Joel Benjamin

Country

USA

Birth Year

1964

Gender

M

Title

Grandmaster

FIDE ID

2000091

USCF ID

10102511

USCF Rating

2539

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

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FIDE rating history

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USCF rating history

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-10-07 (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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