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Pal Benko

1928 - 2019

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pal Benko has received more than 194,963 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Pal Benko is the 82nd most popular chess player (down from 63rd in 2019), the 3,295th most popular biography from France (down from 2,658th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Pal Benko ranks 82 out of 374Before him are Louis Paulsen, Friðrik Ólafsson, Grigory Levenfish, Lev Polugaevsky, Reuben Fine, and Adolf Albin. After him are Levon Aronian, Rudolf Charousek, Vlastimil Hort, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Nana Alexandria, and Harry Nelson Pillsbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Pal Benko ranks 264Before him are Luis Posada Carriles, Arthur Dion Hanna, Friedrich Wetter, Nancy Marchand, Luciano De Crescenzo, and Dick Miller. After him are Fidel Ramos, Carl Dahlhaus, William Klein, Alexander Gomelsky, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, and Umberto Maglioli. Among people deceased in 2019, Pal Benko ranks 212Before him are Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Andrew G. Vajna, Luciano De Crescenzo, Chelo Alonso, Dick Miller, and Julie Adams. After him are Egil Danielsen, Lee Radziwill, Lydia Wideman, Achille Silvestrini, Roland Matthes, and Vladimir Etush.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pal Benko ranks 3,295 out of 6,011Before him are Michel Duchaussoy (1938), François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588), Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (1000), Victor Schœlcher (1804), Jean Echenoz (1947), and Robert Garnier (1534). After him are Raoul Coutard (1924), Pierre-François Bouchard (1771), Louis Bourdaloue (1632), Éric Serra (1959), Bernard Giraudeau (1947), and Claude Fleury (1640).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In France

Among chess players born in France, Pal Benko ranks 3Before him are François-André Danican Philidor (1726) and Legall de Kermeur (1702). After him are Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800), Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (1990), Laurent Fressinet (1981), Étienne Bacrot (1983), and Marie Sebag (1986).