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Joel Benjamin: Career, Life and career & Notable games

Joel Lawrence Benjamin (born March 11, 1964) is an American chess player and author who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). In 1998, he was voted "Grandmaster of the Year" by the U.S. Chess Federation.

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Joel Benjamin topic overview

The analysis highlights Career, Life and career and Notable games as prominent areas in the source structure around Joel Benjamin.

Related topics
38
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
41
Extracted relationships
24
Concept neighborhoods
21
Bridge connections
41

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Life and career · 27 topics
Notable games · 7 topics
Overview · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Born
Joel Lawrence Benjamin (1964-03-11) March 11, 1964 (age 62) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Country
United States
FIDE rating
2467 (August 2026)
Peak ranking
No. 29 (July 1987)
Peak rating
2620 (July 1993)
Title
Grandmaster (1986)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Life and career

Notable games

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Joel Benjamin connects Entity context

The extracted context around Joel Benjamin shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Joel Benjamin → Benjamin, Benjamin Chess Olympiad, CHESS AT NEW YORK, Chess Life Online, Chessgames, FIDE, FIDEJoel Benjamin, GM Joel Benjamin, Internet Chess Club's Game, IT'S LIKE, OlimpBase, OPEN, US Chess FederationJoel Benjamin, WAR, Week Another extracted example is Joel Benjamin → Joel Lawrence Benjamin (1964-03-11) March 11, 1964 (age 62) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Joel Benjamin

Top relations

related to External links · 15
Joel Benjamin → Benjamin, Benjamin Chess Olympiad, CHESS AT NEW YORK, Chess Life Online, Chessgames, FIDE, FIDEJoel Benjamin, GM Joel Benjamin, Internet Chess Club's Game, IT'S LIKE, OlimpBase, OPEN, US Chess FederationJoel Benjamin, WAR, Week
Born · 1
Joel Benjamin → Joel Lawrence Benjamin (1964-03-11) March 11, 1964 (age 62) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Country · 1
Joel Benjamin → United States
FIDE rating · 1
Joel Benjamin → 2467 (August 2026)
Peak ranking · 1
Joel Benjamin → No. 29 (July 1987)
Peak rating · 1
Joel Benjamin → 2620 (July 1993)
Title · 1
Joel Benjamin → Grandmaster (1986)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

chess benjamin grandmaster title championship fide life 1987 joel won open also 1986 born brooklyn new now record junior game

Joel Benjamin relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 24 structured relationships around Joel Benjamin. Examples in this analysis include Joel Benjamin → Born → Joel Lawrence Benjamin (1964-03-11) March 11, 1964 (age 62) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. and Joel Benjamin → Country → United States. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Joel BenjaminBornJoel Lawrence Benjamin (1964-03-11) March 11, 1964 (age 62) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.1.00infobox
Joel BenjaminCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Joel BenjaminFIDE rating2467 (August 2026)1.00infobox
Joel BenjaminPeak rankingNo. 29 (July 1987)1.00infobox
Joel BenjaminPeak rating2620 (July 1993)1.00infobox
Joel BenjaminTitleGrandmaster (1986)1.00infobox
the Black Knights' Tangoinstance ofHe is the youngest inductee.Benjamin is known for playing offbeat openings0.80text
and for converting very small advantages into a win.Benjamin tied for first place in the 1986instance ofHe is the youngest inductee.Benjamin is known for playing offbeat openings0.80text
1987 U.Sinstance ofHe is the youngest inductee.Benjamin is known for playing offbeat openings0.80text
Joel Benjaminrelated to External linksFIDEJoel Benjamin0.60section
Joel Benjaminrelated to External linksUS Chess FederationJoel Benjamin0.60section
Joel Benjaminrelated to External linksFIDE0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Joel Benjamin bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Fide, Games and Gm. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Joel Benjamin
    • Fide
    • Games
    • Gm
    • Player
    • Rating
    • Life
    • Title
    • Brooklyn
    • Career
    • Federation
    • History
    • July
  • joel benjamin
    • Fide
    • Games
    • Gm
    • Player
    • Rating
    • Life
    • Title
    • Brooklyn
    • Career
    • Federation
    • History
    • July
  • chess
    • Life
    • Open
    • Grandmaster
    • Federation
    • Gm
    • Player
    • Uscf
    • Also
    • Fide
    • Game
    • Joel
    • Record
  • u.s. chess federation
    • Games
    • Gm
    • History
    • Player
    • Rating
    • Uscf
    • York
    • Fide
    • Game
    • Joel
    • New
    • Record
  • chess master
    • Year
    • Record
    • Title
    • Life
    • Open
    • Grandmaster
    • Federation
    • Gm
    • Player
    • Uscf
    • Also
    • Fide
  • u.s. open chess championship
    • Junior
    • Open
    • Won
    • Federation
    • History
    • Player
    • Rating
    • Uscf
    • York
    • Game
    • Record
    • Life
  • u.s. chess champion
    • Life
    • Open
    • Grandmaster
    • Federation
    • Gm
    • Player
    • Uscf
    • Also
    • Fide
    • Game
    • Joel
    • Record
  • canadian open chess championship
    • Junior
    • Open
    • Won
    • Federation
    • History
    • Player
    • Rating
    • Uscf
    • York
    • Game
    • Record
    • Life

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Joel Benjamin, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Joel Benjamin with Life and career. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Joel BenjaminLife and career · splits 14 ⟂ 28
Joel BenjaminNotable games · splits 34 ⟂ 8
Joel BenjaminOverview · splits 37 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Joel Benjamin

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples24
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Joel Benjamin to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Career, Life and career & Notable games, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Joel Benjamin · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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