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Qg4+
37.Kh1 Qf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Bd7 9.Qg4 g6
10.Nf3 Nh6 11.Qg5 Nf5 12.Qxd8+ Bxd8 13.g4 Ne3 14.Nd6+ Ke7 15.Bd3 Nxg4 16.Nxb7 Bc7
17.a4 f6 18.O-O Ne3 19.exf6+ Kxf6 20.Bb2 Nxf1 21.Bxd4+ Ke7 22.Bxh8 Ne3 23.Be5 Bxe5
24.Nxe5 Nc6 25.Nxd7 Kxd7 26.Re1 d4 27.c3 e5 28.b5 Ne7 29.fxe5 N3f5 30.Nc5+ Ke8
31.c4 Kf7 32.Ne4 Ne3 33.Ng5+ Ke8 34.c5 N7d5 35.Be4 Rc8 36.Bxd5 Nxd5 37.Ne4 Ke7
38.c6 a6 39.Kf2 axb5 40.axb5 Rb8 41.Rb1 d3 42.Ke1 Nb6 43.Rc1 Nd5 44.c7 Rc8
45.Rc5 d2+ 46.Kxd2  1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 d6
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Qc8 12.e4 Qb7 13.Re1 Nbd7 14.Qf3 Rfe8 15.Rad1 a6
16.e5 Qxf3+ 17.Nxf3 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 e6 20.Re2 Rab8 21.a4 Rec8 22.Kf3 Bf8
23.g4 h6 24.h4 Rd8 25.Red2 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Be7 27.Rd3 Rb7 28.Kg3 Rd7 29.Rxd7 Nxd7
30.Bc1 Nc5 31.Bxh6 Nxb3 32.Be3 Na5 33.Bxb6 Nxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.b3 h6 10.Bb2 Be6 11.c4 a5 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Ne2 Bc5 14.h3 g5 15.Nc3 Kc8 16.Ne4 Ba7
17.Rad1 a4 18.Bc3 Bb6 19.Rd2 axb3 20.axb3 Ra3 21.Bb4 Ra6 22.g4 Nh4 23.Nxh4 gxh4
24.Be7 h5 25.Nf6 hxg4 26.hxg4 Ra5 27.Re1 Bc5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Ra1  1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 fxe6
9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Qxg4 Bc4 11.b3 Bxd4 12.Bd2 Bd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.O-O-O Qd7 15.Ne6 Nc6
16.f5 Bf6 17.Rhe1 Nd8 18.Bg5 Bxg5+ 19.Qxg5 Nxe6 20.Rxe6 O-O-O 21.g4 gxf5
22.Rxe7 Rhg8 23.Qh4 Qc6 24.gxf5 d4 25.f6 Qf3 26.f7 Rgf8 27.Qxh7 Qf6 28.Qe4 d5
29.Qg4+ Kb8 30.Qg3+ Ka8 31.Qc7 Rb8 32.Qxc5 Rfc8 33.Qb4 Qg6 34.Qd2 Rxc2+ 35.Qxc2 Qg5+
36.Kb2 Qxe7 37.Qf2 Rf8 38.Re1 Rxf7 39.Qxd4 Qf8 40.Re2 Rf5 41.h4 a6 42.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 e5
9.O-O Re8 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Rad1 c6 14.c5 d5 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.Qxf5 Ned7 17.Qc2 a4 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Rd4 Qe7 20.e3 Ra5 21.Rxa4 Qxc5 22.Qxc5 Rxc5
23.Rd1 g6 24.Rb4 Re7 25.a4 Kf8 26.Bf3 g5 27.h4 h6 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Kg2 Rc2
30.Kf1 g4 31.Be2 Ne4 32.Ke1 f5 33.Bd3 Rxf2 34.Bxe4 Rh2 35.Bxf5 Rxe3+ 36.Kf1 Rh1+
37.Kf2 Rf3+ 38.Kg2 Rxd1 39.Bxg4 Rfd3 40.Bxd1 Rxd1 41.Rxb7 Ra1 42.b3 Ra3 43.Kf2 c5
44.Rc7 Rxb3 45.Rxc5 Ra3 46.a5 d4 47.g4 Ra2+ 48.Kf3 d3 49.Rc8+ Kg7 50.Ra8 Kh7
51.a6 d2 52.Ke2 Kg7 53.g5 Kh7 54.a7 Kg7 55.g6 Ra6 56.Kxd2 Ra5 57.Kc3 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 d5
9.cxd5 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 exd5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Kg2 Qd7 13.h4 Nc6 14.Ne2 f6 15.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.Bg5 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Qa5+ 8.Nbd2 Ne4
9.O-O Nxg5 10.Nxg5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Be7 12.Nb3 Qb6 13.Ne4 d5 14.Nec5 O-O 15.e3 a5
16.Rc1 a4 17.Nd2 Rd8 18.Qc2 Ra7 19.Nd3 Bd6 20.Qb1 Nc6 21.Rc2 Rc7 22.Rfc1 Rdc8
23.Nf3 f6 24.Nf4 Bxf4 25.gxf4 Na5 26.b3 axb3 27.axb3 Nb7 28.f5 exf5 29.Rxc7 Rxc7
30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.Qxf5 Qc6 32.Ne1 g6 33.Qf4 Kg7 34.Nd3 Qc2 35.Qb8 Na5 36.Qxb5 Nxb3
37.Qd7+ Kh6 38.Qh3+ Kg7 39.Nf4 Qe4+ 40.Kg3 f5 41.Qg2 g5 42.Qxe4 dxe4 43.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 exd4
9.Bxd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Bc5 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.e3 Nb6 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.b3 Bg4
16.Rd2 a4 17.h3 axb3 18.axb3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 c6 20.Rfd1 Qe5 21.Bg2 h5 22.Rd3 Qe7
23.f4 Nbd7 24.e4 Nf8 25.e5 N6h7 26.Ne4 f6 27.Nd6 Red8 28.Qe2 fxe5 29.Nf5 Qc7
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Rxd8 Qxd8 32.Qxe5 Qd7 33.Qxc5 b6 34.Qe5 Ng6 35.Qb8+ Nhf8
36.Nd6 h4 37.f5 Ne5 38.gxh4 Nd3 39.Ne4 Qd4+ 40.Kh2 Ne1 41.Qd6 Qb2 42.Qd2 Qe5+
43.Ng3 Nxg2 44.Kxg2 b5 45.h5 Kf7 46.h4 bxc4 47.bxc4 Qe7 48.Kh3 Qf6 49.c5 Ke7
50.Qe3+ Kf7 51.Qd2 Ke7 52.Qg5 Kf7 53.Ne4 Qd4 54.Qf4 Qd3+ 55.Ng3 Qd5 56.Qe3 Nd7
57.h6 gxh6 58.Qxh6 Nxc5 59.h5 Nd3 60.Qg6+ Kf8 61.Qh6+ Kf7 62.Qe3 Qc4 63.Kg2 Qd5+
64.Kh2 Qa2+ 65.Kg1 Qa1+ 66.Kg2 Qa2+ 67.Kf3 Qd5+ 68.Kg4 c5 69.h6 Qd4+ 70.Qxd4 cxd4
71.Ne4 Ne5+ 72.Kf4 Ng6+ 73.Kf3 Ne5+ 74.Ke2 Kg8 75.Ng5 Kh8 76.f6 Kg8 77.Kd2 Kh8
78.Ke2 Kg8 79.Kd2 Kh8 80.Kc2 Kg8 81.Kd1 Kh8 82.Ke1 Kg8 83.Kf1 Kh8 84.Kg1 Kg8
85.Kg2 d3 86.Kf1 Kh8 87.Ke1 Kg8 88.Kd2 Kh8 89.Kc3 Kg8 90.Kb3 Kh8 91.Kb2 Kg8
92.Kc3 Kh8 93.f7 Nxf7 94.Nxf7+ Kh7 95.Kxd3 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 O-O
9.d5 Qc5 10.e3 Nb4 11.Qb3 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 a5 13.a3 Na6 14.Bg2 Qe7 15.Qc2 d6
16.O-O e5 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Frias, Victor J"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.e4 d6 9.Rb1 Nc6
10.a3 Ne8 11.Bd2 Nc7 12.b4 Ne6 13.Ne2 Ned4 14.Nexd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Bh6 Re8
17.Kh1 e6 18.Qd2 f5 19.exf5 Bxg2+ 20.Kxg2 exf5 21.Rfe1 Qd7 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Re1 Kf7 24.b5 Qb7+ 25.f3 Rxe1 26.Qxe1 Bf6 27.Bf4 g5 28.Be3 a6 29.a4 axb5
30.axb5 Qa8 31.Qd2 g4 32.Qe2 Be5 33.h3 h5 34.hxg4 hxg4 35.Bf2 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.b4 Be7 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.a3 a5 14.b5 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nd4
16.Bg4 f5 17.e3 Nxb5 18.Bf3 Nc3 19.Qc2 Ne4 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Rc8 22.Rfd1 Rf7
23.Rd3 Bf6 24.Rb1 Rc5 25.Bd6 Rc8 26.Rb5 Ba1 27.Rd2 a4 28.Qc2 Rc6 29.Rd1 Bf6
30.Qxa4 Be7 31.Bxe7 Qxe7 32.Qb3 Qf6 33.Rf1 Qd8 34.Rb1 Qc7 35.Rxb6 Rxc4 36.a4 h6
37.Rb8+ Kh7 38.Qd3+ g6 39.R8b4 Rc1+ 40.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 41.Kg2 Qc6+ 42.e4 d5 43.exd5 exd5
44.Qd4 Rb7 45.Rxb7+ Qxb7 46.a5 Qa8 47.Qa4 d4+ 48.Kf1 Qh1+ 49.Ke2 Qe4+ 50.Kd2 Qf5
51.f4 Qe6 52.Qa1 Qe4 53.Qa3 Qd5 54.Qe7+ Kg8 55.Qb4 Kh7 56.Kd3 h5 57.Qe7+ Kg8
58.Qe5 Qa2 59.Kxd4 Qxh2 60.a6 Qf2+ 61.Qe3 Qa2 62.Qd3 Kg7 63.Kc5 Qa5+ 64.Kc6 Kh6
65.Qb5 Qc3+ 66.Qc5 Qf6+ 67.Qd6 Qf5 68.a7 Qe4+ 69.Kc7 Qc4+ 70.Kd8 Qg8+ 71.Ke7 Qa8
72.Qd4 Qb7+ 73.Qd7 Qb4+ 74.Kf7 Qc4+ 75.Kf8 Qc5+ 76.Kg8  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Na3 Qb8 13.Bg5 exd4 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.cxd4 Nb4
16.Nc2 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Nxc2 18.Bxc2 Re8 19.e5 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 dxe5 21.dxe5 Qxb2
22.Re2 Qb5 23.Ra1 Nd7 24.Ba4 Qa5 25.e6 fxe6 26.Ree1 Qd5 27.Qxd5 exd5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8
29.Bxd7 Rd8 30.Bc6 Rd6 31.Rxa6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wilder, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.f4 c6 2.d4 Qa5+ 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.fxe5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nfd7
9.Bf4 Bb4 10.O-O O-O 11.Nd5 cxd5 12.exd5 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B14"]

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Be7 11.Rd1 Qd6 12.Bg5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.Qe4 Bb7 15.Bd3 g6
16.Qh4 Rfe8 17.Re1 Rac8 18.Re3 Nd8 19.Bb5 Bc6 20.Ba6 Ra8 21.Ne5 Qd5 22.Bf1 Bxg5
23.Qxg5 Rc8 24.Bc4 Qa5 25.Rh3 Rc7 26.Qh4 h5 27.g4 Kg7 28.gxh5 Rh8 29.Qg5 Bb7
30.Rg3 Rh6 31.Qxd8 Rxc4 32.Nxc4 Qxh5 33.h3 Qe2 34.Qc7 Qe4 35.Qe5+ Qxe5 36.Nxe5 Rh4
37.a4 Re4 38.Re3 Rf4 39.a5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.h3 Nc6
9.Nde2 Rb8 10.a4 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Re1 a6 13.Bg5 Ne5 14.b3 Re8 15.Qd2 Ned7
16.Rad1 Ba8 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.g4 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ng3 b4 21.Nce2 Nc5 22.f3 Qc7
23.Be3 Rec8 24.Rc1 Ne8 25.Bf2 Qa5 26.Nf1 Qa2 27.g5 Nc7 28.h4 Nb5 29.Bh3 e6
30.Qd1 d5 31.Ne3 dxe4 32.Ng4 Bg7 33.Ng3 exf3 34.Re3 Nc3 35.Qf1 N3e4 36.Nxe4 Nxe4
37.Qd3 Rd8 38.Qc4 Nxf2 39.Nxf2 Qa7 40.Rd3 Rxd3  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.c3 e5 2.d3 d5 3.Qc2 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.Qa4 Bd6 6.e4 Nf6 7.Bg5 fxe4 8.dxe4 dxe4
9.Nfd2 Bf5 10.Bb5 O-O 11.O-O Nd4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.Qb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 axb5 6.Bxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Ne2 Nxd5
9.O-O Nf6 10.Qd3 e6 11.e4 Nc6 12.Rd1 Rd8 13.Qg3 Be7 14.Bg5 O-O 15.e5 Nh5
16.Qh4 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 g6 18.Rd3 Qc7 19.Rh3 f6 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Qxc5 Ng4 22.Bxc6 Bxc6
23.Rf1 Rf5 24.Qd4 h5 25.Rg3 Kh7 26.h3 Nf6 27.Qe3 e5 28.Rg5 Rxg5 29.Qxg5 Rf8
30.Nc1 Kg7 31.Nd3 d6 32.Rd1 Qb7 33.f3 Re8 34.Kh2 Qb8 35.Re1 Nh7 36.Qe3 Nf6
37.a3 Ba8 38.Re2 Re7 39.Kh1 Qb3 40.Qg5 Qc4 41.Nf2 Rf7 42.Qd2 Rd7 43.Nfe4 Ne8
44.Qg5 Qf7 45.Rd2 Kh7 46.b4 Qc4 47.Kh2 Bc6 48.Qe3 Kg8 49.Qh6 Rg7 50.Qe3 d5
51.Qc5 Qxc5 52.Nxc5 d4 53.Nd1 Nd6 54.Nb2 Ra7 55.a4 Kf7 56.Nbd3 Kf6 57.b5 Nc4
58.Rc2 Bd5 59.Nb4 Nb6 60.Nca6 d3 61.Nxd3 Nxa4 62.Nc7 Nb6 63.Rc5 Bf7 64.Rc6+ Kf5
65.g4+ Kg5 66.Nxe5 Bd5 67.Rxb6 Rxc7 68.Kg3 h4+ 69.Kf2 Rc3 70.Rd6 Bc4 71.b6 Rc2+
72.Ke3 Re2+ 73.Kd4 Ba6 74.Nxg6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nd7 8.Be3 Be7
9.h4 a6 10.Qe2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 O-O 12.O-O-O b5 13.f4 b4 14.Nb1 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.Bf2 Qc7 17.Nd2 Nc5 18.Bh3 a5 19.Bxc8 Rfxc8 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Nb3 Qc7 22.Kb1 a4
23.Nc1 a3 24.b3 Ra6 25.Rh3 Rc6 26.c4 bxc3 27.Kc2 Bc5 28.Rd5 Bd4 29.Qg4 Rd8
30.Ne2 Rcd6 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Rd3 g6 33.Qf3 Qd8 34.Qh3 Kg7 35.Qf3 f6 36.Qg3 Qe7
37.gxf6+ Qxf6 38.Rf3 Qe7 39.Qg5 Qe6 40.h5 Bb6 41.Nxc3 h6 42.Qg3 g5 43.Nd5 Bd4
44.Rf1 Qc8+ 45.Kb1 Rd8 46.Qf3 Qe6 47.Nc7 Qc6 48.Qf5 Rg8 49.Ne6+ Kh8 50.Qf6+ Kh7
51.Nxg5+  1-0

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kelecevic, Nedeljko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 O-O
9.Nxe6 Bb4+ 10.c3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 fxe6 12.Ng5 Re8 13.O-O Nf8 14.f4 c5 15.dxc5 Bd7
16.Be3 h6 17.Nf3 Nd5 18.Bd4 Qe7 19.Qd2 Bc6 20.Rae1 Qc7 21.Ne5 Rad8 22.Qf2 Nd7
23.Qg3 Nf8 24.Ng4 h5 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Qg5 Nf6 27.Bxf6 Rxd3 28.Be5 Qe7 29.Qxh5 Nh7
30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Qg6 Qxf7 32.Qxd3 Nf8 33.h3 Ng6 34.Qg3 Ne7 35.Qg5 Bd5 36.Rf2 Rc8
37.Bd4 Rf8 38.Re3 Nf5 39.Re5 Qd7 40.Kh2 Rf7 41.a3 Bc4 42.Rd2 Bd5 43.Bf2 Qa4
44.Rdxd5  1-0

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Haik, Aldo"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Bd3 c6 8.O-O e5
9.d5 Qd8 10.a4 Nf6 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Nc4 cxd5 13.exd5 O-O 14.f4 exf4 15.Rxf4 Nd7
16.Qh5 Ne5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Rf3 Bg5 19.Raf1 Bf4 20.Kh1 Kh8 21.g3 g6 22.Bxg6 fxg6
23.Rxf4 exf4 24.Qxh6+ Kg8 25.Qxg6+ Kh8 26.Qh6+ Kg8 27.Qg6+ Kh8 28.Qh6+ Kg8
29.gxf4 Qf6 30.Rg1+ Kf7 31.Qh7+ Ke8 32.Nb5 Bd7 33.Nc7+ Kd8 34.Nxa8 Qxf4 35.Qg7 Kc8
36.h3 Kb8 37.Qxd7 Qe4+ 38.Kh2 Rf2+ 39.Kg3 Qf4+  0-1

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donchev, Dimitar I"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Be3 c6 6.a4 O-O 7.Nf3 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4
10.Ng5 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.Nxe4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bf5 14.Nc3 Qa5 15.Bd3 Rad8 16.Bxf5 gxf5
17.O-O Nxe5 18.Qh5 Ng6 19.Rad1 e6 20.g4 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sharif, Mershad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Nd4 Bc5 11.Rd1 Re8 12.Bf4 Bxd4 13.Rxd4 d5 14.Qh5 Qd7 15.Rd2 Qf5
16.Qxf5 Bxf5 17.Ne2 Nc5 18.f3 Ne6 19.Bg3 a5 20.Rc1 Reb8 21.c3 a4 22.Bf2 h5
23.h3 Ra5 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 Bh7 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Rab5 28.Rxc6 Rxb2 29.Rxb2 Rxb2
30.Rxc7 Bd3 31.Rc3 Bc4 32.a3 Rb3 33.Be1 Rxc3 34.Bxc3 Bb5 35.Kf2 Bd7 36.Kg3 f5
37.exf6 gxf6 38.f4 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marosi, Gyorgy"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.e3 Nxf3+ 5.Qxf3 g6 6.h4 h5 7.Bd3 d6 8.Bc2 Rb8
9.Nd5 Bg7 10.Nf4 Nf6 11.Qg3 e5 12.Nh3 Ng4 13.Ba4+ Kf8 14.f3 Nxe3 15.dxe3 Qa5+
16.Bd2 Qxa4 17.b3 Qc6 18.e4 b5 19.O-O bxc4 20.bxc4 Rb2 21.Bc3 Rc2 22.Rfc1 Rxc1+
23.Rxc1 Bxh3 24.Qxh3 Bh6 25.Rb1 Kg7 26.g4 Be3+ 27.Kh1 Qa4 28.Qg3 Qc2 29.Bxe5+ dxe5
30.Qxe5+ Kh7 31.Rb7 Qc1+ 32.Kg2 Qg1+ 33.Kh3 Qf1+ 34.Kg3 Bf2+  0-1

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Qb6 10.h4 Rd8 11.Qe2 a6 12.h5 h6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.g4 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 exd5
17.f4 d4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Rxd4 20.Bxd4 Qxf4+ 21.Be3 Qxg4 22.Rg1 Qxe2
23.Bxe2 Kf8 24.Bf3 a5 25.Bd5 a4 26.Rf1 f6 27.Rf4 Ra5 28.c4 Bd6 29.Rh4 Bc5
30.Kd2 b6 31.Bd4 Ra7 32.Kc3 Bf5 33.Rf4 Bb1 34.a3 Ke7 35.Rg4 Kd6 36.Bg1 Bxg1
37.Rxg1 Bf5 38.Kb4 Bd3 39.Kb5 Re7 40.Kxb6 Re2 41.Rxg7 Rxb2+ 42.Ka5 Rb3 43.Rf7 Kc5
44.Rxf6 Bxc4 45.Bxc4 Kxc4 46.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Levacic, Damir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 Rc8 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6
9.Be3 Nce7 10.Bd3 Bb5 11.O-O Nf5 12.Ra2 Nge7 13.Rc2 Bc4 14.Bg5 Qa6 15.Bxc4 dxc4
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Ng5 h6 18.Qh5 Ng6 19.Nxf7 Kxf7 20.Rc3 Be7 21.Rg3 Bg5 22.Rf3+ Bf6
23.Nc3 Qc6 24.Rg3 Bg5 25.f4 Qe8 26.fxg5+ Ke7 27.Ne4 c3 28.Nd6 Nf4 29.Nxc8+ Qxc8
30.Rxf4 c2 31.Qf7+ Kd8 32.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "Cannes op"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bg5 Be7 21.Bh6 Nfd7 22.Qe3 Bf8
23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Rf1 Rb8 25.Nd2 Bc8 26.f4 exf4 27.Qxf4 Ne5 28.Nf3 Qe7 29.axb5 Rxb5
30.Rab1 Nxf3+ 31.Rxf3 Qe5 32.Qh6 Rb7 33.Re3 Re8 34.Nf1 Nd7 35.Nd2 Rc7 36.Ba4 Rc5
37.Nf3 Qf6 38.Rf1 Rf8 39.e5 dxe5 40.Nxe5 Qxe5 41.Rxe5 Nxe5 42.Rd1 Rd8 43.Rd4 Rcxd5
44.Qe3 Be6 45.Bc2 Rxd4 46.cxd4 Nd3 47.b3 Nb4 48.Bxg6 cxb3 49.Qh6 Rd6 50.Bh7+ Kh8
51.Bf5+ Kg8 52.Bh7+ Kh8 53.Be4+ Kg8 54.Qg5+ Kf8 55.Qc5  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.d5 exf3 6.dxc6 fxg2 7.cxd7+ Bxd7 8.Bxg2 c6
9.Bf4 Ne7 10.e3 Ng6 11.Qh5 Bb4 12.O-O O-O 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Ne2 h6 15.Bf4 Be6
16.b3 Nxf4 17.Nxf4 Qxh5 18.Nxh5 a5 19.Nf4 Bf7 20.Nd3 Ba3 21.Rad1 Bh5 22.f3 Rfe8
23.Kf2 a4 24.Bh3 axb3 25.axb3 Bf8 26.Ra1 Bg6 27.Rfd1 Bh7 28.f4 g5 29.Bf1 Bg7
30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Nc5 Bg6 32.Nxb7 Ra2+ 33.Kg3 Bc3 34.Bg2 Re2 35.h3 Be1+ 36.Kh2 Rxe3
37.Bxc6 gxf4 38.Nc5 Bg3+ 39.Kh1 Bh5 40.Rd8+ Kg7 41.Rd7+ Kg6 42.Rd3 Kg5 43.b4 Kh4
44.b5 Re1+ 45.Kg2 Re2+  0-1

[Event "New York exh"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.h3 Nc6 10.O-O Na5 11.Bb3 Be6 12.Qd3 Rc8 13.Rad1 h6 14.Rfe1 b5 15.Nh4 Nxb3
16.axb3 Qc7 17.Rd2 Rfd8 18.Red1 Qb7 19.Nf3 b4 20.Na4 Nxe4 21.Re2 Nc5 22.Qd2 Nxa4
23.bxa4 Bf5 24.Ne1 d5 25.Bxh6 gxh6 26.Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A86"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nh3 d6 7.d5 c6 8.Nf4 Bd7 9.O-O Na6
10.Rb1 Kh8 11.b3 Qe8 12.Bb2 g5 13.Nd3 Qh5 14.e3 Qh6 15.Ne2 Rac8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6
17.f4 g4 18.Nd4 Qg7 19.Nf2 Kg8 20.b4 c5 21.Ne6 Bxe6 22.dxe6 Nxb4 23.a3 Nc6
24.Rxb7 Na5 25.Rxa7 Nxc4 26.Qd3 d5 27.Bxd5 Nd6 28.Bc4 Ra8 29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Rb1 Kh8
31.Rb6 Qf8 32.Rxd6 exd6 33.Qxf5 Rxa3 34.Bd3 Qe7 35.Nxg4 Bc3 36.Nh6 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Qg7
38.Nf7+ Kg8 39.e7 Ra8 40.Qd5  1-0

[Event "New York exh"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd3 Qd5 12.Qc2 Qxg2 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Be4 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Qxh1+
16.Ke2 Rab8 17.Be4 Qg1 18.Bf3 Bh4 19.Kd3 Rfd8+ 20.Kc4 Be7  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Qc2 d6 11.e3 Nd7 12.Bd3 Ndf6 13.O-O-O Qe7 14.d5 Nc5 15.e4 e5
16.Nd2 Nh5 17.Bf1 a5 18.f3 Bc8 19.Bf2 O-O 20.g4 Nf4 21.h4 Kg7 22.Nb1 Bd7
23.Nc3 Qf6 24.Ne2 Rh8 25.Ng3 h5 26.Nf5+ Bxf5 27.gxf5 g4 28.Rg1 Rag8 29.fxg4 hxg4
30.Rxg4+ Kf8 31.Rxg8+ Rxg8 32.b3 Qh6 33.Kb2 Qh5 34.Re1 Qf3 35.Re3 Qh1 36.Re1 Qh2
37.Kb1 Rg4 38.a3 Nfd3 39.Bxd3 Nxd3 40.Qxd3 Qxf2 41.Qe2 Qxh4 42.Ka2 Rg3 43.Qc2 Qh3
44.Re2 Rc3 45.Qb2 a4 46.bxa4 Qd3  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Be6 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Rb1 b6 11.d3 Bf6 12.Qc2 d5 13.Nd2 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Be2 Bg6 13.Bc4 Rc8 14.Nh2 Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bd2 e5 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Qe7 10.d5 Nb8 11.e4 O-O 12.Be2 Nh7 13.g3 Bh3 14.Rg1 Bd7 15.Nh4 c6
16.f4 Na6 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.O-O-O Rfe8 19.Qd2 Nf6 20.Qxd6 Nxe4 21.Qxe7 Rxe7
22.Bxe5 Rae8 23.Bf3 Nf2 24.Rxd7 Rxd7 25.Bxc6 Rxe5 26.fxe5 Re7 27.Nf3 Nd3+
28.Kb1 Nxe5 29.Nxe5 Rxe5 30.b4 Nc7 31.Rd1 Ne6 32.Rd7 a5 33.Bd5 Re1+ 34.Kb2 Re2+
35.Kb3 axb4 36.axb4 Rxh2 37.Bxe6 fxe6 38.c5  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be2 a6 5.h4 h5 6.Nf3 c6 7.Ng5 b5 8.a4 b4 9.Na2 a5
10.c3 bxc3 11.bxc3 Nh6 12.Rb1 O-O 13.f3 d5 14.Bf4 Na6 15.Qd2 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nf5
17.g4 hxg4 18.fxg4 Nd6 19.Ng3 Re8 20.h5 e5 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.hxg6 Qf6
24.Rd1 Be6 25.Qxd6 Qf4 26.Rh3 Bxa2 27.Rd4 Qe3 28.Ne4 Qg1+ 29.Kd2 Rxe4 30.Rxe4 Qc5
31.gxf7+ Bxf7 32.Rh8+ Kxh8 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Nf3 Nbd7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.Rfe1 e6 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Bb3 Nfd7
16.Nd2 Nc5 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Bg5 Rd7 19.Qe3 d5 20.exd5 exd5 21.Qg3 Ne6 22.h4 Nxg5
23.hxg5 Rfd8 24.Nf1 Kf8 25.Qh4 Nc4 26.Bxc4 Qxc4 27.Qxh7 Qg4 28.Rd3 Qxg5 29.Rh3 d4
30.Ne4 Qe5 31.Nfd2 d3 32.Nf3 Qxb2 33.cxd3 Rxd3 34.Neg5 Rd1 35.Rxd1 Rxd1+
36.Kh2 Qxf2 37.Nxf7 Bxf3 38.Rxf3 Qg1+ 39.Kg3 Qe1+ 40.Kg4 Rd4+ 41.Kg5 Qe7+
42.Kxg6 Qe6+ 43.Kg5 Qg4+  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Qd3 g6 12.Rd1 Bf8 13.Qf3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bd7 15.Ng3 f5
16.Ne2 Qh4 17.Nf4 Rac8 18.Rb1 Na5 19.a4 Bd6 20.g3 Qf6 21.h4 b6 22.Re1 Bc6
23.Qd1 e5 24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.Nd5 Qd6 26.Nb4 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Bf3 28.Rd3 Rxc3 29.Bd2 Rxd3
30.Nxd3 Bd4 31.Nf4 Kg7 32.Bd1 Nc4 33.Bb4 Be4 34.Rc1 Ne5 35.Rc7+ Kh8 36.Rxa7 Nc6
37.Rd7 Bxf2+ 38.Kxf2 Nxb4 39.Bb3 Nc6 40.h5 Ne5 41.Rd6 Rb8 42.hxg6 hxg6 43.Nxg6+ Nxg6
44.Rxg6 f4 45.Rd6 fxg3+ 46.Kxg3 Bh7 47.Kf4 Bg8 48.Bd1 Rb7 49.Ke5 Re7+ 50.Kd4 Kg7
51.Kc3 Re6 52.Rd7+ Kf6 53.Kb4 Bf7 54.Rb7 Be8 55.Bc2 Bc6 56.Rb8 Ke7 57.Bb3 Rd6
58.Rxb6 Bxa4 59.Rxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.h3 Ne4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nfd2 f5 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Bc2 d5 12.f3 Ba6 13.Re1 g5 14.Be5 Nc6 15.fxe4 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Qc7 17.exd5 Qxe5 18.Qh5 Qg7 19.dxe6 Rad8 20.Na3 Rd2 21.Rad1 Rdf2
22.Bxh7+ Qxh7 23.Qxh7+ Kxh7 24.Rd7 Rxb2 25.Rxe7+ Kh6 26.Rxa7 Bd3 27.Rd7 Be4
28.Rf7 Rxg2+ 29.Kf1 Re8 30.Nc4 Rxe6 31.Rd1 Rxa2 32.Rd6 Rxd6 33.Nxd6 Bd3+
34.Ke1 Re2+ 35.Kd1 Rxe3 36.Rf6+ Kg7 37.Rf7+ Kg6 38.Rb7 Rxh3 39.Rxb6  1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Arakhamia, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nb3 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O Nb4 12.Ne5 Bd5 13.Rd1 f6 14.Qg4 fxe5 15.e4 Qd6
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Na5 O-O-O 18.Nc4 Qa6 19.Nxe5 h5 20.Qe4 Bc5 21.Bg5 Nf6 22.Qc2 Qb6
23.Be3  1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Douven, Rudy C"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 e5 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.b3 Re8 10.a4 Bf8 11.Ba3 Rc8 12.Rfd1 e4 13.Nd2 d5 14.Bxf8 Nxf8 15.Nf1 Ng6
16.Rac1 Nh4 17.Ng3 h5 18.Rd2 g6 19.Qd1 a6 20.Rdc2 Kg7 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Bxg4 Nxg4
23.h3 Nh6 24.Nce2 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Re6 26.Qc7 Qxc7 27.Rxc7 Rc6 28.Rxb7 N6f5 29.Rd7 Nxg3
30.Nxg3 Rc1+ 31.Nf1 Rb1 32.Rxd5 f5 33.Ra5 f4 34.exf4 Nf5 35.Re5 e3 36.fxe3 Ng3
37.Kf2 Nxf1 38.Ra5 Nd2 39.Rxa6 Rxb3 40.Rc6 Ra3 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Kf7 43.Rc7+ Ke6
44.Rc6+ Kf7 45.Rc2 Ne4+ 46.Kf3 Nc3 47.g5 Ke6 48.a5 Kd6 49.a6 Nd5 50.Re2 Rxa6
51.e4 Ra3+ 52.Kg4 Ne3+ 53.Kh4 Rd3 54.d5 Kc5 55.f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qd2 c6 7.Bh6 Qa5 8.Bxg7 Kxg7
9.O-O-O Rd8 10.Kb1 Bg4 11.Qe3 Nbd7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 e5 14.f4 Nh5 15.Ne2 Ndf6
16.Bg2 exf4 17.Nxf4 Re8 18.f3 Rad8 19.c3 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Qh5 21.Rhe1 Qh6 22.Qxh6+ Kxh6
23.f4 Nh5 24.Rf1 Ng3 25.Rfe1 Nh5 26.Rf1 Ng3 27.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Ne7 12.Nc2 Nxd5 13.exd5 Qb6 14.Be2 Bg5 15.Nb4 O-O
16.a4 bxa4 17.Qxa4 Bb7 18.Qa5 Bd8 19.Qxb6 Bxb6 20.O-O a5 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.dxc6 d5
23.Rfd1 d4 24.cxd4 Bxd4 25.Rac1 Rfc8 26.b3 Rc7 27.Bb5 Rb8 28.Ba4 Kf8 29.Kf1 Rb4
30.Rc2 Ke7 31.f4 f6 32.fxe5 fxe5 33.Ke2 Ke6 34.Rf1 Rb8 35.Rf3 Kd5 36.Rc1 Ke4
37.Rcf1 Rb4 38.Rc1 Rb8 39.g4 Rd8 40.g5 Rb8 41.h4 g6 42.h5 gxh5 43.Rh1 Rg8
44.Rxh5 Kd5 45.Rf6 Kc5 46.Rf5 Kb6 47.Kf3 Re7 48.Ke4 Rd8 49.Rh6 Bb2 50.Rf2 Ba3
51.Rc2 Rd4+ 52.Ke3 Kc7 53.Rf6 Rg7 54.Rf5 Rg4 55.Rxe5 R4xg5 56.Rxg5 Rxg5 57.Ke4 Bd6
58.Rf2 Re5+ 59.Kd3 Kb6 60.Rf6 Bc7 61.Rh6 Rd5+ 62.Ke4 Re5+ 63.Kd4 Rg5 64.Rxh7 Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nb3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O b6 10.f4 Bb7 11.Bf3 Nd7 12.Qd2 Na5 13.Nxa5 bxa5 14.Rad1 Nb6 15.b3 Rc8
16.Ne2 a4 17.Qa5 Qc7 18.c4 axb3 19.axb3 Nd7 20.Qa3 Nc5 21.Ng3 a5 22.Rf2 h5
23.e5 dxe5 24.Bxb7 Nxb7 25.f5 Nd6 26.c5 Nb5 27.Qc1 Nd4 28.fxg6 fxg6 29.Qc4+ Kh8
30.Rf7 Rxf7 31.Qxf7 Qc6 32.Qxe7 Qxc5 33.Qg5 Ne6 34.Bxc5 Nxg5 35.Bb6 h4 36.Nf1 Rb8
37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Bxd8 Ne6 39.Bxa5 e4 40.Bb6 Bd4+ 41.Bxd4+ Nxd4 42.b4 Kg7 43.Nd2 Ne2+
44.Kf2 Nc3 45.Nc4 Kf6 46.Na3 Nd5 47.b5 Nb6 48.Nc2 Ke5 49.Nb4 g5 50.Nc6+ Kd5
51.Nd8 Nc4 52.Nf7 g4 53.Nh6 g3+ 54.hxg3 hxg3+ 55.Kxg3 Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bc1 Nc6 10.O-O Nh6 11.d5 Ne7 12.b4 Nf7 13.a4 f5 14.Nd2 g5 15.c5 Ng6 16.exf5 Bxf5
17.Nde4 Nf4 18.Bc4 g4 19.Ng3 Bg6 20.Qxg4 Nh6 21.Qd1 Qh4 22.Be2 e4 23.Ra3 Be5
24.Be3 Nxe2+ 25.Ncxe2 Ng4 26.h3 Nxe3 27.Rxe3 Rae8 28.a5 Bg7 29.Qb3 Bh6 30.f4 exf3
31.Rexf3 Rxf3 32.Qxf3 dxc5 33.bxc5 Be3+ 34.Kh1 Bxc5 35.Nf4 Rf8 36.Nxg6 Rxf3
37.Nxh4 Rxg3 38.Rc1 b6 39.axb6 axb6 40.Rd1 Rg5 41.g4 h5 42.Nf3 Rg7 43.g5 Re7
44.Kg2 Re4 45.g6 Kg7 46.Ng5 Re2+ 47.Kf3 Re3+ 48.Kf4 Kxg6 49.Ne6 Rxh3 50.Nxc5 bxc5
51.Ra1 Kf6 52.Ra6+ Ke7 53.Rc6 Rc3 54.Ke5 Kd7 55.Rh6 Re3+ 56.Kf5 c4 57.Rxh5 Kd6
58.Kf4 Re1  0-1

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 c6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Be3 Na6 9.Nd2 Nc5
10.g4 c6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.g5 Ne8 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 a4 15.Qd1 f5 16.gxf6 Bxf6
17.Qd2 Bh4 18.Rh2 Nf6 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Qd3 Qa5 21.O-O-O a3 22.b3 Rac8 23.Bg4 Rce8
24.Qc2 Qb4 25.Bd2 Qc5 26.Be3 Qb4 27.Bd2 Qb6 28.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.g3 Bd7 9.h4 Ne7
10.Bh3 h6 11.h5 Nb3 12.Nxb3 Ba4 13.Nfd2 Nc6 14.Qe2 cxb3 15.f4 Bb5 16.Qf3 Na5
17.f5 Be7 18.Qg4 Kd7 19.Qxg7 Raf8 20.f6 Bd8 21.Nf1 Ke8 22.Qg4 Bd3 23.Qd1 Bc2
24.Qe2 Rfg8 25.g4 Qc6 26.Ne3 Bh7 27.Bg2 b5 28.Bf3 Bb6 29.Bd2 a6 30.Kf2 Kd7
31.Rhc1 Ra8 32.Kg2 Bg8 33.Kh3 Ra7 34.Rg1 Bh7 35.Rg2 Raa8 36.Rag1 Raf8 37.Rg3 Kc7
38.Kh2 Kb8 39.R3g2 Ka7 40.Be1 Qd7 41.Bg3 Rd8 42.Bf4 Bg8 43.Qd2 Qe8 44.g5 hxg5
45.Rxg5 Bh7 46.Rg7 Rd7 47.h6 Bg6 48.Qe2 Bc7 49.Bh5 Be4 50.Bxf7 Rxf7 51.Rxf7 Qxf7
52.Rg7 Qf8 53.Rxc7+ Kb6 54.Rg7 Nc6 55.Qh5 a5 56.Nf1 b4 57.cxb4 axb4 58.a4 Ka5
59.Qe2 Qb8 60.Nd2 Bc2 61.Be3 Kxa4 62.Qa6+ Na5 63.Kg3 Bf5 64.Nf3 Qe8 65.Ra7 Rg8+
66.Ng5  1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.a4 O-O 8.Bc4 Bb7 9.Nge2 e6
10.Nf4 axb5 11.Bxb5 Nxd5 12.Ncxd5 exd5 13.O-O d4 14.exd4 Bxd4 15.Ne2 Be5
16.f4 Bf6 17.f5 Nc6 18.Qd6 Nd4 19.fxg6 Nxe2+ 20.Bxe2 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 hxg6 22.Bc4 Kg7
23.Ra3 Qh4 24.Rg3 Rae8 25.Bg5  1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sellos, Didier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.Bb3 Nc6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Re1 Na5 13.Re2 Nxb3 14.axb3 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Rd2 Nf4 17.Ne1 Rcd8 18.Nd3 Ng6 19.f3 f5 20.Nf2 Nh4 21.Kh1 Qg5 22.Nh3 Qh6
23.Ng1 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Nf5 25.Qe1 d5 26.Nc5 Bc8 27.Re2 Nd4 28.Rf2 Nc6 29.Rd1 Qf6
30.Rfd2 Qf7 31.Ne2 Rd6 32.Nc3 d4 33.N3e4 Rg6 34.Re2 a5 35.Nd3 Qc7 36.Ng3 Re8
37.Qf2 b6 38.Ree1 Ba6 39.Rd2 Rge6 40.Ne4 h6 41.Ng3 Nd8 42.Rde2 Bxd3 43.cxd3 Qf7
44.h3 Nc6 45.Re4 Nb4 46.Qd2 Nd5 47.Nf1 Nf4 48.Kh2 Qh5 49.Ng3 Qg5 50.Nf1 Qh5
51.Ng3 Rf8 52.Rd1 Rg6 53.Qe1 Rg5  0-1

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bernard, Christophe"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.O-O a6 6.Nxd4 Qc7 7.e4 d6 8.b3 g6
9.Bb2 Bg7 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Qd2 Rb8 13.Rac1 Re8 14.Rfd1 Bf8 15.f4 Qc5
16.Kh1 Qh5 17.Bf3 Qh3 18.Nde2 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Ng1 Qh6 21.b4 Bb7 22.Qg2 e5
23.Nge2 exf4 24.Nxf4 g5 25.Nfd5 g4 26.Be2 Bg7 27.Rc2 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Bxb2 29.Rxb2 Rxe4
30.Qxe4 Nf6 31.Qf4 Bxd5+ 32.Kg1 Qg7 33.Rbd2 Be6 34.Rxd6 Rf8 35.Qd4 Qg5 36.Rf1 Nh5
37.h3 Ng7 38.Qc5 Qe7 39.Bxb5 Rc8 40.Rc6 Qd8 41.Rxc8 Bxc8 42.Bc4  1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Andruet, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 g5 12.Qh3 Bf4 13.O-O Bxc1 14.Raxc1 Qf4 15.Rce1 b6
16.Re4 Qf6 17.Rfe1 Kd8 18.Qg3 Bb7 19.R4e3 Rc8 20.c3 c5 21.Be4 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Rc7
23.h4 cxd4 24.Rxd4 gxh4 25.Rxh4 Qe7 26.Nd4 Rc5 27.b4 Rc8 28.b5 Qf6 29.Rf4 Qg5
30.Qxg5+ hxg5 31.Rxf7 Rxc3 32.Nc6+ Kc8 33.Nxa7+  1-0

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.h3 Re8 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Bd2 c4 15.b4 cxb3
16.Qxb3 Nc5 17.Qb4 Nf6 18.Rac1 Qd8 19.a5 Bf5 20.Nd4 Be4 21.Nxe4 Ncxe4 22.Ne6 fxe6
23.Bxe4 exd5 24.Bxd5+ Nxd5 25.Qb3 Qd7 26.Qxd5+ Kh8 27.h4 Re5 28.Qd3 Rf8 29.Kg2 Qf7
30.f3 Rd5 31.Qc2 Rc5 32.Qd3 Rd5 33.Qc2 Rc5 34.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.d3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qc1 Re8
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O Bg4 11.Re1 Bf8 12.Ne4 Bb4 13.Bd2 f5 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.Qxc5 e4
16.Nh4 Re5 17.Qa3 Rb5 18.h3 Bh5 19.Rac1 Nd4 20.Bf1 exd3 21.Qxd3 Rxb2 22.Be3 Nxe2+
23.Bxe2 Rxe2 24.Qxf5 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Bf7 26.Qg4 Qd7 27.Qg5 h6 28.Qc5 Bd5 29.Kh2 Re8
30.Rd1 Qf7 31.g4 Bxa2 32.Nf5 Be6 33.Nd4 Bd5 34.Nf5 Be4 35.Ng3 Bg6 36.Bd4 c6
37.Ra1 Nc4 38.f4 Be4 39.Rxa7 Nd2 40.Nxe4 Qxf4+  0-1

[Event "Paris-ch"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Nd4 Ne5 10.Bd3 Nfg4 11.Qe2 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 g6 13.Nb3 Qd8 14.Nd5 Bg7 15.Qb6 Qxb6
16.Nxb6 Rb8 17.Be2 Nd7 18.Nxc8 Bxb2 19.Nxd6+ exd6 20.Rd1 Bc3+ 21.Kf1 Ke7
22.h4 Rhc8 23.h5 Bf6 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.c4 Nb6  0-1

[Event "World op 5'"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.h4 Be7 7.g3 c6 8.d5 Na6 9.Nh3 Nc7
10.Nf4 Bd7 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bd2 e3 13.Bxe3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 O-O 15.Qd2 Bf6 16.Bg2 c5
17.e4 b5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.cxb5 Rb8 20.a4 a6 21.bxa6 Nxa6 22.O-O Be5 23.a5 Rb4
24.e4 Bg4 25.Kh2 c4 26.Bh3 Bxh3 27.Kxh3 Nc5 28.Ne6 Nxe6 29.dxe6 Re8 30.a6 Rb8
31.Qd5 Kh8 32.a7 Ra8 33.Nb5 Bxb2 34.Ra2 c3  1-0

[Event "World op 5'"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 a5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 Qe7 10.e3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be2 Bf5 13.O-O g5 14.Bg3 Ne4 15.Qc1 h5
16.h3 h4 17.Bh2 g4 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Kh1 h3 20.gxh3 Rxh3 21.Ng1 Rxh2+ 22.Kxh2 Qh4+
23.Kg2 O-O-O 24.Qd1 Rxd1 25.Raxd1 Bxe2 26.Nxe2 Qg4+ 27.Ng3 Nxg3 28.fxg3 Qe2+
29.Kh3 f5 30.Rde1 Qg4+ 31.Kh2 Qxc4 32.Rf2 Qe4 33.Rd2 b6 34.Rde2 Ne7 35.Rf2 Nd5
36.Rfe2 Nf6 37.Kh3 Ng4 38.Kh4 Nh2+ 39.Kh5 Qg4+ 40.Kh6 Nf3 41.Rd1 Ng5 42.Red2 Ne6
43.Rd7 Qg5+ 44.Kh7 Nf8+  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fang, Joseph"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 e4 11.Bc2 Qe7 12.Qb1 g5 13.Bg3 O-O 14.h4 Ne5 15.hxg5 hxg5
16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Kd2 Ng4 18.Qg1 Bf5 19.f3 exf3 20.gxf3 Qxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Nxe3
22.Bxf5 Nxf5 23.Rag1 Kg7 24.Rxg5+ Kf6 25.Rg4 Rh8 26.Rhg1 Rh2 27.Re4 Rf2 28.f4 Rh8
29.Ke1 Rf3 30.Rf1 Re3 31.Rxe3 Nxe3 32.Rg1 Nxc4 33.Kf2 Rh5 34.Rb1 Rh2+  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zaltsman, Vitaly F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.f4 Qc7
9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O Rb8 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.Bf3 Bb7 14.Kb1 b4 15.Nce2 Nc5
16.Ng3 g6 17.b3 h6 18.gxh6 Rxh6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.f5 Rh4 21.fxg6 fxg6 22.Bg5 Bxe4
23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.Rhf1 g5 27.Qd3 d5 28.Qxa6 Qc5 29.Rf6 Rc8
30.Rc1 Ke7 31.Rh6 Re1 32.Qb7+ Kd6 33.Qa6+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kolvick, R."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.Be3 Bg4 10.Rc1 Re8 11.Ne4 Nd4 12.Re1 Bf8 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.Rxc5 Qd6 15.Bxd4 exd4
16.Qc2 c6 17.Rg5 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nd7 19.Qb3 Rab8 20.h4 Ne5 21.Be4 Re7 22.Kg2 h6
23.Rf5 g6 24.Rf4 Kg7 25.h5 g5 26.Rf5 Ng4 27.Rc1 Nf6 28.Rc4 Rd8 29.a4 Qe6
30.f3 Nd5 31.Kf2 Ne3 32.g4 b6 33.Qa3 c5 34.Rc1 Qd6 35.a5 Qh2+ 36.Ke1 Nxf5
37.gxf5 Qg1+ 38.Kd2 Qe3+ 39.Kd1 g4 40.axb6 axb6 41.Qa6 Rd6 42.fxg4 Rxe4 43.dxe4 Qxe4
44.Qd3 Qxg4 45.Kd2 Qf4+ 46.Kc2 Rd5 47.f6+ Kxf6 48.Qb5 Qe4+ 49.Kd2 Qe3+ 50.Kc2 Kg7
51.Kb1 d3 52.Qb3 Qe4 53.Rc4 Qxe2 54.Rg4+ Qxg4 55.Qxd5 Qe2 56.Ka2 Qe6  0-1

[Event "World op act"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.b4 Bf5 10.b5 Nd4 11.d3 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Rb8 13.Be3 Qd7 14.a4 Bg4 15.a5 Bxf3
16.axb6 Bg4 17.bxa7 Ra8 18.b6 cxb6 19.Bxb6 Bh3 20.Qa4 Qxa4 21.Nxa4 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Bd8
23.Bc5 b6 24.Nxb6 Rxa7 25.Nc4 Rc7 26.Bxf8 Kxf8  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Ba2 b4 12.Ne2 Rb8 13.Ng3 c5 14.h3 Bc8 15.Nd2 Be6 16.Nc4 Kh8
17.f4 g6 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Nxa5 Qxa5 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.b3 Rbd8 22.Qe2 Kg7 23.Rf1 h5
24.Bg5 Qc7 25.Qe3 Rh8 26.Rf3 Rdf8 27.Raf1 h4 28.Nh1 Rh5 29.Qc1 Qd7 30.Nf2 Nh7
31.Bxe7 Rxf3 32.gxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Silman, Jeremy D"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.e4 d6 6.c3 Nd7 7.Bd3 g6 8.Nbd2 Bg7
9.a4 a5 10.O-O e5 11.d5 O-O 12.b4 Qe7 13.Qc2 Nf6 14.Nb3 axb4 15.cxb4 Nh5
16.Rfc1 Nf4 17.Bb5 f5 18.Qxc7 Qf6 19.Nfd2 Qg5 20.g3 Nh3+ 21.Kg2 Qh5 22.Bd7 fxe4
23.Rf1 Nxf2 24.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 26.Ke1 Bxd7 27.Qxd7 e3 28.Qg4 Qf2+
29.Kd1 exd2 30.Qe2 Qxg3 31.Nxd2 Qg1+  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 e5
9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 d6 11.c5 Ng4 12.Bc4 O-O 13.cxd6 Bxd6 14.Bg5 Qxg5 15.Qxd6 Nf6
16.Kh1 Qf4 17.f3 Bd7 18.Rad1 Rfe8 19.Qc7 Rec8 20.Qa5 Re8 21.Qc7 Rec8 22.Qa5 Re8
23.Na4 Be6 24.Bxe6 Rxe6 25.Nb6 Rae8 26.Nc4 Nh5 27.Qxa7 Rh6 28.Kg1 Nf6 29.g3 Rg6
30.Kh1 Qh6 31.Nd6  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne4 Bf5 13.Bg5 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Qf3 Qxf3 17.Bxf3 Rac8 18.Rfe1 Rfd8 19.Rad1 g6 20.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Mateo rapid"]
[Site "San Mateo"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Brooke, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 e6 6.dxc5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qa5 8.Nd4 Qxc5
9.Nb5 Ne5 10.Ba3 Qc6 11.Nd6+ Kd8 12.f4 Nxc4 13.Bxc4 Qxg2 14.Nxf7+ Ke8 15.Qd6 Qxh1+
16.Bf1  1-0

[Event "San Mateo rapid"]
[Site "San Mateo"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Beelby, Matthew A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e4 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 d6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc6 12.f3 b6 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.b4 Rc7 15.a3 Rd7
16.Bf1 Qa8 17.Qd2 d5 18.cxd5 Rfd8 19.Qf2 exd5 20.e5 Ne8 21.Nb5 Rc8 22.Nd4 Ba4
23.Re1 Rxc1 24.Bxc1 Nc7 25.Bd3 Ne6 26.Nf5 Bf8 27.Qh4 Qd8 28.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "San Mateo rapid"]
[Site "San Mateo"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Qc2 g6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Bh6 f5 15.Nd2 Rf7
16.Bc4 Bf6 17.Rad1 Rb8 18.Nb3 Bg7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Nd4 Qf6 22.Rfe1 Bd7
23.b3 f4 24.Qc5 Qg5 25.Nf3 Qf6 26.Qxa7 Rd8 27.Qc5 Bg4 28.Ne5 Bxd1 29.Nxf7 Kxf7
30.Rxd1 Qf5 31.h3 f3 32.g4 Qe5 33.Rd3 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qe5+ 35.Kg1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Mateo rapid"]
[Site "San Mateo"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lakdawala, Cyrus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.g4 f5 8.gxf5 gxf5
9.Qh5+ Ng6 10.exf5 Qh4 11.Qf3 N6e7 12.Bd3 Nh6 13.f6 Rf8 14.Qg3 Qxf6 15.Ne4 Qf7
16.Ng5 Qh5 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.Qxg7 Nhf5 19.Qg5 Bf7 20.Qxh5 Bxh5 21.Nh3 c6 22.dxc6 Nxe3
23.fxe3 bxc6 24.Ng5 Kd7 25.Nxh7 Rh8 26.Ng5 d5 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.e4 d4 29.Kd2 Ng6
30.Bb5+ Ke7 31.Rac1 Nf4 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.h4 Rab8 34.a4 a6 35.Rc6+ Ke7 36.Rxa6 Bg4
37.Rc1 Rxh4 38.Rc7+ Kd8 39.Raa7 Rh2+ 40.Kc1 Rh1+ 41.Kc2 Bd1+ 42.Kd2 Bxa4
43.Rd7+ Ke8 44.Rdb7+  1-0

[Event "San Mateo rapid"]
[Site "San Mateo"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.c3 Nge7 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 exd4
9.Bf4 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 d6 12.a4 Rb8 13.axb5 axb5 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Rxe5 Rb7 17.Nd2 O-O 18.Ne4 Bf5 19.Qf3 Qb6 20.Nd2 Qd6 21.Rxf5 Qd7 22.Rxf7 Rxf7
23.Ra8+ Nc8 24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.h3 Rb6 26.Bd6+ Bf6 27.Bc5 Rc6 28.b4 Kg7 29.g4 h6
30.h4 Re6 31.Rb8 Qc6 32.Qd3 Re1+ 33.Kh2 Qh1+ 34.Kg3 Be5+ 35.f4 Qg1+ 36.Kf3 Re3+
37.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 38.Kg2 Bxb8  0-1

[Event "San Mateo rapid"]
[Site "San Mateo"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McCambridge, Vincent"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 e5 6.a4 Qa5 7.Qd2 Be7 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 Nf8 10.O-O Bg4 11.b4 Qc7 12.Be2 Ne6 13.d5 Nf4 14.Bd1 cxd5 15.exd5 O-O
16.Re1 g5 17.Bg3 Rfc8 18.Ra3 Qc4 19.Bxf4 Qxf4 20.h3 Bf5 21.Rb3 Qxd2 22.Nxd2 a6
23.a5 Rc7 24.Re3 Rac8 25.Kf1 Bg6 26.Ke1 Nd7 27.g4 Kg7  0-1

[Event "San Mateo rapid"]
[Site "San Mateo"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.e4 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 c5 8.d5 Ngf6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Ne8 11.Be2 Nc7 12.Be3 a6 13.a4 Qb8 14.Qd2 e6 15.a5 exd5
16.exd5 b5 17.axb6 Qxb6 18.Rfb1 a5 19.Ra3 Rfb8 20.Qc2 Na6 21.Qa4 Qd8 22.Nb5 Nb4
23.Qd1 Ra6 24.Qd2 Be5 25.Bg5 Qb6 26.f4 Bf6 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Re3 Raa8 29.Re1 Re8
30.Bf1 Rxe3 31.Rxe3 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Nxe8 33.Qe3 Qd8 34.Bd3 Kf8 35.Bb1 Qf6 36.Qd2 Ng7
37.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nh3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e3 Nbd7 12.f3 c5 13.Bd3 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Nc5 15.Bc2 Rc8
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.O-O-O Rfe8 19.Kd2 Ba6 20.Nf4 Re5 21.Rhe1 Rce8
22.g4 Kf8 23.Nh5 R5e6 24.Ng3 Nd7 25.f4 Nc5 26.Nf5 Bc4 27.Rc1 a5 28.Nxh6 a4
29.Nf5 b5 30.h4 Rb6 31.h5 Reb8 32.h6 Kg8 33.Rg1 Kh8 34.g5 fxg5 35.Rxg5 Rd8
36.Rh1 Rf6 37.Nd4 Ne6 38.Nxe6 Rxe6 39.Bf5 Rf6 40.Kc3 Re8 41.Kd4 Be2 42.h7 Rc6
43.Rhg1 Rc4+ 44.Kxd5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bd3 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Re1 a6 11.Bf1 h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.f3 e5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Nc2 Bg5 17.Qf2 f5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Qf6 21.b4 Na4 22.Ne3 Rf4
23.Ng4 Rxg4 24.fxg4 Qxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Nc3 26.Bd3 Kg7 27.g3 Bd2 28.a3 Rf8+ 29.Kg2 Bxe1
30.Rxe1 a5 31.bxa5 bxa5 32.Rc1 Nxd5 33.Rc6 Ne3+ 34.Kh3 Rf6 35.Be4 Nd1 36.Kh4 Ne3
37.g5 hxg5+ 38.Kxg5 Nf5 39.Rc7+ Rf7 40.Rxf7+ Kxf7 41.Bxf5 gxf5 42.Kxf5 Kg7
43.g4 Kh6 44.a4 Kg7 45.g5 Kf7 46.h4 Kg7 47.h5 Kh7 48.h6 Kh8 49.g6 Kg8 50.Kf6 e4
51.h7+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.b3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Bb2 a6 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.c3 Bc5 10.Qh5 d6 11.cxd4 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Ne2 Qb6 15.Nxd4 Qxd4
16.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 Bxa3 8.bxa3 Nc6
9.Bb2 Rb8 10.Qc2 b5 11.Rad1 Ne7 12.e4 Bb7 13.Rfe1 Bxe4 14.Rxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nd5
16.h4 h6 17.Ne5 Qd6 18.Re1 Rbd8 19.Qg4 f5 20.Qe2 Rf6 21.h5 c5 22.Bxd5 cxd4
23.Nc6 Re8 24.Bxd4 Qxd5 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Nb4 Qc5 27.Qd2 Kg7 28.Qd7+ Re7 29.Qd8 e5
30.Rd1 Qc7 31.Qd5 Qb6 32.Qf3 Qe6 33.Nc2 f4 34.gxf4 e4 35.Qg2+ Kh8  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.Be2 Bg5 14.O-O a5 15.Qd3 Ne7
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rfd1 Rb6 18.Ne3 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Qc7 20.Rd5 Qb8 21.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.Qd3 Qc7 5.O-O-O h6 6.Qh3 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Ne7
9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nd7 11.Nh3 Nf8 12.f3 Rh7 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.e4 dxe4 15.fxe4 O-O-O
16.Rhe1 Bxf4+ 17.Qxf4 g5 18.Qf2 Nfg6 19.d5 exd5 20.exf5 Ne5 21.f6 Nxd3+ 22.Rxd3 Ng6
23.Qxa7 b6 24.Qa3 Bxh3 25.Rxh3 Nf4 26.Rhe3 Ng6 27.Nb5 Qb8 28.Nd4 Kb7 29.Ne6 Rhd7
30.Nc5+ bxc5 31.Rb3+ Kc7 32.Rxb8 Rxb8 33.Qxc5 Rb5 34.Qa7+ Kd6 35.Qa3+ Kc7
36.g3 d4 37.Qa7+ Kc8 38.Qa8+ Kc7 39.Re8 Ne5 40.Qa7+ Kd6 41.Qxd4+ Rd5 42.Qb4+ c5
43.Qb8+ Kc6 44.Re6+ R5d6 45.Qc8+ Kb5 46.a4+ Kc4 47.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 e5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.c5 Bg7 10.Qb3 Qb8 11.Be2 O-O 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.Nd2 Nh5 14.Qd1 f5 15.Bxh5 gxh5
16.Qxh5 b5 17.Qg5 Ng6 18.a3 Nf4 19.O-O Rf6 20.Kh1 Qf8 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Nde4 Rg6
23.Bxf4 Rxg5 24.Bxg5 h6 25.Be3 a5 26.f3 Rb8 27.Rfc1 Bd7 28.Ne2 Rb7 29.Bd2 Bf6
30.Bxa5 Be7 31.Bb4 h5 32.Rc3 h4 33.Rac1 Bf5 34.Rc6 Rd7 35.N2c3 h3 36.Rg1 Kh7
37.Ng3 hxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Bd3 39.Rd1 Bc2 40.Rd2 Bg6 41.Nxb5 Qf4 42.Rf2 e4 43.fxe4 Bxe4+
44.Kg1 Qg5 45.Nc7 Bxd5 46.Nxd5 Qxd5 47.Rc8 Bg5 48.Rc3 Re7 49.Nf1 Rg7 50.Rg3 Bh6
51.Re2 Qd3 52.Rf2 d5 53.Rf6 Qd4+ 54.Rf2 Rf7 55.Rg2 Bc1 56.Bc3 Qa7 57.Nd2 Rxf2
58.Rxf2 d4 59.Bb4 Bxb2 60.Ne4 d3 61.Kf1 Bg7 62.Rf3 Qd4 63.Nd2 Qd5 64.Rh3+ Kg8
65.Rf3 Bh6 66.Kf2 Qd4+ 67.Kg2 Bf4 68.Rf2 Qd5+ 69.Rf3 Kh7 70.Kf2 Qd4+ 71.Kf1 Kg6
72.Rf2 Be3 73.Rf3 Qa1+ 74.Kg2 Qg1+ 75.Kh3 Kh5 76.Rg3 Qf2 77.Rf3 Qh4+ 78.Kg2 Qg4+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qc7 11.f4 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Bf3 Rc8 14.Rhe1 Be7 15.a3 O-O
16.Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.a4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Bc4 Nf6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.O-O Rc8 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 Bg5 14.c3 Kh8 15.Qe2 Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 O-O 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Ng4 13.Qc2 Qb6 14.Re2 Rfb8 15.Nd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 e6 6.Rb1 a5 7.e4 Nge7 8.Nge2 d6
9.d3 O-O 10.O-O Nd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nb5 Qb6 13.a4 Qc5 14.f4 Bd7 15.b3 Nc6
16.Rb2 Rab8 17.g4 f5 18.exf5 exf5 19.g5 Nb4 20.Re2 Rfe8 21.Rfe1 d5 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.Qe2 Bf7 25.Ba3 dxc4 26.bxc4 b6 27.Kf1 Bf8 28.Bb2 Nxd3 29.Bd5 Bxd5
30.cxd5 Nxb2 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Qe5+ Bg7 33.Qe8+ Qf8 34.Qe6 d3 35.Nd6 d2 36.Nf7+ Qxf7
37.Qxf7 d1=Q+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 exf4 13.Kb1 d5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxd5 Be5
16.Bc4 b5 17.Bb3 a5 18.a3 Qg5 19.g3 fxg3 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.hxg3 a4 22.Ba2 Bxg3
23.f6 Bh4 24.Ne7+ Nxe7 25.fxe7 Rfe8 26.Rd7 Bg3 27.Rhd1 Be5 28.Bd5 Rac8 29.Bb7 Rb8
30.Bc6 Bf6 31.Re1 Rb6 32.Bd5 Rbb8 33.Rc7 g4 34.Bc6 Bh4 35.Re2 g6 36.Kc1 f5
37.Kd1 Kf7 38.Bd5+ Kg7 39.Bc6 Kf7 40.Bd5+ Kg7 41.Re6 Kh6 42.Ke2 b4 43.axb4 Rxb4
44.Bc6 Rxe7 45.Rcxe7 Bxe7 46.Rxe7 Rc4 47.Re6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Qb3 Bc6 14.Bb5 d4 15.Bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 O-O 10.e3 e5 11.d5 Nb8 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.Be2 e4 14.O-O Kh8 15.Bd4 Ne5
16.Bd1 Bd7 17.Qc3 Bf5 18.Bc2 Bg6 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Qb4 Qd6 21.f3 exf3 22.Bxg6 fxg6
23.Rxf3 a5 24.Qxd6 cxd6 25.Raf1 Kg8 26.a4 Rac8 27.h4 Rcd8 28.b3 b6 29.R1f2 Ng4
30.Rf1 Rxf3 31.Rxf3 Nf6 32.Kf1 Nd7 33.Ke2 Nc5 34.Kd1 Nd3 35.Rf1 Rd7 36.Kc2 Nc5
37.Kc3 Na6 38.g4 Rd8 39.g5 h5 40.Rf3 Rf8 41.Rxf8+ Kxf8 42.c5 bxc5 43.Nc4 Ke7
44.Nxa5 Nc7 45.Kc4 Kd7 46.Nc6 Na6 47.e4 Nc7 48.a5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 a5 10.d4 a4 11.Bc2 Bd7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 h6 15.Nh2 Na5 16.f4 c5
17.dxe5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Rxe5 19.Bf4 Nc6 20.Nf3 Qc7 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rf1 Re8 23.Bxh6 c4
24.Bf4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bc2 Bd6 10.Ne4 Bb4+ 11.N4c3 Bd6 12.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.h3 Nbd7 8.O-O Re8
9.Re1 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Be3 exd4 12.Bxd4 c5 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Qc1 b5 15.axb5 axb5
16.Bg5 Ned7 17.Rd1 b4 18.Nd5 Bb7 19.Nef4 h6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Ra7 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Kb1 d5 12.Bxf6 dxe4 13.Bxe7 Rxd2 14.Nxd2 exf3 15.gxf3 e5
16.Bh4 Be6 17.Nde4 Nd4 18.Bg2 Rc8 19.Bf2 f5 20.f4 fxe4 21.fxe5 Rc4 22.Rhe1 Rb4
23.Kc1 Bg4 24.Nd5 Qc5 25.Nxb4 Bxd1 26.Kxd1 e3 27.Rxe3 Nf5 28.Bd5+ Kf8 29.Rf3 Qxb4
30.Rxf5+ Ke8 31.e6  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.a3 Bd6 10.Be4 Nf6 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Bc2 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Qd3 g6
16.Qe3 Kg7 17.O-O Bd7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.N2c3 Bc8 20.Ba4 Bc7 21.b4 e5 22.d5 Nd4
23.Nb5 Rxd5 24.Nec3 Rdd8 25.Rxd4 Bb6 26.Rxd8 Bxe3 27.Rxf8 Bxf2+ 28.Rxf2 Kxf8
29.Nd5 Qg5 30.Bb3 Bh3 31.Nbc3 f5 32.Re2 e4 33.Ne3 h5 34.Ncd5 h4 35.Rc2 Kg7
36.Kf1 Bg4 37.Rc7+ Kh6 38.Rf7 Bh5 39.Kf2 a6 40.g3 b5 41.Nf6  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Bd3 Qg6 13.O-O Be7 14.f4 O-O 15.f5 Qf6
16.c3 d5 17.exd5 Bxa3 18.bxa3 Ne7 19.c4 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Nxf5 21.Qf3 Qe7 22.d6 Qa7+
23.Kh1 Bd7 24.Bd3 Nxd6 25.Bb4 Qd4 26.Rad1 Bg4 27.Bxh7+ Kxh7 28.Rxd4 Bxf3
29.Rh4+ Kg8 30.Bxd6 Be2 31.Re1 Rfd8 32.Bxe5 Rd2 33.Re4 Bh5 34.g4 Bg6 35.R4e2 Rxe2
36.Rxe2 Re8 37.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Douven, Rudy C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bg4 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nbd7 12.Qd2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Rc8 14.Kh1 Rc6 15.Rg1 Kh8
16.Rab1 Qc8 17.Qf4 Nh5 18.Qh4 g6 19.Bb5 Re6 20.c4 Nb6 21.Be7 Rg8 22.c5 Nd7
23.Bd3 Re8 24.Bd6 Nhf6 25.Qg5 Qc6 26.Bb5 Qc8 27.Rgc1 Qd8 28.Bf1 Qa5 29.Rxb7 Qxa2
30.Bg3 Re1 31.c6 Qa6 32.Rxe1 Rxe1 33.Rb8+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Kh1 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.f4 Bc6 12.Bf3 Nd7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qd2 Qb6 15.b3 a5
16.Rae1 Rad8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Rfe8 19.Re2 Rc8 20.c4 Qb4 21.Qb2+ Kg8 22.Bg4 f5
23.Bf3 b5 24.g4 bxc4 25.gxf5 cxb3 26.fxg6 Nf6 27.Rxe7 Qxf4 28.gxh7+ Kh8 29.Bg2 Qg5
30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Rxf6 Qg7 32.h3 bxa2 33.Kh2 Re3 34.Rf8+ Kxh7 35.Qxg7+ Kxg7
36.Rf1 Ra3 37.Ra1 Kf6 38.Bf1 Ra4 39.Bb5 Rb4 40.Ba6 Ra4 41.Bb5 Rb4 42.Bc6 Rb2+
43.Kg3 Kf5 44.h4 Rd2 45.Kf3 Rh2 46.Ke3 Ke5 47.Kd3 a4 48.Kc3 Rh3+ 49.Kb4 Rxh4+
50.Ka3 Kd4 51.Rxa2 Kc4 52.Kxa4 Kc5+ 53.Ka5 Rc4 54.Rb2 Rh4 55.Rc2+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Qd3 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6
9.Bf4 Qb6 10.O-O-O Rd8 11.Rhe1 Be7 12.Qe2 Nf6 13.Nd4 O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.f3 c6 6.Qd2 Qa5 7.g4 h5 8.g5 Nfd7 9.f4 d5
10.f5 dxe4 11.fxg6 fxg6 12.Nxe4 Qxd2+ 13.Nxd2 O-O 14.Bd3 e5 15.Ngf3 exd4
16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Nxd4 Ne5 18.Be2 Rf4 19.N2f3 Nxf3+ 20.Nxf3 Bg4 21.O-O Bh3
22.Rf2 Nd7 23.Bf1 Bf5 24.Bg2 Rf8 25.Rd2 Nc5 26.Re1 h4 27.Rd4 Bxc2 28.Rc1 Be4
29.Nxh4 Nd3 30.Ra1 Bxg2 31.Rxd3 Be4  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf5 8.Bxf5 exf5
9.Nc3 Be6 10.a3 Be7 11.h4 h6 12.Bf4 Na5 13.Kf1 Qd7 14.Nd2 Rc8 15.Rh3 g6 16.Qe2 Kf8
17.Kg1 a6 18.Nf3 Nc4 19.Nd1 b5 20.Ne1 Qa7 21.Qd3 Qb6 22.Nc2 Qd8 23.b3 Nb6
24.Nb4 a5 25.Na6 a4 26.Qxb5 axb3 27.Rxb3 Nc4 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 Qxh4 30.g3 Qh3
31.c6 Kg7 32.Qc5 g5 33.Bc1 d4 34.Nb2 Rxc6 35.Qxc6 Na5 36.Qxe6 fxe6 37.Rb5 f4
38.Nd3 fxg3  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 e6 5.e3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne5 Nxe5 8.Bxe5 Be7
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.O-O O-O 12.d3 Qf5 13.Bb2 Rad8 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Nd2 Rfe8
16.Rae1 Qg6 17.Nf3 d4 18.e4 Nd5 19.Qd1 Nb4 20.a3 Nc6 21.Bc1 Qh5 22.g3 f5
23.exf5 Qxf5 24.Ng5 Bf8 25.f4 h6 26.Ne4 b5 27.Qc2 Kh8 28.Bd2 Rc8 29.Rc1 Nb8
30.Rfe1 Nd7 31.Qb2 Qd5 32.Re2 c4 33.bxc4 bxc4 34.Qa2 Qh5 35.g4 Qxg4+ 36.Rg2 Qf3
37.Rg3 Qh5 38.Rxc4 Rxc4 39.Qxc4 Qd1+ 40.Kg2 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 a6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.f4 b5 13.Rae1 Nb4 14.e5 Nfd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Ne4 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Bd7 19.Nbc5 Bc6 20.Qg4 Kh8 21.Rf3 Rae8 22.Nd6 f5
23.Qd4 Qd8 24.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.e3 Nxf3+ 5.Qxf3 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 d6 8.g3 Nh6
9.Bg2 Rb8 10.Qd1 Nf5 11.Qc2 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.a4 Bd7 14.Nd5 e6 15.Bxg7 Nxg7
16.Nf4 Nf5 17.Qc3 Bc6 18.b4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 cxb4 20.Qxb4 Ne7 21.Rfc1 d5 22.d4 Nc6
23.Qc3 dxc4 24.Qxc4 Qd6 25.Rab1 Rfc8 26.Rb6 Qd8 27.Rcb1 Na7 28.Qb3 Nb5 29.Rxe6 Nc3
30.Rb6 Nxb1 31.Qxb1 Qd7 32.a5 Rc6 33.Rb4 g5 34.Nd3 Rh6 35.h4 Qd5+ 36.f3 gxh4
37.Nf4 Qxa5 38.g4 Rc8 39.Kh3 Qa3 40.Rb3 Rc1 41.Qf5 Rh1+ 42.Kg2 Qc1 43.Qg5+ Kh8
44.Qd8+ Kg7 45.Qg5+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Schroer, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 Nc6 10.Kh1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bd7 12.Bf3 Bc6 13.a5 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.Qf2 Bb4 17.Be3 Bxa5 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.Bc5 Bxc3 20.Bxf8 Bxe5 21.fxe5 Rxf8
22.Qc5 Rc8 23.c4 h6 24.b3 Re8 25.Rd2 Qe7 26.Qxe7 Rxe7 27.Rf1 Kh7 28.h4 Kg6
29.Kh2 f5 30.exf6 gxf6 31.g4 Rh7 32.Rd6 Kf7 33.Rd8 Ke7 34.Rg8 Bd7 35.Rb8 Bc6
36.Rc8 Rf7 37.Rd1 h5 38.gxh5 f5 39.Rc7+ Kf6 40.Rxf7+ Kxf7 41.Rg1 e3 42.h6 e2
43.h7 e1=Q 44.Rxe1 Kg7 45.Rxe6 Kxh7 46.Kg3 Kg7 47.Kf4 Kf7 48.Rxc6 bxc6 49.Kxf5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.f4 Nf6 11.fxe5 Bxa4 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.exf6 Bf8 14.Be3 Rd3 15.Bd4 Kd7
16.Rf3 Rd1+ 17.Rf1 Rxf1+ 18.Kxf1 c5 19.Bf2 Bd6 20.Nd2 Bc2 21.Re1 Re8 22.Kg1 Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.O-O Na6 9.Bg5 h6
10.Bh4 Qe8 11.Ne1 Nc5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Bg4 Bxg4 14.Qxg4 Bd8 15.Qe2 c6 16.Rd1 Bc7
17.h4 Qe7 18.g3 Kg7 19.Nf3 a4 20.h5 Ba5 21.Rc1 Qd7 22.Rfd1 Rae8 23.Kg2 f5
24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Ref8 27.Rd3 Rxh5 28.Nh4 Rxh4 29.gxh4 Rf4
30.Qe2 Qf5 31.c5 cxd5 32.cxd6 Bb6 33.Rf1 e4 34.Rg3 d4 35.Qd2 e3 36.Qe1 Qd5+
37.Kh3 Qe6+ 38.Kg2 Qd5+ 39.f3 Qxd6  0-1

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Nge2 dxc4 7.Ng3 Nd7 8.Bxc4 Nb6
9.Bb3 Bg6 10.O-O Qd7 11.Be3 Nbd5 12.Qe2 h5 13.Bg5 h4 14.Nge4 Nf5 15.Rad1 Be7
16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Nc3 O-O 18.Qg4 Bxg5 19.Qxg5 Qe7 20.Qg4 Rac8 21.a3 b5 22.Ne2 Nh6
23.Qh3 Qg5 24.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.Qd2 e6
9.Rd1 b6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Ng3 exd5 12.cxd5 h5 13.Be2 h4 14.Nf1 Nh7 15.f4 Ng4
16.h3 Nxe3 17.Nxe3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.O-O a6 20.Kh2 b5 21.Bd3 Qf6 22.a4 c4
23.Bb1 Rb8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Qf2 Bd7 26.Rfe1 Rf7 27.Ne2 Qxb2 28.Qxh4 Rbf8 29.Ng3 Qf6
30.Qh5 Qh6 31.Qf3 Qg6 32.Nc2 Kh8 33.Re2 Rg8 34.Rde1 Nf6 35.Ne3 Ng4+ 36.Qxg4 Qxg4
37.hxg4 fxg4 38.Ngf5 g3+ 39.Kg1 Bc3 40.Rc1 Bxf5 41.Nxf5 Bb4 42.Re6 Bc5+ 43.Kf1 Rgf8
44.Rh6+ Kg8 45.Rg6+  1-0

[Event "Murcia op"]
[Site "Murcia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gil, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.d4 c6 8.Ba4 d6
9.Na3 Qe7 10.d5 Bd7 11.Nc4 c5 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.f4 f6 14.Qb3 Ne7 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Qxb6 Nc8 18.Qxc5 Nd6 19.Re1 Ra4 20.b3 Rxe4 21.Ba3 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Nf5
23.Qc4 h5 24.Bb4 Kf7 25.d6+ Kg6 26.Rf1 Kh7 27.Qc7 Qxc7 28.dxc7 Kg6 29.Rd1 Ne7
30.Rd7 Nc8 31.Bc5  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c4 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Nc3 Bf6 12.b4 Re8 13.O-O Nf8 14.b5 c5 15.Nd5 Ne6
16.Rab1 Rc8 17.Rb3 g6 18.Ra3 Ra8 19.Ra6 Bg7 20.Qg4 Rf8 21.Qd1 f5 22.exf5 gxf5
23.f4 exf4 24.Nxf4 Nxf4 25.Bxf4 Qf6 26.Qf3 Kh8 27.Kh2 Qd4 28.Re1 Rae8 29.Rxe8 Rxe8
30.Rxa7 Be5 31.Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 32.Qg3 Qe2 33.Rxc7 Rg8 34.Qf3 Qe5+ 35.Kg1 Qd4+
36.Qf2 Qxd3 37.Qb2+  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Feldstein, R."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.Bg5 Bg4
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.h3 Be6 11.Qd3 Qa6 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.Rfc1 Nb6 14.Nce4 Bg7 15.Ng5 Bf5
16.e4 Bd7 17.Rc3 Na4 18.Rc2 c5 19.e5 cxd4 20.Qxd4 Bf5 21.Qh4 h6 22.Nge4 g5
23.Qh5 Bg6 24.Qf3 Bxe5 25.Rb1 Rac8 26.Bf1 Qc6 27.Bd3 f5 28.Nc3 Qxf3 29.Nxf3 Bxc3
30.bxc3 Nc5 31.Rd2 Nxd3 32.Rxd3 f4 33.Rdd1 fxg3 34.Nd4 Bxb1 35.Rxb1 e5 36.Ne6 gxf2+
37.Kf1 Rf6 38.Nxg5 hxg5 39.Rxb7 Rxc4 40.Rb3 g4 41.Rb8+ Kg7 42.Rb7+ Kg6 43.hxg4 Rxg4
44.Rb1 Rg1+ 45.Ke2 Rxb1 46.c4 f1=Q+ 47.Kd2 Rf3 48.c5 Rb2+  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 e6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rc1 d6 10.Qc2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 6.Bd3 Qc3 7.O-O d5 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.dxc5 Bg7 10.Rb1 Qxc5 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Qc7 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Qd2 a6 15.Be2 Nc6
16.Rfd1 h5 17.Nd6 h4 18.Rb3 h3 19.g3 Rh5 20.Rd3 Qa5 21.c3 Rb8 22.Qb2 Rc5
23.Nxc8 Rb5 24.Qc2 Rxc8 25.Rd7 Rb6 26.Qh7 Rb2 27.Kf1 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Nxd8 29.Qd3 Nc6
30.Qd7 Bh6 31.Nd4 Nxd4 32.Qxd4 Qe5 33.Bf3 Rxa2 34.Qb4+ Kg7 35.Qg4+ Bg5 36.Qxh3 f5
37.Qg2 Qxc3 38.Be2 Qb3 39.h4 Bd2 40.Kg1 Qd5 41.Bf3 Qc5 42.Bxb7 Be3 43.Rf1 Bd4
44.Qf3 a5 45.Qf4 Qb6 46.Bg2 a4 47.Kh2 Bf6 48.Qc4 Qb2 49.Bc6 a3 50.Be8 Qc2
51.Qa6 Qc5  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6
10.O-O Bd7 11.Ne1 Qe8 12.Nd3 Nh7 13.Kh1 h5 14.Qd2 b6 15.f3 Nc5 16.Nxc5 bxc5
17.a4 f6 18.Nb5 Qd8 19.Bd3 Ng5 20.Be1 Bh6 21.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.c3 a6 8.Ba4 Nc6
9.d3 b5 10.Bb3 Qf6 11.c4 Qg6 12.Nd2 Be7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Bf4 Bb7 15.Rc1 b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Machulsky, Anatoly D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.e4 fxe4 4.Ng5 Nf6 5.f3 c5 6.fxe4 cxd4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O d6
9.c3 h6 10.Nf3 Be7 11.cxd4 O-O 12.Nc3 e5 13.Bc4+ Kh7 14.Kh1 Bg4 15.Be3 Rc8
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Bd5 Bb4 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Qe7 20.Rc1 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Be6 Rcd8
23.Nd5 Qd6 24.Nxf6+ Rxf6 25.Qxd6 Rxd6 26.Rxf6 gxf6 27.Bc8 b6 28.Bb7 Nb4 29.Rc7+ Kg6
30.Bc8 Kg5 31.g3 f5 32.Bxf5 Rd2 33.Rf7 Nc2 34.h4+ Kh5 35.Rg7 Ne3 36.Be6 Rf2
37.Bf7+ Rxf7 38.Rxf7 Kg4 39.Kh2 a5 40.Rf6 b5 41.Rg6+ Kf3 42.h5 Kxe4 43.Kh3 Kf5
44.g4+ Kf4 45.Rf6+ Kg5 46.Rf3  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 Nb6 4.a4 a5 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6
9.Qg3 c5 10.dxc5 N6d7 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Nb5 Ndxe5 13.Bf4 f6 14.O-O-O Qd7 15.Be3 Rc8
16.Be2 Qf7 17.f4 Nd7 18.Rhe1 f5 19.Bg1 Be7 20.Bf3 Kf8 21.Nd6 Bxd6 22.cxd6 Nf6
23.Bc5 Qd7 24.Qf2 h5 25.g4 hxg4 26.hxg4 fxg4 27.f5 Nb4 28.fxe6 Qc6 29.d7+ Kg8
30.dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 31.Bxb4 gxf3 32.Bc3 Ne4 33.Rxe4 dxe4 34.Qd4 Qf8 35.Qxe4 f2
36.e7  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.d5 Nb8 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.a4 O-O
9.a5 c6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Rc8 13.Be2 Qd8 14.f4 cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Franzoni, Giancarlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 O-O 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O d6
9.Qc2 c5 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qc8 13.b3 Nc6 14.Ndb5 d5 15.cxd5 Nb4
16.Qd2 Nbxd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Rac1 Qb7 19.e4 Nf6 20.f3 Rfd8 21.Qe2 Ne8 22.a4 a6
23.Na3 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tu Hoang Thong"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Nbd2 Qe8 8.O-O h6
9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Re1 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bc4 Kh8 13.Bg3 Bd7 14.b4 Qe7 15.Nf1 Nxg3
16.hxg3 a5 17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 f5 20.Ne3 f4 21.Nd5 Qd8 22.Rd1 g5
23.Rd3 Ne7 24.Qd1 Ng6 25.Nb6 cxb6 26.Rxd7 Qc8 27.Be6 fxg3 28.fxg3 Qxc3 29.Bf5 g4
30.Bxg4 Qe3+ 31.Kh2 Qxe4 32.Bh5 Qf5 33.g4 Qf4+ 34.g3 Qe3 35.Rd8 Qf2+ 36.Kh3 Rxd8
37.Qxd8+ Nf8 38.Qd3 Ne6 39.Qf5 Qf1+ 40.Kh2 Qf2+ 41.Kh3 Nf4+ 42.gxf4 Qxf3+
43.Kh2 Qf2+ 44.Kh3 Qe3+ 45.Kh4 Qe1+ 46.Kh3 Qc3+ 47.Kg2 Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Nh6 11.Rb1 Nf7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.b4 c6 14.b5 Nc7 15.Ba3 Re8
16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Qa4 Bd7 18.Rfd1 Qc8 19.c5 f5 20.Bc4 Be6 21.Nd2 Bh6 22.Bf1 Bd7
23.Nb3 Bg7 24.Na5 Ne6 25.Nb7 Nd4 26.Ba6 Qc7 27.Bc4 Be6 28.Bxe6 Rxe6 29.Qc4 Bf8
30.exf5 gxf5 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Qxe6 dxc3 33.Nd6 Bxd6 34.cxd6 Qa5 35.Rb7 Qd5
36.Qxd5 cxd5 37.d7 Ne5 38.f4 Nc4 39.Rc7 Nxa3 40.Rc8+ Kf7 41.d8=Q  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.e4 b6
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bb7 11.Be3 d6 12.f4 Rc8 13.Bf3 Nb8 14.Nd2 Nbd7 15.Qe2 Qc7
16.Rac1 Qb8 17.g4 Ne8 18.g5 Nc7 19.Qg2 Rfe8 20.h4 Bf8 21.h5 g6 22.Rce1 Ba8
23.Qh3 b5 24.Re2 Re7 25.f5 exf5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Bxa8 Qxa8 28.Qxf5 Bg7 29.Nde4 Bxc3
30.Nxc3 Rf8 31.Bd4 Rxe2 32.Nxe2 Ne6 33.g6 Nxd4 34.gxf7+ Kh8 35.Nxd4 Qd8 36.Ne6 Qh4
37.Nxf8  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.f3 Qe7 10.Be2 e5 11.e4 Nf8 12.Nf1 h6 13.Bh4 Ng6 14.Bf2 Nf4 15.Ne3 N6h5
16.Bf1 g6 17.d5 Bc8 18.c5 bxc5 19.Qa4+ Bd7 20.Qa5 Qd8 21.Nc4 O-O 22.Be3 Kh7
23.Rb1 Rb8 24.Rb3 Ng7 25.g3 Nfh5 26.g4 Nf4 27.h4 h5 28.g5 f6 29.Bxf4 exf4
30.gxf6 Qxf6 31.Kd2 Rxb3 32.axb3 c6 33.Qc7 cxd5 34.exd5 Rd8 35.Bd3 Be8 36.Re1 Bf7
37.Re7 Rf8 38.Nxd6 Bxd5 39.Be4 Bg8 40.Bd3 Kh6 41.Ne4 Qxh4 42.Rxg7 Rd8 43.Rxg6+ Kxg6
44.Nd6+  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 Na6 9.Bg5 exd5
10.exd5 Re8+ 11.Kf1 h6 12.Bf4 Nc7 13.a4 Na6 14.Qd2 Nb4 15.Bb1 g5 16.Be3 Qe7
17.h4 g4 18.Bxh6 gxf3 19.Bxg7 fxg2+ 20.Kxg2 Nfxd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Ra3 Qe2
23.Qh6 Qg4+ 24.Rg3 Ne3+ 25.fxe3 Qe2+ 26.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Arencibia, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D33"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O Nge7
9.a3 Ba5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.e4 Be6 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Ne4 Nde7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Nc5 Bd5
16.Bh3 Ng6 17.Qh5 Re8 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 Rb8 20.Rab1 Re7 21.Rfc1 Qe8 22.Qe2 Bb6
23.Bg2 Bxc5 24.dxc5 Ne5 25.Rd1 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Nd3 27.Qc2 Re4 28.b3 Rd8 29.bxc4 Rxe3
30.fxe3 Qe4+ 31.Kg1 Qxe3+ 32.Kf1 Qf3+ 33.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bc1 Nc6 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nb5 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.h3 Ne5 15.Nxd4 f4
16.Qb3 Kh8 17.Bd2 Qf6 18.Kh2 b6 19.Nf3 Bb7 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.Bc3 Qg5
23.gxf3 Bxc3 24.Qxc3+ Qf6 25.Qxf6+ Rxf6 26.Rae1 Rf7 27.Rg1 Rg8 28.Rg4 h5
29.Rgg1 Rxg1 30.Kxg1 Kg7 31.Re6 Kf8 32.Rh6 Rf5 33.Rh7 Rc5 34.b3 Kg8 35.Rd7 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hook, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 e5
9.d5 c5 10.g3 Qe7 11.Nh4 Ne8 12.Bd2 Nc7 13.Rab1 Nf6 14.Nd1 Bh3 15.Re1 Rfb8
16.f3 Bd7 17.Nf2 b5 18.b4 cxb4 19.Bxb4 bxc4 20.a4 Na6 21.Ba3 Rc8 22.Bxc4 Nc5
23.a5 Ba4 24.Qa2 Nfd7 25.Nd3 Qe8 26.Nb4 Rab8 27.Ng2 Rc7 28.Ne3 Bh6 29.Nf1 Rbc8
30.Be2 Nb8 31.Bc1 Bxc1 32.Rexc1 Bd7 33.Qa3 f5 34.Nd2 fxe4 35.fxe4 Qe7 36.Qe3 Kg7
37.Na2 Be8 38.Bg4 Bd7 39.Be2 Be8 40.h4 Nbd7 41.Bg4 Rb8 42.Rxb8 Nxb8 43.Nb4 Rb7
44.Nd3 Nba6 45.Bc8 Rc7 46.Bxa6 Nxa6 47.Nc4 Rb7 48.Qg5 Qd7 49.Rf1 Rb3 50.Qf6+ Kh6
51.Rf5 Rxd3 52.Rh5+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Formanek, Edward W"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.a4 a6 8.Na3 Be7
9.Nc4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 d5 11.Ng3 dxc4 12.Qxd8+ Bxd8 13.Bxc4 Nd4 14.Kd1 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6
16.c3 g6 17.Re1 Bc7 18.Kc2 f5 19.f3 Kf7 20.Nf1 Rad8 21.Be3 h5 22.Rad1 g5
23.Bg1 Nf4 24.Ne3 Ke6 25.h3 h4 26.b4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rc8 28.Bh2 Bb6 29.Bxf4 gxf4
30.Nd5 Be3 31.Nxe3 fxe3 32.Re1 f4 33.a5 e4 34.fxe4 Rg8 35.Re2 Ke5 36.c4 Kxe4  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 f5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng1 cxd4 7.exd4 Nf6 8.Nh3 Nc6
9.Nf4 g6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nb5 Be7 12.Nd4 Qb6 13.b3 g5 14.Nfe6 Nfg4 15.h3 Bxe6
16.hxg4 Nd3+ 17.Bxd3 Qxd4 18.Be3 Qc3+ 19.Kf1 Bd7 20.Bxe4 Bf6 21.Rc1 Qe5 22.Bxf5 Bxf5
23.gxf5 O-O 24.Qd3 g4 25.g3 Rae8 26.Kg2 Qe7 27.Rh5 a6 28.Rch1 Rf7 29.Re1 Qd7
30.Bd2 Rxe1 31.Bxe1 Qe8 32.Bd2 Re7 33.Rh6 Kg7 34.Rh1 Re2 35.Kf1 Re4 36.Bc3 Bxc3
37.Qxc3+ Kg8 38.Rh6 b5 39.Qc1 bxc4 40.bxc4 Qa4 41.Rxd6 Kf7 42.Rc6 Qxa2 43.Rc7+ Ke8
44.f6 Kd8 45.f7 Qe2+ 46.Kg1 Qf3 47.Ra7  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Qxb6 7.e4 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Nf3 O-O
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.a4 Bb7 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Na3 Rae8 15.Bf4 e6 16.Nc4 Nxc4
17.Bxc4 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Re6 21.Rad1 Bd4 22.b4 Rfe8
23.Kh1 Qb6 24.f3 Qxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd2 Bxe2 10.Nxe2 Nbd7 11.f4 d5 12.e5 Ne8 13.c3 f5 14.exf6 Ndxf6 15.Ng3 Nd6
16.Qe2 Qd7 17.Rae1 Rae8 18.Rf3 Bd8 19.Kh1 Bc7 20.Ngf1 Qf7 21.Bg1 h5 22.Bh2 h4
23.Ne3 Nf5 24.Ndf1 Qg6 25.Kg1 Kh7 26.Qc2 Bd6 27.Re2 c5 28.Nxf5 exf5 29.Rxe8 Rxe8
30.Ne3 Re4 31.Qd3 cxd4 32.cxd4 Bc7 33.Kh1 Bb6 34.Nc2 Nh5 35.Qd2 Qe8 36.Qd3 g6
37.b3 Re2 38.Re3 Rxe3 39.Qxe3 Qe4 40.Qd2 Ng3+ 41.Bxg3 hxg3 42.Kg1 Bxd4+  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Valvo, Michael J"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Be3 Bd7
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Bb6 12.O-O c5 13.Bg5 Qc8 14.Ne2 Bc6 15.Rfe1 h6
16.Bh4 O-O 17.c3 Qf5 18.Nf4 d4 19.c4 Rfe8 20.Bg3 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 Qxe5 22.Nd5 Qe6
23.Re1 Bxd5 24.Rxe6 Bxe6 25.b3 Re8 26.f3 Bf5 27.Bf2 Bb1 28.Qc1 Bg6 29.Be1 Re2
30.Bd2 c6 31.a3 d3 32.Kf1 Bc7 33.h3 Be5 34.b4 Bd4 35.Be1 d2  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.a4 g6 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.Nc4 Nb6 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Bd2 Bg7 14.e4 O-O 15.Be2 Nf6
16.O-O Nxa4 17.Nxa4 b5 18.Nc3 b4 19.f3 bxa3 20.Rxa3 Qb6 21.Qc1 Kh7 22.Nd1 Bb5
23.Ba5 Qb7 24.Rf2 Nd7 25.Bc3 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Castro Rojas, Oscar Humberto"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Rb1 b4 9.Nce2 Nd4
10.f4 e5 11.Nf3 Be6 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Ra1 Qd6 14.O-O Nf6 15.h3 O-O 16.Kh2 Rfd8
17.Bg5 Nxe4 18.Qd1 Nxf3+  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.a4 a5 8.Qe2 O-O
9.h3 Nc6 10.O-O Bf5 11.Nc3 Kh8 12.Bf4 Nb4 13.Rfe1 Qc8 14.Ne4 f6 15.Bh2 fxe5
16.dxe5 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 d5 18.Qh4 e6 19.c3 Nd3 20.Re2 Qd8 21.Qd4 Rxf3 22.gxf3 Nc1
23.Rxc1 Qg5+ 24.Qg4 Qxc1+ 25.Kg2 Re8 26.Bf4 Qb1 27.Bc2 Qa2 28.b3 Qa3 29.h4 Qf8
30.h5 Bh6 31.Bxh6 Qxh6 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Re1 Kg8 34.Rh1 Qg7 35.Bxg6 Re7 36.Rh7 Qf8
37.Qh4  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d3 d6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Rb1 a6
9.Ne1 Be6 10.Nc2 Rb8 11.b4 O-O 12.bxc5 dxc5 13.Ne3 f5 14.Ned5 b6 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Qa4 a5 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5+ Kh7 21.Rb5 e4 22.dxe4 f4
23.Qb3 Qd6 24.Kg2 Be5 25.Rd1 Qf6 26.Rd3 h5 27.Rf3 g5 28.e3 Qg6 29.exf4 gxf4
30.Qd1 h4 31.Rbb3 Rf6 32.Rbd3 Rbf8 33.Qe2 Qh5 34.gxh4 Rg6+ 35.Kf1 Rg7 36.Qd1 Rf6
37.Qa4 Rfg6 38.Ke2 Rg1 39.Be6 Re7 40.Rd7 Qe8 41.Rxe7+ Qxe7 42.Qc6 Qd8 43.Bd7 Kg7
44.h5 Qg5 45.Rh3 Ra1 46.h6+ Kf8 47.Qc8+ Ke7 48.Qe8+ Kd6 49.Rd3+ Bd4 50.e5+ Qxe5+
51.Qxe5+ Kxe5 52.h7 Rxa2+ 53.Kd1 Ra1+ 54.Kc2 Ra2+ 55.Kb3  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.dxe6 fxe6 7.e3 d5 8.bxa6 Bd6
9.Bb5+ Nfd7 10.f4 Bxa6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Nf3 O-O 13.O-O Nb4 14.Nc3 c4 15.b3 cxb3
16.Qxb3 Qa5 17.a3 Nd3 18.Bd2 N7c5 19.Qc2 Qa6 20.Nd4 Rab8 21.Rfb1 e5 22.Nf3 Qc4
23.Rxb8 Bxb8 24.Rb1 Ba7 25.Qa2 Qxa2 26.Nxa2 Ne4 27.Kf1 Nxd2+ 28.Nxd2 Bxe3
29.Ke2 Bxd2 30.Kxd3 Bxf4 31.Nb4 Rd8 32.g3 Bg5 33.Nc6 e4+ 34.Kd4 Bf6+ 35.Kc5 Re8
36.Kxd5 e3 37.Re1 e2 38.Kc4 Re3 39.a4 Bc3 40.Rxe2 Rxe2 41.Kxc3 Rxh2 42.a5 Rh6
43.Nb8 Rg6 44.a6 Rxg3+ 45.Kb4 Rg1 46.a7 Rb1+ 47.Kc5 Ra1 48.Nc6 h5 49.Kb6 Rxa7
50.Kxa7 h4 51.Ne5 h3 52.Nf3 g5 53.Nh2 Kf7 54.Kb6 Ke6 55.Kc5 Ke5 56.Kc4 Kf4
57.Kd3 g4 58.Ke2 g3 59.Nf1 h2  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schussler, Harry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 e5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bc1 O-O 12.d5 Ne7 13.Nd2 Nh6 14.c5 Nf7 15.Qb3 Rb8
16.cxd6 cxd6 17.a4 f5 18.f3 Bh6 19.Nc4 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Nc8 21.O-O a6 22.Qb4 b5
23.axb5 Bxb5 24.Nxb5 Rxb5 25.Qa3 a5 26.Ne3 Rb4 27.exf5 Ne7 28.fxg6 Nxg6 29.g3 Rd4
30.Rc2 Ng5 31.Kh1 Nh3 32.Bb5 Ng5 33.Be2 Nh3 34.Ba6 Qd7 35.Qc3 Ng5 36.Bc8 Qb5
37.Kg2 Rd3 38.Qe1 Qb3  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.g3 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg2 e5 8.d5 Ne7
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne1 Bc5 11.Kh1 Ba7 12.Nd3 Nd7 13.e3 f5 14.f4 e4 15.Nf2 Nf6 16.h3 Qe8
17.Rg1 Bd7 18.Bf1 c6 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Rc1 Kh8 21.Bg2 d5 22.c5 Nd7 23.Na4 Bxa4
24.Qxa4 Nxc5 25.Qxa5 Ne6 26.Qb4 d4 27.Qb3 dxe3 28.Bxe3 Bxe3 29.Qxe3 Qb5 30.Bf1 Qxb2
31.Bc4 Qd4 32.Nd1 Qxe3 33.Nxe3 Nd4 34.Rgd1 Rfd8 35.Rb1 Rab8 36.Rb6 g6 37.Kg2 Nec6
38.Kf2 Rd7 39.Be6 Re7 40.Bd5 Ra8 41.Rdb1 Ra7 42.g4 Rd7 43.R1b2 Kg7 44.gxf5 gxf5
45.Rd2 Kf8 46.Be6 Rg7 47.Bd5 Ra3 48.Rdb2 Ne7 49.Bxb7 Ng6 50.Rxg6 hxg6 51.h4 Ne6
52.Ng2 Nc5 53.Rb5 Rxa2+ 54.Kg3 Ra3+ 55.Kh2 Nd3 56.Rb6 Nf2 57.Kg1 Ng4 58.Rb1 Ke8
59.Kf1 Kd7 60.Rb4 Kc7 61.Ne1 Ra2 62.Kg1 Nf6  0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Qd3 Be7 7.Bf4 e5 8.Be3 Nf6
9.Nd2 Be6 10.Nc4 Bxc4 11.Qxc4 Nbd7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O b5 14.Qc6 Qb8 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Qxd5 Nf6 17.Qd3 Qb7 18.Bg5 Rfd8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Rfd1 Rac8 21.c3 Rc6 22.g3 g6
23.Qf3 Kg7 24.Rd3 Rc4 25.Rd5 Rc5 26.Rad1 Be7 27.R1d2 h5 28.h4 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 Rc8
30.Bd1 b4 31.Bb3 bxc3 32.bxc3 f6 33.Qd3 Qb6 34.Kg2 Rf8 35.Qc4 g5 36.Rd3 Qb7
37.Qe6 Qxe4+ 38.Rf3 Qb7 39.Bd5 Qc7 40.hxg5 Qd8 41.Rf5 Kg6 42.Be4 Kg7 43.gxf6+ Bxf6
44.Rg5+  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Thorsteins, Karl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qb6 6.Nb3 e6 7.Bg5 d5 8.e3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.Rac1 Ne5 13.Bb5 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 a6 15.N5d4 Nd5
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Nc5 Rfd8 18.a3 Nd7 19.b4 Nxc5 20.Rxc5 Rac8 21.Rfc1 Rxc5 22.Rxc5 Qd6
23.h3 g6 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Rxc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lalic, Susan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Be7 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bd2 O-O 14.O-O-O b5 15.g4 Nd5
16.Rhg1 Qc7 17.Ne5 b4 18.g5 hxg5 19.Rxg5 f5 20.Rdg1 a6 21.Rxg7+ Qxg7 22.Rxg7+ Kxg7
23.Qh5 Kf6 24.Ng6 Rg8 25.Bg5+ Kg7 26.Qh6+ Kf7 27.Ne5+  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Nb4
9.Nd4 Bd7 10.a3 Na6 11.Bf3 Qc8 12.b4 Bg4 13.Bb2 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 c6 15.Rc1 c5
16.b5 Nb8 17.Qc2 Nbd7 18.e4 a6 19.bxa6 bxa6 20.Na4 Rb8 21.e5 Ne8 22.Rfe1 Qb7
23.Rb1 Qb3 24.Qxb3 Rxb3 25.exd6 exd6 26.Bxg7 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Kxg7 28.g4 h6 29.h4 Nef6
30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Ne4 32.Rb7 Rd8 33.Kg2 Kf8 34.Ra7 Ke8 35.Kf1 Rb8 36.Ke2 Rb3
37.Rxa6 Ke7 38.Nd2 Nxd2 39.Kxd2 Ne5 40.Kc2 Rxa3 41.Nxc5 Nxc4 42.Ra4 dxc5
43.Rxc4 Kd6 44.Rf4 Ra7 45.Rf6+ Kxd5 46.Kc3 Rd7 47.Kd3 Rc7 48.Kc3 Re7 49.Kd3 Ra7
50.Kc3 Ke5 51.Kd3 Rd7+ 52.Kc3 Kd5 53.Kd3 Rb7 54.Kc3 Ra7 55.Kd3 Rd7 56.Kc3 Ke5
57.Kc2 Ke4 58.Kc1 Kd3 59.Rf3+ Ke4 60.Rf6 Ke5 61.Kc2 c4 62.Kc3 Rd3+ 63.Kc2 Rd4
64.Rxf7 Rf4 65.Rf6 Rxf6 66.gxf6 Kxf6 67.Kc3 Ke5 68.Kxc4 Ke4 69.Kc5 Kf3 70.Kd5 Kxf2
71.Ke5 Ke1 72.Kf6 Kd1 73.Kxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Bd7 8.Ba4 h6
9.Re1 Nh7 10.d4 Bf6 11.Nf1 Qe8 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Bxd7 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Qxd7 15.Ng3 Rfe8
16.Qd3 Bh4 17.Be3 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Nf6 19.Bd4 Ng4 20.f3 Ne5 21.Qc2 Qe6 22.Bf2 b6
23.b3 a5 24.a4 Rad8 25.Rad1 Qg6 26.c4 Rf8 27.Rd5 Rde8 28.Kf1 Re7 29.g4 h5
30.gxh5 Qxh5 31.Bg3 Re6 32.Bxe5 dxe5 33.Ke2 Qg5 34.Kd1 Rg6 35.Rd2 Rd8 36.Re2 Rgd6
37.Rd5 Rg6 38.Qd2 Rxd5 39.cxd5 Qe7 40.Qc3 Rd6 41.Kc1 f6 42.Rc2 Rd7 43.Kb2 Qd6
44.Qe1 Qe7 45.Qc1 Kf7 46.Rc6 Kg6 47.g4 Qb4 48.Rc4 Qe7 49.Qc3 Kg5 50.Rc6 Kg6
51.Qc2 Qb4 52.Rc4 Qe1 53.f4 Qg3 54.f5+ Kh7 55.Rxc7 Rxc7 56.Qxc7 Qf2+ 57.Qc2 Qd4+
58.Kc1 Qe3+ 59.Kb2 Qd4+ 60.Kc1 Qe3+ 61.Kd1 Kg8 62.d6 Kf8 63.Qc8+ Kf7 64.Qe6+ Kf8
65.Qd5 Qf3+ 66.Kc2 Qe2+ 67.Kc3  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nd5 a5 8.e3 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Ne7 10.d4 exd4 11.exd4 a4 12.a3 Ba5 13.Qxa4 Bg4 14.Qc4 Qd7 15.b4 Bb6
16.Bb2 Ng6 17.Rfe1 Qf5 18.Nd2 Ne5 19.Qf1 Qc2 20.dxe5 Qxd2 21.Bc1 Qc3 22.Bf4 Bf3
23.exd6 cxd6 24.Bxd6 Rfd8 25.Be5 Qb3 26.d6 Bxg2 27.Qxg2 Rxa3 28.Rxa3 Qxa3
29.Qe4 h5 30.Bf4 Qc3 31.Rd1 Qc8 32.Kg2 Re8 33.Qd5 Qd7 34.Qxh5 Re4 35.b5 Ra4
36.Re1 Ra2 37.Re2 g6 38.Qe5 Rxe2 39.Qxe2 Bc5  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.c5 Nd5 8.Qa4+ c6
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Bc4 Qd8 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Bg5 b5 14.cxb6 Nxb6 15.Qb3 Bf6
16.Bh6 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Re8 18.Qxc6 Rb8 19.Qc3 Bb7 20.Rad1 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Qd5 22.b3 Red8
23.Qe3 Rd7 24.Qf4 Rbd8 25.Re4 Rd6 26.Qg3 Qa5 27.a4 Bxd4 28.Rd2 e5 29.Rc2 Qd5
30.Rc7 Qa5 31.Re7 Qa6 32.Kg2 R6d7 33.R4xe5 Rxe7 34.Rxe7 Qf6 35.Bg5 Qf5 36.Rb7 Re8
37.Rb8 Qe6 38.Qf4 Rxb8 39.Qxb8+ Kg7 40.Qf4 Qe5 41.Bh6+ Kg8 42.Qxe5 Bxe5 43.Be3 a6
44.f4 Bd6 45.Kf3 f5 46.Ke2 Kf7 47.Kd3 Ke6 48.Kc4  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Qh5 Bg7 13.O-O f4 14.c4 bxc4 15.Bxc4 O-O
16.Rac1 Rb8 17.b3 Qd7 18.Rfd1 Kh8 19.Qh4 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Nb4 21.Rd2 f5 22.Qh3 f3
23.Nc4 Qe7 24.exf5 e4 25.Ne3 fxg2 26.Bc4 Be5 27.Rcd1 Qg7 28.Qxg2 Qh6 29.Qxe4 Qxh2+
30.Kf1 d5 31.Bxd5 Nxd5 32.Rxd5 Bg7 33.Qg2 Qf4 34.Rd7 Rg8 35.Qh3 Rbe8 36.R1d6 Rgf8
37.Rg6 Rxe3 38.Qxh7+ Kxh7 39.Rgxg7+  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thorsteins, Karl"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nge2 exd5
9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Ng3 a6 11.a4 h5 12.Be2 h4 13.Nf1 Nh7 14.g4 f5 15.gxf5 gxf5
16.exf5 Ne5 17.Rg1 Kh8 18.f4 Nf7 19.Bd3 Nh6 20.Rg6 Bxf5 21.Bxf5 Nxf5 22.Qc2 Rf6
23.Rxf6 Qxf6 24.Qe4 Qf7 25.O-O-O Re8 26.Qf3 b5 27.Bf2 Nf6 28.axb5 axb5 29.Qh3 Qh5
30.Nd2 b4 31.Nb5 Nxd5 32.Qf3 Qxf3 33.Nxf3 Nde3 34.Re1 Bh6 35.Nxh4 Nxh4 36.Bxh4 Bxf4
37.Kb1 d5 38.Bg3 Bxg3 39.hxg3 d4 40.Nd6 Rf8 41.b3 Kg7 42.Ne4 Rf5 43.g4 Rd5
44.Kc1 Ng2 45.Rg1 Re5 46.Ng3 Nh4 47.Rh1 Nf3 48.Rf1 Nh4 49.Rh1 Nf3 50.Rf1 Nh2
51.Rf4 Re1+ 52.Kd2 Rb1 53.Kc2 Rg1 54.Ne4 Nxg4 55.Nxc5 Ne3+ 56.Kd3 Rd1+ 57.Ke2 Rc1
58.Ne6+ Kg6 59.Rxd4 Kf6 60.Nf4 Nf5 61.Rxb4 Rb1 62.Nd3 Rxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Howell, James C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.Nd2 Bxd3
16.Nf1 Bxf1 17.Rxf1 Qh4 18.g3 Qc4 19.Be3 b4 20.b3 Qe4 21.Rc1 Rfd8 22.Bb6 Rd7
23.Re1 Qf5 24.Bd4 bxc3 25.Rxc3 Bb4 26.Re5 Qg6 27.Rce3 f6 28.Re6 a5 29.Qe2 h5
30.Qb5 Rdd8 31.Kg2 h4 32.h3 Qf5 33.gxh4 Bd6 34.Qe2 Be5 35.R6xe5 fxe5 36.Rxe5 Qf4
37.Rg5  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 Nb6 8.Bb3 a5
9.a4 c5 10.dxc5 N6d7 11.Be3 Na6 12.Nbd2 Ndxc5 13.Bc4 Qc7 14.Nd4 Rd8 15.Qf3 e5
16.Nb5 Qe7 17.Nb3 Nxb3 18.Bxb3 e4 19.Qe2 Bf5 20.Bb6 Rd7 21.Rad1 Be5 22.Rxd7 Bxd7
23.f4 exf3 24.Qxf3 Bf5 25.Bd4 Nc5 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qd5+ Kf6 28.Bxc5 Qe6 29.Qxb7 Rd8
30.Qxh7 Rd2 31.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d5 10.Nc3 c6 11.a5 Bf5 12.f4 Qd7 13.Rf2 Be7 14.Be3 O-O 15.Na4 f6 16.Raf1 Qe8
17.Qc3 fxe5 18.fxe5 Qg6 19.Bc5 Bxc5 20.Nxc5 b6 21.Nd3 Be4 22.b4 Rxf2 23.Rxf2 Rf8
24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.g3 Qh5 26.Qxc6 Qd1+ 27.Kf2 Qd2+ 28.Kf1 Bxd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.c3 a6 8.Qa4 Rb8
9.Bf1 Nc6 10.cxd4 b5 11.Qd1 Nxd4 12.d3 g6 13.Bf4 d6 14.Nd2 Bg7 15.Nb3 O-O
16.Rc1 a5 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Qd2 Qb6 19.Be3 e5 20.Bxd4 Qxd4 21.Qxa5 b4 22.Qd5 Qxd5
23.exd5 Bb7 24.d4 exd4 25.Bc4 Rfc8 26.Red1 Rc5 27.Rxd4 Rbc8 28.Kf1 Bxd5 29.b3 R8c6
30.Rc2 Be6 31.Rcd2 Bxc4+ 32.bxc4 Rxc4 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.Rxd6 Rc2 35.Rd4 Rb2
36.Ke1 Kf8 37.Rd2 Rb1+ 38.Ke2 b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 a6 8.Bd3 b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.b4 Be7 11.O-O Qc6 12.Rf3 Nf6 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Qxe4
16.Qxg7 Rf8 17.Bb2 Bxb4 18.Rb3 Bd6 19.Ba3 Bxa3 20.Rbxa3 Rc8 21.Rc3 Rxc3 22.Nxc3 Qe3+
23.Kh1 Qxf4 24.Rb1 Ke7 25.Ne2 Qe4 26.Qg5+ f6 27.Qd2 Rg8 28.Rg1 Rc8 29.c3 Rg8
30.c4 Ba8  0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wessman, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 Qe8 8.Bxf6 Rxf6
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Bb7 12.Ne5 d6 13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Nd7 15.Rad1 Qh5
16.Rfe1 Rg6 17.Nd2 Qh3 18.g3 Nf6 19.Nf1 Ne4 20.Qc2 Ng5 21.Qe2 Rf8 22.f4 Ne4
23.Qg2 Qg4 24.Nd2 Nxd2 25.Rxd2 h5 26.Kf2 h4 27.Qf3 Qh3 28.Qg2 Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c3 Na6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.e3 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.a4 b4 13.a5 Qc7 14.Rfc1 bxc3 15.bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Be6 11.b3 Kc8 12.Bb2 b6 13.g4 Ne7 14.Nd4 g5 15.f4 gxf4 16.Nxe6 fxe6
17.Rxf4 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Raf1 Kb7 20.Kg2 Be7 21.Rf7 Bh4 22.Ba3 h5 23.Rg7 hxg4
24.hxg4 Rag8 25.Rff7 Rxg7 26.Rxg7 Kc6 27.g5 d4 28.Be7 Kd5 29.Bf6 Ke4 30.g6 Rh6
31.Bxh4 Rxh4 32.Kg3 Rh1 33.Kg4 Kxe5 34.Rf7 Rg1+ 35.Kh5 Rh1+ 36.Kg5 Kd6 37.g7 Rg1+
38.Kh6 Rh1+ 39.Kg6 Rg1+ 40.Kh7 Rh1+ 41.Kg8 Rg1 42.Kf8 e5 43.g8=Q Rxg8+ 44.Kxg8 e4
45.Kg7 a5 46.Kf6 d3 47.cxd3 exd3 48.Rf8 Kd5 49.Kf5 Kd4 50.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 g6 5.g3 Bxf3 6.exf3 Bg7 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.O-O Nh6 10.Qd2 Nf5 11.b3 a5 12.Rb1 O-O 13.f4 Nd4 14.Bb2 e5 15.Rbd1 Rb8
16.Nb5 Nce6 17.fxe5 Nxb5 18.cxb5 dxe5 19.Ba3 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Nxd8
22.Rd1 b6 23.Rd7 Bf8 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Bd5 Rc8 26.a4 Ke8 27.Ra7 Rc1+ 28.Kg2 Rd1
29.Bf3 Rd6 30.h4 h5 31.Ba8 f5 32.Rc7 e4 33.Kf1 Ne6 34.Bc6+ Kd8 35.Rb7 Nc5
36.Rxb6 Kc7 37.b4 Kxb6 38.bxc5+ Kxc5 39.Ke2 Kb4 40.Be8 Rb6 41.Kd2 Kb3 42.Bc6 Rb8
43.b6 Rxb6 44.Be8 Kc4 45.Ke3 Rb3+ 46.Ke2 Kd4 47.Bxg6 Rb2+ 48.Kf1 Ra2  0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.a4 Bg7 8.a5 Qc7 9.e4 O-O
10.Bc4 d6 11.Nge2 e5 12.f3 Qe7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Qe8 15.O-O Nh5 16.Qd2 Nd7
17.b4 cxb4 18.Na4 Rb8 19.Rab1 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Rxb4 Rxb4 22.Qxb4 e4 23.f4 Bf6
24.Bxf6 Ndxf6 25.Nb6 Qe7 26.Nd4 Ng4 27.Qc3 Qh4 28.h3 Ng3 29.hxg4 fxg4 30.Qe3 Qh1+
31.Kf2 Qh4 32.Ke1 Nf5+ 33.g3 Nxg3 34.Kd2 Nxf1+ 35.Bxf1 Qh1 36.Be2 Qa1 37.Qxe4 Qxa5+
38.Ke3 Qxb6 39.Qg6+ Kh8 40.Qxh6+ Kg8 41.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Johansson, Jan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Qb6 7.Rb1 Nc6 8.f4 Ng4
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.exd4 Bxd4 11.cxd4 f6 12.f5 Bxf5 13.Bxf5 gxf5 14.Be3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Nxd4
16.Kd1 e5 17.g3 Qc6 18.Rc1 Qa4+ 19.b3 Qa6 20.Ngf3 Nc6 21.Nh4 O-O-O 22.Nxf5 Kb8
23.a4 Nb4 24.Rc5 Rc8 25.Rb5 Na2 26.Ke2 Nc3+ 27.Kf2 Nxb5 28.axb5 Qe6 29.g4 h5
30.Ra1 b6 31.Nd4 Qxg4 32.Nc6+ Rxc6 33.bxc6 Qh4+ 34.Ke2 Qxh2+ 35.Kd3 Rc8 36.Rc1 e4+
37.Kc2 Rxc6+ 38.Kb1 Rxc1+ 39.Kxc1 Qe5 40.Kb1 h4 41.Qh3 Qd4 42.Kc2 Qd3+ 43.Qxd3 exd3+
44.Kxd3 h3  0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Nc6 9.Nxc7+ Qxc7
10.Bd3 Nh6 11.Nf3 Nf5 12.Bb2 Bd7 13.Qe2 a6 14.O-O Ne3 15.Rfc1 Nf5 16.Qf2 O-O
17.c3 dxc3 18.Rxc3 Qd8 19.Re1 d4 20.Rc5 Nce7 21.g4 Nh6 22.h3 Bb5 23.Bxb5 axb5
24.Nxd4 b6 25.Rc3 Nd5 26.Rf3 Qd7 27.f5 Rfe8 28.Rf1 Nc7 29.Qh4 Qd5 30.f6 Qxe5
31.fxg7 Qxg7 32.g5 e5 33.Rg3 Ng4 34.Nf5 Qf8 35.Qxg4 Ne6 36.Nh6+  1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.Nf3 Re8 15.Nbd2 Bf8
16.a4 h6 17.Bc2 exd4 18.cxd4 Nb4 19.Bb1 c5 20.d5 Nd7 21.Ra3 f5 22.exf5 Nf6
23.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 d6 5.b4 Nf6 6.b5 a6 7.a4 axb5 8.cxb5 O-O
9.Nf3 e4 10.Nd4 Nbd7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.e3 Qe5 15.f3 exf3
16.Rxf3 Nfe4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Rxf7 Qxc2 19.Rxg7+ Kxg7 20.Nxc2 Rxa4 21.Nb4 Kh6
22.Nd5 Nb3 23.Ra2 Nxd2 24.Nxc7 Rxe3 25.Bxd6 Rxa2 26.Bf4+ g5 27.Bxe3 Nc4 28.Bc5 Ra1+
29.Kf2 Ra2+ 30.Kg1 Ne5 31.Bd4 Ng4 32.h3 Rd2 33.Bb6 Rd1+ 34.Bf1 Nf6 35.g4 Ne4
36.Kg2 Rd2+ 37.Kf3 Rd6 38.Kxe4 Rxb6 39.Ke5 Bd7 40.Nd5 Re6+ 41.Kd4 Re1 42.Bc4 Be6
43.Kc5 Rc1 44.Nb6 Kg7 45.Kb4 Kf6 46.Bxe6 Kxe6 47.Nc4 Rh1 48.Na5 b6 49.Nc4 Rxh3
50.Nxb6 Rg3  0-1

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Qc7 13.Kb1 Rfc8 14.Rc1 a6 15.g4 e5
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Bh3 Re8 18.g5 Nh5 19.Bg4 Rad8 20.c4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Ng7 22.h4 Qf7
23.Rhd1 Nf5 24.Qf2 d5 25.cxd5 exd5 26.Qb6 Rd6 27.Qb4 Red8 28.Qf4 d4 29.Bxf5 Rd5
30.Rc7 Qxf5+ 31.Qxf5 Rxf5 32.Rd3 Rf7 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.Rb3 b5 35.a4 Rd5 36.axb5 axb5
37.Kc2 Ke6 38.Kd3 Kf5 39.Ra3 Rd7 40.Ra5 Kf4 41.Rxb5 Kg3 42.Rb4 Kxh4 43.f4  1-0

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vranesic, Zvonko"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.c4 d5 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bf4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qa5 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.O-O Bg4 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 b5
16.Bd3 Rad8 17.Qc2 c4 18.Be4 Qa3 19.h3 Bc8 20.f4 Qc5 21.Rae1 Kg7 22.Rf2 f5
23.exf6+ exf6 24.Rd2 Rfe8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Kf2 Re8 27.g4 a5 28.Bf3 Re7 29.Qd2 Rd7
30.Qc1 b4 31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Qxd1 bxc3 33.h4 Be6 34.g5 Qb6 35.Kg3 fxg5 36.hxg5 Qxe3
37.Qd6 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.O-O Bg7 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Re8 12.b4 Qc8 13.Bb3 Nd8 14.Re1 Nh5 15.a4 Nf4
16.Bc4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.Bf1 Bc6 20.Qc2 Nfe6 21.Bd3 Nb7 22.Nb3 Nd6
23.Ra1 Qd8 24.Na5 Bd7 25.Bc5 Nf4 26.Bf1 Qf6 27.Nh2 h5 28.Rd1 Rb8 29.c4 bxc4
30.Nxc4 Bf8 31.Ne3 Ra8 32.b5 Rb8 33.b6 Rxb6 34.Bxb6 cxb6 35.Nc4 Nxc4 36.Rxd7 Na5
37.Qc8 Kg7 38.Rd8 Bc5 39.Nf3 Nxh3+ 40.Kh2 Nxf2 41.Rg8+ Kh7 42.Qd8 Qxd8 43.Rxd8 Nxe4
44.Bd3 Nf6 45.Nxe5 Nb7 46.Rb8 Ng4+ 47.Nxg4 Bd6+ 48.Kh1 Bxb8 49.Nf6+ Kg7 50.Nd5 Ba7
51.Ne7 Nc5 52.Bb5 Bb8 53.Nd5 Ne4 54.Nxb6 Ng3+ 55.Kg1 f5 56.Nd5 h4 57.Be8 g5
58.Bc6 g4 59.Be8 Kh6 60.Bd7 Kg5 61.Bc6 Ba7+ 62.Kh2 Ne4 63.Nb4 Nf2 64.Nc2 h3
65.gxh3 Nxh3 66.Ne1 Nf4 67.Nc2 Nd3 68.Kg2 Ne5 69.Bd5 Bb6 70.Ne1 Ba5 71.Nc2 Bc3
72.Ne3 f4 73.Nc2 Nd3 74.Be4 Ne1+ 75.Nxe1 Bxe1 76.Kf1 Bh4 77.Ke2 Kh5 78.Bd5 Be7
79.Kf2 Bc5+ 80.Kg2 Kg5 81.Bc6 Bb4 82.Kf2 Kh4 83.Kg2 Be1 84.Bd5 Bg3 85.Be4 Be1
86.Kf1 Ba5 87.Kg2 Kg5 88.Kf2 Bd8 89.Bc6 Kh6 90.Be4 Bh4+ 91.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e4 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nfd7 11.Be3 a6 12.Qb3 b5 13.e5 Nb6 14.a4 bxc4 15.Qa3 dxe5
16.dxe5 Nd5 17.Bd4 e6 18.Bc5 Nd7 19.Bxf8 Bxf8 20.Qa2 Nxe5 21.Be2 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Qxc3
23.Rac1 Qd4 24.Rfd1 Nd3 25.Bxd3 cxd3 26.Qc4 Qxc4 27.Rxc4 Rd8 28.a5 Rd6 29.Rc3 d2
30.Rc2 Bh6 31.f4 Rd5 32.Rdxd2 Rxa5 33.Rxc6 e5 34.Rd8+ Kg7 35.fxe5 Rxe5 36.Rxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nd5 Rc8 10.Be3 Bg5 11.Bb6 Qd7 12.Nc2 Bd8 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Bd3 Ba5+ 15.Bd2 Bxd5
16.cxd5 Bxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Ne7 18.O-O O-O 19.a4 Ng6 20.f3 Nf4 21.Ne3 Qc7 22.Rf2 Nxd3
23.Qxd3 g6 24.a5 Qc5 25.Qb3 Qa7 26.Nc4 Qc5 27.Nb6 Rc7 28.Qa3 Rd8 29.Qxc5 Rxc5
30.b4 Rc7 31.Rff1 Ne8 32.Rac1 f6 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ke3 Ke7 35.g3 Rb8 36.f4 Rxc1
37.Rxc1 Kd8 38.Rf1 Ke7 39.Rc1 Kd8 40.g4 Ke7 41.h4 Rd8 42.g5 exf4+ 43.Kxf4 Kf7
44.Ke3 Kg7 45.Kd4 h5 46.gxf6+ Kxf6 47.Rf1+ Ke7 48.Rg1 Kf6 49.Nc4 Nc7 50.Ke3 Nb5
51.Kf4 Kg7 52.Ke3 Rc8 53.Kd3 Rf8 54.e5 Rf4 55.Nxd6 Rd4+ 56.Ke3 Rxd5 57.Nxb7 Rxe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marovic, Drazen"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Bd2 Nc4 14.b3 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Qa5
16.Rac1 Nf6 17.e4 Nd7 18.Bh3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Nb1 Qb6 21.Qc2 Ra7 22.Nd2 Rfa8
23.a4 Bd4 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 Rb8 26.Re2 Qb4 27.Kg2 Qb7 28.f3 Qd7 29.Nc4 Rb4
30.Qd3 Qb7 31.Nd2 Ra8 32.Rc2 Rf8 33.Rc4 Rb6 34.a5 Rb5 35.b4 Rxb4 36.Rxb4 Qxb4
37.Nc4 Qa4 38.Rc2 Rb8 39.Qe2 Rb1 40.Ra2 Rg1+ 41.Kh3 Qd7+ 42.g4 h5 43.a6 hxg4+
44.fxg4 f5 45.exf5 e5 46.Qg2 Qh7+ 47.Kg3 gxf5 48.Qxg1 f4+ 49.Kf3 Qd3+ 50.Kg2 Qe4+
51.Kh3 Bxg1 52.Ra3 Qh7+ 53.Kg2 Qxh2+ 54.Kf3 Qf2+ 55.Ke4 Qc2+ 56.Kf3 Qxc4  0-1

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 c6
9.d5 c5 10.g3 Ne8 11.Nh4 Bf6 12.Ng2 Ng7 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Bh6 Nf6 15.f3 Bh3 16.Nd1 Nd7
17.Qd2 f5 18.Nf2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 f4 20.Nh3 g5 21.Rf2 Qe8 22.Bxg5 Bxg5 23.Nxg5 Qg6
24.Nh3 Nh5 25.g4 Nhf6 26.Kh1 Qh6 27.Bf1 Qh4 28.Qe1 h5 29.g5 Nh7 30.Ng1 Kg7
31.Rg2 Qxe1 32.Rxe1 Rg8 33.h4 Nhf8 34.Rh2 Ng6 35.Ne2 Rgb8 36.Nc3 a6 37.Rb1 Rc8
38.Bh3 Rc7 39.Bxd7 Rxd7 40.Na4 Rc7 41.Nb6 Rb8 42.Rc1 Kf7 43.Rc3 Ke7 44.a4 Kd8
45.a5 Ke7 46.Kg2 Kd8 47.Kf1 Ke7 48.Ke1 Kd8 49.Kd2 Ke7 50.Kc1 Kd8 51.Kc2 Ke7
52.Kb1 Kd8 53.Ka2 Ke8 54.Ka3 Ke7 55.Rh3 Nf8 56.Rh1 Ng6 57.b4 cxb4+ 58.Kxb4 Rc5
59.Na4 Rc7 60.Rh2 Rh8 61.Nb6 Rc5 62.Na4 Rc7 63.c5 Rhc8 64.Nb6 dxc5+ 65.Ka4 Rd8
66.Nc4 Kf7 67.Rb3 Re7 68.Rb6 Rdd7 69.Nd6+  1-0

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.h3 Bg7 6.g4 Bc8 7.e4 c5 8.d5 e6 9.Be3 O-O
10.Nd2 Re8 11.Be2 Na6 12.O-O Nc7 13.a4 exd5 14.cxd5 h5 15.Bf4 hxg4 16.hxg4 Nh7
17.Bg3 Ng5 18.Kg2 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Nc4 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Ne4 22.Bf3 Nxg3 23.fxg3 Qf6
24.Qd2 Qg6 25.g5 f4 26.gxf4 Bf5 27.Ne3 Be4 28.Kg3 Re7 29.Ng4 Rf8 30.Bxe4 Rxe4
31.Rae1 Kg7 32.Rxe4 Qxe4 33.Re1 Qxd5 34.Qh2 Rh8 35.Qb2 Qd3+ 36.Re3 Qd1 37.c4+ Kg8
38.Nh6+ Rxh6 39.gxh6 Qg1+ 40.Kf3 Kf7 41.Qg7+ Qxg7 42.hxg7 Na8 43.Re8  1-0

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nickoloff, Bryon"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qb3 c6 13.Qa3 Be6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Rfd1 Re8
16.b4 a5 17.b5 Bf8 18.Qb2 a4 19.h4 g4 20.Nh2 Qa5 21.Rab1 Kg7 22.Rdc1 Bc5
23.Qc2 Bd4 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Rb7 Rab8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Nxa4 Rb4 28.Nc3 Qa3 29.Bf1 Rb2
30.Qa4 Qxa4 31.Nxa4 Rxa2 32.Nc3 Rd2 33.Ne2 Bb2 34.Re1 Nc5 35.f3 Nd3 36.Rb1 Bxc4
37.fxg4 Ba2 38.Nf3 Rxe2 39.Rd1 Rxe4 40.Rxd3 Rxg4 41.Rd7+ Nf7 42.Bf2 Bd5 43.Be2 Re4  0-1

[Event "Toronto1"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Be2 Nf6 12.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Brookshear, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 f6 4.e3 dxe3 5.fxe3 e5 6.c5 e4 7.Nd4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.Bc4 Nh6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Nc3 g6 12.Bb2 Bg7 13.Nxe4 Qxe4 14.Rf4 Qe7 15.Qf3 Qf8
16.Re4+ Kd8 17.Rd4+  1-0

[Event "USA op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Ne5 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Nd4 Qd7 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.Rhe1 Rac8
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Rc5 18.Qxe6 fxe6 19.Bg3 Kf7 20.Kb1 Ke8 21.a4 Rc6 22.Bh5+ g6
23.Be2 Bg5 24.Rf1 Rxf1 25.Rxf1 Nc4 26.Bxc4 Rxc4 27.Bxd6 Be7 28.Bxe7 Kxe7
29.b3 Rxe4 30.Rf2 h5 31.Kc1 Re1+ 32.Kd2 Rh1 33.h3 g5 34.Ke3 Rd1 35.Rd2 Re1+
36.Re2 Rd1 37.Rd2 Re1+ 38.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 c6 10.b4 a5 11.bxa5 Qxa5 12.Qc2 c5 13.a4 Ne8 14.Nb3 Qd8 15.Bd2 f5 16.f3 Nf6
17.a5 Kh8 18.Na4 Nd7 19.Bd3 f4 20.Rf2 g5 21.g4 Ng6 22.Be1 Bf6 23.h3 Ra6 24.Qd1 Qe8
25.Rb1 Bd8 26.Rfb2 Rf7 27.Nc3 Qf8 28.Nb5 h6 29.Rh2 Rh7 30.Bf2 h5 31.Kh1 Nf6
32.Qg1 Bxa5 33.Nxd6 Qxd6 34.Bxc5 Qd8 35.Nxa5 Qxa5 36.Bb4 Qd8 37.c5 Ra8 38.Bc3 hxg4
39.hxg4 Ra2 40.Rxh7+ Kxh7 41.Ra1 Rxa1 42.Qxa1 Qc7 43.Qa7 Qg7 44.Kg1 Qh6 45.Qa2 Qh3
46.Qh2 Qxh2+ 47.Kxh2 Bd7 48.Kg2 Ba4 49.Kf2 Nd7 50.Bb4 Kg7 51.Ke1 Kf6 52.Kd2 Ne7
53.Be2 Nc8 54.Kc3 Na7 55.Ba5 Bb5 56.Bc4 Ke7 57.Kb4 Bxc4 58.Kxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baquero, Luis A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.e3 Bg7 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.Bd2 Bxa6
9.Bxa6 Qxa6 10.Nge2 d6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Qc2 O-O 13.e4 Ne5 14.Rab1 Rfb8 15.h3 Qd3
16.Qxd3 Nxd3 17.b3 Nb4 18.a4 Nc2 19.Rfd1 Na3 20.Ra1 Nc2 21.Rab1 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4
23.Nb5 Nxe4 24.Be1 Nc3 25.Bxc3 dxc3 26.Rbc1 Rc8 27.Rc2 Rc5 28.Kf1 Rb8 29.Ke2 Rcxb5
30.axb5 Rxb5 31.Rb1 Rxd5 32.b4 Rb5 33.Kd3 d5 34.Ra2 d4 35.Ra8+ Bf8 36.Kxd4 c2
37.Rc1 Rxb4+ 38.Kc3 Re4 39.Rxc2 f5 40.Kd3 Kf7 41.Ra7 Bg7 42.f3 Re6 43.Re2 Rd6+
44.Kc2 Bf6 45.Rd2 Re6 46.Kd1 Bg5 47.Re2 Rd6+ 48.Kc2 Rc6+ 49.Kd3 Rc1 50.Rb7 h5
51.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Fotis, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c6 4.c4 Qb6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.Nge2 Ne4
9.Bxe4 fxe4 10.Nf4 Nf6 11.O-O Be7 12.f3 exf3 13.Rxf3 Bd7 14.Raf1 dxc4 15.Ne4 O-O-O
16.Nh5 h6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Nhxf6 Qb4 19.Nd2 e5 20.a3 Qb5 21.Nxd7 Rxd7 22.dxe5 Qxe5
23.Nxc4 Qe6 24.Rf5 Rg8 25.Re5 Qg4 26.Re4 Qh5 27.Ne5 Bd6 28.Nf3 Rdg7 29.Rf2 Kb8
30.Rh4 Qc5 31.Qxc5 Bxc5 32.Re4 Rd8 33.g3 Rd3 34.Re2 a5 35.Kg2 Ka7 36.Re6 a4
37.e4 h5 38.Re5 Re3 39.Rxe3 Bxe3 40.Ra5+ Kb8 41.Rxa4 Rg4 42.Rc4 Kc7 43.a4 Kd6
44.a5 Rg8 45.Rc3 Bh6 46.Rb3 Kc7 47.Kh3 Ra8 48.Ra3 Bc1 49.Ra2 Kd6 50.b3 Kc5  1-0

[Event "USA op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.e4 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qe2 c6 8.O-O-O d5
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.g4 Bg6 11.Kb1 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Na6 13.Ne5 Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 e4 5.Ng5 Qe7 6.Qc2 Bf5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Bg2 e3
9.Qa4+ c6 10.Bxe3 Nxg4 11.Bf4 Nf6 12.O-O-O h6 13.Nh3 Qd8 14.e4 Be7 15.e5 dxe5
16.dxe5 Nfd7 17.Be4 Bh5 18.Rd2 Bg4 19.Ng1 Qb6 20.Nge2 Nc5 21.Qc2 Nba6 22.Rg1 Nb4
23.Qb1 Be6 24.b3 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Rd1 Qa5 27.Kb2 Nba6 28.Nd4 O-O 29.Rg1 Kh8
30.a4 Rd8 31.Bxh6 gxh6 32.Qc1 Bg5 33.Rxg5 hxg5 34.Qxg5 Qxc3+  0-1

[Event "USA op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schorr, Leon"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nbd2 Qxc5 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.g3 e5 8.Bg2 Be7
9.O-O Bf5 10.c3 O-O 11.a4 a5 12.Kh2 Nbd7 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Kh1 h6 15.Rg1 Rad8
16.g4 Bg6 17.Qe1 Nc5 18.Bf1 Nfe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Bd2 Nb3 21.Rd1 Bc2 22.g5 h5
23.g6 fxg6 24.Bg5 Bxd1 25.Qxd1 Nc5 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Ng5 Rxf2 28.Bg2 e4 29.Qd4 Rf5
30.h4 Ne6  0-1

[Event "Washington op"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bd7
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.a4 Nf6 11.Be3 Be7 12.a5 Rc8 13.Re1 O-O 14.Bb6 Qb8 15.Nd5 exd5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Bd8 19.Bxd8 Rcxd8  1-0

[Event "Washington op"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Norman"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qd3 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Qb8 10.O-O-O Nf6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Rhe1 e6 13.Qc4 O-O 14.Qxc6 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Qb7
16.h4 h5 17.Qb3 Qc6 18.Qe3 Kh7 19.Rd3 Rab8 20.Rc3 Qd5 21.Rb3 c5 22.Be7 Bh6
23.f4 cxd4 24.Qe4 Qxe5 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Kb1 Qf6  1-0

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rogan, M."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.c3 d5 5.e5 Qb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.b4 Qb6
9.Qxd5 Nh6 10.Na3 O-O 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.b5 Na5 13.Nxa5 Qxa5 14.Bd2 Rd8 15.c4 Qc7
16.Qe4 Bf5 17.Qe3 Ng4 18.Qg1 Rxd2 19.Nxd2 Bxe5 20.h3 Bxa1 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.Qe3 Rd8
23.Nb3 Rd1+ 24.Kf2 Bf6 25.g3 b6 26.Qe4 Bf5 27.Qc6 Qd8 28.Bg2 Bd4+ 29.Ke2 Bg4+
30.Bf3 Rxh1  0-1

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Stein, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 Qh4+
9.Bf2 Qe7 10.O-O-O f5 11.Nge2 a6 12.Ng3 Nf6 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.h4 Ne8 15.h5 c5
16.hxg6 Bxg6 17.Bd3 Qf7 18.Bxg6 Qxg6 19.Nce4 b5 20.Rh5 Nf6 21.Rg5 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Qh6
23.Be3 bxc4 24.Ng3 Qh4 25.Rh1  1-0

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ketcham, R."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.Nxd5 Nc6 10.c4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nd4 14.Qf2 Re8 15.Kh1 Qd7
16.g4 f5 17.g5 b5 18.cxb5 Nxb5 19.Rb1 Qb7 20.Qf3 Rac8 21.b3 Nc3 22.Rb2 Kf8
23.Bc4 Re4 24.Qd3 Rce8 25.Rh2 Ne2 26.Bd2 R8e7 27.Rff2 Nd4 28.h4 Qa8 29.h5 Qe8
30.h6 Bh8 31.a4 Kf7 32.Rhg2 Re3 33.Bxe3 Rxe3 34.Qd2 Qe4 35.Kg1 Nf3+ 36.Rxf3 Qxf3
37.Kh1 Bd4 38.Qa5 Qh5+ 39.Rh2 Qd1+ 40.Kg2 Qf3+ 41.Kg1 Re1+  0-1

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Burnett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Nxd5
9.Bc2 Be7 10.O-O Bg5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qd3 Bf6 13.Re1 Kf8 14.Ba4 Qa5 15.Nc3 Be6
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Bf4 g6 18.Qf3 Kg7 19.Bh6+ Kxh6 20.Qxf6 Qd8 21.Qxd8 Rhxd8
22.Na4 Rab8 23.b3 Rb4 24.Rad1 Kg7 25.Nc5 Kf6 26.f3 Ke7 27.Kf2 Kd6 28.h4 h6
29.g4 Rh8 30.Kg3 Rg8 31.Rd2 Rh8 32.a3 Rb6 33.Rde2 Re8 34.b4 Rbb8 35.Nd3 Rec8
36.Nc5 Re8 37.Nd3 Ra8 38.Ne5 a5 39.Rc2 Rec8 40.Rec1 axb4 41.Rxc6+ Rxc6 42.Rxc6+ Ke7
43.axb4 Rb8 44.Ra6 Ke8 45.Nc6 Rb7 46.Kf4 f6 47.Na5 g5+ 48.Kg3 Re7 49.b5 Kd7
50.Ra7+ Kd6 51.Nb7+ Kc7 52.Nc5+ Kd6 53.Ra6+  1-0

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.g3 Bxf3 4.exf3 e6 5.c4 Nd7 6.f4 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.a4 a5
9.Bg2 Rb8 10.Qe2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.b3 d5 13.c5 Nc8 14.f5 exf5 15.Qe5 b6 16.Qxf5 bxc5
17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bf6 19.Bc4 Bxd4 20.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.O-O exd4
9.Bxd4 Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Kh1 Nc5 12.f3 a5 13.Nb3 Ne6 14.Be3 a4 15.Nd4 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 c5 17.Bg1 a3 18.b3 Nh5 19.Qd2 Qh4 20.Bf2 Qf4 21.Be3 Qh4 22.Bf2 Qf4
23.Be3 Qh4 24.Kg1 Be5 25.f4 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Rxe4 27.Bxh5 Qxh5 28.Rad1 Bd7 29.Rxd6 Bc6
30.f5 Rg4 31.Rf2 Qh3 32.Rxc6 bxc6 33.Qe5 Qh4 34.fxg6 Rxg6 35.Qc7 Rg7 36.Qxc6 Rd8
37.g3 h5 38.Qh6 Rd1+ 39.Kg2 Rxg3+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.Be3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nge7 11.Nc3 Nf5 12.Bg4 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Bb4 14.Rf4 O-O 15.Qf3 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Qe7 17.Rf1 Rac8 18.e4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Na5 20.R4f3 Nc4 21.Rh3 h6 22.Qd3 b5
23.Rg3 Rfd8 24.Qe2 Rd7 25.Bh5 Qh4 26.Rg4 Qd8 27.Qf2 Qf8 28.Qg3 b4 29.cxb4 Nd2
30.Rd1 f5 31.exf6 Qxf6 32.Rf4 Qg5 33.Bg4 Kh8 34.Bxe6 Qh5 35.Qg4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.b4 Re8 13.b5 cxb5 14.cxb5 g5 15.Bg3 Bb7
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 e4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Bc4 Bxa1 20.Qxa1 Rc8 21.Bb3 Rc5 22.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Nb5 Re8 11.Re1 a6 12.Nxd4 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Bxd4 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Be3 Bg7
16.Rad1 c5 17.dxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bf4 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.Bxd6 Re8 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.O-O Nd4 13.e5 Nd7 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Qxd4
17.Bxd4 Bxd4 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.b3 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Rd2 21.Bf3 Rxa2 22.Bxb7 Rb8
23.Be4 Ra3 24.Bc2 a5 25.Re3 Kg7 26.h3 Rc8 27.Rb1 a4 28.bxa4 Rxe3 29.fxe3 Rxc4
30.Bd1 Rc3 31.Ra1 Bc4 32.Kf2 Rd3 33.Bf3 Rd2+ 34.Ke1 Rb2 35.a5 Ba6 36.Bd5 Re2+
37.Kd1 Rxe3 38.Kc2 Re5 39.Bf3 g5 40.Kc3 f5 41.Kb4 Rb5+ 42.Ka4 Rc5 43.Rb1 g4
44.hxg4 fxg4 45.Bxg4 Rc2 46.Bf3 Ra2+ 47.Kb4 Kf6 48.Bd5 Rd2 49.Kc5 Ke5 50.Bf3 Bd3
51.Ra1 Rc2+ 52.Kb6 Kd6 53.Rd1  1-0

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.b4 Ndxe5 10.Nd4 Bxb1 11.Rxb1 Be7 12.f4 Nd7 13.f5 e5 14.Nf3 e4 15.Nd4 Nde5
16.Bf4 a6 17.Rb2 Bf6 18.Rd2 Qd7 19.b5 axb5 20.Nxb5 O-O 21.Rxd5 Qe7 22.a4 Bg5
23.Bxg5 Qxg5 24.f6 g6 25.Nd6 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Qxc3 27.Nxe4 Qb4 28.Qc1  1-0

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Nf8
9.O-O-O c6 10.Bc4 h5 11.h4 Qc7 12.Rhe1 Bd7 13.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 7.Bxe7 Kxe7 8.Qg4 Nc6
9.dxc5 Ndxe5 10.Qxg7 Rg8 11.Qxh7 Bd7 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Qh6 Rg6 14.Qe3 Ng4 15.Qe1 Kf8
16.f3 Nf6 17.Nh3 Qxc5 18.Kb1 d4 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 f5 21.Qe1 e5 22.Ng5 Nb4
23.c3 Ba4 24.Rc1 Nd5 25.cxd4 Qxd4 26.Rc4 Qd1+ 27.Qxd1 Bxd1 28.Bd3 Ne3 29.Rc1 Ba4
30.g4 Rd6 31.Bxf5 Bc6 32.Rhe1 Nxf5 33.gxf5 Rf6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bd2 Qe7 15.e5 Nd7
16.Kb1 Bb6 17.f4 f6 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Be2 O-O-O 20.Bf3 Qf7 21.Be3 Rhe8 22.Qe2 Qh7
23.Rhe1 Kb8 24.Bg4 Bc7 25.Qf2 Re7 26.Bxe6 Rxe6 27.Ba7+ Ka8 28.Rxe6 Qf5 29.Rde1 Qxf4
30.Re8 Rxe8 31.Rxe8+ Nb8 32.Rh8 Qxh2 33.Bd4 Be5 34.Bxe5 fxe5 35.Qf8 e4 36.Ne2 h5
37.g3  1-0

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 c6 6.Ng3 a6 7.a4 a5 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O e5
10.Be3 Na6 11.Qd2 Ng4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.f3 exd4 14.Bxd4 Be6 15.Rad1 Nc5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.Kh1 f6 18.Qf4 Bxc4 19.Rxd6 Qe7 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8 Qxd8
23.e5 Bf7 24.exf6+ Qxf6 25.Qc7 Qd4 26.h3 Nxa4 27.Nxa4 Qxa4 28.Qe5+ Kg8 29.Ne4 Qb5
30.Nf6+ Kh8 31.Qe7 Bg8 32.Qe8 Qc4 33.Nxg8 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 35.Kh1 Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Qf4+
37.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bc1 c6 13.h3 Nh6 14.a3 Nc5 15.Be3 Ne6
16.Rfd1 Re8 17.c5 Nf7 18.b4 f5 19.Bc4 Bf6 20.Ra2 Kg7 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Re2 a5
23.b5 e4 24.Nd4 Nxc5 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Nxc6 Nd3 27.Nd5 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.d3 Ne7 7.Be3 Ng6 8.Nbd2 c5
9.Nc4 Qe6 10.Ng5 Qf6 11.Qh5 Bd6 12.f4 exf4 13.e5 Nxe5 14.Bxf4 Nxc4 15.Bxd6 Qd4+
16.Kh1 Nxd6 17.Rxf7 Qg4 18.Re1+ Kd8 19.Qxg4 Bxg4 20.Rxg7 h6 21.Nh7 Bd7 22.Nf6 Bc6
23.Kg1 Kc8 24.Ree7 Kb8 25.Rxc7 Ne8 26.Nxe8 Rxe8 27.Kf2 Re6 28.Rce7 Rf6+ 29.Kg3 Ka7
30.Ref7 Rxf7  0-1

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 O-O 8.Be2 Be6
9.O-O Qb6 10.Qc1 Nc6 11.Na3 Rac8 12.Re1 Bd5 13.Nc2 Be4 14.Bd1 Rfe8 15.Ng5 Bd5
16.Bf3 e5 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.Rd1 Rcd8 21.Nf3 e4 22.Nfe1 Ne5
23.Bh6 Nxc3 24.Rxd8 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Rxd8 26.Qe3 Bxh6 27.Qxh6 Qb6 28.Ne3 Qxb2
29.N1c2 Nd3 30.Qh4 Rd6 31.Rf1 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Rxf6 33.Ng4 Rc6 34.Nge3 f5 35.g3 g5
36.Na3 f4 37.gxf4 gxf4 38.Nd5 Kf7 39.Nb5 a6 40.Na7 Rh6 41.Kh2 Rh5 42.Nb6 f3
43.Nc4 Ndf4  0-1

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.g3 Qd7 14.d3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7
16.Nd2 f5 17.Re1 Kh8 18.Qh5 Nf6 19.Qh4 c5 20.Nf3 Bb7 21.Ng5 h6 22.Bd2 Qc6
23.f3 c4 24.Bd1 cxd3 25.Ne6 Rf7 26.Kg2 Bc5 27.Ng5 Rff8 28.Ne6 Ng4 29.Nxf8 Rxf8
30.b4 Bd6 31.Qh5 Qb6 32.Rf1 Ne3+ 33.Bxe3 Qxe3 34.Bb3 Qd2+ 35.Rf2 Qxc3 36.Rd1 Bxb4
37.Qg6 d2 38.Rdxd2 Bxf3+ 39.Rxf3 Qxd2+ 40.Rf2 Qe3 41.Bf7 Qe4+ 42.Kh3 Qg4+
43.Kg2 Qxg6 44.Bxg6 Rf6 45.Bxf5 Bc5 46.Rf1 g5 47.Bd3 Rd6 48.Rd1 Kg7 49.Be2 Bd4
50.Bf3 b4 51.Rc1 Bc3 52.Rd1 Rb6 53.Rd7+ Kf6 54.Bd5 Ke5 55.Bb3 Rf6 56.h4 g4
57.Rg7 h5 58.Re7+ Kd4 59.Rd7+ Ke4 60.Rf7 Rd6 61.Rf2 a5 62.Bf7 Rh6 63.Bb3 Ke3
64.Kf1 Ra6 65.Ba4 Rd6 66.Be8 Rd1+ 67.Kg2 Be1 68.Rc2 Rd5 69.Rb2 Re5 70.Bd7 Kd3
71.Kf1 Bd2 72.Rb3+ Bc3 73.Rb1 Kc2 74.Rb3 Re1+ 75.Kf2 Kd2 76.Bb5 Ra1 77.Bc4 a4  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fernandes, Antonio"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 e5 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.a3 d6 8.Rb1 a5
9.d3 Rb8 10.O-O O-O 11.Bd2 Be6 12.Nd5 b5 13.cxb5 Rxb5 14.Nxe7+ Nxe7 15.b4 axb4
16.axb4 Qb6 17.bxc5 Qxc5 18.Nc3 Rxb1 19.Qxb1 d5 20.Rc1 Qa7 21.Nb5 Qb6 22.Nc7 Qxb1
23.Rxb1 Bf5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 Bxd3 26.Rb7 e4 27.Bb4 Ra8 28.Kg2 Be5 29.Rxf7 Ra1
30.h4 Kh8 31.Re7 Rb1 32.Re8+ Kg7 33.Bf8+ Kf6 34.Be7+ Kf5 35.Rf8+ Kg4 36.Be6+ Kh5
37.g4+ Kh6 38.Bg5+ Kg7 39.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Moran, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be2 Nd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.d5 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 a6
9.a4 Rb8 10.Nd2 b6 11.Re1 Ne8 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.Na3 Qd8 15.Bh6 f6
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.f4 Nf7 18.Nc4 Bd7 19.Ne3 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ncd1 Ra8 22.Nf2 Nc7
23.c3 Na6 24.b4 Qb6 25.Reb1 cxb4 26.cxb4 Rfc8 27.Nc2 Rc7 28.Nd4 Rac8 29.Ra3 Rc4
30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Nc2 Nh6 32.Ne3 Rc8 33.Rba1 Nc7 34.h3 Nf7 35.Kh2 e5 36.dxe6 Bxe6
37.Rc1 d5 38.Nxd5 Bxd5 39.exd5 Rd8 40.Rd3 Nxd5 41.Rc2 Ne7 42.Rxd8 Nxd8 43.Qd7 Kf8
44.Ne4 Ne6 45.Nxf6 Qb8 46.Qxe6  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.Nxd5 Nxd5 8.Qxd5 Nc6
9.e4 Be7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Nf3 Qxb6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Qf5 Rae8 14.Bf4 Bc8 15.Rfd1 Qxb2
16.Rab1 Qf6 17.Qxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd2 Be7 19.f3 d6 20.Rb6 Ne5 21.Bd5 Rd8 22.Bxe5 dxe5
23.Nc4 Bf6 24.Kf2 Be6 25.Rxa6 Bxd5 26.exd5 Ra8 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.a3 Ra4 29.Rc1 Kf8
30.Ke2 Ke8 31.Kd3 Bd8 32.Re1 f6 33.f4 e4+ 34.Rxe4+ Kf8 35.Re1 Ra7 36.Rb1 Rd7
37.d6 Kf7 38.Ke4  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 a5 12.Nd3 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.Qb3 Na6 15.Qc3 b6 16.b3 Nc5
17.a3 Nh5 18.Nb2 Qg5 19.b4 Na6 20.Rae1 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Ne4 Qh6 23.Nd3 Nb8
24.c5 axb4 25.axb4 bxc5 26.bxc5 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Ra2 28.cxd6 cxd6 29.Qb3 Qd2
30.Rf2 Ra1+ 31.Bf1 Qa5 32.f4 Nd7 33.fxe5 Rxf2 34.Nxf2 Qa6 35.Nd3 dxe5 36.d6+ Kf8
37.Qc3 Nhf6 38.Rc4 Nd5 39.Rc8+ Kf7 40.Qb3 Qxc8 41.Qxd5+ Kf6 42.g4 Qa8 43.Qb5 Qa4
44.g5+ Kxg5 45.Qd5 Qd4+ 46.Qxd4 exd4 47.Kf2 Kf6 48.Bh3 Ra7 49.Kf3 Ne5+ 50.Nxe5 Kxe5
51.d7 Ra8 52.Ke2 Rd8 53.Kd3 Kd5 54.Bg4 h5  0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Braun, Leslie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.c4 Nb6 7.Ng5 Bf5 8.e6 fxe6
9.Bg4 Qd7 10.O-O Na6 11.b3 g6 12.Re1 Nc7 13.Bb2 h6 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.d5 Rg8
16.Ne6 Nxe6 17.dxe6 Qc7 18.a4 O-O-O 19.a5 Na8 20.a6 b6 21.Qf3 Bg7 22.Bxg7 Rxg7
23.Nc3 Kb8 24.b4 Rf8 25.Ne2 Rc8 26.c5 bxc5 27.bxc5 dxc5 28.Qc3 Rgg8 29.Qxc5 Qb6  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.O-O e6 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.b3 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.c5 Rfd8
16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.Ndb5 Bf8 18.Nxa7 Rxc5 19.Bd4 Qf5 20.Qe3 Ned7 21.Nab5 Rcc8
22.Qd3 Qh5 23.Re1 Rc6 24.Rad1 Bg7 25.Re7 b6 26.Na7 Re6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Nc6 Re8
29.Re1 Qf5 30.Qxf5 gxf5 31.Na4 e5 32.Bxb6 Nxb6 33.Nxb6 Re6 34.Nc8 Bf8 35.N8a7 Bc5+
36.Kf1 d4 37.b4 Bxa7 38.Nxa7 e4 39.g4 e3 40.gxf5 Re8 41.Ke2 Nd5 42.Rg1+ Kf7
43.Kd3 Nf4+ 44.Kc4 d3 45.Nb5 d2 46.Nd6+ Kf8 47.f6 Re6 48.Ne4 Rxe4+ 49.fxe4 e2  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Remlinger, Larry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.e4 d5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Nxd2 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.Nf3 O-O 10.Qc2 Rd8 11.O-O-O g6 12.Qc3 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Qf6 14.Kb1 Bd7 15.Rhe1 Be8
16.Rd2 Rab8 17.g3 Ne7 18.Ne5 Rd6 19.Qa5 Nf5 20.Qxc7 Rbd8 21.f4 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 Rxd4
23.Qxb7 Nd6 24.Qb8 Kg7 25.Bd3 Qe7 26.Qb3 f6 27.Nf3  1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "E87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 Qh4+
9.Bf2 Qf4 10.g4 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Nf4 12.Nb5 Na6 13.Ne2 Nxe2 14.Bxe2 f5 15.gxf5 gxf5
16.Be3 Bd7 17.Rhg1 Kh8 18.Rab1 Rf6 19.b4 Bh6 20.a3 Bxe3+ 21.Kxe3 Rh6 22.Rg2 fxe4
23.fxe4 c5 24.dxc6 Bxc6 25.Rf1 Bxb5 26.cxb5 Nc7 27.Bc4 d5 28.exd5 Rh4 29.Rc1 Ne8
30.Be2 Nf6 31.Rd1 Rd8 32.d6 Rh3+ 33.Rg3 Rxh2 34.Bf3 b6 35.Bc6 Ra2 36.Rd3 h5
37.Rg6 Ng4+ 38.Rxg4 hxg4 39.Ke4 g3 40.Kxe5 Re2+ 41.Be4 Re8+ 42.Kd5 R2xe4
43.d7 R8e5+ 44.Kc6 Re6+ 45.Kd5 R6e5+ 46.Kc6 Re6+ 47.Kc7 Re7 48.Kb8 Rxd7 49.Rxd7 g2
50.Rd1 Re7 51.Rg1 Rg7 52.a4 Kh7 53.a5 bxa5 54.bxa5 Rg5 55.b6 axb6 56.axb6 Rb5
57.b7 Rb2 58.Rc1 Rf2 59.Ka7 Rf1 60.Rc7+ Kg6 61.Rc6+ Kf7 62.Rc7+ Ke6 63.Rg7 g1=B+
64.Rxg1 Rxg1 65.b8=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 bxc4 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.Bd2 Nxd2
9.Nxd2 g6 10.Nxc4 Qd8 11.d6 e6 12.Nb5 Na6 13.Qb3 Bg7 14.e3 O-O 15.a3 Rb8
16.Qa4 Bc6 17.Qxa6 Bxb5 18.Qxa7 Qg5 19.Rc1 Bxc4 20.Rxc4 Rxb2 21.Qxc5 Rb1+
22.Ke2 Rb2+ 23.Ke1 Qf6 24.Be2 Rfb8 25.f3 R2b5 26.Qc7 Rb1+ 27.Kf2 Rxh1 28.Qxb8+ Bf8
29.Rd4 e5 30.Rc4 e4 31.Rxe4 Qa1 32.f4 Qg1+ 33.Kg3 Rxh2 34.Bf1 Rh5 35.Re8 Kg7
36.Rxf8 Qxe3+ 37.Kg4 f5+ 38.Rxf5 Rxf5 39.g3 h5+ 40.Kh3 Rxf4 41.Qb2+ Rf6 42.Bc4 Qf3  0-1

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 c5 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 d6 5.Bb5+ Nd7 6.a4 a6 7.Be2 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Qc7
9.Bc3 Ngf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.a5 e6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Re8 14.e5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 dxe5
16.Nge4 Nd5 17.O-O Bd7 18.Re1 Rad8 19.Bf1 Rf8 20.c3 Bh6 21.g3 Bc6 22.Qe2 Rf7
23.Bh3 Qe7 24.Nb3 Ne3 25.fxe3 Bxe4 26.Rad1 Rxd1 27.Qxd1 c4 28.Nd2 Bd3 29.Bg2 Qc5
30.Ne4 Qxa5 31.h4 Qb6 32.Qd2 Qc7 33.g4 Bg7 34.Rd1 h6 35.Qe1 Qb6 36.Rd2 Bxe4
37.Bxe4 Rf4 38.Bxg6 Rxg4+ 39.Rg2 Rxg2+ 40.Kxg2 Qxb2+ 41.Qf2 Qxf2+ 42.Kxf2 a5
43.Be8 e4 44.Bb5 Kf7 45.Bxc4 a4 46.Kg3 Be5+ 47.Kg4 Kg6 48.h5+ Kf6 49.Bb5 a3
50.Bc4 Bh2  0-1

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ardaman, Miles"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.c3 a5 6.a4 e5 7.Be2 Bc5 8.Nxe5 Bxf2+
9.Kxf2 Nxe5 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nf3 Neg4+ 13.Kg1 Re8 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bd2 Qd6
16.d4 Bd7 17.Bc4 Rxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Re8 19.Qh4 Nhf6 20.h3 Ne3 21.Bxe3 Rxe3 22.Ne5 Be6
23.Qf2 Re4 24.Bd3 Rxe5 25.dxe5 Qxe5 26.Rd1 b6 27.Bb5 h5 28.Qd4 Qxd4+ 29.Rxd4 Kf8
30.Bc6 Bb3 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Ke3 g5 33.g3 Be6 34.h4 Ng4+ 35.Kd2 Ne5 36.Bd5 gxh4
37.gxh4 Bg4 38.b4 c5 39.bxc5 bxc5 40.Re4 Kd6 41.c4 Bd7 42.Rf4 f5 43.Rf1 Ng6
44.Rg1 Nxh4 45.Rh1 Ng2 46.Rxh5 Nf4 47.Rh6+ Ke5 48.Bf7 Bxa4 49.Ra6 Kd4 50.Rxa5 Bc6
51.Ra6 Be4 52.Rd6+ Ke5 53.Rd8 Kf6 54.Bg8 Ke5 55.Ke3 Ng2+ 56.Kf2 Nf4 57.Kg3 Nd3
58.Bd5 f4+ 59.Kg4 Bxd5 60.cxd5 c4 61.d6 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "West, James R"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 O-O 8.Nf3 b6 9.a3 Bb7
10.Bd3 Ne7 11.Qd2 c5 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Qe2 c4 15.Bxc4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4
17.Bd3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Nd5 19.Be4 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 d5 21.g5 Qc7 22.Bd3 Rb8 23.Kd2 Rxb2
24.Rb1 Ra2 25.Rb3 Rc8 26.Rhb1 Bf8 27.Ke2 Rxa3 28.Rb7 Qd8 29.Kd1 Ra4 30.Qe5 Bd6
31.Qb2 Rxf4 32.Rxa7 Qxg5 33.Qb6 Bc5 34.Qb7 Qg1+ 35.Kd2 Be3+  0-1

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Anderson, Renard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.a4 a5 8.e4 d6 9.Bb5+ Nfd7
10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Ba6 13.Qe2 Bxb5 14.axb5 Qd8 15.O-O O-O 16.Ra3 Re8
17.Rfa1 Qc7 18.Bg3 Rc8 19.h3 c4 20.Kh2 Nb6 21.e5 N8d7 22.e6 Nc5 23.exf7+ Kxf7
24.Re1 Qd7 25.Ne4 Nd3 26.Rxd3 cxd3 27.Qxd3 Qf5 28.Nh4 Qxd5 29.Nxd6+ Kg8 30.Qxg6 Qg5
31.Qe6+ Kh7 32.Nxc8 Nxc8 33.Qe4+  1-0

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Ba6
9.O-O Bxd3 10.cxd3 O-O 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Qe8 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Qa4 Rfb8 17.Rxb8+ Rxb8 18.Qxa7 Qd8 19.Ra1 Rb3 20.h3 Rxc3 21.a4 Rxd3 22.a5 Rb3
23.Qa6 Qb8 24.Qd6 Qxd6 25.exd6 Rb7 26.Nd2 Kf8 27.a6 Ra7 28.Nb3 Ke8 29.Ra5 Kd8
30.Kf1 Ra8 31.Nxc5 Nxc5 32.Rxc5 Rxa6 33.Rc7 Rxd6 34.Rxf7 Rd7 35.Rf8+ Ke7
36.Rc8 Kf6 37.Ke2 Ke5 38.Rc3 Kd4 39.Rd3+ Kc4 40.Re3 Rd6 41.Ra3 Rb6 42.Ra7 g5
43.Rc7+ Kd4 44.Ra7 Rb2+ 45.Kf3 e5 46.Ra4+ Kd3 47.Ra3+ Kd2 48.Kg4 d4 49.Kf5 d3
50.Ke4 Ke2  0-1

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.Rd1 O-O 10.e3 Nh5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Be2 Nc6 13.O-O Nf6 14.Rd2 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 d6
16.b3 a6 17.Ne1 Ne5 18.Nd3 Ng6 19.Ne1 Ne5 20.Nd3 Ng6 21.Ne1 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Palatnik, Semon"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ncxe7 7.Nd2 e3 8.fxe3 Nf6
9.Qb3 Ng4 10.g3 Nxe3 11.Nd1 Nxf1 12.Rxf1 O-O 13.Ne3 d6 14.O-O-O c6 15.Nf3 Kh8
16.Ng2 Ng8 17.Nf4 Qe7 18.d5 c5 19.Nh4 Qe8 20.e4 g5 21.Qc3+ Nf6 22.Nxf5 gxf4
23.Nxd6 Qe7 24.e5 Nh5 25.e6+ Ng7 26.Nf7+ Rxf7 27.exf7 Bg4 28.Rde1 Qxf7 29.Rxf4 Qg6
30.Re7 Rg8 31.Rxb7 h5 32.Rff7 a5 33.b3 a4 34.bxa4 Qh6+ 35.Kb2 Bc8 36.Rbc7 Ba6
37.a5 Bxc4 38.Rxg7 Rxg7 39.d6 Bb5 40.a6  1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.Qd2 a6
9.Rd1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.Be2 Qa5 13.O-O Rfc8 14.Nd5 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bxd4+ 17.Rxd4 Bd7 18.Re1 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Bg5 a6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qf4 O-O 12.Rad1 Be7 13.Ne4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Ra7 15.b3 Rc7
16.Nd4 Rc5 17.Rd3 Qc7 18.Rfd1 Bf6 19.Nf3 b5 20.Rxd6 bxc4 21.bxc4 Rxc4 22.Qb1 a5
23.Rb6 Nc6 24.Nd2 Rb4 25.Rxb4 Nxb4 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Nc4 Qa4 28.a3 Nd5 29.Qc2 Qb5
30.Nd6 Qa6 31.Ne4 Be7 32.a4 Ba3  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Nc6 6.Nc3 e6 7.d4 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2
9.Kxg2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Qd3 Qb7+ 15.Qf3 Qxf3+
16.Kxf3 d6 17.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 O-O 8.d5 c6
9.e4 cxd5 10.exd5 exd5 11.cxd5 Qe7+ 12.Be3 Qe5 13.Bc4 Rc8 14.Ba2 Ba6 15.Qd4 d6
16.Qxe5 dxe5 17.f3 Nbd7 18.O-O-O Bc4 19.Kb1 a6 20.Rhe1 Bxa2+ 21.Nxa2 Ne8
22.Nb4 Nd6 23.Rc1 a5 24.Nc6 Re8 25.f4 f6 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Bg5 Kf7 28.Re2 e4
29.Bf4 Nb7 30.Nd4 Nbc5 31.Nb5 Kg6 32.Nc7 Nd3 33.Rf1 N7c5 34.Nxa8 Rxa8 35.Be3 Nb3
36.Bxb6 Rb8 37.Bc7 Rb7 38.d6 Nd4 39.Rd2 Ne6 40.Bxa5 Ndf4 41.Rc2 e3 42.g3 Nd5
43.Rd1  1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Ng5 e6 8.Qf3 Qe7
9.Ne4 dxe5 10.Bg5 Qb4+ 11.c3 Qa5 12.Bf6 Bxf6 13.Qxf6 O-O 14.Qxe5 Qxe5 15.dxe5 Bd7
16.Nbd2 Bc6 17.O-O-O a5 18.f4 Kg7 19.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Nge2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O-O a5 12.Kb1 a4 13.Ng3 a3 14.b3 Qa5 15.Nce2 Qb4
16.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.Nb5 Be7
9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Ne5 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.Qf3 Re8 15.Rad1 cxd4
16.exd4 Ne4 17.Be3 Qd7 18.Bc2 Rac8 19.Bb3 a5 20.g3 Bb4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Qh5 g6
23.Qg5 Bb5 24.a3 Be7 25.Qf4 Bd6 26.Bxf7+ Qxf7 27.Qxd6 Rc6 28.Qf4 Bxf1 29.Rxf1 Qxf4
30.Bxf4 Rd8 31.Rd1 Rd5 32.Rd2 Kf7 33.Kf1 Ke6 34.Ke2 Rd7 35.f3 Kd5 36.Ke3 Re7
37.Be5 exf3 38.Kxf3 Rf7+ 39.Kg4 Rf5 40.h3 b5 41.Rd3 Rc2 42.b3 Re2 43.Kh4 Rh5+
44.Kg4 Rf5 45.Kh4 Rh5+ 46.Kg4 Re4+ 47.Bf4 Rf5 48.Rc3 Kxd4 49.Rc6 h5+ 50.Kf3 Re3+
51.Kg2 Rxb3 52.Rd6+ Rd5 53.Rxg6 Rxa3 54.h4 b4 55.Rb6 Kc4 56.Kh3 Rad3  0-1

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qb3 Nc6
9.O-O Bf5 10.Qa3 Nd7 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.Qxc5 Nxc5 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 f6 15.Bh4 Na4
16.g4 Be6 17.Rfc1 Rac8 18.b3 Nc3 19.Bf3 b6 20.Kg2 h5 21.h3 hxg4 22.hxg4 g5
23.Bg3 f5 24.gxf5 Bxf5 25.Kf1 Kf7 26.Ke1 Ke6 27.Bg2 Rh8 28.Nf3 Ne4 29.Be5 Bf6
30.Bxf6 exf6 31.Nd2 Nxd2 32.Kxd2 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Rh2 34.Rc6+ Ke7 35.Bxd5 Rxf2+
36.Ke1 Rxa2 37.e4 Bd7 38.Rc7 Kd6 39.Rb7 g4 40.Rb8 g3  0-1

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 O-O
9.Be3 a6 10.Bxd7 Nbxd7 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Re1 Ne5 13.b3 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Grefe, John A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.h4 h5
10.Ng3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O c5 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 cxd4 14.Rxd4 Ne5 15.c5 Be6 16.cxd6 Rc8
17.Kb1 exd6 18.Qd2 Bc4 19.f4 b4 20.Na4 Bxf1 21.fxe5 Bb5 22.exf6 Bxa4 23.Rxd6 Qc7
24.Qh6  1-0

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.h3 Nf5 13.c3 Qf6 14.Bc2 Be6 15.Qd3 Rfe8
16.Bd2 g6 17.Re2 Bf8 18.Rae1 Nd6 19.Nbd4 Ne4 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.Bb3 Nxd2 22.Qxd2 Rd6
23.Re8 Rxe8 24.Rxe8 Kg7 25.Bxd5 b5 26.Re3 Qf5 27.c4 bxc4 28.Qc3+ Qf6 29.Qxf6+ Kxf6
30.Bxc4 Rd1+ 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Nxe1 Ne5 33.Bd5 Bc5 34.Kf1 Ke7 35.f4 Nd7 36.Ke2 Bd4
37.b3 Nb6 38.Be4 Kd6 39.Nf3 Bb2 40.Kd3 Nd7 41.b4 Ba3 42.Kc3 Bc1 43.g3 Nf6
44.Kd3 Nh5 45.Ne5 Nxg3 46.Nxf7+ Kc7 47.Nxh6 Bxf4 48.Ng4 Kb6 49.Bxg6 Kb5 50.Ne3 Bg5
51.Nc2 a5 52.a4+ Kb6 53.b5 Nf1 54.Bf7 Ng3 55.Ne3 Kc5 56.Nc4 Bd8 57.Bg6 Nh1
58.Kc3 Nf2 59.Bf5 Nd1+ 60.Kb3 Nf2 61.b6 Kc6 62.Kc3 Bf6+ 63.Kd2 Kb7 64.Ke2 Bh4
65.Kf3 Kc6 66.Be4+  1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rubinetti, Jorge A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.c3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.Bc7 Rd7 11.Bh2 b6 12.Bb5 Bb7 13.Ke2 a6 14.Ba4 b5 15.Bc2 b4
16.e4 a5 17.Rhd1 a4 18.a3 Ba6+ 19.Ke1 b3 20.Bb1 Rad8 21.e5 Nd5 22.Be4 Na5
23.e6 fxe6 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Nf6 26.Bf3 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 Rxd2 28.Bxf6 Rxb2
29.Bxe7 Bd3  0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C33"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qf3 d5 6.exd5 Bd6 7.Qe2+ Be7 8.d6 Qxd6
9.d3 O-O 10.Bd2 b5 11.Bb3 a5 12.a4 b4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Bf6 15.O-O-O Bg4
16.Bxf4 Qd7 17.Nf3 Re8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxd1 20.Kxd1 Na6 21.Rf1 Re7 22.Qf4 Rae8
23.Bc4 Nc7 24.Bd6 Nd5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Qf2 Qd7 28.Qf5 Re6 29.g4 g6
30.Qf4 Re7 31.b3 Qc8 32.Qd4 Qe6 33.Kc1 Qe2 34.Rf2 Qe1+ 35.Kb2 Rc7 36.Qxd5 Qxf2
37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qxc7 Qd4+ 39.Ka2 Qf2 40.g5 h6 41.h4 hxg5 42.hxg5 Qd4 43.Qe7 Qc3
44.Kb1 Qd4 45.Qe1 Kf8 46.Qf1 Kg7 47.Qh1 Qf2 48.Qc1 Qd4 49.Qf1 Qc3 50.Qf2 Qe5
51.Qh4 Qe3 52.d4 Qd2 53.Kb2 Qe3 54.Qg4 Qd2 55.Kb1 Qe1+ 56.Ka2 Qd2 57.Qe4 Qxg5
58.Qc6 Qf5 59.d5 Qe4 60.Qc5 Qe5 61.Qxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Szmetan, Jorge"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Re1 Nf6 8.d4 Bxe4
9.Bg5 d5 10.dxc5 e6 11.b4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Be7 13.Nd2 O-O 14.a3 h6 15.Bf4 Qd7
16.Be5 Rfd8 17.Qh3 Nh7 18.Bd4 Nf8 19.f4 f6 20.Re3 Re8 21.Rae1 Bd8 22.Rg3 Kh7
23.Rge3 Bc7 24.g3 Qf7 25.Nf3 Kg8 26.Qf1 Re7 27.Qe2 Qh5 28.Nh4 Qxe2 29.R1xe2 Kf7
30.Nf3 Nd7 31.Re1 Rae8 32.R3e2 g5 33.Be3 e5 34.fxe5 fxe5 35.Bf2 Nf6 36.Kg2 Kg6
37.c6 Ne4 38.cxb7 Nxc3 39.Rc2 d4 40.Nxd4 exd4 41.Rxe7 Rxe7 42.Bxd4 Re2+ 43.Rxe2 Nxe2
44.Bb2 Kf5 45.Kf2 Nxg3 46.hxg3 h5 47.Bd4 Bb8 48.Kf3 g4+ 49.Kf2 Ke4 50.Be3 Kf5
51.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.Rd1 Nd4
9.Qd3 Nc6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Qc2 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Ne4 d5 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.d3 dxc4
16.Qxc4 e5 17.Qd5 Bc7 18.Bd2 Rd8 19.Qb3 Rb8 20.Rac1 Be6 21.Qb4 Rd7 22.a4 Qd8
23.Qa3 a5 24.b4 Bd6 25.Qb2 axb4 26.Bxb4 Ra8 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.Qxb7 Rxa4 29.Rb1 g6
30.Rdc1 Ra5 31.h4 Kg7 32.Bf3 Rda6 33.Kg2 Ra7 34.Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be7 11.f4 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Rhe1 O-O 14.Kb1 b4 15.Ne2 Qc7
16.e5 Nd5 17.Ng3 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.f5 Qb6 21.Ka1 Rad8 22.Re4 a5
23.Rde1 Nf6 24.Rh4 Ba6 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Qe2 Bxd3 27.cxd3 Rd6 28.Rf4 Qb5 29.Rc4 Rfd8
30.Kb1 Kh8 31.Ne4 Rxd3 32.Rc5 Qd7 33.Nxf6 gxf6 34.Qxe6 Qxe6 35.Rxe6 Rd2 36.Rxf6 Rxg2
37.Rxh6+ Kg7 38.Rh3 Rf2 39.a4 bxa3 40.Rxa3 Rb8 41.Rc2 Rf5 42.Rac3 Rbb5 43.Rc6 Kf7
44.Rh6 Rfc5 45.Rg2 Rg5 46.Rxg5 Rxg5 47.Rd6 Rh5 48.Rd2 Ke6 49.Ka2 Rh3 50.b3 Rh5
51.Ka3 Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kh1 Kh8 12.f4 Rg8 13.a4 a6 14.Qh5 Rg7 15.a5 Qd8
16.Na4 Bd7 17.Nb6 Rb8 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.c3 Qc7 20.Nd2 Rbg8 21.g3 Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7
9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 12.a4 Rd8 13.Bf1 Qc7 14.h3 b6 15.d5 Nf8 16.Nh4 Ng6
17.Bg5 Nxh4 18.Bxh4 Qe7 19.g3 h6 20.f4 Kh8 21.f5 g5 22.fxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O Ngf6 14.Qe2 O-O-O 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Nd7 17.f4 Be7 18.Kb1 Nc5 19.Be3 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.Ne4 Be7
23.a3 Rxd1+ 24.Qxd1 Qb6 25.Qf3 Qg1+ 26.Ka2 Qd4 27.Qe2 Kc7 28.g3 Qd5+ 29.c4 Qd4
30.Kb3 a5 31.Kc2 a4 32.Qd3 Qg1 33.Qd2 Qh1 34.Qe2 Qg1 35.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bg4 10.f3 Be6 11.Be3 b6 12.a4 Kf7 13.Bf4 Rc8 14.Nc3 g5 15.Bg3 h5 16.a5 c4
17.Nd4 h4 18.Bf2 b5 19.e5 fxe5 20.Nc6 Nf6 21.Nd8+ Rxd8 22.Rxd8 Bf5 23.Nxb5 g4
24.Na3 gxf3 25.Nxc4 Ng4 26.Ne3 Nxe3 27.Bxe3 Rg8 28.Rd2 Bh3 29.g3 e4 30.Ra4 Bf5
31.Kf2 hxg3+ 32.hxg3 Bd6 33.Bf4 Bc5+ 34.Be3 Bd6 35.Bf4 Bc5+ 36.Be3 Bd6 37.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 Nf6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.a3 Rc8 12.b4 Nd7 13.Bd2 Bg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Rc1 Qf6
16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Qe7 18.Qc2 a6 19.Qb2 Rfd8 20.Rfd1 Nb6 21.Nc5 Nd5 22.Re1 Qc7
23.h4 Qb6 24.Rc4 e5 25.Qa2 Nde7 26.Kh2 Rc7 27.f4 exf4 28.Rxf4 Ng6 29.Rfe4 Nf8
30.Qa1 Rcc8 31.Rg4 g6 32.h5 Qc7 33.Ne4 Nd7 34.Rg5 Nce5 35.d4 Nd3 36.Re3 Qc1
37.Qxc1 Nxc1 38.Nd6 Rc2 39.Nxb7 Rb8 40.Nc5 Nf6 41.h6 Rd8 42.d5 Kf8 43.Kh3 Ne2
44.Nxa6 Re8 45.Rxe8+ Nxe8 46.Kh2 f6 47.Rg4 f5 48.Rh4 g5 49.Rh5 Nf6 50.Rxg5 Ng4+
51.Rxg4 fxg4 52.Nc5 Nd4 53.Kg1 Ne2+ 54.Kh2 Nd4 55.Ne6+ Nxe6 56.dxe6 Ra2 57.b5 Ke7
58.b6 Rxa3 59.b7 Rb3 60.Bd5 Rb2+ 61.Kg1 Kd6 62.Kf1 Ke7 63.Ke1 Kd6 64.Kd1 Kc7
65.Be4 Rb6 66.e7 Kd7 67.Kd2 Kxe7 68.Kd3 Kf6 69.Kd4 Kg5 70.Ke5 Rxb7 71.Bxb7 Kxh6
72.Be4 Kg7 73.Ke6 h5 74.Ke5 h4 75.gxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Ng5 Bd7 8.Nc4 Qg6
9.d3 f6 10.Nf3 O-O-O 11.Nh4 Qe8 12.Qf3 h5 13.Nf5 g6 14.Nfe3 Bg7 15.Bd2 Nh6
16.Bc3 Rg8 17.Qg3 g5 18.f3 Nf7 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Qf2 Kb8 21.d4 exd4 22.Bxd4 Be6
23.Rfe1 Ne5 24.Nxe5 fxe5 25.Bc3 Rdf8 26.a3 Rf4 27.Qe2 g4 28.fxg4 Bxg4 29.Nxg4 Rxg4
30.Qf3 Bh6 31.Re2 Bf4 32.Be1 Rf8 33.Qh3 Qg7 34.Kh1 Qg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 e5 4.Nd5 Nge7 5.Nec3 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Be7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.d3 Na5
9.O-O d6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Be6 12.Qd2 Nxc4 13.dxc4 Re8 14.Rad1 Bf8 15.Ne3 Qf6
16.b3 Qg6 17.Qd3 Bh3 18.Rf3 Rxe4 19.Rg3  1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.h4 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qd3 Qxc5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.h5 Nxh5 10.Qb5+ Qxb5 11.Nxb5 Na6 12.Bxh5 gxh5 13.O-O-O f5 14.exf5 Bxf5
15.Rxd6 Bxc2 16.Rd2 Bg6 17.Rh4 O-O 18.Ne2 Rfc8+ 19.Kd1 Bf6 20.Rh3 Nc5 21.Nbc3 Nd3
22.Nd5 Nxb2+ 23.Rxb2 Bxb2 24.Nxe7+ Kh8 25.Nxc8 Rxc8 26.Bxa7 Ra8 27.Bc5 Rxa2
28.Rb3 Be5 29.Rxb7 Bc2+ 30.Ke1 Bd3 31.Nd4 Bf4 32.Nb3 Kg8 33.Ra7 Re2+ 34.Kd1 Re8
35.g3 Be5 36.Re7 Rxe7 37.Bxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nxe5 f6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qf3 Qd7 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.d4 Qxd4 13.Rd1 Qc4 14.Rxd8+ Kxd8 15.Bf4 Kc8
16.Rd1 Bb4 17.Qe3 Qc5 18.Qd3 Qe7 19.Na4 Nh6 20.a3 Bd6 21.Bxd6 cxd6 22.Qxd6 Qxd6
23.Rxd6 Nf7 24.Nb6+ Kb8 25.Rd7 Ng5 26.Rxg7 Nxh3+ 27.Kg2 Nf4+ 28.Kf3 Ne6 29.Re7 Rh3+
30.Ke2 Nd4+ 31.Kd2 Nf3+ 32.Kd1 Rh1+ 33.Ke2 Nd4+ 34.Kd2 Rh2 35.Kd3 Nf3 36.Ke3 Rh3
37.Nd7+ Kc7 38.Nxf6+ Kd6 39.Rxb7 Ke6 40.Ne8 Ng5+ 41.Kf4 Nf7 42.g5 Rh4+ 43.Kg3 Rxe4
44.Ng7+  1-0

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.f4 d6
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 b6 11.O-O Be7 12.Qf3 O-O 13.a5 bxa5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7
16.Qh3 g6 17.Bh6 Ncxe5 18.Bxf8 Bxf8 19.Ne4 f5 20.Nxa5 Rb8 21.Ng5 Nf6 22.b3 Nfg4
23.Qg3 Bd6 24.h3 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Bc5+  0-1

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.e5 Ne4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Kc7 12.h4 b6 13.Rh3 f5 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Bh6 Rg8
16.Re3 Nc5 17.Rf3 Nd7 18.g3 Ba6 19.O-O-O Rad8 20.Bf4+ e5 21.Be3 Rgf8 22.Rf5 Rf7
23.Be2 Bc8 24.Rh5 Nf8 25.Rh6 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 Bf5 27.c5 b5 28.Bb3 Be6 29.Bc2 Kd7
30.Bd1 Bf5 31.Bh5 Bg6 32.Bg4+ f5 33.Bh3 Rg7 34.h5 Bf7 35.Bxf5+ Be6 36.Be4 Rg4
37.Bxh7 Ke7 38.Bd3 a5 39.Be2 Ra4 40.Bg5+ Kd7 41.Rh8 Rxa3  1-0

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E11"]

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 Ne5 11.Nd4 O-O 12.Bg2 Ng4 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.O-O c6 15.h3 Nf6
16.Qd2 e5 17.Nc2 Bf5 18.Qe3 d5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Qc5 Qe6 21.Nb4 d4 22.Ra3 Rac8
23.Qa5 Bxh3 24.Qxa7 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Qc4 26.Nd3 e4 27.Rc1 Qf7 28.Ne5 Qd5 29.Ra5 b5
30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Qa6 Rb8 32.Nc6 e3+ 33.f3 Qc4 34.Nxb8 Qxe2+ 35.Kh3 Qf1+ 36.Kh2 Qf2+
37.Kh3 Qf1+ 38.Kh2 Qf2+ 39.Kh3 Qf1+ 40.Kh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.a4 a5 8.Qe2 Nc6
9.O-O dxe5 10.dxe5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Re1 Bg4 13.Qf1 Nd7 14.Nc3 Nxe5 15.Nb5 Qd7
16.Bf4 c6 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Rxe5 cxb5 19.h3 Bf5 20.Rd1 Qc6 21.Rxb5 O-O 22.c3 Qc7
23.Qe2 Rfd8 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 e6 27.Re2 h5 28.h4 Kf8 29.f3 Ke7
30.Kf2 Rd6 31.Ba2 f6 32.Ke1 e5 33.Rd2 Rxd2 34.Kxd2 Be6 35.Bb1 f5 36.b4 Kd6
37.g3 Bb3 38.bxa5 Bxa4 39.Ba2 Be8 40.Ke3 Kc5 41.Be6 Kb5 42.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Cannes team g/60"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O d6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Qf3 O-O 13.Rae1 Bb7 14.Qh3 Nb4 15.Nd2 Rfe8
16.Rf3 g6 17.Rg3 Rad8 18.Bf2 Bf8 19.Qh4 Be7 20.Qh3 Bf8 21.Qh4 Bg7 22.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Bf4 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.Rfd1 c6 12.a3 g6 13.Rac1 Ne6 14.Qb3 Nxf4 15.gxf4 Bd6
16.Ne5 Qe7 17.Na4 Bf5 18.Nc5 Rab8 19.Qc3 Qf8 20.e3 Re7 21.b4 Qh6 22.Qd2 Ng4
23.h3 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Bxc5 25.Rxc5 Bxh3 26.a4 Re6 27.e4 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 dxe4 29.Rc4 Qh5
30.Rxe4 Qg4+ 31.Kf1 g5 32.f5 Qxf5 33.Qe3 Rbe8 34.Re1 f6 35.Qa7 fxe5 36.Qxb7 Rh6
37.R4e3 Rf8 38.R1e2 Qb1+  0-1

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brooks, Michael A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nge2 Nd4
9.O-O e6 10.Nd1 b4 11.Nc1 Ne7 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 Ndc6 14.Bh6 O-O 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Ne3 Ba6 17.Rd1 Qa5 18.Nb3 Qa3 19.f4 f6 20.f5 e5 21.h4 gxf5 22.exf5 Kh8
23.g4 Qa4 24.Rf1 c4 25.dxc4 Bxc4 26.Rfd1 Rbd8 27.Qf2 Rg8 28.g5 fxg5 29.f6 Rdf8
30.h5 Be6 31.Rf1 Nc8 32.Rad1 g4 33.Qh4 Qxa2 34.Nc1 Qa6 35.f7 Rg7 36.Qf6 Qb6
37.Rde1 Rxf7 38.Qxe6 Rxf1+ 39.Bxf1 N8e7 40.Bd3 Nd8 41.Qf6 Ng8 42.Qh4 Ne6
43.h6 Rf7 44.Qxg4 Nf4 45.Bf1 Nxh6 46.Qc8+ Ng8 47.Nd3 Rf6 48.Kh2 Rh6+ 49.Kg3 Nh5+
50.Kf3 Rf6+ 51.Ke2 e4 52.Nb4 a5 53.Nbc2 Ng3+ 54.Kd2 d5 55.Qe8 Qd6 56.Be2 Rf8
57.Qa4 Nxe2 58.Rxe2 Ne7 59.Qxa5 Rd8 60.Nd4 Ng6 61.Ndf5 Qf6 62.Nxd5 Nf4 63.Rxe4 Nxd5
64.Nd4 Qf2+ 65.Re2 Qf4+ 66.Kc2 Qg5 67.Re5 Qxe5 68.Qxd8+ Kg7 69.Qd7+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nf3 e6 7.c4 N5f6 8.Nc3 c5
9.d5 exd5 10.cxd5 Bd6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.Be2 Ne5 14.O-O Ng6 15.Bg3 a6
16.a4 b6 17.Re1 Bb7 18.Bc4 Qc7 19.Qd3 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Nf4 21.Qc2 Re8 22.Ne4 Nxe4
23.Rxe4 Rxe4 24.Qxe4 Ng6 25.Nd2 Bxg3 26.hxg3 Qd7 27.Qc2 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bd3 Qxd5
30.Be4 Qd7 31.Bxb7 Qxb7 32.Ne4 c4 33.Nd6 Qc6 34.Nf5 Re8 35.Rd6 Re1+ 36.Kh2 Qe4
37.Qxe4 Rxe4 38.Rb6 Ne5 39.f3 Re2 40.Rxb5 Nxf3+ 41.Kh3 Ng5+ 42.Kh2 Nf3+ 43.Kh3 Ne1
44.Nd6 Rxg2 45.Nxc4 Rc2 46.Nd6 Nd3 47.Rb8+ Kh7 48.Nxf7 Nxb2 49.Rd8 Rc5 50.Nd6 Rd5
51.Nf7 Rh5+ 52.Kg4 Rc5 53.Nd6 Nd3 54.Ne4 Ne5+ 55.Kf4 Ra5 56.Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.c4 d6 8.f4 Nd7
9.Nc3 g6 10.f5 Bg7 11.Bc2 Qe7 12.fxe6 fxe6 13.Nf3 Ngf6 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bg5 Rc8
16.Nd2 O-O 17.Qe2 Qd8 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Be3 Bc6 20.Bb1 Nc5 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bd7
23.h4 Bf5 24.h5 Qd7 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.h6 Bf6 27.Qh5 f4 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.b3 Rc7
30.Ne4 Be7 31.g3 Qf5 32.Qxf5 Rxf5 33.Kg2 Bf8 34.gxf4 exf4 35.Kf3 b5 36.Rg1+ Kf7
37.Rg7+ Bxg7 38.Nxd6+ Kg6 39.Nxf5 Kxf5 40.d6  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Nd7 8.Ba3 g5 9.c3 Ng6
10.Bxf8 Rxf8 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 g4 13.Ne1 Qg5 14.Qe3 f6 15.exf6 Qxe3 16.fxe3 Rxf6
17.Rxf6 Nxf6 18.Nd2 Kf7 19.Nd3 Re8 20.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5 Re8+
10.Be3 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.O-O Qe7 13.Re1 Qf8 14.Qd2 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Rxe5 16.a5 Bd7
17.Bf4 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Nh5 19.Bh2 Bh6 20.Qd1 Nf4 21.Bf1 Re8 22.Re3 Rxe3 23.fxe3 Nh5
24.Qf3 f5 25.g4 Nf6 26.h4 Ne8 27.gxf5 Qxf5 28.Qxf5 gxf5 29.Kf2 Bg7 30.Kf3 Bf6
31.h5 Bd8 32.Bd3 Bxa5 33.Ne2 Kf7 34.Ng3 Kf6 35.e4 Be1 36.exf5 Bxg3 37.Bxg3 Kg5
38.Bf4+ Kxh5 39.Kg3 Bxf5 40.Bxf5 b5 41.b3 bxc4 42.bxc4 a5 43.Bc2 h6 44.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 f5 12.a3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Rb1 Rb8 15.Qa4 f4
16.Bc1 Kh8 17.Re1 a6 18.Bd3 Bg4 19.cxd5 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Qxd5 21.Be4 Qh5 22.Kh1 Bd6
23.Rg1 b5 24.Qd1 Ne7 25.Qf1 Nd5 26.Qg2 g6 27.Bd2 Nf6 28.Bd3 Bxa3 29.Ra1 Bd6
30.Rxa6 Ra8 31.Raa1 Rfe8 32.h3 Qd5 33.Kh2 Rxa1 34.Rxa1 b4 35.Bf1 b3 36.Bd3 Kg7
37.Qh1 Ra8 38.Rxa8 Qxa8 39.Kg2 Qa2 40.Qe1 b2 41.Qb1 Qa3 42.c4 g5 43.Qc2 Bb4
44.Bxb4 Qxb4 45.Bf5 Qa5 46.c5 Qa2 47.Qe2 Kf7 48.Qe5 Ne8 49.Be4 Kf8 50.d5 Qa6
51.Qh8+ Ke7 52.Qe5+ Kd8 53.Qxb2 Qc4 54.Qb8+ Ke7 55.Qa7 Kf8 56.Qa3 h5 57.Qa1 Qxc5
58.Qh8+ Ke7 59.Qxh5 Qd4 60.Qxg5+ Qf6 61.h4 Kd6 62.Bg6  1-0

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bern, Ivar"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d3 Nc6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O 9.Be3 b6
10.h3 d5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.fxe5 dxe4 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Nd2 Bxe5 15.Nxe4 Qc7 16.g4 Bg7
17.Qe1 Rae8 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Qg3 Bxe4 20.dxe4 Nc6 21.Rad1 Qc8 22.Rd5 Re6 23.h4 Qe8
24.h5 Be5 25.g5 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Qe7 27.hxg6 fxg6 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qf4+ Kg8 30.Qd2 Ne5
31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Kh1 Nf7 33.Rd7 Rd6 34.Rxe7 Rxd2 35.Rxa7 Kf8 36.Ra8+ Ke7 37.Ra7+ Kf8
38.Ra8+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Be6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Nd1 Rfc8 13.c4 Rab8 14.Bc3 Qa3 15.Bb2 Qa5
16.Bc3 Qc5 17.Ne3 Qxd4 18.Bxd4 Ng4 19.Nc2 b5 20.h3 Ne5 21.Bxa7 Ra8 22.Bd4 bxc4
23.b4 Bd7 24.Rfd1 Ba4 25.Rd2 c3 26.Re2 Rc4 27.Rd1 Bb5 28.Re3 Rxa2 29.Bf1 Rxc2
30.Bxc4 Nxc4 31.Ree1 Nd2  0-1

[Event "Manila ol (Men)"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 Ba6 7.Qb3 c5 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Rfd1 d6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Qa4 Qc7
16.e3 Rab8 17.Rac1 Rfc8 18.a3 Qe7 19.Bf1 Bb7 20.Nfd2 d5 21.Nxc5 bxc5 22.cxd5 exd5
23.Bg2 Ne5 24.Rc2 Nd3 25.Qb3 c4 26.Qc3 a4 27.Qd4 Ba8 28.Nf3 Qf6 29.Qxf6 gxf6
30.Rdd2 Rc6 31.Bf1 Nc5 32.Nd4 Rcb6 33.f3 Bb7 34.e4 dxe4 35.Rxc4 e3 36.Re2 Nb3
37.Rxe3 Ba6 38.Rxa4 Nxd4 39.Bxa6 Nc2 40.Re2 Rxb2 41.Kf2 R8b3 42.Bc4 Rc3 43.Bd5 Rc5
44.Be4 Kg7 45.Ra7 f5 46.Bd3 Rc3 47.Rd7 Rbb3 48.Bxc2 Rxf3+ 49.Kg2 Rxa3 50.Ree7  1-0

[Event "New York Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 Rd8
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 Nc6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Be2 Ne7 13.Ne5 c6 14.Bg4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 Nf5
16.O-O Nd6 17.Rfc1 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vulicevic, Nenad"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Nd5 Rc8 12.c3 Re8 13.h3 Qa5 14.Bg5 Bxd5 15.exd5 e5
16.Rfe1 Nd7 17.g4 Nc5 18.Qc2 Qa4 19.Qxa4 Nxa4 20.Re2 f5 21.Rd1 Kf7 22.Bc1 Bf6
23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Bf3 Rg8+ 25.Kh1 Bg5 26.Bh5+ Kf8 27.f4 Bxf4 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Rd4 Rg5
30.Rxa4 Rxh5 31.Kh2 f3 32.Rf2 Re8 33.Rf4 Kf7 34.R4xf3 Kf6 35.c4 Re4 36.Rb3 b6
37.Ra3 a5 38.Rb3 Rxc4 39.Rxb6 Ke5 40.Rd2 Rhh4 41.Rb7 Rcd4 42.Re2+ Rde4 43.Rd2 Rd4
44.Re2+ Rhe4 45.Rf2 h5 46.Rb5 a4 47.Kg3 Rf4 48.Re2+ Rde4 49.Rd2 Re3+ 50.Kg2 Rff3
51.Rb4 Rg3+ 52.Kf2 a3 53.bxa3 Rxh3 54.Re2 Rxe2+ 55.Kxe2 Rxa3  0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Edelman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Bd3 Nf5
9.Bxf5 exf5 10.O-O Be6 11.Nc3 h6 12.h4 Be7 13.Ne2 O-O-O 14.Rb1 g5 15.hxg5 hxg5
16.Bxg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Rh5 18.f4 Rdh8 19.Nf3 Kb8 20.Kf2 Bd7 21.Qb3 Qa6 22.Ng3 R5h6
23.Rh1 Ne7 24.Rxh6 Rxh6 25.Qb4 Nc8 26.Ra1 Rc6 27.Qd2 Nb6 28.b3 Nc8 29.Ne2 Qa3
30.Nc3 Qa5 31.Rc1 a6 32.Ne2 Qa3 33.Rxc6 Bxc6 34.Nc3 Qb4 35.Nd1 Qa3 36.Nc3 Qb4
37.Ne2 Qa3 38.Ng5 Qe7 39.Ng3 Bd7 40.Qa5 Be6 41.Qc5 Qd7 42.Nh5 b6 43.Qc3 Na7
44.Qb4 Kb7 45.Qf8 Nb5 46.Nxe6 fxe6 47.Qg7 Qxg7 48.Nxg7 Nxd4 49.Ke3 Nc2+ 50.Kd2 Nb4
51.Nxe6 a5 52.Ng7 Kc7 53.a3 Na6 54.Nxf5 Nc5 55.Nd4  1-0

[Event "New York Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Ne2 f5 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nbc3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.b3 Ne7 10.Bb2 c6 11.f4 Be6 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Nd1 Rae8 14.Nf2 Kh8 15.Rae1 Neg8
16.e4 Bc8 17.c5 Nd7 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.d4 exf4 20.Nxf4 Ngf6 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Qa5 Ne4
23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxd4+ 25.Rf2 Qe5 26.Qxe5+ Bxe5 27.Nd6 Bxb2 28.Rxe8 Rxe8
29.Rxb2 Rf8 30.Rf2 Ne5 31.Nd3 Rxf2 32.Nxf2 Be6 33.Nxb7 Bf5 34.Nc5 Kg7 35.Kg2 Kf7
36.Nd1 Ke7 37.Nc3 Kd6 38.N5e4+ Ke7 39.h4 h6 40.Kf2 Bg6 41.Ke3 Ke6 42.Kd4 Bh5
43.Nf2 Bf3 44.b4 Kf5 45.a4 Nd7 46.a5 Nb8 47.Ke3 Bg2 48.g4+ Ke6 49.Nd3 Bf1
50.Nc5+ Ke5 51.N3e4 Bc4 52.Nd2 Bf7 53.Nf3+ Kd5 54.h5 Bg8 55.Kd3 Bh7+ 56.Kc3 Bb1
57.Kb2  1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.a3 d6 12.Ba2 Nb8 13.b4 Nbd7 14.Nb3 Rb8 15.Na5 Ba8
16.Ng5 Re7 17.f4 c5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Bb2 c4 20.dxc4 h6 21.Nf3 Nxe4 22.Nxe5 dxe5
23.Qxd8 Rxd8 24.Rad1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Ng3 26.c5 e4 27.Rd8 e3 28.Rxa8 Rd7 29.h4 Rd1+
30.Kh2 e2 31.Re8 Nf1+ 32.Kh3 e1=Q 33.Rxe1 Rxe1 34.Nc6 Re3+ 35.Kg4 h5+ 36.Kg5 Rg3+
37.Kf4 Rxg2 38.Ne5 Rf2+ 39.Ke4 Rxc2 40.Bxf7+ Kh7 41.Bd4 Be7 42.Kd5 Rd2 43.Bg6+ Kg8
44.c6 Bd8 45.Nf3 Rd1 46.Kc5 Bc7 47.Bf5 Ng3 48.Bg6 Ne2 49.Be5 Rc1+ 50.Kd5 Nf4+
51.Bxf4 Bxf4 52.Nd4 Rd1 53.Bc2 Rd2 54.Bb3 Kf8 55.Ke4 Rxd4+ 56.Kxd4 Ke7 57.Kd5 Kd8
58.a4 bxa4 59.Bxa4 Kc7 60.Bd1 Bd2 61.Bxh5 Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Moskow, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.d3 Re8 11.b3 e5 12.e4 Nc5 13.Nh4 Bc8 14.f4 c6 15.b4 Na4 16.Qc2 b5
17.Kh1 h6 18.Bd2 Nb6 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.c5 Nbd7 21.Nf5 Nf8 22.Nd6 Re6 23.Bc3 Rxd6
24.cxd6 Qxd6 25.Qb2 Ng6 26.d4 Ng4 27.dxe5 N4xe5 28.Rad1 Qe7 29.h3 Nc4 30.Qf2 Be6
31.Bd4 Nxa3 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Qb2+ Kh7 34.Qxa3 a5 35.Qa1 Qxb4 36.Rd7 Nh8 37.Rb7 Qd6
38.Qf6 Qxg3 39.Qxe6 Rg8 40.Qf5+ Rg6 41.Qf2 Qxf2 42.Rxf2 Re6 43.h4 h5 44.Bh3 Rd6
45.e5  1-0

[Event "New York Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d6 7.O-O Qa5 8.e4 Bg4
9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Qb6 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.Be3 Na6 13.a3 Nc7 14.h3 Nd7 15.Rfd1 Ne6
16.Bg4 h5 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Kg2 Kh7 19.Rac1 e5 20.d5 Bh6 21.Bxh6 Kxh6 22.Ne2 g5
23.g4 h4 24.Rc3 Ra4 25.f3 Rfa8 26.Nc1 Rc8 27.Rdd3 Nf8 28.Ne2 Ng6 29.Kf2 Kg7
30.Ke3 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Moskow, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 d6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 f5 15.f3 Qf6
16.Bc2 Rf7 17.b4 e5 18.Rad1 f4 19.Bf2 g4 20.fxg4 Qg5 21.d5 Qxg4 22.h3 Qg5
23.exf4 exf4 24.Bd4 Ne5 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Rde1 Re8 27.Rf2 Bc8 28.Qc3 Bd7 29.c5 Rf6
30.h4 Qxh4 31.Rxe5 Ref8 32.Re7 R6f7 33.Rxf7 Rxf7 34.c6  1-0

[Event "New York Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qe2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.dxc5 Qa4 14.Kb1 Rfd8
15.a3 Bxc5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nd2 Be7 18.Nb3 f5 19.f3 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8
22.Qd2 Bg5 23.Qd4 Qxd4 24.Nxd4 Bf4 25.h3 Be3 26.Nb5 Kg7 27.Nd6 b6 28.c3 Kf6
29.Kc2 Bf4 30.Nb5 a6 31.Nd4 Bd6 32.Kd3 e5 33.Ne2 Ke6 34.c4 f4 35.Nc3 Bc5
36.b4 Bg1 37.Nd5 a5 38.Ke4 f5+ 39.Kd3 axb4 40.axb4 Kd6 41.Kc3 Bf2 42.Kb3 b5
43.Nc3 bxc4+ 44.Kxc4 Bh4 45.b5 Bd8 46.Nd5 Bg5 47.b6 Kc6 48.Nb4+ Kxb6 49.Kd5 e4
50.fxe4 fxe4 51.Kxe4 Kc7 52.Kf5 Kd7 53.Nd3 Ke8 54.Kg6 Ke7 55.Ne5 Ke6 56.Nf7 Be7
57.Nxh6 f3 58.gxf3 Ke5 59.Nf5 Bf8 60.h4 Kf4 61.h5 Kxf3 62.Ng7  1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.Nc3 Bd7
9.Be3 O-O-O 10.Qe2 f5 11.Rad1 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Qg6 13.Nc5 Bh3 14.f3 Nd5 15.Nd3 Bxg2
16.Ne5 Bxf1+ 17.Kxf1 Qf6 18.Ng4 Qe7 19.Rd3 h5 20.Nf2 c5 21.Nf5 Qf6 22.Ng3 c4
23.Rd1 Nxe3+ 24.Qxe3 Rxd1+ 25.Nxd1 Bd6 26.Ne4 Qf4 27.Qxf4 Bxf4 28.h3 Rd8
29.Ke2 Rd5 30.Ndc3 Ra5 31.Kd1 Be5 32.Ke2 Bd4 33.a3 Bxc3 34.Nxc3 Re5+ 35.Ne4 Rb5
36.Kd2 Rxb2 37.Kc3 Ra2  0-1

[Event "New York Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nb3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 f6 12.f3 Ng5 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Qd2 Nf7
16.Qf2 Nd6 17.Bd4 Nc4 18.Na4 Bf5 19.Rae1 Qd6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Nd4 Bg6 22.c3 Qd6
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Re1 c5 25.Nb3 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 d4 27.Naxc5 d3 28.Ne4 Qb6+ 29.Kh1 h6
30.h3 a5 31.Qh4 a4 32.Nbc5 Bxe4 33.Nxe4 Nxb2 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Qd5 a3 36.h4 Qg6
37.g4 c6 38.Qd7 Kg8 39.Qd8+ Kh7 40.Qe7 Kg8 41.Kg2 Qf7 42.Qxa3 Nc4 43.Qb3 d2
44.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.a4 O-O 8.Ra3 d6 9.Nf3 axb5
10.Bxb5 Na6 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.e4 Nc7 13.Be2 Ba6 14.O-O Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qc8 16.Re1 Qa6
17.Nb5 Qb7 18.Rb3 Nb6 19.Nxd6 Qa7 20.N6c4 Nxa4 21.Nf3 Rfb8 22.Rxb8+ Qxb8
23.Bf4 Qb7 24.Qc2 Nb5 25.Qb3 Ra7 26.e5 Nc7 27.Qxb7 Rxb7 28.d6 Ne6 29.Ra1 Nxf4
30.Rxa4 exd6 31.Ra8+ Bf8 32.exd6 Kg7 33.Nfe5 f6 34.Nc6 Rd7 35.Rd8 Rb7 36.g3 Ne6
37.Re8 Nd4 38.Nxd4 cxd4 39.Rc8 Rb4 40.d7 Be7 41.Re8  1-0

[Event "New York Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.Qc2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Rad1 Nd7 12.Rfe1 g6 13.h4 Bg7 14.h5 Qe7 15.e4 c5
16.d5 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ba6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O c5 11.Bb2 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nbd7 13.c4 cxd4 14.Qxd4 dxc4 15.Qxc4 Rc8
16.Qh4 Rc2 17.Rab1 Qc7 18.e4 Qc4 19.Rfe1 Re8 20.Bd4 Re2 21.Rxe2 Qxe2 22.Re1 Qd3
23.e5 Nd5 24.Qg4 Re7 25.h3 Nf8 26.Qc8 Qxa3 27.Rc1 Nf4 28.Kh2 Ne6 29.Be3 Qa4
30.Rc4 Qd7 31.Nh4 Re8 32.Qa6 Ng6 33.Nxg6 hxg6 34.Ra4 Qc7 35.f4 Re7 36.Rc4 Qb7
37.Rc8+ Kh7 38.Qxb7 Rxb7 39.g4 Rc7 40.Ra8 Rc3 41.f5 Rxe3 42.fxe6 fxe6 43.Rxa7 Rxe5
44.Rb7 b5 45.h4 g5 46.hxg5 Rxg5 47.Kg3 Kg6 48.Rb6 Kf6 49.Kh4 Rd5 50.Rb8 g6
51.Rf8+ Ke7 52.Rg8 g5+ 53.Kh5 Kd6 54.Rb8 Kc5 55.Re8 b4  0-1

[Event "New York Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.a4 Re6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qf1 Rfe8 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.h3 Bh5
23.Qg2 f5 24.Qxd5 cxd5 25.Nf1 f4 26.Bd2 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Rxe1 28.Bxe1 Be2 29.Nh2 Kf7
30.Kg2 Kf6 31.f3 h5 32.g4 g6 33.Nf1 hxg4 34.hxg4 g5 35.Nd2 Bd1 36.Kf2 Ke6
37.Kf1 Kd7 38.Bf2 Bc7 39.Ke1 Bc2 40.Ke2 Ba5 41.Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 Bf5 11.e4 Be6 12.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.e3 Nxf3+ 5.Qxf3 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5
9.e4 Qxc5 10.Bd3 d6 11.Be3 Qa5 12.O-O Nf6 13.Bd4 O-O 14.Bxf6 exf6 15.Qxf6 Qe5
16.Qxe5 dxe5 17.Rfb1 Rd8 18.Bf1 b6 19.Rb5 Be6 20.Rxe5 Rac8 21.a4 Bxc4 22.a5 Bxf1
23.Kxf1 Rxc3 24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra2 Rd1+ 26.Ke2 Rb1 27.Re7 b5 28.e5 Rcb3 29.g3 b4
30.e6 R3b2+ 31.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 32.Kf3 fxe6 33.Rxe6 Rc2 34.Rb6 Rc3+ 35.Kf4 b3 36.h4 Kg7
37.Ke4 h5 38.f3 Kf7 39.Kf4 Kg7 40.Ke4 Kf7 41.Kf4 Rc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O d6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Nbd7 12.Bb2 Qb8 13.Rc1 Rd8 14.Bh3 Be4 15.d5 e5
16.Nh4 b5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Bxf5 bxc4 19.Rxc4 Nb6 20.Rh4 Nbxd5 21.Bxh7+ Nxh7
22.Qxd5 Nf6 23.Qd3 Qb7 24.f4 Rab8 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Qf5 Qb6+ 27.Rf2 Qxb3 28.Bxe5 Rb5
29.Qh3 Nh7 30.Bxg7 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Qb1 32.Bc3 Rg1+ 33.Kf3 Ng5+ 34.Kg4 Qe4+ 35.Rf4 Qxe2+  0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shure, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.Qxd5 Nc6 8.e3 Nf6
9.Qd1 Bc5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Be2 Qe7 12.O-O Rfd8 13.a3 Bf5 14.Qa4 a6 15.b4 b5
16.Qb3 Ba7 17.a4 Qxb4 18.Qxb4 Nxb4 19.axb5 Rac8 20.Bb2 Ng4 21.Ra4 Bc5 22.bxa6 Nc2
23.Nh4 Ngxe3 24.fxe3 Bd7 25.Rc4 Nxe3 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Ra1 Bc6 28.Bf3 g5 29.Bxc6 Rxc6
30.Nf3 Ra8 31.a7 Rc7 32.Nb5 Rb7 33.Nfd4 Nc2 34.Ra5 Ne3 35.Bc1 Nc4 36.Ra6 g4
37.Kf2 Rb6 38.Ra4 Ne5 39.Kg3 h5 40.Nc7 Rxa7 41.Rxa7  1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krant, Roman"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Re1 Re8 11.N2b3 Ne5 12.Nc2 Ba4 13.Nbd4 c5 14.Nf3 Ned7 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Nd2 Qc7 18.Rc1 Rad8 19.b3 Bc6 20.c4 Qa5 21.a3 a6 22.Re2 Re7
23.f3 h5 24.Rb1 b5 25.Nf1 h4 26.Rd2 hxg3 27.hxg3 Nh5 28.Kh2 bxc4 29.bxc4 Ba4
30.Rd3 Qc7 31.Qd2 Bxc2 32.Qxc2 Bd4 33.Rdb3 Kg7 34.Bh3 Rh8 35.Kg2 Nf6 36.Nd2 Re5
37.Rh1 Reh5 38.Rbb1 d5 39.exd5 Rg5 40.Nf1 Re8 41.Rh2 Be5 42.Bg4 Nxg4 43.fxg4 Rxg4
44.Rb3 Bd4 45.Qd2 Kg8 46.Rh4 Rxh4 47.gxh4 Qe7 48.Qf4 Qe2+ 49.Kh3 Qxc4 50.Rb8 Rxb8
51.Qxb8+ Kg7 52.Ng3 Qxd5 53.h5 Qe6+ 54.Kg2 Be5 55.h6+ Kh7 56.Qf8 Qd5+ 57.Kh3 Qf3  0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Ba4 Nf6 7.d3 d5 8.Bg5 dxe4
9.dxe4 Be7 10.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brown, E."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Nxc5
9.g3 d5 10.Bg2 Nfe4 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.Nd2 Ba4 13.b3 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Bxb3  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Moulin, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Qc7 7.f4 Nc6 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Bf3 Bd7 12.Nb3 Nb4 13.Be3 Rac8 14.a5 e5 15.Rf2 exf4
16.Bxf4 Be6 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Na4 Rcd8 19.Nb6 Qe8 20.c3 Nc6 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Qe2 d5
23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Qxa6 Bc5 26.Re2 Qd7 27.Qd3 Bxf3 28.Qxd7 Bxg2+
29.Kxg2 Rxd7 30.Rae1 h6 31.b4 g5 32.Bg3 Ba7 33.Re7 Rd2+ 34.R1e2 Rxe2+ 35.Rxe2 f5
36.Re7 f4 37.Rxa7 fxg3 38.Kxg3 Rd8 39.a6  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Formanek, Edward W"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bd6 6.e4 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.e5 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.exd6 dxc3 13.Qe2+ Kd7 14.Qe7+ Kc8 15.b4 Qd8
16.Qxf7 Re8+ 17.Ne2 Qxd6 18.Bf4 Rxe2+ 19.Kxe2 Qxf4 20.Qf8+ Kc7 21.Rhe1 Nc6
22.Qxa8 Ng4 23.Kf1 Nxh2+ 24.Kg1 Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Qg3+ 26.Kh1 Qh3+ 27.Kg1 Qg3+
28.Kh1 Qxf3+ 29.Kg1 Qg3+ 30.Kh1 Qh3+ 31.Kg1 Qg3+ 32.Kh1 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rowley, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 c5 8.Qd3 Be6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.e5 Ng4 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.b3 Rad8 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.Qxd5 Nf6 17.Qf5 d5 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Bg5 g6 20.Qe5 Ng4 21.Qf4 Bxg5 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Qxg4 Bf6 24.Rxd5 Bd4 25.h3 Qb8 26.Qd7 Re2 27.Qd8+ Qxd8 28.Rxd8+ Kg7 29.Nxd4 cxd4
30.Rxd4 Rxc2 31.Ra4 Rc7 32.Ra6 Kf8 33.Kf1 Ke7 34.Ke2 f5 35.Ke3 Kd7 36.h4 Kc8
37.h5 gxh5 38.Ra5 Rg7 39.g3 h4 40.gxh4 Rg4 41.h5 Rg5 42.Rxa7 Rxh5 43.Kf4 Rh2
44.f3 Rh3 45.a3 h5 46.Rf7 h4 47.Rxf5 Rh1 48.b4 Rg1 49.Rh5 Ra1 50.Rxh4 Rxa3
51.Kg3 Kd7 52.Rd4+ Ke6 53.Kf4 Ra1 54.Ke4 Ra3 55.f4 Rb3 56.f5+ Ke7 57.Kd5 Rf3
58.Re4+ Kd7 59.Ke5 Ke7 60.Rf4 Rd3 61.f6+ Kf7 62.Rd4 Re3+ 63.Kd6 Re6+ 64.Kc7 Rxf6
65.b5 Rf1 66.Re4  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.Be3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 O-O 11.f3 e5 12.Nb3 b6 13.Rd1 Qb5 14.Bf2 Be6 15.Nd2 e4
16.fxe4 Rc8 17.e3 Qh5 18.Nf3 Nbd7 19.Qb4 Nc5 20.Be2 Ncxe4 21.h3 Nxf2 22.Kxf2 Rc2
23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Nxd2 Qf5+ 25.Bf3 Rd8 26.Rd1 Qc2 27.Qc3 Qxc3 28.bxc3 Rd3 29.Nb1 Rxd1
30.Bxd1 Ne4+ 31.Kf3 Bd5 32.Kf4 f6 33.h4 Nd6 34.Bf3 Ba2 35.Nd2 Nb5 36.c4 Nxa3
37.Bd5+ Kf8 38.Ke4 Ke7 39.c5 Bxd5+ 40.Kxd5 bxc5 41.Kxc5 Ke6 42.Nf3 Nc2 43.e4 h5
44.g3 Ne3 45.Nd2 Ke5 46.Kb4 Kd4  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Bc4 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Be6 8.O-O g6
9.Nd2 Bg7 10.Nf3 c6 11.Qd4 Qc7 12.Re1 Rd8 13.Bb3 Qb6 14.Qh4 h6 15.Nd4 Bc8
16.c3 e6 17.Bd2 Ne7 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Nf3 b5 20.c4 bxc4 21.Qxc4 O-O 22.Bb4 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Bd6 Qb7 25.Nd4 c5 26.Qxc5 Bf8 27.Qa5 Rd7 28.Ba4 Rxd6 29.exd6 Nd5
30.Qd8 Nf4 31.Bc6 Qa6 32.d7 Bxd7 33.Qxd7  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bg5 e4 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.f3 exf3 8.Nxf3 Bd6
9.Nbd2 Qh6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qe3+ 12.Qe2 Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2 Be7 14.Rhe1 Bf5 15.Kf1 O-O-O
16.Re3 h6 17.Rae1 Be6 18.b3 a5 19.Ned2 Bf6 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Ned2 Bf6 22.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.d4 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 e6 11.Bh6 Nc6 12.h4 cxd4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.cxd4 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Rd8
16.Ke3 Bd7 17.h5 f6 18.Bd3 Rac8 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.e5 Rh8 21.Be4 f5 22.Bxc6 Rxc6
23.Rxh8 Kxh8 24.Rh1+ Kg8 25.Ng5 Rc3+ 26.Kd2 Ra3 27.Rh7 Bc6 28.Rc7 Bd5 29.Nh7 Rxa2+
30.Kc3 Bxg2 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Rd7 Bc6 33.Nh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.f4 e5 8.Nb3 d5
9.exd5 Nb4 10.fxe5 Nfxd5 11.Nxd5 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qe4+ 13.Kf2 Nxd5 14.Bd3 Qb4 15.Qf3 Be6
16.a5 Bc5+ 17.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Bd4 O-O 20.Qe4 g6 21.c3 Ne7 22.Rhe1 Rfe8
23.Bf1 Bd5 24.Qf4 Nc6 25.Bb6 Qe7 26.c4 Be6 27.Rad1 Nxa5 28.Rd6 Nc6 29.Bg2 Rac8
30.b3 Bf5 31.Bd4 Nb4 32.Be4 Bxe4 33.Qxe4 Nc6 34.Bc3 Qc7 35.Kg2 Re7 36.Qd5 Rce8
37.e6 fxe6 38.Rdxe6 Rxe6 39.Rxe6 Rxe6 40.Qxe6+ Kf8 41.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Marbot, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qh5+ g6
9.Qd1 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.Be2 O-O-O 12.O-O c4 13.a4 h6 14.Ba3 Be8 15.a5 Qg7
16.Bd6 g5 17.Nd2 h5 18.Qc1 Nh6 19.Qa3 Nf7 20.Bc5 g4 21.a6 b6 22.Bxb6 axb6
23.a7 Nxa7 24.Qa6+ Kc7 25.Qxa7+ Kc8  1-0

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jacques, Robert"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.f4 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nf3 g5 11.fxg5 hxg5 12.Qxg5 Qxg5 13.Nxg5 Nb4 14.Kd1 Bd7 15.a3 Nc6
16.Nf3 Ke7 17.Na4 Rd8 18.Nb6 Be8 19.Bd3 Bg7 20.Rb1 Nd4 21.c3 Nxf3 22.gxf3 Be5
23.a4 Bc6 24.b4 Rdg8 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Be8 27.Kc2 Rh3 28.Be2 Rg2 29.Kd3 f6
30.Nc4 d5 31.exd5 Bg6+ 32.Ke3 Bxb1 33.Nxe5 exd5 34.Rxb1 fxe5 35.Rd1 Rhxh2
36.Bd3 Kd6 37.Bf5 Kc5 38.Be6 Re2+  0-1

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zaltsman, Vitaly F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Qe3 Nd7 12.f4 Bb7 13.Kb1 Qc7 14.Bd3 O-O-O 15.Rhf1 Kb8
16.a4 b4 17.Na2 Qa5 18.b3 Rc8 19.Qe1 d5 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Be4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Qc7
23.Rd2 a5 24.Rfd1 Nc5 25.Bxc5 Bxc5 26.Nc1 Rhd8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8
29.Qc6 Bd4 30.Nd3 Bf6 31.Qb5+ Kc8 32.Kc1 Qd4 33.Kd2 Qg1 34.Qe8+ Kb7 35.Qxf7+ Kc8
36.Qf8+ Kd7 37.Qa8 Bc3+ 38.Ke2 Bd4 39.Qe4 Bf6 40.h3 Ke7 41.Qb7+ Kf8 42.Qc8+ Kf7
43.Qb7+ Kf8 44.Qe4 Bc3 45.Kf3 Kf7 46.Qe3 Qd1+ 47.Qe2 Qg1 48.Kg3 Bf6 49.Qh5+ Kg8
50.Qe8+ Kh7 51.Qxe6 Qd4 52.Kf3 Qc3 53.Qc4 Qd2 54.Nf2 Qc1 55.Ne4 Bb2 56.Qd3 Kh8
57.Nd6 Qg1 58.Nc4 Bd4 59.Qe2 Bb6 60.f5 Bd4 61.Nxa5 Bf6 62.Nc4 Qc5 63.Qd3 Bh4
64.g3 Bf6 65.Kg2 Qc6+ 66.Qf3 Qe8 67.h4 Qe1 68.Qd3 Qa1 69.Nd2 Bd4 70.Nf3 Bf6
71.g4 Qc1 72.Qd2 Qa1 73.g5 hxg5 74.hxg5 Be7  1-0

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arnason, Jon L"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qd1 d4
9.Nce2 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Nf3 Bc5 12.O-O O-O 13.Nc1 Bf5 14.Rb1 Qb5 15.Bg5 Nd5
16.Nb3 Ndb4 17.Nfxd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Nxc2 20.Qd5 Qxd5 21.Bxd5 Nb4
22.Rbd1 Nxd5 23.Rxd5 Be6 24.Ra5 Rfc8 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Bc3 h6 27.a3 a6 28.Re5 Rd8
29.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bd7
9.Bf4 e5 10.Nd5 Qb8 11.Qc4 exf4 12.Nc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 fxg3 14.hxg3 Qxa8 15.e5 Be6
16.Qb4 Qc8 17.O-O-O b6 18.exd6 Nf6 19.Qa4 a5 20.Bc6 Bd7 21.Bxd7 Nxd7 22.Qe4 Nf6
23.Qf3 Kd7 24.Qf5+ Kd8 25.Qf3 Kd7 26.Rd3 Bxd6 27.Rhd1 Ne8 28.Rc3 Qd8 29.Qf5+ Ke7
30.Re1+  1-0

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d4 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.Qxd7 Nxd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bf4 Rac8 15.Rae1 c6
16.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 Rd8 11.Be3 b6 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nfd7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7
16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh3 Nf8 18.Nf3 Nc6 19.Qh6 Nd7 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Ncxe5 22.Bxd8 Rxd8
23.Rad1 Rc8 24.Rd4 f5 25.Qh4 Re8 26.Rfd1 Kg7 27.Rd6 Nf6 28.Qd4 Nf7 29.Rxb6 Qc8
30.Re1 e5 31.Qh4 Ng4 32.h3 g5 33.Qg3 Nf6 34.Qd3 Nh5 35.Qf3 g4 36.hxg4 fxg4
37.Qe3 Qd8 38.Kg1 g3 39.Rf1 Rf8 40.Rb7 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d4 e4 7.Nh4 Bd7 8.Qe2 Be7
9.Nxe4 O-O 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Be3 Qe8 13.O-O-O a5 14.Kb1 Nb4 15.a3 Nd5
16.Qd2 b5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.c4 Bf5+ 20.Ka1 Nb4 21.Rc1 Qe4 22.cxb5 Nc2+
23.Qxc2 Qxc2 24.Bc4+ Kf8 25.Rxc2 Bxc2 26.Rc1 Be4 27.Ba2 Ra7 28.a4 g5 29.h3 Rf4
30.Rc3 Rb7 31.Bb3 Kg7 32.Ka2 Kf6 33.Ka3 h5 34.Bd1 g4 35.hxg4 hxg4 36.Nh2 Bf5
37.Rg3 Rxd4 38.Nxg4+ Bxg4 39.Bxg4 Rb8 40.Rf3+ Ke5 41.Rf5+ Ke4 42.Rf7 Rc4
43.Bf3+ Kd3 44.Bc6 Kc2 45.Rxc7 Rb4 46.Ka2 Rxb2+ 47.Ka3  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.d3 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nd4 Qd6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Rc1 Qe6 15.Rxc5 Qxa2
16.Rb5 b6 17.Qa1 Qe6 18.Qa4 Rfc8 19.Ra1 h5 20.Qe4 Qxe4 21.dxe4 Rc2 22.Rxb6 Rxe2
23.Kf1 Rxb2 24.Rxb2 Bxb2 25.Rxa7 Rxa7 26.Bxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nbd2 Ng4 12.Nf1 Na5 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nxe3 15.Nxe3 c5
16.e5 g6 17.Nd5 Be6 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Qd2 Nc4 20.Qh6 dxe5 21.dxe5 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6
23.Ng5 Re8 24.Re2 Nd6 25.Rae1 Qd7 26.h4 Bxa2 27.Nxh7 Rfe6 28.Bxg6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O e6 14.Qe2 c5 15.Rhe1 Bd6
16.dxc5 Bxg3 17.fxg3 Qxg3 18.Be3 O-O 19.Rd4 Rfc8 20.Bf4 Qg4 21.Bxh6 Qxh5
22.Bg5 Rxc5 23.Rh4 Rxg5 24.Reh1 Qxh4 25.Rxh4 Rc5 26.g4 Re8 27.c3 Nf8 28.g5 N6h7
29.Ne5 Nxg5 30.Qh5 Nfh7 31.Nxf7 Nf6 32.Qxg5 Rxg5 33.Nxg5 e5 34.Ra4 a6 35.Rb4 b5
36.a4 Rc8 37.axb5 axb5 38.Ne6 Rc6 39.Ng5 Rc5 40.Ne6 Rc6 41.Ng5 Rb6 42.c4 Nd7
43.Rxb5 Rxb5 44.cxb5 Kf8 45.Kd2 Ke7 46.Ke3 Kf6 47.Ne4+ Ke6 48.Nc3 g5 49.Ne4 g4
50.b3 Nb6 51.Ng3 Nd5+ 52.Kd3 Nf6 53.Kc4 Nd7 54.b4 Kd6 55.Ne4+ Ke6 56.Ng3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 Qe7 8.d3 Bg4
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.d4 O-O-O 13.O-O-O Rhe8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Ne1 f6
16.Ng2 Bb4 17.Nb1 Nf3 18.a3 Bd6 19.Nc3 Bxe4 20.Nxe4 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 Rxe4 22.Rd3 Ng5
23.h4 Ne6 24.g5 fxg5 25.hxg5 Rg4 26.Ne3 Rxg5 27.Rxh7 Rg1+ 28.Rd1 Rxd1+ 29.Nxd1 Bf4+
30.Ne3 Bh6 31.Kb1 Ng5 32.Bxg7 Nxh7 33.Bxh6  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Nc2 Qb6 10.O-O a5 11.g4 Nfe7 12.Nh4 Ng6 13.Ng2 Be7 14.f4 O-O 15.Be3 f5
16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Bd3 Bd6 18.h4 Raf8 19.g5 R6f7 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.h5 gxh5 22.Qxh5 g6
23.Qxg6+ Rg7 24.Qd3 Ne7 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.axb3 b6 27.Bd2 Nf5 28.Rf3 Rh7 29.Raf1 Bb5
30.Re1 Kf7 31.Kf2 Rh2 32.Bc3 Nh4 33.Rg3 Bxf4 34.Rg4 Ke7 35.Rxh4 Bxg5+ 36.Kg3 Rxg2+
37.Kxg2 Bxh4 38.Rh1 Rf4 39.Ne1 Be2 40.Bd2 Rg4+ 41.Kh3 Rxd4 42.Be3 Re4 43.Ng2 Bf6
44.Bxb6 Bg4+ 45.Kh2 Re2 46.Kg3 Bf5  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.dxe5 Nf5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Qd3 Rd8 12.Qe4 O-O 13.Rad1 h6 14.a3 Rxd1 15.Rxd1 Rd8
16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.h3 Qd7 18.Kh2 a5 19.g4 Ne7 20.Kg3 b6 21.Qd4 Bd5 22.Ne4 Qe6
23.Ned2 c5 24.Qd3 Ng6 25.Qf5 Qc6 26.Qc8+ Kh7 27.Qf5 Be6 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Nxe4 Bd5
30.Ned2 Ne7 31.h4 Nc6 32.c3 Kg8 33.Kf4 Kf8 34.h5 Ke7 35.Nh4 f6 36.Nf5+ Kf7
37.exf6 Kxf6 38.Ne3 Ne7 39.c4 Bb7 40.Ne4+ Ke6 41.Nc3 Bc6 42.f3 a4 43.Nf1 g5+
44.hxg6 Nxg6+ 45.Ke3 Nh4 46.Nd2 Ng2+ 47.Kf2 Nf4 48.Ke3 Ng2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 c5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.a3 Be7 10.b4 b5 11.c5 Bb7 12.O-O a5 13.bxa5 Nxa5 14.Nd4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qc7
16.Rb1 Qxc5 17.Qxc5 Bxc5 18.Nxb5 O-O 19.Bb2 Be7 20.Rfc1 Nc6 21.Bxf6 gxf6
22.Nc4 Rfb8 23.Nc7 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Ra4 25.Nb6 Rxa3 26.Nxd7 Ra7 27.Rc1 Rxc7 28.Nb8 Nxb8
29.Rxc7 Bf8 30.Rc4 Nd7 31.Rg4+ Bg7 32.Rd4 Nf8 33.Rd8 f5 34.Ra8 Bf6 35.f4 Kg7
36.Kf3 Nd7 37.e4 fxe4+ 38.Kxe4 Kg6 39.Ra5 Bd8 40.Rb5 h6 41.Kf3 Nf6 42.Rb8 Be7
43.Ra8 Nd5 44.Rg8+ Kh7 45.Rc8 Bf6 46.Ra8 Kg7 47.Rc8 Ne7 48.Ra8 Nf5 49.Rb8 Bc3
50.Rc8 Bb4 51.Rc4 Be7 52.Ra4 f6 53.Ra5 Kf7 54.Ke4 Nd6+ 55.Kd3 Nb7 56.Ra7 Nd6
57.Ra5 Nf5 58.Ke4 Bb4 59.Ra7+ Kg6 60.Ra4 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 d4 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Ng6 7.Be4 Nd7 8.Qa4 Be7
9.cxd4 O-O 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.Bxg6 dxc3 12.Bb1 cxb2 13.Bxb2 Re8 14.Qe4 Nf8 15.Bd4 Qc7
16.Be3 Bd7 17.d4 Bc6 18.Qg4 Bd5 19.h4 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Bxh4 21.Be4 Rab8 22.Rfc1 Qe7
23.g3 Bg5 24.Bxg5 Qxg5 25.Bxb7 Red8 26.Rc7 Rd7 27.Rxd7 Nxd7 28.Rd1 g6 29.Kg2 Kg7
30.a4 h5 31.a5 h4 32.a6 Rd8 33.Qf4 Qxf4 34.gxf4 g5 35.Kf3 gxf4 36.Kxf4 Nb6
37.Ke4 Rh8 38.Rg1+ Kf8 39.d5 exd5+ 40.Bxd5 Nxd5 41.Kxd5 Rh6 42.Rh1 h3 43.f4 f6
44.exf6 Kf7 45.Ke5 Rh5+ 46.Ke4 Kxf6 47.Kf3 Kf5 48.Kg3 h2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 e5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Be3 Qe7 12.Qc2 b5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.a4 a6 15.Rab1 Rac8
16.f3 Ba8 17.Qa2 exd4 18.cxd4 c5 19.axb5 axb5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Qa3 Qe5 22.Ba2 Na4
23.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Qb8 25.Qb3 Kh8 26.Qb4 Be5 27.g3 Bd6 28.Bd4+ Kg8 29.Qb3 Qb7
30.Qe3 Rd8 31.Qg5 Qe7 32.Bf6 Qa7+ 33.Kg2 Re8 34.Qxb5 Rb8 35.Qd3 Bf8 36.Be5 Re8
37.Rc7  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Men, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 d5 11.c5 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nc8 13.f4 Nc6 14.b4 a6 15.a3 Bh4 16.Bd3 N8e7
17.Qg4 Ng6 18.Kh2 f5 19.Qh5 Be7 20.Rg1 Qe8 21.Qe2 Qf7 22.Nb1 Kh8 23.Nd2 Ra7
24.Rg3 Nh4 25.Nf3 Nxf3+ 26.Qxf3 Bh4 27.Rg2 Rg8 28.Rag1 Raa8 29.Qd1 g6 30.Bc2 Qf8
31.Qd2 Qh6 32.Ba4 Nd8 33.Qd3 c6 34.Bd1 Nf7 35.Qe2 Rg7 36.a4 Be7 37.Rg3 Qh4
38.R3g2 Rag8 39.Qf3 g5 40.Qh5 Qxh5 41.Bxh5 g4 42.hxg4 Nd8 43.gxf5 exf5 44.Rxg7 Rxg7
45.Rxg7 Kxg7 46.Be8 b6 47.Bd7 bxc5 48.bxc5 Kg6 49.Bc8  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 e5 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.d4 Nc6 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O a5
9.a4 c6 10.f4 Ned7 11.Ba3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 g6 8.Be3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Rb8 11.Qd2 Bg4 12.Kh1 Bxe2 13.Ndxe2 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Ng3 Nd7
16.f5 b4 17.Nd5 Bxb2 18.Ra6 Rc8 19.Bh6 Re8 20.Nh5 Nf6 21.Nhxf6+ exf6 22.Nb6 Bc3
23.Qd1 Rb8 24.Nc4 Qc8 25.Ra2 Qc7 26.Bf4 Ne5 27.Ne3 Nc4 28.Nd5 Qc5 29.Qd3 Qd4
30.h3 Qxe4 31.Nxc3 bxc3 32.Qxc3 Ne5 33.Bg3 Rbc8 34.Qd2 Nc4 35.Qf2 Ne3 36.Re1 Qc4
37.fxg6 hxg6 38.Raa1 Nf5 39.Rxe8+ Rxe8 40.Bh2 Re2 41.Qf3 Rxc2 42.Rd1 Rc1
43.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 44.Bg1 Qc4 45.Bf2 d5 46.g4 Nd6 47.Qxf6 Ne4 48.Qd8+ Kg7 49.Bb6 Qf1+
50.Kh2 Qf4+ 51.Kg2 Qg3+ 52.Kf1 Qd3+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Nd5 O-O 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Qd3 Be6 12.O-O Qb6 13.c3 Rfc8 14.Qc2 a5 15.Be3 Qa6
16.a4 Rab8 17.Rfd1 b5 18.Bf1 Bc4 19.axb5 Rxb5 20.Ra4 Bxf1 21.Rxf1 Rcb8 22.Bc1 Rb3
23.Rd1 Qb5 24.Ra2 a4 25.Rd5 Qc6 26.Ra5 R8b4 27.R5xa4 Rxa4 28.Qxb3 Rxe4 29.Be3 Bg5
30.Qb6 Qd5 31.Qa5 Qxa5 32.Rxa5 Bxe3 33.fxe3 Rxe3 34.Kf2 Re4 35.Ra7 Kf8 36.h3 h5
37.Ra1 Ke8 38.Kf3 f5 39.b3 Kd7 40.Ra7+ Ke6 41.Ra1 Kd5 42.Ra8 Ke6 43.Rg8 Kf7
44.Rc8 Re1 45.g4 hxg4+ 46.hxg4 Kf6 47.b4 Ke5 48.Kf2 Rb1 49.gxf5 gxf5 50.Ke3 Rb2
51.Kd3 Kf4 52.Rb8 e5 53.c4 e4+ 54.Kc3 Rb1 55.Kc2 Rh1 56.b5 Ke3 57.Rd8 f4
58.b6 Rh7 59.Rxd6 f3 60.c5 f2 61.Rf6 Rh5 62.c6 Rc5+ 63.Kb2 Rxc6 64.Rxc6 f1=Q
65.Rc3+ Kd4 66.b7 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.exd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 a6 6.Be5 f6 7.Bxb8 Rxb8 8.g3 e6
9.Nge2 Bd6 10.Qd2 Ne7 11.Nf4 Qc7 12.Nce2 Nc6 13.Bh3 Qf7 14.O-O O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.e5 O-O
9.Qe2 Nc6 10.e6 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Qxe6+ Kh8 13.O-O Rxf3 14.gxf3 Ne5 15.f4 Nf3+
16.Kg2 Nh4+ 17.Kg1 Nf3+ 18.Kg2 Nh4+ 19.Kg1 Qd3 20.Qg4 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.d3 e6 5.O-O h6 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be3 Bd6
9.Qb3 Qc8 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rac1 Qb8 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.Bh3 O-O 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Re8
16.Bd4 Be5 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Qb4 a5 19.Qd4 b6 20.Qf4 Qd8 21.d4 Nc4 22.Rc2 Nd6
23.Bh3 Ra7 24.e3 Rc7 25.Na4 g5 26.Qf3 h5 27.Bg2 Rb7 28.Rxc6 Re6 29.Rfc1 Kg7
30.Nc3 Nc4 31.Nxd5 Rxc6 32.Nxf6 Ne5 33.Qd1 Rxc1 34.Qxc1 Rc7 35.Qxc7  1-0

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comp Socrates Exp"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Na3 Bg4 7.Be2 cxd4 8.cxd4 e5
9.dxe5 Qxd1+ 10.Bxd1 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Kxd2 O-O-O+ 13.Kc1 Ne4 14.Rf1 Rd5
15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Bxg4+ Kb8 17.Re1 Rhd8 18.f4 Rc5+ 19.Nc2 Nb4 20.Bd1 Nxc2 21.Bxc2 Rdc8
22.Kxd2 Rxc2+ 23.Ke3 Rxb2 24.Re2 Rc3+ 25.Kf2 Rxe2+ 26.Kxe2 Ra3 27.Kd2 g6
28.g3 h5 29.Ke2 b5 30.Kd2 Kb7 31.Kc2 Kb6 32.Kb2 Re3 33.Rc1 Re2+ 34.Rc2 Rxc2+
35.Kxc2 Kc5 36.Kd3 Kd5 37.Ke3 a5 38.Kd3 b4 39.Ke3 a4 40.Kd3 Kc5 41.h3 Kd5
42.g4 h4 43.f5 gxf5 44.gxf5 Kxe5 45.f6 Kxf6 46.Kc4 b3 47.axb3 axb3 48.Kxb3 Ke5
49.Kc3 Kf4 50.Kd4 Kg3 51.Ke4 Kxh3  0-1

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Comp Battle Chess 4000"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 d5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Be3 Rb8
9.Rb1 Qc7 10.Qd2 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nd5 12.Bc4 f5 13.Bxd5 cxd5 14.Nc3 Ba6 15.Bd4 Bd6
16.Qe3 Kf7 17.g3 Rb4 18.a3 Rc4 19.b4 Rc8 20.Kd2 Qd7 21.Rhe1 Be7 22.Rb3 Rxd4+
23.Qxd4 Bf6 24.Qf2 Bc4 25.Rbb1 d4 26.Nd1 d3 27.c3 Qa4 28.Rc1 Qxa3 29.h4 Bb3
30.c4 Qxb4+ 31.Nc3 Bc2 32.Qxa7+ Kg8 33.Re5 Bxe5 34.fxe5 Qxc4 35.Qa3 Qd4 36.Rf1 Qxe5
37.Rf4 h6 38.Qb4 Rxc3 39.Qxc3 Qe2+ 40.Kc1 Qd1+ 41.Kb2 Qb1+ 42.Ka3 d2 43.Rd4 d1=Q
44.Rxd1 Bxd1 45.Qc8+ Kh7 46.Qxe6 Qb3+ 47.Qxb3 Bxb3 48.Kxb3 Kg6 49.Kc4 Kh5
50.Kd3 Kg4 51.Ke2 Kxg3 52.h5 Kg4 53.Kd3 Kxh5 54.Kc4 f4  0-1

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Comp MChess Pro 3.42"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Nc6 8.dxc5 O-O
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 Be6 11.Be2 Bxc5 12.Nxd5 Qa5+ 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Bxd5 15.Rxc5 g5
16.Bg3 Bxg2 17.Rg1 Bh3 18.f4 Nh7 19.Nf3 Rfc8 20.fxg5 b6 21.Rc3 hxg5 22.Ba6 Bg4
23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 Rxc3 26.Bxc3 Be6 27.Kf2 f6 28.Bd4 a6 29.a3 b5
30.Rc1 Bc4 31.Rc3 Kf7 32.b3 Bd5 33.Rc7+ Kg6 34.b4 Nf8 35.Ra7 Ne6 36.Rxa6 Nxd4
37.exd4 Kf5 38.Ke3 Kg6 39.Rd6 Bb3 40.Rb6 Bc4 41.Rc6 Bb3 42.Rc3 Be6 43.Rc5 Bd7
44.d5 f5 45.Rc7 f4+ 46.Kd4 Bf5 47.d6 Kf6 48.d7 Ke7 49.d8=Q+ Kxd8 50.Rc5 Bd7
51.Rxg5 f3 52.Ke3 f2 53.Kxf2 Ke7 54.h4 Kf6 55.Ke3 Be8 56.Kf4 Bc6 57.h5  1-0

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Comp Kasparov's Gambit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Rxc4 Nd7 13.O-O e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Re4 Nxf3+
16.Qxf3 Be6 17.Bc4 Rad8 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qe2 Rd5 20.h3 Rfd8 21.b4 Rd2 22.Qc4 R8d5
23.a4 Kh8 24.b5 c5 25.a5 b6 26.a6 e5 27.Rg4 Qd7 28.Rg6 Rb2 29.Rc6 Rb4 30.Qe2 Rd2
31.Qf3 Kg8 32.Qg3 Rxb5 33.Rxh6 Qd3 34.Re1 Rbb2 35.Rg6 Qd7 36.Qxe5 Rxf2 37.Kh2 Ra2
38.e4 Rad2 39.Re3 Rf7 40.Reg3 Re7 41.Qb8+ Qd8 42.Qf4 Rd4 43.Qg5 Qd7 44.e5 Rd5
45.Qh4 Rexe5 46.Rh6 Qe7 47.Rh8+ Kf7 48.Rf3+ Ke6 49.Qg4+ Kd6 50.Qc8 Qc7 51.Qa8 Ke7
52.Rg3 Rg5 53.Re8+ Kd6 54.Rge3 c4 55.Qd8+ Qxd8 56.Rxd8+ Kc6 57.Rc8+ Kb5 58.Rc7 Rd2
59.Rg3 Rxg3 60.Kxg3 Kxa6 61.Rxc4 Kb7 62.h4 a5 63.Rf4  1-0

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Comp Chess System R30"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.dxc5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 e5 8.b4 Bf5
9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.b5 Na5 11.Nxe5 Bxc5 12.Nxf7 Ne4 13.Ke1 Nxf2 14.Be2 Nxh1 15.Nxh8 Rxh8
16.g4 Bg6 17.a4 Nf2 18.Ba3 Re8 19.Bxc5 Nd3+ 20.Kf1 Nxc5 21.Ra3 Rf8+ 22.Kg1 Rd8
23.Nf3 Nab3 24.c4 Nd4 25.Nxd4 Rxd4 26.a5 Bd3 27.Bxd3 Rxd3 28.Rxd3 Nxd3 29.h3 Kc7
30.Kg2 Kd6 31.Kf3 Ne5+ 32.Ke4 Nxc4 33.Kd4 Nxa5  0-1

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Comp Renaissance Sparc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Bxe4 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Bc2 Qb6 12.Qd3 g6 13.Be3 Be7 14.Rad1 Qxb2 15.Rb1 Qxa2
16.Ra1 Qxa1 17.Rxa1 Rd8 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Qc3 Bd7 20.Ne5 f5 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.Nxd7 Rxd7
23.Qe5 Bd4 24.Qxe6+ Rf7 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.c5 Rd7 27.Rxd4 Re7 28.Bb3 Rxe6 29.Bxe6  1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Qe2 Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Na4 c5 12.e5 Nd7 13.c4 Bb7 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Bf4 Nb6
16.Nc3 c4 17.bxc4 dxc4 18.Bc2 Qd4 19.Ne4 Nd5 20.Bg3 Nb4 21.Rad1 Nd3 22.Nd2 Nb2
23.Rb1 c3 24.Nc4 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Nxc4 26.Bb3 Nd2 27.Rfd1 Rad8 28.Rbc1 Qb4 29.Bc2 Qb7+
30.f3 Ba3  0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e5 5.a3 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.exd4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 O-O
9.Nc2 b6 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.b4 Bb7 12.Be2 d6 13.O-O Ne5 14.Ne3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Re8
16.Qd2 Bf8 17.Rfd1 h6 18.Bg3 Re6 19.Qd4 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Bf1 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Bc1 Qa5 14.a3 Rfc8 15.Rb1 Qc7
16.Nb5 Qd8 17.b3 a6 18.Nc3 Nb8 19.Bb2 Nbd7 20.a4 Rc5 21.Nd2 Rac8 22.Re3 d5
23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Bc4 Rd6 26.Qe1 Rdc6 27.Rd1 Bb4 28.Qe2 f6 29.Bxe6+ Rxe6
30.Nc4 Qe8 31.a5 Bc5 32.Rg3 Nf8 33.Bc1 Kh8 34.Be3 Be7 35.Nb6 Rd8 36.Rxd8 Bxd8
37.Qf3 Rc6 38.c4 Qf7 39.Qd1 Bxb6 40.axb6 f5 41.f4 exf4 42.Bxf4 Rxb6 43.Be5 Rg6
44.Rf3 Qe6 45.Bc3 Qe4 46.Qd5 Ne6 47.Qxe4 fxe4 48.Re3 Nf4 49.Kf1 Re6 50.Rg3 Nh5
51.Rg4 Kh7 52.Rh4 Ng3+ 53.Kf2 g5 54.Rg4 Nf5  0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O fxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Bc6 10.c4 Ne7 11.Bg5 dxc4 12.Nd2 Qd5 13.Bh5+ Ng6 14.Qg4 Be7 15.Bxg6+ hxg6
16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Nxc4 Qe4 18.Qg5+ Kf8 19.Nd6 Qh4 20.Qxh4 Rxh4 21.f4 Ke7 22.Rf2 Rah8
23.h3 Rf8 24.Raf1 a5 25.Kh2 Bd5 26.a3 Kd7 27.Kg3 Rh5 28.h4 Kc6 29.Rc1 a4
30.Rfc2 b6 31.Kg4 Rfh8 32.g3 Rf8 33.Rc3 Rd8 34.R3c2 Rd7 35.Rc3 Rd8 36.R3c2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Nxc5 8.b3 d5
9.Ra2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Qb6 11.b4 Nce4 12.c5 Qc7 13.Ba1 Ng4 14.Bxg7 Ngxf2 15.Bxh8 Nxh1
16.Nf3 f6 17.e3 Kf7 18.g4 Bd7 19.Bxf6 Kxf6 20.Qb2+ Kf7 21.Qd4 Kg8 22.Bg2 Nhf2
23.Rxf2 Nxf2 24.Kxf2 Rf8 25.Kg1 Bb5 26.Ng5 Re8 27.Nf3 Qf7 28.e4 dxe4 29.Qxe4 Bc6
30.Qe3 Qf6 31.Ne5 Rf8 32.h3 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Qf4 34.Qxf4 Rxf4 35.c6 bxc6 36.Nxc6 a6
37.Nd8 e5 38.Nc6 e4 39.Ne7+ Kf7 40.Nf5 Ke6  0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.g4 g6 14.h4 a6 15.g5 Bg7 16.h5 b5
17.hxg6 hxg6 18.f4 b4 19.Na4 Rb8 20.Qh2 Kf8 21.Rd3 e5 22.f5 gxf5 23.Rh3 Ne7
24.Rh8+ Ng8 25.Rxg8+ Kxg8 26.Qh7+ Kf8 27.exf5 Bxf5 28.Qxf5 Qc6 29.g6 Rb7
30.Rh7 Qxa4 31.Qg5 Qe8 32.Bxa6 Re7 33.Bd3 e4 34.Bb5 Re5 35.gxf7 Rxg5 36.fxe8=Q+ Rxe8
37.Bxe8 Rg1+ 38.Nc1 Kxe8 39.a4 bxa3 40.bxa3 Bc3 41.Rh4 d5  0-1

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Nc3 Re8 10.Rad1 e4 11.Ng5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qe7 13.f3 e3 14.Bc1 Nb6 15.d5 h6
16.Nh3 Nxc4 17.Rd4 Ne5 18.f4 Neg4 19.f5 Bd7 20.Rff4 h5 21.c4 c5 22.dxc6 Bxc6
23.Ba3 Rad8 24.Ng5 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Qd7 26.Qb3 Qc6+ 27.Nf3 d5 28.Bb2 a4 29.Qb5 Qxb5
30.cxb5 Rc8 31.Ne1 Rc5 32.Rxa4 Rxb5 33.Rfb4 Rxb4 34.Rxb4 Re7 35.Nd3 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 c5
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.f3 a5 11.Nh3 d6 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.O-O a4 14.Rad1 Ra6 15.Qc2 Qc7
16.Rd2 Rb8 17.Rfd1 Ba8 18.Nf2 Rb3 19.Nd3 h6 20.Bh4 Rab6 21.Nc1 Rxb2 22.Qxb2 Rxb2
23.Rxb2 d5 24.Bg3 e5 25.cxd5 Bxd5 26.e4 Be6 27.Bf2 Nb6 28.Rc2 Nfd7 29.Rc3 Qc6
30.Rd2 c4 31.Na2 Nc5 32.Nb4 Qc8 33.Rd6 Nbd7 34.Bxc4 Qf8 35.Rc6 Kh7 36.Bb5 Nb3
37.Rd3 Ndc5 38.Rd1 Nd4 39.Bxd4 exd4 40.Rxd4 Bd7 41.Rb6 Ne6 42.Rc4 Bxb5 43.Rxb5 Qd6
44.Rd5 Qb6+ 45.Kf1 Nf4 46.Rdc5 Qd6 47.Rc1 Ne6 48.e5 Qd4 49.R5c3 Qxe5 50.g3 Nd4
51.Re1 Qf6 52.Kg2 Nb5 53.Rce3 Nxa3 54.Rxa3 Qb2+ 55.Nc2 Qxc2+ 56.Kh1 Qf2 57.Rea1 g5
58.f4 gxf4 59.gxf4 Qxf4 60.Rxa4 Qf3+ 61.Kg1 f5 62.Rf1 Qe3+ 63.Kh1 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Bd3 b5 8.O-O Bb7
9.Kh1 Nf6 10.Qe2 Bb4 11.a4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nxe4 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8+ Bxa8
16.Bxb5 O-O 17.Bd3 Nc3 18.Qd2 Be4 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Qd3 d5 21.Rc1 Qb7 22.c4 dxc4
23.Qxc4 Ra8 24.h3 h6 25.Qc6 Qxc6 26.Rxc6 Ra1+ 27.Kh2 Rd1 28.g4 Kh7 29.Rc7 Kg6
30.h4 Nf6 31.h5+ Kh7 32.Kh3 Kg8 33.Rc8+ Kh7 34.Rc7 Rg1 35.f3 Rd1 36.Bf2 Kg8
37.Rc8+ Kh7 38.Rf8 Rd2 39.Kg3 Rd3 40.Kg2 Nd5 41.Rxf7 Kg8 42.Ra7 Nf4+ 43.Kg3 Ne2+
44.Kg2 Nf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.e5 dxe5
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.e6 fxe6 11.Bc4 Nde5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nf6
16.Bh6 Kf7 17.Bb3 a5 18.a4 b5 19.c4 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Rd4 21.Bb3 Nd5 22.Re5 Bd7
23.Rae1 c5 24.Be3 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Rb4 26.Rxc5 Bxa4 27.Rf1+ Kg7 28.Bxe6 Rf8 29.Ra1 Rf6
30.Bd5 Rd6 31.Bf3 Bd7 32.Raxa5 Bf5 33.Re5 Kf6 34.e4 Be6 35.Reb5 Rxb5 36.Rxb5 Rd2
37.e5+ Kg5 38.Rb7 Rxc2 39.Rxe7 Bf5 40.Kh2 h5 41.Re8 Rc5 42.Kg3 h4+ 43.Kf2 Kf4
44.e6 Rc2+ 45.Ke1 Ke3 46.Ra8 Bxe6 47.Re8 Rc1+ 48.Bd1 Rc6 49.Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 c5 8.O-O Nxc3
9.bxc3 Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Na5 12.Rb1 Nc4 13.Bc1 e5 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.Qd5 Nb6
16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Nxd6 Be6 18.Ra1 Na4 19.Ba3 Nxc3 20.Nxb7 Rfb8 21.Nc5 Bd5 22.Bxd5 Nxd5
23.Rac1 Bf8 24.Rfd1 Nb6 25.Rd3 Rc8 26.Ne4 Bxa3 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.Rxa3 Rc7
29.Nf6+ Kh8 30.g4 h6 31.h4 Rb7 32.Ra5 Re7 33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Kg7 35.Rc5 e4
36.a4 Rb7 37.Rb5 a6 38.Rb4 a5 39.Rb5 Rb8 40.e3  1-0

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Moritz, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c4 Nb6 6.c5 N6d7 7.Qb3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nc6
9.Be3 Rb8 10.d5 Nce5 11.Bd4 c6 12.f4 Ng4 13.Qf3 Ndf6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.dxc6 Qa5+
16.Nc3 a6 17.cxb7 e6 18.Qc6+ Nd7 19.O-O-O Qd8 20.Bxa6 Bxc5 21.Bb5  1-0

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "London, Dimitri"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 h6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd2 Nh7 11.Qc2 Ng5 12.Bg4 Nb8 13.Bxc8 Qxc8 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne6
16.Be3 Nd7 17.Nf3 c6 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Qd2 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxh6 Rfd8 22.Qe2 Bxh2+
23.Kh1 Be5 24.Be3 Kg7 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rf3 Nd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Rh3 Qf4 29.Qe1 Be5
30.Kg1 Rd2 31.Ne2 Qg5 32.Rb3 Qd8 33.Kf2 Qh4+ 34.g3 Bd4+ 35.Kf3 Qh5+ 36.g4 Qh3+
37.Ng3 Qg2+ 38.Kf4 Rf2+ 39.Kg5 Bf6+  1-0

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 Qc7 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Na4 d5 11.Bb6 Qb8 12.Qa5 Nf6 13.Bc7 Qb7 14.O-O Nxe4 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.c4 O-O 17.Rad1 Re8 18.Be5 f6 19.Rd8 Qe7 20.Rfd1  1-0

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 Qe8 7.Bc4 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bh4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.a4 a5 14.Rfe1 Bc6 15.c4 Nbd7
16.c5 Nh5 17.Nf1 Kh8 18.Ne3 f5 19.exf5 e4 20.f6 Ndxf6 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Rad1 Qe5
23.Nb5 Rae8 24.Qc3 Bxb5 25.axb5 g5 26.Bg3 Nxg3 27.hxg3 Qxc3 28.bxc3 Re5 29.Nd5 c6
30.Nxf6 Bxf6 31.bxc6 bxc6 32.Rd6 Rxc5 33.c4 Be5 34.Rd7 Rb8 35.Bc2 Rxc4 36.Bxe4 Bc3
37.Re3 Re8 38.Rf3 g4 39.Bd3 Rd4 40.Rff7 Rxd7 41.Rxd7 a4 42.Rh7+ Kg8 43.Ra7 Re1+
44.Kh2 Ra1 45.Rc7 a3 46.Rxc6 Bd4 47.Rg6+ Kf8 48.Rxh6 Ke7 49.Ra6 Bxf2 50.Be2 Bg1+
51.Kh1 Be3+ 52.Kh2 Bg1+ 53.Kh1 Rb1 54.Bxg4 Bc5+ 55.Kh2 Rb6 56.Ra7+ Kf6 57.Ra5 Bd6
58.Bf3 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Watson, John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bxh6 gxh6 8.Qd2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Nc2 cxd4 12.cxd4 f6 13.exf6 Rxf6 14.b4 Raf8 15.b5 Ne7
16.Ne5 Be8 17.g3 Nf5 18.f4 h5 19.a4 Kh8 20.Kh1 Rh6 21.Rad1 Qd8 22.Ne3 Bg6
23.Bd3 h4 24.Nxf5 exf5 25.Rg1 Bh5 26.Be2 hxg3 27.Rxg3 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Bxe2 29.Qxe2 Rg8
30.Qg2 Rxg3 31.Qxg3 Rg6 32.Qd3 Qb6 33.Qd4 Qxd4 34.Rxd4 Rg4 35.h3 Rg3 36.Rxd5 Rxh3+
37.Kg2 Ra3 38.Rd7 Rxa4 39.Rxb7 Rxf4 40.Rxa7 Rb4 41.e6 Kg8 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.e7 Rb2+
44.Kf3 Rb3+ 45.Kf4 Rb4+ 46.Kf3 Rb3+ 47.Kf4 Rb4+ 48.Kxf5 Rxb5+ 49.Kf4  0-1

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d6 7.O-O Qb6 8.e4 Bg4
9.Rb1 Nfd7 10.Be3 c5 11.e5 Nc6 12.exd6 exd6 13.Nd5 Qa5 14.dxc5 dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Bf1 Nb8 12.a4 Nbd7 13.a5 a6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bf5
16.c4 Re8 17.b4 Bf6 18.Be3 e4 19.Nd4 Bg6 20.Qb3 Rc8 21.Red1 Bg5 22.c5 Bxe3
23.fxe3 dxc5 24.Ne6 Qe7 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.bxc5 Qxc5 27.d6 Red8 28.Ra4 Rxd6
29.Rc4 Rxd1 30.Rxc5 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Rxc5 32.Qb6 Rb5 33.Qd8+ Kh7 34.g4 f6 35.Kf2 h5
36.Kg3 hxg4 37.hxg4 Re5 38.Qc7 Rb5 39.Qd8 Rb3 40.Kf4 Rb1 41.Kg3 Rb5 42.Kf4 Re5
43.Qc7 Rg5 44.Qb6 Rb5 45.Qd8 Bf7 46.Kxe4 Be6 47.Kf3 Rg5 48.Qc7 Bxg4+ 49.Kf4 Bh5
50.Ke4 Re5+ 51.Kf4 Bg6 52.Qd8 Be4 53.Kg3 Kg6 54.Qc7 Rf5 55.Kh2 Rg5 56.Kh3 Bg2+
57.Kh2 Bc6 58.Qd8 Rd5 59.Qb6 Rb5 60.Qc7 Re5 61.Qb6 Kh5 62.Kg1 Kg4 63.Kf2 Rf5+
64.Ke2 g5 65.Qc7 Bb5+ 66.Kd2 Rf2+ 67.Kd1 Bc6 68.Ke1 Rg2 69.Kf1 f5 70.Qf7 Be4
71.Qe6 Kf3 72.Qh6 Kxe3 73.Qd6 Kf3 74.Qa3+ Kg4 75.Qb3 Bf3 76.Qb4+ f4 77.Qc3 Kg3
78.Qe5 Rf2+ 79.Kg1 Rg2+ 80.Kf1 Be2+ 81.Ke1 g4 82.Qc3+ Bf3 83.Kf1 Rh2 84.Qe1+ Kh3
85.Qc3 Re2 86.Qh8+ Kg3 87.Qc3 Re3 88.Qd2 Re2 89.Qc3 Re3 90.Qd2 Rb3 91.Qc2 Ra3
92.Qf2+ Kh3 93.Qb2 Re3 94.Qd2 Be2+ 95.Kg1 Rg3+ 96.Kf2 Bb5 97.Qb4 Rf3+ 98.Ke1 g3
99.Qf8 Kg2 100.Qf7 Rf1+  0-1

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.f3 Nc6 8.e4 d6
9.Ne2 Na5 10.Ng3 c5 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.O-O Qe7 13.f4 O-O-O 14.Be3 g6 15.f5 f6
16.Rae1 Rhg8 17.Rf2 Rde8 18.fxe6 Qxe6 19.Bf4 Ba6 20.Nf1 Bb7 21.Bg3 h5 22.h3 Rh8
23.Nd2 g5 24.Ref1 Qe7 25.e5 dxe5 26.d5 Kb8 27.Bg6 h4 28.Bh2 Ba6 29.Bxe8 Rxe8
30.Qd3 Kc8 31.Re1 Rg8 32.Qe2 Qg7 33.Qg4 Qg6 34.Ref1 Kd8 35.Ne4 Bc8 36.Nd6 Ba6
37.Qe6 Bxc4 38.Nxc4 Nxc4 39.d6 Ne3 40.Rxf6 Qe8 41.R1f3 Qxe6 42.Rxe6 Nc4 43.Rf7 Kc8
44.Kf2 Rd8 45.Ke2 b5 46.Rg7 a5 47.Rxg5 Kb7 48.Rg4 Kc6 49.Rxh4 Kd5 50.Reh6 Ndb6
51.Bg3 Rg8 52.Rg4 Rf8 53.Rgg6 a4 54.Be1 Rd8 55.d7 Nxd7 56.g4 e4 57.Rg5+ Nce5
58.Bg3 Re8 59.Rf5 Kc4 60.Rd6 Re7 61.Bh4 Rh7 62.Rh5 Rf7 63.Re6 Nd3 64.Rxe4+ Kxc3
65.Re3 c4 66.Rxb5 Rf8 67.Rd5 Nb6 68.Rd6 Kc2 69.Re4 Rb8 70.Bd8 Nc5 71.Red4  1-0

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.d3 d5 8.Bb3 Be7
9.exd5 Nxb3 10.axb3 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Re1 O-O 13.Re5 Qc6 14.Rh5 f6 15.Ra4 Rf7
16.Rg4 e5 17.Rg3 Be6 18.Nh4 g5 19.Nf3 Rg7 20.Qe2 Rd8 21.h4 g4 22.Nh2 Qd7
23.f3 Bf7 24.Rh6 gxf3 25.Qxf3 Rxg3 26.Qxg3+ Kh8 27.Qg4 Qd4+ 28.Kf1 Rg8 29.Qf5 Rg7
30.Rxf6 Bxf6 31.Qxf6 e4 32.Qxd4 cxd4 33.dxe4 Bg6 34.Bf4 Rf7 35.g3 Bxe4 36.c3 d3
37.Ke1 Re7 38.Kd2 Bf5 39.Be3 Be4 40.Ng4  0-1

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 c5 5.e3 Qb6 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Nbd2 d5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Bf5 10.Rfe1 Rfd8 11.h3 Ne4 12.Bf4 Nxd2 13.Nxd2 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5
16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.hxg4 Qc6 18.a4 Rd6 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Nf3 Bg7 21.Re2 h6 22.Red2 a6
23.Qc2 Bf6 24.Kf1 Kg7 25.Kg1 R6d7 26.a5 Qe6 27.Qa4 c4 28.Nh2 Be5 29.g3 Bf6
30.Ra1 Rc7 31.Qd1 Rc5 32.e4 Rb5 33.Ra4 Bg5 34.Rxd5 Rbxd5 35.exd5 Rxd5 36.Qf3 Rb5
37.Ra2 Bc1 38.Qd1 Rxb2 39.Ra4 Bd2 40.Qf3 Rc2 41.Qxb7 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "Wch Team"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bg4 10.f3 Be6 11.Be3 b6 12.a4 Kf7 13.Bf4 Rc8 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.a5 c4 16.Nd4 b5
17.Bg3 g5 18.Rd2 Ng6 19.Kf1 Ne5 20.Bxe5 fxe5 21.Nc6 Bd6 22.Rad1 Bd7 23.Nxe5+ Bxe5
24.Rxd7+ Ke6 25.R7d5 c6 26.Rd7 Rc7 27.Rxc7 Bxc7 28.Ne2 Rd8 29.Nd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c6 6.e4 d6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Qb3 Qb6
9.Be3 Nfd7 10.Qxb6 Nxb6 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Bf1 Na6 13.a3 Rfd8 14.O-O-O Nc7 15.Be2 d5
16.exd5 cxd5 17.c5 Nc4 18.Bf4 Na6 19.Nxc4 dxc4 20.Bf3 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Rxd4 22.Bxb7 Nxc5
23.Bxa8 Bf5 24.Ne4 Nd3+ 25.Kd2 Nxf4+ 26.Ke3 Ne6 27.Nc5 Rd6 28.Nxe6 Rxe6+
29.Kd2 Rb6 30.Kc1 c3 31.bxc3 Rb3 32.Kd2 Rxa3 33.Bd5 Ra5 34.Bc4 Rc5 35.Ba6 Rd5+
36.Ke3 Re5+ 37.Kd2 Rd5+ 38.Ke3 Rc5 39.Kd2 Kg7 40.Ra1 g5 41.Ra4 Bd7 42.Ra2 g4
43.c4 Be6 44.Ke3 Rh5 45.Rd2 Kf6 46.Bb7 a5 47.f4 gxf3 48.Bxf3 Rc5 49.Be2 Ke5
50.Bd3 h6 51.Rb2 Kd6 52.Kd4 Bd7 53.Rb6+ Bc6 54.Ra6 f5 55.Ra7 e5+ 56.Ke3 e4
57.Be2 Bd7 58.Ra6+ Bc6 59.Kd4 e3 60.Kxe3 Re5+ 61.Kd2 Kc7 62.Ra7+ Kb6 63.Rh7 Re6
64.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klovsky, Rafail"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O h6
10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Nd2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nd7 14.Bf3 c6 15.g4 Qe7 16.Nde4 d5
17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Ng3 Rfc8 19.Rc1 Nf6 20.Be2 Ne8 21.Bd3 Rc7 22.Nh5 Bh8 23.Bb1 Nf6
24.Nxf6+ Bxf6 25.Qc2 Kf8 26.Qh7 Bg7 27.Bd3 Rac8 28.f4 gxf4 29.Rxf4 e5 30.Rxf7+ Qxf7
31.Rf1 exd4 32.Rxf7+ Rxf7 33.Ne2 dxe3 34.g5 Rc6 35.Bb5 Re6 36.gxh6 Rxh6 37.Qd3 Be5  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.Qe2 b5 14.c3 Rb8 15.Be3 Qc7
16.Qd2 Rfc8 17.Rfe1 b4 18.cxb4 Qc2 19.Rac1 Qxd2 20.Bxd2 Bxb2 21.Rc6 Kf8 22.a4 Bd7
23.b5 Bxc6 24.dxc6 Bd4 25.Bh3 f5 26.g4 a6 27.gxf5 axb5 28.axb5 Rc7 29.Re4 Bc5
30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Be6 Kg7 32.Ba5 Bb6 33.Bc3+ Kh6 34.Rh4+ Kg5 35.Rg4+ Kh6 36.Bd2+ Kg7
37.Bc3+ Kh6 38.Kg2 g5 39.Bd2 Rf8 40.Bxg5+ Kh7 41.f4 Ra7 42.f5 Rfa8 43.Rh4+ Kg7
44.Rg4 Kh7 45.f6 exf6 46.Bf5+ Kg7 47.Be3+  1-0

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f4 Nc6
9.Kh1 Qc7 10.Be3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bd7 12.e5 Ne8 13.Bd3 Bc6 14.Ne4 dxe5 15.fxe5 Rd8
16.Qc3 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Qxc3 18.bxc3 b6 19.a4 f5 20.Bc6 Nc7 21.a5 Nd5 22.Bd4 Bc5
23.axb6 Bxb6 24.Bxb6 axb6 25.Rfb1 Rf7 26.c4 Ne3 27.Rxb6 Ra7 28.Re1 Nxc4 29.Rb5 Rc7
30.Bf3 Rd2 31.c3 Rc2 32.Bd1 Rxc3 33.Bb3 Kf7 34.h3 Nd2 35.Ba2 g5 36.Kg1 Rc2
37.Ra5 R7c6 38.Rd1 Kg6 39.Ra8 Kh5 40.Ra7 h6 41.Ra3 f4  0-1

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Be2 c5
9.Nf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bc6 11.Qd3 f5 12.exf5 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qxf5 14.Qxf5 gxf5 15.O-O Bd5
16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Rg8 18.f3 Nc6 19.Bc3 O-O-O 20.a4 Be6 21.Rfb1 Nd4 22.Bd1 Rd7
23.Rb2 Rgd8 24.Ba5 b6 25.Be1 f4 26.a5 b5 27.a6 Bc4 28.Ba5 Rf8 29.Rc1 Nc6
30.Bc3 Rfd8 31.Bc2 e6 32.Kf2 Rd2+ 33.Kg1 h6 34.h4 Re2 35.Be4 Rxb2 36.Bxb2 Nd4
37.Kh2 Ne2 38.Rc2 Rd1 39.h5 Ng3 40.Bb7+ Kd7 41.Rc1 Rd3 42.Kh3 Kc7 43.Bc3 Rd7
44.Ba5+ Kb8 45.Bb4 Kc7 46.Bc5 Ne2 47.Re1 Rg7 48.Rd1 Rg5 49.Be7 Rg3+ 50.Kh2 Kb6
51.Bb4 Bd5 52.Bxd5 exd5 53.Rd2 Nc1 54.Rxd5 Kxa6 55.e6  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 a6 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Ba7
9.Nf1 Ne7 10.Ng3 Ng6 11.O-O Be6 12.d4 h6 13.Be3 Qc8 14.Re1 Re8 15.Bc2 Nh7
16.a4 Qd8 17.a5 Nh4 18.Nh2 Nf6 19.Qd2 Nh7 20.Rad1 Qf6 21.f4 exf4 22.Nh5 Qe7
23.Nxf4 Ng6 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Nf3 Nf6 26.e5 dxe5 27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.Nxe5 Nd5 29.Kh1 c6
30.Qd3 g5 31.Bd2 Rad8 32.Ng4 Qf7 33.Rf1 Nf4 34.Qf3 Rf8 35.g3 Nh5 36.Qxf7+ Rxf7
37.Rxf7 Kxf7 38.Ne5+ Kg8 39.g4 Nf6 40.b4 Ne4 41.Kg2 Bb8 42.Nd3 Rf8 43.Be1 Bc7
44.c4 Bf4 45.Bf2 Nd6 46.Nb2 Re8 47.Re1 Rxe1 48.Bxe1 Bc1 49.Nd3 Be3 50.d5 Nxc4
51.dxc6 bxc6 52.Kf3 Kf7 53.Ke4 Ke6 54.Bc3 Bg1 55.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fernandes, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ndf6 6.Bc4 Nh6 7.c3 Qc7 8.N1f3 Bg4
9.Qb3 e6 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Nxg4 Nhxg4 12.h3 Nh6 13.Bxe6 O-O 14.Bc4 Rfe8+ 15.Kf1 Re7
16.Qc2 Rae8 17.Nf3 Bf4 18.Bd3 c5 19.Bxf4 Qxf4 20.dxc5 Ne4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.Qd2 Qf5
23.Rd1 Qxc5 24.Qd5 Qb6 25.b4 Re2 26.Nd4 Rb2 27.Qd7 Rd8 28.Re1 g6 29.Re8+ Rxe8
30.Qxe8+ Kg7 31.g4 Qd6 32.Qe4 Ng8 33.Nb5 Qf6 34.Qd4 Rxa2 35.Kg2 Qxd4 36.Nxd4 Nf6
37.Re1 Nd5 38.Nb5 a6 39.Nd6 b5 40.g5 Rd2 41.Kg3 Rd3+ 42.f3 Rxc3 43.Re8 Rd3
44.Ra8 Nxb4 45.Ne4 h6 46.h4 hxg5 47.hxg5 Nd5 48.Rxa6 Nc7 49.Rb6 Rd5 50.Kg4 Rf5
51.Nd6 Rd5 52.f4 Rd4 53.Nxb5 Rxf4+ 54.Kxf4 Nd5+ 55.Ke5 Nxb6 56.Nd4 Nc4+ 57.Ke4 Kf8
58.Nf3 Ke8 59.Kd4 Nb6 60.Kc5 Nc8 61.Kd4 Ke7 62.Kd5 Nd6 63.Ke5 Ne8 64.Kd5 Kd8
65.Ne5 Ke7 66.Nf3 Nc7+ 67.Ke5 Ne6 68.Kd5 Nxg5 69.Nxg5 Kf6 70.Ne4+ Kf5 71.Nd6+ Kf4
72.Nxf7 g5 73.Nxg5 Kxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Edelman, Daniel"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nce7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxb5+ axb5 11.Nxb5 Ra6 12.Ndc7+ Kd7 13.Qd2 hxg5 14.Nxa6 Nc6 15.Nac7 Nd4
16.O-O-O Bb7 17.Nxd4 Qxc7 18.Nb5 Qc6 19.Qb4 Qb6 20.Qb3 Be7 21.a4 Nf6 22.Qxf7 Rf8
23.Qxg7 Ke8 24.f3 Ba6 25.Qg6+ Rf7 26.Nc3 g4 27.fxg4 Kf8 28.g5 Rg7 29.Qh6 Qe3+
30.Kb1 Qxg5 31.Qxg5 Rxg5 32.g3 Kf7 33.b4 Bb7 34.Rhf1 Ke6 35.Rde1 Rg4 36.b5 Bd8
37.Re3 Bb6 38.h3 Rg8 39.Rd3 Nxe4 40.Nxe4 Bxe4 41.Ra3 Rc8 42.Ra2 Rc4 43.Re1 Bd5
44.Kc1 Rb4 45.Ra3 Bc5 46.g4 Re4  0-1

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O e5
9.h3 c5 10.Bb5 Qb6 11.Qa4 a6 12.Bxf6 Qxb5 13.Qxb5 axb5 14.Bxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Rxe5 17.b4 cxb4 18.cxb4 Re6 19.Nb3 Rea6 20.Rfc1 Bf5 21.g4 Be6 22.Nc5 Rc6
23.Nxb7 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Ra4 25.Nc5 Rxb4 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Rc8+ Kg7 28.Rc7+ Kg8
29.Re7 Re4 30.a3 h6 31.Kg2 Kf8 32.Rb7 Ra4 33.Rxb5 Rxa3 34.Rb8+ Kf7 35.Rb7+ Kf6
36.Rh7 Kg5 37.Re7 Kf6 38.Rh7 Kg5 39.Kg3 Kf6 40.Kg2 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.a4 a5
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Nb4 11.Rc1 f5 12.Nb5 c6 13.dxc6 Qxd1+ 14.Kxd1 Nxa4 15.Bc4+ Kh8
16.Nc7 f4 17.Nxa8 fxe3 18.Nf3 Bxb2 19.Bb3 Nc3+ 20.Rxc3 Bxc3 21.c7 b5 22.Ke2 a4
23.Bd5 exf2 24.Nb6 e6 25.Rc1 exd5 26.exd5 Bb2 27.Rd1 a3 28.d6 Nc6 29.d7 Bxd7
30.Rxd7 a2 31.Rd1 Ne7  0-1

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.d4 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Bf5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.e3 Nb6 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Rd1 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Na4 14.Bd2 Be4 15.Be1 Qc7
16.Bf1 h6 17.Rac1 c5 18.c4 b6 19.Nd2 Bb7 20.Nb1 cxd4 21.exd4 Rac8 22.Nc3 Nxc3
23.Bxc3 e6 24.Bb2 Rfe8 25.Bg2 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Qb7+ 27.f3 Qa6 28.Rd3 Rc7 29.Ra3 Qb7
30.Rb3 Rd8 31.Rd3 Qa6 32.Kh3 Qc8 33.Rdd1 e5+ 34.Kg2 exd4 35.Qd3 Re7 36.Re1 Re3
37.Qd2 h5 38.Rcd1 Rxe1 39.Rxe1 Qxc4 40.Re7 Qxa2  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.Rd1 h6 11.Ne2 Be7 12.h3 a5 13.Nf4 h5 14.Ne2 a4 15.Bf4 Be6 16.Ned4 Nxd4
17.Nxd4 g5 18.Bd2 Rg8 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.g4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Kf7 22.Kg2 Rad8 23.Be3 Kg6
24.c4 Rh8 25.b3 axb3 26.axb3 Bb4 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Ra7 Bc3 29.Rxb7 Bxe5 30.Kf3 Bd6
31.Ke4 Rf8 32.f3 Rd8 33.b4 Rf8 34.c5 Bg3 35.Ra7 Rb8 36.Bd2 Rd8 37.Bc3 Rd1
38.Ra6 Rc1 39.Kd3 Rf1 40.Ke2 Rf2+ 41.Ke3 Rc2 42.Kd3 Rf2 43.Ke3 Rc2 44.Bd4 Rc4
45.Rxc6 Bf4+ 46.Kd3 Rxb4 47.Rxe6+ Kf7 48.Rf6+ Ke7 49.Rh6 Kf7 50.Ke4 Rb3 51.Rf6+ Ke7
52.Rh6 Kf7 53.Kf5 Rxf3 54.Rh7+ Ke8 55.Ke6 Bg3 56.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 d6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rad1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qb2 c6 14.Rfe1 b5 15.Bf1 bxc4
16.bxc4 Nb6 17.Nd2 d5 18.Qa3 Qd7 19.f3 Bg6 20.e4 Qa7 21.Kg2 Rfd8 22.c5 Nc8
23.e5 Nd7 24.Nb3 a4 25.Nc1 Qc7 26.Rd2 Na7 27.Rb2 Rdb8 28.Rxb8+ Qxb8 29.Qxa4 Nb5
30.Qb4 Na3 31.Qxb8+ Nxb8 32.Kf2 Ra4 33.Rd1 Na6 34.Be2 Nc7 35.Bb2 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Be2 Bg7 10.Bg3 h5 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Be6 13.Qd2 g4 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.fxg4 hxg4
16.e5 Nc6 17.exd6 exd6 18.O-O Qb6+ 19.Bf2 Qc7 20.Qg5 Be5 21.Bg3 Qh7 22.Qxg4 Bxg3
23.Qxg3 O-O-O 24.Rae1 e5 25.Ne4 d5 26.Ng5 Qxc2 27.Rf2 Qa4 28.Nf7 Rdg8 29.Qf3 Rf8
30.Qxd5 Qb4 31.Ref1 Nd4 32.Nd6+ Kc7 33.Rf7+ Rxf7 34.Rxf7+ Kd8 35.Nb5+  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bg7
10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nbd7 12.Nc4 Nb6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Qxe5+ Kf8 15.Nxb6 Qxb6
16.O-O Re8 17.Qf4 h5 18.a5 Qb3 19.Qc7 h4 20.d6 Qe6 21.Bd2 Qd7 22.Rfe1 Qxc7
23.dxc7 Rc8 24.Bf4 Ne8 25.Nd5 g5 26.Nb6 gxf4 27.Nxc8 Nxc7 28.Re7 Nb5 29.Rxb7 Bxb2
30.Rd1 Bd4 31.Ne7 Rh5 32.Nc6 Rd5 33.Kf1 Kg7 34.Rxb5 axb5 35.a6 Rd6 36.a7 Rxc6
37.a8=Q  1-0

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.g3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O d6
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Be3 O-O 11.c4 Ne5 12.N3d2 a6 13.Nc3 Neg4 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bh4 g5 17.h3 gxh4 18.gxh4 Kh7 19.hxg4 Bxg4 20.f3 Be6 21.f4 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Rg8
23.Nd5 Rg4 24.Qf2 Qxf2 25.Rxf2 Bxd5 26.exd5 Rxh4+ 27.Kg1 exf4 28.Re1 Bf8
29.Ne4 Nh5 30.Bf3 f5 31.Nd2 Ng3 32.Re6 Rc8 33.a4 Rc7 34.Rh2 Rxh2 35.Kxh2 b5
36.axb5 axb5 37.b3 Ra7 38.Bg2 Ra2 39.cxb5 Rxd2 40.b6 Rb2 41.Re8 Rxb3 42.Rxf8 Rxb6
43.Rc8 Rb2 44.Kg1 Ne4 45.Rc4 Rb1+ 46.Kh2 Re1 47.Rc6 Ng5 48.Rc3 Kg6 49.Ra3 Kh5  0-1

[Event "New York Hudson"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Kh1 O-O
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bd7 11.Bf3 Bc6 12.a4 Qc7 13.Be3 Rfd8 14.a5 d5 15.e5 Ne4
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Qc4 Rac8 18.Qe2 Bb4 19.Bxa7 Bxa5 20.Qe3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qd7
22.Bd4 Ba4 23.Rf2 b5 24.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.h3 Qa6
9.b3 b5 10.Nd2 bxc4 11.Nxc4 Be6 12.Ne3 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.Rfd1 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Bxd2+ 17.Rxd2 Bxd5 18.Bd3 O-O 19.Qe5 Qc7 20.Re1 Qxe5 21.Rxe5 Rfd8
22.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be7
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Be3 Nb8 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Rc1 Qc7 14.Qd2 O-O 15.Kh1 Rac8
16.Rfd1 Qb8 17.Bf1 Rfe8 18.Bg1 Kh8 19.Nc2 Ba8 20.a3 Rc7 21.Nd4 Rec8 22.Re1 Bf8
23.Qe3 g6 24.b3 Kg8 25.Red1 Rc5 26.b4 Rh5 27.Qf2 Bh6 28.Rc2 d5 29.cxd5 exd5
30.exd5 b5 31.Ne4 Rxc2 32.Nxf6+ Nxf6 33.Qxc2 Bxd5 34.Ne2 Be3 35.h3 Bxg1 36.Kxg1 Bc4
37.Nd4 Bxf1 38.Kxf1 Nd5 39.Qf2 Qh2 40.Qg1 Qc7 41.Qf2 Rg5 42.Ne2 Qe7 43.Rd3 Re5
44.Nc3 Nf4 45.Rd2 Qc7 46.Qd4 Ne6 47.Qd3 Kg7 48.Re2 Nf4 49.Qd4 Nxe2 50.Nxe2 f6  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Nf6
9.a4 Be7 10.Nb3 O-O 11.Qe2 Na5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5 13.Be3 Rac8 14.Rfd1 h6 15.h3 e5
16.Ra3 Qc7 17.Raa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qe2 c4 7.b3 cxb3 8.Qb5+ Bd7
9.Qxb3 Nf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.Ne5 Nc6 13.Nxd7 Kxd7 14.Bd3 Ra5 15.Bc2 Rha8
16.Bb3 R5a7 17.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Be2 Bd7
9.f4 b5 10.Bf3 Rc8 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Rhe1 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Nbd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 O-O 18.Kb1 Kh8 19.Bh5 Qb6 20.Re3 Rc4 21.b3 Rc5 22.f5 e5
23.Rg3 Be8 24.Qh6 Rg8 25.Ne6 fxe6 26.Bxe8 Rc7 27.Bf7 Rxg3 28.hxg3 Qf2 29.Rc1 d5
30.Bxe6 dxe4 31.Qh4 Qd2 32.Qxe4 Kg7 33.g4 h6 34.Bc4 Qd4 35.Qa8 Bf8 36.Qxa5 Qc5
37.Qa6 Qc6 38.Rd1 Qxa6 39.Bxa6 Bc5 40.Rd8 Kf7  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 c6 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Bd3 d5
9.exd6 Nf6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Nc3 Bxd6 12.Qf3 Be7 13.Rfe1 Qb6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ne4 Be7
16.Bc4 O-O 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qb3 Qxb3 19.axb3 Rfd8 20.Re2 Kf7 21.Rae1 Re8 22.g3 Rad8
23.Kg2 Rd5 24.Nc3 Rd6 25.Ne4 Rd5 26.Nd2 Bf6 27.c3 a6 28.b4 Re7 29.Ne4 Rd8
30.h4 h6 31.Re3 Rd5 32.Kh3 h5 33.R1e2 Rd1 34.Nc5 Rd6 35.Nd3 g6 36.Nc5 e5
37.Ne4 Rde6 38.Rd2 Rc7 39.Rf3 Kg7 40.Rfd3 Rf7 41.Rd6 Re8 42.R2d3 Rb8 43.Re6 Rd8
44.Rxd8 Bxd8 45.Rxe5 Rd7 46.Kg2 Kf7 47.Kf3 Rd1 48.Nc5 b6 49.Ke2 Ra1 50.Nd3 Bf6
51.Re4 b5 52.Kd2 a5 53.bxa5 Rxa5 54.Ne5+ Bxe5 55.Rxe5 Ra2 56.Kc2 Ra1 57.Kd3 Rd1+
58.Ke3 b4 59.cxb4 Rb1 60.Rc5 Rxb2 61.Rc4 Kg7 62.Kd4 Rxf2 63.Rxc6 Rb2 64.Kc5 Rb3
65.b5 Rxg3 66.Kb4 Rg4+ 67.Rc4 Rg1 68.b6 Rb1+ 69.Kc5 g5 70.Rb4 Rc1+ 71.Kb5 Rf1
72.b7 Rf8 73.Kc6 gxh4 74.b8=Q Rxb8 75.Rxb8 Kg6 76.Kd5 Kf5 77.Rf8+ Kg4 78.Ke4 Kg3
79.Ke3  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rameley, K."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.a3 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.f3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Qd2 Rd8 15.Bd3 Bf6
16.Bg5 Qe5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Nc3 Nxc3 19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.bxc3 b6 21.Rfd1 Bb7 22.Be4 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Nxd8 25.Bxb7 Nxb7 26.a4 Kf8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke3 Kd6 29.Kd4 Nc5
30.a5  0-1

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Terrie, Henry L"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nxe7 Qxe7 6.e3 Nf6 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.b3 Nf8 10.Bb2 Ng6 11.Qc2 O-O 12.d3 Bd7 13.Rfe1 Rae8 14.h3 h6 15.Rac1 Nh7
16.c5 d5 17.d4 e4 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qh4 20.Qd1 Bxh3 21.f4 exf3 22.Bxf3 Ng5
23.Rf1 Bf5 24.Qe1 Qxe1 25.Rcxe1 Bd3 26.Rf2 Re7 27.Rd1 Bg6 28.Kh2 Rfe8 29.Bd4 Rxe5
30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Re2 Be4 32.Kg3 Nxf3 33.gxf3 Rg5+ 34.Kf2 Rf5 35.f4 g5 36.Kg3 Kg7
37.Rf2 Kg6 38.fxg5 Rxg5+ 39.Kh2 f5 40.Rg1 Kf6 41.Rg3 Ke5 42.Rh3 h5 43.Rg3 Rg4
44.Rxg4 hxg4 45.Kg3 Bf3 46.Rh2 Ke4 47.Rh7 Kxe3 48.Re7+ Be4 49.Rxb7 d4 50.Rxa7 d3  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Bf5 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.c4 e6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.Bg3 Ngf6 10.c5 Qd8 11.Be2 Nh5 12.Be5 Nhf6 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Be5 Nhf6 15.Bg3 Nh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Russell, Corey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Nf3 exd5
10.cxd5 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.O-O Qc7 13.Re1 h6 14.Bf4 Rb8 15.Bc4 Nh5 16.Bh2 Ne5
17.Be2 Nf6 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.a5  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Bd3 Bd7
9.Bc2 Ng8 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Bb1 Ne7 12.O-O Nec6 13.a3 Na6 14.b4 Nd8 15.Bd3 Nc7
16.Bd2 Be7 17.Na4 Bxa4 18.Qxa4+ Qc6 19.b5 Qd7 20.Qb3 f6 21.Rfc1 Rc8 22.Rc3 Na8
23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.Rc1 Qd7 25.Qa4 O-O 26.Qxa7 Nf7 27.a4 Bd8 28.a5  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Manik, Mikulas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bg4 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Nc6 11.Qd3 Nb4 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nxd5 Qxb2 14.Nxb4 Qxb4 15.Ng5 g6
16.Rab1 Bf5 17.Be4 Rad8 18.Rxb4 Rxd3 19.Rxb7 Rd2 20.Rc7 Bb6 21.Rc6 Bd8 22.Bxf5 Bxg5
23.Bd3 a5 24.Ra6 Bd8 25.Re1 Kg7 26.Kf1 h5 27.h4 Kh6 28.Rb1 Be7 29.Rxa5 Bf6
30.Rd5 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Bxd8 32.Kg2 f5 33.Kf3 Bc7 34.Ke3 Ba5 35.a3  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Felber, Joseph J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.g3 e6
9.Bg2 Nd7 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.O-O O-O-O 12.b4 f5 13.a4 Be7 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.b5 c5
16.a5  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bd2 Nc6
9.Ne1 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nd5 e6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bc3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 f5 15.f4 Na5
16.Nf3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 d5 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Nf3 Nc6 21.d4 Re4 22.Ra2 Rfe8
23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.dxe5 g5 25.Rd2 Rd8 26.Rd3 Qc6 27.Kg1 Rd7 28.Qd2 d4 29.cxd4 c4
30.Qc2 Qd5 31.Rd2 gxf4 32.Rf3 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Qxd4+ 34.Kg2 Qe4 35.Qxe4 fxe4
36.Rc3 f3+ 37.exf3 Rd2+ 38.Kh3 b5 39.f4 Rd3 40.Rc2 Kf7 41.f5 Rd5 42.Kg4 Rxe5
43.Kf4 Re7 44.Rc3 a5 45.Ke3 Kf6 46.a4 bxa4 47.Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rowley, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bd7 10.Bf4 O-O-O 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Nd5 Rxe4 13.Bxc7 Ne7 14.Nc3 Rc4 15.Bg3 Be6
16.Rd6 Bf5 17.Rd2 b6 18.Re1 Kb7 19.h3 Nc6 20.Re8 g6 21.Rd6 Bxd6 22.Rxh8 Bxg3
23.Rxh7+ Kb8 24.fxg3 Bxc2 25.Rf7 Nb4 26.Rxf6 Kb7 27.Nd2 Rd4 28.Nf3 Rd8 29.Ne5 b5
30.Nxg6 Nc6 31.Nf4 b4 32.Ncd5 Bb1 33.Rf7+ Kb8 34.Nc7 Bxa2 35.Nxa6+ Ka8 36.Rc7 Rd1+
37.Kf2 Na7 38.Rxc5 Rd2+ 39.Kf3 Rxb2 40.Nd3 Rb3 41.Nxb4 Bb1 42.Ke2  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a4 b6
9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 g6 12.g4 Nc5 13.Bf2 e5 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.O-O-O Bg7 17.Nf5 gxf5 18.exf5 O-O 19.f6 Re8 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Ne7+ Rxe7
22.Bxb7 Rb8 23.fxe7 Qxe7 24.Bxa6 Rb4 25.Bb5 Rxf4 26.Rhf1 Rxf1 27.Rxf1 d5
28.Qg4 Nf8 29.Qf5 Ne6 30.h4 c4 31.Bc6 Nf4 32.Kb1 c3 33.Qd7 Qb4 34.Qb7 Qc4
35.Bb5 Qb4 36.Bc6 Qc4 37.Qb5 Qd4 38.a5 Bf8 39.a6 Bc5 40.h5 Kg7 41.Be8  1-0

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Nd7
9.Re1 Qc7 10.Bg5 Ngf6 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 exd5 13.exd5+ Ne5 14.f4 Nxd5 15.Nf5 Qc5+
16.Kh1 f6 17.fxe5 fxg5 18.exd6+ Kd7 19.Nd4 Qxd6 20.Re6 Qc5 21.Re5 Ne3 22.Rxe3 Bxg2+
23.Kxg2 Qd5+ 24.Nf3 Qxd1 25.Rxd1+ Kc7 26.Nxg5 Rc8 27.c4 Kb8 28.Rd5 Bc5 29.Re6 Rhf8
30.Ne4 Ba7 31.Rxa6 Rxc4 32.Nd6 Rc2+ 33.Kh3 Rf6 34.Rb5+ Ka8 35.Rba5 Rh6+ 36.Kg4 Rg6+
37.Kf3 Rf2+ 38.Ke4 Rg4+ 39.Kd5 Rg5+ 40.Kc4 Rxa5 41.Rxa5 Kb8 42.Rf5 Rxb2 43.Rf8+ Kc7
44.Nb5+ Kb6 45.Ra8 b3 46.Rxa7 Rxh2 47.a5+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 6.Bd3 d5 7.c4 Qc3 8.Bc2 Nc6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.O-O Be6 13.Rc1 Qa3 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.Nbd4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Ke7 17.Bb3 Rad8 18.Rc3 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Rc8 20.Rd3 Qc5 21.Qh4 Qa3 22.Rdd1 Qc5
23.Rd4 b5 24.Rfd1 Rhd8 25.h3 a5 26.a4 bxa4 27.Bxa4 Qc3 28.Bb5 Qb2 29.Bf1 Rc1
30.R4d2 Rc2 31.Rxc2 Qxc2 32.Qd4 Rc8 33.Qa7+ Qc7 34.Qa6 Qc3 35.Be2 Kf8 36.Bf3 Rc5
37.Qd6+ Kg7 38.Rb1 Rc8 39.Qg3+ Kh8 40.Qh4 Qxe3 41.Qa4 Qc3 42.Ra1 Rc5 43.Rb1 Kg7
44.Qh4 Qe5 45.Qa4 Qc7 46.Qa1 Rc3 47.Rd1 Qc8 48.Bg4 Ra3 49.Qb1 Qc4 50.Bxe6 fxe6
51.Qc2 Qc3 52.Qb1 Qb4 53.Qc2 Rc3 54.Qe2 Qc4 55.Qb2 Qb3 56.Qe2 Qc4 57.Qb2 Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thau, P."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.e3 d5 8.Bd2 e5
9.Nf3 d4 10.Nd5 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.exd4 exd4 14.Qxd4 Re8+
15.Be2 Qb5 16.Qd2 Nc6 17.Kf1 Qf5 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Be6 20.Bd3 Qh5 21.f3 Rad8
22.Qc3 b5 23.Be4 Bc4+ 24.Kf2 Qc5+ 25.Kg3 Qg5+ 26.Kh3 Rxe4 27.fxe4 Be6+  0-1

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Friedman, Aviv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Ne7 5.Nf3 Nec6 6.Be2 Nd7 7.O-O f6 8.Bb5 fxe5
9.Nxe5 Ndxe5 10.dxe5 Bd7 11.Qg4 Qc7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bf4 g6 14.Nd2 Bg7 15.Rfe1 Rb8
16.b3 O-O 17.Nf3 Rf5 18.Be3 Bxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Bxc5 Qxc3 21.Bxa7 Ra8 22.Qd4 Qxd4
23.Bxd4 Rf4 24.Bc5 Ra5 25.Be3 Rf8 26.Bd2 Ra6 27.Bb4 Rfa8 28.a3 Rc8 29.Rac1 Rb6
30.Re3 Rb5 31.Bc5 Re8 32.f4 Reb8 33.b4 Ra8 34.Kf2 Rbb8 35.Ke2 Re8 36.Rcc3 Bc8
37.Kd3 Ba6+ 38.Kd4 Bb5 39.Bd6 Rad8 40.Be5 Rd7 41.Rh3 Ra8 42.Rcg3 Rf8 43.Rh6 Rf5
44.Rgh3 Bf1 45.Kc5 d4 46.Kxc6 d3 47.Kxd7 d2 48.Rxh7 Rh5 49.R3xh5 gxh5 50.Rh6 Kf7
51.Rf6+ Kg8 52.Ke7 Kh7 53.Rf7+ Kg6 54.f5+ exf5 55.Rf6+ Kg5 56.Rd6  1-0

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.f3 Nbd7 5.Bd3 g6 6.Ne2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.O-O Qc7
9.Nd2 Rb8 10.a4 b6 11.b4 e5 12.d5 Nh5 13.Rc1 f5 14.Nc4 Ndf6 15.Qd2 Bd7 16.bxc5 bxc5
17.Bc2 Rf7 18.Rb1 Rbf8 19.Bg5 f4 20.Rb2 h6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Rfb1 Bc8 23.Rb8 g5
24.h3 Rg6 25.Bd3 Nf6 26.Qb2 Nd7 27.Ra8 Ba6 28.Rxf8+ Bxf8 29.g4 h5 30.Kg2 Rh6
31.gxh5 Qd8 32.Ng1 Qe8 33.Qe2 Bc8 34.Kf2 Be7 35.Ke1 Bd8 36.Qg2 Qxh5 37.Kd2 Bc7
38.Na3 c4 39.Bxc4 Bb6 40.Be2 Nc5 41.a5 Bc7 42.Nb5 Bxa5 43.Nxa7 Bb7 44.Nc6 Bc7
45.Nb4 Bc8 46.Nd3 Nxd3 47.Bxd3 Qh4 48.Ra1 Rf6 49.Ba6 Bd7 50.Bb7 Rf8 51.Bc6 Rb8
52.Kc2 Bc8 53.c4 Bb6 54.Rb1 Ba7 55.Rxb8 Bxb8 56.c5 dxc5 57.Bb5 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Thorsteins, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 e6 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2 b6 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Kb1 O-O-O 15.Ba6 b5
16.Bxb7+ Kxb7 17.Rc1 Rb8 18.c4 bxc4 19.Qxc4 Rhc8 20.Bb4 Bxb4 21.Qxb4+ Ka8
22.Qa3 Rb5 23.Rc5 Ne4 24.Rc2 Qb6 25.Rhc1 Rb8 26.Ne5 Nd6 27.Nd7 Qxd4 28.Nxb8 Rxb8
29.Qc5 Qxc5 30.Rxc5 Ne4 31.R5c2  1-0

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.h3 Qa6
9.Qb3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Nb6 11.Nd2 d5 12.c5 Nbd7 13.Qa4 Qxa4 14.Nxa4 e5 15.Nc3 Ng4
16.Nxd5 Nxe3 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.fxe3 exd4 19.Ne4 f5 20.Nd6 Nxc5 21.Nexc8 dxe3
22.Rac1 Ne6 23.Ne7 Bf6 24.Nexf5 gxf5 25.Nxf5 Rad8 26.Kh1 Bxb2 27.Rb1 Rd2
28.Nxe3 Rxf1+ 29.Bxf1 b5 30.Rd1 Rxd1 31.Nxd1 Be5 32.Bg2 c5 33.g4 Nf4 34.e3 Nxg2
35.Kxg2 c4 36.e4 b4 37.Ne3 b3 38.axb3 cxb3 39.Nc4 a5 40.Kf3 a4 41.Ke2 b2
42.Nxb2 Bxb2 43.Kd3 Kg7 44.Kc4 Kf6  0-1

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 e6 11.Bh6 Rd8 12.h4 cxd4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.Qxa5 Nxa5
16.Kd2 Bd7 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.h5 gxh5 19.Rb1 b6 20.Rxh5 h6 21.Rbh1 Rh8 22.Ne5 Be8
23.R5h3 Nc6 24.Rc1 Ne7 25.Rxc8 Nxc8 26.Rh1 f6 27.Rc1 fxe5 28.Rxc8 exd4 29.e5 Rf8
30.f3 b5 31.Ra8 h5 32.Rxa7+ Rf7 33.Rxf7+ Kxf7 34.Be4 b4 35.Kd3 Ba4 36.Kxd4 b3
37.a3  1-0

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Giffard, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "B28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 b5 4.d4 Bb7 5.Bd3 e6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Nb3 Nb4 12.Bb1 Rc8 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.a3 g5 15.Rd1 g4
16.Ne1 Be7 17.e5 Qg5 18.Qxg5 hxg5 19.Be4 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Nc2 Nb8 22.Bxb7 Rxc2
23.Rab1 Rf8 24.Be4 Rc7 25.Rbc1 Kd8 26.g3 Bg7 27.Kg2 Ra7 28.Bg6 Nc6 29.Rc3 a5
30.Rcd3 Rh8 31.Nc1 Ne7 32.Bf7 Nd5 33.Bg6 Ne7 34.Bf7 Nd5 35.Ne2 b4 36.Bg6 Ne7
37.Bf7 Nd5 38.axb4 axb4 39.Bg6 Ne7 40.Bf7 Nd5 41.Bg6 Ne7 42.Bf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Henao, Raul Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bd6 10.Na5 Bg4 11.f3 O-O-O 12.e5 Bxf3 13.gxf3 fxe5 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Be3 e4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.fxe4 Rde8 18.Nc4 Rxe4 19.Nxd6+ cxd6 20.Re1 b6 21.Bf2 Rhe8
22.Rxe4 Rxe4 23.Rd1 Kd7 24.Bg3 Re6 25.c4 Kc6 26.a4 g5 27.Rd5 b5 28.b3 h5
29.Rxg5 bxc4 30.bxc4 h4 31.Bxh4 Re4 32.Bg3 Rxc4 33.Rg6 Rd4 34.Kf2 c4 35.Ke3 Rd3+
36.Ke4 Kc5 37.Bxd6+  1-0

[Event "St Martin op"]
[Site "St Martin"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Qb3 b6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 e6 12.Be2 a6 13.Bd2 Nc6 14.Qc2 Na5 15.b3 Nb7
16.a4 Nd6 17.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Bf4 Ne4 10.Nbd2 f5 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Nd2 Bf6 13.Bd6 Rf7 14.e3 e5 15.Qb3 exd4
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 Nb6 18.Qc5 dxe3 19.fxe3 Be6 20.Nxe4 Rc8 21.Qh5 Nc4 22.Nxf6+ Rxf6
23.Rxf6 Qxf6 24.Rf1 Qg6 25.Qxg6 hxg6 26.Bf4 Nxb2 27.Bxb7 Rc2 28.Be4 Re2 29.Bxg6 Bh3
30.Rb1 Rg2+ 31.Kh1 Rd2 32.Be5 Rd1+ 33.Rxd1 Nxd1 34.Bd4 Be6 35.Kg1 a5 36.Bh5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 O-O 13.Bb5 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Rxc6 Rfb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Bd6
9.b4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Bb2 a5 12.b5 Qe7 13.Be2 Rad8 14.Qc2 e5 15.a4 Rfe8
16.Rad1 e4 17.Nd2 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Nc4 Nf8 20.Rde1 Ng6 21.f4 exf3 22.Bxf3 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Bb4 24.Rd1 Rd5 25.Kh1 Rh5 26.e4 Qd7 27.Rg1 Rh3 28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Qe6
30.Qg2 g6 31.f4 Bc5 32.Rgf1 Qb3 33.f5 Rd3 34.Rde1 Bb4 35.e6 fxe6 36.fxg6 e5
37.gxh7+ Kxh7 38.Rf5 Bd2 39.Rh5+ Bh6 40.Bc1 Rd6 41.Bxh6 Rxh6 42.Rxh6+ Kxh6
43.Rg1  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qd3 Qc7 10.Bg5 Bd6 11.Kh1 h6 12.Be3 b5 13.f4 Bb7 14.Bb6 Qxb6 15.Qxd6 Rc8
16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Qd2 O-O 18.Qxd7 Qb6 19.Qd2 Na5 20.f5 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.fxe6 Qxe6
23.b3 Rc5 24.Qd4 Re5 25.Qd7 Ba8 26.Qxe6 Rxe6 27.Rd4 Rc8 28.Rf3 Rec6 29.h3 Rxc3
30.Rxc3 Rxc3 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Rxa8 Rc6 33.a4 bxa4 34.bxa4 h5 35.Ra7 f6 36.Kh2 h4
37.a5 Kh6 38.Kg1 g6 39.Rb7 Rxc2 40.Rb6 Kg5 41.Rxa6 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O h6
9.Bh4 cxd4 10.exd4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc6 12.Ne2 d5 13.Rac1 Nb4 14.Bb1 dxc4 15.Rxc4 b5
16.Rcc1 Nfd5 17.Bg3 Bg5 18.Rc5 Be7 19.Rxb5 a6 20.Rc5 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Re8 22.a3 Nc6
23.b4 Ra7 24.Bd6 Nce7 25.Nd4 Rd7 26.Qd3 Rxd6 27.cxd6 Qxd6 28.Nb3 Ng6 29.Nc5 Ra8
30.Re1 Nf8 31.Ba2 Qc6 32.Bxd5 exd5 33.Rd1 a5 34.h3 axb4 35.axb4 Rd8 36.Rb1 Rb8
37.Qg3 Rd8 38.Nd3 Qb5 39.Ra1 Ne6 40.Kh2 d4 41.Ra5 Qb7 42.Qe5 Qc6 43.h4 Qc2
44.Qe4 Qc7+ 45.g3 Qb8 46.Rd5 Rf8 47.Qf5 Qb7 48.Rb5 Qe7 49.Qf3 Rc8 50.Rb7 Qf6
51.Kg2 Rc3 52.Qe4 g6 53.Ne5 Nd8 54.Rd7 Kg7 55.Qxd4 Rc8 56.b5 Rb8 57.Qd5 Qf5
58.Rxd8 Rxd8 59.Qxd8 Qxe5 60.Qd3 Qc5 61.Qb3 Qb6 62.Qc3+ Kf8 63.Qa3+ Kg7 64.Qa6 Qd4
65.Qc6 h5 66.b6 Qb2 67.b7 Qb4 68.Qc7 Qe4+ 69.Kh2 Qf3 70.Qe5+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.f4 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qa4 10.Nf3 b6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A54"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 Bf5 6.f3 exf3 7.gxf3 c5 8.d5 g6
9.e4 Bc8 10.Be3 Bg7 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.f4 O-O 13.Rg1 a6 14.a4 Re8 15.Bd3 Nf8
16.Rg3 Ng4 17.Bg1 h6 18.Nh3 f5 19.O-O-O Bxc3 20.Qxc3 fxe4 21.Be2 Nf6 22.f5 Bxf5
23.Be3 Kh7 24.Nf4 Qe7 25.Rf1 Qe5 26.Qe1 b5 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Bxb5 Reb8 29.Qf2 Rxb5
30.axb5 Nxd5 31.Kb1 Nxf4 32.Qxf4 Qxf4 33.Rxf4 Ne6 34.Rf2 d5 35.b4 d4 36.bxc5 dxe3
37.Rxe3 Nxc5 38.Rc2 Nd7 39.Rc7 Rb8 40.Rb3 Rb6 41.Rc6 Kg7 42.Kc1 Kf7 43.Rxb6 Nxb6
44.Rc3 Bd7 45.Re3 Nc4 46.Rb3 e3 47.Kd1 Nd6 48.Ke2 Bxb5+ 49.Kxe3 Kf6 50.Rb4 Ke5
51.Kf2 Bd3 52.Ra4 Bc4 53.Rb4 Bd5 54.Ra4 Nf5 55.Ra5 g5 56.Rb5 h5 57.Ra5 Ke4
58.Ra4+ Ke5 59.Ra5 g4 60.Rb5 h4 61.Ra5 Nd6 62.Kg1 Ne4 63.Ra4 Kf4 64.Kg2 Ke3
65.Ra3+ Ke2 66.Ra5 Nc3+ 67.Kg1 Ke1 68.Ra1+ Kd2 69.Kf2 Ne4+ 70.Kf1 Ng5 71.Ra5 Bc4+
72.Kf2 Nh3+ 73.Kg2 Nf4+ 74.Kf2 Nh3+ 75.Kg2 Bd3 76.Ra4 Be2 77.Ra2+ Ke3 78.Ra3+ Bd3
79.Ra7 Be4+ 80.Kf1 Bd3+ 81.Kg2 Nf4+ 82.Kg1 Kf3 83.Rf7 Bc4 84.Rf5 Bd5 85.Rf8 g3
86.hxg3 hxg3 87.Kf1 Kg4  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bg4 10.f3 Bd7 11.Bf4 O-O-O 12.Nc3 c4 13.Na5 Bc5+ 14.Kf1 b5 15.Nd5 Ne7
16.Bxc7 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Kxc7 18.Rxc5+ Kb6 19.b4 cxb3 20.Nxb3 Be6 21.Rc3 b4 22.Re3 Rc8
23.Nd4 Bc4+ 24.Ke1 Rhd8 25.Ne2 Bb5 26.Rc1 a5 27.c3 Rc4 28.cxb4 axb4 29.Rb3 Rxc1+
30.Nxc1 Kc5 31.a3 bxa3 32.Rxa3 Rd7 33.Ra2 Bc4 34.Rd2 Rxd2 35.Kxd2 Kd4 36.Ne2+ Ke5
37.Ng3 Be6 38.Ke3 g6 39.f4+ Kd6 40.Kd4 Bc8 41.Nf1 g5 42.f5 Ba6 43.Ne3 Ke7
44.e5 fxe5+ 45.Kxe5 Kf7 46.f6 Bb7 47.g3 Bc8 48.Nf5 Bd7 49.Nd6+ Kf8 50.Ne4 h6
51.Nd6 Bg4 52.h4 gxh4 53.gxh4 Bd7 54.Nf5 h5 55.Nd6 Bg4 56.Kf4 Kg8 57.Kg5 Kf8
58.Nc4 Be6 59.Ne5 Bf7 60.Nxf7 Kxf7 61.Kf5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 a6
9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.bxc3 Bd6 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Bf3 Qc7 15.Nc4 Be7
16.Bg5 a5 17.Qd2 Nd5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Ne3 Ba6 20.Be2 c5 21.O-O Rfd8 22.Rfd1 cxd4
23.cxd4 Bxe2 24.Qxe2 Rac8 25.Qe1 Qa7 26.Rab1 h6 27.h3 Nd5 28.Rb3 Nb4 29.a3 Nc2
30.Nxc2 Rxc2 31.Qe4 Rc7 32.Rb5 Rcd7 33.Qe5 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 Rxd4 35.Qb8+ Qxb8
36.Rxb8+ Kh7 37.Rb5 Rd5 38.Rb7 Kg6 39.Ra7 h5 40.h4 Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Rd4 42.Rxa5 Rxh4+
43.Kg3 Rc4 44.a4 h4+ 45.Kh3 f5 46.Ra8 Kg5 47.a5 Rc2 48.Rg8 g6 49.f4+ Kxf4
50.Rxg6 Rc1 51.Kh2 e5 52.Rh6 Kg5 53.Rh8 e4 54.a6 Ra1 55.Ra8 Kf4 56.a7 e3
57.Rh8 Rxa7 58.Rxh4+ Kg5 59.Kg3 Ra1  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nc2 d6 7.Bg2 Be6 8.Ne3 Qd7
9.O-O Rc8 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.Rb1 Bh3 12.Nf3 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 O-O 14.b3 Ne4 15.Bb2 Nc3
16.Bxc3 Bxc3 17.Qd3 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Ne5 10.Be2 c6 11.a4 Qa5 12.Ra3 Rfc8 13.Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Bd6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 a6 11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.a4 Qe7 13.Ba3 Rfd8 14.b5 Bxa3 15.bxa6 Bxa6
16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Rxa3 c6 18.Ra2 Rda8 19.Rc1 h6 20.Rac2 Qd6 21.Nd2 Qe6 22.h3 Qf5
23.Nf1 c5 24.Ng3 Qg5 25.Rd2 cxd4 26.Rxd4 Nc5 27.Qd1 Ne6 28.Rb4 Rc8 29.Nxd5 Rxc1
30.Nxf6+ Qxf6 31.Qxc1 Nc5 32.Ne4 Qc6 33.Nxc5 bxc5 34.Rb5 c4 35.Rb8+ Kh7 36.Qc2+ g6
37.Qc3 f6 38.Qb4 g5 39.Qe7+ Kg6 40.Rg8+ Kh5 41.Qf7+ Kh4 42.g3+  1-0

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.c4 Bd6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Qb3 Qb8 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bd4 Re8 12.Rae1 h6 13.Nh4 Be6 14.f4 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Nxc5
16.Qa3 Qd6 17.Na4 b6 18.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 19.Qxc5 bxc5 20.b3 a5 21.e4 dxe4 22.dxe4 a4
23.e5 Nd5 24.f5 Bd7 25.Bf3 axb3 26.axb3 Rab8 27.Bh5 Re7 28.e6 Be8 29.exf7+ Bxf7
30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Ng6 Re3 32.Ne5+ Kg8 33.Rxe3 Nxe3 34.Rc1 Rxb3 35.Nxc6 c4
36.Kf2 Ng4+ 37.Kg2 c3 38.Ne7+ Kf7 39.Nd5 Rb2+ 40.Kf3 Nxh2+ 41.Ke4 Re2+ 42.Kf4 Rf2+
43.Ke4 Re2+ 44.Kf4 Rf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.h3 Be6 10.Re1 Rc8 11.Bf1 Nb8 12.Be3 a6 13.Nd5 Nbd7 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.Nd2 d5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nf3 O-O 18.Bd2 Qf6 19.c4 Nf4 20.b3 Rfe8 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Qe2 f6
23.Rad1 Nf8 24.g3 Qf5 25.Bg2 Qh5 26.Nh2 Qxe2 27.Rxe2 b5 28.cxb5 axb5 29.Nf1 Red8
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Rd2 Rxd2 32.Nxd2 b4 33.Kf1 Nd7 34.Ke2 Nc5 35.Ke3 Kf7 36.Nc4 Bxc4
37.bxc4 Ke6 38.f4 f5 39.Bd5+ Kf6 40.Kd2 g6 41.Bc6 exf4 42.gxf4 g5 43.Ke3 gxf4+
44.Kxf4 Ne6+ 45.Ke3 Ke5 46.Bg2 f4+ 47.Kf3 Nc5 48.Kg4 Ne4 49.h4 Nf6+ 50.Kf3 Ne4
51.Kg4 Nc3 52.c5 Nxa2 53.c6 Kd6 54.Bd5 Nc3 55.Bb3 Ne2 56.Bc4 Nd4 57.Kxf4 Nxc6
58.Kf5 Ke7 59.Ba2 Nd4+ 60.Kg6 Nf3 61.h5 Ne5+ 62.Kxh6 Kf6 63.Kh7 Kg5 64.Kg7 Kxh5
65.Kf6 Nc6 66.Ke6 b3 67.Bxb3 Nd4+ 68.Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 d6
9.d5 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 Nb8 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Nd4 e5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Bg2 Nd7 15.b4 a5
16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Nf6 18.e4 Bg4 19.Qb1 Qf7 20.O-O Be2 21.Rc1 Ne8 22.f3 Bxc4
23.Ne3 Bb5 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Qd7 26.b5 Ra5 27.Rb3 Nf6 28.Kg2 Qe6 29.Rc3 Ra2+
30.Rf2 Rxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Qf7 32.Kg2 Nd7 33.Nf5 Nc5 34.b6 Kh8 35.bxc7 Qxc7 36.Qd1 Rd8
37.Qd5 b6 38.Rc2 g6 39.Nh6 Kg7 40.Ng4 h5 41.Ne3 b5 42.Qd2 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 Nd7 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.O-O exd4 14.Nxd4 Rd8 15.Ba2 Nf8
16.f4 Rd6 17.h3 Bd7 18.Ne2 Rd8 19.e4 Qe7 20.e5 Rg6 21.Rg3 Rxg3 22.Nxg3 Be6
23.Bxe6 Nxe6 24.Nf5 Qc5+ 25.Qxc5 Nxc5 26.b4 Ne4 27.Re1 Nc3 28.Re3 Nd5 29.Rg3 Nxf4
30.Rxg7+ Kf8 31.Rh7 Ng6 32.e6 fxe6 33.Nxh6 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Ne7 35.Rf7+ Ke8 36.Rf3 Nd5
37.Nf7 Ke7 38.Ne5 Kd6 39.Nc4+ Ke7 40.Ne5 Kd6 41.Nf7+ Ke7 42.g4 Nf6 43.g5 Ne4
44.h4 Nd2 45.Rf2 Nf1+ 46.Kh3 Ne3 47.Nh6 Rh1+ 48.Kg3 Rg1+ 49.Kh2 Rf1 50.Ng8+ Ke8
51.Nf6+ Kf7 52.Rxf1 Nxf1+ 53.Kg2 Ne3+ 54.Kf3 Nd5 55.Nd7 Kg6 56.Ke4 Kh5 57.Ke5 Kxh4
58.g6 Kg5 59.g7 Ne7 60.Kxe6  1-0

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Nc3 Re8 10.Rad1 e4 11.Ne1 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 d5 13.b3 c6 14.Nc2 b5 15.cxb5 cxb5
16.Bf4 b4 17.Qd2 Qb6 18.Ne3 Qe6 19.Rc1 Ba6 20.Rc2 Bb5 21.Rfc1 h6 22.h3 Nh5
23.Bc7 f5 24.g4 fxg4 25.hxg4 Nhf6 26.Bh3 Nh7 27.Nf5 Ng5 28.Bg2 Nf6 29.f3 Bd7
30.Qf4 Nf7 31.Nd6 Nxd6 32.Qxd6 Qf7 33.Qb6 Re6 34.Qb7 Rf8 35.Bxa5 Nxg4 36.fxg4 Qf2+
37.Kh1 Qh4+ 38.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Bd6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Nbd2 Qd7 10.dxe5 fxe5 11.h3 Be6 12.Ng5 Bg8 13.Qh5+ Ng6 14.Rfd1 O-O-O 15.Nf1 Qe8
16.Ng3 h6 17.Nf3 Be6 18.Nf5 Qf7 19.Rxd6 cxd6 20.Qxg6 Qxg6 21.Ne7+ Kc7 22.Nxg6 Rhe8
23.a4 Rd7 24.a5 Bg8 25.Nd2 Bh7 26.Nh4 d5 27.exd5 Rxd5 28.Nhf3 Bd3 29.c4 Rd6
30.Re1 Kd7 31.Bc5 Rde6 32.Re3 e4 33.Ne1  1-0

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 Ne7 7.Be2 Nbc6 8.Be3 O-O
9.h4 f5 10.h5 f4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 c5 14.Qd2 g5 15.g3 h6 16.gxf4 Rxf4
17.Nd5 Rf7 18.O-O-O Rb8 19.e5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 dxe5 21.d6 Be6 22.Qc2 Qf6 23.Qg6+ Qxg6
24.hxg6 Rxf2 25.dxc7 Rc8 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.Bc4 Bf5 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Re1 g4 30.Rxe5 g3
31.Re7+ Kxg6 32.Bd5 g2 33.Bxg2 Rxg2 34.Re8 Kh5 35.Rxc8 Rg7 36.Kd2 Kg4 37.Kd3 h5
38.Kc4 h4 39.Kxc5 h3 40.Kc6 h2 41.Rh8  1-0

[Event "Donner mem-A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Nf1 Nb6 13.Ng3 Nc6 14.h3 Be6 15.Nh2 Re8
16.Ng4 Bg5 17.Nf5 Bxc1 18.Qxc1 Bxf5 19.exf5 f6 20.f4 Qc7 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.Nf2 Kh8
23.Bd1 Qf7 24.Qf4 Nd5 25.Qh4 g5 26.fxg6 Nxg6 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Bh5 Re2 29.Qg3 Re5
30.Bf3 Ndf4 31.d4 cxd4 32.cxd4 Rg5 33.Qh2 Nxg2 34.Ne4 N2h4+ 35.Nxg5 fxg5
36.Bh1 Nf4 37.Re1 Qf5 38.Qg3 Nxh3+ 39.Kh2 Nf4 40.Re8+ Kg7 41.Be4 Qf6 42.Qg4 Kh6
43.Qd7 Nfg6 44.Re6 Qf4+ 45.Kg1 Qc1+ 46.Kf2 Qxb2+ 47.Ke3 Qa3+ 48.Kd2 Qxa2+
49.Kc1 Qc4+ 50.Kb1 Qb3+ 51.Kc1 Qe3+ 52.Kb1 Qxd4 53.Qxd6 Qxd6 54.Rxd6 g4 55.Rxa6 Kg5
56.Rb6 Nf3 57.Rxb5+ Kf4 58.Bb7 Nge5 59.Rb4+ Kg3 60.Rb5 h5 61.Bc8 Kh2 62.Bxg4 hxg4
63.Rb8 Ng5 64.Rb5 Nef3 65.Rb4 Ne4 66.Kc2 Nfg5 67.Rb3 Kg2 68.Ra3 Kf2 69.Kd3 Kf3
70.Kd4+ Kf4 71.Kd5 Nf3 72.Ra4 Nd2 73.Ra3 Nf1 74.Kd4 Nfd2 75.Kd5 Nf3 76.Ra4 Ng5
77.Ra3 Nf6+ 78.Kd6 Nge4+ 79.Ke6 Ne8 80.Kd5 Nc7+ 81.Kc6 Ne6 82.Kd5 N6g5 83.Rb3 Nf3
84.Rb2 Nfd2 85.Rc2 g3 86.Rc1 Nf3 87.Rc2  0-1

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Comp Chessmaster 4000"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bh4 Nc6 4.e3 e5 5.Bb5 exd4 6.exd4 Ne7 7.Nf3 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 Bg4 10.c3 Nf5 11.Bg3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Qd7 13.Nbd2 Be7 14.Nf1 O-O 15.Ne3 Be6
16.Qd3 g6 17.O-O-O Rfe8 18.Rh2 Na5 19.Bc2 Bf8 20.Rdh1 Re7 21.Nh4 Rg7 22.f4 Nc4
23.f5 Nxe3 24.Qxe3 gxf5 25.Re1 Re7 26.Qf4 Bf7 27.Reh1 Qe8 28.Nf3 Bg6 29.Bxf5 Rd8
30.Qg4 Bg7 31.Rxh7 Bxh7 32.Bxh7+ Kf8 33.Bg6 Qc6 34.Nh4 Qe6 35.Bf5 Qe3+ 36.Kb1 Ree8
37.Ng6+ Kg8 38.Nf4 Rd6 39.Qh5 Kf8 40.Ng6+ Kg8 41.Nf4 Kf8 42.Ng6+ Kg8 43.Qh7+ Kf7
44.Nf4 Kf8 45.Ng6+ Kf7 46.Nf4 Kf8 47.Ng6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Comp Socrates 4.0"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 a5 12.Nd3 Na6 13.f4 c6 14.Qb3 Bd7 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Qc3 cxd5
17.Qxe5 Rfe8 18.Qxe7 Rxe7 19.exd5 Re3 20.Rf3 Re2 21.Nb3 a4 22.Nbc1 Rc2 23.Rf2 Rxc4
24.Ne5 Rd4 25.Rxf6 gxf6 26.Nxd7 Rd1+ 27.Kf2 Rc8 28.Nb3 Rc2+ 29.Kf3 Rxa1 30.Nxf6+ Kf8
31.Nxa1 Rxb2 32.d6 Rxa2 33.Nxh7+ Ke8 34.Nf6+ Kd8 35.Ne4 Rxa1 36.Ng5 f6 37.Nf7+ Ke8
38.Nh6 a3 39.d7+ Kxd7 40.Bh3+ Kd6 41.Nf7+ Ke7 42.Nh6 a2 43.Nf5+ Kf8 44.Ne3 Rc1
45.Bf5 a1=Q  0-1

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Comp MChess Pro 3.85"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Nc2 Rc8 10.O-O Qb6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.b3 O-O 13.Bf4 Qa5 14.g4 Nh4 15.Nxh4 Bxh4
16.g5 Qc3 17.Re1 g6 18.Re3 Nxd4 19.Bxg6 Qb2 20.Bxh7+ Kg7 21.Qh5 Bxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Rxc2+
23.Bxc2 Rh8 24.Qd1 Nxc2 25.Re2 Qxa1 26.Qxc2 Bb5 27.Re1 Qd4+ 28.Kg3 Rh5 29.Qd2 Qxd2
30.Bxd2 Kg6 31.h4 a6 32.Rc1 d4 33.a4 Bd3 34.Rc8 Kf5 35.Bf4 Rxh4 36.Kxh4 Kxf4
37.Rc7 Bg6 38.Rxb7 d3 39.Rd7 Ke3 40.b4 d2 41.Rxd2 Kxd2 42.b5 Be4 43.g6 fxg6
44.Kg5 a5 45.Kf6 Kc3 46.Kxe6 Kb4 47.Kd6 Kxa4 48.b6 Kb5 49.Kc7 Bd5 50.e6 Bxe6
51.b7 Ka4 52.b8=Q Bc4 53.Kd6 Bb3 54.Kc5 Ka3 55.Kd4 Kb2 56.Kd3 g5 57.Qe5+ Ka3
58.Qxa5+ Kb2 59.Qxg5 Bc2+ 60.Kd2 Bb3 61.Qa5 Kb1 62.Kc3 Bc2 63.Qa3  1-0

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Comp Hiarcs Master 3.0"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 c6 10.e3 O-O 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Bd3 Nb6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.O-O Nc8 15.Qc5 Bf5
16.Bxf5 Qxf5 17.a4 Qe6 18.b4 Nd6 19.Nd2 f5 20.Rac1 a6 21.Rce1 Rae8 22.f3 Qd7
23.Re2 Re7 24.Rc1 Rfe8 25.Rce1 Kh8 26.Qc3 Qd8 27.Nf1 f4 28.Kf2 fxe3+ 29.Nxe3 Re6
30.Ng4 Rxe2+ 31.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Nf5 33.Ne5 Kg8 34.g4 Nd6 35.Kd3 Qf6 36.Qc2 Nf7
37.Qe2 Nxe5+ 38.dxe5 Qf4 39.Kc3 Kf7 40.e6+ Ke7 41.h4 b5 42.axb5 axb5 43.Kc2 Qc4+
44.Kd1 Qxe2+ 45.Kxe2 Kxe6 46.f4 Kd6 47.h5 c5 48.bxc5+ Kxc5 49.Kd3 b4 50.g5 Kd6
51.Kc2 d4 52.f5 Ke7 53.f6+ gxf6 54.gxh6 Kf7 55.Kd3 b3 56.Kd2 Kg8 57.Kd3 f5
58.Kd2 f4 59.Kd3 f3 60.Kd2 b2 61.Kc2 f2 62.Kxb2 f1=Q 63.Kb3 Qb5+ 64.Kc2 d3+
65.Kc1 Qb4 66.h7+ Kh8 67.h6 Qc3+ 68.Kb1 d2 69.Ka2 Qb4 70.Ka1 d1=Q+ 71.Ka2 Qdb1+  0-1

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Comp WChess"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Be2 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Qc4 11.Qd3 Qxd3 12.cxd3 Nf6 13.O-O d6 14.Rac1 Nd7 15.Ne2 Nc5
16.Rfd1 Kd7 17.b4 Na4 18.Rd2 Be7 19.Bd4 f6 20.Rdc2 Rhc8 21.Kh1 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Rc8
23.Rxc8 Bxc8 24.h3 Kc7 25.Kg1 e5 26.Ba1 Be6 27.a3 Kd7 28.d4 Nb6 29.fxe5 dxe5
30.dxe5 Nc4 31.exf6 gxf6 32.Nd4 Nxa3 33.Bc3 Nc4 34.Nxe6 Kxe6 35.Bg4+ Kd6
36.Bf5 h6 37.Kf1 Ne3+ 38.Ke2 Nxg2 39.Bc8 Kc6 40.Kf3 Nh4+ 41.Kg4 Ng6 42.Kf5 Ne5
43.Ke6 Bd8 44.Bxa6 Kb6 45.Bc8 Kc7 46.Bxe5+ fxe5 47.Bd7 Bg5 48.Bxb5 Bd2 49.Kxe5 Bxb4
50.Kf6 Kd8 51.e5 Be7+ 52.Kf7 h5 53.Be2 h4 54.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Comp Now"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.e3 Bg4 11.Qb3 Qf8 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qd6 14.Ne5 Be2 15.Rfc1 b6
16.Qa4 b5 17.Qc2 Bg4 18.Nxc6 Qxc6 19.Ba5 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 c6 21.Rxc6 Rac8 22.Rac1 Rxc6
23.Rxc6 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.Bb4 Be6 26.Kf1 Ne4 27.f3 Nf6 28.Ke2 g6 29.Kd2 a6
30.Kc3 Kg7 31.Be7 h5 32.Bxf6+ Kxf6 33.Kb4 Bf5 34.Kc5 Ke6 35.f4 Be4 36.Bxe4 dxe4
37.Kc6 Ke7 38.Kb6 Kd6 39.Kxa6  1-0

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Comp Rebel 6.0"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be7
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Be3 Nb8 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rac8
16.b4 Qb8 17.Na4 Ba8 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Qe3 Nfd7 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Qxb6 Bc6 22.Qxb8 Rxb8
23.b5 Bd7 24.Rc3 Rfc8 25.f4 Ng6 26.g3 d5 27.exd5 exd5 28.Rxd5 Be6 29.Rh5 axb5
30.Nxb5 Bf6 31.f5 Bxc3 32.Naxc3 Bxc4 33.Bxc4 Rxc4 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.Rd5 Rbc8
36.Rd3 f6 37.h4 Kh7 38.Kf2 Kh6 39.Ke3 Kh5 40.Kd2 Ra8 41.a4 g5 42.Rd5 Rg4
43.hxg5 Rxg5 44.Rxg5+ Kxg5 45.Ke3 Kg4 46.Kf2 f5 47.Nc7 Ra5 48.N7d5 Rc5 49.Kg2 Ra5
50.Ne3+ Kg5 51.Kf3 g6 52.Ned5 Rc5 53.Ke3 Kg4 54.Kf2 Kg5 55.Kf3 Ra5 56.Nb6 Rc5
57.Nd1 Rc1 58.Ne3 Ra1 59.Nec4 Ra2 60.a5 Ra1 61.Nd5 Ra4 62.Ne5 Kh6 63.Nc6 g5
64.Ndb4 Ra3+ 65.Kf2 Kh5 66.a6 f4 67.gxf4 gxf4 68.Ne5 Ra4 69.Ned3 f3 70.Nf4+ Kg4
71.Nfd5 Kg5 72.Nc3 Ra5 73.Nca2 Kf5 74.Nc1 Ke6 75.Nb3 Ra3 76.Nd4+ Kd7 77.Nb5 Ra5
78.Nc3 Kc8 79.Ncd5 Ra1 80.Ne3 Kb8 81.Nec2 Ra4 82.Nd4 Ka8 83.Ndc6 Ra1 84.Ne7 Ka7
85.Nc8+ Kb8 86.Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Comp Zarkov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 g6 8.e3 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 Rc8 13.b4 Ne4 14.Bh6 Nxc3 15.Bxf8 Nxb1
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Rxb1 Qe4 18.Qxe4 dxe4 19.Nd2 f5 20.Rc1 Kf7 21.Kf1 Ke6 22.Ke2 Kd5
23.Nb1 Rf8 24.Nc3+ Ke6 25.Na4 g5 26.Nc5+ Nxc5 27.Rxc5 h5 28.Ra5 a6 29.Re5+ Kd6
30.Kd2 h4 31.a4 g4 32.g3 h3 33.a5 Rf7 34.Kc3 Rf6 35.Kc4 Rf8 36.Rc5 Ke6 37.Re5+ Kf6
38.Kc5 Rd8 39.Kb6 Rd7 40.Ka7 Rh7 41.Re8 Rd7 42.Rb8 Ke6 43.Rxb7 Rd6 44.Rb6 Kd5
45.Kxa6 Rd8 46.Kb7 Rd7+ 47.Kc8 Rf7 48.a6 Rf8+ 49.Kb7 Rf7+ 50.Kb8 Rf8+ 51.Ka7 Rf6
52.b5 Rf7+ 53.Rb7 Rf8 54.Rd7+ Ke6 55.bxc6 f4 56.exf4  1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A54"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bf5 6.g4 Bxg4 7.Bg2 Be7 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 Nc6 10.O-O Qd7 11.Ng3 Bf6 12.d5 Ne7 13.a4 Ng6 14.Ra3 O-O-O 15.a5 Rde8
16.Re1 h5 17.Qa4 Qxa4 18.Rxa4 Nh4 19.Be4 Be5 20.Bh1 Bd7 21.Ra2 f5 22.f4 Bd4+
23.e3 g5 24.fxg5 Rhg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.Bf4 Ng6
9.Bg3 Qb6 10.b4 Bd7 11.Bd3 a5 12.b5 Nce7 13.Nbd2 Nf5 14.Qe2 a4 15.c4 Nxg3
16.hxg3 Be7 17.O-O O-O 18.Rfc1 Rac8 19.Nf1 dxc4 20.Rxc4 Rxc4 21.Bxc4 Rc8
22.Rd1 Be8 23.N1d2 Qc7 24.Bd3 Rd8 25.Be4 Bb4 26.Bd3 Rd5 27.Nf1 Bc5 28.Bxg6 hxg6
29.Rxd5 exd5 30.Ne3 Qb6 31.Nxd5 Qxb5 32.Qd2 Qd7 33.Qd3 b5 34.Qe4 Qd8 35.e6 fxe6
36.Nf4 Qb6 37.Qa8 Qc6 38.Qd8 Qd7 39.Qa8 Qc6 40.Qd8 Qd7 41.Qa8 Bb6 42.Nxg6 Qd1+
43.Kh2 Qd8 44.Qe4 Qf6 45.Nf4 Bxf2 46.Qa8 Kf7 47.Qb7+ Kf8 48.Qc8 e5 49.Nxe5 Bxg3+
50.Kxg3 Qxe5 51.Kg4 Ke7 52.Kf3 g5 53.Nd3 Qd5+ 54.Ke3 Bc6 55.Qc7+ Kf6 56.g3 Qe6+
57.Kd4 Qe4+ 58.Kc5 Qc4+ 59.Kb6 Qxd3 60.Qxc6+ Kf5 61.Qxb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O Bxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.Bb3 exd4 14.exd4 Qd6 15.Re1 Nf6
16.Ne5 Bf5 17.Rf3 Bh7 18.Nxf7 Rxf7 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Qb3+ Kf8 21.Qxb7 Rd8
22.Qxa7 Qxd4 23.Qxd4 Rxd4 24.Rc3 Be4 25.f3 Bd5 26.Kf2 Ne8 27.b3 Rd2+ 28.Re2 Rd1
29.Rcc2 Nd6 30.Re1 Rd4 31.Ke2 Nb5 32.Ke3 Rb4 33.Rd2 Ke7 34.Kf2+ Kf7 35.Re3 Nd6
36.Ke2 Nf5 37.Re5 Nd6 38.Kd3 Nb5 39.Kc2 Na3+ 40.Kc3 Rb7 41.Kd4 Nb5+ 42.Kc5 Kf6
43.Re3 Nc7 44.Kd6 Nb5+ 45.Kc5 Nc7 46.a4 Na6+ 47.Kd6 Rb8 48.Rxd5 cxd5 49.Kxd5 Rb6
50.Kc4 Rb8 51.Kd5 Rb6 52.Kc4 Rb8 53.Re4 Nb4 54.a5 Nc6 55.a6 Rb6 56.Kc5 Rxa6
57.Kb5 Ra3 58.Kxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O b6 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Rd1 Rfd8
16.Ba6 Bxa6 17.Qxa6 c5 18.Qb7 Rdb8 19.Qe4 Rd8 20.Qb7 Rdb8 21.Qe4 Rd8 22.Qc2 a5
23.h3 Re8 24.Qa4 Rad8 25.Rcc1 e5 26.dxe5 Nxe5 27.Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Qb3 Rb8 5.Nc3 Bxf3 6.exf3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rd1 c6
9.Be2 Ngf6 10.O-O O-O 11.f4 a6 12.d5 Qa5 13.f5 Nc5 14.Qc2 cxd5 15.cxd5 Rfc8
16.Qb1 Na4 17.Nxa4 Qxa4 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Bf3 Qc2 20.Rd2 Qxb1 21.Rxb1 Nd7 22.Bg4 f5
23.Be2 Rc7 24.h4 Nf6 25.Bb6 Rcc8 26.Rd3 Rc2 27.Bd1 Rc4 28.g3 Rbc8 29.Kg2 Nd7
30.Be3 Nc5 31.Ra3 Rb4 32.Bxc5 Rxc5 33.Re3 Kf8 34.Bb3 a5 35.a3 Rb6 36.h5 gxh5
37.Rh1 a4 38.Bxa4 Rxb2 39.Rxh5 Rxd5 40.Rb3 Rxb3 41.Bxb3 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2 f6 8.Rd1 O-O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.c3 Qe6 11.Nc2 Re8 12.Re1 exd4 13.Ncxd4 Qd7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Bf4 Ne7
16.Rad1 c5 17.Nb3 Qc6 18.Bh2 Bf7 19.Qd2 b6 20.e5 Ng6 21.Re3 Bc4 22.e6 Bd6
23.Bxd6 Rd8 24.Qe1 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Nbd2 Bd5 27.c4 Bc6 28.Ne4 Bxe4 29.Rxe4 Re8
30.b3 Re7 31.Re3 Nf8 32.Qb1 Rxe6 33.Rxe6 Qxe6 34.Kf1 g6 35.Ng1 Qd6 36.Nf3 Ne6
37.Qe4 Kd7 38.Kg1 Nd4 39.Qd3 Qe6 40.Kf1 Qf5 41.Qxf5+ Nxf5 42.Ke2 Nd4+ 43.Ke3 Nc2+
44.Kd2 Nb4 45.a3 Nc6 46.Kd3 Ke6 47.Ke4 f5+ 48.Ke3 Kf6 49.g3 g5 50.Nd2 Nd4
51.a4 Ke5 52.Kd3 h5 53.Ke3 f4+ 54.Kd3 g4 55.hxg4 hxg4 56.gxf4+ Kxf4 57.Kc3 Nf3
58.Nf1 Ne5 59.Nh2 Ke4 60.Kc2 Kd4  0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Ne4 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Nd7
9.Be3 f5 10.Qc2 Ndf6 11.Nd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Qe8 13.c5 dxc5 14.dxc5 c6 15.f4 e5
16.fxe5 Qxe5 17.Bf4 Qe6 18.O-O Re8 19.Rfe1 Qf7 20.Rad1 Be6 21.Rd6 Qh5 22.Bf3 Qh3
23.Bg2 Qh5 24.Bf3 Qh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Kh1 Bc6 15.Rae1 Qb7
16.Bd3 b4 17.Nd1 g6 18.Nf2 bxa3 19.bxa3 Nh5 20.Qe3 Nxf4 21.Qxf4 e5 22.Ng4 f6
23.Bc4+ Kh8 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Qxe5 Kg7 26.Qf4 Rad8 27.c3 h6 28.Rb1 Qa8 29.Rb6 Rxd4
30.cxd4 Bxe4 31.Re1 f5 32.Qe5+ Bf6 33.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Be6
9.Na3 c4 10.Bc2 g6 11.d4 cxd3 12.Nb5 Qd7 13.Qxd3 Qxd3 14.Bxd3 O-O-O 15.Be2 a6
16.Nbd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 f6 18.Bd2 Nd5 19.Rfe1 Kd7 20.Bd1 Bg7 21.Ba4+ Kd6 22.Ba5 Rc8
23.Bb3 Rhe8 24.Bb4+ Nxb4 25.Rxe6+ Kc7 26.Ba4 b5 27.Bb3 Kd7 28.a3 Rc6 29.Rae1 Nd3
30.Rxc6 Kxc6 31.Re6+ Kd7 32.Rxa6 Nxb2 33.Bd5 Rb8 34.Bc6+ Kc7 35.d5 f5 36.Ng5 Bh6
37.Ne6+ Kd6 38.f4 Nc4 39.Bb7+ Kd7 40.Bc6+ Kd6 41.Bxb5+ Nb6 42.Bc6 Nxd5 43.Bb7+  1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.Ne4 Qf4 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.g3 Qg4 15.Qe3 Ba5
16.Be2 Bb6 17.Rfd1 Qf5 18.Nc5 Qf6 19.Ne5 Nb4 20.a3 Nd5 21.Qe4 Bc7 22.Bd3 g6
23.Qe2 b6 24.Ne4 Qg7 25.Nc6 Rd7 26.Bb5 a6 27.Ba4 b5 28.Bb3 Bb6 29.Qf3 f5
30.Nc5 Rd6 31.Bxd5 exd5 32.Re1 Qf8 33.Ne7+ Kh7 34.Qf4 Qf6 35.Nxc8 Rxc8 36.Nd7 Rxd7
37.Rxc8 Bxd4 38.Rc7 Rg7 39.Rxg7+ Qxg7 40.Qd6 Bf6 41.Re6  1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Ne7 6.c3 Bd7 7.d4 Ng6 8.Nbd2 Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Nc4 Bd6
16.Nxe5 Qf6 17.f4 Rae8 18.Qd4 g5 19.Bd2 gxf4 20.Bxf4 c5 21.Qe3 Bxh3 22.Qg3+ Qg7
23.Qxg7+ Kxg7 24.Bh2 Bf5 25.Nc4 Bxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kobese, Watu"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Nf6
9.a4 Be7 10.Nb3 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Be3 Rc8 13.h3 O-O 14.Qd2 Kh8 15.g4 Bc6
16.f4 Nd7 17.g5 f5 18.Qe2 Qb4 19.Bd2 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Qxb2 21.Kh1 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Bxg2+
23.Qxg2 Rxc5 24.Rab1 Qxc2 25.Rxb7 Bd8 26.Rb8 Qf5 27.Rc1 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Kg8
29.Bd2 Qd3 30.Kh2 d5 31.Rb7 Qc4 32.g6 hxg6 33.Qxg6 Bf6 34.Qg4 d4 35.Rb6 Re8
36.Qg6 Qe2+ 37.Qg2 Qd3 38.Bb4 Rc8 39.Rc6 Rxc6 40.Qxc6 Qe2+ 41.Kg3 Kf7 42.h4 Kg6
43.h5+ Kxh5 44.Qe8+ g6 45.Qc6 Bh4+ 46.Kh3 Qg4+ 47.Kh2 Qg3+  0-1

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Manninen, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.c4 Qb6 7.Qc1 a5 8.Ne2 dxc4
9.Nxc4 Qc7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.O-O f5 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.Nf4 O-O
16.Qc2 g6 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Qb3 Qxb3 19.axb3 Nb6 20.Rfc1 Nd5 21.Rc5 Nb4 22.Be2 b6
23.Rc4 Rad8 24.Bf3 Rd6 25.Rac1 Rc8 26.h3 h5 27.g4 hxg4 28.hxg4 fxg4 29.Bxg4 Rc7
30.Bf3 Kg7 31.Kg2 f5 32.Be2 Re7 33.Bf3 Ree6 34.Rd1 Re7 35.Rcc1 Kf6 36.Kg3 Rh7
37.Bg2 Re7 38.Bf1 Re4 39.Be2 Re7 40.Rh1 Rd8 41.Rh6 Rxd4 42.exd4 Rxe2 43.Rg1 Nc2
44.Rxg6+ Kxg6 45.Kf3+ Kf6 46.Kxe2 Nxd4+ 47.Ke3 Ke5 48.f4+ Kd5 49.Rg8 c5 50.Rf8 b5
51.Kd3 Kc6 52.Rf6+ Kc7 53.Rf7+ Kc6 54.Rf8 Kd6 55.Rf6+ Kc7 56.Ke3 Kd7 57.Kf2 Ke7
58.Rb6 Kd7 59.Kg3 b4 60.Rf6 Ke7 61.Ra6 Nxb3 62.Kf2 Kd7 63.Ke3 a4 64.Kd3 a3
65.bxa3 bxa3 66.Kc4 Nd4 67.Kd5 Ne2 68.Ra7+ Kc8 69.Ke5 Nd4 70.Rxa3 Kb7 71.Kd5 Kb6
72.Ra2 Kb7 73.Ra4 Kc7 74.Kxc5  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 Nbd7 4.Ngf3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 N5b6
9.Bb3 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Nf6 12.Re1 Bf5 13.Qe2 Nbd5 14.Ne5 a5 15.Ndf3 a4
16.Bc4 Qd6 17.a3 Nb6 18.Ba2 Nfd5 19.Rac1 Be6 20.Bd2 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Bxa2 22.Nd3 Qe6
23.Qd2 Qf5 24.Rc5 Nd5 25.Be5 f6 26.Bg3 b6 27.Rcc1 Rf7 28.Nb4 Bb3 29.h3 Bf8
30.Nc2 e6 31.Nh2 b5 32.Ng4 Rd8 33.Nce3 Nxe3 34.fxe3 Qe4 35.Rc7 Bg7 36.Rxf7 Kxf7
37.Rc1 Bc4 38.Qf2 Qf5 39.Qe1 h5 40.e4 Qg5 41.Bh4 Qf4 42.Bg3 Qg5 43.Bh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Qc7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O d6
9.Re1 Rb8 10.a4 Be7 11.Nb3 b6 12.f4 O-O 13.g4 Re8 14.g5 Nd7 15.Be3 Bf8 16.Qe2 Nb4
17.Rad1 Nc5 18.Rd2 Bb7 19.Qc4 Nc6 20.Nc1 Na5 21.Qf1 Nd7 22.Rd4 e5 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.Rxd5 Qxc2 25.f5 Qxa4 26.f6 Rec8 27.fxg7 Bxg7 28.Ne2 Nf8 29.Nc3 Rxc3 30.bxc3 Nc4
31.Bc1 Ng6 32.Qf2 Qd7 33.Rf1 b5 34.Rd3 a5 35.h4 a4 36.Rf3 Rf8 37.h5 Nf4 38.Bxf4 exf4
39.Rxf4 Ne5 40.Qa2 Qc7 41.Kh1 Qxc3 42.g6 Qc4 43.gxf7+ Rxf7 44.Qxc4 bxc4 45.Rxf7 Nxf7
46.e5 Nxe5 47.Bd5+ Kh8 48.Ra1 c3 49.Rxa4 Bh6 50.Ra8+ Kg7 51.Rc8 Bd2 52.Be4 h6
53.Kg2 Kf6 54.Kf1 Nf7 55.Rc7 Ke6 56.Rxf7 Kxf7 57.Ke2 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.d3 e5 8.Rb1 h6 9.b4 Nh5
10.e3 Be6 11.Bb2 Nd7 12.Qe2 c6 13.a4 d5 14.Nd2 Nhf6 15.b5 axb5 16.axb5 Re8
17.Rfc1 d4 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Nce4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Qe7 21.exd4 exd4 22.Ra1 Bf5
23.Qc2 h5 24.Re1 h4 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Bc1 h3 27.Bh1 Qb4 28.Bd2 Qa4 29.Qxa4 Rxa4
30.f4 Ra2 31.Bc1 Bxe4 32.dxe4 Nc5 33.Rd1 Nb3 34.Bf3 Bf8 35.f5 Nxc1 36.Rxc1 Bh6
37.Rd1 Be3+ 38.Kh1 Rc2 39.fxg6 fxg6 40.Bg4 Kg7 41.Bxh3 Kf6 42.Bf1 Ke5 43.Bd3 Ra2
44.h4 c5 45.Bb1 Rb2 46.Bd3 Rf2 47.Bb1 g5 48.hxg5 Bxg5 49.Bd3 Be3 50.Bb1 Kf6
51.Bd3 Kg5 52.Ra1 Kg4 53.Ra7 Rd2 54.Bf1 Kxg3 55.Rg7+ Kf4 56.Rd7 Kxe4 57.Re7+ Kf3
58.Rd7 Rd1 59.Rf7+ Bf4 60.Kg1 d3  0-1

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mokry, Karel"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Qc7 8.f4 d6
9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Bd3 c5 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.O-O Nh6 14.b3 Nf5 15.Bb2 Nd4
16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.f5 exf5 18.Rxf5 O-O 19.Raf1 f6 20.Ng5 g6 21.Ne6 Qd6 22.Nxf8 Rxf8
23.R5f2 f5 24.Qd2 Kg7 25.Re2 Qd8 26.Rfe1 Bh4 27.Qb4 Rf7 28.Re8 Bxe1 29.Qxe1 Qg5
30.Qf2 Rd7 31.h4 Qf6 32.Qf4 Rd8 33.Qc7+ Kh6 34.Qxd8  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Belli, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Qb6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Be3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 c5 14.Rb1 Qd8 15.Nb3 b6
16.Bf3 Ba6 17.Re1 Nc6 18.Bxd5 Rc8 19.Qf3 Qc7 20.Rbd1 Bb7 21.Qg3 c4 22.Nd2 Na5
23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.f5 Kh8 25.Bd4 Bc5 26.Ne4 Rcd8 27.f6 gxf6 28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.exf6  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 e6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Be3 c5 8.c3 Nc6
9.f4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Kf2 Nb6 12.b3 Bd7 13.Nf3 Rc8 14.a3 Na8 15.Ra2 Ne7
16.Bd2 Qb6 17.Nc3 Nf5 18.b4 Qd8 19.g4 Nh4 20.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 21.Kg2 Nb6 22.Be1 Qd8
23.Bd3 Nc4 24.Qf3 Be7 25.Rf1 Bh4 26.Ne2 Bxe1 27.Rxe1 a5 28.f5 axb4 29.axb4 h5
30.gxh5 Qh4 31.Qg3 Rxh5 32.Qxh4 Rxh4 33.Kg3 Rh6 34.fxe6 Bxe6 35.Nf4 Nb6 36.Rc2 Rxc2
37.Bxc2 g5 38.Nxe6 fxe6 39.Bd1 Rh7 40.Bg4 Rc7 41.Bxe6 Rc4 42.Rd1 Ke7 43.Bf5 Na4
44.Kg4 Nc3 45.Rd3 Ne4 46.Kf3 Nc3 47.Kg4 Ne4 48.Kh5 Rxb4 49.Kg6 Rb6+ 50.e6 Rb2
51.Rh3 Rf2 52.Rh7+ Ke8 53.Rh8+ Ke7 54.Rh7+ Ke8 55.Bxe4 dxe4 56.d5 Rd2 57.Kf6  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Ne4 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Nd7
9.O-O f5 10.Be3 Qe8 11.Ne1 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.b3 a5 14.a4 Ng6 15.Nc2 b6 16.f3 Nc5
17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.f4 Rb8 19.Qd3 Ne7 20.Rae1 Bb7 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.e4 Qc6 23.e5 d5
24.cxd5 Qxd5 25.Qxd5+ Nxd5 26.Rf3 Rfb8 27.Rd1 c6 28.Rdd3 Kf7 29.Na3 Ke6 30.Nc4 Ra7
31.h3 h6 32.g4 Rf8 33.Kf2 g5 34.fxg5 hxg5 35.gxf5+ Rxf5 36.Rxf5 Kxf5 37.Kg3 Rh7
38.Rd2 Nf4 39.Rh2 Rd7 40.Rf2 Rh7 41.Rh2 Rd7 42.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.f3 e5 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O d5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nf4 c6 11.exd5 Qa5 12.Kb1 Bf5 13.Ne4 Qxd2 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxd2 Rfd8
16.Bc3 g5 17.Nh5 Bh8 18.d6 Bg6 19.Ng3 Rd7 20.h4 gxh4 21.Rxh4 f5 22.Rf4 Rf8
23.a4 Nf7 24.Bxh8 Kxh8 25.Nxf5 Nxd6 26.Rfd4 Bxf5 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Re8
29.Kc1 Re1+ 30.Rd1 Re7 31.g4 Bd7 32.Bd3 c5 33.b3 Bc6 34.f4 Rf7 35.Rf1 h6
36.Kd2 Kg7 37.Ke3 Re7+ 38.Kf2 Rf7 39.Kg3 Re7 40.g5 Re3+ 41.Kg4 Bg2 42.Rf2 Bh3+
43.Kh5 hxg5 44.Kxg5 Rg3+ 45.Kh4 Re3 46.Re2 Rf3 47.Be4 Rc3 48.Bd3 Bf1 49.Re7+ Kf6
50.Rxb7 Bxd3 51.cxd3 Kf5 52.Rf7+ Kg6 53.Rxa7 Rxb3 54.Kg4 Rxd3 55.Ra6+ Kf7
56.Kg5 c4 57.Rc6 c3 58.f5 Rg3+ 59.Kf4 Rh3 60.Kg4 Rd3 61.a5 Rd5 62.a6 Ra5
63.Kg5 c2 64.Rc7+ Kf8 65.Kg6 Rxa6+ 66.f6 Ra8 67.Rxc2 Rb8 68.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 e6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Be3 c5 8.c3 Nc6
9.f4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nb6 11.Nd2 a5 12.a3 a4 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Ne2 Na5 15.O-O g6
16.g4 Bc6 17.Ng3 Nbc4 18.Nxc4 Nxc4 19.Qe2 b5 20.f5 Be7 21.Rf3 Bh4 22.fxe6 fxe6
23.Bh6 Qb6 24.Qf2 O-O-O 25.Rf1 Rd7 26.Kg2 Rhd8 27.Kh3 Bxg3 28.Kxg3 b4 29.Bf8 b3
30.Bc5 Qa5 31.Bb4 Qb6 32.Rf6 Bb5 33.Bc5 Qa6 34.Rc1 Kb7 35.Bf1 Rc8 36.g5 Rc6
37.Bh3 Na5 38.Rc3 Bd3 39.Rf7 Rcc7 40.Rxd7 Rxd7 41.Bb4 Bf5 42.Bxa5 Qxa5 43.Rc5 Qd8
44.Qd2 Rc7 45.Bxf5 gxf5 46.Qb4+ Kc8 47.h4 Qe8 48.Qa5 Rxc5 49.Qa8+ Kd7 50.Qxe8+ Kxe8
51.dxc5  1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Qh3 Nc5 12.f5 Bd7 13.fxe6 Nxe6 14.Bxf6 Nf4 15.Qg3 Bxf6
16.Rhf1 Bxd4 17.Qxf4 Bxc3 18.Qxf7+ Kd8 19.bxc3 Qxc3 20.Qb3 Qxb3 21.cxb3 Ke7
22.Kd2 Rhf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 Nc6 9.Bd3 Ne7
10.Rc1 Nf5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Be4 Bxe4 13.Nxe4 Bg7 14.c5 O-O 15.O-O Ne7 16.Ned2 d6
17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Qa4 a6 19.Qb3 b5 20.Ne4 Qd7 21.Qb4 Rfd8 22.Qa5 Nd5 23.Nc3 Ne7
24.Na2 Nc6 25.Qd2 Rac8 26.h3 Qb7 27.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2 Ne7 8.Nc4 Bxc4
9.Qxc4 c5 10.Ng5 Qf6 11.d3 h6 12.Nh3 Nc6 13.Be3 Qd6 14.f4 f6 15.Rad1 O-O-O
16.c3 exf4 17.Bxf4 Ne5 18.Qa4 Qc6 19.Qxc6 Nxc6 20.Be3 Bd6 21.Nf2 Rhe8 22.Rfe1 Rd7
23.g3 Ne5 24.Kg2 h5 25.Bf4 Nf7 26.Nh3 Red8 27.Nf2 Be7 28.b3 b6 29.Re2 Bd6
30.Red2 Be5 31.Rc2 Kb7 32.Be3 g6 33.a4 a5 34.Rdd2 f5 35.exf5 gxf5 36.Re2 Rg8
37.Kf3 h4 38.gxh4 Bxh2 39.Bf4 Bxf4 40.Kxf4 Rh8 41.Kxf5 Rxh4 42.Rcd2 Nd8 43.Ng4 Rf7+
44.Kg5 Rh1 45.Kg6 Rg1 46.Rg2 Rff1 47.Nf6 Nc6 48.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 49.Kf5 Rb1 50.Nd5 Rxb3
51.Rh2 Nb8 52.Rh7 Na6 53.Ke6 Ra3 54.Nxc7 Nxc7+ 55.Kd6 Rxa4 56.Rxc7+ Ka6 57.c4 Ra1
58.Kc6 Rh1 59.Rc8 Rh6+ 60.Kc7 Rh7+ 61.Kc6 a4 62.Ra8+ Ra7 63.Rh8 Ka5 64.d4 cxd4
65.Rh5+ Kb4 66.Kxb6 Ra8 67.Kb7 Rd8 68.Kc7 Rg8 69.c5 a3 70.c6 a2 71.Rh1 Ra8
72.Ra1 Kb3 73.Kb7 Ra4  0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 O-O 5.Be2 Re8 6.Nd3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 Nxe4 8.O-O d5
9.Nf4 c6 10.Be3 Nd6 11.Bd3 Bf5 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qh6 Bxd3 14.cxd3 Nf5 15.Qh3 Nd7
16.Rae1 Qf6 17.Bd2 Ne5 18.d4 Nc4 19.Bc1 Re4 20.Rxe4 dxe4 21.Re1 Re8 22.Nd3 h5
23.Nc5 Ncd6 24.Bf4 b6 25.Bxd6 Nxd6 26.Nd7 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Be7
9.exd5 exd5 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Na4 Bg4 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.c4 Be6 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Bf1 a5 17.a3 Bd6 18.Bd4 Qh4 19.g3 Qh5 20.Bg2 Rfe8 21.Rac1 Ne5 22.Nb6 Rad8
23.Qc3 f6 24.f4 Ng4 25.h3 Nh6 26.g4 Bxg4 27.hxg4 Nxg4 28.Qh3 Qf5 29.Nxd5 Bxf4
30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Rf1 g5  1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 O-O
9.Re1 a6 10.Bxd7 Nbxd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.a5 Nd5 13.Nd2 e5 14.Nc4 Rfe8 15.c3 Rad8
16.Qf3 Re6 17.Bd2 f5 18.Rad1 Rde8 19.Bc1 Rc8 20.Re2 b5 21.axb6 Nxb6 22.Ree1 Qf7
23.Qh3 Qd7 24.Qf3 Qf7 25.Qg3 Qe8 26.Qh4 Nd5 27.Re2 Qf7 28.Rde1 Rce8 29.Qg3 Qc7
30.h3 Nb6 31.Nxb6 Qxb6 32.Qf3 Qb3 33.Kf1 a5 34.Qe3 Qb5 35.c4 Qb6 36.Bd2 e4
37.Bc3 Bxc3 38.bxc3 Qd6 39.dxe4 Rxe4 40.Qf3 Rxe2  0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.b3 Nbd7
9.e4 e5 10.Rb1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Nde2 Re8 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Bd2 a5 15.h3 Be6
16.Rbd1 Rad8 17.Nd4 Bc8 18.Bf4 Qb6 19.Rfe1 a4 20.Be3 axb3 21.axb3 Qb4 22.Ra1 Nfd7
23.Reb1 Nf6 24.Re1 Rd7 25.f3 Nh5 26.Nce2 Bxd4 27.Nxd4 Nxg3 28.Red1 Nh5 29.Qb2 f5
30.Ra8 fxe4 31.fxe4 Nf6 32.Bd2 Qb6 33.Ba5 Na4  1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.c4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.Nf3 Nb6
9.O-O Nbxd5 10.Re1 c6 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bb3 h6 13.Ne5 Re8 14.Qf3 Bf8 15.Bd2 Nb4
16.Ne4 Nbd5 17.Ng3 Nd7 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Nh5 f6 20.Ng6 Bd6 21.Nxg7 Kxg7 22.Qh5 Bxh2+
23.Kf1 Bf4 24.Nxf4 Nxf4 25.Bxf4 Qxf4 26.Bxe6 Re7 27.Rd3 Rae8 28.Rg3+ Qxg3
29.fxg3 Rxe6 30.Qxe8 Rxe8 31.Rxe8 Kf7 32.Ra8 Ke6 33.Rxa7 b5 34.Ke2 f5 35.Kf3 Nf6
36.a3 Ng4 37.b3 Nf6 38.a4 Ne4 39.a5 Nd2+ 40.Kf4 Nxb3 41.a6  1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nh3 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Rc1 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Bb5 c6 14.Ba4 Rfc8 15.O-O Qd6
16.Nf4 c5 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.Qe5 Re8 20.Qh5 Qd6 21.Rfd1 Rad8 22.Qf5 Re5
23.Qc2 Rc8 24.Qa4 Qb6 25.b4 c4 26.Rd4 Bc6 27.Qd1 a5 28.Rb1 axb4 29.axb4 Bb7
30.Ne2 Ra8 31.Nc3 Ra3 32.Qc1 Qa6 33.h4 Qa8 34.Qd2 Qa6 35.Qc2 Qa8 36.Rbd1 Ra1
37.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38.Kh2 Qa3 39.b5 Qb4 40.Qd2 g6 41.e4 dxe4 42.Rd7 Re7 43.Rd8+ Kg7
44.Qd4+ f6 45.Nd5 Bxd5 46.Qxd5 Rf7 47.Qa8 h5 48.Rg8+ Kh6 49.Qxe4 f5 50.Qe6 Rg7
51.Rh8+ Rh7 52.Qe3+ Kg7 53.Qd4+ Kh6 54.b6  1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.Na3 Nf5
9.Nc2 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Be7 11.h4 h5 12.b4 Bd7 13.a3 Rc8 14.g3 Nd8 15.Ne3 Bb5 16.Bxb5+ Qxb5+
17.Kg2 Rc3 18.Re1 Nxe3+ 19.Rxe3 Rc4 20.Rd3 Nc6 21.Be3 Bd8 22.a4 Qxb4 23.Rb3 Qe7
24.Bg5 Qd7 25.Bxd8 Nxd8 26.a5 Qc7 27.Qd2 Rh6 28.Qg5 Kf8 29.Rab1 Kg8 30.R1b2 Rc1
31.Rb1 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 a6 33.Rc1 Nc6 34.Rc5 Qd7 35.Qe3 Rh8 36.Ng5 Qe7 37.Rc3 Kf8
38.Qf4 Ke8 39.Rf3 Nd8 40.Rc3 Qd7 41.Qc1 Nc6 42.Rf3 Nd8 43.Rc3 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 e6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O a6 7.b3 d6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.e4 O-O
10.d3 Nc6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Rb8 14.Kh1 Qc7 15.f4 Rfe8 16.Rad1 Bc6
17.a4 Bf8 18.Ba3 Rbd8 19.Qe3 Nd7 20.Qe2 Nc5 21.Qc2 Ba8 22.Rf2 g6 23.Rfd2 Bg7
24.Bb2 h5 25.Rf1 Qe7 26.f5 Be5 27.Rdf2 h4 28.f6 Qf8 29.gxh4 Qh6 30.Rf3 Qh5
31.b4 Nd7 32.Bc1 Rc8 33.Ne2 d5 34.exd5 Bxd5 35.Nf4 Bxf4 36.Rxf4 Ne5 37.Qd1 Rxc4
38.Qxh5 gxh5 39.Bxd5 exd5 40.Rf5 Ng6 41.Rxh5 Rxh4 42.Rxh4 Nxh4 43.Bg5 Re4
44.Bxh4 Rxh4 45.Rg1+ Kf8 46.Rd1 Rxb4 47.Rxd5 Ke8 48.a5 bxa5 49.Rd6 a4 50.Rxa6 Kd7
51.Kg2 Kc7 52.Ra7+ Kb6 53.Rxf7 a3 54.Rf8 Rf4 55.Kg3 a2 56.Ra8 Rxf6 57.Rxa2 Kc7
58.Kg4 Kd7 59.Kg5 Rb6 60.Re2 Rb5+ 61.Kg6 Rb6+ 62.Kf7 Rh6 63.Rd2+ Kc7 64.Kg7 Rh3
65.Kg6 Rh8 66.Kf6 Rh5 67.Kg6 Rh8 68.Kg5 Rg8+ 69.Kh6 Rh8+ 70.Kg6 Kc8 71.Kg5 Rg8+
72.Kf6 Rh8 73.Ke7 Rh7+ 74.Ke6 Rh6+ 75.Kf5 Rh8 76.Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qf4 Rc8 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Bd2 Nh5 12.Qh4 Na5 13.b3 f5 14.Rac1 Nc6 15.Nd5 e6
16.Qxd8 Rfxd8 17.Nc3 Nf6 18.Bf4 Ne8 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nc3 Nb4 21.Bg5 Bf6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6
23.a3 Nc6 24.Na4 Na5 25.Nxb6 Rc6 26.b4 Rxb6 27.bxa5 Rb2 28.Rb1 Rxb1 29.Rxb1 Bxf3
30.Bxf3 Rc8 31.Rb6 Rxc4 32.Rxa6 Ra4 33.Bb7 Rxa3 34.Ra8+ Kf7 35.a6 Ra2 36.Rc8 g5
37.f3 h5 38.Kf2 h4 39.gxh4 gxh4 40.Rh8 Ra4 41.Ke3 Kg7 42.Rd8 Kf7 43.Kd3 Ke7
44.Rc8 Nh5 45.Rc4 Ra3+ 46.Kc2 f4 47.Kb2 Ra5 48.Kb3 Kd6 49.Bc8 e5 50.Ra4  1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.d3 O-O 8.Nbd2 d6
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nc4 h6 11.h3 Be6 12.Bd2 Qd7 13.Qc1 Kh7 14.Re4 g5 15.Bxg5 hxg5
16.Qxg5 Bf5 17.Rh4+ Kg8 18.g4 Bg6 19.Re1 dxe5 20.Nfxe5 Qe6 21.Qd2 Nb6 22.Nxg6 Qxg6
23.Ne5 Qd6 24.Rh5 Nd5 25.Rg5 Qh6 26.Nf3 f6 27.Rf5 Qxd2 28.Nxd2 Rae8 29.Re6 Kf7
30.Rxc6 e6 31.Rf3 Rc8 32.Ra6 Rc7 33.c3 Rb8 34.Nc4 Ke7 35.h4 Nb6 36.Na5 Kf7
37.Re3 Nd5 38.Rexe6 Rxb2 39.Nc4 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Rf1 41.Red6 Nxc3 42.Kg2 Ra1 43.a3 Ne2
44.Rd8 Nf4+ 45.Kf3 Ne6 46.Nd6+ Kg6 47.Re8 Nd4+ 48.Kg2 Rc6 49.h5+ Kh7 50.Rxc6 Nxc6
51.Rc8 Nd4 52.Rc7 Rxa3 53.Ne8 Ne6 54.Re7 Ra6 55.Nxf6+ Kh6 56.Ne4 Bf8 57.Rf7 Bg7
58.f4 Ra3 59.Ng3 Rxd3 60.g5+ Kh7 61.h6 Kg6  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reichstein, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2+ Be7 8.dxc5 O-O
9.O-O Bxc5 10.Bg5 a6 11.Bxd7 Nbxd7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Qd3 Ba7 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Nbd4 Ne4
16.Be3 Ndc5 17.Qc2 Rad8 18.Ne2 b5 19.Rad1 Re6 20.Nf4 Red6 21.Nd4 Bb8 22.f3 Nf6
23.g3 g6 24.Qf2 Ncd7 25.Nd3 Qc8 26.Bf4 Rb6 27.Bxb8 Qxb8 28.Rfe1 Qd6 29.Re2 Rbb8
30.Rde1 Re8 31.Rxe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nilsson, Lars Kjoller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.Nb3 Qd8
9.O-O-O e6 10.Bf4 e5 11.Bg5 Be6 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qxf4 Be7
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 O-O-O 18.Be2 Ne5 19.Nd4 Rhg8 20.g3 Kb8 21.Rd1 Rc8 22.c3 Qb6
23.Nf5 Ng6 24.Qd2 Qf2 25.Nxe7 Nxe7 26.Rh5 d5 27.exd5 Rg5 28.d6 Rxh5 29.Bxh5 Qf5+
30.Qd3 Qxd3+ 31.Rxd3 Ng6 32.Rf3 Rc5 33.Bxg6 fxg6 34.Rxf6 Kc8 35.Rf8+ Kd7
36.Rf7+ Kxd6 37.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.O-O Be7 10.f3 Ng5 11.f4 Ne4 12.f5 c5 13.Nb3 Bb5 14.Rf3 Qd7 15.Nc3 O-O-O
16.Qe1 Bc6 17.Rf1 Nxc3 18.bxc3 d4 19.c4 Ba8 20.a4 f6 21.e6 Qc6 22.Rf2 g6
23.Na5 Qa6 24.Rb1 gxf5 25.Bf4 Be4 26.Rb5 Qxe6 27.Nb7 Qc6 28.Nxd8 Rxd8 29.Qa5 a6
30.Rb3 Kd7 31.Rh3 Rg8 32.Rxh7 Bxg2 33.Qxc7+ Qxc7 34.Bxc7 Be4+ 35.Kf1 f4 36.Rxe7+ Kxe7
37.Bxf4 Ke6 38.Bg3 Rg7 39.Re2 f5 40.Ke1 Rb7 41.a5 Rb1+ 42.Kd2 Rb4 43.Kc1 Rxc4
44.Kb2 Rb4+ 45.Kc1 c4 46.Be1 c3 47.h4 Ra4 48.Kb1 Kd5 49.Rh2 Kc4  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Ng5 Be7 11.Nxe6+ fxe6 12.Ne4 Ke8 13.Rd1 Kf7 14.g4 Nh4 15.Rd7 Nf3+
16.Kg2 Nxe5 17.Rxc7 Rad8 18.Rxb7 Nxg4 19.Rxa7 h6 20.Bf4 e5 21.Bg3 Ke6 22.Re1 Ra8
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.h3 Nf6 25.Bxe5 Kxe5 26.Ng3+ Kf4 27.Rxe7 Rxa2 28.Ne2+ Kf5
29.Rb7 g5 30.Kf3 Ra4 31.Rc7 g4+ 32.hxg4+ Nxg4 33.Kg2 Ne5 34.f4 Rc4 35.Kg3 Ng6
36.c3 h5 37.Nd4+ Ke4 38.f5 h4+ 39.Kh3 Ne5 40.Re7 Kd5 41.f6 Ra4 42.f7 Nxf7
43.Rxf7 Ra2 44.Rf2 c5 45.Nb3 Kc4 46.Nc1 Ra1 47.Rc2  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nf3 a6 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qc6 Rb8
9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Bxf6 Bb4+ 11.Nbd2 Qxf6 12.Qxc7 Bxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qe7
9.g3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bg2 Rd8 12.O-O Nd4 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.c5 Rd5 15.Rac1 Bf5
16.Qa4 Be4 17.c6 b6 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Rd2 g6 20.Rcd1 Ra5 21.Qb3 d3 22.Ne1 Rd6
23.Nxd3 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Rxc6 25.Nb4 Re6 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.e3 Rf5 28.Qc3 c5 29.Nc2 Qb7+
30.Kg1 Qf3 31.R1d2 Ree5 32.Ne1 Qe4 33.Qd3 Re7 34.Qxe4 Nxe4 35.Rc2 Rf6 36.f3 Rd6
37.Rxd6 Nxd6 38.Kf2 Rd7 39.Ke2 Nb5 40.Nd3 Kf6 41.Rc4 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Nge7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Re1 Kh8 11.a4 exd4 12.cxd4 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Bxc6 Nxc6 15.d5 Ne5
16.a5 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 c5 18.g4 Be8 19.Nh4 Bb5 20.f4 Nf7 21.Qb3 Qd7 22.Qc3 Nh6
23.Kh2 Rab8 24.Rg1 b6 25.axb6 Rxb6 26.Reg3 Ba6 27.R1g2 Rb7 28.b3 Qe7 29.g5 fxg5
30.fxg5 Nf7 31.Nf5 Qe5 32.Qxe5 Nxe5 33.Nxd6 Rb4 34.Rc3 Rd4 35.Kg3 g6 36.Nf3 Nxf3
37.Rxf3 Rb8 38.Kf4 Bd3 39.Ra2 a6 40.Ra5 Rb6 41.Ke5 Rxd6 42.Rxd3 R6xd5+ 43.exd5 Rxd3
44.Rxc5 Kg8 45.d6 Re3+ 46.Kf6 Rf3+ 47.Ke6 Re3+ 48.Re5 Rd3 49.d7 Kf8 50.Rd5  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O d4 7.Ne2 g6 8.d3 Bg7
9.Nh4 O-O 10.f4 f5 11.e5 g5 12.Nf3 g4 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.Nc4 b6 15.Nd6 Bd7 16.c3 Nc8
17.Nxc8 Rxc8 18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Bd2 Bc6 21.Qb3 Qd7 22.Rac1 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Kf7 24.Kg1 h5 25.a4 Rfd8 26.Bb4 Qb7 27.Bd6 h4 28.gxh4 Bh6 29.Rxc8 Rxc8
30.Bb4 Rc6 31.Bd2 Qc8 32.Qd1 Qa6 33.Be1 Qc8 34.Bd2 Qa6 35.Qb3 Qc8 36.h5 Rc2
37.Bc3 Re2 38.Qd1 Rxh2 39.Kxh2 dxc3 40.bxc3 Qxc3 41.Kg3 Qd4 42.Qd2 Bf8 43.Rd1 Bc5
44.Qe2 Kg7 45.Qd2 Kh6 46.Rf1 Kxh5 47.Qh2+ Kg6 48.Qh8 Qxd3+ 49.Kh2 Kf7 50.Qf6+ Ke8
51.Qxe6+ Kd8 52.Qg8+ Kc7 53.Qh7+ Kb8 54.Rg1 Bxg1+ 55.Kxg1 Qg3+ 56.Kh1 Qe1+
57.Kg2 Qe2+ 58.Kg1 Qe3+ 59.Kg2 Qf3+ 60.Kg1  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.g3 c5
9.Bg2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qh4 Na5 12.b4 Nb3 13.Rb1 Nxc1 14.Rxc1 Rc8 15.O-O Qe7
16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 d6 18.Nf3 Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nge2 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Ng3 e6 8.Be2 exd5
9.cxd5 b6 10.a4 Ba6 11.Nb5 h5 12.f3 h4 13.Nf1 Bxb5 14.axb5 Nbd7 15.Bg5 h3
16.g4 Qe8 17.Ng3 Qe5 18.Bc1 Qd4 19.g5 Ne8 20.Qc2 Nc7 21.Ra4 Qe5 22.f4 Qe7
23.f5 Bd4 24.f6 Qd8 25.Rxd4 cxd4 26.O-O Ne5 27.Bf4 Qd7 28.Bxe5 dxe5 29.Qb3 Rfc8
30.Nf5 gxf5 31.Qxh3 Ne8 32.Qh6 d3 33.Bh5 f4 34.g6 Nxf6 35.gxf7+ Qxf7 36.Bxf7+ Kxf7
37.Qh3 Rg8+ 38.Kh1 Ng4 39.Qh5+ Rg6 40.h3 Kg7 41.Rc1 d2 42.Ra1 f3 43.hxg4 Rh6
44.Rd1 Rxh5+ 45.gxh5 Kh6 46.Kg1 Kxh5 47.Kf2 Kg4 48.Ke3 f2 49.Kxf2 Kf4 50.Rxd2 Kxe4
51.d6 Rd8 52.d7 Kf5 53.Rd6 e4 54.Ke3 Ke5 55.Rd4 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Balinas, Rosendo Carrean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.d5 Bxf3 5.exf3 e6 6.dxe6 fxe6 7.g3 Qf6 8.Nc3 O-O-O
9.Bg2 Kb8 10.O-O Ne7 11.f4 Nf5 12.Ne4 Qg6 13.a4 Be7 14.a5 a6 15.b4 d5 16.cxd5 exd5
17.Qxd5 Nc5 18.Qa2 Nd3 19.b5 axb5 20.a6 Nb4 21.Qb1 bxa6 22.Ba3 Rd4 23.Nc3 c5
24.Nxb5 axb5 25.Bxb4 Rxb4 26.Qd1 Rd8 27.Qf3 Qb6 28.Qa8+ Kc7 29.Ra7+ Qxa7
30.Qxa7+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fang, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nc6
9.Ne2 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.c4 Nd7 12.Nc3 a5 13.Rb1 Kh8 14.a3 Ng8 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Bh6
17.Bb2 f5 18.Qd3 Ndf6 19.c5 Ne7 20.Ra1 Bg7 21.Rxa8 Qxa8 22.Qc4 Qb8 23.Ba3 fxe4
24.Bxe4 b5 25.cxb6 cxb6 26.Nb5 Rc8 27.Qd3 Nxe4 28.Qxe4 Qa8 29.Nxd6 Qxa3 30.Nxc8 Nxc8
31.Qc4 Nd6 32.Qc7 Bf8 33.Qxb6 Qb3 34.Qc5 Kg8 35.Rc1 Nf7 36.Qc4 Qxb4 37.Qxb4 Bxb4
38.Rc8+ Kg7 39.Re8 Bd6 40.Kf1 h5 41.Re6 Bc5 42.Ke2 Bf8 43.Kd3 Bc5 44.f3 h4
45.Kc4 Bf8 46.Kb3 Bd6 47.Kc4 Kh6 48.Kb5 Kg5 49.Kc6 Ba3 50.Kd7 Kf5 51.Ra6 Bb4
52.Ra4 Bd2 53.Rxh4 Bf4 54.Rh7 Kf6 55.h4 Bg3 56.Kc6 Nd8+ 57.Kc7 Nf7 58.Kd7 e4
59.fxe4 Nd6 60.Re7 Nf7 61.Ke8 Nd6+ 62.Kf8 g5  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.g3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O d6
9.Qe2 O-O 10.c4 a5 11.Rd1 a4 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Rxd4 Qa5 14.Rd1 e5 15.Na3 Bg4
16.f3 Be6 17.Be3 Rfc8 18.Rac1 Rc6 19.Qd2 Qxd2 20.Bxd2 Bd8 21.Be3 Bb6 22.Kf2 Bxe3+
23.Kxe3 Kf8 24.Bf1 Ke7 25.Nb5 Ne8 26.Rc3 Nc7 27.Nxc7 Rxc7 28.Rdc1 Rc6 29.Be2 Rb6
30.R1c2 Rc8 31.Ra3 Bd7 32.Kd2 Kd8 33.Kc1 Rb4 34.Rac3 Rc5 35.Ra3 Be6 36.b3 Ra5
37.Kb2 axb3 38.axb3 Rxa3 39.Kxa3 Rb6 40.Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qd2 d6 7.f4 Qe7 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.O-O-O a6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.f5 e5 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Rhf1 c6 15.Ne3 O-O
16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Ng4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.e3 g6 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Nb6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.h3 Be6 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Qb3 Ne4 13.Rfc1 Nc5 14.dxc5 d4 15.Qb5 dxc3
16.bxc3 Nd5 17.Be5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Qc7 19.Nf3 Qxc5 20.Qxb7 Nxe3 21.Nd4 Bd5 22.Qb5 Nxg2
23.Qxc5 Rxc5 24.Nb3 Rc7 25.c4 Bf3 26.Nd4 Nf4 27.Bf1 Be4 28.Rc3 Rfc8 29.Rac1 Rd7
30.Nb3 Bd3 31.c5 Rd5 32.c6 Rg5+ 33.Kh2 Bxf1 34.Rxf1 Rc7 35.Rc4 Ne6 36.Rd1 Re5
37.Rd2 Kf8 38.Kg2 f5 39.a4 Ke8 40.Rdc2 g5 41.Nd2 Rd5 42.Nf1 Rd4 43.Ne3 Rxc4
44.Rxc4 Nf4+ 45.Kf3 e6 46.h4 Ng6 47.Rc5 Nxh4+ 48.Ke2 Ng6 49.Nc4 Ke7 50.Na3 a6
51.Rc1 h5 52.Rc4 h4 53.Kf1 Ne5 54.Rc5 Kd6 55.Rc3 Rxc6 56.Rb3 g4 57.Rb8 Nf3
58.Rb1 Rc3 59.Ra1 Ke5 60.Kg2 Kf4 61.Ra2 Rc1  0-1

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 Qe7 8.d4 c6
9.e4 e5 10.Re1 Re8 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 c5 13.d5 Nh5 14.b4 b6 15.Bb2 a5 16.b5 Nf8
17.Nh4 g6 18.Qe3 Ra7 19.Qh6 f6 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Qg7 22.Qxg7+ Nxg7 23.fxg6 hxg6
24.f4 Nf5 25.Be4 Nd4 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Kg2 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 Bg4 7.O-O e6 8.h3 Bh5
9.d3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 Be7 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.b4 O-O 13.Rb1 Rad8 14.Nf4 Bg6 15.Re1 Rfe8
16.Qe2 Bf5 17.Nh4 g5 18.Nxf5 exf5 19.Ne6 fxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kg7 21.Qxf5 h6 22.Bc3 Nf8
23.Re3 Rd6 24.Rbe1 Kg8 25.h4 N6h7 26.Qe5 Nf6 27.hxg5 Bd8 28.Qf5 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 hxg5
30.Qxg5+ Qg7 31.Qf5 Rd7 32.Bh3 Rf7 33.Qc8 Bb6 34.Rf3 Nd7  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Nf6
9.a4 Be7 10.h3 O-O 11.Nde2 Rb8 12.g4 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Ng3 b4 15.Nce2 Ne8
16.Be3 Nc7 17.f4 Re8 18.Qd2 Bc8 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 e5 21.Be3 exf4 22.Bxf4 Ne6
23.Be3 Bf6 24.Ra7 Be5 25.Nf5 Nc7 26.Bg5 f6 27.Be3 Bxf5 28.exf5 d5 29.Bf4 Qd6
30.Kh1 Kh8 31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.g5 Nb5 33.Rf7 Rf8 34.Rxf8+ Qxf8 35.gxf6 Qxf6 36.Qxb4 Nd6
37.Qc5 h5 38.Bxd5 Nxf5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Ne5 Bc6
16.Kb1 Bd5 17.Bc3 Rc8 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Nd7+ Nxd7 20.Bxd7 Rd8 21.Ba4 f6 22.Bb3 h5
23.Rd3 Bxb3 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.axb3 Kf7 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.f4 a6 28.Rd2 Qc7 29.Qf3 Be7
30.f5 exf5 31.Qxf5 Qc6 32.g3 g6 33.Qf1 b5 34.Qd1 b4 35.Bd4 Rd8 36.Be3 Rxd2
37.Qxd2 Qe4 38.Ka2 g5 39.Bd4 h4 40.gxh4 Qxh4 41.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7
9.f4 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.c4 Qd4 13.Qb3 Ba6 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Bc3 Nxc3
16.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17.bxc3 c5 18.Be2 Rfd8 19.Rd2 Kf8 20.Rhd1 Ke8 21.Nd6+ Bxd6
22.Rxd6 Bb7 23.g4 Ke7 24.Bd3 h6 25.Bc2 Bc6 26.h4 Rab8 27.R6d2 Rf8 28.Rg1 f6
29.g5 hxg5 30.exf6+ gxf6 31.hxg5 fxg5 32.fxg5  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 Bb7 7.a3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bb5+ Bc6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Ng3 h6 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Qe2 a6
16.O-O Qb7 17.Ne1 h5 18.f3 h4 19.Nh1 Bd6 20.Rc1 Nd5 21.Nf2 N7f6 22.Nh3 Nxe3
23.Qxe3 Rh5 24.Bg6 Rd5 25.Qxe6+ Kf8 26.Qxf7+ Qxf7 27.Bxf7 Kxf7 28.Rxc6 Rxd4
29.Nc2 Rd2 30.b4 Re8 31.Rf2 Rd1+ 32.Rf1 Bxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Rxf1 34.Ng5+ Kg6 35.Ne6 Rc1
36.Nf4+ Kh7 37.Nd3 Rd1 38.Nf4 Rd2 39.Kh3 Re5 40.Rc7 Rd1 41.Kxh4 Nd5 42.Nxd5 Rdxd5
43.Rc3 Rd2 44.Ne3 Re2 45.Ng4 Rd5 46.g3 Red2 47.f4 R2d3 48.Rc7 Rd7 49.Rc6 R7d6
50.Rc7 Rd7 51.Rc6 R7d6 52.Rc7 Rxa3 53.f5 Rad3 54.Ne5 Rh6+ 55.Kg4 Rd4+ 56.Kg5 Rxb4
57.Rc8 Rb5 58.Re8 Rf6 59.g4 Rd5 60.Kh5 Rh6+ 61.Kg5 Rf6 62.Kf4 Rd4+ 63.Ke3 Rb4
64.Kf3 a5 65.Nd7 a4 66.Nxf6+ gxf6 67.Re7+ Kh6 68.Rf7 a3 69.Rxf6+ Kg7 70.Rg6+ Kf7
71.Rh6 Ra4 72.Rh1 a2 73.Ra1 Ra3+ 74.Ke4 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 O-O 10.e3 a5 11.Be2 a4 12.h3 e5 13.d5 Nb8 14.g4 Nfd7 15.O-O-O Nc5
16.Rdg1 g6 17.Nd2 Nba6 18.h4 Bd7 19.g5 h5 20.e4 c6 21.f4 cxd5 22.cxd5 Nb3+
23.Nxb3 axb3 24.Qd1 Nc5 25.fxe5 Nxe4 26.Qxb3 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Qxe5 28.Bd1 Rfc8
29.Kb2 Rc5 30.Re1 Qf4 31.Rhf1 Qd2+ 32.Qc2 Qxd5 33.Rf4 Rca5 34.Rd4 Qc5 35.a4 Bxa4  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7
9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Ne6 13.Bh4 Nf4 14.Bg5 Ne6 15.Bh4 Nf4
16.a4 a5 17.Rab1 b6 18.Rbd1 Rad8 19.Kh2 h6 20.g3 Ng6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O dxc4
9.Nc2 Be7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Ne3 e5 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ned5 Rc8 15.Qa4 g6
16.Rfd1 Bg7 17.Qb5 b6 18.e3 Nd4 19.Qa6 Rc5 20.Qb7 Re8 21.h3 Bd7 22.Qxa7 Bc6
23.Qxb6 Qxb6 24.Nxb6 Nf3+ 25.Kh1 e4 26.a4 Rb8 27.a5 Be5 28.Bf1 Bxc3 29.bxc3 Ne5
30.Rdb1 Nd3 31.a6 Rf5 32.a7 Rd8 33.Kg1 Nxf2  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Bg5 f6
10.exf6 gxf6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.b3 dxc4 13.bxc4 Qc7 14.a4 O-O-O 15.a5 Nd7 16.Be2 Nf5
17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.a6 b6 19.O-O Ne5 20.c5 bxc5 21.Qb3 Ng4 22.Bf4 Bd6 23.Bxd6 Rxd6
24.dxc5 Rd4 25.g3 Qb8 26.Rfb1 Qxb3 27.Rxb3 e5 28.Bf3 e4 29.Rab1 Kd7 30.Rb7+ Ke6
31.Re1 Ne5 32.Bxe4 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 Rd3 34.Ne2 Kd5 35.Rf4 Re8 36.Kg2 Kxc5 37.Rxf6 Ra3
38.Rf5 Kc4 39.Rxh5 Rxa6 40.Rc7  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.Be3 b5 8.O-O Bb7
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Bf3 Bd6 11.h3 b4 12.Ne2 Nf6 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Bd2 Rfc8
16.Rfe1 Rab8 17.Kh1 Be5 18.c3 Qc4 19.Qe3 Qc5 20.Rac1 a5 21.Red1 Qb6 22.Be1 Rc7
23.c4 d6 24.b3 Re8 25.Rc2 h6 26.Re2 Ba6 27.Nc2 Qb8 28.Qd3 Rcc8 29.Ne3 Qa8
30.Bd2 Bb7 31.Ng4 Nxg4 32.hxg4 Bc6 33.Bc1 Qb7 34.Bb2 Bxb2 35.Rxb2 Rcd8 36.Rbd2 Rd7
37.e5 Bxf3 38.Qxf3 Qxf3 39.gxf3 Kf8 40.Rxd6 Rc7 41.Ra6 Rc5 42.Rd7 Kg8 43.Raa7 Rf8
44.f4 g5 45.Rac7 Rxc7 46.Rxc7 Rd8 47.Ra7 Rd2 48.Rxa5 Rxf2 49.fxg5 hxg5 50.Rb5 Rxa2
51.Rxb4 Rc2 52.Rb5 Kg7 53.c5 f6 54.b4 fxe5 55.Kg1 Kf6 56.Kf1 e4 57.Ke1 e3
58.Kd1 Rd2+ 59.Ke1 Rc2 60.Kd1 Rd2+ 61.Ke1 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 h5 6.b3 h4 7.Bb2 Be6 8.e4 Qd7
9.Nf3 O-O-O 10.Be2 Be7 11.Nd5 Nf6 12.Ng5 Rde8 13.O-O-O Bd8 14.f4 Kb8 15.Rhe1 Nh5
16.Nf3 Bg4 17.h3 Be6 18.f5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Ne5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Bg4 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8
10.Nge2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Ng3 Rb8 13.Be2 Qc7 14.O-O c4 15.Be3 h5 16.Ba7 Ra8
17.Bd4 b6 18.Rfc1 Ne5 19.Nd1 Bd7 20.b3 b5 21.Nb2 Nxd5 22.bxc4 Nf4 23.cxb5 Qb8
24.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nd2 d5 11.f3 Qc7 12.e5 h5 13.f4 hxg4 14.hxg4 Ne4 15.Ncxe4 dxe4
16.f5 exf5 17.gxf5 Nxe5 18.Nxe4 Nd3 19.Rf3 Qh2+ 20.Kf1 Nxb2 21.Qb1 Bxf5 22.Nf2 Bh3+
23.Rxh3 Rxh3 24.Qxb2 Rxe3 25.Qxb7 Rd8 26.Bc4 Kf8 27.Qxc6 Qf4 28.Rd1 Rf3  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Nc2 Qb6 10.O-O Rc8 11.Bd3 Nb4 12.Nxb4 Bxb4 13.a3 Be7 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.Bg5 Bxg5
16.Nxg5 O-O 17.Qd2 Rc4 18.Nf3 Rfc8 19.Rac1 Qc7 20.Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comp Socrates 95"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Bg5 Qc7 8.h3 e5
9.Qd2 Re8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Rad1 Nbd7 12.Be3 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Bh6 Nc5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Qe3 Ne6 17.Rd2 a6 18.Rfd1 c5 19.g3 Nd4 20.Bd3 Rad8 21.Kh2 Rd7 22.Nh4 h6
23.f3 Red8 24.Kg1 Rd6 25.Qf2 Qe7 26.Kh2 R8d7 27.a4 Bc6 28.axb5 axb5 29.b3 Qd8
30.Qe3 Ne6 31.Nb1 Nd4 32.Nc3 Bb7 33.Nb1 Ba6 34.Na3 Qa5 35.Nb1 c4 36.bxc4 bxc4
37.Be2 Nxc2 38.Rxc2 Rxd1 39.Bxd1 Rxd1 40.Nd2 Qb4 41.Ng2 Bb5 42.Qe2 Ra1 43.Nxc4 Qb1
44.g4 Qg1+ 45.Kg3 h5 46.g5 h4+ 47.Kxh4 Nh5 48.Qe3 Bxc4 49.Qxg1 Rxg1 50.Rxc4 Rxg2
51.Rc5 Rf2 52.Kg4 Rg2+ 53.Kh4 Rg3 54.Rc3 Rg1 55.Rc5 f6 56.gxf6+ Kxf6 57.Rc7 Rg2
58.Rb7 Rf2 59.Rb6+ Kg7 60.Rb3 Kh6 61.Rb8 Rxf3 62.Rh8+ Kg7 63.Re8 Nf6 64.Rxe5 Rf4+
65.Kg5 Rxe4 66.Rxe4 Nxe4+ 67.Kf4 Nf6 68.Ke5 Nh7 69.Kf4 Kh6 70.Ke5 Kh5 71.Kd5 Kh4
72.Ke5 Kxh3 73.Ke6 g5 74.Kf5 g4 75.Kg6 g3 76.Kxh7 g2 77.Kg6 g1=Q+ 78.Kf5 Qd4
79.Ke6 Kg4 80.Ke7 Kf5 81.Kf7 Qd7+ 82.Kg8 Kg6 83.Kh8 Qd8+  0-1

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comp Virtual Chess"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bc4 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.a4 b4 8.Nd5 a5 9.O-O Ngf6
10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Bc4 Nb6 14.Bb3 O-O 15.Re1 Bg4 16.h3 Bxf3
17.Qxf3 e6 18.Rd1 Nd7 19.Bf4 d5 20.c4 bxc3 21.bxc3 c5 22.Rab1 Qc7 23.Rb2 Rab8
24.Rdb1 cxd4 25.cxd4 Rb4 26.Be3 Rfb8 27.Qd1 Nb6 28.Bc2 Rxb2 29.Rxb2 Nc4 30.Rxb8+ Qxb8
31.Bg5 Bf8 32.h4 Qb2 33.h5 Na3 34.Bb3 Qb1 35.hxg6 hxg6 36.Qxb1 Nxb1 37.Kf1 Nc3
38.f3 Bb4 39.Kf2 Nb1 40.Ke2 Kf8 41.Kd3 Ke8 42.Bf4 Kd7 43.Be3 Kc6 44.Bg5 Kd7
45.g3 Kc6 46.Bc1 Na3 47.Ba2 Kc7 48.Bg5 Kd7 49.g4 Kc7 50.f4 Kc6 51.Bf6 Be1
52.Be7 Bb4 53.Bd8 Kd7 54.Bf6 Kc6 55.Bh4 Bf8 56.Bd8 Bb4 57.g5 Kd7 58.Bf6 Kc6
59.Bg7 Kd7 60.Bh8 Be1 61.Bf6 Bg3 62.Kc3 Be1+ 63.Kd3 Bb4 64.Bg7 Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comp Junior"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.d5 cxd5
9.exd5 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 c6 12.dxc6 Bxc6 13.Be3 Rb8 14.Nd4 Ba8 15.Nb3 Re8
16.Qd3 Qc8 17.Rad1 Qg4 18.Qf1 Qh4 19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Bxf2 Kf8 21.Bd4 Rec8 22.a3 Rc4
23.Ba7 Rbc8 24.Bd4 Nh5 25.Bxg7+ Nxg7 26.Rd4 Nf5 27.Rxc4 Rxc4 28.g3 h5 29.Kf2 e6
30.Na5 Rc8 31.Nb3 Ke7 32.Ke2 h4 33.g4 Nh6 34.g5 Nf5 35.Kd3 Rb8 36.Na2 Kd7
37.Nb4 Rb6 38.Na5 Rb5 39.Nb3 h3 40.Nxa6 Nh4 41.Nb4 Rf5 42.Re3 Bg2 43.Kc3 Rxf4
44.Nd3 Rf3 45.Re4 Nf5 46.Nd2 Re3 47.Rxe3 Nxe3 48.Nf2 e5 49.a4 Nd5+ 50.Kc4 Nf4
51.a5 Ne6 52.Nde4 Kc6 53.Kb4 d5 54.Nf6 Nxg5 55.Nd3 Nf3 56.Ng4 e4 57.Nde5+ Nxe5
58.Nxe5+ Kb7 59.Kc3 e3 60.Kd3 d4 61.Kxd4 e2 62.Nd3 g5 63.Ke3 Bf1 64.b4 f5
65.b5 e1=Q+ 66.Nxe1 Bxb5 67.Kf2 Ka6 68.Kg3 g4 69.Kf4 Kxa5 70.c3 Bd7 71.Nd3 Kb5
72.Ne5 Be6 73.Kg3 Kc5 74.Kf2 Kd5 75.Ng6 Kc4 76.Kg3 Kxc3 77.Nf8 Bf7 78.Nd7 Kd4
79.Kf4 Be6 80.Nf6 Kd3 81.Nh5 Ke2 82.Kg3 Ke3 83.Nf4 Bf7 84.Kh4 Kf3 85.Nxh3 gxh3
86.Kg5  0-1

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Comp WChess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.e3 e6 5.Ne2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nd2 Rg8 8.Nf3 Bd7
9.Ng3 f5 10.Nh5 cxd4 11.exd4 Bh6 12.g3 f6 13.Be2 Qe7 14.O-O O-O-O 15.b4 Qf7
16.Ne1 Kb8 17.Nd3 Rc8 18.a4 Ka8 19.a5 Be8 20.Nc5 f4 21.Kh1 Ne7 22.Nxf4 Bxf4
23.gxf4 h5 24.Rg1 Rxg1+ 25.Qxg1 Bc6 26.Qg3 Nf5 27.Qf3 Ng7 28.b5 Be8 29.b6 a6
30.Rg1 Bc6 31.Bd3 Rg8 32.Qg3 f5 33.Qg6 Qxg6 34.Rxg6 Be8 35.Rg5 Bf7 36.Nd7 Ne8
37.Ne5 Rxg5 38.fxg5 Bg8 39.Kg2 Kb8 40.Kg3 Kc8 41.Kh4 Ng7 42.g6 Kd8 43.Kg5 h4
44.Kxh4 Ne8 45.Kg5 Nd6 46.h4 Ke7 47.h5 Ne8 48.h6 Nf6 49.f3 Bh7 50.gxh7 Nxh7+
51.Kg6 Nf8+ 52.Kg7 f4 53.Ng6+  1-0

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Comp MChess Pro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 d6 7.e4 g6 8.Qd2 Bg7
9.Na3 O-O 10.Nc4 Qd8 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Nh3 Nb6 13.Nf2 Nxc4 14.Bxc4 Qc7 15.O-O Bd7
16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.h3 a6 18.a5 Bb5 19.Bb3 Nh5 20.Be3 Be5 21.g4 Ng3 22.c4 Bd7
23.Kg2 h5 24.f4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Bg7 26.gxh5 gxh5 27.Kh2 b5 28.Rg1 Bf5 29.Qg2 Bg6
30.f5 e6 31.fxg6 f5 32.Ng5 bxc4 33.Bxc4 e5 34.Qf3 Rab8 35.Qxh5 Rxb2+ 36.Kh1 f4
37.Raf1 Bh6 38.Nf7 Bg7 39.Bxf4 exf4 40.Rxf4 Re4  1-0

[Event "Harvard Cup"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Comp Chessmaster 4000"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Qc2 e6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.d4 O-O 8.Bf4 dxc4
9.Qxc4 Nd5 10.Bd2 a5 11.e4 N5b6 12.Qc2 f5 13.Qb3 fxe4 14.Qxe6+ Kh8 15.Qxe4 Nf6
16.Qc2 Nfd5 17.Bg5 Qe8 18.Ne5 Qh5 19.h4 Bf5 20.Be4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 a4 22.a3 Be7
23.Bxe7 Nxe7 24.Nd2 Rad8 25.Ndf3 Nf5 26.Rae1 Nd6 27.Qd3 Nd5 28.Ng5 Rf6 29.f4 Kg8
30.Re2 Re8 31.Rff2 Rd8 32.Qf3 Qxf3 33.Ngxf3 Nf5 34.Kh2 Nb6 35.Re4 Rfd6 36.Nd3 Nd7
37.Nc5 Nf6 38.Ree2 Ng4+ 39.Kg2 Nxf2 40.Kxf2 Rg6 41.Nxb7 Rf8 42.Ng5 h6 43.Re6 Rxe6
44.Nxe6 Rb8 45.Nec5 Nxd4 46.Ke3 Ne6 47.f5 Nxc5 48.Nxc5 Rxb2 49.Nxa4 Rb3+
50.Kf4 Rxa3 51.Nc5 Kf7 52.g4 Rc3 53.Ne4 Rh3 54.h5 Rd3 55.g5 hxg5+ 56.Nxg5+ Kf6
57.Ne4+ Ke7 58.Ng5 c5 59.Ke4 c4 60.Ne6 Rh3 61.Kd4 c3  0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morris, Matthew"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.e5 Nd5 14.Bd4 c5 15.c4 cxd4
16.cxd5 Rxb2 17.Rc1 Qb8 18.d6 Bd8 19.Bxa6 Rxa2 20.Rc8 Qb6 21.Bd3 O-O 22.Qb1 Qxb1
23.Rxb1 g6 24.f4 Ba5 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Rb8+ Kg7 27.Rb7 Rd2 28.Bc4 d3 29.Rb1 Bc3
30.h3 g5 31.g3 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 Rf2 33.Bxd3 gxf4 34.gxf4 Rxf4 35.Rb7 Bxe5 36.Rxd7 Rd4
37.Be2  0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bb3 O-O 14.h3 Bd7 15.Qe2 Kh7 16.Rfd1 Rae8
17.a4 Qe7 18.a5 Nc8 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Rd2 f5 21.Rad1 Be6 22.Bxe6 Qxe6 23.Qe3 Rf7
24.Na4 Bf8 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Nc5 Bxc5 27.Qxc5 Rg7 28.Rd8 Qg6 29.Nh4 Qh5 30.Rxe8 Qxd1+
31.Kh2 Nd6 32.Rxe5 Ne4 33.Qf8 Qh5 34.Qxf5+ Qxf5 35.Nxf5 Rf7 36.Rxe4 Rxf5
37.Re7+ Kg6 38.Rxa7 Rxf2 39.Rb7 Rf5 40.a6  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Bc5
9.Bf4 e5 10.Nb3 exf4 11.Nxc5 d6 12.Nd3 fxg3 13.hxg3 h5 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Re1 Ng4
16.Ne3 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Chudnovsky, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.g3 Ne7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O d6 10.Bg5 Rb8 11.Qd2 Be6 12.b3 c5 13.Rad1 Qd7 14.Ne4 f6 15.Nxc5 dxc5
16.Qxd7 Bxd7 17.Rxd7 fxg5 18.Rxe7 Rbe8 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.e3 Rd8 21.Bd5+ Kf8
22.f4 g4 23.f5 g5 24.f6 Bh8 25.Rf5 c6 26.Bxc6 Rd1+ 27.Kg2 Rd2+ 28.Kf1 Rxa2
29.Ba4 Ra1+ 30.Ke2 Ra2+ 31.Kd3 Rxh2 32.e4 Rg2 33.e5 Rxg3+ 34.Ke4 Rf3 35.Rxg5 Kf7
36.Rxg4 Rh3 37.Kf5 Rf3+ 38.Rf4 Rxf4+ 39.Kxf4 Ke6 40.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.Qe2 c6 7.g4 Bg6 8.h4 h5 9.g5 Nfd7
10.Bh3 Be7 11.Be3 d5 12.Nd2 Na6 13.f4 dxe4 14.Ndxe4 Qa5 15.O-O Bf5 16.Bxf5 Qxf5
17.a3 Nc7 18.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Qd3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 e5 6.Nge2 Be7 7.O-O-O O-O 8.h4 b5
9.f4 b4 10.Nb1 d5 11.dxe5 Nxe4 12.Nd4 Ndc5 13.Qf3 Bd7 14.g4 f6 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.Bd3 Nxd3+ 17.cxd3 Nxg5 18.hxg5 Bxd4 19.Qh3 h6 20.gxh6 g6 21.f5 Qg5+ 22.Nd2 Rae8
23.Kb1 Re2 24.h7+ Kh8 25.Qh6 Qxh6 26.Rxh6 gxf5 27.Rd6 fxg4  0-1

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaugars, Agnis"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d3 d5 6.Bd2 b5 7.g3 b4 8.Na4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Bb7
10.Bg2 Na5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Nd2 Rd8 13.Qe2 Nf6 14.b3 Be7 15.O-O O-O 16.Rac1 Bc6
17.Nb2 Bb5 18.Nbc4 Nd5 19.exd5 exd5 20.c3 dxc4 21.bxc4 bxc3 22.cxb5 cxd2
23.Bxd2 Rxd2 24.Qxd2 axb5 25.Qd3 Qb6 26.Qe4 Bf6 27.Rfd1 Bd4+ 28.Kh1 Nc4 29.Rd3 Qa5
30.Qb7 Ne3 31.Bc6 Qxa2 32.Rxd4 cxd4 33.Qxb5 Ng4 34.Bg2 d3 35.Rf1 Ne3 36.Rg1 Nxg2
37.Rxg2 Qa1+ 38.Rg1 Qa8+ 39.Rg2 d2 40.Qe2 Rb8 41.Qd1 Qe4  0-1

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "E09"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Qc2 Nd7 5.g3 Ngf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Bb7 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.Bf4 Ba8 14.Qc2 b5 15.c5 Nf6
16.Rd3 Nd5 17.Bd2 Bb7 18.Re1 b4 19.Ne5 a5 20.Bh3 Kh8 21.Rf3 Bf6 22.Bf1 Ne7
23.Nc4 Ba6 24.Nd6 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 Nf5 26.Rxf5 exf5 27.Nxc8 Qxc8 28.a3 bxa3 29.bxa3 Bxd4
30.Qc4 Qd7 31.Bxa5 f4 32.Re4 Qh3+ 33.Ke2 Qh5+ 34.Ke1 Bxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Qxh2+
36.Ke1 Qxg3+ 37.Kd2 f3 38.Qxf7 Qf2+ 39.Kd3 Qxc5 40.Re8 Qb5+ 41.Kc2 Qc5+ 42.Bc3 Qf2+
43.Kb3 Qb6+ 44.Bb4  1-0

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 Nbd7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nge2 b5 7.a3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.h3 a5 13.g4 b4 14.axb4 axb4 15.Rxa8 Rxa8
16.Nd1 c5 17.d5 Ba6 18.Re1 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Nf8 20.Ne3 Ng6 21.Nc4 Nd7 22.Bf1 Nb6
23.Nxb6 Qxb6 24.Ra1 Rxa1 25.Bxa1 Bg5 26.Bb2 Qa5 27.Qa6 Qxa6 28.Bxa6 Bd2 29.Kg2 Nf4+
30.Kg3 g6 31.h4 Kf8 32.Kf3 Ke7 33.Bc4 Kf6 34.g5+ Kg7 35.Kg4 f6 36.Bb5 Kf7
37.Bc4 Kg7 38.Bb5 Ng2 39.gxf6+ Kxf6 40.h5 Nf4 41.hxg6 h5+ 42.Kh4 Kxg6 43.Be8+ Kh6
44.Bf7 Ng6+ 45.Kg3 Kg5 46.Kf3 Nf4 47.Be8 h4 48.Bb5 Nh5 49.Bf1 Nf6 50.Bh3 Bf4
51.Be6 Kh5 52.Bf7+ Kh6 53.Be6 Nh7 54.Bf5 Ng5+ 55.Kg2 Bd2 56.f3 Kg7 57.Bg4 Kf7
58.Kf2 h3 59.Kg3 Bf4+ 60.Kf2 Kg6 61.Kf1 Kh6 62.Kf2 h2 63.Kg2 Nh7 64.c4 Kg5
65.Bf5 Nf6 66.Be6 Kh5 67.Bf5 Kh4 68.Be6 Nh7  0-1

[Event "Las Vegas op 5'"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nd6 5.Nc3 c6 6.e4 e6 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.Nge2 Be7
9.e5 Nf5 10.g4 Nh4 11.O-O c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5+ 13.Kh1 Ng6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Bg3 b6
16.Nd4 Bb7 17.Qd2 a6 18.a4 Rc8 19.Nce2 Qc7 20.c3 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.b4 Be7
23.Ra5 Qb6 24.Qd3 Bc6 25.Rfa1 Rb8 26.Ra6 Bd8  1-0

[Event "Las Vegas op 5'"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6 7.b4 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Ne4
9.Qc2 f5 10.e3 Ndf6 11.Bd3 Qe8 12.O-O Qh5 13.Rac1 Bd7 14.b5 Ng4 15.h3 Ngf6
16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 a6 18.a4 axb5 19.axb5 Ne4 20.Qc2 Qg6 21.Ra1 h6 22.c5 Rfc8
23.c6 bxc6 24.bxc6 Be8 25.Ba6 Rcb8 26.Bb7 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Qf6 28.Bc3 Bh5 29.f3 Bxf3
30.gxf3 Qg5+ 31.Kf1 Qxe3 32.fxe4 fxe4 33.Ra8 Rxa8 34.Bxa8 Qf3+ 35.Ke1 Qxh3
36.Ba5 Qe3+ 37.Qe2 Qxd4 38.Bxc7 Qa1+ 39.Kf2 Qxa8 40.Qxe4 Qa2+ 41.Kg3 Qb3+
42.Kg4 e5 43.Kh4 Qe6 44.Bd8 d5 45.Qg4 Qxc6 46.Qf5 Qe8 47.Bc7 Qe7+  1-0

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Meyer, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.Qd2 exd5
10.cxd5 a6 11.a4 Re8 12.Nge2 Kh7 13.Ng3 Nbd7 14.Be2 Rb8 15.O-O Ne5 16.h3 h5
17.Nh1 Qa5 18.Nf2 Qb4 19.Qc2 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra7 Nc4 22.Bc1 Nb6 23.Na2  1-0

[Event "Las Vegas op 5'"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 h6 15.d5 Na5
16.Bd3 Rc8 17.Bb1 exd5 18.exd5 Nc4 19.Qd3 g6 20.Re6 Qd7 21.Rf6 Nb2 22.Qd2 Nxd1
23.Qxh6 Rc1 24.Qxc1 Qxd5 25.h4 Kg7 26.Rf4 Rd8 27.Bc2 Nc3 28.Qb2 Qc5 29.Bb3 f6
30.Rc4 Qe7 31.Qxc3 Bxf3 32.Qxf3 Rd2 33.g3 Qd7  1-0

[Event "Las Vegas op 5'"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 c5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 cxd4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nxd4 Na5
9.Qd3 d5 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.f3 e5 12.Qb5+ Bd7 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.b4 exd4 15.bxa5 Rc8
16.Bb2 Ne3 17.Kf2 Rc4 18.Bxd4 Nxf1 19.Bxg7 Rg8 20.Bh6 Rg6 21.Bf4 Bh3 22.Rhxf1 Bxf1
23.Rxf1 Ra6 24.Bd2 Rc2 25.Bb4 Re6 26.Re1 Kd7 27.f4 f5 28.Kf3 Kc6 29.h3 h5
30.e3 Kb5 31.Rd1 Ka4 32.Rd5 Rh2 33.h4 Rb2 34.Rxf5 Rb3 35.Re5 Rxe5 36.fxe5 Kb5
37.Kf4 Kc6 38.Ke4 Kd7 39.Bc5 a6 40.Kf4 Ke6 41.Bb6 Rc3 42.Kg5 Rxa3 43.Kxh5 Rb3
44.Kg5 Rb5 45.g4 Rxe5+ 46.Kf4  1-0

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 e6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Be3 c5 8.c3 b6 9.f4 Ba6
10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.f5 exf5 14.Qd3 Nc7 15.Qxf5 Ne6 16.Na3 cxd4
17.cxd4 Bxa3 18.bxa3 Qe7 19.Ng5 Nxg5 20.Bxg5 Qe6 21.Qxe6 fxe6 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8
23.Rc1 h6 24.Bh4 a5 25.Rc7 Ke8 26.Rc6 Kf7 27.Rc7 Ke8 28.Rc6 Kf7 29.Kf1 Ra7
30.Ke2 Rb7 31.Kd3 Nb8 32.Rc8 Na6 33.Rc6 Nb8 34.Rd6 Nd7 35.Kc2 Rc7+ 36.Kb3 g5
37.Be1 Ke7 38.Bc3 Rc8 39.a4 Rb8 40.Bd2 Rf8 41.Bc1 Rf2 42.Ba3 Rxg2 43.Rxd5+ Kd8
44.Rd6 Rxh2 45.Rxe6 Rh3+ 46.Kb2 Rh2+ 47.Kb3 Rh3+ 48.Kb2 Rh2+ 49.Kb1 Rh1+
50.Kc2 Rh2+ 51.Kc1 Rh1+ 52.Kd2 Rh2+ 53.Ke1 Rh1+ 54.Kf2 Rh2+ 55.Kg3 Rd2 56.Be7+ Kc7
57.Rd6 Rd1 58.Kf3 h5 59.Ke4 g4 60.Rg6 Rd2 61.Bd6+ Kb7 62.e6  1-0

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 e6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Be3 c5 8.c3 b6 9.f4 Ba6
10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.f5 exf5 14.Qd3 Nc7 15.Qxf5 Ne6 16.Na3 cxd4
17.cxd4 Bxa3 18.bxa3 Qe7 19.Ng5 Nxg5 20.Bxg5 Qe6 21.Qxe6 fxe6 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8
23.Rc1 h6 24.Bh4 a5 25.Rc7 Ke8 26.Rc6 Kf7 27.Rc7 Ke8 28.Rc6 Kf7 29.Kf1 Ra7
30.Ke2 Rb7 31.Kd3 Nb8 32.Rc8 Na6 33.Rc6 Nb8 34.Rd6 Nd7 35.Kc2 Rc7+ 36.Kb3 g5
37.Be1 Ke7 38.Bc3 Rc8 39.a4 Rb8 40.Bd2 Rf8 41.Bc1 Rf2 42.Ba3 Rxg2 43.Rxd5+ Kd8
44.Rd6 Rxh2 45.Rxe6 Rh3+ 46.Kb2 Rh2+ 47.Kb1 Rh1+ 48.Kc2 Rh2+ 49.Kc1 Rh1+
50.Kd2 Rh2+ 51.Ke1 Rh1+ 52.Kf2 Rh2+ 53.Kg3 Rd2 54.Be7+ Kc7 55.Rd6 Rd1 56.Kf3 h5
57.Ke4 g4 58.Rg6 Rd2 59.Bd6+ Kb7 60.e6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.h3 e5 8.Be3 exd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 a6 12.f4 Na5 13.Bf2 c5 14.Nf3 Bc6 15.e5 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 dxe5 17.Bxc5 Qc8 18.Bb6 Nc4 19.fxe5 Nd7 20.Bd4 Ndxe5 21.Qf2 Nxb2
22.Nd5 Nbc4 23.Rab1 Qf5 24.Qxf5 gxf5 25.Bf2 Nd2 26.Rb3 Nxb3 27.axb3 Nc6 28.Rd1 Re2
29.c4 Rae8 30.Nc7 Rd8 31.Nd5 Kh8 32.Rb1 Bd4 33.Bxd4+ Nxd4 34.Rf1 Rg8 35.Kh2 Kg7
36.Rf4 Rd2 37.Ne3 Re8 38.Rxd4 Rxd4 39.Nxf5+ Kf6 40.Nxd4 b6 41.Kg1 Re3 42.b4 Rxg3
43.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.b4 Bb6 6.d3 Ne7 7.g3 Nxd5 8.cxd5 c6
9.dxc6 Nxc6 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.Bg2 Qd7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Rc1 O-O 14.Bc3 f5 15.b5 Nd8
16.Qb3+ Qf7 17.Bb4 Qxb3 18.axb3 Nf7 19.h3 Bh5 20.e3 Rfd8 21.Nh4 g6 22.Bxb7 Rb8
23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Rd7 25.Nd2 Bd8 26.Ba3 Rxb5 27.Rc8 Kg7 28.Rb1 Rbb7 29.Kf1 Rdc7
30.Rxc7 Bxc7 31.Ke2 Kf6 32.e4 Ke6 33.f3 d5 34.Rc1 Bd6 35.Bxd6 Nxd6 36.Rc6 Rb6
37.Rc7 Rb7 38.Rc6 Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Bc5
9.Nb3 Ba7 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 h5 12.h3 Bd7 13.Qe1 Ng4 14.Bf3 O-O-O 15.Kg2 Rh7
16.hxg4 hxg4 17.Bxg4 Rdh8 18.Be3 Rh2+ 19.Kg1 Rh1+ 20.Kf2 R1h2+ 21.Kg1 Rh1+
22.Kf2 R1h2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nc3 e3 7.Qd3 e6 8.Qxe3 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.Kb1 Nc6 11.g4 Nb4 12.Bg3 b6 13.a3 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qe1 Bb7
16.Bd3 c5 17.c4 Nf6 18.dxc5 Qe8 19.Bd6 bxc5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Qh4 g6 22.Nh3 Rfd8
23.Ng5 Qf8 24.Be4 Bxe4+ 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.fxe4 Rd4 27.Rxd4 cxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe1 exf4 11.Bxf4 Bg6 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.e6 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 fxe6
16.Bxg6+ hxg6 17.Bg5 N5f6 18.Qxe6 Qxb2 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Rab1 Qxc3 21.Rxb7 O-O-O
22.Rfb1 Rxh3+ 23.Qxh3 f5 24.Qh2 f4 25.Qxf4 Qa5 26.g3 g5 27.Qe4 Qc3 28.Rxa7 Bd6
29.Ra8+ Bb8 30.Qd3 Qf6 31.Kg2 g4 32.Qa6+ Kc7 33.Qb7+ Kd6 34.Qb4+ Kc7 35.Qb7+ Kd6
36.Qb4+ Kc7 37.Qxg4 Nb6 38.Ra6 Nd5 39.Re1 Qc3 40.Qe4 Kb7 41.Ra4 Rg8 42.Rb1+ Nb6
43.Qe7+ Bc7 44.Ra7+ Kxa7 45.Qxc7+ Ka8 46.Qxb6 Qxc2+ 47.Kh1 Qh7+ 48.Nh4 Qe4+
49.Ng2  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 c6 12.Nd3 a5 13.Qb3 cxd5 14.cxd5 b5 15.Rfc1 Bd7
16.Qa3 a4 17.Nb4 Na6 18.Nxa6 Rxa6 19.Rc2 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.Rc1 Qd8 22.Qc3 Bd7
23.Qc7 Qxc7 24.Rxc7 Kf8 25.Bf1 Ra8 26.f3 Rb8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxh8+ Kd7 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bxe7+ Kxe7 13.Nf3 Rb8 14.b3 a5 15.Nd4 Bd7
16.f3 c5 17.Nc2 Ng5 18.Kd2 f5 19.Rab1 Nf7 20.Rhe1 Kf6 21.a3 Be6 22.Kc3 Ne5
23.h3 Kf7 24.Ne3 Nc6 25.Nf1 g5 26.e3 Rg8 27.Nd2 Kf6 28.Rg1 Bf7 29.Rbe1 Rb8
30.g4 Bg6 31.f4 gxf4 32.exf4 Nd4 33.g5+ Kf7 34.Re3 Kf8 35.Rge1 Bf7 36.Re7 Rc8
37.h4 Nc6 38.R7e3 Rb8 39.Rb1 Rb7 40.Nf3 Bh5 41.Ne1 Bf7 42.Nd3 Ra7 43.Rh1 Kg7
44.h5 Rb7 45.Rh2 Rb8 46.h6+ Kf8 47.Rb2 Ra8 48.b4 axb4+ 49.axb4 cxb4+ 50.Nxb4 Ne7
51.Nd3 Ng6 52.Re1 Be8 53.Reb1 Ke7 54.Rb8 Ra3+ 55.R1b3 Ra1 56.c5 Bf7 57.R3b7 Kd7
58.cxd6 Kxd6 59.Rd8+ Kc6 60.Rb2 Ra3+ 61.Kd4 Ra4+ 62.Rb4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Qb6 4.Qc1 Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Bf4 Qd8
9.b4 Ngf6 10.h3 Be7 11.e3 Ne4 12.Be2 g5 13.Bh2 h5 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Nf8
16.Qd1 Bg6 17.Qb3 a6 18.a4 Nd7 19.O-O g4 20.b5 Ra7 21.b6 Ra8 22.Bc7 Qc8 23.hxg4 hxg4
24.Bxg4 Nf6 25.Be2 Kd7 26.f3 Rh4 27.Kf2 Qh8 28.Ke1 Qh6 29.Nd1 Rh1 30.Nf2 Rxf1+
31.Bxf1 Qh4 32.g4 Nh7 33.Ke2 f5 34.Bg2 Qf6 35.Nd3 Rg8 36.Ne5+ Ke8 37.Rh1 fxg4
38.Nxg4 Qf8 39.Bf4 Bf5 40.Bh6 Qf7 41.Bh3 Nf6 42.Nf2 Nh5 43.Bf4 Ng3+ 44.Bxg3 Rxg3
45.Bxf5 Qxf5 46.f4 Rg2 47.Kf1 Qg6 48.e4 Rg3 49.f5 exf5 50.exf5 Qg5 51.Qd1 Kd7
52.Qe2 Qc1+ 53.Qe1 Qc4+ 54.Qe2 Rg5 55.Qxc4 dxc4 56.Ke2 Rxf5 57.Ng4 Rf4 58.Ne5+ Ke6
59.Rh6+ Kd5 60.Rh7 Re4+ 61.Kf3 Kxd4 62.Nxc4 Rh4 63.Rxe7 Kxc4 64.Rxb7 Kxc5
65.a5 Ra4 66.Re7 Kd6 67.Re8 Rb4 68.Rd8+ Kc5 69.Ke3 Rb5 70.Ra8 Kb4 71.Rxa6 Ka4
72.Kd4 Rb1 73.Ra8  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Bd3 Nxc3
10.bxc3 c5 11.dxc5 Nc6 12.Bd4 Qc7 13.O-O Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qe2 Bh2+ 16.Kh1 e5
17.Kxh2 exd4+ 18.f4 dxc3 19.Qf2 Bd7 20.Qd4 Rac8 21.Qxc3 Qxc5 22.Qb2 Bc6 23.f5 Rce8
24.Qf6 Qe7 25.Qxe7 Rxe7 26.f6 Re6 27.a5 Rd8 28.Rae1 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Rd6 30.Rf1 Kf8
31.g4 h6 32.h4 Re6 33.Kg3 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Rf5 Ke8 36.Rxg5 Rxf6 37.Re5+ Kd7
38.g5 Kd6 39.Re1 Re6 40.Rf1 Re3+ 41.Kf4 d4 42.Kf5 Ke7 43.Rb1 Rf3+ 44.Ke5 Rg3
45.Kf4 Rh3 46.Kf5 Rh4 47.Re1+ Kd6 48.Kf6 Rf4+ 49.Kg7 Rg4 50.Kf6 Rf4+ 51.Kg7 Rf2
52.Bh7 Rg2 53.Kf6 Rf2+ 54.Kg7 Ba4 55.Rc1 Rg2 56.Kf6 Rf2+ 57.Kg7 Ke5 58.c3 dxc3
59.Rxc3 Bc6 60.Rc5+ Ke6 61.Rc2 Rxc2 62.Bxc2 Bd5 63.Bh7 Ke7 64.Bg8 Be6 65.Bh7 Bd5
66.Bg8 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.d4 Nd7 7.Nc3 Ngf6 8.O-O Be7
9.Bf4 O-O 10.Rfe1 Bf5 11.c5 Qxb3 12.axb3 h6 13.b4 a6 14.Na2 a5 15.Bc7 axb4
16.Nxb4 Rfc8 17.Bf4 Ne4 18.Nd3 g5 19.Be3 Bf6 20.Rec1 Kg7 21.Nfe1 Bd8 22.f3 Nef6
23.Bf2 Bg6 24.g4 Ne8  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.O-O Bb7
9.a3 Nf6 10.Kh1 h5 11.f4 Ng4 12.Bg1 g5 13.Be2 gxf4 14.Bxg4 hxg4 15.Qxg4 O-O-O
16.Nxc6 dxc6 17.Rad1 Bd6 18.Bd4 Rdg8 19.Qf3 Rh6 20.b4 Rg3 21.Qe2 e5 22.Ba7 Rxc3
23.Qg4+ Re6 24.Rd2 Qe7 25.Rfd1 Kc7 26.Bc5 Bxc5 27.Rd7+ Qxd7 28.Rxd7+ Kxd7
29.bxc5 Rxc5 30.h4 Rc3 31.Qg7 Ke7 32.Qg5+ Kd7 33.Qg7 c5 34.Qxf7+ Re7 35.Qf5+ Kc7
36.h5 Re3 37.Qf6 Kd7 38.Qf5+ Ke8 39.Qg6+ Kd8 40.Qd6+ Ke8 41.Qg6+ Kd7 42.Qf5+ Kc7
43.Qf6 Rd7 44.Qxe5+ Kb6 45.Qxf4 Rxe4 46.Qf6+ Bc6 47.h6 Re2  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 Ne7 7.d3 c6 8.e4 O-O
9.Qd2 e5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nc3 d4 12.Ne2 f6 13.Nh4 a5 14.f4 Bb4 15.Qd1 g5 16.fxg5 fxg5
17.Nf5 Nxf5 18.exf5 g4 19.h4 Nf6 20.a3 Bc5 21.Qd2 Bf7 22.Kh2 Bd5 23.Qg5+ Kf7
24.Bxd5+ Qxd5 25.Rae1 Rg8 26.Qh6 Bf8 27.Qd2 c5 28.c4 Qd6 29.Bc1 b6 30.Ng1 Re8
31.Qg2 h6 32.Rf2 Bg7 33.Rfe2 Re7 34.Bd2 Rge8 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Qd7 37.Rf1 e4
38.dxe4 d3 39.Ree1 Rxe4 40.bxc5 bxc5 41.Rb1 R8e7 42.Bc3 Rxc4 43.Qb2 Rce4
44.Rf2 Qd5 45.Ra1 Qd6 46.Ra8 c4 47.Rg2 Re3 48.Qb5 Qd5 49.Qa6 Re8 50.Ra7+ R3e7
51.Rb2 Rxa7 52.Qxa7+ Re7 53.Qa6 Qxf5 54.Qxc4+ Qd5 55.Qf4 Qe4 56.Qf1 Kg6 57.Rb6 Qf5
58.Qg2 Re6 59.Rb7 Bf8 60.Rb8 Bd6 61.Rb2 Nh5 62.Qa8 Nxg3 63.Qg8+ Kh5 64.Rb5 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Cunningham, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Rc1 h6 12.Bf4 Bg4 13.h3 Be6 14.Ncb5 Rc8 15.Nxc6 Rxc6
16.Rxc6 bxc6 17.Nc7 Rf8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qc2 c5 20.e4 Qe8 21.exd5 exd5 22.Re1 Qf7
23.Qf5 Rd8 24.Bc7 Rd7 25.Be5 Bd8 26.Rc1 c4 27.Rd1 g6 28.Qf4 Kg7 29.h4 Bc7
30.Rxd5 Bxe5 31.Rxe5 c3 32.bxc3 Qxa2 33.Bc6 Rc7 34.Re6 Qxe6 35.Qxc7+ Kf8
36.Qb8+ Ke7 37.Qxa7+ Kd6 38.Qb6 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qxc3 40.Be4+ Ke7 41.Bxg6 Qc4
42.Qe3+  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 Qe7 8.Be2 h6
9.Bh4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nf8 11.Nd2 Ng6 12.Bg3 e5 13.Qc2 O-O 14.O-O Bd7 15.Bd3 Nh7
16.c5 f5 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.Qxb7 dxc5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Nc4 Qxc3 22.Be2 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "D65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Qc2 c6 12.h3 Ne4 13.Bf4 Ng5 14.Nxg5 Bxg5 15.Bh2 Be7
16.Na4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Qc5 Qh6 20.Nxc8 Rbxc8 21.Qb6 Re7 22.b4 Ne6
23.Bf5 Rce8 24.a4 Qg5 25.Bxe6 Rxe6 26.Qxb7 Rg6 27.g3 h5 28.Rxc6 h4 29.Rxg6 fxg6
30.g4 Rxe3 31.Qb8+ Kh7 32.fxe3 Qxe3+ 33.Kg2 Qe4+ 34.Rf3 Qc2+ 35.Rf2  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.O-O Bb7 10.a3 Rc8 11.Qd2 Bc5 12.Rad1 Nf6 13.Bf3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Qc5 15.e5 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Nd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.c3 O-O 19.Qd3 Rfe8 20.Qxd5 Rxe5 21.Qxd7 Rce8
22.Qd6 Qc8 23.Rd5 R5e6 24.Qf4 Rf6 25.Qg4 Qc6 26.Qd7 Qxd7 27.Rxd7 h6 28.Rfd1 Re2
29.R7d2 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 Rxf3 31.Rd6 a5 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Rd5 b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.Kg2 Rf4
36.Rd4 Rxd4 37.cxd4 Kg6 38.Kf3 Kf5 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Ke4 f5+ 41.Kf4 g5+ 42.Ke3 Kd5
43.f3 Kc4 44.b3+ Kd5 45.h3 h5  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E40"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nf6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 b6
9.Ne2 Ba6 10.O-O Qc8 11.f3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Qa6 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.Ng3 Na5 15.Rb1 Rfe8
16.Nf5 Nc4 17.Qd3 Qc8 18.e4 Qe6 19.e5 Nd7 20.f4 f6 21.Nh6+ gxh6 22.f5 Qe7
23.e6 Kh8 24.Bxh6 Rg8 25.exd7 Qxd7 26.Rbe1 Rae8 27.Qf3 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Re8 29.Rf1 Nxa3
30.g4 Nc4 31.Qg3 Nd6 32.Qh4 Ne4 33.Bf4 Rg8 34.Kh1 Qb5 35.Re1 Rxg4  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schwartz, Ylan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bd2 e6 8.Qe2 Qh5
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Rhg1 O-O-O 11.Bf4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bb4 13.Ne4 Qf5 14.Bd2 Qxe4 15.Qxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxb4 Nd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Be7 Rde8 19.Bh4 Nd6 20.Rd3 Nf5 21.Bg3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Re2
23.c3 Rhe8 24.Rd2 R2e6 25.Kc2 Kd7 26.Kd1 h5 27.h4 Rg6 28.Rd3 Nxh4 29.Rh1 Nf5
30.Rxh5 Nxg3 31.fxg3 Rxg3 32.Rh2 Re6 33.Kd2 Rg1 34.Re3 Rb1 35.Kd3 Rxe3+ 36.Kxe3 a5
37.b3 Ra1 38.c4 Ke6 39.c5 Re1+ 40.Kd3 Rd1+ 41.Ke3 Re1+ 42.Kd2 Rb1 43.Ke3 Ra1
44.Rb2 g5 45.Rh2 Kf5 46.Rh7 Kg6 47.Rh2 f5 48.Rh8 f4+ 49.Kd3 Rxa2 50.Rg8+ Kf6
51.Rf8+ Ke6 52.Re8+ Kd7 53.Rg8 Rf2 54.Rg7+ Kc8 55.Rg8+ Kc7 56.Rg7+ Kb8 57.Rg8+ Ka7
58.Rxg5 Rxf3+ 59.Kc2 Re3 60.Rf5 f3 61.Rf7 Ka6 62.Kb2 Rd3  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Feygelson, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B44"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e4 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 e5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 g5 13.Bg3 Qa5 14.h4 Kg7 15.hxg5 hxg5
16.Qd2 Nh7 17.Be2 Qc5 18.Rfd1 Rb8 19.Bg4 f6 20.Bf5 Rd8 21.Qd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Nf8
23.Rad1 Rb2 24.Rxc6 dxc6 25.Rxd8 Bxf5 26.exf5 Rxa2 27.Rc8 Ra1+ 28.Kh2 a5
29.Rc7+ Kg8 30.Rxc6 Kf7 31.c5 Rc1 32.f3 Rxc3 33.Be1 Ra3 34.Rc7+ Ke8 35.c6 Ra1
36.Rc8+ Ke7 37.c7 Kd7 38.Rxf8 Kxc7 39.Bg3  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bxc5 Qxc5 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.Qe2+ Kf8 12.O-O Re8 13.Qd1 Qb6 14.b3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Ne5
16.Qd1 d4 17.Bf5 d3 18.Nd2 g6 19.Be4 Kg7 20.h3 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qc6 22.Re1 f5
23.Ng5 Qxc3 24.Rc1 Qa5 25.b4 Qd8 26.Qd2 h6 27.Rxe5 Rxe5 28.Qb2 hxg5 29.Qxe5+ Kh6
30.Rd1 Rh7 31.h4 gxh4 32.Qe3+ Qg5 33.Qxd3 Re7 34.Qc3 Kh7 35.Kh1 b6 36.a3 Rf7
37.Rd6 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gamboa, Nelson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bd3 Bd7
9.Be4 Bc6 10.Qe2 Bxe4 11.Qxe4 Nc6 12.Rb1 O-O-O 13.d4 Rd7 14.Bf4 Qg6 15.Qxc6+  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Khmelnitski, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 Bh6 6.e3 f5 7.c4 Qf6 8.f4 d6
9.Nc3 Na6 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.Nge2 Rb8 12.O-O Nb4 13.Bb1 Bg7 14.a3 Na6 15.Ng3 h5
16.Qc2 Nc7 17.a4 e6 18.e4 h4 19.Nge2 exd5 20.cxd5 Kf8 21.exf5 Re8 22.Qb3 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 h6 9.Bxh6 Nxe4
10.Nxe4 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qxh6 12.Qxh6 Bxh6 13.Nxd6 exd5 14.cxd5 Nd7 15.Bh3 Nb6
16.Bxc8 Nxc8 17.Ne4 Nb6 18.d6 f5 19.Nxc5 Rfe8+ 20.Ne2 Re5 21.Nd3 Re6 22.f4 Nc4
23.d7 Rd8 24.Rc1 Nb6 25.Nc5 Re7 26.Nxb7 Rdxd7 27.Nc5 Rd8 28.Nb3 Nd5 29.Rd1 Rde8
30.Nc1 Ne3 31.Rd6 Kh7 32.h3 Bf8 33.Rd3 Rc7 34.Kf2 Rc2 35.b3 Bc5 36.Kf3 Rb2
37.g4 Nc2 38.Rhd1 Bb6 39.Rc3 Ba5 40.Rd7+ Kg8 41.Rc6 g5 42.gxf5 gxf4 43.Rg6+ Kf8
44.Rh6  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.d5 e5 5.dxe6 Bxe6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Be2 Ngf6 8.Nc3 g6
9.Nd4 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Bg7 11.Be3 O-O 12.O-O c6 13.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qd2 Ne4 5.Qc2 d6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qa5 8.Nf3 g6
9.e3 Bg7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Rfd1 Nb6 13.Nd2 Na4 14.Rdc1 e5 15.Bg3 Re8
16.Bd3 c5 17.Ne4 exd4 18.Nxd6 Re7 19.cxd4 cxd4 20.e4 Nc3 21.f4 Qc5 22.e5 f6
23.Bh4 Re6 24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.Kh1 fxe5 26.f5 Ree8 27.f6 e4 28.Rf1 Bxf6 29.Bxf6 exd3
30.Qxd3 Re4 31.Qh3 Qc6 32.Rae1 Rf8 33.Rxe4 Nxe4  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kaliksteyn, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Na4 Nd7 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Rac1 c5 15.Qd1 Rad8
16.b3 d4 17.Bd2 Qa6 18.Bf4 Nb6 19.Nxc5 Bxc5 20.Rxc5 Qxa2 21.Qa1 Qxb3 22.Qxa7 Na4
23.Re5 Nc3 24.Bf3 Rd7 25.Qc5 f6 26.Rh5 Qc2 27.Re1 g6 28.Qc6 Bf5 29.Rc1 Nxe2+
30.Bxe2 Qxc6 31.Rxc6 gxh5 32.Bh6 d3 33.Bd1 Rb8 34.Rxf6 Rf7 35.Rd6 Re7 36.Kg2 Re6
37.Rxe6 Bxe6 38.Bxh5 Bd5+ 39.Bf3 Bxf3+ 40.Kxf3 Re8 41.h4 Re6 42.Bg5 h6 43.Bf4 h5
44.Bg5 Re2 45.Bf4 Kf7 46.Bg5 Ke6 47.Bf4 Kd5 48.Bg5 Kc4 49.Bh6 Re6 50.Bd2 Kd4
51.Bc1 Rf6+ 52.Kg2 Kc3 53.g4 Kc2 54.Be3 hxg4 55.h5 Rf3 56.h6 d2  0-1

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 e6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bd7 10.Re1 Rc8 11.a3 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Bd3 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Qb6 15.Bc3 Na5
16.Nd2 Nc4 17.Nxc4 dxc4 18.Bc2 f5 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Qg4 Rcf8 21.Re2 Rf4 22.Qh3 g6
23.Rae1 R4f7 24.Be4 Bd6 25.Qh6 Qc7 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.d5 e5 28.Rxe5 Rh7 29.Qxg6+ Rg7
30.Qh6 Qb6 31.R5e3 Rff7 32.Bxg7 Rxg7 33.Re4 Bc5 34.Qxb6 axb6 35.Rxc4 Bh3
36.g3 Rf7 37.Re2 Rf5 38.Rh4 Rxd5 39.Rxh3 Rd1+ 40.Kg2 Kg7 41.Rh4  1-0

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Mont Reynaud, Jordy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Bc4 e6 7.cxd4 d6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Qe4 Ndb4 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Nc3 Na5 13.Ng5 g6 14.Qh4 h5 15.Be2 f6
16.Nge4 Be7 17.Qg3 Kf7 18.Bf4 Nac6 19.Rad1 Nd5 20.Bc1 Rh8 21.h4 Qc7 22.Qf3 Rd8  1-0

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.a4 a5 8.Bf4 Na6
9.Qd2 Nb4 10.Rac1 Qb6 11.h3 Re8 12.Bh6 e5 13.dxe5 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 dxe5 15.Ng5 Qc5
16.Kh2 Qf8 17.Qxf8+ Rxf8 18.f4 Nd7 19.f5 h6 20.Nf3 Kg7 21.h4 Nf6 22.Nd2 gxf5
23.exf5 Rd8 24.Nc4 Rd4 25.Nxe5 Rxh4+ 26.Kg3 Rd4 27.Bf3 Bxf5 28.Ne2 Rd2 29.Nc4 Rdd8
30.Bxc6 Be6 31.Bb5 Rac8 32.Ne3 Rd2 33.Nf4 Nxc2 34.Nxe6+ fxe6 35.Nc4 Rd3+
36.Kh2 Ng4+ 37.Kg1 Nd4 38.Rfe1 Nxb5 39.axb5 a4 40.Re4 h5 41.Rf1 Rc5 42.b6 e5
43.Na3 Rd4 44.Rxd4 exd4 45.g3 d3 46.Rd1 Ne5 47.Kf2 Rc2+ 48.Ke3 Rxb2 49.Ke4 Ng4
50.Kd4 Nf2  0-1

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Remlinger, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Qb6 8.O-O g6
9.dxc5 Qc7 10.Bb5 Bg7 11.c4 O-O 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nb3 a6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Bf4 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Qd2 Bd7 19.Rfe1 Qf6 20.Qd4 Qxd4 21.Nxd4 Rfb8
22.Re7 Rb4 23.Rd1 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.b3 f6 26.Kf1 Bd7 27.Ke2 Kf7 28.Kd3 Rb8
29.Re1 g5 30.Kc3 h5 31.b4 h4 32.a3 Ra8 33.Kb3 a5 34.bxa5 Rxa5 35.Kb4 Ra8
36.a4 f5 37.a5 Kf6 38.Ra1 Ra6 39.Kc3 Bc8 40.Nc2 Ra8 41.Nb4 Ba6 42.Kd4 Bb5
43.a6 g4 44.Ra5 Kg5 45.Rxb5 cxb5 46.c6 f4 47.g3 fxg3 48.fxg3 h3 49.c7  1-0

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaiser, Thomas"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Qb3 Rb8 5.Bg5 c6 6.Nc3 Ngf6 7.e3 Qa5 8.Bf4 e5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 f6 13.Nd2 Be7 14.a4 O-O 15.h3 Be6
16.e4 c5 17.Ke2 Rfe8 18.d5 Bf7 19.Bh2 Bd8 20.g3 Ba5 21.Rhc1 Rf8 22.Rab1 Be8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Frenklakh, Jennie"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qd2 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.e3 b5 9.cxb5 axb5
10.Bd3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nbd7 13.Qc2 Qa5 14.O-O O-O 15.Kh2 Rac8 16.Rg1 c5
17.dxc5 Rxc5 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Qb3 b4 20.Na4 Rd5 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.e4 Kh7 23.exd5 Nxd5
24.a3 bxa3 25.Rxa3 Qd2 26.Rf1 Be5+ 27.f4 Qxf4+  0-1

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Heinola, Kari P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 h6 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.Qxa5 Nxa5 10.cxd5 Bxb2 11.Rb1 Nc4 12.Rxb2 Nxb2 13.Bd4 Na4 14.Bxh8 f6 15.d6 Nxc5
16.h4 g4 17.Nd2 b6 18.Bg7 h5 19.f3 Bb7 20.e4 Kf7 21.Bh6 e6 22.Be2 f5 23.Be3 Rc8
24.O-O Na4 25.fxg4 Nc3 26.Bd3 hxg4 27.exf5 e5 28.Nc4 e4 29.Ne5+ Ke8 30.f6 Bd5
31.Ba6  1-0

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wolski, Thomas"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.Ng5 Bf5 7.e6 fxe6 8.g4 Bg6
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 11.Nxe6 Qd7 12.Qe2 Na6 13.Nc3 Nc7 14.Nxc7+ Qxc7 15.g5 Nd5
16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Bf4 Qc4 18.Qxc4 dxc4 19.Kd2 g6 20.Rhe1 Kd7 21.Kc3 Rc8 22.Re3 Bg7
23.Rae1 Rhe8 24.Rh3 Rh8 25.Rhe3 Rhe8 26.Rh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O g6 6.Nh4 Be6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Kh2 Bc4 10.Re1 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.e5 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nd5 8.Bd2 O-O
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bb3 a5 11.Bxd5 cxd5 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Nxb5 Nc6 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O d6
9.a4 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Kh1 Re8 12.f4 Rb8 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Rad1 Bf8 15.Bg1 Nxd4
16.Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Qd8
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.a3 b6 13.b4 Be7 14.Bf4 Bb7 15.Nb5 Rad8
16.Bc7 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rc8 18.Bf4 Ba8 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Nxa7 Rc7 21.Nb5 Rxc4 22.Bxe5 Rc2
23.Bd3 Rc8 24.Na7 Rf8 25.Rc1 Nd5 26.Rc8 Bb7 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Be4 f6 29.Bb2 h6
30.Bf3 e5 31.Nb5 Ba6 32.Na7 Bb7 33.Nb5 Ba6 34.Na7 Bb7 35.Nb5 Ba6 36.Na7 Bb7
37.Nb5 Ba6 38.Na7  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.e5 Nd5 14.Bc1 Bc5 15.Bd3 Qc7
16.g3 Bd4 17.c3 Bxe5 18.Bxa6 O-O 19.Bd3 f5 20.Re1 Bd6 21.Re2 Kh8 22.Qc2 c5
23.b3 Nf6 24.f4 c4 25.Bxc4 Ng4 26.Rg2 Bc5+ 27.Kf1 Qc6 28.Be2 e5 29.h3 Nf2
30.h4 Rbe8 31.fxe5 f4 32.gxf4 Nh3  0-1

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 h6 8.a3 a6 9.b4 Ba7
10.Bb2 Be6 11.h3 Ne7 12.Kh2 c6 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.e4 Qd7 15.Qe2 b5 16.Rfd1 Bb6
17.c5 dxc5 18.bxc5 Bxc5 19.Nxb5 Bxf2 20.Qxf2 axb5 21.Qc5 Rfc8 22.Nxe5 Nxe5
23.Bxe5 Nh7 24.Bb2 f6 25.h4 Ra6 26.d4 Nf8 27.d5 cxd5 28.Qxc8 Qxc8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8
30.exd5 Kf7 31.Rc1 Bd7 32.Rc7 Ke8 33.Rb7 Ng6 34.Bf1 Rd6 35.Bxb5 Bxb5 36.Rxb5 Ne7
37.Rb8+ Kf7 38.Rb7 Rxd5 39.Bc3 Ke6 40.Bb4 Nc6 41.Rxg7 Nxb4 42.axb4 h5 43.Rc7 Rd2+
44.Kg1 Rb2 45.Rc4 Kd5 46.Rf4 Ke5 47.Kf1 Rb3 48.Kg2 Rb1 49.Rc4 Rb2+ 50.Kh3 Kf5
51.Rc5+ Kg6 52.Rb5 Kh6 53.Rb8 Kg7 54.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 c4 5.Qe2 Be7 6.g3 Nc6 7.c3 Nf6 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O b5 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.exd5 exd5 12.Ndf3 Bd6 13.Bf4 Ne7 14.Nh4 Re8 15.Qf3 Qc7
16.Rfe1 Ne4 17.Qh5 Rf8 18.Bh3 Bc8 19.Bxc8 Raxc8 20.Nf5 Nxf5 21.Qxf5 g6 22.Qg4 Rfe8
23.f3 Nf6 24.Qh3 Nh5 25.Bd2 f5 26.f4 Nf6 27.Be3 b4 28.Qg2 Rb8 29.h3 Ne4 30.Rac1 Kh8
31.g4 Rf8 32.Rc2 bxc3 33.bxc3 Rb6 34.Kh1 Be7 35.Nf3 Qb8 36.Rg1 Rb1 37.Ne5 Rxg1+
38.Qxg1 Qc8 39.Qe1 Bf6 40.Rg2  1-0

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 b6 7.Bc4 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Ne4 Nac7 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Rc1 d5
16.Ng3 Qd7 17.Nh4 Bd6 18.f4 f5 19.Nh5 Qf7 20.Rf3 Kh8 21.Rh3 Rg8 22.Nf3 Qe7
23.Qe2 Ne8 24.Rc6 Qd7 25.Ne5 Qe7 26.Rxd6 Nxd6 27.Nc6  1-0

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Nd5 Re8 7.Bd3 h6 8.a3 Bf8
9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Be4 d6 11.b4 Ne7 12.Bb2 Qe6 13.d4 f5 14.Bd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Qxd5
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Qxc7 f4 18.O-O Bg4 19.e4 Qxe4 20.Nxe5 Re7 21.Qc3 Rc8 22.f3 Qd5
23.Rad1 Qa2 24.Qd4 Rc2 25.Rf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Bf5 27.Rd2 Qe6 28.Qxf4 g5 29.Qc4 Qxc4
30.Nxc4 Rc7 31.Ne3 Be6 32.Be5 Rc1 33.Rd8 Kf7 34.Bb2 Rc6 35.Bd4 a6 36.Rb8 Bc8
37.Be5 Ke6 38.f4 gxf4 39.Bxf4 Kd7 40.g4 Bd6 41.Bxd6 Rxd6 42.Nf5 Re6 43.Kg3 Kc7
44.Ra8 b6 45.Ra7+ Bb7 46.Kh4 Kb8 47.Rxb7+ Kxb7 48.Kh5 a5 49.bxa5 bxa5 50.a4 Re2
51.h4 Ra2 52.Kxh6 Rxa4 53.g5 Rg4 54.g6 a4 55.g7 a3 56.Ne3 Rg1 57.Nc2 a2 58.h5 Kb6
59.Kh7 Kc5 60.g8=Q Rxg8 61.Kxg8 Kc4 62.h6 Kc3 63.h7 Kxc2 64.h8=Q Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Nxc6 dxc6
9.a4 b4 10.Nb1 Nf6 11.Bd3 Bc5 12.c3 bxc3 13.Nxc3 a5 14.Qe2 e5 15.Bg5 Bg4
16.Qc2 Nd7 17.Rac1 O-O 18.Nd1 Rfb8 19.Bd2 Bd4 20.Qxc6 Qxc6 21.Rxc6 Nc5 22.Bb5 Nxe4
23.Be3 Bd7 24.Re1 Bxc6 25.Bxc6 Nc5 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Bxa8 Rxa8 28.Re5 Nd3 29.Rd5 Re8
30.g3 g6 31.Kg2 Re1 32.Ne3 Re2 33.Rxd4 Rxf2+ 34.Kg1 Rd2 35.Rd5 Kg7 36.b3 Ne1
37.Kf1 Nf3 38.Rxa5 Nxh2+ 39.Ke1 Nf3+ 40.Kf1 Nh2+ 41.Ke1 Nf3+ 42.Kf1 Rb2 43.Rb5 Nd4
44.Rb7 Rxb3 45.Rxb3 Nxb3 46.Nd5 f6 47.Ke2 Kf7 48.Kf3 Ke6 49.Ne3 Nc5 50.a5 Kd6
51.g4 Kc6 52.Kf4 Nd3+ 53.Ke4 Nb4 54.Nc4 Na6 55.Kf4 Nc7 56.Ke4 Kb5 57.Nb6 Kxa5
58.Nd7 Ne8 59.Nf8 Kb5 60.Nxh7 Kc4 61.Kf4 Kd5 62.Nxf6+ Nxf6 63.Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qd5 12.Nb5 Rc8 13.Nfxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 e6 15.Rd1 Bc5
16.Qb5+ Ke7 17.Qe2 Rhd8 18.Be3 Qe5 19.Qg4 Kf8 20.Bf4 h5 21.Qh4 Qd5 22.Nxe6+ fxe6
23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Be3 Nd7 25.Bxc5+ Nxc5 26.c4 Rf5 27.Rd1  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.d5 e5 5.dxe6 Bxe6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Be2 Ngf6 8.Nc3 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 h6 14.Be3 Nh7 15.g3 Ne5
16.Be2 Qd7 17.f4 Nc6 18.Bg4 Qd8 19.Bf3 g5 20.Bf2 Kh8 21.Kh1 gxf4 22.gxf4 Qf6
23.Ne2 Ng5 24.Bh4 Qe6 25.Ng1 Nxf3 26.Qxf3 f5 27.exf5 Qxf5 28.Rad1 Nd4 29.Qg4 Rf8
30.Bg3 Rae8 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Bf2 Qxg4 33.hxg4 Re4 34.Nh3 b6 35.b3 Ne2 36.Bh4 Nxf4
37.Nxf4 Rxf4 38.Bd8 Rf7 39.Kg2 Bf6 40.Bxf6+ Rxf6 41.Re1 Kg7 42.Re7+ Rf7 43.Re6 a5
44.Kg3 Rf6 45.Re7+ Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 cxd4
9.cxd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Qd6 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Qd2 Nd5 13.Ne4 Qb4 14.Qc2 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Qa5
16.a3 h6 17.Nfd2 f5 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Ng3 Bg5 20.Qb3 Kh7 21.Bf3 Bd7 22.Rc3 Na5
23.Nxa5 Qxa5 24.Ne2 Rac8 25.e4 Rxc3 26.bxc3 b6 27.h3 Qa4 28.Qa2 Re8 29.Ng3 Bb5
30.Be2 Bxe2 31.Qxe2 Qxa3 32.Qd3 g6 33.d5 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 f4 35.dxe6 Rxe6 36.Ne2 Qe3
37.Qxe3 fxe3 38.Rf7+ Kg8 39.Rxa7 Rd6 40.Nd4 Rxd4 41.cxd4 e2  0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Qb3 Rb8 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e3 c5
9.d5 a6 10.Bd2 Ngf6 11.a4 O-O 12.Qd1 e6 13.Be2 exd5 14.cxd5 Re8 15.O-O Ne4
16.Nxe4 Rxe4 17.Qc2 Re8 18.a5 Qg5 19.Bc4 b5 20.axb6 Nxb6 21.Rxa6 Nxc4 22.Qxc4 Rxb2
23.Bc3 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Qe5 25.Qxe5 Rxe5 26.Rxd6 Rd2 27.Rd8+ Kg7 28.d6 h5 29.d7 Kf6
30.Rc1 Rf5 31.f4 Rfd5 32.Rc8 Rxd7 33.R8xc5 Re2 34.Rg5 Rxe3 35.Rc6+ Re6 36.Rxe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 Na5
9.Re1 e6 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Ba4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nbd2 Bf5 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxd8 Raxd8
16.Ng5 Rd5 17.e6 fxe6 18.Nxe4 a6 19.Ng3 b5 20.Bd1 Bd3 21.Bg4 Kh8 22.Bxe6 Re5
23.Rxe5 Bxe5 24.Bh6 Re8 25.Bf7 Re7 26.Rd1 c4 27.Bd5 Bf6 28.f3 Rd7 29.Re1 Rd8
30.Re6 Bh4 31.Rxa6 Rxd5 32.Rxa5 Kg8 33.a4 Bd8 34.Rxb5 Rxb5 35.axb5 Bb6+ 36.Kh1 Kf7
37.Ne4 Ke6 38.Bg7 Kd5 39.Bd4 Bd8 40.Kg1 Bc2 41.b6 Kc6 42.Kf2  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 Nxe4 5.fxe4 Qh4+ 6.Kd2 Qxe4 7.Qf3 Qg6 8.Qg3 Be7
9.Nc3 f5 10.Qxg6+ hxg6 11.Nh3 Nd7 12.Ke1 c6 13.a4 Nb6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.a5 Nd7
16.b4 a6 17.Na4 d5 18.c3 Rb8 19.Be3 d4 20.cxd4 Bxb4+ 21.Bd2 Rh4 22.dxe5 Re4+
23.Be2 Bxd2+ 24.Kxd2 Rbb4 25.Nc3 Rb2+ 26.Kc1 Rexe2 27.Nxe2 Rxe2 28.Nf4 Rxe5
29.Nxg6 Rc5+ 30.Kd2 Kf7 31.Nf4 g5 32.Nd3 Rd5 33.Rhc1 Ne5 34.Ra3 Nxd3 35.Rxd3 Rxa5
36.Rxc6 Ra2+ 37.Rc2 Rxc2+ 38.Kxc2 Ke6 39.Rb3 Ke5 40.Rb6 f4 41.Kd2 Ke4 42.Rc6 Bb7
43.Rc5 Bd5 44.Ra5 Kd4 45.Ke2 g4 46.Kf2 Be6 47.Rxa6 Ke5 48.Ra5+ Kf6 49.Ke2 Bf5
50.Rc5 Kg6 51.Rc4 Kg5 52.g3 f3+ 53.Ke3 Bd7 54.Rc5+ Kg6 55.Ra5 Kf6 56.Rh5 Kg6
57.Rc5 Kf6 58.h3 Kg6 59.Rc7 Bf5 60.Rc6+ Kg5 61.h4+ Kh5 62.Rf6 Bc2 63.Kd4 Bg6
64.Rf4 Be8 65.Ke5 Bb5 66.Rf5+ Kg6 67.Rf6+ Kg7 68.Rf4 Kh6 69.Kf5 Bd7+ 70.Kf6 Bb5
71.Kf7 Kh7 72.Ke6 Bd3 73.Rf6 Bc4+ 74.Ke5 Bb5 75.h5 Kg7 76.h6+ Kh7 77.Ke4 Bc4
78.Ke3 Be2 79.Rf4 Kxh6 80.Rxg4 Bd1 81.Rd4 Be2 82.Rd5 Kg6 83.Kf2 Kf6 84.g4 Kg6
85.Rd6+ Kg5 86.Rd4 Kh4 87.Re4 Kg5 88.Kg3 f2 89.Re5+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Re1 O-O 10.Nf1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qb6 12.Bc2 f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Ba4 Ne4 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Qc2 c5 17.Ng3 cxd4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Bb7 20.Qxe6+ Qxe6 21.Rxe6 Bxf3
22.gxf3 Rac8 23.Bd2 Rc2 24.Bb4 Rd8 25.Rae1 Rxb2 26.a3 d3 27.Re8+ Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Kf7
29.Re7+ Kf6 30.Rd7 Rb3 31.Kg2 Bh6 32.Rxa7 Ke6 33.Re7+ Kd5 34.Rxh7 Kc6 35.Rxh6 Rxb4
36.Rxg6+ Kc7 37.Rg7+ Kc6 38.Rg6+ Kc7 39.Rg7+ Kc6 40.Rg6+ Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.a3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6
9.O-O Nd7 10.Re1 dxe5 11.dxe5 g6 12.b4 Ne7 13.Nbd2 Bg7 14.Nc4 O-O 15.Bb2 Bd5
16.Rc1 Rc8 17.a4 Nc6 18.b5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Ncxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Bxe5
23.Be4 b6 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.g3 Qc4 26.Rd7 Qxa4 27.Bc6 Bd4 28.Kg2 Qa1 29.h4 Bg7
30.Qe3 h5 31.Qf3 Bf6 32.Qd3 Qc3 33.Qxc3 Bxc3 34.Rxa7 Rd8 35.Ra8 Rxa8 36.Bxa8 Kg7
37.f4 Kf6 38.Kf3 Be1 39.Bc6 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.Be2 e6 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.g4 Bg6
9.h4 dxc4 10.Ndxc4 Be4 11.f3 Bd5 12.e4 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 b5 14.Ne3 Qb6 15.a4 Rd8
16.axb5 axb5 17.Nc2 e5 18.Be3 Nc5 19.d5 Qb7 20.b4 Na6 21.Qd3 Nxb4 22.Nxb4 Bxb4+
23.Kf2 O-O 24.dxc6 Qxc6 25.Qxb5 Qxb5 26.Bxb5 Bd2 27.Bc5 Bc3 28.Bxf8 Bxa1
29.Rxa1 Kxf8 30.Ra7 h6 31.Bc4 Rd7 32.Ra5 Rc7 33.Bd3 Nd7 34.Rd5 Nc5 35.Ke3 f6
36.Rd8+ Ke7 37.Rb8 Ne6 38.h5 Nd4 39.f4 Nc6 40.Rg8 exf4+ 41.Kxf4 Kd6 42.Be2 Ne5
43.Ke3 Ra7 44.Rd8+ Ke7 45.Rg8 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 Kf7 47.Rc8 Rh3 48.Rc7+ Kg8 49.Bc4+ Nxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.Nf3 Ng6 5.h4 h5 6.Bg5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bc5 8.Na4 Bb4+
9.c3 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.d6 cxd6 12.g3 d5 13.Qxd5 d6 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.O-O-O Bg4
16.Be2 Be7 17.c4 Rc8 18.Kb1 Rc6 19.Qd2 f6 20.Ne1 Be6 21.Nc2 Kg8 22.Ne3 Nf8
23.c5 Qc8 24.Nd5 Bd8 25.cxd6 Kf7 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Nc5 Rxc5 28.Rxc5 Qxd6 29.Rc2 Nd7
30.Bc4 a6 31.Ne3 Qxd2 32.Rxd2 Nc5 33.f3 Ba5 34.Bxe6+ Nxe6 35.Rd7+ Kg6 36.Nf5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Na3 Bg7 7.Bc4 Qe4+ 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nc6 11.Re1 Qf5 12.Be5 Rd8 13.Qb3 Ng4 14.Bg3 Na5 15.Qb4 Nxc4
16.Nxc4 Be6 17.h3 a5 18.Qxb7 Nxf2 19.Bxf2 Bxc4 20.Qxe7 Qc2 21.Ne5 Be6 22.Qh4 Qxb2
23.Nc6 Rd2 24.Rad1 h6 25.Ne7+ Kh7 26.Rxd2 Qxd2 27.Nxg6 Re8 28.Nf4 Qxa2 29.Nh5 Bxc3
30.Nf6+ Bxf6 31.Qxf6 Rg8 32.Kh2 Rg6 33.Qf4 Rg5 34.Bg3 Qd5 35.Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 Bxf3 7.gxf3 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Be3 e6 10.Qd2 f5 11.O-O-O Nf6 12.e5 Nh5 13.Ne2 Qb8 14.Ng3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Qb5
16.b3 d5 17.g4 Bf8 18.Kb1 a5 19.a4 Qb4 20.Qxb4 Bxb4 21.Rh2 O-O 22.Rdh1 Rf7
23.Kc1 Ra6 24.c4 fxg4 25.fxg4 c5 26.cxd5 cxd4 27.Bxd4 exd5 28.f5 gxf5 29.gxf5 Rxf5
30.Rxh7 Rf1+ 31.Rxf1 Kxh7 32.Rf7+ Kg6 33.Rxc7 Kf5 34.Rh7 Rg6 35.Rh1 Rg3 36.Kc2 Rg2+
37.Kb1 Rg3 38.Kc2 Rg2+ 39.Kb1 Rg3 40.Ka2 Rg2+ 41.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 c6
9.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6
9.Ngf3 Be7 10.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 96/97"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petermann, Hubert"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bf3 Rc8 11.e5 Qc7 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Qd3 Ne7 14.Rad1 Nf5 15.Ne4 Rc4
16.f3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Rxc2 18.Rd6 Be7 19.Rfd1 Rc7 20.Qd4 Qa7 21.Qxa7 Rxa7 22.Rc1 O-O
23.Rd3 f6 24.Nd6 Bd8 25.Nc8 Rb7 26.Rd6 Bc7 27.Rxd7 Rxc8 28.Kf1 fxe5 29.Rc6 Ra7
30.Ke2 h6 31.Rxe6 Bb8 32.Rxa7 Bxa7 33.Rxa6 Bd4 34.b3 Rc2+  0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup 96/97"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Raud, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.Bf3 Bb7 10.Bf4 Qd7 11.Nge2 Rd8 12.Rc1 Na6 13.Qa3 Bf8 14.Be5 Ne8 15.Qb3 Nac7
16.Bxc7 Nxc7 17.d6 Ne6 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.dxe7 Qxe7 20.O-O Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Rxd4
22.Rfe1 Qg5 23.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 96/97"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manninen, Marko"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 d5 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.e4 Na5 7.Bxc4 Nxc4 8.Qa4+ c6
9.Qxc4 a5 10.Ne5 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rd1 Qb6 13.Be3 Qa6 14.Qxa6 Rxa6 15.f3 a4
16.Rac1 Rd8 17.Rc2 Ne8 18.Nd3 f6 19.Kf2 Kf7 20.Ke1 Ra8 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.dxc5 Rxd1+
23.Nxd1 e5 24.Rd2 Be6 25.g3 Nc7 26.f4 exf4 27.gxf4 f5 28.exf5 Bxf5 29.Nc3 Ne8
30.Rd4 Nf6 31.Rb4 Re8 32.Kd2 Re7 33.Rxa4 Ng4 34.Bg1 Rd7+ 35.Ke1 Re7+ 36.Kd2 Rd7+
37.Ke1 Re7+ 38.Kd2 Rd7+ 39.Ke1 Re7+ 40.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rilton Cup 96/97"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Johansen, Terje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 O-O
9.b3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.c5 Nd5 13.Rd1 Be6 14.Bc4 e4 15.Nge2 Nc6
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Nb4 18.Bxe4 f5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Bb1  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 96/97"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.Bd3 Kh8 12.h3 Ng6 13.Bc2 Bc7 14.Be3 Nce7 15.Nbd4 a6
16.Qd3 Qd6 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.Rfe1 Rac8 19.Bg5 Rfe8 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.Rxe7 Qxe7
22.Nf5 Qf8 23.Ne3 Bc6 24.Nxd5 Rd8 25.Qf5 Bb8 26.Ng5 Kg8 27.Ne7+ Qxe7 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8
29.Qxf7+ Kh8 30.Qxg6 hxg6 31.Nf7+ Kg8 32.Nxd8 Bd5 33.Bb3 Bxb3 34.axb3 b6
35.g3 Kf8 36.Kf1 Bd6 37.Ne6+ Ke7 38.Nd4 Kf6 39.Ke2 Ke5 40.Kd3 Kd5 41.b4  1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 96/97"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 Nc6 7.Qc2 Qe8 8.Be2 h6
9.Bh4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Nh5 12.Rfe1 Kh8 13.Bg3 Be6 14.b4 f6 15.Bc4 Nd8
16.Nh4 Kh7 17.Bxe6 Nxe6 18.Nc4 b6 19.Ne3 Rf7 20.Rad1 a5 21.a3 b5 22.Qb3 Bf8
23.Rd2 c6 24.Qd1 Nhg7 25.Nf3 h5 26.h3 axb4 27.axb4 Raa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 dxc3 11.Qe2 Bxb3 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.axb3 e5 14.bxc3 Be7 15.Bg5 f6
16.Be3 Nc8 17.Nh4 O-O 18.Qg4 a6 19.Nf5 g6 20.Nxe7+ N6xe7 21.Qc4+ Kg7 22.Nc7 Nd6
23.Qc5 Rc8 24.Nxa8 Rxc5 25.Bxc5 Ne4 26.Bxe7 Qxa8 27.Bb4 Kf7 28.Rfe1 f5 29.Re2 Qd8
30.f3 Qb6+ 31.Kf1 Nc5 32.Rd1 Ke6 33.Bxc5 Qxc5 34.c4 Qa3 35.Rd3 h5 36.g3 g5
37.Rd5 Qa1+ 38.Kf2 f4 39.gxf4 gxf4 40.Kg2 Qc3 41.h4 b5 42.Red2 bxc4 43.Rd8 Qb4
44.bxc4 Qe7 45.Kh3 a5 46.Rg8 a4 47.Rg6+ Kf7 48.Rh6 Qf8 49.Rc6 Qa3 50.Rc7+ Ke6
51.Kg2 Qe3 52.Rcd7 Qc5 53.Rh7 e4 54.Rh6+ Ke7 55.Rd5 exf3+ 56.Kh3 Qc8+ 57.Kh2 Qg4
58.Rh7+ Ke6 59.Rh6+ Kf7 60.Rh7+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Elsness, Frode"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8
9.Nge2 Na6 10.O-O c6 11.Ng3 g6 12.Re1 Nc7 13.Bh6 Be6 14.b3 f5 15.Qd2 Bf6
16.Bc2 Bf7 17.Rxe8+ Nxe8 18.Re1 Ng7 19.Nce2 Ne6 20.Nf1 Bh8 21.Nh2 Qf6 22.Nf3 Re8
23.h4 Bg7 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Rd1 c5 26.a4 cxd4 27.Nexd4 Nxd4 28.Nxd4 Nc8 29.h5 a6
30.Qf4 Kh8 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Bxf5 Ne7 34.Bd7 Rf8 35.Nf3 Qg7 36.Qxg7+ Kxg7
37.Rxd6 Rd8 38.Ne5 Be8 39.Re6 Kf8 40.Bxe8 Rxe8 41.Nxg6+  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 e5 6.Nbd2 exd4 7.Bc4 Qf5 8.O-O Be6
9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.cxd4 O-O-O 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Qe1 Nf6 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Be3 Bxe3
15.fxe3 Qd5 16.Rc1 Kb8 17.Qg3+ Ka8 18.Nc5 Rhg8 19.Ng5 Qd6 20.Qf3 Qd5 21.Ngxe6 Qxf3
22.gxf3 Rc8 23.Kf2 b6 24.Nd3 Kb7 25.Rc4 Nd5 26.Rfc1 g6 27.e4 Nf6 28.h4 Rge8
29.Nef4 h6 30.a3 Nd7 31.b4 Nde5 32.R4c2 a6 33.Ke3 b5 34.Nc5+ Ka7 35.Rd1 g5
36.hxg5 hxg5 37.Nfe6 Re7 38.Nxg5 Rg8 39.f4 Nf7 40.Rd7+ Rxd7 41.Nxd7  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Be2 e6 8.Qd2 Ne7
9.e5 Nfd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Bf2 Bh6 12.g3 b6 13.h4 dxe5 14.dxe5 Bb7 15.h5 Nxf4
16.gxf4 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Bxf4+ 18.Be3 Rad8+ 19.Bd3 Bxf3 20.Bxf4 Bxh1 21.Rxh1 Rd5
22.c4 Rd4 23.Bg5 f5 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Ke3 c5 26.Bf6 Rxf6 27.exf6 a5 28.a3 e5
29.Be2 Kf7 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 cxb4 32.Rb1 Kxf6 33.Rxb4 Rd6 34.Rb5 e4 35.Bf1 Ke6
36.Bg2 Rd3+ 37.Kf4 g5+ 38.Kxg5 Rg3+ 39.Kf4 Rg4+ 40.Ke3 Rxg2 41.Rxb6+ Ke5
42.Rb5+ Kf6 43.Rb6+ Kg5 44.c5 Rc2 45.Kd4 Kf4 46.Rb1 e3 47.c6 Rxc6 48.Rf1+ Kg3
49.Kxe3 Re6+  0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.e4 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 g6 6.Qd1 Bg7 7.Nc3 c5 8.Be3 Qb6
9.Na4 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qa6 11.d5 Ngf6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Be2 e6 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Rae8
16.Qc2 Re7 17.Rfe1 Rfe8 18.Bf1 Ne5 19.a4 Qb6 20.h3 Nh5 21.Be2 Nf6 22.a5 Qd8
23.a6 bxa6 24.Bf1 Qb6 25.Reb1 Ned7 26.Bd3 Ne5 27.Bf1 Ned7 28.Bd3 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pcola, Pavel"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 e5 10.O-O exd4 11.Qxd4 Nc5 12.Rad1 Re8 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Na4 15.Rfe1 Bd7
16.Ng5 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 h6 18.Nf3 Ra2 19.Nd4 c6 20.Ra1 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Ne4 22.Qd3 Nf6
23.Nc2 Be6 24.Ne3 Ng4 25.Nxg4 Bxg4 26.e3 Be6 27.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 d6
9.d5 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 Nb8 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Nd7 14.Nd4 Nf6 15.c5 d5
16.c6 b6 17.f4 e5 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Qd2 Bg4 20.h3 Ne4 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Bxe4 dxe4
23.hxg4 Rd8 24.e3 Qxg3+ 25.Qg2 Qe1+ 26.Qf1 Qg3+ 27.Qg2 Qe1+ 28.Qf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Nde2 c6 8.a4 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 d5 10.Bxd5 cxd5 11.N4c3 Be6 12.O-O Nc6 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Nd4 Bd6 15.Qh5 Ne5
16.h3 Nc4 17.Bc1 Be5 18.Nce2 g6 19.Qf3 Bg7 20.c3 Qd7 21.Rd1 Rfe8 22.Nf4 Rcd8
23.Nd3 h6 24.Qg3 Kh7 25.Bf4 Rc8 26.b3 Na5 27.Ne5 Qe7 28.Re1 Qf6 29.h4 Bf5
30.Re3 Nc6 31.Rae1 Nxd4 32.cxd4 Re6 33.Nf3 Rxe3 34.Rxe3 Be6 35.Be5 Qf5 36.Bxg7 Kxg7
37.Kh2 Rc2 38.a5 Kh7 39.Re5 Qf6 40.Re3 Qf5 41.Re5 Qf6 42.h5 gxh5 43.Rxh5 Qg6
44.Ng5+ Kg7 45.Qe5+ Qf6 46.Nxe6+ fxe6 47.Qxf6+ Kxf6 48.Rxh6+ Kf5 49.Rh7 Ke4
50.Rxb7 Rxf2 51.Rxa7 Kxd4 52.a6 Ra2 53.Ra8 e5 54.b4 e4 55.b5 e3 56.Re8 Kc5
57.Rxe3 Kxb5 58.Re6 d4 59.Kg3 Kc4 60.Kf3 Kd5 61.Rg6 Ke5 62.g4 Ra3+ 63.Ke2 Ke4
64.Re6+ Kf4 65.Rg6 Ke4 66.Kd2 Ra2+ 67.Ke1 d3 68.Rd6 Ke5 69.Rxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd3 Bf5 11.e4 Be6 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.b3 a6 14.Rac1 Rb8 15.Nd5 b5
16.cxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6
16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Ng4 Bg5 20.b4 Ne6 21.Qf3 a5 22.a3 Qc7
23.Nge3 g6 24.Bb3 axb4 25.axb4 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Nf4 27.g3 Nh5 28.Nh2 Nf6 29.Ng4 Nxg4
30.hxg4 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Ra8 32.Rxa8+ Bxa8 33.Qd3 Bc6 34.g5 Qe7 35.Qf3 Kg7 36.c4 Qxg5
37.cxb5 Qc1+ 38.Kg2 Be8 39.Qd3 Qb2 40.b6 Bc6 41.Qc4 d5 42.Qxc6 Qxb3 43.Qd6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.e3 e5
9.f3 Qe7 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Qb1 g5 12.Bg3 Kd8 13.Ne2 Kc7 14.a4 a5 15.Ra2 Nb6
16.Bf2 e4 17.fxe4 Ng4 18.O-O h5 19.Nd4 h4 20.h3 Ne5 21.Nb5+ Kb8 22.Be2 Nbd7
23.Rb2 Ra6 24.Nd4 Ka7 25.Nf5 Qd8 26.Kh1 Nb6 27.Rb5 Bxf5 28.exf5 f6 29.Qb3 Qc7
30.Rb1 Rh7 31.Bg1 Nc8 32.Bh2 b6 33.Qd1 Re7 34.Bf1 Qd7 35.e4 Qe8 36.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 h6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Bd2 Bc5 12.Nd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.c3 Ba7 15.Qf3 Re6
16.Be3 Nxd5 17.exd5 Re8 18.Bxa7 Rxa7 19.a4 Ra8 20.Qg4 Qe7 21.d4 d6 22.axb5 axb5
23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.Re3 c6 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.Rg3 Qg5 27.Qd7 Qe7 28.dxc6 Qxd7 29.cxd7 Rd8
30.Re3 e4 31.c4 bxc4 32.Ba4 Bd5 33.Re1 Kf8 34.f3 f5 35.fxe4 Bxe4 36.Kf2 Ke7
37.g4 g6 38.Ke3 Kd6 39.Rd1+ Ke7 40.Rd4 Bd3 41.b3 Bf1 42.bxc4 Bxh3 43.c5 Rb8
44.c6 Kd8 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Kf4 Kc7 47.Ke5 h5 48.Kf6 Rh8 49.Rb4 Kd6 50.Rd4+ Kc7
51.Rb4 Kd6 52.Rb2 Bg4 53.Kg7 Rd8 54.Kf6 Rh8 55.Rb1 Bf3 56.Rc1 Kc7 57.Kxf5 h4
58.Re1 Bxc6 59.Rc1 Kxd7 60.Rxc6 Ke7 61.Re6+ Kd8 62.Re2 h3 63.Rh2 Rf8+ 64.Kg4 Rg8+
65.Kf3 Rf8+ 66.Ke3 Rh8 67.Bc2 Rh6 68.Kf4 Ke7 69.Bf5 Kf6 70.Bxh3 Rh4+ 71.Kg3 Kg5
72.Rd2 Rc4 73.Rd5+ Kf6 74.Bf5 Rc1 75.Be4 Ke6 76.Ra5 Rf1 77.Bf3 Kd6 78.Kf4 Re1
79.Ra6+ Kc5 80.Be4 Rd1 81.Rc6+ Kb5 82.Ke5 Rd8 83.Rc2 Rd1 84.Bd5 Kb4 85.Rc4+ Ka3
86.Ke4 Rd2 87.Bg8 Rg2 88.Rc8 Kb4 89.Bd5 Rd2 90.Ke5 Rh2 91.Rc1 Rd2 92.Kd6 Rh2
93.Rc4+ Ka3 94.Kc5 Rh8 95.Rg4 Rc8+ 96.Kd4 Kb2 97.Rg7 Rc1 98.Bc4 Rc2 99.Bd3 Rc8
100.Rb7+ Kc1 101.Ke3 Kd1 102.Rb6 Re8+ 103.Be4 Rc8 104.Rb1+ Rc1 105.Rb8 Rc7
106.Rh8 Kc1 107.Rh1+ Kb2 108.Rb1+ Ka3 109.Kd4 Rc8 110.Bd5 Rh8 111.Be6 Rh4+
112.Kc3 Ka4 113.Bc4 Ka5 114.Rb5+ Ka4 115.Rb6 Rh3+ 116.Bd3 Rh5 117.Ra6+ Ra5
118.Rh6 Rc5+ 119.Bc4 Rg5 120.Ra6+ Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 g5
9.b4 g4 10.Ne1 Nxb4 11.Nc2 Nc6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.d4 f6 14.dxe5 Qxd1 15.Rxd1 fxe5
16.Nb4 Bf5 17.e4 Bxb4 18.Rxb4 Be6 19.Bg5 Rf8 20.Rb2 Rf3 21.Nb1 Rc8 22.Rc1 Nc4
23.Rb7 Nd6 24.Rxa7 Nxe4 25.Be3 Bd5 26.Nd2 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Nxd2 28.a4 Kd7 29.Rb7 Ra8
30.Rb4 Ne4 31.Rd1 Ke6 32.Rb7 Rxa4 33.Rxc7 Ng5  0-1

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qe2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.dxc5 Qc6 14.Ne5 Qxc5
15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nd7 Bxb2+ 17.Kxb2 Qb4+ 18.Kc1 Qa3+ 19.Kb1 Qb4+ 20.Kc1 Qa3+
21.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Be6
9.Na3 Bxb3 10.Qxb3 Qd5 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nb5 Rc8 13.Nfxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 e6 15.Rd1 Bc5
16.Qb5+ Ke7 17.Qe2 Rhd8 18.Be3 Qe5 19.Qg4 h5 20.Qh4+ f6 21.Nf3 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Qf5
23.Bxc5+ Rxc5 24.Qg3 Kf7 25.Qb8 Qc2 26.Qxb7+ Kg8 27.Re1 Qxb2 28.Qxa7 Rxc3
29.Qe7 e5 30.Qe8+ Kh7 31.Qxh5+ Kg8 32.Qe8+ Kh7 33.Qe6 Rc1 34.h3 Rxe1+ 35.Nxe1 Qb1
36.Kh2 Na4 37.Nf3 Nc3 38.a3 Qb2 39.Qf5+ Kg8 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Qf5+ Kg8 42.Nh4 Qxa3
43.Qe6+ Kh7 44.Qf7 Qc1 45.Qg6+ Kg8 46.Qe8+ Kh7 47.Qg6+ Kg8 48.Qe8+ Kh7 49.Ng6 Kh6
50.g4 Qg5 51.Ne7 Qf4+ 52.Kg1 Ne2+ 53.Kf1 Ng3+ 54.Kg2 Kh7 55.Qg8+ Kh6 56.Qh8+ Kg5
57.Qxg7+ Kh4 58.Ng6+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch  sf1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d3 d6 8.Nd5 Na5
9.Nxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qe2 Kg7
16.Qe3 Nd7 17.Nd2 Nb6 18.c3 Nxb3 19.axb3 a5 20.d4 f6 21.Qd3 c6 22.f3 Bf7
23.Rfd1 Rfb8 24.Bf2 Be6 25.b4 a4 26.Qe2 Qc7 27.Be3 Nc4 28.Nxc4 Bxc4 29.Qf2 Qe7
30.Rd2 Bb3 31.h4 Rg8 32.dxe5 fxe5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Qg3 Kf7 35.Kf2 Rg7 36.Rh1 Qf6
37.Rh5 Rag8 38.Bb6 Ke8 39.Kg1 Qf4 40.Qxf4 gxf4 41.g4 d5 42.Rxe5+ Re7 43.Rxe7+ Kxe7
44.Rd4 Kd7 45.e5 Rf8 46.e6+ Kxe6 47.Bc7 Re8 48.Bxf4 Kf6 49.Kf2 Rh8 50.Rd2 Rh1
51.Be3 d4 52.Bxd4+ Kg6 53.Kg3 Bd5 54.f4 Re1 55.Rh2 Rd1 56.f5+ Kf7 57.g5 Rf1
58.Rf2 Rg1+ 59.Kf4 Re1 60.g6+ Ke7 61.f6+ Ke6 62.f7  1-0

[Event "USA-ch  sf1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 c5 5.Nf3 a6 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.a4 b4 13.Ne4 O-O 14.Ned2 a5 15.Rfd1 Nh5
16.Be3 Nhf6 17.Rac1 Nd5 18.Nb3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Bd5 20.Nbd2 Qb6 21.Be4 Rac8 22.Qd3 Nf6
23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Ne5 Bd6 25.Qf5 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Bxe5 27.Qxe5 Re8 28.Qc7 Qa6 29.Nf1 h5
30.Qc6 Qe2 31.Qc2 Rxe3 32.Nxe3 Qxe3+ 33.Kh1 Qxd4 34.Rf1 h4 35.Qc8+ Kh7 36.Qf5+ Kg8
37.Qc8+ Kh7 38.Qf5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch  sf1"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E03"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Bg2 a6 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qc6 Ra7
9.Be3 Nd5 10.Qc1 c5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Nb6 13.dxc5 Nd5 14.Qd2 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Qa5+
16.Nd2 Qb4 17.Rc1 Rc7 18.O-O Qxb2 19.Rfd1 Be7 20.c6 O-O 21.Rb1 Qa3 22.Nb3 Bd8
23.Rd3 Re7 24.Rbd1 Bc7 25.Nc5 Qxa2 26.Nd7 Rfe8 27.Qg5 h6 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.Qh4 gxf6
30.Qxh6+ Kg8 31.Rd4 f5 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Qf6 Be5 36.Qxe5 f6
37.Qxf6+ Rf7 38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Qg6+ Kf8 40.Qh6+ Kg8 41.Rd8 Re7 42.Qg6+ Kf8 43.Qf6+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch f"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Bb5 e6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Bb4 Qc7 11.Qa3 Bxb4 12.Qxb4 Qe7 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qxe7+ Kxe7
15.Ne5 Rhc8 16.Rc1 Nd7 17.Nxc6+ Kd6 18.Na3 a6 19.Na5 Rab8 20.Nb3 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 a5
22.Nxa5 g5 23.Rc3 g4 24.Rb3 Ra8 25.Nb5+ Ke7 26.Ra3 Kf6 27.Nc6 Rc8 28.Rc3 Ra8
29.a3 h5 30.b3 h4 31.a4 h3 32.Nd6 Bg6 33.g3 Ra6 34.a5 Nb6 35.Ne8+ Kg5 36.Nc7 Nc4
37.Nxa6 Nd2 38.Ne5 f6 39.Nxg6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch f"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Bxc4 a6 8.Ne2 Ng6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qd2 Qe7 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.Nbc3 O-O 13.Ng3 Rfd8 14.Kh1 Bc5 15.Rfe1 Bxe3
16.Qxe3 Ne8 17.Nf5 Qf8 18.Rac1 Nd6 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Red1 Rdc8 21.Rd2 b5 22.Nd1 a5
23.Nf2 h5 24.Nd3 Rab8 25.a3 h4 26.g3 hxg3 27.hxg3 Kf8 28.Kg2 Ke7 29.Nc5 Bh3+
30.Kf2 Qf6 31.Nd3 Qb6 32.Rdc2 Bd7 33.Rxc7 Qxe3+ 34.Kxe3 Kd6 35.Rxc8 Rxc8
36.Rh1 Rh8 37.Rxh8 Nxh8 38.f4 f6 39.Bd1 Ng6 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 Nf8 42.Be2 Be8
43.Nf2 Ke7 44.fxe5 fxe5 45.Nd1  1-0

[Event "USA-ch f"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nh6 7.a3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Nc3 Rc8 10.O-O Be7 11.Bd3 Ncxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qg4 Nb3 14.Qxg7 Rf8 15.Rb1 Nxc1
16.Rfxc1 Qb6 17.Qg4 Kd8 18.Rc2 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Re1 h6 21.h3 a6 22.Rce2 Rc5
23.Qg7 Qd6 24.Re5 Rxc3 25.bxc3 Qxa3 26.Bg6 Qxc3 27.R5e3 Qd2 28.R1e2 Qd4 29.Bf7 Qd1+
30.Re1 Qc2 31.R3e2 Qf5 32.Qg8+ Kc7 33.Bxe6 Bxe6 34.Rxe6 Qxf2+ 35.Kh1 Rxe6
36.Qxe6 Bg5 37.Qe5+ Kc6 38.Qc3+ Qc5 39.Re6+ Kb5 40.Qb3+ Ka5 41.Qa2+ Kb4 42.Qb2+ Ka5
43.Qa2+ Kb4 44.Qb2+ Ka5 45.Re1 b5 46.Qa1+ Kb6 47.Re6+ Kb7 48.Qxa6+ Kc7 49.Re1 d4
50.Qe6 Qc4 51.Qe5+ Kb7 52.Qe4+ Kb6 53.Qg6+ Kc5 54.Qf5+ Kb6 55.Qg6+ Kc5 56.Qf5+ Kb6
57.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch f"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.O-O-O c6 8.Bh6 Qa5
9.Kb1 Nbd7 10.Be2 e5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 b5 14.g4 Nb6 15.h4 Nc4
16.Qc1 Rab8 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.h5 Ng8 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Be2 Rfd8 21.Bxc4 bxc4
22.Rxd8 Qxd8 23.f4 Qd4 24.Ka1 exf4 25.Qxf4 Re8 26.a3 Qe5 27.Qe3 Re7 28.g5 a5
29.Ka2 Re6 30.Rh4 Re8 31.Rh1 Ne7 32.Rf1 Nf5 33.Qf2 Nd6 34.Qf6+ Qxf6 35.Rxf6 Nxe4
36.Nxe4 Rxe4 37.Rxc6 Re5 38.Rxc4 Rxg5 39.b4 axb4 40.axb4 f5 41.b5 f4 42.Rc7+ Kf6
43.b6 Ra5+ 44.Kb3 Rb5+ 45.Kc4 Rxb6 46.Kd4 Kf5 47.Kd3 Re6 48.Rf7+ Kg4 49.c4 f3
50.c5 Kg3  0-1

[Event "USA-ch f"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 Qc7
9.h3 b6 10.d5 Bb7 11.dxc6 Bxc6 12.Bg5 Bxe4 13.Rxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Qxc4 15.Bxe7 Qxe4
16.Qxd6 Nc5 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Qd2 f6 19.a5 b5 20.Rd1 a6 21.Qc3 Qc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch f"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Nd3 c5 11.Ba2 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Bd2 Rac8 15.Rad1 Qb8
16.f4 Ba6 17.Be1 Rfd8 18.Qf3 cxd4 19.exd4 Nf8 20.Bf2 Bxa3 21.f5 Bxd3 22.Rxd3 Bxb2
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 Qd6 25.Bh4 Re8 26.Bg3 Qd7 27.f6 gxf6 28.Bh4 f5 29.Qe3 Ng6
30.Bf6 f4 31.Qh3 Qd6 32.Qh6 Qf8 33.Qh5 Rc3 34.Bb1 Rxd3 35.Bxd3 Qd6 36.Bxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 8.a4 Bg4
9.d3 O-O 10.Nbd2 b4 11.h3 Bh5 12.a5 Rb8 13.Re1 Qc8 14.Nf1 b3 15.Bb1 Rb5 16.Ng3 Bg6
17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Bb4 19.Bd2 Rxa5 20.Rxa5 Bxa5 21.d5 Bxd2 22.Nxd2 Nd4 23.Nxb3 Nxb3
24.Qxb3 h5 25.e5 dxe5 26.Bxg6 fxg6 27.Rxe5 Kh7 28.Qd3 Re8 29.f4 Qd7 30.Ne4 Rxe5
31.fxe5 Nxd5 32.Ng5+ Kh6 33.e6 Qc6 34.Qd2 Qc5+ 35.Kh1 Qc4 36.Nf3+ Kh7 37.h4 c6
38.Qe1 Ne7 39.Qe5 Qc1+ 40.Kh2  1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Bb5 7.c4 Bxc4 8.Bxc4 dxc4
9.d5 Ne7 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.O-O Nf5 12.Na3 Be7 13.Nxc4 Qa6 14.b3 O-O 15.Bg5 Nc6
16.Qd7 Nb8 17.Qd3 Nc6 18.Bxe7 Ncxe7 19.Rad1 Nd5 20.Ng5 Nf4 21.Qe4 h6 22.Qxf4 Nd4
23.Qg4 hxg5 24.Rd2 Rf5 25.Re1 Raf8 26.h3 b5 27.Nd6 Qa5 28.Qd1 Rf4 29.Re3 Nf5
30.Nxf5 R4xf5 31.Rc2 c4 32.bxc4 bxc4 33.Qd6 Qb6 34.Rxc4 Rxf2 35.Qxb6 axb6
36.a4 R2f4 37.Rc6 Rxa4 38.Rxb6 Kf7 39.Rg3 g4 40.hxg4 Re4 41.Rf3+ Kg8 42.Rxe6 Rxg4
43.Re3 Rff4 44.Rd6 Re4 45.Rdd3 Rxe3 46.Rxe3 Kf7 47.Kf2 Ke6 48.Kf3 Rg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6
9.O-O d6 10.Bh5 Qxe4 11.Nd2 Qd3 12.Be2 Qg6 13.Bh5 Qd3 14.Be2 Qg6 15.Bh5 Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g4 h6 5.Rg1 d6 6.h4 e5 7.g5 hxg5 8.hxg5 Ng4
9.Nd5 Bc5 10.d4 Bb6 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.Qe4 f5 14.gxf6 Qxf6 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Rxg4 Bf5 17.Rh4 Bxe4 18.Rxh8+ Ke7 19.Bg5 Rxh8 20.Bxf6+ gxf6 21.Bg2 Nd4
22.Nxd4 Bxg2 23.Nf5+ Ke6 24.Ng3 f5 25.f3 f4 26.Kf2 fxg3+ 27.Kxg2 Rh2+ 28.Kxg3 Rxe2
29.b3 c5 30.Rh1 Kd6 31.Rh6+ Kc7 32.Re6 Rxa2 33.Rxe5 Rb2 34.Re3 b5 35.cxb5 Kb6
36.f4 Kxb5 37.f5 Rd2 38.f6 Rd8 39.Re7 b6 40.Re4 Rf8 41.Rf4 Kc6 42.Kg4 Kd5
43.Kf5 b5 44.Kg6 c4 45.Rf5+ Ke6 46.f7 cxb3 47.Rxb5 Rxf7 48.Rb6+ Kd5 49.Kxf7 Kc4
50.Ke6 Kc3 51.Kd5 b2 52.Ke4 Kc2 53.Rxb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 b6 12.Rad1 Bb7 13.Ne5 Nb4 14.f4 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.Rde1 Bd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Nc6 Qd6 19.Nxe7+ Nxe7 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.f5 Qd6
22.f6 Rfd8 23.Re4 g6 24.Rf3 Qf8 25.Rh3 Rd5 26.Reh4 h5 27.g4 Qd8 28.gxh5 g5
29.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cologne op 20"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bxf5 exf5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne2 Be7 12.h4 h6 13.Kf1 O-O-O 14.h5 Kb8 15.Kg1 Rc8
16.Rb1 Qa6 17.a3 Na5 18.b3 Rc7 19.Nf4 Rhc8 20.Bd2 b6 21.a4 Nc6 22.Rh3 Nb4
23.Rg3 Bf8 24.Bxb4 Bxb4 25.Rxg7 Ba3 26.Qe2 Qxe2 27.Nxe2 Rc2 28.Nf4 Rc1+ 29.Rxc1 Bxc1
30.Nxe6 fxe6 31.Rg6 Rc6 32.b4 b5 33.axb5 Rb6 34.Kf1 Rxb5 35.Rxe6 Rxb4 36.Rd6 Rb5
37.e6 Kc7 38.Rd7+ Kc8 39.Ne5 Bg5 40.e7 Bxe7 41.Rxe7 a5 42.Nc6 a4 43.Na7+  1-0

[Event "Cologne op 20"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1997.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 O-O 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O e5 12.d5 Nb8 13.e4 a5 14.c5 Bg4 15.Rfc1 Na6 16.cxd6 cxd6
17.Nd2 Qd8 18.Qe3 b5 19.a3 Bd7 20.b3 Qb8 21.h4 Qa7 22.Qxa7 Rxa7 23.Bf1 Rb8
24.f3 Kf8 25.Kf2 Ke7 26.Ke3 Kd8 27.Be2 f6 28.f4 Rc7 29.Rxc7 Nxc7 30.g4 Rc8
31.g5 Ne8 32.f5 Rc3+ 33.Bd3 Ke7 34.a4 Nc7 35.Ke2 b4 36.Nc4 Rxb3 37.Kd2 Rc3
38.Nxa5 Ra3 39.Rc1 Rxa4 40.Rxc7 Rxa5 41.Rb7 Kd8 42.Rxb4 Ra2+ 43.Kc3 Kc7 44.Rc4+ Kb6
45.Rb4+ Kc7 46.Rc4+ Kb6 47.Rb4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Bg5 e6 7.Ndb5 Bxb5 8.Bxb5+ Nc6
9.Qf3 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.e5 Nd5 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qg3 dxe5 15.Qxg7 Qf6
16.Qxf6 Nxf6 17.O-O-O Nd5 18.Ne4 Ke7 19.Rhe1 Rad8 20.g3 h5 21.Rd3 f5 22.Nc5 e4
23.Ra3 Ra8 24.f3 Kd6 25.fxe4 Kxc5 26.exd5 exd5 27.Re6 Rac8 28.Rxa7 h4 29.Rg7 Rhg8
30.Rgg6 Rxg6 31.Rxg6 hxg3 32.hxg3 Rf8 33.c3 f4 34.gxf4 Rxf4 35.Kc2 d4 36.b4+ Kb6
37.c4 Rf3 38.Kd2 Rc3 39.b5 Rxc4 40.Rxc6+ Rxc6 41.bxc6 Kxc6 42.Kd3 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qd2 c6
9.a4 a5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nh2 Bg6 14.f3 Nf8 15.d5 Nh5 16.Ng4 Rad8
17.Rfe1 Bh4 18.Nf2 h6 19.Rb1 Nh7 20.b4 axb4 21.Rxb4 c5 22.Rb3 Bg5 23.Reb1 Rb8
24.Nb5 Qe7 25.Na3 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Nf4 27.Bf1 Nf8 28.Nc4 Qc7 29.Qd2 Nd7 30.Qa5 Qxa5
31.Nxa5 b6 32.Nc4 Ra8 33.Nxb6 Nxb6 34.Rxb6 Red8 35.Ra6 Rxa6 36.Bxa6 Ra8 37.Rb6 f6
38.Rxd6 Be8 39.a5 c4 40.Bxc4 Rxa5 41.Rd8 Rc5 42.d6+  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 Nc6
9.Nb3 O-O 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Bf3 a6 12.a4 e5 13.f5 Nb4 14.g4 h5 15.g5 Ng4 16.Bxg4 Bxg5
17.Re1 hxg4 18.Kh1 g6 19.Qxg4 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Nxc2 21.Rg3 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Nxa1
23.Qh5 Be8 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Rxg6+ Bxg6 26.Qxg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qe1 Ra7 14.f5 Qc5 15.Bd3 a5
16.Ne2 Bh6 17.Rf1 e5 18.Ng3 Ke7 19.Rf3 Rg8 20.Qe2 a4 21.c3 a3 22.b3 Bf4 23.Nh5 Bh6
24.Bc2 Rc7 25.Rh3 Bg5 26.Rhd3 Rgc8 27.Qe1 Ba8 28.h4 Bh6 29.g4 Bf4 30.Qe2 h6
31.Qf3 Qxc3 32.Rxc3 Rxc3 33.Qf1 Rxc2 34.Nxf4 Rb2+ 35.Ka1 Rcc2 36.Nd3 Rxa2+
37.Kb1 Bxe4 38.Qg1 Rcb2+  0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 Qc7 8.Qe2 g5
9.Nxg5 Qxe5 10.d4 cxd3 11.Bxd3 Qxe2+ 12.Bxe2 h6 13.Nf3 Bg7 14.Na3 d5 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Nb5 O-O 17.O-O-O e6 18.h3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Rhg1 Kh7 22.Rd7 Rad8
23.Rxb7 Rb8 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Nd6 Ne5 26.Kc2 Nxf3 27.Rd1 Kg6 28.Nxc4 Rb7 29.b4 Ng5
30.Nd6 Rc7 31.c4 Be5 32.c5 a5 33.Nc4 Bf6 34.b5 Ne4 35.b6 Rc8 36.b7 Rb8 37.c6  1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 8.a4 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.b4 Bb6 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.Na3 Nd8 14.Nxb5 Nxe4 15.d4 O-O
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Qe2 f5 18.Kh2 c6 19.Na3 Bc7 20.g4 Bf7 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Ng5 Bg6
23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Nxe4 Ne6 25.f3 Nf4 26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.Nb1 Bb6 28.Nbd2 Rf8 29.Kg2 Be3
30.Qe2 Bf4 31.Nb3 Bxe4 32.fxe4 Qa3 33.Qc2 Qa6 34.Nc5 Qc4 35.Qd3 Qg8 36.Qd7 Rd8
37.Qe6 Rd2+ 38.Rf2 Qd8 39.Nb3 Rd3 40.Rf3 Rxf3 41.Kxf3 Qd3+ 42.Kf2 Qe3+ 43.Kf1 Qf3+
44.Ke1 Qxc3+ 45.Kf2 Qe3+ 46.Kf1 Qf3+ 47.Ke1 Qg3+ 48.Ke2 Qe3+ 49.Kf1 Qxh3+
50.Kf2 Qg3+ 51.Kf1 Qd3+ 52.Kf2 Qe3+ 53.Kf1 Qf3+ 54.Ke1 Qxe4+ 55.Kf1 Qf3+
56.Ke1 Qe3+ 57.Kf1 Qd3+ 58.Kf2 Be3+ 59.Ke1 h6 60.Qc8+ Kh7 61.Qf5+ Qxf5 62.gxf5 Kg8
63.Na5 Kf7 64.Ke2 Bb6 65.Kd3 Kf6 66.Ke4 c5 67.Nc6 c4 68.b5 c3 69.Nb4 Ba5
70.Nd5+ Kg5 71.Kd3 e4+ 72.Kc2 Kxf5 73.b6 Bxb6 74.Nxb6 h5 75.Nd5 h4 76.Kxc3 h3
77.Ne3+ Kf4 78.Nf1 g5  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O d6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.Nce2 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Bd7 13.c4 Rab8 14.Rc1 Rfc8 15.Qd2 Qc5
16.Rfd1 Qh5 17.h3 Qg6 18.Qe2 Rd8 19.Nf5 exf5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Qxe7 Rd7 22.Qe3 Re8
23.Qf4 Nh5 24.Qd4 Be4 25.Re1 f5 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Kh2 Rf7 28.Rc2 e3 29.Ree2 Rxf2+  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d5 6.Qc2 c6 7.Bg2 b6 8.O-O Ba6
9.Bxb4 axb4 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Rfe1 Nbd7 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Rxe4 Bb7
15.c5 bxc5 16.Rh4 h6 17.dxc5 Qa5 18.Qc4 Rfb8 19.Qxb4 Qxc5 20.Rc4 Qf8 21.Qxf8+ Kxf8
22.Rb4 Ra7 23.Nd2 Ke7 24.Nc4 c5 25.Rxb7 Rbxb7 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.b3 Nb8 28.Rc1 Na6
29.Ne3 f5 30.Kf1 g5 31.Ke2 Kf6 32.Rc4 Rd7 33.a3 Rb7 34.Rc3 h5 35.Kd3 f4 36.Nc4 Rd7+
37.Kc2 Kf5 38.Rd3 Rd5 39.Nd2 Re5 40.Nc4 Re2+ 41.Rd2 Re1 42.Rd1 Rxd1 43.Kxd1 fxg3
44.fxg3 Kg4 45.Ke2 Kh3 46.Kf2 Kxh2 47.Ne5 Kh3 48.Nf7 Kg4 49.Nh6+ Kh3 50.Nf7 Kg4
51.Nh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Ng5 Qxg5 11.Bxb7 Nxe2 12.Qxe2 Nc6 13.Bxa8 Rxa8 14.Rd1 Qa5+
15.Kf1 Qxa2 16.d5 Na5 17.dxe6 dxe6 18.c5 Qc4 19.Qxc4 Nxc4 20.b3 Na5 21.Rd3 bxc5
22.Rc3 Nb7 23.Ke2 a5 24.Rd1 Kf8 25.f4 Ra6 26.g4 Ke7 27.Rdd3 h6 28.h4 Rb6
29.Re3 Kd7 30.Kf3 Rb4 31.Re5 Kd6 32.Rd3+ Ke7 33.f5 c4 34.bxc4 Rxc4 35.fxe6 fxe6
36.Ra3 Kd6 37.Rb5 Kc6 38.Re5 Kd6 39.Rb5 Nc5 40.Rbxa5 e5 41.Kg3 Ne4+ 42.Kf3 Nc5
43.Kg3 Ne4+ 44.Kf3 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Qd2 e6 8.O-O-O b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.Nd4 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.f4 Qd8 14.Qd4 Rb8 15.Be2 Qb6
16.f5 Qxd4 17.Rxd4 h5 18.Rhd1 Be7 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Rxd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 Rc8 22.Rxe6+ Kf7
23.Rd6 g6 24.g4 Rhd8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.gxh5 gxh5 27.Bxh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 c5 10.O-O Na6 11.Bf4 Nc7 12.Rad1 Ne6 13.Be5 Re8 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Ne1 Ng4
16.Bxd5 Qc8 17.Nf3 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bf6 19.Ng4 Bxc3 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.bxc3 Ng5
22.f3 h5 23.Nf2 Re3 24.h4 Nh7 25.Ne4 Re8 26.Rd3 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Qc7 28.Rd1 Qe5
29.Qd5 Nf6 30.Qxe5 Rxe5 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Nxf6+ gxf6 33.Kf2 c4 34.Rd7 Kg6 35.Rxa7 Rb5
36.Rc7 Rb3 37.Rxc4 Rxa3 38.Ke3 Rb3 39.Rc8 Ra3 40.Rc6 Rb3 41.Kf4 Rb1 42.c4 Rb2
43.Ke3 Rb1 44.Rc8 Kg7 45.c5 Rg1 46.Re8 Rd1 47.Re4  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.a4 Nc6 8.a5 a6
9.d5 Na7 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 e5 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Bf1 Re8 14.Bf4 Nd7 15.Qd2 Nc6
16.Nd5 Nde5 17.Nh2 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nd4 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bf4 Nf5 21.c3 Qd7 22.Qc2 Qf7
23.Rad1 Ne7 24.Bc1 g5 25.Be2 Rab8 26.c4 Qg6 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.Nf3 Nf5 29.Kf1 Nxf3
30.Bxf3 Nh6 31.Be2 Nf7 32.Bd3 f5 33.Bc2 Ne5 34.Ba4 Rf8 35.b3 Bf6 36.Bb2 Kf7
37.Bd4 Rfd8 38.g3 f4 39.Kg2 f3+ 40.Kg1 Rh8 41.Bxe5 Bxe5 42.Bd7 Bc3 43.Re4 Bxa5
44.Rd3 Rhf8 45.Rxf3+ Kg8 46.Rxf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.a3 Nc6 8.Bd3 g6
9.Bg5 Qc7 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Nbd2 Bg7 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Rc1 O-O 14.O-O Bd7 15.Bb1 Nce7
16.Nce5 Bc6 17.Qd2 f6 18.Nxc6 Nxc6 19.Bh4 Qf7 20.Rfe1 Rad8 21.Bg3 Rfe8 22.Re2 Nce7
23.Rce1 Nf5 24.Ba2 g5 25.Qa5 b6 26.Qb5 a6 27.Qc6 Rc8 28.Qa4 Rcd8 29.Qc6 Rc8
30.Qa4 Rcd8 31.Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolgitser, Konstantin"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.e3 Nf6 5.b4 Nxd5 6.bxc5 Nf6 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 O-O
9.Bd3 b6 10.cxb6 axb6 11.Ne2 d5 12.O-O Ba6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Nf4 Nc6 15.Nxd5 Qxd5
16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Bf4 Ra7 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Re1 h5 20.Be5 Rxa2 21.Qxh5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 c5
23.Rcd1 Rd2 24.Ra1 c4 25.Ra3 Rd3 26.Ra7 c3 27.Qg4 Qc4 28.Qf5 c2 29.e6 Qxe6
30.Qxe6 fxe6 31.Raa1 Rcd8 32.Kf1 Rd1  0-1

[Event "MCC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Cooke, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.Nc3 Nf5
9.Na4 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Qd8 11.h4 Be7 12.h5 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Be3 h6 15.Rc1 Be7
16.Bd3 Nb4 17.Bb1 Bd7 18.a3 Na6 19.b4 Bb5+ 20.Kg1 Rc8 21.Nc3 Bc4 22.Qg4 Bf8
23.f4 Nc7 24.f5 Qd7 25.Rh3 a5 26.bxa5 Ra8 27.Bd2 Rxa5 28.Nxd5 Rxd5 29.Rxc4 b5
30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.fxe6 Qc4 32.exf7+ Kd8 33.Ba5+ Ke7 34.Bb4+ Kd8 35.Qh4+ Kc7
36.Rc3  1-0

[Event "MCC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.e4 O-O
9.O-O e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 a5 12.Nd3 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.b3 Na6 15.a3 c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6
17.Qc2 b5 18.Rfc1 Rfb8 19.Kh1 Nd7 20.Bf1 b4 21.axb4 Nxb4 22.Qc3 Nc5 23.Nxc5 dxc5
24.Be2 Rd8 25.Nf1 f5 26.exf5 e4 27.f6 gxf6 28.Re1 Qe5 29.Rac1 Na2 30.Qxe5 fxe5
31.Ra1 exf3 32.Bxf3 Bxf3+ 33.Kg1 Nb4 34.Rxe5 Nd3 35.Rg5+ Kh8 36.Nd2 Bc6  0-1

[Event "MCC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.O-O g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Qd3 Rfc8 13.Rac1 h6 14.Bd2 a6 15.b3 Qd8
16.Rfd1 Nd7 17.Qh3 Rc5 18.Be3 Rh5 19.Qf3 b5 20.Nd5 bxc4 21.bxc4 e6 22.Nf4 Ra5
23.Rxd6 Qc7 24.Rd2 Ne5 25.Qe2 Ra4 26.Rdc2 Rc8 27.c5 Rxe4 28.f3 Ra4 29.c6 Bf8
30.Nd3 Ba3 31.Nxe5 Qxe5 32.Rd1 Ra5 33.f4 Qf5 34.Qc4 Kh7 35.Rd7 Bc5 36.Bxc5 Rxc6
37.Qd4 Raxc5 38.Rxc5 Rxc5 39.Rxf7+ Qxf7 40.Qxc5 Qxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "MCC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lapshun, Yurij"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.Qd3 Na6 5.f3 Nb4 6.Qd2 Bf5 7.Rc1 Bg6 8.e3 a5
9.Nh3 h6 10.Bh4 Bh7 11.Nf2 e6 12.a3 Na6 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 Ne4 15.fxe4 Qxh4+
16.g3 Qg5 17.O-O Be7 18.Rf4 O-O 19.Rcf1 f5 20.e5 Qh5 21.Na4 b5 22.Nac5 Nxc5
23.dxc5 g5 24.R4f2 Rf7 25.Qc3 Qg4 26.Qd4 Qe4 27.Rd2 h5 28.c3 Raf8 29.Nf2 Qxd4
30.exd4 Rh7 31.Kg2 h4 32.Rdd1 g4 33.Nd3 Kf7 34.a4 bxa4 35.Ra1 Rfh8 36.Nf2 hxg3
37.hxg3 Rh2+ 38.Kg1 Bg5 39.Rfe1 Bd2 40.Re2 Rxf2 41.Rxf2 Be3 42.Rxa4 Bxf2+
43.Kxf2 Rh2+ 44.Kf1 Rxb2 45.Rxa5 Rc2 46.Ra7+ Kg6 47.Re7 Rxc3 48.Rxe6+ Kg5
49.Kf2 Rc2+ 50.Kf1 Rc1+ 51.Kf2 Rc2+ 52.Kf1 Rc1+ 53.Kf2 Rc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "MCC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sher, Miron N"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.a3 a5
9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Bg4 11.Na4 Nd4 12.Nxb6 cxb6 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.Qd2 a4
16.e3 Bc5 17.exd4 Bxd4 18.Be3 Rad8 19.Rfe1 Qb5 20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.Re4 Rxd3 22.Qb4 Bd7
23.Qxb5 Bxb5 24.Rb4 Rb3 25.Rxb3 axb3 26.Bd5 Re8 27.Bxb3 Re2 28.Bd5 Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sutton op"]
[Site "Sutton"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Be2 Nxf3+ 7.Bxf3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 g6
9.e5 c6 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.O-O f5 12.Re1+ Ne7 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Rxd6 Qxd6
16.Rxe7 h6 17.Nb5 Qb4 18.Qe2 Qxb2 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.Bd2 Qa1+ 21.Be1 Rg8 22.Qf7 Rg7
23.Qxg7+ Qxg7 24.Bc3  1-0

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 c5 5.d4 a6 6.O-O Nf6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.b3 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Ke7 13.a4 bxa4 14.bxa4 Bd5 15.Rdc1 Rhc8
16.a5 Bb4 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Bxa6 Ra8 19.Bc4 Rxa5 20.Rxa5 Bxa5 21.Bxd5 exd5
22.Ba3+ Ke8 23.Nb3 Bb6 24.Nfd4 Ne5 25.Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.O-O Qxc5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Nd4 Nbd7 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.f4 a6 12.Bf3 O-O 13.a4 Rb8 14.Ba7 Ra8 15.Bf2 Rb8
16.Ba7 Ra8 17.Bf2 Rb8 18.Kh1 b6 19.Qe1 Bb7 20.Rd1 Ba8 21.Bg3 e5 22.Qe2 b5
23.axb5 axb5 24.fxe5 Nxe5 25.Nxb5 Rxb5 26.Qxb5 Nxe4 27.Bxe4 Bxe4 28.Nd4 Nc4
29.Rfe1 Rb8 30.Rxe4 Rxb5 31.Re8+ Bf8 32.Nxb5 Qc6 33.Rb8 Ne3 34.Rd2 Kg7 35.Bxd6 Bxd6
36.Nxd6 Qa6  0-1

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.Rxe4 d5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Rxe5 bxa4 11.b3 O-O 12.Rxe7 Qxe7 13.Ba3 Qg5 14.Bxf8 Bh3 15.Qf1 Kxf8
16.Nc3 Re8 17.Kh1 Qd2 18.Nxd5 Bxg2+ 19.Qxg2 Re1+ 20.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 21.Qg1 Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Peptan, Corina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Na5 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nf3 Qc7 14.Bf4 Bf5 15.Qc1 g5
16.Be3 Nc4 17.Nd2 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 Rac8 19.Nf1 Qa5 20.Be2 Rc6 21.Ng3 Bg6 22.Qd2 Rfc8
23.Bh5 Rxc3 24.Rf1 Ra3 25.Qd1 e6 26.Bxg6 fxg6 27.Qg4 Rc6 28.h4 Rxe3 29.fxe3 Qd2
30.h5 Qxe3+ 31.Kh2 gxh5 32.Nxh5 Qe4 33.Rf4 Qe1 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 35.Rxf6 Qh4+
36.Qxh4 gxh4 37.Kh3 b5 38.Kxh4 Rc2 39.Kh5 Rxg2 40.Rxe6 Rxa2 41.Kg6 Kf8 42.Rf6+ Ke8
43.Re6+ Kd7 44.Kf7 Rf2+ 45.Rf6 Rxf6+ 46.exf6 b4 47.Kg7 b3 48.f7 b2 49.f8=Q b1=Q
50.Qf7+ Kc8 51.Qg8+ Kc7 52.Qf7+ Kb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Rb1 a5 6.Nf3 d6 7.d3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.a3 Bg7 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 e4 15.Qc2 exd3
16.Qxd3 Ra3 17.Rb3 Rxb3 18.Nxb3 Nc6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Rd1 Bf5 21.Qd2 Qb8 22.b5 cxb5
23.Nxb5 Re8 24.N3d4 Bd7 25.Nc3 Qb4 26.Qd3 Qc5 27.Nd5 Bg4 28.Kg2 h5 29.f3 Bd7
30.e4 Rb8 31.Rd2 Kh7 32.Ne2 Ra8 33.Ndf4 Ra3 34.Qd5 Qe3 35.Rd3 Rxd3 36.Qxd3 Qxd3
37.Nxd3 c5 38.Nef4 Ba4 39.e5 Bf8 40.Nd5 Bc2 41.exd6 Bxd6 42.Nf6+ Kh6 43.Ne4 Bxg3
44.Nexc5 Bd6 45.Nb7 Bxh2 46.Nb4 Bb3 47.Kxh2 Bxc4 48.Nd6 Bb3 49.Nd3 Kg5 50.Ne4+ Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Nh3 Ba6 7.Bxa6 Nxa6 8.O-O Be7
9.c3 c5 10.Qg4 g6 11.Nf3 cxd4 12.cxd4 h6 13.Bd2 Rc8 14.Rfc1 Nab8 15.Rxc8 Qxc8
16.Nf4 h5 17.Qh3 Qb7 18.Rc1 Nf8 19.Ne2 Nh7 20.Qg3 Nc6 21.h4 Kd7 22.Qf4 Nd8
23.Nc3 a6 24.Na4 Bf8 25.a3 Be7 26.Rc3 Ke8 27.Be1 Nf8 28.Qc1 Kd7 29.Bd2 b5
30.Nc5+ Bxc5 31.Rxc5 Nc6 32.Kh1 Nh7 33.Bh6 Ne7 34.Bg7 Rg8 35.Qh6 Nf8 36.Bxf8 Nf5
37.Qd2 Rxf8 38.Ng5 Ke7 39.Qb4 Kd7 40.Nh7 Rc8 41.Nf6+ Kd8 42.Rxc8+ Qxc8 43.Qf8+ Kc7
44.Qxf7+ Kc6 45.Qxg6 Nxd4 46.Qd3 Nf5 47.Qc3+ Kb7 48.Qxc8+ Kxc8 49.g3 d4 50.Kg2 d3
51.Kf3 Kc7 52.Nxh5 Kc6 53.Nf4  1-0

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.h3 a6 5.a4 Nd7 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bc4 e6 8.Bg5 Ne7 9.Qd2 h6
10.Bf4 Bb7 11.O-O g5 12.Bg3 Ng6 13.Rfe1 O-O 14.d5 Qe7 15.Nd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Nde5
17.Bb3 Kh7 18.Re3 Rae8 19.Ne2 a5 20.f4 gxf4 21.Nxf4 Nxf4 22.Bxf4 Ng6 23.Bg3 exd5
24.Bxd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 f5 26.Bh2 Qg7 27.Rf1 f4 28.Rc3 Re5 29.Qb7 Re7 30.Rf2 Rff7
31.Qd5 Re5 32.Qd4 d5 33.Rc6 dxe4 34.Rxg6 Kxg6 35.Bxf4 Ree7 36.Qd5 Qxb2 37.Bxh6 Qa1+
38.Kh2 Qe5+ 39.Qxe5 Rxe5 40.Rxf7 Kxf7 41.Be3 b5  0-1

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nf3 g5 10.Bg3 g4 11.Ne5 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Nf5 13.Nxg4 Ne4 14.Rc1 Qg5 15.Bd3 d5
16.O-O Bxc3 17.bxc3 h5 18.Ne5 Nexg3 19.Nf3 Ne3 20.Nxg5 Nxd1 21.Rfxd1 dxc4
22.Bh7+ Kg7 23.hxg3 f6 24.Be4 fxg5 25.Rd4 Rb8 26.Rxc4 b6 27.Rd1 Rf7 28.Rc6 Bb7
29.Rxe6 Bxe4 30.Rxe4 Rc8 31.Rd5 Kf6 32.Ree5 Rxc3 33.Rxg5 Ra3 34.Rxh5 Rg7
35.g4 Re7 36.Rdf5+ Kg6 37.g3 Rxa2 38.Kg2 a5 39.Rhg5+ Kh6 40.Rg8 Kh7 41.Ra8 Kg6
42.Rg8+ Kh7 43.Ra8 Kg6 44.Raf8 Ra7 45.Rh5 a4 46.Rfh8 Rf7 47.Rg8+ Rg7 48.Ra8 Rf7
49.Rg8+ Rg7 50.Ra8 Rf7 51.Rf5 b5 52.Ra6+ Kg7 53.Rg5+ Kh7 54.Rh5+ Kg7 55.Rg5+ Kh7
56.Rh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.Nb3 h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.a5 Be6 11.Nd5 O-O 12.Ra4 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb8 14.Rb4 Qc7 15.Bb6 Qc8
16.Rc4 Qf5 17.Rc7 Bd8 18.Rxb7 Qc8 19.Ra7 Rxa7 20.Bxa7 Bxa5+ 21.Nxa5 Qc7 22.Nc4 Qxa7
23.O-O Qc5 24.Ne3 a5 25.Qd2 Nbd7 26.Ra1 Ne4 27.Qxa5 Qd4 28.Qb5 Ndf6 29.c3 Qc5
30.Qxc5 dxc5 31.f3 Nd6 32.Ra6  1-0

[Event "Europe vs Americas"]
[Site "Mermaid Beach"]
[Date "1998.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.e4 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.Qe2 c6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.O-O-O Qa5
9.g4 Bg6 10.d5 cxd5 11.exd5 e5 12.Nd4 Be7 13.Nb3 Qd8 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 O-O
16.h4 h5 17.g5 Ng4 18.Bh3 Nde5 19.Rhg1 Re8 20.Bxg4 Nxg4 21.Rxg4 Bf8 22.Qg2 hxg4
23.Qxg4 Qc8 24.Qf3 Bf5 25.Qg3 Bg4 26.Rg1 Bh5 27.Bxd6 Bxd6 28.Qxd6 Qc4 29.Qc5 Qxh4  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jimenez, Paco"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g4 h6 5.Rg1 d6 6.g5 hxg5 7.Rxg5 g6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 e5 10.c5 e4 11.Nd4 dxc5 12.Rxc5 Qd6 13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Qb4 b6 15.Rc4 c5
16.Nb5 Qc6 17.Rxe4+ Kf8  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Bd2 e6 8.Ne4 Qb6
9.Ng3 Bg4 10.Bb3 a5 11.c3 a4 12.Bxa4 Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.Bb3 Bd6 15.h3 Bxg3
16.hxg4 Bc7 17.g5 Nd5 18.g6 fxg6 19.Ng5 Qe7 20.Qe2 Kd7 21.Kf1 h6 22.Re1 Re8
23.Bxd5 hxg5 24.Bb3 Qf6 25.Rh3 Ra5 26.Re3 e5 27.c4 Rh8 28.Qg4+ Qf5 29.Qxf5+ gxf5
30.Bxa5 Bxa5 31.Rd1 e4 32.f3 exf3 33.Rxf3 g6 34.Rh3 Rh5 35.Ke2 Bb6 36.c5 Bd8
37.Bf7 Rxh3 38.gxh3 Bf6 39.Kd3 Na6 40.Bxg6 f4 41.Bf5+ Kc7 42.Kc4 Kb8 43.d5 Nc7
44.dxc6 bxc6 45.Be4  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Qf4 Be6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Na4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Kxd2 O-O-O+ 13.Bd3 b6 14.Rae1 Ng6
15.Kc1 h5 16.g3 h4 17.f4 Bg4 18.Nc3 Rh7 19.Kd2 Rdh8 20.Rhg1 hxg3 21.hxg3 Rh2+
22.Ke3 Kb7 23.Be2 Bc8 24.Ref1 Ne7 25.f5 c5 26.Rf2 Nc6 27.Nd5 R2h6 28.Kf4 Kb8
29.Ne3 Ne5 30.Ng4 Nxg4 31.Bxg4 Bb7 32.Rd2 Bc6 33.Bf3 Kb7 34.g4 Rh2 35.Rxh2 Rxh2
36.Rg2 Rh1 37.g5 fxg5+ 38.Kxg5 Rf1 39.Kf4 Rb1 40.b3 Rb2 41.e5 Rxa2 42.e6 fxe6
43.f6 Bxf3 44.Kxf3 e5 45.f7  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.d4 bxa4 8.dxc5 Nxe4
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qd5 Bb7 11.Qxe5+ Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.Re1 Kd8 14.Be3 Re8 15.Na3 Bd5
16.c4 Bc6 17.f3 Nf6 18.Nc2 Rb8 19.Bd4 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 d6 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Ne3 Bd7
23.Rd1 Ne8 24.Bc3 f6 25.Rd4 Ke7 26.Kf2 Be6 27.Ke2 Nc7 28.Kd3 Rb7 29.Ba5 Ne8
30.Kc3 Rb8 31.Nd5+ Kd7 32.Nb6+ Kc6 33.Nxa4 Bf7 34.b3 Nc7 35.Bxc7 Kxc7 36.Re4 Re8
37.Rxe8 Bxe8 38.Kb4 Bg6 39.Ka5 Kb7 40.Nc3 Bd3 41.Nd5 Bf1 42.g3 Bg2 43.f4 Be4
44.Nb4 Bb1 45.a4 g5 46.Nxa6 Ba2 47.b4 Bxc4 48.b5 h5 49.h4 gxf4 50.gxf4 Be2
51.Nb4 Bf3 52.Nc2 Be4 53.Nd4 Bd3 54.Kb4 Be4 55.a5 Bd3 56.Nc6 Bb1 57.Ne7 Ba2
58.Nf5 Kc7 59.b6+ Kc6 60.Nd4+ Kb7 61.Kb5  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.Qe2 c6 6.g4 Bg6 7.h4 h5 8.g5 Nfd7
9.d3 e6 10.Bh3 Be7 11.Nd4 e5 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Bxf5 g6 14.Bh3 Qb6 15.O-O Nc5
16.Kh1 Ne6 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 Nxf4 19.Rxf4 Qxb2 20.Qe1 b5 21.Rb1 Qa3 22.e5 dxe5
23.Qxe5 O-O 24.Ne4 Bd8 25.Rbf1 Qe7 26.Nf6+ Kh8 27.Qb2 Bc7 28.Re4  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shliperman, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Qd2 e5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.dxe5 Qxe5 8.Nge2 d6
9.f4 Qf6 10.Ng3 Nc6 11.Bd3 h5 12.Nge2 Bg4 13.a3 Bxe2 14.Bxe2 Ba5 15.Rd1 Bb6
16.Na4 O-O-O 17.Nxb6+ axb6 18.c3 Qh4+ 19.g3 Qe7 20.Qd5 h4 21.Kf2 Rh6 22.Bf3 Rdh8
23.a4 f6 24.b4 g5 25.a5 hxg3+ 26.hxg3 bxa5 27.bxa5 Rxh1 28.Rxh1 Rxh1 29.Bxh1 gxf4
30.gxf4 Qh7 31.Bg2 Nd8 32.Kg3 Qg7+ 33.Kh2 Qh6+ 34.Bh3+ Kb8 35.Kg3 Ka7 36.Qd4+ Kb8
37.Qd5 Ka7 38.Qg8 Nc6 39.Qf7 Kb8 40.Qe8+ Ka7 41.Qe6 Kb8 42.a6 Qh8 43.axb7 Nd8
44.Qd7 Nxb7 45.Be6 Qh1 46.Qe8+ Ka7 47.Bd5 f5 48.Qa4+ Kb8 49.Qb5 Qe1+ 50.Kg2 Qd2+
51.Kh3 Qe3+ 52.Kh4 Qxf4+ 53.Kh5 Qg4+ 54.Kh6 Qh4+ 55.Kg6 Qg4+ 56.Kf6 Qh4+
57.Kxf5 Qh5+ 58.Kf4 Qe5+ 59.Kg4 Qg7+ 60.Kf5 Qe5+ 61.Kg6 Qg3+ 62.Kf7 Qf4+
63.Ke8 Qe5+ 64.Kf7 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lugo, Blas"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Bxd5 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Bb5 Kb8
15.Nc5 a6 16.Ba4 Bxc5 17.Bxc5 b5 18.Bb3 Bxb3 19.axb3 Kc7 20.c3 Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Re8
22.Kc2 Re6 23.Re1 Rh6 24.h3 Rg6 25.Re2 Nd8 26.Rd2 f5 27.b4 Nf7 28.b3 Kc6
29.Kd1 e4 30.fxe4 fxe4 31.Re2 Kd5 32.Rd2+ Ke6 33.Re2 Kd5 34.Rd2+ Ke6 35.Re2 Kd5
36.Rd2+ Ke6 37.Re2 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rajlich, Vasik G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.Re1 O-O 8.d4 a6
9.Bf1 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.a4 Be6 14.Na3 Rac8 15.Nc4 Nh5
16.g3 b5 17.Na3 bxa4 18.Nc4 Rb8 19.Rxa4 Bc8 20.Be3 Rb5 21.Ra2 Nf6 22.f3 Ne8
23.Na5 Be6 24.c4 Bf8 25.cxb5 Bxa2 26.bxa6 Nc7 27.Ra1 Be6 28.Nb7 Rb8 29.Nxc5 Bxc5
30.Bxc5 Rxb2 31.a7 Na8 32.Rd1 Kg7 33.Rd8 Rb1 34.Rxa8 Bh3 35.Rg8+ Kh6 36.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 8.a4 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.d3 O-O 11.Nbd2 d5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Ne4 Bb6
16.Ng3 Bg6 17.Nh4 b4 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Qf3 Nce7 20.Bb3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Qa5 22.Bg5 c6
23.c4 Nf6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qxf6 Bd8 26.Qd6 c5 27.Ne4 Nf5 28.Qxe5 Nd4 29.Bd1 Ne6
30.g3 Bc7 31.Nf6+ Kh8 32.Qe3 Kg7 33.Nd5 Bd6 34.h4 Rh8 35.Bg4 Nd4 36.h5 Qd8
37.hxg6 f5 38.Rb1 fxg4 39.Rb7+ Kxg6 40.Qe4+ Kh6 41.Kg2 Qg5 42.Rf7 Qh5 43.Rf4 Re8
44.Rf6+ Kg7 45.Qxe8 Qxe8 46.Rxd6 Qe2 47.Rd7+ Kh6 48.Rf7 Nc2 49.Rf6+ Kg7 50.Rg6+ Kf7
51.Rf6+ Ke8 52.Rf4 Ne1+ 53.Kg1 Nf3+ 54.Kg2 Ne1+ 55.Kg1 Qd1 56.Rxg4 Nxd3+
57.Kg2 Qc2 58.Re4+ Kd8 59.Kf3 Qxf2+ 60.Kg4 Qf7 61.Kg5 Qg7+ 62.Kf5 Qh7+  0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.a3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nickoloff, Bryon"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.d5 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Be3 Qa5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Rfc8 12.Qb3 Rab8 13.a3 cxd5 14.exd5 a6 15.Be2 b5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nxb5 Nc5 18.Qc4 Na4 19.Qb3 Ne4 20.Qb4 Qxb4 21.axb4 Nxb2 22.Na7 Nc3
23.Bf3 Re8 24.Nc6 Rb7 25.Ra7 Rxa7 26.Bxa7 Bf6 27.Bd4 Bxd4 28.Nxd4 Nba4 29.Rc1 Rb8
30.Nc6 Rb7 31.Kf1 Kf8 32.Ke1 Rb5 33.Ra1 Nb6 34.Ra5 Rxa5 35.bxa5 Nbxd5 36.Kd2 e6
37.Nb4 Nb1+ 38.Kc1 Nxb4 39.Kxb1 d5 40.Kb2 Nc6 41.a6 Ke7  0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O e6 7.Re1 Nc6 8.d5 exd5
9.exd5 Ne7 10.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Nxe4 6.cxd6 Nxc3 7.bxc3 exd6
8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.Re1 Bf6 12.Rb5 Qxa2 13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Rxg5 g6
15.Bf1 Nc5 16.Qxd6 Ne6 17.Rg3 Ng7 18.Bh6 Be6 19.Bd3 Qd5 20.Qa3 Rfe8 21.Rge3 Nf5
22.c4 Qd7 23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.Qxa7 f6 25.Qb6 Rxe3 26.Bxe3 Qc6 27.Qb2 Rd8 28.c5 Kf7
29.h3 g5 30.Bd4 Rd7 31.Re3 Re7 32.Qb3+ Re6 33.Rf3 Qe4 34.Bxf6 Qxc2 35.Qxc2 Bxc2
36.Bxg5+ Kg6 37.Be3 Be4 38.Rf4 Bc6 39.Kh2 Kg7 40.Bd4+ Kg6  1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qe2 Rac8 12.Rac1 a6 13.Rfd1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qc6 15.b3 e5
16.Be3 Nxe4 17.Nd5 Bd8 18.Nb4 Qc7 19.Qd3 f5 20.f3 f4 21.Qxe4 fxe3 22.Nd5 Qa5
23.Rc2 b5 24.Qxe3 bxc4 25.bxc4 h6 26.h3 Qc5 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd7
9.dxc5 Bc6 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Bd2 Rd8 12.a3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Bxc5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.fxe4 Nd7
16.Bc3 Qh4 17.f3 Qg5+ 18.Kh1 Qxe3 19.Qg2 Qh6 20.f4 Nb6 21.Bb3 Bd4 22.Bb4 Qg6
23.Qe2 a5 24.Be1 a4 25.Ba2 Rd7 26.Rd1 Rad8 27.Ba5 Ra8 28.Bxb6  1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.Nbd2 h6 7.Nf1 Ne7 8.Ng3 Bh7
9.c3 Qc7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.b4 f6 12.exf6 gxf6 13.Nh4 Ng6 14.Nxg6 Bxg6 15.Bh5 Bh7
16.Qf3 Bd6 17.Re1 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 exd4 20.cxd4 Bxb4 21.Re3 Bd6 22.Re6 Qa5
23.Be3 Bc7 24.g3 Qa3 25.Rb1 Qxa2 26.Kg2 Qa3 27.Bg4 Bb6 28.Bf4 h5 29.Bh3 Rhg8
30.Qxf6 Qc3 31.Re7 Qxd4 32.Qd6 Qxf2+ 33.Kh1 Qf3+ 34.Bg2 Qd3 35.Rc1 Rg6 36.Re6 Rxe6
37.Qxe6 Bc7 38.Bg5 Rf8 39.Bh6 Qf5 40.Qe3 Rh8 41.Bg5 Rg8 42.Bh4 Bb6 43.Qh6 Qe5
44.Rf1 Rh8 45.Qg6 Rf8 46.Rc1 Bd8 47.Bxd8 Rxd8 48.Bf3 Rh8 49.Kg2 h4  0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 Be6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.c5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nc2 15.Qxb7 Nxa1
16.Rxa1 Bf6 17.Qxc6 Re8 18.Qa4 h5 19.Bb5 Re4 20.Nd2 Re6 21.Bc6 Rb8 22.Nf1 Bd3
23.Bd7 Ra6 24.Qd1 Bg6 25.Bf4 Rb7 26.Qe2 Ra3 27.c6 Rxd7 28.cxd7 Qxd7 29.Qb2 Ra6
30.Re1 Kh7 31.Ne3 Rb6 32.Qd2 a5 33.h3 a4 34.Qe2 a3 35.Qf3 Re6 36.Rc1 Re4
37.Qg3 Qc6 38.Nf1 Re2 39.c4 Bxd4  0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Bg7 6.Qd2 Nc6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Rd1 Qxd2+ 11.Rxd2 h6 12.Bc4 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Ke2 Rfd8 15.Rhd1 Rxd2+
16.Rxd2 Bf8 17.Ne1 Ng4 18.Nd1 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.c3 Bd6 21.f3 Nxe3 22.Nxe3 Kf7
23.Nd3 Ke7 24.Kd1 h5 25.Kc2 Nd8 26.b4 c6 27.c4 Ra2+ 28.Kc3 Rxd2 29.Kxd2 Nf7
30.Nc5 Bc7 31.Nb3 Bb6 32.Kd3 Kd7 33.Na5 Nd6 34.cxb5 cxb5 35.Nb3 Kc6 36.Nc2 Nc4
37.Ke2 Kd6 38.Nd2 Nxd2 39.Kxd2 Bg1 40.h3 h4 41.Ne3 Bh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Nb6
9.Bb3 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Ne5 Nfd5 12.Re1 Be6 13.Ne4 Nc7 14.Bc2 Nb5 15.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Bxf3 5.exf3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Rc1 e6 8.Qb3 b6
9.c5 bxc5 10.dxc5 Ne7 11.c6 Ne5 12.Ba6 O-O 13.O-O N5xc6 14.Nb5 Qd7 15.Qa4 Rfd8
16.Rc2 Nd5 17.Nxc7 Nxc7 18.Qxc6 Qxc6 19.Rxc6 Nd5 20.Bg5 Rdb8 21.Bc4 Rxb2
22.Rxd6 Rc8 23.Rc1 h6 24.Bxd5 Rxc1+ 25.Bxc1 Rb1 26.Bb3 Rxc1+ 27.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Nc3 Rc8 10.a3 a6 11.Be3 Be7 12.Bd3 Nxe3 13.fxe3 O-O 14.Ne2 Na5 15.Nf4 g6
16.Qe2 Nb3 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.h4 Bb5 19.Qf2 Bxd3 20.Nxd3 Na5 21.b4 Nc4 22.Ra1 a5
23.h5 Kg7 24.Nf4 g5 25.Nxg5 Bxg5 26.Qg3 Qd8 27.Nh3 h6 28.Rf6 Rg8 29.Nxg5 hxg5
30.Qxg5+ Kf8 31.Qh6+ Ke8 32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.Rf1+ Ke8 34.Qxe6+ Qe7 35.Qxc8+  1-0

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lobo, Richard"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.d3 f5 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nh3 O-O
9.O-O Qe8 10.Nf2 Kh8 11.e4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Bh3 14.Rf2 Qd7 15.Rb1 Rab8
16.Qf3 Ne7 17.Be3 c6 18.Qh5 h6 19.f5 d5 20.f6 Ng8 21.fxg7+ Qxg7 22.cxd5 Rxf2
23.Bxf2 Bg4 24.Qh4 cxd5 25.Bxd5 b6 26.Be3 Qg6 27.Be4 Qg7 28.Rf1 Be6 29.d4 Rc8
30.d5 Bg4 31.Bd2 Rc4 32.Bg2 Be2 33.Qh3 Bxf1 34.Bxf1 Ra4 35.d6 Rxa2 36.Be3 Ra1
37.Qf5 Rd1 38.Kg2 Rxd6 39.Bc4 Qb7+ 40.Kh3 Qd7  0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobese, Watu"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Be3 e5 8.dxe5 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Nxe5 10.Be2 Ne7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.h4 Qd7 13.h5 Qe6 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 f5
16.hxg6 Qxg6 17.Qh4 Qg7 18.O-O-O f4 19.Rh3 Rf6 20.f3 Raf8 21.Rdh1 R8f7 22.Qf2 c6
23.Rh5 N7g6 24.a5 Nf8 25.Na4 Rg6 26.Bf1 Rg5 27.R5h3 Rf6 28.Nb6 Kh8 29.Qd4 Nf7
30.Qd2 h6 31.R3h2 Kh7 32.Nc4 Ng6 33.Nb6 Nge5 34.Rh4 Ng6 35.R4h3 Nge5 36.R1h2 Rg3
37.Rh4 Qg5 38.Rh5 Qg7 39.Kb1 Rg5 40.R5h3 Rg3 41.Rh4 Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Soltis, Andrew E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Ba4 Nf6 7.c3 d3 8.Qf3 d5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Qxd3 Nc5 11.Qc2 d4 12.d3 Bf5 13.Rd1 Be7 14.Bb3 O-O 15.Qe2 Qd7
16.cxd4 Nxb3 17.axb3 Qxd4 18.Ra4 Qd5 19.Rf4 Bg6 20.Nc3 Qxb3 21.h4 h5 22.d4 Rad8
23.Be3 Rfe8 24.Ne4 Bf8 25.Rc1 Rd5 26.Ng3 Rb5 27.Nxh5 Qxb2 28.Qg4 c5 29.Nxg7 Bxg7
30.h5 Rb6 31.hxg6 Rxg6 32.Qf5 Qb3 33.Rxc5 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Re7 35.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e3 Be7 4.Nd2 b6 5.Ngf3 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 h6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.O-O Nc6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Bc2 d5 12.Ng3 O-O 13.Ne5 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saitek US Masters"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gross, Ronald Jos"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nc3 Be6 6.e4 Nd7 7.f4 exf4 8.Bxf4 Bb4
9.Nf3 Ngf6 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nc5 12.O-O-O Kc8 13.Rhe1 Nxd3+ 14.Rxd3 Bxc4
15.Rd2 Re8 16.e5 Nd5 17.Re4 Nb6 18.Red4 h6 19.g4 c5 20.Re4 Bd5 21.Re3 g5
22.Bg3 Nc4 23.Rxd5 Nxe3 24.Rxc5+ Kd8 25.h3 Rc8 26.Ra5 Rxc3+ 27.Kd2 Nc4+  0-1

[Event "Saitek US Masters"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 b6 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.Nbd2 e6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Be7 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Bb5+ Nd7 12.a4 O-O 13.O-O Rc8 14.Qe2 Rc7 15.Bd3 Qb8
16.Nb1 Rd8 17.Nc3 Nf8 18.Qe3 a6 19.Rfd1 Nd7 20.h3 Re8 21.Ne2 Qa8 22.Ng3 Nf6
23.Nd2 Bf8 24.Kh1 Qd8 25.Qe2 Qa8 26.f4 g6 27.Rf1 Bg7 28.Rae1 Bc6 29.b3 Bb7
30.e5 dxe5 31.fxe5 Nd5 32.Nc4 Rf8 33.Rf2 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Nd6 Nc3 36.Qg4 Qa3
37.Ref1 f5 38.exf6 Qxd6 39.fxg7 Rxf2 40.Rxf2 Rxg7 41.Be4 Nxe4 42.Nxe4 Bxe4
43.Qxe4 Rf7 44.Rxf7 Kxf7 45.Qb7+ Kf6 46.Qxh7 Qg3 47.Qh8+ Kf7 48.Qh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saitek US Masters"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rowley, Robert"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.h3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.d5 c6 9.dxc6 Nxc6
10.Re1 Rc8 11.Rb1 Nd7 12.Nd5 Nc5 13.Bd3 e6 14.Ne3 Nb4 15.a3 Nbxd3 16.cxd3 Ba6
17.d4 Nd3 18.Bd2 Nxe1 19.Bxe1 Qd7 20.Bc3 Qb5 21.Qd2 Qd3 22.Re1 Qxd2 23.Nxd2 Rc7
24.e5 dxe5 25.dxe5 Rxc3 26.bxc3 Bxe5 27.Ne4 Rc8 28.Rd1 Kf8 29.Ng4 Be2 30.Rd7 Bxg4
31.hxg4 Rc7 32.Rxc7 Bxc7 33.g5 b5 34.g3 Ke7 35.Kf1 Bd6 36.Nxd6 Kxd6 37.Ke2 Kd5
38.Kd3 Kc5 39.f3 Kd5 40.f4 a6 41.g4 a5  0-1

[Event "Saitek US Masters"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Datu, Idelfonso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Be3 Bc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Nd4 Qd7 12.Nc3 Rd8 13.Nce2 O-O 14.c3 Ne7 15.Bc2 f6
16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Ng3 Bf7 18.f4 Nc6 19.b4 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Nb7 21.Rae1 c5 22.bxc5 Qc7
23.Kh1 Qxc5 24.Qd3 Bg6 25.f5 Bf7 26.Bb3 Qd6 27.Qd4 Nc5 28.Re3 Nxb3 29.axb3 Qb6
30.Qd2 d4 31.Rd3 Bxb3 32.Rxd4 Rxd4 33.cxd4 Bd5 34.Re1 Rf8 35.Re5 Bf7 36.Ne4 b4
37.Nc5 b3 38.Qb2 Qb4 39.h3 a5 40.Nd3 Qc4 41.Nc5 a4 42.Re1 Qb4 43.Nd3 Qa5
44.Re5 Qa6 45.Qc3 Ra8 46.Re7 Qc4 47.Qe1 a3 48.Ne5 a2 49.Nxc4 a1=Q 50.Nd2 Qxe1+
51.Rxe1 b2 52.Kh2 Ra1 53.Rb1 Rxb1 54.Nxb1 Bd5 55.g4 Kf7 56.Kg3 Be4 57.Nc3 b1=Q
58.Nxb1 Bxb1 59.Kf4 Bd3 60.h4 Be2 61.g5 Ba6 62.Ke5 Bc8 63.d5 Ba6 64.h5 Bc8
65.g6+ hxg6 66.hxg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saitek US Masters"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kelleher, William"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.h4 h5 5.Be3 Nf6 6.f3 c6 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.Nh3 Bxh3
9.Rxh3 Nbd7 10.Bc4 e6 11.Bb3 Nb6 12.Ne2 Qxd2+ 13.Bxd2 d5 14.e5 Nfd7 15.Rh1 c5
16.c3 Rc8 17.Kf2 Bf8 18.g4 Be7 19.Bg5 hxg4 20.fxg4 Bxg5 21.hxg5 Rxh1 22.Rxh1 Ke7
23.Ke3 Nb8 24.Rh7 Nc6 25.Nf4 Rg8 26.Rh2 a6 27.a3 Kf8 28.Ba2 Kg7 29.Nd3 Nd7
30.b4 cxd4+ 31.cxd4 b6 32.Bb3 Re8 33.Rc2 Ndb8 34.Rh2 Na7 35.Rc2 Rh8 36.Rc7 Nb5
37.Nf4 Nxc7  0-1

[Event "Saitek US Masters"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Re1 O-O
9.d4 Na6 10.Bf4 Rac8 11.Qd2 cxd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 f6
16.Qd2 Nab4 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Nd5 19.Rac1 Rc4 20.Re4 Rfc8 21.Rce1 Rxc3
22.Qh6 R8c6 23.h3 Rc2 24.Nh4 f5 25.Re5 e6 26.Nxg6 Qg7 27.Qxg7+ Kxg7 28.Nh4 Kf6
29.Nxf5 Rxa2 30.Nh6 Rca6 31.R1e4 b5 32.Ng4+ Kf7 33.Rh5 b4 34.Ne5+ Ke8 35.Rh6 Kd8
36.Rg4 Kc7 37.Rg7+ Kb6 38.Rxe6+ Kb5 39.Rxa6 Rxa6 40.Rb7+ Nb6 41.Rc7 Na4 42.Nd3 b3
43.Kf1 b2 44.Nxb2 Nxb2 45.Rb7+ Rb6 46.Rxa7 h6 47.Rc7 Kb4 48.d5 Nd3 49.Rc6 Kb5
50.Rxb6+ Kxb6 51.Ke2 Nb4 52.Kf3 Kc5 53.Ke4 Kd6 54.Kf5 Nxd5 55.g3 Ke7 56.Kg6 Nc3
57.f3 Ne2 58.g4 Nf4+ 59.Kxh6 Nxh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saitek US Masters"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Martinez, Marce"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nge7 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.h4 h6
9.Qe2 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.c3 Qc7 12.a3 O-O-O 13.e5 Kb8 14.b4 g5 15.b5 g4 16.bxc6 gxf3
17.Nxf3 Nxc6 18.d4 Bf8 19.Be3 Na5 20.Nd2 Rc8 21.Red1 cxd4 22.cxd4 Qd7 23.Qh5 Ba6
24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Rc3 26.a4 Bb4 27.Rfb1 Rxe3 28.Rxb4 Rc3 29.Nf3 Rg8 30.Nd2 Rg6
31.Kh2 Qc7 32.Rb2 Rd3 33.Qe2 Qc3 34.Nb1 Qxd4 35.Ra3 Rxa3 36.Nxa3 Qxa4 37.Qf3 Qd7
38.Qc3 Nb7 39.Nb5 Rg8 40.Qa3 Na5 41.Nd6 Nc4 42.Nxc4 dxc4 43.Qe3 h5 44.Rd2 Qc7
45.Qf4 c3 46.Rc2 Rc8 47.Qg5 Qc4  0-1

[Event "Cardoza US op"]
[Site "Kona"]
[Date "1998.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaul, Josh"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qb3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Qxc3 d5 8.d3 e5
9.b4 dxc4 10.dxc4 Qd4 11.Bb2 Qxc3+ 12.Bxc3 Be6 13.Nf3 Bxc4 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 c6
16.Rc1 Bb5 17.Bf3 Rfe8 18.e3 a5 19.Bc3 axb4 20.Bxb4 Nf5 21.Bg4 Nd4 22.Bd1 b6
23.Bc3 Ne6 24.Bb2 Ra5 25.Be2 Nc5 26.Rc2 Rd8 27.O-O Bxe2 28.Rxe2 Nb3 29.Rc2 c5
30.Rb1 Rd3 31.Kg2 f6 32.Bc1 Ra4 33.Kf3 c4 34.Ke2 b5 35.Bb2 Ra8 36.Ke1 Kf7
37.Ke2 Ke6 38.Ke1 h5 39.Rd1 Nc5 40.Rxd3 Nxd3+ 41.Ke2 Kd5 42.f3 Kc6 43.Bd4 Rxa3
44.g4 hxg4 45.fxg4 Kd5 46.g5 fxg5 47.Bxg7 Ke4 48.Bf8 Ra1 49.Be7 Rg1 50.Bd8 g4
51.Bg5 Nb4 52.Rd2 Rg2+ 53.Kd1 Rxd2+ 54.Kxd2 Nd5 55.Bh6 b4 56.Bf8 b3 57.Bc5 c3+  0-1

[Event "Cardoza US op"]
[Site "Kona"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Epp, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Be7
9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 d6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Na4 Rb8 13.c4 Rd8 14.Qe2 Rb4 15.b3 c5
16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Rad1 Ba8 18.g4 Rbb8 19.g5 Nd7 20.Rd3 Bc6 21.Bd2 Bf8 22.Rh3 g6
23.f5 Bg7 24.f6 Bh8 25.Rh6 Nf8 26.Qg4  1-0

[Event "Cardoza US op"]
[Site "Kona"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, P."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.g3 e5 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O h6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Rd1 Be7 10.h3 O-O 11.Be3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Qa3 Bg6 14.b4 Nce4 15.Rac1 Rfe8
16.Bf4 Qc8 17.Qb2 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Ne4 19.Qb3 a5 20.b5 a4 21.Qf3 Bf6 22.bxc6 bxc6
23.Qa3 Ra6 24.Nb5 Be7 25.Nxd6 Bxd6 26.Bxd6 Nxd6 27.Qxd6 Rxe2 28.Rd2 Rxd2
29.Qxd2 c5 30.a3 Kh7 31.Kh2 Rb6 32.Rc3 Rb3 33.Bd5 Qf5 34.Kg2 Qb1 35.Re3 Qa1
36.Re7 Qd4 37.Qe2 Rxa3 38.Bxf7 Bxf7 39.Rxf7 Rc3 40.Rf4 Qd3 41.Qxd3+ Rxd3
42.Rf5 Rc3 43.Rxc5 a3 44.Ra5 Rxc4 45.Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cardoza US op"]
[Site "Kona"]
[Date "1998.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "John, David C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 h6 6.Nf3 e4 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Ne5 O-O
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.d4 exd3 11.Nxd3 Re8 12.Be3 Ng4 13.O-O-O Nxe3 14.fxe3 Qg5 15.Rde1 Nd7
16.Kb1 a6 17.Bb3 b5 18.Nf2 Nf6 19.Qf3 Qe5 20.e4 Bd7 21.Ncd1 Qe7 22.c3 a5
23.Bc2 Qd8 24.h3 c5 25.Ne3 Qc7 26.Nfg4 Nxg4 27.hxg4 Be5 28.g5 hxg5 29.Qh5 g6
30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Ref1 Bg7 32.Qxg6 Bc8 33.Rh7 f5 34.Nxf5 Bxf5 35.Rxf5+ Kg8 36.Rxg5 Ra7
37.Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "Cardoza US op"]
[Site "Kona"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Coupet, Pascal"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.cxd4 d6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.a3 a6 11.Qe4 Qc7 12.Bg5 dxe5 13.Bxe7 Ndxe7 14.dxe5 Ng6 15.Re1 b5
16.Bf1 Bb7 17.Qe3 Rad8 18.b4 Qb8 19.Nc3 Nce7 20.Bd3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Nxe5 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7
23.Qh5+ Kg8 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Rxe5 Rd4 26.Rc5 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Nxc8 28.f3 Nd6 29.Re1 Kf8
30.Kf2 Rd3 31.Rc1 Rd2+ 32.Ne2 Nc4 33.a4 Rb2 34.axb5 axb5 35.f4 Rxb4 36.Nd4 Nb6
37.Ne2 Nd5 38.g3 Rb2 39.Rc8+ Ke7 40.Rb8  0-1

[Event "Cardoza US op"]
[Site "Kona"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bxf5 exf5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne2 h6 12.h4 O-O-O 13.Kf1 Kb8 14.Kg1 Be7 15.Rb1 f4
16.Nxf4 Bf5 17.Ra1 Be4 18.Ne2 f6 19.Rh3 Rhf8 20.Bf4 Ka8 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Ne5 Bxe5
23.dxe5 d4 24.Qd2 Qc5 25.Re1 Bf5 26.Rg3 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 Qxe5 28.Nf4 Qf6 29.Nh5 Qxh4
30.Nxg7 Bc8 31.Ne6 Bxe6 32.Rxe6 Rf6 33.Qe1 a6 34.Re8 Rd6 35.Rgg8 Ka7 36.Qe5 Rd5
37.Qc7 Rxe8 38.Rxe8 Qf6 39.Qb8+ Kb6 40.Rc8 Qd6 41.Qxd6+ Rxd6 42.Kf1 d3 43.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cardoza US op"]
[Site "Kona"]
[Date "1998.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Welling, Gerard"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.g3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.dxe5 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.c4 dxe5
9.Nfd2 f5 10.Nc3 e4 11.Nf1 Nc5 12.Ne3 c6 13.Qc2 a5 14.Rd1 Qc7  0-1

[Event "Cardoza US op"]
[Site "Kona"]
[Date "1998.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Qd2 e6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Qa5 11.Bb2 Rd8 12.Rfd1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.a3 Bb7 15.b4 Qb6
16.Qe1 Ba6 17.Qf1 Rab8 18.Rac1 d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Na4 bxa4 21.Bxa6 Ne4 22.Bd3 Bd6
23.Rc2 Bf4 24.g3 Bh6 25.Re2 f5 26.Qh3 Rf8 27.Bb1 Rbe8 28.Ba2 Ne7 29.Ne5 Qb5
30.Rxe4 fxe4 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Qxh6 Nf5 33.Ng6+ Kg8 34.Rxd5  1-0

[Event "Cardoza US op"]
[Site "Kona"]
[Date "1998.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 a5 11.Rd1 a4 12.a3 h5 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Rd2 h4 15.Rad1 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Ke7
17.Nf3 Ra5 18.Re1 Be6 19.Re4 b5 20.Ne2 Bd5 21.Rf4 Rh5 22.Nfd4 Nxd4 23.Rfxd4 Rxe5
24.Rxh4 Bc4 25.Nd4 Ra6 26.Rh8 c5 27.Nf3 Rd5 28.Rc8 Kd7 29.Rg8 Re6 30.Rxg7 Rxd2
31.Nxd2 Re1+ 32.Kh2 Bd5 33.h4 Re2 34.Nf1 Rxf2 35.Ne3 Be4 36.Kg3 Rf6 37.h5 Ke7
38.Rg4 Re6 39.Kf4 c6 40.Rg5 Kd6 41.g4 c4 42.Nf5+ Bxf5 43.Rxf5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sokolin, Leonid M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ne2 Nc5
9.c3 Nxb3 10.axb3 dxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Nh4 g6 14.h3 Be6 15.Nf3 Qc7
16.Ng5 a5 17.Nxe6 Rxe6 18.b4 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 b6
9.c3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qd7 11.Nf1 h6 12.h4 dxe4 13.dxe4 O-O-O 14.Ne3 Qd3 15.Qxd3 Rxd3
16.Bf1 Rd7 17.Nc4 b5 18.Ncd2 c4 19.a4 a6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nb1 Nb8 22.Na3 Bc6
23.Bf4 Rhd8 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Ra7 26.Bf4 h5 27.f3 Kb7 28.b3 cxb3 29.Reb1 Nd7
30.Nxb5 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Bxb5 32.Bxb5 Nc5 33.Be3 Rc8 34.Rb1 f5 35.Bc4 fxe4 36.fxe4 Kc6
37.Bxc5 Kxc5 38.Bxe6 Rd8 39.Rxb3 Rd3 40.Kf2 Nc6 41.Ra3 Ne5 42.Bh3 Rd2+ 43.Kf1 Kc4
44.Ra5 Nf3 45.Bg2 Nh2+ 46.Kg1 Ng4 47.Bf3 Nf2 48.Kf1 Kxc3 49.e5 Nd3 50.Be2 Nb4
51.Rc5+ Kb2 52.e6 Nd5 53.Ke1 Rd4 54.Rc4 Rxc4 55.Bxc4 Ne7 56.Kd2 Nf5 57.Bd3 Ne7
58.Bc2  1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nf3 Bxc3 4.dxc3 Nc6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 h6
9.h3 Be6 10.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Ng6 6.c3 d5 7.Qa4 Qd6 8.exd5 Qxd5
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.h4 Bd7 13.h5 Nf8 14.d5 Nb4 15.Ne5 a6
16.Bxd7+ Nxd7 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.dxe6+ Kf8 19.exd7 Rd8 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Re8+ Kf7
22.Qb3+ Nd5 23.Rxh8 Rxh8 24.Nxd5 Qxd7 25.Nc7+ Kf6 26.Qf3+  1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O e6 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Nfd7 10.Nb5 a6 11.Nbd4 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Nbd7 13.c3 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 e5 15.Be3 Re8
16.Bc4 h6 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.Nb3 b6 19.a4 a5 20.Bb5 Rf8 21.Bc6 Rb8 22.Nd2 Be6
23.Nf3 Ng4 24.Bd5 Bd7 25.h3 Nxe3 26.fxe3 Rbe8 27.e4 Re7 28.b4 Kh7 29.b5 f5
30.Re1 Bf6 31.Rad1 f4 32.Rd3 g5 33.Red1 Bc8 34.Bc6 Be6 35.Bd5 Bc8 36.Bc6 h5
37.Bd7 Bxd7 38.Rxd7 Rff7 39.Rxe7 Rxe7 40.Rd5 Kg6 41.c4 Re6 42.c5 g4 43.cxb6 cxb6
44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Nd2 Be7 46.Nc4 Kf6 47.Kf1 Bb4 48.Ke2 Bc3 49.Rd6 Bd4 50.Rxe6+ Kxe6
51.Kf1 Bc5 52.Ke2 Bg1 53.Ke1 Bd4 54.Kf1 Kd7 55.Ke1 Kc7 56.Kf1 Kd7 57.Ke1 Ke7
58.Ke2 Kf6 59.Nd6 Kg5 60.Kf1 g3 61.Nc4 Kg4 62.Nd2 f3 63.Nxf3 Kf4 64.Ke2 Kxe4
65.Nd2+ Kd5 66.Kd3 Kc5 67.Ne4+ Kb4 68.Nxg3 Kxa4 69.Ne4 Kxb5 70.g4 Kc6 71.g5 Kd7
72.Kc4 Ke7  0-1

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Be2 Qb8 11.f4 Bc5 12.Bf3 e5 13.f5 h6 14.Bd2 a6 15.O-O-O b5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Qxc5 Qc8 19.Bb4 Qxc5+ 20.Bxc5 Rc8 21.exd5 Rxc5+
22.Kb1 b4 23.Rhe1 d6 24.Rc1 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Kd7 26.axb4 e4 27.Bd1 Rb8 28.Rc4 e3
29.Rd4 Re8 30.Be2 Re5 31.Kc2 Nxd5 32.Kd3 Kc7 33.Bf3 Ne7 34.Re4 Nxf5 35.g4 Nh4
36.Kxe3 Nxf3 37.Kxf3 f6 38.Rc4+ Kb7 39.Rc1 Rb5 40.Rc4 Re5 41.Rc1 h5 42.gxh5 Rxh5
43.Rg1 g5 44.Kg3 g4 45.Rf1 f5 46.Rf2 Kc6 47.Kf4 Kb5 48.Re2 Kxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 Nc6 6.Ne2 f5 7.Nxe7 Ngxe7 8.d5 Nb8
9.exf5 Nxf5 10.Ng3 O-O 11.Bd3 Na6 12.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.Nc3 g6 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Ne4 8.Na4 Nf6
9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Nh4 Be6 11.d5 Bd7 12.e4 O-O 13.Bd2 Na6 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.h3 cxd5
16.cxd5 Bxa4 17.Qxa4 Qb6 18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Rc1 Rxc1+ 20.Bxc1 Qb4 21.Qc2 Qc5
22.Qd1 Qc4 23.b3 Qc3 24.Be3 Nc5 25.e5 Qxe5 26.Bd4 Qh5 27.Bf3 Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.d3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 O-O 10.O-O b5 11.a3 a5 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nd7 14.Be3 a4 15.Bd3 Rb8
16.Qe2 Qb6 17.e5 Qa6 18.Bf4 dxe5 19.dxe5 Nc5 20.Rac1 Ne6 21.Bg3 Qb6 22.Bb1 Bh6
23.Rcd1 Rbd8 24.Ba2 Ncd4 25.Nxd4 Nxd4 26.Qe4 Qc5 27.Kh2 Nf5 28.e6 f6 29.Rd7 Nxg3
30.fxg3 Bg5 31.h4 f5 32.Qd3 Bxh4 33.gxh4 Qe5+ 34.Kg1 Rc8 35.Qd4 Qxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Rc2
37.Rf2 Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Kg7 39.Rb4 Rc5 40.Rd2 f4 41.Rd7  1-0

[Event "USA-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bf5 4.Nc3 g6 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Ne4
9.Na4 Qa5 10.Be3 d5 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nc5 Bf5 15.Qc2 b6
16.Nxe4 Rad8 17.Red1 Rd7 18.f3 Rfd8 19.g4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Qb4 21.b3 c5 22.d5 Bxa1
23.Rxa1 e6 24.Qe5 exd5 25.Rd1 d4 26.Bh6 f6 27.Qxf6 Qa5 28.Qe6+ Rf7 29.a4 Qa6
30.b4 Qxa4 31.Rb1 Qe8 32.Qxe8+ Rxe8 33.bxc5 Rxe2 34.cxb6 axb6 35.c5 b5 36.Rxb5 Ra7
37.Rb1 Raa2 38.Bf4 Rac2 39.Kf1 Rf2+ 40.Ke1 Rxf3 41.Bd6 d3 42.Rb8+ Kg7 43.Rb7+ Kh6
44.Re7 d2+ 45.Ke2 Rf2+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch final"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 e5
9.Bb3 h6 10.Nc4 Be6 11.h3 Kh7 12.Ne3 d5 13.Ng4 Nxg4 14.hxg4 Qd7 15.g5 h5
16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Be3 b6 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Qa4 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Rac8 21.Bc1 Kg8 22.Rd2 Qe6
23.Qc4 Rd5 24.Rde2 Rcd8 25.Re3 Qd7 26.Qe4 Ne7 27.R3e2 Nf5 28.c4 Rxd3 29.Nxe5 Bxe5
30.Qxe5 Nd4 31.Re3 Nc2 32.Rxd3 Qxd3 33.Rf1 Qxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Rd1+ 35.Ke2 Re1+
36.Kd2 Rxe5 37.Kxc2 Re2+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch final"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.h3 O-O 8.Qd2 Ne7
9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Rhe1 c5 12.Bf2 Rc8 13.Kb1 c4 14.Bf1 d5 15.e5 Ne4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Ng5 c3 18.bxc3 b5 19.Ka1 Bd5 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Nd5 22.c4 bxc4
23.c3 Qa5 24.Be1 Qa4 25.Rc1 Rb8 26.Qc2 Qc6 27.Bd2 Rb6 28.Ree1 Rfb8 29.Rb1 Nc7
30.Rxb6 Rxb6 31.Rb1 Nb5 32.Bc1 Bf8 33.g4 Ra6 34.f5 Ra5 35.fxe6 fxe6 36.h4 Ba3
37.h5 Bxc1 38.Qxc1 Rxa2+ 39.Kxa2 Qa6+ 40.Kb2 Qa3+ 41.Kc2 Qxc3+ 42.Kd1 Qf3+
43.Be2 Nc3+ 44.Kd2 Ne4+ 45.Kd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch final"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Rb8 12.Bf3 Nb6 13.Qd3 e5 14.Nde2 Nc4 15.Bc1 exf4
16.Nxf4 Ne5 17.Qe2 Be6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bf4 Nxf3 20.Rxf3 Nh5 21.Bd2 Rxf3 22.Qxf3 Rf8
23.Qd3 Nf6 24.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch final"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "1998.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 O-O 8.Bg2 Ne7 9.Qd2 b6
10.Nge2 Bb7 11.O-O c5 12.Rad1 Qc8 13.Ng3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nc6 15.Bf2 Ba6 16.Rfe1 Rd8
17.Nce2 Qc7 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 e5 20.Bc3 exf4 21.Qxf4 Ne8 22.Bxg7 Nxg7 23.c3 Ne6
24.Qe3 Rac8 25.Nf5 Bb7 26.Nd4 Qc5 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Qxc5 dxc5 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Ke3 g5
31.Bf3 h6 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Bxd1 Kf6 35.c4 Ke5 36.Bc2 Bc6 37.a4 a6
38.b3 b5 39.a5 bxc4 40.bxc4 Be8 41.Bd1 Bc6 42.Bc2 Ba8 43.Bd3 Bb7 44.Bb1 Bc8
45.Bc2 Bd7 46.Bb3 Kf6 47.Bc2 Bc6 48.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Congress 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Furdzik, Rafal"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Bd2 Nb6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Qe2 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Nc3 Nd7 15.Rfe1 Nxe5
16.Be3 Qg4 17.f3 Qh5 18.Qb5 a6 19.Qb6 Nd7 20.Qc7 Qe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.Rad1 b5
23.Bb6 Nd7 24.Bc7 Ra7 25.Bd6 Nc5 26.Bc2 Bxd6 27.Rxd6 Rc7 28.Bb1 Nb7 29.Rd2 Rd8
30.Red1 Rxd2 31.Rxd2 Kf8 32.Kf2 h6 33.a3 Na5 34.f4 Nc4 35.Re2 Nxa3 36.Be4 Nc4
37.Nd1 Nd6 38.Bf3 Nf5 39.Rd2 Ke7 40.g3 Bd7 41.Nc3 Nd6 42.Re2 Kd8 43.Ke1 Rc5
44.Ne4 Nxe4 45.Bxe4 b4 46.Kd2 Kc7 47.Re1 a5 48.Ke3 Bc6 49.Bd3 Kb6 50.g4 a4
51.h4 Ka5 52.g5 hxg5 53.hxg5 b3 54.g6 fxg6 55.Kd4 Rd5+ 56.Kc3 g5 57.Rxe6 Bb5
58.Bxb5 Kxb5 59.fxg5 Rxg5 60.Re8 Rc5+ 61.Kd3 Rc2 62.Rb8+ Kc5 63.Rc8+ Kd5
64.Ra8 Rxb2 65.Rxa4 Rg2 66.Ra5+ Kc6 67.Kc4 b2 68.Rc5+ Kd6 69.Rb5 g5 70.Kd4 g4
71.Ke3 Kc6 72.Rb8 Kc5 73.Ke4 Kc4 74.Ke3  0-1

[Event "National Congress 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Popovych, Orest"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.Bc2 Nc6 6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.O-O Qc7
9.Re1 d5 10.Ba4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.c4 Rad8 13.Qe2 Nh5 14.Nb3 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Qxf4
16.Qe3 Qxe3 17.Rxe3 d4 18.Ree1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rb8 20.f4 Rb6 21.Kg2 Ra8 22.Rab1 Rab8
23.Kf3 a5 24.Re2 a4 25.Na1 Kf8 26.b3 Ke8 27.Rg1 g6 28.bxa4 Ra8 29.Nb3 Rxa4
30.Rb2 Kd7 31.Rgb1 Kc7 32.Nd2 Rbb4 33.Ke2 f6 34.Nb3 Ra7 35.Kf3 Ra3 36.Ke2 Ra7
37.h3 Rba4 38.Nc1 Bd6 39.Kf3 Rb4 40.Rb3 Rba4 41.Rb8 Rb4 42.R1xb4 cxb4 43.Re8 Ra3
44.Rxe6 Rc3 45.e5 fxe5 46.fxe5 Bxe5 47.Nb3 Bd6 48.Ke4 Kd7 49.Rf6 Rc2 50.Kxd4 Rxa2
51.Nc5+ Bxc5+ 52.Kxc5 b3 53.Rd6+ Ke7 54.Rxc6 Rxf2 55.Rb6 b2 56.d4 g5 57.d5 Kd7
58.d6 Rd2 59.Rb7+ Ke6 60.Re7+ Kf6 61.Re1 Kf7 62.Kc6 Rc2 63.Rf1+ Ke6 64.Re1+ Kf7
65.Rf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Congress 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morrison, William"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.h4 h5 7.f3 Nf6 8.Nh3 Bxh3 9.Rxh3 Nbd7
10.Kf2 c5 11.Kg1 cxd4 12.Bxd4 O-O 13.g3 Ne5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.Bd3 Bh6
17.Kf2 Rac8 18.Rhh1 e6 19.Rhd1 Nd7 20.a3 Nb6 21.Be2 Rd4 22.Rxd4 exd4 23.Nd1 e5
24.b4 Na4 25.Bd3 Rc6 26.Rb1 Kg7 27.Nb2 Nc3 28.Ra1 g5 29.hxg5 Bxg5 30.a4 Rg6
31.axb5 axb5 32.Nd1 Nxd1+ 33.Rxd1 h4 34.gxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Congress 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Ndb8 12.f5 Bd7 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.O-O Be7
16.Rb3 Qa5 17.Bg5 Qc5 18.Ne2 Bxg5 19.Qxg5 Qe7 20.Qh5+ g6 21.Qh6 c5 22.Nf3 Nc6
23.Rb7 Rf8 24.h3 Na5 25.Rbb1 Nc4 26.Nf4 O-O-O 27.Nd3 Kc7 28.Ng5 Na3 29.Rbc1 c4
30.Nf4 Rf5 31.Nf3 Qc5+ 32.Kh2 Rdf8 33.Ne2 c3 34.Ned4 Rf4 35.Qxh7 Kc8 36.Nb3 Qe3
37.Rce1 Qb6 38.Qe7 Nxc2 39.Rc1 R8f7 40.Qg5 Bb5 41.Rxc2 Bxf1 42.Rxc3+ Rc4
43.Qxg6 Rxc3 44.Qg8+ Kb7 45.Qxf7+ Rc7 46.Qg6 Bc4 47.Nbd4 Bxa2 48.Nxe6 Re7
49.Nfd4 a5 50.Qf6 Rxe6 51.Nxe6 d4 52.Qe7+ Kb8 53.Qe8+ Ka7 54.Qd7+ Qb7 55.Qxd4+ Qb6
56.Nc5 Qb4 57.Qxb4 axb4 58.Nd3 b3 59.e6 b2 60.Nxb2  1-0

[Event "National Congress 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.e5 Nxe5
9.Rxe5 bxa4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Qf3 Rb8 12.Nf5 Re8 13.Qg3 g6 14.Bg5 Rb6 15.Nc3 Bb7
16.Rae1 Re6 17.Rxe6 fxe6 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Qxc7 Bc6 20.Qe5 Kg7 21.Ne4 Bxe4
22.Rxe4 a3 23.Rf4 Rf8 24.bxa3 h6 25.Bxf6+ Rxf6 26.Rd4 Kf7 27.Rd6 a5 28.h3 Qd8
29.Qd4 Ke7 30.Qc5 Rf5 31.Rd5+ Kf7 32.Rxf5+ gxf5 33.c4 Qg5 34.Qd4 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Ke7
36.Qc5+ Ke8 37.Qc8+ Ke7 38.Qc5+ Ke8 39.a4 Qf4+ 40.g3 Qd2 41.Kg2 Kf7 42.a3 Ke8
43.Qe5 Kf7 44.Qh8 Ke7 45.Qh7+ Ke8 46.Qg8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Congress 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7
9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.Qg4 h5 11.Qe2 b5 12.Bf4 Bb7 13.a3 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Bc5 15.Kh1 O-O
16.f3 b4 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Bd2 a5 19.Qf2 Rfd8 20.Rac1 a4 21.Ne2 Bf8 22.Ba5 Re8
23.Bc3 a3 24.bxa3 Bxa3 25.Qg3 Bf8 26.Ba1 d5 27.e5 g6 28.Nf4 Kh7 29.Bd4 Ba3
30.Rb1 Qxc2 31.Nh3 Rc7 32.Bb6 Rc4 33.Be3 Ba8 34.Qg5 Bf8 35.Rdc1 Qd3 36.Rxc4 dxc4
37.Ra1 c3 38.Qf4 Qd7 39.Ng5+ Kg8 40.Ne4 Bxe4 41.Qxe4 Rc8 42.Qc2 Qd5 43.f4 Qc4
44.Rc1 Ba3 45.Rd1 Bc5 46.Bc1 Ra8 47.h4 Be7 48.Rd3 Bb4 49.Kh2 Kg7 50.Rg3 Ra1
51.Qd1 Qd5 52.Qxh5 Rxc1 53.Qg5 Qe4 54.Qf6+ Kg8 55.Qd8+ Bf8 56.h5 Qf5 57.h6 c2
58.h7+ Kxh7 59.Qxf8 Rh1+ 60.Kxh1 c1=Q+  0-1

[Event "Saitek US Masters"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O e6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Be3 b6 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.Rad1 Ne7 12.Nh2 Bb7 13.f3 Nh5 14.Qe1 f5 15.g4 Nf6
16.Bd3 a6 17.Qh4 Qd7 18.a4 Rf7 19.Rde1 Raf8 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.e5 Ng6 22.Qf2 dxe5
23.Rd1 exd4 24.Bxd4 Ng4 25.Nxg4 Bxd4 26.Ne3 Qe7 27.Kh2 Qc5 28.Rde1 Rg7 29.Rg1 Rfg8
30.Ncd1 Ne5  0-1

[Event "Saitek US Masters"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.a4 Nc6 8.a5 e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.a6 b6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Ne1 Bd7 14.Bg4 Be8 15.Nd3 Bg7
16.Nb4 f5 17.Bh3 Bd7 18.f3 h5 19.Qe2 Qe8 20.Rae1 Bh6 21.Nd1 Kg7 22.Nc3 Rc8
23.exf5 gxf5 24.f4 Ng6 25.fxe5 Nxe5 26.Nd3 Ng4 27.Qf3 Qf7 28.Bxg4 hxg4 29.Qf2 Rce8
30.Nf4 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Re8 32.g3 Rxe1+ 33.Qxe1 Bxf4 34.gxf4 Bc8 35.Qe2 Kf8 36.Kg2 Qh5
37.Qd3 Qe8 38.Kf2 Qe7 39.Kg2 Qe1 40.Ne2 Qa1 41.Qd4 Bxa6 42.Qh8+ Kf7 43.Qh7+ Ke8
44.Qxc7 Bxe2 45.Qc8+ Ke7 46.Qc7+ Ke8 47.Qc8+ Ke7 48.Qe6+ Kd8 49.Qxd6+ Kc8
50.Qf8+ Kb7 51.Qe7+ Kc8 52.Qe8+ Kb7 53.Qe7+ Kc8 54.Qxe2 Qxb2 55.Qe6+ Kd8
56.Qd6+ Ke8 57.Qe6+ Kd8 58.Qxf5 Qd4 59.Qf8+ Kd7 60.Qf7+ Kd8 61.Qf8+ Kd7 62.Qf5+ Kd8
63.Kg3 a5 64.Qg5+ Kd7 65.Qxg4+ Kc7 66.Qe6 Qc5 67.Qe5+ Kd8 68.h4 a4 69.h5 a3
70.Qe6 Kc7 71.h6 a2 72.d6+ Qxd6 73.Qxa2 Qxh6 74.Qf7+ Kd6 75.Kg4 Qh1 76.Qf6+ Kd7
77.Qd4+ Ke7 78.c3 Qg2+ 79.Kf5 Qh3+ 80.Ke5 Qe6+  0-1

[Event "New York op 5'"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Segal, Naum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Rc1 O-O
9.b3 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Be2 h5 12.f4 Ng4 13.Bd4 e5 14.dxe6 Bxe6 15.Nf3 d5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.f5 Nxc3 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.fxe6 Nxe2 21.Kxe2 Re8 22.Nd4 Re7
23.h3 Nf6 24.Rhe1 fxe6 25.Kf2 e5 26.Nb5 a6 27.Nc3 e4 28.Nd1 Rd8 29.Ne3 Rd2+
30.Re2 Red7 31.Ke1 Kf7 32.Rxd2  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 c6
9.Bd3 d5 10.Be3 Bd6 11.Qh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "US-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zimmer, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Qd6
9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Qc2 h6 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rac8 15.Qc1 Nd5
16.Bxh6 Na5 17.Bb1 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rfd8 20.Bf4 Qxa3 21.Qc2 g6 22.Rxe6 Rc6
23.Bc1 Qxc1 24.Qxc1 Rxe6 25.f4 Rc6 26.f5 gxf5 27.Kh1 Rg6 28.Bxf5 Rg5 29.Qf4 Rd6
30.Re1 Rd5 31.Be4 Bd6 32.Qf6  1-0

[Event "US-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.a3 Be6 10.b4 Nd4 11.Bb2 Bb3 12.Qc1 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 c6 14.Ne4 f6 15.Qc3 Bd5
16.a4 Rf7 17.a5 Nd7 18.b5 Rc8 19.Rfc1 Nf8 20.Nd2 c5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Qc4 Qd7
23.Qb3 Ne6 24.Nc4 Bf8 25.Ne3 Rd8 26.Qc4 Kh8 27.Qa4 Nd4 28.Bxd4 exd4 29.Nc4 Qh3
30.Nd2 Re7 31.Rxc5 Rxe2 32.Rc2 Re5 33.b6 Rh5 34.Nf1 axb6 35.axb6 Qe6 36.Qa7 Rb5
37.Qxb7 Rxb6 38.Qf3 Rbb8 39.Re2 Qd7 40.Re4 Bb4 41.Rb1 Bc3 42.Rxb8 Rxb8 43.Qh5 Kg8
44.Qc5 Rc8 45.Qa3 Qb5 46.Qa2+ Kh8 47.Qe6 Rf8 48.Qd6 Rg8 49.Rf4 h6 50.Rf3 Re8
51.Kg2 Kh7 52.g4 Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "US-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Weber, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.d3 b5 7.c3 g6 8.a4 b4
9.cxb4 cxb4 10.a5 Bg7 11.Qa4 Rb8 12.Be3 O-O 13.Bxa7 Ra8 14.Bd4 Nc5 15.Qxb4 Rb8
16.Qc4 Nb3 17.Ra3 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Rxb2 19.Nc3 Qd7 20.Na4 Rbb8 21.Nb6 Qg4 22.Nc6 Rb7
23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Qe2 25.a6 Rc7 26.Rb3 Rfc8 27.Rb7 Kf8 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.a7 Rc8
30.Nd4 Qg4 31.Ne6+ Qxe6 32.dxe6 Rxc4 33.a8=Q+  1-0

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "West, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.Bc2 e5 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 exd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bh2 Be5
16.Nf3 Bxh2+ 17.Nxh2 Nc6 18.Qd2 Ne5 19.Rad1 Rc8 20.Bb3 Qh4 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 b5
23.axb5 axb5 24.b3 Re6 25.f4 Nc6 26.Ng4 Qd8 27.Qb2 Qf8 28.f5 gxf5 29.exf5 Rxe1+
30.Rxe1 Qg7 31.Qd2 Kh8 32.Rc1 Na7 33.f6 Qg6 34.Rxc8+ Nxc8 35.Qc1 Na7 36.Qc7 h6
37.Qxa7 Qe4 38.Nde3 Nf4 39.Qb8+ Kh7 40.Qf8  1-0

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Nd2 Ne7 7.f4 Bg6 8.Ngf3 Nf5
9.Bf2 h5 10.Be2 Be7 11.a4 a5 12.g3 f6 13.Bd3 fxe5 14.dxe5 Bc5 15.O-O Bxf2+
16.Rxf2 Nc5 17.Bc2 Qb6 18.Qb1 O-O 19.Ng5 Rad8 20.Ndf3 Ne4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Nh4
23.Nxh4 Rd2 24.Qe1 Rxf2 25.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Bxe4 27.Ke3 Bd5 28.Nf3 Bxf3
29.Kxf3 Kf7 30.Rd1 Ke7 31.Ke4 Rh8 32.Rd6 g6 33.Kd4 Rf8 34.h4 g5 35.hxg5 h4
36.Ke3 hxg3 37.Rd2 Kf7 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.Kxg3 Kf5 40.Rd7 b5 41.axb5 cxb5 42.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.f3 b5 7.Nh3 Bb7 8.Nf2 c5 9.Ncd1 cxd4
10.Bxd4 Ngf6 11.a4 bxa4 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Rxa4 Nc5 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8
16.Ra5 Nd7 17.Be2 Rac8 18.O-O Nb8 19.Rd1 Bd4 20.Ra3 Nc6 21.Na4 c4 22.Kf1 Ba7
23.Rc3 Na5 24.Ra1 Bc6 25.Rca3 Nb7 26.Nc3 a5 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Nfxd1 Bd7 29.Nd5 Kf8
30.Ke1 h5 31.Kd2 e6 32.N5c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Bd2 e6
9.Bb4 Bxb4+ 10.Qxb4 Qe7 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.Na4 Rhc8
15.Rc1 Kd6 16.Kd2 f6 17.Rc3 Be4 18.Rhc1 e5 19.Ne1 Rab8 20.b3 exd4 21.exd4 Rb4
22.Ke3 Bf5 23.Nc2 Re8+ 24.Kf3 Be4+ 25.Kg3 Bxc2 26.R3xc2 Nb8 27.Rd2 Re4 28.Rcd1 Nd7
29.f3 Re7 30.Kf2 Nf8 31.Nc5 Ne6 32.Nxe6 Rxe6 33.Re2 a5 34.Rxe6+ Kxe6 35.Ke3 a4
36.Rd3 axb3 37.Rxb3 Ra4 38.a3 Kd6 39.Kd3 Ra6 40.Ke3 c5 41.dxc5+ Kxc5 42.Kd2 h5
43.Rc3+ Kd6 44.f4 Ke6 45.Ke3 Ra4 46.Rd3 g5 47.fxg5 fxg5 48.Kd2 g4 49.h3 d4
50.hxg4 hxg4 51.Rg3 Kf5 52.Rd3 Kf4 53.Kc2 Ke4 54.Rg3 Ra8 55.Rxg4+ Ke3 56.Kd1 d3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.Nc3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Rfd1 d5 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Qd3 Nf6 15.Ne1 Bxg2
16.Nxg2 Qb6 17.e4 Rfd8 18.Ne3 Ne8 19.Nc4 Qb5 20.Qf3 Nd6 21.Nd2 f5 22.a4 fxe4
23.axb5 exf3 24.bxc6 Rac8 25.Nxf3 Rxc6 26.Bb4 a6 27.d5 Rcc8 28.Ra2 Bc3 29.Bxc3 Rxc3
30.Nd4 Nc8 31.Ne6 Rd6 32.b4 Nb6 33.Nc5 Nxd5 34.Nxb7 Nxb4 35.Rxd6 exd6 36.Ra4 Nd3
37.Nxd6 Rc6 38.Ne4 Kg7 39.h4 Ne5 40.Rb4 h6 41.Rb7+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Be2 Be7 8.h3 O-O
9.Nf3 Bf5 10.O-O Re8 11.a3 Bf6 12.Re1 Na5 13.b3 c5 14.Be3 d5 15.cxd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.dxc5 Qxd1 18.Raxd1 Nxb3 19.Bd3 Be6 20.Be4 Na5 21.Bd2 Nc6
22.Rb1 Re7 23.Rxb7 Rxb7 24.Bxc6 Rab8 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Bg5 Bc3 27.Re3 Bb2 28.Bf4 h6
29.c6 Rb6 30.c7 Rc6 31.Rd3 g5 32.Bg3 f5 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.Bd6 Bf6 35.Ne5 Rc1+
36.Kh2 f4 37.Nd3 Rc6 38.Nc5 Bf5 39.Nd7 Rxd6 40.Rg8+ Kxg8 41.c8=Q+ Kf7 42.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 b6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Ne7 8.Re1 Nd7 9.Bf4 Bb7
10.Qd2 h6 11.h3 g5 12.Bh2 Ng6 13.Qe3 O-O 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Ne2 Nf6 16.e5 Nd5
17.Qa3 dxe5 18.Qxe7 Ndxe7 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Ng6 22.Nc3 Rfd8
23.Bd3 Nf4 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Nxe4 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Ng6 27.Nf6+ Kg7 28.Nd7 Rd8 29.Rd3 Nf4
30.Rd2 Ng6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Johansen, Darryl K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nb3 O-O 10.Kh1 a6 11.f4 b5 12.a3 Rc8 13.Be3 Be8 14.g4 Nd7 15.Qe2 Nb6 16.Rad1 Qc7
17.Bc1 Na4 18.Rd3 Nc5 19.Rh3 b4 20.axb4 Nxb3 21.cxb3 Nxb4 22.g5 f6 23.gxf6 Rxf6
24.f5 e5 25.Rg1 Qb7 26.Bf3 Bf8 27.Bg5 Rf7 28.Qf2 Nd3 29.Qh4 h6 30.Bxh6 Rxc3
31.bxc3 Bc6 32.Be3 Rf6 33.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "Saintly Cup"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7
9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 a6 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Rfe8 13.Rad1 Bf8 14.Qf3 Rad8 15.Kh1 Qc5
16.Qg3 Qh5 17.h3 Nc5 18.Qe3 Qg6 19.Rfe1 d5 20.e5 Nfe4 21.b4 Nxc3 22.Bxc3 Ne4
23.c5 Be7 24.Kg1 a5 25.a3 axb4 26.axb4 Ra8 27.f3 Bg5 28.Qd3 Nxc3 29.Qxc3 Ra2
30.Re2 Rea8 31.b5 R8a3 32.c6 bxc6 33.Qxc6 h6 34.Nc2 Rb3 35.Kf1 Bf4 36.Nd4 Rxe2
37.Nxe2 Bxe5 38.b6 Rb2 39.b7 Kh7  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fairgrieve, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.Ng5 fxg5 10.Qh5+ Ke7 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Bxg5+ Nf6 13.O-O Bd7 14.Qh4 Kf7 15.exf6 g6
16.Rac1 Bd6 17.Bh6 Rhg8 18.Ng5+  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Walker, Leigh"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 Bd6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qe1 O-O 10.Nh4 Re8 11.f4 exf4 12.gxf4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nd5 14.Nf5 Bxf4 15.Qf2 Bc7
16.Nc4 N5f6 17.Bg5 b5 18.Nce3 Bb6 19.Qg3 Bg6 20.Kh1 Nh5 21.Qg4 Qc7 22.Rac1 Ndf6
23.Qh4 Bxe3 24.Bxf6 Bxf5 25.Qxh5 Bg6 26.Qf3 Rxe4 27.Bc3 Rae8 28.Qe2 Bg1 29.Bxe4 Bxe4+
30.Rf3 Bxf3+  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Eade, Jim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O fxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Qc7 10.c4 Ne7 11.Nc3 d4 12.Ne4 Qxe5 13.Re1 Nc6 14.f4 Qc7 15.Bh5+ g6
16.Ng5 Be7 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Rxe6 gxh5 19.Qxh5+ Kd7 20.f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gertler, David"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.Re1 Bg4 8.dxc5 dxc5
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nc6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bh2 Qb6 13.Qe2 Be5 14.Qc2 Bxh2+ 15.Kxh2 Ne5
16.Bf1 Rad8 17.Na3 Qf6 18.Rad1 Qf4+ 19.Kh1 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Nf6 21.g3 Qxe4+ 22.Qxe4 Nxe4
23.Kg2 Nf6 24.Re1 Nc6 25.Bb5 e6 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Rd1 Rc8 28.Nc4 Kf8 29.Rd3 Ke7
30.Rf3 Nd5 31.Rd3 f6 32.f4 Rd8 33.Kf3 Nb6 34.Rxd8 Kxd8 35.Nd2 Ke7 36.b3 Nd5
37.Nb1 Kd6 38.c4 Nb4 39.Nc3 f5 40.Ke2 e5 41.Kd2 Na6 42.Na4 e4 43.Nc3 Nb4
44.Ke2 Nc2 45.Na4 Nd4+ 46.Ke3 Nc2+ 47.Kd2 Nd4 48.Ke3 Nf3 49.Nc3 Ng1 50.h4 Nf3
51.Ke2 Nd4+ 52.Kd2 Ne6 53.Ke3 Nd4 54.Kd2 Nf3+ 55.Ke2 Nh2 56.Na4 Ng4 57.Nc3 Nf6
58.Kd2 Nh5 59.Ne2 Ke7 60.Kc3 Ng7 61.Kd2 Kf6 62.Kc3 Ne6 63.b4 Ke7 64.b5 Kd6
65.a4 Kc7 66.a5 Nd8 67.Nc1 Nb7 68.Nb3 cxb5 69.cxb5 Nd6 70.Nxc5 Nxb5+ 71.Kc4 Kc6
72.Ne6 Na3+ 73.Kb3 Kd5 74.Nc7+ Kd6 75.Ne8+ Kc5 76.Nf6 Nb5 77.Nxh7 Kd4 78.Ng5 Kd3
79.Kb4 Nd4 80.Kc5 e3 81.Nf7 e2 82.Ne5+ Ke4  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1999.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Monokroussos, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bg4 5.c4 Nb6 6.c5 Nd5 7.Qb3 Bc8 8.Bc4 e6
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Bf4 b6 14.c6 Nf6 15.Rad1 a5
16.Bg3 Nd5 17.a4 Ba6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.c4 Nf6 20.d5 exd5 21.cxd5 Bb4 22.Re2 Re8
23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.Ne5 Bd6 25.Nd7 Qe7 26.Kf1 Bb4 27.Qd3 Ra7 28.Qe2 Qxe2+ 29.Kxe2 Bd6
30.f4 Ra8 31.Kd3 Bb4 32.f5 f6 33.h3 Nd6 34.Bxd6 Bxd6 35.Re1 Kf7 36.Re6 Be7
37.Kc4 g6 38.d6 cxd6 39.Nxb6 Ra7 40.Nd5 Bd8 41.Rxd6 Ke8 42.fxg6 hxg6 43.Kb5 g5
44.g4 Ra8 45.c7 Be7 46.Re6 Kd7 47.Rxe7+ Kd6 48.Kb6 Kxd5 49.Rd7+ Ke6 50.Rd8  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1999.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stancil, Kimani"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d3 Bg7 3.g3 d5 4.Nd2 e5 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nc4 Nc6 8.Bd2 O-O
9.Ne3 Nde7 10.Ne2 f5 11.f4 exf4 12.gxf4 Bxb2 13.Rb1 Bf6 14.O-O Rb8 15.a4 Be6
16.Nc3 Qd7 17.Qe1 b6 18.Rb5 Nd4 19.Ned5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5+ Kh8 22.Qd1 Rbe8
23.Bg2 c6 24.h3 Re6 25.Kh2 Rfe8 26.Nb1 Ne2 27.Na3 b5 28.axb5 cxb5 29.Qb1 a6
30.c4 Nd4 31.Bb4 Re2 32.Kh1 Rxg2 33.Kxg2 Qc6+ 34.Kg1 Re2 35.Rf2 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "Neckar op 3rd"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "1999.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Jerosch, Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Ng6 8.d4 d6
9.a4 b4 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Qxd8+ Nxd8 12.a5 Bd6 13.Be3 O-O 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Nc4 Be7
16.Nb6 bxc3 17.bxc3 Ra7 18.Rfd1 Ba8 19.Rd7 Nc6 20.h3 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Nxd8 22.Bd3 Bf6
23.Bxc5 Bxc3 24.Rc1 Bf6 25.Nxa8 Rxa8 26.Bb6 Kf8 27.g3 Ke8 28.Kg2 h6 29.Rc7 Ne5
30.Bc2 Nxf3 31.Kxf3 Be5 32.Ba4+ Kf8 33.Rd7 Bf6 34.e5 Be7 35.Rxe7  1-0

[Event "Neckar op 3rd"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huettig, Michael"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.a3 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 e5 7.d3 d6 8.Nc3 h6 9.Rb1 Be6
10.b4 Qd7 11.b5 Ne7 12.Re1 Bh3 13.Bh1 Ng4 14.Nd2 Rab8 15.Qa4 e4 16.Ncxe4 f5
17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Nf3 g5 19.Bd2 c5 20.bxc6 Nxc6 21.Rb5 f4 22.gxf4 Rxf4 23.Bxf4 Qxf4
24.e3 Qf6 25.Re2 Nxf2 26.Qb3 Nxh1  0-1

[Event "Neckar op 3rd"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 e5 6.d3 f6 7.Be3 Nh6 8.O-O Nf7
9.c3 Qe7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bg7 12.d5 cxd5 13.Qxd5 Be6 14.Qb5+ Qd7 15.Nc3 Nd6
16.Qxd7+ Bxd7 17.Bc5 Nb5 18.Nd5 Bc6 19.Rfd1 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Nc7 21.Rd3 Ne6 22.Be3 Ke7
23.Ra3 b6 24.Rc1 Rhd8 25.Rc4 b5 26.Rc6 a5 27.Rb6 b4 28.Ra4 Bh6 29.Bxh6 Nc5
30.b3 Nxa4 31.bxa4 Rd6 32.Be3 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Ra1 34.Rb7+ Kd6 35.Nd2 Rxa2 36.Nc4+ Ke6
37.Bc5 Re8 38.Rb6+ Kd7 39.Rxf6 Rc2 40.Nb6+ Kc7 41.Nd5+ Kd7 42.Rd6+ Kc8 43.Rc6+ Kd7
44.Rc7+ Ke6 45.Bxb4  1-0

[Event "Neckar op 3rd"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Ne4
9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Bh6 Bh8 12.Rad1 Nd7 13.Qf4 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 e6 15.e4 Qb6
16.Qc3 c5 17.Be3 Rac8 18.b3 Nb8 19.e5 Nc6 20.dxc5 dxc5 21.f4 Red8 22.Kf2 Bg7
23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Qc2 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Neckar op 3rd"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gerstner, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.O-O d6 10.Re1 Qd7 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 a5 13.Nb5 Nc6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qh5 h6
16.c3 Kf8 17.Rad1 Kg7 18.b3 bxc3 19.Naxc3 Na7 20.Nd4 Rac8 21.Qxa5 Nc6 22.Nxc6 Rxc6
23.Nb5 Rhc8 24.Qb4 Rc5 25.Na7 R8c7 26.Nb5 Rc8 27.Qd4 e5 28.Qe3 Qe6 29.Qf3 Ba6
30.Qh5 Bxb5 31.Bh3 Qxb3 32.Bxc8 Bxa4 33.Bf5 Qb6 34.Rb1 Bb5 35.Qg4+ Kf8 36.Qh5 Kg7
37.Rec1 d5 38.Qg4+ Kf8 39.Qh5 Kg7 40.exd5 Rxc1+ 41.Rxc1  1-0

[Event "Neckar op 3rd"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Nd5 a5 8.Bc4 h6 9.Bh4 g5
10.Bg3 e6 11.Ne3 Nf6 12.Qd3 Nh5 13.O-O Nd7 14.e5 d5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Bxd5 Rb8
17.e6 fxe6 18.Bxe6 Kf8 19.Rae1 Ndf6 20.Bb3 Bb7 21.Qc4 Nd5 22.Qc5+ Kf7 23.Bxc7 Qd7
24.Bd6 Qc6 25.Re7+ Kg6 26.Rxb7 Qxc5 27.Rxg7+ Kxg7 28.dxc5 Nhf6 29.Bxd5 Nxd5
30.Rd1 Nf6 31.Bxb8 Rxb8 32.Nd4 Kf7 33.c6 Ke8 34.c7  1-0

[Event "Neckar op 3rd"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kekelidze, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg5 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bb7 8.Bg2 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe2 Qe5 13.a3 Bc5 14.Kh1 O-O 15.f4 Qc7
16.Rad1 f6 17.Na2 a5 18.Nc1 Rac8 19.Nb3 Qb6 20.c3 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.c4 Ba4
23.Rd3 Bxb3 24.Rxb3 Rc7 25.e5 Bd4 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Rd3 Rxc4 28.Rxd7 Rd4 29.Rxd4 Bxd4
30.Rc1 Bf6 31.Bf3 Kh8 32.Rc6 Qd4 33.Rxe6 Qxb2 34.Re8 Qc1+ 35.Kg2 Qc5 36.Qe6 b3
37.Be4 Bb2 38.Qg6 Kg8 39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Qg6 Kg8 41.h4 Ba3 42.Qh7+ Kf7 43.Re5  1-0

[Event "Neckar op 3rd"]
[Site "Deizisau"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gheng, Josef"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.a3 O-O 10.Re1 a6 11.h3 Qc7 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Chow, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qb6 11.a5 Qc7 12.Nb3 Be6 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nb8 15.Bb6 Qc8
16.Bd4 Nbd7 17.c4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.Be5 Nd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qd2 Nf6 22.f5 Qc7
23.Rae1 b6 24.axb6 Qxb6 25.Bd1 Ra7 26.Re3 Rb8 27.Rb3 Qd6 28.Rh3 Kg8 29.b3 Qd8
30.fxg6 fxg6 31.Qe3 Rc7 32.Bc2 Rb6 33.Qg3 Qd6 34.Qh4 Qe5 35.Bxg6  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zamora, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 b6 13.Rb5 Bc7 14.h3 a6 15.Rxd5 Qxd5
16.hxg4 Nc6 17.Ng5 h6 18.Bh7+ Kh8 19.Be4 Qd6 20.Nf3 Rfe8 21.Bc2 Qd7 22.g5 Qg4
23.gxh6 gxh6 24.Qd3 Qg7 25.Nh4 Rg8 26.Qf3 Ne7 27.Qh5 Ng6 28.Bxh6 Qh7 29.Nf3 Nf4
30.Bxh7 Rxg2+ 31.Kh1 Nxh5 32.Kxg2 Kxh7 33.Be3 Nf4+ 34.Bxf4 Bxf4 35.a4 Rg8+
36.Kh3 Rc8 37.Kg4 Bd6 38.Rb1 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Rxb5 Rxc3 41.Ng5+ Kg7 42.Rb7 Rc4
43.Kf5 Bc7 44.Ke4 Kf6 45.Kd5 Rc2 46.Ne4+ Kg6 47.Rb5 Bh2 48.Rb6+ Kg7 49.f3 Rc8
50.Nd6 Bxd6 51.Rxd6 Rc1 52.Ke5 Re1+ 53.Kf5 Re8 54.f4 Re1 55.d5 Re2 56.Rb6 Re1
57.d6 Re2 58.Rb8 Rd2 59.Ke5 Rd1 60.Rb5 Kf8 61.Rd5 Re1+ 62.Kf5  1-0

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nxe5 Nxe4 8.Qe2 Qd5
9.d4 Bxd4 10.Nf3 Be6 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Rd1 Qc4 13.Qxc4 Bxc4 14.Bf4 Nd6 15.b3 Be6
16.Bxd6 O-O-O 17.Nc3 cxd6 18.Ne4 Kc7 19.Ng5 Rhe8 20.Re1 Kd7 21.f3 Bf5 22.Nxf7 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Rf8 24.Ng5 Bxc2 25.Re2 Bf5 26.g4 h6 27.Nh3 Bd3 28.Rf2 d5 29.Kg2 Kd6
30.Rd2 Bb1 31.Kg3 Re8 32.Nf4 Re1 33.h4 Rg1+ 34.Ng2 a5 35.Kf2 Rc1 36.Ne3 Ke6
37.Re2 Bd3 38.Rd2 Bh7 39.Re2 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 e6 7.e4 exd5 8.exd5 d6
9.Na3 Be7 10.g4 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.a4 O-O 13.Ne2 Re8 14.Kf2 Nf8 15.Ng3 Ng6
16.Be3 Nd7 17.Be2 Bh4 18.Qd2 Nde5 19.Kg2 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 Bd7 21.Rhe1 a6 22.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O e6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.d5 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Ne7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Qd3 Nc6 15.Rae1 g4
16.Nd2 Qg5 17.Bb3 Bd7 18.Nc4 b5 19.Ne3 Ne5 20.Qd1 Kh8 21.Ne2 Rf6 22.c4 h5
23.Nd4 a6 24.a4 bxa4 25.Bxa4 Bxa4 26.Qxa4 h4 27.Nc6 Rh6 28.Nxe5 Bxe5 29.Qd1 Rg8
30.f4 gxf3 31.g4 Qf4 32.Rxf3 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Bg3 34.Ke2 Bxe1 35.Qxe1 Qe5 36.Qb1 Rf6
37.Rh3 Rgf8 38.Kd3 Rf4 39.Qh1 Qxe4+ 40.Kd2 Rf2+ 41.Kc1 Kg8  0-1

[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 Na5
9.Bb5 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bc2 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Qe2 b4
16.d4 bxc3 17.dxe5 cxb2 18.Bxb2 Be6 19.Rad1 g6 20.Bb3 Rfd8 21.Ng3 Rab8 22.Ne4 c4
23.Qxc4 Na5 24.Qxc7 Nxc7 25.Bxe6 Rxb2 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Bc8 Nc6 28.Rd1 Be7
29.Rc1  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 d6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ne1 Be6
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Bd7 11.h3 Na6 12.Nd3 Qa5 13.e4 Nb4 14.Nxb4 Qxb4 15.a3 Qa5
16.Be3 Rfc8 17.Qb3 Rc7 18.Rfc1 Be8 19.Bf1 Nd7 20.Qb4 Qxb4 21.axb4 a6 22.b5 Rb8
23.Na4 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Nf6 25.f3 Bxb5 26.Bxb5 axb5 27.Nb6 Ne8 28.b3 f5 29.exf5 gxf5
30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Ke2 Nf6 32.g4 Ke8 33.gxf5 Kf7 34.Kd3 Nh5 35.Rg1 Bf6 36.Rg4 Ng7
37.Rb4 Nxf5 38.Rxb5 Rg8 39.Nc4 Rg3 40.Ke4 Kg6 41.Rxb7 Rxh3 42.b4 Ng3+ 43.Kd3 Rh5
44.Nb6 Rf5 45.f4 h5 46.Ra7 h4 47.Ra2 Kh5 48.b5 h3 49.Kc4 Nf1 50.Bc1 e6 51.Rf2 Bd8
52.Rxf1 Bxb6 53.dxe6 Kg6 54.Re1 h2 55.e7 Rc5+ 56.Kd3 Rc8 57.Rh1 Kf7 58.Be3 Bxe3
59.Kxe3 Rc2 60.b6 Rb2 61.b7 Rxb7 62.Rxh2 Rxe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bg5 d4 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 a6 11.h3 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.Nc4 Bc7 14.Bg3 Nd7 15.a4 Qf6 16.c3 dxc3
17.bxc3 Nc5 18.Bc2 Bf5 19.d4 Bxc2 20.Qxc2 Nd7 21.Re2 Qe6 22.Ncxe5 Ndxe5 23.dxe5 Rad8
24.Rb1 b6 25.Rbe1 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Re4 Rd5 28.Qe2 Ba5 29.Rc1 f5 30.Re3 g5
31.Bh2 Bb6 32.Rd3 f4 33.Re1 Nxe5 34.Nxe5 Qxe5 35.Qxe5 Rexe5 36.Rxe5 Rxd3
37.Kf1 Rxc3 38.Rxb5 Rc1+ 39.Ke2 Bd4 40.Rd5 Bc5 41.h4 Be7 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Rd1 Rxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. Sudden Death"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 d6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e4 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nfd7 11.Bg2 Nb6 12.Qd3 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.b3 Qd4 15.Qxd4 Bxd4
16.Bd2 Nc6 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Rfd1 a6 19.h4 Bg7 20.Be3 Nd7 21.Bh3 Rcd8 22.Nd5 e6
23.Nb6 Nc5 24.Bg2 Nb4 25.Rd2 Rfe8 26.Rcd1 Bc3 27.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Bf4 Na5 15.cxd5 Qxd5
16.Qa4 b6 17.Bxc7 Rfc8 18.Be5 Qb3 19.Qb4 Rxc3 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nh4 Bg6 22.Bf3 Rf8
23.Qe7 Kg7 24.d5 Nc4 25.d6 Ne5 26.Rad1 Rd3 27.Be2 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qxa3 29.h3 Nc6
30.Qc7 Nd8 31.Bg4 Qc5 32.Re1 a5 33.Re3 a4 34.Rg3 Qxc7 35.dxc7 Ne6 36.Nf5+ Bxf5
37.Bxf5+ Kh6 38.Rc3 Rc8 39.Rc6 Rxc7 40.Rxb6 Ra7 41.Bb1 a3 42.Ba2 Kg7 43.g3 Nd4
44.Kg2 Ne2 45.Rc6 Nd4 46.Rc4 Nb5 47.Rc5 Nc7 48.Rc4 Ne6 49.Rg4+ Kf8 50.Rh4 Ke7
51.Rxh7 Rb7 52.Rh4 Rb2 53.Bxe6 fxe6 54.Ra4 a2 55.h4 Kf7 56.g4 Kg6 57.Kg3 e5
58.f3 Rc2 59.Ra7 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 d6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ne1 Be6
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Bd7 11.h3 Qa5 12.e4 Bb5 13.Nxb5 Qxb5 14.Nd3 Nbd7 15.a4 Qa6
16.Re1 Rfc8 17.Be3 Nb6 18.Bf1 Qc4 19.a5 Nbd7 20.Nc5 Qb4 21.Ra4 Qxe1 22.Qxe1 Nxc5
23.Rc4 Nfd7 24.Bd4 Ne5 25.Bxe5 Bxe5 26.Qc1 Rc7 27.Qc2 b5 28.axb6 axb6 29.Qe2 Ra2
30.Rc2 Kg7 31.b4 Rxc2 32.Qxc2 Ne6 33.Qd3 Nd4 34.Qa6 Nf3+ 35.Kg2 Ne1+ 36.Kh1 Bd4
37.Qe2 Bc3 38.Qe3 b5 39.Qb6 Rc8 40.Qc6  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 a5 7.O-O e5 8.Nb1 exd4
9.Nxd4 Ne5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nc3 Bxc3 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Nxc3 O-O 15.b3 c6
16.Qd4 f6 17.Rad1 Nf7 18.Rd2 Bf5 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.h3 Qe5 21.Na4 Qxd4 22.Rxd4 Kf8
23.c5 dxc5 24.Nxc5 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.a3 Ke7 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 Bc2
30.Kf1 b6 31.Ne4 Bxe4 32.Bxe4 Kd6 33.Ke1 c5 34.bxc5+ Kxc5 35.Kd2 b5 36.Kc3 Nc6
37.e3 b4+ 38.Kb3 Ne5 39.Bf5 Nc4 40.Bd3 Nd6 41.Kb2 Nb5 42.Kb3 Nc3 43.Kc2 Nd5
44.Kb3 Ne7 45.Kc2 Nc6 46.Kb3 Ne5 47.Be2 Nf7 48.h4 Nd6 49.Bd3 Nf7 50.Be2 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c6 7.Bb3 Re8 8.Qe2 Nbd7
9.Nf1 Nf8 10.Be3 Bb6 11.Ng3 Ng6 12.O-O h6 13.h3 d5 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Nh2 d4
16.Bc1 Bxb3 17.axb3 c5 18.c4 Bc7 19.Kh1 Kh7 20.Nf5 Nf4 21.Qf3 g6 22.Ng3 Kg7
23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Ne2 Nh7 25.Nxf4 Ng5 26.Qg4 h5 27.Nxh5+ gxh5 28.Qxh5 Ne6 29.e5 Qg5
30.Qxg5+ Nxg5 31.f4 Nh7 32.Nf3 f6 33.Rde1 fxe5 34.fxe5 Re6 35.b4 b6 36.bxc5 bxc5
37.b4 Bb6 38.bxc5 Bxc5 39.Re4 Rd8 40.Nh4 Rf8 41.Nf3 Ng5 42.Rg4 Rg6 43.Kh2 Nxf3+
44.gxf3 a5 45.Ra1 Rxg4 46.hxg4 Ra8 47.Ra4 Bb4 48.f4 Kf7 49.Kg2 Ke6 50.Kf3 Bc3
51.Ke4 Rh8 52.f5+ Kd7 53.Ra2 Rh4 54.Kd5 Bb4 55.f6 Rxg4 56.Rh2 Rg5 57.Rh7+ Ke8
58.Ra7 Kf8 59.Kxd4 Kg8 60.c5 Bxc5+ 61.Kxc5 Rxe5+ 62.Kd6 Re3 63.d4 Kf8 64.Rxa5 Kf7
65.d5 Kxf6 66.Ra7 Rd3 67.Kc6 Rc3+ 68.Kd7 Rh3 69.Ra1 Rh7+ 70.Kc6 Rh2 71.Re1 Rc2+
72.Kd7 Ra2 73.d6 Ra7+ 74.Kc6 Ra6+ 75.Kc7 Ra7+ 76.Kb6 Ra2 77.d7 Rb2+ 78.Kc7 Rc2+
79.Kd8 Kf7 80.Rf1+ Kg7 81.Rf3 Rc1 82.Rf2 Rc3 83.Rf4 Rc2 84.Ke7 Re2+ 85.Kd6 Rd2+
86.Ke6 Re2+ 87.Kd5  1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 b4 7.Na4 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nf6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.O-O Qa5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nb3 Qxa4 13.Nc5 Qc6 14.Nxb7 Be5 15.Nd6+ Qxd6
16.Qxd6 Bxd6 17.e5 Bxe5 18.Bxa8 Bxb2 19.Rab1 Bc3 20.a3 a5 21.axb4 axb4 22.Be4 Ke7
23.Rfd1 d5 24.Bd3 Nc6 25.Bb5 Ne5 26.Ba4 Nf3+ 27.Kg2 Nd2 28.Rxd2 Bxd2 29.Rd1 Bc3
30.Bb3 Kd6 31.f3 Kc5 32.Kf2 Bd4+ 33.Ke2 e5 34.Rf1 f5 35.g4 f4 36.h4 Re8 37.Rh1 e4
38.Rd1 Ra8 39.Rf1 Rf8 40.Rd1 h6 41.h5 Rf6 42.Rf1 Kd6 43.Rb1 Ke5 44.Ba4 Bc3
45.Rd1 Ra6 46.Be8 b3  0-1

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.h3 Bh5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Rad1 d5 11.e5 Ne8 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Ne1 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 f6 15.f4 c5
16.c3 Nc7 17.Nf3 fxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Rf8 21.Rxf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.h3 Bh5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 d5 7.Bg5 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nbd7
9.c3 c6 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.a4 Bg6 15.Qe2 Be7
16.Nd2 Qf4 17.g3 Qc7 18.Kg2 Rd8 19.Nf3 Kf8 20.Qe3 Kg7 21.h4 c5 22.Rh1 Bh5
23.Be2 Rd5 24.Rhg1 cxd4 25.Nxd4 Re5 26.Qf4 Bxe2 27.Nxe2 Qc6+ 28.Kh3 Re4 29.Qf3 Rd8
30.Nf4 f5 31.g4 Kh8 32.gxf5 exf5 33.Qg3 Qh6 34.Rae1 Bd6 35.Rxe4 fxe4 36.Rd1 Rg8  0-1

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Bb3 Be6
9.Nc4 Ba7 10.a4 h6 11.a5 Ne7 12.Re1 Ng6 13.Be3 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 c6
16.d4 d5 17.exd5 e4 18.Nd2 cxd5 19.Bf1 Ne7 20.f3 Nf5 21.Re1 Re8 22.fxe4 dxe4
23.Nc4 Qc7 24.Be2 Nd5 25.Qd2 Nh4 26.Bf1 Rad8 27.Qf2 Ng6 28.Qf5 Nf6 29.Ne3 Ne7
30.Qf2 Ned5 31.Nf5 g6 32.Ne3 Nxe3 33.Qxe3 Rd5 34.Be2 Kg7 35.b4 Rdd8 36.c4 Qd6
37.d5 Qxb4 38.Reb1 Qe7 39.Rb6 Qe5 40.Rf1 Ng8 41.Rxb7 Ne7 42.Qg3 Nf5 43.Qxe5+ Rxe5
44.g4 Re7 45.Rxe7 Nxe7 46.Rb1 Kf6 47.Rb6+ Ke5 48.Rxa6 Nxd5 49.cxd5 Rxd5 50.Kf2 Rc5
51.h4 Rc2 52.g5 hxg5 53.hxg5 Ra2 54.Ra7  1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Bxd1 exf3 11.Bxf3 Bb7 12.a4 b4 13.Re1 O-O-O 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.cxb4 Nd5
16.Bd2 f6 17.b3 Ne7 18.Ra2 Rd3 19.b5 Bd5 20.bxa6 Rxb3 21.Ra3 Rxa3 22.Nxa3 Kd7
23.Nc2 Nc6 24.f4 Ra8 25.fxe5 fxe5 26.Bc3 Rxa6 27.Bxe5 Nxe5 28.Rxe5 Bc6 29.Nd4 Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 d4 5.Bd3 Bd7 6.O-O Bc6 7.Qe2 Ne7 8.Be4 Bxe4
9.Qxe4 Qd5 10.Qxd5 Nxd5 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nc3 Ndb4 14.Ne4 Be7 15.d4 Nc2
16.Rb1 N2xd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Rd1 Nc6 19.f4 Nb4 20.Nc3 Bc5+ 21.Kf1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8
23.Bd2 Nd5 24.Nxd5 exd5 25.Rc1 Bb6 26.Ke2 Kd7 27.Kd3 f6 28.Bc3 fxe5 29.Bxe5 Rf8
30.Rf1 g6 31.Rf3 Ke6 32.g4 Ke7 33.b3 Bc5 34.Rh3 Rf7 35.Rf3 Bd6 36.Re3 Bxe5
37.Rxe5+ Kd6 38.Ke3 a5 39.h4 b5 40.h5 a4 41.hxg6 hxg6 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Re8 Rc7
44.Rg8 Re7+ 45.Kd3 Re6 46.g5 Ke7 47.Kd4 Re4+ 48.Kxd5 Rxf4 49.Rg7+ Kf8 50.Rxg6 Rf2
51.a3 Rf3 52.Rf6+ Rxf6 53.gxf6 Kf7 54.Ke5 Kf8 55.Ke6 Ke8 56.f7+ Kf8 57.Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Ke8 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Ne2 a5
9.Nd2 Bc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Nb3 Ncd7 12.a3 Nb6 13.Nd2 Nfd7 14.Kf2 a4 15.b4 axb3
16.cxb3 Ke7 17.a4 Nc5 18.a5 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Be6 20.Rhb1 Rhd8 21.Nxe5 Nxb3 22.a6 Kd6
23.f4 bxa6 24.Rd1+ Kc5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxa6 Rd6 27.Rxd6 cxd6 28.Nf3 d5 29.exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G2 playoff"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Qf5 Ne8 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd5 Qd6 15.O-O c6
16.Nc3 Nf6 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Rd2 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 Re8 21.h3 g6 22.Qd3 Kg7
23.a3 Qe6 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 f6 26.Qd3 Re7 27.Qd8 Rf7 28.Qd3 Qe7 29.b4 a6
30.c5 Qe6 31.Kh2 Qe7 32.Qd6 Qxd6 33.Rxd6 Kf8 34.g4 Ke7 35.Kg3 Rf8 36.f4 exf4+
37.Kxf4 Rd8 38.Rxd8 Kxd8 39.e4 Ke7 40.e5 h6 41.h4 Ke6 42.exf6 Kxf6 43.g5+ hxg5+
44.hxg5+ Ke6 45.Ke4 Kd7 46.Ke5 Ke7 47.a4  1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2 playoff"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d4 Ne4 8.Bd2 d6
9.d5 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 e5 11.e4 Nd7 12.Ne1 a5 13.b3 g6 14.Nc2 Bf6 15.Qd2 Qe7 16.Rae1 Bg7
17.f4 Rae8 18.f5 Nf6 19.h4 h5 20.Bh3 Kh7 21.Qe2 Bh6 22.Rf2 g5 23.hxg5 Bxg5
24.Rh2 Kg7 25.Kf2 Rh8 26.Reh1 Reg8 27.Ne1 Kf8 28.Nf3 Bh6 29.Be1 Rh7 30.Kf1 Rhg7
31.Rg2 Qd8 32.Qd3 Ke7 33.Ke2 c6 34.Bf2 cxd5 35.cxd5 Qa8 36.Nd2 b5 37.Rgg1 Rc8
38.Bg2 Ba6 39.Bf3 Bxd2 40.Qxd2 b4+ 41.Ke1 Rc3 42.Be3 Rd3 43.Qc1 Rc3 44.Qd2 Rg8
45.Rh4 Rd3 46.Qf2 Qc8 47.Bd2 Qc7 48.Bd1 Rd4 49.Qe3 Bd3 50.Bf3 Qc2 51.Rg2 Qb1+
52.Kf2 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "USA-ch G2 playoff"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.Nbd2 h6 7.c3 Nd7 8.O-O Ng6
9.Re1 Nf4 10.Nf1 Nxe2+ 11.Qxe2 Be7 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.h3 O-O 14.Nh2 c5 15.Be3 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Nb8 17.f4 Nc6 18.Bf2 Qa5 19.a4 Qa6 20.Qg4 Qc4 21.Nf3 Bc5 22.Bxc5 Qxc5+
23.Kh2 d4 24.Nh4 Ne7 25.Nxg6 Nxg6 26.Ne4 Qb6 27.cxd4 Qxd4 28.Ra3 Qxb2 29.Rg3 Qb4
30.Ree3 Qe7 31.f5 exf5 32.Qxf5 Qxe5 33.Qg4 Qf4 34.Qe2 Kh8 35.Nf2 Rad8 36.Rf3 Qe5
37.Qc4 Qd5 38.Qc3 Kh7 39.Nd3 Qd4 40.Qb3 Qd5 41.Qb2 b6 42.Nf4 Qd6 43.Nh5 Qe5
44.Qxe5 Nxe5 45.Rxg7+ Kh8 46.Rf6 Ng6 47.Rgxf7 Rxf7 48.Rxf7 a6 49.Rf6 Kh7
50.Rxb6 a5 51.Rb7+ Kh8 52.Nf6 Nf8 53.Rf7 Rc8 54.g4 Rb8 55.Kg3 Rc8 56.Kh4 Ng6+
57.Kh5 Rc5+ 58.Kxh6  1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2 playoff"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 b6 8.h3 Bb7 9.e5 Nd5
10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.O-O Nd7 13.Qd2 Re8 14.c4 Bb7 15.a5 d5 16.b3 dxc4
17.bxc4 Rc8 18.Rfc1 e5 19.d5 Nc5 20.Rab1 e4 21.Nh2 b5 22.cxb5 Nd3 23.Rxc8 Bxc8
24.b6 Qxd5 25.Rd1 Bb7 26.f3 Qe6 27.fxe4 Nb2 28.Re1 Bxe4 29.Bxa6 Qb3 30.Qf2 Bc3
31.Bd2 Nd1 32.Bc4 Nxf2 33.Bxb3 Bxd2 34.Re2 Bxa5 35.Rxf2 Re7 36.Kh1 Bxb6 37.Rf1 Kg7
38.Nf3 f5 39.Ng5 Bb7 40.Nf3 Re3 41.Rb1 Bc5 42.Bd1 Be4 43.Rc1 Bd6 44.Ra1 Bg3
45.Rc1 Kf6 46.Ra1 g5 47.Ra6+ Ke7 48.Ra7+ Kd6 49.Ra6+ Kc5 50.Bb3 Rxb3  0-1

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Feldman, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Be3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qd6 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Qc2 a6 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.O-O Rac8 14.Rfe1 Qb8 15.Ne5 Rfd8
16.Nxd7 Rxd7 17.d5 exd5 18.Bf5 Rcd8 19.Bg5 Rd6 20.Bf4 Qa7 21.Bxd6 Rxd6 22.Qb3 g6
23.Bc8 Na5 24.Qb4 b6 25.Bxa6 Re6 26.Qb5 Qc7 27.Nxd5 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Nxd5 29.Qxd5 Bf6
30.b4 Qc3 31.Re8+ Kg7 32.bxa5  1-0

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zaremba, Andre"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.g3 Bxf3 4.exf3 e6 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.Bg5 c6 7.c3 Nd7 8.Nd2 h6
9.Bxe7 Bxe7 10.f4 O-O 11.O-O Qc7 12.Re1 Rfe8 13.Qc2 Bf8 14.Re2 Rad8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Treger, Effim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 c4 6.O-O g6 7.b4 cxb3 8.axb3 b5
9.b4 bxa4 10.bxa5 Qxa5 11.Na3 Bb7 12.Re1 Bg7 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Qxa4 Bc6 15.Qa2 Nh6
16.Ba3 Ng4 17.h3 Bb5 18.Nd6+ exd6 19.hxg4 O-O 20.Qd5 Bc6 21.Bxd6 Bxd5 22.Bxc7 Be6
23.g5 f5 24.gxf6 Bxf6 25.Bd6 Rf7 26.d4 Bc4 27.Nd2 Bd3 28.Nb3 Bg5 29.Nc5 Bc4
30.Reb1 Bd2 31.Ra4 Be6 32.Rb2 Bf4 33.Bxf4 Rxf4 34.Rb6 g5 35.Rbxa6 Raf8 36.Rxe6 dxe6
37.Nxe6 Rxe4 38.Nxf8 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Kxf8 40.Ra7 Rc1 41.Rxh7 Rxc3 42.Rh5 Rd3
43.Rxg5 Rxd4 44.Kg3 Kf7 45.f4 Rd2 46.Kf3 Ra2 47.Rb5 Kf6 48.Rb6+ Kf7 49.g3 Ra5
50.Kg4 Ra3 51.f5 Kg7 52.Kf4 Kh7 53.g4 Ra8 54.Rb7+ Kg8 55.Kg5 Kh8 56.f6 Ra4
57.Kf5 Kg8 58.g5 Ra8 59.Kg6 Ra6 60.Rb8+  1-0

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.e3 b6
9.Ne2 Bb7 10.f3 Nd6 11.Nf4 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.b3 Nc6 14.Nd3 Nf7 15.Bb2 d6
16.Be2 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qh6 18.Nf4 Nce5 19.O-O Ng5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Nd3 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Nxf3+
23.Rxf3 e4 24.Rf2 exd3 25.Qxd3 Rad8 26.Qc3 Qf6 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.b4 Rd3 29.Re2 Rc3
30.e4 fxe4 31.Rxe4 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qe7
9.b4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.e3 Ng6 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.h3 Bd7 14.O-O Rfe8 15.Bb2 c5
16.b5 Rad8 17.Rfd1 Bc8 18.Bf5 Ne4 19.Bxc8 Rxc8 20.Rd5 Qe6 21.Rad1 f5 22.Ba1 Rc7
23.Qb2 Rf7 24.Qc2 h6 25.Nd2 Nxf2 26.Re1 Ne4 27.Nxe4 Qxe4 28.Qxe4 Rxe4 29.Rxd6 Kh7
30.Rc1 Rxe3 31.Bc3 Re4 32.Ba1 Rfe7 33.Kf1 Nf4 34.Rcd1 Rxc4 35.R6d2 b6 36.Bb2 Rce4
37.Rd7 Re1+ 38.Rxe1 Rxd7 39.Bc3 Rd3 40.Be5 Ng6 41.Bb2 Rb3 42.Bc1 Rxb5 43.Kf2 Rb1
44.Ke2 Ra1 45.Kd3 Ra2 46.Kc4 Rxg2 47.Kb5 Ra2 48.Re3 f4 49.Rc3 Ra1 50.Ka6 Ne7
51.Bb2 Ra2 52.Bc1 Nd5 53.Rf3 Kg6 54.Kxa7 Kf5 55.Kb7 Ke4 56.Rf1 f3 57.Kc6 f2  0-1

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1999.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Rogers,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bg7 6.c3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Ngf6 8.Nd6+ Kf8
9.Nc4 Nd5 10.Bd2 b5 11.Ne3 N7f6 12.Nf3 Nf4 13.Qd1 Ne4 14.Bc1 e5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Be6 17.Qd4 f5 18.Qxd8+ Rxd8 19.Nc2 Nd3+ 20.Bxd3 Rxd3 21.Be3 a5 22.f3 f4
23.Bxf4 Nc5 24.O-O Kf7 25.Nd4 Bd5 26.Rfd1 Rd8 27.Bg3 a4 28.Rxd3 Nxd3 29.b4 a3
30.Rd1  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1999.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tate,E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.h4 d5 4.e5 c5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nh6 7.h5 Bg4 8.f3 Bd7 9.Bxc6 Bxc6
10.g4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 f6 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Qd3 Nf7 14.Rxh8+ Nxh8 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.g5 Bg7 17.Nge2 Qd6 18.Be3 a6 19.O-O-O O-O-O 20.f4 Nf7 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Nb3 Bc6
23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Nb3 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1999.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bg5 Nd7
9.Qh5 Nde5 10.Be2 a6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rad1 Qd8 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.f4 Nd7 15.Qh3 Nf6
16.Qd3 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 O-O 20.Bd3 Nb4 21.Qe4 Qxe4 22.Bxe4 Re8
23.c3 Nxa2 24.Bb1 Bg4 25.Rd2 Nxc3 26.bxc3 Rac8 27.Rc1 g6 28.Kf2 h5 29.h3 Be6
30.Nd4 Bc4 31.Nf3 a5 32.Ne5 Bb3 33.Ba2  1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1999.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lapshun,Y"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Nxc6 dxc6
9.Be3 Bb7 10.f4 Rd8 11.Qe1 Be7 12.Qg3 g6 13.Qf2 c5 14.f5 gxf5 15.exf5 e5
16.Bf3 Nf6 17.Bg5 Rd4 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qe2 Ke7 20.Rae1 Rg8 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Ne4 Qd5
23.Rf3 Rd8 24.Rff1 Rg8 25.b3 h5 26.c3 Rd3 27.Qxh5 Rd2 28.Rf2 Rxf2 29.Kxf2 Qd3
30.Qf3 Qc2+ 31.Re2 Qc1 32.Nxc5 Rd8 33.Ne4 Rd1 34.Kg3 Rd3 35.Kf2 Rxf3+ 36.gxf3 Qf4
37.Ng3 Kf8 38.Kg2 Bh4 39.Re4 Bxg3 40.Rxf4 Bxf4 41.h4 Ke7 42.Kh3 Kf6 43.Kg4 Bd2
44.c4 bxc4 45.bxc4 Ke7 46.Kg3 Be3 47.Kg2 Kf6 48.Kf1 Kxf5 49.Ke2 Bc5 50.Kd3 Ke6
51.f4 exf4 52.Ke4 Bd6  0-1

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1999.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Ivanov,AV"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 a5 8.a4 Bf5
9.Qc2 e4 10.Nh4 exd3 11.exd3 Be6 12.d4 Qd7 13.f4 Bh3 14.Bxh3 Qxh3 15.Nf5 Rfe8
16.Nf3 Bf8 17.Ne3 Rad8 18.Ne5 Qe6 19.Qb3 b6 20.Qb5 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Ne4 22.Ng2 Qd7
23.Qd3 f6 24.exf6 Nxf6 25.Bg5 Be7 26.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Chess Congress"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "1999.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaufman,La"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Ke8 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Ne2 a5
9.a4 Bc5 10.Kf2 Ke7 11.Nd2 Bxe3+ 12.Kxe3 Rd8 13.Rhd1 Nb6 14.Bb3 Nfd7 15.Nc4 Nxc4+
16.Bxc4 Nb6 17.Bb3 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 c5 19.c3 Bd7 20.Ra1 Rd8 21.h4 f6 22.g4 Be6
23.Bxe6 Kxe6 24.b3 c4 25.b4 axb4 26.a5 Nc8 27.cxb4 Rd3+ 28.Kf2 Nd6 29.a6 bxa6
30.Rxa6 Rb3 31.Ra7 Nb5 32.Rxg7 Nd4 33.Nxd4+ exd4 34.Rxh7 Rb2+ 35.Ke1 c3 36.Rc7 Ke5
37.g5 fxg5 38.hxg5 Kf4 39.Kd1 Ke3 40.g6 Rg2 41.Kc1 Kd3 42.Kb1 Kd2 43.f4 Rxg6
44.f5 Rg1+ 45.Ka2 c2 46.f6 c1=Q 47.Rxc1 Kxc1 48.e5 Rf1 49.b5 d3  0-1

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Fernando,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 Nc6 5.Bd3 g6 6.Bc2 Bg7 7.d4 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.d5 Nb8
10.c4 b5 11.cxb5 a6 12.bxa6 Bxa6 13.Re1 Nbd7 14.Bd2 c4 15.Bc3 Nc5 16.Nd4 Qd7
17.Nd2 Rfb8 18.N2f3 Qb7 19.Nc6 Rc8 20.Qd2 Bb5 21.Ncd4 Ba4 22.b3 cxb3 23.axb3 Bxb3
24.Rab1 Ra2 25.Qc1 Rxc2 26.Nxc2 Nd3 27.Qd2 Nxe1 28.Qxe1 Qb5 29.Ncd4 Qd3 30.Rxb3 Nxe4
31.Bb2 Nc5 32.Rxd3 Nxd3 33.Qd2  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filgueira,H"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.d5 Bxd2+ 8.Nxd2 Nb8
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 Na6 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.h3 Nh6 14.e3 f5 15.f4 Nf7 16.Qc3 Nc5
17.Kh2 Bd7 18.Rae1 Qf6 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Re2 Qh6 21.Kg1 b6 22.Rf4 Rae8 23.Rh4 Qg5
24.Kh2 Rf7 25.Qd4 h6 26.Rf4 Ned3 27.Rf3 Nxb2 28.Qxb2 Rfe7 29.Qd4 Re5 30.a3 Ne4
31.Nxe4 Rxe4 32.Qd2 R4e5 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 R8e7 35.Rf4 Be8 36.Bf3 Qf6 37.Rd4 Qg5
38.Rf4 Qf6 39.Rd4 g5 40.Kg2 Kg7 41.Kh2 Bg6 42.Kg2 Kh7 43.Kh2 Qg7 44.h4 Qf6
45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Kg1 Kg7 47.Kf2 Re8 48.Kg1 R5e7 49.Kf2 Qe5 50.Rd3 Qf6 51.Ra3 Rh8
52.Qc3 Re5 53.Ra7 Qe7 54.Kg1 Kf7 55.Raa2 Rh3 56.Qe1 Qe8 57.Bg2 Rh6 58.Ra7 Qe7
59.Bf3 Rh7 60.Ra3 Kf6 61.Qc3 Qg7 62.Raa2 Rh3 63.Qe1 Qe7 64.Bg2 Rh8 65.c5 bxc5
66.bxc5 Bh5 67.cxd6 cxd6 68.Qf2 Bxe2 69.Rxe2 Re8 70.e4 Kg7 71.Ra2 fxe4 72.Ra7 e3
73.Rxe7+ R8xe7 74.Qe1 e2 75.Bf3 Re3 76.Kf2 R7e5 77.g4 Kf6 78.Kg2 Kg7 79.Kf2 Kf7
80.Kg2 Kf6 81.Kf2 Kg7 82.Kg2 Rd3 83.Bxe2 Rde3 84.Qa1 Rxe2+ 85.Kf3 Kf7 86.Qa7+ Kf6
87.Qa1 Re3+ 88.Kf2 Re2+ 89.Kf3 Re3+ 90.Kf2 Re4 91.Kf3 Re2 92.Kg3 Kf7 93.Qa7+ Re7  0-1

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kogan,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Nc3 Ng6 6.d3 Be7 7.Ne2 Qc7 8.c3 a6
9.Ba4 b5 10.Bc2 Bb7 11.Ng3 h5 12.h3 h4 13.Ne2 Rc8 14.Be3 O-O 15.Rc1 Rfd8
16.d4 d5 17.exd5 exd5 18.Bf5 c4 19.Bxc8 Bxc8 20.Qd2 Bf5 21.Nf4 Nf8 22.Rfe1 Be4
23.Nh2 Bd6 24.Nf1 Ne7 25.Ne2 Ne6 26.f3 Bd3 27.Bf2 Ng6 28.Ne3 Bxe2 29.Rxe2 Nef4
30.Ree1 Nd3 31.Rcd1 Bh2+ 32.Kh1 Bf4 33.Re2 Qe7 34.Bg1 Qg5 35.Rde1 Ne7 36.Qd1 Rd6
37.Rf1 Rg6 38.b3 Kh8 39.bxc4 bxc4 40.Qc2 Ng8 41.Qa4 Nf6 42.Ng4 Nh5 43.Bh2 Bxh2
44.Kxh2 Qf4+ 45.Kg1 Ng3 46.Re8+ Kh7 47.Rd1 f5 48.Rf8 Re6 49.Qd7 Qd2 50.Nf6+ Kh6
51.Ng8+ Kh5 52.Qf7+ Rg6 53.Rxd2 Nf4 54.Ne7 Nge2+ 55.Rxe2 Nxe2+ 56.Kf2 Nf4
57.Nxg6  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Summerscale,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.Qe2 c6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Bg2 d5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.Kb1 O-O-O 17.c4 dxc4 18.Qxc4+ Kb8 19.Qb3 Qb4 20.Qf3 Rd7 21.Rd3 Qa5 22.Rb3 Qa6
23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Kxc8 25.a3 Rc7 26.h4 Kd8 27.h5 gxh5 28.gxh5 Ke7 29.Qe3 Qa5
30.d5 Qc5 31.Qg5+ Ke8 32.Qxg7 Qxf2 33.h6 Qe1+ 34.Ka2 Rc1 35.Rd3 Ra1+ 36.Kb3 Qa5
37.Qc3 Qxc3+ 38.Rxc3 Rb1 39.h7 Be5 40.h8=Q+ Bxh8 41.Rc8+ Kd7 42.Rxh8 exd5
43.Bxd5 b6 44.Bxf7 Rf1 45.Bc4 Rf3+ 46.Kb4 Kc6 47.Rh6+ Kc7 48.Rh7+ Kb8 49.Rb7+ Kxb7
50.Bd5+  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Mikhailuk,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Ne4 b6 10.Qb3 Nc7 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Rad1 Bg4 13.Neg5 e6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Na5
16.Qa4 Qe7 17.a3 Nxc4 18.dxc4 Rfd8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Qxa7 e5 21.Re1 f6 22.Qxb6 Ne6
23.Bg3 Rd6 24.Qb8+ Bf8 25.b4 Ra6 26.Qc8 Qd6 27.b5 Rxa3 28.Nxe5 fxe5 29.Rxe5 Qd1+
30.Kh2 Ng7 31.f3 Qd2 32.Rd5 Qe2 33.Rd8 Ne6 34.Re8 Rxc3 35.Rxe6 Qxc4 36.Rf6  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Soppe,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 f5 5.Nh3 Be7 6.Nc3 c6 7.e3 Nf6 8.Nf4 O-O 9.Be2 Na6
10.Qb3 Nc7 11.O-O Kh8 12.Bd2 Rb8 13.d5 c5 14.a4 Qe8 15.Nb5 Nxb5 16.axb5 Ra8
17.Bc3 Qf7 18.h4 Ne8 19.g3 Bf6 20.Ra3 a6 21.Kg2 Be5 22.Rfa1 Nf6 23.bxa6 bxa6
24.Qb6 Qe7 25.Rb3 Ra7 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Ne6 Bxe6 28.Qxe6 Qxe6 29.dxe6 Rc8 30.Ra5 Kg8
31.Rb6 Kf8 32.Bd1 Ke7 33.Ba4 Rcc7 34.Raxa6 Rxa6 35.Rxa6 g6 36.Bb5 h6 37.Kf1 g5
38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Ke2 f4 40.gxf4 exf4 41.f3 g4 42.fxg4 f3+ 43.Kd2 Nxg4 44.Bc6 Nf6
45.Bd5 Rc8 46.Ra7+ Kd6 47.Rf7 Nxd5 48.cxd5 Kxd5 49.e7 Re8 50.Kc3 Kd6 51.Kc4 Rxe7
52.Rf6+ Ke5 53.Rf8 Re6 54.Rh8 Rb6 55.Rh5+ Kf6 56.Rh2 Kg5 57.Kd5 Rb4 58.Kxc5 Rb8
59.Kd5 Re8 60.b4 Kg4 61.Rh7 f2 62.Rf7 Kg3 63.b5 Kg2 64.Rg7+ Kf3 65.Rf7+ Kxe3
66.b6 Ke2  0-1

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kempinski,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O Qc7
9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Na5 13.Bf2 e5 14.Nde2 exf4 15.Nxf4 Be6
16.Bd4 Nc4 17.Ncd5 Bxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Bg5 20.b3 Ne3 21.Bxe3 Rxe3 22.Be2 Rae8
23.Bd3 g6 24.Qg4 Qe7 25.h3 Qe5 26.Rad1 Kg7 27.Rf3 h5 28.Rxe3 Qxe3 29.Qf3 Bf4
30.Qxe3 Rxe3 31.Kg1 Bg3 32.Kf1 Re5 33.Be2 Rf5+ 34.Bf3 g5 35.Ke2 Re5+ 36.Kd3 Kg6
37.Rd2 f5 38.Re2 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.Rxe5 dxe5 41.Be2 Bf2 42.d6 Kf6 43.Kc4 Ke6
44.d7 Kxd7 45.Kd5 Bd4 46.Bd3 f4 47.Bf5+ Kc7 48.Bxg4 Kb6 49.Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tyomkin,D"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nd5
9.h3 e6 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Bb3 h6 12.Bh4 a5 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qc5 15.a4 Nd7
16.Rfe1 Re8 17.Rad1 Qxc3 18.Rd3 Qc5 19.Re3 b5 20.Nd2 bxa4 21.Ne4 Qb4 22.Ba2 Ba6
23.Qd1 Nxe5 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Bxf6 Nc4 26.Re4 Qc5 27.Qa1 Nd6 28.Bh8 e5 29.Rxe5 Rxe5
30.Rxe5 Qa7 31.Re7 Nf5 32.Rxa7 Rxa7 33.g4  1-0

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Olafsson,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Nd5 Re8 7.Qf5 d6 8.Nxf6+ gxf6
9.Qh5 d5 10.a3 Bf8 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.d3 Be6 13.Be2 Na5 14.e4 Qd7 15.Be3 Nb3
16.Rd1 c5 17.O-O a5 18.Qh4 Bg7 19.Bh6 Kh8 20.Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.Qg3+ Kh8 22.Qh4 Qd8
23.h3 Rg8 24.Nh2 f5 25.Qxd8 Raxd8 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Ng4 Nd4 28.Rfe1 Bxg4 29.hxg4 f6
30.Rd2 Rg5 31.Bd1 Rdg8 32.g3 R5g7 33.Kg2 Rd8 34.Rh1 Rgd7 35.Re1 c4 36.g5 Kg7
37.gxf6+ Kxf6 38.Re4 b5 39.dxc4 bxc4 40.Bg4 Rd6 41.Bh3 Rd5 42.f4 exf4 43.Rxf4+ Ke5
44.Rh4 Nf5 45.Re2+ Kf6 46.Bxf5 Kxf5 47.Rf4+ Kg5 48.Rxc4 Rd2 49.Rc5+ Kg4 50.Rc4+ R8d4
51.Rxd4+ Rxd4 52.Rf2 a4 53.Rc2 Re4 54.Rd2 Rc4 55.Re2 h5 56.Rd2 Re4 57.Kf2 Rc4
58.Kg2 Re4 59.Rc2 Rd4 60.Re2 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Gufeld,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 Ng4 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bh4 Bh6
9.Qd1 Bg7 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.Qe2 a6 12.a4 Nc6 13.Rd1 Nh6 14.d5 Ne5 15.Nxe5 fxe5
16.f3 Ng8 17.O-O Nf6 18.Qd2 Bd7 19.Bb3 Qe8 20.a5 h6 21.Bf2 g5 22.Be3 Nh5
23.Ne2 Qg6 24.h3 Nf4 25.Nxf4 gxf4 26.Bf2 Rf7 27.Kh2 Bf6 28.Rg1 Qh5 29.Bc4 Rg8
30.Qe1 Rfg7 31.Bf1 Rg5 32.Rd2 Qg6 33.g4 fxg3+ 34.Rxg3 Qh5 35.Bg2 Rxg3 36.Bxg3 Rxg3
37.Qxg3 Bh4  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Johnson,EC"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Nd3 Qc7 11.O-O e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Qb3 Rd8 14.dxc6 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Be6
16.Qb5 bxc6 17.Qa6 Bc8 18.Qc4 a5 19.Nc5 Qa7 20.N3a4 Rd5 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Ba6
23.Re1 Bd3 24.Qf3 e4 25.Qh3 Qb7 26.Nc3 Rg5 27.f4 exf3 28.Qxf3 Rf5 29.Qh3 Rf6
30.e4 Bc4 31.Be3 Be6 32.Qg3 Qxb2 33.Rec1 Rg6 34.Qf2 Qxf2+ 35.Bxf2 Bg5 36.Rd1 Bb3
37.Rd7 a4 38.Bc5 Re6 39.Rf1 Bf6 40.Bd4 Be7 41.e5 c5 42.Rxe7 Rxe7 43.Bxc5 Rxe5
44.Bb4 Rd8 45.Kf2  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"]
[Date "2000.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bisguier,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 b4 11.Ne2 Na5 12.Ba2 c5 13.Ng3 Bc8 14.c3 Rb8 15.d4 b3 16.Bb1 Qc7
17.Bd3 Re8 18.h3 Nd7 19.Nf5 Nb6 20.Ne3 c4 21.Bf1 Bf8 22.Nd2 exd4 23.cxd4 d5
24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.exd5 Bb7 26.Ne4 Bxd5 27.Nc3 Ba8 28.d5 Bb4 29.Bd2 Nb7 30.Qg4 Nd6
31.Rad1 f5 32.Qg3 Qd7 33.Bf4 Rbd8 34.Qf3 Ne4 35.Bxc4 Bxc3 36.bxc3 Qxa4 37.Qd3 Rc8
38.Bxa6 Rxc3 39.Qb5 Qxb5 40.Bxb5 Rd8 41.f3 Rc5 42.fxe4 Rxb5 43.exf5 Rbxd5
44.Rxd5 Bxd5 45.Be5 Re8 46.Bc3 Rc8 47.Bd4 Rc4 48.Be5 Be4 49.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"]
[Date "2000.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaufman,La"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 f5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 c6 9.Bd2 Na6
10.Rc1 Nc7 11.Qb3 Kh8 12.O-O Rb8 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Be6 15.d5 Bf7 16.Qa4 cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Be3 Nf6
9.Nbd2 b6 10.Qa4 Qc7 11.Bf4 Qxf4 12.Bxc6 Qc7 13.Bxd7+ Nxd7 14.Nc4 a6 15.Rad1 b5
16.Qa5 Ra7 17.Qxc7 Rxc7 18.Ne3 c4 19.Nd5 Rc8 20.Rfe1 e6 21.Nb4 a5 22.Nc2 Ke7
23.Nfd4 Rc5 24.Re2 Rb8 25.Red2 Rb7 26.Kf1 Ne5 27.Ne2 Nd3 28.Ne1 Ne5 29.h3 b4
30.f4 Nc6 31.Nf3 a4 32.e5 f6 33.exf6+ Bxf6 34.Ng3 bxc3 35.bxc3 Bxc3 36.Rc2 Bg7
37.Ne4 Rd5 38.Rdc1 Na5 39.Re1 h6 40.Nc3 Bxc3 41.Rxc3 Kf6 42.Ra3 Rb4 43.Rae3 Rd6
44.Ne5 h5 45.Nf3 Nc6 46.Ng5 Kf5 47.Nxe6 c3 48.Rxc3 Rxe6 49.Rxe6 Rxf4+ 50.Kg1 Kxe6
51.Rxc6+ Kf5 52.Rc5+ Kf6 53.Rc6+ Kg7 54.Ra6 h4 55.a3 Kh6 56.Kh2 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ USA"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shliperman,I"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.h3 Bh5 5.Nbd2 e6 6.Bd3 d5 7.c3 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nbd7
9.Nxf6+ gxf6 10.g4 Bg6 11.Bf4 Nb6 12.Qe2 Qd7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Kb1 Qc6 15.Bc1 Be7
16.Rhg1 Rd5 17.Nh4 Bxd3+ 18.Rxd3 h5 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.Ne3 Ra5 21.Nf1 hxg4 22.hxg4 Nd5
23.Qc2 Qa6 24.a3 Nb6 25.Rf3 Be7 26.Ne3 Qb5 27.c4 Qc6 28.Rf4 Nd7 29.c5 Rb5
30.Rd1 Kb8 31.Ka2 Rd8 32.Qe4 Qa6 33.Qc2 Qc6 34.Qe4 Qxe4 35.Rxe4 b6 36.c6 Nf8
37.d5 Bd6 38.b4 exd5 39.Rxd5 Rxd5 40.Nxd5 Be5 41.Ne3 Ne6 42.Nc4 Rd4 43.Rxd4 Bxd4
44.f4 b5 45.Na5 a6 46.Nb3 Bf2 47.f5 Nd8 48.Bb2 Nxc6 49.Bxf6 Kc8 50.g5 Kd7
51.Nc5+ Bxc5 52.bxc5 Na5 53.g6 fxg6 54.fxg6 Ke6 55.Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Privman,B"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.g3 d5 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Nbd7
9.b3 dxc4 10.bxc4 c5 11.Bg2 Rd8 12.O-O Nb6 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Ne5 Ba4 15.Qb2 Be8
16.Ba5 Rxd4 17.Bxb6 axb6 18.Qxb6 Ne4 19.e3 Rd6 20.Qb2 Nd2 21.Rfd1 Rad8 22.Qc2 f6
23.Nf3 Bg6 24.Qa4 Nxc4 25.Rxd6 Nxd6 26.Qa7 Qc7 27.Nh4 Bc2 28.Rc1 Nb5 29.Qxb7 Qxb7
30.Bxb7 Nxa3 31.Kf1 Rb8 32.Ba6 Rb1 33.Rxb1 Nxb1 34.Bc4 Nd2+  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kaufman,La"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Be3 Bd7 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.Nc3 Nf5
9.Bd3 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rc1 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Qc2 h6 15.Qd2 Qe7
16.Bb1 Rad8 17.Rf2 g5 18.Rcf1 Qg7 19.Ne2 Be8 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Be7 22.Rxf8+ Bxf8
23.Rf6 Bf7 24.Nd4 Re8 25.h3 Bc5 26.Qc3 Bb6 27.Nb5 Rd8 28.Nd4 Re8 29.Nb5 Rd8
30.a4 a5 31.Qd3 Kh8 32.Nd4 Re8 33.Qb5 Bd8 34.Rf1 Re7 35.Rf6 Re8 36.Rf1 Re7
37.Rf6 Re8 38.Rf1 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kalikshteyn,Alex"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.O-O d6
9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Rac1 Rc8 11.b3 O-O 12.Qd2 a6 13.Nd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Rc5 15.f3 Qb8
16.a4 e6 17.e4 Rfc8 18.Nde2 R5c6 19.Rfd1 Qb7 20.Rb1 Ne8 21.Be3 Rb8 22.Bd4 Bf8
23.Be3 Rcc8 24.Bh6 Bxh6 25.Qxh6 Qc6 26.h4 Qc5 27.h5 Qxh5 28.Qxh5 gxh5 29.Rh1 Ndf6
30.Nf4 Ng7 31.Rbd1 Rc6 32.Rd2 Kf8 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.Ke3 Rc5 35.Kf2 Rg8 36.Rh3 Nd7
37.Rd1 Rg5 38.Rdh1 Nc5 39.b4 Nd7 40.Nxh5 Nxh5 41.Rxh5 Rxg3 42.Ne2 Rg2+ 43.Ke3 Nf6
44.Rh6 Rc8 45.Rc1 Rc7 46.Nd4 Nd7 47.b5 axb5 48.axb5 Ne5 49.f4 Nxc4+ 50.Kf3 Nd2+
51.Kxg2 Rxc1 52.f5 e5 53.Nc6+ Kf8 54.Rxd6 Nxe4 55.Rd8+ Kg7 56.Rb8 Kf6 57.Nd8 Rc2+
58.Kg1 Ng5 59.Rxb6+ Kxf5 60.Rb7 Kf4 61.Nxf7 Nf3+ 62.Kf1 Ke3  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kreiman,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qe1 b5 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxe5 Qb6+
16.Kh1 Ng4 17.Bd4 Bc5 18.Ne2 Rad8 19.c3 Ne3 20.Bxe3 Bxe3 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 22.Ng3 Qd2
23.Qxd2 Bxd2 24.f5 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Garcia,Gild"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.e5 Ne8 8.Rd1 Qc8
9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Bd5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nb4 13.Bb3 c6 14.Nbd2 Qf5 15.h3 Bh5
16.Bh2 g4 17.hxg4 Bxg4 18.Rac1 Rd8 19.a3 Nd5 20.c4 Nf4 21.Qe3 dxe5 22.Bc2 Qh5
23.dxe5 Ng6 24.Re1 Nc7 25.Qxa7 Ne6 26.Qe3 Rd7 27.Be4 Rfd8 28.b4 Bf5 29.Bg3 Bxe4
30.Nxe4 Rd3 31.Qb6 Ngf4 32.Bxf4 Nxf4 33.Ng3 Qg4 34.Nh2 Qg6 35.Rc3 Rd1 36.Re3 R8d3
37.Nf3 Rxe1+ 38.Rxe1 Rxa3 39.Qxb7 h5 40.Qc8+ Bf8 41.b5 cxb5 42.cxb5 Ra2 43.e6 Nxe6
44.b6 Qc2 45.Qxc2 Rxc2 46.Rb1 Rc8 47.Ne5 Nd8 48.Nd7 Nb7 49.Ne4 Bg7 50.Rb5 Rc1+
51.Kh2 Rd1 52.Ne5 Bxe5+ 53.Rxe5 Kf8 54.Rxh5 Rb1 55.Rh6 Kg7 56.Rc6 Nd8 57.Rc8 Nb7
58.Rc6 Na5 59.Nc3 Rb3  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Serper,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.exd4 Nc6 13.Qe2 Ba5 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Nc5 Be8
16.Qe4 Bb6 17.Bd3 g6 18.Rfd1 Rd8 19.Be2 Rd5 20.Nb3 Qf6 21.Bc4 Rd6 22.Rd2 Kg7
23.Rcd1 Na5 24.Nxa5 Bxa5 25.Rd3 Bc6 26.Qe5 Qxe5 27.Nxe5 Rfd8 28.Nxc6 bxc6
29.Kf1 Bb6 30.Ke2 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Bxd4 32.Rd3 Rd7 33.h3 c5 34.Rb3 Be5 35.Rb5 Bd4
36.b3 Kf6 37.Rb8 Kg5 38.Bb5 Re7 39.Rd8 Rb7 40.a4 a6 41.Rd7 Rxd7 42.Bxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.f3 Nd7 7.g4 Bb7 8.Nge2 c5 9.h4 h6
10.O-O-O b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Qa5 13.Kb1 Nb6 14.Nf4 Nf6 15.dxc5 Na4 16.cxd6 Nxb2
17.Bd4 Nxd1 18.Qxd1 exd6 19.Bc4 Kf8 20.Qd3 Re8 21.Rd1 Re7 22.h5 g5 23.Qf5 gxf4
24.Bxf6 Qc7 25.Qxf4 Rg8 26.Bxa6 Qc5 27.Bxe7+ Kxe7 28.Re1+ Kf8 29.Bb5 Be5
30.Qxh6+ Rg7 31.f4 Qc3 32.Qxd6+  1-0

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saint Amand,P"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Be2 e6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.h3 Ne7
9.O-O b6 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Bd3 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.e5 Nfd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Rad1 Qb6
16.exd6 Bxb2 17.Bc4 Rad8 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Rb1 d4 20.Bf2 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Rxd6
22.Qd3 Qb4 23.Rfe1 Rb6 24.f5 Qc3 25.Qe4 Qd2 26.Qe7 Qxc2 27.Bh4 d3 28.Qxa7 Bd4+
29.Kh1 Rxb1  0-1

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Ritter,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.c3 Qe7 6.d5 Nd8 7.h3 Bd7 8.Bd3 g6 9.c4 Bg7
10.Nc3 Nh6 11.g4 f6 12.Be3 O-O 13.Qd2 Ndf7 14.O-O-O Kh8 15.Rdg1 a6 16.Kb1 c5
17.dxc6 bxc6 18.c5 Be6 19.cxd6 Qxd6 20.Na4 Rfd8 21.Rd1 f5 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Qc2 fxe4
24.Bxe4 Bd5 25.Nd2 Qf6 26.f3 Nd6 27.Rhg1 Qf7 28.Nc3 Nhf5 29.Bc5 Nd4 30.Bxd4 exd4
31.Nxd5 Nxe4 32.Nxe4 Rxd5 33.Qxc6 Rb8 34.Rd3 Rdb5 35.Rg2 R5b6 36.Qc1 Qd7
37.h4 Rc8 38.Rc2 Rxc2 39.Qxc2 Rc6 40.Qb3 h6 41.a3 Qh3 42.Ka2 Qxh4 43.Qd5 Rc8
44.Qb7 Rf8 45.Qxa6 Qh5 46.Nd2 Re8 47.Rb3 Qf7 48.Nc4 Re1 49.Nd6 Ra1+ 50.Kxa1 Qxb3
51.Qa8+ Kh7 52.Qe4+ Kg8 53.Qe8+ Kh7 54.Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Rae1 Rae8 14.a3 a6 15.Bg3 Bd4
16.Nd1 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Qxe5 Bc6 19.Ne3 Nd7 20.Qg3 e5 21.c4 d4 22.Ng4 Qg5
23.h4 Qf4 24.Qxf4 Rxf4 25.f3 Nc5 26.Bc2 e4 27.b4 Na4 28.g3 Rxg4 29.fxg4 Nc3
30.Bb3 e3 31.b5 axb5 32.cxb5+ Bd5 33.Bxd5+ Nxd5 34.Rd1 e2 35.Rxd4 exf1=Q+
36.Kxf1 Nb6 37.Kf2 Ra8 38.Rd3 Nc4 39.a4 Nb6 40.a5 Rxa5 41.Rd8+ Kf7 42.Rb8 Ra7
43.Ke3 Nd7 44.Rd8 b6 45.g5 Nc5 46.Rd6 Re7+ 47.Kd4 Rd7 48.Rxd7+ Nxd7 49.Kd5 Nc5
50.Kd6 Na4 51.g4 Nc3 52.Kc6 Ke6 53.Kxb6 Ke5  0-1

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ardaman,M"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nd2 e5 5.e4 Bd6 6.Ngf3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.c3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Re1 Bf8 12.a3 a5 13.b3 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.dxe4 Nc5
16.Re3 a4 17.b4 Nb3 18.Rb1 f6 19.Rd3 Qc7 20.Be3 c5 21.Ne1 Rac8 22.Qb2 cxb4
23.axb4 Red8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Bf1 Qc6 26.Nc2 Re8 27.c4 Qxe4 28.Qc3 Bg6 29.Rb2 Bf7
30.Bg2 Qxc4 31.Qxc4 Bxc4 32.Bxb7 Rd8 33.Na3 Bd5 34.Bxd5+ Rxd5 35.Nc2 Nd2
36.b5 Nc4 37.Ra2 a3 38.b6 Rb5  0-1

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Thorhallsson,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.a3 e5 13.d5 Nb8 14.Nf1 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Nxa6
16.b4 Nb8 17.Ng3 g6 18.Bh6 Re8 19.Qd3 Qd7 20.Ne2 Qa4 21.Rec1 Qd7 22.h3 Qb7
23.Nd2 Nfd7 24.Be3 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.Nc3 a6 28.a4 Bd8 29.Qc4 Qxc4
30.Nxc4 Bc7 31.Kf1 Kf8 32.Ke2 Ke7 33.Kd3 Kd8 34.g3 f6 35.f4 Ke7 36.Nb1 a5
37.b5 Kf7 38.Ke2 Kg7 39.fxe5 fxe5 40.Nbd2 h6 41.Kd3 Kf6 42.Nf3 Kg7 43.Nh2 Kh7
44.h4 Kg7 45.Ng4 g5 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Nh2 Kf6 48.Nf3 Nc5+ 49.Bxc5 bxc5 50.Nfd2 Nd7
51.Nb3 Nb6 52.Nxb6 Bxb6 53.Nd2 Ke7 54.Nc4 Bd8 55.b6 Kd7 56.g4 Be7 57.b7  1-0

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grabliauskas,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Qb5 O-O
9.Qxc4 Nb6 10.Qd3 e5 11.Bxb4 Nxb4 12.Qd2 a5 13.a3 e4 14.axb4 Nc4 15.Qc1 exf3
16.Bxf3 Qxd4 17.Nd2 Ne5 18.bxa5 Bh3 19.Qc3 Nxf3+ 20.Nxf3 Qe4 21.Qd4 Qc6 22.Qc3 Qa6
23.Nd4 Rfe8 24.f3 c5 25.Qxc5 Bg2 26.Kf2 Bxh1 27.Rxh1 Rec8 28.Qg5 h6 29.Qg4 Qxa5
30.Nf5 Qb6+ 31.Kg2 Qf6 32.Kh3 Rc2 33.Rd1 Rxe2 34.Rd6 Re6 35.Rd7 b5 36.f4 b4
37.Rb7 Qxb2 38.Rxb4 Qf6 39.Rb7 Rd8 40.Rb5 Rd2 41.Rb8+ Kh7 42.Nh4 Ree2 43.Nf3 Rb2
44.Rf8 Rf2 45.f5 Qe7 46.Ra8 Qe2  0-1

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qe3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 d6 10.Nd5 Be6 11.Qc3 Bxd5 12.exd5 Bf6 13.Qh3 Ne5 14.f4 Ng6 15.Kh1 c6
16.dxc6 Qb6 17.Bd3 Qxc6 18.a4 Rfe8 19.a5 Re7 20.a6 Rae8 21.Bd2 b6 22.Qh5 Bxb2
23.Ra2 Bf6 24.Bb5 Qe4 25.Bxe8 Nh4 26.Rg1 Rxe8 27.Qb5 h6 28.Ra4 Qe2 29.Qd5 g6
30.Rc4 Nf5 31.Rc7 Ng3+ 32.hxg3 Re6  1-0

[Event "New York Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2000.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Khenkin,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.a3 Nd7 6.Nbd2 f6 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.Bf4 O-O-O
9.Bg3 fxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Bd6 12.f4 Nf6 13.Be2 Ne4 14.O-O Rhg8 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Nd2 c5 17.c3 Qb6 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qc1 cxd4 20.cxd4+ Kb8 21.Kh1 Qxd4 22.Qc3 Qxc3
23.bxc3 Rd2 24.Rae1 Rc8 25.c4 Rc5 26.g4 Bg6 27.Rg1 Ra5 28.Rg3 Ra2 29.Bf1 R5xa3
30.Rge3 a5 31.Kg1 a4 32.h4 h5 33.gxh5 Bf5 34.c5 Kc7 35.Bc4 Ra1 36.Rxa3 Rxa3
37.Kg2 Rc3 38.Bb5 a3  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Figler,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d6 8.c3 Rb8
9.Rd1 b5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 b4 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Nd2 Ba6 15.Qe1 Ng4
16.Bf4 e5 17.Nb3 Qb6 18.Bc1 exd4 19.Nxd4 Bf6 20.Nf5 Rbd8 21.h3 Ne5 22.Be3 Qb8
23.Bd4 Rfe8 24.Qe3 d5 25.Bxa7 Qa8 26.Bd4 Bb7 27.f4 Nc4 28.Qf2 dxe4 29.Bxf6 e3
30.Qe2 Rd2 31.Rxd2 exd2 32.Qg4 Re1+ 33.Kh2 g6 34.Nh6+ Kf8 35.Qd7 Bd5 36.Bxd5 Qe8
37.Qxe8+ Kxe8 38.Bxf7+ Kd7 39.Bxc4 Rxa1 40.Bb3 d1=Q 41.Bxd1 Rxd1 42.h4 Ke6
43.Be5 Ra1 44.Ng4 Rxa2 45.Ne3 b3 46.Nc4 Ra7 47.Nd2 Rb7 48.Kg2 h5 49.Kf3 Kf5
50.Nc4 Ra7 51.Nd6+ Ke6 52.Nb5 Rb7 53.Nc7+ Kf5 54.Ne8 Ke6 55.g4 hxg4+ 56.Kxg4 Rh7
57.Nc7+ Kf7 58.Na6  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Formanek,E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Bc4 Na5 7.Bd3 Ng6 8.d5 b6
9.b4 Nb7 10.Ba6 Rb8 11.c4 Be7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Nb5 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Ne1 Qe8
16.Nxa7 Nd8 17.Bb5 Qf7 18.Qh5 Qf6 19.Nf3 Bd3 20.Be3 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Rfd1 Bg6
23.Qh3 e4 24.Nc6 Nxc6 25.Bxc6 Bf6 26.Rac1 exf3 27.Qxf3 Qxf3 28.gxf3 Bb2 29.Rb1 Bxb1
30.Rxb1 Bd4  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Tate,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.Qe2 dxe4 5.dxe4 Ne7 6.Na3 Nec6 7.c3 Be7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.Qc2 Nd7 10.Bb5 g5 11.Be3 f5 12.exf5 exf5 13.O-O-O f4 14.h4 gxh4 15.Bxc5 Bxc5
16.Rxh4 Qe7 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.Rdh1 Nf6 19.Ng5 Be3+ 20.Kb1 h5 21.Rxh5+ Nxh5 22.Rxh5+ Kg7
23.Qh7+ Kf6 24.Rh6+ Ke5 25.Nf3+  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanov,AV"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qe7 8.Nbd2 Bg4
9.Nc4 Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Ne3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 O-O-O 13.Qe1 f5 14.exf5 Bxf3 15.Rxf3 e4
16.dxe4 Nf6 17.Bd2 Nxe4 18.Bc3 Rhf8 19.Rd1 Rd5 20.Rxd5 cxd5 21.Rf4 Rf7 22.Qh4 Nxc3
23.Qxe7 Rxe7 24.bxc3 Rxe3 25.c4 dxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blatny,P"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.g4 h6 14.b3 g5 15.Nd5 exd5
16.cxd5 Qd8 17.Nf5 Ne5 18.h3 b5 19.f4 gxf4 20.Bxf4 Nfd7 21.Ng7+ Kf8 22.Bxe5 Qb6+
23.Kh1 Nxe5 24.Nf5 Bg5 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Qc2 Bxf5 27.exf5 Kg7 28.f6+ Bxf6
29.Qf5 Qd8 30.Rc1 Qe7 31.Be4 Ng6 32.Rc6 Qe5 33.Rxa6 Qxf5 34.gxf5 Ne5 35.Ra7 Rc8
36.a4 bxa4 37.bxa4 Rc4 38.Bg2 Nd3 39.a5 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Be5+  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmondton CAN"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Smith,Ma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 Nc6 6.d5 Nb8 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nbd7
9.Bf1 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be3 Nhf6 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Rad1 b6 15.Nd4 Bb7
16.Bb5 a6 17.Bc6 Bxc6 18.Nxc6 Qc8 19.f4 Ng8 20.Rf1 Nb8 21.f5 Nxc6 22.dxc6 Rf8
23.Nd5 Qd8 24.Rf3 e6 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Rxf8 Bxf8 27.Rf1 Kh8 28.Rf7 Rc8 29.Nf4  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmondton CAN"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chow"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Nc3 d6 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qe7
9.Be2 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O a4 12.b4 axb3 13.Qxb3 Ne4 14.Bb4 Nc5 15.Qc2 O-O
16.Nd2 Nxb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Na6 19.b5 Nc5 20.Nb3 Bf5 21.Qxf5 Nxb3 22.Rd1 Nc5
23.Rd5 Re8 24.Qc2 g6 25.Qd1 Ra8 26.h4 Ne4 27.Bf3 Nc3 28.Rd7 Qxh4 29.Qe1 Qxc4
30.Bxb7 Ne2+ 31.Qxe2 Qxe2 32.Bxa8 Qxb5 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.Bf3 c5 35.Rd5  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmondton CAN"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Schmitz,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 dxe4 4.dxe4 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Bd6
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nh4 Qd7 11.Nc4 Be7 12.Nf5 O-O-O 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Be2 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Qd3 17.Qxd3 Rxd3 18.Ke2 Rhd8 19.a4 Ne7 20.Nfe3 Bg5 21.Rhd1 Rxd1 22.Nxd1 Ng6
23.g3 h5 24.h4 Bh6 25.b4 f6 26.Ndb2 Nf8 27.Nd3 Ne6 28.b5 g5 29.hxg5 Nxg5
30.f3 Nxf3 31.Rf1 f5 32.Nc5 Nd2 33.Nxd2 Rxd2+ 34.Ke1 b6 35.Ne6 fxe4 36.Rf6 Be3
37.Rf7 Rd6 38.Rxc7+ Kb8 39.Re7 Bd2+ 40.Ke2 Bxc3 41.Ke3 Be1 42.Kxe4 Bxg3 43.Kf5 h4
44.Kf6 h3 45.Re8+ Kb7 46.Re7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmondton CAN"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kleist,F"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 f5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Nh3 c6 7.d5 Na6 8.g3 Nf6 9.Bg2 Nc7
10.O-O O-O 11.f3 cxd5 12.cxd5 b5 13.b4 a5 14.Ba3 Na6 15.Rb1 Bd7 16.Qd4 Nh5
17.Rfc1 Bf6 18.Qe3 Be5 19.f4 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 axb4 21.Bxb4 Nxb4 22.Rxb4 Rxa2
23.Ra3 Rxa3 24.Qxa3 Qb6+ 25.e3 Nf6 26.Rd4 Qc5 27.Qb3 Ra8 28.Bf1 Ra3  0-1

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmondton CAN"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Haessel,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 e6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.Bb3 b5 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Bc2 e5 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.d5 a5 15.Bg5 h6
16.Be3 Nc5 17.h3 Qd7 18.Nh2 Be7 19.Nf5 Rec8 20.f4 Kh7 21.Qf3 Ne8 22.fxe5 dxe5
23.Ng4 Bd6 24.Nxd6 Nxd6 25.Nxe5 Qe7 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.e5+  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmondton CAN"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tyomkin,D"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmondton CAN"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Lipnowski,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.O-O Nd5 12.Qe2 Nf6 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Rad1 Nb4 15.Bb1 Nbd5
16.Rfe1 g6 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Bh6 Re8 19.Rd3 Bf8 20.Qd2 Bc6 21.Rh3 Bxh6 22.Qxh6 Qe7
23.Ng4 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Bd5 25.c4 Bxc4 26.Bxg6 fxg6 27.Nxf6+ Qxf6 28.Qxh7+ Kf8
29.Rf3 Qxf3 30.gxf3 Bd5 31.Rc1 Rac8 32.Rxc8  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmondton CAN"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rowson,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Bxd1 exf3 11.Bxf3 Bb7 12.b4 e4 13.Be2 O-O 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rd1 Ne5
16.Bf4 Rfe8 17.c4 Re7 18.Nc3 Rae8 19.Be3 Rd7 20.Rxd7 Nexd7 21.b5 c6 22.Rxa4 Nb8
23.Ra1 Nfd7 24.Rd1 f5 25.Na4 Ne5 26.Nc3 Nbd7 27.h3 Rc8 28.b6 Re8 29.Rd6 Nf8
30.g4 Nf7 31.Rd1 g6 32.Nd5 Nd7 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.Nc7 Re7 35.Ra1 Nfe5 36.Nxa6 Nd3
37.Bxd3 exd3 38.Nb4 Ne5 39.Kf1 Rd7 40.Rd1 Kf7 41.Bf4 Nxc4 42.Rxd3 Rxd3 43.Nxd3 Ke6
44.Nb4 Ne5 45.Bxe5 Kxe5 46.Ke2 Kd4 47.Nd3 Bc8 48.f4 Ba6 49.Kd2 Bb7 50.h4 Bc8
51.Ke2 Ke4 52.Kd2 Kd4 53.h5 h6 54.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmondton CAN"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Yoos,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bg2 Bg7
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qd6 Qb8 11.Qa3 Ne7 12.Rd1 d5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Bc5 Rd8 15.Nc3 f6
16.Na4 Nc8 17.Bb4 Bf8 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.Nc5 Kf7 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Nxa6 Bxa6 22.Qxa6 Nd6
23.Qe2 Nc4 24.b3 Na3 25.Rad1 Nb5 26.Rd3 d4 27.e5 f5 28.Qf3 Qa5 29.Ra1 c5
30.Qf4 Nc3 31.Qd2 Qa3 32.Bc6 Rf8 33.h4 Kg7 34.h5 f4 35.gxf4 Rf5 36.Rxc3 Rc8
37.Be4 Qb2 38.Rd1 Qxc3 39.Qxc3 dxc3 40.Bxf5 gxf5 41.Rd3 Kh6 42.Rxc3 Kxh5
43.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Edmondton CAN"]
[Date "2000.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spraggett,K"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.a3 Be6 10.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Battsetseg,T"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.f3 b5 7.h4 Ngf6 8.Nh3 h6 9.Rd1 Bb7
10.a4 c6 11.g4 e5 12.g5 hxg5 13.Nxg5 Qe7 14.axb5 cxb5 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Bh3 Rd8
17.Qf2 Rc8 18.O-O b4 19.Na4 Bc6 20.Nc5 Bb5 21.Nxd7 Bxd7 22.Bxd7+ Nxd7 23.Rd2 f6
24.Nh3 Rc7 25.Qg3 Kf7 26.f4 Rhc8 27.Rg2 Kg8 28.Rff2 Nf8 29.fxe5 fxe5 30.Ng5 Qd7
31.Qf3 Rc6 32.h5 Rf6 33.Qe2 Rxf2 34.Rxf2 gxh5 35.Qxh5 Rd8 36.Kg2 Rc8 37.Rf7 Qe8
38.Bc5  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Imamovic,Semir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 Nf6 7.Bb5+ Nbd7 8.d6 Qa5+
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.O-O Nxd6 11.Ba4 O-O 12.Re1 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.Rxe7 Rae8 15.Rxe8 Rxe8
16.Bf4 Ndc4 17.h3 Qf5 18.hxg4 Qxf4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxc4 Nb6 21.Bb3 Re7 22.g5 Nc8
23.Qc1 Qxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Nd6 25.Rc5 Bf8 26.Ne5 Ne4 27.Rc8 Nxg5 28.f4 Ne4 29.Rd8 Nf6
30.g4 h6 31.Nxg6 Re8 32.Rxe8 Nxe8 33.Nxf8 Kxf8 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Ke3 Nd6 36.Bd5 f5
37.g5 h5 38.b3 b5 39.a3 a6 40.Bg2 a5 41.d5 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Kd4 h4 44.Bf1 Nf7
45.Bh3 Nd6 46.Kc5 Ne4+ 47.Kc6 Nd6 48.g6  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Furdzik,R"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nh3 e6 7.Nf2 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd2 Rb8 10.a4 b6 11.Nf3 Qd7 12.g4 f5 13.gxf5 exf5 14.c3 Bb7 15.Qb3+ Kh8
16.Ng5 Nd8 17.Bd2 h6 18.Nf3 Ne6 19.Rae1 fxe4 20.Bh3 Bd5 21.c4 exf3 22.cxd5 Nd4
23.Bxd7 Nxb3 24.Bc3 Nf5 25.Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.Nh3 Nfd4 27.Kf2 Rb7 28.Be6 Re7 29.Re4 Nxe6
30.dxe6 Nd4 31.Rfe1 Rf6 32.Ng1 Nc2 33.Rc1 Nb4 34.Rd1 d5 35.Re3 Rxf4 36.Nxf3 Rf6
37.Kg3 Rfxe6 38.Rxe6 Rxe6 39.Kf2 d4 40.Rd2 Re3 41.Ne1 g5 42.a5 Kg6 43.axb6 axb6
44.Re2 Rxe2+ 45.Kxe2 Kf5 46.Kf3 g4+ 47.Kg3 Kg5 48.b3 h5 49.Kf2 h4  0-1

[Event "New York State Ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs NY USA"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Ross,Ph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 Nf6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.h3 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bf5 13.O-O Nfxd5 14.Bg5 Rc8 15.Rc1 Qd6
16.Re1 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Nxc3 18.Rxc3 Rxc3 19.bxc3 Qc7 20.Bf4 Qc8 21.Ne5 Be6 22.d5 Rd8
23.c4 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Nxc4 25.Qh6 Nxe5 26.Rxe5 Bf5 27.Rxe7 Re8 28.d6 Rxe7 29.dxe7 Qe8
30.Qe3 Bd7 31.Qc5 Bc6 32.Qd6 Kg7 33.Qd4+ Kg8 34.Qd8 Kg7 35.Qd4+ Kg8 36.Qf6 Ba4
37.Bxa4  1-0

[Event "New York State Ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs NY USA"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simon,Jerry"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 g5 7.Bg3 g4 8.a3 Bxd2+
9.Nxd2 Nxd4 10.e3 Nf5 11.Be5 d6 12.Bc3 e5 13.Bd3 Ne7 14.Qc2 Be6 15.O-O-O Nc6
16.f4 gxf3 17.gxf3 Qe7 18.Kb1 O-O-O 19.b4 Nb8 20.h3 Nfd7 21.f4 f6 22.f5 Bf7
23.Ne4 Nb6 24.Bb2 Nxc4 25.Bxc4 d5 26.Bd3 dxe4 27.Bxe4 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rc1 a6
30.a4 Bd5 31.b5 Bxe4 32.Qxe4 Qd7 33.Qc4 Qxf5+ 34.Ka1 Qd7 35.Ba3 axb5 36.axb5 b6
37.Bb4 Kb7 38.Kb2 c5 39.Bc3 Qd3 40.Qa4 Qxe3  0-1

[Event "New York State Ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs NY USA"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Tapaszto,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nh6 6.c3 a6 7.Bc4 b5 8.Bd5 Bb7
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 e6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bc2 O-O 13.Nc3 Rc8 14.a3 Qc7 15.e5 f6
16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Be4 d5 18.Bd3 Rcf8 19.Ng5 Bc8 20.Be3 Nc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Qe2 Rf5
23.Rad1 Qe7 24.f4 Qd6 25.g3 R5f6 26.Nf3 Nf5 27.Bf2 R8f7 28.Rd2 Rb7 29.Ne5 Ne7
30.Na4 Nc6 31.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State Ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs NY USA"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bonin,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.a3 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.h3 a6 10.Be3 Rb8 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.b4 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Nd2 Ne7 15.Nb3 h6
16.Bd2 Nfd5 17.e4 Nb6 18.Na5 Nc6 19.Nxb5 Nxa5 20.bxa5 Bxb5 21.axb6 Rxb6 22.Ba5 Ra6
23.Bxc7 Qd7 24.Re1 Rc8 25.Qb3 Bxd4 26.a4 Rxa4 27.Bxd6 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Qxd6 29.Qxb5 Bxf2+
30.Kh1 Ra2 31.e5 Qa3 32.Rf1 Qxg3 33.Qc4 Rd2 34.Qc1 Re2 35.Qd1 Qxe5  0-1

[Event "New York State Ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs NY USA"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Barsky,Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Ne2 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.a3 a5 9.Nf4 b6
10.Bb5 Na7 11.Bd3 Nf8 12.h4 Ng6 13.Nh5 Bf8 14.Ng5 Qd7 15.Be3 h6 16.Nf3 Nc6
17.Qe2 Bb7 18.Rh3 a4 19.Rg3 Na5 20.Kf1 Nc4 21.Rd1 Ba6 22.Bc1 Qe7 23.Rg4 Qb7
24.Qc2 Na5 25.Qxa4+ Nc6 26.Qc2 cxd4 27.cxd4 Rc8 28.Qe2 Bxd3 29.Qxd3 Nce7
30.Ng3 Nc6 31.Bd2 Na5 32.b3 Ne7 33.h5 Qc6 34.Ne1 Rc7 35.Kg1 Nc8 36.Ne2 Na7
37.a4 Qd7 38.Rc1 Rxc1 39.Bxc1 N7c6 40.Bd2 Nb4 41.Bxb4 Bxb4 42.Nc2 Bf8 43.Rg3 Qc6
44.Kh2 Be7 45.Rxg7 Kf8 46.Rg3 Rg8 47.Rxg8+ Kxg8 48.Ne3 Bf8 49.Ng4 Bg7 50.f4 Qe8
51.Nf6+ Bxf6 52.exf6 Kh8 53.Qg3 Qf8 54.Ng1 Nc6 55.Nf3 Kh7 56.Ne5 Na5 57.b4  1-0

[Event "New York State Ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs NY USA"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Edelman,D"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.h3 e6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nb4
9.Be2 b6 10.a3 Nc6 11.g4 Ne7 12.e5 Nfd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qd2 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Ngf3 a5 8.c3 a4
9.O-O O-O 10.e5 Nd7 11.b4 axb3 12.Nxb3 Na5 13.Bf4 Nxb3 14.axb3 Rxa1 15.Rxa1 Nxc5
16.Bc2 Qc7 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxc3 21.Rc1 Qxb3
22.Bf6 h5 23.Be7 Re8 24.Bd6 Bd7 25.h3 Bc6 26.Qh4 Qb2 27.Qg5 Ra8 28.Be7 Ra2
29.Bc5 Qd2 30.Be3 Qd5 31.Kh2 Ra5 32.Bf4 Ra4 33.f3 Qd3 34.Be3 Ra2 35.Kg1 Re2
36.Bf2 Qd2 37.Qxd2 Rxd2 38.h4 Kh7 39.Be3 Re2 40.Bf4 Kg6 41.Rb1 Ra2 42.Rb6 Kf5
43.Bg3 Ra5 44.Kh2 Rb5 45.Rxb5 Bxb5 46.Be1 g6 47.Bc3 Kf4 48.Bd4 Bc6 49.Kg1 Bxf3
50.gxf3 Kxf3 51.Kh2 b5 52.Bc3 Ke3 53.Kg3 Ke4 54.Kf2 Kf4 55.Kg2 b4 56.Bxb4 Kxe5
57.Kf3 Kf5 58.Bd2 f6 59.Bc1 e5 60.Be3 g5 61.hxg5 fxg5 62.Kg3 g4 63.Bc5 Ke4
64.Bb6 Kd3 65.Kh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 a6 11.h4 Qc7 12.Kb1 b5 13.Qd2 b4 14.Ne2 Rb8 15.g4 a5 16.Nd4 a4
17.Bd3 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.gxf5 a3 20.b3 d5 21.Rhg1 Kh8 22.h5 Rfd8 23.h6 g6
24.Qe1 Rb6 25.Rg2 gxf5 26.exf5 e4 27.fxe4 Qe5 28.Bc1 dxe4 29.Bc4 Rxd1 30.Qxd1 e3
31.Qg1 Rb8 32.Bxe3 Qb2+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen,L"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.Nf3 Ng6 5.h4 h5 6.Bg5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 c6 10.c4 d6 11.Nd2 Qa5 12.Bd3 Ng4 13.Qe2 f6 14.Be3 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4
16.O-O c5 17.Nf3 Ne5 18.Rfb1 Qc3 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.a4 g5 21.hxg5 fxg5 22.Ra3 g4
23.Qd2 Rh7 24.Qc3 Qxc3 25.Rxc3 Re7 26.g3 f3 27.a5 Kf7 28.Kf1 Rb8 29.Ke1 Bf5
30.Kd2 Bxe4 31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.Kxe3 Kf6 34.Kf4 Kg6 35.a6 b6 36.c3 Rf8+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6
9.Rc1 c5 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Bc3 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.Bc3 Rc8 14.Qd6 Bxc3 15.Rxc3 Qc7
16.Qxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serper,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 6.Bd2 a5 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.O-O Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 Bxd2 13.Qxd2 c6 14.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb3 a6 8.Re1 Ba7
9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Be3 d5 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Nxd5
16.d4 exd4 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Nxd4 Ra8 19.Ng3 Nf6 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Qd2 Re8 22.Re1 Rxe1+
23.Qxe1 Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov,AV"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 b6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Be3 Ne7 9.Qd2 h6
10.h3 Bb7 11.Rae1 Nf6 12.Bd3 Qd7 13.b4 Rd8 14.b5 a5 15.Nh2 Qc8 16.f3 Nh5
17.Ne2 e5 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 O-O 21.Ng4 Kh7 22.Nf6+ Kh8 23.Ng3 Ng8
24.e5 dxe5 25.dxe5 Qe6 26.Kh2 Bxf6 27.exf6 Qd6 28.Re5 Rde8 29.Rxe8 Rxe8 30.Bc4 Qxf4
31.Rxf4 Rf8 32.Ne2 g5 33.Rf2 Be4 34.Nc3 Bg6 35.Nd5 Kh7 36.Bb3 Rc8 37.g4 h5
38.Kg3 Nh6 39.gxh5 Bxh5 40.Kh2 Bg6 41.Rg2 Nf5 42.Rxg5 Rd8 43.Rg4 Kh6 44.Rf4 Re8
45.Bc4 Re1 46.Kg2 Ne3+ 47.Kf2 Nxd5 48.Bxd5 Re5 49.Bb3 Kg5 50.Rc4 Rc5 51.Rxc5+ bxc5
52.c3 Kxf6 53.h4 Kf5 54.Kg3 Bh5 55.Bc2+ Ke5 56.Bb3 Ke4 57.Bc2+ Ke5 58.Bb3 Ke4
59.Bc2+ Ke3 60.Bf5 Bd1 61.Bd7 c4 62.Be8 f5 63.h5 f4+ 64.Kh2 f3 65.h6 f2 66.h7 f1=Q
67.h8=Q Qf4+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 Nd7 13.Ng2 e5 14.f4 exf4 15.Nxf4 Bh4
16.Re2 Nde5 17.Rg2 O-O 18.Be2 Bg5 19.Nf1 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 d5 21.Ng3 dxe4 22.dxe4 Qxd1+
23.Rxd1 f6 24.Be3 b6 25.Kf2 Rfd8 26.Rgg1 Bf7 27.b3 a5 28.Bb5 Na7 29.Ba6 Nac6
30.Bb5 Na7 31.Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 a5 12.Nd3 Na6 13.f4 c6 14.h3 Bd7 15.Kh2 cxd5 16.exd5 exf4
17.Rxf4 Nb4 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Qf6 20.Nxb4 axb4 21.Qb3 Rfe8 22.Rae1 Rxe4
23.Rxe4 g5 24.Re2 Ra4 25.Re3 h5 26.Rf3 Qe5 27.Re3 Qf6 28.a3 bxa3 29.bxa3 b6
30.Re4 Ra8 31.Qe3 Bf5 32.Re7 Kg7 33.Rb7 Rc8 34.Qe2 h4 35.gxh4 Bg6 36.Qf3 Qe5+
37.Qg3 Qxg3+ 38.Kxg3 gxh4+ 39.Kxh4 Rxc4+ 40.Kg3 Rc3+ 41.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 c5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qe2 O-O-O 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 a6 14.Nxe6 fxe6
15.Qxe6+ Rd7 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rd4 Bc5 18.Rc4 Kb8 19.Rxc5 Qxc5 20.Qxd7 Qxc2
21.Qd6+ Ka8 22.Qxf6 Rc8 23.h3 Rc6 24.Qd4 Rc4 25.Qh8+ Rc8 26.Qe5 Rc5 27.Qe3 Rc8
28.Qb3 Qe2 29.a4 h5 30.Qb4 Rc4 31.Qf8+ Ka7 32.b3 Rc3 33.Qb4 Qd3 34.Re1 Qd2
35.Rf1 Qd3 36.h4 Rxb3 37.Qc5+ Ka8 38.Qc8+ Ka7 39.Qc5+ Ka8 40.Qxh5 Qe4 41.Rd1 Rb1
42.g3 b5 43.axb5 axb5 44.Kh2 Rxd1 45.Qxd1 Kb7 46.h5 Kc6 47.h6 b4 48.Qh5 Qh7
49.Kg2 Kb6 50.Qg4 Ka5 51.Qg7 Qe4+ 52.Kh2 Qf3 53.Qa7+ Kb5 54.h7 Qh5+ 55.Kg2 Qd5+
56.Kg1 Qd1+ 57.Kh2 Qh5+ 58.Kg1 Qd1+ 59.Kg2 Qd5+ 60.f3 Qd2+ 61.Qf2 Qh6 62.Qe2+ Kb6
63.Qd3 Kc5 64.g4 Qg7 65.Qf5+ Kd6 66.g5 b3 67.Qf6+ Qxf6 68.gxf6 b2 69.f7 b1=Q
70.f8=Q+ Kc6 71.Qf6+ Kd5 72.Qg5+ Ke6 73.h8=Q  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d6 11.e4 Nd7 12.Be3 Bf6 13.Qe2 c5 14.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5 4.Bf4 Ng6 5.Bg3 Nf6 6.Bd3 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bxe4 dxe4
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.O-O-O+ Kc8 12.Nge2 h5 13.h4 Bc5 14.Nd4 Bg4 15.Rd2 Re8
16.e6 Bxe6 17.Nxe6 Rxe6 18.Rhd1 b6 19.Nb5 Re7 20.Nxc7 Rxc7 21.Rd8+ Kb7 22.Bxc7 Rxd8
23.Bxd8 Bxf2 24.Rd7+ Kc8 25.Rxf7 e3 26.Bg5 e2 27.Bd2 Be3  0-1

[Event "ch-USA Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nd7
9.Bd3 N7f6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Be4 Rc8 14.Qb3 Bc6 15.Qg3 g6
16.Bh6 Bf8 17.Qf3 f5 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Rfe1 Kg7 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Re5 Re8
23.Rxd5 Qc7 24.g3 b6 25.Kg2 Rc2 26.h4 Ree2 27.Rf1 Rxb2 28.h5 Rxa2 29.hxg6 hxg6
30.g4 fxg4 31.Qxg4 Qc6 32.Qf3 Re3 33.Qxe3 Qxd5+ 34.Kg3 Ra5 35.Qe7+ Qf7 36.Qd8 Rd5
37.Qh4 Qf6 38.Qxf6+ Kxf6 39.Ra1 a5 40.Rb1 b5 41.Kf3 Kf5 42.Ke3 b4 43.Kd3 Ke6
44.Kc4 Rf5 45.Ra1 Kd6 46.f4 Kc6 47.Rg1 Rf6 48.d5+ Kb6 49.Rg4 Ka6 50.Kc5 b3
51.Rg1 Rb6 52.d6 a4 53.d7 Rb8 54.Rxg6+ Ka5 55.Kd4  1-0

[Event "ch-USA Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Nf6 7.Nb3 O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.c3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qc7 11.O-O Rad8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nfd4 Bg6 14.Re1 Ne4 15.Nb5 Qe5
16.Qc1 Bh4 17.N5d4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Be7 19.Nf3 Qe6 20.b4 a5 21.a3 f5 22.Nd4 Qf6
23.Bf4 Be8 24.f3 Ng5 25.Bd3 Nxh3+ 26.gxh3 Qg6+ 27.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d3 Nd7 12.Nbd2 Nb6 13.Nf1 Nc6 14.Ng3 Re8 15.Nh2 Bg5
16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bxg5 Qxg5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Ne7 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 Rac8 22.dxe5 dxe5
23.Bd3 Nc6 24.Rad1 h5 25.Qe4 Na4 26.Rc1 Nd4 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Qxe5 Qd2 29.Bb1 Nxb2
30.Nf1 Qc3 31.Qe4 Nc4 32.Rd1 Nc6 33.f6 g6 34.Ng3 Qxf6 35.a4 Nb2 36.Rd7 Ne5
37.Rd5 Rc1+ 38.Nf1 Nxa4 39.Rxe5 Nc3 40.Qe3 Rxb1 41.Qxc3 Kg7 42.f4 a5 43.Qf3 a4
44.Kh2 a3 45.Re2 Rb4 46.Qxa3 Qxf4+ 47.Kg1 Qd4+ 48.Rf2 Ra4 49.Qf3 Ra7 50.Ng3 b4
51.Ne2 Ra1+ 52.Kh2 Qe5+ 53.g3 Ra7 54.h4 Rc7 55.Nf4 Rc3 56.Nxh5+ gxh5 57.Qxf7+ Kh8
58.Qf8+ Kh7 59.Rf7+ Kg6 60.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.Ne1 Be6
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Bd7 11.Nd3 Na6 12.h3 Qa5 13.a3 Rfc8 14.e4 Be8 15.Bd2 Qd8
16.b4 Nd7 17.Qb3 Nb6 18.Nb2 Rc7 19.Rfc1 Rac8 20.Bf1 Nb8 21.a4 N6d7 22.Nb5 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Rxc1 24.Bxc1 a5 25.Nd3 axb4 26.Qxb4 Na6 27.Qc4 Nb6 28.Qc2 Bd7 29.Be3 Qc8
30.Qxc8+ Nxc8 31.f4 e6 32.dxe6 Bxe6 33.e5 dxe5 34.Nxe5 Ne7 35.Nd6 Bd5 36.Bg2 Bxg2
37.Kxg2 Nd5 38.Bd4 Bxe5 39.fxe5 b6 40.Kf3 Nac7 41.Ke4 Kf8 42.Nc4 Ke7 43.Nxb6 Ke6
44.Nxd5 Nxd5 45.a5 Nb4 46.g4 Na6 47.g5 Nb4 48.Bc5 Na6 49.Bd6 Kd7 50.Kd5  1-0

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.c3 Bb6 6.Bb3 Be6 7.Nbd2 Bxb3 8.Qxb3 Nbd7
9.Nc4 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Qc2 c6 12.Be3 Ne6 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.d4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 b5 17.a3 Re8 18.Rfe1 Re6 19.f3 Nd7 20.Red1 Qe7 21.a4 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Rxa4
23.Qxa4 h6 24.Qa8+ Nf8 25.Bf2 Kh7 26.Qb8 Ng6 27.Bg3 Ne5 28.Bxe5 dxe5 29.Qd8 Qc5+
30.Kh1 Rg6 31.Qd2 Qc4 32.h3 c5 33.Qf2 Rf6 34.Kg1 b6 35.Rd5 Re6 36.Rd7 Rf6
37.Qd2 b5 38.Rd5 b4 39.cxb4 cxb4 40.Rxe5 Rc6 41.Rd5 b3 42.Kh2 Qc2 43.Rd7 Qxd2
44.Rxd2 Rc2 45.Rd7 f6 46.Rb7 Rxb2 47.h4 h5 48.Kg3 Kh6 49.Rb6 Kg6 50.Rb7 Rb1
51.Kf4 b2 52.Kg3 Kh6 53.Rb6 Kh7 54.Rb5 Kg8 55.Rb7 g5 56.hxg5 fxg5 57.e5 Kf8
58.Kh2 h4 59.Rb4 Ke7 60.Rb6 Kd7 61.Rb8 Ke6 62.Rb5 Kf5 63.g3 hxg3+ 64.Kg2 Ke6
65.Rb8 Kxe5 66.Rb7 Kd6 67.Rb8 g4 68.fxg4 Ke5 69.Rb4 Kf6 70.Rb5 Kg6 71.Rb8 Kg5
72.Rg8+ Kf4 73.Rf8+ Kxg4 74.Rg8+ Kf5 75.Rf8+ Ke6 76.Re8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Bg2 d6 10.d5 Nd8 11.O-O e5 12.Nd2 Nxc3 13.Rxc3 b6 14.b4 a5 15.a3 axb4 16.axb4 f5
17.c5 bxc5 18.bxc5 Nf7 19.Qc2 f4 20.cxd6 cxd6 21.Rc7 Qf6 22.Qc3 Bg4 23.Bf3 Bh3
24.Bg2 Bg4 25.Bf3 Bh3 26.Bg2 Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d6 7.c3 e5 8.h3 g6 9.d4 Qc7
10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Be3 b6 12.Nbd2 Bg7 13.Nc4 O-O 14.Qd6 Qb8 15.Qxb8 Rxb8 16.Nd6 a5
17.Bc4 h6 18.Rad1 Be6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Nc4 a4 21.Rd6 Rfd8 22.Red1 Rxd6 23.Rxd6 Na5
24.Rd7 Kf7 25.Nd6+ Kf8 26.Nd2 g5 27.Kf1 Bf6 28.Ke2 Nac6 29.f3 Nd8 30.Ra7 Ndc6
31.Rxa4 Rd8 32.N2c4 Rb8 33.Ra6 b5 34.Nb6 Kg7 35.Bxc5  1-0

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.f3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h5
9.Kb1 Bd7 10.d5 Na5 11.Nc1 b5 12.b3 Nb7 13.Nd3 Kf8 14.Be2 Qe8 15.Rhf1 Kg8
16.h3 h4 17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 g5 19.Rxf6 Bxf6 20.Bxg5 Bg7 21.Rf1 b4 22.Nd1 Nc5
23.Nxc5 Qe5 24.Bf6 Bxf6 25.Rxf6 dxc5 26.Rf4 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6 4.f3 Nbd7 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 e5 7.Nf3 exd4 8.Qxd4 Qb6
9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bb5 Bc5 14.Qxd5 O-O 15.Bxd7 Bxd7
16.Qxd7 Qxa2 17.Qd1 h6 18.Bh4 a5 19.Ra1 Qb2 20.Rb1 Qa2 21.Ke2 g5 22.Bf2 Rad8  0-1

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.Re1 Qa5 13.h3 Rfb8 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Re2 Na4
16.Nd1 Nd7 17.Rb1 c4 18.Be3 Nac5 19.Bd4 Qxa2 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Nc3 Qa6 22.Qd2 Nb3
23.Qf4 f6 24.h4 Ne5 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Qg4 h5 27.Qd7 Ra7 28.Qh3 Nc5 29.Qh1 Rb3
30.Qd1 Nd3 31.Rc2 Qb6 32.Qe2 Rb7 33.Nd1 Qd4 34.Rc3 R3b4 35.Rc2 Nc5 36.Nc3 Nd3
37.Nd1 Nc5 38.Nc3 Rb3 39.Rd2 Nd3 40.Nd1 Qa7 41.Ne3 Qa2 42.Rbd1 Rxb2 43.Nxc4 Qxc4
44.Qxd3 Qxd3 45.Rxd3 Re2 46.R1d2 Rxe4 47.d6 exd6 48.Rxd6 Kf7 49.Ra6 Rd4 50.Rxd4 exd4
51.Rd6 Rb4 52.Kf3 Ke7 53.Ra6 Rb2 54.Ra4 Rd2 55.Ra7+ Ke6 56.Ra6+ Kf7 57.Ra7+ Ke6
58.Ra6+ Kd5 59.Rxf6 Kc4 60.Rc6+ Kd3 61.Rxg6 Ra2 62.Rf6 Ra8 63.g4 hxg4+ 64.Kxg4 Ke2
65.h5 Rd8 66.Ra6 d3 67.Ra2+ d2 68.h6 Kxf2 69.h7 Ke1 70.Rxd2 Kxd2 71.Kf5 Ke3
72.Kg6 Kf4 73.Kg7 Kg5 74.h8=Q Rd7+ 75.Kf8 Rd8+ 76.Kg7 Rxh8 77.Kxh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Re1 O-O 10.Nf1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qb6 12.Bc2 f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Rb1 Bd7 15.h3 Nb4
16.Bb3 Bb5 17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Be3 Nxf2 19.Bxf2 Rxf2 20.Kxf2 Bxe5 21.Kg1 Bxd4+
22.Kh2 Nd3 23.Re2 Bg1+ 24.Kh1 Nf2+ 25.Rxf2 Bxf2 26.Nh2 Qd4 27.Qc1 Bd3 28.Ra1 Bf5
29.Qc7 Qb6 30.Qe7 Bc5 31.Qh4 Qd8 32.Qh6 Bf8 33.Qd2 Bg7 34.Bc2 Bxc2 35.Qxc2 Rc8
36.Qe2 Qd6 37.Rd1 a6 38.Nf3 Bf6 39.Qd2 Rc4 40.b3 Rc8 41.Qd3 Kg7 42.Qd2 b5
43.Qf2 Qc5 44.Qe2 Qc2 45.Rd2 Qb1+ 46.Kh2 Qf5 47.Qd1 Rc3 48.Kh1 Qf4 49.Qe1 Rxf3
50.gxf3 Bc3  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi ITA"]
[Date "2000.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fiorito,F"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 g6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 b6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.Re1 Qc7
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.a3 d5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.e4 e6 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nf1 Rfe8 15.Rxe8+ Rxe8
16.Be3 d4 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.N1d2 Nd5 20.Qa4 Rd8 21.Re1 Nf4 22.Re8+ Rxe8
23.Qxe8+ Bf8 24.Bc4 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Qe7 26.Qxe7 Bxe7 27.Kf1 d3 28.Ne4 Kg7 29.Ke1 f5
30.Nc3 Bc5 31.Nd1 Kf6 32.Kd2 Bd6 33.Ne3 Nh3 34.Bxd3 Nxf2 35.Bf1 Bxh2 36.Ke2 Nh1
37.Bg2 Ng3+ 38.Kf2 Nh5 39.Nd5+ Ke6 40.Nb4 Bd6 41.Nd3 Nf4 42.Nxf4+ Bxf4 43.b4 Bc1
44.a4 Bd2 45.b5 Ke5 46.Bf1 Kf4 47.Bc4 g5 48.Ke2 Ba5 49.Bf7 g4 50.fxg4 fxg4
51.Kd3 Bb6 52.Kc4 Ke3 53.Kb4 g3 54.Bd5 Kf2 55.a5 Bd8 56.b6 Bxb6  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Fiorito,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.Nc3 c6 10.O-O-O Na6 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Nc5 13.Bxe7 Kxe7 14.Rd4 Ne6 15.Rd2 Nf4
16.Bf1 Bg4 17.Nd4 Rad8 18.h3 Bc8 19.g3 Ng6 20.f4 Nf8 21.Bg2 g6 22.Rhd1 Ne6
23.Nb3 Ng7 24.Na5 h5 25.Nc4 Ne8 26.Rd4 f6 27.R4d3 Be6 28.Ne3 f5 29.h4 Nf6
30.exf5 gxf5 31.Ra3 Rhg8 32.Re1 Kf7 33.Rxa7 Rd7 34.Nf1 d5 35.Ra3 d4 36.Nd2 d3
37.Re3 dxc2 38.Nf3 Ng4 39.Ng5+ Rxg5 40.hxg5 Rd1+ 41.Kxc2 Rg1 42.Re2 Bc4 43.Rd2 Re1
44.Ra7 Ke6 45.b3 Ba6 46.Bxc6  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Leitao,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 g6
9.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd3 a6 13.Bd2 Rfc8 14.b3 Rab8 15.Rac1 b5
16.Nd5 Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Leitao,R"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nbd7 7.e3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.b4 Qe7 10.Qc3 b6 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.c5 bxc5 14.Bb5 O-O 15.O-O Ng5
16.Nxg5 Qxg5 17.f4 Qe7 18.bxc5 Qxc5 19.Qxc5 Nxc5 20.Rac1 c6 21.Bxc6 Bxc6
22.Rxc5 Rfc8 23.Rfc1 Bb7 24.Rc7 Rxc7 25.Rxc7 Be4 26.Bxe5 a6 27.Kf2 Rd8 28.Bd4 h6
29.g4 Rb8 30.Re7 Bc6 31.Ra7 Ra8 32.Rc7 Be4 33.h4 Re8 34.h5 Bd5 35.g5 hxg5
36.fxg5 Be6 37.g6 Ra8 38.Kg3 Ba2 39.Kf4 Be6 40.Kg5 Rd8 41.Ra7 Bc4 42.h6 gxh6+
43.Kxh6 Rc8 44.gxf7+ Bxf7 45.Rxa6 Bd5 46.Ra5 Rc6+ 47.Kg5 Bc4 48.Ra7 Bd3 49.Rb7 Kf8
50.Kf4 Re6 51.Rc7 Ke8 52.a4 Ra6 53.Rc3 Be2 54.Ra3 Kd7 55.a5 Re6 56.Rb3 Ba6
57.Bb6 Rf6+ 58.Ke5 Re6+ 59.Kf5 Bc4 60.Ra3 Ba6 61.Ra1 Bd3+ 62.Kf4 Re4+ 63.Kf3 Re6
64.Bd4 Ba6 65.Rb1 Kc7 66.Kf4 Kd7 67.Rb2 Rc6 68.Rb8 Rc8 69.Rb6 Rc6 70.Rb2 Re6
71.e4 Bd3 72.e5 Ba6 73.Ke4 Rc6 74.Rh2 Bc4 75.Bb6 Ke6 76.Kd4 Bb5 77.Bc5 Ba6
78.Rh7 Bb5 79.Re7+ Kf5 80.Kd5 Ra6 81.Bb6 Ra8 82.Rf7+ Kg6 83.Rf2 Rc8 84.e6 Rc1
85.e7 Be8 86.a6 Bf7+ 87.Kd6 Rd1+ 88.Kc7 Rc1+ 89.Kb8 Rb1 90.Kb7 Re1 91.Bc5 Rb1+
92.Kc6 Be8+ 93.Kc7 Rc1 94.a7 Rxc5+ 95.Kd8 Ra5 96.Kxe8 Rxa7 97.Kf8  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2001.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Schneider,Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 Nd7 11.b3 Nc5 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Bb2 Bc6 14.e4 a5 15.Rab1 Bxc3
16.Qxc3 f6 17.Qe3 e5 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.a3 Rfd8 20.b4 Ne6 21.Rd2 axb4 22.axb4 Be8
23.Rbd1 Ba4 24.Rc1 Be8 25.f4 g5 26.fxg5 Nxg5 27.Rf2 Bg6 28.Rcf1 Rf8 29.h4 Ne6
30.Bh3 Ng7 31.Qd3 Rad8 32.Bc1 b5 33.Qd5+ Bf7 34.Qxb5 Rb8 35.Qa6 Rxb4 36.Rxf6 Nh5
37.R6f3 Kg7 38.c5 Qb7 39.Qxd6 Ra8 40.Rxf7+ Qxf7  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2001.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mongilutz,Jack"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxc5 Qe7+ 8.Kf1 Qxc5
9.c3 Nf6 10.Qa4 Be7 11.Be3 Qd6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Kg1 Rfe8 14.h3 Bh5 15.Kh2 Qc7
16.Nd4 Bg6 17.Rhe1 h6 18.Rac1 Ne5 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.N2f3 Bd6 22.Qb3 a6
23.Nh4 Be4 24.Nhf5 Bc5 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Kg2 Re5 27.Ne3 Rae8 28.Qa4 Qc8 29.b4 Ba7
30.Qb3 R8e7 31.Rcd1 b5 32.a4 Rc7 33.Ne2 Bxe3 34.fxe3 Rh5 35.Rh1 Rf5 36.axb5 axb5
37.Rd4 Rf3 38.Qd1 Qf5 39.Rf1 Kh7 40.Qe1 Nd5 41.Rxd5 Qxd5 42.Nf4 Qa2+  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2001.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "McHale,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.c4 Nbd7 5.d4 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4
9.Bd2 Nb6 10.Qb3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.e3 Bd7 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Nb5 Bxb5
16.Qxb5 a6 17.Qb3 Qd6 18.Bd4 Nfd7 19.Bh3 Rc7 20.Bxd7 Nxd7 21.Rxc7 Qxc7 22.Qxd5 Ne5
23.Bc3 Qe7 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Qxb7 Rb8 26.Rc1 g6 27.Rc8+ Rxc8 28.Qxc8+ Kg7 29.Qc3  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2001.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popik,Barry"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Bd6
9.Qe2 O-O 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 Re8 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.Bf3 Nc5 14.Nb3 Ne6 15.Re1 h6
16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Bg2 d4 18.f4 Bxf5 19.gxf5 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Qf2 c5 22.Qxf4 Nd7
23.Nd2 Ne5 24.Rf1 Bd6 25.f6 Re6 26.fxg7 Qe7 27.Qf5 Kxg7 28.Nf3 Rg8 29.Rf2 Rg6
30.Kh1 Nxf3 31.Bxf3 Rg5 32.Rg1 Bg3 33.Rxg3 Rxg3 34.Bg4 f6 35.Qf4 Qe5 36.Qd2 Re3
37.Rg2 Kh8 38.Qf2 Rg5 39.b3 b6 40.a4 h5 41.Qh4 Qf4 42.Rf2 Rxh3+ 43.Kg2 Rxg4+  0-1

[Event "US-China Summit"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2001.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Xu Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qb6 11.a5 Qc7 12.Nb3 Be6 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nb8 15.c4 Nbd7
16.Nd4 Rfe8 17.f5 Ne5 18.b3 Rac8 19.Kh1 Qd8 20.g4 Nfd7 21.g5 b6 22.Qd2 bxa5
23.Rxa5 Nc5 24.b4 Ncd7 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Rxa6 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Qf2 Rf8
29.Nc6 Qe8 30.Ra8 Qxa8 31.Nxe7+ Kh7 32.Qg3 Nf6 33.Rxf6 Qa1+ 34.Bg1 Qd1 35.Rf3 Bh6
36.gxh6 Qb1 37.Nf5 Rxb4 38.Nxd6 Qd1 39.Rd3 Qe2 40.Re3 Qh5 41.Qf3 Qxf3+ 42.Rxf3 f5
43.Bc5 Rb1+ 44.Kg2 Rd1 45.Ne4 Ra8 46.Nf6+ Kxh6 47.Be7 Kg7 48.d6 Kf7 49.Nh7 Ra2+
50.Rf2 Raa1 51.Ng5+ Ke8 52.Nf3 Ra4 53.h3 Re4 54.Ra2 Kd7 55.Ra7+ Kc6 56.Rc7+ Kb6
57.Rc2 Kb5 58.Kf2 Rd5 59.Rd2 Rxd2+ 60.Nxd2 Rd4 61.Nf3  1-0

[Event "US-China Summit"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2001.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "C98"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nc6 12.d5 Na5 13.b3 Qc7 14.Nbd2 g6 15.Nf1 Nh5 16.Bh6 Re8
17.Ng3 Nxg3 18.fxg3 Nb7 19.c4 Bd7 20.Rf1 Bf8 21.Bd2 Bg7 22.Nh2 Rf8 23.Qe2 Nd8
24.Rf2 Qb7 25.Raf1 bxc4 26.bxc4 Qb2 27.Bb1 Rb8 28.Qd1 Qd4 29.Qc1 Qb2 30.Qxb2 Rxb2
31.Bg5 Rxf2 32.Rxf2 f6 33.Be3 Nf7 34.Rb2 f5 35.Rb7 Bc8 36.Rc7 Bf6 37.Nf3 a5
38.Nd2 Ng5 39.h4 Nf7 40.Bc2 f4 41.Bf2 Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "US-China Summit"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O b5 8.Re1 b4 9.a3 a5
10.exd5 exd5 11.axb4 cxb4 12.Be3 O-O 13.Nbd2 Re8 14.Nb3 Bd7 15.Qd2 Bf8 16.Nbd4 Rc8
17.h3 h6 18.b3 Bc5 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.Nd4 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Rc8 23.Re5 Qc7
24.Qf4 Qc5 25.g4 Re8 26.Qe3 Rxe5 27.Qxe5 a4 28.bxa4 Bxa4 29.Nf5 Qxc2 30.Qb8+ Be8
31.Qxb4 Qxd3 32.Ne7+ Kh8 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Qf8+ Kh7 35.Qxe8 Nc3 36.Qxf7 Ne2+
37.Kh2 Qd6+ 38.f4 Qxf4+ 39.Qxf4 Nxf4 40.Be4+ Kg8 41.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fink,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.d5 Qb6 5.Nd2 Qxb2 6.Nxe4 Qb4+ 7.Qd2 Qxe4 8.Nf3 d6
9.e3 Qb4 10.c3 Qa5 11.Qb2 g6 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Bxd7+ Nxd7 14.O-O Qb6 15.Qc1 Bg7
16.e4 Qa5 17.Bd2 O-O 18.c4 Qa4 19.Bh6 Bxa1 20.Qxa1 f6 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Qb1 Rb8
23.h4 b5 24.h5 bxc4 25.Qc1 Kg7 26.Qf4 c3 27.Nh4 Nf8 28.Qg4 Kf7 29.g3 c2 30.Qf4 g5  0-1

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Smith,BG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2308"]


1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 Nge7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.O-O Ne5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bf4 Bg4 14.Nce2 Qd7 15.f3 Bh3
16.Bxh3 Qxh3 17.g4 h5 18.Bg3 g5 19.Nf5 Nxf5 20.Qxd5+ Kh8 21.gxf5 Rfd8 22.Qe4 Re8
23.Nd4 Rad8 24.Ne6 Rd2 25.Rf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Rxe6 27.fxe6 f5 28.Qxe5 Bxe5 29.e7 Bxg3+
30.hxg3 f4 31.e8=Q+ Kg7 32.Qe5+  1-0

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ariel,D"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2581"]


1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.b3 Bg4 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.c4 e6 7.O-O Bd6 8.d3 O-O
9.Nc3 Re8 10.Qc2 Bf8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.dxe4 e5 14.Rad1 f6 15.h3 Bh5
16.Rd2 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Rad8 18.a3 a5 19.Qd3 Qb6 20.Qc3 Nc5 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8 Qxd8
23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 Nd3 25.c5 Nxb2 26.Qxb2 b6 27.Qa2+ Bf7 28.Qa6 bxc5 29.bxc5 Qd1+
30.Kh2 Qc2 31.Qxc6 Qxf2 32.Qc8 Qxc5 33.Qxc5 Bxc5 34.g4 Be3 35.Kg3 Be6 36.Nh4 g6
37.Bf1 Kf7 38.Kf3 Bd4 39.Ng2 Ke7 40.Be2 Kd6 41.Ne3 Bxe3 42.Kxe3 g5 43.Ba6 Kc5
44.Bb7 Kb6 45.Ba8 Bc4 46.Kf3 Kc5 47.Bb7 Kd4 48.Bc8 Bf1 49.Bf5 h6 50.Bc8 Bxh3
51.Ba6 Bxg4+ 52.Kxg4 Kxe4 53.Bb7+ Ke3 54.Bc6 h5+ 55.Kxh5 Kf4 56.Kg6 e4  0-1

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldin,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nbd7 7.b4 a5 8.Bb2 axb4
9.axb4 Rxa1+ 10.Bxa1 b5 11.cxb5 Bb7 12.e3 Qa8 13.Qd1 Qa3 14.Be2 Qxb4+ 15.Nd2 Nd5
16.f3 Nc3 17.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Garcia,Gild"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.O-O g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Re1 O-O
9.Ba4 Qe8 10.Nc4 h6 11.Bb3 Kh8 12.h3 Nh7 13.d4 Qe7 14.Be3 b6 15.Qd2 h5 16.Rad1 Rad8
17.Qc1 Bc8 18.Bh6 a6 19.Bxg7+ Kxg7 20.Ne3 Rde8 21.Nd5 Qd8 22.dxe5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Rxe5
24.f4 Ree8 25.e5 Bb7 26.Ne3 Qh4 27.Nd5 dxe5 28.fxe5 Ng5 29.Qe3 Ne6 30.Rf1 Rd8
31.Kh2  *

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pixton,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 e6 7.e4 exd5 8.exd5 d6
9.Na3 Be7 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.a4 O-O 12.g4 Nbd7 13.Ne2 Re8 14.Bg2 Bf8 15.O-O Nb6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Ng3 Qxb2 18.g5 Nd7 19.Ne4 Qb6 20.a5 Qc7 21.Bg3 b6 22.f4 bxa5
23.f5 Ne5 24.Qh5 Qd8 25.Rf4 Nd3 26.Rh4 Bxf5 27.Qf3 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxe4 29.Qxe4 c4
30.Qxc4 Qb6+ 31.Kh1 Nf2+ 32.Bxf2 Qxf2 33.Rf1 Qe3 34.Qc7 Be7 35.c4 Rf8 36.c5 dxc5
37.d6 Bxg5 38.Qxa7 Qd4 39.d7 Bd8 40.Rc1 Qd6 41.Qxc5 Qxd7 42.Qc4 Bf6 43.Rf1 Rd8
44.Qb3 a4 45.Qg3 Qd6 46.Qg4 a3 47.Qa4 g6 48.Qa7 Kg7 49.Rf3 Rc8 50.Rf1 Rc2
51.Qa4 Rd2  0-1

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d3 d6 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nh3 Ne7 9.O-O g6
10.d4 Nd7 11.Be3 Bg7 12.Qd2 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Ne5 14.f4 Nc4 15.Qf2 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Qb6
17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.Nd1 Rc8 19.c3 d5 20.Nhf2 O-O 21.Ne3 Nc4 22.Nxc4 Rxc4 23.Rfd1 h5
24.Rd2 Rfc8 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Re1 Kg7 27.a3 R4c6 28.Nd1 Bxg2 29.Kxg2 Nd5 30.Ne3 Nb6
31.Red1 Na4 32.Re2 Nc5 33.h3 Rb8 34.g4 Rh8 35.Red2 Na4 36.Rf2 a5 37.Rd4 Nc5
38.f5 exf5 39.gxf5 Re8 40.Nd5 Ne4 41.Rf3 gxf5 42.Ne3 Rg6+ 43.Kh2 Kh8 44.Nxf5 Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Zaichik,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "E57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O e6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Re1 Nf6 12.a3 b6 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Bb7
16.Qh5 Qd6 17.Ng5 Qg6 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Bf4 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Rfe8 21.Rad1 Rxe1+
22.Rxe1 Rc8 23.h3 Kf8 24.Rd1 Ne5 25.Bb3 Ba6 26.Bd2 Nd3 27.Bc3 g5 28.Rd2 Nc5
29.Bc2 Bb5 30.Bf5 Re8 31.f3 Kg8 32.b4 Ne6 33.Kf2 Rd8 34.Rxd8+ Nxd8 35.Ke3 Nc6
36.Bd3 Ba4 37.Ke4 Bb3 38.b5 Ne7 39.Be5 f6 40.Bb8 Nc8 41.Kd4 Kf7 42.Bf5 Be6
43.Bxe6+ Kxe6 44.a4 Kd7 45.f4 gxf4 46.Bxf4 Ke6 47.Bb8 Ke7 48.Kd5 Kd7 49.h4 Ne7+
50.Ke4 Nc8 51.h5 Ke6 52.g4 Ke7 53.Kf4 Ke6 54.Ke4 Ke7 55.Kf5 Kf7 56.g5 fxg5
57.Kxg5 Kf8 58.Kf5 Kf7 59.Ke5 Ke7 60.Kd5  1-0

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.a3 d5 8.d4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qh4 d4 12.Bd3 Be6 13.O-O Rd8 14.e4 Nd7 15.Qg3 O-O
16.Bf4 Nb6 17.b3 Kh8 18.e5 Rde8 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.Qf4 Nc8 21.h4 Ne7 22.h5 h6
23.Bxh6 Bf5 24.Bxf5 Nxf5 25.Bg5 f6 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Bh4 Qh7 28.Qg4 Rf7 29.Rfe1 Rg8
30.Qh3 Nxh4 31.Qxh4 Qf5 32.h6 Rh7 33.g3 Qg6 34.Kg2 Qxh6 35.Qxh6 Rxh6 36.Re6 Kh7
37.b4 Kg6 38.bxc5 Rc8 39.Rb1 Rh7 40.Rb5 Rd7 41.Rd6 Rcd8 42.Rxb7 Rxd6 43.cxd6 Rxd6
44.c5 Ra6 45.Kf3 Kf5 46.g4+ Ke5 47.Re7+ Kd5 48.Rd7+ Ke5 49.Re7+ Kd5 50.Rd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Andrews,Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bxc5 Qa5+ 8.b4 Qc7
9.Nbd2 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Be3 O-O 12.h3 Be6 13.Nb3 Rad8 14.Qc1 Ne8 15.Bh6 f5
16.Nc5 Bc8 17.Bxg7 Nxg7 18.Qh6 Kf7 19.Ng5+  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehrman,Carl"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 a6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Qe3 Nb4
9.O-O Be7 10.c4 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Nc3 b6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Rd2 Bb7 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.Nd4 Rac8 17.Qg3 Bf8 18.f3 Qb8 19.Kh1 Ba8 20.Nde2 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Nxb5 Nxe4
23.fxe4 Qxb5 24.Bf6 Re8 25.e5 dxe5 26.Bxe5 Rc5 27.Bf4 Rec8 28.h3 e5 29.Be3 R5c6
30.Ng1 Rg6 31.Qh2 h6 32.Rf2 Rc3 33.Bc1 Qc6 34.Bb2 Rc2 35.Rdd2 Rxg2 36.Qxg2 Qxg2+
37.Rxg2 Rxd2 38.Bxe5 Rxg2 39.h4 Re2+ 40.Nf3 Bxf3+ 41.Kg1 Bc5+ 42.Kf1 Rxe5  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Rensch,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bg7 8.d5 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Ne5 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Be3 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.Qb3 b6 14.h3 Ned7 15.Nb5 Ra8
16.Rac1 Re8 17.Qa3 a6 18.Nd4 Ne5 19.f4 Ned7 20.Bf3 Qc7 21.g4 Nc5 22.Rfe1 Rac8
23.b4 e5 24.Nc6 exf4 25.Bxf4 Nb7 26.Qxa6 Ra8 27.Qb5 Nd7 28.Ne7+ Kf8 29.Qc6 Qxc6
30.dxc6  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ippolito,D"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Ba6 8.Qf3 Nc6
9.e3 h6 10.h4 Re8 11.Rc1 Kf8 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.Ne2 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Mulyar,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5
9.d3 d6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Bxe3 12.fxe3 Be6 13.c3 d5 14.Ng5 Bg4 15.Qe1 h6
16.Ngf3 Be6 17.exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brudno,Stephen"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.e4 Ng6 6.Be3 Bb4 7.f3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.c5 O-O 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.cxd6 cxd6 12.Ne2 Qa5 13.O-O Nc5 14.Bc4 Bd7 15.Bb3 Rac8
16.g3 f5 17.Bc2 fxe4 18.fxe4 Rxf1+ 19.Kxf1 Bh3+ 20.Kg1 Rf8 21.Qd2 Qxa2 22.Re1 Qc4
23.Bf2 a5 24.Nc1 Rf3 25.Ne2 a4 26.Qg5 Nxe4  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shahade,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bb5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bd6
9.e4 Bd7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.d3 Qc8 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Bd5 Ne7 14.c4 Nc6 15.O-O Rd8
16.Bb2 Qd7 17.Kh1 Rac8 18.Nf3 Qe7 19.Qe2 Qf6 20.Qe3 h6 21.Rae1 Ne7 22.Ng1 Ng6
23.f4 Qh4 24.f5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Nf8 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Qxe5 Nd7 28.Qb2 b6 29.Nf3 Qh5
30.Ne5 Nf6 31.Nc6 Ng4 32.h3  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schmaltz,R"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.h3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.a4 b6 8.Bc4 e6 9.d5 e5
10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.O-O Kh8 12.Be2 Qe7 13.a5 b5 14.Na2 Ng8 15.c4 f5 16.f3 bxc4
17.exf5 gxf5 18.Bxc4 f4 19.Bf2 Ndf6 20.Nc3 Qf7 21.Qb3 Ne7 22.Rad1 Rg8 23.Kh2 Bh6
24.Nde4 Nfxd5 25.Rg1 Be6  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Doettling,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "D42"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nf6 11.a3 b6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Rad1 Rc7 15.Bb1 Rd7
16.Ba2 Re8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nd5 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Qg4 Bf8 21.Ne4 Kh8 22.Bg5 Qc8
23.Nf6 Rc7 24.Qxc8 Rexc8 25.Nxd5 Rc2 26.Ne3 R2c5 27.Bf4 Bc6 28.h3 Kg8 29.Rd2 h6
30.Bg3 Ba4 31.Kh2 Bb3 32.f4 g6 33.Bh4 g5 34.Bg3 gxf4 35.Bxf4 Be6 36.g4 Kh7
37.Kg3 Kg6 38.Rf2 Rb5 39.Ree2 Rb3 40.Rf3 Bc5 41.Ng2 Rxf3+ 42.Kxf3 h5 43.Nh4+ Kh7
44.Rd2 Bf8 45.Nf5 Kg6 46.Nd4 hxg4+ 47.hxg4 Bd7 48.Kg3 Be7 49.Rh2 Rc4 50.Nf3 Kg7
51.Rd2 Bc8 52.Nd4 Kg6 53.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-New York State"]
[Site "Rochester NY USA"]
[Date "2001.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kharroubi,C"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 O-O 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Qh5 f5
9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Qf3 c6 11.Nge2 Qa5 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Bd3 Rae8 14.h3 h6 15.Rhg1 h5
16.Ka1 g6 17.Nf4 Kg7 18.g3 Re7 19.Qe2 b5 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.Rc1 Qb6 22.Qd1 a5
23.Be2 a4 24.Bf3 a3 25.b3 Rh8 26.Nd3 Ne4 27.g4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Qa5 29.Qc2 Qxc3+
30.Qxc3 Nxc3 31.Rxc3 fxg4 32.Bxg4 Bxg4 33.Rxg4 c5 34.Kb1 Rh1+ 35.Rc1 Rxc1+
36.Kxc1 f5 37.dxc5 fxg4 38.cxd6 Rd7 39.Ne5 Rxd6 40.Nxg4 Rd5 41.b4 Rg5 42.f3 Rh5
43.Kc2 Rh3 44.Ne5 Kf6 45.f4 Kf5  0-1

[Event "ch-New York State"]
[Site "Rochester NY USA"]
[Date "2001.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kwartler,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Nbd2 b6
9.Re1 Ba6 10.Nf1 Rc8 11.h3 Ne5 12.Bc2 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Qc7 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Qg3 Ne5
16.f4 Nc6 17.Qh4 e6 18.Ne3 f6 19.Bh6 Rce8 20.f5 Bxh6 21.Qxh6 Qg7 22.Qf4 e5
23.Qf3 Bc8 24.Re2 Qh6 25.Ba4 Bd7 26.Nc4 Rd8 27.Bb3 Kg7 28.Nxd6 Qf4 29.Rf1 Qxf3
30.Rxf3 Ne7 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Ref2 Bg4 33.Nb7 Bxf3 34.Nxd8 Bg4 35.Ne6+ Bxe6
36.Bxe6 Rd8 37.Rf3 Rd6 38.Bc4 Nc6 39.Kf2 Na5 40.Bd5 b5 41.h4 Nc6 42.g4 Ne7
43.Bb3 a5 44.g5 f5 45.h5 f4 46.h6+ Kh7 47.Ke2 a4 48.Bf7 b4 49.Kd2 a3 50.bxa3 bxc3+
51.Kxc3 Ra6 52.Kc4 Rxa3 53.Kxc5 Ra5+ 54.Kd6 Nc8+ 55.Ke6 Ra7 56.Kf6 Ra5 57.Bxg6+ Kg8
58.Bf7+  1-0

[Event "ch-New York State"]
[Site "Rochester NY USA"]
[Date "2001.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Davis,Lionel L"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Be2 Bb7 5.O-O d5 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 Bd6 8.d4 Ne4
9.Nc3 f5 10.Nb5 Be7 11.Rc1 a6 12.Nc3 Bd6 13.a3 Qe7 14.b4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 O-O
16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Ne5 Rf5 18.Qg4 Raf8 19.f4 exf3 20.Nxf3 Kh8 21.Nh4 Nf6 22.Nxf5 exf5
23.Qxf5 Qxe3+ 24.Kh1 Qh6 25.h3 Be4 26.Qe6 Qd2 27.Rg1 Qf4  0-1

[Event "ch-New York State"]
[Site "Rochester NY USA"]
[Date "2001.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Weeramantry,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.a4 Nc6 8.a5 e5
9.d5 Ne7 10.a6 b6 11.Be3 Ne8 12.Ne1 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 f5 14.f3 f4 15.Bd2 g5 16.g4 h5
17.h3 Nf6 18.Nd3 hxg4 19.hxg4 Qd7 20.Nf2 Ng6 21.Nh3 Bh6 22.Be1 Rf7 23.Qb5 Qc8
24.Qe2 Qd7 25.Kh1 Raf8 26.Rg1 Rh7 27.Rg2 Bg7 28.Rh2 Nxg4 29.fxg4 f3 30.Qf2 Qxg4
31.Qg3 Qxg3 32.Bxg3 Nf4 33.Nxg5 Ne2 34.Rxh7 Nxg3+ 35.Kh2 f2 36.Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 b6
9.Re1 Ba6 10.Nf1 Ne5 11.Bc2 Qc7 12.h3 e6 13.N3h2 Nc6 14.f4 e5 15.Ng4 Nxg4
16.Qxg4 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Qf3 Ne7 19.Ng3 Bb7 20.Qf2 Kh8 21.Bd1 Ng6 22.Nh5 Rae8
23.Bd2 Re7 24.Bf3 e4 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.dxe4 fxe4 27.Bh5 d5 28.f5 Qe5 29.Qe3 Rxf5
30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Bxg6 hxg6 32.Rf1 Rg7 33.Rxf5 gxf5 34.Bf4 Qe7 35.Bd6 Qe8 36.Qf6 Rg6
37.Qe5 Qe6 38.Qxe6+ Rxe6 39.Bf4 e3 40.Re1 d4 41.h4 Re4 42.g3 Rxf4 43.gxf4 Bf3
44.cxd4 cxd4 45.Kf1 Kf7  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Baklan,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Bc4 Na5 7.Be2 Nac6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Bc4 Nc8 10.O-O Be7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Bd5 Nd6 13.Qe2 Bf6 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Qe7
16.Be3 Na5 17.Bd3 b6 18.Rfd1 Nb7 19.Nd2 Bg5 20.Bxg5 Qxg5 21.Bb5 c6 22.Nf3 Qe7
23.Ba6 Nc5 24.b4 Nxa6 25.Qxa6 Bg4 26.Qe2 a5 27.a3 Rfd8 28.h3 Bxf3 29.Qxf3 axb4
30.axb4 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 g6 32.Qe3 Qc7 33.Ra6 Rb8 34.Kh2 Kg7 35.c4 Qb7 36.b5 cxb5
37.cxb5 Qc7 38.f3 Qd6 39.Ra7 Rc8 40.Rb7 Rc5 41.Qb3 Qf6 42.Rd7 h5 43.Rd5 Qf4+
44.Kh1 Rc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Baklan,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O g6 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Bg7 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 b5
9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 O-O 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Na5 14.Bc2 Qd7 15.e5 Nf5 16.Bxf5 Qxf5
17.exd6 cxd6 18.Be7 Rfe8 19.Bxd6 Nc4 20.Be5 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qxf3 22.gxf3 Bxe5
23.dxe5 Rxe5 24.f4 Rf5 25.b3 Nd2 26.Rfd1 Rd8 27.Ne4 Nf3+ 28.Kf1 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rxf4
30.Nc5 a5 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Ra8 Rf5 33.Nd3 b4 34.Rd8 Nd2+ 35.Ke2 Ne4 36.Rd4 Nc3+
37.Ke3 Nxa2 38.Rd7 Nc3 39.Kd4 Ne2+ 40.Ke3 Ng1 41.h4 Nf3 42.Nf4 Nxh4 43.Ne6+ Kf6
44.Nd8 Re5+ 45.Kf4 Re7 46.Rxe7 Kxe7 47.Nc6+ Kd6 48.Nxa5 h5 49.Nc4+ Kd5 50.Ke3 Ng2+
51.Kd3 Nf4+ 52.Ke3 Ne6 53.Nb6+ Kc6 54.Nc4 g5 55.Ne5+ Kd5 56.Nd3 f5 57.Kd2 Nc5
58.Nxb4+ Ke4 59.Ke2 f4 60.Kf1 Nxb3 61.Nc6 Nd4 62.Ne7  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Baklan,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Bc4 Na5 7.Be2 Nac6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Bc4 Nc8 10.O-O Be7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Bd5 Nd6 13.Qe2 Bf6 14.Rd1 Ne7 15.Bb3 Ng6
16.Nf1 Qe7 17.Bc2 Rad8 18.Ng3 Rfe8 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Nf4 21.Qf1 c6 22.c4 e4
23.Ne1 Qe5 24.g3 Nh5 25.Qh3 g6 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Bb3 Bg5 28.c5 Bxc1 29.Rxd6 Rxd6
30.cxd6 Bxb2 31.Rd1 Rd8 32.d7 Kg7 33.Ng2 Nf6 34.Nf4 Ba3 35.Qf1 b5 36.h4 Be7
37.Qh3 c5 38.h5 c4 39.Bc2 gxh5 40.Re1 Bc5 41.Kg2 e3 42.Bf5 Kf8 43.fxe3 b4
44.Re2 b3 45.axb3 cxb3 46.Nxh5 Nd5 47.Nf4 Nxe3+ 48.Rxe3 Bxe3 49.Qh6+ Ke7
50.Qg5+ f6 51.Ng6+ Kd6 52.Nxe5 Bxg5 53.Nf7+ Kc7 54.Nxd8 Kxd8 55.Be6 b2 56.Bf5 a5
57.Kf3 a4 58.g4 a3 59.Bb1 Kxd7 60.Ke4 Ke6 61.Kd4 Bc1 62.Ba2+ Ke7 63.Kd3 Kd6
64.Kc2 Ke5 65.Kb1 Kf4 66.Be6 Kg5 67.Bf5 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Nbd2 b6
9.Re1 Ba6 10.Nf1 Ne5 11.Bc2 Rc8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Be3 e6 15.Rc1 Qf6
16.h3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 d5 19.Ng3 Nxg3 20.fxg3 d4 21.cxd4 Bxd4 22.Bxd4 cxd4
23.Bb1 e5 24.Kf2 Kg7 25.h4 f6 26.Ke2 Kf7 27.a3 Ke7 28.Ba2 Kd6 29.Bd5 Bb5
30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Kd2 Ba4 32.Rc1 Rxc1 33.Kxc1 g5 34.hxg5 fxg5 35.Bf7 Ke7 36.Bh5 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paschall,W"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.d5 Nb6 8.Nd2 Nfd7
9.e4 Nc5 10.Nb3 Nxc4 11.Nxc5 dxc5 12.O-O c6 13.Qe2 cxd5 14.Bg5 Nd6 15.Nxd5 f6
16.Be3 e6 17.Nc3 Qa5 18.Rfd1 Nf7 19.f4 b6 20.Qc4 Qb4 21.Qxb4 cxb4 22.Nb5 e5
23.Nc7 Rb8 24.Nd5 Be6 25.Nxb4 Rbc8 26.Rac1 Rfd8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.b3 Bf8 29.Nd5 Kg7
30.Rc7 Rd7 31.Rxd7 Bxd7 32.Kf2 Bc5 33.Bxc5 bxc5 34.Bf1 Nd6 35.Ke3 Bc6 36.Nc3 Kf7
37.Bh3 Ke7 38.Bf1 Kd7 39.h4 Ke6 40.Bh3+ f5 41.exf5+ Nxf5+ 42.Bxf5+ Kxf5 43.fxe5 Kxe5
44.Nd1 Be4 45.Nc3 Bf5 46.Na4 Kd5 47.Nc3+ Ke5 48.Na4 Kd6 49.Nc3 Kc6 50.Kd2 a5
51.Na4 Be6 52.Nb2 Kd5 53.Ke3 Ke5 54.Nd3+ Kd6 55.Nb2 Kc6 56.Kd2 Kd5 57.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Hahn,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Bd3 Ng6
9.Be4 Qd6 10.c3 Be7 11.d4 O-O 12.Be3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bd7 14.Nc3 Rad8 15.Rc1 f5
16.Bc2 f4 17.Ne4 Qd5 18.Bd2 Nb4 19.Bb3 Qh5 20.Neg5 Bxg5 21.Bxb4 Be7 22.Bxe7 Nxe7
23.Rc7 Nd5 24.Rxb7 Bc8 25.Ra7 Kh8 26.Re5 Qe8 27.h3 Nf6 28.Qe2 Rd6 29.Rc5 Qg6
30.Bc2 Qe8 31.Qe5 Rb6 32.Qc7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov,Ig"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A23"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nd4 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bc5 8.Nb3 Bb4
9.dxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bg2 e3 13.fxe3 O-O 14.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15.Qd2 Qe7
16.Rc1 Nc6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.O-O Bh3 19.Rf4 Rad8 20.Qc3 Rd6 21.Nd4 Rc8 22.Nf5 Bxf5
23.Rxf5 Re8 24.Rf3 h6 25.Qb3 Re6 26.Rc3 Kh8 27.Qa3 Qc7 28.Qc5 f6 29.Kf2 Qd7
30.Rd3 Qb7 31.Rb3 Qd7 32.Rd3 Qb7 33.Rb3 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Foygel,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7
9.a4 Nf6 10.Nb3 O-O 11.a5 b6 12.axb6 Qxb6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.f4 Bc8 15.Nb5 Qb8
16.e5 Nd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Nxd6 Bxd6 19.exd6 d4 20.Bxd4 Qxd6 21.Bc5 Qxd1 22.Rfxd1 Re8
23.Rd6 Ne7 24.Rd2 Nf5 25.g4 Nh6 26.h3 Bb7 27.Kf2 Be4 28.Be3 f5 29.g5 Nf7
30.Nc5 a5 31.Nxe4 fxe4 32.Ra4 Rab8 33.b3 Rb5 34.Ke2 Re6 35.Rc4 h6 36.Rd7 Rf5
37.h4 hxg5 38.hxg5 Kh7 39.Rdd4 Rg6 40.Rc7 Nd6 41.Rc6 Nb5 42.Rdc4 Na3 43.R4c5 Rf8
44.Rxg6 Kxg6 45.Bc1  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serper,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.Bd2 Nxc5 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Nce4 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.e4 d6 12.Bd3 e5 13.O-O Be6 14.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6 8.Bf4 b5 9.Qe2 Be7
10.e5 dxe5 11.Bxe5 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kreiman,B"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O b6
9.Kb1 Bb7 10.h3 Ne7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.e5 Nfd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.h4 c5 15.h5 Nxe3
16.Qxe3 cxd4 17.Nxd4 dxe5 18.fxe5 Qd5 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Qh3 Rfd8 21.Bxg6 Qxe5
22.Rdf1 Rd7 23.Bh7+ Kh8 24.c3 Bd5 25.Ka1 b5 26.Re1 Qg5 27.Be4+ Kg8 28.Bxd5 Qxd5
29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Nxe6+ fxe6 31.Rhf1+ Rf7 32.Rxf7+ Kxf7 33.Rf1+ Ke7 34.Qxg7+ Kd6
35.Qg4 Kc6 36.Re1 Re8 37.a3 e5 38.Rd1 Rg8 39.Qh5 Qe6 40.Qh7 Kb6 41.Qe4 Rg4
42.Qe3+ Kb7 43.g3 Rc4 44.Qg5 Rc7 45.Re1 e4 46.g4 Re7 47.Qf4 e3 48.Qf3+ Ka7
49.g5 e2 50.Qf2+ Kb7 51.Qg2+ Ka7 52.g6 Qe5 53.Qg4 Kb7 54.a4 Qe4 55.Qxe4+ Rxe4
56.a5 Rg4 57.Rxe2 Rxg6 58.Re7+ Kb8 59.Ka2 Rg4 60.b3 Rg3 61.Kb2 Rh3 62.Re6 Ka7
63.Rc6 Kb7 64.Rc5 Rh2+ 65.Ka3 Rh3 66.Kb4 Rh4+ 67.c4 bxc4 68.bxc4 Rh1 69.Rg5 Ra1
70.Rg6 Ra2 71.Rg7+ Kc6 72.Ra7 Rb2+ 73.Ka3 Rb8 74.Ka4 Kc5 75.Rxa6 Rb4+ 76.Ka3 Rb8
77.Rh6 Kxc4 78.Rh3 Rb1 79.Ka2 Rb8 80.Ka3 Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb3 a6 8.h3 Ba7
9.Re1 Be6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Nf1 Qf6 12.Be3 Nf4 13.d4 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.Bc1 c5
16.b3 Na5 17.d5 Bd7 18.N1h2 h5 19.h4 b5 20.Ng5 c4 21.Be3 Qg6 22.Bxf4 exf4
23.b4 Nb7 24.e5 Bf5 25.Bxf5 Qxf5 26.Qxh5 Nd8 27.Ng4 a5 28.e6 fxe6 29.dxe6 Nc6
30.e7 Rfe8 31.Re6 Nxe7 32.Nf6+ gxf6 33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.Rxf6 Bxf2+ 35.Kh1  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Christiansen,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d3 O-O 10.Ba2 h6 11.b4 Bb6 12.axb5 axb5 13.Na3 Bd7 14.Nc2 Ne7 15.Be3 Ng6
16.Bxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsipanny USA"]
[Date "2002.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Karell,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Qc2 Nf6 4.g3 e6 5.d4 Bd6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.b3 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nd4 Ba3 14.Bxa3 Qxa3 15.e4 Nb6
16.Rad1 Bg4 17.f3 Rad8 18.Nb1  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsipanny USA"]
[Date "2002.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bemporad,Adam"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.f4 c6 4.Qf3 d5 5.exd5 Nf6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6
9.Qe2 Nh5 10.d3 Qc7 11.Nh3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Bxg2 13.Qxg2 Qxc3+ 14.Qd2 Qxa1 15.c3 Qb1
16.O-O Qb6+ 17.d4 Ng7 18.Nf2 Nf5 19.Ne4 O-O 20.Ba3 Rfd8 21.Rd1 Rac8 22.Ng3 Qa5
23.Bb4 Qd5 24.Nxf5 Qxf5 25.Re1 e6 26.Qg2 b6 27.Be7 Re8 28.Bh4 Rxc3 29.d5 Rec8
30.d6 Qc5+ 31.Bf2 Qxd6 32.f5 Rc1 33.f6 Rxe1+ 34.Bxe1 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsipanny USA"]
[Date "2002.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Goldberg,Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E51"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Ne7
9.Qe2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Qc2 Ncd5 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Be4 Bd7 15.Ba3 a5
16.Ne5 Be8 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Qc5  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsipanny USA"]
[Date "2002.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rade,Danny"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B24"]

1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 b6 6.Be3 Bb7 7.Qd2 d6 8.f4 Qd7 9.Nf3 f5
10.d4 Na5 11.e5 Nc4 12.Qe2 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Nh6 15.O-O O-O 16.Qc4+ Kh8
17.exd6 Rac8 18.Qb4 Qxd6 19.Qxd6 exd6 20.Nb5 Rxc2 21.Nxd6 Ba8 22.Rac1 Rxb2
23.Rc7 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Rxa2 25.Nb5 Bc5 26.Rxa7 Rxa7 27.Nxa7 Ng4 28.h3 Ne3 29.Rb1 Rd8
30.Ne1 Nxg2 31.Nxg2 Rd2 32.Rg1 Bxg1 33.Kxg1 Rxg2+ 34.Kf1 Rxg3  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsipanny USA"]
[Date "2002.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Riordan,Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 Qb6 8.a4 a6
9.Bf1 Rd8 10.e5 Ne8 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 d6 13.e6 fxe6 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Nbd2 Nc7
16.Nc4 Qf5 17.Bd3 Qf8 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Ng5 Nd5 20.Nxc8 Rdxc8 21.Nxe6 Qf7 22.Ng5 Nxe3
23.fxe3 Qd5 24.Qg4 Nb4 25.Be4  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsipanny USA"]
[Date "2002.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Norowitz,Yaacov"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 e5 7.dxe5 Nfd7 8.Bb2 dxe5
9.Qc1 Re8 10.c4 Na6 11.Nc3 f5 12.e4 c6 13.a3 Nac5 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.Rad1 Qc7
16.Bd3 a5 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Nh5 20.Ne2 Bf6 21.Qc2 Be6 22.Ng3 f4
23.Nxh5 gxh5 24.c5 Qg7 25.Kh1 Re7 26.Qc3 Rae8 27.Rd6 Bc8 28.Rfd1 h6 29.g3 Kh7
30.gxf4 Rg8 31.Rg1 Bg4 32.Rg2 Qf7 33.f5 h4 34.Ng1 Rg5 35.f4 Rg8 36.h3 Bh5
37.Rxg8 Kxg8 38.Nf3 Qg7 39.Rd1 exf4 40.Qd3 Rd7 41.Qb3+ Qf7 42.Qxf7+ Rxf7
43.Rg1+ Rg7 44.Rxg7+ Bxg7 45.Bxg7 Bxf3+ 46.Kg1 Kxg7 47.e5 Be4 48.f6+ Kf7
49.Kf2 Ke6  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anderson,R"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "C73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Be3 Be6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Qe2 Qb8 10.b3 Ng6 11.h4 h5 12.g3 Be7 13.Kf1 Qb7 14.c4 Bg4 15.Qd3 O-O 16.d5 f5
17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Ne4 cxd5 19.cxd5 c6  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Zlotnikov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 a6 7.f4 Nd7 8.e5 Nh6 9.Nf3 Nb6
10.h3 f6 11.g4 Nf7 12.exf6 exf6 13.f5 gxf5 14.gxf5 Ra7 15.Rg1 Bf8 16.O-O-O d5
17.Rde1 Re7 18.Bf4 Nd6 19.Qh2 Kf7 20.Nh4 Rg8 21.Be2 Rxg1 22.Rxg1  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O a6 6.a4 b4 7.Nbd2 c5 8.Re1 cxd4
9.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Garcia,Gild"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 O-O 7.h3 Qb6 8.Na3 d6
9.Bf1 Qc7 10.Nc2 Rd8 11.d3 h6 12.a3 Be6 13.Bf4 Bb3 14.Nd2 Bxc2 15.Qxc2 e5
16.Bg3 d5 17.Be2 Rd7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Bh4 Ne7 20.Bf3 g5 21.Bg3 Ng6 22.Nf1 d4
23.cxd4 cxd4 24.Rc1 Qb6 25.Nd2 h5 26.Qd1 g4 27.hxg4 h4 28.Bh2 Bh6 29.Rc2 Rc7
30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.a4 a6 32.Nc4 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Na3 Qa5 35.Kf1 Rc8 36.Qb3 Rc5
37.Rd1 Kg7 38.Nc2 Qc7 39.Nxd4 Kh7 40.Ne2 Qd7 41.d4 exd4 42.Nxd4 Rc1 43.Rxc1 Bxc1
44.Nf5 Qe6 45.Qxe6 fxe6 46.Nd6 Bxb2 47.g5 Nd7 48.Nxb5 Bc1 49.Nc7 Ndf8 50.Bg4 e5
51.Bf5 Kg8 52.Ne6 Nxe6 53.Bxe6+ Kg7 54.Bf5 Nf4 55.g3 hxg3 56.Bxg3 Ba3 57.f3 Be7
58.Bh4  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O g6 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Bg7 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 b5
9.Bb3 d6 10.a4 b4 11.a5 O-O 12.d5 Nb8 13.Ra4 Bd7 14.Ra2 Bg4 15.Nbd2 Nd7 16.h3 Bxf3
17.Nxf3 Nc5 18.Re1 Rb8 19.Bc4 b3 20.Ra1 Re8 21.Bd2 Nc8 22.Rb1 Qd7 23.Be3 Rxe4
24.Nd2 Re7 25.Bxc5 dxc5 26.Nxb3 Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 Bf8 28.Qc3 Qf5 29.Nd2 Bg7 30.Qd3 Qxd3
31.Bxd3 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Bd3 g6
9.Be4 Qd6 10.b4 Bg7 11.bxc5 Qxc5 12.Ba3 Qa5 13.c3 Qc7 14.d4 O-O 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Ne5 Bb7 17.Nd2 Rfd8 18.Bc5 Nd5 19.Qf3 Rab8 20.c4 Nf6 21.Rab1 Ba8 22.Qa3 Ne8
23.Rxb8 Qxb8 24.Rb1 Qc8 25.Ne4 f6 26.Nf3 e5 27.dxe5 Qf5 28.Re1 fxe5 29.Qxa6 Nc7
30.Qa7 Ne6 31.Be7 c5 32.Nd6 Qf4 33.Bxd8 Bxf3 34.Qb8 Bf8 35.gxf3 Nd4 36.Be7 Ne6
37.Bxf8 Qg5+ 38.Kf1 Nxf8 39.Qe8 Qf6 40.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2002.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6
9.Rc1 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 d6 11.d5 e5 12.e4 a5 13.h4 Nd7 14.Bh3 Nc5 15.Rfd1 Bc8
16.Bxc8 Qxc8 17.Kh2 Be7 18.Qe2 f5 19.exf5 Qxf5 20.Rf1 Qg6 21.Rcd1 Rf7 22.Kh1 Raf8
23.Nh2 h5 24.Qe3 Qf5 25.Kg2 Qg6 26.Kh1 Qf5 27.Kg2 Qg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Du Shan"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.dxc3 d6 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 Be6
9.b3 h6 10.Qe2 Qd7 11.Rd1 Bh3 12.c5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 f5 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.Ba3 fxe4
16.Nd2 d5 17.Nxe4 Rad8 18.Nc5 Qc8 19.Nd3 e4 20.Nb4 Rf3 21.Nxc6 Nxc6 22.c4 Qg4
23.Re1 Nd4 24.Qb2 Rd3 25.Re3 dxc4 26.h3 Qf5 27.Rae1 c3 28.Qc1 Rd2 29.Rf1 Ne2
30.Qe1 R8d3 31.Bc5 Rxe3 32.Bxe3 Qf3+ 33.Kh2 Rxa2 34.Qd1 Nxg3 35.Qd8+ Kh7
36.Rg1 Qxe3  0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Liang Chong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bd2 c5 17.d5 c4 18.b4 cxb3 19.axb3 Qc7 20.Qe2 b4 21.Rec1 bxc3 22.Bd3 Nc5
23.Rxc3 Qb6 24.b4 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Rec8 26.Rca3 Qc7 27.Be3 Qc4 28.Qb1 Rab8 29.Ba7 Ra8
30.Be3 Rab8 31.Nd2 Qc2 32.Qf1 h5 33.R3a2 Qc3 34.Ne2 Qd3 35.Ra3 Qb5 36.Nc3 Qxf1+
37.Kxf1 Nd7 38.Ke2 Rc7 39.Kd3 Rbc8 40.Ne2 f5 41.f3 Bxd5 42.exd5 e4+ 43.Nxe4 Ne5+
44.Kd2 fxe4 45.fxe4 Nc4+ 46.Kd3 Nb2+ 47.Kd2 Bg7 48.R1a2 Nc4+ 49.Kd3 Ne5+
50.Kd2 Nc4+ 51.Kd3 Ne5+ 52.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kunte,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.h3 Bh5 8.Qe1 Bd6
9.Nh4 O-O 10.Nf5 Bc7 11.e4 Re8 12.Nb3 Nf8 13.a4 Ne6 14.a5 Qd7 15.Qb4 b6 16.axb6 Bxb6
17.Be3 Rab8 18.Bxb6 axb6 19.Qd6 Qxd6 20.Nxd6 Red8 21.Nf5 Kf8 22.Ra7 dxe4
23.dxe4 Be2 24.Re1 Bc4 25.Nc1 Ra8 26.Rb7 Rab8 27.Ra7 Ra8 28.Rb7 Rab8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ng3 Re8
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Nf8 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.Bxf5 c6 13.Bc2 Ne6 14.b4 a6 15.Bd2 Bd6
16.Rc1 Nc7 17.h3 Nb5 18.a4 Na3 19.Bd3 b5 20.Qb3 Nc4 21.Be1 Qe7 22.Nd1 Bc7
23.Ra1 Qd6 24.g3 Ne4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Rc1 Nb6 27.a5 Nd5 28.Nc3 Nf6 29.Ne2 Qd7
30.Kg2 Rac8 31.Nc3 Bd6 32.f4 exf3+ 33.Rxf3 Re6 34.Bf2 Bf8 35.Rc2 Rce8 36.Rb2 Nd5
37.Nxd5 cxd5 38.Rc2 Rc6 39.Rxc6 Qxc6 40.Be1 g6 41.Qd3 Rc8 42.Qf1 Qe6 43.g4 Rc2+
44.Kg1 Rc1 45.Kg2 Qe4 46.Qf2 Rc2 47.Bd2 Bd6 48.Kg1 Rxd2  0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Novikov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nge2 Nf6 5.f4 d5 6.e5 d4 7.exf6 dxc3 8.dxc3 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 gxf6 10.Ng3 b6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bf3 Na5 13.Bxb7 Nxb7 14.b3 h5 15.Be3 f5
16.Kc2 Bg7 17.Rad1 Ke7 18.Rd3 Nd6 19.Rhd1 Rad8 20.Bf2 h4 21.Nf1 Bf6 22.Ne3 Ne4
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.Be1 Kd7 26.Kd3 Bd8 27.Nf1 Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup"]
[Site "Qingdao CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.d4 c5 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ng5 e3 15.fxe3 Qe7
16.Qd3 g6 17.Qe4 Na5 18.Qxe7 Bxe7 19.Rc7 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Bd8 21.Rd7 h6 22.Nf3 Re8
23.Rc1 g5 24.Bd6 Rxe3 25.b4 Bf6 26.bxa5 Rxe2+ 27.Kf1 Rxa2 28.Be5 Bxe5 29.Nxe5 Rxa5
30.Ng4 Kg7 31.Ne3 Re8 32.Rc3 h5 33.h3 Re6 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 a6 36.Kf2 Ra4
37.Kg3 a5 38.Rd8 Rae4 39.Nf5+ Kg6 40.Rg8+ Kf6 41.Rf3 Ke5 42.Rxg5 Rg6 43.Nh6+ Rxg5
44.Nxf7+ Kd5 45.Nxg5 Re8 46.Nh7 Kc4 47.Nf6 Ra8 48.Rf4+ Kb3 49.Nd5 b5 50.Rf3+ Kc2
51.Nc7 Rb8 52.Rf2+ Kb3 53.Rf5 Kc4 54.g5 a4 55.Rf4+ Kc3 56.Nd5+ Kb3 57.Rb4+ Kc2
58.Nc7 a3 59.Nxb5 a2 60.Nd4+ Kd3 61.Ra4  1-0

[Event "2nd China-USA Summit"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Ne4 Ne6 10.d3 O-O 11.Be3 b6 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Bh6 c5 15.Qf4 Bb7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.b3 Qd5 18.Qg3 Rad8 19.Re2 f5 20.exf6+ exf6 21.Rae1 Bc6 22.f4 Rde8
23.f5 Qe5 24.Nd6 Qxe2 25.Nxe8+ Qxe8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.Qb8 gxf5 28.Qxa7+ Bf7
29.Qxb6 Re8 30.a4 Bd5 31.Qa7+ Bf7 32.a5  1-0

[Event "2nd China-USA Summit"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 bxc6 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.Kh1 Bb4 11.Qe2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Bf5 14.Qc4 Bxd3 15.cxd3 Nd5
16.d4 Rfe8 17.Qd3 Qe6 18.c4 Nb6 19.Bf4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 Rxe4 21.Bxc7 Nxc4 22.Rfd1 Rc8
23.Rac1 Nb2 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Nd3 26.Re7 Nb4 27.Ba5 Nxa2 28.Rxa7 Nc1 29.g3 f6
30.Kg2 Nb3 31.Bb6 Rb8 32.Ra6 Rb7 33.Kf3 Nd2+ 34.Ke2 Ne4 35.f3 Nc3+ 36.Kd3 Nd5
37.Ba5 Rb5 38.Bd2 Nb6 39.Bc3 h5 40.Ra5 Nd5 41.Ra8+ Kf7 42.Rc8 Rb3  0-1

[Event "2nd China-USA Summit"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3 Nc7 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.Ne4 b6 10.Nf6+ Kf8 11.Ne4 Bg4 12.d3 Ne6 13.Ned2 Qd5 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Rd8
16.Be3 h6 17.Qe2 Kg8 18.c4 Qxd3 19.Qxd3 Rxd3 20.Rad1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 f5 22.exf6 Bxf6
23.Rd7 Kf7 24.Rxa7 Bxb2 25.Rb7 Ra8 26.Rxb6 Rxa2 27.Bxh6 Bf6 28.Be3 Rc2 29.Rxc6 Rxc4
30.g3 Ra4 31.Nd2 Be5 32.Kg2 Bd6 33.Rc8 Nd4 34.h4 Ke6 35.Ne4 Nb3 36.Nxd6 exd6
37.Rg8 Kf7 38.Rd8 Ke6 39.Rg8 Kf7 40.Rd8 Ke6 41.Rg8 Kf7 42.Rd8 Ke6 43.Rg8 Kf7
44.Rd8 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd China-USA Summit"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ni Hua"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 bxc6 7.Bd3 Nh6 8.Nc3 d6
9.Na4 Bb6 10.O-O O-O 11.Kh1 Qh4 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.f3 f5 14.Qc3 c5 15.b3 Be6
16.Bb2 Rf7 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Rfe1 Nd4 19.Qd2 Bd5 20.Be4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qf6 22.c4 Re7
23.Rxe7 Qxe7 24.Bxd4 cxd4 25.Qxd4 Ra5 26.a4 Re5 27.h3 c5 28.Qf4 h6 29.Kh2 Re3
30.Rd1 Qe5 31.Qxe5 dxe5 32.Rb1 Rc3 33.a5 bxa5 34.Ra1 e4 35.fxe4 Rxb3 36.Rxa5 Re3
37.Rxc5 Rxe4 38.Kg3 Re2 39.h4 Kf7 40.Kf3 Rc2 41.g3 Ke6 42.Kf4 Rg2 43.Kg4 Kf6
44.Rc6+ Kf7 45.Rd6 Rc2 46.Rd4 g6 47.Kf4 Ke6 48.Re4+ Kd6 49.Kf3 Rc3+ 50.Kf4 Rc1
51.Rd4+ Ke6 52.Re4+ Kd6 53.Kg4 Rc3 54.h5 gxh5+ 55.Kh4 Kd7 56.Re5 Rxc4+ 57.Kxh5 Rc6
58.g4 Ra6 59.Re4 Rb6 60.Re5 Ra6 61.Kh4 Rb6 62.Kh5 Ra6 63.Rb5 Ke7 64.Rb7+ Kf8
65.Rh7 Kg8 66.Rxh6 Ra5+ 67.g5 Ra8 68.Rb6 Rc8 69.Kh6 Rd8 70.Rb7 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Kerhonkson USA"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ross,Ph"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Re1 Ne5 10.h3 a6 11.Bf1 b5 12.Rb1 Bb7 13.Nb3 c5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qb6
16.c3 Rae8 17.Bf4 c4 18.Be3 Qd8 19.Nd4 Qa8 20.f4 Nd7 21.a4 bxa4 22.Nc6 Bxc6
23.dxc6 Qxc6 24.Ra1 a3 25.Rxa3 Rxe3 26.Rxe3 Qb6 27.Qd2 Re8 28.Rxa6 Qxe3+
29.Qxe3 Rxe3 30.Rxd6 Nf6 31.Rd8+ Bf8 32.Kf2 Re7 33.Bxc4 Rb7 34.Rc8 Ne4+ 35.Ke3 Nd6  0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Kerhonkson USA"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Dolgitser,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.b4 Nxb4 7.Bb2 a6 8.a3 axb5
9.axb4 Rxa1 10.Bxa1 c4 11.Na3 d6 12.d4 f6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nxb5 Qxd1 15.Rxd1 Bf8
16.Nxe5 Be6 17.Nc7+ Ke7 18.Nxe6 Kxe6 19.Nxc4 Nh6 20.Rd8 Nf7 21.Re8+ Kd7 22.Ra8 Bxb4
23.Rxh8 Nxh8 24.Bxf6 Nf7 25.Kf1 Ke6 26.Bd4 Nd8 27.Ke2 Nc6 28.Be3  1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Kerhonkson USA"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolayev,I"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Qe4 Qc7 11.Bd3 g6 12.Bh6 Rd8 13.Nbd2 dxe5 14.dxe5 Nb6 15.Rac1 Nd7
16.Bb5 Ndxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Bxc6 Qh5 19.Bxb7 Bxb7 20.Qxb7 Bd6 21.h3 Qxh6
22.Nc4 Bf4 23.Rcd1 Qh5 24.Rd7 Rxd7 25.Qxd7 Qe2 26.Qd4 Bh2+ 27.Kxh2 Qxf1 28.Ne5 Qb5
29.Ng4 e5 30.Nxe5 Qb6 31.Qd5 Rf8 32.Nd7 Qc7+ 33.f4 Qxf4+  0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Kerhonkson USA"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Yudasin,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 b6 7.f4 e6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Kerhonkson USA"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bonin,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.c4 Bb4 10.Qa4 Bxd2+ 11.Bxd2 Ne7 12.exd5 exd5 13.O-O O-O 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Rad1 Rb8
16.Rfe1 h6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.b3 Ng6 19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.Qxe8+ Rxe8 21.Rxd5 Nf4
22.Rd7 a6 23.Rd6 Rc8 24.Bd2 Ne6 25.Rxa6 Rc2 26.Be3 Nd4 27.Kf1 Nb5 28.a4 Nc7
29.Rb6 Nd5 30.Rb5 Nxe3+ 31.fxe3 g5 32.a5 Ra2 33.h3 Kg7 34.b4 Kg6 35.g4 f6
36.Rb6 h5 37.a6 h4 38.b5  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Villamayor,B"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 e6 7.d3 Bc5 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.c4 Qe7 10.Re1 Bh5 11.d4 Ba3 12.Qc1 Bxb2 13.Qxb2 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Ne5 f5
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.b4 Rad8 18.e3 e5 19.dxe5 Rfe8 20.Bf1 Qe7 21.Be2 Bxe2 22.Rxe2 Qxe5
23.Rc1 Rd3 24.Rd2 Qxb2 25.Rxb2 Red8  0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kostenko,P"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Qb3 Na5 7.Qa4 Nac6 8.Qb3 Na5
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qc2 Ng6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rd1 Nc6 13.Qb3 Qc8 14.Na3 O-O 15.Nc4 Bf6
16.Ne3 exd4 17.cxd4 Re8 18.d5 Nb8 19.Qc2 Na6 20.Nd4 Nb4 21.Qb1 Qd7 22.a3 Na6
23.b4 Qe7 24.f3 Be5 25.Ndf5 Qg5 26.Ng4 Bf4 27.Qb2 Ne5 28.Nxe5 Rxe5 29.Qd4 Bxc1
30.Raxc1 g6 31.Ne3 h5 32.Rc2 Qf4 33.Nc4 Re7 34.Na5 f5 35.Nxb7 fxe4 36.Na5 Rae8
37.Nc6 Rf7 38.Re2 Nb8 39.Nxb8 Rxb8 40.Rxe4 Qg5 41.Qxa7 Rb5 42.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Hector,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.Nc3 d6
9.a4 b4 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Ng3 Bc8 12.c3 Rb8 13.a5 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.d4 Ba7
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Qe2 Qd6 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Rfd8 21.h3 bxc3
22.Qxc3 Rb4 23.Rad1 Rd4 24.Rxd4 exd4 25.Qd3 Nd7 26.f4 c5 27.e5 Qd5 28.b3 Rb8
29.Rf3 Qc6 30.Ne4 Qb5 31.Qc2 Qxa5 32.Rg3 Nf8 33.Kh2 Qe1 34.Nf6+ Kh8 35.Qxc5 Qb4
36.Qc7 Ng6 37.Ne4 Qb6 38.Qc1 Rf8 39.Rf3 d3 40.Rxd3 Nxf4 41.Rf3 Ng6 42.Rxf8+ Nxf8
43.Qc8 Kg8 44.Nc5 Qb5 45.h4 Qb4 46.Kh3 Qf4 47.Nd7 Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Malisauskas,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bc4 Be6
9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Nh4 Nc6 11.Ng6 Rg8 12.O-O Kf7 13.Nxf8 Rxf8 14.f4 Kg8 15.f5 exf5
16.Rxf5 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Ne7 18.Rf3 Ng4 19.h3 Nf2+ 20.Rxf2 Qxf2 21.Kh2 Rf6 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.Qxd5+ Kh7 24.Bd2 Raf8 25.Rg1 Rf3 26.Kh1 Qh4 27.Kh2 Qg3+ 28.Kh1 Rf1  0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "McNab,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be3 c6 6.Qd2 Qa5 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O e5 10.a4 Re8 11.Rfd1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Bf1 Qc7 14.f3 a5 15.Nde2 Bf8
16.Kh1 Be6 17.Nf4 Bd7 18.Qf2 Ne6 19.Nfe2 Bg7 20.Rd2 d5 21.Rad1 dxe4 22.Bb6 e3
23.Bxe3 Nd5 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.b3 Bc6 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Re5 29.f4 Re4
30.Bd3 Rxd4 31.Qxd4 Re8 32.Rf1 Qe7 33.Rf3 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qd1 35.Re3 Rxe3 36.Qxe3 Qa1
37.h4 Qf6 38.Kg3 d4 39.Qe1 b6 40.Bc4 h6 41.Qe2 Kf8 42.Qg4 Ke7 43.Qc8 Bd7
44.Qc7 Qf5 45.Kh2 Qf6 46.Kg3 Qf5 47.Kh2 Qf6 48.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ovezov,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nd2 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.Ngf3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Bxf5 exf5 7.c4 c6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.O-O Be7 10.Qc2 g6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.a3 O-O 13.b3 Rfe8 14.Bb2 a5 15.Rfe1 Bf8
16.Re2 N7f6 17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Rae1 f6 19.Nd3 Re7 20.Nf1 Rae8 21.f3 Nd6 22.Nf2 Bh6
23.Bc1 Qb6 24.Qd3 a4 25.bxa4 Qa5 26.Qb3 Qc3 27.Qa2 Kg7 28.Nd1 Qa5 29.Qc2 Qa6
30.Kf2 Nb6 31.Nb2 Ra8 32.Qc5 Rd7 33.Nd2 Nxa4 34.Nxa4 Qxa4 35.Kf1 Re8 36.Qc3 Qb5
37.Kf2 Rde7 38.Bb2 Qd5 39.Qc5 Qe6 40.a4 Rd7 41.Qc3 Qd5 42.Ba3 Nf7 43.Bc5 Ng5
44.e4 fxe4 45.fxe4 Qe6 46.h4 Nf7 47.Nf3 Qg4 48.e5 fxe5 49.dxe5 Re6 50.Re4 Bf4
51.Qc4 Bg3+ 52.Kg1 Qf5 53.Rf1 Rd5 54.Nd4 Rxd4 55.Rxd4 Qxe5 56.Rd7 Rf6 57.Rxf7+  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zagrebelny,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 c5 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.h3 Nd7 10.Nb3 a5 11.a4 e5 12.Be3 exd4 13.Nbxd4 Nb4 14.Bc4 Nc5 15.Bg5 Bf6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Re1 Nxe4 18.Bxf7+ Rxf7 19.Rxe4 Bd7 20.Qd2 Re8 21.Rxe8+ Bxe8
22.b3 Re7 23.Re1 Bf7 24.Rxe7 Qxe7 25.Qc3 h6 26.h4 Qd8 27.Qe3 Kh7 28.h5 g5
29.Qe4+ Kg8 30.Qxb7 Bxh5 31.Nf5 Qf6 32.N3d4 Bf7 33.Qa8+ Kh7 34.Qxa5 Nd3 35.Qc7 d5
36.a5 Kg6 37.Qe7 Qa6 38.Qf8  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Fernandes,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qa4 a6
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Rd1 Nxd4 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Qxd7+ Kxd7 13.Rxd4+ Ke8 14.Bf4 Nf5
15.Rd3 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Rd8 17.Na3 Rxd6 18.Rad1 Ke7 19.Nc4 Rxd3 20.Rxd3 Rc8 21.Nd2 Nd6
22.Rd4 Nb5 23.Rd3 Nd6 24.Kf1 Nc4 25.Nxc4 Rxc4 26.Ke2 Rh4 27.h3 Re4+ 28.Re3 Ra4
29.a3 h5 30.Re5 g6 31.Kd3 Kd6 32.Re2 e5 33.c4 b5 34.Rc2 h4 35.Rc3 b4 36.c5+ Kc6
37.Rc4 Ra5 38.axb4 Ra1  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kriventsov,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "C75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.O-O Ng6 8.Re1 Be7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nf1 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.Ne3 Bg5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qf3 Bxe3 15.Bxe3 Qe7
16.b4 Rfd8 17.Bb3 Be6 18.Bc5 Qe8 19.Bd5 b6 20.Be3 Bxd5 21.exd5 Ne7 22.Rad1 b5
23.Bc5 f6 24.Qe4 Nc8 25.c4 bxc4 26.Qxc4 Nd6 27.Qb3 Qf7 28.Re3 Rd7 29.Bxd6 Rxd6
30.Rc3 Rad8 31.Rc5 R8d7 32.Qc4 h6 33.h3 Kh7 34.a4 f5 35.Kh2 e4 36.g3 Qh5
37.Rd2 Qf3 38.Rxc7 Rxc7 39.Qxc7 Rxd5 40.Rxd5 Qxf2+ 41.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Muhammad,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.a4 b4
9.a5 O-O 10.Nbd2 d6 11.c3 Rb8 12.Nc4 h6 13.Re1 Ba7 14.h3 Bc8 15.Ba4 Ne7 16.d4 exd4
17.cxd4 d5 18.exd5 Nfxd5 19.Nce5 Qd6 20.Bd2 c5 21.dxc5 Qxc5 22.Qe2 Qxa5 23.Bd7 Qd8
24.Bxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxa6 Qc7 26.Qe4 Ra8 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.Rd6 Rad8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Re1 Qb6
31.Re2 Qa6 32.Re1 Qb6 33.Kh1 f5 34.Qc4 Rc8 35.Qb3 Kh7 36.Nd3 Qb5 37.Re6 Rc4
38.Nfe5 Rc7 39.Kh2 Bd4 40.Nf3 Ba7 41.Kg1 Nc6 42.Rd6 Nce7 43.Bg5 Bc5 44.Bxe7 Nxe7
45.Rd8 Bb6 46.Rf8 Qc4 47.Qd1 Rc6 48.Nfe5 Qc2 49.Qxc2 Rxc2 50.Rf7 Bd8 51.b3 Rc3
52.Nf4 Nc6 53.Neg6 Bg5 54.h4 Bxf4 55.Nxf4 Ne5 56.Rxf5 Ng6 57.Ne6 Rxb3 58.h5 Nh8
59.Rf8 g6 60.g4 gxh5 61.gxh5 Rh3 62.Rf5 Rh4 63.f4 Kg8 64.Rf8+ Kh7 65.Rf5 Kg8
66.Kg2 b3 67.Kg3 b2 68.Rf8+ Kh7 69.Rb8 Rxh5 70.Rxb2 Ra5 71.Rb7+ Kg6 72.Nf8+ Kf6
73.Rb6+ Ke7 74.Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pixton,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.g3 f5 7.e3 c5 8.Nge2 cxd4
9.exd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 Re8 11.O-O-O d6 12.Bg2 f4 13.Qxf4 Qa5 14.Bd5 Be6 15.Bxe6 Rxe6
16.Qd2 Ree8 17.f4 Rac8 18.Kb1 Nb4 19.b3 Qf5+ 20.Kb2 a6 21.a3 Nc6 22.d5 Na5
23.Nd4 Qd7 24.Rhe1 Rxc4 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Qe2 Qxe2+ 27.Ndxe2 Re4 28.Kc2 Re3
29.Rf1 f5 30.Kd2 Re8 31.Rb1 Kf7 32.Kd3 Rc8 33.Nd4 Bf6 34.Nce2 b5 35.Rc1 Rc5
36.b4 Rxc1 37.Nxc1 Nc4 38.Ne6 Bb2 39.Kc2 Bxc1 40.Kxc1 Ke7 41.Nc7 Kd7 42.Ne6 Ke7
43.Nc7 Kd7 44.Ne6 Nxa3 45.Kd2 Nc4+ 46.Kd3 Nb6 47.Kd4 Ke7 48.Ng5 h6 49.Ne6 Nd7
50.Nc7 Kd8 51.Ne6+ Ke8 52.Nc7+ Ke7 53.h3 Kd8 54.Ne6+ Ke8 55.Nc7+ Ke7 56.g4 fxg4
57.hxg4 h5 58.g5 h4 59.Ke4 Nb6 60.Kf3 h3 61.Kg3 Kd7 62.Ne6 Nxd5 63.Nf8+ Ke7
64.Nxg6+ Ke6 65.Kxh3 Kf5 66.Nh4+ Kxf4 67.g6 Ne7 68.g7 Kg5 69.Nf3+ Kf6 70.Nd4 Kxg7
71.Ne6+ Kf6 72.Nc7 Ke5 73.Nxa6 Kd5 74.Nc7+ Kc4 75.Kg2 Kxb4 76.Kf2 Kc4 77.Ke2 b4
78.Kd2 Nf5 79.Kc2 d5 80.Na8 Ne3+ 81.Kd2 b3 82.Nb6+ Kb5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Zaichik,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.Na4 c5 13.c4 d4 14.b3 Bb7 15.Qg3 h5 16.h3 g6
17.Bf4 Bh4 18.Qh2 Be7 19.Qg3 Bh4 20.Qh2 Be7 21.Qg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.e5 Nfd7 8.exd6 cxd6
9.Bc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nc6 11.a4 Na5 12.Ba2 Rc8 13.Qe2 Nf6 14.Rad1 Qd7 15.d5 Rxc3
16.bxc3 Ne4 17.Bd4 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Bxc3 19.Bb3 Bf6 20.Qe4 Rc8 21.Rfe1 Qf5 22.Qxf5 gxf5
23.Nd4 f4 24.Nf5 Kf8 25.Rd3 Rc5 26.g3 fxg3 27.fxg3 Nxb3 28.cxb3 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 Bxd5
30.Rc1 Ke8 31.b4 Kd7 32.Kf2 Bb3 33.a5 b5 34.Ne3 d5 35.Rc5 a6 36.Rc1 e6 37.Ng4 Bg7
38.Kf3 f5 39.Ne3 d4 40.Rb1 Ba4 41.Nd1 d3 42.Ne3 Bd4  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 g6 8.h4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Qb6 10.Nb3 h6 11.Be3 a5 12.a4 Ndb8 13.h5 g5 14.O-O Nb4 15.Be2 N8c6
16.Nh2 Bd7 17.Ng4 O-O-O 18.f4 gxf4 19.Bxf4 Kb8 20.Qd2 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Foygel,I"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.e3 c5 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.d5 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qa5 15.Qb2 Nb4
16.Ng5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 b5 18.a3 Nd3 19.Qc2 bxc4 20.bxc4 Ne5 21.f4 Nd7 22.e4 Rab8
23.Rfe1 Rb7 24.Re2 Rfb8 25.Ra2 Nb6 26.e5 Qa4 27.Qxa4 Nxa4 28.Ne4 Rb3 29.Rac2 Rd8
30.g4 dxe5 31.fxe5 Rxa3 32.Ra2 Rxa2 33.Rxa2 Nb6 34.Rxa7 Nxc4 35.Rxe7 Ne3+
36.Kf3 Nxd5 37.Ra7 c4 38.Ra5 Nb4 39.Rc5 Nd3 40.Rb5 Rc8 41.e6 fxe6 42.Rb7 Rf8+
43.Ke3 h6 44.h4 Ne5 45.g5 Ng4+ 46.Kd4 h5 47.Re7 Rf4 48.Rxe6 Nf2 49.Ke3 Rxe4+
50.Rxe4 Nxe4 51.Kxe4 Kf7 52.Kd4 Ke6 53.Kxc4 Kd6 54.Kd4 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rd8 14.d5 Bd7 15.Nf1 Rdc8
16.Re2 Nb7 17.Ng3 Nc5 18.Be3 b4 19.Rc1 Bb5 20.Re1 g6 21.Bb1 Nfd7 22.Nh2 Qd8
23.Ng4 Bg5 24.Qd2 Bxe3 25.Rxe3 Qg5 26.Qxb4 h5 27.Nh2 h4 28.Ngf1 Nf6 29.Rce1 Nh5
30.Nf3 Qe7 31.N1h2 Nf4 32.Qd2 a5 33.Kh1 a4 34.Ng1 Rab8 35.g3 Nh5 36.Rc3 Ba6
37.Ree3 Rb4 38.b3 Qb7 39.Bc2 f5 40.exf5 Rd4 41.Qe1 Qxd5+ 42.Nhf3 gxf5 43.Kh2 f4
44.Nxd4 Qxd4 45.Ne2 Bxe2 46.Rxe2 hxg3+ 47.fxg3 Rf8 48.Be4 d5 49.Bxd5+ Kh8
50.Rxe5 fxg3+ 51.Rxg3 Nxg3 52.Qxg3 Qf2+ 53.Bg2 Qxg3+ 54.Kxg3 Rc8 55.b4 Nd3
56.Rh5+ Kg7 57.b5 Kg6 58.Rd5 Nb4 59.Rd6+ Kf5 60.b6 Ke5 61.Rd2  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 O-O 13.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany NJ USA"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frenklakh,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 c6 8.Nf3 e5
9.O-O exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Bf3 Qb6 12.Rad1 Re8 13.Rfe1 Ng4 14.h3 Ne5 15.Be2 Ned7
16.Bf1 a5 17.Nf3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Be3 a4 20.Qc2 Bf8 21.Rd2 Qa5 22.Red1 Ne6
23.a3 Bc5 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Rd6 Be6 26.h4 Nb3 27.Ne2 Qc5 28.R6d3 b5 29.Rc3 bxc4
30.Ng3 Rad8 31.h5 Rd4 32.Rxd4 exd4 33.Rxc4 Bxc4 34.Bxc4 Qd6 35.hxg6 hxg6
36.Bxb3 axb3 37.Qxb3 d3 38.Qd1 c5 39.Qd2 c4  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany NJ USA"]
[Date "2003.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Hrop,Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Qd3 Nc6 7.Bf4 Qc7 8.O-O-O Ne5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Bxe5  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benen,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 d6 7.Be2 a6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.a4 a5 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rfd1 Re8 12.b3 Nb8 13.h3 Na6 14.Rac1 Nb4 15.Qb1 h6
16.Bf4 e5 17.Bh2 Bf5 18.e4 exd4 19.exf5 dxc3 20.Bxd6 Qc8 21.Bd3 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Ne4
23.fxg6 fxg6 24.c5 Qf5 25.Qc4+ Kh7 26.Rd3 Nxd6 27.cxd6 Re4 28.g4 Qf4  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Simutowe,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 g6 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Ba3 Bg4 12.d4 Qa5 13.Qb3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qg5+ 15.Kh1 Qh5
16.Bf1 Rac8 17.Bg2 Rc7 18.Rab1 Rd8 19.Qa4 e6 20.Re4 Qa5 21.Qxa5 Nxa5 22.Re2 b6
23.Bb2 Nc4 24.Bc1 Nd6 25.Bd2 h5 26.Bf1 Kh7 27.Be1 Nf5 28.a4 Nh4 29.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kreiman,B"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.d3 Ne7 7.Be3 Ng6 8.Nbd2 Be7
9.Nc4 Qe6 10.Ng5 Qg4 11.Qxg4 Bxg4 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nf3 f6 14.d4 Be6 15.Na5 O-O-O
16.Nb3 b6 17.Rad1 h6 18.a3 Rhe8 19.Rd2 Kb7 20.Rfd1 Bd6 21.dxe5 fxe5 22.Nc1 Rd7
23.Ne2 Rf7 24.Ne1 Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Milman,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Bg4 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Nbd2 c5 10.dxc5 Rc8 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Rxc5 13.O-O e6 14.Bg5 Ne7 15.Qa4+ Qd7
16.Qa3 Rc7 17.Rac1 Rb7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Qa4+ Kd8 20.Rc6 Qb4 21.Qc2 Kd7 22.a3 Qa5
23.Rc1 Ke7 24.b4 Qd8 25.Qc5+  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.e5 Nfd7 9.e6 fxe6
10.Bc4 Nf6 11.d5 c6 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nxe6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 d5 15.Be2 Qd6 16.Bxb6 Qxe6
17.O-O a5 18.Re1 Qf7 19.Bg4 Nxg4 20.Qxg4 e5 21.Bc5 Re8 22.Ba3 Nd7 23.Rad1 Re6
24.b3 Nf6 25.Qf3 Rae8 26.Ne2 Qa7 27.Ng3 h5 28.Qe3 Qc7 29.Bc5 Nd7 30.Ba3 e4
31.Ne2 Ne5 32.Nd4 Rf6 33.Qg3 Kh7 34.Bc1 Rf7 35.Be3 Qd7 36.Ne2 Rf5 37.Nd4 Rf7
38.Ne2 Rf5 39.Nd4 Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Gersov,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O a6
9.f4 Qc7 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.Bh5 Rf8 13.f5 O-O-O 14.Rhe1 Ne5 15.Bxf7 Nxf7
16.fxe6 Bc6 17.exf7 Qd7 18.Nf5 Rxf7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Bf8 21.Re3 h5 22.a3 Rh7
23.Kb1 Kb8 24.Rd4 Bh6 25.Rf3 Qe8 26.Nxd6 Qe7 27.c4 Rg7 28.g3 Rg5 29.Rf5 Rxf5
30.exf5 b6 31.c5 Bf8 32.Rb4 b5 33.Qc6  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kudrin,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 Nf6
9.Bc4 Na5 10.Be2 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Qc7 13.b3 g6 14.c4 Bg7 15.Nc3 O-O
16.Rc1 Nd7 17.O-O f5 18.f3 b6 19.Qd2 Nb7 20.b4 Nd8 21.Na4 Nf7 22.c5 bxc5
23.bxc5 Nxc5 24.Nxc5 dxc5 25.Rxc5 Qd7 26.Rfc1 f4 27.Bf2 Rfd8 28.Qc2 Nd6 29.a4 Bf8
30.a5 Qe8 31.Rc6 e4 32.fxe4 Qxe4 33.Qxe4 Nxe4 34.Bb6 Rd6 35.Rc8 Rxc8 36.Rxc8 Kf7
37.Bxa6 Be7 38.Bd3 Nf6 39.a6 Rxb6 40.a7 Rb3 41.a8=Q Rxd3 42.Qa4 Nxd5 43.Qe8+ Kg7
44.Rc7 Re3 45.Rd7 Re5 46.h3 Kh6 47.Qf7 Rf5 48.Qxf5 gxf5 49.Rxd5 Kg6 50.Kf2 Bh4+
51.Kf3 Bg3 52.Rd6+ Kg5 53.Re6 h5 54.Ra6 Bh2 55.Ke2 Kh4 56.Ra3 Kg5 57.Kd3 Bg1
58.Ra8 Kh4 59.Ke2 Bh2 60.Ra3 Kg5  1-0

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Potter,John R"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.d5 Ne5 4.e4 e6 5.f4 Ng6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Qf3 Bb4+ 8.Kd1 f5
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Bxe4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 d6 12.Nf3 Ba5 13.Nc3 dxe5 14.fxe5 exd5 15.cxd5 Bf5
16.Qd4 c5 17.Qxc5 Rc8 18.Qd4 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qa5 20.Bd2 Qb5 21.d6 Rc4 22.Qxa7 Nxe5
23.Nxe5 Qxe5 24.Qa3 Qd5 25.Re1 Rfc8 26.Kc1 h6 27.Re7 Qd3 28.Qb3 Kh7 29.Rc7 R8xc7
30.dxc7 Rxc7 31.a4 Bg6 32.Ra2 Rf7 33.Rc2 Rf1+ 34.Kb2 Rf2 35.Kc1 Rxg2 36.h4 Rh2
37.a5 h5 38.Qa4 Rxd2 39.Kb2 Rxc2+ 40.Qxc2 Qxc2+  0-1

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bartholomew,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 c6 6.Bd2 Qc7 7.Qe2 Nbd7 8.a4 e6
9.Nf3 Bb4 10.O-O O-O 11.d4 b6 12.Bd3 a5 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.Ne5 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 c5
16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qg5+ Kh8
22.Qh5+ Kg7 23.Qg5+ Kh8 24.Qh6+ Kg8 25.Ra3 f5 26.Rg3+ Qxg3 27.hxg3 Rad8 28.Qg6+ Kh8
29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Qg6+ Kh8 31.g4 Rd7 32.Re3 Rg7 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.g5 f4 35.Re5 Rh7
36.Qg6+ Rg7 37.Qh6 Rh7 38.Qg6+ Rg7 39.Qh6 Rh7 40.Qg6+ Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Habu,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 d5
9.Nbd2 b5 10.e5 Nd7 11.d4 Ba6 12.Nf1 b4 13.Ng3 bxc3 14.bxc3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rc8
16.Nh5 Nb4 17.Re3 Qc7 18.Bd2 Nd3 19.Qb1 g6 20.Ng3 Nb4 21.h4 Nc6 22.Rc3 Qb6
23.Be3 Nb4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qd1 Bc4 26.Ba4 Qb7 27.Qd2 Nb6 28.Bd1 Ba6 29.Rb1 Nc4
30.Qe1 Nxe3 31.Qxe3 Qc7 32.Ne2 Nxa2 33.Ra1 Nb4 34.Bb3 Bxe2 35.Qxe2 Qc3 36.Qd1 Rc7
37.Rb1 a5 38.Ba4 h5 39.g3 Qa3 40.Ra1 Qd3 41.Kg2 Rc3 42.Qxd3 Nxd3 43.Bb5 Bb4
44.Rb1 Kf8 45.Ng1 Nc1 46.Ba4 Kg7 47.Nf3 Ne2 48.Rb2 Nc1 49.Rb1 Nd3 50.Bb5 Ba3
51.Bxd3 Rxd3 52.Rb7 Bc1 53.Rc7 Bh6 54.Ra7 Ra3 55.Ng5 Bxg5 56.hxg5 Ra4 57.f4 Rxd4
58.Rxa5 h4 59.Ra8 Rd2+ 60.Kh3 hxg3 61.Kxg3 Rb2 62.Rd8 Rb3+ 63.Kg2 Rd3 64.Rc8 Rd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "125th ch-NY"]
[Site "Kerhonkson USA"]
[Date "2003.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salts,Michael"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 dxc4 5.Nf3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.a4 O-O 8.Qc2 Na6
9.a5 Be6 10.Ng5 Qxd4 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Ra4 Qc5 13.Qxc4 Qxc4 14.Rxc4 Rfd8 15.e4 Ne8
16.Re1 Nd6 17.Ra4 Nc5 18.Ra2 Nb5 19.a6 Nxa6 20.Rxa6 bxa6 21.e5 Bxe5  0-1

[Event "125th ch-NY"]
[Site "Kerhonkson USA"]
[Date "2003.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kwartler,L"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.b3 e5 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.d3 Ngf6 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.h3 Bh5 10.e4 Re8 11.Qc1 a5 12.a4 Qb6 13.Nh4 Bb4 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.Qd1 Nf8 17.Qe2 Qa6 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Qf3 f6 22.c4 Qc6
23.cxd5 Qxd5 24.Qxd5+ Rxd5 25.Nc4 Ne6 26.Nb6 Rdd8 27.Kh2 g5 28.Nc4 Kf7 29.Rg1 Nf4
30.Rg3 Re7 31.Re3 Red7 32.Bxe5 fxe5 33.Nxe5+ Kf6 34.Nxd7+ Rxd7 35.d4 Bd6
36.Kg1 Rc7 37.Rf3 Rc2 38.Rdd3 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Kg6  0-1

[Event "125th ch-NY"]
[Site "Kerhonkson USA"]
[Date "2003.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 c5 9.d5 Bxc3+
10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Qb3 Nd7 12.Be2 Ndf6 13.Nd2 Kd8 14.O-O Kc7 15.e4 Nf4 16.Rfe1 Nd7
17.Bf1 Ne5 18.a4 Bd7 19.Reb1 Rab8 20.Qc2 Kc8 21.Nb3 Qc7 22.Qd2 Neg6 23.f3 h5
24.a5 h4 25.Bf2 f6 26.Be3 Be8 27.Kh1 Bf7 28.Rb2 Kd7 29.Rab1 Rhc8 30.Qf2 b6
31.Ra1 Rh8 32.Rba2 Rb7 33.axb6 axb6 34.Ra6 e5 35.R1a3 Ke7 36.Qa2 Qd7 37.Nd2 Nh5
38.Bd3 Qc7 39.Bc2 Be8 40.Ra7 Bd7 41.Rxb7 Qxb7 42.Ra7 Qb8 43.Qa6 Rc8 44.Rb7 Qa8
45.Rxb6 Qxa6 46.Rxa6 Ng7 47.Kg1 Ne8 48.Nb3 Nh8 49.Kf2 Nf7 50.Ra7 Kd8 51.Ke1 Rc7
52.Ra5 Bc8 53.Bd3 Rb7 54.Nxc5 dxc5 55.Bxc5 Rb2 56.Ra7 Nfd6 57.Bb4 Bd7 58.c5 Nc8
59.Rb7 Nc7 60.d6  1-0

[Event "125th ch-NY Playoff"]
[Site "Kerhonkson USA"]
[Date "2003.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pixton,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 f5 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 d6 8.g3 Nd7
9.Bg2 Nf6 10.O-O Re8 11.b4 c6 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Qd3 Bd7 14.b5 c5 15.Rbc1 Rac8
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Re7 18.Nf4 Be6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.d5 e5 21.Ne6 Qa5 22.e4 Bh6
23.Rb1 Rf7 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Rb3 Qd2 26.Qf3 e4 27.Qh5 Rf6 28.Ra3 Ra8 29.Kh1 Qb2
30.Rb3 Qxa2 31.Qd1 Qd2 32.Qa1 Kf7 33.Ra3 Qe2 34.Kg1 e3 35.fxe3 Bxe3+ 36.Kh1 h5
37.Nf4 Qxc4 38.Rxe3 Rh8 39.Rfe1 Qd4 40.Qxa7 Kg7 41.Qxb7+ Kh6 42.Qe7 Rhf8
43.Re6 Rf7 44.Qxf7  1-0

[Event "125th ch-NY"]
[Site "Kerhonkson USA"]
[Date "2003.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bg2 Qe7 11.b3 Re8 12.O-O Nf8 13.Bb2 Ng6 14.Rad1 c6 15.Qc2 h6
16.Rfe1 e4 17.Nd4 h5 18.Qc3 e3 19.f4 h4 20.Rd3 hxg3 21.hxg3 Bg4 22.Nc2 Qc5
23.Nxe3 Rad8 24.Qd2 Rxd3 25.exd3 Nh5 26.d4 Qe7 27.Qf2 Bd7 28.Nc2 Qd8 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8
30.Ne3 Nf6 31.d5 Nf8 32.Qd2 N8h7 33.Qd4 Qa5 34.Kf2 cxd5 35.cxd5 Bd7 36.Bf3 Qb5
37.b4 a5 38.Qc5 Qd3 39.Qc3 Qb1 40.bxa5 Bb5 41.Qc2 Qa2 42.Bxf6 Qxc2+ 43.Nxc2 Nxf6
44.d6  1-0

[Event "125th ch-NY"]
[Site "Kerhonkson USA"]
[Date "2003.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Pixton,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Re1 b6
9.Nbd2 Ba6 10.Nf1 Ne5 11.Bc2 Rc8 12.h3 Qc7 13.N3h2 Nc6 14.f4 e5 15.f5 d5
16.Bg5 Nh5 17.Ne3 d4 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.c4 f6 20.Bd2 Nf4 21.Nxf4 exf4 22.fxg6 hxg6
23.Rf1 Bh6 24.Ng4 Bg5 25.Qc1 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Nh2 Rce8 28.Bxf4 Bxf4 29.Qxf4 Qxf4
30.Rxf4 Nb4 31.Rf2 Re3 32.Rd1 Nxa2 33.Nf1 Re5 34.Ra1 Nb4 35.Bd1 Re1 36.Re2 Re8
37.Rxe8+ Rxe8 38.Bf3 Re7 39.Rd1 Bc8 40.Kf2 Kg7 41.Ng3 Re3 42.Nh5+ Kh6 43.Nf4 Bd7
44.Be2 a5 45.Ra1 a4 46.Rc1 b5 47.cxb5 Bxb5 48.Rxc5 Bxd3 49.Nxd3 Nxd3+ 50.Bxd3 Rxd3
51.Rxf5 Rd2+ 52.Kf3 Rxb2 53.Ra5 Rb4 54.Ke4 d3+ 55.Kxd3 Rb2 56.Ra6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shahade,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bd7 7.d4 Ng6 8.Nbd2 Be7
9.Re1 h6 10.Nf1 Bg5 11.Ng3 Bxc1 12.Rxc1 O-O 13.Nf5 Re8 14.Bb3 Nf4 15.Qd2 Na5
16.dxe5 Nxb3 17.axb3 dxe5 18.Rcd1 Bb5 19.Qxd8 Raxd8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.c4 Be8
22.Ne7+ Kf8 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.cxd5 f6 25.Rd1 c6 26.Nh4 Bf7 27.d6 Bxb3 28.Rd2 Be6
29.g3 g5 30.Ng2 Ke8 31.f4 Kd7 32.fxe5 fxe5 33.Ne1 Bc4 34.Nf3 Re8 35.Kf2 g4
36.Nh4 Rf8+ 37.Ke3 Rf6 38.Nf5 Be6 39.Nh4 c5 40.Ng2 Rf3+ 41.Ke2 Bc4+ 42.Kd1 Rd3
43.Rxd3 Bxd3 44.Ne3 Bxe4 45.Kd2 h5 46.Nc4 Bd5 47.Nxe5+ Kxd6 48.Nd3 Bf7  0-1

[Event "72nd NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudasin,L"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B21"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.e5 Ne8 9.Nc3 Nc7
10.Bd2 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rae1 Qd7 13.a3 Rae8 14.Qd1 f6 15.exf6 exf6 16.Rxe8 Rxe8
17.Re1 f5 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Qe1 Qxe1+ 20.Bxe1 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 22.Kf1 Kf7
23.Nd1 Ke6 24.Bc3 Bxc3 25.Nxc3 Kd6 26.Ke2 Bc6 27.Nb1 d4 28.Bxc6 Kxc6 29.Nd2 Kd5
30.Nf3 Ne6 31.h4 b5 32.Ng5 Nxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 g6 8.Be3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Bd7 11.Nb3 Be6 12.Bf3 Na5 13.e5 Ne8 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.Qxd5 Qxd5 17.Bxd5 Rb8 18.e6 fxe6 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.c3 Nc7 21.Bb3 b5 22.Rf2 b4
23.Ba2 bxc3 24.bxc3 Rfc8 25.Re1 Ne8 26.Bd4 Rc7 27.Rfe2 Bxd4+ 28.cxd4 Rbb7
29.Bd5 Ra7 30.g4 Kg7 31.g5 Kf8 32.Rb1 Rc8 33.Reb2 Ng7 34.Rb8 Rc7 35.Kf2 e6
36.Rxc8+ Rxc8 37.Bb7 Rc2+ 38.Ke3 Ra2 39.Bxa6 Nf5+ 40.Kd3 Rxa4 41.Rb8+ Ke7
42.Rb7+ Kf8 43.Rb8+ Ke7 44.Rb7+ Kd8 45.Rb8+ Kc7 46.Rb7+ Kd8 47.Rb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "85th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vovsha,E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Bd4 8.Bd3 Nh6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd1 Re8 11.h3 Qg6 12.Qg5 f6 13.Qxg6 hxg6 14.Be3 Bb6 15.a4 f5
16.exf5 Bxf5 17.Bc4+ Be6 18.Bxe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hux,Robert E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.f4 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.c3 Nf6 9.e5 Nd5
10.c4 Nc7 11.d4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 cxd4 14.Qa4+ Qd7 15.Qxd7+ Kxd7
16.exd6 Kxd6 17.f5 gxf5 18.Rxf5 Ke6 19.g4 h5 20.h3 hxg4 21.hxg4 Rh4 22.Kg3 Rh1
23.Nd2 Rg1+ 24.Kf4 f6 25.Nb3 Kf7 26.g5 e6  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Felber,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 Be6 8.Ne2 Qc7
9.Qc2 Nd7 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.O-O Bxc3 13.Qxc3 h6 14.Be3 f5 15.g3 g5
16.f4 f6 17.Qa3 a6 18.d5 cxd5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Rac1 Bc6 21.Bxa6 Nb8 22.Bc4 Rhe8
23.Rfe1 Re4 24.Bd3 gxf4 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Bxf4 Qb6+ 27.Be3 Qc7 28.b4 Rg8 29.Qb2 b5
30.a4  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shapiro,Mi"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qh5
9.Nxe4 Be6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bf6 Qg6 12.Nh4 Qg4 13.Nf3 Qg6 14.Nh4 Qg4 15.Nf3 Be7
16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Nxd4 Qxd1 18.Nxc6+ bxc6 19.Raxd1 Rhd8 20.b3 Rd5 21.c4 Ra5
22.Rd2 g5 23.f3 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.Re2 Ke7 26.Kf2 Re5 27.Ke3 Bf5 28.Kd4 f6
29.b4 c5+ 30.bxc5 Bxe4 31.fxe4 Re6 32.a4 Kd7 33.g4 Ra6 34.Ra2 Ra5 35.Kd5 Ra6
36.a5 Re6 37.Rf2 Re5+ 38.Kd4 Re6 39.Rf3 Ra6 40.Kd5 Ke7 41.Rh3 c6+ 42.Kd4 Rxa5
43.Rxh6 Ra1 44.Rh8 Rd1+ 45.Kc3 Rc1+ 46.Kd3 a5 47.Ra8 Rd1+ 48.Kc3 Rc1+ 49.Kd3 Rd1+
50.Kc3 Rc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Schulien,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.d3 d5 8.Nc3 Bg4
9.O-O O-O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Re1 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qd7 13.Rxe5 Bd6 14.Re2 Rhf8
15.h3 h5 16.d4 Rde8 17.Qd3 Rxe2 18.Nxe2 Ne4 19.Be3 Qf7 20.f3 Ng3 21.Nxg3 Bxg3
22.Bf2 Bd6 23.Re1 g5 24.Qe3 g4 25.fxg4 hxg4 26.Qe6+ Qxe6 27.Rxe6 Kd7 28.Rg6 gxh3
29.gxh3 Re8 30.Kf1 Rh8 31.Kg2 Re8 32.Kf3 Rf8+ 33.Ke2 Rh8 34.h4 Be7 35.Rg4 Ke6
36.Kf3 Bd6 37.Bg3 Rf8+ 38.Ke3 Rf6 39.Rg7 Kf5 40.Bxd6 cxd6 41.Rxa7  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schneider,Ig"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bxd7+ Nxd7
9.c4 h6 10.Nc3 Ng6 11.Ne2 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Qxh4 13.Ng3 g6 14.Qc2 h5 15.Be3 Bh6
16.Bxh6 Rxh6 17.O-O a5 18.Ne2 Kf8 19.Nc3 Nc5 20.f3 Qf4 21.Kh1 h4 22.h3 Kg7
23.Na4 b6 24.Nxc5 bxc5 25.a3 Rhh8 26.Qc3 Rhb8 27.Rab1 Ra6 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 cxb4
30.Rxb4 Rxb4 31.Qxb4 Qe3 32.Qb7 Ra7 33.Qc6 Qd4 34.Rb1 Qd3 35.Rg1 Qe3 36.Rb1 Qe2
37.Rg1 Qf2 38.Rb1 Ra2 39.Rg1 Ra7 40.Rc1 Ra2 41.Rg1 Qa7 42.Rc1 Ra5 43.Qe8 Qe3
44.Rb1 Ra2 45.Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2004.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kobas,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bg2 d5 6.dxe5 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 dxe4 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Bd2 Bf5 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.Nge2 Re8 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.Rhe1 Nxe5 14.Nxe4 Bxd2+
15.Rxd2 Kc7 16.f4 Nc4 17.f5 Nxd2 18.Kxd2 Rad8 19.Ke3 Rxe4+ 20.Kxe4 Re8+ 21.Ne6+ Rxe6+  0-1

[Event "St John Uni"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cela,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 Nh6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 f6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 O-O
10.exf6 exf6 11.g4 f5 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.g5 Nf7 14.h4 Re8 15.h5 Qa5 16.Kb1 Re6
17.Bd3 Rae8 18.Bf2 Nd6 19.Rhe1 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qh3 Nb6 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.d5 Nxd5
24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.Qb3 Rd8 26.Re2 a6 27.a4 Red6 28.Red2 Qc7 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Rxd5 Rxd5
31.Qxd5+ Qf7 32.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "St John Uni"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 c4 7.Bc2 Qc7 8.O-O Ne5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.b3 cxb3 11.axb3 Bd7 12.Ba3 Rc8 13.f4 exf4 14.e5 Ng4 15.d4 Ne3
16.Rxf4 Nxc2 17.Qxc2 g5 18.Rf1 Qb6 19.Qf2 Qxb3 20.Nd2 Qe6 21.c4 Rxc4 22.d5 Qxd5
23.Nxc4 Qxc4 24.Rac1 Qe6 25.Qa7 Bg7 26.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "St John Uni"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudasin,L"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.dxc5 Nf6 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Be3 Re8 10.O-O-O a6 11.Bxd7 Nbxd7 12.Nf3 Nxc5 13.Nfd4 Qd7 14.Nxc5 Bxc5
15.Qf3 Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "St John Uni"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kurniawan,B"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Nge2 c5
9.d5 b5 10.cxb5 Qa5 11.a4 Nb6 12.Nc1 axb5 13.Bxb5 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Qe2 Rfa8
16.Bd2 Qb4 17.b3 c4 18.e5 cxb3 19.Nd3 Qd4 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Rb1 Nxa4 22.Nb5 Qc4
23.Nc1 Qxe2+ 24.Nxe2 Rb6 25.Nbc3 Nc5 26.Kf2 Nd3+ 27.Ke3 Ne5 28.f4 Nc4+ 29.Kd3 Rc8
30.Na4 Rbb8 31.Bc3 Na3 32.Rb2 Nc4 33.Bxf6 exf6 34.Rbb1 Na3 35.Rbc1 Rxc1 36.Rxc1 b2
37.Nxb2 Rxb2 38.Rc6 Rb3+ 39.Rc3 Rxc3+ 40.Kxc3 Nb5+ 41.Kb4 Nc7 42.Nc3 Kf8
43.Ka5 Ke7 44.Kb6 Kd7 45.g4 Ne8 46.Kb7 f5 47.g5 Ng7 48.h4 Nh5 49.Ne2 Ng7
50.Nc3 Nh5 51.Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "St John Uni"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vovsha,E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Bb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 O-O
9.O-O-O Re8 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.Be2 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 d5 14.Qf2 Qd6 15.f4 Bxg4
16.Bxg4 Nxg4 17.Qg3 Qe6 18.Rhg1 f5 19.h3 Rad8 20.hxg4 fxe4 21.f5 Qe5 22.Nb5 Rd7
23.Nd4 Qxg3 24.Rxg3 Re5 25.b4 a6 26.a4 Kf7 27.Kd2 Re8 28.a5 Kf6 29.Ke3 Ke5
30.c4  1-0

[Event "St John Uni"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Times,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Nf3 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.c3 a6 8.Bf4 f6 9.Bg3 fxe5
10.Nxe5 Nf6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Bd7 13.Qe2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Qe8 15.Nb3 Ba7 16.Bd6 Rf7
17.Nd4 Bb8 18.Bxb8 Qxb8 19.f4 Qd6 20.Rae1 Re8 21.Kh1 Rfe7 22.Qe5 Qxe5 23.fxe5 Ng4
24.Rf4 Nh6 25.Ref1 g6 26.Nf3 Rf7 27.Ng5 Rxf4 28.Rxf4 Re7 29.Rb4 Bc8 30.Kg1 Nf7
31.Nf3 Nd8 32.Kf2 Rc7 33.Ke3 Bd7 34.g4 b5 35.Rf4 Nc6 36.h4 Kg7 37.g5 Nd8
38.Rf6 Be8 39.Nd4 Bf7 40.Be2 Re7 41.Bg4 Bg8 42.Bh3 Bf7 43.Kd2 h6 44.Kc2 hxg5
45.hxg5 Bg8 46.Kb3 a5 47.Bf1 Nf7 48.Nxe6+ Kh7 49.Nf8+  1-0

[Event "St John Uni"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c3 Rc8 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Rc1 Rxc1 14.Qxc1 O-O 15.Bg5 Nb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "St John Uni"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bonin,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nc5 6.Be2 d5 7.d4 Ne6 8.O-O Be7
9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Re1 Na6 13.Be3 Nac7 14.Qb3 b5 15.Bd3 Bb7
16.Rad1 a6 17.Ne5 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Bf5 Qd6 20.Bc1 Bc8 21.Qh3 g6 22.Nxf7 Rxf7
23.Bxe6 Bxe6 24.Qxe6 Qxe6 25.Rxe6 Rc8 26.Rxa6 Rc2 27.Rf1 Kg7 28.b3 Bb4 29.Be3 Bc3
30.a3 Rb2 31.b4 Bd2 32.h3 Rc7 33.Bxd2 Rxd2 34.Rb6 Rxd4 35.Rxb5 Rd2 36.a4 Rcc2
37.a5 Ra2 38.Rb7+ Kh6 39.Rd7 d4 40.Rd8 Kg5 41.Rd5+ Kf6 42.Re1 d3 43.Rd6+ Kg5
44.Re3 Rxf2 45.Rg3+ Kf4 46.Rdxd3  1-0

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kis,Lorand B"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O c6 5.d3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Qe1 Bd6 8.e4 Ne7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.a4 a5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Re1 f5 13.exf5 exf5 14.Qf1 Ng6 15.Ng5 Qb6
16.Nb3 f4 17.g4 Nh4 18.Nd2 Bg6 19.Re6 Qc7 20.Rxg6 hxg6 21.Ne6 Qb6 22.Nxf8 Rxf8
23.Nf3 Nxf3+ 24.Bxf3 Ne5 25.Kg2 g5 26.c3 Qa6 27.c4 Ng6 28.Bd1 Bb4 29.Bb3 Nh4+
30.Kh2 Re8 31.Qd1 Qb6 32.Qc2 Qd4 33.cxd5 cxd5 34.Ra3 Nf3+ 35.Kh1 Kh7 36.Ba2 Re1+
37.Kg2 Nh4+ 38.Kh2 Rxc1  0-1

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Leverett,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Bd7
9.Nbd2 Be8 10.Nf1 Nd7 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb6 13.Bc2 d5 14.Ng3 dxe4 15.Rxe4 f5
16.Re2 Bg6 17.d5 Nb4 18.Bb3 Bf6 19.d6+ Kh8 20.Bf4 c6 21.Nd4 N4d5 22.Ne6 Qd7
23.Nxf8 Rxf8 24.Qd2 Bxb2 25.Qxb2 Nxf4 26.Re7  1-0

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Young,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 d4 3.Nce2 g6 4.Ng3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.h3 O-O 8.O-O Na5
9.Be2 c5 10.d3 Nc6 11.Nh2 e5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bd2 Kh7 14.a4 Be6 15.b3 Rc8 16.Nh1 b6
17.g4 a6 18.Ng3 Rg8 19.Kg2 Nd7 20.Rh1 Rh8 21.h4 Kg8 22.Nf5 f6 23.Nxg7 Kxg7
24.Nf1 Kf7 25.Ng3 Ke7 26.Qc1 Qf8 27.Qb2 Kd8 28.Raf1 Qg7 29.Rhg1 a5 30.Kh2 Qe7
31.Qc1 Kc7 32.Kg2 Qg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Tate,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Nc6 7.h3 Bf5 8.Nc3 Qd7
9.Be3 f6 10.Bb5 Rd8 11.O-O a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Na4 Nh6 14.Nc5 Qc8 15.Re1 O-O
16.e6 g5 17.Qe2 Rd6 18.Bd2 Be4 19.Nxe4 Rxe6 20.Qd3 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 dxe4 22.Qxe4 Qb7
23.b3 Nf7 24.Re1 Re8 25.Rc1 Nd8 26.Ba5 c5 27.d5 Qa7 28.Qe3 e5 29.Rxc5 e4
30.Bxd8 Bf8 31.Rc3 Qxe3 32.Rxe3 Rxd8 33.Rxe4 Rxd5 34.Rd4 Rc5 35.Rc4 Rd5 36.Kf1 Ra5
37.Rc2 Kf7 38.Ke2 h5 39.g4 Kg6 40.Nd4 Re5+ 41.Kf3 Rd5 42.Nf5 Rd3+ 43.Kg2 hxg4
44.hxg4 a5 45.Rc8 Kf7 46.Rc7+ Ke8 47.Ne3 Be7 48.Kf3 Bd8 49.Rc4 Rd2 50.Rc2 Rd4
51.Ke2 Bb6 52.Rc6 Bd8 53.Rc4 Rd7 54.Nf5 Bc7 55.Rc5 Kd8 56.Ne3 Re7 57.Kd3 Bb6
58.Rf5 Rd7+ 59.Rd5 Rxd5+ 60.Nxd5 Bxf2 61.Nxf6 Kc7 62.Ne4 Bh4 63.Kc4 Kc6 64.a4 Kb6
65.Kd5 Kb7 66.Kc5 Kc7 67.Kb5 Kd7 68.Kxa5 Ke6 69.Kb5 Ke5 70.Nc5  1-0

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Lapshun,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Rb8 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.b3 Nd7 14.Nf1 Bf6 15.Bb2 Nc5
16.Ne3 Bxc4 17.dxc4 Qe6 18.Nd2 Bg5 19.Nd5 Qd7 20.Nf1 Ne7 21.Qh5 Nxd5 22.Qxg5 Nf4
23.Rad1 Qe6 24.Bc1 h6 25.Qg3 Qf6 26.Ne3 Nxe4 27.Ng4 Nxg3 28.Nxf6+ gxf6 29.fxg3 Ng6
30.Bxh6 Rfe8 31.Rf1 Re6 32.Rf2 Ne7 33.Rdf1 f5 34.Bd2 Rg6 35.Rf3 f6 36.h3 Kf7
37.Kh2 Ke6 38.R1f2 c5 39.Bc1 Rbg8 40.Bb2 Rh6 41.Bc1 Rhg6 42.Bb2 Rh6 43.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charbonneau,P"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.g3 d5 8.Bg2 Nxd4
9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 dxe4 12.Bxe4 O-O 13.O-O c6 14.Qh5 h6 15.Qe5 Qe6
16.Rfe1 Re8 17.a4 Qxe5 18.dxe5 Bf5 19.Bg2 Nd5 20.Bd4 Rad8 21.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sharavdorj,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bxf5 exf5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.O-O Be7 12.Na4 Qd8 13.b4 b6 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.Nb2 O-O
16.Nd3 Qd7 17.h4 Rc7 18.b5 Na5 19.a4 Nc4 20.Bg5 Rfc8 21.Nf4 h6 22.Bxe7 Qxe7
23.Ra2 a6 24.bxa6 Ra7 25.Qb3 Rxa6 26.g3 Rca8 27.Kg2 Ra5 28.Rfa1 Qa7 29.Nd2 b5
30.Nxc4 dxc4 31.Qc3 Qb7+ 32.f3 b4 33.Rb1 Rb8 34.Rab2 Rxa4 35.Nxe6 bxc3 36.Rxb7 Rxb7
37.Rxb7 fxe6 38.Rb1 Ra2+ 39.Kh3 Rd2 40.Rc1 c2 41.g4 g6  0-1

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rubenchik,R"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Bf4 Qc8 8.Nh4 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.e4 Nf6 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Bb5+ Nc6
16.O-O-O Be7 17.Kb1 Kf8 18.g5 Bd8 19.Qg3 Ne7 20.Bd3 Qd7 21.h4 Rc8 22.Qf3 Bc7
23.Bxc7 Qxc7 24.h5 gxh5 25.g6 Ng8 26.Rxh5 Rxh5 27.Qxh5 Nh6 28.gxf7 Qxf7 29.Qe5 Qf6
30.Qxf6+ gxf6 31.Rh1 Kg7 32.Rg1+ Kf7 33.f4 f5 34.Be2 Kf6 35.b4 Ng4 36.Rh1 Kg6
37.Rg1 Kf6 38.Rh1 Kg6 39.Rg1 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Vigorito,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6
9.Nc3 e6 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Nxe7 Qxe7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 h6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qc3 Qb7
16.Be3 O-O 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Qxf6 Kh7 19.Re3 Rg8 20.Rf3 Raf8 21.Rd1 c5 22.Rg3 Qe4
23.Qc3 Rxg3 24.hxg3 Qg4 25.Rd3 Rc8 26.Rd6 c4 27.Qf6 Rc7 28.c3 Rb7 29.Rd2 Qg5
30.Qxg5 hxg5 31.g4 Kg6 32.Kf1 Rb5 33.Ke2 Ra5 34.b3 cxb3 35.axb3 Rb5 36.Rb2 Kf6
37.Kd3 Ke5 38.c4 Rb6 39.Re2+ Kd6 40.Kc3 Rc6 41.b4 f6 42.c5+ Kd5 43.Rd2+ Ke5
44.Kc4  1-0

[Event "113th NY Masters Blitz Playoff"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 a6
9.Ba4 g6 10.d3 b5 11.Bb3 Bg7 12.d6 Qc6 13.dxe7 d5 14.Qf3 Be6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bf6 Rg8
17.Bxg7 Rxg7 18.Qf6 Rg8 19.Rfe1 Ra7 20.a4 b4 21.a5 Bd7 22.Qxd4 Rc7 23.Bxd5 Qc5
24.Qf4 Bf5 25.Bb3 Rxe7 26.d4 Qc8 27.Qd6 Qd8 28.Ba4+ Bd7 29.Bxd7+ Qxd7 30.Qb8+ Qd8
31.Rxe7+ Kxe7 32.Re1+ Kd7 33.Qb7+ Kd6 34.Qxb4+ Kc6 35.Qc5+ Kd7 36.Qa7+ Kd6
37.Qxa6+ Kd7  1-0

[Event "113th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Miton,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.d3 e6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Ng5 d5 10.f4 dxc4 11.dxc4 Nb6 12.e5 Nfd7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Nce4 h6 15.Nh3 f5
16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Ng3 Qc6 18.b3 Rae8 19.Bb2 Bd8 20.Rae1 Nc8 21.Qc2 Nd6 22.Nf2 b5
23.cxb5 Qxb5 24.Qg6 Rf7 25.Rd1 Nf5 26.Rfe1 Nh4 27.Qc2 Qc6 28.Nd3 Bc7 29.Ne5 Bxe5
30.Rxe5 Nd5 31.f5 Nf4 32.Qe4 Nh3+ 33.Kf1 Qxe4 34.Nxe4 Nxf5 35.Ke1 Nf4 36.g3 Ng6
37.Rxc5 Ne3 38.Rd3 Ng2+ 39.Ke2 Ref8 40.Rd1 Rf3 41.Bd4 e5 42.Bg1 R3f7 43.Ra5 Rc8
44.Rxa7 Rc2+ 45.Rd2 Rxd2+ 46.Nxd2 Rf8 47.b4 e4 48.b5 e3 49.Nc4 Rc8 50.Nxe3 Nxe3
51.Bxe3 Ne5 52.Bd4 Re8 53.Kf2 g5 54.Bxe5 Rxe5 55.b6  1-0

[Event "113th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.e3 b6
9.Ne2 Bb7 10.Qd3 Be4 11.Qd2 Bg6 12.Nc3 e5 13.Be2 Re8 14.O-O h6 15.Bh4 Ne4
16.Bxd8 Nxd2 17.Bxc7 exd4 18.exd4 Rxe2 19.Nxe2 Nxf1 20.Kxf1 Rc8 21.Bxd6 Rxc4
22.Rc1 Rxc1+ 23.Nxc1 f6 24.Na2 Kf7 25.Nc3 Bd3+ 26.Ke1 f5 27.Be5 Bc4 28.Kd2 g5
29.g3 a6 30.Ke3 b5 31.f4 Nb6 32.Nb1 Nd5+ 33.Kf2 Bd3 34.Nd2 Bc2 35.fxg5 hxg5
36.Nf3 g4 37.Ng5+ Ke7 38.Ke2 Bb3 39.h4 gxh3 40.Nxh3 Bc4+ 41.Kf3 Bf1 42.Nf2 Ke6
43.g4 fxg4+ 44.Nxg4 Bd3 45.Bf4 Nf6 46.Nf2 Bc2 47.Ke2 Ne4 48.Nh3 Nf6 49.Bd2 Kd5
50.Be3 Bf5 51.Ng5 Kc4 52.Kd1 Nd5 53.Bf2 Kb3 54.Kc1 Nf4 55.Bh4 Nd3+ 56.Kd2 Nxb2
57.d5 Nc4+ 58.Kc1 Kxa3 59.Nf3 b4 60.Be7 a5 61.Nd4 Bd7 62.Nc2+ Kb3 63.Bf8 Kc3
64.Bg7+ Kd3 65.Nd4 Ke4 66.d6 Nxd6 67.Nb3 Nb7 68.Bf8 a4 69.Nc5+ Nxc5 70.Bxc5 b3
71.Kb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Adamson,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5 Qe7
9.Ndf3 Ne4 10.Qc2 b6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Be3 Bb7 13.Rac1 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Ne5 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Rfc8 17.Qb3 Ba6 18.Rfe1 Rxc1 19.Bxc1 Rc8 20.f3 Nc5 21.Qa3 Qa4 22.b3 Qd4+
23.Kh1 Qc3 24.Rg1 Bxe2 25.Qxa7 Bxf3 26.Qxb6 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Qxe5 28.Rf1 Qe4+
29.Kg1 Nd3 30.Be3 Rc2 31.Qd8+ Kf7 32.Qd7+ Kf8 33.Qd8+ Kf7 34.Qd7+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lopez,B"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O b6
9.Kb1 Ne7 10.e5 Nfd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.h3 c5 13.Be2 O-O 14.g4 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Nc6
16.Bc3 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.fxe5 Re8 20.Qf4 Qe7 21.Rhf1 Bb7
22.Bd3 Rac8 23.Rde1 Rc6 24.Re2 Re6 25.g5 Qc7 26.Rfe1 Qc5 27.c3 Bc6 28.Qd4 a5
29.h4 Bb5 30.Bxb5 Qxb5 31.Rd2 Qc4 32.Qxc4 dxc4 33.Rd5 Kg7 34.Re4 h6 35.Kc2 hxg5
36.hxg5 Rh8 37.Rxc4 Rh2+ 38.Kd3 Rg2 39.Rf4 Rxg5 40.Rd7 Rgxe5 41.Rdxf7+ Kh6
42.a4 g5 43.R4f6+ Kh5 44.Rxe6 Rxe6 45.b4 g4 46.bxa5 bxa5 47.c4 Re5 48.Kd4 Rg5
49.c5 g3 50.Rf1 Rg4+ 51.Kd5 Rxa4 52.c6 Rg4 53.c7 Rg8 54.Ra1 Kg4 55.Rxa5 g2
56.Ra1 Kh3 57.Kd6 Kh2 58.Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bercys,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.d3 Be7 8.Ng5 h6
9.Nh3 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 exd5 12.exd5 O-O 13.dxc6 d5 14.Nf4 Qxc6 15.c4 bxc3
16.bxc3 Qd7 17.c4 Bb7 18.Rb1 Rab8 19.Qf3 Ba8 20.Rxb8 Rxb8 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.cxd5 Rd8
23.Re1 Bf8 24.Qe4 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Qxd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Re8 Rxd3 28.Be3 Rd5 29.Kg2 f5
30.Ra8 c4 31.Rxa6 c3 32.Rc6 Bb4 33.Rc4 Ba5 34.Bd4 c2 35.Be3 Bd2 36.Rxc2 Bxe3
37.fxe3 Rd3 38.Ra2 Rxe3 39.a5 Re7 40.a6 Ra7 41.Ra5 g6 42.Kf3 Kf7 43.Ke3 Ke6
44.Kd4 Kd6 45.h4  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kriventsov,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 Be6 10.O-O-O a5 11.Bb5 Na7 12.Be2 Nc8 13.Qe1 a4 14.Nc5 Qb6 15.N3xa4 Qa7
16.Qc3 dxc5 17.Nxc5 Qxa2 18.Qxe5 Ng4 19.Qc3 Bf6 20.e5 Bxe5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 a5 10.c3 Ba6 11.Bc2 Qc7 12.Qf3 Bd6 13.Qh3 O-O 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Nf3 Bf4
16.Qh4 Bxc1 17.Raxc1 Qc4 18.Nd4 Qxa2 19.Re3 h6 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.Rxg7 Kxg7 22.Qg3+ Kh8
23.Qe5 Kg7 24.Qg3+ Kh8 25.Qe5 Kg7 26.h3 Qxb2 27.Rb1 Qa3 28.Re1 Be2 29.Nxe2 Qb2
30.Nf4 Qxc2 31.Nh5+ Kh7 32.Nxf6+ Kh8 33.Nd7+ Kh7 34.Nf6+ Kh8 35.Nd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.h4 Ne7 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Qd2 f5
16.Qg5+ Kh8 17.Qf6+ Kg8 18.O-O-O Be6 19.Bd3 Nc6 20.Qh6 f4 21.g3 f3 22.Qg5+ Kh8
23.Qxd8 Rfxd8 24.b3 a5 25.Kb2 b4 26.c4 Kg7 27.Bf1 a4 28.Bh3 Ra8 29.Bxe6 fxe6
30.Rd3 Ra6 31.Rxf3 Rda8 32.Ra1 axb3 33.axb3 Rxa1 34.Nxa1 Nd4 35.Rd3 Kf6 36.Nc2 Nxc2
37.Rf3+ Ke7 38.Kxc2 Ra2+ 39.Kd1 Ra1+ 40.Ke2 Ra2+ 41.Kf1 h5 42.Rd3 Rc2 43.Kg2 Rc3
44.Re3 Rc2 45.Kf3 Rd2 46.Kg2 Rc2 47.Rd3 Rc3 48.Rf3 Rc1 49.Kh2 Rf1 50.Kg2 Rc1
51.Re3 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Gonzalez,Ren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 Bg4 6.f3 Bd7 7.Ne2 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Kh1 c5 10.Qe1 Qd8 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qf2 b6 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6 15.Rad1 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 Qc7 17.Qe2 Bc6 18.Be5 Qc8 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.Bxb5 Qc5 21.Bd4 Qc7 22.Be5 Qc5
23.Bd4 Qc7 24.Qc4 Qxc4 25.Bxc4 Rfd8 26.c3 Kf8 27.Rfe1 Bc5 28.Be5 Ke7 29.Bc7 Rxd1
30.Rxd1 Ne8 31.Bf4 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Kxd8 33.g4 h6 34.Kg2 g5 35.Bd2 Ke7 36.f4 f6
37.h4 gxh4 38.b4 Bd6 39.Kh3 f5 40.Bd3 Nf6 41.gxf5 exf5 42.Bxf5 Nd5 43.Kg4 h3
44.Kxh3 Bxf4 45.Be1 Be5 46.c4 Bc3 47.Bh4+ Nf6 48.a3 Bb2 49.a4 Bc3 50.b5 Kd6
51.Bf2 Nd7 52.Bxd7 Kxd7 53.Bg3 Bd2 54.Kg4 Kc8 55.Be5 Kb7 56.Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Nxc5 dxc2 14.Qxd8+ Rxd8 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Be3 Rd5 17.Rfc1 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.Bd4 Rg5 20.Rxc2 Kf7 21.a4 Rd5 22.axb5 axb5
23.g3 Rhd8 24.Kg2 R8d7 25.Be3 Bc5 26.Bxc5 Rxc5 27.Ra5 c6 28.Re2 Rcd5 29.Ra6 R7d6
30.Ra7+ Rd7 31.Ra6 R7d6 32.Rb6 Kf6 33.b3 g5 34.b4 h5 35.h3 Rf5 36.Rb8 Kg7
37.Re8 Kf7 38.Rh8 Kg6 39.Rc8 Kg7 40.Ra2 Rf7 41.Re2 Rf5 42.Rc7+ Rf7 43.Rc8 Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Qc7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Ndf6 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.Bc4 Bf5 12.O-O e6 13.Re1 Be7 14.Ne5 Rd8 15.Bf4 Qc8
16.g4 Bg6 17.h4 Bxc5 18.h5 Rxd4 19.Qc1 Be4 20.Be3 Qc7 21.f4 Nxg4 22.Bxe6 Nxe5
23.Qxc5 Nf3+ 24.Kf2 Rd6 25.Bb3 Nxe1 26.Rxe1 O-O 27.Rg1 Qe7 28.Bd4 Qh4+ 29.Ke2 Rxd4
30.Qxd4 Qxh5+ 31.Kd2 Bg6 32.Rg5 Qh4 33.Kc1 Qh1+ 34.Rg1 Qe4 35.Qxe4 Bxe4 36.Re1 Re8
37.f5 Kf8 38.f6 gxf6 39.Rd1 f5 40.Rd6 Re7  0-1

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Eberl,HC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.Bb5 Nxc5
9.Nd4 Qb6 10.Qg4 Kf8 11.Qd1 Nd7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.O-O Ba6 14.Re1 c5 15.Nb3 Bb7
16.a4 Qb4 17.Bg3 h5 18.Nb5 c4 19.N3d4 Nc5 20.Bf4 Qa5 21.b4 cxb3 22.cxb3 Qd8
23.Rc1 a6 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 Rc8 26.Qd2 Qd7 27.Rc2 Kg8 28.Rec1 Ne4 29.Rxc8+ Bxc8
30.Qc2 Kh7 31.f3 Qa7 32.Be3 e5 33.Nf5 d4 34.Qxe4 dxe3 35.Nxe3+ f5 36.Qxe5 f4
37.Qe4+ Kh6 38.Qxf4+ Kh7  1-0

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2005.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wall,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.Nc4 O-O
9.Re1 Ne8 10.Bg5 Rb8 11.c3 h6 12.Bh4 Nc7 13.Nxd6 g5 14.Bxg5 hxg5 15.Nxg5 f6
16.Bc4+ e6 17.Nf3 Ne8 18.Nf5 Rf7 19.Nxg7 Rxg7 20.d4 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Qb6
23.Qxb6 axb6 24.Bb3 Kf8 25.f4 Ke7 26.a5 bxa5 27.Rxa5 Nc7 28.g3 Rd8 29.Kf2 Bc6
30.Re2 Rh7 31.h4 Rg7 32.Bc4 Rd1 33.h5 Rh1 34.Kg2 Rh4 35.Bd5 Rxh5 36.f5 Rhg5
37.Re3 Bxd5 38.exd5 e5 39.Ra7 Nxd5  0-1

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sarakauskas,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Ng5 Bc4 11.Rd1+ Ke8 12.b3 Bb4 13.bxc4 Bxc3 14.Rb1 b6 15.g4 Ne7
16.f4 h6 17.Ne4 Ba5 18.f5 h5 19.f6 gxf6 20.Nxf6+ Kf8 21.gxh5 Ng8 22.Bg5 Nxf6
23.Bxf6 Rxh5 24.Rd7 Bc3 25.Rbd1 Kg8 26.R1d3 Bb2 27.c3 Rh6 28.Rg3+ Rg6 29.Rxg6+ fxg6
30.Rg7+ Kf8 31.e6 Re8 32.Rf7+ Kg8 33.Rg7+ Kf8 34.e7+ Rxe7 35.Rxe7 Bxc3 36.Bg5  1-0

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Qb3 Rb8 5.Nbd2 c5 6.d5 Qa5 7.e4 Ngf6 8.Qe3 Bxf3
9.gxf3 g6 10.Be2 e5 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.f4 Bh6 13.O-O O-O 14.Qh3 Kg7 15.e5 dxe5
16.Nb3 Qb6 17.fxe5 Ng8 18.f4 Ne7 19.Rd1 Rbd8 20.Rd6 Qc7 21.Rxe6 Nf5 22.Bd2 Nb6
23.Bc3 Na4 24.Rf1 Nxc3 25.Qxc3 Nd4 26.Nxd4 Rxd4 27.f5 gxf5 28.Kh1 Bd2 29.Qg3+ Kh8
30.Rxf5 Rg8 31.Qf2 Qd7 32.Ref6 Bg5 33.Rf8 Rxf8 34.Rxf8+ Kg7 35.Rf5 h6 36.Bh5 Qc6+
37.Kg1 Qc8 38.h3 Qe6 39.Rf7+ Kg8 40.Rxb7 Rf4 41.Qg2 Qxe5 42.Qd5+ Qxd5 43.cxd5 Rb4
44.Rxa7 Rxb2 45.a4 Bf6 46.Rc7 Ra2 47.Be8 Kf8 48.Bb5 Be5 49.Rc8+ Ke7 50.Kf1 Kd6
51.Rd8+ Kc7 52.Rd7+ Kb6 53.Re7 Bd6 54.Re6 Kc7 55.Rxh6 Rd2 56.Rh5 Kb6 57.Rg5 Rd4
58.Ke2 c4 59.Rg4 Kc5 60.Rxd4 Kxd4 61.Bc6 c3 62.h4 Kc4 63.Bb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Grant,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.d4 O-O 10.Re1 Nf6 11.a3 a6 12.Ba2 b5 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Bb7
16.Qh5 Qd6 17.Bg5 Rad8 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Ng5 Qg6 20.Qxh7+ Qxh7 21.Nxh7 Kxh7
22.Rxe7 Bd5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.g3 Rd2 25.b4 f5 26.Kg2 f4 27.g4 Rd3 28.h4 f3+
29.Kg3 Rd4 30.Re5 Rff4 31.Rg5 Rf7 32.Rc1 Rd3 33.Rh5+ Kg8 34.Rc8+ Rf8 35.Rh8+ Kxh8
36.Rxf8+ Kh7 37.Rxf3 Rd1 38.Rc3 Kg8 39.f3 Rd2 40.Rc6  1-0

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 c5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.O-O Bb7 10.a3 a5 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Rd1 a4 13.Nbd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qb8
16.Nb5 O-O 17.Bg5 d5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.cxd5 Ra5 20.Nc3 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 exd5 22.Rd4 Qe5
23.e3 Rc5 24.Qd3 g6 25.Rd1 Rfc8 26.Rd2 b5 27.Rxd5 Qf6 28.e4 Kg7 29.Rd6 Qe5
30.f4 Qe8 31.e5 R5c6 32.Rd7 Rc5 33.h4 Qe6 34.Rd6 Qg4 35.Qf3 Qf5 36.e6 Rc2
37.exf7 Qxf7 38.Qe2 Rxd2 39.Rxd2 Kh6 40.Qxb5  1-0

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2005.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Cicak,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxf3 5.Bxf3 Qe6+ 6.Qe2 Qxe2+ 7.Kxe2 c6
8.d4 Nf6 9.Bf4 Nbd7 10.Nd2 O-O-O 11.a4 g6 12.Rhd1 h5 13.a5 a6 14.h4 Bh6 15.Bg3 Bxd2
16.Kxd2 e5 17.c3 exd4 18.cxd4 Rhe8 19.Re1 Nc5 20.Rxe8 Nxe8 21.Kc3 Ne6 22.d5 cxd5
23.Rd1 N8c7 24.Kb4 Rd7 25.Be5 Kd8 26.Bf6+ Ke8 27.Be5 Ke7 28.Bxc7 Nxc7 29.Kc5 Rd6
30.Bxd5 Nxd5 31.Rxd5 Rc6+ 32.Kd4 Rc2 33.b4 Rxf2 34.Kc5 Rf6 35.b5 axb5 36.Kxb5 Re6
37.Rd3 f6 38.Rg3 f5 39.Rd3 Rc6 40.g3 Rf6 41.Re3+ Kd7 42.Rd3+ Kc7 43.Re3 f4
44.gxf4 Rxf4 45.Re6 Rg4 46.Re7+ Kb8 47.Rg7 Ka7 48.a6 Rxh4 49.Rxb7+ Ka8 50.Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Molander,R"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bd3 Nxe3 8.fxe3 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Qc2 Qh5 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Be4 Bd7 13.Nc4 Rad8 14.Nfe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bc8
16.Rf3 f5 17.Bd3 Bd6 18.Bc4 Qe8 19.a4 Kh8 20.Raf1 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Bd7 22.Qb3 Bxa4
23.Qa2 g6 24.R3f2 a6 25.Bxe6 Bc6 26.b4 Qe7 27.h3 Rd3 28.Qc4 Rxe3 29.Qf4 Re4
30.Qh6 Rh4  0-1

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotronias,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O b5
9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.a3 Bb7 11.Qe2 Be7 12.f4 O-O 13.e5 Ne8 14.Rad1 d6 15.Ne4 Rd8
16.Ng5 g6 17.f5 exf5 18.e6 f6 19.Nf7 Rc8 20.Rd2 Ng7 21.Nh6+ Kh8 22.Bd4 Qd5
23.c3 Nxe6 24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Bxf5 Nxd4 26.Rxd4 Qf7 27.Be6 Qg7 28.Rg4 Qh6 29.Rff4 Rc5
30.Rh4 Re5 31.Qf2 Qg6 32.Bf5 Re1+  0-1

[Event "ch-EU"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.e5 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.Qg4 Ne7
9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Rxg2 11.Nh3 Qc7 12.Kf1 Rg8 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.Qh4 Ng6 15.Qg3 Qxe5
16.Qxe5 Nxe5 17.Nh7 Rh8 18.Nf6+ Kf8 19.Bf4 Bd8 20.Bxc6 Bxf6 21.Bb5 Ng6 22.Bd6+ Kg7
23.c3 e5 24.Ke2 Bf5 25.Rag1 Rh3 26.Rg3 Rah8 27.Nd2 Rxh2 28.Rxh2 Rxh2 29.Nf1 Rh4
30.Ne3 Be6 31.Bd3 e4 32.Bc2 d4 33.cxd4 Bxd4 34.Bb3 Bc8 35.Bd5 Bxb2 36.Nc4 Bf6
37.Bb8 Bg4+ 38.Ke3 Bg5+ 39.Kd4 f5 40.Bxb7 Bf6+ 41.Kd5 Rh1 42.Nd6 Bh4 43.Rxg4 fxg4
44.Nf5+ Kf6 45.Nxh4 Nxh4 46.Bxa7 Nf5 47.Bd4+ Nxd4 48.Kxd4 Rf1 49.Kxe4 Rxf2
50.a4 Ra2  0-1

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Cheng,X"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O g6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 O-O 11.f3 a6 12.a4 e6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Qe7 15.b3 Ne5 16.Ra2 Rad8
17.Rd2 Qc7 18.Kh1 Rd7 19.h3 g5 20.Bf2 Ng6 21.Bd4 b6 22.Qa1 Qb7 23.Ng3 e5
24.Bf2 Nh4 25.Rfd1 Qc8 26.Kh2 Qc6 27.Qa3 Rfd8 28.Qb4 Bf8 29.Nd5 Nxd5 30.cxd5 Qc8
31.Bxb6 Rb7 32.a5 Re8 33.Qa4 Ng6 34.b4 Nf4 35.Rc2  1-0

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lawson,E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bf4 exd5
9.exd5 Nh5 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 g6 13.g4 Ng7 14.Be2 Nd7 15.h4 f5
16.g5 b5 17.axb5 Ne5 18.Qf4 axb5 19.O-O b4 20.Nb5 Qd7 21.c4 Rfe8 22.Qg3 Bf8
23.Bf4 Ng4 24.Bxg4 fxg4 25.Rfe1 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Re4 27.Bxd6 Nh5 28.Qd3 Qf5 29.Rf1 Bg7
30.Bg3 Nf4 31.Bxf4 Qxf4 32.d6 Be5 33.Qd5+ Kg7 34.Qb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Andrews,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Nb6 8.O-O Bd7
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nb3 Be7 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Nfd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 g6 14.Bh6 Bg5 15.Bxg5 Qxg5
16.Re3 O-O 17.Qe2 Nc4 18.Rg3 Qh6 19.Re1 a6 20.Rh3 Qg7 21.Nf3 b5 22.b3 Na5
23.Qd2 Nc6 24.Ng5 h6 25.Nf3 Ne7 26.Rxh6 Nf5 27.Rh3 Rc7 28.Bxf5 exf5 29.Ng5  1-0

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schneider,Dm"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 d6
9.g4 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.h4 Nd7 12.g5 b5 13.g6 hxg6 14.h5 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Ne5
16.h6 Bf6 17.hxg7 Bxg7 18.f4 Bb7 19.Qh2 Rfd8 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Be3 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 b4
23.Na4 Qd7+ 24.Bd3 Qxa4 25.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bonin,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[ECO "B28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.e5 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.a3 Rc8 8.O-O c4 9.Bc2 Be7
10.Be3 h5 11.Ne1 g6 12.Qc1 Na5 13.Nd2 Kf8 14.g3 Qe8 15.Qd1 Kg7 16.Ndf3 Nh6
17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Qe7 19.Nef3 Rc6 20.Rb1 Rb6 21.Qd2 Nb3 22.Qf4 Ba4 23.Rbe1 Rc6
24.Bb1 b5 25.h3 a5 26.g4 Ng8 27.gxh5 Rxh5 28.Kh2 Nh6 29.Rg1 Nf5 30.Bxf5 exf5
31.Nh4 Kf8 32.e6 Rxg5 33.exf7 Qd6 34.Qxd6+ Rxd6 35.Rxg5 Kxf7 36.Nf3 b4 37.h4 bxc3
38.bxc3  1-0

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gonzalez,Ren"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.f4 Nh6 6.Nf3 f6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.h3 Na6
10.g4 Nc7 11.Be3 Nf7 12.a4 fxe5 13.fxe5 Bh6 14.Qd2 Bxe3+ 15.Qxe3 Ne6 16.Nbd2 Qb6
17.b3 Bd7 18.c4 Rae8 19.Rf2 Nfd8 20.c5 Qb4 21.Rd1 Rf4 22.Nf1 Re4 23.Qd2 Rf8
24.Ng3 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 Ref4 26.Rf1 Nf7 27.Rdd1 Nfg5 28.Nxg5 Nxg5 29.Kg2 Ne6
30.Rxf4 Rxf4  0-1

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Ippolito,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.a3 g6 5.b4 d6 6.Rb1 Bg7 7.d3 Nge7 8.g3 O-O 9.Bg2 Rb8
10.O-O h6 11.Ne1 f5 12.e3 Qe8 13.Bd2 Kh8 14.Qa4 Ra8 15.Nc2 Qd7 16.Nd5 Nxd5
17.Bxd5 f4 18.Ne1 cxb4 19.axb4 Qf5 20.b5 Ne7 21.Be4 Qg5 22.exf4 exf4 23.Ng2 d5
24.Bxf4 Qh5 25.cxd5 Nxd5 26.Bd2 Bh3 27.Rbc1 Rae8 28.Rc5 Qe2 29.Bxh6 Bxh6
30.Rxd5 Be3 31.Qa1+ Kh7 32.Nxe3 Rxe4 33.dxe4 Rf3 34.Rd8  1-0

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yudasin,L"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6
9.Ngf3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rae1 Nd7 14.Qc2 g6 15.Re3 Qf4
16.Rfe1 Rab8 17.Qe2 Rfc8 18.h3 Rc7 19.Nh2 Ne7 20.Ng4 Kg7 21.Rf3 Qg5 22.Bb5 Nc6
23.Rxf7+ Kxf7 24.Qxe6+ Kg7 25.Qd6 Qd8 26.Bxc6 Rxc6 27.Qe7+ Kh8 28.Qf7 Rc7
29.Re7 Qg8 30.Qf4 Qf8 31.Rf7 Qg8 32.Nh6 Qd8 33.Qe3 Rbc8 34.Re7 Qf8 35.Nf7+ Kg8
36.Qe6 Rc6 37.Nd6+ Kh8 38.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Muhammad,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.a4 Na5 10.axb5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 Qe7 12.Bg5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Rxa8 14.Nxb5 Bb6 15.Nc3 h6
16.Be3 Ba5 17.Re1 Qe6 18.h3 Bb4 19.Qc2 c5 20.Bd2 d6 21.Na4 Bxd2 22.Nxd2 Nh5
23.Nc4 Nf4 24.Kh2 Bc8 25.Re3 Rb8 26.Nc3 Bd7 27.Ne2 Ng6 28.Ng3 Ne7 29.Re1 Nc6
30.Nf5 g6 31.Nxh6+ Kg7 32.Ng4 Nd4 33.Qc1 Rh8 34.Kg1 Nxb3 35.Qe3 Nd4 36.Qg3 Qe7
37.f4 exf4 38.Qxf4 Qh4 39.Re3 Bxg4 40.Qxg4 Qxg4 41.hxg4 Rb8 42.Nxd6 Rxb2
43.e5 Kf8 44.Re1 Nc6 45.e6 fxe6 46.Rxe6 Nb4 47.Rxg6 Nxd3 48.Rf6+ Ke7 49.g5 Ne1
50.Kf1 Rxg2 51.Nf5+ Kd7 52.g6 c4 53.Kxe1 c3 54.Kd1  1-0

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Schneider,Dm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.a3 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.Nf4 fxe5 11.Nxe6 Nf6 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Qxd5 Qxf2+ 14.Kd1 Qb6 15.Bc4 Bd7
16.Bg5 Ne7 17.Nxg7+ Kd8 18.Ne6+ Kc8 19.Qc5+ Qxc5 20.Nxc5 Nf2+ 21.Ke2 Nxh1
22.Rd1 Bg4 23.Bf6 Kc7 24.Ne6+ Bxe6 25.Bxe6 Ng6 26.g3 Bh6 27.Rxh1 Rhe8 28.Bf7 Rf8
29.e6 Rae8 30.Bxe8 Rxe8 31.Nd4 Nf8 32.e7 Ng6 33.Nf5 Nxe7 34.Bxe7 Bg5 35.Kf3 Bxe7
36.Re1  1-0

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 Nge7 7.Nh3 Bd7 8.f3 O-O
9.O-O Ng6 10.e3 Qc8 11.Nf2 Nce7 12.Kh1 f5 13.f4 Bc6 14.Bxc6 Nxc6 15.Qf3 Qd7
16.Rb1 b6 17.h4 Rae8 18.h5 Nge7 19.h6 g6 20.e4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.Qg2 Ng4
23.Nxg4 fxg4 24.Bg5 Nc6 25.d4 Na5 26.c5 dxc5 27.dxc5 Nc4 28.cxb6 cxb6 29.Bf4 Qe6
30.Rbd1 Ne5 31.Bxe5 Qxe5 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Qe2 Qh5+ 34.Kg1 Qxh6 35.e5 Qg5
36.Qc4+ Kh8 37.Qd4 Kg8 38.e6 Qe7 39.Qxg4 Rf5 40.Qc4 b5 41.Rd8+ Rf8 42.Rxf8+ Kxf8
43.Qf4+ Kg7 44.Qe5+ Qf6 45.Qc7+ Kf8 46.Qc5+ Qe7 47.Qe5 Qd8 48.Qh8+ Ke7 49.Qxh7+ Kxe6
50.Qxg6+ Ke5 51.Qh5+ Ke6 52.Qxb5 Qd2 53.Qc4+ Kf5 54.Qf4+ Qxf4 55.gxf4 Kxf4
56.Kf2 Ke4 57.Ke2 Kd5 58.Kd3 Kc5 59.c4 Kc6 60.Kd4 Kd6 61.c5+ Kc7 62.Kd5 Kd7
63.c6+ Kc7 64.Kc5 Kc8 65.Kd6 Kd8 66.c7+ Kc8 67.Kc6 a6 68.Kd6 a5 69.a4  1-0

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadilek,P"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.f3 d6 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.Kh1 Rac8 15.Rac1 Qb8
16.b4 Bd8 17.Nb3 Bc7 18.Bg1 d5 19.exd5 Bf4 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 exd5 22.Qd4 dxc4
23.Bxc4 b5 24.Bf1 Ne5 25.Nc5 Nxf3 26.gxf3 Rcd8 27.Qh4 Bxf3+ 28.Kg1 Bxd1 29.Nxd1 Qe5
30.Nf2 Qb2 31.Ncd3 Qxa3 32.Rc6 Qa1 33.Qg3 h6 34.Nc5 Re1 35.Qg2 Qd4 36.Rxa6 Nd5
37.Nd3 Ne3 38.Nxe1 Nxg2 39.Bxg2 Qxb4  0-1

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Privman,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 e5 3.Ne2 Nf6 4.Nbc3 Be7 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 exd4 7.Qxd4 c6 8.O-O-O Be6
9.Qd2 b5 10.Nf4 Nbd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Ne2 Ne5 13.Nf4 Qd7 14.Qc3 Ng6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.g4 Nh7 17.f4 g5 18.fxg5 Nxg5 19.Bg2 Nf3 20.g5 e5 21.h4 Qg4 22.Bh3 Qxe4
23.Bd7 c5 24.Bxb5 Nd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Qh3 Rac8 27.Qe6+ Kh8 28.Bd3 Qf4+ 29.Kb1 Qf7
30.Qg4 a5 31.Qe6 Qf3 32.Qd7 Qf7 33.Rhf1 Qe8 34.Qe6 Rxf1 35.Rxf1 Bf8 36.Qg4 g6
37.Bxg6  1-0

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ardaman,M"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.f4 Bg4 5.Nf3 e6 6.a3 Nbd7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Ne4
9.Rg1 Be7 10.Bd3 Bf6 11.Ra2 Bxb2 12.Rxb2 Qh4+ 13.Ke2 Ndf6 14.g4 h6 15.c4 O-O-O
16.Rc2 Kb8 17.Nc3 Nxc3+ 18.Rxc3 Rd7 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Rb3 Rhd8 21.Rc1 Qe7 22.Qe4 g5
23.Qe5+ Ka8 24.fxg5 hxg5 25.Rc2 Nb6 26.Qg3 a6 27.Be4 Ka7 28.Rbc3 f6 29.Qf3 Qd6
30.Qg2 Qxd2+ 31.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 32.Kf3 Rxg2 33.Kxg2 Rd2+ 34.Kg3 Nd7 35.Rc1 Ne5
36.Rf1 Re2 37.Rxf6 Rxe3+ 38.Bf3 Rxa3 39.Kf2 Nd3+ 40.Ke3 Nf4+ 41.Ke4 Nxh3  0-1

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miton,K"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qd3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 O-O 8.e3 a5
9.Be2 Re8 10.b3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Nd2 Bf5 13.O-O c6 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.Rd1 Rc8
16.Qb2 Qe7 17.Nb1 b5 18.Nc3 bxc4 19.bxc4 Ne4 20.Nb5 Red8 21.f3 Nc5 22.e4 Be6
23.Be3 Rb8 24.Qc3 a4 25.Rac1 Nb3 26.Rc2 h6 27.f4 f6 28.Qe1 Bf7 29.Qf2 exf4
30.Qxf4 Ne5 31.Nc3 Nc5 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.cxd5 Rb3 34.Bxc5 dxc5 35.Bc4 Nxc4 36.Rxc4 Rxa3
37.d6 Qe6 38.Rxc5 Rb3 39.Ra5 a3 40.Ra7 Rd7 41.Rxd7 Qxd7 42.e5 Rb2 43.Qc4+ Kh7
44.e6 Qa7+ 45.Qd4 Qb7 46.Qd3+ g6 47.Qf1 a2 48.e7 Rb1 49.e8=Q a1=Q 50.d7 Qb6+
51.Kh1 Rxd1 52.Qe7+ Kg8 53.d8=Q+ Qxd8 54.Qxd8+ Rxd8 55.Qxa1 Rc8 56.h4 Rd8
57.Qa2+ Kg7 58.Kg1 Rd7 59.Kf2 Re7 60.Kf3 Rf7 61.Qa8 Re7 62.Qd8 Re5 63.Qd7+ Kf8
64.Qh7 Re6 65.Qh8+ Kf7 66.Qc8 Ke7 67.Qh8 g5 68.Qh7+ Kd6 69.Qg7 Ke5 70.Qxh6 Rd6
71.Qh7 Re6 72.Qh5  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Phoenix USA"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sharavdorj,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Ng6 8.Be3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rc1 f6 12.exf6 Rxf6 13.Na4 b6 14.Nc3 h6 15.Bd3 Bd6
16.a3 Rc8 17.Bb1 a6 18.Ne2 Nf4 19.Ng3 g6 20.Rc3 Qf8 21.Qc2 Ne7 22.Ne5 Rxc3
23.Qxc3 Be8 24.Bxf4 Rxf4 25.Qe3 Kh7 26.Ne2 Rf6 27.Ng4 Rf7 28.Qxe6 Nf5 29.Bxf5 Rxf5
30.Ng3 Rf4 31.Re1 Bf7 32.Qd7 Rxd4 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Re8  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Phoenix USA"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bf4 c5 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Rfe1 Nb4 14.Ne5 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Nfd5
16.Bc1 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nd5 18.Qh5 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.Bxd5 Bxd5
22.Rc1 Rc7 23.a3 Rfc8 24.Re3 b5 25.h3 f6 26.Nf3 Rc4 27.Rd3 a5  0-1

[Event "ch-Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Figler,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qd6 6.d4 a6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bc4 b5
9.Bb3 Nc6 10.O-O Na5 11.Bc2 Bb7 12.Bg5 g6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Be4 Bg7 15.Bxb7 Nxb7
16.Re1 O-O 17.Nd5 Qd6 18.Nxe7+ Kh8 19.Ne5 Na5 20.Rc1 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Nc4 22.Re4 Nxb2
23.Qd2 Nc4 24.Qh6 f5 25.Re2 Qf6 26.Rce1 Qg7 27.Qf4 g5 28.Qg3 f4 29.Qg4 Qxd4
30.Qxg5 Qg7 31.h4 Qxg5 32.hxg5 Rf7 33.Re6 Kg7 34.Nd5 a5 35.R1e4 Rd8 36.Nxf4 Rd1+
37.Kh2 Nd6 38.Nh5+ Kf8 39.Re2 b4 40.Rh6 Rb7 41.Ree6 Nf7 42.Rxh7 Nxg5 43.Rh8+ Kf7
44.Rf6+ Ke7 45.f4 Nf7 46.Rh7 Ke8 47.Ra6 Rb5 48.Ra7  1-0

[Event "ch-Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almeida Saenz,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.e4 Nc6 6.c3 d6 7.Nbd2 a6 8.h3 g6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.a4 e5 12.d5 Nd8 13.Nh2 Qg5 14.Kh1 f5 15.Qe2 Nf7 16.a5 Bd7
17.b4 h5 18.Rab1 Bh6 19.Nhf3 Qf6 20.b5 axb5 21.Bxb5 Bc8 22.Ra1 Bf4 23.Rfb1 g5
24.exf5 g4 25.Ne4 Qd8 26.hxg4 hxg4 27.Nh2 Bxf5 28.g3 Bg5 29.Bd3 Kg7 30.Rxb7 Rh8
31.Kg2 Rh5 32.a6 Qh8 33.Nxg4 Qh7 34.Rxc7 Qg6 35.Nxg5 Bxd3 36.Nxf7 Kf8 37.Nfxe5 dxe5
38.Qf3+  1-0

[Event "ch-Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Pader,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.a4 Ngf6 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 e5 10.O-O Re8 11.Rfe1 exd4 12.Bxd4 Ne5 13.Be2 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Be6 15.Rad1 Red8
16.h4 a6 17.h5 b5 18.h6 Bh8 19.Qf4 Ne8 20.Bxh8 Kxh8 21.Nd5 Qb7 22.Nf6 Qe7
23.Nxe8 Rxe8 24.Rxd6 g5 25.Qg3 g4 26.Bxg4 Qf6 27.Bxe6  1-0

[Event "ch-Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Privman,B"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.g3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Nf3 Re8 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.Bg5 Nd4 12.Rd1 c5 13.Rd2 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.O-O Bg4
16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 Bg6 18.Ne1 h5 19.e3 Nc6 20.Rd7 hxg4 21.hxg4 Qe6 22.Rxb7 e4
23.Rb5 Qd6 24.f4 exf3 25.Nxf3 Be4 26.Qd2 Qg3 27.Rxc5 f6 28.g5 f5 29.Qf2 Qd6
30.b4 a5 31.Nd4 Nxd4 32.exd4 axb4 33.axb4 g6 34.Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yudasin,L"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.Qa4 Nf6 8.Bf4 Qd7
9.Nd2 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Rfe1 O-O 12.Bg5 Bh5 13.Nf4 Bg6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Qd1 Rab8
16.Re3 Nh5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.a4 a6 19.Qg4 Nf6 20.Qh3 Qc7 21.Qh4 Nh5 22.Be2 Qf4
23.Qh3 Nf6 24.Qg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Ibragimov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 Be6 7.Qe2 f6 8.Rd1 Bg4
9.d4 exd4 10.c3 c5 11.Nc2 O-O-O 12.cxd4 Re8 13.Be3 c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Goletiani,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Ba7 8.Qg4 Ne7
9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Rxg2 11.Bd2 Nbc6 12.O-O-O Qe5 13.f4 Qg7 14.Qxg7 Rxg7 15.e5 Nb4
16.Be2 Nbd5 17.Ne4 Nf5 18.c4 Nde7 19.Kb1 Kf8 20.Bb4 Be3 21.Ng3 Bxf4 22.Nxf5 exf5
23.Nd4 Rg2 24.Nxf5 Rxe2 25.Bxe7+ Ke8 26.Rhg1 d5 27.Rg8+ Kd7 28.Rxd5+ Kc7
29.Bd8+ Kb8 30.Bb6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schneider,Dm"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Bc5
9.Nb3 Ba7 10.Qe2 h5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 h4 13.Qg5 Kf8 14.Bf3 hxg3 15.hxg3 Ne5
16.Be2 b5 17.a3 Bb7 18.f3 Rh5 19.Qf4 Qb6+ 20.Kg2 Ke7 21.Rh1 Rah8 22.Rxh5 Rxh5
23.Rh1 Rxh1 24.Kxh1 d6 25.Nd1 Nc4 26.Nd2 Ne5 27.Kg2 Qc7 28.c3 d5 29.exd5 Nxd5
30.Qh4+ Nf6 31.Qd4 Qd6 32.Qxd6+ Kxd6 33.Ne3 g5 34.Kf2 Nfd7 35.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Re8
16.a4 Be6 17.Ng5 Bd7 18.Ne3 h6 19.Nf3 Be6 20.Nd2 g6 21.Qf3 Nb7 22.a5 Qc7
23.Nf5 gxf5 24.exf5 Bd5 25.Ne4 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 d5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28.Qxd5 Bg5 29.Bxg5 hxg5
30.h4 Rad8 31.Qf3 Nd6 32.hxg5 e4 33.Qf4 Qc5 34.g4 Qe5 35.Qxe5 Rxe5 36.Rad1 Ree8
37.b4 Kf8 38.Rd5 Nc4 39.Rxd8 Rxd8 40.Rxe4 Rd3 41.f6 Rxc3 42.Re7 Nd6 43.Ra7 Rc6
44.Kg2 Ke8 45.f4 Nc8 46.Rb7 Rc4 47.Kg3 Rxb4 48.f5 Nd6 49.Re7+ Kf8 50.g6 Kg8
51.Kh3 Rb3+ 52.Kh4 Rb1 53.Kg5 Rf1 54.Kh5 Rh1+ 55.Kg5 Rf1 56.gxf7+ Nxf7+ 57.Kh4 Rh1+
58.Kg3 Ra1 59.Re8+ Kh7 60.Re7 Kg8 61.Re8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bercys,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 d6 11.O-O e5 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nd2 f5 14.f4 exf4 15.gxf4 Na6
16.Rae1 Qh4 17.b4 Bd7 18.c5 dxc5 19.bxc5 Qf6 20.Qc4 b5 21.Qc1 Qd4+ 22.e3 Qxc5
23.Qxc5 Nxc5 24.Rc1 Na6 25.d6 c6 26.Nf3 Rad8 27.Ne5 Nb8 28.Rfd1 Rf6 29.a4 bxa4
30.Bxc6 Bxc6 31.Nxc6 Nxc6 32.Rxc6 a3 33.Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Fernandez,D USA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.O-O g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nf1 Ne7 10.Bc4 c6 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.Ng3 Rad8 13.d4 c5 14.Be3 Bc6 15.Qc2 Ng4
16.Bd2 exd4 17.cxd4 cxd4 18.h3 d3 19.Qxd3 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bc3 Qb6 22.Rad1 Qc5
23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.Qd2 h5 25.f4 Qc5+ 26.Kh2 Kh7 27.Rc1 Qb6 28.f5 h4 29.Nf1 Qb5
30.Qg5 Qe5+ 31.Kh1 Kg7 32.Nh2 f6 33.Qxh4 Qxb2 34.Rc2 Qd4 35.Nf3 Qb4 36.Rc4 Qa5
37.Rd1 d5 38.exd5 Nxf5 39.Qf2 Rxd5 40.Rxd5 Qxd5 41.Rg4 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gonzalez,Ren"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 Rb8
9.a4 b6 10.Nf1 Qc7 11.h3 Ba6 12.N1h2 Rbd8 13.Ng4 Nd7 14.h4 Nde5 15.Nfh2 Nxg4
16.Nxg4 Ne5 17.Ne3 Bb7 18.h5 Rfe8 19.f4 Nd7 20.Bd2 Bf6 21.c3 g6 22.Qe2 Bg7
23.Bf3 Bc6 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Qg2 Qb7 26.Rf1 Qa6 27.Nc4 d5 28.Nd6 Re7 29.Nb5 dxe4
30.dxe4 Nf6 31.e5 Bxf3 32.Rxf3 Ne4 33.Be1 Red7 34.Re3 Nd2 35.Nd6 Nc4 36.Qe2 b5
37.Re4 Nxd6 38.exd6 c4 39.Ra3 Rxd6 40.axb5 Qxb5 41.Rxc4 Rd1 42.Re4 R8d3 43.c4 Qb6+
44.Kf1 Rxa3 45.bxa3 Rb1 46.Qd3 Qb7 47.Re2 Bf8 48.Qe4 Qxe4 49.Rxe4 Bxa3 50.Ke2 Bc5
51.Re5 Bd4 52.Re4 Bb6 53.Bc3 Kf8 54.g4 Rc1 55.Bb4+ Ke8 56.f5 Kd7 57.fxg6 fxg6
58.c5 Bc7 59.Kd2 Rg1 60.c6+ Kxc6 61.Rxe6+ Kb5 62.Re4 g5 63.Ke2 Rg2+ 64.Kf3 Rc2
65.Be7 Bf4 66.Rb4+ Kc6 67.Ra4 Rc3+ 68.Kf2 Kb5 69.Rb4+ Kc6 70.Ra4 Be3+ 71.Ke2 Kd7
72.Bf6 Rb3 73.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Goldin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.e5 c5 10.Qd3 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Bxd8 12.Nxe5 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Re1 Bd6 15.Bg5 Bf5
16.Re2 Rfe8 17.Rae1 Re6 18.Nc4 Rae8 19.Rxe6 Rxe6 20.Rxe6 fxe6 21.Ne3 Bg6
22.Ne2 Nd5 23.c3 Bb1 24.a3 Nb6 25.Nf1 Kf7 26.Bc1 Bd3 27.Nf4 Bb5 28.Ng3 e5
29.Nh3 h6 30.f3 a5 31.Nf2 Ke6 32.Nge4 a4 33.Ng4 Bd3 34.Kf2 Be7 35.g3 h5 36.Ne3 Bxe4
37.fxe4 Bg5 38.Ke2 g6 39.Bd2 Bxe3 40.Bxe3 Nc4 41.Bc1 Nd6 42.Kd3 c4+ 43.Ke3 g5
44.Kf3 g4+ 45.Ke3 Kf6 46.Bd2 Kg5 47.Ke2+ Kg6 48.Ke3 Nb7 49.Ke2 Nc5 50.Ke3 Kf6
51.Bc1 Kg7 52.Bd2 Kg6 53.Bc1 h4 54.Bd2 h3 55.Bc1 Nd3 56.Bd2 Nxb2 57.Ke2 Nd3
58.Be3 Kf7 59.Kf1 Ke7 60.Ke2 Kd7 61.Kd2 Kc6 62.Ke2 Kb5 63.Kd1 c5 64.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kudrin,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B05"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Be3 N8d7 10.b3 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bxg4 Nxg4 13.Qxg4 f5 14.Qe2 Bb4 15.Rac1 c6
16.f3 Qf6 17.Bf2 Rad8 18.Qc2 e5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Rfe1 Qf6 21.Re2 Nd7 22.Nb1 Bc5
23.Rd1 Bxf2+ 24.Rxf2 Nc5 25.Rfd2 a5 26.Qc3 Qxc3 27.Nxc3 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 Kf7
29.Kf2 Ke7 30.Ne2 Rf6 31.Nf4 Rd6 32.Rxd6 Kxd6 33.Ke3 Ke5 34.Nd3+ Nxd3 35.Kxd3 f4
36.Kc3 c5 37.Kd3 Kf5 38.Ke2 Ke6 39.Kd2 Kd6 40.Kc3 Ke5 41.Kd3 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Finegold,B"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "E31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 h6 6.Bh4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.e3 e5
9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11.Nd2 gxf6 12.Be2 Bf5 13.O-O Na6 14.e4 Bd7 15.Rb1 O-O-O
16.Rb3 Qa5 17.Qc1 Nb4 18.Ra3 Qb6 19.Qb2 Kb8 20.Rb1 f5 21.Rb3 Ba4 22.a3 Bxb3
23.axb4 cxb4 24.Qxb3 fxe4 25.Qa4 a5 26.Nb3 Kc7 27.Rc1 Ra8 28.c5 Qa7 29.Qb5 Rhd8
30.Qc4 Kb8 31.c6 Kc7 32.cxb7+  1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Acor,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Qxd4 Nf6
9.Nc3 c5 10.Qe5 Qxe5 11.Nxe5 Be6 12.O-O-O c6 13.Nd3 Nd7 14.Rhe1 O-O-O 15.e5 Kc7
16.f4 c4 17.Nf2 b5 18.Nfe4 b4 19.Na4 Bd5 20.g3 Rhf8 21.Rd4 f6 22.Nxf6 Nxf6
23.exf6 Kd6 24.c3 a5 25.b3 c5 26.Rd2 Kc6 27.Red1 cxb3 28.axb3 Bxb3 29.Rxd8 Rxf6
30.Rc8+ Kb5 31.Nxc5 Bxd1 32.Kxd1 Rd6+ 33.Kc2 Rd5 34.c4+ Kxc4 35.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Karklins,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nf1 Ne7 10.Ne3 Nh5 11.d4 f6 12.Bb3+ Kh8 13.Bh4 Qe8 14.O-O Nf4 15.Bg3 Bd7
16.Qd2 Bh6 17.Rfe1 Nh5 18.Rad1 Bg4 19.Qe2 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 f5 21.exf5 Nxf5 22.Qd3 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Qd8 24.dxe5 Nh4 25.Re3 Nf4 26.Qe4 d5 27.Bxd5 Qg5 28.e6 Rf5 29.Bb3 Kg7
30.Qxb7 Re8 31.Qxc7+ Re7 32.Qxe7+ Qxe7 33.Rd7 Kf6 34.Bxh4+ g5 35.Rxe7  1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Qd2 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Qh4+ 12.Bf2 Qh5 13.c5 Qxf3 14.Rg1 Nd5 15.Bg2 Qf4
16.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 exd5 18.Bxd5 Rd8 19.Bxc6+ bxc6 20.Kc3 f5 21.b4 Kd7
22.a4 Rb8 23.Kc4 a6 24.Rge1 Ke6 25.Rab1 Be7 26.b5 axb5+ 27.axb5 cxb5+ 28.Rxb5 c6
29.Rb6 Rxb6 30.cxb6 Rb8 31.Rb1 g5 32.b7 Kd7 33.d5 cxd5+ 34.Kxd5 Kc7 35.Bb6+ Kxb7
36.Bc5+ Kc7  1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Smith,Bry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 d5 8.exd5 a6
9.Nc3 Nf6 10.d4 Nxd5 11.dxc5 Nxc3 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.bxc3 Bxc3 14.Rb1 Kc7 15.Rb3 Bf6
16.Bd2 Be6 17.Ba5+ Kc6 18.Rb6+ Kxc5 19.Nd2 Bd5 20.c4 Bc6 21.Rd1 Kd6 22.Ne4+ Ke6
23.g4 Bh4 24.Nc5+ Kf6 25.Bc3+ e5 26.Rxc6+ bxc6 27.Bxe5+ Ke7 28.Rd7+ Ke8 29.g5 Be1
30.Rb7 Bd2 31.Ne4  1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov,AV USA"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Bc5
9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Na4 Ba7 11.c4 h5 12.c5 h4 13.Bg5 hxg3 14.hxg3 e5 15.Re1 Be6
16.b3 Kf8 17.Qe2 Ng4 18.Rad1 f6 19.Bc1 Re8 20.f3 Nh6 21.Be3 Qf7 22.Nb2 Qg6
23.Kf2 f5 24.Nc4 fxe4 25.Nxe5 Qf5 26.Bd4 Bd5 27.g4 Qg5 28.fxe4 Rxe5 29.Bxe5 Nxg4+
30.Kf1 Qxe5 31.Qxg4 Be6 32.Qxe6 Qxe6 33.Rd8+ Ke7 34.Rxh8 Bxc5 35.Rh3 Qe5
36.Rf3 g6 37.Rd1 Bd4 38.Rfd3 c5 39.Rf3 Qh2 40.Bh3 Qg1+ 41.Ke2 Qh2+ 42.Ke1 g5  0-1

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Stripunsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nb6 11.Bd3 Na6 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.Bc2 Nd5 14.Rd1 Bd7 15.Nbd2 Nb4
16.Bb1 Qa5 17.Ne4 Qa6 18.Qe3 Qc6 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.exf6 Nd5 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7
23.Qh3+ Kg6 24.fxg7 Kxg7 25.Qg4+ Kh8 26.Qh4+ Kg8 27.Qg4+ Kh8 28.Qh4+ Kg8
29.Qg5+ Kh8 30.Qh5+ Kg8 31.Qg5+ Kh8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Nf3 Ne4 34.Ng5 Nef6 35.Rxd5 exd5
36.Qxf6 Qc2 37.Be3 Qg6 38.Qd4 Rfe8 39.h3 Bc6 40.Rc1 f6 41.Nf3 Re4 42.Qd3 d4
43.Bf4 Rae8 44.Kh2 Qf5 45.Bg3 Kg7 46.Qa3 Rf4 47.Nh4 Rxh4 48.Bxh4 d3 49.Qd6 d2
50.Qxd2 Qe4 51.f4 Qe2 52.Rc2 Qe4 53.Rc3 Kf7 54.Qf2 Rh8 55.Bg3 Qf5 56.Re3 a5
57.a3 a4 58.Qe2 Rd8 59.Re7+ Kf8 60.Rc7 Re8 61.Qd2 Kg8 62.Bh4 Bd5 63.Qf2 Qg6
64.f5 Qh6 65.Qd4 Re5 66.Rd7 Bf7 67.Rd8+ Kh7 68.Rd7 Kg8 69.Qg4+ Kf8 70.Rxb7 Bd5
71.Rb8+ Ke7 72.Qb4+ Kf7 73.Qg4 Ke7 74.Bf2 Re4 75.Qg3 Qf4 76.Bc5+ Kd7 77.Qxf4 Rxf4
78.g4 Rc4 79.Be3 Kd6 80.Kg3 Rc2 81.Rd8+ Kc6 82.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Re1 Bb7
9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.e5 Rd8 11.Bd3 c5 12.Bg5 Ne7 13.Qh5 c4 14.Be4 b4 15.Bxb7 bxc3
16.Qf3 Rb8 17.Be4 cxb2 18.Rab1 h6 19.Bd2 g6 20.Qa3 Bg7 21.Ba5 Qd7 22.Re2 O-O
23.Rd2 Nd5 24.Rxb2 Bxe5 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.g3 Rb5 27.Rd1 Qb7 28.Bd2 Bg7 29.Qa4 Rb1
30.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 31.Kg2 Qb5 32.Qa3 h5 33.Qd6 Qa4 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Qa5 Qc6 36.Bf3 Qb5
37.Be2 Bf6 38.Qa3 Bg7 39.Qf3 Qc6 40.Kg1 c3 41.Bg5 f6 42.Bd3 fxg5 43.Qxh5+ Kg8
44.Qxg6 Nf6 45.Qxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sandipan,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Qe1 Nd4
9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Bb3 a5 12.a4 d5 13.e5 Nc6 14.Kh1 b6 15.Bd2 f6 16.exf6 Bxf6
17.Ng1 Ra7 18.Nf3 Raf7 19.Qe2 Bg7 20.Kg1 Bh6 21.g3 Bg7 22.Rae1 Qd6 23.Qg2 Re7
24.Rf2 Ref7 25.Ng5 Re7 26.Rfe2 Rfe8 27.h4 Nd8 28.h5 Nf7 29.Nxf7 Kxf7 30.Qf3 Kg8
31.hxg6 hxg6 32.g4 Bb7 33.Rh2 Rf7 34.Qh3 Kf8 35.Qh7 e5 36.Rf2 exf4 37.Rxe8+ Kxe8
38.Qg8+ Qf8 39.Qxf8+ Rxf8 40.Bxf4 Kd7 41.Kg2 Rf7 42.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Richmond,M Bar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Nd2 a6 8.a4 Qc7 9.e4 e6
10.Be2 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 exd5 13.cxd5 Re8 14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.Nc4 Ne5 16.Bxe5 dxe5
17.a5 Bd7 18.O-O Rad8 19.Rfc1 Bf8 20.Nb6 Bd6 21.Nd1 Bb5 22.Bxb5 axb5 23.Nc3 b4
24.Nb5 Qe7 25.f3 Nd7 26.Nxd6 Qxd6 27.Nxd7 Qxd7 28.Qxc5  1-0

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bryant,Todd C"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "B02"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.d3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Nd2 O-O 10.Nde4 Nd4 11.Be3 a5 12.Bxd4 Qxd4 13.a3 a4 14.Ba2 c6 15.Kh1 Bg6
16.f4 Nd5 17.Qf3 Bxa3 18.Ne2 Qxb2 19.Rfb1 Qxc2 20.Nd4 Bxe4 21.dxe4 Qc3 22.exd5 Bb2
23.dxe6 Bxa1 24.exf7+ Kh8 25.Ne6 Rxf7 26.Ng5 Re7 27.Qd1 Bb2 28.h3 g6 29.Qg4 Rae8
30.Qh4 Qf6 31.Rxb2 Qxb2 32.Bf7 Rxf7 33.Nxf7+ Kg8 34.Nh6+ Kg7 35.Qg5 Qf6  0-1

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Yu,Corbin Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.d5 d6 9.e4 Na6
10.Bf4 Nc7 11.h3 Nd7 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rad1 a6 14.a4 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.axb5 Ra5
17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Qc2 Qa8 19.Nd2 Nb6 20.Bf4 Bc8 21.Nb3 Ra7 22.Ra1 c4 23.Rxa7 Qxa7
24.Nd2 Bd4 25.Nxc4 Nxc4 26.Bxc4 Bd7 27.Qe2 Qc5 28.Rc1 Ra8 29.Bd3 Qb4 30.Bh6 Be5
31.Be3 Rb8 32.Na2  1-0

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lu Yu Zhong"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.c4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 d6
9.Na5 Qc7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.Qa3 Rb8 13.Nc3 a6 14.Rac1 Ne5 15.Bf4 b6
16.Nd5 exd5 17.cxd5 Qd8 18.Qb3 Bg4 19.Nc6 Nxc6 20.dxc6 Qc7 21.Qd3 b5 22.h3 Be6
23.g4 h6 24.Rfd1 Rfd8 25.Bg3 Rbc8 26.f4 Qa5 27.f5 Bc4 28.Qf3 Qxa2 29.Rd2 d5
30.c7 Re8 31.Qc3 Bc5+  0-1

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Lee,Micha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Nb5 Qb6
9.c3 Ne7 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd4 12.d3 O-O 13.Bh6 Rd8 14.Qf3 Qxb2 15.Bg5 Re8
16.Bf6 Qd2 17.Rae1 Qh6 18.Re3 a6 19.Qg3 d5 20.Bb3 dxe4 21.dxe4 Nc6 22.Rf3 Qf8
23.Bb2 Rd8 24.Qh4 Nd4 25.Qf6 Qd6 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.Rh3  1-0

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Re1 a6 10.e3 Rb8 11.b4 e5 12.Bb2 exd4 13.exd4 Rxe1+ 14.Qxe1 Bg4 15.Qd2 Qd7
16.Re1 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.d5 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Ne5 20.Be2 Ned7 21.Qc2 Ne4 22.Nxe4 Bxb2
23.Nxd6 Qe5 24.Nxb7 Bxa3 25.b5 axb5 26.cxb5 Bf8 27.Qa2 Nc5 28.Nxc5 Bxc5 29.Qc4 Bb6
30.Kg2 Kg7 31.h4 h5 32.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nf1 Bd7 10.Ne3 Ne7 11.Bb3 c6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.h4 h5 14.g4 hxg4 15.Nd2 Kg7
16.Nxg4 Ng8 17.Qf3 Bxh4 18.O-O-O Bg5 19.Rdg1 Nf6 20.Ne3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Rh8
22.f4 Ng4 23.Qf3 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 exf4 25.Qh3 Qh8 26.Qf3 Qd8 27.Qxf4 Qe7 28.Nc4 d5
29.exd5 cxd5 30.Nb6 Rh8 31.Qd4+ f6 32.Rxh8 Kxh8 33.Nxd7 Qxd7 34.Qxd5 Qxd5
35.Bxd5 b6 36.Kd2 Kg7 37.c4 Kf8 38.d4 Ke7 39.Bf3 Nh6 40.b4 Nf5 41.Kd3 Nh4
42.Bb7 a5 43.bxa5 bxa5 44.c5 f5 45.d5 f4 46.d6+ Kd7 47.Ke4  1-0

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cordova,Em"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c6 4.Nd2 Qb6 5.Rb1 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bg6 7.f4 Bxd3 8.cxd3 Nbd7
9.Ngf3 h6 10.Bxf6 exf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.b4 a6 13.Qb3 O-O 14.Nh4 Rfe8 15.Qd1 Bf8
16.Qg4 Re6 17.Rf3 Rae8 18.Nf1 Qb5 19.Rd1 Qxb4 20.Rg3 c5 21.Nf5 g6 22.Nh4 R6e7
23.Nf5 cxd4 24.Nxe7+ Rxe7 25.f5 g5 26.Qxd4 Qxd4 27.exd4 Re2 28.Re3 Rxa2 29.Re8 h5
30.Rd8 Nb6 31.Re1  1-0

[Event "107th Annual US Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2006.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Karklins,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Re1 Nd7 8.Nbd2 Nb6
9.Bb3 Kh8 10.d4 Bf6 11.Nf1 Bg4 12.d5 Ne7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Ng3 Ng8 15.Be3 g6 16.c4 Qe8
17.c5 Nc8 18.Rc1 Rb8 19.Qd2 Bd8 20.Qb4 f5 21.exf5 a5 22.Qxa5 gxf5 23.Bg5 Bxg5
24.Nxg5 b6 25.cxb6 cxb6 26.Qb4 Nf6 27.Rc7 Qd8 28.Rec1 Nxd5 29.Qh4 Nf6 30.Nh5  1-0

[Event "128th ch-NYS"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2006.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Weatherly,D"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.c4 Nc7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Nc3 Nd7 11.Nf3 b6 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Qd2 c5 14.d5 e5 15.Ng5 f5 16.d6 f4
17.dxc7 Qxg5 18.f3 Nf6 19.Bf2 e4 20.h4 Qe5 21.fxe4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.Bf3 Bxf3
24.gxf3 Qxc7 25.Qc2 Qe5 26.b3 Rae8 27.Rce1 Qh5 28.Qd3 Bf6 29.Qd5+ Qxd5 30.cxd5 Rxe1
31.Rxe1 Rd8 32.Re4 Rxd5 33.Rxf4 Bd4 34.a3 Rf5 35.Rxf5 Bxf2+ 36.Kxf2 gxf5
37.Ke3 Kf7 38.Kd3 b5 39.a4 a6 40.axb5 axb5  0-1

[Event "128th ch-NYS"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2006.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Taylor,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Bb3 Nc6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Re1 a5 13.a3 Bc6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bb7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qe2 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Qb5 Qc7 20.Qxb4 Rfb8 21.Rad1 Kg8 22.Qh4 f6
23.Rd3 Rf8 24.Rc3 Qd7 25.Qg4 f5 26.Qh4 Rf7 27.Rce3 Kf8 28.Re6 Rg7 29.Qd4 Ra5
30.Qxg7+ Kxg7 31.Rxe7+  1-0

[Event "128th ch-NYS"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2006.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Micayabas,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.h3 a6 8.d3 Nc6
9.a4 Be7 10.Nh2 O-O 11.f4 Rd8 12.Ng4 Nxg4 13.hxg4 Nb4 14.e5 d5 15.exd6 Bxd6
16.Ne4 Be7 17.Bd2 Nd5 18.Qf3 Bd7 19.a5 Bc6 20.f5 Nf6 21.Bc3 e5 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6
23.Qe3 Qe7 24.Rae1 Re8 25.Re2 Kh8 26.Qh3 h6 27.Qh5 Rf8 28.Bd2 Kh7 29.Bc3 Rae8
30.Rfe1 g6 31.Qh2 gxf5 32.Qh5 fxg4 33.Qf5+ Kh8 34.Rxe5 Bxe5 35.Rxe5 Qg5 36.Rxe8+ Kg8
37.Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.Qxf7+  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maxfield,George D"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 a5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.e3 Nxd5 7.cxd5 d6 8.Ne2 Bg4
9.O-O Nd7 10.d3 Bh5 11.Bd2 Nc5 12.Bc3 Qd7 13.f3 Na4 14.Qb3 Qb5 15.Rfd1 Bg6
16.Qc4 Qxc4 17.dxc4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nb2 19.Re1 Nxc4 20.Nc1 e4 21.f4 f5 22.Bf1 Na3
23.Re2 Bf7 24.Rb2 Bxd5 25.c4 Bxc4 26.Rxb7 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Nc2 28.Rab1 Nxe3+
29.Ke2 Nd5 30.Nb3 Nc3+  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Milovanovic,Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 O-O
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.a4 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Rfc8 15.Ba3 Qf6
16.Qe4 e6 17.Rab1 Qf5 18.Qe2 Qd5 19.Bd3 Rc7 20.Rfd1 Qd7 21.Be4 Re8 22.Qb5 b6
23.d5 exd5 24.Bxd5 Na5 25.c4 Qxb5 26.cxb5 Bf8 27.Bc1 Rc2 28.Rb2 Ree2 29.Rxc2 Rxc2
30.Bf4 Nc4 31.Be4 Ra2 32.Rd8 Kg7 33.Bd5 g5 34.Rd7 gxf4 35.Rxf7+ Kg6 36.Rxf8 Ra1+
37.Kh2 Nd2 38.h4 Rxa4 39.Rf7 h5 40.Rd7 f3 41.gxf3 Rxh4+ 42.Kg3 Rb4 43.Bc6 Nb3
44.Rxa7 Nd4 45.Be8+ Kf5 46.Rb7 Rb3 47.Rxb6 Rxf3+ 48.Kg2 Rb3 49.Rh6 Kg4 50.Rxh5 Ne2
51.Re5 Nf4+ 52.Kf1 Rb1+ 53.Re1 Rb2 54.Bd7+ Kh4 55.Kg1 Nh3+ 56.Bxh3 Kxh3 57.Re3+ Kg4
58.Re5 Kf3 59.Rf5+ Kg4 60.Rf8 Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arluck,W"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6
9.O-O Nc6 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Bxd6 Nd4 12.e5 Nd7 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Rc1 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5
16.Nxe5 Rxe5 17.Bf1 Rxe1 18.Qxe1 Qg5 19.Kh1 Kh8 20.Nd5 Re8 21.Qc3 Be4 22.Qe3 Bxg2+
23.Bxg2 Rxe3 24.fxe3 Nf5 25.Rc3 Qh4 26.Kg1 Qe1+ 27.Bf1 Qd2 28.Rb3 b6 29.Ra3 Qxb2
30.Rxa7 Nh4 31.Bh3 Qe2  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stoyko,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Nbd2 Ngf6 6.h3 c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qb3 c4
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Nh4 b5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bg2 Nb6 14.Bc7 Na4 15.O-O-O b4
16.Kc2 Kd7 17.Be5 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Rxa2+ 19.Kb1 b3 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nf3 Bb4 22.Rd2 Bxc3
23.Rxa2 bxa2+ 24.Kxa2 b5 25.Rc1 Ra8+ 26.Kb1 Ra3 27.Ne1 Ra1+ 28.Kc2 Rxc1+
29.Kxc1 Bxe1  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Thaler,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 Bb6 8.a4 Bb7
9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.Na3 Ba6 12.Bg5 Ng4 13.Bh4 f6 14.Nd2 Nh6 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Qh5+ Ke7 17.Qxh6 Qf8 18.Qxf8+ Rxf8 19.Ke2 b4 20.Nac4 Bxc4 21.Nxc4 Bc5
22.Ba4 Na7 23.Ra1 bxc3 24.bxc3 Rb8 25.Ra2 Nc8 26.Nd2 Nb6 27.Bc2 Ra8 28.Rxa8 Nxa8
29.Nf3 Bb6 30.d4 d6 31.Bb3 c5 32.dxe5 dxe5 33.Bg8 h6 34.Nh4 Kf8 35.Bd5 Nc7
36.Nf5 h5 37.Kd3 c4+ 38.Bxc4 Bxf2 39.Ke2 Bb6 40.Ng3 h4 41.Nf5 h3 42.gxh3 Ne8
43.h4 Ng7 44.Ng3 Ne8 45.Nf5 Ng7 46.Nxg7 Kxg7 47.Be6 Ba5 48.c4 Bb6 49.Kf3 Kg6
50.Kg4 Be3 51.h5+ Kh6 52.h3 Bd4 53.Bf7 Kg7 54.Bg6 Kf8 55.h6 Be3 56.h7 Kg7
57.Kf5 Bc5 58.Ke6 f5 59.Bxf5  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Fleischman,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 Qa5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bb3 Nd7 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.c3 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bh6 Bg7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Qd2 Qb6 17.Rfe1 Bd7 18.Nc2 Ne5 19.Kh2 Be6 20.f4 Bxb3 21.axb3 Nc6 22.Ra3 a6
23.Ne3 Rad8 24.f5 h5 25.Nd5 Qa7 26.Rf1 e6 27.Nf4 Kh7 28.Nxh5 exf5 29.Nf6+ Kg7
30.Rxf5 Rh8 31.Qg5 Ne7 32.Rf3 Qc5 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.exd5 Rdf8 35.Ra4 Rh5 36.Qf6+ Kg8
37.Rg4 Rh6 38.c4 b5 39.Rff4 Qe3 40.Re4 Qc1 41.Rh4 bxc4 42.Ref4  1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2007.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Mendelson,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 e5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.dxe5 Bxf3 6.gxf3 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.f4 Bb4+
9.Ke2 Nd7 10.Rg1 g6 11.Bh3 Ngf6 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Nd2 h6 15.Be3 g5
16.Bf5 Nh5 17.Rad1 Ke8 18.b3 Rd8 19.Nf3 Nxf3 20.Kxf3 Ng7 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Bc8  1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Orr,M"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.b3 e6 6.Bb2 Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.Nbd2 a5
9.a3 c5 10.c4 Nc6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.d4 Re8 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Qc2 Bb6 15.e3 Rc8
16.Qd3 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qxd8 Rcxd8 19.Ng5 f5 20.Rfc1 h6 21.Nh3 g5 22.Bc3 Ne5
23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Bf1 Kf8 25.b4 a4 26.Re1 Red5 27.Bg2 Rd2 28.Rac1 Ra2 29.Rc3 Ke7
30.Bf1 Rd1 31.Rxd1 Bxd1 32.Kh1 Bf3+ 33.Bg2 g4  0-1

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Williams,Si1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "A96"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 a5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxc3
10.Bxc3 Qe8 11.Re1 c6 12.e4 f4 13.d5 cxd5 14.e5 dxe5 15.cxd5 fxg3 16.hxg3 Qf7
17.Qd2 Bc5 18.Rxe5 exd5 19.Rxd5 Na6 20.Rf1 Bf5 21.Ne5 Qc7 22.Nd7 Rfd8 23.Be5 Qxd7
24.Rxd7 Rxd7 25.Qxa5 Bd3 26.Rd1 Bb4 27.Qb6 Re8 28.Bh3 Rde7 29.Rxd3 Bc5 30.Qb5 Rxe5
31.Qc4+ Kh8 32.Rd5 Re1+ 33.Kg2 Ba7 34.Bd7 Rd8 35.Bg4 Rf8 36.Rf5 Rfe8 37.Qf7 g6
38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Bf3 Nc7 40.Rf4 R1e7 41.b4 Bb8 42.Bd1 Ne6 43.Rf3 Bd6 44.Bb3 Bxb4
45.Re3  1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baburin,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.d5 Ne5 5.Nf3 Nxf3+ 6.exf3 e6 7.Bxc4 c6 8.Qe2 cxd5
9.Nxd5 Ne7 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.Nb5 O-O 14.Bf4 a6 15.Nd6 Bf6
16.Be3 Rd8 17.Bb3 Qc7 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.Rd1 Qc7 21.Qd2 Na5 22.Rc1 Qd8
23.Qxd8+ Bxd8 24.Rd1 Be7 25.Bc5 Bxc5 26.Nxc5 Kf8 27.Bc2 Ke7 28.Be4 Rb8 29.f4 b6
30.Nd3 Bb7 31.Bxb7 Rxb7 32.Rc1 b5 33.b3 f6 34.Nb4 Ra7 35.Kf1 Kd7 36.Ke2 Nb7
37.Nd3 Ra8 38.Ke3 Kd6 39.g4 a5 40.a4 bxa4 41.bxa4 Nd8 42.Nc5 Rb8 43.Rc3 Rb4
44.Ne4+ Kd7 45.Nc5+ Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Jones,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Bb3 Nc6
9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.O-O Bxb3 12.axb3 a6 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Nd5 Kg8
16.b4 Rc8 17.c3 Nb6 18.Qd4 Rc6 19.Rad1 e5 20.Qe3 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 Qe7 22.Red1 b5
23.f4 exf4 24.Qxf4 Rc4 25.Qxd6 Rxe4 26.Qxa6 Re2 27.Qd6 Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Nd7 7.e3 Bc5 8.exd4 Nxd4
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Nf3 Bc5 12.Bd2 a5 13.Bc3 f6 14.d4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Ne5
16.Nb3 Bb4 17.Qe1 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Qd3 19.f4 Qxc3 20.bxc3 Ng6 21.Nd4 Rd8 22.Rab1 c6
23.Rfe1 Kf7 24.Rb2 a4 25.h4 a3 26.Rb3 Ra4 27.Bf1 Ne7 28.Kf2 c5 29.Nc2 Nf5
30.Ne3 Nxe3 31.Rxe3 Rd2+ 32.Re2 Rd6 33.Re3 b6 34.Rd3 Rxd3 35.Bxd3 Ra6 36.Rb1 h6
37.Ke3 f5 38.h5 Be6 39.Kd2 Kf6 40.Kc2 Bf7 41.Be2 Be6 42.Rd1 Ke7 43.Re1 Kf6
44.Bf1 Bf7 45.Rb1 Ke7 46.Kd2 Kd6 47.Be2 Be6 48.Kc2 Kc7 49.Bd3 Ra7 50.Re1 Kd6
51.Re5 Ra8 52.Kc1 Ra4 53.Bxf5 Bxf5 54.Rxf5 Rxc4 55.Kc2 Re4 56.Kb3 Re3 57.g4 b5
58.Kxa3 Rxc3+  0-1

[Event "USCL 2007"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Stripunsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.Nc3 Nbc6 7.Nb3 g6 8.Bf4 d6
9.Be2 Ne5 10.Qd2 N7c6 11.a4 b6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Bg7 14.f4 Nf7 15.Bf3 Na5
16.Qd3 Rb8 17.Nd4 Qc7 18.Rd1 O-O 19.O-O Re8 20.Bc1 Bb7 21.Bg4 f5 22.exf5 exf5
23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 Qc5 25.Rf2 Rbc8 26.g3 Qb4 27.Kg2 Rc4 28.Nd5 Qc5 29.Nf3 Nc6
30.Be3 Rxe3 31.Qxe3 Qxe3 32.Nxe3 Rxa4 33.c3 b5 34.Nd5 b4 35.Re2 bxc3 36.Re8+ Bf8
37.bxc3 Kg7 38.Rb1 Ra2+ 39.Kf1 Nfd8 40.Nd4 Kf7 41.Nxc6 Nxc6 42.Rc8 Na5 43.Rbb8 Bg7
44.Rc7+ Ke6 45.Nb4 Ra1+ 46.Ke2 Bh6 47.Re8+  1-0

[Event "129th ch-New York State"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2007.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Harris,Da"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.Nb3 Be6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 Bg5 12.a5 O-O 13.O-O Kh8 14.Bg4 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Qc7
16.Qc4 g6 17.Bh3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Qd3 Rad8 21.Bxf5 d5 22.Bh3 Qb4
23.Be6 d4 24.Qe2 Rf6 25.Bg4 d3 26.Rxd3 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Qxg4 28.Nc5 Rf7 29.c3 Rg7
30.Qd5 Be7 31.Nxb7 e4 32.g3 Qc8 33.Nd6 Bxd6 34.Qxd6 Nxa5 35.Rd1 Nc6 36.Qf4 Re7
37.Rd6 Kg8 38.Qg5+ Rg7 39.Qd5+ Rf7 40.Rxc6 Qg4 41.Rc7 Qf5 42.Qxf7+ Qxf7 43.Rxf7 Kxf7
44.Kf1  1-0

[Event "129th ch-New York State"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2007.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davey,Mat"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Nxc6 dxc6
9.Be3 Bb7 10.f4 Be7 11.Bf3 Rd8 12.Qe1 Nf6 13.Qf2 c5 14.e5 Nd7 15.Rad1 O-O
16.Qg3 c4 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.f5 exf5 19.Rxf5 Qc6 20.Bg5 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Qg6 22.Rdf1 Rde8
23.Nd5 h6 24.Bh4 Qxg3 25.Bxg3 Re6 26.c3 Be7 27.Nc7 Rc6 28.Nd5 Bd8 29.h4 Nc5
30.h5 Nd3 31.Nb4 Nxb4 32.cxb4 Be7 33.Be1 g6 34.hxg6 fxg6 35.Rxf8+ Bxf8 36.Bc3 Be7
37.Rd1 Rc7 38.Kg1 Kf7 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.Ke3 Rd7 41.Rh1 Bg5+ 42.Ke2 Rd3 43.Rf1 Re3+
44.Kf2 Rd3 45.Ke2 Be7 46.a3 h5 47.Rh1 h4 48.Rf1 g5 49.Rf2 g4 50.Rf4 g3 51.Rg4 Kf5
52.Rg7 Bg5 53.Ra7 h3 54.Rf7+ Ke4 55.gxh3 g2 56.Kf2 Rg3  0-1

[Event "129th ch-New York State"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Dougherty,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Ng6 7.h4 Qf6 8.e5 Qf5
9.Na3 f6 10.Nc4 fxe5 11.Nfxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bd6 13.f4 Bc7 14.g4 Qf6 15.g5 Qf5
16.Qh5+ Ke7 17.Qe2 Ba6 18.Bd2 Rab8 19.O-O-O Rhf8 20.Rhf1 Rb6 21.Bc3 Qh3 22.f5 Qxh4
23.fxe6 Qxg5+ 24.Kb1 Rxf1 25.Rxf1 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 dxe6 27.Qf2  1-0

[Event "129th ch-New York State"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb3 a6 8.Re1 Ba7
9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Be3 d5 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Ba4 b5
16.Bc2 Ra8 17.Ne3 Be6 18.a4 Qd6 19.Nd2 Ne7 20.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "129th ch-New York State"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bd3 Bd7 8.Bc2 Rc8
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 Nb4 11.Ba4 Bxa4 12.Qxa4+ Qc6 13.Qxc6+ Rxc6 14.Nc3 Nf5
15.Rd1 Nc2 16.Rb1 Rc4 17.Ne2 h5 18.b3 Rc6 19.Bb2 Be7 20.Rbc1 g5 21.Bc3 g4
22.Ne1 Rxc3 23.Nxc2 Rc6 24.Ne3 Nh4 25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.Nf4 Kd7 27.Nd3 f6 28.Nc2 Ng6
29.exf6 Bxf6 30.Rc1 Kd6 31.g3 Ne7 32.Nc5 Nf5 33.Nb7+ Ke7 34.Nb4 Bxd4 35.Nxc6+ Kf6
36.b4 h4 37.Nc5 Rh7 38.Kg2 e5 39.Nd3 Rd7 40.b5 h3+ 41.Kf1 e4 42.Ndb4 Be5
43.Rc5 Ke6 44.a4 Bg7 45.Nb8 Rf7 46.N8c6 Rf8 47.Ke1 e3 48.Nd3 Kd6 49.Rc2 Re8
50.Re2 Re4 51.Ra2 Bd4 52.Kf1 Bc3 53.fxe3 Rxe3 54.Ncb4 Nd4 55.Kf2 Re4 56.Ra3 Re2+
57.Kf1 Bxb4 58.Nxb4 Rb2 59.Nd3 Rb1+ 60.Kf2  0-1

[Event "129th ch-New York State"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ye,L"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Be2 Nb4
9.Na3 e6 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd2 c5 13.Kh1 Bg6 14.Nb5 Nc2 15.Rac1 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Nxd4 17.Nbxd4 Na4 18.b3 Nc5 19.b4 Ne4 20.Qe1 a5 21.a3 axb4 22.axb4 Ra2
23.Bd3 Nd2 24.Bxg6 hxg6 25.Nxd2 Qxd4 26.Nf3 Qb2 27.Qg3 Qxb4 28.Ng5 Bxg5 29.Qxg5 Re2
30.Qg3 Qc5 31.Qf3 Rxe5 32.Qxb7 Rf5 33.Rxf5 gxf5 34.Qb5 Rc8 35.Qd7 g6 36.h3 Kg7
37.Qd3 Qe5 38.Rd1 Rc5 39.Rf1 Qc7 40.Qc3+ Qe5 41.Qd3 Qc7 42.Qc3+ Kh7 43.Rc1 Qf4
44.Qc2 Qd4 45.Qe2 e5 46.Re1 e4 47.Rc1 Kg7 48.Kh2 Rc7 49.Qc2 Rc5 50.Kh1 f4
51.Qe2 f3 52.gxf3 Rh5 53.Qxe4 Qd2 54.Rc2 Rxh3+ 55.Kg1 Rg3+ 56.Kf1 Qd1+ 57.Kf2 Rxf3+
58.Qxf3 Qxc2+ 59.Kg1 Qxc4 60.Qb7 Qd4+ 61.Kf1 g5 62.Qb5 Qf4+ 63.Kg1 g4 64.Qb2+ Kg6
65.Qc2+ Kg5 66.Qc5+ Kh4 67.Qe7+ Kh3 68.Qd8 Qe3+ 69.Kf1 Kg3  0-1

[Event "USCL 2007"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blehm,P"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 a6 6.Be2 c4 7.O-O Bd6 8.b3 cxb3
9.axb3 Ne7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Ndf3 Nbc6 12.Re1 Bf5 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.c4 Bg6
16.c5 Bc7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 Qd7 19.b4 Re6 20.Qd2 Be4 21.Bg3 Rc8 22.Qc2 Bxd3
23.Qxd3 Nc6 24.Rxe6 Qxe6 25.b5 axb5 26.Qxb5 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Qd7 28.Rb1 Rc7 29.Qa4 Qc8
30.Ne1 Re7 31.Nf3 Kf7 32.Qc2 g6 33.Qb3 Qd7 34.Qa2 Qf5 35.g4 Qxg4 36.Qxd5+ Qe6
37.Qd6 Qxd6 38.cxd6 Rd7 39.d5 Na5 40.Nd2 Rxd6 41.Rb5 Ra6 42.Ne4 b6 43.Nd6+ Ke7
44.Nc8+ Kd7 45.Nxb6+ Kc7 46.Na4 Nb7 47.Nc3 Nd6 48.Rb4 Ra5 49.Ne4 Nxe4 50.Rxe4 Rxd5
51.Re7+ Rd7 52.Re6 Rd6 53.Re7+ Rd7 54.Re6 Rf7 55.g3 Kd7 56.Ra6 Ke7 57.Kg2 Kf8
58.Rb6 Kg7 59.Ra6 Rb7 60.Rc6 h5 61.Ra6 g5 62.Rc6 Kg6 63.Rc8 g4 64.Rg8+ Kf5
65.Rh8 Kg6 66.Rg8+ Kh7 67.Rc8 Kg7 68.Rd8 Rb5 69.Rd7+ Kg6 70.Rd8 Ra5 71.Rg8+ Kh7
72.Rf8 Kg7 73.Rc8 Ra7 74.Rc5 Kg6 75.Rc8 f5 76.Rc6+ Kg5 77.Rc8 Rf7 78.Rg8+ Kf6
79.Rh8 Kg6 80.Rg8+ Rg7 81.Ra8 Rf7 82.Rg8+ Kh7 83.Rc8 f4 84.gxf4 Rxf4 85.Rc6 Rf3
86.Rb6 Kg7 87.Rc6 Rf6 88.Rxf6 Kxf6 89.f3 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL 2007"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bd3 a6 8.O-O b5
9.Qe2 Bb7 10.a4 b4 11.Na2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.Be3 Nxe4 14.Rfe1 Be7 15.Bxe4 Bxe4
16.Bg5 d5 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Nxb4 Qd6 19.Na2 f6 20.c4 Rhc8 21.Rad1 Qc5 22.Nc3 Qxc4
23.Qg4 Kf8 24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.Rd7 Qg8 26.Qg3 e3 27.fxe3 Rd8 28.Red1 Ke8 29.Qg4 g6
30.a5 Qb3 31.R1d3 Qa2 32.b3 Qb1+ 33.Kf2 Qc2+ 34.Kg3 Qc6 35.Rxh7 f5 36.Qg5 f4+
37.Kh4  1-0

[Event "USCL 2007"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Charbonneau,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7
9.a4 Be7 10.Nb3 b6 11.f4 O-O 12.g4 g6 13.Qe2 Ne8 14.Be3 Ng7 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.f5 Bf6
17.Bh6 gxf5 18.exf5 exf5 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.gxf5 Bg5 21.Bxg5 Qxg5 22.Nxb6 Rad8
23.h4 Qg3 24.Rd3 Qe5 25.Re3  1-0

[Event "USCL 2007"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Milman,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 b5 9.a3 Rb8
10.Re1 Qc7 11.Bc2 Rd8 12.d4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nbd2 Qb6 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bxe4 cxd4
17.cxd4 Bb7 18.Bg5 Kf8 19.Qb3 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Rad1 Rbd8
23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.Be3 Rd8 25.Bc5 a6 26.Bb4 Ke8 27.e6 f6 28.Ba5 Rd6 29.Rc1 Rc6
30.Rd1 Rd6 31.Rc1 Rc6 32.Rd1 Rd6 33.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL 2007"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kudrin,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.O-O Ba7 7.Bb3 d6 8.Be3 O-O
9.Nbd2 h6 10.h3 Re8 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.Re1 Ne5 14.Bc2 c6 15.f4 Ng6
16.Qf3 c5 17.Nf5 d5 18.Nd6 dxe4 19.N2xe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bg4 21.hxg4 Qxd6 22.g3 c4
23.Bxa7 Rxa7 24.Qf2 b6 25.Rad1 Qf6 26.Bxg6 Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 Qxg6 28.Qe2 Kh7
29.Kf2 b5 30.Rd4 Qf6 31.Qe4+ g6 32.Qd5 Re7 33.Qd6 Re6 34.Qf8 Qg7 35.Qd8 Qf6
36.Qf8 Qg7 37.Qd8 Qf6 38.Qf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL 2007"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Christiansen,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Qxe4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qa5 11.a3 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Qe3 Qc7 15.b4 Nd7
16.Ne4 b6 17.Rd1 O-O 18.Qg3 Qe5 19.Qxe5 Nxe5 20.Nd6 Bd7 21.Be2 Ba4 22.Rd2 Rfd8
23.f4 Ng6 24.Bf3 Rab8 25.g3 Ne7 26.b5 Bb3 27.Bd1 Bxd1 28.Kxd1 g6 29.Kc2 Nd5
30.cxd5 Rxd6 31.dxe6 Rc8+ 32.Kd1 Rxe6 33.Re1 Rxe1+ 34.Kxe1 Rc3 35.a4 Ra3
36.Rd4 h5 37.Kf2 Kg7 38.h3 Kf6 39.Kg2 Ke6 40.Re4+ Kf6 41.Rc4 Kf5 42.Rc7 Rxa4
43.Rxf7+ Ke6 44.Rg7 Kf6 45.Rh7 Ra2+ 46.Kf3 Ra3+ 47.Kg2 Ra2+ 48.Kf3 Ra3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL 2007"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Blehm,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 e5 8.a4 Rb8
9.d4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Na3 c4 13.Bd2 Re8 14.Rfb1 d5 15.dxe5 Nxe4
16.e6 Ndf6 17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Nd4 Bxe6 20.f3 Nc5 21.Naxb5 Qb6 22.Qf2 Bd7
23.Na3 g6 24.b4 Ne6 25.Rd1 Ra8 26.Ra2 Ra6 27.Ne2 Qc7 28.Rda1 Rea8 29.Bb1 Nf4
30.Nc2 Rxa2 31.Rxa2 Re8 32.Ncd4 Nd3 33.Qg3 Qb6 34.Qg5 Kg7 35.Qd2 Bf5 36.Bxd3 Bxd3
37.Nf4 Bf5 38.g4 Bd3 39.Nxd3 cxd3 40.Qxd3 Nd7 41.Kg2 Ne5 42.Qb5 Qd8 43.Re2 Re7
44.Qa5 Qd7 45.Qc5 h5 46.g5 h4 47.h3 Re8 48.Qb5 Qc8 49.Qxd5 Qxc3 50.Rxe5 Qb2+
51.Kf1 Rc8 52.Ne2 Qxb4 53.Re4 Qb1+ 54.Kf2 Qh1 55.Qe5+  1-0

[Event "USCL 2007"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Charbonneau,P"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 d5 11.d4 dxe4 12.Nxe5 Bb7 13.Bg5 c5 14.Nd2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Re8
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nxe4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Rxe5 19.b4 Nc6 20.Nc5 Qxd1 21.Raxd1 Rxe1+
22.Rxe1 Nxb4 23.Bb3 Bc6 24.Rd1 a5 25.a3 a4 26.axb4 axb3 27.Nxb3 Kf8 28.Rc1 Be8
29.Nd4 Ra4 30.Rc8 Rxb4 31.Nf5 Rc4 32.Rb8 Rc6 33.Nxg7 Kxg7 34.Rxe8 Rb6 35.f4 b4
36.Kf2 b3 37.Re1 b2 38.Rb1 Rb3 39.Ke1 Kg6 40.Kd1 Kf5 41.Kc2 Rb7 42.g3 Ke4
43.Re1+ Kf3 44.Kb1 Kxg3 45.f5 h5 46.f6 Rb6 47.Re3+ Kf4 48.Rc3 Kg5 49.Rc5+ Kh4
50.Rf5 Rb3 51.Re5 Rb6 52.Rf5 Kxh3 53.Rxh5+ Kg4 54.Rh7 Rb7 55.Rh2 Kf5 56.Rf2+ Ke5
57.Rf1 Rb5 58.Rf2 Rb6 59.Rf1 Rb4 60.Rf2 Rb5 61.Rf1 Rb6 62.Rf2 Rxf6 63.Re2+ Kd4
64.Kxb2 Kd3 65.Re7 Rf2+ 66.Kb3 f5 67.Rd7+ Ke3 68.Kc3 f4 69.Re7+ Kf3 70.Kd3 Ra2
71.Rf7 Ra8 72.Kd2 Re8 73.Rf6 Kg3 74.Rf7 f3 75.Rg7+ Kf2 76.Rf7 Rd8+ 77.Kc2 Kg2
78.Rg7+ Kf1 79.Rf7 f2 80.Rf6 Rg8  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smith,Shaun M"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 a6 5.g3 d5 6.d3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nh6 8.Bd2 Be7
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Bc3 Nf5 12.Qe2 Ra7 13.g4 Nfd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qxd4+
16.Qf2 Qxf2+ 17.Nxf2 Rc7 18.g5 c4 19.c3 cxd3 20.Nxd3 Rd8 21.Ne5 f6 22.gxf6 gxf6
23.Nf3 Rc4 24.f5 e5 25.Rad1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rf4 27.Ne1 Bxf5 28.b4 Kf8 29.Bd5 Rg4+
30.Kf2 Bc8 31.Ng2 a5 32.a3 f5 33.h3 Rg6 34.bxa5 bxa5 35.Rb1 Bc5+ 36.Ke2 Ke7
37.Rb8 Bd7 38.Rh8 Rh6 39.h4 Bxa3 40.Ra8 a4 41.Ra7 Ra6 42.Rb7 Bc5 43.h5 a3
44.Nh4 a2 45.Bxa2 Rxa2+ 46.Kd3 Kd6  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kennedy,Jospeh J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 Nbd7 6.c3 O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.Bd3 Re8
9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Kb1 e5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Nb3 Qb6 13.h4 Ndxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Ka1 a5
16.h5 a4 17.Nd4 c5 18.Nb5 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 c4 20.Qxd5 Be6 21.Qd6 Qxb5 22.hxg6 a3
23.gxh7+ Kh8 24.Qxa3 Rxa3 25.Rd8 Rxd8 26.Bxd8 Qb3  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Mujumdar,Sameer S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Qe2 d6 8.O-O Be7
9.Kh1 O-O 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Nf3 e5 12.Nh4 Nc5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Bg5 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Qd8
16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.Rxf5 Qd6 18.Raf1 Rad8 19.R5f3 Qe6 20.Rh3 Rd7 21.Rff3 Rfd8
22.Rfg3 b5 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Nd5 Qe6 25.Rf3 Rxd5 26.exd5 Qxd5 27.Rf1 g6 28.Re3 Bd6
29.b3 Rc8 30.Qf3 Qxf3 31.Rexf3 Rc7 32.Rf6 Rd7 33.Rc1 Kg7 34.Rff1 Bb4 35.Rc6 a5
36.Rb6 f5 37.Rxb5 Kf6 38.Rb6+ Kf7 39.Rb5 Kf6 40.a3 Bc3 41.Rd1 e4 42.Rc5 Bb2
43.g3 Bxa3 44.Rxa5 Bb2 45.Ra2 Bc3 46.Rc2 Be5 47.Kg2 h5 48.Rc6+ Kf7 49.d4 Rxd4
50.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stein,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bd6 6.e4 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.exd5 cxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Qh4 Ne5 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nge2 Qb6 14.b4 Bd7 15.Qf2 Qc7
16.O-O Ng6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.g3 a5 19.Rb1 axb4 20.axb4 Qc4 21.Qd4 Rac8 22.Qxc4 Rxc4
23.b5 Bc5+ 24.Kg2 Nxd5 25.Rd1 Nxc3 26.Nxc3 Bf5 27.Ne4 Rcxe4 28.fxe4 Bxe4+  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Robinson,Darrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nf1 Qc7 13.Bg5 Bd7 14.Rc1 Bf4 15.Bxf4 Qxf4
16.Qd2 Qxd2 17.N1xd2 Rac8 18.a3 Na5 19.b4 Nc6 20.Nb3 b6 21.Ba6 Rce8 22.Ne5 Nb8
23.Nxd7 Nfxd7 24.Bb5 a6 25.Bxd7 Nxd7 26.Rc6 Kf7 27.Rd6 Re7 28.Rc1 g6 29.Rc7 Rd8
30.f3 Ke8 31.Kf2 Ra8 32.a4 a5 33.b5 Rd8 34.Rcc6 Kf7 35.Nc1 Rde8 36.Nd3 h6
37.Ne5+ Nxe5 38.dxe5 Rb8 39.Ke3 Rbb7 40.Kd4 g5 41.Rxb6 Rxb6 42.Rxb6 Rc7 43.Rc6 Rxc6
44.bxc6 Ke8 45.Kc5 Kd8 46.Kb6 d4 47.Kb7  1-0

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erenburg,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.d5 Nb6 13.Nbd2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5
16.Ne4 Nb7 17.b3 Qd7 18.Be3 Raf8 19.Nh2 Qe8 20.Qd3 c4 21.Qd2 Bd8 22.f3 Qg6
23.Kh1 Na5 24.Rab1 h6 25.Red1 R5f7 26.Qb2 Bc7 27.Bg1 Rf4 28.Qa3 Nd7 29.b4 Rxe4
30.fxe4 Nf6 31.bxa5 Nxe4 32.Nf1 Nf2+ 33.Bxf2 Rxf2 34.Ne3 Qg3 35.Qc1 Bxa5
36.Rf1 Rxg2 37.Nxg2 Qxh3+ 38.Kg1 Bb6+ 39.Rf2 Qg3 40.Rb2 h5 41.Re2 h4 42.Re3 Qg5
43.Kh1 h3 44.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Schneider,Dm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 d4 13.Nb3 dxc3 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.Be4 Qxd1
16.Rxd1 Bd7 17.Ng5 Rb8 18.e6 fxe6 19.Bxh7 Ne5 20.bxc3 Rf8 21.Ne4 Ba7 22.Ba3 Rh8
23.Ng5 a5 24.Rab1 c5 25.Re1 b4 26.Rxe5 bxa3 27.Rbe1 Rb6 28.Nxe6 Bxe6 29.Rxe6+ Rxe6
30.Rxe6+ Kd8 31.Bg6 c4 32.Ra6 Bb8 33.g3 Rf8 34.Rxa5 Rf3 35.Rxa3 Bd6 36.Ra8+ Ke7
37.Ra7+ Ke6 38.Kg2 Rxc3 39.Rxg7 Kf6 40.Rd7 Be5 41.Be4 Rc1 42.f4 Ke6 43.Rd8 Bb2
44.Rd2 c3 45.Re2  1-0

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Bg4 6.f3 Be6 7.Nh3 Bc5 8.Qe2 dxe4
9.dxe4 Qd4 10.Nd1 Bc4 11.c3 Qd3 12.Bf1 Qxe2+ 13.Bxe2 Be6 14.Nhf2 Nbd7 15.f4 exf4
16.gxf4 Nb6 17.b4 Bxf2+ 18.Nxf2 Bc4 19.Rg1 O-O-O 20.Rxg7 Rhe8 21.e5 Nfd5
22.Rxf7 Nxc3 23.Bg4+ Kb8 24.Rxh7 Nbd5 25.a3 Nf6 26.Rh3 Nxg4 27.Rxc3 Nxf2
28.Rxc4 Nd3+ 29.Kf1 Rf8 30.e6 Rde8 31.Re4 Rf6 32.Ke2 Rfxe6 33.Rxe6 Nxc1+
34.Rxc1 Rxe6+ 35.Kf3 Rh6 36.Rh1 Kc7 37.h4 Kd7 38.Kg4 Ke6 39.h5 Kf6 40.Rd1 Rh8
41.Rd6+ Ke7 42.Rg6 Kf7 43.Kg5  1-0

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Christiansen,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Na3 cxd4 7.Bc4 Qe4+ 8.Be3 Bh6
9.Bd3 Qxd3 10.Qxd3 dxe3 11.fxe3 Nc6 12.O-O O-O 13.e4 Be6 14.Nc2 Ng4 15.h3 Nf6
16.Ncd4 Rad8 17.Qe2 Nh5 18.Rfd1 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Rc8 20.Qf2 b6 21.Kh1 Bg7 22.Rd2 Bh6
23.Rd4 Bg7 24.e5 f6 25.exf6 Rxf6 26.Rad1 Rcf8 27.Rd8 Bxa2 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Qh4 Nf6
30.Re1 e6 31.Ng5 e5 32.Qa4 Bd5 33.c4 Bf7 34.Nxf7 Rxf7 35.Rxe5 h6 36.Re1 Kh7
37.g4 Rc7 38.b3 Bf8 39.Qa1 Bg7 40.Qa3 Kg8 41.Qd6 Rf7 42.Qe6 g5 43.Rf1  1-0

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.09.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kudrin,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.h3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Be6 10.O-O c6 11.Be3 Qc8 12.Kh2 Rd8 13.Rad1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd5 Rxd5 17.Qe4 Qe6 18.Qxe6 fxe6 19.c4 Rdd8 20.Kg2 Kf7 21.Kf3 b6 22.Ke4 Rab8
23.b3 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.g4 a6 27.f3 b5 28.cxb5 cxb5 29.a4 Be7
30.Ke5 g6 31.Bf2 Bf8 32.Bh4 Bc5 33.Bg5 Bf8 34.Bh4 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Erenburg,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nc6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Rc1 h6 13.Be3 b6 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Be4 Na5 17.Bb1 Qd5 18.Qd3 Rfc8 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Bd2 Ke7 21.Rfe1 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Kd7
23.Bf4 Nc4 24.b3 Nd6 25.Be5 Qa5 26.Bxd6 Kxd6 27.Be4 Rc8 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Qg8 Qc3
30.g3 Ke7 31.Kg2 Qc7 32.h4 a5 33.h5 b5 34.Ne5 Bxe5 35.dxe5 Qxe5 36.Bf3 Qc3
37.Qh8 b4 38.Qg8 Bd7 39.Qa8 Qc5 40.Qb8 Bb5 41.Qb7+ Kf6 42.Qb8 Ke7 43.Qb7+ Bd7
44.Qb8 Qc2 45.Qe5 Qxa2 46.Qxg7 Qd2 47.Qe5 a4 48.bxa4 Bxa4 49.Qc5+ Kf6 50.Qa5 Bb3
51.Qa1+ Qc3 52.Qa5 Qd4 53.Qa8 Kg7 54.Qb8 Bc2 55.g4 b3 56.Qc7 Bd3 57.g5 b2
58.g6 Qf6  0-1

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.O-O-O O-O 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qf4 Re8 12.Bc4 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Be6 14.Rhe1 Qd7 15.Re3 Nb4
16.a3 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bg4 18.Rde1 Rxe3 19.Rxe3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Re8 21.Qe2 Rxe3
22.Qxe3 g6 23.b3 Qf5 24.c4 Qf6 25.Kb1 a5 26.g4 h5 27.h3 hxg4 28.hxg4 Qh4
29.f3 Qh2 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Qg2 32.Qc3 Qe2 33.Kc1 b6 34.Kb1 Kf8 35.g5 Kg8
36.Kc1 Qf2 37.Kb1 Qe2 38.Kc1 Qg2 39.Kb1 Qxg5 40.Kb2 Qf5 41.Ka3 Kh7 42.Ka4 Qd7+
43.Kb3 Qe7 44.Qd4 g5 45.Qg4 Kg6 46.Qc8 Kf6 47.Ka4 Ke5 48.Kb5 Kd4 49.Kc6 Kxc4
50.Qg4+ Kb3 51.b5 Kc3 52.f4 gxf4 53.Qxf4 Kd3 54.Qf3+ Kd4 55.Qd1+ Kc4 56.Qc2+ Kd4
57.Qd2+ Kc4 58.Qc2+ Kd4 59.Qd1+ Kc4 60.Qa4+ Kc3 61.Qa3+ Kc4 62.Qa2+ Kc3 63.Qa1+ Kc4
64.Qf1+ Kb4 65.Qb1+ Kc4 66.Qc2+ Kd4 67.Qd1+ Kc4 68.Qc2+ Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Milman,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 e6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bxd6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.O-O Bd7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.a3 Ne7 14.Qd3 Ned5 15.Ng5 g6
16.Qh3 h5 17.Nge4 Be7 18.Qg3 Bc6 19.Bh6 Re8 20.Qe5 Bf6 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Ne4 Qxe5
23.dxe5 Rc7 24.Rac1 Rec8 25.Nd6 Rd8 26.f3 a6 27.Bg5 f6 28.Bh4 g5 29.Bf2 fxe5
30.Ne4 g4 31.Ng5 Re7 32.Rxe5 Bd7 33.fxg4 hxg4 34.Rce1 Rc8 35.Bxd5 Nxd5 36.Rxd5  1-0

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.d4 bxa4 8.dxc5 Nxe4
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qd5 Nxc5 11.Qxa8 O-O 12.Be3 Ncd3 13.Qe4 d5 14.Qxa4 c5 15.Nd2 Qf6
16.Kh1 Bd7 17.Qd1 Re8 18.Nb3 Bb5 19.Qc2 Qh4 20.f3 Qa4 21.Bg1 Ng6 22.Qd2 h6
23.Rfd1 Nh4 24.Bxc5 Nf4 25.Bb4 Nd3 26.Ba3 Nf5 27.Nc5 Qh4 28.Kg1 Nf4 29.Re1 Re2
30.Rxe2 Nxe2+ 31.Kf1 Qxh2 32.Qe1 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Charbonneau,P"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.d4 Ne6 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O-O c6 10.Qe1 Nd7 11.Bd3 f6 12.Qg3 fxe5 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Qh3+ Kg8 15.Qxe6+ Rf7
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 Bg4 18.Rde1 Bd6 19.Qg5 Qxg5 20.Bxg5 Rf2 21.g3 Bb4 22.Be3 Rf3
23.Rhf1 Raf8 24.Rxf3 Rxf3 25.Kd2 Kf7 26.a3 Bxc3+ 27.bxc3 Bf5 28.a4 Be4 29.a5 Ke6
30.Rb1 Rf7 31.Bf4 Kf5 32.h4 Kg4 33.Rb4 Re7 34.c4 dxc4 35.Rxc4 b5 36.Rc5 Bd5
37.a6 Re4 38.Kc3 Re1 39.Kb2 Re4 40.Be5 g5 41.hxg5 Kxg5 42.Rc3 Kg4 43.Bb8 Rxd4
44.Bxa7 Rb4+ 45.Rb3 Ra4 46.Ra3 c5 47.Bxc5 Rc4 48.Bd6 b4 49.Rd3 Be4 50.a7 Rc8
51.Rd4  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Nb6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.h3 Be6 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 Nc6
16.Bb3 Bxb3 17.Qxb3 d5 18.Bxb6 Qxb6 19.exd5 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Qxd4 21.Rab1 Rfd8
22.Nf3 Qxd5 23.d4 Qxb3 24.Rxb3 e4 25.Rxe4 Bd6 26.a3 Rac8 27.g3 g6 28.Ree3 Rc1+
29.Kg2 Rdc8 30.Rbd3 R1c2 31.Ng5 Rd8 32.Ne4 b6 33.Rc3 Rxc3 34.Rxc3 Be7 35.Rd3 f5
36.Nd2 Rc8 37.d5 Kf7 38.Nf3 Bf6 39.g4 Rc3 40.Ne1 Ke7 41.gxf5 Rxd3 42.Nxd3 Kd6
43.fxg6 hxg6 44.Nf4 g5 45.Ne6 a5 46.bxa5 bxa5 47.f4 gxf4 48.Nxf4 a4 49.Kf3 Bb2
50.Ke4 Bxa3 51.Nd3 Bc5 52.h4 a3 53.Nc1 Ke7 54.Ke5 Kf7 55.d6 Bxd6+ 56.Kxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 e5 7.d4 b5 8.Bc2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.a4 Bb7 11.d5 c4 12.b3 cxb3 13.Bxb3 Nc5 14.Bc2 bxa4 15.Ba3 Nfd7
16.c4 Qa5 17.Qe3 Rfb8 18.Nc3 Bc8 19.Rfb1 Nb3 20.Ra2 Ndc5 21.h3 Bd7 22.Ne2 Bf6
23.Ng3 Nd4 24.Rxb8+ Rxb8 25.Nxd4 exd4 26.Qe2 g6 27.Nf1 Rb3 28.Bxc5 d3 29.Qf3 dxc2
30.Qxf6 dxc5 31.Rxc2 Rb1 32.Rc3 Rb3 33.Rc1 a3 34.e5 Qb6 35.e6 fxe6 36.Qe7 a2
37.Qxd7 Rb1 38.dxe6 Qb8 39.Qf7+ Kh8 40.e7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Nc3 b5 11.Qd3 b4 12.Nb1 Be4 13.Qd1 Nbd7 14.Bg5 c5 15.Nbd2 Bd5
16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rc8 18.Rc1 cxd4 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Ndf3 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Qc5
22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Nd3 Qd5+ 24.f3 b3 25.Qc1 Qb7 26.Nc5 Qb4 27.Nd7 Rd8 28.Nxf6+ gxf6
29.Qh6 d3 30.Qxf6 Qd4 31.Qg5+ Kf8 32.Qd2 dxe2 33.Qxe2 Qd2 34.Rf2 Qxe2 35.Rxe2 Rd4
36.a5 Rd5 37.g4 Rxa5 38.Re3 Rb5 39.Rc3 a5 40.Kg3 a4 41.Rc8+ Ke7 42.Ra8 Rb4
43.Kh4 Rf4 44.Kg5 Rxf3 45.h4 f5 46.gxf5 Rxf5+ 47.Kh6 Rf2 48.Rxa4 Rxb2 49.Kxh7 Rh2
50.Kg6 Rg2+ 51.Kh7 b2 52.Rb4 Kd6 53.h5 Kc5 54.Rb8 Kc4 55.h6 Kc3 56.Kh8 Kc2
57.h7 Rh2 58.Rc8+ Kd1 59.Rb8 Kc1 60.Rc8+ Rc2  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brooks,M"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.c3 c6 7.Bb3 Na6 8.Bc2 Re8
9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Re1 Nc7 12.Nf1 Ne6 13.Ng3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 g6 15.Bd2 Qc7
16.Bb3 Nc5 17.Bc2 Ne6 18.Bb3 Nc5 19.Bc2 Ne6 20.Bb3 Nc5 21.Bc2 Ne6 22.Bb3 Nc5
23.Bc2 Ne6 24.Bb3 Nc5 25.Bc2 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Hughes,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Na5 5.d4 a6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qc7 8.O-O Nf6
9.Qe2 d6 10.f4 b5 11.e5 Nd7 12.Kh1 b4 13.Ne4 d5 14.Ng5 Qb6 15.Ndxe6 fxe6
16.Qh5+ g6 17.Bxg6+ Kd8 18.Bxh7 Kc7 19.Nf7 Rxh7 20.Qxh7 Bb7 21.f5 Re8 22.Bf4 Kc8
23.Qg6 Nc4 24.Nd6+ Nxd6 25.exd6 Rd8 26.fxe6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khachiyan,M"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 dxe5
9.Qf3 O-O 10.h3 Ne8 11.Na3 Nd6 12.Bb3 Qh4 13.Re1 Be6 14.Be3 Nxe4 15.Bxb6 Nd2
16.Qxb7 Rab8 17.Qxc7 Rxb6 18.Rxe5 Bxb3 19.axb3 Nf3+ 20.Kf1 Nxe5 21.Qxe5 Rxb3
22.Qe2 Qd8 23.Kg1 Re8 24.Qc2 Qb8 25.Nc4 h6 26.Rd1 a5 27.f4 a4 28.Rd4 Rd8
29.Re4 Qc7 30.Qe2 Rbb8 31.Kh2 Qd7 32.Rd4 Qb5 33.Qd3 Rxd4 34.Qxd4 Qb7 35.Nd6 Qd7
36.c4 Re8 37.Qd3 Re6 38.c5 Qc6 39.Qf5 Rf6 40.Qe5 Re6 41.Qf5 Rf6 42.Qe5 Rg6
43.Qe2 Re6 44.Qf2 Qd5 45.Qc2 Qd4 46.Qf5 Rf6 47.Qe5 Rxf4 48.Qe8+ Kh7 49.Nxf7 Rf1  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6
9.Ngf3 Be7 10.Ne5 Bh5 11.Qc2 Nd7 12.O-O Ndxe5 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bg6 15.Qa4+ Kf8
16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Nf3 a6 18.Qf4 Qc7 19.Rac1 Rc8 20.b3 b5 21.a4 Kg8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Qe3 Kh7 24.Nd4 Bc5 25.Rcd1 Kg8 26.h3 Rh4 27.Qd3 b4 28.Nf3 Rf4 29.cxb4 Rxb4
30.Rc1 Qb6 31.Rc3 d4 32.Rc4 Rxb3 33.Qe4 Rc3 34.Rc1 Qa6 35.R4xc3 dxc3 36.Rc2 Be7
37.Kh2 Rc4 38.Qd3 Qc8 39.Qe3 Qc7 40.Qd3 Qc6 41.Qe3 Bb4 42.Qd3 Qd5 43.Qe2 f6
44.Ra2 fxe5 45.Ra8+ Bf8 46.Rd8 c2 47.Rxd5 exd5 48.Qxe5 c1=Q 49.Qxd5+ Kh8
50.Ne5 Qf4+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.e4 d5 8.cxd5 Bxf1
9.Kxf1 exd5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qd7 13.Kg2 Nc6 14.c4 Nd8 15.cxd5 Qxd5
16.Qxc7 Nc6 17.Be3 O-O 18.Rhc1 Rac8 19.Qb7 g5 20.h3 h5 21.g4 f6 22.Rxc6 Rxc6
23.Rc1 Rc5 24.Qxe7 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 hxg4 26.hxg4 fxe5 27.Qxg5+ Kh7 28.Qe3 exd4
29.Qd3+ Kg8 30.Bb2 Rf7 31.g5 Rf5 32.Bc1 b5 33.Kg3 Qd6+ 34.Kg4 Rc5 35.Bf4 Qe6+
36.Kg3 Rc3 37.Qxd4 Qc6 38.Qd8+ Kh7 39.Be3 Qc7+ 40.Qxc7+ Rxc7 41.Nd4 b4 42.f4 Rc3
43.Kf3 a5 44.f5 a4 45.g6+ Kg7 46.Ne6+ Kf6 47.Ke4  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 Qc7 7.O-O c4 8.Bc2 e6
9.b3 b5 10.bxc4 bxc4 11.Na3 Nb6 12.Rb1 Be7 13.d4 cxd3 14.Qxd3 O-O 15.Bg5 Rd8
16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.Qe3 Nbd7 18.Nc4 Rab8 19.Qe2 a5 20.Na3 h6 21.Nb5 Ba6 22.Bd2 Nc5
23.c4 Bxb5 24.cxb5 e5 25.a4 Rd7 26.Rbc1 Bd8 27.Be3 Rc8 28.Bb1 Qa7 29.Nd2 Qb8
30.Bxc5 dxc5 31.Nc4 Rd4 32.Bc2 Nd7 33.g3 Nf8 34.Bb3 Ne6 35.f3 Qc7 36.Kg2 Bg5
37.Rb1 Rcd8 38.Qa2 R8d7 39.Qe2 Qd8 40.Kf1 Rxd1+ 41.Rxd1 Nd4 42.Nxe5 Qc7 43.f4 Bf6
44.Qh5 Bxe5 45.Qxe5 Qc8 46.Bd5 Rxd5 47.Qxd5 Qh3+ 48.Kg1 Ne2+ 49.Kf2 Qxh2+
50.Kf3 Nxg3 51.Qxc5 Qe2+ 52.Kxg3 Qxd1 53.b6 Qd3+ 54.Kf2 Qd2+ 55.Kf3 Qd1+
56.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peng,D"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Ne5 Na6 12.Rc1 Ba3 13.Rb1 Qe8 14.e3 Bd6 15.f4 c5
16.g4 Rd8 17.Qe2 Nc7 18.g5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Rfd1 Rd3 22.Be1 Qd7
23.Rxd3 exd3 24.Qd2 Nb5 25.Nxb5 Qd5 26.e4 Qxe4 27.Qb2 d2 28.Qxd2 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Esserman,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6
9.O-O O-O 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Be7 13.Bd2 b5 14.Bd3 g6 15.Rac1 Bb7
16.Qg4 Rad8 17.b4 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Bc3 Qg5 21.Qxg5 Bxg5 22.a3 Rfe8
23.Be2 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Bd4 Be7 26.f4 Kf8 27.Kf2 Ke8 28.Bd3 Ra8 29.Bb6 Bd8
30.Bc5 Be7 31.Bb6 Bd8 32.Bc5 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lapshun,Y"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.Bd3 Ne5 10.Be2 b5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Qe3 Bd6 13.Qf3 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6
16.Nd5 Kg7 17.Nb6 Rb8 18.Nxc8 Rfxc8 19.Rd5 f5 20.exf5 Kf6 21.Bd3 Rg8 22.Be4 Rg4
23.Re1 Rh4 24.h3 Rg8 25.Kd1 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Rxg2 27.Ke2 Rh2 28.Rd3 h5 29.Rf3 Rh1
30.a4 Rb1 31.b3 Rc1 32.Kd2 Ra1 33.axb5 axb5 34.Re1 Bb4+ 35.c3 Ra2+ 36.Kd3 Bd6
37.b4 Rb2 38.Ra1 c5 39.bxc5 Bxc5 40.Re1 Ra2 41.Ke4 Bxf2 42.Rb1 h4 43.Rxb5 Bg3
44.c4 Rc2 45.Rc5 Re2+ 46.Re3 Rf2 47.Rf3 Re2+ 48.Re3 Rf2 49.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Arnold,Mar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Nh5 11.e3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qf6 13.f3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 O-O-O 15.Bd3 Kb8
16.g4 c5 17.Kb1 d5 18.cxd5 cxd4 19.exd4 Bxd5 20.Rc1 Qf4 21.Ba6 Nf6 22.Rxh6 Bb7
23.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Rad1 Re8 13.Bf4 c6 14.Bc1 Bb4 15.Bb2 Qe7
16.e3 Ba6 17.Rfe1 Ne4 18.Rc1 Bb7 19.Red1 f5 20.Ne1 Ndf6 21.Nd3 Ng4 22.Re1 Bd6
23.h3 Ngxf2 24.Nxf2 Bxg3 25.Ncxe4 fxe4 26.Qe2 a5 27.Qg4 Bc7 28.Qh5 Rf8 29.Rf1 g6
30.Qh6 Ba6 31.Rxc6 Bxf1 32.Ba3 Qf7 33.Bxf8 Rxf8 34.Ng4 Bxg2 35.Nf6+ Qxf6
36.Rxf6 Rxf6 37.Kxg2 Rf5 38.Qh4 Bd6 39.Qd8+ Bf8 40.Qxb6 Bb4 41.Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bxd4 Nf6 15.Rfe1 Qc7
16.Qxc7 Bxc7 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rac1 Bb6 19.Rcd1 Be6 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Bd5 Ba5
22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.Bxe6+ Kh8 24.b3 Rbd8 25.Rc1 Rd6 26.Bc4 Rfd8 27.Be2 Rd2 28.Nxd2 Rxd2
29.Kf1 Rxa2 30.g3 Bb6 31.b4 Rb2 32.b5 Kg7 33.Rd1 f5 34.Rd7+ Kf6 35.Rd6+ Kg7
36.Rd7+ Kf6 37.Rd6+ Kg7 38.Re6 Rb1+ 39.Kg2 Rb2 40.Kf3 Rb3+ 41.Kf4 Bxf2 42.Bc4 Rc3
43.Re7+ Kf8 44.Rc7 Bb6 45.Rc6 Bg1 46.Ke5 Ke7 47.h4 Bf2 48.h5 Bxg3+ 49.Kd4 Rc1
50.Rxh6 f4 51.Be2 Kf7 52.Ra6 Bf2+ 53.Ke4 Re1 54.Ra2 Be3 55.Bc4+ Kf6 56.Rg2 Rg1
57.Rh2 Kg7 58.h6+ Kh8 59.Bd5 Rg6 60.Kf3 Rg3+ 61.Ke4 Rg6 62.Kf3 Rg3+ 63.Ke2 Rg5
64.Bc4 Rg6 65.Bd3 Rd6 66.h7 Bg1 67.Rh3 Re6+ 68.Kf1 Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stopa,Ja"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 d5 8.Ndb5 Bb4
9.O-O-O c6 10.Nc7 Nxe4 11.Qd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qe7 13.Kb2 g5 14.Bg3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Qxc7
16.Qf6 Qd8 17.Qh6 Bf5 18.Bd3 Qd7 19.Qxg5+ Bg6 20.Rxh7 Kxh7 21.Qf6  1-0

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 e5
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 h6 11.Rb1 O-O 12.Ba3 Qa5 13.Qc1 Ne4 14.Qe3 Nxc3 15.Bxc5 Nxb1
16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Rxb1 Qxa2 18.Qd3 Be6 19.Rxb7 Kg8 20.h3 Rd8 21.Qe4 Qxc4 22.Qxc4 Bxc4
23.Rc7 Bb5 24.Nh4 Nd4 25.e3 Ne2+ 26.Kh2 a6 27.Be4 g6 28.Nf3 Rd7 29.Rc5 Re7
30.Nxe5 Nc3 31.Rxc3 Rxe5 32.Bd3 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st ch-NY-State"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2009.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Michelman,Peter"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 e5
9.Nd2 c5 10.e4 Nb6 11.f4 Ng4 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.cxd4 exd4 14.Bb2 Ne3 15.Rfc1 Nxg2
16.Kxg2 Re8 17.Qd3 Na4 18.Bxd4 Bd7 19.Re1 Bc6 20.Kg1 Qa5 21.Nb3 Qh5 22.Rad1 Bxe4
23.Rxe4 Rxe4 24.Qxe4 Qxd1+ 25.Kg2 Rc8 26.Bxa7 Nc3 27.Qxb7 Qe2+ 28.Bf2 Qxc4
29.Nd4 Re8 30.Nf5 Qe4+ 31.Qxe4 Nxe4 32.Bd4 g6 33.Nh6+ Kf8 34.Kf3 Nd2+ 35.Kg4 f5+
36.Kh3 Nf3  0-1

[Event "31st ch-NY-State"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2009.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Rabin,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.O-O Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 d6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Bxb7 Nd7 15.Bxa8 Qxa8
16.Ne4 Be7 17.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "31st ch-NY-State"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Barsky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.g4 h6 5.h3 c6 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nge2 Be7 8.Be3 Qc7
9.Qd2 a6 10.Ng3 b5 11.Nf5 Bf8 12.O-O-O g6 13.dxe5 gxf5 14.exf6 fxg4 15.hxg4 Bb7
16.Bxh6 Bxh6 17.Rxh6 O-O-O 18.Rxh8 Rxh8 19.g5 b4 20.Ne2 Rh2 21.Nf4 a5 22.Bh3 Kb8
23.Bxd7  1-0

[Event "31st ch-NY-State"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 O-O 8.Be2 Na6
9.Bf3 Qb6 10.Nge2 Qxb3 11.axb3 Nb4 12.O-O Rd8 13.d6 exd6 14.Bf4 h6 15.h4 Be6
16.Nb5 Bxb3 17.Nxd6 Bd5 18.Bxd5 Nfxd5 19.Be5 Rd7 20.Nc3 Rad8 21.Nde4 b6 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Rfe1 f6 24.Bg3 Nb4 25.Re2 Nc6 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Re6 Kf7 28.Rxc6 Bxd4 29.Ra4 Bxb2
30.Bc7 Re8 31.Rxa7 Re1+ 32.Kh2 Bd4 33.Bxb6 Rxa7 34.Bxd4 Ra4 35.Rf6+ Ke7 36.Rf4 Ke6
37.Be3 Rxf4 38.Bxf4 h5 39.Kg3 Ra1 40.Be3 Ke5 41.Kf3 Ra3 42.g3 Rb3 43.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kudrin,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O e6 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 a6 8.d3 Rc8
9.b3 Bf6 10.Bb2 Ne7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 O-O 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.Rad1 d5 15.exd5 exd5
16.Qe2 Qd7 17.Nc2 Qe6 18.Rfe1 Qxe2 19.Rxe2 dxc4 20.bxc4 Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.g3 Nc6 23.Ba3 Bxc3 24.Bxc5 f6 25.Ne3 Rd2 26.Rxd2 Bxd2 27.Nf5 b5 28.cxb5 axb5
29.Nd6 b4 30.Kf1 Bc3 31.Nb5 Ba1 32.Ke2 Kf7 33.Kd3 Ke6 34.Kc4 Ne5+ 35.Kxb4 Kd5
36.Be3 Ng4 37.h3 Nxe3 38.fxe3 Be5 39.Nc3+ Kc6 40.g4 g6 41.e4 Bd4 42.Kc4 Be5
43.Nb5 Bg3 44.a3 Bf2 45.Nd4+ Kd6 46.Nf3 Kc6 47.a4 Bb6 48.Ne1 Bc7 49.Nd3 Bd8
50.Nc5 Bb6 51.Ne6 h5 52.gxh5 gxh5 53.Ng7 Kd6 54.Kb5 Bf2 55.Nxh5 Ke5 56.a5 Bd4
57.a6 f5 58.exf5 Kxf5 59.Ng3+ Ke6 60.Kc6  1-0

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schroer,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.Qd2 e6 12.Qe3 d5 13.Bh3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 f5 15.Qd3 Nd7
16.f3 a5 17.Kh1 Qg5 18.Bg2 Qh5 19.Qe3 Rfe8 20.Qd3 Nf6 21.e4 dxe4 22.fxe4 Rad8
23.Rad1 c5 24.Bf3 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Ng4 26.Qe2 Rf8 27.Bf3 Rxf3 28.Rxf3 Nxh2 29.Kg2 Qxf3+
30.Qxf3 Nxf3 31.Kxf3 b6 32.Ke4 cxd4 33.Rd3 e5 34.c5 bxc5 35.Bxa5 Ra8 36.Bb6 Rxa2
37.Bxc5 Re2+ 38.Kf3 Re1 39.Kf2 Rc1 40.b4 e4 41.Ra3 e3+ 42.Ke2 Rc2+ 43.Ke1 Be5
44.Ra8+ Kf7 45.Rf8+ Ke6 46.Re8+ Kd5  0-1

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.09.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 d5 3.e5 c5 4.d4 Nc6 5.c3 Bf5 6.dxc5 e6 7.b4 Qc7 8.Bf4 Nge7
9.Nd4 Ng6 10.Bg3 Bxb1 11.Rxb1 a6 12.f4 Be7 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O b6 15.f5 exf5
16.Bxf5 Bh4 17.Bxg6 Bxg3 18.Bc2 Bxe5 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Qh5 f5 21.Rxf5 Bxc3
22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Rf1+ Bf6 24.Qxh7 bxc5 25.Re1 Bc3 26.Rf1+ Ke7 27.Qh4+ Bf6
28.Re1+ Kd8 29.Qh5 Kc7 30.Bf5 Rf8 31.bxc5 Qxc5+ 32.Kh1 Bc3 33.Rf1 d4 34.Qh3 Qe5
35.Qd3 Qb5 36.Qg3+ Kb6 37.Qd6+ Ka5 38.Qa3+ Kb6 39.Qd6+ Ka5 40.Qa3+ Kb6 41.Qd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Van de Mortel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nf3 g6
9.d4 Bg7 10.d5 Na5 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qd7 15.Bg5 Nxb3
16.axb3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.c4 f6 20.Bh6 Nb4 21.Rxe7 Rf7 22.Rae1 Rxe7
23.Rxe7 b6 24.Rg7+ Kh8 25.Rd7 Kg8 26.Bg7 f5 27.Bc3 Nc6 28.Rc7 Nd8 29.Rg7+ Kf8
30.Rxh7 Nf7 31.Rg7 g5 32.Rg6 Rd8 33.Bb4+ Ke8 34.Re6+ Kd7 35.Re7+  1-0

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 8.Be3 Be6
9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.Qc3 Ng6 11.Nd4 Qe7 12.Nxe6 Qxe6 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 O-O-O 15.Nc4 Rhe8
16.f3 Ne5 17.Nxd6+ cxd6 18.Bb6 Rd7 19.Rfd1 g6 20.Kf2 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Ra4 Re6
23.Rad4 d5 24.c4 dxc4 25.bxc4 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Nd7 27.Ba5 b6 28.Bc3 Nc5 29.g4 fxg4
30.Rxg4 Na4 31.Bg7 b5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.f4 Rg6 34.Rxg6 hxg6 35.f5 gxf5 36.h4 Kd7
37.h5 Nc5 38.h6 Ne4+ 39.Ke3 Nd6 40.h7 Nf7 41.Kf4 Ke6 42.b4 c5 43.bxc5 b4
44.c6 b3 45.c7 Kd7 46.Kxf5 Kxc7 47.Kg6  1-0

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Enkhbat,T"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nbd2 b6 12.e4 Be7 13.e5 Ne8 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.h4 Ba6
16.Rfc1 Qd7 17.Qc6 Qxc6 18.Rxc6 g6 19.Bf1 Bxf1 20.Nxf1 Ng7 21.Rac1 Nf5 22.Ne3 Rfb8
23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Ne1 Kf8 25.Ng2 Ke8 26.Kf1 Rb7 27.Rc8+ Rxc8 28.Rxc8+ Bd8 29.Nf4 Kd7
30.Rc2 Be7 31.Ke2 a5 32.Ke3 a4 33.Nd3 Rb8 34.f4 Rg8 35.Kf2 h5 36.Ne1 Rc8
37.Rxc8 Kxc8 38.Nf3 Kd7 39.Ke3 Kc6 40.Kd3 Kb5 41.a3 Ka5 42.Ng5 Bxg5 43.fxg5 Kb5
44.Kc3 Ka5 45.Kd3 Kb5 46.Kc3 Ka5 47.Kd3 Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kudrin,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 a6 7.Bb3 Ba7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Be6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Be3 Bxb3 13.Qxb3 Bxe3 14.Nxe3 Rb8 15.Rad1 Ne7
16.Nh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.11.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Stripunsky,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 Nxd5 6.cxd5 exd4 7.exd4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Qxd2 O-O 10.Ne2 Re8 11.O-O-O d6 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.g4 Nf8 14.f3 Bd7 15.Bd3 Qh4
16.Bf5 Re7 17.Rhg1 Rae8 18.Rg3 g6 19.Bc2 Kh8 20.Rdg1 b5 21.Bd3 a6 22.a3 Bc8
23.f4 Nd7 24.f5 g5 25.Qg2 Nf6 26.Kc2 Re3 27.Qd2 Rxg3 28.Rxg3 Nxg4 29.Ne4 Bxf5
30.Qxg5 Qxh2+ 31.Kb3 Rxe4 32.Qxf5 Qxg3 33.Qxe4 Nf6 34.Qf5 Kg7 35.a4 h5 36.axb5 axb5
37.Kb4 h4 38.Bf1 Qe3 39.Kxb5 Qxd4 40.Qg5+ Kf8 41.b3 Ke7 42.Bg2 h3 43.Bh1 Qb6+
44.Ka4 Qa6+ 45.Kb4 Qf1 46.Qe3+ Kd8 47.Qh6 Ke7 48.Qe3+ Kd7 49.Bf3 h2 50.Qc3 h1=Q
51.Bxh1 Qxh1 52.Qxf6 Qxd5 53.Ka4 c5 54.Qh8 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "USCL QF 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Erenburg,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 a6 6.Ba4 h6 7.a3 O-O 8.g4 Bc5
9.Rg1 d6 10.h3 Nh7 11.g5 g6 12.gxh6 Bxh3 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxg6+ Kh8
16.fxe3 Rg8 17.Nh4 Ne7 18.Rg7 Qf8 19.Qf3 Be6 20.O-O-O Rxg7 21.hxg7+ Qxg7
22.Rh1 Qg4 23.Qxg4 Bxg4 24.Bb3 c6 25.Kd2 Rd8 26.Rg1 Bh5 27.Rh1 Kg7 28.Nf5+ Nxf5
29.Rxh5 Ne7 30.Ne2 Ng5 31.Ng3 Kg6 32.Rh1 d5 33.exd5 cxd5 34.d4 e4 35.Ke2 b5
36.Nh5 Ne6 37.Kf2 Nf5 38.c3 Kf7 39.Bd1 Nd6 40.Ng3 Ng5 41.Bh5+ Ke7 42.Bg4 Nc4
43.Nf5+ Kf7 44.Rh6 Rf8 45.Bh5+ Ke6 46.Ng7+ Ke7 47.Nf5+ Kd7 48.Rg6 Nxb2 49.Rg7+ Kc6
50.Ne7+ Kd6 51.Nf5+ Kc6 52.Ne7+ Kb6 53.Nxd5+ Ka5 54.Kg3 Nc4 55.Ra7 f5 56.Nb4 Rf6
57.d5 Rh6 58.Be2 Nxa3 59.Kf4 Nh3+ 60.Ke5 Ng1 61.d6 Ka4 62.Bd1+ Nc2 63.Bxc2+ Ka3
64.Rxa6+ Kb2 65.Rc6  1-0

[Event "USCL SF 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 Qb6 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.fxe4 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Nf5 g6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Nxe3 Be6 12.Nc4 Bxc4 13.Bxc4 Nd7 14.O-O Ne5 15.Bb3 Rd8
16.Rf2 Ne7 17.Raf1 Rf8 18.Ne2 Nc8 19.Nf4 Ng4 20.Rf3 Ne5 21.R3f2 Ng4 22.Rf3 Ne5
23.Rh3 Rd4 24.Rxh7 Nd6 25.Nd3 Rxe4 26.Nc5 Re3 27.Rd1 Ke7 28.h3 b6 29.Kf2 Nf5
30.Nd3 Nxd3+ 31.cxd3 Re5 32.d4 Re4 33.d5 c5 34.Kf3 Re5 35.Rd2 Nd6 36.Bc2 Kf6
37.g4 Nc4 38.Rf2 Rxd5 39.Kg3+ Ke6 40.Bxg6 Nd6 41.Bc2 c4 42.Rh6+ Ke7 43.Re2+ Kd7
44.h4 c3 45.bxc3 Rc8 46.Re3 Rdc5 47.Rd3 R8c6 48.Bb3 Ke7 49.Kf4 b5 50.h5 a5
51.Re3+ Kf8 52.Rd3 Ke7 53.Re3+ Kf8 54.Bd1 Rc4+ 55.Kg5 Ne4+ 56.Rxe4 R4c5+
57.Kh4 Rxh6 58.Rf4 Rd6 59.Bb3 f6 60.Rf3 a4 61.Bc2 b4 62.c4 Ra6 63.Rf1 Kg7
64.Rb1 Rxc4 65.Bd3 Rac6 66.Bxc4 Rxc4 67.Rd1 f5 68.Kg5 Rxg4+ 69.Kxf5 Rg2 70.Rd4 Rxa2
71.Rxb4 Kh6 72.Kg4 Rg2+ 73.Kh4 Rh2+ 74.Kg4 Rg2+ 75.Kh4 Rh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.d4 exd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Rd1 Nc5 11.Qe3 Qe8 12.Nd4 Bd6 13.Qf3 Qe5 14.g3 Ne6 15.Nf5 Re8
16.Be3 Bf8 17.Rd3 f6 18.Rad1 Ng5 19.Bxg5 fxg5 20.Rd8 Bxf5 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Qxf5 Bd6
23.Qxe5 Bxe5 24.Rd7 Re8 25.f3 g4 26.Kf2 gxf3 27.Kxf3 Re6 28.Ne2 Kf8 29.Nf4 Rf6
30.h4 Ke8 31.Rd1 Rd6 32.Nd3 Ke7 33.Re1 Ke6 34.b3 b6 35.g4 c5 36.Ke3 Bd4+
37.Ke2 c4 38.bxc4 Rc6 39.c5 Bxc5 40.Rf1 Be7 41.Nf4+ Ke5 42.Nd5 Bxh4 43.Kd3 Rd6
44.Rf8 Rd8 45.Rf5+ Ke6 46.Ke3 Bg3 47.Rh5 h6 48.g5 Rh8 49.Nf4+ Bxf4+ 50.Kxf4 Kf7
51.Ke5 Kg6 52.Rh2 Re8+ 53.Kd5 Kxg5 54.e5 h5 55.e6 h4 56.Ke5 Kh5 57.Rf2 h3
58.Rf3 Kg4 59.Rf7 g5 60.Kf6 Rh8 61.e7 h2 62.Rh7 Rxh7 63.e8=Q h1=Q 64.Qe6+ Kh4  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.Nc4 Nfe8 12.Bf4 f5 13.a4 b6 14.Qd2 Ba6 15.Na3 Qd7
16.Rab1 Nf6 17.b4 cxb4 18.Rxb4 Rae8 19.Rc1 Ng4 20.Ncb5 Bxb5 21.axb5 Rd8 22.Rc6 Ne5
23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.d6 e4 25.Nc4 Ne6 26.Qd5 Qf7 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.Qxe5 Nc5 29.Bf1 Rd7
30.e3 Qf6 31.Qd5+ Kg7 32.Rd4 Rfd8 33.Rc7 Kh6 34.Rxd7 Nxd7 35.Rd1 Ne5 36.Be2 Rd7
37.Qd4 Kg7 38.Kg2 Nf7 39.Qa4 Kh6 40.Rd4 Rxd6 41.Rxd6 Qxd6 42.Qxa7 Ne5 43.h4 Qd2
44.Qe7 Qxe2 45.Qxe5 Qf3+ 46.Kf1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shankland,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B52"]

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.h3 O-O 10.Be3 Rc8 11.b3 Nc6 12.O-O Qd8 13.Rc1 a6 14.a4 Nd7 15.Qd2 Rab8
16.Rb1 Nc5 17.Rfc1 Na5 18.Qd1 Nc6 19.Rc2 Qf8 20.Re2 Ne6 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Qd2 Qd8
23.Ree1 Qa5 24.Rec1 Qb4 25.Ne2 Qxd2 26.Bxd2 Nd4 27.Kf1 Kf7 28.Be3 Nc6 29.Ng1 Nb4
30.Nf3 h6 31.Bd2 Nd3 32.Rd1 Nc5 33.Re1 b5 34.cxb5 axb5 35.axb5 Rxb5 36.b4 Rcb8
37.Re3 Na6 38.Ne1 R5b6 39.Nc2 Nc7 40.Na3 g5 41.Reb3 Nb5 42.Nxb5 Rxb5 43.Rc1 d5
44.Rc6 dxe4 45.Rc4 Ra8 46.Rxe4 Ra2 47.Be3 Ra1+ 48.Ke2 Ra2+ 49.Kf1 Ra1+ 50.Ke2 Ra2+
51.Kf3 Rf5+ 52.Kg4 Ra4 53.h4 Bf6 54.h5 Rb5 55.Rc4 Be5 56.Bc5 Bd6 57.Rbc3 Bxc5
58.bxc5 Rbb4 59.Rxb4 Rxb4+ 60.Kg3 Ke8 61.c6 Kd8 62.Rd3+ Kc8 63.Re3 Rh4 64.Rxe6 Rxh5
65.Rxe7 Rh1 66.Rh7 Kd8 67.Rd7+ Kc8 68.Rh7 Kd8 69.f3 Rh4 70.Kf2 Rh2 71.Kg1 Rh4
72.g4 Rh3 73.Kg2 Rh4 74.Kf2 Rh2+ 75.Ke3 Rh1 76.Ke4 Rh3 77.Rd7+ Kc8 78.Rh7 Kd8
79.Rf7 h5 80.Rg7 hxg4 81.fxg4 Rc3 82.c7+ Kc8 83.Kf5 Rc5+ 84.Kg6 Kb7 85.Kh6 Kb6
86.Rxg5 Rxc7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kraai,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 d5
9.O-O Nf6 10.f4 Bb7 11.Kh1 c5 12.e5 Nd7 13.f5 Nxe5 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Bf4 Bd6
16.Bb5+ Nd7 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Qh5+ g6 20.Qe5 O-O-O 21.Nd6+ Kb8 22.Bxd7 Qxd7
23.Nf7+ Qc7 24.Qxc7+ Kxc7 25.Nxd8 Rxd8 26.Rf7+ Kb6 27.Re1 Rd6 28.Rxh7 d4
29.b3 Bd5 30.Rg7 Kb5 31.Rxg6 Kb4 32.h4 Rd7 33.h5 Rh7 34.h6 Kc3 35.Re2 c4
36.Rg3+ Kb4 37.Rh3 d3 38.cxd3 cxb3 39.axb3 a5 40.Kh2 Bxb3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Lenderman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd7 11.O-O e5 12.Re1 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Re8 15.Qd3 Bd7
16.h3 Nc8 17.Ne5 Nd6 18.g4 Re7 19.Re2 Be6 20.Bc2 g6 21.Nxg6 fxg6 22.Rxe6 Rxe6
23.Bb3 Kg7 24.Bxe6 Qb6 25.Rd1 Qxb2 26.Bb3 Kh7 27.Rb1 Qa3 28.Ne4 Nxe4 29.Bg8+ Rxg8
30.Qxa3 Rg7 31.Qxa7 b5 32.Qb6 c5 33.Re1 Bd8 34.Qxd8  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Finegold,B"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Qd8
9.h4 b5 10.g4 c5 11.Bh3 Qa5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.d5 Nb6 14.g5 e5 15.g6 fxg6 16.Rhg1 Be7
17.Rxg6 Rf8 18.Rxg7 Bc8 19.Bxc8 Rxc8 20.Qxh6 Rf6 21.Qh5+ Kd7 22.Nxe5+ dxe5
23.Qxe5 Re8 24.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khachiyan,M"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ng4 6.O-O d6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.Re1+ Kf8
9.Nbd2 Nge5 10.h3 Bf5 11.Bb3 Qd7 12.Ne4 Re8 13.Bf4 Bb4 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bd2 Bxd2
16.Qxd2 Bxh3 17.f4 Ng6 18.gxh3 Qxh3 19.Qb4+ Re7 20.Nf2 Qd7 21.Rad1 Qc8 22.Qxd4  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Altounian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Bxc4 exd5 6.Bxd5 Bd6 7.e4 Ne7 8.Bb3 O-O
9.Qh5 Nd7 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Qd1 c4 12.Bc2 N7g6 13.f4 Bg4 14.Qd4 Nc6 15.Qf2 Nb4
16.Bb1 Re8 17.h3 Bf5 18.Be3 Qe7 19.Nge2 Nd3+ 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.Ng3 Bxe4 22.Ncxe4 Bb4+
23.Kf1 Rac8 24.a3 Rc2 25.Qf3 Nh4 26.Qh5 Nxg2 27.Bf2 Nxf4 28.Qg4 Qe5 29.axb4 Qxb2
30.Rd1 Nd5 31.Rxd3 f5 32.Nxf5 Qc1+ 33.Kg2 Nf4+ 34.Kh2 Qb2 35.Qxf4 Rxe4 36.Rd8+ Kf7
37.Nh6+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kudrin,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.Ne2 O-O 8.Nc3 Qd8
9.Be2 c5 10.d5 e6 11.e4 exd5 12.exd5 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Bf3 Nd7 15.d6 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Qf6 17.Qd5 Qd4 18.Rd1 Qxd5 19.Nxd5 Rae8 20.Ne7+ Kh8 21.Rb1 a5 22.a4 f5
23.Bg5 Bd4 24.Re1 Bf6 25.Bh6 Bg7 26.Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.Nd5 Re4 28.f3 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 f4
30.Nc7 Kg8 31.Re7 Rf7 32.Re8+ Rf8 33.Re7 Rf7 34.b3 g5 35.Kf2 Kg7 36.Ke2 Kf6
37.Nd5+ Kg6 38.Kd3 Rxe7 39.dxe7 Kf7 40.Kc4 h5 41.Kb5 Ne5 42.h3 g4 43.fxg4 hxg4
44.hxg4 Nxg4 45.Kxb6 Ne3 46.Kxc5 Ke8 47.Kd6  1-0

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smith,Bry"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 e6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.a3 O-O-O 10.Bxc6 Nxc6 11.b4 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Qa6 13.Bd4 Qc4 14.Ne2 g5 15.Rg1 Rg8
16.Qd2 Bg7 17.Rxg5 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bxe5 19.Rxg8 Rxg8 20.O-O-O Qa2 21.c3 Qxa3+
22.Kb1 a5 23.Rc1 Kd7 24.Qd3 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Qb3+ 26.Ka1 axb4 27.c6+ bxc6 28.Qa7+ Kd6
29.cxb4 Qxb4 30.Qa6 Qd4+ 31.Ka2 Qxf2+  0-1

[Event "132nd ch-New York State"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2010.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hamilton,Sam"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nc3 d6 6.e3 Qe7 7.d4 Bb4 8.Be2 Nf6
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.Ne1 e4 12.f3 Nc6 13.fxe4 Nxe4 14.Bf3 O-O 15.Nd3 Bf5
16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Nf4 Rad8 18.Nd5 Qe5 19.Qe1 Rfe8 20.Bb2 Na5 21.Be2 Nd6 22.Qf2 Naxc4
23.Bxc4 Nxc4 24.e4 Qxe4 25.Ne7+ Qxe7 26.Qxf5 Nxb2  0-1

[Event "132nd ch-New York State"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy,Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Ne4 Qd5 7.Nd2 Ba6 8.Qc2 c3 9.bxc3 Bxf1
10.Kxf1 e6 11.Ngf3 bxc3 12.Qxc3 Nf6 13.Ke2 Nbd7 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Qxa3 c5 16.Rac1 O-O
17.dxc5 Rfc8 18.Rhd1 Nxc5 19.Nc4 Qc6 20.Nd6 Qa6+ 21.Ke1 Qa5+ 22.Kf1 Rc6 23.Ne5 Rxd6
24.Rxd6 Nce4 25.Nc6 Qh5 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Rdc6 h6 28.h3 Rd8 29.Rc8 Rxc8 30.Rxc8+ Kh7
31.Qd3 Qe5 32.Kg1 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+ 34.f4  1-0

[Event "132nd ch-New York State"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarkar,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 Qe7
9.O-O Bxc3 10.Qxc3 e5 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Rad1 Bg4 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Rd5 Nd4 15.Re1 b6
16.Nxe5 Bxe2 17.Qe3 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Nc2 19.Qd2 Nxe1 20.Qxe1 Rad8 21.Ne5 Qe6
22.Qd2 Rxd5 23.Qxd5 Re8 24.f4 Qxd5 25.Bxd5 Kf8 26.Kf2 Rd8 27.Bxf7 Rd2+ 28.Ke3 Rxb2
29.h4 b5 30.Bd5 c4 31.Nxc4 bxc4 32.Bxc4 Rc2 33.Bd5 Rc3+ 34.Kf2 h5 35.Kg2 Ke7
36.Bb3 Kf6 37.Kh3 Rd3 38.Bc4 Rd4 39.Bb5 Rd2 40.a4 Ra2 41.Be8 Kf5 42.Bc6 a5
43.Bb5 Ke4 44.Bc6+ Ke3 45.g4 Kxf4 46.gxh5 Ra3+ 47.Kg2 Kg4 48.Be8 Ra2+ 49.Kf1 Kxh4
50.Kg1 Kg4 51.Kf1 Rh2 52.Kg1 Rxh5 53.Bxh5+ Kxh5 54.Kf2 Kg4 55.Kg2 Kf4 56.Kf2 Ke4  0-1

[Event "132nd ch-New York State"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Esserman,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.d3 Nc6 8.O-O Rb8
9.a3 Ne8 10.b4 Nd4 11.Rb1 Nc7 12.Be3 Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.Qd2 b5 15.f4 a5 16.bxc5 dxc5
17.Bxd4 cxd4 18.Nxb5 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Nxb5 20.e5 Nxa3 21.Rxb8 Qxb8 22.Nxd4 Qb6
23.Qf2 Rd8 24.Nc6 Qxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Rxd3 26.Nxe7+ Kh8 27.Rb2 Bf8 28.Nd5 Bc5+
29.Kf1 Nc4 30.Rc2 Rd4 31.Ke2 a4 32.Nc3 Na3 33.Rb2 Nc4 34.Rc2 Na3 35.Rb2 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "132nd ch-New York State"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolayev,I"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.dxc5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 e5 8.b4 Bf5
9.Bb5 O-O-O+ 10.Ke2 Nd5 11.Bd2 e4 12.Nd4 Nxc3+ 13.Bxc3 Nxd4+ 14.Bxd4 Rxd4
15.a3 Be7 16.Nd2 Bf6 17.Nb3 Bg4+ 18.f3 exf3+ 19.gxf3 Re4+ 20.Kf2 Rf4 21.Kg3 Be5
22.Rhe1 Bb8 23.fxg4 Rxb4+ 24.Kg2 Rxb5 25.Re3 Rd8 26.h3 f6 27.Kf3 Be5 28.Rc1 Bb2
29.Rc4 Bxa3 30.c6 bxc6 31.Ra4 Bd6 32.Rxa7 Rb7 33.Ra6 Kd7 34.Na5 Rc7 35.Rc3 Rdc8
36.Nc4 Bc5 37.Ne5+ fxe5 38.Rxc5 Kd6 39.Raa5 Rf8+ 40.Ke2 Re7 41.Rc1 Rf4 42.Rac5 Rc7
43.Ra5 Re4+ 44.Kf3 Rd4 45.Ke3 Rb7 46.Rc3 Rdb4 47.Rac5 R7b6 48.Kf3 R4b5 49.R5c4 Kd5
50.Rc1 c5 51.R1c2 Rb3+ 52.Kg2 R6b5 53.g5 e4 54.h4 g6 55.Rc1 R3b4 56.R4c3 Kd4  0-1

[Event "132nd ch-New York State"]
[Site "Colonie USA"]
[Date "2010.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Paragua,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.f3 Bc8
9.Nge2 e6 10.Bg3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Na4 Re8 14.Bb1 Nh5 15.Bf2 Na5
16.Nc5 Bb5 17.Re1 Nf6 18.b3 b6 19.Nd3 Ba3 20.Rc3 Nc6 21.Bh4 Rc8 22.Nef4 Be7
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.a4 Bxd3 25.Nxd3 f5 26.f4 Bd6 27.Qh5 Qe7 28.g4 Bb4 29.Nxb4 Qxb4
30.Rec1 Ne7 31.Qg5+ Kf8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Qh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Bg2 d6 10.d5 Nd8 11.O-O a5 12.dxe6 Nxe6 13.Be1 f5 14.Nd4 N6c5 15.e3 Bd7
16.Qc2 Kh8 17.b3 Qf7 18.a3 Qh5 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Ne6 21.Nxf5 Rxf5 22.Bxe4 Ng5
23.f4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 Bc6 25.Qc2 Re8 26.Qf2 b6 27.Bc3 Rf7 28.f5 Qh3 29.f6 Kg8
30.Rc2 Qe6 31.Qf4 Be4 32.Rcc1 Qxc4 33.Bd4 Qe6 34.Ra1 c5 35.Bb2 Bb7 36.Rad1 d5
37.bxc5 bxc5 38.Rc1 Qb6 39.Rb1 Qc6 40.Qf3 Qe6 41.Ba1 Ba8 42.Qf4 d4 43.Rb8 Rxf6  0-1

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Schroer,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Qd2 Nf6
9.f3 O-O 10.Nge2 c5 11.g4 Be6 12.h4 h5 13.g5 Ne8 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.O-O-O Qa5
16.a3 Nc7 17.Kb1 Nc6 18.b4 Nxb4 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Bxc7 Qxc7 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Qb6
23.Nd4 Bc5+ 24.Kc2 Rac8 25.Bc4 Qb4 26.Rb1 Qa4+ 27.Kd3 b6 28.Ra1 Qe8 29.Qe4 Qd7
30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Qxh5+ Kg8 32.Qg6+ Kh8 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.g6  1-0

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.09.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Christiansen,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.g3 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nc3 Be6 6.Bg2 c6 7.f4 exf4 8.Bxf4 Nd7
9.Nf3 Bb4 10.Ng5 Ngf6 11.Nxe6+ fxe6 12.O-O-O Ke7 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Bd6+ Kf7 15.bxc3 Nb6
16.e4 Nc4 17.e5 Rhd8 18.Bh3 Nxd6 19.exd6 Ne4 20.Rhf1+ Kg6 21.Bxe6 Nxd6 22.Rd4 b6
23.Rfd1 Nb7 24.Bd7 Rab8 25.Bxc6 Rxd4 26.cxd4 Nd6 27.Re1 Kf6 28.Bd5 Nb5 29.Re6+ Kf5
30.Re5+ Kf6 31.Re6+ Kf5 32.Re7 Kf6 33.Rf7+ Kg6 34.Rd7 Kf6 35.Bc6 Nxa3 36.Rxa7 Nc4
37.Bd5 Ne3 38.Bb3 Rd8 39.c3 h5 40.Rf7+ Kg6 41.Re7 Nf1 42.Bc2+ Kf6 43.Re2 Kg5
44.Re6 Kg4 45.Rxb6 g5 46.Bd1+ Kh3 47.Bxh5 Nxh2 48.Rg6 g4 49.Rg7 Kxg3 50.Kd2 Kh4
51.Bg6 Nf3+ 52.Kd3 Ng5 53.Be4 g3 54.Bc6 Rd6 55.Bb7 Rb6 56.Bd5 Rb2 57.c4 g2
58.Bxg2 Rxg2 59.c5 Rg1 60.Kc2 Rg4 61.Rd7 Ne6 62.Kc3 Rg1 63.Kc4 Kg5 64.Kd5 Kf6
65.Rd6 Rg5+ 66.Kc6 Ke7 67.Rd7+ Ke8 68.Rd6 Ke7 69.Rd7+ Ke8 70.Rd6 Ke7 71.Rd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cozianu,Costin"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 8.Bg5 e5
9.Nd2 Bd6 10.Nb3 Nge7 11.Qd2 f6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.Bg3 a5 14.a4 Qb6 15.Bb5 Nb8
16.Bf2 e4 17.fxe4 Bxb5 18.axb5 Qxb5 19.e5 fxe5 20.dxe5 Bxe5 21.Nbd4 Qd7 22.O-O Nbc6
23.Nf3 Bd6 24.Rfd1 Rae8 25.c4 Rxf3 26.gxf3 Qh3 27.Bg3 Ne5 28.Qc3 Bc5+ 29.Kh1 Nxc4
30.Nf4 Qf5 31.Rxd5 Nxd5 32.Qxc4 b6 33.Qxd5+ Qxd5 34.Nxd5 Re2 35.b4 axb4 36.Rb1 Rd2
37.Nxb4 Kf7 38.Na6 Bd4 39.Nc7 g5 40.Nd5 h5 41.Nxb6 h4 42.Bb8 Rf2 43.Nc4 Rxf3
44.Ne5+ Bxe5 45.Bxe5 g4 46.Kg1 Re3 47.Rf1+ Kg6 48.Rf6+ Kh7 49.Bf4 Re4 50.Bg5 g3
51.h3 Kg7 52.Rf4 Re1+ 53.Kg2 Re2+ 54.Kf3 Rf2+ 55.Ke3  1-0

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen,L"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 Qb6 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.fxe4 e5 6.dxe5 Bc5 7.Bc4 Bxg1 8.Qf3 Be6
9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Bg5 Qf2+ 11.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 12.Kxf2 Nd7 13.Ne2 Nxe5 14.Nd4 Nf6
15.Rhe1 Kf7 16.Nf3 Nxf3 17.gxf3 e5 18.Red1 Rhd8 19.a4 Ke6 20.Be3 Ne8 21.Ke2 Nd6
22.b3 Rd7 23.h4 a6 24.h5 Rf8 25.Rg1 Ne8 26.Rg3 Nf6 27.Rg5 h6 28.Rf5 Nh7 29.Rxf8 Nxf8
30.Bf2 Nh7 31.Bh4 Kf7 32.Rg1 Rd6 33.Ke3 Rd7 34.a5 Ke6 35.Rg6+ Kf7 36.Rg1 Ke6
37.b4 Kf7 38.c3 Ke6 39.Rg6+ Kf7 40.Rg1 Ke6 41.Ke2 Kf7 42.Ke3 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Milman,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.Rc1 c6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.O-O Nf8 12.f3 Ne6 13.Kh1 h5 14.Be1 g6 15.h3 Be7 16.Rd1 Bd7
17.e4 Rc8 18.e5 Nh7 19.f4 Ng7 20.Ng3 h4 21.f5 hxg3 22.fxg6 fxg6 23.Bxg6 Ng5
24.Bxg3 Rf8 25.Qd3 N5e6 26.Ne2 Bg5 27.Rf3 Rxf3 28.Qxf3 Qe7 29.Bc2 Rf8 30.Qd3 Nf5
31.Bf2 Be8 32.Qc3 Nh6 33.Bg1 Bh5 34.Qd3 Nf4 35.Nxf4 Rxf4 36.Rf1 Rxf1 37.Qxf1 Qf7
38.Qd3 Qg7 39.g4 Be8 40.Bf2 Be7 41.Be3 Nf7 42.Qf5 Bg5 43.Bg1 Nd8 44.Kg2 Bd7
45.Qd3 Ne6 46.Be3 Be8 47.Kf2 Qh6 48.Bxg5 Nxg5 49.Qf5 Nxh3+ 50.Kg3 Ng5 51.Qc8 Qf8
52.Bf5 Qf7 53.Kf4 Qe7 54.Qb8 a6 55.Qd6 Qg7 56.Qd8 Nh3+ 57.Kg3 Kf8 58.Qd6+ Kg8
59.Qe6+ Bf7 60.Qc8+ Qf8 61.Qxf8+ Kxf8 62.Kxh3 b6 63.b4 Ke7 64.Kg3 Be8 65.Kf4 Bf7
66.g5 a5 67.bxa5 bxa5 68.g6 Be8 69.Kg5  1-0

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Erenburg,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.Re1 c5 8.c3 Nc6
9.Nbd2 h6 10.Nf1 Be6 11.Ng3 Qd7 12.Nh4 d5 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.Nhf5 Rfd8
16.Qa4 Bf8 17.Qh4 Qe6 18.f4 Rxd3 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 Nfd7 21.Re4 Ng6 22.Qg4 Qc6
23.Qe2 Rd5 24.Rf1 Nf6 25.Re3 Rad8 26.Qf3 Qd7 27.Bxh6 gxh6 28.Qf4 Nxf4  0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kraai,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.e4 e5 8.Ne2 d6
9.Ng3 Nd7 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bd3 c5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Qe2 Na4 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Qa2 Na4
16.O-O Bd7 17.Nf5 Qc7 18.Rac1 b5 19.cxb5 c4 20.Be2 Rab8 21.Qc2 Bxb5 22.f4 Bd7
23.fxe5 Rb2 24.Qd1 dxe5 25.d6 Qb7 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Bf3 Nb3 28.Rc2 Be6 29.h3 Rd8
30.Bg4 Qxe4 31.Rxb2 Nxb2 32.Qe1 Bxg4 33.hxg4 f6 34.g5 Nd1 35.gxf6 Qxe3+ 36.Qxe3 Nxe3
37.Nc6 Nxf1 38.Nxd8 Nc5 39.f7 Nd7 40.Ne6 Ng3 41.Nc5  1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khachiyan,M"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 e6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Qe2 a5 10.O-O-O Ba6 11.Qe1 Qb8 12.f5 exf5 13.exf5 O-O 14.Qh4 Re8 15.Rde1 Qc8
16.g4 Qb7 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.f6 Bh8 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Re1 Qc8 21.Re7 Rxe7 22.fxe7  1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e3 Re8
9.a4 a5 10.b3 Rb8 11.Ra2 b6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Ba3 Bf8 14.Bxf8 Rxf8 15.Rd2 Qe7
16.Ng5 Nc5 17.Nge4 Ncxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bh3 20.Bg2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Rbd8
22.Rd5 c6 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Qf3 Qd6 25.g4 Kg7 26.h4 Qe6 27.Qe4 c5 28.Rh1 f5
29.gxf5 Qxf5 30.Qxf5 gxf5 31.Kf3 Kf6 32.Ke2 e4 33.f3 exf3+ 34.Kxf3 Rd3 35.Kf4 Rxb3
36.Rd1 Ke6 37.Rd5 Rb4 38.Re5+ Kd6 39.Kxf5 Rxc4 40.Re6+ Kc7 41.Re7+ Kc6 42.Re6+ Kb7
43.Re7+ Ka6 44.Rxh7 Rxa4 45.e4 Ra1 46.e5 Rf1+ 47.Ke4 a4 48.Rh8 Kb7 49.h5 a3
50.Rh7+ Kc6 51.Ra7 Rh1 52.Rxa3 Rh4+ 53.Kf5 Rxh5+ 54.Kf6 Rh6+ 55.Kf5 Rh8 56.e6 c4
57.e7 Kd6 58.Ra6 Kc5 59.Ra7 c3 60.Rc7+ Kd6 61.Rxc3 Kxe7 62.Rc6 b5 63.Ke4 Kd7
64.Rb6 Rh5 65.Kd3 Kc7 66.Rg6 Rc5 67.Rh6 Kb7 68.Rg6 Ka7 69.Rh6 Rc7 70.Rg6 b4
71.Rg4 Rb7 72.Kc2 Ka6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Rb8
9.Ne1 c5 10.Nc2 Qc7 11.Qd3 b6 12.a4 Ba6 13.Na3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rbc8 15.Nb5 Qxc4
16.Nxd6 Qxd3 17.exd3 Rc2 18.Nb5 Nd5 19.Ba3 Rd8 20.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 N7f6
22.Bf1 Rc8 23.Rc4 h6 24.Be2 Rd8 25.Kf1 Rd7 26.Bf3 Ne8 27.Rc2 Nec7 28.Rb2 Nxb5
29.axb5 Bb7 30.Kg2 Ne7 31.Bxe7 Rxe7 32.Be4 f5 33.Bxb7 Rxb7 34.Rc2 Rd7 35.Rc4 Kf7
36.f4 Rd5 37.Rb4 Kf6 38.Kf3 g5 39.h3 Rd8 40.Ke3 Rd7 41.Rc4 Rd5 42.Rb4 h5
43.h4 gxh4 44.gxh4 Rd7 45.Rc4 Rd5 46.Rc7 Rxb5 47.Rxa7 Rd5 48.Rh7 Kg6 49.Re7 Kf6
50.Rh7 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.g3 O-O 9.Bg2 Bd6
10.O-O e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nh4 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Qc2 Be6 15.Rfe1 Rc8 16.Qd3 Ba3
17.Ne2 Bd7 18.Rad1 Bb5 19.Qb1 Re8 20.Nc3 Bd7 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.Re1 Qf8 23.Nf3 g6
24.Bf1 Bb4 25.Rc1 Ba3 26.Re1 Bb4 27.Rc1 Bf5 28.Bd3 Bxd3 29.Qxd3 Qd6 30.Kg2 Bxc3
31.Rxc3 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yang,Dar"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 a5 12.Nd3 Na6 13.a3 Bg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.b4 c6 16.Qb3 cxd5
17.exd5 a4 18.Qb2 b5 19.f4 e4 20.Rfe1 bxc4 21.Bxe4 Qd8 22.Nxc4 Bb5 23.Rac1 Rc8
24.Qd4 Rxc4 25.Rxc4 Bxc4 26.Qxc4 Qb6+ 27.Kg2 Nc7 28.Bf3 Nb5 29.Qc6 Qb8 30.Qa6 Nxa3
31.Qxa4 Nb5 32.Qa6 Nd4 33.Qc4 Nf5 34.Be4 Rc8 35.Qa6 Nd4 36.Nf2 h5 37.Qd3 Qxb4
38.Rd1 Nc2 39.Qd2 Qxd2 40.Rxd2 Ne3+ 41.Kh3 Nfg4 42.Re2 Re8 43.Bf3 Nf6 44.Nd1 Nxd1
45.Rxe8+ Nxe8 46.Bxd1 Nf6 47.Bf3 Kf8 48.Kh4 g6 49.h3 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Brooks,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "E40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.e4 e5
9.f3 b6 10.O-O O-O 11.d5 Na5 12.Ng3 Ne8 13.f4 f6 14.Be3 Rb8 15.Rf2 Rb7 16.f5 g5
17.Rf3 h6 18.Nf1 Rh7 19.Rh3 Ng7 20.Nd2 Bd7 21.Nb3 Ba4 22.Qb1 Nb7 23.Be2 h5
24.Qc1 h4 25.Nd2 Nh5 26.g3 Kh8 27.gxh4 g4 28.Rg3 Nxg3 29.hxg3 Rg8 30.Nf1 Qe8
31.Bd2 Na5 32.Ne3 Qh5 33.Kf2 Rgg7 34.Rb1 Kg8 35.Qa3 Be8 36.Qb2 Kf8 37.Qc2 Rg8
38.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.e3 Nc6
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Ne4 11.Bxd8 Nxc3 12.Bc7 Kd7 13.Bf4 e5 14.Bxe5 Nxe5 15.bxc3 Kc7
16.Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 Rd8 18.Rd1 Be6 19.Be2 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Rd8+ 21.Kc1 Rd6
22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1 g5 24.Kd2 Kd6 25.f4 gxf4 26.exf4 b6 27.Bd3 f5 28.Ke3 Ke7
29.Kf3 Kf6 30.Kg3 Bf7 31.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Invitational"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.03.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.Bg5 Bf5 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qb3 b6 13.Rac1 Rb8 14.Qa4 Bd7 15.Nb3 Bxb2
16.Rb1 Bf6 17.Qf4 Qe7 18.cxb6 Rxb6 19.Nbd4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Ra6 21.Rb7 Qd8 22.e3 Rxa2
23.Rc1 Ra5 24.h4 Bxd4 25.exd4 Be6 26.Rcc7 Ra1+ 27.Kh2 Qf6 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.Rxa7 Rd1
30.Bh3 f5 31.Ra4 Rd2 32.Rca7 Rxf2+ 33.Kg1 Rd2 34.Ra8 Rxa8 35.Rxa8+ Kg7 36.Ra4 Rd3
37.Kf2 f4 38.Bxe6 fxg3+  0-1

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ibrahim,Ismail"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.h3 e5 8.Be3 d5 9.dxe5 Nxe4
10.f4 f6 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Bc1 Be6 13.Kh2 Qe7 14.c4 Rad8 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qc2 Qd7
17.Qxe4 Bxh3 18.Re1 Bg4 19.Nbc3 Rde8 20.Qh1 Qd3 21.Qf1 Qc2 22.Kg1 Nd4 23.Kf2 Nxe2  0-1

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Humphreys,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Ngf3 Ne7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.f4 Nf5 10.Bf2 Qb6 11.Nb3 a5 12.a4 Bb4+ 13.c3 Be7 14.Bd3 Bh4 15.O-O Bxf2+
16.Rxf2 Ne3 17.Qe2 Nxg2 18.Nxa5 Nh4 19.b4 c5 20.Bb5 cxd4 21.Nb3 Ke7 22.cxd4 Nf5
23.Qd3 Rhc8 24.Rf3 Nb8 25.Nc5 Nc6 26.Bxc6 Qxc6 27.Rh3 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Renteria,R"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nh4 Nbd7 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Bg5 Bxf5 15.gxf5 g6
16.Qf3 Bg7 17.Rad1 d4 18.h4 Nh5 19.Nc1 h6 20.Bd2 Qd8 21.Bh3 Kh7 22.Ne2 Rf8
23.Kg2 Qe7 24.Rh1 Ndf6 25.Ng3 c5 26.Rdg1 Rg8 27.Bg5 hxg5 28.hxg5 Bh6 29.Kf1 Bxg5
30.fxg6+ fxg6 31.Bf5 Kh6 32.Bxg6 Kxg6 33.Nxh5 Kf7 34.Ng3 Ke6 35.Nf5 Qf7 36.Qh3 Kd7
37.Nh6+ Qe6 38.Nf5 Kc7 39.Rg2 Bf4 40.Rxg8 Rxg8 41.Qh4 Kb8 42.Rg1 Rxg1+ 43.Kxg1 a6
44.Kf1 Ka7 45.Qh8 c4 46.Qd8 cxd3 47.cxd3 Nd7 48.a4 Bd2 49.Ne7 Nb6 50.Qc7 a5
51.b3 Bb4  0-1

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sapozhnikov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.O-O a6 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Ne2 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.c3 dxc3 11.dxc3 b5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Be4 Rb8 14.c4 Nf6 15.Bc6+ Bd7
16.Qxa4 Qc8 17.Bxd7+ Qxd7 18.Qxa6 Bc5 19.Bf4 Rd8 20.b4 Bxb4 21.Rab1 Be7 22.Rb7 Qd3
23.Bc7 Rc8 24.Nc1 Qe4 25.Qb5+ Kf8 26.Nb3 g6 27.Be5 Qxc4 28.Qxc4 Rxc4 29.Ra1 Re4
30.f4 Rxe5 31.fxe5 Nd5 32.Raa7 h5 33.Kf1 h4 34.Ra8+ Kg7 35.Rxh8 Kxh8 36.Kf2 Kg7
37.Kf3 g5 38.g4 hxg3 39.hxg3 Kg6 40.Nd4 Bc5 41.Nc6 Ba3 42.g4 Bc5 43.Rd7 Ba3
44.Nd8 Be7 45.Nb7 Kg7 46.Nd6 Kg6 47.Ne4 Kg7 48.Rb7 Kg6 49.Rb8 Kg7 50.Re8 Kh7
51.Ke2 Kg7 52.Kd3 Kh7 53.Kd4 Kg7 54.Rb8 Kg6 55.Rc8 Kg7 56.Re8 Kh7 57.Nc3 Bc5+
58.Kc4 Nxc3 59.Kxc3 Be3 60.Ra8 Bf4 61.Kd4 Kg7 62.Rc8 Kh7 63.Rc2 Kg7 64.Re2 Kf8
65.Rb2 Kg7 66.Rb5 Bg3 67.Kc4 Bf4 68.Kb4 Bg3 69.Ka5 Bf2 70.Ka6 f6 71.Rb7+ Kg6
72.Re7 Bd4 73.Rxe6 Bxe5 74.Kb5 Kf7 75.Ra6 Bd4 76.Kc4 Be3 77.Kd5 Bf2 78.Rc6 Bg3
79.Rb6 Be5 80.Rb7+ Kg6 81.Ke6 Bf4 82.Ra7 Be5 83.Ra8 Bd4 84.Rg8+ Kh7 85.Kf7 Be5
86.Re8 Bg3 87.Re3 Bf2 88.Rf3 Be1 89.Kxf6 Bh4 90.Kf7 Kh6 91.Rh3 Kh7 92.Rxh4+ gxh4
93.g5 h3 94.g6+  1-0

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Samsonkin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.Nd2 Qh5
9.e4 Na6 10.Qxh5 Nxh5 11.Nb3 Nb4 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bd2 f5 14.Ne2 a5 15.Bc3 fxe4
16.Nxa5 Rxa5 17.Bxb4 Ra4 18.a3 Bg4 19.Rae1 Bxe2 20.Rxe2 Bxd4 21.Bxe4 Raa8
22.Rd1 Bf6 23.Bd2 Ng7 24.Bh6 Rfc8 25.g4 Kf7 26.f4 Ne6 27.Bb1 Nd4 28.Re3 e6
29.Kg2 Ra4 30.Bd3 c5 31.Rf1 Rg8 32.Kh3 Bg7 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.f5 Re8 35.Re4 Raa8
36.fxg6 hxg6 37.Ref4 Re7 38.R4f2 e5 39.Be4 Ne6 40.Kg3 Nf4 41.Rd2 Rd7 42.h4 Ra4
43.Rc1 Kf6 44.g5+ Kg7 45.Kf3 Ra6 46.Rcd1 Rf7 47.Ke3 Rb6 48.Rc1 Rf8 49.Rf2 Rh8
50.Rh2 Ne6 51.Bd5 Nd4 52.Be4 Ne6 53.Rcc2 Nf4 54.Rc1 Ne6 55.Rcc2 Nf4 56.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golod,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.f4 c5
9.a3 Ba5 10.b4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Bb6 12.Qxd5 a5 13.Rb1 axb4 14.axb4 Bxg1 15.Rxg1 Nc6
16.Be3 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qh6 18.Kf2 Ra3 19.Qd2 Qxh2+ 20.Rg2 Qh3 21.Rg1 Qe6 22.Bg2 Ndxe5
23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.Rge1 Rxc3 25.Qxc3 Qf6+ 26.Ke2 Bg4+ 27.Kd2 Rd8+ 28.Kc1 Nd3+
29.Kc2 Qg6 30.Rf1 Rc8 31.Qxc8+ Bxc8 32.Kc3 Qxg3 33.Rfd1 Bf5 34.Bf1 Qc7+ 35.Kd2 Qh2+
36.Kc3 Qc7+ 37.Kd2 Qc4 38.Rb2 h6 39.Ra1 Qd5 40.Ra5  0-1

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bd7
9.Nb3 Nf6 10.f4 h5 11.Qe2 b5 12.a3 Be7 13.h3 Rc8 14.Be3 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.Qf2 O-O
17.Nd4 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 d5 20.Bb6 Qd6 21.fxe5 Qxe5 22.Rfe1 Qd6 23.Rad1 Rfe8
24.Bd4 Nc6 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Ne4 Qe5 27.Nxf6+ Qxf6 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Bxd5 Ne7
30.Bb3 Nxf5 31.Rd7 Rf8 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Nh6 34.Qxf6 gxf6 35.Ra7 Nxg4 36.Kg2 Rb8
37.Rxa6 Ne3+ 38.Kf3 Nxc2 39.Bxc2 Rxb2 40.Be4 Kg7 41.Bd5 Rd2 42.Ba2 Rd7 43.Kf4 Rb7
44.Rc6 Ra7 45.Bc4 Kg6 46.Bd5 Rd7 47.Be4+ Kg7 48.Rc1 Re7 49.Rd1 Kf8 50.Rc1 Kg7
51.Rg1+ Kf8 52.Bh7 Re5 53.Rg8+ Ke7 54.Ra8 Rb5 55.Be4 Re5 56.Rb8 Ra5 57.Rb7+ Kf8
58.Bd3 Re5 59.Bc4 Re7 60.Rb2 Rc7 61.Ba2 Kg7 62.Rg2+ Kf8 63.Kf5 Rc6 64.Rb2 Ra6
65.Bc4 Rc6 66.Bd5 Rd6 67.Rb5 Kg7 68.Bb3 Rd7 69.Rb6 Rc7 70.Rd6 Rb7 71.Bd5 Rc7
72.Rxf6 Rd7 73.Be4 Ra7 74.Rd6 Rc7 75.Bd5 Ra7 76.Rb6 Rd7 77.Rb5 Rd6 78.Ke5 Rf6
79.Rb1 Rf2 80.Be4 Ra2 81.Rf1 Ra7 82.Kd6 Kf8 83.Bd5 Kg7 84.Rb1 Kf6 85.Rg1 Ra6+
86.Bc6 Ra2 87.Rg3 Ra7 88.Bb5 Ra5 89.Bc4 Ra7 90.Rg1 Rb7 91.Bd5 Ra7 92.Rg4 Kf5
93.Rb4 Kf6 94.Bc4 Kg7 95.Bb5 Ra1 96.Re4 Rb1 97.Bc4 Rb7 98.Bd5 Ra7 99.Rg4+ Kf6
100.Rg1 Ra6+ 101.Kd7 Ra7+ 102.Ke8 Re7+ 103.Kf8 Rd7 104.Rf1+ Ke5 105.Bxf7 Ra7
106.Kg7 Ra6 107.Bg6 Ra7+ 108.Kh6 Ra2 109.Bf5 Rg2 110.Kh5 Rg8 111.Bg6 Rh8+
112.Kg5 Rh2 113.Re1+ Kd6 114.Kf6 Rh6 115.Rd1+ Kc5 116.Kg5 Rh2 117.Kf4 Rf2+
118.Ke5 Rh2 119.Rc1+ Kb5 120.Be4 Rh5+ 121.Kd4 Rh4 122.Rb1+ Ka5 123.Rb8 Ka6
124.Kd5 Rf4 125.Kc6 Ka5 126.Kc5 Ka4 127.Bd5 Ka3 128.Rb3+ Ka4 129.Rg3 Rf5
130.Rg2  1-0

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez,W"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 O-O
9.Bg2 d6 10.O-O Nxc3 11.Rxc3 e5 12.d5 Nb8 13.b4 a5 14.Ra3 Bg4 15.Nd2 Na6
16.bxa5 f5 17.Nb3 Rf6 18.f3 Bh5 19.e3 Re8 20.Qd2 g5 21.Nc1 Ref8 22.Qb2 Rb8
23.Nd3 Rff8 24.e4 fxe4 25.fxe4 Rxf1+ 26.Bxf1 Qf6 27.Bg2 Rf8 28.Rb3 Bg6 29.Qe2 Rb8
30.Rb1 h5 31.Qe3 g4 32.c5 Kg7 33.cxd6 cxd6 34.Qa7 Qf7 35.Nb4 Rc8 36.Rf1 Qc7
37.Nxa6 bxa6 38.Qxa6 Qc5+ 39.Kh1 Rc7 40.Qb6 Rc8 41.a3 Rc7 42.Qb4 Ra7 43.a6 Qxb4
44.axb4 Rxa6 45.b5 Rb6 46.Rb1 Kf6 47.Kg1 Ke7 48.Kf2 Kd8 49.Ke3 Be8 50.Bf1 Kc7
51.Kd2 Rb7 52.Kc3 Kb6 53.Kb4 Ra7 54.Bc4 Ra5 55.Kc3 Ra3+ 56.Kb4 Ra5 57.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinnacle 48th COCC"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bojkov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b5
9.Bc2 d5 10.Nbd2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Nd7 8.Bb3 Nb6
9.Nbd2 Kh8 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 f5 12.d5 Ne5 13.Nd4 f4 14.h3 Qe8 15.N2f3 Nbd7
16.Bd2 Bf6 17.Rc1 Nc5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Bc3 Qg6 20.Qf3 Bd7 21.Bc2 a5 22.Bb1 b6
23.Ne2 Rae8 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Nxf4 Qf7 26.Nd3 Qxf3 27.gxf3 Rg5+ 28.Kf1 Rxf3
29.Nxc5 bxc5 30.Ke2 Rxh3 31.Bd3 Rg2 32.Rf1 Bg4+ 33.Kd2 Rf3 34.e5 Rgxf2+ 35.Rxf2 Rxf2+
36.Ke3 Rf3+ 37.Ke4 g5 38.e6 Kg7 39.Rg1 h5 40.Be2 Rf4+ 41.Ke3 Kf6 42.Bxg4 Rxg4
43.Rf1+ Rf4  0-1

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Valencia,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 a6 8.a4 h6 9.Be3 e6
10.Qd2 exd5 11.cxd5 Kh7 12.Nge2 Nbd7 13.Ng3 Rb8 14.Be2 Re8 15.O-O b6 16.Rab1 h5
17.Nh1 Qc7 18.Rfc1 Ng8 19.Nf2 Ne5 20.b4 c4 21.b5 a5 22.Ncd1 f5 23.f4 Ng4
24.Rxc4 Qe7 25.Bxg4 hxg4 26.Rbc1 Bd7 27.Rc7 Qf7 28.R1c6 Re7 29.Rxd6 fxe4
30.Rxb6 Rxb6 31.Bxb6 e3 32.Bxe3 Qe8 33.d6 Rf7 34.b6 Nh6 35.b7 Nf5 36.Ba7 g3
37.hxg3  1-0

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pechenkin,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 a6 12.Ne4 Qc8 13.Qc2 Rd8 14.Bb2 a5 15.b5 Na7 16.d4 f5
17.Nxe5 Nxb5 18.Nc5 Bd5 19.Bh3 Nd6 20.f3 Kh8 21.e4 Bg8 22.Rfe1 Rf8 23.d5 a4
24.Kg2 Bf6 25.Rbc1 Re8 26.Ncd3 Qd8 27.Qxc7 Qxc7 28.Rxc7 fxe4 29.fxe4 Nxe4
30.Rxe4 Bxd5 31.Bf5 Rf8 32.Nf4 Bxe4+ 33.Bxe4 Rae8 34.Nfd3 Re7 35.Rxe7 Bxe7
36.Bxb7 Rb8 37.Bc6 Rc8 38.Bd4 Nc4 39.Bxa4 Nxe5 40.Nxe5 Ra8 41.Bb3 Rxa3 42.Be6 Ra6
43.Nf7+ Kg8 44.Ng5+ Kh8 45.Nf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nd7 5.O-O e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.a4 Ngf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bc4 h6 10.b3 Re8 11.Qe2 c6 12.a5 Qc7 13.Rd1 Nc5 14.Ba3 Bf8 15.Qe3 Ng4 16.Qc1 b5
17.Bf1 Rb8 18.Bb4 f5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Nh4 Qg7 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Qe3 f4 23.Qf3 Qg5
24.Bxc5 Bxc5 25.Qxc6 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Bb7 27.Qxb5 Rec8 28.Qd3 e4 29.Qd4 Qxh4+
30.Kg1 e3 31.Ne2 Ne4 32.Qe5 f3 33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.Qe5+ Nf6 35.Nf4 Qg5 36.Qxe3 Rxc2
37.Rd2 Re8 38.Qd4 Re4 39.Qd8+ Re8 40.Qd4 Rxd2 41.Qxd2 fxg2 42.Bc4 Kh7 43.Qf2 Ne4
44.Ne6 Rxe6 45.Qf7+ Kh8 46.Qf8+ Kh7 47.Qf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haessel,D"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.e4 e6 5.h3 Bh5 6.Bg5 c6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Bd3 Qb6
9.Qd2 d5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.h4 Bb4 13.exd5 cxd5 14.a3 Bd6 15.g5 O-O-O
16.Nb5 Bb8 17.gxf6 Nxf6 18.Ne5 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Ne4 21.Rhf1 Nxf2
22.Rxf2 Qxf2 23.Rf1 Qxh4 24.Rxf7 Qe1+ 25.Qd1 Qxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Rd7  0-1

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Wang,Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.exd4 Bg7 6.Nc3 d6 7.d5 Ne5 8.Nxe5 Bxe5
9.Be2 Bg7 10.O-O Nh6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Bg5 Nf5 13.Bd3 Re8 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.Rac1 Rc8
16.b3 a6 17.Ne2 Qb6 18.Bxf5 Bxf5 19.Ng3 e6 20.dxe6 fxe6 21.Nxf5 exf5 22.Qd5+ Kh8
23.Be7 Bf8 24.Bf6+ Bg7 25.Qf7 Bxf6 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Qxe8+ Kg7 28.Qd7+ Kh6
29.Rd1 Be5 30.Rd3 Qa5 31.Rh3+ Kg5 32.Qe7+ Bf6 33.f4+  1-0

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gardner,R"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bd6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.Qxd5 O-O 11.f4 Bxg1 12.Rxg1 Qb6 13.Rh1 Nc6 14.Qb5 Nd4 15.Qxb6 Nxb6
16.Bd3 Rd8 17.Be3 Bg4 18.Bxd4 Rxd4 19.Be4 Na4 20.Bxb7 Rb8 21.Nxa4 Rxa4 22.Bf3 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Rxb2 24.O-O-O Rb8 25.Rd3 Rxf4 26.Rhd1 g5 27.Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Kg7
29.Rd7 Rxf3 30.Rxa7 Re3 31.Ra5 h6 32.a4 Rh3 33.Ra7 Kg6 34.Ra6+ Kf5 35.Rf6+ Kxe5
36.Rxf7 Rxh2 37.a5 Ra2 38.Ra7 g4 39.Kb1 Ra4 40.a6 Kf6 41.Ra8 h5 42.a7 Kg7
43.Kc2 g3 44.Re8 g2 45.Re1 h4 46.Kd3 Rxa7 47.Rg1 h3 48.Ke3 Rf7  0-1

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Melekhina,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6
8.Be3 Bb4 9.O-O-O+ Nbd7 10.Nge2 Ng4 11.Bg5+ Ke8 12.Rdf1 Bc5 13.Nd1 Nb6 14.f3 Nf6
15.b3 Rd8 16.Kb1 h6 17.Bc1 Rf8 18.a4 Rd7 19.Nb2 Rdf7 20.Rd1 g5 21.Nd3 Bd6
22.h4 Rg8 23.g4 Nfd7 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Ng1 Nc5 26.Nf2 Nbd7 27.Rh5 Be7 28.Nfh3 Rfg7
29.Ne2 b6 30.Rh1 Nb7 31.Rh6 Nd8 32.Nhg1 Nf8 33.R6h5 Nf7 34.Nh3 Bc5 35.Bd2 a5
36.Be1 Be3 37.Nf2 Ng6 38.Nd3 Nd8 39.Bc3 Nc6 40.Rh7 Nd4 41.Nxd4 exd4 42.Be1 c6
43.Bg3 b5 44.R1h6 bxa4 45.bxa4 Rxh7 46.Rxh7 Rf8 47.Bd6 Rxf3 48.Rg7 Rf6 49.e5 Rf1+
50.Kb2 Nf4 51.Nc5 d3 52.Nxd3 Nxd3+ 53.cxd3 Rf4 54.Re7+ Kd8 55.Rxe6 Rxa4 56.Re7 Rd4
57.Kc3 Rd5 58.Kc4 Bd4 59.Rc7 Bxe5 60.Bxe5 Rxe5 61.Rxc6 Kd7 62.Rg6 Ke7 63.Rg7+ Kf6
64.Ra7 Re1 65.d4 Re4 66.Ra6+ Ke7 67.Kd5 Rxg4 68.Ke5 Rh4 69.Rxa5 g4 70.Ra7+ Kf8
71.Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "2011.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Porper,E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e3 c6
9.Bxb4 axb4 10.Qd2 c5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Nbd2 Qe7 14.a3 bxa3 15.Rxa3 Rxa3
16.bxa3 b6 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nge4 Bb7 19.Rb1 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Nf6 22.Qc6 Rd8
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 Qe6 25.a4 g6 26.Kg2 Rd2 27.a5 bxa5 28.Rb5 a4 29.Rxc5 Qf6
30.Qf3 Kg7 31.Ra5 Ra2 32.c5 a3 33.c6 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Adu,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be2 c6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.a4 O-O 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.a5 a6 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Qc7 12.f4 e6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nce4 Nxe3 15.exd6 Qb8
16.Qxe3 Qa7 17.c3 Rfe8 18.Nc4 Rad8 19.Rae1 Nf6 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.f5 gxf5 22.g4 Qb8
23.Qf4 Kh8 24.gxf5 Bg5 25.Qf3 Rg8 26.Kh1 Rdf8 27.Ne5 Bh4 28.Re4 Qd8 29.fxe6 fxe6
30.Nf7+ Rxf7 31.Qxf7 Qg5 32.Qf3 Qh6  1-0

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Bg5 f6 8.exf6 gxf6 9.Be3 dxc4
10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Be2 Bg6 12.Nh3 Bd6 13.Nf4 Bxf4 14.Bxf4 Ne7 15.Qd2 Nbd5 16.Bh2 Kf7
17.O-O Qg8 18.Rfe1 Rd8 19.Bf3 Nf5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Rac1 Rd7 22.Qf4 Qd8 23.Re2 Qb6
24.Rd2 Nd6 25.Rc3 Ne4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Bg3 Rhd8 28.Rb3 Qc6 29.Rc3 Qb6 30.Rb3 Qc6
31.Rc3 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lapshun,Y"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.h3 g6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.Bxf5 gxf5
9.Bf4 Qd7 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.Nf3 Rg8 12.O-O e6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Ne4 15.f3 Nd6
16.b3 Rc8 17.a4 Bh6 18.Qd3 Rc6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.f4 Bg7 21.Rfd1 Ke7 22.c4 dxc4
23.bxc4 Rgc8 24.Rac1 b6 25.d5 Qc5+ 26.Kh1 Rd6 27.Qf3 Kf8 28.dxe6 fxe6 29.Rxd6 Qxd6
30.Ng3 Qc6 31.Qd3 Bf6 32.Nh5 Bh8 33.Qd2 Qxa4 34.g4 Qa3 35.Kh2 fxg4 36.hxg4 Ke7
37.Ng3 Rd8 38.Nf5+ Ke8 39.Qe2 Qb2 40.Rc2 Qf6 41.Qe4 Kf8 42.Ng3 Qh4+ 43.Kg2 Qxg4
44.Qxh7 Bf6 45.c5 bxc5 46.Qxa7 Rd3 47.Qxc5+ Kg7 48.Qc7+ Kh6 49.f5 e5 50.Kh1 Qh3+  0-1

[Event "Manhattan Open"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2011.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Quan Zhe"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Nd7 5.g3 f5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Ne2 Bd6 8.c4 dxc4
9.Nd2 c6 10.O-O Be6 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Nxc4 Bc7 13.Rac1 a5 14.b3 Re8 15.Nc3 Qe7
16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Nd2 Bd6 18.Na4 Ba3 19.Nb2 Bd5 20.Ndc4 Bxb2 21.Nxb2 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Ne4
23.Nd3 Rd6 24.Ne5 Rh6 25.h4 f6 26.Qc4+ Kf8 27.Nf3 g5 28.hxg5 fxg5 29.d5 c5
30.Rh1 Rd6 31.a3 Nxf2 32.Kxf2 Qxe3+ 33.Kg2 g4 34.Ne1 Qd2+ 35.Kf1 Re3 36.Rxh7 Kg8
37.Rxb7 Qh2 38.Qf4 Qe2+ 39.Kg1  1-0

[Event "US Chess League 2011"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Erenburg,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e4 Nd7 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Qc2 Ne5
16.Be2 Ba6 17.Nb5 Rfc8 18.Nd6 Bxd6 19.Bxa6 Qxa6 20.Rxd6 Qa5 21.Bc5 Qc7 22.Rad1 Ng4
23.f3 Nf6 24.R1d3 h6 25.g3 Rab8 26.Qd2 a5 27.Kg2 Kh7 28.Rc3 Rd8 29.Rcd3 Rdc8
30.Rc3 Rd8 31.Ba3 Rxd6 32.Bxd6 Qd7 33.Qc2 Rc8 34.Bc5 Kg8 35.Bb6 Ra8 36.Rxc6 Qb7
37.Bxa5 Rxa5 38.Rc8+ Kh7 39.e5+ Ne4 40.Rc4 g6 41.Rxe4 Qd7 42.b3 Rd5 43.Re2 Rd3
44.b4 Qd5 45.b5 Qxf3+ 46.Kg1 Ra3 47.Qc1 Qxe2 48.Qxa3 Qe1+ 49.Kg2 Qe2+ 50.Kg1 Qe1+
51.Kg2 Qe2+ 52.Kg1 Qe1+ 53.Kg2 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2011"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 d6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c3 Nxf4
9.exf4 g6 10.h4 Nf6 11.Ne4 Bg7 12.g3 Qd7 13.a4 O-O 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Be4 c5
16.O-O cxd4 17.cxd4 Rac8 18.a5 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Qb5 20.axb6 axb6 21.Rfd1 Rc4
22.Qd3 Qc6 23.d5 exd5 24.Qxd5 Bxb2 25.Rab1 Bc3 26.Rxb6 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 Bb4 28.Rb7 Bc5
29.Rd2 h6 30.Kg2 Re8 31.h5 gxh5 32.Nh4 Rb4 33.Rd7 Reb8 34.Nf5 Rb2 35.Nxh6+ Kh7
36.Rxb2 Rxb2 37.Nxf7 Rxf2+ 38.Kh3 Kg8 39.Nxd6 Rd2 40.Ne4 Rxd7 41.Nf6+ Kf7
42.Nxd7 Be7 43.Ne5+ Ke6 44.Kg2 Bf6 45.Nd3 Kf5 46.Kf3 Bd4 47.Ne1 Bb6 48.Ng2 Bc5
49.Nh4+ Kf6 50.Ng2 Kf5 51.Ne1 Bb6 52.Nd3 Bd4 53.Nb4 Bb6 54.Nd5 Bc5 55.Nc3 Bb4
56.Ne4 Be7 57.Nd2 Bc5 58.Nc4 Bg1 59.Nd6+ Ke6 60.Ne8 Kf5 61.Ng7+ Kg6 62.Ne6 Kf5
63.Ng5 Bc5 64.Nf7 Kf6 65.Ne5 Kf5 66.Nc4 Bg1 67.Nd6+ Ke6 68.Kg2 Bc5 69.Ne4 Be7
70.Nf2 Kf5 71.Kf3 Bc5 72.Nd1 Bd4 73.Ke2 Kg4 74.Ne3+ Kxg3 75.Nf5+ Kxf4 76.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2011"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Schroer,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 c6 5.Qe2 Bf5 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bd2 Qc7 8.h3 e6
9.g4 Bg6 10.f4 Be7 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.O-O-O b5 13.Bb3 a5 14.Rde1 Nc5 15.f5 exf5
16.Nd4 O-O-O 17.gxf5 Rxd4 18.fxg6 Nxb3+ 19.axb3 Bb4 20.Qf2 Rd7 21.gxf7 Rxf7
22.Rhf1 Rhf8 23.Qg2 Bxc3 24.Bxc3 Nd5 25.Rxf7 Rxf7 26.Re8+ Kd7 27.Re4 Kc8
28.Re8+ Kd7 29.Re4 Kc8 30.Be5 Qd7 31.Bh2 Qf5 32.Re1 Kb7 33.Bg1 g5 34.Kb1 h5
35.Qd2 b4 36.Ka2 Qf4 37.Qg2 a4 38.Re4 Qc1 39.bxa4 Rf1 40.Bd4 Rd1 41.Qf2 Rd2
42.Qf7+ Nc7 43.Be5 Qxc2 44.Qxc7+ Ka6 45.Qc8+ Ka5 46.Bc7+ Kxa4 47.Qa6+  1-0

[Event "US Chess League 2011"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Khachiyan,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.Be3 Be7 7.Bc4 Na5 8.Qd3 Nxc4
9.Qxc4 c6 10.Nc3 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Qb3 e4 13.Ne5 O-O 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Qxb7 Rb8
16.Qa6 Qd6 17.Qxd6 Bxd6 18.Nc6 Rb7 19.h3 a6 20.g4 Rc8 21.Nd4 Bf7 22.Nf5 Ba3
23.Na4 Bf8 24.Bd4 Ne8 25.Ne3 Nc7 26.Bc5 Rd8 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Nc5 Rb6 29.Nxe4 d4
30.Nf5 Ne6 31.Rd2 g6 32.Nfg3 Nf4 33.Ne2 Nxe2+ 34.Rxe2 Bxa2 35.Rd2 a5 36.Rhd1 Rdb8
37.b3 a4 38.Nc5 axb3 39.Nd7+ Kf7 40.Nxb6 Rxb6 41.cxb3 Bxb3 42.Re1 Rd6 43.Kb2 Bc4
44.Re4 Rb6+ 45.Kc1 Bf1 46.Rdxd4 Bxh3 47.Rd7+ Kf6 48.Rxh7 Bg2 49.Ra4 Bc6 50.Rc4 Bd5
51.Rc5 Bf3 52.g5+ Ke6 53.Rh4 Bd5 54.Rd4 Ba2 55.f4 Bb1 56.Re5+ Kf7 57.Rd7+ Kf8
58.Rd8+ Kf7 59.Rd7+ Kf8 60.Ree7 Bf5 61.Rf7+ Ke8 62.Rde7+ Kd8 63.Ra7  1-0

[Event "US Chess League 2011"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.Qa4 O-O 12.Bd3 e5 13.e4 Rfe8 14.O-O Nf8 15.Rfe1 Ng6
16.Bf2 Nf4 17.Bf1 c5 18.g3 Ne6 19.d5 Ng5 20.f4 Ngh7 21.Qd1 h5 22.Qf3 Ng4
23.Re2 f5 24.exf5 Nhf6 25.Rae1 b5 26.h3 Nxf2 27.Qxf2 bxc4 28.fxe5 dxe5 29.Nxc4 e4
30.d6 Qf7 31.Ne3 Ba6 32.Rd2 Bd3 33.Bxd3 exd3 34.Rxd3 Rad8 35.Ng2 Ne4 36.Qf4 c4
37.Rde3 Nxd6 38.g4 Rxe3 39.Rxe3 Nb7 40.Qe5 Rc8 41.Nf4 Nc5 42.Nxh5 Nd3 43.Qe7 Rb8
44.Kh2 Rb7 45.Qd8+ Kh7 46.Re8 Qc7+ 47.Qxc7 Rxc7 48.Kg3 g6 49.Nf6+ Kg7 50.Re6 Kf7
51.Nd5 Rd7 52.Rf6+ Ke8 53.fxg6 Nc5 54.Rf5  1-0

[Event "US Chess League 2011"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hungaski,R"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 b6 4.b3 Bb7 5.Bb2 d5 6.Nc3 a6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Qc2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Rad1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qe7 13.e4 b5 14.Bd3 e5 15.Ne2 c5
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.f4 Qe7 20.Ng3 c4 21.bxc4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxe4
23.Nxe4 Qxe4 24.Qxe4 Rxe4 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Rf2 h5 27.g3 h4 28.Rd3 h3 29.Rb2 Re1+
30.Kf2 Ra1 31.Rdb3 R8xa2 32.Rxb5 Rh1 33.Rxa2 Rxh2+ 34.Kg1 Rxa2 35.Kh1 Rg2
36.Rg5 f6 37.Rg4 Kf8 38.f5 Kf7 39.Rg6 Rf2 40.Rg4 Rxf5 41.Rh4 Kg6 42.Kh2 Rh5
43.Ra4 Rh8 44.Rg4+ Kf7 45.Ra4 Rh7 46.Ra7+ Kg6 47.Ra5 Rh8 48.Ra7 f5 49.Rb7 Kf6
50.Rb6+ Kg5 51.Rb4 Rh6 52.Ra4 Kf6 53.Ra6+ Ke5 54.Ra5+ Ke4 55.Ra4+ Ke3 56.Ra3+ Ke2
57.Ra2+ Kf3 58.Ra3+ Kg4 59.Ra4+ Kg5 60.Rb4 g6 61.Ra4 Rh8 62.Rb4 Rh5 63.Ra4 Kf6
64.Ra6+ Kf7 65.Ra7+ Kg8 66.Ra8+ Kg7 67.Ra7+ Kf8 68.Ra8+ Ke7 69.Ra7+ Ke8 70.Ra5 Kd8
71.Rc5 Kd7 72.Ra5 Kc7 73.Re5 Rh8 74.Rc5+ Kd7 75.Ra5 Ke7 76.Ra7+ Kf6 77.Ra6+ Kg5
78.Ra5 Kg4 79.Ra4+ Kf3 80.Ra3+ Ke2 81.Ra2+ Ke3 82.Ra3+ Kd4 83.Ra4+ Kd3 84.Ra3+ Kd4
85.Ra4+ Kc3 86.Ra5 Kc4 87.Re5 Kd4 88.Ra5 Rh7 89.Ra4+ Ke5 90.Ra5+ Ke4 91.Ra4+ Kf3
92.Ra3+ Kg4 93.Ra4+ Kg5 94.Rb4 Re7 95.Kxh3 Re4 96.Rb5 Kh5 97.Ra5 Re3 98.Rb5 Rf3
99.Kg2 Ra3 100.Kh3 Rc3 101.Ra5 Rb3 102.Rc5 Rb2 103.Ra5 Kg5 104.Rc5 Rf2 105.Ra5 Kh6
106.Ra6 Kh5 107.Ra5 g5 108.Rxf5 Rxf5 109.g4+ Kg6 110.gxf5+ Kxf5 111.Kg3 g4
112.Kg2 Kf4 113.Kf2 g3+ 114.Kg2 Kg4 115.Kg1 Kf3 116.Kf1 g2+ 117.Kg1 Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2011"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Bd2 Bf8
9.O-O b6 10.Nf4 c5 11.Qf3 Bb7 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Rfd1 Nbd7 14.Qh3 g6 15.Bb5 Re5
16.Nce2 Nb6 17.Bc3 Rg5 18.a4 Rb8 19.Bd3 Bg7 20.Qh4 h6 21.f3 Qe8 22.a5 Na4
23.Qf2 Bc6 24.h4 Nxc3 25.Nxc3 Re5 26.Re1 c4 27.Bf1 Bf8 28.Nfe2 Rxb2 29.Rab1 Rxb1
30.Rxb1 Rxe3 31.Ne4 Nxe4 32.fxe4 Qxe4 33.Rb8 Kg7 34.h5 g5 35.Ng3 Rxg3 36.Qxg3 Bc5+
37.Kh1 Qd4 38.Qh2 Bd7 39.Rb7 Bg4 40.Rc7 Be6 41.a6 Qe3 42.Rxc5 Qxc5 43.Qe5+ Kh7
44.Be2 Qa3 45.Bd1 Qc1 46.Qd4 Kg8 47.Kg1 c3  0-1

[Event "US Chess League 2011"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.11.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.Be3 O-O 12.dxe5 Bxe3 13.exf6 Bh6 14.fxg7 Bxg7 15.Qd5 Ne5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Qc5 Kh8 18.Na3 f5 19.Rad1 Qg5 20.Bd5 f4 21.f3 Bh3 22.Rf2 Rfd8
23.Rfd2 Bf8 24.Qf2 Bd6 25.Nc2 Bd7 26.Nb4 Bxb4 27.cxb4 Qe7 28.Qc5 Qxc5+ 29.bxc5 Be8
30.b4 Kg7 31.Kf2 Kf6 32.g3 Ke7 33.Bb3 Rxd2+ 34.Rxd2 Bc6 35.Bd5 Bd7 36.Rd1 c6
37.Bb3 Rf8 38.Rg1 h6 39.gxf4 Rxf4 40.Rg7+ Ke8 41.Kg3 Rf6 42.h4 Kd8 43.Rg8+ Be8
44.Rh8 Rg6+ 45.Kf2 Rf6 46.Ke3 Ke7 47.Rh7+ Kd8 48.Ra7 Rg6 49.Rxa6 Rg1 50.Ra8+ Ke7
51.Ra7+ Bd7 52.Bf7 Rb1 53.Bg6 Rb3+ 54.Kf2 Kd8 55.Bf5 Be8 56.Rh7 Rxb4 57.a6 Ra4
58.a7 b4 59.Be6  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miller,Neil S"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 a6 9.e4 Rb8
10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 b5 12.Rb1 bxc4 13.Qa4 Bb7 14.Qxc4 Nxe4 15.Qd3 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Na5
17.Qd3 Nb3 18.Ne2 Bc6 19.Nd2 Bb5 20.Qe3 Qg5 21.Nxb3 Qxe3 22.fxe3 Bxe2 23.Rfe1 Bd3
24.Nd2 Bxb1 25.Rxb1 a5 26.Nc4 a4 27.Bc6 d5 28.Nd2 Rfc8 29.Kf2 Rb6 30.Bxa4 c5
31.dxc5 Rxb2 32.Rxb2 Bxb2 33.Nb3 Ra8 34.Bb5 Rxa3 35.Nd4 Kf8 36.h3 Ra5 37.c6 Bxd4
38.c7 Ra2+ 39.Kf3 Rc2 40.exd4 Rxc7 41.Bd3 Rc3 42.Ke3 Ke7 43.Kd2 Ra3 44.h4 Kd6
45.g4 g5 46.h5 f5 47.gxf5 Rxd3+ 48.Kxd3 exf5  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Hill,Cameron A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Be3 c5
9.Qd2 Qc7 10.Rc1 Nc6 11.d5 Rd8 12.c4 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd4 15.Bg4 Qe5
16.f3 Qd6 17.f4 e5 18.f5 b6 19.O-O Rab8 20.Rf2 Rb7 21.Rcf1 Re8 22.h4 h5 23.Bxh5 gxh5
24.f6 b5 25.Qd1 Qf8 26.fxg7 Qxg7 27.cxb5 Qg4 28.Qd3 Rb6 29.Bxd4 cxd4 30.Rxf7 Rg6
31.R1f2 Rc8 32.Qf1 Rg7 33.Rf8+ Rxf8 34.Rxf8+ Kh7 35.Qf5+ Qxf5 36.Rxf5 Rb7
37.d6 Rxb5 38.d7  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shlionsky,Aaron"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.f4 d6 3.c3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qc8 6.Ng5 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Bg2 h6 10.d5 exd5 11.f5 Bxf5 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.gxf5 Ne7 14.Rf1 c6 15.e4 c5
16.Bf4 c4 17.Qc2 dxe4 18.Bxd6 Ned5 19.Bf4 Nxf4 20.Rxf4 Bd6 21.Rf1 Qc5 22.Qe2 Rad8
23.Nd2 Bg3+ 24.Kd1 e3  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2012.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Spencer,Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.e5 Nc6 7.Qh4 Nd5 8.Bc4 Nb6
9.Bb3 Bg7 10.Bh6 Bxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bg7 Nd3+ 13.Kd2 Qc7 14.Kxd3 Rg8 15.Qxh7 Qd6+
16.Kc2 Rf8 17.Bxf7+ Kd8 18.Bxf8 Qf6 19.Re1 Qf5+ 20.Kc1 Qxf2 21.Bxe7+ Kc7
22.Bh4 Qxg2 23.Bg3+ Kc6 24.Qxg6+ Kc5 25.Qd6+ Kb5 26.Na3+ Ka4 27.Qb4+  1-0

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Battaglini,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Be7 8.O-O g5
9.dxc5 g4 10.Nd4 Ncxe5 11.Bb5 a6 12.Bxd7+ Bxd7 13.f4 gxf3 14.N2xf3 Ng6 15.b4 f6
16.Bh6 e5 17.Nb3 Bb5 18.Rf2 Qd7 19.Qc2 O-O-O 20.Nfd2 Rhg8 21.c4 dxc4 22.Nxc4 Qg4
23.Nba5 Nh4 24.Raf1 Rg6 25.Nd6+ Kc7 26.Nxb5+ axb5 27.Be3 Rdg8 28.g3 Qxb4
29.Nb3 f5 30.Kh1 Qg4 31.Bd2 f4 32.Bc3 Bf6 33.Qe4 Qf5 34.Qd5 Rxg3 35.Na5 Rxc3
36.Qxb7+ Kd8 37.Qd5+ Ke7 38.Qxg8 Qe4+ 39.Kg1 Nf3+ 40.Rxf3 Rxf3 41.Nc6+ Qxc6
42.Qxh7+ Kd8 43.Qg8+ Kc7 44.Qf7+ Kc8 45.Qf8+ Bd8 46.Rd1 Qg6+ 47.Kh1 Rd3  0-1

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Ne2 d5 3.e5 d4 4.c3 c5 5.Nf4 Qc7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Qe2 Bf5 8.d3 dxc3
9.bxc3 a6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Nf4 g5 13.g4 Bxg4 14.Qxg4 gxf4 15.Qf3 Qd5
16.Qxd5 cxd5 17.Bxf4 Bh6 18.Bg3 e6 19.Nd2 Ne7 20.Rb1 O-O 21.Rb7 Ng6 22.Ke2 f5
23.exf6 Rxf6 24.Rhb1 Raf8 25.Rb8 Nf4+ 26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Rb8+ Kg7
29.Rb7+ Rf7 30.Rxf7+ Kxf7 31.Nb3 Bf8 32.Kf3 Kg6 33.Na5 Kf5 34.c4 Ke5 35.Nc6+ Kd6
36.Na5 Ke5 37.Nc6+ Kd6 38.Na5  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanenko,Vl"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "C57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nd4 6.c3 Nf5 7.O-O Nxd5 8.Re1 f6
9.d4 c6 10.Nf3 Be7 11.dxe5 O-O 12.Nbd2 Kh8 13.Ne4 fxe5 14.Nxe5 Nd6 15.Bxd5 cxd5
16.Qxd5 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bd6 18.Bf4 Qc7 19.Rad1 Bf5 20.Qd5 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 Qf7 22.Qxf7 Rxf7
23.f3 Kg8 24.Kf2 a6 25.c4 Re8 26.c5 Rfe7 27.f4 Bd7 28.Rd4 Bc6 29.Red1 Kf7
30.g3 Re6 31.h4 g6 32.g4 h6 33.Kg3 g5 34.Rd6 gxf4+ 35.Bxf4 Re2 36.Rf1 h5
37.gxh5 Be4 38.Rf2 Rxf2 39.Kxf2 Re6 40.Rd2 Rf6 41.Ke3 Bc6 42.h6 Re6+ 43.Kd3 Re7
44.Kc3 Kg6 45.Rd6+ Kh7 46.Rf6 Bd5 47.b3 a5 48.Rd6 Bc6 49.a3 Bb5 50.Bg5 Rf7
51.Re6 Bd7 52.Re3 Bb5 53.Kd4 Rd7+ 54.Ke5 Bc6 55.Kf6 Bd5 56.b4 axb4 57.axb4 Rf7+
58.Ke5 Bc6 59.Ke6 Rd7 60.Kf6  1-0

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Gu,Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bc2 Be7 11.Qd3 g6 12.Qf3 Bf6 13.Rd1 Bg7 14.Be4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bd7
16.Rb1 Qc8 17.h3 f5 18.Bc2 e5 19.Ba3 Re8 20.Bb3+ Kh8 21.Bf7 Rd8 22.Qg3 Be6
23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Rd2 Na5 25.Rc2 Nc4 26.Bc1 b6 27.Bg5 Rd7 28.Rd1 Rc8 29.Bc1 Nd6
30.Qe3 Qd5 31.Kh2 f4 32.Qd3 e4 33.Qa6 f3 34.Ng3 fxg2 35.Bf4 Rf8 36.c4 Qf7
37.Be3 Nf5 38.Nxf5 gxf5 39.Bf4 Rxd4 40.Rg1 Rd3 41.Rxg2 Rxh3+ 42.Kxh3 Qh5+
43.Kg3 Rg8  0-1

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Colas,Joshua"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 f6 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.Bxf5 Qxf5 14.Qxf5 Rxf5 15.Rb1 Nc6
16.Ne2 Na5 17.Kf2 Nac4 18.Re1 Re8 19.Ng3 Rxe1 20.Kxe1 Rf6 21.Ne2 Rf8 22.Kf2 c6
23.Rb4 Nd6 24.Bf4 Ndc4 25.Bc1 Nc8 26.Rb3 N8d6 27.Bf4 Nf5 28.a4 b6 29.g3 h6
30.h4 g6 31.Rb1 Kh7 32.Rb3 Ng7 33.Rb1 Ne6 34.Bc1 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Kg2 Kg6
37.Ra1 c5 38.dxc5 Nxc5 39.Nd4 Nd3 40.f4 Nxc1 41.Rxc1 gxf4 42.gxf4 Rxf4 43.Nc6 Ne3+
44.Kg3 Rxa4 45.Kf3 Nc4 46.Ne7+ Kf6 47.Nxd5+ Ke6 48.Nf4+ Kd6 49.Rd1+ Kc6 50.Nd5 Ra3
51.Ke4 Kc5 52.Ne7 Nd6+ 53.Kd3 Nb5 54.Rc1 a5 55.Nf5 a4 56.Ne3 Rb3 57.Nd1 Nd6
58.Kc2 Nc4 59.Ra1 b5 60.Ra2 Na3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Liang,Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 Nc6 8.Re1 e5
9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Nf1 Qd7 11.Ng3 Rfe8 12.h3 h6 13.Ba4 a6 14.d4 b5 15.Bc2 cxd4
16.cxd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Qc7 19.Qd3 Rac8 20.Bb3 Bf8 21.Bd2 Nd7 22.Bxe6 Rxe6
23.Rac1 Qb8 24.Rxc8 Qxc8 25.Nf5 Ne5 26.Qc3 Qxc3 27.Bxc3 Nd3 28.Re3 Nc5 29.f3 g6
30.Nd4 Re8 31.Nc2 Bg7 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.b3 Kf6 34.Nb4 Kg5 35.Nd5 h5 36.b4 Na4
37.f4+ Kh6 38.g4 Rc8 39.g5+ Kg7 40.Rd3 Nb2 41.Rd4 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Rc2+ 43.Kg3 Nc4
44.Nc7 Rc3+ 45.Kh2 Rc2+ 46.Kg3 Rc3+ 47.Kh2 Rc2+ 48.Kg3  0-1

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barnett,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "C29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Qe2 f5 7.d3 Nc5 8.Qf2 O-O
9.Ne2 Ne6 10.Nf4 c5 11.c4 dxc4 12.dxc4 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Bd2 Nc6 15.O-O-O Nxe5
16.Bc3 Nc6 17.Bxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 Bc5 20.Rd3 g5 21.Nd5 Rf7 22.b4 Bf8
23.Be2 g4 24.h3 h5 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.c5 Be6 27.Nf4 Bc4 28.Re3 Bxe2 29.Rxe2 a5
30.Rh5 axb4 31.Rg5+ Kh7 32.Rh5+ Kg8 33.Rg5+ Bg7 34.Nh5 Rc8 35.Re5 b6 36.Nxg7 Rxg7
37.Rgxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Vasilyev,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4
9.Na4 Qd7 10.Bb2 Nf6 11.Re1 Rad8 12.Nc3 Bh3 13.Bh1 h6 14.d5 Na5 15.Qd2 c5
16.e4 Ng4 17.Nd1 Qc7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nh4 Nf6 20.f4 Bc8 21.e5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Nh7
23.Qc3 e6 24.Nf2 a6 25.Rab1 b6 26.a3 Bd7 27.Ng2 Rb8 28.Nf4 Rg8 29.Ne4 Nb7
30.Rbd1 Rbd8 31.Nd6 Rb8 32.dxe6 Bxe6 33.Nxe6+ fxe6 34.Nxb7 Rxb7 35.Bxb7 Qxb7
36.Qd2 Qf3 37.Re3 Qg4 38.Qe2 Qh3 39.Qf1 Qg4 40.Qf3 Qh5 41.Rd7+ Kh8 42.h4  1-0

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rosen,E"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.b4 Bd4 5.Rb1 c6 6.e3 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Bb2 d6
9.a3 Nf6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Be2 c5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Qb3 Bg4 14.Kh1 Ne4 15.Rbd1 f5
16.d4 Qe7 17.b5 Nd8 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Ng1 Qh4 20.g3 Qh5 21.Qc2 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 Qxe2
23.Nxe2 Nf7 24.f3 Ned6 25.Rc1 Rfd8 26.Rfd1 Nxc4 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxc4 Rd2
29.Ra4 g6 30.Nc3 Ng5 31.Ra8+ Kf7 32.Kg1 Nxf3+ 33.Kf1 Nxh2+ 34.Ke1 Nf3+ 35.Kf1 Nh2+
36.Ke1 Nf3+ 37.Kf1 Rxb2 38.Rb8 Nd2+ 39.Ke1 Nc4 40.Rxb7+ Ke6 41.a4 Rc2 42.Nd1 h5
43.Rc7 Kd5 44.Rg7 Ke4 45.Rxg6 Kf3 46.Rg5  0-1

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 Nbd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Re1 Qc7 8.Bc2 Rc8
9.Na3 e6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nb5 Qc5 12.Nbxd4 h6 13.Bf4 e5 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Bg3 Be7
16.Nbd2 O-O 17.Nf1 Rfe8 18.Bh4 d5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Qd3 g6 22.Rxe5 Red8
23.Bb3 Nf4 24.Qe3 Bd6 25.Qxf4 Bxf3 26.Rae1 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 Bd1 28.Ne3 Bxb3  1-0

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Sarkar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 Nbd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Re1 Qc7 8.Bc2 Rc8
9.Na3 e6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nb5 Qc5 12.Nbxd4 h6 13.Bf4 e5 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Bg3 Be7
16.Nbd2 O-O 17.Nf1 Rfe8 18.Bh4 d5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Qd3 g6 22.Rxe5 Red8
23.Bb3 Nf4 24.Qe3 Bd6 25.Qxf4 Bxf3 26.Rae1 Bxe5 27.Rxe5 Bd1 28.Ne3 Bxb3 29.axb3 Rd6
30.Qe4 Kg7 31.c4 Qc6 32.Nd5 Re6 33.Qd4 f6 34.Rxe6 Qxe6 35.Nf4 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Re8
37.g3 Qe5 38.Qd3 f5 39.Qd7+ Qe7 40.Qc6 Qf7 41.Qd6 Re4 42.Nd5 g5 43.Kg2 Re2
44.Ne3 Rxb2 45.Qd3 f4 46.Ng4 Ra2 47.Qd6 Qb7+ 48.Kh2 fxg3+ 49.Kxg3 Qe4 50.Qxh6+ Kf7
51.Qxg5 Qd3+ 52.f3 Qc3 53.Ne5+ Ke8 54.Qg8+ Ke7 55.Qf7+ Kd6 56.Qd7+  1-0

[Event "Washington International 2012"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 Bf5 7.O-O Nd7 8.Ng4 e6
9.c4 N5f6 10.Ne3 Bg6 11.f4 Qc7 12.Nc3 Bd6 13.g3 Rd8 14.Qe1 O-O 15.c5 Be7
16.f5 exf5 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.Rxf5 Rfe8 19.Qf2 Nf8 20.Bf4 Qd7 21.Be5 Ng6 22.Rf1 b6
23.cxb6 axb6 24.Qf3 Qe6 25.Kh1 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Nd7 27.Qe4 b5 28.Bg4 Qc4 29.Qxc4 bxc4
30.Be2 g6 31.Rxf7 Nxe5 32.R7f4 Rd2 33.Re4 Bd6 34.Bxc4+ Kg7 35.Re2 Rxe2 36.Bxe2 Nf7
37.Bf3 Ne5 38.Be2 Nf7 39.Rd1 Bb4 40.Bc4 Ne5 41.Bb3 Re7 42.Kg2 Rb7 43.Ne4 Be7
44.h3 Rb4 45.Nc3 Rb8 46.Rd2 Bb4 47.Re2 Bd6 48.Ne4 Be7 49.Be6 Nd3 50.b3 Bb4
51.Bc4 Ne5 52.Ng5 Bd6 53.Rc2 Re8 54.Be2 Ba3 55.Ne4 Nf7 56.Bf3 Ne5 57.Nd2 Bb4
58.Ne4 Ba3 59.Be2 Nf7 60.Nf2 Ne5 61.Bf3 Re6 62.Re2 Kf7 63.Ne4 Re7 64.Rd2 Kg7
65.Rd8 Ra7 66.Re8 Be7 67.a4 Kf7 68.Rb8 Nd7 69.Rc8 Ne5 70.Bd1 Ke6 71.Bc2 Kd5
72.Kf2 c5 73.Nc3+ Ke6 74.Ke2 Rd7 75.Ne4 Kd5 76.Ke3 Rb7 77.h4 Rd7 78.b4 Nc4+
79.Kf4 Na3 80.Nxc5 Bd6+ 81.Kg4 Re7 82.Bb3+ Ke5 83.a5 Nb5 84.a6 Nd4 85.Nb7 h5+
86.Kh3 Kf6 87.Re8  1-0

[Event "US Chess League 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cozianu,C"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Rd1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d3 Nc6 12.Nbd2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 c4
16.Ne4 Bb7 17.Nc3 Ncb4 18.Bb1 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Nd5 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.Ne5 Qh4 22.g3 Qh3
23.Be4 f5 24.Bf3 Rae8 25.a4 Bxe5 26.dxe5 f4 27.axb5 axb5 28.Ra7 fxg3 29.fxg3 Nxc3
30.Bxc3 Rxf3 31.Rxb7 Rxc3 32.e6 Rd3 33.Rf1 Qh6 34.Rff7 Qc1+ 35.Kg2 Rd2 36.Rxg7+ Kh8
37.Rxh7+ Kg8 38.Rbg7+ Kf8 39.Rf7+ Kg8 40.Rfg7+ Kf8 41.Rf7+ Kg8 42.Rfg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Fisher,William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.h3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nc6
9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qf3 d5 13.d3 c5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 c6
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Re8 18.Nc3 Nd7 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.Qf4 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Nf8 22.Qd2 Nd7
23.b3 Nf8 24.Na4 Nd7 25.Qf4 Qb8 26.Qxb8+ Rxb8 27.c4 d4 28.f4 g6 29.Kf2 Kf8
30.Kf3 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Nb2 Ke7 33.Nd1 Ke6 34.Nf2 h5 35.Ne4 f6 36.g3 Ke7
37.g4 hxg4+ 38.hxg4 f5 39.Ng3 Kf6 40.g5+ Ke7 41.Nf1 Kd6 42.Nd2 Kc7 43.Kf2 Kb6
44.Nf3 Ka5 45.a3 Kb6 46.Ke2 a5 47.Kd2 Kb7 48.Kc2 Kc7 49.Kb2 Kc8 50.Kc1 Kc7
51.Kd2 Kb7 52.Kc2 Kc7 53.Kd2 Kc8 54.Kc2 Kc7 55.Kd2 Kc8 56.Kc2 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Schroer,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.d3 d6 7.Na4 Bb6 8.Nxb6 axb6
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qe7 12.O-O g5 13.Bg3 Ng4 14.Bd5 h5 15.h3 h4
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.hxg4 Qf4 18.Qf3 c6 19.Bb3 Bxg4 20.Qxf4 gxf4 21.f3 Be6 22.Kf2 Ke7
23.Rh1 Kf6 24.Ke2 Ra5 25.Rh2 Kg5 26.Kd2 Bxb3 27.cxb3 Rha8 28.a3 Rb5 29.Kc2 Rc5+
30.Kd2 Rb5 31.Rah1 Rh8 32.Kc2 Rc5+ 33.Kd2 Rb5 34.Kc2 Rc5+ 35.Kb1 Rb5 36.b4 c5
37.bxc5 bxc5 38.Rc1 Rh6 39.Ka2 Rhb6 40.Rc2 Ra6 41.Rh1 b6 42.Rc4 Ra8 43.a4 Rba5
44.b3 Rg8 45.Ka3 Rga8  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Vovsha,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 O-O 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.a4 a6 10.Bh4 c5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.e6 f6 15.Bc4 Bc6
16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Qb7 18.Bg3 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 b5 22.axb5 axb5
23.Qd8+ Bf8 24.Be2 c4 25.Bf4 Qa8 26.Qb6 Qc8 27.h4 Qxe6 28.Qb8 Kf7 29.Qb6 Qd7
30.Bg4 f5 31.Be2 Bg7 32.h5 Bf6 33.hxg6+ hxg6 34.g4 g5 35.Bg3 e6 36.Qc5 Qd5
37.Qa7+ Qd7 38.Qb8 Qd8 39.Qa7+ Qe7 40.Qb8 Qb7 41.Qd6 Be7 42.Qd4 Qd7 43.Qh8 Qd2
44.Qh5+ Kf8 45.gxf5 exf5 46.Qh8+ Kf7 47.Bh5+ Ke6 48.Qe5+ Kd7 49.Qc7+  1-0

[Event "US Chess League 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Priyadharshan,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 Qc7 8.Qe2 g5
9.Nxg5 Qxe5 10.d4 cxd3 11.Bxd3 Qxe2+ 12.Bxe2 h6 13.Nf3 Bg7 14.Na3 O-O 15.O-O d5
16.Rd1 Bf5 17.Be3 e6 18.Nb5 Na4 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Bd1 Nb6 21.b3 Nc8 22.Rc1 N8e7
23.Be2 e5 24.Bc5 Rd7 25.Rcd1 a6 26.Na3 Be6 27.g3 Rad8 28.Nc2 Nf5 29.Ne3 Nxe3
30.Bxe3 Ne7 31.Bc5 Nf5 32.Bb4 Nd6 33.Ba5 Ne4 34.Bxd8 Nxd2 35.Ba5 Nxf3+ 36.Bxf3 Bf8
37.Bg2 Bc5 38.c4 b6 39.Bc3 d4 40.Bd2 Kg7 41.Re1 f6 42.f4 d3+ 43.Kf1 Bd4 44.Rc1 Bg4
45.Be4 f5 46.Bxd3 Bc5 47.b4 Be7 48.c5 bxc5 49.bxc5 Rxd3 50.c6 Rd8 51.c7 Rc8
52.fxe5 Bf3 53.Ba5 Bd5 54.Rb1 Bxa2 55.Rb8 Be6 56.Ke2 Kf7 57.Kd3 Bc5 58.Rb1 Ke7
59.Rc1 Ba7 60.Rc6 Bg1 61.Bb4+ Kf7 62.Rc2 Bd5 63.Rc1 Bxh2 64.Bd6 Ke6  0-1

[Event "US Chess League 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulamali,K"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 Qb6 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bf5 6.c3 Nd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Ne2 exd4
9.Nxd4 Bg6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Nd6+ Kf8 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.O-O Nc5 15.Bxg6 hxg6
16.f4 Rd8 17.Qg4 Nd5 18.Rad1 Kg8 19.Qf3 g5 20.g3 gxf4 21.Nf5 g6 22.Qg4 b5
23.Ncd6 Rxd6 24.Nxd6 Qxd6 25.Rxf4 Ne6 26.Rf2 Qc5 27.Rd2 Rh5 28.Kh1 Re5 29.Rfe2 Rf5
30.Re1 Kg7 31.Rde2 Nf6 32.Qh3 Ng5 33.Qg2 Ng4 34.h4 Nf2+ 35.Kh2 Nf3+  0-1

[Event "US Chess League 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kekelidze,M"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Rb1 a5 11.a3 Bg7 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Ne7 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Nd2 c6
16.Ra1 Rxa1 17.Rxa1 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Qa3 Nc6 20.b5 Nd4 21.Rb1 Qc7 22.Nxd5 Qc2
23.Qb4 Nxe2+ 24.Kf1 Bxd5 25.Kxe2 Bxg2 26.f3 Bxf3+ 27.Kxf3 Qxd3+ 28.Kg2 Qe2+
29.Kh3 Rd8 30.Nb3 e4 31.Re1 Qh5+ 32.Kg2 Qf3+ 33.Kh3 Rd5  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East 2013"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Idnani,Taran"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd7
9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Kh1 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxg5 13.Nxd6 Be7 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Nc4 Qc7
16.c3 Rad8 17.Qc2 b5 18.Ne3 Qf4 19.Bd3 Bd6 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Ng4 Bxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Qxg4+
23.Kh1 Qf3+ 24.Kg1 Bxh2+ 25.Kxh2 Rd5 26.Bg6 fxg6 27.Qxg6 Rh5+ 28.Qxh5+ Qxh5+
29.Kg1 Qg4+ 30.Kh1 Rf3 31.Rg1 Qh3+  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East 2013"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Markzon,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2193"]
[ECO "C04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Bd3 Nb4 7.Be2 c5 8.c3 Nc6
9.Bd3 f5 10.O-O Nb6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.b4 Be7 13.Nb3 O-O 14.a4 Nc4 15.Qe2 Bd7
16.Rd1 Rc8 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Nbd2 Qc7 19.Nxc4 Nb8 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.exd6 Qxc3
22.Bg5 Qxb4 23.Be7 Rfe8 24.Ne5 Qc3 25.Nxd7  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East 2013"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shen,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 c5
9.Rd1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 e6 11.Nc2 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Be2 Re8 15.O-O Bf5
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Bf2 Nbxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bc4 Nb6 20.Bb3 a5 21.a3 Qf6 22.Rc1 Ba4
23.Bxa4 Nxa4 24.b3 Nb6 25.Nb5 Red8 26.Qe2 Nd5 27.Qc4 Bh6 28.Rce1 Nf4 29.Rd1 Rac8
30.Qa4 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Qg5 32.Bg3 Ne2+ 33.Kf1 Rc1 34.b4 Qd2 35.Rxc1 Nxg3+ 36.hxg3 Qxc1+
37.Ke2 Qd2+  0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East 2013"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2013.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bury,Michael James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.O-O Qf6 6.d3 h6 7.Be3 Ba7 8.c4 Nge7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rc1 d6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bd2 b5 15.Bb3 Qe7
16.f4 Bb6 17.f5 Qf6 18.a4 bxa4 19.Bxa4 Rb8 20.b4 a5 21.bxa5 Bc5 22.Qe1 Ba6
23.e5 dxe5 24.Rxc5 Bxd3 25.Rc6 Qd8 26.Qg3  1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East 2013"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2013.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eynula,Roza"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.e4 Ng6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.h3 O-O 8.Bd3 a6
9.a3 d6 10.b4 Ba7 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.fxe3 c6 13.a4 Qb6 14.Qd2 Qxb4 15.Ke2 Qa5
16.Rhb1 Nd7 17.h4 Nc5 18.h5 Ne7 19.Bc2 h6 20.Nh4 Bg4+ 21.Kf2 cxd5 22.cxd5 Rac8
23.Nf5 Qd8 24.Ng3 f5 25.Kg1 f4 26.exf4 Rxf4 27.Nce2 Rf6 28.Rf1 Qb6 29.Kh2 Rcf8
30.Rxf6 Rxf6 31.a5 Qd8 32.Ng1 Rf4 33.Nh3 Bxh3 34.gxh3 Qf8 35.Kg2 Kh8 36.Rf1 Qf6
37.Qe2 Qg5 38.Kh2 Rxf1 39.Nxf1 Ng8 40.Ng3 Nf6 41.Kg2 Kg8 42.Kh2 Kf8 43.Kg2 Ke8
44.Kh2 Kd8 45.Kg2 Kc7 46.Kh2 Qf4 47.Kg2 b5 48.axb6+ Kxb6 49.Qe1 Qg5 50.Kh2 Nxh5
51.Qb4+ Ka7 52.Nf5 Qf4+ 53.Kg2 Qc1 54.Nxd6 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O O-O 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.cxd5 exd4 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Nxd4 h6 12.Bd2 Bc5 13.Bc3 Re8 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.a4 a5
16.Rae1 c6 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Qc8 20.Qc2 Nd5 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Qd2 Qb7
23.e3 Re4 24.Bxa5 d4 25.exd4 Rxd4 26.Qc2 Qd7 27.Bc3 Rdxa4 28.Re4 d5 29.Rxa4 Qxa4
30.Qf5 Qc6 31.Qg4 Qg6 32.Qxg6 fxg6 33.Rc1 d4 34.Bd2 Bf8 35.Kf1 Rb8 36.Rb1 Rb3
37.Ke2 Ba3 38.Ra1 d3+ 39.Kd1 Be7 40.Bc1 g5 41.Ra4 Kf7 42.f4 gxf4 43.Rxf4+ Bf6
44.Rf3 Kg6 45.h3 Bg5 46.Bxg5 Kxg5 47.Re3 Kf5 48.Kd2 Rxb2+ 49.Kxd3 Rh2 50.Re7 Kf6
51.Re3 Rxh3 52.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Hess,Ro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nc6 Qd7
9.Na5 Ba6 10.Qf3 Ng4 11.Bf4 Ne5 12.Qe3 f6 13.O-O-O Be7 14.Bg3 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6
16.Nd5 Bd8 17.Qb3 Qb7 18.Qxb7 Bxb7 19.Rhe1 Kd7 20.f3 Re8 21.Bf2 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Kc6
23.Rh5 h6 24.Rd5 Rb8 25.h4 Re5 26.c4 Re8 27.h5 Rb4 28.b3 Be7 29.Be3 Bf8 30.Bd2 Rbb8
31.Kc2 Kd7 32.Bc3 Re6 33.Red1 Kc6 34.a3 Kb7 35.b4 c6 36.R5d3 cxb4 37.axb4 Ree8
38.Be1 Ka8 39.g4 d5 40.exd5 Bxb4 41.Bxb4 Rxb4 42.dxc6 Rxc4+ 43.Rc3 Rxc3+
44.Kxc3 Kb8 45.Rd7 Re6 46.Rb7+ Kc8 47.Rxg7 Rxc6+ 48.Kd4 a5 49.Ra7 Rb6 50.Rxa5 Kd7
51.Ra7+ Ke6 52.Rh7 Rb4+ 53.Ke3 Ke5 54.Rxh6 f5 55.g5 Rb3+ 56.Ke2 Rb2+ 57.Kd1 Kf4
58.g6 Rg2 59.Rh8 Kxf3 60.Rf8 f4 61.h6 Rg1+ 62.Kd2 Rg2+ 63.Kd3 Rxg6 64.h7 Rd6+
65.Kc3 Rc6+ 66.Kd3 Rd6+ 67.Kc3 Rc6+ 68.Kd4 Rd6+ 69.Ke5 Rh6 70.Rxf4+ Kg3 71.Rf7 Kg4
72.Rg7+ Kh5 73.Kf5 Kh4 74.Ra7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gareev,T"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 d6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.g3 b6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O a5 11.b3 Qe7 12.Bb2 Be4 13.Rfd1 c6 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.Qe3 h6
16.Bh3 d5 17.Nd2 Bg6 18.Qf4 Nh5 19.Qe3 Nhf6 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Rc3 Rxc3 22.Qxc3 Ne8
23.Rc1 Nd6 24.Qf3 Qg5 25.e3 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Nxc8 27.Qe2 Nd6 28.f3 Qd8 29.e4 dxe4
30.Nxe4 Qc7 31.Kf2 Qc6 32.Bg2 Qd5 33.Qe3 Qc6 34.Qe2 Nxe4+ 35.fxe4 Nf6 36.e5 Nd5
37.Qc4 Qd7 38.Bf3 Kh7 39.h4 Kg8 40.h5 Bb1 41.Bc1 Ne7 42.g4 Nd5 43.Kg3 f5
44.exf6 Qd6+ 45.Kg2 Nxf6 46.Qe2 Nd5 47.Qb2 Bh7 48.Qd2 Qc7 49.g5 hxg5 50.Qxg5 Qc2+
51.Kg3 Qc7+ 52.Kf2 Qc2+ 53.Kg3 Qc7+ 54.Bf4 Nxf4 55.Qxf4 Qxf4+ 56.Kxf4 Bc2
57.b4 axb4 58.axb4 Kf7 59.Ke5 Ke7 60.Bg4 Bb3 61.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.h4 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 Nd7 12.g4 e5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.g5 e4 15.Nd2 g6
16.Rg1 h5 17.Be2 Nb6 18.Nf1 Be6 19.Bxh5 Qb4 20.Bg4 Qxb2 21.Rc2 Qb4+ 22.Qd2 Qxd2+
23.Nxd2 Rac8 24.Bd1 Rxc2 25.Bxc2 Kg7 26.Nb3 Nd7 27.Bd1 Rh8 28.Rh1 f6 29.f4 b6
30.Be2 fxg5 31.fxg5 Nb8 32.Kd2 Rc8 33.Rf1 Rf8 34.Rc1 Rc8 35.Bb5 a6 36.Bf1 Kf7
37.a3 Ke7 38.Rxc8 Bxc8 39.Nc1 Nc6 40.Ne2 Kd6 41.Nf4 Ne7 42.Be2 a5 43.h5 gxh5
44.Bxh5 Be6 45.Be8 Bg8 46.g6 Nc8 47.Kc3 Ke7 48.Bc6 Kd6 49.Bb5 Ke7 50.Bc6 Kd6
51.Bb5 Ke7 52.Kb3 Kf6 53.Bd7 Na7 54.Ka4 Ke7 55.Bb5 Kf6 56.Be8 Nc8 57.Bc6 Nd6
58.Bxd5 Bxd5 59.Nxd5+ Kxg6 60.Nxb6 Kf5 61.Kxa5 Kg4 62.Kb4 Kf3 63.Nd5 Nf5
64.Kc5 Nxe3 65.Nc3 Ng4 66.d5 e3 67.d6 Nf6 68.Kc6 Ne4 69.d7 Nxc3 70.d8=Q Ne2
71.Qd5+ Kf2 72.Qf5+ Ke1 73.Kc5 Kd2 74.Kc4 Nc1 75.Qg5  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.c3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.e4 b6 11.Bb5 Bb7 12.O-O-O a6 13.Ba4 b5 14.Bc2 c4 15.Rhe1 Rac8
16.Kb1 Nd7 17.Be3 Nde5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Bd4 Bh6 20.Bxe5 Bxd2 21.Rf1 f6 22.Bd4 Bf4
23.g3 Bc7 24.f4 e5 25.fxe5 fxe5 26.Bc5 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Rf1 Bd6 29.Bb6 Rd7
30.b3 Kg7 31.Kb2 Bc6 32.h4 Be7 33.Rf2 h6 34.Rh2 Rb7 35.Be3 Bf8 36.Rd2 Rd7
37.Rxd7+ Bxd7 38.bxc4 bxc4 39.Bd1 Bd6 40.Be2 Be6 41.g4 Be7 42.h5 g5 43.Bb6 Bd6
44.Ba5 Kf7 45.Bb4 Ke7 46.Ka3 a5 47.Bxd6+ Kxd6 48.Ka4 Kc5 49.Kxa5 Bc8 50.Ka4 Bd7+
51.Ka3 Bc6 52.Bf3 Kb5 53.Kb2 Bd7 54.Bd1 Ka5 55.Be2 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.a4 O-O 8.O-O Bg4
9.Re1 Na6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc7 12.Bf1 Nd7 13.Bg5 a6 14.Qg3 h6 15.Bd2 Rb8
16.a5 b5 17.axb6 Rxb6 18.Na4 Rb8 19.Ba5 Qc8 20.c4 Ne8 21.Rab1 Nef6 22.Kh1 Nh5
23.Qe3 g5 24.g3 Ne5 25.Qe2 g4 26.hxg4 Nxg4 27.Bc3 Bd4 28.Bxd4 cxd4 29.Kg1 Nhf6
30.b3 Ne5 31.f4 Ng6 32.Qf3 Qg4 33.Be2 Qxf3 34.Bxf3 Rb4 35.c5 dxc5 36.Nxc5 Rc8
37.Nd3 Rb5 38.b4 Rc3 39.Rbd1 a5 40.bxa5 Rxa5 41.Re2 Raa3 42.Red2 Nd7 43.Be2 Nb6
44.Rb2 Nc4 45.Rb8+ Kg7 46.e5 Ra2 47.Bf1 Nd2 48.Kg2 Ne4+ 49.Kf3 Nf2 50.Rbb1 f5
51.exf6+ Kxf6 52.Rbc1 Nxd1 53.Rxd1 Rca3 54.Rb1 Ra1 55.Rb6+ Kg7 56.Be2 Ra6
57.Rb4 R1a4 58.Rb8 Rd6 59.Rb5 e6 60.Rb7+ Kf6 61.Nc5 Ra3+ 62.Kg4 h5+ 63.Kxh5 Rxd5+
64.Kh6 Rxc5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Bryant,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Be7 8.e5 dxe5
9.Qxd8+ Bxd8 10.Nxe5 Bb7 11.c4 O-O 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Be3 a5 14.Na4 Bd6 15.Nd3 Bc8
16.h3 Bf5 17.Ndc5 Rfb8 18.b3 h6 19.Rad1 g5 20.Rfe1 g4 21.Bd4 Nh7 22.hxg4 Bxg4
23.f3 Bf5 24.Be5 Re8 25.Bh2 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Ng5 27.Rd1 Bxc5+ 28.Nxc5 Ne6 29.Na4 h5
30.Be5 Kh7 31.Kf2 Kg6 32.g3 f6 33.Bc3 Ng5 34.Rd2 Nf7 35.Re2 Ng5 36.Nc5 Kf7
37.Rd2 Ne6 38.Na4 Ke7 39.Ke3 Kf7 40.Rd7+ Ke8 41.Rd1 Kf7 42.Rd2 Ke7 43.Rh2 Bg6
44.Kd2 Kf7 45.Kc1 Ng5 46.Rf2 Ne6 47.Kb2 Ra7 48.Rh2 Ng5 49.Rf2 Ne6 50.Rd2 Ra8
51.Rd7+ Ke8 52.Rd1 Kf7 53.Re1 Ra7 54.Rh1 Ng5 55.Nc5 Ne6 56.Nd7 a4 57.Bxf6 axb3
58.axb3 Nc5 59.Nxc5 Kxf6 60.Re1 Bf7 61.Nd7+ Kg5 62.Re5+ Kh6 63.Rc5 Kg7 64.Ne5  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Holt,C"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Qe3 Bb7 12.Qd3 Nd7 13.Ng5 Qxg5 14.Bxb7 Rad8 15.b4 c5
16.Qa3 Qd2 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.Qxa7 cxb4 19.Rad1 Qxe2 20.Bg2 Ne5 21.Rxd8 Rxd8
22.Qxb6 Rf8 23.c5 Qxa2 24.Qxb4 Qa7 25.Qb6 Qe7 26.Rd1 g5 27.c6 Rc8 28.Qb5 Qc7
29.Re1 f6 30.Qb3 Kf7 31.h3 Rd8 32.Qc2 Kg7 33.Rb1 Nf7 34.Rb7 Qd6 35.Bf3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Shankland,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.dxe5 Nf5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qd3 Be6 12.a3 Rad8 13.Qe4 a5 14.Rad1 h6 15.h3 Qc5
16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.Nxd1 Ne7 19.Nd4 Bd5 20.Qe3 Ng6 21.Nc3 b6 22.Nxd5 cxd5
23.e6 Qe7 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 c5 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.exf7+ Qxf7 28.Ne6 c4 29.Nd4 Qf6
30.g3 Ne7 31.h4 Nf5 32.Nxf5 Qxf5 33.c3 Qf6 34.Kf1 Kh7 35.Ke2 Kh8 36.Qe8+ Kh7
37.Qe3 Kh8 38.Qe8+ Kh7 39.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Charbonneau,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Bd6 5.Bg2 Nge7 6.Be3 b6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Ba6
9.Nc3 Rc8 10.a3 Bb7 11.Rb1 Bb8 12.Re1 Ne5 13.b4 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Be5 15.Ne2 d6
16.Bg2 g6 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Rbc1 Bg7 19.Bh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Nc6 21.f4 f6 22.b5 Nd8
23.Qh4 Kg7 24.Nc3 Nf7 25.Re2 Rce8 26.Rce1 Bc8 27.a4 Bb7 28.Re3 Qe7 29.Nd1 a6
30.bxa6 Bxa6 31.Nc3 Bc8 32.Rb1 Qa7 33.e5 dxe5 34.Ne4 Nh6 35.fxe5 Nf5 36.exf6+ Kg8
37.Qg5 Nxe3 38.Qxe3 Qc7 39.Qh6 Bb7 40.Rxb6 Bxe4 41.Bxe4 Rb8 42.Rxe6 Rb1+
43.Kg2 Rb2+ 44.Kh3 Qd7 45.g4 Qc7 46.Qg7+ Qxg7 47.fxg7 Kxg7 48.a5 Rf6 49.Re5 Ra6
50.Rxc5 Ra7 51.a6 Rxa6 52.Rc7+ Kf6 53.Rxh7 Re2 54.Kg3 Raa2 55.h4 Re3+ 56.Kf4 Re1
57.g5+ Ke6 58.Bxg6 Rf2+ 59.Kg3 Rf8 60.Be4 Ke5 61.Kg4 Rg1+ 62.Kh5 Kf4 63.g6 Re8
64.Rf7+ Ke5 65.Kh6 Rh8+ 66.Rh7 Rf8 67.h5 Re8 68.Kg7 Ra1 69.Bd5 Ra3 70.Rh8 Re7+
71.Bf7 Rxd3 72.Re8  1-0

[Event "135th ch-New York State"]
[Site "Albany USA"]
[Date "2013.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Taylor,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[ECO "C73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Be3 Ne7 8.Nc3 Ng6
9.Qe2 Be7 10.O-O-O Be6 11.h4 Qb8 12.h5 Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.d5 Bf7 15.dxc6 O-O
16.Nd4 Re8 17.Qg4 Bf8 18.Nd5 Kh8 19.h6 Bxd5 20.hxg7+ Bxg7 21.exd5 f5 22.Qg6 h6
23.Rxh6+  1-0

[Event "135th ch-New York State"]
[Site "Albany USA"]
[Date "2013.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kwartler,L"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 Bd6
9.Bf4 Bxf4 10.gxf4 Nf8 11.Qd2 Ng6 12.Qe3+ Ne7 13.Ne5 Be6 14.Bh3 Qc8 15.Bxe6 Qxe6
16.Qf3 O-O 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.Kh1 Nf5 19.e3 Ne4 20.Qg2 Nh4 21.Qg4 Qxg4 22.Nxg4 f6
23.h3 Nd6 24.Rg1 h5 25.Nh2 Kh7 26.Rd2 Kh6 27.Rf1 g5 28.fxg5+ fxg5 29.Rdd1 Rf6
30.Rc1 Ref8 31.Kg1 Nc4 32.Rc2 Nf3+ 33.Nxf3 Rxf3 34.Nd1 Rxh3 35.Kg2 g4 36.b3 Nd6
37.Nc3 Nf5 38.Rh1 Rxe3 39.Ne2 Rf3 40.Rd2 Kg5 41.Ng1 Rf4 42.Ne2 Nh4+  0-1

[Event "135th ch-New York State"]
[Site "Albany USA"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Treger,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2197"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd5 Nf6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.e5 Nd5
9.Ne4 Bf5 10.Qe2 Nb4 11.O-O Bxe4 12.Qxe4 Qd5 13.Qe2 Qc4 14.Qxc4 bxc4 15.c3 Nd3
16.b3 c5 17.bxc4 cxd4 18.cxd4 c5 19.Rd1 Nxc1 20.Raxc1 cxd4 21.Rxd4 O-O 22.c5 Rfd8
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.c6 Kf8 25.Kf1 Ke8 26.Rc5 e6 27.Ng5 Bf8 28.Rc4 Rc8 29.Nxh7 Be7
30.Nf6+ Bxf6 31.exf6 Kd8 32.Rd4+ Kc7 33.Rd7+ Kxc6 34.Rxf7 Kd6 35.Ra7 Rf8
36.f7 Ke5 37.a4 Kf6 38.a5 Kg7 39.Rxa6 Kxf7 40.Ra7+ Kf6 41.a6 Rc8 42.Rb7 Rc1+
43.Ke2 Rc2+ 44.Ke3 Ra2 45.a7 g5 46.Kd4 Ra5 47.Kc4 g4 48.Kb4 Ra2 49.Kb5 Ke5
50.Rf7 Ke4 51.h4 g3 52.fxg3 e5 53.Kb6 Kd5 54.Rd7+ Ke6 55.Rd8 Rb2+ 56.Kc5 Rc2+
57.Kb4 Rb2+ 58.Ka3 Rb1 59.Ka2  1-0

[Event "135th ch-New York State"]
[Site "Albany USA"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qb3 Nc6 4.e3 Bxc3 5.Qxc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 d6 7.b4 O-O 8.Bb2 Re8
9.b5 Ne7 10.Be2 a6 11.a4 axb5 12.axb5 Rxa1+ 13.Bxa1 c5 14.bxc6 Nxc6 15.O-O Bg4
16.h3 Bh5 17.d3 Qd7 18.Rb1 Ra8 19.Qc2 h6 20.Bc3 Ra7 21.Rb5 Qe8 22.Qb3 Nd7
23.Qd1 Nf6 24.Bb2 Qd7 25.d4 e4 26.Nd2 Bxe2 27.Qxe2 d5 28.cxd5 Ne7 29.Qc4 Nc8
30.Qb3 Nd6 31.Rc5 Qa4 32.Rc3 Qxb3 33.Rxb3 b5 34.f3 exf3 35.gxf3 Nxd5 36.e4 Nf4
37.d5 Nc4 38.Nxc4 bxc4 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.Be5 Nd3 41.Bd4 Ra2 42.d6 Rd2 43.d7  1/2-1/2

[Event "135th ch-New York State"]
[Site "Albany USA"]
[Date "2013.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Chi,Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.d4 O-O 10.Re1 a6 11.Bd3 Bf6 12.Be4 g6 13.Bh6 Bg7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bxd5 exd5
16.Qb3 b5 17.Rac1 Be6 18.Ne2 Qd6 19.Qe3 Rac8 20.h3 Rfe8 21.Ne5 Bf5 22.Qh6+ Kg8
23.Ng3 Be6 24.Nh5 gxh5 25.Rc3 Ne7 26.Rg3+ Ng6 27.Nxg6 fxg6 28.Rxg6+ hxg6
29.Qxg6+ Kf8 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Qg6+ Kf8 32.Qf6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "135th ch-New York State"]
[Site "Albany USA"]
[Date "2013.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Ivanov,AV USA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6
9.Re1 Ng6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.b3 d5 13.exd5 exd4 14.Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.Nxd4 Nxd5
16.Bb2 Ngf4 17.Bf1 Bxd4 18.cxd4 Bf5 19.Nc4 Rd8 20.Qd2 f6 21.Kh2 Qg6 22.Ne3 Nxe3
23.Qxe3 Nd5 24.Qg3 Qxg3+ 25.Kxg3 Re8 26.Bc4 h5 27.Rc1 Kf7 28.Ba3 g5 29.f3 h4+
30.Kf2 b5 31.Bf1 Ne3 32.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gorman,D"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Nge7 6.Nxc6 Nxc6 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd5 Bc5 10.Qh5 Ne5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Be6 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.Nf4 Bg4 15.Bc4+ Kh8
16.Ng6+ Nxg6 17.Qxg4 Ne5 18.Qe2 Qd4 19.Be6 Rae8 20.c3 Qd3 21.Bg4 Qc4 22.Rfe1 Rd8
23.Qxc4 Nxc4 24.Re2 g5 25.g3 Rd6 26.Kg2 Rfd8 27.b3 Ne5 28.h3 Rd2 29.Kf1 Kg7
30.Rxd2 Rxd2 31.Rd1 Rd6 32.Rxd6 cxd6 33.Bc8 b6 34.Ke2 h6 35.Bf5 Kf8 36.f4 gxf4
37.gxf4 Nc6 38.Be6 Ne7 39.Kf3 Ng6 40.Kg4 Kg7 41.Bc4 Ne7 42.Be6 Kf8 43.Bc4 f5+
44.exf5 Kg7 45.Be6 d5 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.Ke2 Kg7 48.Kd3 Kf6 49.a4 a5 50.Ke2 Kg7
51.Kd3 Kf6 52.Ke2 Kg7 53.Kd3 Kf6 54.Ke2 Kg7 55.Kd3 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matikozian,A"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.h3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ exf6 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Nd7 10.Re1 b5 11.Bb3 Nb6 12.Be3 a5 13.c3 a4 14.Bc2 Be6 15.b3 Ra6 16.Rc1 Qc7
17.Bd3 axb3 18.axb3 Nd5 19.Bd2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.c4 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Bxc4 23.Rxc4 Qf5
24.Rc5 Qd7 25.d5 Qd6 26.Rxc6 Rxc6 27.dxc6 Qxc6 28.Qd3 Rb8 29.Qc4 Qxc4 30.bxc4 Bh6
31.Rd1 Rc8 32.Rd4 Bc1 33.g4 Bb2 34.Re4 Kg7 35.Kg2 Bc3 36.Nd4 Rd8 37.Nb5 Bb4
38.Re2 Rd7 39.Rc2 Bc5 40.Nc3 Rd4 41.Nd5 Bd6 42.Kf3 Bc5 43.Nc7 Rd3+ 44.Ke4 Rd4+
45.Kf3 Rd3+ 46.Kg2 Rd8 47.Na6 Rc8 48.Nxc5 Rxc5 49.Kf3 Kf8 50.Ke3 Ke7 51.Kd4 Ra5
52.Rb2 Ra3 53.Kd5 Rd3+ 54.Kc6 Rd6+ 55.Kc5 Rd3 56.h4 Kd7 57.Rb7+ Ke6 58.Rb2 Ke5
59.Kb6 Rd6+ 60.Kb5 Rd8 61.Re2+ Kf4 62.c5 Kxg4 63.c6 Kxh4 64.c7 Rc8 65.Kc6 Kg4
66.Kd7 Rxc7+ 67.Kxc7 Kf3 68.Re7 Kxf2 69.Rxf7 g5 70.Rxf6+ Ke3 71.Rh6 g4 72.Rxh7 g3
73.Rg7 Kf2 74.Rxg3 Kxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schneider,Dm"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 Be7 7.h4 Nf6 8.Nc3 h6
9.Bf4 b5 10.O-O-O b4 11.Nd5 Nxe4 12.Qe3 Nc5 13.Nxc7+ Qxc7 14.Rxd6 b3 15.Bc4 bxa2
16.Bxa2 Nb4 17.Bxf7+ Kf8 18.Bg6 Ncd3+ 19.Bxd3 Bxd6 20.Bxd6+ Qxd6 21.Be4 Rb8
22.Nd4 Kf7 23.Re1 Rd8 24.Qb3+ Kf8 25.Re3 Nd5 26.Rf3+ Nf6 27.Rxf6+ gxf6 28.Qe3 Qxd4
29.Qxh6+ Ke7 30.Qg7+ Kd6 31.Qg3+ Qe5 32.Qd3+ Ke7 33.Qa3+ Qd6  0-1

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schroer,J"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.e3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 exd4 8.Ne2 Nf6
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Be2 Qxg2 11.Bf3 Qg6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bxc6 Rb8 14.Qf3 Bg4 15.Qf4 Rb6
16.Bg2 Qd3 17.Bf1 Qc2 18.Rg1 h5 19.f3 Nd5 20.Qe4 Qxe4 21.fxe4 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Re8
23.Bd3 Rb2 24.h4 Rh2 25.Rb1 Rxa2 26.Rf1 Be6 27.Rf2 Rd8 28.Bf1 Rxf2 29.Kxf2 Rd2+
30.Kf3 a5 31.Rb7 Rd1 32.Kf2 a4 33.Ra7 Bb3 34.Bb5 Rc1 35.Bxa4 Bxa4 36.Rxa4 Rxc3
37.Ra8+ Kh7 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.Kf4 Kf6 40.Re8 Rc4 41.Kf3 Rc6 42.Kf4 Re6 43.e5+ Kg6
44.Rc8 Rc6 45.Ra8 Rc4+ 46.e4 Rc3 47.Ra6+ c6 48.Rb6 Kh6 49.Rb7 Rh3 50.Rxf7 Rxh4+
51.Kf5 g6+ 52.Kf6 Rf4+ 53.Ke7 Rxe4 54.e6 h4 55.Rf8 g5 56.Kf6 Rf4+ 57.Ke7 Re4
58.Kd6 g4 59.e7 Rxe7 60.Kxe7 Kg5 61.Ke6 h3 62.Ke5 h2 63.Rg8+ Kh4 64.Kf4 Kh3
65.Rh8+ Kg2 66.Kxg4 h1=Q 67.Rxh1 Kxh1 68.Kf3 c5 69.Ke4 c4 70.Kd4 c3 71.Kd3 c2
72.Kxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Herman,Ma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.d4 O-O 10.Re1 Nf6 11.a3 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Na4 Nd5 14.Qc2 Bb7 15.Bd2 h6
16.Ne5 Rc8 17.Rac1 Bd6 18.Qb3 Ba8 19.Qd3 c5 20.Nxc5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 a5 22.Ne4 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Qb8 24.Qd4 Rc8 25.Nd6 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 Qb3 27.h3 Qc2 28.Bd2 a4 29.Kh2 Bc6
30.Bc3 Qc1 31.Qd2 Qf1 32.f3 Qb1 33.Ne4 Bb5 34.Bd4 Bf1 35.h4 Bc4 36.h5 Bd3
37.Nd6 Bf1 38.Bf2 Bd3 39.Qa5 Kh7 40.Qd8 Qc1 41.Qe8 Qg5 42.Qxf7 Nf4 43.g3 Nxh5
44.Qxe6 Qd2 45.Kg2 Qe2  0-1
