GM Ilija Balinow Full name Ilia Balinov Born 1/1/1966 (age 58) Place of birth Federation Austria Profiles #2679 World Ranking 2352 Classical 2454 Rapid 2419 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (9 games) French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (8 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Classical Variation (7 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (6 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Freak Attack (6 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Katalimov Variation (11 games) Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (10 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (10 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (8 games) Dutch Defense (7 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Ilija Balinow (2398) Helmut Kummer (2216) 1-0 33 2023 Ilija Balinow (2398) Harald Groetz (2232) 1-0 41 2023 Ilija Balinow (2398) Siegfried Baumegger (2415) 0-1 74 2023 Ilija Balinow (2398) Thomas Bauer (2132) 0-1 26 2023 Ilija Balinow (2419) Leopold Franziskus Wagner (2080) 1-0 29 2022 Ilija Balinow (2419) Paul Pilshofer (2173) 1-0 43 2022 Ilija Balinow (2419) Johannes Lerch (2242) 1-0 39 2022 Ilija Balinow (2419) Zoran Trkulja (2111) ½-½ 33 2022 Ilija Balinow (2467) Franz Scheckenbach (2138) 1-0 25 2019 Ilija Balinow (2440) Stefan Mazur (2445) 1-0 38 2019 Show All Games