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Knights". He tells his students to control the center,
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billed as the "Iron Man" vs. the "Gladiator". Iron Man Bonin won 8 - 5. In 2016, a book entitled "Ironman vs. Gladiator: The
Ultimate Chess Battle of Legends!" was published about the match. In 2016, Bonin authored a book with Greg Keener entitled "Active Pieces, Practical Advice from America's Most
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Having won countless tournaments over the years, and competed for parts of five decades, Bonin remains a very active tournament player and played in over 600 games in 2015, winning the
Cleveland Open in August 2015. While continuing to play actively, Bonin remains the best known active American
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October 1995, he was profiled in the New York Times highlighting his active tournament play and the financial struggles of a professional chess master in New York. 1997 was a successful year for Bonin as he won four club championships:
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in 1972. Bonin got hooked on chess and started frequenting the local chess clubs such as Times Square’s Chess and
Checker Club of New York (known as "The Flea House" due to the fact that there was once a Flea Circus upstairs). He also visited The Chess House and played in
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Bonin's career in chess really took off in the 1980s. He won the New York State
Championship for the first time in 1982. He has won clear first three times (1982, 1997 and 1999) and tied for first in 1993 but tie-breaks gave the title to GM
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International Master to have pursued the elusive title of
Grandmaster and not to have achieved it. Bonin remains active in Chess in 2016 as a player, teacher, author and lecturer.
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