Chess championship quarter finals held at Trump Tower where Donald Trump opened the event and asked Pal Benko if he could become a grandmaster in two years.
""Donald Trump, an American real estate and casino developer.", asked "Don't you think I could also be a GM if put in one or two year on chess?" to Pal Benko, who had dug ditches for the Hungarian army in WWII, who had been captured by the Soviets, who became Hungarian Champion at 20, who had been im"