[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.18"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Nicoleanu, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxe5+ 6. Qe2 Qxe2+ 7. Bxe2 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. a4 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. Be3 b6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Na3 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Qc2 c5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. a3 c4 11. Bf5 Bb8 12. Bxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nc3 b5 15. 0-0 Re8 16. h3 Qb7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3 a5 19. Be1 Bd6 20. Nh4 b4 21. Ne2 Bf8 22. a4 Qd7 23. Ng3 g6 24. Bd2 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Nf3 Bd6 27. Ne1 Bc7 28. f3 Re7 29. f4 Re4 30. Nf3 f6 31. Rf2 Kg7 32. Qd1 Ne7 33. g4 Nc8 34. Rg2 Nd6 35. h4 Nf7 36. Kf2 Rae8 37. Ng1 R4e7 38. Nf3 Nd6 39. Kg1 Ne4 40. Bc1 Bd6 41. Qf1 Rh8 42. Ne1 h5 43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 h4 45. Qf3 h3 46. Re2 Rf7 47. Kh1 Qe6 48. Qf1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.16"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Georgescu, Vasile Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. 0-0-0 Qc7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. f3 0-0 13. h4 Ne5 14. Rh3 Nc4 15. Qc1 Rfc8 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nd4 Rab8 18. h5 d5 19. h6 g6 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Ka1 Qa5 22. Nde2 Rb7 23. Qf4 Qb4 24. Rb1 Ne8 25. Rhh1 f6 26. Qg4 Qd6 27. Bf4 Qc5 28. Rhd1 f5 29. Qg3 Bf6 30. Be5 Qe7 31. f4 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Bc6 33. Nf4 Kh8 34. a3 Rcb8 35. Ka2 Qf7 36. Rd4 Bb5 37. Qg5 Qc7 38. Nxe6 Qxe5 39. Re4 Qf6 40. Re3 Qxg5 41. Nxg5 Bc6 42. g3 Kg8 43. Re6 Bg2 44. Ka1 Rb6 45. Rbe1 Nf6 46. Re7 R8b7 47. Rxb7 Rxb7 48. Re6 Nd7 49. Rxa6 Rb6 50. Ra7 Rb7 51. Ra4 Rc7 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Szabo, Julius"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Qe2 d6 7. c3 0-0 8. h3 Bd7 9. Bc2 Ne8 10. d4 Bf6 11. Rd1 Ne7 12. Qd3 exd4 13. cxd4 Ng6 14. Nc3 c6 15. e5 Be7 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Neg5 dxe5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe5 Rf6 20. Bg5 Rf5 21. Qb3 Qd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Bxf5 Bxg5 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Nxg6 Nd6 26. f4 Bd8 27. g4 Bb6 28. a4 Re8 29. Ne5 g5 30. Nd7 Re3 31. Nxb6 gxf4 32. Ra3 Re2 33. Rb3 Ne4 34. a5 Rc2 35. Na4 Ng3 36. Rxg3 fxg3 37. Rd3 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Ghitescu, Theodor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f3 Be6 11. Qd2 d5 12. Bf2 Qc7 13. Rab1 a5 14. Na4 Nd7 15. b3 g6 16. c4 d4 17. Qh6 Nc5 18. Nb2 a4 19. f4 a3 20. b4 Nxd3 21. Nxd3 Bxc4 22. Nxe5 Bxf1 23. Bxd4 Rfd8 24. Ba1 Bf8 25. Qh4 Bg7 26. Rxf1 h5 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Halic, Ioan"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Re1 0-0 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 c6 14. Qe4 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qh4 Qa5 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radovici, Corvin"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Be7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. d3 Nc5 11. Qg3 Bf6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne6 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qd4+ 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Rf2 0-0 18. Rc1 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Ne4 b6 21. Rcf1 Ne3 22. Rc1 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Nagy, Zoltan6666"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 0-0 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qe8 11. 0-0 c4 12. Be2 f6 13. exf6 Nf4 14. f7+ Qxf7 15. Qxf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. g3 Rf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rf7 21. f4 Kf8 22. h4 Ke7 23. Kf2 Rc8 24. Ke3 Rc5 25. g4 g6 26. h5 gxh5 27. g5 Ba4 28. Ra2 Be8 29. Bxh5 Rxf4 30. Kxf4 Bxh5 31. Ke3 Bg4 32. a4 Kf7 33. Rb1 Rc7 34. Rab2 b6 35. Kf4 Bh5 36. a5 Kg6 37. axb6 axb6 38. Rxb6 Rf7+ 39. Ke3 Rf3+ 40. Kd4 Kf5 41. Rh1 Bg6 42. Re1 Rf2 43. Rb8 Kxg5 44. Rg1+ Kf4 45. Rxg6 hxg6 46. Rf8+ Kg3 47. Rf6 g5 48. Rxe6 Rd2+ 49. Kc5 Rxc2 50. Kxd5 Rxc3 51. Rc6 g4 52. e6 Re3 53. Rxc4 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Soos, Bela"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Bc4 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qf6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. h4 h6 13. 0-0-0 Nc8 14. Qc4 Ne7 15. g4 e5 16. d5 c5 17. Rh3 Nc8 18. Qa4+ Kd8 19. Qc6 Rb8 20. Qxa6 Qe7 21. Qc6 Rb6 22. Qa4 Rb4 23. Qa5 Qd7 24. a3 Rb8 25. Rg3 Nb6 26. Qa6 Ke7 27. g5 h5 28. Qe2 Rhe8 29. b3 Kf8 30. a4 Kg8 31. Nb5 Ra8 32. c4 Ra6 33. Bd2 Rea8 34. Bc3 Kh7 35. Rf1 Rxa4 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. Qc2 Rxc4 38. Na3 Ra4 39. Bb2 Qc8 40. Re1 Qa6 41. Rb3 c4 42. Rc3 f6 43. Ree3 fxg5 44. hxg5 Rb4 45. Nb1 c6 46. Ra3 Qc8 47. dxc6 Qg4 48. Rg3 Qf4+ 49. Qd2 Rb5 50. Raf3 c3 51. Rxc3 Qxe4 52. c7 Qh1+ 53. Kc2 Qb7 54. c8Q Nxc8 55. Rb3 Qe4+ 56. Qd3 Qc6+ 57. Nc3 Rc5 58. Kb1 d5 59. Rb5 Nb6 60. Rxb6 Qxb6 61. Na4 e4 62. Qd2 Qa5 63. Qxa5 Rxa5 64. Nc3 Kg8 65. Kc2 Kf7 66. Kb3 Be5 67. Rg1 Ke6 68. Bc1 Ra7 69. Ne2 Rb7+ 70. Kc2 d4 71. Nf4+ Kf5 72. Nd5 Rd7 73. Nf6 Ra7 74. Re1 Ra2+ 75. Kb3 Rxf2 76. Nxe4 Rf3+ 77. Kc4 h4 78. Kd5 h3 79. Nd2 Bg3 80. Rh1 Rd3 81. Rxh3 Kg4 82. Rh1 Kxg5 83. Kc4 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Mititelu, Gheorghe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. g3 a6 14. 0-0 Nge7 15. Qe2 h5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 g6 18. Rf3 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Re1 Bb5 22. Ree3 Qd7 23. Rc3 Ke7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc3 Bc4 26. Qd1 Rh8 27. Nf3 Qb5 28. Qd4 a5 29. Qa7 axb4 30. Nd4 Qa6 31. Qxa6 bxa6 32. axb4 Kd7 33. Ra3 Rb8 34. c3 Rc8 35. Kf2 Kc7 36. Ke3 Kb6 37. Ra1 Bb5 38. Kd2 Rh8 39. Nf3 Rd8 40. Rg1 Ra8 41. Ra1 Rd8 42. Nd4 Rh8 43. Rg1 Ra8 44. Ra1 Rh8 45. Ke3 Rc8 46. Ra3 Rh8 47. Kf3 Rc8 48. Kg2 Rg8 49. Kh3 Rg4 50. Ra1 Bd3 51. Nf3 Bb5 52. Ng5 h4 53. Kg2 Be8 54. Ra5 Kb7 55. Kf2 Kb6 56. Rc5 Kb7 57. c4 dxc4 58. Rxc4 Bc6 59. Rd4 Bd5 60. Nxf7 hxg3+ 61. hxg3 Rg8 62. Rxd5 exd5 63. Nd6+ Kc6 64. Nxf5 Kd7 65. Nd4 Rb8 66. f5 Rxb4 67. Ke3 Rb1 68. Ke2 a5 69. f6 a4 70. e6+ Kd6 71. e7 Kd7 72. Nf5 a3 73. f7 Rb8 74. f8Q 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bondoc, Dan Vladimir"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Bb3 0-0 7. Re1 b5 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nb6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rae8 16. Qh5 Qf5 17. Qh4 h6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Nf1 Re4 20. Bc2 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Rxg4 22. f3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rg5 24. Be4 c6 25. b4 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Nacht, Edgar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd5 Nc5 9. b4 Ne6 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. Qe4 Ng6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Na3 f5 15. Qe1 Nef4 16. Nc4 Qf6 17. Bb3 Kh8 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pavlov, Mircea Sergiu"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Re1 0-0 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 c5 12. Nf3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Puscasiu, Octavian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rad1 b5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qg3 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Nh5 18. Qg4 Nxf4 19. g3 Ng6 20. h4 Qc8 21. Qe2 Qh3 22. Bf2 h5 23. Qxh5 d5 24. Nxd5 Rad8 25. Rd3 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Qc8 27. Rc3 Qd7 28. Qxg6 Qxd5 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. exd5 Rd8 31. Rd3 f5 32. Bb6 Rd7 33. Kg2 Bd6 34. a4 f4 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rb3 b4 39. c4 bxc3 40. bxc3 Kf5 41. c4 Rb7 42. Rb5 Rb8 43. Bd4 Ra8 44. c5 Ra3+ 45. Kf2 Be7 46. h5 Rd3 47. d6 Bh4+ 48. Kf1 f3 49. c6+ Ke6 50. Rb1 Kxd6 51. Rc1 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radulescu, Mihai"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. 0-0 Qxe5 9. Re1 Be6 10. d4 Qd5 11. Nc5 0-0-0 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qg4 Qxd4 14. Qxe6+ Qd7 15. Bg5 Qxe6 16. Rxe6 Rd5 17. Re8+ Kd7 18. Rd8+ Ke6 19. Re1+ Kf7 20. Rxd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. c3 0-0 13. cxb4 Qd5 14. Rc1 b6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bc3 Rac8 17. Bb2 Bf5 18. Ng3 Ne6 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Re5 Rxe5 21. Bxe5 Bg6 22. f4 f6 23. f5 fxe5 24. fxe6 c5 25. h4 Rc6 26. h5 Be8 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Nf5 Kf8 29. e7+ Kf7 30. Rf1 Ra6 31. Nd6+ Kxe7 32. Nxe8 Kxe8 33. Re1 Re6 34. Rc1 Ke7 35. Rxc5 Kf6 36. Rc7 Ra6 37. a4 Rb6 38. Rxa7 Rxb3 39. h6 gxh6 40. Rxh7 Kg5 41. Rg7+ Kf4 42. Rf7+ Ke4 43. Rf3 Rb1+ 44. Rf1 Rb8 45. Ra1 Kd3 46. Kf2 Rf8+ 47. Ke1 Rf6 48. a5 Ra6 49. Ra3+ Kc4 50. Ke2 Kb5 51. Kf3 Kb4 52. Ra1 Kc3 53. Ke4 Kb2 54. Rh1 Kc3 55. Rc1+ Kb4 56. Ra1 Kc3 57. Kf5 Kb2 58. Rh1 Kc2 59. g4 Rxa5 60. Rxh6 Kd3 61. Re6 e4+ 62. Kf4 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Ungureanu, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B98"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxb5 Bxc3 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc3 Bxe4 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Rxd6 Rxc2 19. Ka1 0-0 20. Rxa6 Bxg2 21. Rc1 Rf2 22. Ra4 Bh3 23. Nc5 h5 24. Rd4 Rxh2 25. b4 h4 26. b5 Bg2 27. Rd2 h3 28. Kb2 Rh1 29. Rxh1 Bxh1 30. Rh2 Bg2 31. a4 e5 32. Nd3 Re8 33. fxe5 g5 34. Nf2 Rxe5 35. Nxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1960.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1960.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 0-0 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. a3 Be6 12. 0-0 Qd7 13. Bb5 Qb7 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. Ne5 a6 16. Be2 b5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Rfd1 b4 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Na4 bxa3 22. b3 c4 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Bf3 Bf5 25. Qxf5 Qxa4 26. Be4 Rfb8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Bxa8 g6 29. Qxh6+ Bg7 30. Qf4 Rxa8 31. Qd6+ Kg8 32. Qxa3 Qc6 33. Rdc1 Bf8 34. Qa4 Rc8 35. Qxa6 Qc7 36. Rab1 c3 37. Rb3 c2 38. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. e4 Ne3 12. Bc3 Nxf1 13. Kxf1 Qb5+ 14. Ne2 0-0 15. Kf2 Rd8 16. Rab1 Qh5 17. Rhe1 b6 18. Kg1 Ba6 19. Ng3 Qg6 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Bc4 22. d6 Rd7 23. Qf4 Be6 24. h4 h6 25. h5 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rb5 f6 28. h6 Bc4 29. Rb2 Rad8 30. Rd2 Bb3 31. Rb1 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Reicher, Emanoil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Re2 Rfe8 17. Rde1 Kf8 18. Kf1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Drimer, Dolfi"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 Qc8 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Be4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 Qb7 13. Red1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxb8 Rfxb8 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 f5 18. Rd2 Qc6 19. Rad1 Rb7 20. Nf4 Bf6 21. Qa3 Rab8 22. b3 Rc7 23. Rd6 Qb7 24. Qa4 g5 25. Ng2 Rd8 26. Ne3 Kg7 27. Qa6 Qxa6 28. Rxa6 Be7 29. Nc2 h5 30. Na3 Rb7 31. Nb5 Ra8 32. Kg2 g4 33. h3 gxh3+ 34. Kxh3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Kg6 36. Nc3 Bf6 37. Nb5 Be7 38. e3 h4 39. gxh4 Bxh4 40. Kf3 Be7 41. Nc3 Bf6 42. Nb5 Be5 43. e4 f4 44. Rd3 Kf6 45. Rd1 Kg6 46. Rg1+ Kf6 47. Rd1 Kg6 48. a4 Kf6 49. Rh1 Rb6 50. Rxb6 axb6 51. Na3 Rd8 52. Nc2 Kg6 53. Ne1 Bd4 54. Nd3 e5 55. Kg4 Rg8 56. Kf3 Rf8 57. Ne1 d6 58. Ng2 Kf6 59. Rh6+ Kf7 60. Rh7+ Kg6 61. Rh2 Kg5 62. Rh1 Kf6 63. Ne1 Kg6 64. Nc2 Bb2 65. Rb1 Bd4 66. Rg1+ Kf7 67. Rh1 Kg6 68. Na3 Rd8 69. Nb5 Rd7 70. Rh8 Kg5 71. Rg8+ Kf6 72. Rb8 Rh7 73. Nxd4 exd4 74. Kxf4 Rh4+ 75. Kf3 Rh3+ 76. Ke2 Ke5 77. Rxb6 Kxe4 78. Rxd6 Rxb3 79. Re6+ Kf5 80. Re8 Rb2+ 81. Kd3 Rb3+ 82. Kd2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Urseanu, Veniamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. b3 Be6 8. Bb2 Nd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Nc4 f6 11. Nh4 g6 12. g3 Qe7 13. Qe2 0-0-0 14. 0-0-0 Nb8 15. Qd2 Rdf8 16. f4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Qd7 18. f5 g5 19. Ng2 h5 20. Ne3 Qa4 21. Kb1 Qb4 22. Qc3 Nd7 23. Qb3 b6 24. Bc3 Qxb3+ 25. axb3 Kb7 26. Kb2 Ra8 27. Ra1 Rhf8 28. Kc1 Nb8 29. Kd2 Nc6 30. Rhb1 Rf7 31. Nd5 a5 32. Ne3 Bf8 33. h3 Rd8 34. Ke2 Bh6 35. Nd1 Rfd7 36. Kf1 Rg8 37. g4 h4 38. Nf2 Bf8 39. Bd2 Be7 40. c3 Rgd8 41. Ke2 Bf8 42. Be1 Ra8 43. Rb2 Bd6 44. Nd1 Re8 45. Ne3 Red8 46. Nf1 Kc8 47. Nh2 Bf8 48. Rd1 Be7 49. Nf3 Kb7 50. Bf2 Kc8 51. Be3 Kb7 52. Ra2 Bd6 53. Rad2 Be7 54. d4 cxd4 55. cxd4 exd4 56. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 57. Nxd4 Bc5 58. Nf3 Kc6 59. e5 Rxd2+ 60. Rxd2 Re8 61. e6 Be7 62. Rd5 a4 63. Nd4+ Kb7 64. bxa4 Ra8 65. Nb5 Kc6 66. Nc3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dzieciolowski, Adam"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Na5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 b5 13. Kh1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. f3 Rb8 16. Bc1 Ne8 17. h3 Nd6 18. e4 f6 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nb5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe1 Rfe8 23. a4 Nc7 24. Qg3 dxe4 25. Bf4 Rbc8 26. Bd6 Qc6 27. g5 fxg5 28. fxe4 Rxe4 29. Rae1 Ne6 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Re1 Qd5 32. Bb4 Nf4 33. Qg4 Rd8 34. Be7 Re8 35. Re3 h6 36. Kg1 Rxe7 0-1

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Nfd7 7. g3 f6 8. Be3 c6 9. 0-0-0 Kc7 10. Bh3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxc8 Rxc8 13. Nd2 a5 14. Nb3 Nbd7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radovici, Corvin"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. h4 Nd4 6. Ba4 c6 7. d3 d6 8. Ng1 a5 9. a3 b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Be6 14. f3 Nd7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 f5 18. g3 Nf6 19. Qc1 d5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nge2 d4 22. Nb1 Bd5 23. 0-0 Nd7 24. Na3 f4 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Re1+ Kf7 27. Bxf4 Re8 28. Rf1 Qf6 29. Nc2 Kg8 30. Qd2 Re6 31. Qf2 Ne5 32. Ne1 Ng6 33. Bd2 Qe7 34. h5 Nf8 0-1

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Alster, Ladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 h6 8. Bh4 b5 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Qf3 b4 14. Nc6 g5 15. Ne4 Nxd5 16. Bg3 e6 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 18. Qc3 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd5 20. Qxh8 f5 21. Re2 f4 22. Qd4 Kd8 23. c4 Bg7 24. Qe4 Nc7 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Qxf4 Ke7 27. Rd1 Rf8 28. Qg4 Rf7 29. Red2 Ne8 30. Qe4 Qa7 31. b4 Nc7 32. Qh4+ Bf6 33. Qxh6 Ne8 34. a3 Qb7 35. Qe3 Rg7 36. g3 Bg5 37. f4 Bh6 38. c5 e5 39. cxd6+ Kd7 40. Qxe5 Qf3 41. Re1 1-0

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kolarov, Atanas Stefanov"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e5 8. 0-0 exd4 9. exd4 Nbd7 10. d5 Ne5 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nf4 Bd6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nf6 6. 0-0 Bc5 7. Nxe5 b5 8. Nxb5 fxe4 9. c3 Nxb5 10. Bxb5 0-0 11. d4 exd3 12. Qxd3 Qe7 13. Be3 Bd6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Rae1 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd4 Qg5 18. Bc4+ d5 19. Bb3 Nd7 20. Bc2 g6 21. Qh3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Nf8 23. Bf6 Qh5 24. Qe3 Qg4 25. Qh6 Qd7 26. h4 Ba6 27. Ba4 Qf7 28. Bc6 Rd8 29. Rf2 Rd6 30. Be5 Rxc6 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Puc, Stojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Qd2 Bf6 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 d5 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Rac1 Rd8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. h4 Na6 18. Nf4 g6 19. b3 c6 20. Qe3 Re8 21. Nd3 Rac8 22. a3 Qg7 23. Nf4 Qd7 24. Qd3 Nb8 25. Rc2 Qf7 26. Bb2 Rcd8 27. Rdc1 Kg7 28. a4 c5 29. cxd5 exd5 30. e3 Nc6 31. Ba3 Nxd4 32. exd4 Bxd4 33. Re2 Re4 1-0

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golz, Werner"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd5 13. f3 Qxe5 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. c4 e5 17. Bc2 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. a4 e4 21. f4 Qg4 22. Qe1 Qe6 23. Qc3 a5 24. Rd1 h6 25. h3 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Ba6 27. Be2 Qc6 28. Qc2 Ne8 29. Bg4 Kf8 30. Be5 f6 31. Bb2 Ke7 32. Be2 Nd6 33. Kf2 Bc8 34. Qb3 Bd7 35. Bd1 Be6 36. Be2 Bd7 37. Bd1 Be6 38. Be2 Qb7 39. Ba3 Qa6 0-1

[Event "Ploiesti"]
[Site "Ploiesti"]
[Date "1957.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1957.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 c6 8. Bf4 Qe8 9. Qc2 Qh5 10. Rab1 Ne4 11. b4 g5 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. b5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. cxd5 g4 17. Qxc6 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Bxg3 19. hxg3 gxf3 20. Bxf3 Qf7 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Rb7 Qg6 23. d5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-12 Final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1956.09.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Ba6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nxd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. b4 Nc4 18. Ba1 cxb4 19. axb4 Qb6 20. Qxd5 Qxb4 21. h3 Rcd8 22. Qf5 Nd6 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Qa2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rd1 a5 27. Ne5 Bf6 28. Nd3 Qc4 29. Qa3 Bxa1 30. Qxa1 Qc3 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Ne5 Ne8 33. Rd8 Kf8 34. Ra8 f6 35. Nd7+ Ke7 36. Nb6 Rc5 37. Ra7+ Kd6 38. Rxa5 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Nc7 40. Ra4 Kc5 41. Nd7+ Kd6 42. Rd4+ Ke7 43. Nb6 Ne6 44. Rd7+ Kf8 45. Nd5 Rc2 46. f3 Rb2 47. e4 Re2 48. h4 Rb2 49. h5 h6 50. Kg3 Re2 51. Rd6 Kf7 52. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-12 Final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1956.09.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 Bd7 8. h3 Qc8 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 a6 11. Nf4 Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. g4 Ne8 14. 0-0 e6 15. Nfe2 Nc7 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bh6 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 Qd8 20. Ng3 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Qf6 22. Nf5 Ne8 23. g5 Qe6 24. Ng3 Qe5 25. f4 Qg7 26. Qh4 f6 27. b3 fxg5 28. Qxg5 Nc7 29. Ne2 Rbe8 30. Rf2 Qe7 31. Qg3 Kh8 32. Bf3 Ne6 33. Kh2 Nd8 34. Bg4 Nc6 35. Rg1 Bxg4 36. hxg4 Nb4 37. g5 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Kh1 bxc4 40. bxc4 d5 41. cxd5 c4 42. Nxd4 Nxd3 43. Ne6 Nxf2+ 44. Qxf2 Kg8 45. Qd4 Rf7 46. Qxc4 Qa3 47. Kh2 Qe3 48. Rg3 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qd1 50. Rc3 h5 51. e5 Qh1+ 52. Kg3 h4+ 53. Kf2 Rb7 54. Nd4 h3 55. d6+ Kh8 56. Qf1 Rb2+ 57. Ne2 Qh2+ 58. Ke3 Rf8 59. Qf2 Qh1 60. Rd3 h2 61. d7 Rxe2+ 62. Kxe2 Qe4+ 63. Kd2 Qb4+ 64. Ke2 h1Q 65. d8Q Qhe4+ 66. Kd1 Qb1+ 67. Kd2 Qb2+ 68. Kd1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-12 Final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blau, Max"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1956.09.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Re1 Nc5 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxd4 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-12 Final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1956.09.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ne2 0-0 11. Ng3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd3 Bc5 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Rd2 f6 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. h3 a5 18. c3 a4 19. Nh4 Be6 20. Nhf5 gxf5 21. exf5 Bd5 22. Nh5 Kf7 23. c4 Nxc4 24. Rc2 e4 25. Qg3 Rg8 26. Ng7 Bd6 27. Qg4 Qe5 28. g3 e3 29. Rxc4 Bxc4 30. Qxc4+ Ke7 31. Re1 Qd5 32. Rxe3+ Kd7 33. Qe2 Rab8 34. Nh5 Qxf5 35. Qc4 Be5 36. Nf4 Rge8 37. Rd3+ Bd6 38. Qxa4 Rxb2 39. Qa7 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Qe4 41. Rxd6+ Kxd6 42. Ng2 Kd7 43. Bf4 Rc8 44. Qa5 Rb2 45. Be3 Rc2 46. Qh5 Ra8 47. Bc5 Kc8 48. Qf7 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-12 Final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E88"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1956.09.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 c6 7. Be3 0-0 8. d5 cxd5 9. cxd5 Ne8 10. Qd2 f5 11. 0-0-0 Nd7 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Nc1 Bd7 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Ka1 Rc8 16. h3 Nh5 17. g4 fxg4 18. hxg4 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rf7 20. Nb3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rc1 a6 23. Nb1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 h5 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Na5 b5 27. Nc6 Qe8 28. Qh2 Rf6 29. Nd2 Kf8 30. Bb6 Rg6 31. Nf1 Bh6 32. Rc2 Bg5 33. a3 h4 34. Ne3 h3 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. exf5 Rh6 37. Na7 Nxd5 38. Qg1 Bf4 39. Rc8 Qxc8 40. Nxc8 h2 41. Qh1 Nxb6 42. Nxb6 Rh7 43. Ka2 Rc7 44. Qd1 e4 45. f6 Rh7 46. Qc2 h1Q 47. Qc8+ Kf7 48. Nd5 Qc1 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ Kh6 51. f7 Qc4+ 52. Ka1 Qc1+ 53. Ka2 Qc4+ 54. Ka1 Rxf7 55. Qxf7 Qc1+ 56. Ka2 Qc4+ 57. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-12 Final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1956.09.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd2 a6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 Nce4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd4 Bc7 15. Qb3 Bg4 16. Rfd1 Qd6 17. g3 Qe5 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Bb4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. h3 Nf6 23. Qxb7 Qh5 24. Kg2 Nd5 25. g4 Rg6 26. Ne2 Rg5 27. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-12 Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sefc, Jan"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1956.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Be7 12. Qe2 0-0 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-12 Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E89"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1956.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 c6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Ne8 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. Kb1 b5 13. a3 Nb6 14. Na2 Qa6 15. Nec3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Nb4 Qb7 19. Qxc4 a5 20. Nc6 Nc7 21. Na4 Ra6 22. Rc1 Nb5 23. Qb3 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Rc1 Qa6 27. Qc4 Qb7 28. Qc6 Nxa3+ 29. Ka2 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Nb5 31. Rb6 Nd4 32. Rxd6 f5 33. Nc3 Rb8 34. Bg5 Rb7 35. Rd5 Nc6 36. Rb5 Ra7 37. Nd5 Kf7 38. Bd2 Bf8 39. Rb6 Nd4 40. Bc3 fxe4 41. fxe4 Bc5 42. Rb8 Bd6 43. Rb6 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-12 Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Siaperas, Triantafyllos"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1956.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. d5 Bd7 14. Nf1 Reb8 15. b3 g6 16. Bg5 Qd8 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qh6 Nf4 20. Ne3 f6 21. g4 Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. h4 h5 24. g5 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 fxg5 26. Nxg5 Nxg5 27. hxg5 Nb7 28. f3 Nd8 29. Kg3 Nf7 30. Kh4 Rf8 31. Rh1 Ra7 32. Bd1 a5 33. Be2 a4 34. Rhg1 axb3 35. axb3 Rfa8 36. Nc2 Ra2 37. Bd3 Kf8 38. Rxa2 Rxa2 39. Ra1 Rb2 40. Ra7 Ke8 41. Ra8+ Nd8 42. Na1 Rd2 43. Bc2 Rh2+ 44. Kg3 Rh3+ 45. Kg2 h4 46. Bd1 Rg3+ 47. Kh2 Ke7 48. Nc2 Nf7 49. Ne1 Nxg5 50. Be2 Nxe4 51. fxe4 Re3 52. Ra2 Rxc3 53. Rb2 g5 54. Nf3 g4 55. Ng1 h3 56. Bd1 Rd3 57. Be2 Re3 58. Ra2 g3+ 59. Kh1 h2 60. Nf3 Bg4 61. Nh4 Rxe2 62. Nf5+ Kd7 63. Rxe2 Bxe2 64. Nxg3 Bd3 65. Kxh2 c4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-12 Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1956.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Nf1 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. f4 Bd6 17. Qf3 c4 18. Be3 b5 19. f5 Rfc8 20. g4 c3 21. b3 c2 22. g5 Ne8 23. Bd2 Qe7 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Bxa5 c1Q 27. Raxc1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qxg5+ 29. Qg3 Qxc1 30. Qb3 Bc5+ 31. Kg2 Nd6 32. Bb4 Nxe4 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. Ne3 h5 35. a4 bxa4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-12 Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cuellar Gacharna, Miguel"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1956.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Columbia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "COL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. e3 c5 6. Nge2 Nbc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. f4 d6 9. d3 Nf5 10. Nd5 Be6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. a3 exf4 13. Nexf4 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nce7 15. Qg4 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qe7 17. Rae1 Kh8 18. b4 Rae8 19. Qh3 b6 20. Bc6 Rd8 21. b5 Qe5 22. Bd5 Qb2 23. Bc1 Qc3 24. Rd1 Rde8 25. Be4 Rxe4 26. dxe4 Nxe3 27. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Qxe4+ 29. Qg2 Qxc4 30. Rxd6 Qxb5 31. Rc6 Kg8 32. Rc7 a5 33. Rb7 a4 34. Qf3 Qb3 35. Qc6 Qd3 36. Rf3 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Rf2 Qd3 39. Rxb6 c4 40. Rb7 c3 41. Rd7 Qe3 42. Qc4 Qe6 43. Rfxf7 Qxf7 44. Rxf7 Rxf7 45. h4 h5 46. Qe6 Bf6 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qc6 Kh7 49. Qc4 Rd7 50. Kf3 Rd4 51. Qc7+ Bg7 52. Ke2 Rd2+ 53. Ke1 Rh2 54. Kd1 Ra2 55. Qe7 Rg2 56. Qc7 Rf2 57. Kc1 Kh6 58. Qa7 Rf1+ 59. Kc2 Kh7 60. Qc7 Rg1 61. Kd3 Rg2 62. Ke4 c2 63. Kd3 Rxg3+ 64. Kxc2 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-12 Preliminaries D"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Badilles, Glicerio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1956.09.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8. exf5 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Be3 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nf6 16. c3 Qd7 17. h3 Qxf5 18. a4 Rb8 19. axb5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxb5 21. Qd2 Rfb8 22. b4 Qc8 23. f4 Qc6 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Qa2 Rd5 26. Rad1 Rbd8 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. c4 Rd3 29. c5 Qg6 30. Qf2 Rc3 31. Qd2 Rc2 32. Qd5 h6 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. Bxf2 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb4 36. Qxe5 Kf8 37. Qd5 f6 38. g3 Qa5 39. Qc4 Qb5 40. Qe6 Qa5 41. Kg2 Qc7 42. Qd5 a5 43. c6 a4 44. Qb5 a3 45. Qb7 Bd8 46. Bc5+ Ke8 47. Bxa3 Qxb7 48. cxb7 Bc7 49. g4 g6 50. Kf3 Kd7 51. Ke4 Kc6 52. Bb2 Kxb7 53. Bxf6 Kc6 54. Be5 Bd8 55. Bg7 Kd6 56. Bxh6 Ke6 57. Kf4 Kf7 58. Ke5 Bc7+ 59. Kd5 Bg3 60. Bg5 Bb8 61. Be3 Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 01st Group3 YUG-ROM"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1956.01.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1956.01.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 Bc7 12. Re1 c4 13. Bb1 b5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 h6 16. b3 cxb3 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Qxb3 Bb7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Ba2 Qf6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qg6 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Rd8 26. f3 g6 27. g4 Kg7 28. f4 Rc8 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. Rd7 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Rxa2 32. e6 Bd5 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rf8+ Kg7 35. Rxe8 Rc2 36. e7 Bc4+ 37. Kg1 Bf7 38. Rf8 g5 39. f5 Rc4 40. Kh2 Rc7 41. Kg3 h5 42. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alster, Ladislav"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 a6 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Rd8 12. Rfc1 Bf5 13. a3 Bf8 14. Qd1 g5 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Na4 c6 17. Nc5 Rab8 18. b4 Nc8 19. a4 Nd6 20. Ra3 Ra8 21. Rca1 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Rb3 Ra7 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Ne4 26. Rab1 Rxa4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Rxb7 Ra2 29. Nb2 Raa8 30. Qg4 Re8 31. h4 c5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. dxc5 Re5 34. Rb6 Qd8 35. Nc4 Rxc5 36. Qxe4 Ra4 37. Rb8 Raxc4 38. Rxd8 Rxe4 39. Rbb8 Kg7 40. Rxf8 Rh4 41. Rg8+ Kf6 42. f3 Re5 43. Kf2 Rh1 44. e4 Rh2 45. Kg3 Rh4 46. Rb6+ Ke7 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. Ra7 Rb5 49. Rd8 Kg7 50. Rdd7 Rf4 51. Ra8 Rh4 52. Re8 Rf4 53. e5 Kg6 54. Rg8+ Kh6 55. Rd6+ f6 56. exf6 Kh7 57. Rg7+ Kh6 58. Rg8 Kh7 59. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 60. Kxf4 Rxg2 61. Rd7+ Kh6 62. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Beni, Alfred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 a6 9. h3 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Bh6 e6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rae1 Rb8 15. exf5 gxf5 16. a4 Qf6 17. Nf4 Kh8 18. Qe3 Nd4 19. Qd2 Qh6 20. Qd1 Ng7 21. Nfe2 Nh5 22. Kh2 f4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Ne4 e5 25. g4 f3 26. Bxf3 Nf4 27. Bg2 Bxg4 28. Qxg4 Rg8 29. Qf3 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rbg8 31. Rg1 Nxh3 32. Ng3 R8xg3 33. Qxg3 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxd4 0-0 12. f4 Bg4 13. Qd2 Nc4 14. Qf2 Bh4 15. g3 Bf6 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rae8 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Re8 22. Qd3 Be2 23. Qd2 Bc4 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Na5 Bxa2 27. Qd3 Qb8 28. Nc6 Qb6+ 29. Nd4 g6 30. f5 Qc5 31. Qe3 Qxd5 32. Qh6+ Ke8 33. Qxh7 Qe4 34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. fxg6 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 Bd5+ 37. Kf1 Bc4+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 fxg6 40. Qh3+ Be6 41. Qh8 a5 42. Qg7+ Kc8 43. Qf8+ Kb7 44. Qe8 Bd5 45. Qxb5+ Kc8 46. Qxa5 c5 47. Qa6+ Bb7 48. Qxd6 cxd4 49. cxd4 Bd5 50. Qe5 Qxc2+ 51. Ke3 Qc1+ 52. Ke2 Bc4+ 53. Kf3 Qf1+ 54. Kg4 Kd7 55. Kg5 Bf7 56. Qf4 Qb5+ 57. Kf6 Be8 58. Qe5 Qf1+ 59. Kg5 Bf7 60. Qf4 Qc4 61. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b5 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. f4 c5 12. Bf3 Be7 13. e5 c4 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. f5 exf5 16. e6 Nf6 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Qe5 Qc8 21. Be3 g6 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Bd4 Qc6 24. g4 Bd8 25. Qf4 Bc7 26. Qg5 Bb6 27. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 28. Kg2 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 Qc5+ 30. Kg2 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Nxg4 32. Re2 Re8 33. Rxe8 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Pilnik, Hermann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. 0-0-0 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Bd7 17. Nf3 Qg7 18. Qe3 Bc6 19. Be2 Nxf3 20. Bxf3 Qe5 21. Rd2 Nf6 22. Rhd1 Rd8 23. h3 Ke7 24. Qb6 Rd7 25. a4 Rg8 26. Nd5+ Bxd5 27. exd5 Qf4 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Qb3 d5 30. Re2 Rc8 31. Rde1 Rc6 32. Qd3 Rdd6 33. Qg6 Kd8 34. Qf7 Qf5 35. Qxb7 Rb6 36. Qa8+ Kc7 37. a5 Rb8 38. Qa7+ Rb7 39. Qd4 Ne4 40. Bxe4 dxe4 41. Qc3+ Rc6 42. Qg3+ Kc8 43. Rf2 Rg7 44. Qh4 Qxa5 45. Rxe4 Rd7 46. Rf8+ Kb7 47. Rb4+ Kc7 48. Rf1 Qc5 49. Qe4 a5 50. Rb3 Rd4 51. Qh7+ Rd7 52. Rf7 Rxf7 53. Qxf7+ Kd6 54. Rd3+ Ke5 55. Qg7+ Ke4 56. Qg4+ Ke5 57. Qg3+ Ke4 58. Qf3+ Ke5 59. Re3+ Kd6 60. Qf8+ Kd5 61. Qd8+ Rd6 62. Qg5+ Kc6 63. Rc3 Qxc3 64. bxc3 Rd5 65. Qe7 Re5 66. g4 1-0

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Pithart, Frantisek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B98"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. 0-0-0 Nc6 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Nb3 b5 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qg4 Nbd5 20. Bxa6 Nxc3+ 21. bxc3 Ra8 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Rc8 24. Rd4 Nf5 25. Ba6 Rxc3 26. Rd3 Rc7 27. Rhd1 Ke7 28. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 0-0 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 c5 12. Nb3 Bf5 13. Na3 b6 14. Be3 g6 15. c3 Ng7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. f3 Be6 18. Bf2 Nf5 19. Nc2 a5 20. Ne3 a4 21. Nc1 h5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Be3 Bc2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kf2 a3 26. b3 Bb1 27. Re2 Rd5 28. Bf4 c6 29. Rd2 Kf8 30. c4 Rxd2+ 31. Bxd2 Ke8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Bf4 g5 34. Bg3 h4 35. Be1 Ke6 36. Bc3 b5 37. Kd2 Bf8 38. g3 Kf5 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. g4 Be7 41. f4 gxf4+ 42. Kxf4 Bd8 43. b4 cxb4 44. Bxb4 Bc7 45. Bxa3 Bxe5+ 46. Kg5 Bf6+ 47. Kf4 bxc4 48. h3 Ba1 49. Bb4 c3 50. a4 Bb2 51. Ne2 c2 52. Bd2 Ba2 53. Nc1 Bc4 54. Kg5 Ke5 55. Kxh4 Ke4 56. Kg3 Bd4 57. h4 Be3 58. Bxe3 Kxe3 59. h5 Kd2 60. h6 Kxc1 61. h7 Kb1 62. h8Q c1Q 63. Qb8+ Qb2 64. Qa7 Qe5+ 65. Kh4 f6 66. Qf2 Be2 67. Kh3 Qe4 68. Qxf6 Qxg4+ 69. Kh2 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Sefc, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Nf1 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. f4 Bd6 17. Qf3 Ne8 18. Ne3 b5 19. Nf5 f6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Rf1 Rf7 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. fxe5 Nc4 25. d6 Nxe5 26. Qe6 Qc6 27. Rad1 Re8 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 c4 30. Bd4 Nd7 31. e5 Kg8 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Rf3 Ne5 34. Re3 Rd7 35. Bb6 Kf7 36. Bc7 Nd3 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. b3 Nf4 39. Rf5 Ne2+ 40. Kf2 Nd4 41. Rf4 Nxb3 42. Rxf6 Rg7 43. Ke3 Kd7 44. Rf8 Nc5 45. g3 Kc6 46. Ba5 Nb3 47. Bc3 Rd7 48. Be5 Kd5 49. Bf4 Nc5 50. Rf5+ Kc6 51. Rf6 Nd3 52. Rf8 Nxf4 53. gxf4 Rxd6 54. Ke4 Rh6 55. f5 Kd7 56. Ra8 c3 57. Kd3 Rc6 58. Kc2 h6 59. Ra7+ Ke8 60. h4 Kf8 61. h5 Rf6 62. Kxc3 Rxf5 63. Rxa6 Rxh5 64. a4 bxa4 65. Rxa4 Kg7 66. Kd3 Rf5 67. Ke3 Kg6 68. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. Be3 Na5 10. f4 Nxb3 11. cxb3 b5 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Be7 18. Bc5 Bxc5+ 19. Rxc5 Bb7 20. Ng5 Bd5 21. Rc7 0-0 22. Rf1 Rac8 23. Rfxf7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 h6 25. Nf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rxf3 27. Re7 Re3 28. Rxe6 Re2 29. Rxa6 Kf7 30. Ra7+ Kg6 31. e6 Rxb2 32. Ra5 Kf6 33. Rxb5 Rxa2 34. Rb7 Kxe6 35. Rxg7 Rb2 36. Rg3 Kd5 37. Rh3 Ke5 38. Kh1 Kd4 39. Rh4+ Kc5 40. Rh3 Kd4 41. Kg1 Ke5 42. Rh5+ Kf4 43. Rh4+ Kf3 44. Rh3+ Kg4 45. Rc3 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Szilagyi, Gyorgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Be2 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Qxa2 13. Qc1 Qa5 14. 0-0 b6 15. Ra3 Qb4 16. f4 Bb7 17. f5 Nd8 18. Qc2 Rg8 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Bf1 f6 21. Rd4 gxf5 22. exf5 Bxg2 23. Kf2 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Nc6 25. Rd5 b5 26. Rxb5 Qd6 27. Qe2 0-0-0 28. Qf3 e5 29. Rxa7 Qd3+ 30. Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Ke1 e4 32. Ra8+ Kc7 33. Bb6+ Kb7 34. Bc5+ Kc7 35. Bd6+ Kxd6 36. Qa3+ Kc7 37. Ra7+ Nxa7 38. Qxa7+ Kd6 39. Qc5# 1-0

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Zita, Frantisek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ndf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bd6 13. Nc4 0-0 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Rd3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Ng6 19. g3 Rd5 20. f4 Rfd8 21. Ne3 R5d7 22. R1d2 h6 23. Nc4 Ne7 24. Kh2 Nf5 25. Ne5 Rd6 26. b4 Ne7 27. Qf3 Nd5 28. a3 Nb6 29. Qe2 f6 30. Nf3 Nc4 31. Ra2 Qf7 32. Rd1 e5 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Rf1 Qd5 35. dxe5 Re6 36. Raa1 Nxe5 37. Nd4 Ree8 38. Rae1 Qc4 39. Qxc4+ Nxc4 40. a4 Ne3 41. Rg1 Nd5 42. b5 Rxe1 43. Rxe1 cxb5 44. Nxb5 a6 45. Na3 Nxc3 46. a5 Rd2+ 47. Kg1 Ra2 48. Nc4 Ne2+ 49. Kf2 Nd4+ 50. Kf1 Nc2 51. Rb1 Ra4 52. Nd6 Rxa5 53. Rxb7 Rd5 54. Ne8 Rg5 55. g4 a5 56. Rc7 Nd4 57. Ra7 Ne6 58. Kf2 Rd5 59. Re7 Ng5 60. Nxg7 Nxh3+ 61. Kg2 Ng5 62. Nf5 Nf7 63. Ra7 Rc5 64. Kg3 h5 65. Ne7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dworzynski, Roman"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. N1d2 dxe4 16. dxe5 exf3 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf3 Be6 19. Be4 Rac8 20. Nf1 Nc4 21. Bf4 Qc5 22. Bb7 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxd5 Bxb2 26. Rd1 Bf6 27. Qb7 Nb2 28. Rd7 Na4 29. Rc7 Ra8 30. Qd5 Rf8 31. Rxf7 Kh8 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Qc6 Nc3 34. Bd6 Rd8 35. Qxa6 Bg5 36. g3 h6 37. Be5 b4 38. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fichtl, Jiri"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Nd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Nf1 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Nd2 a4 17. Ndc4 g6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Bd2 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Ne6 21. Be3 Bc5 22. Qf2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 f6 24. g3 Rd7 25. Kf1 Rad8 26. Ke1 Ng5 27. h4 Nf7 28. Qf2 Qe6 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Ne3 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Qc2 Nd6 33. Qxa4 f4 34. gxf4 Qh3 35. Qxc6 exf4 36. Qd5+ Nf7 37. Qf5 Qxh4+ 38. Ke2 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 fxe3 40. Qg4+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Jezek, Jaroslav"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd2 a6 11. Ne2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. Qc1 b5 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Ne1 f5 17. g3 Bc6 18. Ng2 Qe7 19. f3 Nd6 20. Nd1 a5 21. Nf2 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. g4 Rf8 25. gxf5 Nxf5 26. Nh1 Qg5 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28. Qd2 b3 29. Ng3 Qg5 30. Nf4 Qe7 31. Kh1 Qd6 32. Nfe2 Nf6 33. Nc3 h5 34. Rg1 Qe6 35. Qg2 Rf7 36. Nd1 Kf8 37. Ne2 Nh7 38. Nf4 Qf5 39. Ng6+ Ke8 40. Ne5 Rc7 41. Nc3 Nf6 42. Nxc6 Rxc6 43. e4 dxe4 44. fxe4 Qg4 45. Qf2 Nxe4 46. Qe3 Qh4 47. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. g3 Ne7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nb6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Bf2 c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. a4 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nd4 19. a5 Nd7 20. Nb3 a6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Ne5 24. Bh3 h5 25. Be6+ Kh7 26. Kg2 Qg5 27. Ra3 Rae8 28. Rc3 Rf6 29. Qb6 Ref8 30. Qxb7+ Kh8 31. Qe7 fxg3 32. f4 gxh2+ 33. fxg5 Rxf1 34. Kxh2 h4 35. Bh3 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rejfir, Josef"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Nge7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. g3 Ne5 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg2 Nb4 12. Rd1 Nbd3+ 13. exd3 Qxd4 14. Ne2 Qg4 15. 0-0 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qxf3 17. Qe3 Bg4 18. Qxf3 Bxf3 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rc1 Rfe8 21. Nf4 c5 22. Ng2 b6 23. Re1 Bc6 24. Re3 Kf8 25. h4 a5 26. Ne1 h6 27. Kf1 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Re3 a4 32. bxa4 Bxa4 33. Re2 Rd6 34. Rb2 Bd1 35. Rb1 Bg4 36. f3 Bf5 37. Rb3 Ke7 38. Ke2 Kd7 39. Ke3 Kc6 40. Nc2 Rh6 41. Rc3 Kd5 42. g4 Bd7 43. d4 Bb5 44. dxc5 bxc5 45. Kf2 Rh2+ 46. Kg3 Rd2 47. f4 Rd3+ 48. Rxd3+ Bxd3 49. Ne1 Bb1 50. a4 c4 51. fxg5 c3 52. Kf3 Kc4 53. Ke3 Bg6 54. Ke2 Kb4 55. Kd1 Kxa4 56. Nf3 Kb3 57. Kc1 Kc4 58. Nh4 Kd5 59. Nf5 Ke6 60. Nh6 Bd3 61. Kd1 Ke7 62. Kc1 Kf8 63. Nf5 Kg8 64. Kd1 Kh7 65. Kc1 Kg6 66. Nd6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qb3 e5 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Bb5 exd4 18. cxd4 a6 19. Be2 Qc6 20. Rac1 Qg6 21. Bd3 Qh6 22. Bc4 Nd6 23. Be2 c4 24. Qb4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ne5 Nb6 27. Qc5 Na4 28. Qb4 Nxb2 29. Qxb2 f6 30. Nf3 Bd5 31. Qb4 Kh8 32. Ra1 Ne4 33. Re1 Bc6 34. Ra6 Rc8 35. Bf1 Qh5 36. Nd2 Ng5 37. Kh2 Qh4 38. g3 Qh5 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Bg2 Rcc8 41. f4 c3 42. fxg5 cxd2 43. Qxd2 Qxg5 44. h4 Qh5 45. e4 Rb8 46. Rb1 h6 47. d5 Qe5 48. Qa5 Rec8 49. Rb3 Rc2 50. Qe1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ujtelky, Maximilian"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. e3 c5 6. Nge2 Nbc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a3 d6 9. Rb1 Bf5 10. d3 Qd7 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 Rab8 13. b4 b6 14. b5 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marianske Lazne/Prague"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1956.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 d5 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Bb5 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. c4 a6 19. f4 Ng6 20. Ba4 Nh4 21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 a5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Be5 Qe7 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxa5 Nd5 27. a6 Ba8 28. e4 Nb4 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Qd8 31. Bb3 Qb6 32. Qg2 g6 33. Bc4 Qd8 34. Qf2 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Nc2 36. Qxc5 Qd2+ 37. Kg1 f6 38. Bxf6 Qd1+ 39. Bf1 Ne1 40. Qe7 Nxf3+ 41. Kg2 Ne1+ 42. Kg1 Nf3+ 43. Kf2 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Nh4+ 45. Bxh4 Qxe4+ 46. Kg1 Qh1+ 47. Kf2 Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Qc3+ 49. Ke2 Qf3+ 50. Kd2 Qxf4+ 51. Ke1 Qe3+ 52. Be2 Qg1+ 53. Kd2 Qd4+ 54. Bd3 Qb2+ 55. Ke1 Qc3+ 56. Ke2 Qb2+ 57. Kf1 Qc1+ 58. Kf2 Qf4+ 59. Ke1 Qc1+ 60. Ke2 Qb2+ 61. Kf1 Qc1+ 62. Be1 Qf4+ 63. Kg1 Qd4+ 64. Bf2 Qd5 65. Qe8+ Kg7 66. Qe7+ Kg8 67. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 01st Group3 ROM-FRA"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1955.04.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Chaude de Silans, Chantal"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1955.04.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 a5 9. b3 0-0 10. e3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. 0-0 Qe7 14. b4 Ndf6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Ne4 17. Qe2 Qh4 18. f3 Ng5 19. c5 Rf6 20. c6 Bc8 21. g3 Qh3 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 e5 24. Qe3 Qh6 25. Kh1 Bh3 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Bc4+ Kh8 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Be2 Ra8 31. a4 h6 32. Bc3 Rf8 33. a5 bxa5 34. Bxa5 Qxc6 35. Rc1 Qa8 36. g4 Qxa5 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 01st Group3 ROM-FRA"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1955.04.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Chaude de Silans, Chantal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1955.04.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Re8 14. d4 Bf8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Qh5 Re7 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 g6 22. Qh4 Qd6 23. f4 f5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Bf4 Qf6 26. d6 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Nc6 28. Re3 Bb7 1-0

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Alster, Ladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 h6 11. h3 Ne5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd3 14. Ne3 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 b6 16. Qf3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Rd4 Rad8 19. Rcd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Rd8 21. Ra4 Bb5 22. Rb4 Ba6 23. Qh5 Rd2 24. Qf3 Bb7 25. Qh5 Ba6 26. Qf3 Bb7 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Kf8 29. Ra4 a5 30. Rc4 Ke7 31. b4 Ba6 32. Rg4 axb4 33. Rxb4 Rd6 34. Ra4 Bb5 35. Ra8 Rd8 36. Ra7+ Rd7 37. Ra8 Rd8 38. Ra7+ Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Bely, Miklos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qc2 Nd5 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. e4 Nb4 9. Qc3 e5 10. Nxe5 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc2+ 12. Kd1 Nxd4 13. Bxc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Kc2 Nd4+ 17. Kc3 a5 18. a3 g5 19. Nd3 Bg7 20. e5 0-0 21. Ne4 Rfe8 22. Rae1 Rd5 23. Nxg5 Red8 24. Rd1 f6 25. Ne4 fxe5 26. Rhe1 a4 27. f3 Rb5 28. b4 axb3 29. Kb2 b6 30. Nc3 Ra5 31. Nc1 Rda8 32. a4 e4 33. Rxe4 c5 34. Nxb3 Nb5 35. Rg4 Rxa4 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rd7+ Kg6 38. Nxb5 Ra2+ 39. Kc3 Rxg2 40. Rd6+ Kh5 41. Rxb6 Rf8 42. Nd2 Rxh2 43. Nd6 Rf6 44. N6c4 Rxb6 45. Nxb6 Kg6 46. Kd3 h5 47. Nd7 h4 48. Nxc5 h3 49. Nce4 Rg2 50. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Dely, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. b4 Bg4 8. Bb2 Nfd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. a3 e5 12. Bd5 exd4 13. Bxc6 Ne5 14. Qg3 Nxc6 15. b5 Ne7 16. Rd1 Nf5 17. Qf3 a6 18. Qxb7 axb5 19. exd4 Re8 20. Nd2 c5 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. Qc6 Rc8 23. Qb7 Rb8 24. Qa7 cxd4 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. g4 Qc2 28. Rd2 Qc6 29. Rd3 Ra8 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Nh4 32. Kf1 Re8 33. Re4 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Dworzynski, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Nge2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Ne8 10. Ne7+ Kf8 11. Nxc8 Rxc8 12. Be3 b6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Rc1 Nd4 15. c5 c6 16. Kf2 b5 17. Bd3 Nc7 18. Ne2 Nde6 19. a4 Rd8 20. Rhd1 a6 21. Bc2 Ke7 22. b4 Bh8 23. a5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Bd2 f6 27. g3 Ke7 28. Nc1 Nd8 29. Be3 Nce6 30. Nd3 Nf7 31. Bb3 Bg7 32. Ke2 Ned8 33. Nf2 Ne6 34. Nd3 Ned8 35. f4 Kd7 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. h4 Kd7 38. f5 Ke7 39. Nf2 Kf8 40. Nh3 Bh6 41. Bxh6+ Nxh6 42. g4 gxf5 43. exf5 Ke7 44. Nf2 Nhf7 45. Ne4 h6 46. Kg3 Nh8 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. f6+ Kd7 50. Nxg5 Ng6 51. Kf3 Nf4 52. Ke4 Nd5 53. f7 Nxf7 54. Nxf7 Nxb4 55. Nxe5+ Ke7 56. Kf5 Kd8 57. Ke6 Kc7 58. Ke7 Nd5+ 59. Bxd5 cxd5 60. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Fichtl, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 d6 7. h3 c6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 h6 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. c4 Qe7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bb2 c5 16. b5 a5 17. Qd2 Nbd7 18. Nh2 Bb7 19. Rae1 Nf8 20. f4 N6d7 21. f5 Kd8 22. Bc2 Kc7 23. Ng4 h5 24. Ne3 Nf6 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Ne2 Ne6 27. Nc3 Kb8 28. Ned5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Nf8 30. Ne4 Nd7 31. Ng5 Bd8 32. h4 Qe8 33. Re2 Rf8 34. Ref2 Rxf2 35. Qxf2 Nf6 36. Ne6 Be7 37. Qg3 Ng4 38. Bd1 Nf6 39. Nxc5 dxc5 40. Bxe5+ Ka7 41. Bxf6 Bxf6 42. Rxf6 Qe4 43. b6+ Ka6 44. Qb3 Qe1+ 45. Rf1 Qe8 46. Bc2 a4 47. Qxa4+ Qxa4 48. Bxa4 Kxb6 49. Rb1+ Kc7 50. Rxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Franz, Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rb1 a6 15. a4 Rc8 16. Rb4 Qe8 17. Nf4 e6 18. Qa1 Rc7 19. Ne2 Qe7 20. Rfb1 Bc8 21. e5 Rd8 22. f4 Bf8 23. Ng3 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 Bxb4 25. Ne4 Be7 26. f5 gxf5 27. Nd6 Rxd6 28. exd6 Bxd6 29. Qe1 Nb3 30. Qh4 Rd7 31. Bh6 f6 32. Qxf6 Nxd4 33. Bc4 Bc5 34. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 e6 7. c3 Nge7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Qc1 f5 11. Na3 Be6 12. Bh6 f4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Nc2 Rf6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qf8 18. Kg2 Qf7 19. g4 g5 20. h4 Ng6 21. Rh1 Nxh4+ 22. Rxh4 gxh4 23. Kh2 Rg6 24. b3 Nd8 25. Rg1 Ne6 26. Ne1 Ng5 27. Qd1 h3 28. d4 cxd4 29. cxd4 Rc8 30. Qa1 Qc7 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Kh1 Rc6 33. Qb2 Rc1 34. Qe2 Qc3 35. Nd3 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Nxf3+ 37. Qxf3 Rd8 38. Qxh3 Rxd3 39. Qh5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dittmann, Sieghart"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. d5 e5 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Qe1 Nf8 13. a4 a5 14. Ra2 g6 15. g4 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxg4 18. Qg3 Bh5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. e4 Ne5 21. Be2 Qf8 22. f4 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Nxc4 24. f5 Qe7 25. Bg5 f6 26. fxg6 fxg5 27. Rf7 Qe5 28. Qh3 h6 29. Qd7 Nb6 30. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fuchs, Reinhart"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf6 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Bc4 Qe8 18. a4 Rd8 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qe5 21. Bc4 h5 22. h4 Rd4 23. g3 Rfd8 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Kg2 Kf8 27. Re3 Qc7 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Bxd3 a5 30. Bc4 Ng4 31. Qa8+ Ke7 32. Qe4+ Kf8 33. Qa8+ Ke7 34. Qe4+ Kf8 35. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Koch, Berthold"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Nd5 Bg4 8. c3 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Bb6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. f5 Bc8 13. Qe2 a5 14. Be3 Ba6 15. 0-0 f6 16. c4 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qb8 18. Qd2 Qb6+ 19. Kh2 0-0 20. g4 d5 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. b3 dxe4 23. dxe4 c5 24. g5 Bb7 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Rg1 Qh6 27. Ng5 Rd4 28. Rad1 Bc8 29. Rg2 Re8 30. Rdg1 Re7 31. Qe1 a4 32. Rg4 axb3 33. axb3 Qd6 34. Qh4 h6 35. Nf3 Bxf5 36. exf5 e4+ 37. Kh1 exf3 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. f6 Rf7 40. fxg7 f2 41. Rf1 d3 0-1

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kolarov, Atanas Stefanov"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. b3 d5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne3 Qb6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bd4 Be4 15. b4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qb7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nb6 20. Raa1 Rc7 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Nfd5 23. Nd3 Nc3 24. Re1 Rfc8 25. Nc5 Nb5 26. Qd3 Qc6 27. Ra5 a6 28. Rxa6 Qe8 29. Rxb6 Na7 30. Ne3 Nc6 31. Ne4 Ne5 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. Qe4 Qd8 34. Kg2 Qd2 35. Rd1 Qxe2 36. Rbd6 Rc2 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Nf5+ exf5 39. Qxe2 Rxe2 40. Rxc8 Rb2 41. Rd4 Ng4 42. Rf4 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 Ng4 44. Rc3 Nxf2+ 45. Rxf2 Rxf2 46. Rb3 Rd2 47. b5 Rd7 48. b6 Rb7 49. Kg2 f4 50. g4 f5 51. gxf5 Kf6 52. Rb5 Kg5 53. Kf3 f6 54. h4+ Kxh4 55. Kxf4 Kh5 56. Rb2 Kh6 57. Rb1 Kg7 58. Ke4 Kh6 59. Kd5 Kg5 60. Kc6 Rb8 61. Rf1 Rc8+ 62. Kd7 Rc5 63. Rb1 Rd5+ 64. Ke7 Rc5 65. b7 Rc7+ 66. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. f4 Nxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. fxe5 Nxe4 15. f3 Ng3 16. Kh2 Nf5 17. Rg1 Qd7 18. Bf4 Nh4 19. Nd2 Rfb8 20. Qe2 Qf5 21. Be3 Rb6 22. f4 Qd7 23. Nf1 a5 24. Ng3 Rba6 25. f5 g6 26. Raf1 Kh8 27. f6 Bf8 28. Bg5 b4 29. Bxh4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Qc6 31. Qc2 Qb7 32. Rb1 c5 33. Ne2 Qb8 34. Bg3 Qc8 35. dxc5 Bxc5 36. Rgd1 a4 37. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Erfurt"]
[Site "Erfurt"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. 0-0 e6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 Qc8 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 d5 11. cxd5 Qb7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. f3 Nf6 14. dxe6 0-0 15. Nf5 Rd8 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Qxd8 1-0

[Event "Zonal-3 North- and Eastern Europe"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne/ Prague"]
[Date "1954.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1954.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. Na3 Nc6 9. Nc2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. d4 Bf6 12. e4 Ndb4 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. a3 Nc6 15. e5 Be7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. Nd2 Na5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rab8 22. Rab1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. 0-0 Qa5 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. a4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21. Bxg7+ Kxe7 22. Rxd2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rcd1 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rc6 26. Bb2 Rb3 27. Bd4 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. h3 Rc6 30. Bf2 Ke6 31. Ra1 g5 32. Bg3 h5 33. Rad1 Ne5 34. Kh2 h4 35. Bf2 f6 36. Kh1 Ng6 37. Bg1 Ne5 38. Bh2 Rbc3 39. Bg1 Rc2 40. Rd5 Ra6 41. Bd4 Nc6 42. Be3 Ne7 43. R5d3 Ng6 44. Rd5 Re2 45. Bd2 Ne5 46. Kg1 Nc4 47. Kf1 Rxd2 48. R5xd2 Nxd2+ 49. Rxd2 Ke5 50. Rd5+ Kf4 51. Rf5+ Kg3 52. Rxf6 Ra1+ 53. Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Ke2 Kxg2 56. Rf5 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 g4 58. fxg4 Kxh3 59. g5 Kg4 60. g6 Ra8 61. Rf6 h3 62. Kf2 Ra2+ 63. Kg1 Kg3 64. Rf1 Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Rh2+ 66. Kg1 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 e6 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. c3 0-0 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Be3 e5 12. Qd2 f5 13. Bh6 f4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h4 Ng8 16. d4 fxg3 17. fxg3 Nf6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. N3h2 Rad8 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Ne3 Rf7 22. Rf1 Ne7 23. Rf2 c4 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qc5 26. Qd2 Nc8 27. Nhf1 Nd6 28. Qc2 Bd7 29. Kh2 Bc6 30. h5 Bxe4 31. Qd2 Bxg2 32. h6+ Kg8 33. Rxg2 Nde4 34. Qe2 b5 35. Qf3 Qf8 36. Kg1 Qxh6 37. Ng4 Nxg4 38. Qxe4 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2 Na6 9. 0-0-0 Nc5 10. Nge2 0-0 11. h3 f4 12. Bf2 Bd7 13. Kb1 Bf6 14. h4 a6 15. g4 fxg3 16. Nxg3 Nf4 17. h5 g5 18. h6 Qe8 19. Nge2 Kh8 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Be2 Qe5 22. Qc2 a5 23. Bd4 Qe7 24. Qd2 Rae8 25. Rdg1 Bxd4 26. Qxd4+ Qe5 27. Qd2 Rf6 28. Bf1 Rg8 29. Rh5 Be8 30. Rh2 Rgg6 31. Rh5 Rg8 32. Rh2 a4 33. a3 Rfg6 34. Rh5 Rf6 35. Rh2 Nb3 36. Qd1 Qd4 37. Qxd4 Nxd4 38. Be2 Nb3 39. Bd1 Nc5 40. Ne2 g4 41. fxg4 Bg6 42. g5 Bxe4+ 43. Bc2 Rf7 44. Nc3 Bxc2+ 45. Kxc2 f3 46. Rf2 Rf4 47. Rgf1 Rgf8 48. Re1 Nd7 49. Rff1 Ne5 50. c5 Rg4 51. Ne4 Rg2+ 52. Kc3 f2 53. Re2 Rf3+ 54. Kc2 Ng4 55. cxd6 cxd6 56. Kd2 Kg8 57. Nf6+ Nxf6 58. gxf6 Rxf6 59. Re7 Rg5 60. Rxb7 Rxd5+ 61. Kc2 Rf8 62. Rg7+ Kh8 63. Rg4 Rc8+ 64. Kb1 Rd2 65. Rxa4 Re2 66. Ka2 Rf8 67. Rb4 Kg8 68. Rg4+ Kf7 69. Rf4+ Ke7 70. Rxf8 Kxf8 71. Kb3 Ke7 72. Kc3 Ke6 73. a4 Kd5 74. b4 Ke4 75. b5 Ke3 76. b6 Re1 77. Rxf2 Kxf2 78. Kb2 Re8 79. Kc3 Re1 80. Kc2 Re4 81. Kb3 Re1 82. Kc2 Re4 83. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Be2 e6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Bg5 a6 11. h3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rfe8 17. Bd3 a5 18. b3 Re5 19. Rab1 Kg7 20. a3 Re7 21. Rfd1 Qc5 22. Qb2 b6 23. Re1 Rea7 24. Re2 Qc8 25. Rbe1 Rc7 26. a4 Rca7 27. Re4 Qc5 28. Qd2 Rc8 29. h4 h5 30. Qe2 Rh8 31. g3 Qc8 32. Kg2 Qd8 33. Bc2 Qc8 34. Qd3 Rb7 35. f4 Rg8 36. Kh2 Rb8 37. Re6 Qd8 38. R6e2 Qd7 39. Re6 Qd8 40. R6e4 Qd7 41. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bd3 g6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. d5 c5 11. Nb5 0-0 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nexd6 e4 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Be2 a6 17. Nc3 Be5 18. Qd2 Bd6 19. f4 exf3 20. Bxf3 Qh4 21. g3 Qxc4 22. Be2 Qb4 23. a3 Qb6 24. e4 Kg7 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Qc2 c4+ 27. Kh1 Ne5 28. Rae1 Rc7 29. Bh5 Qb3 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Re2 Re7 32. Rfe1 Qc7 33. Qd4 Kh7 34. Nd1 b5 35. Nf2 a5 36. Nh3 Nd3 37. Rxe7+ Bxe7 38. Re6 Bc5 39. Qh4 Qd8 40. Qxd8 Rxd8 41. Nf4 Nxf4 42. gxf4 Rxd5 43. Re5 Rxe5 44. fxe5 Kg7 45. Be8 Bxa3 46. Bxb5 Bxb2 47. Bxc4 Bxe5 48. Bb3 Kf6 49. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Paoli, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 Kh8 9. Qd2 Ng8 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. g4 Nc5 12. h4 b5 13. cxb5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 axb5 15. Qxb5 Bd7 16. Qd3 h6 17. h5 g5 18. Nge2 f6 19. Ng3 Qb8 20. Rd2 Qb4 21. Rc2 Rfb8 22. a3 Qb3 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Kd2 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Bxe7 26. Ke1 Bd8 27. Rd2 Kg7 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Rc1 Ra5 30. Qc2 Qb7 31. Na2 Qa8 32. Nb4 Rab5 33. Qc3 Ke8 34. Rd3 R5b7 35. Kg3 Bb5 36. Rd2 Bd7 37. Rf2 Qa4 38. Qe1 Rb5 39. Rc3 Qa8 40. Qc1 R8b7 41. Rd2 Qa4 42. Nc6 Rb3 43. Nb4 Rxc3 44. Qxc3 Qb5 45. Kf2 Qa4 46. Qc2 Qa8 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Sandor, Bela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Be2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. g3 Kh8 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rf6 15. Qf4 Qd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. 0-0 Rh6 18. Rad1 Bg8 19. Nh4 Rf8 20. f4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bf3 Bxa2 23. d5 Nb4 24. Rd4 a5 25. Rc1 b6 26. Bg2 Bb3 27. Rc3 Ba2 28. Rc1 b5 29. Rc7 e5 30. dxe6 Rxe6 31. Ra7 Bc4 32. Rxa5 d5 33. Rd2 Re3 34. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. e3 Nxc5 7. Nge2 b6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Bb7 10. f3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. b4 a6 14. Be2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Na4 16. Qe5 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Bc6 19. Be3 Ke7 20. Kf2 Rhc8 21. Rhc1 Bb5 22. Bd1 Nb2 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxb6 Nxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rc2+ 26. Kg3 Ra2 27. Bd8+ Ke8 28. Bg5 f6 29. Bc1 Ra1 30. Kf4 Ba4 31. Rg1 Ra2 32. Ke3 Kd7 33. Kd4 Kd6 34. h4 e5+ 35. Kc3 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Ra2 37. f4 exf4 38. Bxf4+ Ke6 39. Bc1 Ke5 40. g3 Bb5+ 41. Kc3 Rf2 42. Bf4+ Kxe4 43. Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kluger, Gyula"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nbd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Bf3 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. h3 h5 13. Be5 Rad8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nge2 Nc8 16. 0-0 Nd6 17. Ng3 Rc8 18. Rfe1 Rc7 19. Be4 Rfc8 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Re3 b6 23. d6 Rd7 24. dxe7 Rxe7 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. Nd5 Re6 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Nxc8 Qf5 30. Nxa7 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qe2 32. Rg1 g5 33. Nb5 Qf2 34. Nc3 Qh4 35. Nd5 Rf2 36. Qe3 g4 37. Nf4 g3 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. f4 Nc6 7. b3 e6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. Ne4 b6 12. Qc2 f6 13. 0-0 Nd5 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. a3 Bb7 16. e3 Bf8 17. h4 h6 18. Nf2 Nde7 19. g4 Qd7 20. g5 f5 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Qc3 e5 23. fxe5 Qe6 24. Qc4 Ng6 25. d4 Na5 26. Qxe6+ Rxe6 27. h5 Ne7 28. Nd2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nd5 30. Nd3 cxd4 31. exd4 Be7 32. b4 Bg5 33. Rc2 Bxd2 34. Rxd2 Nc4 35. Rf2 Kh7 36. Bc1 Rg8+ 37. Kh3 Rg4 38. Nf4 Rxf4 39. Bxf4 Nxa3 40. Bc1 Nb5 41. Rg1 Ne7 42. Bb2 Nc7 43. Rfg2 Ncd5 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rf7 b5 46. Kh4 Rc6 47. Rgg7 Re6 48. Bc1 f4 49. Kg4 Nc6 50. Bxf4 Nxd4 51. Rh7+ Kg8 52. Rfg7+ Kf8 53. Rd7 Kg8 54. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Nf3 Na6 8. 0-0 Nc7 9. Bf4 Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. e4 Nd7 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 a5 16. Qd2 Rf8 17. Bh6 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Nd6 20. b3 f6 21. Rf1 Nf7 22. Rf2 Bd7 23. Rcf1 Qc7 24. Nd1 Rbd8 25. Qc3 Bc8 26. Nb2 Qb8 27. Nd3 Qd6 28. h3 h6 29. f5 g5 30. Bf3 Qc7 31. Rh2 Rh8 32. Bh5 Nd6 33. Nf2 Bd7 34. Kg2 Be8 35. Bxe8 Rdxe8 36. h4 Reg8 37. Qf3 Qc8 38. Rfh1 Qe8 39. Kf1 Qf7 40. Kg2 Qe8 41. Kf1 Nf7 42. Ke2 Qb8 43. Qh5 Kf8 44. hxg5 Rxg5 45. Qf3 Rhg8 46. g4 Ke8 47. Rh4 Kd7 48. R1h2 Kd6 49. Rh5 Qf8 50. Rxg5 hxg5 51. Qh1 Rh8 52. Rh5 Qg7 53. Nd1 Rxh5 54. Qxh5 Kd7 55. Nc3 Nd6 56. Kf3 Kd8 57. Ne2 Kd7 58. Ng3 Kd8 59. Ne2 Kd7 60. Nc3 Kd8 61. Nb5 Nxb5 62. cxb5 Kd7 63. Ke3 Qg8 64. Kd3 Kd6 65. Kc4 Kd7 66. Qh6 Kd6 67. Qg6 Qf8 68. Qh7 Kd7 69. Kc3 Kd6 70. Kb2 Kd7 71. Qh2 Kd6 72. Kb1 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 Bxc3 7. bxc3 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. h3 Nc5 11. Be3 Nfd7 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Rae8 14. Nd4 Qd8 15. Rad1 Qa8 16. f3 a6 17. Bf2 Ne5 18. Qe2 f5 19. Nb3 Ng6 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 e5 23. d5 h5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. f4 h4 26. Be4 hxg3 27. Bxf5 Nxf4 28. Qg4 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rf8 30. Kg3 Bc8 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Qd7 Rf8 33. Qxc7 Qe8 34. Kh2 Qh5 35. Qd7 Rf5 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Re3 Rg5 38. Rd2 Qg6 39. Ree2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan Stanislaw"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 b6 8. 0-0 c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Ba6 12. b3 Rc8 13. Nb5 Bb7 14. Ne5 a6 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Bb2 Qd6 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nb1 g6 20. Bc3 Nh5 21. c5 bxc5 22. Ba5 Nf4 23. Qf3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 c4 25. Qf1 Re8 26. Bb4 Qc6 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. b4 e5 29. Nc3 e4 30. Qe1 f5 31. Qe3 Qd6 32. g3 Rf8 33. Qf4 Qf6 34. h4 Kg7 35. Kf1 h6 36. Ke2 Rh8 37. Qd2 Qd6 38. Qf4 Qf6 39. Qd2 Rf8 40. Rh1 f4 41. gxf4 Qxf4 42. Qxf4 Rxf4 43. Rcg1 Ref7 44. Rh2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nd3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rad1 Bf6 14. e3 b5 15. c5 g6 16. f4 Bg7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nc7 19. Nc3 Ba6 20. Ra1 Rb8 21. Ra3 Rb7 22. Rfa1 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qb8 24. Qc2 Kh8 25. Bf1 Nf6 26. Bc1 Ng8 27. Qa2 Ne7 28. Bd2 Nf5 29. Nd1 Nb5 30. Bxb5 Rxb5 31. b4 g5 32. Rxa7 gxf4 33. Ra8 Qc7 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. gxf4 Qe7 36. Qa8 Rb7 37. Be1 f6 38. Ra2 Qf7 39. Kf1 e5 40. Qc8 Rd7 41. Ra8 Kg8 42. b5 Ng7 43. Qxc6 exd4 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. Qc8+ Qe8 46. Qxe8+ Kxe8 47. c6 Rd6 48. exd4 Nf5 49. Bb4 Re6 50. Bc5 Ne7 51. Nc3 Nxc6 52. bxc6 Rxc6 53. Nxd5 Kf7 54. f5 Ra6 55. Nc3 Ra1+ 56. Kf2 Rh1 57. Bd6 Rc1 58. Ne2 Rd1 59. Ke3 Ke8 60. Bg3 Kd7 61. Nf4 Kd6 62. Ke4 Ke7 63. Nd5+ Kf7 64. Ne3 Rd2 65. d5 h5 66. d6 h4 67. Bf4 h3 68. Nd5 Re2+ 69. Kf3 Rg2 70. d7 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szabo, Stefan"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. e5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 bxa4 10. Nxd4 0-0 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Rxe8 Qxe8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qxa4 Qe5 18. Qxd7 Re8 19. Ng3 Bc5 20. Rf1 Rg8 21. Qxf7 Rg7 22. Qb3 Bc6 23. Qc4 Bb7 24. Rd1 Rg8 25. Nce4 Bb6 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 h5 28. Nd5 h4 29. Ne4 h3 30. Ng3 hxg2 31. Nxf6 Rf8 32. Nge4 Kg7 33. Nd5 Kg6 34. Kxg2 Kf5 35. f3 Ke5 36. Nxb6 cxb6 37. Ng5 Bd5 38. a3 b5 39. Kg3 Bc6 40. h4 a5 41. c3 b4 42. cxb4 axb4 43. axb4 Rb8 44. f4+ Kf5 45. Rc1 Be8 46. Rc5+ Kg6 47. Re5 Bd7 48. Ne6 Kf6 49. Nc5 Bf5 50. b5 Kg6 51. h5+ Kf6 52. Na4 Rd8 53. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Voiculescu, Paul"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Ne7 6. Bf4 0-0 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. c3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ng6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Ng3 Rae8 14. Rae1 Nf4 15. Qf5 g6 16. Qc2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Balanel, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qf3 Nc5 8. Bc4 Ne6 9. 0-0 Qh4 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Re1 0-0 12. Re4 Qh6 13. Nf1 Bg5 14. Ne3 f5 15. Rd4 Qg6 16. h4 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Kh8 18. Rd3 a5 19. Rad1 h6 20. Bd2 Qe8 21. Bc3 Nc5 22. Rd4 Ne4 23. Qe3 Kh7 24. Be1 Kh8 25. R4d3 Qxe5 26. Bc3 f4 27. Bxe5 fxe3 28. Rxe3 d5 29. f3 Nd6 30. Bd3 Nf5 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. c4 dxc4 33. Bxc7 Rf7 34. Be5 a4 35. a3 Bd3 36. Rde1 Kh7 37. Bc3 Raa7 38. Re8 h5 39. R1e5 Bg6 40. R8e6 Rf5 41. Rxf5 Bxf5 42. Rxc6 Bd3 43. Rc5 Bg6 44. Rxc4 Be8 45. Kf2 Bd7 46. Re4 Bf5 47. Re5 Bg6 48. Ra5 Rxa5 49. Bxa5 Bd3 50. Ke3 Bf1 51. g4 hxg4 52. fxg4 Kg8 53. Kf4 g6 54. Kg5 Kf7 55. Bc3 Bd3 56. h5 gxh5 57. Kxh5 Bc2 58. b4 axb3 59. Bb2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zonal-3 North- and Eastern Europe"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne/ Prague"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1954.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Be2 Be6 15. 0-0 Rac8 16. Rfc1 a6 17. Bc7 Nc6 18. Bb6 Nb4 19. a4 Na2 20. Rcb1 Nc3 21. Rb2 Bd7 22. a5 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Rc3 24. h3 Rfc8 25. Rd2 Bb5 26. Kh2 h6 27. Raa2 e6 28. Ne1 Bf8 29. Rdc2 Bb4 30. e4 f6 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. f4 g5 33. Rf2 gxf4 34. Bd8 Rc8 35. Bb6 Bxe1 36. Rxf4 Rc3 37. Rg4+ Kf7 38. d5 exd5 39. Bd4 Rd3 40. exd5 h5 0-1

[Event "Zonal-3 North- and Eastern Europe"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne/ Prague"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Lundin, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "1954.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qe2 0-0 9. Rd1 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Qe3 Qb7 15. Re1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rac8 17. h3 h6 18. Bh4 Bf8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. d5 e5 21. Rc6 Bd6 22. Rec1 Nd7 23. Qg4 Rcd8 24. Bd1 Qa7 25. Be2 Nb8 26. R6c2 Nd7 27. Rc6 Nb8 28. R6c2 Nd7 29. Qg3 Nf6 30. Qd3 a5 31. Bf3 Ra8 32. b3 Qa6 33. Rc4 Qa7 34. Rc6 Qd4 35. Qe2 Qa7 36. Qc2 Red8 37. g3 g6 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kg1 h5 40. h4 Ng8 41. Rc4 Ne7 42. Qd2 Nc8 43. Nc5 Nb6 44. R4c2 a4 45. Qg5 axb3 46. axb3 Nd7 47. Na4 Rh8 48. Bg2 Qb8 49. Bh3 Nb6 50. Nc5 Ra7 51. Qd2 Qd8 52. Nd3 Qe7 53. Qe3 Ra3 54. Ne1 Na4 55. Bf1 Nc3 56. Bc4 Bc5 57. Qf3 Rf8 58. Qg2 Rfa8 59. d6 Qxd6 60. Qf3 f6 61. g4 Rh8 62. Nd3 Bd4 63. Kg2 c5 64. Re1 Qe7 65. Qg3 Raa8 66. f3 hxg4 67. Qxg4 Rh5 68. Kf1 Rah8 69. Rh2 Rg5 70. hxg5 Rxh2 71. Qc8 Qf8 72. Qd7+ Kh8 73. Ra1 fxg5 74. Qg4 Rh4 75. Qg2 g4 76. Nf2 Qxf3 77. Ra8+ Kh7 78. Ra7+ Kh6 79. Rf7 Qxg2+ 80. Kxg2 Bxf2 81. Rxf2 Nxe4 82. Re2 g3 83. Re1 Rf4 84. Kg1 Nd2 85. Bd5 e4 86. Kg2 Rf3 87. Re2 Rd3 88. Bc6 Nxb3 89. Rxe4 Nd2 90. Re6 Rd8 91. Kxg3 b3 92. Ba4 c4 93. Rc6 Ra8 94. Bxb3 cxb3 95. Rb6 Ra2 96. Rb4 b2 0-1

[Event "Zonal-3 North- and Eastern Europe"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne/ Prague"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1954.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 Nc6 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nh3 Qc7 13. f4 Na5 14. Qe2 Nb3 15. Rd1 Nc5 16. e5 Nfe4 17. 0-0 h6 18. Bb1 0-0-0 19. Nf2 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Rdf8 21. f5 h5 22. h3 Bc6 23. Bd4 Nb3 24. Bc3 Rfg8 25. Bc2 Nc5 26. Bd4 g5 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Qe3 g5 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Qxc5 g4 31. h4 g3 32. Rf6 Rg4 33. Rb1 Rd8 34. Rf8 Rg8 35. Rf7 Ba8 36. Qb4 Qxe5 37. Re1 Qd4+ 38. Kf1 Qb6 39. Re5 Qxb4 40. axb4 Rgf8 41. Rc5+ Kb8 42. Rb5+ Kc7 43. Rxf8 Rxf8+ 44. Ke1 Rf2 45. Bd3 Rxg2 46. Rxh5 Rg1+ 47. Ke2 g2 48. Rg5 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Zonal-3 North- and Eastern Europe"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne/ Prague"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Balanel, Ion"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1954.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. 0-0 d6 11. Qe2 f5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Be1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Na5 15. d5 Qc8 16. e4 f4 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Bd2 Nxc4 19. Bxf4 Nd2 20. Qe3 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Rae8 22. f3 d5 23. e5 c6 24. Bg3 Qe7 25. f4 Rf5 26. Qd3 Ref8 27. Re1 h5 28. e6 h4 29. Bf2 Rxf4 30. Re2 Rxf2 0-1

