Ben Finegold

Benjamin Finegold ( born September 6, 1969 in Detroit ) is an American chess player.

Achievements

In addition to dozens of chess tournaments in the Midwest, particularly in Michigan, he won the U.S. Open in Chicago 1994 ( shared ) and in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in 2007 ( shared ). His current Elo rating is 2531 (as of January 2010).. , Which was highest ever in 2563 January-June 2006 title of International Master, he received in 1990, Grand Master since 2009 he is the standards for his GM title, he scored at the 30. World Open in Philadelphia in 2002 ( fourth place, level on points with the winner Kamil Miton ), in an invitational tournament in Lincolnwood, Illinois in 2005 and in the B group the Spice Cup in Lubbock in 2009.

Ciaffone - Finegold Defense

In Hannes Langrock book The Modern Morra Gambit: A Dynamic Weapon Against the Sicilian the Ciaffone - Finegold - defense in the Morra Gambit of the Sicilian Defense is mentioned as a distinct variant: 1 e2- e4 c7 - c5 2 d2 -d4 c5xd4 3 c2 - c3 d4xc3 4 Sb1xc3 d7 - d6 5 f3 e7 - e6 Sg1 - 6 Lf1 - c4 Bf8 - e7 7 0-0 Ng8 - f6 8 Dd1 - e2 a7 - a6. Ben Finegold has also worked as a chess trainer and chess tournament organizer.

Publications

  • Smith - Morra Gambit Finegold Defense. Game Player, USA 2000, ISBN 0966100735 (in collaboration with Bob Ciaffone ).
Lubbock (Texas) Sicilian Defence, Smith–Morra Gambit Maurice Ashley Joel Benjamin Walter Browne Fabiano Caruana Larry Christiansen Jaan Ehlvest Nick de Firmian Alexander Fishbein Alexander Goldin Ron Henley Gregory Kaidanov Larry Kaufman Irina Krush Anatoly Lein Hikaru Nakamura Alexander Onischuk Ray Robson Alexander Shabalov Tal Shaked Sam Shankland James Tarjan Elmārs Zemgalis Arthur Dake Arnold Denker Larry Evans Reuben Fine Bobby Fischer Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov Isaac Kashdan Edmar Mednis Nicolas Rossolimo Leonid Shamkovich Aleksander Wojtkiewicz
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