Francisco (Franz) Benkö (Benkő, Benko) (24 June 1910 – 11 January 2010)[1] was a German–Argentine chess master and problemist.
His father, Richard Wilhelm Benkö, came from Hungary, and his mother, Alice Josephine Helene Pick, from Austria.
[4] Francisco Benkö has played many times in Argentine Chess Championship, from 1937 till 2004 (aged 94).
When Benkö lived in Germany, he was acquainted with a few famous composers, including Ado Kraemer, Erich Zepler and Eduard Birgfeld.
Benkö knew some players in Berlin, too, but only managed to win against Friedrich Sämisch and Jacques Mieses while losing against Carl Ahues, Kurt Richter and Willi Schlage.