GM Balinas Group

ROSENDO CARREON BALINAS JR,(1941-1998) He was a Philippine lawyer and Grandmaster. He won the Philippine chess championship 7 times. In 1976 he won an international tournament in the USSR (Odessa, Ukraine), which gave him the GM title (2nd Filipino and Asian GM, after Torre, who became a GM in 1974). He scored 10-4. The last time a foreigner won a tournament in the USSR was in the mid 1930s (Capablanca and Fine winning in Moscow). Balinas was a chess fighter and a master tactician. This group is formed in honor of this great man, who made great contributions to chess. Join Us!!!