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Another of Bobby Ang's excellent article and analysis of Balinas' "invigorating upset win" over GM Ludek Pachman a former Czechoslovakian champion who emigrated and played for Germany during the 1976 Haifa Olympiad.

Pachman,Ludek (2520) - Balinas,Rosendo Carreon (2365) Haifa Olympiad (Men) (5), 30.10.1976

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.0–0 Be7 7.Nc3 cxd4 . 8.exd4 d5 . 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Rd1 0–0 12.Nxd5 exd5 . 13.Ne5 Qd6 . 14.Bf4 Nxd4 15.Qe3 Qb4 16.a3 Qa4 17.b3! . 17...Qxb3 18.Nd7! . 18...Bc5 19.Be5 . 19...Rfe8 20.Rab1 Qc3 . 21.Kh1? Taking his king out of possible discovered knight checks on either e2 or f3, but with enough time he would have found 21.Rdc1! Qa5 (21...Qxa3 is met by 22.Rxc5!) 22.Nf6+! gxf6 23.Qh6 with a mating attack. 21...Nf5! 22.Qf4 . 22...Rxe5! 23.Nxe5 Nd6 . 24.Nf3 h6 25.a4 Re8 26.Rbc1 Qa3 27.Kg1 Qb3 28.Bc2 . 28...Qb2 29.Nd4? . 29...Bxd4 30.Qxd4? . 30... Re1+! 0–1

Balinas' Caro Kann-Steinitz opening novelty and vintage knight sacrifice win against another former Czech champion and World Championship Candidate GM Miroslav Filip, 1974 Nice, World Chess Olympiad.

Balinas-Filip, Nice, 1974. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Bg5N c5 10.O-O-O Re8 11.Kb1 cxd4 12.Bc4 Qb6 13.Rxd4 Nc5 14.Rhd1 Bd7 15.Ne5 Bc6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nh5 Red8 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Nxf7 Kxf7 20.Rd6 Rxd6 21.Rxd6 Re8 22.Qh5+ Kg7 23.Rd4 Rd8 24.Rg4+ Kh8 25.a3 Ne4 26.Bb3 Qc5 27.Qf7 Qf8 28.Qxe6 Nd2+ 29.Ka2 Re8 30.Qf5 Nxb3 31.cxb3 Qe7 32.Qa5 a6 33.g3 Qe5 34.Qd2 Bd5 35.h3 Qe6 36.Qd3 Be4 37.Qc3 Bf5 38.Rf4 Qe5 39.Qf3 Be6 40.Rxf6 1-0 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1271089

Balinas' fighting win against the celebrated Candidate's Qualifier and former Czech champion GM Lubosh Kavalek, 1975 Marlboro Chess Classic:

Balinas,R ELO 2365-Kavalek,L ELO 2555, Manila, Result: 1-0 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qb3 Nb6 8.h4 h6 9.d4 Be6 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.Bf4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Rd1 Qb4 14.Bd2 c6 15.h5 g5 16.f4 gxf4 17.gxf4 Qc5 18.b4 Qc4 19.f5 Qg4 20.Bh3 Qg3+ 21.Kf1 Nc4 22.Ne4 Ne3+ 23.Bxe3 Qxe3 24.fxe6 fxe6+ 25. Ke1 Rf4 26.Bg2 a5 27.bxa5 Qa3 28.Rd3 Qxa5+ 29.Qd2 Qe5 30.Rd8+ Rxd8 31.Qxd8+ Rf8 32.Qd1 Qb2 33. Rh3 Qb6 34.Rf3 Rd8 35.Qc2 Rd5 36.Kf1 Rxh5 37.Qb3 Qd4 38.Qxe6+ Kh7 39.Rd3 Qa1+ 40.Kf2 Re5 1-0

Here is Balinas' exciting win against another Soviet Champion and World Chess Championship candidate Lev Polugayevski:

Balinas, Rosendo ELO 2365 - Polugayevski, Lev ELO 2645, 1976 Marlboro Classic, Manila

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 f5 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 0-0 9.Qc2 c6 10.0-0-0 Qe7 11.e3 Nc5! 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.d4 e4! 14.Ne1 Ne6 15.Kb1 Bd7 16.Bf1 Rac8 17.h3 c5 18.d5 Ng5 19.Be2 Nf7 20.Ng2 Ne5 21.Bc1 Ne8 22.Nf4 Nd6 23.b3 b5 24.Nxb5 Nxb5 25.cxb5 c4 26.d6! Qf7 27.Nd5 Nd3 28.bxc4 Bxb5 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.Bxd3 exd3 32.Rxd3 Rxc4? 33.d7! Bxd7 34.Qb3 h5 35.Bb2! Ba4 36.Bxg7+ Kh7 37.Qb8! Bc2+ 38.Ka1 Qxg7+ 39.Rd4 Rxd4 40.exd4 Qxd4+ 41.Qb2 Qxb2+ 42.Kxb2 Be4 43.Rd1 g5 44.Rd7+ Kg6 45.Rd6+ Kg7 46.Kc3! Bg2 47.Kd4 Bxh3 48.Ke5 f4 49.gxf4 g4 50.f5! h4 51.f6+ Kf8 52.Rd8+ Kf7 53.Rh8 1-0 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1112154

And, Balinas' most famous game, a scorching win against the famous Danish grandmaster and World Championship Candidate Bent Larsen, who played his beloved Larsen's Opening (1.b3):

Larsen-Balinas, Manila 1975. 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 f6 5.d4 e4 6.Ne2 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.c4 f5 9.Nbc3 Nf6 10.Nf4 Be7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Rc1 O-O 13.Na4 g5 14.Nh5 Ng4 15.h3 Nh6 16.Rc6 Bd6 17.h4 f4 18.hxg5 fxe3 19.Nf6+ Rxf6 20.gxf6 exf2+ 21.Kf1 Qxf6 22.Qh5 Bd7 23.Qxd5+ Kg7 24.Rxc7 Rd8 25.Rb7 Nf5 26.Rh3 e3 27.Qe4 Kf8 28.d5 Qg6 29.Qf3 Ke8 30.g4 Ng3+ 31.Rxg3 Qb1+ 32.Kg2 Qg1+ 33.Kh3 f1=Q+ 34.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 35.Rg2 Qh1+ 0-1 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1318458