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Bakonyi, Elek vs. Benko, Pal C, Budapest, 1946.??.??, Round ?

Bakonyi, Elek vs. Benko, Pal C,  Budapest,  1946.??.??,  Round ?


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[Event HUN-ch] [Site Budapest] [Date 1946.??.??] [Round ?] [White Bakonyi, Elek] [Black Benko, Pal C] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO B44]1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Qxe5 cxd5 15. f4 f6 16. Qd4 Qb6 17. Be3 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. a3 Bd6 21. Be3 Rfd8 22. Rf2 g6 23. h4 Kf7 24. h5 gxh5 25. f5 e5 26. Nxd5 Rd7 27. Nc3 Rad8 28. Rfd2 Bb8 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Bc5 Ba4 31. Rf1 Bb3 32. Rf2 a6 33. Kf1 Rd3 34. Ke1 Rg3 35. Rd2 Ke8 36. Ne4 Rg7 37. Nxf6+ Kf7 38. Nxh5 Rg5 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ 1-0

Barcza, Gedeon vs. Benko, Pal C, Budapest, 1946.??.??, Round ?

Barcza, Gedeon vs. Benko, Pal C,  Budapest,  1946.??.??,  Round ?


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[Event HUN-ch] [Site Budapest] [Date 1946.??.??] [Round ?] [White Barcza, Gedeon] [Black Benko, Pal C] [Result 0-1] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO A06]1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 f6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. e3 Bb4 8. c3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 Be6 11. a5 Bc7 12. a6 bxa6 13. Bxa6 Nge7 14. Na3 O-O 15. O-O e4 16. Ne1 Nxb4 17. Nb5 Nxa6 18. Rxa6 Bb6 19. Nd4 Bc8 20. Ra2 Nf5 21. Nec2 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qd7 23. f3 exf3 24. Rxf3 Re8 25. Qd3 a5 26. Ba3 Ba6 27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. Nxf5 Bc4 29. Rd2 Rad8 30. Kf2 g6 31. Nd6 Re6 32. Nxc4 dxc4 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Rf4 Rc6 35. Kf3 f5 36. Ke2 Bg5 37. Rf1 a4 38. Kd2 Re6 39. Bc5 Re5 40. Bd4 Ra5 41. Kc2 a3 42. Kb1 Kf7 43. Ka2 Be7 44. Rb1 Ra6 45. Rb7 Rc6 46. Bb6 Ke6 47. Ba5 h5 48. Rb1 Kd5 49. Bb4 Bxb4 50. cxb4 c3 51. Kxa3 c2 52. Rc1 Ke4 53. b5 Rc8 54. b6 Kd3 55. Kb3 Rb8 0-1

Bakonyi, Elek vs. Benko, Pal C, Budapest, 1946.??.??, Round ?

Bakonyi, Elek vs. Benko, Pal C,  Budapest,  1946.??.??,  Round ?


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[Event HUN-ch] [Site Budapest] [Date 1946.??.??] [Round ?] [White Bakonyi, Elek] [Black Benko, Pal C] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO B44]1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Qxe5 cxd5 15. f4 f6 16. Qd4 Qb6 17. Be3 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. a3 Bd6 21. Be3 Rfd8 22. Rf2 g6 23. h4 Kf7 24. h5 gxh5 25. f5 e5 26. Nxd5 Rd7 27. Nc3 Rad8 28. Rfd2 Bb8 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Bc5 Ba4 31. Rf1 Bb3 32. Rf2 a6 33. Kf1 Rd3 34. Ke1 Rg3 35. Rd2 Ke8 36. Ne4 Rg7 37. Nxf6+ Kf7 38. Nxh5 Rg5 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ 1-0

Bruckner, G. vs. Benko, Pal C, Bad Gastein, 1948.??.??, Round 3

Bruckner, G. vs. Benko, Pal C,  Bad Gastein,  1948.??.??,  Round 3


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[Event Bad Gastein] [Site Bad Gastein] [Date 1948.??.??] [Round 3] [White Bruckner, G.] [Black Benko, Pal C] [Result 0-1] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO E60]1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 e5 7. Bg2 e4 8. Ng5 Re8 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. h4 c6 11. O-O h6 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. Kh1 d5 15. c5 Na6 16. Na4 Nc7 17. Qe1 Nb5 18. Rd1 Bf6 19. e3 g5 20. h5 Bg7 21. Ng1 f6 22. Bc1 Qf7 23. Bh3 Qxh5 24. Kg2 Qg6 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 h5 27. Kh1 Re7 28. Bg2 h4 29. f3 exf3 30. Bxf3 hxg3 31. Kg2 Qh5 32. Bxd5+ cxd5 33. Rxf5 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Rae8 35. Re1 Qxa2 36. Re2 Qb1 37. Rf3 Nh2+ 38. Kg2 Nxf3 39. Nxf3 Qe4 40. Kxg3 Kf7 41. Rh2 Rh8 42. Rxh8 Bxh8 43. Qa5 a6 44. Qd8 Bg7 45. Bd2 Qe6 46. e4 dxe4 47. d5 Qd7 48. Qxd7 Rxd7 49. c6 Rxd5 50. c7 Rc5 51. Nd4 Rxc7 52. Nf5 Bf8 53. Kg4 Kg6 54. Ne3 Rd7 0-1

Szily, Jozsef vs. Benko, Pal C, Budapest, 1947.??.??, Round ?

Szily, Jozsef vs. Benko, Pal C,  Budapest,  1947.??.??,  Round ?


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[Event HUN-ch] [Site Budapest] [Date 1947.??.??] [Round ?] [White Szily, Jozsef] [Black Benko, Pal C] [Result 1/2-1/2] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO B67]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6 O-O-O 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Qf2 Bc6 18. Rdd1 Kc7 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. Qh4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qe3+ 22. Kb1 Ng6 23. Qxf6 Qxf4 24. Qxf4+ Nxf4 25. Rdg1 Rhg8 26. Rg3 Kc6 27. Rhg1 Rg6 28. Kc1 b5 29. a3 a5 30. Re1 Rdg8 31. Re4 Nd5 32. Ne2 Kc5 33. Kd2 b4 34. axb4+ axb4 35. c4 Ne7 36. b3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

Benko, Pal C vs. Dorn, Max, Bad Gastein, 1948

Benko, Pal C vs. Dorn, Max,  Bad Gastein,  1948


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[Event Bad Gastein] [Site Bad Gastein] [Date 1948.??.??] [Round 2] [White Benko, Pal C] [Black Dorn, Max] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO E85]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Qd2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. g4 Ne6 12. Nc2 b6 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. h4 Bb7 15. h5 Qe7 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. Ned5 Qd8 18. Be3 Bg7 19. Be2 a6 20. Kb1 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nec5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bd4 f6 26. Qc2 Kf7 27. Bd3 Nf8 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Qxc5 Nd7 30. Qxc7 1-0

Mueller, H. vs. Benko, Pal C, Bad Gastein, 1948

Mueller, H. vs. Benko, Pal C,  Bad Gastein,  1948


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[Event Bad Gastein] [Site Bad Gastein] [Date 1948.??.??] [Round 1] [White Mueller, H.] [Black Benko, Pal C] [Result 0-1] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO D35]1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. a3 Nbd7 8. e3 Qb6 9. Na4 Qc7 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be2 Ne4 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne1 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 f4 19. exf4 Rxf4 20. Nc2 Re4 21. Re3 Rae8 22. Re1 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Nf6 24. Rd1 Re4 25. h3 Re8 26. Rf1 Ne4 27. Qe1 Qg6 28. Kh2 h6 29. Rf3 Ng5 30. Rf2 Qd3 31. Qc1 Ne4 32. Ne1 Qb3 33. Rc2 Nd6 34. Rc3 Qb5 35. Nf3 Qe2 36. Ne5 Nf5 37. b4 Qf2 38. a4 Rf8 39. b5 Ng3 40. Qg1 Qxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Ne2+ 0-1

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