Ben Finegold
Ben Finegold (born September 6, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan) is a chess Grandmaster.
Finegold was born into a chess family and became a USCF Master at the age of 14. He became a Life Master at 15, Senior Master at 16, and International Master at 20.
Ben has tied for first place in the 1994 (Chicago, IL) and 2007 (Cherry Hill, NJ) U.S. Open Chess Championships. He tied for first (and achieved a GM-norm) in the 2002 World Open (Philadelphia, PA), and also tied for first in the 2005 and 2008 National Open Chess Championships (Las Vegas, NV). He is ranked as one of the top 40 players in the United States on the August 2013 USCF rating list. Ben has played in nine U.S. Chess Championships: 1994 (Key West, FL), 1999 (Salt Lake City, UT), 2002 (Seattle, WA), 2005 (La Jolla, CA), 2006 (San Diego, CA), 2008 (Tulsa, OK), 2010 (Saint Louis, MO), 2011 (Saint Louis, MO), 2013 (Saint Louis, MO).
In September 2009 he earned his third GM Norm which will qualify him as an International Grandmaster. He was the Grandmaster-in-residence of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis until August 14, 2012.
Further reading
- "The 40-Year-Old GM", by Ben Finegold, Chess Life, Feb. 2010, pp. 18–25.
External links
- Ben Finegold rating card at FIDE
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