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Pal Benko

1928 – 2019

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

Pal Charles Benko was a Hungarian and American chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
July 15, 1928
Amiens
Date of death
August 26, 2019
Budapest
Citizenship

Hungary · United States

Occupations & fields
chess playerchess composerauthor
Awards & honours
Knight's Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
Field and occupation
maďarský šachový velmistr
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