Jan Banas
Number of games in database: 143
Years covered: 1970 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2343
Highest rating achieved in database: 2416
Overall record: +20 -58 =65 (36.7%)*
   * 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:  Sicilian (12)      B80 B50 B90 B40 B33  English (7)      A16 A13 A18 A10 A12  Queen's Pawn Game (7)      A46 A40  Sicilian Scheveningen (5)      B80 B85 B83  Ruy Lopez (5)      C88 C91 C95 C92 C77  English, 1 c4 e5 (4)      A28 A27 A21	With the Black pieces:  Grunfeld (21)      D85 D76 D72 D91 D87  Sicilian (21)      B67 B22 B40 B50 B56  King's Indian (6)      E62 E98 E90 E61 E60  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (5)      B67  English (5)      A15 A16  Ruy Lopez (5)      C93 C95 C63 C92

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JAN BANAS (born Jun-03-1947) Czech Republic (citizen of Slovakia) [what is this?] International Master (1979).

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 143  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Lechtynsky vs J Banas   ½-½ 32 1970 CSR-ch Havirov E60 King's Indian Defense 2. Hort vs J Banas   0-1 35 1970 Havirov CZE ch A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 3. J Banas vs F Blatny   ½-½ 36 1970 CSR-ch Havirov C00 French Defense 4. J Banas vs Plachetka   ½-½ 18 1970 CSR-ch Havirov B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 5. Jansa vs J Banas   ½-½ 50 1970 Havirov CZE ch A15 English 6. Smejkal vs J Banas   1-0 33 1970 CSR-ch Havirov E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 7. J Banas vs Plachetka   ½-½ 15 1971 Novy Smokovec B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 8. Plachetka vs J Banas   0-1 34 1972 Stary Smokovec A45 Queen's Pawn Game 9. J Banas vs G Timoshchenko   ½-½ 73 1972 Stary Smokovec E91 King's Indian 10. E Paoli vs J Banas   1-0 37 1973 Olomouc Sigma 6th B08 Pirc, Classical 11. J Banas vs Plachetka   ½-½ 15 1973 CSR-ch B25 Sicilian, Closed 12. M D Tseitlin vs J Banas   1-0 30 1973 VI. TJ Sigma MZ Olomouc C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 13. J Banas vs Pribyl   ½-½ 54 1973 21. Tatran Cup C19 French, Winawer, Advance 14. J Banas vs Kholmov   0-1 39 1973 CSR-ch C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 15. Ujtelky vs J Banas   ½-½ 41 1973 Tatran Cup 21st A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 16. Smejkal vs J Banas   1-0 40 1973 CSR-ch E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 17. J Banas vs J Lechtynsky   0-1 32 1973 CSR-ch B40 Sicilian 18. J Banas vs Plachetka   ½-½ 58 1973 Stary Smokovec C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. Minev vs J Banas   ½-½ 47 1974 Rimavska Sobota D87 Grunfeld, Exchange 20. J Banas vs F Blatny   0-1 33 1974 Rimavska Sobota C88 Ruy Lopez 21. J Banas vs Navarovszky   1-0 32 1974 Trencianske Teplice B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 22. Ujtelky vs J Banas   ½-½ 66 1974 Trencianske Teplice D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 23. J Banas vs G Kluger   ½-½ 22 1974 Rimavska Sobota A13 English 24. Ujtelky vs J Banas   ½-½ 28 1974 Rimavska Sobota A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 25. G Timoshchenko vs J Banas   ½-½ 67 1974 Rimavska Sobota C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 143

Aug-04-05    California812: Bananas. Aug-04-05    OneBadDog: Yes! We have no Banas, we have no Banas today! Aug-05-05    tpstar: This @#$% is bananas/B-A-N-A-S - um, er, oh well He must not be a Hollaback Boy. =) Mar-18-06    Ivan23: Slovak ambassador in Croatia. Nov-18-07    xeroxmachine: Oh how sad that the last S isnt an N :( Nov-18-07    babakova: I didnt get it first, then I did so I smiled. Jan Banan... heh Nov-22-07    xeroxmachine: Säg minns du den dan när vi stack in till stan. Det var du och jag, Jan å du chaka en banan. Sen kastade du skalet å jag kom efter å allt gick galet. Jag halkade på ditt skal å slog huvudet i trottoarn. /solo Du bara sprang där ifrån och kvar satt jag som ett fån. Å runtomkring stod folk å glodde ja skratta va var dom gjorde. Ja kände mig så dum och snuten tyckte jag verkade skum. Dom tog med mig till häktet där fick jag sitta tills dom ringt hela släkten. /solo Å sen den där dan ska du heta JAN BANAN sen vi var i stan å du chacka din jävla banan å sen den där dan ska du heta Jan, Jan, Jan, JAN BANAN /outro

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