The chess games of Leonid Balmazi

Leonid Balmazi
Number of games in database: 10
Years covered: 1974 to 2005
Overall record: +4 -2 =4 (60.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Timman vs L Balmazi	½-½	50	1974	New York USA-op	A05 Reti Opening
2. L Balmazi vs A Shestoperov	½-½	44	2005	World Seniors Championship	E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
3. L Balmazi vs V Philip	1-0	27	2005	World Seniors Championship	A46 Queen's Pawn Game
4. L Balmazi vs W Weinwurm	½-½	54	2005	World Seniors Championship	E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1
5. M Khazankin vs L Balmazi	½-½	49	2005	World Seniors Championship	B06 Robatsch
6. J Schwertel vs L Balmazi	0-1	32	2005	World Seniors Championship	A48 King's Indian
7. L Balmazi vs H U Kock	1-0	43	2005	World Seniors Championship	E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
8. N Hocevar vs L Balmazi	1-0	42	2005	World Seniors Championship	E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
9. R Siegmund vs L Balmazi	1-0	36	2005	World Seniors Championship	A57 Benko Gambit
10. T Serra Olives vs L Balmazi	0-1	65	2005	World Seniors Championship	B40 Sicilian

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Jun-26-06		offramp: http://wcn.tentonhammer.com/modules... A ROOK IS A ROOK (NOT!) James Schroeder Vancouver, Washington Q. The USCF rule book (page 17) states: "It is common practice to use an upside down rook as a queen." But according to FIDE rules apparently a rook is a rook, no matter which side is up, and not a queen. In Chess Life (December 2005, page 21) Denis Strenzwilk reports on the 15th World Senior in Italy: "One case of culture clash occurred during the blitz tournament on an off day. I wasn't playing, but I was watching Leonid Balmazi's game. He pushed a pawn to the eighth rank. He already had a queen on the board, so he grabbed a rook and turned it upside down. The opponent was puzzled and called for an arbiter. Different languages were spoken. The ruling was that he had touched a rook and so had to promote the pawn to a rook, so turn it over and continue to play. Balmazi was shocked, but he won anyway."

Jun-26-06		WMD: <You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss, A sigh is just a sigh; The fundamental things apply, As time goes by.>

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