Juan Traian Iliesco
Number of games in database: 68
Years covered: 1936 to 1949
Overall record: +16 -34 =18 (36.8%)*
   * 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 Attack (12)      A07 A08  English (5)      A13 A11 A15 A14	With the Black pieces:  King's Indian (16)      E67 E90 E85 E95 E72  Sicilian (7)      B58 B50 B32 B66 B55  Grunfeld (5)      D96 D81 D95 D77

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JUAN TRAIAN ILIESCO (born Apr-18-1898, died Feb-02-1968) Romania (citizen of Argentina) [what is this?] Juan Traian Iliesco was born on the 18th of April 1898 in Braila, Romania. He won the Argentinian Championship in 1943.

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 68  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Traian Iliesco vs Guimard   0-1 47 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A53 Old Indian 2. L Piazzini vs J Traian Iliesco   0-1 53 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A47 Queen's Indian 3. J Traian Iliesco vs R Charlier   0-1 41 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 4. V Fenoglio vs J Traian Iliesco   1-0 40 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 5. I Pleci vs J Traian Iliesco   ½-½ 58 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 6. C Hounie Fleurquin vs J Traian Iliesco   ½-½ 77 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 B32 Sicilian 7. J Traian Iliesco vs R Flores-Alvarez   0-1 43 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 8. J Traian Iliesco vs J C Balparda   1-0 61 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 9. J Traian Iliesco vs A Pons   1-0 42 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. Jacobo Bolbochan vs J Traian Iliesco   ½-½ 29 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 11. J Traian Iliesco vs J Vinuesa   0-1 40 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 12. B H Villegas vs J Traian Iliesco   0-1 56 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 E12 Queen's Indian 13. Letelier vs J Traian Iliesco   0-1 35 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A52 Budapest Gambit 14. J Traian Iliesco vs A Schwartzman   ½-½ 25 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 15. M Castillo vs J Traian Iliesco   0-1 57 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 B58 Sicilian 16. M Czerniak vs J Traian Iliesco   1-0 43 1940 Buenos Aires ARG E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 17. J Traian Iliesco vs Eliskases 0-1 35 1941 Margate A07 King's Indian Attack 18. M Czerniak vs J Traian Iliesco   0-1 46 1941 Mar del Plata E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 19. J Traian Iliesco vs Najdorf   1-0 39 1941 Mar del Plata E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 20. Graf-Stevenson vs J Traian Iliesco   ½-½ 65 1941 Mar del Plata A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 21. J Traian Iliesco vs J Canepa   ½-½ 25 1942 Mar del Plata A04 Reti Opening 22. M Czerniak vs J Traian Iliesco   1-0 67 1942 Mar del Plata E90 King's Indian 23. Najdorf vs J Traian Iliesco   1-0 40 1942 Mar del Plata E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System 24. Graf-Stevenson vs J Traian Iliesco   ½-½ 20 1942 Mar del Plata E15 Queen's Indian 25. M Czerniak vs J Traian Iliesco   1-0 16 1942 Mar del Plata ARG E90 King's Indian  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 68

Sep-19-06    radu stancu: Ha, I thought this name sounded too Romanian not to be so! :) In fact the original Romanian spelling is Iliescu; the "escu" ending is very common, historically meaning "son of", but it's also common for it to be transformed to "esco" especially for those who have lived in France. (ex: Eugène Ionesco - originally Eugen Ionescu) I can't find any info on this guy, but since Juan = John = Ion or Ioan in Romanian his original name must have been Io(a)n Traian Iliescu. Which is funny considering that our current president is Traian Basescu and the one before him: Ion Iliescu. :)

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