Chess Game
Milton Otteson vs Pal Benko
USA Ch Open 62th, 1961 · Result 0–1 · Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense (D94).
Pal Benko1
Milton Otteson0
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. b4 c6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. a3 Nb6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Qb3 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Nb5 Qg5 15. Nd4 Qxg2 16. Bf3 Qh3 17. O-O-O Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 b6 20. Bd4 bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rfe8 22. Bd4 Ne4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf4 Qf5 25. h4 Qe5 26. Nd3 Qf6 27. h5 a5 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rdg1 axb4 30. axb4 Ra1+ 31. Kc2 Ra2+ 32. Qxa2 Qc3+ 33. Kd1 Qxd3+ 34. Kc1 Ra8 35. Qb2+ f6 36. Rd1 Qc4+ 0–1
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This chess game between Milton Otteson and Pal Benko was played at USA Ch Open 62th in 1961 and finished 0–1. The opening was the Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense (D94). Step through every move on the interactive board above, or open it on the CipherChess board to analyse the game with the engine. You can also explore more games by Milton Otteson and Pal Benko from the CipherChess mega database.