Historical FigureMale
Pal Benko
1928 – 2019
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryPal 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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