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
201 2016-08-04 117th US Open 2016 Indianapolis USA 6 Joel Benjamin Zurab Javakhadze 1/2-1/2 43 Open
202 2015-11-10 US Chess League KO 2015 ICC INT 1 Pascal Charbonneau Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 62 Open
203 2015-11-04 US Chess League Wildcard 2015 ICC INT 1 Joel Benjamin Jonathan Schroer 1-0 50 Open
204 2015-10-20 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 9 Jeffrey Haskel Joel Benjamin 0-1 32 Open
205 2015-10-07 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 7 Joel Benjamin Pascal Charbonneau 1-0 59 Open
206 2015-09-29 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 6 Jonathan Schroer Joel Benjamin 0-1 44 Open
207 2015-09-16 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 4 Richard Francisco Joel Benjamin 0-1 39 Open
208 2015-09-01 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 2 Alexander Ivanov Joel Benjamin 0-1 66 Open
209 2015-08-26 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 1 Joel Benjamin Zviad Izoria 0-1 73 Open
210 2014-11-12 US Chess League KO 2014 ICC INT 1 Joel Benjamin Quang Liem Le 1/2-1/2 78 Open
211 2014-11-05 US Chess League Wildcard 2014 ICC INT 1 Joel Benjamin Curt Collyer 1-0 51 Open
212 2014-10-28 US Chess League 2014 ICC INT 10 Denis Shmeliov Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 47 Open
213 2014-10-21 US Chess League 2014 ICC INT 9 Marcel Milat Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 38 Open
214 2014-10-07 US Chess League 2014 ICC INT 7 Joel Benjamin Holden Hernandez Carmenate 1-0 36 Open
215 2014-10-01 US Chess League 2014 ICC INT 6 Peter Minear Joel Benjamin 0-1 56 Open
216 2014-09-23 US Chess League 2014 ICC INT 5 Joel Benjamin 2028972 1-0 51 Open
217 2014-09-17 US Chess League 2014 ICC INT 4 David Vigorito Joel Benjamin 1-0 35 Open
218 2014-09-10 US Chess League 2014 ICC INT 3 Damir Studen Joel Benjamin 0-1 32 Open
219 2014-09-03 US Chess League 2014 ICC INT 2 Joel Benjamin Peter Minear 1-0 18 Open
220 2014-08-26 US Chess League 2014 ICC INT 1 Joel Benjamin Aleksandr Ostrovskiy 1/2-1/2 47 Open
221 2013-10-23 US Chess League 2013 chess.com INT 9 Joel Benjamin Matthew Herman 0-1 45 Open
222 2013-10-09 US Chess League 2013 chess.com INT 7 Jonathan Schroer Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 72 Open
223 2013-09-25 US Chess League 2013 chess.com INT 5 Dmitry Schneider Joel Benjamin 0-1 33 Open
224 2013-09-18 US Chess League 2013 chess.com INT 4 Andranik Matikozian Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 74 Open
225 2013-09-03 US Chess League 2013 chess.com INT 2 Dov Gorman Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 55 Open
226 2013-09-02 135th ch-New York State Albany USA 6 Joel Benjamin Alexander Ivanov 1/2-1/2 32 Open
227 2013-09-02 135th ch-New York State Albany USA 5 Joel Benjamin Patrick Chi 1/2-1/2 33 Open
228 2013-09-01 135th ch-New York State Albany USA 4 Alexander Stripunsky Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 43 Open
229 2013-09-01 135th ch-New York State Albany USA 3 Joel Benjamin Yefim Treger 1-0 59 Open
230 2013-08-31 135th ch-New York State Albany USA 2 Lonnie S Kwartler Joel Benjamin 0-1 42 Open
231 2013-08-31 135th ch-New York State Albany USA 1 Joel Benjamin Steven Taylor 1-0 23 Open
232 2013-08-28 US Chess League 2013 chess.com INT 1 Joel Benjamin Pascal Charbonneau 1-0 72 Open
233 2013-05-12 ch-USA 2013 Saint Louis USA 9 Joel Benjamin Sam Shankland 1/2-1/2 39 Open
234 2013-05-11 ch-USA 2013 Saint Louis USA 8 Conrad Holt Joel Benjamin 1-0 35 Open
235 2013-05-10 ch-USA 2013 Saint Louis USA 7 Joel Benjamin John Daniel Bryant 1-0 64 Open
236 2013-05-09 ch-USA 2013 Saint Louis USA 6 Joel Benjamin Alejandro Ramirez 0-1 64 Open
237 2013-05-07 ch-USA 2013 Saint Louis USA 5 Gata Kamsky Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 55 Open
238 2013-05-06 ch-USA 2013 Saint Louis USA 4 Joel Benjamin Varuzhan Akobian 1-0 75 Open
239 2013-05-05 ch-USA 2013 Saint Louis USA 3 Timur Gareyev Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 61 Open
240 2013-05-04 ch-USA 2013 Saint Louis USA 2 Joel Benjamin Robert Hess 1-0 74 Open
241 2013-05-03 ch-USA 2013 Saint Louis USA 1 Alexander Onischuk Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 52 Open
242 2013-02-18 US Amateur Team East 2013 Parsippany USA 6 Unidentified player Joel Benjamin 0-1 54 Open
243 2013-02-18 US Amateur Team East 2013 Parsippany USA 5 Joel Benjamin 2007703 1-0 26 Open
244 2013-02-17 US Amateur Team East 2013 Parsippany USA 4 Victor Shen Joel Benjamin 0-1 37 Open
245 2013-02-17 US Amateur Team East 2013 Parsippany USA 3 Joel Benjamin Gregory Markzon 1-0 25 Open
246 2013-02-16 US Amateur Team East 2013 Parsippany USA 2 Taran Idnani Joel Benjamin 0-1 31 Open
247 2012-11-02 US Chess League 2012 ICC INT 9 Mikheil Kekelidze Joel Benjamin 0-1 33 Open
248 2012-10-18 US Chess League 2012 ICC INT 7 Kazim Gulamali Joel Benjamin 0-1 35 Open
249 2012-10-09 US Chess League 2012 ICC INT 6 Joel Benjamin Kannappan Priyadharshan 0-1 64 Open
250 2012-10-01 US Chess League 2012 ICC INT 5 Joel Benjamin Eli Vovsha 1-0 49 Open

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