# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-benjamin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:40:14.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-benjamin"
name: "Joel Benjamin"
slug: "joel-benjamin"
description: "Joel Lawrence Benjamin 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."
tagline: "American chess grandmaster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Joel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1964-03-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump