Pal Benko
Chess Player
French chess grandmaster and author who set a record with eight U.S. Open Chess Championship victories. He wrote several books on chess, including 1991's Winning with Chess Psychology.
He was born in France and was the chess champion of Hungary by the time he was twenty years old.
He was their for beating four World Champions during his career.
His father was an artist and an engineer.
He defeated American phenom Bobby Fischer several times.