Notable Games
- Pal Benko vs Viacheslav Ragozin, Budapest 1949, Budapest Gambit (A52), 1–0 Ragozin tries the Budapest Gambit in Budapest, but Hungarian Benko is well prepared.
- Laszlo Szabo vs Pal Benko, Hungarian Championship 1951, Sicilian Defence, Sozin–Fischer Variation (B88), 0–1 Szabo is a nine-time Hungarian champion, but the young Benko more than holds his own.
- Pal Benko vs Robert Fischer, Portoroz Interzonal 1958, King's Indian Defence, Saemisch Variation (E80), 1–0 The young Fischer would go on to qualify, but he suffers a drastic loss here.
- Pal Benko vs Fridrik Olafsson, Yugoslavia Candidates' tournament 1959, Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation (B99), 1–0 One of Benko's best games from this tournament.
- Pal Benko vs Robert Fischer, Buenos Aires 1960, King's Indian Defence, Fianchetto Variation (E62), 1–0 Fischer overextends and is punished badly.
- Pal Benko vs Samuel Reshevsky, New York match 1960, Grunfeld Defence (D76), 1–0 Benko lost the match, but he scores a nice win here.
- Pal Benko vs Robert Fischer, Curacao Candidates' tournament 1962, Benko's Opening (A00), 1–0 Benko introduces an original opening scheme (1.g3), and defeats Bobby Fischer.
- Pal Benko vs Mikhail Tal, Curacao Candidates' tournament 1962, Benko's Opening (A00), 1–0 Benko again utilizes his new plan to defeat Tal.
- Pal Benko vs Paul Keres, Curacao Candidates' tournament 1962, King's Indian Attack, Keres Variation (A07), 1–0 An extraordinarily painful loss for Keres, who had beaten Benko in the three previous cycles of the tournament; it costs him a chance to qualify for the world championship match.
- Milan Vukic vs Pal Benko, Sarajevo 1967, Benko Gambit (A58), 0–1 Benko plays the Benko Gambit for the first time.
- Igor Zaitsev vs Pal Benko, Solnak 1974, Benko Gambit (A57), 0–1 Zaitsev came prepared with his own variation, but Benko manages to win anyway.
- Pal Benko vs Yasser Seirawan, Lone Pine 1978, English Opening, Symmetrical Variation (A34), 1–0 Benko is spotting young Seirawan 32 years, but shows experience and craft certainly counting for something in chess.
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