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Juan Traian Iliesco

Number of games in database: 154
Years covered: 1931 to 1949
Overall record: +42 -72 =39 (40.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Reti System (27) 
    A04 A06 A05
 English (12) 
    A14 A13 A15 A11
 King's Indian Attack (8) 
    A07 A08
 Dutch Defense (4) 
    A97 A96
 Grunfeld (4) 
    D78
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (30) 
    E67 E72 E85 E60 E64
 Sicilian (18) 
    B74 B20 B58 B73 B45
 Grunfeld (11) 
    D96 D95 D97 D81 D93
 Sicilian Dragon (6) 
    B74 B73
 Queen's Pawn Game (4) 
    A45 A46
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Traian Iliesco vs Pilnik, 1946 1-0
   H Rossetto vs J Traian Iliesco, 1944 0-1
   R Sanguinetti vs J Traian Iliesco, 1946 0-1
   Stahlberg vs J Traian Iliesco, 1941 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Mar del Plata (1936)
   Mar del Plata (1943)
   Mar del Plata (1949)
   Mar del Plata (1944)
   Mar del Plata (1941)
   Mar del Plata (1942)
   Mar del Plata (1946)


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JUAN TRAIAN ILIESCO
(born Apr-18-1898, died Feb-02-1968, 69 years old) Romania (federation/nationality Argentina)
[what is this?]
Juan Traian Iliesco was born in Braila, Romania. He won the Argentinian Championship in 1943.

Wikipedia article: Juan Iliesco


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 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 166  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Holtey vs J Traian Iliesco  ½-½311931ARG-chA46 Queen's Pawn Game
2. J Traian Iliesco vs Tartakower  ½-½311931Tartakower simulA34 English, Symmetrical
3. J Traian Iliesco vs C Guimard  ½-½401934Mar del PlataD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
4. J C Balparda vs J Traian Iliesco  1-0611934Mar del PlataA48 King's Indian
5. J Traian Iliesco vs J Molina  0-1291934Mar del PlataE22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation
6. C Hounie Fleurquin vs J Traian Iliesco  1-0211934Mar del PlataA52 Budapest Gambit
7. J Traian Iliesco vs J B Hernandez  1-0331934Mar del PlataA03 Bird's Opening
8. A Aponte vs J Traian Iliesco  ½-½471934Mar del PlataA51 Budapest Gambit
9. J Traian Iliesco vs A Schwartzman  ½-½331934Mar del PlataD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. J Traian Iliesco vs L Piazzini  0-1321934Mar del PlataA02 Bird's Opening
11. R Grau vs J Traian Iliesco  1-0511934Mar del PlataA15 English
12. J Bolbochan vs J Traian Iliesco  1-0481934Mar del PlataA47 Queen's Indian
13. B H Villegas vs J Traian Iliesco  0-1691934Mar del PlataB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
14. J Traian Iliesco vs V Fenoglio  0-1461934Mar del PlataD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
15. J Traian Iliesco vs G Holtey  0-1291934Mar del PlataA04 Reti Opening
16. J Emiliani vs J Traian Iliesco  0-1631936ARG-chTD93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3
17. J Traian Iliesco vs Omar Magnelli  1-0211936ARG-chTD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
18. J Traian Iliesco vs P Ulman  1-0371936ARG-chTE23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann
19. C Guimard vs J Traian Iliesco  1-0381936ARG-chTE60 King's Indian Defense
20. B H Villegas vs J Traian Iliesco  0-1561936Mar del PlataE12 Queen's Indian
21. J Traian Iliesco vs J C Balparda  1-0611936Mar del PlataD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
22. I Pleci vs J Traian Iliesco  ½-½581936Mar del PlataE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
23. L Piazzini vs J Traian Iliesco  0-1531936Mar del PlataA47 Queen's Indian
24. J Traian Iliesco vs A Schwartzman  ½-½251936Mar del PlataD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
25. J Bolbochan vs J Traian Iliesco  ½-½291936Mar del PlataE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
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Kibitzer's Corner
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. :)

Apr-18-10  wordfunph: he died the year i was born... he must be a patzer like me. :)

oh no! he's got a win over Najdorf..

Sep-21-20
Premium Chessgames Member		  Fusilli: He must have been one of the many European masters who stayed in Argentina when WW2 broke out during the 1939 Buenos Aires chess Olympiad. Najdorf was the most famous of those, of course. But also Stahlberg, Eliskases, Czerniak, Luckis, Frydman, Engels, and many others. Some of them stayed in Argentina permanently (e.g. Najdorf and Eliskases), some moved on somewhere else after the war (e.g. Stahlberg, Czerniak). That sudden immigration of old world talent gave chess in Argentina an enormous boost.
Sep-21-20  login:

'.. Ion Traian Iliescu fue cadete en la armada rumana. Cayó prisionero en la I Guerra Mundial y estuvo recluido un año y medio en el campo de Havelberg. Al finalizar la contienda pasó a Francia y luego a la Argentina. Llegó a Buenos Aires en 1921; tres años más tarde aprendió a jugar al ajedrez y se convirtió en profesional para sobrevivir. En 1928 ganó el Nacional de segunda categoría. ..'

from '1.P4R!!' marzo 1968, p. 689-692

He learned chess 1923 to survive?! Not bad at all, that man was tough.


But there is more

'.. Su capacidad docente fue maravillosa. ..'

http://volveavenidalaplata.com.ar/h...


The maestro giving classes
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V1omd55A...

So he is 'home made' chess master - a 'false positive' import. A wonderful story indeed.

Sep-21-20
Premium Chessgames Member		  Fusilli: <login> Cool story!

Let me approximately translate the Spanish part at the top of your post:

<Ion Traian Iliescu was a soldier in the Romanian Army. He fell prisoner during WW1 and spent a year and a half in the prisoners camp of Havelberg. After the war, he moved to France and then to Argentina in 1921. Three years later he learned chess and started to play to made a living. In 1928 he won the Argentine championship for his player class ("second category" in Argentina.)>

Sep-21-20  login:

And look at us today. We sitting here day in day out complaining our ever so hard life from within our grandma's basements, throwing poop at each other in the Rogoff loony bin, while ordinary men and women of the past challenged their faith to become outstanding. Hope he is resting well and having a good laugh at us grumpy bunch.

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Salute

Nov-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member		  Gottschalk: Not in database !!

[Event "ARG-chT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iliesco, Juan Traian"]
[Black "Ulman, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E23"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. b4 Qd6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh7 Re8 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Qxf6 Nf5 19. g4 Ng7 20. g5 h5 21. Rg1 d5 22. g6 Qe7 23. gxf7+ Qxf7 24. Qh6 Kf8 25. Rg6 Qg8 26. Qf4+ Ke7 27. Qf6+ Kd6 28. c5+ Kc6 29. b5+ Kxc5 30. Rc1+ Kd6 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Qf6+ Kd6 33. Rxg7 Qf8 34. Qc3 Re7 35. Qc5+ Kd7 36. Qc7+ Ke8 37. Bg6+ 1-0

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