| Aug-28-04 | | WMD: "I started to play chess in my hometown of Odessa (Ukraine, former Soviet Union) in 1976 when I was 6 years old. The same year, another even more important chess event took place in Odessa, the international chess tournament won by Filipino IM Rosendo Balinas. Unfortunately, in 1976 I was still not interested in international chess events, and am hardly able now to relate anything about the 1976 Odessa International Tournament. However, in October 2000 I found «The Filipinos Play Chess» website (editor Bobby Ang), with absolutely exceptional coverage of this tournament based on the articles by Rosendo Balinas published in 1976. See links to the website and the tournament coverage in the right margin. "GM Rosendo C. Balinas, Jr. passed away at his residence in Antipolo City on Thursday, September 24, 1998. He was the six-time chess champion of the Philippines and a lawyer by profession. After winning the tournament in Odessa, Rosendo Balinas became the second foreigner after Capablanca (1936) to win a chess tournament in the Soviet Union." http://members.lycos.co.uk/csarchiv... |
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| Sep-10-07 | | laskereshevsky: undoubtedly Balinas was a great talent.
The bio is a little wrong, cause after CAPA in the 1936, Reuben Fine has won THREE (!) tournaments after him in Sovietic Union...Moscow 1937, Leningrad 1937, Leningrad-Moscow 1939 (with Reshevsky second in this tourn...) |
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| Jan-31-09 | | Karpova: <MartinII>
Missing games:
[Event "Bangalore"]
[Site "Bangalore"]
[White "Balinas, Rosendo Carrean"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Date "1981.?.?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Round "2"]
[ECO "C77"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Nf1 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 b5 11.Bc2 Bb7 12.Ne3 Nb8 13.Qe2 Nbd7 14.O-O-O c5 15.Nd2 Qc7 16.Qf3 Nh7 17.g4 Nb6 18.Rdg1 Qd7 19.Bb3 Kh8 20.g5 h5 21.Bd5 Rab8 22.Rg3 Kg8 23.Rhg1 Rfc8 24.c4 Nf8 25.Nf5 Bxd5 26.Nh6+ Kh7 27.exd5 f5 28.gxf6 Bxh6 29.Bg5 Qf5 30.Qe2 bxc4 31.dxc4 Na4 32.Rf3 Qxg5 33.Rxg5 Bxg5 34.b3 Nb6 35.Kc2 Bxd2 36.Qxd2 Rb7 37.Qg5 Rf7 38.Rh3 Rcc7 39.Rf3 Ra7 40.Rh3 a5 41.Kc3 Rad7 42.Kd3 Ra7 43.Ke4 Rac7 44.Rg3 Rb7 45.Kd3 Nbd7 46.Rf3 a4 47.Kc3 axb3 48.axb3 Rb8 49.Kb2 Re8 50.Ka3 e4 51.Rf4 Re5 52.Qh4 Kg8 53.Qh3 Nxf6 54.Ka4 Kg7 55.Qc8 Ra7+ 56.Kb5 Re8 57.Qh3 Rb8+ 58.Kc6 Ne8 59.Qc3+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "Marlboro Chess Classic"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Balinas, Rosendo Carrean"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Date "1977.10.28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Round "6"]
[ECO "A22"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Bb4 4.Nge2 c6 5.d4 e4 6.d5 O-O 7.a3 Bd6 8.Ng3 Re8 9.Be2 a5 10.O-O Na6 11.Rb1 g6 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Rd1 Nc7 14.b3 cxd5 15.cxd5 b6 16.a4 Bb7 17.Bc4 h5 18.Bb2 h4 19.Nf1 h3 20.g3 Nh7 21.Ne2 Ng5 22.Nf4 Kh7 23.Kh1 f6 24.Qe2 f5 25.Ba1 Nf3 26.Nxh3 g5 27.Nd2 g4 28.Nxf3 exf3 29.Qc2 Kg6 30.Rd4 Be5 31.Rxg4+ Kf6 32.Nf4 Qh7 33.Rg6+ Qxg6 34.Nxg6 Kxg6 35.g4 d6 36.Qxf5+ Kh6 37.Bxe5 Rxe5 38.Qf6+ Kh7 1-0 [Event "Manila"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[White "Balinas, Rosendo Carrean"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Date "1968.?.?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Round "10"]
[ECO "B20"]
1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.c3 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4 O-O 8.h3 Qb6 9. Na3 Ne8 10.Nc4 Qb5 11.Ne3 e5 12.a4 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qd8 14.d5 Ne7 15.Nc4 f5 16.f3 Rf7 17.b4 cxb4 18.cxb4 f4 19.g4 g5 20.b5 Ng6 21.Qb3 Qf6 22.Bb4 Bf8 23.Rac1 h5 24.b6 a6 25.Be1 Nh4 26.Bxh4 gxh4 27.Na5 Qg5 28.Kh1 Be7 29.Rc2 hxg4 30.fxg4 Rb8 31.Bf3 Bd8 32.Qb4 Qg6 33.Rfc1 Bd7 34.Rc4 Rg7 35.R4c3 Qf6 36.Nc4 Qe7 37.Na5 Nf6 38.Rg1 Nh7 39.Rg2 Ng5 40.Ng1 Rg6 41.Kh2 Kh7 42.Bd1 Kh6 43.Nf3 Nxf3+ 44.Bxf3 Kg5 45.Rgc2 Qe8 46.Rc4 Rg7 47.R2c3 Qe7 48.Kg2 Rg8 49.Kf1 Rh8 50.Ke2 Rf8 51.Kd1 Rh8 52.Kc2 Rf8 53.Kb3 Rh8 54.Rc1 Rf8 55.R4c2 Rh8 56.Nc4 Rh6 57.Ka3 Rg6 58.Nd2 Rg8 59.Be2 Kg6 60.Kb3 Kg5 61.Rc3 Rh8 62.a5 Rh7 63.Ka3 Rh8 64.Bd1 Rh7 65.Ba4 Rf7 66.Nf3+ Kg6 67.Bxd7 Qxd7 68.Qa4 Qxa4+ 69.Kxa4 Rd7 70.Kb3 Kh6 71.Rc4 Kg6 72.R1c3 Kh6 73.Kc2 Kg6 74.Kd3 Kh6 75.Ke2 Kg6 76.Nd2 Kg5 77.Nf3+ Kg6 78.Ne1 Kf7 79.Rc1 Kg6 80.Rc8 Rxc8 81.Rxc8 Bf6 82.Nd3 Bg5 83.Kf3 Bf6 84.Nb4 Bd8 85.Nc6 Bf6 86.Rc7 Rh7 87.Na7 Bd8 88.Rxh7 Kxh7 89.Nc8 Kg6 90.Nxd6 Be7 91.Nxb7 Bb4 92.d6 1-0 |
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| Feb-09-09 | | engr.jm: <Karpova> Are you a Filipino? |
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| Feb-11-09 | | Karpova: <engr.jm: <Karpova> Are you a Filipino?>
No, I'm not. I was just answering to a post which its author deleted after I finished mine. |
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| Apr-02-09 | | batugan69: Hello, BIDMONFA. Where are you, sir? Kindly post a picture of GM Balinas, please, BIDMONFA. LOL! |
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Apr-02-09
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| Aug-22-09 | | joecapablanca: The Wikipedia link below on GM Rosendo Carreon [the correct spelling] Balinas is a good source of his bio and achievements. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosend....
As a true lawyer that Balinas was, he took on and publicly opposed Campomanes' abuse of power and repressive treatment of Filipino chess players who opposed him. Grandmaster Balinas did not abandon chess but was blacklisted by Campomanes, who instead bankrolled Torre's chess career full time. Balinas consequently left the Philippines and joined his parents in the U. S. where he played infrequently due to poor health. He passed away on September, 1998, from liver cancer. True to his conviction, Grandmaster Balinas, on national GMA TV coverage, condemned Campomanes and his cohort Casto Abundo for their self enriching abuse of their position, and for setting Philippine chess back. It is gratifying to see what the new Philippine chess leadership of Hon. Pichay have achieved with so many Filipino chess talents now achieving their Grandmaster title in such a short time. |
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| Sep-05-09 | | joecapablanca: To Batugan 69, Atty. Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr.'s Pictures in You Tube :) Showing Fischer squirming under Balinas' mating attack. Fischer survived and they drew the match. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzGp...
In the Meralco sponsored "Beat Bobby Fischer" of the top 10 Filipino masters, only GM Balinas [then a National Master, compared to Bobby's GM title] upheld the Filipino's tinik sa chess against Fischer, the Best Chess Player in the universe :) That is why Balinas is considered the best Asian player ever before Anand and Torre came along. |
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Dec-17-10
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| May-25-12 | | LoveThatJoker: It would be nice to see some more conversation on GM Balinas, Jr. LTJ |
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