Name-

Birthplace-

Age-

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NY Masters Win%-

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Opening vs e4-

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Joel Benjamin

New York, USA

40

GM

2632

2566

69% (22/32)

$885

e4

Modern+Sic Taimanov+1..e5

Nimzo+Bogo+ Indian

3 time US Champion - GM Joel Benjamin

Joel Benjamin is one of the strongest American born players of all time. He is a 3 time US Champion and also was the leading analyst of the Deep Blue computer programming team that defeated Kasparov in the historic man versus machine match. Joel has a profound strategic understanding and compliments this with a nice tactical eye. One of his weaknesses is said to be his penchant for time trouble, although he is quite adept at playing through it. He prefers maneuvering types of openings such as the Taimanov or sometimes obscure variations of the Modern defense. He is currently ranked at number 9 in the USA.