Benjamin Raphael
Number of games in database: 21
Years covered: 1847 to 1857
Overall record: +7 -11 =3 (40.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C33		King's Gambit Accepted (3 games)
B40		Sicilian (2 games)
B44		Sicilian (2 games)
C42		Petrov Defense (2 games)

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BENJAMIN RAPHAEL (born Nov-08-1818, died Mar-17-1880) United States of America [what is this?] Benjamin Raphael was born in Richmond, Virginia and died in New York. He was a medical doctor.

page 1 of 1; 21 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E A Dudley vs B Raphael   1-0 25 1847 Blue Lick tournament C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 2. B Raphael vs W Montgomery 1-0 12 1856 Unknown C30 King's Gambit Declined 3. H Kennicott vs B Raphael 0-1 34 1857 1st American Chess Congress C42 Petrov Defense 4. N Marache vs B Raphael 1-0 70 1857 1st American Chess Congress B44 Sicilian 5. B Raphael vs H Kennicott 1-0 54 1857 1st American Chess Congress B40 Sicilian 6. B Raphael vs N Marache   1-0 30 1857 1st American Chess Congress A80 Dutch 7. B Raphael vs Morphy 0-1 26 1857 New York C33 King's Gambit Accepted 8. H Kennicott vs B Raphael   0-1 24 1857 1st American Chess Congress B44 Sicilian 9. N Marache vs B Raphael   ½-½ 39 1857 1st American Chess Congress C20 King's Pawn Game 10. B Raphael vs N Marache 0-1 20 1857 1st American Chess Congress C01 French, Exchange 11. T Lichtenhein vs B Raphael 1-0 25 1857 1st American Chess Congress A43 Old Benoni 12. B Raphael vs H Kennicott ½-½ 61 1857 1st American Chess Congress D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. B Raphael vs Paulsen 0-1 53 1857 1st American Chess Congress C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 14. B Raphael vs H Kennicott   0-1 36 1857 1st American Chess Congress C44 King's Pawn Game 15. Paulsen vs B Raphael   ½-½ 47 1857 1st American Chess Congress C47 Four Knights 16. T Lichtenhein vs B Raphael   1-0 29 1857 1st American Chess Congress C48 Four Knights 17. B Raphael vs T Lichtenhein   0-1 32 1857 1st American Chess Congress C33 King's Gambit Accepted 18. N Marache vs B Raphael 0-1 24 1857 1st American Chess Congress C42 Petrov Defense 19. B Raphael vs Paulsen   0-1 25 1857 1st American Chess Congress B40 Sicilian 20. B Raphael vs N Marache   1-0 46 1857 1st American Chess Congress B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 21. B Raphael vs H Kennicott   0-1 42 1857 1st American Chess Congress C33 King's Gambit Accepted  page 1 of 1; 21 games

Jun-15-07    Whitehat1963: His real name is Benjamin Raspail. A former patient of mine, whose romantic attachments ran to, shall we say, the exotic. I did not kill him, I assure you. Merely tucked him away, very much as I found him. After he'd missed three appointments. Jun-15-07    Whitehat1963: If you didn't kill him, then who did, sir? Jun-15-07    Whitehat1963: Who can say? Best thing for him, really. His therapy was going nowhere. Apr-15-08    Augalv: Funny :) Jan-19-11    GrahamClayton: Benjamin I Raphael M.D. was Secretary of the Board for the New York Medical College and Charity Hospital, as well as being Professor of General and Military Surgery and Surgical Pathology. He was also a visiting surgeon for the Jews' Hospital in New York.

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