Joel Benjamin
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Joel Benjamin (born March 11, 1964) is a chess Grandmaster.
Joel Benjamin is the top rated active chess player who was born in the United States. He was the US Chess Champion in 1987, 1997, and 2000. He was hired as a consultant by IBM to help with the Deep Blue chess computer that defeated World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov in 1997.
On the April 2005 FIDE list, Benjamin had an Elo rating of 2563, ranking him thirteenth among American players and second among native-born American players, behind only the inactive Bobby Fischer.
He is a native of Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the Marine Park neighborhood there.
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Joel Benjamin
- US Rating and Tournament Records of Joel Benjamin
- Statistics at ChessWorld.net
| Preceded by Yasser Seirawan |
United States Chess Champion 1987 (with Nick de Firmian) |
Succeeded by Michael Wilder |
| Preceded by Alex Yermolinsky |
United States Chess Champion 1997 |
Succeeded by Nick de Firmian |
| Preceded by Boris Gulko |
United States Chess Champion 2000–2001 (with Alexander Shabalov and Yasser Seirawan |
Succeeded by Larry Christiansen |
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Joel Benjamin is also the name of an American singer and dancer who performed in seven Broadway shows in the 1960s including The Bells are Ringing and The Music Man. He was director of American Chamber Ballet until it disbanded in 1978, and since that time has specialized in massage therapy for dancers.
