Balinaas waxaa loo tixgeliyey inuu yahay ciyaaryahanka Aasiya ee ugu xoogan intii lagu jiray 1960s iyo 1970s, ka hor inta uusan soo bixin waddanka Eugenio Torre. Balinas wuxuu ku guuleystay tartamada caalamiga ah ee chess-ka ee Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, iyo Odessa, USSR muddadaas. Olombikada 17aad ee Chess Olympiad ee 1966
Havana, Cuba, Balinas wuxuu dhaliyay 151⁄2 dhibcood 20 kulan (.775) waxaana lagu abaalmariyay abaalmarinta billadaha qalinka ah ee shaqsiga, ka dambeeya billaddii dahabka ahayd, horyaalkii hore ee adduunka Mikhail Tal, oo dhaliyay 11 dhibcood 13 kulan (.846). Sanadkii 1967-kii Meralco "Beat Bobby Fischer" taxanaha ciyaaraha ee Manila, 10-ka ciyaartoy ee ugu sareeya Filibiin, Balinas wuxuu ahaa macalinkii kaliya ee Filibiin ee qaranka ee qabtay horyaalkii adduunka ee mustaqbalka ee barbaro: