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Leonid Balmazi

Number of games in database: 24
Years covered: 1964 to 2005
Last FIDE rating: 2173 (2130 blitz)
Overall record: +10 -9 =5 (52.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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LEONID BALMAZI
(born 1942) Ukraine (federation/nationality United States of America)

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Kamenev vs L Balmazi  0-1301964Soviet Army Team ChampionshipB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
2. L Balmazi vs V Smirnov  1-0271964Soviet Army Team ChampionshipA96 Dutch, Classical Variation
3. S Palatnik vs L Balmazi  0-1441967Ukrainian ChampionshipB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
4. L Balmazi vs V Gurevich  0-1321967Ukrainian ChampionshipD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
5. L Balmazi vs G Dubivka  1-0411967Ukrainian ChampionshipE98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
6. L Balmazi vs I Platonov  0-1341967Ukrainian ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
7. Timman vs L Balmazi  ½-½50197475th US OpenA05 Reti Opening
8. L Balmazi vs K Hayward  1-035197828th New Hampshire OpenD48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
9. L Balmazi vs J Curdo 0-1391980Waltham opD06 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. A Soltis vs L Balmazi  1-0231984Bermuda OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
11. L Balmazi vs R Mueller  ½-½501999Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rdD91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
12. K Enigl vs L Balmazi  1-0441999Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rdA16 English
13. L Balmazi vs J Paasikangas  0-1291999Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rdA00 Uncommon Opening
14. H Pronold vs L Balmazi  0-1431999Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 3rdA15 English
15. N Hocevar vs L Balmazi 1-0422005World Seniors ChampionshipE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
16. J Schwertel vs L Balmazi  0-1322005World Seniors ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
17. L Balmazi vs W Weinwurm ½-½542005World Seniors ChampionshipE95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1
18. T Serra Olives vs L Balmazi  0-1652005World Seniors ChampionshipB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
19. L Balmazi vs A Shestoperov  ½-½442005World Seniors ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
20. R Siegmund vs L Balmazi  1-0362005World Seniors ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
21. L Balmazi vs H Kock  1-0432005World Seniors ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
22. M Khazankin vs L Balmazi  ½-½492005World Seniors ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
23. L Balmazi vs P Viner  1-0272005World Seniors ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
24. C Barlocco vs L Balmazi  1-0492005World Seniors ChampionshipA60 Benoni Defense
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Jun-26-06
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A ROOK IS A ROOK (NOT!)

James Schroeder
Vancouver, Washington

Q. The USCF rule book (page 17) states: "It is common practice to use an upside down rook as a queen." But according to FIDE rules apparently a rook is a rook, no matter which side is up, and not a queen.

In Chess Life (December 2005, page 21) Denis Strenzwilk reports on the 15th World Senior in Italy: "One case of culture clash occurred during the blitz tournament on an off day. I wasn't playing, but I was watching Leonid Balmazi's game. He pushed a pawn to the eighth rank. He already had a queen on the board, so he grabbed a rook and turned it upside down. The opponent was puzzled and called for an arbiter. Different languages were spoken. The ruling was that he had touched a rook and so had to promote the pawn to a rook, so turn it over and continue to play. Balmazi was shocked, but he won anyway."

Jun-26-06  WMD: <You must remember this,
a kiss is still a kiss,
A sigh is just a sigh;
The fundamental things apply,
As time goes by.>
Jun-19-12  wordfunph: <Leonid was not lacking energy, ingenuity, or articulation. He proved it with his enterprising life in the Soviet Union, and years later in the United States, where, as an accountant (a profession we never heard of back then), he was helping many immigrant chessplayers with tax returns.>

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