Joel Benjamin

Country

USA

Birth Year

1964

Gender

M

Title

Grandmaster

FIDE ID

2000091

FIDE ratings

2468

Classical

Published FIDE

2428

Rapid

Published FIDE

2520

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#839
National rank · USA
#51

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating history

Highest recorded rating
2609 Oct 2002
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
285

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Oct 2026.

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-10-08 (UTC).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
151 2018-11-13 St Louis Winter B 2018 Saint Louis USA 9.5 Joel Benjamin Lucas Van Foreest 1-0 60 Open
152 2018-11-12 St Louis Winter B 2018 Saint Louis USA 8.1 Aram Hakobyan Joel Benjamin 1-0 33 Open
153 2018-11-11 St Louis Winter B 2018 Saint Louis USA 7.5 Eugene Perelshteyn Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 50 Open
154 2018-11-10 St Louis Winter B 2018 Saint Louis USA 6.2 Joel Benjamin Timur Gareyev 0-1 27 Open
155 2018-11-09 St Louis Winter B 2018 Saint Louis USA 5.4 Victor Mikhalevski Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 54 Open
156 2018-11-08 St Louis Winter B 2018 Saint Louis USA 4.3 Joel Benjamin Nikolas Theodorou 1-0 63 Open
157 2018-11-07 St Louis Winter B 2018 Saint Louis USA 3.3 Cemil Can Ali Marandi Joel Benjamin 1-0 39 Open
158 2018-11-06 St Louis Winter B 2018 Saint Louis USA 2.4 Joel Benjamin Zaven Andriasian 1/2-1/2 47 Open
159 2018-11-05 St Louis Winter B 2018 Saint Louis USA 1.2 Robby Kevlishvili Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 53 Open
160 2018-08-20 US Chess Masters 2018 Greensboro USA 7.26 Vishnuvardhan Arjun Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 47 Open
161 2018-08-20 US Chess Masters 2018 Greensboro USA 6.21 Alonso Zapata Joel Benjamin 1-0 44 Open
162 2018-08-19 US Chess Masters 2018 Greensboro USA 5.18 Joel Benjamin Michael Rohde 1/2-1/2 28 Open
163 2018-08-17 US Chess Masters 2018 Greensboro USA 1.17 Joel Benjamin Pedro Rodriguez Rivera 1-0 34 Open
164 2018-07-15 World Senior Teams +50 Dresden GER 9.2 Victor Plotkin Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 27 Open
165 2018-07-14 World Senior Teams +50 Dresden GER 8.1 Joel Benjamin Artur Jussupow 1-0 67 Open
166 2018-07-13 World Senior Teams +50 Dresden GER 7.3 Joel Benjamin Joachim Brueggemann 1-0 47 Open
167 2018-07-12 World Senior Teams +50 Dresden GER 6.3 Uwe Boensch Joel Benjamin 0-1 47 Open
168 2018-07-11 World Senior Teams +50 Dresden GER 5.3 Andreas Penzold Joel Benjamin 0-1 26 Open
169 2018-07-10 World Senior Teams +50 Dresden GER 4.1 John M Emms Joel Benjamin 1-0 49 Open
170 2018-07-08 World Senior Teams +50 Dresden GER 2.1 Friedbert, Prof. Dr. Pruefer Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 34 Open
171 2018-07-07 World Senior Teams +50 Dresden GER 1.1 Joel Benjamin Kevin Bowmer 1-0 41 Open
172 2017-08-06 118th US Open 2017 Norfolk USA 9.9 Justin Wang Joel Benjamin 0-1 53 Open
173 2017-08-04 118th US Open 2017 Norfolk USA 7.9 Joel Benjamin Ivan Ke 1-0 50 Open
174 2017-02-22 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 7 Leinier Dominguez Perez Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 71 Open
175 2017-02-22 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 7 Renier Gonzalez Joel Benjamin 0-1 102 Open
176 2017-02-22 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 7 Joel Benjamin Steven Abrahams 1-0 47 Open
177 2017-02-22 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 7 Joel Benjamin Bassem Amin 1-0 40 Open
178 2017-02-15 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 6 Oliver Barbosa Joel Benjamin 1-0 43 Open
179 2017-02-15 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 6 Ivan Gil Biag Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 94 Open
180 2017-02-15 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 6 Joel Benjamin Leonid Yudasin 1/2-1/2 73 Open
181 2017-02-15 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 6 Joel Benjamin Nasyr Akylbekov 1-0 45 Open
182 2017-02-11 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 5 Joel Benjamin Stefan Kuipers 1-0 30 Open
183 2017-02-11 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 5 Joel Benjamin Merijn Van Delft 1/2-1/2 43 Open
184 2017-02-11 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 5 Thomas Beerdsen Joel Benjamin 1-0 62 Open
185 2017-02-11 PRO League Group Stage chess.com INT 5 Roeland Pruijssers Joel Benjamin 0-1 38 Open
186 2017-01-25 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 3 Tianqi Wang Joel Benjamin 1-0 34 Open
187 2017-01-25 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 3 Peter Giannatos Joel Benjamin 1-0 39 Open
188 2017-01-25 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 3 Joel Benjamin Emmanuel Carter 0-1 29 Open
189 2017-01-25 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 3 Joel Benjamin Joshua Mu 1/2-1/2 39 Open
190 2017-01-18 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 2 Levy Rozman Joel Benjamin 0-1 47 Open
191 2017-01-18 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 2 Robert Hess Joel Benjamin 0-1 31 Open
192 2017-01-18 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 2 Joel Benjamin Pascal Charbonneau 1/2-1/2 134 Open
193 2017-01-18 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 2 Joel Benjamin Marc Arnold 1-0 62 Open
194 2017-01-11 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 1 Joel Benjamin Mario Villanueva 1-0 27 Open
195 2017-01-11 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 1 Joel Benjamin Sandro Mareco 0-1 82 Open
196 2017-01-11 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 1 Sebastian Dario Iermito Joel Benjamin 1-0 35 Open
197 2017-01-11 PRO League Atlantic 2017 chess.com INT 1 Ernesto Real De Azua Joel Benjamin 0-1 59 Open
198 2016-08-07 117th US Open 2016 Indianapolis USA 9 Gil Popilski Joel Benjamin 1-0 41 Open
199 2016-08-06 117th US Open 2016 Indianapolis USA 8 Joel Benjamin Timur Gareyev 1-0 41 Open
200 2016-08-05 117th US Open 2016 Indianapolis USA 7 Ruifeng Li Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 91 Open

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