Pal Benko

Pal Benko
Benko in 1964
Full namePal Charles Benko
Country
  • Hungary (before 1962)
  • United States (from 1962)
Born(1928-07-15)July 15, 1928
Amiens, France
DiedAugust 25, 2019(2019-08-25) (aged 91)
Budapest, Hungary
TitleGrandmaster (1958)
Peak rating2530 (July 1973)

Pal Charles Benko (Hungarian: Benkő Pál; July 15, 1928 – August 25, 2019) was a Hungarian and American chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.