Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - A na-ewere Balinas dị ka onye egwuregwu Asia kachasị ike n'afọ ndị 1960 na 1970, tupu mpụta nke onye obodo ya bụ Eugenio Torre. Balinas meriri asọmpi egwuregwu mba ụwa na Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, na Odessa, USSR n'oge ahụ. Na 1966 17th Chess Olympiad
na Havana, Cuba, Balinas nwetara akara 151⁄2 n'egwuregwu 20 (.775) wee nye ya onyinye ọla ọcha nke onye ọ bụla, n'azụ onye mmeri ọla edo, onye bụbu onye mmeri ụwa Mikhail Tal, onye nwetara akara 11 n'egwuregwu 13 (.846). Na 1967 Meralco "Beat Bobby Fischer" usoro egwuregwu na Manila, nke ndị egwuregwu 10 kacha elu na Philippines, Balinas bụ naanị onye isi mba Philippines n'oge ahụ ijide onye mmeri ụwa n'ọdịnihu ka ọ bụrụ ihe efu: