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
251 2012-09-24 US Chess League 2012 ICC INT 4 Joel Benjamin Jonathan Schroer 1/2-1/2 45 Open
252 2012-09-19 US Chess League 2012 ICC INT 3 Joel Benjamin 2040794 1/2-1/2 56 Open
253 2012-09-10 US Chess League 2012 ICC INT 2 Costin Cozianu Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 42 Open
254 2012-08-01 Washington International 2012 Rockville USA 9.1 Gata Kamsky Joel Benjamin 1-0 87 Open
255 2012-07-31 Washington International 2012 Rockville USA 8.4 Joel Benjamin Justin Sarkar 1-0 56 Open
256 2012-07-31 Washington International 2012 Rockville USA 7 Eric Rosen Joel Benjamin 0-1 46 Open
257 2012-07-30 Washington International 2012 Rockville USA 6 Joel Benjamin Mikhail Vasilyev 1-0 42 Open
258 2012-07-30 Washington International 2012 Rockville USA 5 Alexander Barnett Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 37 Open
259 2012-07-29 Washington International 2012 Rockville USA 4 Joel Benjamin Awonder Liang 0-1 48 Open
260 2012-07-29 Washington International 2012 Rockville USA 3 Joshua Colas Joel Benjamin 1/2-1/2 60 Open
261 2012-07-28 Washington International 2012 Rockville USA 2 Joel Benjamin Christopher Gu 0-1 43 Open
262 2012-07-28 Washington International 2012 Rockville USA 2.13 Joel Benjamin Christopher Gu 0-1 43 Open
263 2012-07-07 40th Annual World Open Philadelphia USA 7 Vladimir Romanenko Joel Benjamin 1-0 60 Open
264 2012-07-06 40th Annual World Open Philadelphia USA 4 Joel Benjamin Justin Sarkar 1/2-1/2 38 Open
265 2012-07-05 40th Annual World Open Philadelphia USA 2 Joel Benjamin Gabriel Flom 0-1 47 Open
266 1999-08-02 FIDE Championship 1999 — Khalifman 1st Las Vegas 1.4 Nielsen, Peter Heine Benjamin, Joel 1-0 40 Open
267 1999-08-02 FIDE Championship 1999 — Khalifman 1st Las Vegas 1.5 Benjamin, Joel Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2-1/2 59 Open
268 1999-08-02 FIDE Championship 1999 — Khalifman 1st Las Vegas 1.3 Benjamin, Joel Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 87 Open
269 1999-08-02 FIDE Championship 1999 — Khalifman 1st Las Vegas 1.6 Nielsen, Peter Heine Benjamin, Joel 1/2-1/2 50 Open
270 1999-08-02 FIDE Championship 1999 — Khalifman 1st Las Vegas 1.7 Nielsen, Peter Heine Benjamin, Joel 1-0 27 Open
271 1999-08-01 FIDE Championship 1999 — Khalifman 1st Las Vegas 1.2 Benjamin, Joel Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2-1/2 43 Open
272 1999-07-31 FIDE Championship 1999 — Khalifman 1st Las Vegas 1.1 Nielsen, Peter Heine Benjamin, Joel 1/2-1/2 62 Open
273 1997-12-10 FIDE Championship 1998 — Karpov 1st Groningen 1.3 Zvjaginsev, Vadim Benjamin, Joel 1/2-1/2 53 Open
274 1997-12-10 FIDE Championship 1998 — Karpov 1st Groningen 1.2 Zvjaginsev, Vadim Benjamin, Joel 1/2-1/2 29 Open
275 1991 San Francisco San Francisco 3 Tal, Mikhail Benjamin, Joel 1/2-1/2 17 Open
276 1993 Groningen PCA Groningen 2 Benjamin, Joel Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 19 Open
277 1994 PCA/Intel-GP New York 1 Benjamin, Joel Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 61 Open
278 1994 PCA/Intel-GP New York 1 Kramnik, Vladimir Benjamin, Joel 1-0 50 Open
279 1993 Groningen PCA Groningen 6 Benjamin, Joel Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 41 Open
280 1993 Groningen PCA Groningen 9 Topalov, Veselin Benjamin, Joel 1/2-1/2 44 Open
281 1994 Horgen CS Horgen 3 Kasparov, Garry Benjamin, Joel 1/2-1/2 58 Open
282 1997 FIDE Championship 1998 — Karpov 1st Groningen 1.4 Benjamin, Joel Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2-1/2 42 Open
283 1989 Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee - Anand, Viswanathan Benjamin, Joel 1-0 31 Open
284 1997 FIDE Championship 1998 — Karpov 1st Groningen 1.1 Benjamin, Joel Zvjaginsev, Vadim 1/2-1/2 26 Open
285 1997 FIDE Championship 1998 — Karpov 1st Groningen 1.5 Zvjaginsev, Vadim Benjamin, Joel 1-0 42 Open

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