chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

28 BENEDICI
BelyavskrKuprci.bik Soliel yourg nas1e6 chsm
pionship 1q73 Sicili,n Derence. Dragon variation
I e4c5 2Nf]d6 ld.lrdl 4Nxd4Nl6 5Nc3s6 6tse2
, Be7 7 14 0 0 3 i}o Qb6 9 Bel Qxb2 (Blacl ralcs rhc
rctsoNED r^sN.) 10 Od3 Ob,l 11 e5 drc5 12 t\€5 Ng4
1:l Bxsl Big4 l4RftBd7 15Nd5Oa5 16Nxe7+ Kh3
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place to E csER wto then prcceeded on his path to
the World Championship. Benko took se6nd
place (+7:8) after LEN at Novi sad 1972, and
achieved hn best all play ali lolrnanenr viclory a1
To.remolinos 1973, sharing the prize with ouN-
ERos.In th. USA hewon or sl.red 6.st pla.e in
eiSbt Ssiss system Open Chanpionships Lom 1961
to 1975, dd from 1962 to 1972 he played lor his
adoped @un1ry in sir Ollrpiads.
BenkcPanno Los Angclcs 1963 Kine\ Indian De
Ien.o. Foli Pams Allack
rd4Nl6 2.496 3Nc3Bg7 4e4d6 sBe2co 614c6 7
NBNrdT 3Be3e5 9l{e5dxo- l0d5f5 1lQblN,6 12
000t4 13 dx.6bxc6 148r2 Rb3 15Oa3Oc7 t6Rd2
Nf6 17h3Ne3 13Rhd1BI6 l9c5Qb7 208c1+Kq7 21
Bxa6 Qxa6 22 Rd7+ Rl7 ?3 Rxr/+ Kxr/ 24 Rd7+
Ks3 25 Qra6 Bxa6 26 RxaT Bfi 27 Nel 13 23 NrB
Bxg2 29NCl Bg5+ 30KbrNI6 3lR.4B'i2 l2Ng€2
Bxh3 33Bs3Nd7 34Ra6Rca 35b.lg5 l6(c2814 3?
1?c6Qd3 13Ral1Qxe7 lgRxflRifl 2oRiflQes 2l
Nl5 gf5 22 Bda Oxe6 23 Rf3+ Qg3 24 R43+ KxgS
25 Qg3l(fi 26 Oxs?+ tslact Esisns.
BENEDICT, CLARE (1871 1961), Ame.ican
chess palron who sponsored a toumanent tor
teans ol lour lrom West Europea. countries
Tnese tean events, named afier her, took plac i.
1953, annually fron 1955 to 1974. 1977 , rad 19791
most have been held in Switzerland Nhere she lived
during thc latter parl of her life In 1954 shc
sponso.ed an individual tou..ament at Zurich,
*on by L. scsMrD ahead ot EUvE a.d len oiber
conpetilos. She was the granddaughler ot Feni
more Cooper, a.d a sritcr hcrsclf.
BENELUX VARIATION, 419, in the sp Nrss
opENrNc- analysed by o rcLLy ol Belgiun. Tjeerd
Daniel van Schehinga 0911- ) of thc Ncthcrlands.
and the Aul.ian Haberditz. Tlrh line
usualy arises by iransposilion lron lhe BEvriwo(
BINIMA DEFENCE, 515 in lhe s.or.H cAMBrr,
line having an alfinity with the uuN6^Rr^N DErENe,
495. P!.yed by LdErlrBL in 1856, this
variation was laler named afler Levi Benina
(1837-192). Dntch chamrion in 1881.
BENKO, PAL CHARLES (i928 ),Irtemational
Grandmasler (1958). AFrench bornHungan.n
player and conposer, hc won lhe Huogarian
championship at ihe ase of rwenly (1948) and
played lor his @untry in tbe Mosow Olympiad,
1956. Sno(ly afteoards he lell Hungary and
seltled in th€ USA where be be.amc naturaliz.d.
He became a c^NDrD^rE for lhe 6.st time afte.
shanng rbnd pbce in rhe Portoroi i.terzo.al,
1958, and for the second time alter scoring
+8=11 3 lo sha.e sixth place in th€ Stockholm
inlezonal, 1962, bul he nade only ooderare
scores in the Candidales lournamen$ ot 1959 and
1962. Again a Candidate i. 1970, he ceded his
tffi wt'*
w ffi 7x&,
39 a5 h5 10 a6 h4 11 Br2 Be6 42 Rb7 hl 4l Bg1 e4 ,r4
a7 g3 45 Nxg3 tsIg3 46 b5 qb5 47 c6 tsO ,13 Gd?
B:d7 49 BrO b2 50 Rb3 R{.3+ 51 Kr.3 hl=Q 52
a3=Q Qcl+ 53 Khl Qcl+ 54 K,5 Qaz+ 5iKM
OxO+ 56Kc7Of7 57 Riloe6 5ltRd3 Bla.kresisD
-BEN(O GAMBIT, 132. Played by oioaENs(_f
betore thc Second wo.ld war and somctimes
named afler him, analysed in lhe USSR in 1946
where il is called lhe Volga Ganbit, thn enterpns
ing vanalion ot the SRoMAD(A DEFENCE was used
occdionally by BRoNsrErN, {ERES, and other
players f.om 1947. Pal Dlrko published analysis in
the 1960s and *role a book The Benko Gambit
(1973)i hk advoca.y led to the gambit's wide
ppnlarity in the 1970s.
BENKO OPENINC, 696. thE
opENrNG, played suc@$luUy by uENxo against
rrscnrR and rAr- in the Curaeao Candidates
BENONI DEFENCE, 20, sometimes mhcalled lbe
Staunron Defence, one ol a group of Queen sPawn
openings (20 22, 131 S, 169 70) in which Black
plays a paNn to c5 invning while 10 reply Pd4-d5.
when white matcsthis advancc he gains spacc in
rhe centre afier which Black nsnauy *eks compensaling
p.essure oa lhe qneent side, often 6anchetloiq
his dark bishop to lhisend.In 1617CARRR{