In the 1950s Ion Bălănel was one of the strongest Romanian chess players. In Romanian Chess Championships, he won six medals: four gold (1950, 1953, 1955, 1958) and two bronze (1951, 1954).[1] Ion Bălănel was two-times participant in World Chess Championship Zonal tournaments: in 1951 in Mariánské Lázně he ranked 13th place, but in 1954 in Prague he ranked 8th place. Ion Bălănel won International Chess tournament in Międzyzdroje (1952, shared 1st-2nd place with Zdravko Milev) and Ploiești (1957). In 1955, in Bucharest he played in the national team match with France and on the second board defeating Chantal Chaudé de Silans with 2:0. In 1954, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.
bălănel, born, june, 1926, romanian, chess, player, international, master, 1954, four, times, romanian, chess, championship, winner, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1958, countryromaniaborn, 1926, june, 1926bucharest, romaniatitleinternational, master, 1954, biography, edit. Ion Bălănel born 7 June 1926 is a Romanian chess player International Master IM 1954 four times Romanian Chess Championship winner 1950 1953 1955 1958 Ion BălănelCountryRomaniaBorn 1926 06 07 7 June 1926Bucharest RomaniaTitleInternational Master 1954 Biography editIn the 1950s Ion Bălănel was one of the strongest Romanian chess players In Romanian Chess Championships he won six medals four gold 1950 1953 1955 1958 and two bronze 1951 1954 1 Ion Bălănel was two times participant in World Chess Championship Zonal tournaments in 1951 in Marianske Lazne he ranked 13th place but in 1954 in Prague he ranked 8th place Ion Bălănel won International Chess tournament in Miedzyzdroje 1952 shared 1st 2nd place with Zdravko Milev and Ploiești 1957 In 1955 in Bucharest he played in the national team match with France and on the second board defeating Chantal Chaude de Silans with 2 0 In 1954 he was awarded the FIDE International Master IM title Ion Bălănel played for Romania in the Chess Olympiad 2 In 1956 at first board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow 2 5 5 Ion Bălănel played for Romania in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries 3 In 1957 at second board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries 2 0 2 In 1958 he was virtually excommunicated from his club Dinamo and put in a lunatic asylum by the communist regime 4 References edit Federaţia Romană de Sah Prezentare Archived from the original on 2018 03 17 Retrieved 2019 06 18 OlimpBase Men s Chess Olympiads Ion Bălănel www olimpbase org OlimpBase European Men s Team Chess Championship preliminaries Ion Bălănel www olimpbase org Ocnarescu Victor BĂLĂNEL Ion STERE ro External links editIon Balanel player profile and games at Chessgames com Ion Bălănel chess games at 365chess com nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Romanian chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ion Bălănel amp oldid 1192442067, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
