Rosendo Balinas Jr.

Rosendo Balinas Jr.
CountryPhilippines
Born(1941-09-10)September 10, 1941
Manila, Philippines
DiedSeptember 24, 1998(1998-09-24) (aged 57)
TitleGrandmaster (1976)
Peak rating2440 (January 1978)

Rosendo Carreon Balinas Jr. (September 10, 1941 – September 24, 1998) was a chess grandmaster from the Philippines. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1975 and the International Grandmaster title in 1976. He was Philippines' second chess grandmaster. Balinas was a lawyer by profession, as well as an award winning chess writer and journalist. He also unsuccessfully ran for representative of Rizal's 1st district in the 1994 special election.

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