During the second World War, he learned how to play bridge using a 1933 edition of a book by Culbertson.
Benito won thirteen world championship titles with the Italian Blue Team, starting in 1961 when he was added as a last minute substitute for the Bermuda Bowl. He played in regular partnership with Pietro Forquet up to 1972 and then with Giorgio Belladonna.
Benito plays on Bridge Base Online most evenings, with the username sillafu and he will be 90 years old in September 2017.