Ion Balanel
Number of games in database: 44
Years covered: 1951 to 1958
Overall record: +8 -18 =18 (38.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  King's Indian (6)      E80 E90 E81 E91  Nimzo Indian (4)      E32 E20 E26  Ruy Lopez (4)      C84 C74 C87	With the Black pieces:  Nimzo Indian (5)      E48 E42 E41 E53 E40  French Defense (5)      C17 C01 C05 C07 C15  English, 1 c4 c5 (4)      A34 A36

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ION BALANEL (born Jun-07-1926) Romania [what is this?] Ion Balanel was born on the 7th of June 1926 in Bucharest, Romania. Awarded the IM title in 1954 he was Romanian Champion in 1950, 1953, 1955 and 1958.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Stoltz vs Balanel   1-0 53 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha A34 English, Symmetrical 2. Sajtar vs Balanel   ½-½ 35 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 3. Pachman vs Balanel   1-0 47 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha E41 Nimzo-Indian 4. G Barcza vs Balanel   ½-½ 63 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha A05 Reti Opening 5. Balanel vs O Barda   ½-½ 43 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Balanel vs W Heidenfeld   ½-½ 20 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha A52 Budapest Gambit 7. Balanel vs Foltys   ½-½ 25 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 8. Balanel vs A Pytlakowski 0-1 24 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 9. S Basjuni vs Balanel   1-0 60 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha A34 English, Symmetrical 10. Szabo vs Balanel 1-0 25 1951 Marianske Lazne Prah C05 French, Tarrasch 11. K Skold vs Balanel 1-0 66 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha C17 French, Winawer, Advance 12. E Pedersen vs Balanel   ½-½ 46 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha C01 French, Exchange 13. Balanel vs J A Fred   ½-½ 64 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha E90 King's Indian 14. Balanel vs Benko   0-1 59 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. Balanel vs Lokvenc   1-0 34 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 16. Balanel vs Tsvetkov   1-0 57 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 17. Balanel vs Sliwa   1-0 66 1952 Miedzyzdroje D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 18. K Makarczyk vs Balanel   0-1 66 1952 Miedzyzdroje E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 19. Balanel vs S Szabo 1-0 78 1952 Miedzyzdroje E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 20. Balanel vs Bobotsov   0-1 41 1952 Miedzyzdroje E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 21. Korchnoi vs Balanel   1-0 54 1954 Bucharest A34 English, Symmetrical 22. Balanel vs E Paoli   1-0 46 1954 Bucharest E81 King's Indian, Samisch 23. Balanel vs Kholmov   ½-½ 41 1954 Bucharest E91 King's Indian 24. Balanel vs Sliwa   ½-½ 19 1954 Prague zt E20 Nimzo-Indian 25. Balanel vs Filip   0-1 40 1954 Prague zt D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44

Dec-21-04    Benzol: Ion Balanel Born 7th June 1926 in Bucharest Awarded the IM title in 1954 and was Romainian champion in 1950, 1953, 1955 and 1958.

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