[Event "Budapest Szikra"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Dely, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5
Qf6
9.Qd4 Qg6 10.e4 Nc6 11.Qd2 Nc7 12.Qd6 Qf6 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.Qxe7+ Kxe7
15.Ne2 e5
16.Nc1 Be6 17.Rb1 Rab8 18.Bd3 Na5 19.Ke2 Nc4 20.Rb4 Nxa3 21.c4 b5
22.cxb6 axb6
23.Ra4 b5 24.Rxa3 bxc4 25.Ra7 Kd6 26.Bc2 Nb5 27.Bb4+ Kc6 28.Ba4 Kb6
29.Ra5 Nd4+
30.Ke3 Ra8 31.Rxe5 f6 32.Rh5 Bf7 33.Bc5+ Kc7 34.Bxd4 Bxh5 35.Bc2 Ra3+
36.Kd2 Rd8
37.Ne2 Be8 38.Rb1 Ba4 39.Bxa4 Rxa4 40.Rc1 Ra2+ 41.Kd1 Ra4 42.Ke1 1-0

[Event "Budapest Szikra"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Honfi, Karoly"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]

[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.h3 Bb7 12.g4 Qc7 13.Be3 Rfc8 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.g5 Ne8
16.h4 Qd8 17.Bh3 Rc4 18.Nd5 Nc7 19.Nxb6 Nxb6 20.Bxb6 d5 21.Qe2 a5
22.Rfd1 Rb4
23.Bxc7 Qxc7 24.c3 Rc4 25.exd5 Rxh4 26.Bg2 Rd8 27.Qb5 Bc8 28.Ne4 Bf5
29.d6 Qd7
30.Ng3 Bc2 31.Qxd7 Rxd7 32.Rd5 Bxd6 33.Rc1 Bxa4 34.Nf5 Rg4 35.Rxd6 Rxd6
36.Nxd6 Bc6
37.f3 Bxf3 38.Rc2 Rxg5 39.c4 e4 40.Kh2 Bxg2 41.Rxg2 Rc5 42.Rc2 f5 43.Nb7
Rc7
44.Nxa5 f4 45.c5 g5 46.c6 e3 47.Nb3 e2 48.Rxe2 Rxc6 49.Nd4 Rb6 50.Kg2 g4
51.Rc2 h5 52.Nc6 Rb3 53.Ne7+ Kf7 54.Nd5 Rg3+ 55.Kh2 Rh3+ 56.Kg1 Rg3+
57.Rg2 Rxg2+
58.Kxg2 f3+ 59.Kg3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Szikra"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pogats, Jozsef"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Nb3 b6 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qe2 Na5 14.Nd2 Rd8 15.Bf2
Bb7
16.Rac1 Rdc8 17.Rfe1 Nd7 18.Ncb1 Bf6 19.c3 Nc4 20.Nxc4 Qxc4 21.Qxc4 Rxc4

22.Rcd1 Be7 23.b3 Rc7 24.c4 Nc5 25.Re3 Kf8 26.Be1 Ba8 27.Na3 g6 28.Nc2
Rcc8
29.Nd4 Ke8 30.g3 Rd8 31.Kf1 Rdc8 32.Ke2 e5 33.Nc2 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Na3
bxc4
36.Nxc4 Nxb3 37.Nxd6+ Bxd6 38.Rxd6 Nd4+ 39.Kf1 exf4 40.gxf4 Nxf3 41.Rxf3
Bxe4
42.Re3 f5 43.h4 0-1

[Event "Budapest Alekhine"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Honfi, Karoly"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 dxe5
8.Qxd8+ Bxd8
9.Bg5 c6 10.O-O-O Be7 11.f3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Szikra"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Szollosi, Laszlo Sr"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]

[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.Nbd2
Nc6
9.Ne4 b6 10.Rb1 Bb7 11.Bd2 Qd7 12.a3 a5 13.Nc3 Rfd8 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Ng5
Qf5
16.Qa4 Qf6 17.h4 Rab8 18.Be3 Nd4 19.Bxd4 Rxd4 20.Qb5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qf5
22.Qc6 Qd5+
23.Qxd5 Rxd5 24.Ne4 c4 25.dxc4 Rd4 26.Nc3 Rxc4 27.Nd5 e6 28.Ne3 Rd4
29.Rfd1 Rc8
30.Rdc1 Rcd8 31.Nc4 Rb8 32.b3 Bf8 33.Rc2 Kg7 34.Ne5 Rd5 35.Nc4 Rc8
36.Ra2 Rb5
37.a4 Rb4 38.Rbb2 Be7 39.Kf3 Bf6 40.Rc2 Rc5 41.Ne3 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Alekhine"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gereben, Erno"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 c5 10.Nd3 Ne8 11.f4 b6 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Nd6 15.b3 f5
16.Bg3 fxe4
17.Rxf8+ Qxf8 18.Nf2 Bf5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bh4 Kh7 21.Rf1 Bh6 22.Bg5 Qg7 23.h3
h4
24.Ng4 Bxg4 25.hxg4 Rf8 26.Rxf8 Qxf8 27.Bd1 Nec8 28.Bc2 Bxg5 29.Qxg5 Qh6

30.Qxh6+ Kxh6 31.Bxe4 Kg5 32.Kf2 Ne8 33.a4 Ncd6 34.Bf3 Nf6 35.Ke3 Nxg4+
36.Bxg4 Kxg4
37.Ne4 Nf5+ 38.Kf2 Kf4 39.d6 Nd4 40.d7 Nc6 41.Nd6 Nd8 42.Nc8 e4 43.Ne7 g5
44.Nd5+ Ke5 45.Ne3 Ke6 46.Ng4 Nc6 47.Ke3 Kxd7 48.Nf6+ Ke6 49.Nxe4 Kf5
50.Nd6+ Kg4
51.Kf2 Kf4 52.Nb5 g4 53.Nd6 Nd4 54.Nc8 g3+ 55.Kf1 h3 56.Kg1 h2+ 57.Kh1
Nf5 0-1

[Event "Budapest Szikra"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Kettner, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd3 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O
9.f4 e5 10.Nf3 exf4 11.Bxf4 Qa5 12.Qb5 Qxb5 13.Bxb5 Rd8 14.Nd5 Nxd5
15.exd5 Nb8
16.Rhe1 Bf8 17.Nd4 a6 18.Bc4 Nd7 19.Ne6 fxe6 20.dxe6 Kh8 21.e7 Bxe7
22.Rxe7 Nb6
23.Bb3 Bg4 24.Rd4 Rf8 25.Bf7 Rad8 26.Rxb7 Nd7 27.Bc4 d5 28.Bd6 Rf2 29.Bg3
Rxg2
30.Rxg4 dxc4 31.Rd4 1-0

[Event "Moscow olm fin-A"]

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]

[Round "1"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.b3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb2 Nc6
9.Na3 b6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bf6 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Bxf6 Qxf6
15.e4 Qc3
16.Qc1 Qxc1 17.Rfxc1 Nf6 18.f3 Rfd8 19.Rc7 Ba6 20.Rac1 Ne8 21.R7c2 Kf8
22.Bf1 Bxf1
23.Kxf1 Rd3 24.Ke2 Rad8 25.Nc4 f6 26.e5 R3d7 27.exf6 gxf6 28.Rd2 Ke7 29.f4
Nc7
30.Rxd7+ Rxd7 31.Ne3 Nd5 32.Nxd5+ exd5 33.Kd3 Ke6 34.g4 Kd6 35.Re1 Rg7
36.h3 h5
37.Rg1 hxg4 38.hxg4 Rh7 39.g5 fxg5 40.fxg5 Rh3+ 41.Kd4 Rh4+ 42.Kc3 Ke7
43.g6 Kf8
44.Rg5 Rh2 45.a4 Rh3+ 46.Kb2 Rh2+ 47.Ka3 Rd2 48.Rf5+ Ke7 49.Rf7+ Kd6
50.Rxa7 Rg2
51.g7 Rg4 52.b4 Rg3+ 53.Kb2 d4 54.Kc2 Kd5 55.Rc7 Kd6 56.Rf7 Kd5 57.a5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow olm prel"]

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Rejfir, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]

[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d6 6.c4 c5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.a3 h6
9.Rb1 a5
10.Ne1 Be6 11.Nd5 Kh7 12.Nc2 Ra7 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Bd2 Nd4 15.Nc3 Bd7
16.Nxd4 cxd4
17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.cxb5 Nf6 19.Qc2 Nd7 20.Rfc1 Nc5 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Ne6
23.Bd5 Qb6
24.Qc4 Raa8 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.Qxe6 Qxb5 27.Rc7 Rae8 28.Ra1 Qh5 29.Ra5 b5
30.Rxe7 Rxe7
31.Qxe7 Rxf2 32.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 33.Kf3 Qh1+ 34.Kf2 Qh2+ 35.Kf3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow olm fin-A"]

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milner Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Nc3 dxe5 8.dxe5
Nxc3
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 h6 11.Bf4 e6 12.Nd2 g5 13.Bg3 Bg7 14.Nc4 Ke7 15.OO-O b5
16.Nd6 Nxe5 17.Bxb5 Rd8 18.Rhe1 Rxd6 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Bb7 21.f3 Bd5
22.Re2 Rc8
23.Rc2 Rc7 24.c4 Bb7 25.c5 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Bd5 27.Kd2 f5 28.Ke3 e5 29.Bd3
Kf6

30.g4 f4+ 31.Ke2 Bc6 32.Bf5 h5 33.h3 Bb5+ 34.Bd3 Ba4 35.Rc4 Be8 36.Rc3
Bf7
37.Ra3 hxg4 38.hxg4 Rb7 39.c6 Rb2+ 40.Ke1 Rb6 41.Rc3 Be6 1-0

[Event "Moscow olm prel"]

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Campomanes, Florencio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nc3
Qxe2+
9.Bxe2 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Rhe1 d5 12.Bf1 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Re8
15.Rxe8+ Nxe8
16.Re1 Kf8 17.Be7+ Kg8 18.Kd2 Nf8 19.g3 Ng6 20.Bc5 Bd7 21.Bg2 b6 22.Be3
Rc8
23.h4 h5 24.Bg5 c6 25.Nh2 f6 26.Be3 Ne5 27.a4 Nc7 28.a5 bxa5 29.Ra1 Nb5
30.Rxa5 Ra8
31.Rxb5 a5 32.Rb3 1-0

[Event "Moscow olm prel"]

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sanchez, Luis A"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6
9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Be2 Be7 14.Bg3 Bg5
15.Qd3 Nc5
16.Qf3 O-O 17.h4 Be7 18.O-O Bd7 19.Nd5 Na4 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Qxb7 Nc6
22.Nxc6 Qc5+
23.Bf2 Qxc6 24.Bf3 Qxb7 25.Bxb7 Rab8 26.Bxa6 Nc3 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Bc4 Rb2
29.Bb3 Ba4 30.Ra1 Bxb3 31.cxb3 Nxa2 32.Bc5 Nc3 33.b4 Na2 34.Bd6 Nxb4
35.Ra8+ Kh7
36.Rf8 Kg6 37.h5+ Kxh5 38.Rxf7 g5 39.Rf6 Nd5 40.Rxe6 Nf4 41.Rf6 Rxg2+
42.Kf1 Rd2
43.Bf8 Ng6 44.e6 Rd5 45.e7 Re5 46.Rf2 Nxe7 47.Rh2+ Kg4 48.Rg2+ Kf5
49.Bxh6 g4
50.Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow olm fin-A"]

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4
Nxd4

9.Qd1 e5 10.g3 d6 11.Bg2 Be6 12.b3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qc5 14.O-O O-O 15.Rc1 a6
16.Be3 Qa5
17.Qd3 Rac8 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Ne2 b5 20.cxb5 Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow olm fin-A"]

[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956/??/??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Niephaus, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D79"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Ne5 Qd5 11.Qa4 Nd7 12.Rd1 Nb6 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.g4 Rac8
15.Qb3 Be6
16.Qxd5 Bxd5 17.g5 f6 18.gxf6 exf6 19.Ng4 f5 20.Ne5 Rc2 21.Bf1 Re8 22.a4 a6
23.e3 Bf8 24.a5 1/2-1/2