[Event "URS-chT Cup 07th final A"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1971.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1971.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trud"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. Qb3 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Be4 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. f3
Bd6 15. e4 Qb5 16. Nd3 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. Rf2 Na5 19. Rc2 Nc6 20. Be3 O-O-O
21. Rac1 Rd7 22. Rc4 Kb8 23. b4 a6 24. a4 Na7 25. Rb1 b5 26. axb5 Nxb5 27. Rd1
Kb7 28. Nc1 Na7 29. Nb3 Ra8 30. Na5+ Kc8 31. Rdc1 Nb5 32. Nc6 Na7 33. Na5 Nb5
34. Bd2 Be5 35. dxe5 Rxd2+ 36. Kh3 Rd4 37. Rxd4 Nxd4 38. f4 Rb8 39. Rc4 Nb5 40.
Nc6 Rb6 41. f5 Na3 42. Rc3 Nb1 43. Rc1 Nd2 44. Rd1 Rxc6 45. Rxd2 Rc4 46. f6
gxf6 47. exf6 Rxe4 48. g4 Rf4 49. g5 h6 50. gxh6 Rxf6 51. Kg4 Rxh6 52. h4 Rg6+
53. Kh5 Rg3 54. Kh6 f5 55. Rf2 Rg4 56. h5 f4 57. Kh7 e5 58. h6 e4 59. Kh8 e3
60. Re2 Kd7 61. h7 Rh4 62. Kg7 Ke6 63. h8=Q Rxh8 64. Kxh8 Kd5 65. Kg7 Ke4 66.
Rc2 f3 67. Rxc7 e2 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 19th final A"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1972.07.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Fedder, Steen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1972.07.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 e5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. h3 Ne8
9. g4 g6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Ndf6 12. Nd1 Bd7 13. Ne3 Ng7 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. Bd2
Qc7 16. a5 Rae8 17. Qf1 Bd8 18. Bc3 Bc8 19. O-O-O Ng8 20. h4 f5 21. gxf5 gxf5
22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Rg3 Qf7 26. Qg2 Bf6 27. Rg1 Ne7
28. Qh3 Rf8 29. Nd2 Rf4 30. Qd7 Ng6 31. Qxd6 Rd8 32. Qxc5 Nxh4 33. Qb6 Rc8 34.
Rg4 Ng6 35. Ne4 Rxg4 36. Rxg4 Bd8 37. Qd6 Qf5 38. f3 Be7 39. Qb6 Rf8 40. d6 Bd8
41. Qxb7 Qxf3 42. Bxe5+ Bf6 43. Bxf6+ Rxf6 44. d7 Rf8 45. Qd5 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 19th final A"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1972.07.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kirov, Nino"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1972.07.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nge7 6. c4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. d3 Qd7 14. g4
f6 15. Be3 c5 16. Bd2 a5 17. Qg3 Rab8 18. Rab1 Qa4 19. f4 Qxa2 20. Bc3 Ng6 21.
Ra1 Qb3 22. f5 Nf4 23. Rxf4 exf4 24. Qxf4 a4 25. g5 fxg5 26. Qxg5 Rf7 27. Kh1
c6 28. Rg1 Qb7 29. h4 Qd7 30. h5 a3 31. bxa3 Rb3 32. Qc1 Qe7 33. Rg4 d5 34. Qc2
dxc4 35. dxc4 Rxa3 36. e5 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Rxf5 38. e6 Rxh5+ 39. Kg2 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-10b"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1976.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1976.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nf1 Be7 10. Ne3 Nh4 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rd1 Bg5
15. Nf5 Bxc1 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 17. Qg4 Qxf5 18. exf5 Bg5 19. h4 Be7 20. Rd1 Rad8
21. Rd5 Bf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qh5 Rd7 24. g4 e4 25. g5 Bd8 26. Qg4 Kf8 27. gxh6
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-10b"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1976.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1976.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. Rg1 a6 10. Be2 O-O 11. f4 Re8 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. f5
Ne5 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. f6 Bf8 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. h4 Qb7
22. h5 Bxe4 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. g6 Rc7 26. fxg7 Bxg7 27. h6 hxg6
28. hxg7 Qf4 29. Bd3 Kxg7 30. Qg2 Rd8 31. Kb1 Rd4 32. Rf2 Qh6 33. Qg3 Rc5 34.
Rgf1 f5 35. Rh2 Rg4 36. Qf2 Qf4 37. Qxc5 Qxh2 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40.
Qf7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh6 43. Qf6 Kh7 44. Ka2 Qg2 45. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-10b"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1976.06.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1976.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. d4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Nac4 Be6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qc8 14. Qa4 Nb6
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxc6 Rxa2 18. Rb1 Rc8 19. Be4 Bc4 20. Bf3 b5
21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Ba1 h5 24. h4 Bf6 25. e3 Kg7 26. Bg2 Be2 27. Bd5
Bxd1 28. Bxa2 Bf3 29. g4 hxg4 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-10b"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1976.07.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1976.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Qg4 Qxe5 13. Be2 h5 14. Qh4 f6
15. Bf4 g5 16. Qxh5+ Rxh5 17. Bxh5+ Ke7 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf3 Nxf3 20. Nxf3 g4
21. Ne1 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 f5 23. h3 g3 24. Rd3 f4 25. Nf3 Nd7 26. Re1 Nc5 27. Rd4
Kf6 28. b4 Na4 29. Nxa4 bxa4 30. Rd6 Re8 31. c4 Bf8 32. Rd4 e5 33. Rxf4+ exf4
34. Rxe8 Bxb4 35. Kc2 Bc6 36. Re2 Bb7 37. Kd3 Bc5 38. Re4 Bd6 39. Kd4 Kf5 40.
Re8 Bc6 41. Re2 Bb4 42. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Halle DSV International-02"]
[Site "Halle/Saale"]
[Date "1976.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1976.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 (8... Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Nh6 11. Qc2 Nf7 12. Be3 Bh6 $6 (12... c6 13.
Rad1 Qc7 14. c5 $5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Re8 16. b4 $14 {Kharitonov,A-Avshalumov,A/URS/
1986/1:0/32/}) 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. Rad1 Nf7 15. b4 $16 {Kharitonov,A-Ragozin,E/
URS/1986/1/2-1/2/39/}) 9. Qc2 exd4 $6 (9... Qe7 10. Rad1 $14) (9... Ng4 10. Bg5
f6 11. Bd2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15. Kh1 Qe8 16. f3 Nh6
17. Rae1 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Knaak,R/DDR-ch/1986/1:0/34/}) 10. Bxd4 $1 (10. Nxd4 Re8
11. Rad1 Qe7 $13) 10... Re8 (10... Qe7 11. Rfe1 a6 12. Rad1 b5 13. b4 $1 Bb7
14. Bf1 Rfd8 15. a3 Ne5 $2 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bc5 Qe8 18. a4 bxc4 19. a5 $1 $16
{Uhlmann,W-Portish,L/JUG/1968/1:0/25/}) 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 $1 Nc5 (12...
Nxe4 $2 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Bd3 $18) (12... Ne5 13. h3 Bh6 14. b4
$1 b6 15. c5 $1 $14 {Tal,M-Dvorietsky,M/URS-ch Leningrad/1974/1:0/37/}) 13. h3
$5 (13. b4 $1 {Tal/} Ne6 14. Be3 Ng4 $13 {Tal/}) 13... Qf8 (13... Nfxe4 $2 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b4 $1 Na6 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Bd3 $18) 14. Bf1 a5 15. b3 Be6 (15...
Bd7 16. Bxc5 $5 dxc5 17. e5 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 $16) 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Nf3
(17. f4 $6 Nh5 $1 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 $13) 17... Be6 18. a3 $16 Bc8 (18... Ncd7 19.
Ng5) 19. g3 (19. b4 $5 axb4 20. axb4 Ne6 21. Be3 $16) 19... Ne6 20. Be3 Nd7 21.
Bg2 Nec5 22. Nd4 Qe7 23. f4 $1 Nf6 24. Bf2 Qc7 $6 (24... h5 $5) (24... Nfd7 25.
Re2 {/\Red2+/-/}) 25. Ndb5 $5 cxb5 26. Nxb5 Qe7 $8 27. Nxd6 Na6 (27... Ne6 28.
e5 Nd7 29. Nxe8 Qxe8 30. c5 $16) (27... Ncd7 28. e5 Nh5 29. Nxe8 Qxe8 30. c5
$16) 28. e5 Nh5 (28... Nd7 29. Nxe8 Qxe8 30. c5 (30. e6 $6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Qxe6
32. Bd5 Nf6 33. Bxe6+ Bxe6 $132)) 29. Qd2 Bf8 30. Nxe8 Qxe8 31. g4 $6 (31. Qxa5
$142) 31... Ng7 32. Qxa5 h5 $1 $132 33. Qd8 $1 Qe7 (33... Bxa3 34. Qxe8+ Nxe8
35. Rd8 Kf8 (35... Nac7 36. Ra1 $1) 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Bxb7 $18) 34. b4 hxg4 35.
hxg4 Nc7 36. Qxe7 (36. Bc5 Qxd8 37. Rxd8 Nce6) 36... Bxe7 37. Rd3 Bxg4 (37...
Rb8 38. Bf3 Nce6 39. Be3 $18) 38. Bxb7 Rb8 39. Bc6 Bf5 40. Be4 Nce6 (40... Be6
$5 41. c5 Nf5 42. Rb1 $16) 41. Bg3 Nh5 (41... Bg4 $5) 42. Bxf5 gxf5 43. Rf1 Bf8
44. Rf2 Bh6 45. Kf1 Bxf4 (45... Nhxf4 $5 46. Bxf4 Bxf4 47. c5 $16) 46. Bxf4
Nhxf4 $2 (46... Nexf4 $1 47. Rdf3 Ne6 $16) 47. Rg3+ $1 Kf8 48. Rgf3 Nh5 (48...
Ng6 49. Rxf5 $18) 49. Rh2 Neg7 $8 50. Rfh3 Ra8 51. c5 Ke7 52. Rxh5 Nxh5 53.
Rxh5 Rxa3 54. c6 Kd8 (54... Rc3 55. b5 Rc5 56. Rh8 $1) 55. Rxf5 Rc3 56. b5 Rc5
57. Rxf7 Rxb5 58. c7+ (58. c7+ Kc8 59. e6 Re5 60. e7 Kd7 61. Rf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Halle DSV International-02"]
[Site "Halle/Saale"]
[Date "1976.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Spiridonov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1976.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Nb3 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. a4 Nb4 10. Bg5 d6 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Rad1 Qb8
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. h3 Bc6 17. Ncb5 Bd7 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Re2 h5 20. Bh6 Kh7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg5 Bd7 23. Qxa5 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Qg5 e5 26. Red2 Red8 27.
Qe3 b6 28. Be2 Qc7 29. Nb5 Bxb5 30. Bxb5 Kf8 31. c3 Ke7 32. Qg5 Qb7 33. Rxd6
Rxd6 34. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Halle DSV International-02"]
[Site "Halle/Saale"]
[Date "1976.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Espig, Lutz"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1976.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. d3 a6 14. Rab1 Ba8 15.
Ba1 Rfd8 16. a3 Rb8 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nde4 Ne8 19. f4 Na5 20. Qh5 Bf8 21. g4 b5
22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rxb5 Rxb5 24. Nxb5 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 g6 26. Qg5 Be7 27. Qe5 Bf6
28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. Bxf6 Re8 30. Nc3 Nb7 31. Rb1 Nd6 32. Bf3 Qc7 33. Be5 Rb8 34.
Ra1 Qd8 35. g5 Nf5 36. Ne4 Qxd3 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nxh7+ Ke7 39. Kg2 Rb3 40. Bf6+
Kd7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nge7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Bxg6 fxg6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Nf5 14. Nb3 Ba4
15. Kh1 Qb6 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Re2 h6 18. h3 g5 19. Bh2 Rc7 20. Ne1 Be7 21. Qd1
Rc4 22. Rd2 g4 23. hxg4 Ne3 24. Qe2 Nxg4 25. f3 Nxh2 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Kxh2 Bxd4
28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc1 Rh4+ 30. Kg3 Bb5 31. Qf2 Qd8 32. Qe3 d4 33. Rcd1 Rhf4 34.
Qxf4 Rxf4 35. Kxf4 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Qd7 (8... c5) (8... Nc6) 9. O-O b6 10. e5 $5 (10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12.
Bb5 e6 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Bg5 $14 {Hort,V-Gulko,B/Polanica Zdroj/1977/1:0 (42)/})
10... Bb7 (10... Ba6 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Re1 Kh8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Nf4 e5 15. Nxg6+
hxg6 16. Re3 e6 17. Qg4 Rae8 18. Qxg6 $14 {Moehring,G-Pribyl,J/Hradec Kralove/
1978/0,5 (85)/}) 11. Nf4 e6 12. Qg4 c5 13. Be3 (13. Nxe6 $2 Re8 $19) 13... Nc6
14. Rad1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfd8 $6 (15... Nb4 $5 16. h4 Rac8 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. h5
Nxf4 19. Bxf4 gxh5 20. Qxh5 Be4 $14) 16. h4 Rac8 17. h5 Nb4 18. Bb3 Be4 $6 (
18... Bd5 $142 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bg5 Re8 21. hxg6 fxg6 $1 $14 {Kotenko-Nesis,G/
corr/1978/0:1 (36)/}) 19. h6 $1 Bf5 20. Qg3 $16 Bh8 (20... Bxh6 21. Nh5 Bg7 $8
22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Qh4 $18) (20... Bf8 21. Nh5 Kh8 22. Bg5 $16) 21. Nh5 Kf8 22.
Nf4 Bc2 $6 (22... Nd5 $142 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Qh4 Re6 26. Rc1 $16)
23. Bd2 $1 a5 24. Bxb4+ axb4 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Qxb4+ $18 Kg8 28. a4
Rc4 29. Qb5 Kf8 30. Ne2 Rd5 31. Qb3 Ke8 32. Rb1 Rd8 33. Rfd1 Rc2 34. Rbc1 Rc8
35. Rxc2 Qxc2 36. Qb5+ (36. Qb5+ Qc6 $8 37. Rc1 $1 Qxb5 38. Rxc8+ Kd7 39. axb5
Kxc8 40. f4 $18 {>< Bh8/}) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Qc8 8. Bf4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Bc5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nc3 Qb7+ 13. f3 Nc6 14. Nxc6
dxc6 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Rac8 17. Rad1 h5 18. Qc2 Qa6 19. b3 Qa5 20. Qd2 Qc5
21. Qf4 Qa5 22. R1d3 Ne8 23. Rd7 Nf6 24. R7d6 Ne8 25. Rd7 Nf6 26. Rb7 Qa6 27.
Rc7 b5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. Qb4 Qb6 31. Qxb5 Qxb5 32. Nxb5 Rc2 33.
Nc3 Nd5 34. Nxd5 exd5 35. Kf2 Rxa2 36. Rxd5 g6 37. Ke3 a5 38. Kd3 a4 39. b4 Rb2
40. Kc3 Rxe2 41. Ra5 Rxh2 42. b5 Rh1 43. Rxa4 Rc1+ 44. Kd4 Kf8 45. Rb4 Ke7 46.
b6 Rd1+ 47. Ke3 Rd8 48. b7 Rb8 49. Kf4 f6 50. Rb6 g5+ 51. Kf5 Kd7 52. Rxf6 h4
53. gxh4 gxh4 54. Kg4 Rh8 55. Rb6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 Ng4 8. Bg1
e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 Nb8 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 c6 13. O-O cxd5 14. exd5 e4 15.
Ne5 Nh5 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Rxf7 Kxf7 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. Qf3 Nf6 21.
Ng5+ Ke8 22. Re1 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Nbd7 24. d6 Ne5 25. Qf1 Qxd6 26. d4 Qa6 27. dxe5
Qxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Nd5 29. Bd4 Rc8 30. Ne4 Bf8 31. Bxa7 Ra8 32. Rd1 Rxa7 33. Rxd5
Rxa2 34. Rb5 Ra7 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Nxh7 Be7 37. Kf2 b6 38. Kf3 Ra6 39. g3 Kg7
40. Nf6 Bxf6 41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. h4 Kf7 43. Kf4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. g4 b4 11. Nce2 Nc5 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. O-O g6 14. a3 bxa3 15.
b4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 h5 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. g5 Ng4 19. Bd2 e5 20. Nb3 exf4 21. Bxf4
Bg7 22. Bxd6 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rc5 Bg7 25. Ra5 O-O 26. Rxa3 Qb5 27. Na5
Qxb4 28. Ra2 Bc8 29. Rc1 Bg4 30. Qf1 Rfc8 31. Nc4 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qxg5 33. Rcc2
Rc6 34. Rf2 Be6 35. Ra5 Qd8 36. Ra3 h4 37. Ne2 Qe7 38. Na5 Qxa3 39. Nxc6 Qc5
0-1

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe7 8. e3
b6 9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Ng5 Rd8 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. bxc4 h6 14. Nge4 Ng4 15.
a3 Ba5 16. d4 cxd4 17. exd4 Ba6 18. Qe2 f5 19. Nd2 Qd6 20. Bg2 Qxd4 21. Qxe6+
Kh8 22. Nf3 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Rfd1 b5 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Nd1 b4 27. axb4
Rxb4 28. Bc3 Rb8 29. h3 Nf6 30. Ne5 Bb3 31. Rb1 Bc7 32. Nc6 Rb6 33. Bd4 Rb5 34.
Bxf6 gxf6 35. Nd4 1-0

[Event "LTU-ch"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Donchenko, Anatoly G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O-O Ng4 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. h3 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Ngf6 12. f4 Qe7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5
Kg7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ne8 18. Rd2 h6 19. Nf3 Nef6 20. Rf1 Nb6
21. Nxe5 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Ba6 23. Rd6 Nxe4 24. Rxc6 Ng3 25. Rf2 Bc8 26. Rc7 Be6
27. Nd6 a6 28. b3 h5 29. Nce4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rac8 31. Ra7 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33.
Nc5 Bd5 34. c4 Bc6 35. b4 h4 36. a4 f5 37. b5 axb5 38. cxb5 Be8 39. Kb2 Rb8 40.
Kc3 Kf6 41. Re2 Bxb5 42. Rb2 Bc6 43. Rxb8 Bxg2 44. Rb6+ Kf7 45. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1977.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Regan, Kenneth"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1977.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 Nc5 7. Nxe5 Nxd3+ 8.
Nxd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qf3 Bg6
15. c4 Re8 16. Bd2 Bd4 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Bg3 Re7 21. Nc3
Qd7 22. Re2 Rae8 23. Rae1 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 Qe8 26. h3 Bxb2 27. Nf4
Qe4 28. Qb3 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Be5 30. Qa4 Bxf4 31. Bxf4 Qe4 32. Bg3 h5 33. f3 Qd4
34. Kh1 Kh7 35. Bh2 a6 36. Bg1 Qc3 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. axb3 a5 39. Ba7 Bc2 40. Bb8
Bxb3 41. Bxc7 a4 42. Bxd6 Bxc4 43. Kg1 Bxd5 44. Kf2 h4 45. Ke3 Bc4 46. Bb4 Kg6
47. Kf4 Bf1 48. g3 hxg3 49. Kxg3 Kf5 50. h4 Ke5 51. Kf2 Bd3 52. Ke3 Bf5 53. h5
Bd7 54. f4+ Kf5 55. Bf8 Ke6 56. Kd2 Kf7 57. h6 gxh6 58. Bxh6 a3 59. Kc3 Be6 60.
f5 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1977.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1977.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2
d6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Nd2 Bf8 14. f4 g6 15.
Ndc4 a5 16. Qf3 Ba6 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Ng4 Bg7 19. Qh3 Re7 20. b3 Rae8 21. Nd2
Bxd3 22. cxd3 f5 23. Nh6+ Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Nf6 25. Rf3 fxe4 26. dxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4
Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. f5 Qe7 30. f6 Qf8 31. Qh3 h5 32. Qd7 Qe8 33. Qxd6 Re1+
34. Kf2 Qe2+ 35. Kg3 Rg1 36. Kh4 Rxg2 37. Rg3 Rxh2+ 38. Kg5 Qd2+ 39. Qf4 Kh7
40. Qxd2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1977.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Biyiasas, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1977.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
Bd7 9. d4 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. a3 g6 12. Bc2 Bh6 13. Nf1 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Kg7 15.
Ng3 Ng8 16. b4 Qe7 17. Bb3 Rf8 18. c4 Rae8 19. d5 Nd8 20. c5 f5 21. cxd6 cxd6
22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Re3 Qf6 24. Bc2 Kh8 25. Be4 Re7 26. Rec3 Nf7 27. Qd2 Rfe8 28.
Rc7 Ngh6 29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Qb6 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Bc8 32. Qe3 Kf8 33. Qc1 Qd8 34. a4
Ng8 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Nf6 37. h4 Nd7 38. h5 Kg7 39. b6 Nc5 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7
41. Qh6 Rg8 42. Qxh7+ Kf8 43. Qh6+ Rg7 44. Qh8+ Rg8 45. Qh6+ Rg7 46. hxg6 Nxe4
47. Nxe4 Kg8 48. Nfg5 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1977.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1977.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nd6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bf4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c3 Nd7 11. Qc2 g6 12. Rac1 Re8 13. h3 Be6 14. Rfe1 Nf8
15. Nf1 c6 16. Ng3 a5 17. h4 b6 18. h5 Bf6 19. Qd2 c5 20. Be5 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nc4
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. d5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 f6 25. Rxe6 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Qxd2 27. Nxd2 Rac8
28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Nxc4 Rxe6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Kf1 Rc6 32. b3 b5 33. Nxa5 Rc1+
34. Ke2 Rc2+ 35. Ke3 Rxa2 36. Nc6 Rb2 37. Nd4 f5 38. Nge2 Kf7 39. f4 Ke7 40.
Kd3 Kd6 41. Nxb5+ Kc5 42. Nbd4 Kb4 43. Ke3 Rb1 44. Kf2 Rd1 45. Kg3 Rh1 46. Nc6+
Kxb3 47. Ne5 Rh7 48. Nd4+ Kb4 49. Ndf3 Kc5 50. Nxg6 Kd5 51. Ng5 Ra7 52. Nh4
Ra3+ 53. Kh2 Ra4 54. g3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 06th Final"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1977.04.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1977.04.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8.
exd6 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4
Qe7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Qe4 Rae8 19. c3 e5 20. Nh4 Be6
21. Nf5 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Re6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd5 g6 25. Ng3 Rd8 26. Ne4 Kg7 27. Red1
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Re7 29. Qd3 Qc8 30. Rd6 Qg4 31. g3 f5 32. Ng5 e4 33. Qd5 e3 34.
Re6 exf2+ 35. Kxf2 Kf8 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Qf7+ Kd6 38. Qxg6+ Kc5 39. Ne6+ Kc4
40. Qxg4+ fxg4 41. Ke3 b5 42. Nf4 Ne5 43. Nxh5 Nd3 44. Nf6 Nxb2 45. h5 Kxc3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 06th Final"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1977.04.??"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1977.04.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Ra7 b4 14. Nd5 Bb7 15.
Bd2 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qb6 17. Ra4 Ba6 18. Rxb4 Qc5 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Bc1 Rc8 21. c3
Nf6 22. Re1 Bc4 23. Bg5 Ng4 24. hxg4 Bxg5 25. Bf3 Qb5 26. b4 g6 27. Nc1 Ra8 28.
Nb3 Ra2 29. Qb1 Ra3 30. Na5 Rxc3 31. Nxc4 Qxc4 32. Qe4 Qb3 33. Kg2 Rc4 34. Rb1
Qa2 35. Rb2 Rxe4 36. Rxa2 Rxb4 37. Ra6 Be7 38. Ra7 Kf8 39. Ra5 h6 40. Be2 Rb2
41. Bd3 Bg5 42. Kf1 Rb3 43. Ke2 Bc1 44. Ra6 Ba3 45. f4 exf4 46. gxf4 Rb2+ 47.
Kf3 Bc5 48. Ra1 Rf2+ 49. Kg3 Rd2 50. Be4 Re2 51. Ra4 Kg7 52. Bf3 Rd2 53. Be4
Kf6 54. Kf3 Rf2+ 55. Kg3 Re2 56. Bf3 Rd2 57. Be4 Rb2 58. Ra8 Rb4 59. Re8 Be3
60. f5 g5 61. Bf3 Bf4+ 62. Kf2 Be5 63. Rh8 Kg7 64. Rc8 h5 65. gxh5 g4 66. Bd1
g3+ 67. Kg2 Rd4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 06th Final"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1977.04.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Darga, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1977.04.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "German Fed Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. h3 O-O
9. Nh2 d5 10. a4 b6 11. Ng4 Nb4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ne2 Ra7 15. c3
Nc6 16. Nf4 Bg5 17. Re1 Rd7 18. Qh5 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Bb7 20. Re2 Ne7 21. Rae1 Ng6
22. Bd2 d4 23. c4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Re7 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. b4 Qd6 27. Bf4 Qd7 28.
bxc5 bxc5 29. Qxc5 Ng6 30. Bd6 Rd8 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Bxc7 Rd7 33. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f4 b5 8. Qf3
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. g4 b4 11. Nce2 Nc5 12. Ng3 g6 13. O-O-O Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Bg7
15. f5 exf5 16. Ndxf5 gxf5 17. Nxf5 Bf8 18. Rhf1 Qd7 19. Bd4 Qe6 20. Kb1 Nxe4
21. Qf4 Rg8 22. Rfe1 O-O-O 23. dxe4 f6 24. h3 Re8 25. Ka1 h5 26. Bf2 hxg4 27.
hxg4 Bxe4 28. Nxd6+ Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxg4 30. Rc1+ Kb7 31. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Knezevic, Milorad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc5 (10... Re8 $6 11. Qc4 Nc5 {Huebner,R-Spassky,B/
Venezia(m/1)/1989/1:0/ (42) Inf 47/408/} 12. Ng5 Ne6 (12... Bxg5) 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. Be3 Rb8 15. b3 Rb4 16. Qd3 d6 (16... d5 17. Na4 $16) 17. Ne4 $16 {Huebner/}
) 11. Be3 (11. Bf4 $5 Ne6 12. Bg3 Rb8 {N} (12... d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Rad1 $16)
13. b3 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 d6 17. Qa5 $5 a6 18. Rad1 $14 {
Geller,E-Benko,P/Bad Woerishofen/1992/ Inf 57/331/}) 11... Ne6 12. Rad1 d5 (
12... Rb8 $5) 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 (14... Bd7 $5 15. Nf5 d5 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 $5 18. Ne2 Qf6 $10 {Lau,R-Sharif,Me/Mitropa-Cup/1988/0,5/ 
(18)}) 15. Bxd4 Re8 (15... Be6 16. Qf3 d5 17. Qg3 Bf6 18. Ne2 $14 {Krogius/})
16. Qf3 d5 17. Na4 Bf8 18. Qc3 (18. Bc5 $1 Rxe1+ (18... Bd7 19. Qc3 $16) 19.
Rxe1 Bg4 20. Qxg4 (20. Qc3 $5) (20. Qe3 $5) 20... Qa5 21. c3 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5
23. Qd7 $16 {Tal,M-Portisch,L/Bruxelles/1988/0,5/ (27) Inf 45/375/}) 18... Bd7
$6 (18... Rxe1+ $5 19. Rxe1 Qg5 $1 {Yudovich/} 20. h3 (20. Qxc6 $2 Bh3 21. g3
Rc8 22. Qa6 Qd2) (20. Be3 Qg6 $10) 20... Bf5 $10) 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Re1 $16 Qb8
(20... Be6 21. Re3 $16) 21. Bc5 Bd6 22. h3 Bh2+ $6 (22... h6 $16) 23. Kh1 Bf4
24. Bd4 f6 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. Nd3 Bh6 27. Bc5 Qb8 28. Re7 Bf5 29. Bd4 Qd6 30. Qe1
$5 (30. Rxa7 $16) 30... Be4 (30... Bd7 31. Bc5 Qc7 32. Qe6+ Bxe6 33. Rxc7 $18)
31. Bc5 Qb8 32. f3 Bf5 (32... Bxd3 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. cxd3 $18) 33. Bxa7 $1 $18
Qc8 34. Bc5 g6 35. Qh4 Bg7 36. a3 g5 37. Qg3 Bxd3 38. cxd3 Bf8 39. Rc7 Qe6 40.
Bxf8 Rxf8 41. d4 Qe2 42. b4 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qxd4 44. Rxc6 Re8 45. b5 Kf7 46. b6
Re7 47. a4 Kg6 (47... Qxa4 48. Rc7 $18) 48. a5 Qa1 49. f4 h6 (49... Qxa5 50.
Qxg5+ $18) 50. f5+ Kxf5 51. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.07.19"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Bg5 Qa5 15.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. O-O Bc6 17. b3 Bxa4 18. bxa4 h6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Nd4 Rhc8 21. Qh5
g6 22. Qf3 Ke8 23. Nb5 Qxa4 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6 Qd7 26. Bxh6 Qxd6 27. Rfe1
Rc3 28. Qe4 Rac8 29. Rad1 Kd7 30. Qd4 R8c5 31. Bf4 Qf8 32. Qxb4 Qa8 33. Qa4+
Ke7 34. Bg5+ f6 35. Qe4 Nc7 36. Bxf6+ Kxf6 37. Qh4+ g5 38. Qh6+ Kf5 39. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 (9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg4 {Karpov,An-Smyslov,
V/Leningrad/1977/}) 9... Bc5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rd1 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 (
13. c3 $142 Nf5 14. Qe2 {P c2}) 13... Nf5 (13... Nxd2 $143 14. Rxd2 Nf5 15. Qc5
$14) 14. Qe2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 {P c3, c2, b4} (15. Rxd2 $143) 15... c6 (15... Qe7
$142 16. Bxd5 $140 $2 Rad8) 16. a4 (16. c3 $6 Nh4) 16... Qb6 (16... Nh4 $6 17.
Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Qc3 {xc6}) (16... Ne7 17. h3) 17. axb5 axb5 18. c3 b4 (18... Rxa1
19. Rxa1 d4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ng5 {P 22. e4} (21. cxd4 $6 Rd8 22. Rd1 c5)) 19.
Bc2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 $36 Rb8 22. h3 Ne7 23. Rb1 (23. Qf4 Qc5) 23...
Qa7 24. Rxb8+ Qxb8 25. Qd4 $1 {P h7, c5, b4} Qb2 26. Bd3 $1 (26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Qh4+ Kg8 28. Qxe7 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ $10) 26... Bf5 27. Qa7 $1 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 Ng6
(28... Bd3 $4 29. Qb8+) 29. Nd4 $1 (29. Qb8+ Nf8 30. Nd4 Bd3 31. e6 Qxf1+ 32.
Kh2 Qe1 $10) 29... Be6 (29... Bd3 30. e6 $18 Qxf1+ 31. Kh2 h5 32. exf7+ Kh7 33.
Ne6 $18) 30. Qb8+ Nf8 31. Nxc6 g6 32. Qb4 Kg7 33. Qd4 g5 (33... Nd7 34. f4 $16)
34. Nb4 Ng6 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 36. e6+ Kh6 37. Qxd5 $18 fxe6 38. Qd4 (38. Qf3 $142)
(38. Qxe6 $2 Qxc3 $14) 38... e5 39. Qe3 $2 Qa1 $2 $138 (39... Qxe3 40. fxe3 Nf8
{P c5=/[]}) 40. g3 Kg7 41. c4 (41. Qxg5 $142 Qxc3 42. h4) 41... h6 42. c5 Ne7
43. Qe4 (43. Kg2 $142 Qa8+ 44. Kh2) 43... Qd4 $1 44. Qxd4 (44. Qc2 $142) 44...
exd4 45. Bg2 Kf6 46. Kf1 Ng6 $1 (46... Ke5 47. Ke2 Nd5 48. Kd3 Nc7 49. Bf3 $18)
47. Ke2 Ne5 48. Be4 Ke7 49. f4 (49. Bf5 Kf6) 49... gxf4 50. gxf4 Nd7 51. c6 Nc5
52. Bd5 (52. Bf3 Kd6 (52... Ne6 $2 53. f5 Nf4+ 54. Kd2 Nxh3 55. f6+ $18) 53. f5
Na6 54. Kd3 Ke5 55. Kc4 Kxf5 56. Kb5 Nc7+ 57. Kb6 Ne8 58. Bh5 Nd6 $10 {Balashov
}) 52... Kd6 53. f5 d3+ (53... Na4 $142 54. Bf3 Ke5 55. c7 Nb6 56. Bg4 h5 57.
Bxh5 Kd6 $10 (57... Kxf5 $2)) 54. Ke3 d2 55. Ke2 (55. Kxd2 $2 Kxd5 56. c7 Ne4+
{P 57... d6}) 55... Nd3 56. Kxd2 Nf4 57. Bh1 Nxh3 58. f6 Ng5 {P h6+-} (58...
Ng5 59. Ke3 Nf7 60. Kf4 Ke6 61. Bd5+ $1 Kxf6 (61... Kxd5 62. c7 Nd6 63. f7 $18)
62. Bxf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.10.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 (6. Bd3 Nc6) 6... b6
$6 (6... Nc6 7. Be2 $36) 7. e5 $1 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 9. h3 Nh6 (9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 {
P d5+- Kovacevic}) 10. d5 $1 Nf5 11. Bf2 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 (12... e6 13. Bc4)
13. Qe2 Bb7 (13... e6 $1 14. dxe6 (14. g4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Qg5 $1 17.
dxe6 (17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Bg2 exd5 19. Rf1 Qh2 20. Rh1 $10) 17... Bb7 $1 18. exf7+
Kh8 $132) (14. O-O-O exd5 15. Nxd5 Re8 16. g4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe5
19. Bg2 Bb7 $15) 14... fxe6 15. O-O-O $14) (13... Qc7 14. Nb5 (14. g4 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxe5 17. O-O-O Bb7) 14... Qb8 15. g4 a6 $1 16. Nc3 Nd4 17.
Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxe5 19. O-O-O Bb7 {P b5}) 14. O-O-O Qb8 (14... e6 15. dxe6
fxe6 16. Qb5 $1 Rf7 17. Bc4 Qe8 18. Rhe1 $14) 15. g4 (15. Re1 $6 b5 $1 16. Qxb5
(16. g4 $6 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 b4 {P d5}) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 $17)
15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxe5 (17... Nxe5 18. Re1 f6 $16) 18. Bg2 Bxd4
19. Rxd4 Qd6 20. Re1 Rfe8 (20... e5 21. dxe6 Qxd4 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bc6 $1 (23.
e7 $143 Rfe8) (23. Bd5 Nf6 24. exf7+ Kg7 25. Bb3) 23... Nf6 24. g5 $16 {/+-})
21. Nb5 Qg3 (21... Qc5 22. b4 $1 Qc8 23. Rc4 Qb8 24. Nc7 $16 {/+-}) (21... Qf6
22. Qd2 {P 23. c7+/-/+-}) (21... Qh2 22. Qf2 $1 a6 23. Rf4 $1 {P 24. h1} g5 24.
Rf5 axb5 25. Rxg5+ Kf8 26. Qh4 $40) (21... Qb8 $1 {? Kovacevic} 22. Kb1 (22. d6
Bxg2 (22... e5 23. Rd2) 23. dxe7 $3 Bc6 24. Nd6 b5 25. Qf2 f6 26. Qe3 Ne5 27.
Qb3+ Kg7 28. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Nf7 {P 32. h6# Balashov
}) 22... a6 23. Nc3 $16) 22. Qe3 $1 Qh2 (22... Qxg2 23. Rd2 $18) 23. Qf4 Qxf4+
(23... Qxg2 24. Rd2 Qxh3 25. Rh2 $18) 24. Rxf4 {P c7} Rac8 25. Nxa7 Ra8 26. Nc6
Rxa2 27. Rxe7 $1 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Rxe7 29. Nxe7+ Kf8 30. Nc6 $18 Rg1 31. Rf2 Ba6
32. b3 Nc5 33. Ne5 Ke7 34. g5 (34. Rxf7+ $2 Kd6) 34... Bc8 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 (35...
Kd6 36. Nc4#) 36. Rf2 Bf5 (36... Bxh3 37. Bxh3 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 Rxg5
40. Nd7 $1 $18) 37. d6 Be4 (37... Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Ne4+ 39. Ke3 Nxd6 40. h4 $18)
38. b4 Rxg2 39. Rxg2 Bxg2 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. h4 Bh3 42. Ke3 (42. Kc3 Be6) 42...
Bf5 43. c3 Kd8 44. Kf4 Ke8 45. Nc4 Kd7 46. Ke5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch45 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Qd2 h5 12. a4 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. O-O Bd7 15.
Kh1 Rc8 16. Qd4 Be7 17. Bf3 Qc5 18. Qd2 Bc6 19. Rfb1 a5 20. Qe2 Bd8 21. Rd1 Kf8
22. Rd3 h4 23. Bg4 Bb6 24. Nd5 exd5 25. Rc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Re8 27. Qd2 dxe4 28.
Bd7 Bc5 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Qe2 f5 31. Rb1 Kg7 32. h3 Rb8 33. Rd1 Rb2 34. Kh2 Rh6
35. g4 hxg3+ 36. Kg2 Rh4 37. Kxg3 Rh6 38. h4 Rg6+ 39. Kh3 Rg4 40. Qd2 Rb8 41.
Qe1 Rh8 42. c4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch45 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 g6 5. d6 exd6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bf4 Qb6 8. e4 b4
9. Nb5 Nxe4 10. Nd2 Qc6 11. Qe2 f5 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15.
Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Kf7 18. b3 Re8 19. Bc4+ Kg7 20. Bd5 Qf4+ 21.
Rd2 c4 22. g3 Qg5 23. f4 Qd8 24. fxe5 c3 25. Rd4 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Rad8
28. Rhd1 a5 29. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Qd5 9. g3 Be6 (9... Bb7 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Nh4 c6 12. f4 e6 13. f5 exf5 14. O-O g6
15. Bg5 $16 {Kavalek-Miles, Wijk aan Zee 1978}) 10. Bg2 Qb7 11. O-O (11. Nh4 $1
Bd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O e6 14. Ng2 Nd7 15. Nf4 Qb7 16. Qg4 $16 {
Sosonko-Schammo, Ostende 1975}) 11... Bd5 12. e6 (12. Ba3 e6 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14.
Nh4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nd7 $17 {Ivkov-Filip, Zagreb 1965}) 12... Bxe6 (12... fxe6
13. Nh4 (13. Re1 Nd7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Qxa8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Bf4 Bg7 $13)
13... Bxg2 14. Nxg2 b4 $15) 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. axb5 (15. Qg4 e6 16.
axb5 h6 $1) 15... axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qg4 Nc6 (17... Qb7 18. Qf5 f6 19. Ne6
{/\Qxb5+/-}) (17... e6 18. Nxe6) (17... Nd7 18. Nxf7) 18. Qf3 (18. Qf5) 18...
f6 19. Ne6 Qb7 20. Qd5 $18 g5 21. Bf4 $1 Bh6 22. Re1 Qb6 23. Nxc7+ Kf8 24. Re6
$1 gxf4 25. Rxc6 Qb8 26. Ne6+ Ke8 27. Rc7 Kf7 28. Nxf4+ Kf8 29. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Vukic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 O-O (5... Nbd7 6. c3 h6 7. Bh4
g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Bc4 e6 $1 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. N3d2 Nf4 14.
Qf3 Ng6 $17 {Simic-Ciocaltea, Smederevska Palanka 1977}) 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6
8. Bh4 e5 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nc4 Nf4 13. dxe5 Nxe5 (13...
dxe5 14. Rad1 {/\Ne3+/=}) 14. Nfxe5 Bxe5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Ne3 Be6 (16... Nxe2+
17. Qxe2 Bxg3 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. fxg3 $1 $16) 17. Bg4 Bg7 18. f3 a5 19. Bf2 a4 20.
Nf5 Qf8 (20... Bxf5) 21. g3 Ng6 22. Nxg7 Qxg7 23. Bd4 f6 (23... Ne5) 24. Bxe6+
Rxe6 25. c4 $16 Nf8 26. c5 dxc5 27. Qxc5 b6 28. Qc4 Qf7 29. Bc3 c6 30. Rd2 Nd7
31. Qd4 Ra7 32. Rfd1 Qe7 33. Kg2 Qf7 34. Qb4 Kg7 35. Rd6 Rxd6 36. Qxd6 Qc4 37.
Rd2 Kf7 38. e5 $1 g4 (38... Nxe5 39. Bxe5 fxe5 40. Qxh6 $18) 39. exf6 gxf3+ 40.
Kxf3 Nf8 41. Re2 Ne6 42. Qe5 Qd5+ 43. Qxd5 cxd5 44. Rd2 Rd7 45. Ke3 Nc5 46. Rd4
h5 47. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qa5 $6 (9... Nc6 10. Ba3 b6 11. Be4 Bb7 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Qc2
Rfc8 14. Rab1 Na5 15. cxb6 $5 (15. c4 Rab8 16. Rfc1 bxc5 17. Ng5 e6 18. Bxb7
Nxb7 $10 {Tal,M-Miles,A/Bugojno/1978/}) 15... axb6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bb4 Nc4
18. a4 $14 {Spassov,L-Vadasz,L/Subotica/1978/1/2-1/2/}) (9... Qc7 10. Rb1 (10.
Qe2 Rd8 11. Rb1 b6 12. Rd1 $5 $14 {Ribli,Z-Tal,M/Reykjavik/1988/0:1/29/}) 10...
b6 {N} (10... Rd8) (10... Nd7) 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Be4 Ba6 $1 13. c4 Nc6 14. d5 f5
15. Bd3 e5 $1 16. e4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bg5 Rf8 19. Rfc1 Rac8 (19... f4 20.
c5 $5 $13 {Karpov,A,Zaitsev,I}) 20. Bd2 Rf7 21. a4 fxe4 $6 (21... f4 $132 {
Karpov,An,Zaitsev,I}) 22. Qxe4 $14 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Sevilla(m/23)/1977/1:0/
57}) 10. Bb2 cxd4 $6 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qc7 (12... Nd7 $6 13. Qxb7
Rab8 14. Qxd7 Rxb2 15. Rac1 $16) 13. Be4 (13. e4 e5) 13... Nd7 $1 14. Ba3 Rab8
$14) 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nd2 $1 Bf5 (12... e5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. d5 Rd8 15. e4 $16)
13. Nb3 Qd5 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15. Rc1 Bxd3 (15... b6 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. f3 $16) 16.
Qxd3 e6 17. Rfd1 Na5 $6 (17... b6 $142 18. Qa6 Qd7 {Dorfman,Plisecky/}) 18. e4
$16 Qh5 (18... Qd8 19. d5 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 $16) 19. d5 Nc4 (19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Nxb3 21. Qxb3 exd5 22. Qxb7 Rd8 23. exd5 $18) 20. dxe6 $1 $18 Nxa3 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. Qd7 Rb8 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rd7 Be5 25. g3 (25. g3 Qh3 26. e7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Rb3 Ba5 11. e4 h6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Ne5 Ng6
15. Ng4 Qe7 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Qh5 Kh7 20. Bxf5 Rxf5
21. Qxf5 Rf8 22. Qc2 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Bxd5 24. Rg3 Rg8 25. f5 Nf8 26. f6+ Rg6 27.
Rxg6 Nxg6 28. f7 1-0

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 Qa5 $6 (7...
cxd4 8. exd4 h6 $1 {N} (8... Bg4) 9. Bf4 (9. Bh4 $6 Nh5 10. O-O f5 $1 $36 {
Epishin/}) 9... Bf5 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qd2 g5 13. Be3 e6 $1 $15 {
Smyslov,V-Epishin,V/Rostov/1993/0:1/50/}) 8. O-O cxd4 $6 (8... Bg4) 9. exd4 Bg4
10. Be3 Nc6 (10... Nbd7) 11. a3 $1 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rfc8 14. b4 Qd8 15.
Qb3 $16 a5 (15... Nxd4 $2 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxb7 $18) (15... Bxd4 $2 16. Bxc6
Bxc3 17. Bxd7 Bxa1 18. Bxc8 $18) 16. Rad1 axb4 17. axb4 Nf8 18. c5 Ne6 19. Nb5
Nc7 20. Nxc7 Rxc7 21. b5 Na5 22. Qb4 d5 23. Ra1 Rcc8 24. Be2 b6 25. Rfc1 $1
bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Rc8 28. Qa7 $1 Nc4 (28... Nb3 29. Ra3) (28... Ra8
29. b6 $1 Rxa7 30. bxa7 e6 (30... e5 31. Bd2 exd4 32. Rxa5 $18) 31. Bd2 Bxd4
32. Rxa5 Qa8 33. Be3 Bxe3 (33... Bc3 34. Rb5 $18) 34. fxe3 $18 {/\ 36.Bb5-c6})
29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. b6 Bf8 (30... e5 31. b7 Rb8 32. Qxb8 Qxb8 33. Ra8 $18) (30...
Rb8 31. Bf4 $1 (31. b7 Bf8) 31... Rxb6 (31... e5 32. b7 $1 (32. dxe5 Rxb6 33.
Bg5 (33. Qxb6 $2 Qxb6 34. Ra8+ Bf8 35. Bh6 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qb4 $19) 33... Qb8 $10)
32... exf4 33. Qxb8 Qxb8 34. Ra8 $18) 32. Qxb6 $1 Qxb6 33. Ra8+ Bf8 34. Bh6 $18
) 31. b7 (31. Bf4 $1 e5 (31... Qxd4 32. b7) 32. Bxe5 Bd6 33. b7 Rb8 34. Bxd6
Qxd6 35. Qxb8+ Qxb8 36. Ra8 $18) 31... Rb8 32. Bf4 $2 (32. g3 $1 $18 {/\ 33.
Be3-f4}) 32... Rxb7 $1 33. Qxb7 Qxd4 $14 34. Ra8 Qxf4 35. g3 Qd6 36. Qc8 e6 37.
Qxc4 h5 38. h4 Kg7 (38... Qe5 39. Qc8 Qg7 $1 $14) 39. Qc3+ Kh7 $4 (39... e5 $6
40. Ra5 f6 41. Ra7+ Be7 42. Qc4 $16) (39... Kg8 40. Qf6 Qd7 $14) 40. Qf6 $18
Kg8 (40... Qe7 41. Qxe7 Bxe7 42. Ra7 $18) 41. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Kh1 (10. Re1 $5 a5 $5 (10... Rc8) 11. Bb5 $1 Nd7 12. Nd5
Re8 13. c3 a4 14. Nd2 (14. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxd5 16. exd5 a3 17. b4 $14 {
Kupreichik/}) 14... Nb6 15. Nf3 $14 {Kupreichik,V-Velimirovic,D/JUG/1993/1:0/})
10... a5 11. a4 Rc8 (11... Nd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. f5 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qe2 Nb6
16. Qb5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Be3 $16 {Karpov,An-Sosonko,G/Bad
Lauterberg/1977/1:0/45/}) 12. f4 (12. Re1 {N} Nb4 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Ndb5 Bxb5 15.
Bxb5 Qb6 16. Qe2 Qc5 17. Be3 Qh5 18. Bb6 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Ra8 20. Nd1 Nc6 21. c3
d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bc5 $14 {Renet,O-Petursson,N/Marseille/1988/}) 12... Nb4
13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Ndb5 d5 $5 (14... Qb6 15. Bxc4 $5 (15. Bh4) 15... Rxc4 16. Qe2
Rfc8 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. e5 $5 (18. f5 $1 Nc6 19. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21.
Nxd6 $16 {King,D}) 18... dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4 $13 {King,D-Wilder,M/Dortmund/1988/
1:0/53/}) 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 Qb8 $6 (17... Rc5 $5 18. d6 (18.
Qf3 Nxd5 19. Rad1 e6 $14) 18... exd6 19. Nxd6 Bxc3 20. Nxb7 $1 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 (
21. Raxd1 Rc7 22. bxc3 Rxb7 23. cxb4 Rxb4 $10) 21... Rc7 22. bxc3 Nxc2 $14) 18.
Qe2 $1 $14 (18. Qd2 Rd8 $44) 18... Rxf4 19. d6 $1 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qd8 21. Rd1 (
21. Ne4 Be5 $1 $13 (21... Bxb2 $2 22. c3 $18) (21... Bg7 22. Nc5 exd6 23. Nxb7
$16)) 21... exd6 22. Rxd6 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Bxe7 24. Rd7 Bf6 25. Ne4 $1 (25. Rxb7 $6
Re8) 25... Bxb2 26. c3 $1 Nc6 27. Rxb7 Rd8 28. g3 Ne5 29. Kg2 f5 $2 (29... Rd3
$1 $14) 30. Nf6+ $18 Kf8 31. Nxh7+ Kg8 32. Nd4 Rd6 (32... Bxc3 $4 33. Nf6+ Kf8
34. Ne6#) 33. Rxb2 Kxh7 34. Rb5 Nc4 35. Kf2 Rd7 36. Ke2 Re7+ 37. Kd3 Ne5+ 38.
Kc2 Ng4 39. Rxa5 Nxh2 40. Rb5 Nf1 41. a5 Ra7 42. Nc6 Rc7 43. Nb4 Ne3+ 44. Kd3
Nc4 1-0

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd7 13. Qg4 Rfe8 14. f3 a5
15. Be3 b5 16. Nd2 Nb7 17. Ne4 Nd6 18. Ng3 Bf8 19. h4 Kh8 20. h5 h6 21. Qg6 Nc8
22. Qg4 Ne7 23. Qe4 Nd5 24. a3 Red8 25. Bf2 a4 26. Ne2 Re8 27. g4 Nf4 28. Ng3
Qd5 29. Kh2 Reb8 30. Be3 b4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Qxd5 cxd5 33. Ra2 Rab8 34. Bc1
Bd6 35. Rd1 e4 36. Bxf4 Bxf4 37. dxe4 dxe4 38. fxe4 Rxb2 39. Rxb2 Rxb2 40. Kh3
Rxc2 41. Rd3 Be5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 02nd quarterfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrade Partizan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nxc3 14. Qb2 Ncd5
15. a5 Nd7 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rfc1 f6 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qb7 Rb8 21.
Qc6 Kf7 22. Qd6 Rb7 23. Rc6 Re8 24. a6 Ra7 25. Rac1 Nb8 26. Rc7+ Rxc7 27. Rxc7+
Kg8 28. a7 Qxd6 29. Bxd6 Na6 30. Rc6 Bd3 31. Bb8 Kf7 32. a8=Q $18 {(...)} 1-0

[Event "(GER-ch) International05"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1979.03.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Qf3
e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f5 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. Bc4 d5 13. exd5 Rxb2 14. Kxb2 Qa3+
15. Kb1 Qxc3 16. Bb3 cxd5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ba4+ Kf8 20. Qxd5 h5
21. Rhf1 Kg8 22. Bb3 e4 23. Rf4 Kh7 24. Qxf7 Qxf7 25. Bxf7 Bb7 26. c3 Bg5 27.
Rf2 e3 28. Re2 Rb8 29. Bb3 Ba6 30. Ree1 h4 31. Rd4 Bc8 32. Rb4 Bxf5+ 33. Bc2
Rf8 34. Re2 Kh6 35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. Kc2 Rf1 37. Rb7 a5 38. Rb5 a4 39. Rb4 a3 40.
Rg4 Rf2 1-0

[Event "(GER-ch) International05"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1979.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Dankert, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1979.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. g3 a6 8. a4 Be7
9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O g6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Kh1 Na8 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Nd1 b6 15. Nf2 h5
16. Be3 a5 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. c4 Kg7 19. Kg1 Nb4 20. h3 Bb7 21. Nh1 Qd7 22. g4
hxg4 23. hxg4 Rbg8 24. Ng3 Kf8 25. b3 d4 26. Bf2 Ke8 27. Ne4 Kd8 28. Rd2 Kc8
29. Bg3 Ne8 30. Re1 Kb8 31. Kf2 Ka7 32. Rh1 Rxh1 33. Bxh1 Rh8 34. Bg2 Bc6 35.
Ne1 Ka6 36. Bf3 Ka7 37. Rd1 Qd8 38. Ng2 Rh3 39. Nd2 Qa8 40. Bxc6 Qxc6 41. Nf3
Rh8 42. Bh4 Bxh4+ 43. Ngxh4 Qb7 44. Kg3 Na6 45. Rh1 Nb4 46. Rh2 Nc6 47. Ng5 Qc7
48. Nhf3 Rxh2 49. Qxh2 Qe7 50. Qh7 Nd8 51. Nd2 Kb7 52. Nde4 Kc7 53. Qg8 Kb8 54.
Nd6 Nxd6 55. exd6 Qd7 56. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "(GER-ch) International05"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1979.03.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pfleger, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1979.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Kf1 Qxc5 8. Be3
Qa5 9. h5 gxh5 10. Nh3 Bg4 11. Nf4 Bxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nc6 13. Nxh5 Nxh5 14. Rxh5
Qc7 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. c3 e6 17. Bh6 f6 18. Qg4 exd5 19. Qxg7 O-O-O 20. Qxd7+ Rxd7
21. Rxd5 Re8 22. f3 Re5 23. Rad1 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Ne7 25. Rh5 1-0

[Event "(GER-ch) International05+"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1979.02.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1979.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. a3 Qd7 12. Ne2 Nd4 13. Nexd4 cxd4 14. Qe2 Rac8
15. Rbc1 a5 16. Qf2 e5 17. c4 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qe1 h6 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qxe5 Rce8 24. Qd5+ Qxd5 25. cxd5 Re2 26. Rf2 Rxf2
27. Kxf2 Ne3+ 28. Ke2 Nxd5 29. Bxh6 Re8+ 30. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Karlovac"]
[Site "Karlovac"]
[Date "1979.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1979.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 7. Nf4 fxe5 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. dxe5 Bc5 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qd2 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Qxb2 13. Kd2 Qxa1 14. Bg5
Rh3 15. Nb5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qb2 17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Bxh3 Qb4+ 19. Kc1 Na6 20. Nxa8
Qc3 21. g5 Qa3+ 22. Kd2 Qxh3 23. Bg3 Ne7 24. Rb1 b6 25. Nxb6+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "Karlovac"]
[Site "Karlovac"]
[Date "1979.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Nemet, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1979.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. a4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Bd3 g6 14. a5 d5 15. e5
Nd7 16. Qg4 Bc5 17. Ne2 Re8 18. c3 Bf8 19. b4 f5 20. Qh3 Bg7 21. g4 fxg4 22.
Qxg4 Nf8 23. Ng3 Qd7 24. Rg1 Rac8 25. Ra2 Re7 26. Rag2 Rc7 27. h4 Bb5 28. Bb1
Qc8 29. h5 Be8 30. f5 exf5 31. Nxf5 gxf5 32. Bxf5 Ne6 33. h6 Bg6 34. Bxg6 hxg6
35. Qxg6 Nf4 36. Qxg7+ Rxg7 37. Rxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. e6 1-0

[Event "Karlovac"]
[Site "Karlovac"]
[Date "1979.06.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Diesen, Mark C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1979.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Bg4 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. a3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Qb6+ 15.
Kh1 Nc5 16. Rab1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 f5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bc3 e6 21. Nb4
Rc8 22. Rbc1 Qd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qe3 Kf7 25. Nc2 Rg8 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 b6
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Re1 Qc6 30. Qe3 Qd5 31. Qe2 Kf6 32. Qh5 Rg8 33. Qh6+ Kf7 34.
Re2 Rg7 35. Rc2 Qb7 36. Qh5+ Kf8 37. Qh4 Re7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Re2 Qd7 40. Re3
e5 41. Rg3+ Rg7 42. Rxg7+ Qxg7 43. Qxd6 exf4 1-0

[Event "Karlovac"]
[Site "Karlovac"]
[Date "1979.06.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1979.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. Qg4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. O-O Qd5 13. Rxf7 Kxf7 14. Be4
Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Bxe4 17. Ng5+ Ke8 18. Qxe6+ Be7 19. Qf7+ Kd7 20. Qe6+
Kd8 21. Be3 Qd5 22. Bb6+ Ke8 23. Qc8+ Bd8 24. Re1 Nd7 25. Nxe4 Kf7 26. Nd6+
Qxd6 27. Qxa8 Nxb6 28. Rf1+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Karlovac"]
[Site "Karlovac"]
[Date "1979.06.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Bukal, Vladimir Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1979.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 a5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 a4 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Be2 Bd7 13. h4 Be7 14. h5 Nc4 15.
h6 g6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Ne4 Na5 19. Bg5 Bc6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nf6+
Kd8 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ Kc8 25. Rad1 Ra6 26. Qb5 g5 27. Rd6 Nc6
28. Rfd1 Rd8 29. Qc5 Rxd6 30. exd6 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 14th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1979.07.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qd2
c6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. b3 Qe7 12. O-O c5 13. Bb1 Rd8 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Qc2 g6 16. dxc5 Bf5 17. Qc1 Bxb1 18. cxb6 Be4 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Qd2 axb6 21. f3
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Bf5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Rc2 26. Rfe1 Qf4 27.
Re8+ Kg7 28. g3 Qc7 29. Qd4+ f6 30. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-11b"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1979.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O Qe7 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qc2 b6 13. Bf1 Bb7 14. Nc4 Qe6 15.
Nfd2 Qg4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. Bc4 Qd6 19. Rad1 c6 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Ng4
Bg7 22. Qd2 b5 23. Bb3 Kh7 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nc5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxf7 Na4
28. Ngxe5 g5 29. Bb3 Nxb2 30. Nf7 Rd7 31. e5 Re7 32. Nd4 Nc4 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34.
Nd8 Ba8 35. N8xc6 Bxc6 36. Nxc6 Re6 37. Nxa7 Bxe5 38. g3 Kg6 39. Re4 Kf6 40.
Rxc4 Ra6 41. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-11b"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1979.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1979.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Nh3
O-O 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 f6 11. O-O Nd4 12. Qd2 e5 13. f4 Qb6 14. Rab1 c4 15.
Kh1 cxd3 16. cxd3 Be6 17. Rf2 Kg7 18. Rbf1 Rac8 19. Ng1 Qc5 20. Nf3 Nxf3 21.
Rxf3 b5 22. a3 a5 23. R3f2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nd1 Bd7 26. Ne3 Qd4 27. Nc4 Qc5
28. Rc1 Rc7 29. Rff1 Rfc8 30. h4 Qd4 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Qxb4 Be6 33. Rc3 Ng8 34.
Rfc1 Rd8 35. Qb6 Rxc4 36. Qxe6 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Qa7 38. Kh2 Ne7 39. Ra3 Qd7 40.
Bh3 Qc7 41. Ra6 Ng8 42. Qc4 Qxc4 43. dxc4 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Rxb2 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46.
Rxh7 Rb6 47. c5 Rc6 48. Bd7 Rxc5 49. Be6 Rc6 50. Bd5 Rc1+ 51. Kg2 Rc2+ 52. Kf1
Nh6 53. h5 Ng4 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. hxg6 Ne3+ 56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Rxg3 58. Bc6+
Kd8 59. g7 Rg6 60. Bd7 Rg5 61. Bh3 Nd1 62. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-11b"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1979.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harandi, Khosro"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd6 Qb6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. b3
Rd8 15. Bd3 e5 16. g3 Bg4 17. Rdf1 Qd4 18. Kb2 c5 19. h3 Bc8 20. Qf2 c4 21.
Qxd4 exd4 22. Nd5 cxd3 23. cxd3 Ba6 24. Rd1 Rdc8 25. h4 Bd8 26. g4 Bb7 27. Nb4
Ba5 28. Nc2 Bc3+ 29. Kb1 a5 30. a3 Ba6 31. Ka2 Rc7 32. Rh3 h5 33. g5 Bc8 34. f5
g6 35. Rf3 gxf5 36. exf5 Bb7 37. Rf4 Bd5 38. Rb1 a4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4 40. Rxd4
axb3+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-11b"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1979.10.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kagan, Shimon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1979.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 a6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e5
Qb6 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Bh4+ 11. Bg3 Bxg3+ 12. hxg3 dxe5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Bh3
O-O-O 15. Qg5 Qf6 16. Qe3 Kb8 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Nxc5 Ka7 20. Qxe5
Qxc5 21. Qxg7 Qe3+ 22. Kb1 Qxf3 23. Qxh8 Rxd5 24. Rdf1 Qg4 25. Qxh7 Nf6 26. Qh4
Qg6 27. Qc4 {Time} 1-0

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Qe2 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. h3 Be7 11. f4 d6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. a3 b4 14. Na4 Nd7 15. c3
bxa3 16. b4 d5 17. e5 g6 18. Qf2 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qa2 Kh8 21. Qxa3 e5 22.
fxe5 Ncxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rad1 d4 25. cxd4 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Bxf3 27. Rf1 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 Bh4 29. Qc1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Rf3 33. Bf4 Qh3+
34. Kg1 Qg4+ 35. Kh1 Rh3+ 36. Bh2 Rxh2+ 37. Kxh2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qg4 f6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rad1 Kf7 13. f4 Rb8 14. b3 a5
15. f5 e5 16. Qe2 Ke8 17. Na4 h5 18. c4 g6 19. c5 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. fxg6 Bg4
22. Qa6 Bxd1 23. Rxf6 Qc8 24. Re6+ Kd7 25. Rd6+ Ke8 26. Qf1 Rb7 27. Nb6 Be2 28.
Qf6 Qg4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anikaev, Yuri N"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Qd1 Re8 13. Bd2 a6 14. a4 Re7
15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Rxe7 Rxe7 18. g4 Ne5 19. Be2 Qc8 20. Kg2 h6 21.
f4 Ned7 22. Bf3 Nf8 23. a5 Qd8 24. Ne2 b5 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. b3 N8h7 27. Rb1 Nd7
28. h4 Nhf8 29. Ng3 Re8 30. Rh1 Rb8 31. Bd1 a5 32. Qa2 Qd8 33. Qxa5 Nb6 34. Qa2
Nxc4 35. Bc1 Nb6 36. Bf3 Ra8 37. Qc2 Ra1 38. h5 Qa8 39. Qd3 Qa2+ 40. Kh3 Rb1
41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Qe4 Rxb3 43. Rf1 Nbd7 44. Qe7 Qc2 45. g5 Rxf3 46. Rxf3 Qxc1
47. gxh6 Bxh6 48. Qxd6 Bg7 49. Qc6 Nf6 50. d6 N8d7 51. Qa8+ Kh7 52. Qc6 Bf8 53.
Kg2 Qd2+ 54. Rf2 Qd4 55. Ne2 Qd3 56. Ng1 Bxd6 57. Nh3 Kg7 58. Ng5 Qd5+ 59. Qxd5
Nxd5 60. Kf3 c4 61. Ke4 N5f6+ 62. Kf3 Nb6 63. Rg2 Nbd5 64. f5 Nf4 65. Rg1 c3
66. Ne4 Nxe4 67. Kxe4 c2 68. f6+ Kxf6 69. Rc1 Ne6 70. Rxc2 Ng5+ 71. Ke3 Kf5 72.
Rf2+ Ke5 73. Rc2 Ne6 74. Rc8 Kf5 75. Rg8 Be5 76. Kf2 g5 77. Kf3 Bd6 78. Ke3 g4
79. Kf2 Kf4 80. Rg6 Bc5+ 81. Kg2 Nd4 82. Kf2 Nf5+ 83. Ke2 Bd4 84. Kd3 g3 85.
Rxg3 Kxg3 86. Ke4 Kg4 87. Kd5 Kf4 88. Kc6 Ke5 89. Kd7 Kd5 90. Kc7 Nd6 91. Kb8
Kc6 92. Ka8 Nb5 93. Kb8 Nc7 94. Kc8 Ba7 95. Kd8 Nd5 96. Ke8 Kd6 97. Kf7 Bf2 98.
Kg6 Ke5 99. Kg5 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Mikenas Cup"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8.
Bf4 Qc7 9. Bg3 a6 10. Qa4 Nf6 11. O-O-O Nh5 12. Ndb5 Qb8 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Ne4
Be7 15. Nbd6+ Kf8 16. g3 g5 17. Qb3 f5 18. Qc3 Qxc3+ 19. Nxc3 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ke7
21. Rb6 d6 22. Bg2 Nf6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Na4 Rb8 25. c5 dxc5 26. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 27.
Kxd1 a5 28. Ke2 e5 29. Bxb7 Ne4 30. Rc6 Bd7 31. Nxd7 Kxd7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 07th Final"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.01.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1980.01.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nd4
Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd2 d6 12. Nc3 a6 13. a4 Nd7 14. b3 b5 15.
axb5 Re8 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. b4 cxb4 18. Na2 axb5 19. Nxb4 Bf8 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Bf3
Qa4 22. Bb2 Rac8 23. Qf4 Na6 24. Nc6 Qxf4 25. gxf4 Nc5 26. Na7 Rb8 27. Bd4 Nd7
28. Bg4 Nc5 29. Rxb5 Ba8 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Bd7 Rxb5 32. Bxb5 Rd8 33. Bc6 Bd6
34. Rc1 Kf8 35. e3 Bxc6 36. dxc6 Ra8 37. Nb5 Ke7 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. Rd5 c4 40. c7
Bxc7 41. Nxc7 Rc8 42. Nb5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 07th Final"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.01.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1980.01.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Na5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. d3 c5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc3 b4 14. Nd5 O-O 15.
Ne3 Rb8 16. Bd5 Bc8 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. c3 Bg5 19. Ndc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Bd7 21. a5
Bb5 22. Nb6 bxc3 23. bxc3 Bd8 24. Bc4 Qb7 25. Nd5 Bc6 26. Ne3 g6 27. Bd5 Bg5
28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Nd5 Rb7 30. Qg4 Qc8 31. Qg3 Qd8 32. Qg4 Rb5 33. g3 h5 34. Qd1
Rxa5 35. h4 Bh6 36. Qb3 Rb5 37. Qc4 Ra5 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Reb1 Rxa1 40. Rxa1 a5
41. Qa6 Qd7 42. Rb1 c4 43. dxc4 Bd2 44. Rd1 Bh6 45. Nf6 Qc8 46. Qxd6 Qe6 47.
Qxe6 fxe6 48. Nd7 Rc8 49. Nxe5 Kh7 50. Rd7+ Bg7 51. Ra7 Rc5 52. Nf3 Rc8 53.
Ng5+ Kg8 54. Rxa5 Bxc3 55. Ra4 e5 56. Ra6 Kg7 57. c5 Bd2 58. Ra7+ Kg8 59. Ne6
1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1980.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Nf4 c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. b4 Nf6 12. O-O a6 13. f3 Re8 14. g4 Bd6 15.
Rf2 a5 16. b5 c5 17. Rg2 cxd4 18. exd4 Qc7 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Qe1 Nd7 21. f4 Nf6
22. f5 Bd7 23. Rb1 Ne4 24. b6 Qd8 25. Qf1 Qf6 26. Kh1 Rac8 27. Bb5 Qe7 28. Bxd7
Qxd7 29. Qf3 Rc4 30. g5 a4 31. f6 g6 32. Bf4 Qf5 33. Rf1 Bxf4 34. Qxf4 Qxf4 35.
Nxf4 Rxd4 36. Rc1 Nxg5 37. Ne2 Rde4 38. Rxg5 Rxe2 39. Rc7 Rf2 40. Rxb7 h6 41.
Kg1 Rb2 42. Re7 Rd8 43. Rge5 Rxb6 44. Re8+ Rxe8 45. Rxe8+ Kh7 46. Ra8 Rxf6 47.
Rxa4 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1980.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Ne2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 f5 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. c3 Qc7 15.
b4 b6 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. exf5 exf5 18. d4 Rce8 19. Qd2 c4 20. d5 Nd8 21. Re1 b5
22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Nxd4 a6 24. h3 Bc8 25. Qc2 Qf7 26. a4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 28.
Re2 Bd7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nc6 Kf8 31. Qd2 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Bxc6 33. dxc6 Qc7 34.
Qf3 Ke7 35. Qe3+ Kf8 36. Qd4 Nxc6 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxh7+ Kd8 39. Qxc7+ Kxc7 40.
Bxc6 Kxc6 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1980.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1980.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. c3 c4 11. d3 Bd7 12. Na3 O-O 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Qe2 Rfc8 16. Nd2 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb6 18. Nc2 Nb7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nb4 Nc5 21.
Qe2 Ne6 22. Nf1 Bg5 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. g3 Bh6 25. h4 Nc7 26. Qh5 Be6 27. Bd5 Nxd5
28. Nxd5 Qb7 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Ne3 Qe7 31. Nfd5 Qf8 32. Nf5 g6 33. Qxh6 gxf5 34.
Qxf8+ Rxf8 35. Nc7 Ra2 36. Rxd6 Rxb2 37. exf5 Bxf5 38. Rxe5 Bg4 39. Kg2 b4 40.
Rd4 Bc8 41. Rxb4 Rc2 42. c4 Rd8 43. Rd5 Rg8 44. c5 Bg4 45. Rf4 Bc8 46. Rb4 Rf8
47. Rb6 Be6 48. Nxe6 fxe6 49. Rxe6 Rcxf2+ 50. Kh3 Rg8 51. Re3 Rc2 52. Rh5 Rg6
53. Re8+ Kg7 54. Re7+ Kf6 55. Rhxh7 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Army"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 (4... Bb4 {l'alternative} 5. Bg5 Bb7 6.
e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c3,Ge4g3]} 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11.
Bd3 f5 (11... Nxg3 {Moins risqué} 12. fxg3 (12. hxg3 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg3g4]}
Nd7 {Tal,M-Gligoric,S Candidates Tournament 1959 (16) 1-0}) 12... Nd7 13. O-O
Qe7 {[%cal Ge8c8];Wirthensohn,H (2410)-Marjanovic,S (2450) Dortmund 1978 (8) 1/
2}) 12. d5 $1 {[%csl Re6] La ligne critique} Nd7 (12... Na6 $5 {la dernière
mode а haut niveau essayée notamment par LEKO et ADAMS} 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4
Qf6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. dxe6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc5 $132 {[%csl Gc5]
[%cal Gc5e6];Wang Yue (2739)-Leko,P (2751) Amber-rapid 18th 2009 (8) 1/2}) 13.
Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6 {Hort,V (2600)-Bellin,R (2375) Hastings 7576 1975 (14)
1/2}) 5. Bg5 {La grande mode dans les années 80} (5. a3 $1 {C'est un bon ordre
de coups pour jouer la variante PETROSSIAN car les blancs évitent plusieurs
variantes dont Ba6}) 5... Be7 (5... Bb4 {Plus ambitieux mais Be7 est aussi le
choix préféré de KARPOV}) (5... h6 $5 {les noirs ont des bons résultats sur
cette variante un peu risquée mais intéressante. Je l'ai joué quelques fois
mais c'est plutôt une variante surprise car un adversaire bien préparé avec
les blancs ne doit pas craindre grand-chose} 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 {[%cal Gh5g3,
Gf8g7] L'idée de la variante, les noirs gagnent la paire de B et ils peuvent
développer le B activement en "g7"} 8. e3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 10. Qc2 Nc6 $1 11.
O-O-O $13 {Keene,R (2460)-Adamski,J (2415) Hannover 1976 (9) 1/2} (11. g4 $5 {
[%csl Rh5,Rh6]})) 6. e3 h6 (6... d5 $6) 7. Bh4 Ne4 {Avec l'idée d'échanger des
pièces pour applanir le jeu} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 {[%csl Ge4]} 10. Rc1
$146 (10. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2e4,Gf2f3]} Bb7 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qe2 O-O 14.
g3 Nc6 15. a3 Qe5 16. O-O-O Na5 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. b4 Nc6 19. Qd3 ({RR} 19. f4)
19... d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f4 Qe7 22. Bg2 d4 23. e4 ({RR} 23. Bxc6) 23... Rfd8
24. Rhe1 Nxb4 {Hasek,J-Reti,R/Bratislava 1925/EXT 1999/[ChessBase]/0-1}) ({RR} 
10. a3 a5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 a4 13. Rc1 Ra5 14. e4 d6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Ne1
O-O 17. Nc2 e5 18. Nb4 Raa8 19. f4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Popov,
L-Matanovic,A/Budapest 1960/EXT 2001}) 10... c5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O d6 {
[%csl Ge4][%cal Gb8d7,Gd7f6] Les noirs ont égalisé sans problème avec la
structure trés souple du hérisson} 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 (14... Nf6) 15.
Qc3 Nf6 16. Qa3 $5 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6][%cal Ga3e7] tentative de pression sur les
cases noires mais les noirs sont ok. La suite de la partie va d'ailleurs
montrer que la Q blanche n'est pas trés bien placée} a5 $5 {Les noirs
profitent du jeu timide des blancs pour prendre de l'espace. L'affaiblissement
de la case "b5" est sans effet car le N est trop loin de la case "c3"} 17. Nd2
$1 {[%cal Gd2e4,Ge2f3]} Bb7 18. Bf3 {[%csl Ge4] Les blancs reprennent le
contrôle de la case "e4" mais il n'est pas facile d'améliorer la position.} (
18. Nb1 $6 {[%cal Gb1c3]} a4 $1 19. Nc3 {[%csl Ra3]} Ne4 $15) 18... Rac8 19. h3
{[%csl Gg1] Un coup prophylactique utile pour la protection du K et KARPOV
décide de "passer son tour" pour attendre une faute éventuelle de son
aversaire plus faible.} Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qb7 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Ge4][%cal Gb7b6,Gb7a6,
Ga6c4] reprend le contrôle de la case "e4" tout en protégeant la faiblesse
"b6" et en gardant un oeil sur Qa6 avec pression sur le P"c4" après
l'ouverture de la colonne "c"} 21. Qb3 Qa6 $5 (21... Rc7 $5 22. a4 Rdc8 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Gb7a6,Gc5d4]}) 22. a4 {[%csl Rb4,Gb5]} (22. d5 a4 $1 23. Qd3
exd5 24. cxd5 b5 $15 {la majorité des noirs а l'aile-dame est forte}) 22... d5
$5 {les pièces noires sont bien placées pour réagir au centre} 23. cxd5 exd5
24. Ne5 c4 $1 {espérant valoriser la majorité} 25. Qa3 Nd7 26. Nf3 {C'est
probablement une position critique car après le repli Nf3, les noirs vont
prendre l'initiative} (26. Qe7 $142 $5 {[%cal Ge5d7,Ge7f7]} Nxe5 27. dxe5 {
[%csl Rd5]} b5 28. axb5 Qxb5 {[%csl Rb2]} 29. e6 Rf8 30. exf7+ Rxf7 31. Qe5 $14
{[%cal Ge5b2,Gd1d5,Gd1d2] C'est une position qui pouvait plaire а KARPOV car
"d5" est assez faible et le caractère "technique" de la position devrait
l'avantager}) 26... b5 $1 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Nd2 Nb8 $1 {recyclant le N vers
une position plus active} 29. Rc3 (29. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1c3]} Qb4 $1) 29... a4 $1
$15 {[%csl Rb2]} 30. Ra1 Nc6 $36 31. Qxa4 $6 {l'échange avantage les noirs qui
ont maintenant un P passé protégé} (31. Nf3 {Il était peut-être encore temps
pour les blancs de proposer la nulle après ce coup neutre car en voulant
forcer la position par Qa4, les blancs vont être moins biens.} Ra8) 31... Qxb2
32. Rc2 Qb4 $1 33. Nf3 (33. Qxb4 $6 Nxb4 $17 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gb4c2,Gb4d3]
gagnant un tempo important avant de jouer Nd3}) 33... Qd6 34. Rb2 {les pièces
blanches commencent а manquer de coordination} Rb8 35. Rab1 Ra8 36. Qc2 Rdb8
37. Rxb8+ Rxb8 38. Nd2 (38. Rxb8+ Qxb8 {[%cal Gb8b4]}) 38... Rb4 (38... Nb4 {
[%cal Gb4d3]}) 39. g4 g6 40. Kg2 Qb8 41. h4 $2 {"g4" était utile pour prendre
de l'espace mais h4 est trés affaiblissant} Qc8 $40 {[%csl Rg4]} 42. Kg3 {
[%csl Rg3]} (42. f3 Qd8 {[%csl Rh4]}) 42... Qc7+ 43. Kh3 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Gh6h5,
Gd7h3]} 44. Rg1 {[%csl Rg1] Le signe que la partie tourne mal pour les blancs}
(44. Kg3 Qd6+ 45. Kg2 Kg7) 44... Rb7 45. Nf3 Nb4 {[%cal Gb4d3]} (45... h5 $1)
46. Qd2 Nd3 (46... Qc8 $5 {[%cal Gc4c3] peut-être plus souple pour garder
l'option c3}) 47. Ne5 $6 {Les blancs n'auront pas le temps d'attaquer "d5"}
Nxe5 $1 48. dxe5 Rb3 $1 {[%cal Gd5d4,Gb3h3]} 49. Qd4 Rd3 $1 50. Qc5 d4 $1 51.
Qxc4 dxe3 52. fxe3 Rxe3+ {[%csl Rh3]} 53. Rg3 Rxe5 {l'espoir des blancs est
maintenant d'échanger les Q pour annuler la finale de R mais le K blanc est
trop exposé} 54. Rd3 Qe7 55. Rf3 Qb7 56. Kg3 Re1 57. Qd4 Qc7+ (57... Kh7 $2 {
Dans ce genre de position, il ne faut pas perdre de temps et l'initiative est
primordiale} 58. h5 $5) 58. Qf4 Qa7 {[%cal Ga7g1]} 59. Rf2 Rg1+ 60. Rg2 Ra1 61.
h5 $2 g5 $1 $19 {gagne un tempo important sur la Q pour prendre le contrôle
des cases "f4" et "h4" et la position est maintenant perdante pour KARPOV} (
61... Qe7) 62. Qe5 Ra5 63. Qd6 Ra3+ 64. Kh2 Rf3 $4 {laisse une chance
inespérée aux blancs!} (64... Qe3 {[%cal Ge3h3] le K est dans un réseau de mat}
) 65. Qe5 (65. Re2 $1 $132 {[%cal Ge2e8]}) 65... Re3 66. Qd6 Rf3 67. Qe5 (67.
Qxh6 $4 Qe3) 67... Re3 68. Qd6 Re1 69. Qd8+ Kg7 70. Qd2 Qc7+ $1 71. Rg3 {
La R blanche n'a pas eu la possibilité de rejouer ensuite} Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c2]}
72. Qd4+ Kg8 73. Qe3 Rb1 74. Qc3 Qb8 75. Qf3 Ra1 76. Kh3 Qb1 77. Qd5 Qf1+ 78.
Qg2 Qe1 79. Kh2 Ra4 (79... Rd1 $143 {[%cal Gd1d2]} 80. Qf3 Rd2+ 81. Rg2) 80.
Qg1 Qe5 81. Kh3 Ra2 82. Qb6 $2 Qe4 83. Qd8+ Kg7 84. Qd1 Re2 85. Qf1 f5 {
Une rare défaite du Champion du Monde qui était alors au sommet de sa carrière
au début des années 80} 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-14"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1980.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1980.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. a3 h5 13. f3 Bd7 14. b3 Bh6 15. Rb1 Nc5
16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 f5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Be1 Nd7 21. Bc4 Ra3 22.
Qc2 Nb6 23. Bd3 Qd7 24. Nb3 Nc8 25. Bf2 Ne7 26. Na5 Nf6 27. Kh1 b6 28. Nc4 Raa8
29. Bg1 h4 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 fxe4 32. fxe4 Nh5 33. Ne3 h3 34. g3 Bxe3 35.
Bxe3 Qg4 36. Qe2 Nf6 37. Qxg4 Nxg4 38. Bg1 Nf2+ 39. Bxf2 Rxf2 40. Bf1 Rb2 41.
Bxh3 Kf8 42. Be6 g5 43. Rc1 Rxb4 44. Rf1+ Ke8 45. Bf7+ Kd7 46. Ra1 Kc8 47. Ra8+
Kb7 48. Re8 Nc8 49. Be6 Na7 50. Bd7 Nxb5 51. Rg8 Nd4 52. Rxg5 Rb1+ 53. Kg2 Rb2+
54. Kh3 Rxh2+ 55. Kxh2 Nf3+ 56. Kh3 Nxg5+ 57. Kh4 Nxe4 58. g4 Nf6 59. Be6 c5
60. g5 Ne8 61. Bd7 Ng7 62. Bb5 Kc7 63. g6 Kd8 64. Kg5 Ke7 65. Bd3 Ne8 66. Bc4
e4 67. Kf5 e3 68. Bd3 Nc7 69. Ke4 Kf6 70. Kxe3 Nxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-14"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1980.09.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1980.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. h5 Qb6 10. Rb1 h6 11. Bd3 Ngf6 12. f3 c5 13. Nge2 Rc8 14. Kf2 cxd4 15.
exd4 a6 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Qb3 b5 18. a4 O-O 19. axb5 Nc5 20. Qd1 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3
axb5 22. Nxb5 Qd7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ra1 Ne4+ 25. Kg1 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Nxg5 27. Nbc3
f5 28. f4 Ne4 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. Nxb5 Rc2 32. Nbc3 Bg4 33. Re1 Nf6
34. b4 Rb2 35. b5 Bxh5 36. Kf1 Bg6 37. Ra1 Bd3 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Rb8 Ne4 40. Ke1
Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-14"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1980.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1980.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. h3
Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qc5 Qd6 11. O-O-O f5 12. e5 Qd8 13. Bg5 h6 14. d5 hxg5 15.
dxc6 Qe8 16. Bb5 Qf7 17. Nxg5 Bh6 18. h4 Rb8 19. f4 Bxg5 20. hxg5 bxc6 21. Bxc6
Be6 22. Rh6 Kg7 23. a4 a5 24. Qxa5 Bb3 25. Rdh1 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Rxh8 Qc4
28. Rd8 Qxf4+ 29. Rd2 Qxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Nc4+ 31. Kd3 Nxa5 32. Bd5 Kf8 33. Bxb3
Nxb3 34. Kc4 Nd2+ 35. Kb5 Ke8 36. a5 Kd7 37. e6+ Kd6 38. a6 c6+ 39. Kb6 Nc4+
40. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-14"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1980.09.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1980.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Nbd2 Re8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nf1 cxd4 18. g4 Bg6 19. Ng3 Rc8 20. Bd3 Nfd7 21. Bb2
Bf6 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6 24. Bf1 d5 25. Bg2 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4
Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Nc5 29. Bf3 Rd8 30. Qc2 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Qf3 Qc7 $6 (
7... Qb6 8. a3 (8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. g4 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13. e5
Ne4 14. Be3 {Mortensen,E-Ftacnic,L/Manila/1992/0,5 (46)/ Inf 55/247/}) 8... Nc6
9. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 c5 12. O-O-O Be7 13. g4 $1 d5 14. g5 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc3 $13 {Adams,M-Polugaevsky,L/FRA/1992/1:0 (32)/ Inf 55/246/
}) 8. g4 b5 9. g5 Nfd7 (9... b4 10. Ncb5 axb5 11. gxf6 gxf6 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13.
Qd3) 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. f5 e5 $6 (12... Nbd7 13. fxe6 (13. g6 hxg6 14.
fxe6 fxe6 15. Qg3 Ne5 16. Bf4 O-O-O) 13... fxe6 14. Qh3 Ne5 15. Nxe6 $140 Qc8)
13. Nde2 Nbd7 14. Be3 Be7 15. Ng3 g6 16. O-O-O $16 Nxd3+ (16... Rc8 17. Kb1 (
17. h4)) 17. Rxd3 Nc5 (17... Nb6 $5 {[]c4/}) 18. Rdd1 Rc8 19. Qe2 Bd8 $6 (
19... gxf5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nxf5 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 Be7 23. Qg4 $36) 20. Kb1 O-O
21. h4 gxf5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Nxf5 Be7 $6 (23... b4 $5 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Nd5
Bxd5 26. Rxd5) 24. Qg4 {<<d7/} Rcd8 25. h5 $18 Rxd1+ (25... b4 26. g6) 26.
Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rf1 (27. Rf1 Bf8 (27... Rf8 28. g6 $18) 28. Nh6+) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
Re8 (8... c6 $5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 exd4 (10... Re8 $5) 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bb2 Nc5
13. e3 a5 14. a3 h5 $1 15. b4 Nce4 16. b5 Bd7 $1 17. Rac1 h4 $13 {Timman,
J-Kasparov,G/Tilburg/1991/0:1 (35)/ Inf 53/570/}) 9. Rd1 e4 $6 (9... Qe7 10. b3
Nf8 $2 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 c6) 11. e4 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nb5 Bf5 13. Qc3 e4
14. Ba3 c5 $13 {Radulescu,C-Pacht/ROM(ch)/1960/}) 11... Bg4 12. d5 $16 {
Boleslavsky,Lepeshkin/}) 10. Ne1 $6 (10. Ng5 $1 Nb6 11. Ncxe4 Nxe4 (11... Bf5
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. e4 Bg4 14. Nf3) 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. f3 (13. d5 Nd7 14. f3 Nc5
$13) 13... d5 (13... c6 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Rc8 (15... Nd7 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qb3
) 16. Qb3) 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Be3) 10... Nb6 11. c5 (11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxc4
13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qxc4 d5 15. Qc2 Bf5 $44) 11... Nbd5 12. cxd6 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4
13. Bxe4 Nb4 14. Qb1 dxc5) 12... Qxd6 13. Qb3 (13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nb4 15.
Qb1 Qe7 16. f3 (16. Bf3 Bf5) (16. Bd3 Bxd4) 16... f5) 13... Bg4 $1 14. Nc2 $6 (
14. f3 $5 exf3 15. exf3 Be6 16. Qc2) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxe2 16. Re1 Qa6 $1
17. Bg5 (17. Nb4 Qb5 18. a4 Qh5 $19) 17... c6 18. Nb4 Qb5 19. Bxf6 $6 (19. a4
$5 Qxg5 (19... Qc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxe4) 20. Rxe2 Re7 $17)
19... Bxf6 20. a4 Qh5 $19 21. Qc2 Bf3 22. Bxf3 exf3 (22... Qxf3 23. Re3 {
/\Rae1/}) 23. Qd3 (23. Nd3 $5 Qh3 $140 24. Nf4) (23. Nd3 $5 g5 24. Qd1) 23...
Re2 24. Rxe2 fxe2 25. Re1 Re8 26. Nc2 Qa5 27. Ne3 (27. Ra1 {/\Ne3/} c5 $1)
27... Qxa4 28. Rxe2 Bg7 $6 (28... Qa1+ $1 29. Kg2 Bg7) 29. Qb1 $1 Qa6 30. Ra2
Qb6 31. Rb2 $6 (31. Qxb6 $5 axb6 32. Ra7 Re7 33. Nc4 b5 34. Na5 Re1+ 35. Kg2
Rc1 36. Rxb7 Rxc3 37. d5 (37. Rc7 b4) 37... cxd5 38. Rxb5 d4 39. Rb8+ Bf8 40.
Nb3 d3 41. Nd2 Kg7 42. Rd8) 31... Qa5 32. Rxb7 Qxc3 33. Qa2 Rf8 34. Rxa7 (34.
d5 Bd4) 34... Bxd4 35. Ra3 (35. Re7 $5) 35... Qc5 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Ra5 Qe7 38.
Qc2 c5 39. Qe2 Re8 (39... Re8 40. Ra3 h5 41. h4 Qe4+ 42. Qf3 Qxf3+ 43. Kxf3
Bxe3 44. fxe3 c4 45. Ke2 Rc8 46. Kd2 Kf6 47. Kc3 $140 Kf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-24"]
[Site "Valetta"]
[Date "1980.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pountzas, Hrisanthos"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1980.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. d5 c5 11. a3 a6 12. b4 b6 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Rab1 f5 15. f3 f4
16. Bf2 g5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Na4 h5 19. h3 Nef6 20. Rb3 Rf7 21. Rfb1 Bf8 22.
Qd1 Rg7 23. Nc3 Rg6 24. Nf1 g4 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qh7 27. Nd2 Qg7 28. Na4
Nxg4 29. Bxg4 Rxg4 30. Qf1 Be7 31. Nb6 Nxb6 32. Rxb6 Bf8 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Rxb8
Qc7 35. Qb1 Rg7 36. Rb3 Qf7 37. Qf1 Qh5 38. Be1 Bh3 39. Bg3 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 fxg3
41. Nf3 Rh7 42. Kxg3 Qg6+ 43. Kf2 Qxe4 44. Qb1 Qf4 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qg5 Rf7 47.
Qxf4 Rxf4 48. Ke2 Rxc4 49. Rb8 Kg7 50. Ng5 Be7 51. Rb7 Kf6 52. Nh7+ Kf7 53.
Ng5+ Kg6 54. Ne6 Kf6 55. Nc7 Re4+ 56. Kd3 Rd4+ 57. Kc2 Kf7 58. Nxa6 Rxd5 59.
Nc7 Rd4 60. Nb5 Rf4 61. Nxd6+ Ke6 62. Ne8 Bf8 63. Rb6+ Kd5 64. Kd2 Rh4 65. Nc7+
Kc4 66. a4 e4 67. a5 Bh6+ 68. Rxh6 Rxh6 69. a6 Rh2+ 70. Ke3 Ra2 71. Kxe4 Kb3
72. Ne6 Kb4 73. Nc7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-24"]
[Site "Valetta"]
[Date "1980.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1980.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. b4 b6 12. Nd4 Nd5 13. Bb2 Nxb4 14. Be4 Ba6
15. Qf3 Nxc5 16. Bxa8 Nxc2+ 17. Nxc2 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Nxb2+ 19. Kc1 Nd3+ 20. Kb1
Bc5 21. Nh3 O-O 22. Be4 Ne5 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. f4 Nc4 25. Bd3 Na3+ 26. Nxa3 Bxd3+
27. Nc2 Bb4 28. Qb3 Rc8 29. Rd1 Rc3 30. Nf2 Rxb3+ 31. axb3 Bxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Qc5+
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-24"]
[Site "Valetta"]
[Date "1980.12.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Debarnot, Roberto Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1980.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 c6 9. Qe2 a5 10. Bd3 Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. c4 h5 13. Rd1 Kf8 14. O-O h4 15.
Nc3 Rb8 16. Be4 Qd6 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Ba6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Re3 Qd7 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Qf3 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rc8 27.
Re1 Re8 28. Red1 Qe6 29. h3 Rg8 30. Rxd5 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. R5d4 Re2 33.
Rxh4 Rg5 34. b4 Rf5 35. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-24"]
[Site "Valetta"]
[Date "1980.12.06"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Fedder, Steen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1980.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. g4
Be7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 Nc6 11. f4 Na5 12. Nb3 b5 13. Qd4 Rg8 14. O-O-O Rb8 15.
Kb1 Nc6 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. e5 Nxb3 18. axb3 d5 19. Bf3 Bb4 20. Qd3 Ne7 21. Na2 Bc5
22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxh7 Bb7 24. h5 Kd7 25. Qd3 Rbd8 26. Nc3 Kc7 27. Ne2 Rh8 28.
Nd4 Nc6 29. c3 Nxd4 30. cxd4 Qb4 31. Rc1+ Kb6 32. Rc3 Rc8 33. Rhc1 Rxc3 34.
Rxc3 Bc6 35. Qd2 a5 36. Kc1 Bd7 37. Bd1 Bc6 38. Qe3 Bd7 39. Rc5 Bc6 40. Bf3 Rd8
1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O b6 8. e5 Nd7
9. c4 Nf8 10. h4 Bb7 11. Re1 h6 12. h5 Qd7 13. Nc3 Nh7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. d4 Ng5
16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nxg5 Nd4 18. Qd3 hxg5 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Rad1 Qc8
22. Qb3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxh5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Ne4 Nd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Nd6+ Bxd6
28. Bxb7 Qd7 29. Rc1 Kf8 30. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a3 Qd7 15.
Bc2 Rad8 16. Nb3 h6 17. d5 Ne7 18. Na5 c6 19. c4 bxc4 20. Ba4 Qc7 21. Nxb7 Qxb7
22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Qxc4 Red8 25. Qe2 d5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Be3 e4 28.
Nd2 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. b4 Rcd8 31. Nb3 Rd3 32. Na5 Qc7 33. Ra2 Qf4 34. Nc4
Nd5 35. Rb2 Nc3 36. Qc2 e3 37. Nxe3 Rd2 38. Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Nxa4 40. Rd8 Nc3
41. Ng4 h5 42. Ne5 Ne4 43. Nd3 Qf5 44. h4 g6 45. a4 Kg7 46. Rd4 Nf6 47. g3 Ng4
48. Re2 Qf6 49. Ree4 Bd6 50. Kg2 Bb8 51. b5 axb5 52. axb5 Qb6 53. Rb4 Bd6 54.
Rb2 Qb7 55. f3 Nf6 56. Re1 Qb6 57. Nf2 Bc7 58. Rd1 Qc5 59. Rdd2 Qe5 60. f4 Qe6
0-1

[Event "URS-ch48 Final"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1980.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1980.12.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
b5 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Nf1 Nb6 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. Bc3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bd2 c6 21.
Qc3 Qg6 22. Qc1 h5 23. Bf4 Be7 24. Qc3 h4 25. Rec1 Qf5 26. e3 h3 27. Bf1 Qd7
28. a4 g6 29. g4 Qxg4+ 30. Bg3 Bd6 31. Qe1 f5 32. Be2 Qg5 33. Qf1 f4 34. exf4
Bxf4 35. Rc5 e3 36. Qxh3 exf2+ 37. Kf1 Rxe2 38. Kxe2 Re8+ 39. Kf1 Bxg3 40. Qxg3
Qd2 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 (4... Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bc5 7.
O-O d6 8. Qd3 c6 9. b3 Be6 10. Na4 $14 {Short,N-Karpov,An/Tilburg/1991/0,5 (47)
Inf 53/288/}) (4... Bb4 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bb3 Nd7
10. Be3 $14 {Larsen,B-Davies,N/London/1989/1:0 (40) Inf 47/386/}) 5. Nf3 (5.
Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 (6. Be3 Bb6 7. Bxb6 axb6 8. Nge2 Na5 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nxc4 11.
dxc4 d6 $10 {Larsen,B-Plaskett,J/Copenhagen/1985/0,5 (41) Inf 39/380/}) 6... d6
7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. f3 Na5 (9... Be6 $142 $10) 10. Ne2 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Be6
12. b3 $14 {Rogers,I-Davies,N/London/1991/1:0 (32) Inf 52/297/}) 5... d6 6. Bg5
h6 7. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 a6 (9... Ne7 10. d4 Nxd5 11. dxc5 Nf4 12.
g3 Nh3 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Rd1 Ke7 18.
Ke2 $14 {Ivanovic,B-Smejkal,J/Novi Sad(ol)/1990/}) (9... O-O $5 10. b4 Bb6 11.
a4 a5 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. bxa5 Nxa5 14. Bd5 Qc7 15. c4 Bg4 $10 {Ivanovic,B-Anand,
V/Manila(izt)/1990/Inf 50/(340)/}) 10. d4 exd4 $6 (10... Ba7 11. dxe5 (11. h3
O-O 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb3 Qd7 14. Re1 Rae8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 $10 {Ivanovic,
B-Hjartarson,J/Novi Sad(ol)/1990/}) 11... dxe5 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. O-O-O Bd6 14.
Rd2 O-O 15. Rhd1 $14 {Kholmov,R-Tseilin,Mi/Voskresensk/1990/1:0 (38) Inf 50/
340/}) 11. cxd4 Ba7 12. h3 $1 O-O 13. O-O Be6 $6 (13... Ne7 $142 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Re1 Be6 $14) 14. Rc1 $1 $16 Rc8 (14... Ne7 15. Nxc7 $1 Qxc7 16. Bxe6 $16) (
14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Na5 16. a3 c6 17. Ba2 $16) (14... Bd7 $5) 15. Bxa6 bxa6 (
15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxb7 $16) 16. Rxc6 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bb6 18. Qd3 a5
19. Re1 a4 $6 (19... Qd7 $5) 20. Re3 Ra8 21. Qc2 {>< a4/} (21. Nd2 $5 Qf6 22.
Nc4 $16) 21... Ra5 22. Ra3 Re8 23. Rxa4 Rxd5 24. Rc3 c5 25. dxc5 dxc5 (25...
Bxc5 26. b4 Bb6 27. Ra6 $18) 26. Re4 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 g6 29. g3 Qf6
30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Qe2 Ra1 32. a3 Qc6 $2 33. b4 $1 $18 Qa8 34. Qb2 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Ne1
$6 (8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. a4 $14) (8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1
$14) 8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Nd4 11. Qd2 (11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nb5
Re8 $17) 11... Re8 12. f3 c5 $15) 10... Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Rd1 Nd4 12. Qc4
Ne8 13. Nb5 $14) 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Nd3 (12. f4 $6 Ned7 13. Qf3 Qe7 $17) 12... Nc4
13. Bg5 (13. Bc1 $6 d5 14. Nf4 c6 $17) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Qc8 15. h3 c6 {/\ d5/}
16. b3 (16. f4 $6 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. Ndf2 f5 $17) 16... Nb6 17. Rde1 $6 (17.
Qf3 $5 Ng4 18. Nb1 $10) 17... g5 18. Bg3 Nbd5 $1 19. Nxd5 $8 cxd5 20. e5 (20.
Bxd6 Nxe4 21. Bb4 a5 $17) 20... Ne4 (20... dxe5 $1 21. Nxe5 Nd7 22. f4 gxf4 $19
) 21. exd6 Nxd6 22. Qd1 Ne4 $15 23. Bh2 Qc3 24. Kh1 (24. f3 Nd2 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8
26. Re1) 24... Rac8 25. f3 Nf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. f4 $6 (27. Re1 $142 Rc8 28.
Re2) 27... Ne4 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. h4 gxh4 30. Qh5 $6 (30. Qg4 $142 Nf6 31. Qa4
Qc6 $17) 30... Nf6 31. Qxh4 Qxc2 $17 32. Qh3 (32. Ne5 Qxa2 33. Rxf6 Qa1+ 34.
Bg1 Qxe5 $19) (32. Nb4 Qe4 33. Rf4 Qe1+ $19) 32... Qc8 (32... Qxa2 33. Be5 $132
) 33. Qxc8 (33. Qf3 Qg4) 33... Rxc8 34. Be5 Ne4 35. Rf5 Rc2 $1 36. Kh2 (36.
Bxg7 $2 Ng3+) 36... Rxa2 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Rxd5 Rd2 $1 39. b4 (39. Kh3 $2 Rxd3+
$1) 39... Nc3 40. Rg5+ (40. Rd7 b6 $19 {/\ a5/}) 40... Kf6 41. Rg3 Ne4 42. Rf3+
Ke6 43. Nf4+ Ke5 44. Nd3+ Kd5 45. Rf5+ Ke6 46. Re5+ (46. Rf3 b6) 46... Kd6 47.
Rxe4 Rxd3 48. g4 f6 49. Kg2 a6 50. Kf2 b5 $19 51. Ke2 Rc3 {/\ Rc4/} 52. g5 fxg5
53. Rg4 Kd5 $1 (53... Rc4 54. Rxg5 Rxb4 55. Rg6+) 54. Kd2 Rc6 55. Rxg5+ Kc4 56.
Rg4+ Kb3 57. Rh4 Rc4 58. Rh6 Rc2+ (58... Rc2+ 59. Kd3 Ra2 60. Rh4 Ra4) 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 15th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.05.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1981.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8.
O-O-O cxd4 9. Bxd4 e5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Kb1 Ngxe5 12. Bb5 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5 14.
Be2 Be6 15. f4 Bh6 16. h4 Nc6 17. Be3 Bg7 18. f5 gxf5 19. Bh6 Be5 20. exf5 Bxf5
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rhf1 Nd4 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Be4 Qh8 26. Nd5+ Kd7
27. c3 Bg7 28. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Telechess ol2 8182"]
[Site "telex"]
[Date "1982.11.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1981.06.30"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Rxf5 Rc8 13. Kh1 g6 14. Rf1 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Kg7 16. g4 $1 h6 17. Nd5 Nxe4 $6 18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. Rd7 Ng8 20. Rxb7
Ngf6 21. c4 Rb8 22. Rb5 $1 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Re8 25. Be2 h5 $1 26.
gxh5 Nxh5 27. Bxh5 gxh5 28. Bxa7 f5 29. c5 Kf6 30. c6 Rc8 31. Bb8 Rxc6 32.
Bxe5+ Kg5 33. Kg2 Kg4 34. h3+ Kh4 35. Bd4 Rc2+ 36. Kf3 Ng5+ 37. Ke3 Rh2 38.
Rxf5 Rxh3+ 39. Ke2 Kg4 40. Rf6 h4 41. Be5 Rh1 42. Rf4+ Kh5 {
Abschaetzungsurteil: Gewinn fuer Weiss} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1982.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ree, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1982.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15.
Qg3 Kh8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Bd3 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd6 19. Rae1 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nf6 21.
Rxf6 gxf6 22. Qh4 f5 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Rfd8 26. Rg5+ Kf8 27.
Qg7+ Ke8 28. Re5+ Kd7 29. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1982.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1982.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 b6 9. Ne3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. c3 h6 12. Bd2 Qf7 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rae1 Nf6 15.
c4 O-O 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. h3 Rae8 19. Bd3 Rxe1 20. Bxe1 b5 21. Qd1
Bc8 22. Be2 Bf5 23. a3 Kh8 24. Bc3 Qf6 25. Re1 Be4 26. Kf1 Nd8 27. Bb4 Bxb4 28.
axb4 Ne6 29. Qd2 Nf4 30. Qe3 Qg6 31. g4 Qf6 32. Ne5 Ng2 33. Qg3 Nxe1 34. Kxe1
Qg5 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. fxe3 g5 37. Nd7 Rf7 38. Nc5 Bg2 39. Nxa6 Bxh3 40. Nc5 c6
41. Nd3 Rf6 42. Ne5 Bg2 43. Bd3 Be4 44. Be2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1982.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1982.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4
Qc7 9. Bb3 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nh4 g5 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Ne3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Rd8
15. Bd2 Bg7 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. h4 Bf6 20. Qf3 Ke7 21.
Bb4 b5 22. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1982.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1982.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Na3 e5 8. Bg5
dxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Na5 Nxa5 12. Bxa5 b6 13. Bc3 Nd5 14. Qa4 Bb7
15. Rad1 c5 16. e4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Re6 18. Ne1 Rd6 19. Nc2 Bc6 20. Qa6 Qd7 21.
Ne3 Bb5 22. Qa3 Bxd3 23. Rfe1 Rd8 24. Bf1 Bxe4 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Nc4 Qd5 27.
Qxa7 b5 28. Qb6 Bd3 29. Bxd3 Qxd3 30. Nb2 Qd6 31. Qxb5 Rb8 32. Qe2 e4 33. Nc4
Qd3 34. Qxe4 Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Bxc3 36. Kg2 Rb4 37. Nd6 Rb2 38. Re7 f5 39. Kf3 Rxa2
40. Nb5 Bb4 41. Nd6 Rc2 42. Re2 Rxe2 43. Kxe2 Kf8 44. f3 Ke7 45. Nc4 Bc3 46. h3
Ke6 47. g4 Be5 48. Ne3 fxg4 49. fxg4 Bd4 50. Nc4 Kd5 51. Kd3 Bf2 52. Nd2 Ke5
53. Nf3+ Kf4 54. Ke2 Bg3 55. Nd2 Bh4 56. Nc4 Be7 57. Kd3 Kg3 58. Ke4 Kxh3 59.
Kf3 Kh4 60. Kf4 h5 61. gxh5 Kxh5 62. Ke5 g5 63. Kf5 g4 64. Ne5 g3 65. Nd3 Kh4
66. Kf4 g2 67. Ne1 Bd6+ 68. Ke4 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch60"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1982.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Rc1
Nd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. O-O Nf8 14. Ne5 Ng6
15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qd2 g5 17. f3 Bf5 18. b4 Rad8 19. a4 Qd6 20. Rc5 Rc8 21. Rfc1
Bd7 22. Qb2 b6 23. R5c2 c5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Qa3 Bf5 26. Rxc5 g4 27. R1c3 Qa6
28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. fxg4 Rf8 30. Qc1 Be6 31. h3 Qxa4 32. Ra3 Qb5 33. Rxa7 Qe2 34.
Nf3 h5 35. Ng5 Rc8 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Qa3 h4 39. Rxh4 $138 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch60"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kremenietsky, Anatoly M"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1982.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nd1 Nc5 11. d3 Ne6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Qd2 h5 15.
g5 h4 16. Nc3 Rh5 17. Kh2 Qd7 18. Rg1 O-O-O 19. Ne2 Bh7 20. Ne1 f5 21. g6 Bg8
22. f3 f4 23. Bf2 Ng5 24. Rg4 Be6 25. Rxh4 Rdh8 26. Rxh5 Rxh5 27. h4 Nh3 28.
Ng1 Nxf2 29. Qxf2 Qe8 30. Ng2 Qxg6 31. Ne2 Be7 32. Rh1 Bxh4 33. Qxh4 Rxh4+ 34.
Nxh4 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Minsk International"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1982.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 h6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. b3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 19. Bb2 g6 20. Bc3 Rc8 21. Bxb4
axb4 22. Rxb4 Ba8 23. Ra4 Bg7 24. Bd3 Qb6 25. Ba6 Rcd8 26. Bb5 Re7 27. Qa1 Ne8
28. Nc4 Qb8 29. Rxa8 Qxa8 30. Qxa8 Rxa8 31. Nc6 Rb7 32. Ba4 Rc7 33. Bb5 Rac8
34. N4a5 Bc3 35. Rd1 Bxa5 36. Nxa5 Rc1 37. Rf1 Nf6 38. Nc4 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Nxe4
40. f3 Nc3 41. Ba6 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Minsk International"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1982.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfc1 Kh8 14. Bf3 Rg8 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 g5 17. c4 g4 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Qc2 f5 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bg5
22. b4 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Nf6 24. c5 Ne4 25. Qb2 dxc5 26. bxc5 Qg7 27. Bd3 Ng5 28.
Kh1 e4 29. Qxg7+ Rxg7 30. Bf1 Rgc7 31. c6 Kg7 32. h4 gxh3 33. cxb7 Rxc1 34.
Rxc1 Rxc1 35. b8=Q Rxf1+ 36. Kh2 hxg2 37. Kxg2 Rd1 38. Qb7+ Kf6 39. Qxa6+ Ke5
40. Qe2 Rxd5 41. Qb2+ Kd6 42. a6 Ne6 43. a7 Nc7 44. Qb6+ Kd7 45. Qxc7+ Kxc7 46.
a8=Q Kd6 47. Kg3 Rd3+ 48. Kf4 Rf3+ 49. Kg5 Kc5 50. Qa4 Kd5 51. Qb4 Ke5 52. Qc5+
Ke6 53. Qd4 h6+ 54. Kxh6 e3 55. Qb6+ Ke5 56. fxe3 f4 57. Qd4+ Kf5 58. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Minsk International"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1982.05.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2
e5 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 h6 11. d5 Ne7 12. f3 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Qd2 Ng6
16. Ng3 Nh7 17. Rfb1 Re8 18. a5 b6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Rxb6 Qxb6 21. Rb1 Qc7 22.
Qb2 a5 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Nf6 25. Rxd6 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Ne2 a4 28. Ra6
1-0

[Event "Minsk International"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1982.05.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3
b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh5 dxe5 12. Nxe6 Qb6 13. Nxf8 Qe3+ 14. Qe2 Qxf4
15. Nxh7 Rxh7 16. g3 Qb4 17. O-O-O Bxh1 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Qxh7 Nd4 20. Bd3 Bf3
21. Rf1 Rd8 22. g4 Qf8 23. Kb1 Rd6 24. h4 f5 25. g5 e4 26. Re1 Kd8 27. Bf1 Rg6
28. Ne2 Bxe2 29. Bxe2 Nxe2 30. Rxe2 Qd6 31. Re1 Qd2 32. Rc1 Ke7 33. Qh5 Rd6 34.
g6 fxg6 35. Qh7+ Kd8 36. Qg8+ Kc7 37. c4 Rc6 38. c5 Qd3+ 39. Ka1 Qd7 40. Qb3 f4
41. Rd1 Qe7 42. a3 Rxc5 43. Qg8 Kb7 44. Qxg6 f3 45. Qg4 Rc7 46. Qf4 Qe6 47. Qe3
Rf7 48. Rd2 Rh7 49. Qf4 Rc7 50. Kb1 Qc6 51. Qe3 Rh7 52. Qd4 Re7 53. Qe3 Qb6 54.
Rd4 Qf6 55. Rd2 Qxh4 56. Qc5 Qf6 57. Rd6 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 12th"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1982.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1982.06.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Army"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Bg5 d4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Bd3 g6 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. O-O Bg4 21.
f3 Bd7 22. Rf2 Rfe8 23. Rfd2 Rad8 24. Be4 Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. c5 Re3 27. Qc4
Qe5 28. Kf2 d3 29. Rxd3 Rexd3 30. Rxd3 Qxb2+ 31. Kg3 Qe5+ 32. Kf2 Rxd3 33. Qxd3
Qxc5+ 34. Kg3 a5 35. h4 h5 36. Kf4 Qe7 37. g3 Qc7+ 38. Ke3 Qxg3 39. Qd8+ Kh7
40. Qxa5 Qxh4 41. Qc7 Qe1+ 42. Kf4 Qc1+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+ 44. Kf2 Qc5+ 45. Kg3 Kg7
46. a4 h4+ 47. Kxh4 Qd4+ 48. Kg5 c5 49. a5 c4 50. f4 c3 51. a6 Qg1+ 52. Kh4
Qh2+ 53. Kg4 Qg2+ 54. Kh4 c2 55. a7 Qh2+ 56. Kg4 Qg1+ 57. Kh3 c1=Q 58. Qxc1
Qxc1 59. a8=Q Qxf4 60. Qa1+ Qf6 61. Qa4 Qf3+ 62. Kh2 g5 63. Qb5 Qf2+ 64. Kh1
Qe1+ 65. Kg2 Qe4+ 66. Kh2 Kg6 67. Qd7 f5 68. Qd8 Qe5+ 69. Kg2 Qe6 70. Qh8 f4
71. Qd4 Qe2+ 72. Kh1 Qf3+ 73. Kh2 Qg3+ 74. Kh1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-12b"]
[Site "Toluca de Lerdo"]
[Date "1982.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Rubinetti, Jorge Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1982.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rad1 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nd5 Qh4 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Rac8 18. f3 Ne5 19. b3 f6 20. c4 c6 21.
Ne3 Rcd8 22. Re2 g6 23. Red2 Nf7 24. Kf2 h5 25. b4 Bc8 26. b5 Bd7 27. a4 Kg7
28. Nb3 b6 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. Ra1 Re5 31. a5 cxb5 32. axb6 axb6 33. cxb5 Rcc5 34.
Ra7 Bxb5 35. Nxb5 Rxb5 36. Nc4 Kf8 37. Nxe5 fxe5 38. Rc2 Rc5 39. Rb2 Rc6 40.
Rb7 Nd8 41. R7xb6 Rxb6 42. Rxb6 Ke7 43. Ke3 g5 44. Kd3 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Kc4
Ne6 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. Rd7 Nf4 49. Rxd6+ Kg5 50. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-12b"]
[Site "Toluca de Lerdo"]
[Date "1982.08.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kouatly, Bachar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1982.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qd7 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Bg5 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Qg3 Bd7 14. Nf5
exf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc5 17. b4 Qc6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. exf5+ Kf8 20. Rxd6
Qc7 21. Qf4 Rg8 22. Qh6+ Rg7 23. Qxf6 Bxf5 24. Rd5 Bh3 25. g3 Kg8 26. Red1 h6
27. Rc5 Qb8 28. Qxh6 Be6 29. Rh5 f6 30. Qxf6 Bg4 31. Rg5 Qf8 32. Rxg7+ Qxg7 33.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rd4 Bf3 35. Rf4 Bc6 36. Kf1 Re8 37. c4 Re7 38. h4 Kg6 39. g4 Rh7
40. g5 Re7 41. f3 Re6 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-12b"]
[Site "Toluca de Lerdo"]
[Date "1982.08.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1982.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Be3 g6 13. Rad1 Be7 14. e5 Bxf3 15.
Nxf3 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf3 Rd8 19. Qc6+ Rd7 20. Bd4 Qd6 21.
Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxf6 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Bxf6 24. Rxf6 Ke7 25. Rf4 Rc8 26. Ne3 b5 27.
axb5 axb5 28. Rb4 Rc5 29. Kf2 f5 30. c3 e5 31. Nc2 Rd5 32. Ke2 Kd6 33. Ne3 Rc5
34. c4 bxc4 35. Nxc4+ Kd5 36. b3 Rc7 37. Rb5+ Kd4 38. Ne3 Ra7 39. Rb4+ Kc3 40.
Nd5+ Kb2 41. Rb8 e4 42. b4 Rd7 43. Rb5 1-0

[Event "URS 60 years rap"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1982.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 h6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 O-O-O 13. Nb3 g5 14. h3 Nc5
15. Nbd4 Be7 16. a3 Rhg8 17. c4 Nb6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. g4 h5 20. Bd2 hxg4 21. hxg4
Nf8 22. a4 Ng6 23. a5 Nd7 24. a6 b6 25. Bc3 Rh8 26. Qe4 Rh3 27. Nxc6 Rdh8 28.
Bd2 Bc5 29. bxc5 Nxc5 30. Nxa7+ Qxa7 31. Qc6+ Qc7 32. Qxc7+ Kxc7 33. Nxg5 R3h4
34. f3 Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Nd3+ 36. Ke3 Nxe1 37. Bxe1 Nxe5 38. Bg3 f6 39. Nxe6+ Kd7
40. Nf8+ Ke8 41. Bxe5 fxe5 42. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Helsinki Shakkiklubi"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1983.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Binham, Timothy F"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1983.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nc4 dxe5 11. Ncxe5 Qb6 12. O-O Rc8 13. c4 Nf6 14. Nxc6 Bc5
15. Qh4 Qxc6 16. b3 O-O 17. Bb2 Be7 18. Rae1 Rfd8 19. Re3 Qc7 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21.
Qh5 Bf6 22. Ne5 Rd2 23. Bc3 Rc2 24. f4 Rd8 25. a4 Nd6 26. Rd3 Nf5 27. Rxd8+
Bxd8 28. Ba1 Qe7 29. Qd1 Bb6+ 30. Kh1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Helsinki Shakkiklubi"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1983.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1983.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. h3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Be3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 b5
15. Rad1 f6 16. Bc5 Na5 17. d4 c6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Ng4 Rfe8 21. f5
Bg7 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qc2 Kh7 24. Rde1 e5 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxf6 e4 27. Rd6 Qg5
28. Rxe4 Nc4 29. Rd7+ Kh6 30. Be7 1-0

[Event "Helsinki Shakkiklubi"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1983.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1983.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Bc8 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3
Qc7 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 h6 19. Qf3 Bg4 20. Qe3 Nh7 21. f4 exf4
22. Qxf4 Qd7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Nf6 25. Bf4 Ra7 26. a5 Qxf5 27. exf5 d5 28.
Bxa6 Rxa6 29. Rxe7 Rfa8 30. Bc7 Rc6 31. Rae1 c4 32. dxc4 Rxc4 33. R1e3 Ne4 34.
Bb6 Ra4 35. h3 h5 36. Re5 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 h4 38. Rxd5 Ng3 39. Rxg3 hxg3+ 40. Kxg3
Rc8 41. Rd3 Ra4 42. Kf3 Rac4 43. Ke3 Rxc3 44. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 45. Kd4 Rg3 46. a6
Rxg2 47. a7 Ra2 48. Kc5 Kh7 49. Kb5 Rxa7 50. Bxa7 Kh6 51. Bd4 f6 52. Be3+ Kh5
53. Kc6 Kh4 54. Kd5 Kxh3 55. Ke6 Kg4 56. Bc1 Kf3 57. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Helsinki Shakkiklubi"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1983.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Rantanen, Yrjo A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1983.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8.
Ne2 e4 9. Bc2 Na5 10. Ng3 Re8 11. f3 Nxc4 12. fxe4 d5 13. e5 Ng4 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. h3 Ngxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qf2 Qc4 18. Ne2 b6 19. O-O Ba6 20. Ng3 Qc5 21.
Rd1 Rad8 22. a4 Qxc3 23. Bb2 Qc5 24. Nf5 f6 25. Ba3 Qc3 26. Rdc1 Qa5 27. Qh4 c5
28. Bb1 Rd7 29. Nd4 Bd3 30. Nb3 Qa6 31. Bxc5 Bxb1 32. Rcxb1 bxc5 33. Nxc5 Qc6
34. Nxd7 Qxd7 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rac1 Qf5 37. Qf4 Qg6 38. Kh2 h6 39. Rc7 a6 40.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Kf8 42. Rb1 Rd7 43. Rxd7 Nxd7 44. Rd1 Nc5 45. a5 Nb3 46.
Rxd5 Ke7 47. e4 Ke6 48. Kf3 g6 49. g4 g5 50. Ke3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch50 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Be7 8. Nd4
Bg6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Bd6 13. g4 h6 14. f4 Nh7 15.
Qf3 Re8 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. h3 Re7 18. Be3 Rae8 19. Bf2 Qf6 20. Rae1 Bc5 21. Rxe7
Rxe7 22. Qg3 Qd6 23. h4 Bxf2 24. Rxf2 Nhf6 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Nh5 27. Qf3
Re1+ 28. Kh2 g6 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Nxe2 Nf8 32. Qg4 Qb4 33. d4 Ng7
34. Qf3 Qxb2 35. Qe3 Nf5 36. Qe5 Qxa2 37. Bh3 Qc2 38. Bg4 a5 39. Bxf5 Qxf5 40.
Qc7 Qc2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Qd2 b5 8. cxb5
a6 9. e4 Qa5 10. b6 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Nxb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Nh4 Na4 14. Nxa4 Qxa4 15.
b3 Qb4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. a4 e6 18. Bc4 exd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. f3 Nxd5 21. Rad1
Be6 22. Qf2 Nc3 23. Rxd6 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Be3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxh4 27. Kh1
Bd4 28. Qd2 Be5 29. g3 Qh3 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch50 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. Nc3 d6 11. a4 Na5 12. Ba2 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3
c4 16. Ng3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Bc8 18. Nh4 Kh7 19. Nhf5 Nb7 20. Be3 Be6 21. Bd5 Qc7
22. Rab1 Rfb8 23. Rb6 Bf8 24. Reb1 Bxd5 25. exd5 g6 26. R1b4 Nd8 27. Nxh6 Rxb6
28. Bxb6 Qb7 29. Ng4 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th Group2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Dzyuban, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1983.07.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nxe5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nd6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Nf3 f6 13. Bf4 Kf7 14. Qd3
Rad8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Re3 g6 17. Rae1 Rhe8 18. h4 h5 19. Re6 Qxe6 20. Rxe6
Kxe6 21. Qxg6 Kd7 22. Qxh5 c6 23. Qf5+ Kc7 24. h5 a5 25. Kf1 a4 26. a3 b5 27.
c3 Rd6 28. Qg6 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. a3
O-O 9. Bh6 c5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. e5 Nd5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Bxg6
Nxc3 15. Bf5 Na2+ 16. Kb1 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Nb4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. f4 Ra7 20. Rhe1
Rd8 21. Bd3 Bd5 22. Re3 Bc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Be2 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Rc7 26. Be2
Nd7 27. e6 Nf6 28. exf7 c3 29. Bxa6 Kxf7 30. Re5 Nd7 31. Rf5+ Ke6 32. Bd3 Nc5
33. Re5+ Kd6 34. Bxh7 e6 35. Bg6 Na4 36. bxc3 Nxc3+ 37. Kb2 Na4+ 38. Kb3 Nb6
39. Bd3 Nd5 40. g3 Rc3+ 41. Kb2 1-0

[Event "(GER-ch) Internationa06 DSB Mephisto GM"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1983.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Glienke, Manfred"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1983.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. c3
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Bh2 Rc8 12. Qb3 Rc7 13. Bc4 Qc8 14. Rfe1 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Ra7 16. Bf1 d5 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Be5 e6 19. f4 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Nf3
cxd4 22. cxd4 Rc7 23. Bf1 Nf5 24. Qa3 Nf6 25. Qd3 a5 26. Qd1 Ne4 27. Bd3 Nfd6
28. Qe2 Ree7 29. Ba6 Qe8 30. Bd3 Qd8 31. Rec1 Qc8 32. Re1 f6 33. Kg2 Rc6 34.
Ba6 Qf8 35. Rec1 Rec7 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Bd3 Qc8 38. Ba6 Qc7 39. Bd3 Nf5 40. Rd1
Nfd6 41. Ne1 Nf5 42. Nf3 Kg7 43. Rg1 Qd6 44. Qe1 Qc7 45. Qe2 h6 46. Kh1 Kf7 47.
Kg2 g5 48. fxg5 hxg5 49. Qd1 Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "(GER-ch) Internationa06 DSB Mephisto GM"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1983.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pfleger, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1983.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. h3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14. Rad1
Bxd3 15. cxd3 b5 16. Bc5 Qd5 17. d4 Rab8 18. Rde1 e6 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Rd1 a5 21.
Qf2 h6 22. Ne4 Qd5 23. Qe2 a4 24. a3 Qd7 25. g4 Ne7 26. Rd3 Nd5 27. Rg3 Kh7 28.
f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Qh5 f4 31. Rg4 1-0

[Event "(GER-ch) Internationa06 DSB Mephisto GM"]
[Site "Hannover"]
[Date "1983.08.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Chen, De"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1983.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8.
dxc5 Ng6 9. Bd3 $1 (9. Be3 $6 Nc6 $1) 9... Nc6 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. O-O Ncxe5 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 $1 O-O-O (13... f6 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Bxh7 $16)
14. Qe2 f6 15. Ba6 $1 $18 Bc6 16. Rxb7 $1 Bxb7 17. Rb1 Rd7 (17... Bxa6 18.
Qxa6+ Kd7 19. Rb7 Qxb7 20. Qxb7+ Ke8 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. c6 $18) 18. Rxb7 Qxb7
19. c6 $1 (19. c6 Nxc6 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Qb5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch51 Otborochny"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1983.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Anikaev, Yuri N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1983.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Qd2 f6 10. Be3 e5 11. f4 Nd4 12. Rf2 Be6 13. Raf1 Qd7 14. Nc1 Rac8 15.
N3e2 b6 16. b3 f5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nc3 Rf7 19. Bh6 Rcf8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Nd1 Ng6 23. c3 Nc6 24. Ne2 e4 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxd3 27. Rd2 Qa6
28. Ne3 Qc8 29. h4 h6 30. h5 Rf6 31. Rd6 Nd8 32. Rd2 Nc6 33. Rfd1 Qe8 34. Rd6
Bc8 35. Rxf6 Rxf6 36. Rd6 Qe5 37. Rxf6 Qxf4 38. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch51 Otborochny"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1983.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1983.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. f3 b6 14. Qd2 Rb7 15.
Kh1 Qb8 16. f4 Ng6 17. Nc2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. a3 Rd8 20. Nb4 Be8 21. Qe1 d5
22. exd5 exd5 23. Rd1 Bxb4 24. axb4 Bc6 25. f5 Re8 26. Bg5 Ng4 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28.
hxg3 N6e5 29. Nxd5 f6 30. Bf4 Rd7 31. Nc3 Rxd1 32. Nxd1 h5 33. Nc3 Rd8 34. Nxb5
Nd3 35. Nc3 Nxb4 36. Kg1 Kh7 37. Rd1 Re8 38. Rd6 Ba8 39. Rd2 Bc6 40. Kf1 Nh2+
41. Kf2 Ng4+ 42. Bxg4 hxg4 43. Bd6 Rd8 44. Ke3 Nc2+ 45. Rxc2 Rxd6 46. b4 Bb7
47. b5 Kh6 48. Ne4 Rd1 49. Nc5 Bc8 50. b6 Rb1 51. Nd3 Bxf5 52. Rb2 Rd1 53. b7
Rxd3+ 54. Kf4 Rd8 55. Kxf5 Rb8 56. Rb5 Kh5 57. Ke6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch51 Otborochny"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1983.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1983.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Ra5 13. Be3 Nbd5 14. Ne5 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bd2 Ra8 18. Nf3 b5 19. Ne5 Qb7 20. Bb1 Bd6 21. Bd3
Rb8 22. O-O O-O 23. Rac1 Ne7 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 f5 26. Qe2 Rf6 27. Rfe1 Rg6
28. g3 Qd5 29. Bc3 Nc6 30. Rcd1 Bc7 31. Rd2 Bf4 32. Rdd1 Bc7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch51 First League"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1983.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Nf3 $5 d6 9. e4 Qa5 $6 (9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 (11... Ne8 $5 12. g4 Ng6
$13) 12. g3 h6 13. Be3 Nh7 14. Qd2 Qa5 $6 (14... f5 $142 15. exf5 Bxf5) 15. Qc2
Qc7 16. Ke2 Ne7 17. Rag1 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. g4 $1 Bxd3+ 20. Qxd3 $14 {
Balashov,Y-Novikov,I/Volgograd/1985/1:0 (42)}) 10. Bd2 e5 11. O-O h6 (11... Bg4
12. d5 Ne7 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bg5 $1 Qxc3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nh4 $16) 12.
Ne1 Qd8 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nc2 Bd7 (14... Ne8 15. Ne3 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. f4 $1
$16) 15. Ne3 $16 (15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bg4 17. Qd2 Ng6 $13) 15... Qc8 (15...
Ng6 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. g3 $14) 16. a4 $5 (16. f3 Ne8 17. Nf5 Nxf5 18. exf5 $14)
16... Ng4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Bd7 (18... Bh5 19. Qe1 Bg6 20. f4 exf4 (20... f6
21. f5) 21. Bxf4 Qd7 22. Qg3 Rad8 23. e5 $16) 19. f4 $1 exf4 $2 (19... f6 $142
20. f5 $16) 20. Bxf4 Qb8 $8 (20... Qc7 21. e5 dxe5 22. d6 $18) 21. Qh5 Ng6 (
21... f6 22. Rf3 Be8 23. Qg4) 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 23. e5 $1 $18 Nxe5 (23... dxe5
24. Rf6 Be8 25. Qxh6 Qd8 26. Raf1 $18) (23... Kg7 24. e6 Be8 25. exf7 Bxf7 26.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Re1 Qd8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Re3 Rg7 31. Qe6+ $18)
24. Rf6 $1 Rc8 (24... Nxd3 25. Rxh6) (24... Ng4 25. Rxh6 Nxh6 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27.
Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qh7#) 25. Rxh6 f5 (25... Kf8 26. Qg5 $18) 26. Qg5+ (26. Qg5+ Kf8
27. Qf6+ Nf7 28. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch51 First League"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1983.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f5 Bc4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rfe8 15.
Rf3 Rad8 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rc8 18. a5 Qc6 19. Ra4 Nc5 20. Rc4 b5 21. axb6
Qxb6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. b3 Nd7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nc4 Qc5 26. Rd3 Rc6 27. g3 Be7
28. Nd5 Bd8 29. Rd1 Kf8 30. Ra1 Qb5 31. Kg2 Nf6 32. Nxf6 Bxf6 33. Qd2 Qb8 34.
Ra5 Qc7 35. Qd5 Bd8 36. Ra1 Kg8 37. h4 Be7 38. Kh3 Qc8 39. Qd3 Kf8 40. Rd1 Ke8
41. Rd2 Kf8 42. Qe2 Qb8 43. Ne3 Bd8 44. Rd1 Qc8 45. Nc4 Be7 46. Rd5 Qc7 47. Qd2
Kg8 48. Ne3 Qa7 49. Kg2 Qb7 50. Kf3 Qc8 51. Rd3 Kf8 52. b4 Kg8 53. Nd5 Bd8 54.
Rc3 Kh7 55. Qd3 Qb7 56. Ra3 h5 57. Kg2 Qc8 58. c3 Rc4 59. Qe2 Kg8 60. Ra1 Qc6
61. Qd3 Qb5 62. Kh3 Qc6 63. Qf3 Qb5 64. Qd3 Qc6 65. Re1 g6 66. Rf1 Kg7 67. fxg6
fxg6 68. Kh2 a5 69. Qf3 Qe8 70. Qe2 Rc8 71. bxa5 Rc5 72. a6 Ra5 73. Rb1 Qa4 74.
Rb7+ Kh6 75. Qe3+ g5 76. hxg5+ Bxg5 77. Qf3 Qe8 78. Qf5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch51 First League"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Polovodin, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1983.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 b6 18. Ba6 Re8 19. Nd4 e5 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.
dxc6 Bf8 22. Qb5 Qc7 23. Rfd1 Bd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. c7 Rec8 26. Qd5 Qf6 27. Bh6
b5 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Qd7 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Qe6 31. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch51 First League"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1983.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Bb3 (7. g4
O-O 8. g5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nf6+ Bxf6 11. gxf6 dxc4 12. fxg7 Re8 13. Be3 (13.
Qg4 e5 14. Nf5 Qf6 {Svistunov,K-Kharitonov,A/Pinsk/1993/0:1 (14)}) 13... Qd5
14. Rg1 e5 15. Qh5 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 $36) 7... O-O 8. Be3 Na6 $5 9.
g4 (9. Qe2 Nc5 10. f3 a6 11. g4 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Rhg1 b4 14. Nb1 (14. Na4
Bd7 $19) 14... Nfd7 15. g5 Nb6 16. Nd2 d5 $1 $17 {Huares-Lombardy,W//Ziegen(ol)
/1970/0:1 (23)}) (9. f4 $5 Nc5 10. Qf3 a5 11. O-O-O a4 12. Bc4 a3 13. e5 axb2+
14. Kb1 dxe5 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. fxe5 Nfd7 $13 {Styrenkov,
V-Kharitonov,A/Smolensk/1986/0,5 (26)}) 9... Nc5 10. Qf3 a5 11. g5 $2 (11. a3
$142 $13) (11. a4 d5 12. exd5 Nxb3 13. cxb3 (13. Nxb3 Bb4 $36) 13... Bb4 $36)
11... Nfd7 (11... Nfxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 d5 14. Qg2 a4 15. Bxd5 exd5 16.
a3 $13) 12. Qh5 (12. h4 a4 13. Bc4 a3 14. b3 Ne5 15. Qe2 $17) 12... Ne5 $1 13.
a4 (13. f4 $2 a4 14. fxe5 dxe5 $19) (13. a3 $5) 13... Nxb3 14. cxb3 g6 15. Qh4
f5 $5 16. f4 $2 (16. gxf6 Bxf6 $17) (16. O-O-O $2 f4 $1 17. Bd2 (17. Bxf4 Rxf4
18. Qxf4 Bxg5 $19) 17... Bxg5 $19) (16. exf5 Rxf5 $1 {Balashov/} 17. f4 Nd3+
18. Ke2 (18. Kd2 Rxf4 $1 19. Qg3 (19. Bxf4 Nxf4 $17) 19... e5 20. Kxd3 Rxd4+
21. Bxd4 Bf5+ $17) 18... Nxf4+ 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Qxf4 e5 21. Qe4 exd4 22. Qxd4
Bxg5 $36) 16... Nd3+ 17. Ke2 fxe4 18. Nxe4 e5 $1 $40 19. f5 (19. Kxd3 exd4 20.
Bxd4 Bf5 $19) 19... exd4 20. f6 (20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxd4 Ne5 $19) 20... dxe3 21.
fxe7 Qxe7 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 $5 (22... Kh8 23. Kxd3 Bf5+ 24. Ke2 Rac8 25. Rac1 $17)
23. gxf6 Qf7 24. Kxd3 Qxb3+ 25. Ke2 Be6 $19 26. Rac1 (26. Qh6 Qxb2+ 27. Kxe3
Qxf6 $19) 26... Qxb2+ 27. Kxe3 Re8 28. Rhe1 Bc4+ 29. Kf3 (29. Kf4 Qd4+ 30. Kg5
(30. Kg3 Re3+ $19) 30... Re5+ 31. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 32. Kg4 (32. Kh6 Qe3+ 33. Qg5 Qh3+
$19) 32... Qe4+ 33. Kg5 (33. Kg3 Qe3+) 33... Qe3+ 34. Qf4 h6+ $19) 29... Bd5+
30. Kg4 Qd4+ (30... Qd4+ 31. Kg5 Re5+ 32. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 33. Kg4 h5+ 34. Kh3 Qe6+
35. Kg3 Qe3#) (30... Qd4+ 31. Kg3 Re3+ 32. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kg4 Be6#) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1984.02.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1984.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Be2 dxe4 5. dxe4 Qxd1+ 6. Bxd1 b6 7. Bf3 Nc6 8.
c3 g6 9. Be3 Ba6 10. Nd2 Bh6 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Kxe2 e5 13. fxe5 Bxe3 14. Kxe3
Nxe5 15. Ngf3 Nc6 16. Nc4 O-O-O 17. Rad1 Nh6 18. Kf4 f6 19. h4 Nf7 20. g4 Rhe8
21. a4 Rf8 22. Rhe1 Kc7 23. Rd5 Ne7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. e5 g5+ 26. hxg5 Ng6+ 27.
Ke4 Nfxe5 28. Nfxe5 fxe5 29. Rf1 Rd7 30. Rf6 Re7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Nxa5 Kd7 33.
Nc6 Re6 34. Nxa7 Rxf6 35. gxf6 Ke6 36. g5 Nf4 37. Nb5 Nh3 38. Nc7+ Kd7 39. Kf5
e4 40. Nd5 Ke8 41. b4 cxb4 42. cxb4 Nf2 43. b5 Nd3 44. Kxe4 Nc5+ 45. Ke5 Kf7
46. Kd6 Ne4+ 47. Ke5 Nxg5 48. b6 Ne6 49. Nf4 Nc5 50. Kd6 Nb7+ 51. Kc7 Na5 52.
Nh5 Ke6 53. b7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1984.02.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Knezevic, Milorad"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1984.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2 c5
9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Ne4 14. Nb5 Bf4
15. Rc2 a6 16. Nc3 f5 17. g3 Bd6 18. f3 Ng5 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Bc1 Rae8 21. Kg2
Ne6 22. Be3 f4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Qxf4 26. Re2 Rxe2+ 27.
Qxe2 Qxd4 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qe7 Qf4 30. Qxb7 Qd2+ 31. Rf2 Qxd3 32. Qxb6 h6 33.
Qc6 Rf6 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qc2 Rg6+ 36. Kh1 Qd4 37. Rf1 Qf4 38. Qd3 Qg5 39. Qc2
d4 40. Qf2 d3 41. Rd1 Rd6 42. Qe1 Rd4 43. Qg3 Qc5 44. Rg1 Qe7 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46.
Qxa6 d2 47. Rd1 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Rd8 49. Qa5 Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch51 Final"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1984.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 a6 10. a3 b5 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 $1 Qb8 (13... Nh5 $5) 14.
Bg3 $1 Bf8 15. b4 Qa7 16. Ra2 $1 g6 17. Rd2 $16 exd4 18. Nxd4 bxc4 (18... c5
19. Ndxb5 $5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21. Nxd6 $36) 19. Bxc4 d5 20. exd5 Rxe1+ 21.
Qxe1 cxd5 22. Bb3 {><d5} Bg7 23. Nde2 Nb6 24. Be5 $1 Ne4 (24... Re8 25. Bd4 $16
) 25. Nxe4 Bxe5 26. Nc5 Re8 27. Nf4 $1 Bc6 28. Re2 Bxf4 $8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30.
Qxe8+ Kg7 31. g3 Bg5 32. Qc6 a5 $5 33. Bxd5 axb4 34. axb4 Bd2 35. b5 Qa1+ 36.
Kg2 Qf6 (36... Qd4 37. Nb3 $18) 37. Qb7 Ba5 38. Ne4 Qf5 39. Bb3 Qd7 40. Qa6 Qd4
41. Qxa5 Qxe4+ 42. Kh2 Qd4 43. Qa2 Nc8 44. Bd5 (44. Bxf7 $6 Nd6 45. Bg8 Qc5 $14
) 44... Nd6 45. Bc6 h5 46. h4 Kf6 47. Qe2 Nf5 48. Kg2 Qc5 49. Qf3 Ke6 50. Qe4+
Kf6 51. Qf3 Ke6 52. Qb3+ $1 Kf6 53. Be8 Qc7 54. b6 $18 Qb7+ 55. Kh2 Nd6 (55...
Nd4 56. Qb2 $18) 56. Qc3+ Ke6 57. Qe3+ Kf6 58. Qc3+ Ke6 59. Qc6 Qe7 60. Qa8 Qb7
(60... Nxe8 61. b7 $18) 61. Qxb7 Nxb7 62. Bc6 Nd8 63. Be4 Kd6 64. f4 f5 65. b7
Kc7 66. Bd5 Nxb7 67. Bf7 Kd6 68. Bxg6 Ke6 69. Bxh5 Kf6 70. Bf3 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 13th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1984.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1984.05.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "The Rural Societies"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 g6 4. Bxc4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be3
Kh8 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ng8 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. h4 Ndf6 13. Kb1 c6 14. Ne2 Nh5
15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Qc7 17. h5 Qxg3 18. Qe2 b5 19. Bb3 c5 20. Rdg1 Qc7 21.
Qg2 g5 22. h6 Nxh6 23. Qxg5 Rg8 24. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Helsinki"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ornstein, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2
Qc7 9. e4 Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. f4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Neg8 15.
a4 h6 16. Bh4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Kb8 19. a5 g5 20. Bg3 Ne8 21. Rxf7 Qxf7
22. Bxe5+ Nc7 23. Bxh8 Ne7 24. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Helsinki"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pirttimaki, Timo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Be2 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Bxd1 b6 8.
c3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. g3 Bc7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bc2 Rfd8 14. e5 Nd5
15. Ne4 Na5 16. Kg2 Bc6 17. b3 b5 18. Bd2 Nb7 19. Re2 Bb6 20. Rae1 a5 21. Rb1
Rd7 22. a3 Ba7 23. Be1 c4 24. Bf2 cxb3 25. Bxb3 Ne3+ 26. Bxe3 Bxe4 27. Rbb2 Rd3
28. Bc2 Bxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Rxc3 30. Be4 Rb8 31. Rxb5 Nc5 32. Rxa5 Nxe4 33. Rxa7 f5
34. exf6 Nxf6 35. Kg2 Rbb3 36. Bd4 Rxa3 37. Re7 Rc6 38. Rb2 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Helsinki"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc7 8. Bf4
$5 Nbd7 9. e5 $1 Nh5 10. Bg5 $5 (10. exd6 exd6 11. Be3 f5 12. d5 f4 13. Bd4 $16
{Andersson,U-Van der Wiel,J/Tilburg/1984/}) 10... dxe5 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. d5 $1
Nf4 (12... Rxe7 13. d6 Qd8 14. dxe7 Qxe7 $16) 13. d6 Qb6 14. Bc4 h6 15. Ne4
Qxb2 16. a3 (16. Nfg5 $1 {Razuvaev} hxg5 17. Nxg5 Rf8 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. g3 Nh5
20. Bxf7+ Kg7 21. Qd3 $18) 16... Qb6 (16... Nb6 17. Ra2 $1 {Domination}) 17.
Qd2 a6 18. g3 Nd5 19. Rab1 Qa7 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5 b5 22. Neg5 $1 hxg5 23.
Nxg5 Rf8 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. Rbd1 $2 (25. d7 $1 Qxd7 (25... Bxd7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8
27. Re4 $18) 26. Qxa8 Bb7 27. Qb8 Qc6 28. f3 Bh6 29. Ne4 f5 30. Nd6 Ba8 $44)
25... Bg4 $1 26. Rd2 Rd8 $19 27. h3 Bc8 (27... Be6 $1 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. d7 Nd4
$19) 28. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Be6 (29... Qd7 30. Ne4 Qe6 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Qc3
Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Ne6 34. Nh5+ Kg8 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Ng4+ Kh7 37. Nf6+ Kh6 38. Ng4+
Kh7 $10) 30. Rd4 Nd7 $2 (30... Rc8 31. Rh4 f6 32. Qxf6 Qg7 33. Qf3 Rxc2 $17)
31. Qf4 Re8 32. Re4 Rf8 $4 (32... Nf8 33. Qf6 {/\Rh4} Nd7 34. Qf4 Nf8 $10) 33.
Qh4 Nf6 34. Qh6 {/\Rh4} 1-0

[Event "Helsinki"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rantanen, Yrjo A"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 a6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nf3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 h6 15.
Bh4 bxa3 16. bxa3 Na5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd5 19. Qe1 Nc4 20. Ned4 Nde3 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rf2 Rfd8 23. Re2 Qc5 24. Nb3 Qb6 25. Qb4 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rab8 27.
Qc3 Rbc8 28. Rg1 Nxa3 29. Qe1 Naxc2 30. Qg3 g5 31. Qh4 Rxd3 32. Qxh6 g4 33. Nd2
Rd4 34. Ne4 Rxe4 35. fxe4 Qd4 36. Qf4 Rc4 37. Rxg4+ Nxg4 38. Qxg4+ Kf8 39. Rg2
Qxe4 40. Qg5 Qe1+ 41. Rg1 Qe4+ 42. Rg2 Rd4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 04th final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1984.12.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1984.12.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trud"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Kh1 Be6 14. f4 Qd7 15.
Ng1 Rae8 16. Rf2 Kg7 17. Raf1 b6 18. Nd1 exf4 19. Rxf4 d5 20. Nc3 dxe4 21. Nxe4
Nd5 22. R4f2 f5 23. Ng5 Bg8 24. c3 Nc6 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 Re8 27. Re2 Rxe2
28. Qxe2 Qe7 29. N5h3 Qxe2 30. Nxe2 Ne5 31. Nf2 Ne3 32. b3 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 Bd5+
34. Kf1 g5 35. h3 Nf3 36. Nd1 Kf6 37. Kf2 Bb7 38. Ke3 h5 39. d4 h4 40. gxh4
cxd4+ 41. Nxd4 Nxh4 42. Nf2 Ng2+ 43. Kd2 Nf4 44. c4 Bg2 45. Nb5 Nxh3 46. Nd3
Be4 47. Nxa7 g4 48. Nb5 g3 49. Ne1 g2 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 17th final"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1985.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sideif Sade, Fikret Israfil O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1985.01.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qg4 Be5 10. f4 h5 11. Qf3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. O-O
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 g6 16. Rab1 Qa5 17. c4 O-O 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 d6 20. e6 Qc3 21.
Rxf7 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 17th final"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1985.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1985.01.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithunia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be3 cxd4 6. Bxd4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 a6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nc2 Qc7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Qd3 Bd6
15. g3 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Bc5 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. b4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxc3 23. Qxb7 Qa3 24. Qe4 Rb8 25. Nc2 Qc3 26. a3 Rfd8 27.
Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bb3 29. Qe7 h5 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kh7 32. Ne3 Ba4 33.
Qd6 Bc6 34. Qd1 Be4 35. h4 Qxa3 36. Qe1 Qd3 37. Qf1 Qd7 38. f4 Qd2 39. Ng2 Bb7
40. Kh2 Qxb4 41. Qd3+ Qe4 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 17th final"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1985.01.20"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.01.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Nf3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. g3 h6 13. Be3 Nh7 14. Nd2 Qa5 15. Qc2
Qc7 16. Ke2 Ne7 17. Rag1 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. g4 Bxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Rf7 21. h4 Nf8
22. h5 Nh7 23. Ne4 Kh8 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Nf5 26. Bd2 Raf8 27. h6 g5 28. Bxg5
Rg8 29. Bd2 Rxg1 30. Rxg1 Rf8 31. Qh3 Qf7 32. Qg4 Rg8 33. Qxg8+ Qxg8 34. Rxg8+
Kxg8 35. f4 Kf7 36. fxe5 dxe5 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. Nxf6 Kxf6 39. h7 Kg7 40. Ke4 Nd6+
41. Kxe5 Nxc4+ 42. Ke6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch52 Final + Zonal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1985.01.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Nce2 Nf6 10. c4 O-O 11. b3 Rc8 12. a4 Qc7 13. Bd2 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Be8 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. b4 Qb8 17. Nf4 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. exd5 Bxb4 20. Rb1 a5 21. Bc3
Nxd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ f6 25. Ne6+ Kf7 26. Rfe1 Rc4 27. Qd3
Kg8 28. Qf3 Bg6 29. Qxf6 Rd7 30. Ng5 Qd8 31. Qe6+ Rf7 32. Red1 Qxg5 33. Rxd5
Qe7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch52 Final + Zonal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.01.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Bh4 h6 (12... a6 13. Be2 Re8
14. Nfd4 Bd7 15. Bg4 Ne5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Nc4 18. Nd4 Nxb2 19. Qh5 g6 20.
Qh6 Qa5 21. Be6 {Gavela,D-Raicevic,V/JUG 1973/}) 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Nf5 15.
Qd3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nfd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. Ba4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Nc6 21.
Bb3 d4 22. Re4 Rd7 23. c3 Na5 24. Rxd4 Nxb3 25. Rxd7 Nc5 26. Rd6 Qxb2 27. Qc4
Ne6 28. Qb3 Qe2 29. R6d2 Qa6 30. Qb4 b6 31. a3 Qc8 32. Rd7 Qa8 33. Qe7 Qc6 34.
Rxa7 Qxc3 35. Qb4 Qc6 36. Ra6 Qc2 37. Qb1 Qc3 38. Qxb6 Nc5 39. Ra7 Re8 40. Qb4
Qc2 41. Qd2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch52 Final + Zonal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1985.02.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.01.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qe1 b6 12. Qh4 Bb7 13. Kh1 e6 14. Be3 Rae8 15.
Rae1 Nc5 16. f5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Nd7 18. Bh6 f6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. fxe6 Rxe6 21. d4
Ree8 22. Qg3 Re7 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. d5 Kh8 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Qh4 g5 27. Qg3 Qe8 28.
Nf5 Rd7 29. Ne2 Nf7 30. Qd3 Qe5 31. b4 Re8 32. Neg3 Rc8 33. b5 Rxc1 34. Rxc1
Qb2 35. Rb1 Qa2 36. bxa6 Bxa6 37. Qb3 Qd2 38. Qb2 Qxb2 39. Rxb2 Rb7 40. Rc2 Rb8
41. h3 Bc8 42. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13b"]
[Site "Taxco"]
[Date "1985.06.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1985.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Nc6 9. Rd1 Nb4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qc3 Bb7 12. Na3 bxa4 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Nc4 Bd5 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nfe5 c5 17. e4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 cxd4 19. Ng4 d3 20. Rxa4 Qb6 21. e5
Be7 22. Qf4 Rfd8 23. Be4 Qc7 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Qxh6 f5 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxf5
Bc5 28. Rd2 Rf8 29. Qg5 Rbe8 30. Qh4 Rxe5 31. Ra1 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 0-1

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1985.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 Be7
9. Bb2 O-O 10. d5 e5 11. e4 g6 12. Ne1 Ne8 13. Nd3 f5 14. f4 Ng7 15. g4 exf4
16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Kh1 Ra7 19. Bd3 Bf6 20. Bc2 Ng4 21. Qd2 Be5 22.
exf5 Qh4 23. Rf3 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Raf1 Nh5 26. Nxh5 Rxf3 27. Rxf3 Nxh2
28. Qg2+ Rg7 29. Qh3 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.09.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vitolinsh, Alvis"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1985.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nd2 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8.
Qf3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Rb8 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Nb3 Qa4 14. Qe2
Bxd3 15. cxd3 c5 16. Rc1 Qb5 17. Qc2 a5 18. Qc4 a4 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Nd2 Rfb8
21. Rc2 d5 22. Rhc1 Nd7 23. Ka1 f5 24. e5 Kf7 25. Nb1 h6 26. Nc3 Rb4 27. Ne2 g5
28. Bd2 R4b7 29. Rf1 gxf4 30. Bxf4 Kg6 31. h3 Bg5 32. g3 Rb6 33. d4 c4 34. Nc3
Ra6 35. a3 Rf8 36. Rg2 h5 37. Ne2 Rb6 38. Rh1 Rf7 39. Nc3 Ra6 40. Rf1 Nb8 41.
Bxg5 Kxg5 42. g4 hxg4 43. Ne2 Rg7 44. hxg4 fxg4 45. Rf4 Kh4 46. Rf6 Nd7 47.
Rh6+ Kg5 48. Rgh2 Kf5 49. Ng3+ Kg5 50. Rh8 Rb6 51. Nh5 Rg6 52. Ng3 Rb3 53. Ne2
Kf5 54. R8h7 Nb8 55. Nc3 g3 56. Rf7+ Kg4 57. Rd2 Nc6 58. Ka2 Rh6 59. Rg2 Kh3
60. Rd2 Rh4 61. Ne2 Rd3 62. Ng1+ Kg4 63. Rg7+ Kf4 64. Rf7+ Ke4 65. Re2+ Re3 66.
Rxe3+ Kxe3 67. Rf3+ Ke4 68. Rxg3 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch53 First League"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1985.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bb3 c4
15. Bc2 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bg5 Rf8 18. f4 e5 19. f5 Qxd1 20. Rcxd1 b6 21. Be7
Re8 22. Bb4 Rf8 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Kh1 Bb7 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rf6 Kg7 27. Rdf1
Rd8 28. Ng1 Bc5 29. Rf7+ Kg8 30. Nh3 Rd2 31. Bb1 Be3 32. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch53 First League"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1985.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Re8 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Nf8 14. b5 a5 15. a4
Ng6 16. Ba3 Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Bf5 Qd8 19. Rc2 Ne7 20. Bd3 Rc8 21. Rfc1 Qd7
22. Ne2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Nd2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qc8 26. Nb1 Qxc2 27. Bxc2 Ne8
28. g4 g5 29. Ng3 Ng7 30. Nc3 h6 31. f3 f6 32. Bb3 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ne8 34. Nh5 Kf7
35. f4 Kg6 36. h3 Ng7 37. f5+ Kf7 38. Ne4 Ne8 39. Nhxf6 Nxf6 40. Nxd6+ Kf8 41.
Nxb7 Ne4+ 42. Ke1 Ke8 43. Bc2 Kd7 44. Bxe4 dxe4 45. f6 Nd5 46. f7 Ke7 47. Kd2
Nf6 48. Nd6 Kf8 49. Ke2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch53 First League"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1985.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Re1 a6 14. Qe4 Bf6 15.
Bb3 b5 16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. Qxb7 Nd7 18. Rad1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Nc4 20. Qe4 Nd5 21. Nxc4
bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Qa5 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Qd3 Rc6 26. Bb3 Rd8 27. g3 h6
28. Re4 Qa3 29. Rc2 a5 30. Qb5 Rc7 31. Kg2 Rdc8 32. d5 exd5 33. Bxd5 g6 34. c4
Kg7 35. Rce2 Qb4 36. Re8 Rxe8 37. Rxe8 Bd4 38. Re2 Qc5 39. a4 Re7 40. Rd2 h5
41. h4 Re5 42. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1985/86-61 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1986.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Rukavina, Josip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1985.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 6. Ng3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
c6 9. Bb3 (9. Qf3 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14.
Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Nf5 Rfe8 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11) (9. a3 Nxc4 10. dxc4
Be6 11. Qe2 Qc7 $11) 9... Nxb3 10. axb3 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. Qf3 Qd7
14. Kh2 Kh8 15. Be5 dxe4 16. dxe4 b6 17. Rad1 Qb7 18. Nce2 Rad8 19. Nd4 c5 20.
Ndf5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 {[#]} Re8 (22... Rd8 23. Qg3 Rg8 24. Qg5 a5
25. Rd3 $18 Qxe4 26. Nxe7) (22... Bd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxg7 $18) 23. Kg1 $5 (
23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Qf4 (24. Rd6 Qxe4 $11) 24... Qc6 25. Rd6 Qxe4 26. Bxf6+ Bxf6
27. Qxf6+ Kf8 28. Rd7 Qe5+ $11) (23. Qf4 h6 24. Rd3 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Nxg7
Ra8 27. Nf5+ Bf6 28. Bxf6+ Nxf6 29. Nxh6 $16) (23. Rd3 h6 24. Qg3 Rg8 25. Qh4
Re8 26. Qf4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. Nxg7 Ra8 29. Nf5+ Bf6 30. Bxf6+ Nxf6 31.
Nxh6 Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kg6 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Kg3 $16) 23... Bf8 {[#]} 24. Nxg7 (24.
Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd5 $1 $16 (25. Qc3 Qxe4 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Rd3 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Re6
29. Qg5+ Rg6 30. Qf4 Re6 $11) 25... Qc6 26. Qh5 Qe6 27. Rd3 c4 28. Rg3 Bc5+ 29.
Kh2 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. Qf4 $16 Qe5 33. Qxe5 fxe5 34. bxc4 $16)
24... Rxe5 25. Qxf6 $16 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 27. Nf5 Rxe4 28. Rd7 Bf8 29. Rxf7 Kg8
30. Rxa7 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rc1 32. Ne3 Bh6 33. c3 Bxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Rc2 35. Rb7 {[#]}
Rxg2 $2 (35... Rxb2 36. Rxb6 $16) 36. Rxb6 $18 Rg3+ 37. Kf4 Rxh3 38. Rb5 Kf7
39. Rxc5 Ke6 40. b4 Kd6 41. Kg4 Rh2 42. Rh5 Rxb2 43. Rh6+ Kd5 44. Rxh7 Rf2 45.
Rc7 Kd6 46. Rc5 Rf1 47. c4 Rb1 48. Rd5+ Kc7 49. b5 Rf1 50. Rf5 Rc1 51. Rc5+ Kd6
52. Rc6+ Kd7 53. Kf5 Re1 54. c5 Rb1 55. Rd6+ Kc7 56. b6+ Kb7 57. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1985/86-61 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1986.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Formanek, Edward W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1985.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Bb3
Nbd7 9. Re1 Bxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. Nc4 Rfe8 12. Ne3 g6 13. Nc4 Nh5 14. d4 Kh8
15. Be3 Rg8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qd5 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 c6 19. Qd6 Rge8 20. Rd1 f6 21.
b4 Nb6 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Na5 Nf4 24. c4 Rae8 25. c5 Nc8 26. g3 Ne6 27. Red3 a6
28. Rd7 Na7 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Nxb7 Re7 31. Na5 Nd4 32. Nxd4 Rd7 33. Kf1 exd4
34. Ke2 Kg7 35. Kd3 Kf7 36. Kc4 Ke6 37. Nb3 Ke5 38. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1985/86-61 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1986.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1985.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Bb3
d6 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. a4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nc3 b4 15.
Nce2 Bf6 16. b3 Re8 17. Bf4 Qb8 18. Qd2 Qb7 19. c4 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Qb4 21. Ne4
Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. a4 c6 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Ne5
Nd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. e4 Bxb2 12. exd5 Bxa1 13. Ba3 a5 14. Qg4 b4 15.
Qxg7 Rf8 16. Rxa1 Ra6 17. Bc1 exd5 18. Bh6 Rxh6 19. Qxh6 Be6 20. Re1 Qe7 21.
Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5 Kd7 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. Qa7+ Qc7 25. dxe6+ fxe6 26. Qd4+ Kc8 27.
Rxe6 c3 28. Bh3 Kb7 29. Qd5+ Ka7 30. Bg2 Na6 31. Rc6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bh6 e5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nd1 Qa5 13. c3 f5 14. Ne3 Rae8 15.
f4 Be6 16. Kh1 Rd8 17. Nd5 Rd7 18. b4 Qa3 19. Rab1 b5 20. bxc5 fxe4 21. dxe4
Qxc5 22. Nc1 Bg8 23. Nb3 Qa3 24. Ne3 exf4 25. gxf4 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qc5 27. b4 Qh5
28. Rf3 Qh4 29. Rbf1 Ng8 30. Rg3 Kh8 31. e5 Nd8 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nxf5 Qc4 34.
Rf4 Qf7 35. Nh6 Nxh6 36. Rxf7 Nhxf7 37. Bh3 Re7 38. exd6 Re5 39. Qf4 Re1+ 40.
Kg2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 c6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nge2 N4d5 11. O-O Qd7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bd3 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Bh6 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Be6 18. d5 Bg4 19. e6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch53"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. Qa4 a5 14. Rfe1
Be6 15. Ng5 c5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. c4 Qf4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qc6 Nd4 20. Nxd4
Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 cxd4 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. cxd5 d3 24. Qe3 d2 25. Qxf2 Rxf2 26. Red1
Re8 27. d6 Rfe2 28. Kg1 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Rf8+ 30. Kg3 Re3+ 31. Kg4 Rd3 32. g3 Rf2
33. Kh3 h5 34. b4 axb4 35. Rab1 Rxd6 36. Rxb4 Rd5 37. Rb3 g5 38. g4 h4 39. a4
Re5 40. Rb8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Donchev, Dimitar I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1986.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 b6 8.
Ne2 Qd7 9. O-O Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Nf4 c5 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. dxc5 Bxc3 14. Rb1
bxc5 15. Rb7 e6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5+ Kf8 18. Qf3 Be5 19. Bh6+ Bg7 20. d6 Qf5
21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. dxc7 Rac8 24. Rc1 Rhe8 25. f4 Re7 26. Rxc5 a6
27. a4 f6 28. a5 Kf7 29. Kf2 Rd7 30. g3 Re7 31. Rc6 Kg7 32. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1986.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 a6 9. Nd2 Bc5 10. Nc2 c3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Rb1 Nd5 14. Bd2 b5
15. Nb4 N7b6 16. Na5 Bd7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bb5 20. Rfc1 O-O
21. a4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rac8 23. Rbc1 Nb6 24. Rc7 Ba3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8
27. Bb7 Nb6 28. a5 Nd5 29. Bxa6 Bc5 30. Bb7 Nc7 31. a6 Kf8 32. Ba5 Nb5 33. Bc6
Na7 34. Ba4 Ke7 35. e3 Kd6 36. Kf1 Nc6 37. Bc3 g6 38. Ke2 Kc7 39. Kd3 Nb4+ 40.
Kc4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 Bh6 15. a4
c6 16. c4 bxa4 17. b4 a5 18. b5 cxb5 19. cxb5 Nbd7 20. Ba3 Nb6 21. Bxa4 Qe7 22.
Bc2 Rec8 23. Bd3 Nfd7 24. Qe2 Qf8 25. Rec1 f5 26. Rc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Nf6 28. Nc4
Nxc4 29. Bxc4+ Kg7 30. Nxe5 Qe7 31. Nf7 Bf4 32. g3 Qxe4 33. Qxe4 fxe4 34. gxf4
d5 35. Nd6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Irkutsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Bd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8.
Qxc4 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. Bg3 Qe7
15. O-O Bxg3 16. hxg3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 c6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bf3 Qc5 21.
e5 Bf5 22. Ne4 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 h5 24. Nd4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Ne7 26. Bf3 g6 27. Nb3
Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Rc1 f6 31. exf6 Kf7 32. Kf1 Kxf6 33. Rc7
Ne3+ 34. Ke2 Nc4+ 35. Kd3 Re3+ 36. Kd4 Rxg3 37. Kxd5 Ne3+ 38. Ke4 Nxg2 39. Rxb7
Re3+ 40. Kd4 Rf3 41. Nc5 h4 42. Rxa7 h3 43. Rh7 Nxf4 44. a4 Kg5 45. a5 Nh5 46.
Ne4+ Kg4 47. a6 h2 48. a7 h1=Q 49. a8=Q Qd1+ 50. Kc5 Rf5+ 51. Kb4 Qc2 52. Ka3
Rb5 53. Nf2+ Kg3 54. Ne4+ Kh2 55. b4 Qc1+ 56. Kb3 Qb1+ 57. Kc3 Qxb4+ 58. Kd3
Qb1+ 59. Kd4 Rb4+ 60. Ke5 Qb2+ 61. Ke6 Qe2 62. Ke5 Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. a4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bf3 e5 10. Nf5 Qc7 11. O-O g6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nh6 Bb4 14. Bg5 Rf8 15.
Qe1 Qc6 16. Qh4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 O-O-O 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 f5 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21.
Bf3 Qxc3 22. Rad1 h5 23. exf5 e4 24. Be2 Qc5+ 25. Qf2 e3 26. Qf4 Rf8 27. Qd4
Qxd4 28. Rxd4 gxf5 29. Bxh5 Ne5 30. g3 Kc7 31. Re1 Rh8 32. Rxe3 Nc6 33. Rh4 Rd8
34. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gross, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3 e5
9. Nd2 Qd7 10. Be2 Ne8 11. g4 Na6 12. Rg1 Nac7 13. Nde4 Kh8 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. f3
a6 16. a4 f5 17. gxf5 Qxf5 18. O-O-O g5 19. Bg3 b5 20. h4 gxh4 21. Bxh4 Rf7 22.
Rdf1 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rb4 24. b3 Qh5 25. Be1 Rxf3 26. Ng3 Qf7 27. Nce4 Rb8 28. Ng5
hxg5 29. Rh1+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Rxf3 Qxf3 32. Rf1 Qxf1 33. Nxf1 Nf6 34. Qg6
Bd7 35. Ng3 Ncxd5 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gunawan, Ronny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Qh4 h6 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. O-O c4
15. Bg6 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Be8 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qd7 20. Rae1 Rae8
21. f4 Qa4 22. f5 Qxc2 23. Qg3 Rf8 24. fxe6 Rf6 25. h3 Qb3 26. Rxd5 Rfxe6 27.
Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rf1 Re8 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rf7 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qg6 32. Rxb7 Qxg3+ 33.
Kxg3 Re3+ 34. Kf4 Rxc3 35. Rxa7 Kg6 36. Ra6+ Kf7 37. a4 Rc1 38. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 d5 11. Bb5 Nb4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 b6
15. Rhe1 Nc5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. g4 Rfd8 19. f5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
c3 Nd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Qf4 Bxa4 24. Rxd3 Qh4 25. Rde3 Rc4 26. fxe6 fxe6 27.
Rf1 Qe7 28. Nf5 Qc7 29. Ne7+ Qxe7 30. Qxc4 b5 31. Qc6 Bd1 32. b3 b4 33. cxb4
axb4 34. h3 h6 35. Qc4 Kh8 36. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14. Rb1
d4 15. Qd3 O-O-O 16. Rg1 f6 17. g4 Nh6 18. exf6 Rxg4 19. Rxg4 Nxg4 20. f7 e5
21. Bg2 Be6 22. h3 Nf6 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxd4 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Qa5+ 26. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-Moscow m"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Bf4 Ng6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd6 Be7 10. O-O e5 11. g3 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qe7 13. Rad1 Qxd6 14. Rxd6
Rb8 15. b3 Ke7 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Bc4 h5 18. h4 f6 19. R1d2 a5 20. Nd1 Ra8 21.
Ne3 g6 22. a4 Rh7 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Ba6 25. Kf2 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Rf7 27. Ke3
Ra7 28. Rg2 Kd8 29. e5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 Re7 31. Rf6 Re8 32. Rd2 Kc7 33. Kf3 Raa8
34. Nxg6 Nxg6 35. Rxg6 d5 36. Rg5 Re4 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Kxe2 Re8+ 39. Re5 Rh8
40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Rg5 Rh7 42. Rg6+ Kc5 43. f5 Re7 44. Rg5 Rh7 45. f6 Rf7 46. Rf5
Kd6 47. c4 Ke6 48. Rf1 Ke5 49. cxd5 cxd5 50. Rf2 d4 51. Rf1 Ke6 52. Kxd4 Rd7+
53. Ke4 Kf7 54. Rf5 Rd1 55. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1987.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O-O 14.
Rb1 d4 15. Qd3 Nd5 16. g3 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bg2 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Qb3 Bc6
21. Qe6+ Nfd7 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Bf4 Qa5+ 24. Kf2 Rge8 25. Qc4 Nb6 26. Qd3 Qh5
27. Rb5 Nd5 28. Rc5 Qf7 29. Rb1 Qe6 30. Kf1 Rh8 31. Kg1 Rd7 32. Qf3 Nde7 33.
Be5 Rhd8 34. Nf4 Qa2 35. Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1987.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qh4+ Kg8 13. Qxe7 Qxc2 14. h4 Nc6
15. Qg5 Qe4+ 16. Kf1 Qf5 17. Qxf5 exf5 18. h5 Na5 19. h6 Nb3 20. Bg5 gxh6 21.
Rxh6 Kg7 22. Rh2 Nxa1 23. Bf6+ Kg6 24. Nh4+ Kh5 25. Nxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Schmittdiel, Eckhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1987.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bf4 d6 8. Qd2
a6 9. Bh6 O-O 10. Bxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h3 Qb6 13. Rab1 Bd7 14. Nh2 Nd4
15. Nd1 f5 16. c3 Nc6 17. f4 d5 18. Ne3 d4 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Ne5
fxe4 22. dxe4 Bb5 23. Rf2 Rad8 24. Qe3 g5 25. Re1 gxf4 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Qxf4
Qe7 28. Nhg4 Rf8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Re3 Qg7 31. Qh4 Kh8 32. Kh2 Be2 33. Rg3 Bxg4
34. Nxg4 Ne2 35. Re3 Nf4 36. e5 Ng6 37. Qg5 c4 38. Nf6 b5 39. Rg3 Rc8 40. h4
Qf7 41. h5 Ne7 42. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1987.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qc7 10. h3 Be7 11. Be3 Bc6 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Nd7 15.
Kh2 Rac8 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. b3 Be8 18. Bd4 Bf6 19. Ra2 Bc6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rfd8 24. Rd3 Kf8 25. Ra1 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Rd8 27. Bf1
Rd4 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Kf2 Rb4 30. Rb1 Nc5 31. Ke3 Rxb3 32. Kd4 Rxb1 33. Nxb1 Nb3+
34. Kc4 Nxa5+ 35. Kc5 Nb3+ 36. Kc4 Ba4 37. Kc3 b5 38. d4 Ke7 39. Na3 Na5 40.
Kb4 Nc6+ 41. Kc5 Na5 42. d5 Nb3+ 43. Kb6 Nd2 44. Bd3 exd5 45. exd5 Kd6 46. Kxa6
b4 47. Nb1 Nxb1 48. Ka5 Nd2 49. Kxa4 b3 50. Ka3 h6 51. Kb2 Kxd5 52. Kc3 Ne4+
53. Kxb3 Kd4 54. Kc2 Nxg3 55. Kd2 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marangunic, Srdjan"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1987.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 Qc7 8. Bg5
Rd8 9. Nbd2 d5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Rfe1 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 d4 15.
c4 a5 16. Nh2 Ne5 17. Ndf3 Nd7 18. Nd2 e6 19. Rab1 a4 20. Rf1 f5 21. exf5 exf5
22. g4 Ne5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Rfd1 Rf8 25. Ndf1 Qf7 26. Ng3 Bg6 27. Bf3 Nxf3+
28. Nxf3 Rae8 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 g4 31. Ne5 Qe6 32. Qe2 Bh7 33. Qxg4 Qxg4
34. Nxg4 Bxd3 35. Rc1 Bg6 36. Nf1 Re8 37. Rd1 Re2 38. Rd2 d3 39. Rd1 Rxb2 40.
Nd2 Bc3 41. Nb1 Bd4 42. Kh2 h5 0-1

[Event "Voronezh"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 e6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bg5 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Qe4 f6
15. Nd3 Qf7 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. c4 Nc7 19. Nb4 g5 20. Ba4 b5 21. cxb5
cxb5 22. Bb3 a5 23. Rac1 Ra7 24. d5 Kg7 25. Qe3 Rb7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Na6 Rcc8
28. dxe6 Bxe6 29. Bxe6 Rfe8 30. Bxf7 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Kxf7 32. b4 Rc6 33. Nc5 axb4
34. Rc1 Rc7 35. Kf2 Ra7 36. Rc2 Ra3 37. Ke2 Kg6 38. Rb2 Kf5 39. Nd3 h5 40. Nxb4
h4 41. Nc2 1-0

[Event "Voronezh"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Yrjola, Jouni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nd5 Rf7 12. Ng5 Nxe4 13. Nxf7 Qxf7 14. Bb2 Be6 15.
Qe2 Nc5 16. b4 Na4 17. b5 Nxb2 18. bxc6 e4 19. cxb7 Rb8 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 c6
22. Rae1 1-0

[Event "Voronezh"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne3 Qd8 12. h4 f5 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. h5 f4 15.
Nd5 g5 16. Nh2 Nb8 17. Nb4 c6 18. Nc2 Qe7 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. a3 g4 21. O-O-O Qg5
22. f3 g3 23. Nf1 Nf6 24. Nd2 b5 25. d4 Bd7 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Nb1 Rfd8 28. Bf7
Bf8 29. Rd2 Qg7 30. Bg6 c5 31. c4 b4 32. Rhd1 Qe7 33. Rd3 Be6 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35.
Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Qd2 Qb6 37. Qd3 a5 38. Nd2 a4 39. Ne1 Kg7 40. Nc2 Bd6 41. Ne1 Kf8
42. Qc2 Qa5 43. Nd3 b3 44. Qd1 Qc7 45. Qe2 Be7 46. Ne1 Qd6 47. Qd3 Qxd3 48.
Nxd3 Bd6 49. Kd1 Ke7 50. Ke2 Nd7 51. Bf5 Bf7 52. Bxd7 Kxd7 53. Nc1 Bc7 54. Kd3
Ba5 55. Nb1 Bxh5 56. Ne2 Be1 57. Nbc3 Bf2 58. Nd5 Kd6 59. Nf6 Bf7 60. Nc3 h5
61. Nfd5 h4 62. Ke2 Bxd5 63. exd5 Bd4 64. Ne4+ Kd7 65. Kf1 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Voronezh"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1987.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Qe7
9. Nbd2 Nh6 10. h3 Nf7 11. O-O Ncd8 12. b4 O-O 13. a4 Kh8 14. Re1 Ne6 15. Qb3
f5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rad1 e4 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nd6 21. Bc5
Qf6 22. Re3 Nxc4 23. Bxf8 Nxe3 24. Bxg7+ Qxg7 25. fxe3 f4 26. Qd5 Bxh3 27. Qd4
Qxd4 28. cxd4 Rg8 29. Kh2 Bxg2 30. exf4 e3 31. Nc4 Bf3 32. Re1 e2 33. Ne5 Rg2+
34. Kh3 Be4 35. Ng4 Kg7 36. f5 h5 37. Ne3 Rf2 38. Kh4 Bd3 39. Kxh5 Rf1 40. Ng2
Rxf5+ 41. Kg4 Rf1 42. Kh4 Kf6 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. Kg4 Kd6 45. Kg3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f4 Be7 12. Be2 b4 13. Na4 Nxe4 14. Qe3 Nf6
15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Ba7 Rb5 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Nc5 dxc5 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. Bc7 O-O 21.
Rd1 Rc8 22. Bd6 Bd8 23. Be5 Be8 24. Rd6 a5 25. Be2 Rb6 26. Qd3 Rbb8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Qg3 Kf8 29. Bxb8 Rxb8 30. f5 Rb6 31. Bf3 Nd5 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 b6 18. f4 e6 19. d6 e5 20. f5 Rc8 21. Nc3
Bc6 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. f6 Bh8 24. Be2 Rfd8 25. Rcd1 Rb8 26. h3 h5 27. Kh2 Nb7 28.
Nxa7 Nxd6 29. Nxc6 Qxc6 30. Rd5 Ne8 31. Bb5 Qb7 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qe7 Qc7 34.
Bxb6 Qxe7 35. fxe7 Rb8 36. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Malmo"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1987.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8.
Be2 d5 9. O-O Bf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. a3 Rfc8 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Bf4 f6 16. Bg3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Bd3 19. Rfd1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Nd3 22. Rc7 Nxb2 23. h4 Nd3 24. Nc3 Rxa3 25. Nxd5 Ra8 26. h5 Nc5
27. h6 Bh8 28. Nxb6 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Ne6 30. Rc8+ Nf8 31. Nd7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Karpman, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Nf3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Ne8 12. O-O g6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. Nd2 Kh8 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 f6 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Bxd6 Nxg3 21. Bxc7
Nxf1 22. Rxf1 b6 23. Bd6 Rf7 24. e5 Nc8 25. Bc7 Bf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. d6 fxe5
28. Nf3 e4 29. Ng5 Nxd6 30. Bxd6 Rd7 31. Rxf5 e3 32. Kf1 Rad8 33. Rd5 Kg8 34.
Ne4 Kf7 35. Ke2 Rg8 36. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sideif Sade, Fikret Israfil O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Nce2 Ne7 8. c3
Nxe2 9. Nxe2 d6 10. Qd2 e5 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. d4 Bg4 14. fxe5 cxd4 15.
cxd4 dxe5 16. d5 Qd7 17. Nc1 Nc8 18. Nd3 Qe7 19. h3 Bd7 20. Bc5 Qd8 21. Bxf8
Qxf8 22. Rf2 Qe7 23. Rc1 Nd6 24. Nc5 Be8 25. Qe3 h5 26. h4 Kh7 27. Rcc2 Bh6 28.
Qe1 Nb5 29. Nb3 a5 30. Kh2 a4 31. Nd2 Nd4 32. Rc3 b5 33. Nf3 b4 34. Rc4 b3 35.
axb3 Nxb3 36. Qc3 Bg7 37. Rc7 Qd6 38. Ng5+ Kg8 39. Nxf7 Qb6 40. Nxe5 Qxf2 41.
d6 Qf6 42. Rc8 Rxc8 43. Qxc8 Qf8 44. d7 Bxd7 45. Qxd7 Bxe5 46. Qe6+ Kh7 47.
Qxe5 Qg7 48. Qd5 Qxb2 49. e5 a3 50. Kh3 Kg7 51. Qd7+ Kh6 52. Qe8 Kg7 53. Bd5 g5
54. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor56"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Yanvarjov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4
b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d5 Nc5 11. Nh2 c6 12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Rc8 14. b3 Bg5 15. Ba3
a5 16. g3 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxa4 18. Bb5 Nc5 19. b4 Ne6 20. c3 g6 21. bxa5 bxa5 22.
Bxd6 Bxd5 23. Bxf8 Rxc3 24. exd5 Nd4 25. Bd3 Bd2 26. Be4 Bxe1 27. Bh6 f5 28.
gxf5 gxf5 29. Qh5 fxe4 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qxe5+ Qe7 33. Qxd4 Bxf2+
34. Kxf2 Qf7+ 35. Bf4 Rf3+ 36. Kg2 Rxf4 37. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Lugano Open-13"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Karl, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ng3 h6 12. O-O Bf8 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Bd2 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bf5 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Bd7 20. Bb3 Bc5 21. Rd1
Qe7 22. Be3 Bd6 23. g3 Kh7 24. Nh4 g6 25. Qd2 Qf8 26. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Lugano Open-13"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sibarevic, Milenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1
Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 b5 18. Rfd1 Be5 19. Bc5 Nb7 20. Bxe7 Qb6+
21. Kh1 a5 22. Qd2 Rfc8 23. f4 Bg7 24. e5 b4 25. Bc4 b3 26. Ba3 a4 27. d6 Na5
28. Bd5 Rab8 29. Rc7 Be6 30. Rdc1 b2 31. Bxb2 Nb3 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Bxf7+ Kf8
34. Bxb3 Qxb3 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Qxd7 Qxb2 37. e6 1-0

[Event "Lugano Open-13"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popovic, Petar"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Be3
Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nc3 f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Qg5 20. f3 Rfd4
21. Nb3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 e4 24. fxe4 Qe3+ 25. Kf1 Qf4+ 26. Qf3
Qxh2 27. Nd2 Qe5 28. b3 h6 29. Ke2 b5 30. Qg4 bxc4 31. bxc4 a5 32. a3 a4 33.
Qf3 Bd7 34. Qd3 Be6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3 Bf7 37. Qe3 Be6 38. Qd3 Qc5 39. Kf1 g5
40. Qc3 Kg6 41. Ke2 h5 42. Kd3 g4 43. g3 h4 44. gxh4 g3 45. Kc2 Qf2 46. Qe5 g2
47. Qxe6+ Kh5 48. Qe5+ Kg4 49. Qg7+ Kh3 50. Qc3+ Kh2 51. Qe5+ Kh1 52. h5 g1=Q
53. h6 Qg6 54. Qa1+ Kg2 55. Qe5 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "Tirnavia-A"]
[Site "Trnava"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O
Qxd4 9. Be3 Qb4 10. exd5 exd5 11. Rfe1 Be7 12. Bf4 Kf8 13. Qg3 Nbd7 14. Rxe7
Kxe7 15. Bc7 Ne8 16. a3 Qxb2 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Bd6+ Kg8 19. Bb4 a5 20. Be7 Qb6
21. Rb1 Qd4 22. Rxb7 Ra7 23. Rb1 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. Bc5 Ra8 26. Bf5 g6 27.
f4 gxf5 28. fxe5 Nc7 29. Be7 d4 30. Ne2 Ne6 31. Ng3 f4 32. Nf5 h5 33. Bf6 c5
34. Rb7 Rh7 35. h4 a4 36. Kf2 c4 37. Rb4 c3 38. Nxd4 Nxd4 39. Rxd4 Rh6 40. Rxf4
1-0

[Event "Tirnavia-A"]
[Site "Trnava"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 Nd7 6. Bxc4 Nb6 7. Qb3 Nxc4 8.
Qxc4 Be6 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Nbd2 e6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nb4 14. Qc4 Nd5
15. e4 Nb6 16. Qc3 f5 17. d5 Qe7 18. e5 Bb4 19. d6 Bxc3 20. dxe7 Bxb2 21.
exf8=Q+ Kxf8 22. Rab1 Bc3 23. Rbc1 Nd5 24. h3 Bh5 25. Rc2 Rd8 26. Rfc1 Bb4 27.
a3 Be7 28. g3 c6 29. b4 g5 30. Nd4 Kf7 31. N2b3 Nb6 32. Rd2 Na4 33. Na5 Rd7 34.
Ndb3 Rc7 35. Nc4 Bf3 36. Nd6+ Kf8 37. Nd4 Bd5 38. N6b5 Rd7 39. Nxa7 Rd8 40. b5
c5 41. Nc2 Nb6 42. a4 Ra8 43. a5 Nc4 44. Rxd5 exd5 45. b6 Nxa5 46. Ne3 d4 47.
Nxf5 d3 48. Nb5 c4 49. Ra1 d2 50. Kf1 Rd8 51. Nbd4 Nb3 52. Ne6+ Kf7 53. Nxd8+
Bxd8 54. Rd1 c3 55. Ne3 Bxb6 56. Nc2 Nd4 57. Ne3 Bc5 58. f4 gxf4 59. gxf4 b5
60. f5 Nxf5 0-1

[Event "Thaelmann Memorial"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1988.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 d5 4. Be2 dxe4 5. dxe4 Qxd1+ 6. Bxd1 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Nd2 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. Nh3 $1 Be7 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Be2
f6 15. O-O-O $2 (15. Rd1 $10) 15... Na5 $2 (15... Nce5 16. Nd6+ (16. Nxe5 $2
Bxe2 17. Nxd7 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 O-O-O $1 19. Nb8 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rd8+ 21. Ke2 Kb7 {
}) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxa6 $13) 16. Bg4 Bxc4 17. Bxd7+ Kf7 18. b3 Be6 19. Bc7 $1
$14 Bxd7 (19... g5 20. Nxg5+) 20. Rxd7 Ke6 21. Rhd1 g5 22. Nf2 Rhc8 (22... h5
23. Nh1 $1 h4 24. Nf2) 23. Ng4 Nc6 24. R1d5 (24. Ne3 $2 Nd4 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26.
cxd4 cxd4 27. Nd5+ Kd7 28. Rxd4 Rxc7+ 29. Nxc7+ Kxc7 $13) 24... Nb8 25. Bxb8
Rcxb8 26. Ne3 Rd8 27. Rb7 Rdb8 28. Rdd7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 h5 30. Kc2 Bf8 $6 (30...
Bd6 31. Nf5 (31. h3 $6 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Nxg4 Rg8) 31... Bf8) 31. c4 Rd8 32.
Nd5 Bd6 33. h3 Ra8 $2 (33... g4) 34. Kd3 Be5 35. a4 h4 $2 36. Rh7 (36. Rg7 $1)
36... Rg8 37. Re7+ Kd6 38. Rxa7 g4 39. Rb7 gxh3 40. Rxb6+ Kd7 41. gxh3 Rg3+ 42.
Ke2 Rxh3 43. a5 Rh2+ 44. Kf3 h3 45. Nxf6+ Bxf6 46. Rxf6 Rb2 47. e5 $1 Rxb3+ 48.
Ke4 Rb1 49. Rh6 Re1+ 50. Kd5 Rd1+ 51. Kxc5 Re1 52. a6 Rxe5+ 53. Kb6 Re3 54. a7
1-0

[Event "Thaelmann Memorial"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1988.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. h3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 d4 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Qh5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qd7
15. Bg2 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Bf8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Qf3 Bg7 19. a3 h6 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21.
Bxd5 Rec8 22. Re2 Bf8 23. Rae1 Rd8 24. Bg2 Rac8 25. h4 b5 26. Bf4 h5 27. Bh3 f5
28. Re6 Kf7 29. Bg2 Ne7 30. Bb7 Rb8 31. Bxb8 Rxb8 32. Bf3 Rb6 33. R6e5 c4 34.
Bd5+ Nxd5 35. Rxd5 cxd3 36. cxd3 b4 37. a4 b3 38. Rxd4 Bb4 39. Rc1 a5 40. Rc7+
Kf6 41. Rdc4 Ke5 42. R7c6 Rb7 43. Rxg6 Ba3 44. Ra6 Bxb2 45. Rxa5+ Kd6 46. Rb5
Rxb5 47. axb5 Ba3 48. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 06th"]
[Site "Berlin West"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1988.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h3 Ne7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. a4 Re8 14. Ba3 Qxc3
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bc6 18. a5 a6 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. axb6 Nd7 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Ne5 24. Rc7 Rxc7 25. bxc7 Rc8 26. Rb1 Nc6 27.
Bxa6 Rxc7 28. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 c6 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Qe7 11. a3 a5 12. O-O Rfe8 13. e4 d4 14. Qe2 a4 15. b4 b5
16. f4 c5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Qf2 Rac8 19. Kh1 Bd6 20. Nf3 Nh5 21. Bc1 Kh8 22.
Nh2 Rc6 23. Bf3 Ndf6 24. Bd2 Qc7 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Nf6 27. g5 Ng8 28. Kg2
f6 29. gxf6 Nxf6 30. Rh1 Ng8 31. Rab1 Rb6 32. f5 b4 33. g4 bxa3 34. Rxb6 Qxb6
35. Qh4 h6 36. g5 Bf8 37. f6 gxf6 38. gxh6 a2 39. h7 Nh6 40. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Stratil, Ladislav Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bf2 Nec6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Re1 Bd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qc7
15. Ne4 Bc6 16. c3 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf5 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Rc4 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Bxe5
21. Bxc5 Nd6 22. Ra4 b6 23. Bf2 Nc8 24. Re1 Bb8 25. d4 Nd6 26. g4 Rc8 27. d5
exd5 28. Bxd5 Rfe8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Kf1 Re5 31. Bf3 Re8 32. Rd4 Bc7 33. a4
Rd8 34. Bh4 Re8 35. Bg3 Rd8 36. Bc6 f6 37. b4 a5 38. b5 Kf8 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. c4
Kf8 41. Bf2 Ke7 42. Bd5 Nf7 43. h4 Ne5 44. g5 f5 45. Bg3 Bb8 46. Rd2 Nd7 47.
Bf2 Nc5 48. Bxc5+ bxc5 49. b6 Be5 50. b7 Rf8 51. Rd1 Bc7 52. Re1+ Kd7 53. Be6+
Kc6 54. Bc8 Rd8 55. Re7 Bb8 56. Rxh7 Rd2+ 57. Kf3 Rd3+ 58. Ke2 Rd4 59. h5 gxh5
60. g6 1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stempin, Pawel"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nc3 Qc8 12. f3 a6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Ne4 Be5 16. Rd2 f5 17. Nc3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nc6 19. Rd2 Ne5 20. b3 b5 21. Qb4 bxc4
22. Qd6 Qb8 23. Na4 Ra7 24. Nc5 a5 25. f4 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rc8 27. Na4 Nf7 28. Rd4
cxb3 29. axb3 Rc2 30. Kf2 d5 31. Ke1 Nd6 32. Kd1 Rac7 33. Rd2 R2c6 34. Rb2 Kf7
35. b4 Nc4 36. Rb3 axb4 37. Nb2 Nxb2+ 38. Rxb2 Rb7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Guseinov, Aidyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1988.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. c3 d3 8. e5
Ne4 9. Qf3 Nc5 10. Bd1 d6 11. b4 Ne6 12. Qxd3 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. d3 g5 15.
Re1 f6 16. Nd2 Kc7 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bb3 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Bd2 Re8 21. d4 exd4
22. cxd4 Ra8 23. Bc3 f5 24. d5 cxd5 25. Nf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rf8 27. Be5+ Kc6 28.
Rad1 d4 29. Rc1+ Kb5 30. Bc4+ Ka4 31. Bd6 Re8 32. Re5 Bd7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1988.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. a4 Rfd8 13. Ba3 a6 14. Bd3 c4
15. Bxc4 Na5 16. Bd3 Qxc3 17. Be7 Re8 18. Rc1 Qb3 19. Bc2 Qd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
e4 Qh5 22. Qd2 Rac8 23. Bd1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Rc8 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Qd6 Be8 27. d5
Qg4 28. Qb4 Nc4 29. Qxb7 exd5 30. Nd4 Qd7 31. Nf5+ Kh8 32. Qb4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1988.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 h6 8. f4 Nge7
9. Nf3 Nd4 10. O-O Nec6 11. Ne1 b6 12. Nd1 Ne7 13. c3 Ndc6 14. Bf2 d5 15. e5 g5
16. Ne3 Ng6 17. Nf3 gxf4 18. gxf4 h5 19. h4 Bh6 20. Ng5 Nxf4 21. Nxf7 Qe7 22.
Nxh6 Qg7 23. Nf7 Nxg2 24. Nxg2 Qxf7 25. Be3 Qg7 26. Bg5 Rh7 27. Bf6 Qg6 28. Qg5
Qxg5 29. hxg5 Ba6 30. g6 Rh6 31. Nf4 Ne7 32. Bg5 Rxg6 33. Nxg6 Nxg6 34. Rf6
Bxd3 35. Rxe6+ Kd7 36. Rd6+ Kc7 37. Rxd5 Be4 38. Rd2 Re8 39. Rf1 Rxe5 40. Bf4
Nxf4 41. Rxf4 Bf5 42. Kf2 Be6 43. a3 Kc6 44. Re2 Rxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Bb3 46. Rf5 a5
47. Rxh5 b5 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Rh6+ Kd5 50. Ra6 a4 51. Rb6 Kc4 52. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 $5 {-> CBM 9/S.41} Nef5 $6 (10... Qb6 $1 11. Ne4 Nef5 12.
Bf2 Qxb2 {Spassky,B-Horvath,J/Rotterdam EU-Cup f/1988/24/1/2-1/2/}) 11. Bf2
Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 (12... Rb8 $5 13. Ne4 b6 14. g4 Bb7 15. Qh3 $1 Bxe4 16. dxe4
Nd4 17. Bh4 f6 $13 (17... Ne2+ $2 18. Kh1 Nxf4 $1 19. Bxd8 Nxh3 20. Be7 Bxe5
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Bxh3 $18 {Petursson,M-Thorhallsson,T/Reykjavik/1989/1-0/ ->
CBM 13})) 13. Qd1 f5 $6 {N} (13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 $14 {-> CBM 9/S.
41}) 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Qd2 e5 18. Rae1 Bf5 19. fxe5 Nxe5
20. d4 $1 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Kh8 22. Ng5 a6 23. Bd5 h6 24. Nf3 g5 25. Qe3 Bh3 26.
Rf2 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qxe3 28. Bxe3 Rab8 29. Bb6 Rfe8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Re2 Rxe2
32. Bxe2 Be6 33. Bf3 Bxa2 34. Bxb7 Bc4 35. Kf2 Be5 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. Bd4 Kf6 38.
b4 h5 39. Ke4 Ke6 40. Bc8+ Kf6 41. h4 d5+ 42. Ke3 gxh4 43. gxh4 Bf1 44. Kd2 Bb5
45. Bh3 Be8 46. Ke3 Bc6 47. Bf1 Bb5 48. Bg2 Ke6 49. Bxe5 Kxe5 50. Bf3 Be8 51.
Be2 Bg6 52. Bxa6 Be8 53. Be2 Bf7 54. b5 Be8 55. b6 Kd6 56. Kf4 Bf7 57. Bb5 Bg6
58. Kg5 Bf7 59. Kf6 Bg8 60. Kg6 Be6 61. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
c3 Qc7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf1 Nc6 12. h3 Nd7 13. a4 Na5 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 Bc6 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Bf4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qb7 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21.
Bg5 Ra7 22. Qd3 Be5 23. Red1 Rc8 24. Bh6 e6 25. Qd8+ Qe8 26. Qxb6 Qe7 27. Be3
Bc7 28. Qb3 Rb7 29. Qc4 Rxb2 30. Qxa6 Qe8 31. Qc4 Qc6 32. a5 Rb5 33. a6 Ra8 34.
a7 Bb6 35. Bh6 Bc7 36. Qd3 Rb7 37. g3 Bb6 38. Qd6 Qxe4 39. Rab1 Bc7 40. Rxb7
Qxb7 41. Qe7 Qf3 42. Rb1 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Na6 9. Qe2 Qa5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Rac1 Rad8
15. Nbd4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 e6 18. b3 h6 19. h4 Nb4 20. Rc3 c5 21. Re1
Rd7 22. a3 Nc6 23. Qe3 Nd4 24. g4 Kh7 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Ne4 Qd8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28.
exf6 h5 29. gxh5 Qxf6 30. Be5 Qxh4 31. hxg6+ fxg6 32. Qc1 Qg4 33. Rh3+ Kg8 34.
Qh6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bjarnason, Saevar"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. e4 a6 11. Rb1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. c5 d5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. exd5 Bg4 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Rd2 cxd5 19. Nd6 Nc4 20. Rd3 Nxd6 21. cxd6
Qxd6 22. Qb3 Qc5 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. h3 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Rf1 Rb8 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Ng5 h4 23. Ne2 Bh6 24. f3 Qe7 25. g3 Nh5 26. gxh4 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. f4 exf4
29. Bxf4 Rf8 30. Be3 f6 31. Ne6 Bxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Nxe6 33. dxe6 Qxe6 34. Nf4 Nxf4
35. Rxf4 Qe5 36. Rg4 Kh7 37. Qf2 Ra8 38. Rf4 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Rc1 40. Rg4 f5 0-1

[Event "Tirnavia"]
[Site "Trnava"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Qf3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nc5 (9... h6 $5 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Ng4) 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 b5 12. a3
$6 (12. h5 b4 13. Nce2 Bb7 14. Bd2 $5) (12. Be3 b4 13. Nce2 Bb7 14. h5 h6 15.
g6 f5 16. Qh3 Nf6 17. exf5 e5 18. Nb3 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Bxh1 20. Qxh1 Rc8 $13 {
Benjamin,Joe-Stohl,I/Copenhagen/1982/}) 12... Bb7 13. Be3 {13.Bd2!? /\ b2-b4}
O-O-O $6 {13...Be7} 14. Rc1 $6 (14. O-O e5 15. Nde2 (15. Ndxb5 $2 axb5 16. Nxb5
Qb6 $1 17. b4 d5 18. bxc5 Bxc5) 15... f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 Ne6 18. f5 $16)
14... e5 $1 (14... Kb8 15. b4 $1 Na4 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. c4 $16) 15. Ndxb5 $5 (
15. Nde2 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 Ne6 18. f5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
exd5 Qf7 22. Nf4 Re8+ $13 23. Ne6 $2 Rxe6+ $1 $19) 15... axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 $6 (
16... Qb6 $1 17. b4 d5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 $13) 17. b4 $40 exf4 $2 (17... Ne6 $1 18.
f5 Nf4 $13) 18. Qxf4 Ne5 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Bf1 $1 {/\ Bf1-h3} Nd7 21. Bh3 Qxf4
22. Bxf4 Re8 23. O-O Bc6 24. Rb1 Kd8 25. Na7 Ba4 26. Rfd1 Rxe4 27. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "GMA op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klaric, Zlatko"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 Bg7 5. Nd2 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Ngf3
O-O 9. Ne5 c4 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Be2 h5 12. e4 b5 13. f3 dxe4 14. fxe4 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bh6 16. Rf1 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 18. Ke3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 exd6 20. Bf3 Kg7 21.
d5 Re8+ 22. Kd4 Bg4 23. Rf2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Kf6 25. a4 Kf5 26. Ra3 bxa4 27. Kxc4
Rec8+ 28. Kb4 Rc5 29. Rd2 b5 30. Rd4 Re8 31. c4 Re2 32. b3 axb3 0-1

[Event "GMA op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Rfd8 13. c3 Ne8 14. Nc1
Nd6 15. Nd3 Bf6 16. g3 Kg7 17. h4 h6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Bc1 a5 20. a4 Kh7 21. Bg4
Rad8 22. Nc5 Nb8 23. Rd5 b6 24. Nb3 Nxe4 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Rxe4 f5 27. Rc4 fxg4
28. Rxg4 Nd7 29. Re4 Be7 30. Be3 Bd6 31. Nd2 Nf6 32. Rc4 c5 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34.
Rxe4 Rd8 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. Kd3 h5 38. Kc4 Kf6 39. Kb5 Ke6 40. Bg5 Bc7
41. Kc6 Rf7 42. Re2 Kf5 43. f3 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marinelli, Tullio"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
e4 e5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. c5 Ng6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Nd2 Rc8
15. f3 Bd7 16. Qb3 d5 17. Nf1 exd4 18. cxd4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Bc6 20. Ng3 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxd4+ 23. Be3 Qxe4 24. Bf2 Qc6 25. Bxa7 h6 26. Rf1 Re7 27.
Bd4 Qe4 28. Rad1 Nf4 29. Qb2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. d4 cxd5 8. c5
Bc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 a6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Ng5 17. Rxf4 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Qf6 19. Qd2 Nxd4 20. Rf1 Ne4 21. Qe3
Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Nxc5 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. bxc5 Re4 26. Bd6 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 c5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Ba6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Bf1 Rfd8 13. g3 Bf6 14. Qe2 Nf8 15.
h4 h6 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Nce5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qe7 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. d4 cxd4 21. Nxd4
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb7+ 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rdc8 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 N8d7 27. g4
Nd5 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 g6 30. Kg3 Nc5 31. Rd1 Ne4+ 32. Kg2 a6 33. Ne2 Nc5 34.
Ra3 a5 35. c4 Nb6 36. Rh3 Nxc4 37. b3 Nxb3 38. Rxb3 a4 39. Rb1 a3 40. Ra1 f6
41. gxf6 Kf7 42. Ra2 Kxf6 43. Rd3 Ra5 44. Rc3 Ra4 45. Raxa3 Rxa3 46. Bxa3 Ra8
47. Bb4 Ne5 48. Re3 Nf7 49. Rf3+ Kg7 50. Nf4 Ra6 51. Bc3+ e5 52. Nd3 Ra3 53.
Nxe5 Rxc3 54. Rxf7+ Kh6 55. Rf6 Rc5 56. Rxg6+ Kh5 57. Nd3 Rf5 58. Rg3 Kh4 59.
f4 Ra5 60. Nf2 Kh5 61. Rg8 Ra3 62. Ne4 Kh6 63. Ng3 Kh7 64. Rb8 Kg6 65. Kh3 Kf7
66. Kg4 Ra5 67. Ne4 Kg6 68. f5+ 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 dxe5 14. fxe5
Bxe5 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. c3 Nf5 17. Bxc5 Re8 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. d4 a5 20. g4 Nh6 21.
Rae1 Ra6 22. h3 f5 23. Ng3 Rc6 24. gxf5 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Qh5 Qf7 27.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rf2 Ba6 30. Bd6 Bd3 31. Re3 Bb1 32. b4 axb4 33.
Bxb4 Ra8 34. a3 Bf6 35. Bd6 Bg5 36. Re1 Bd3 37. Rb2 Bb5 38. Kf2 Rd8 39. Be5 Ra8
40. Rg1 Bh6 41. c4 Ba6 42. Rb6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15.
Nf1 d5 16. Bg5 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Be7 (17... h6 $2 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. N1h2 $16 {
Lobron-Smejkal}) (17... exd4 $2 18. Rxd4 Qc7 19. Bf4 Qb6 {Huebner-Spassky (5)/
Venice m/1989/} 20. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qxd7 Be7 24.
Re1 Kf8 25. Bd6 Qd8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxe7+ Qxe7 28. Nh7+ $18) 18. Re1 (18. Re2
$5 {Van der Wiel,J-Van der Sterren,P/NLD-ch/1990/ ->}) 18... exd4 19. Nxd4 Bf8
20. Nf5 Qc7 (20... Ne5 21. Bc2 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Nd5 23. N1e3 $14 {Balashov}) (
20... h6 21. Be3 Ne5 22. Bc2 {Huebner,R-Van der Sterren,P/Munich/1990/1/2-1/2/
22/ ->}) 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. a5 Qd8 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26.
Bxd6 c5 27. Ng3 c4 28. Bc2 Nc5 29. f3 Re5 30. Qd4 Rd5 31. Bxc5 Rxd4 32. Bxd4
Nd5 33. Re1 f6 34. Be4 Qxa5 35. Nf5 Qd8 36. Bc5 Qd7 37. Bxd5+ Bxd5 38. Ne7+ Kf7
39. Rd1 Qc7 40. Rxd5 Qf4 41. Rd1 Qe5 42. Nd5 Qe2 43. Ne3 Qxb2 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45.
Rd8+ Kf7 46. Rd7+ Kg8 47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. f4 Qxc3 49. f5 g6 50. Rd7+ Ke8 51. Re7+
Kd8 52. Bb6+ Kc8 53. Nd5 Qa1+ 54. Kh2 gxf5 55. Rc7+ Kd8 56. Rxh7+ Ke8 57. Re7+
Kf8 58. Bc5 Kg8 59. h4 f4 60. h5 f3 61. gxf3 Kh8 62. h6 Qc1 63. Re8+ Kh7 64.
Nxf6+ Kg6 65. Ng4 c3 66. Re6+ Kf7 67. Re7+ Kg6 68. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Qg2 Rae8 15. g5
Nfd7 16. Nde2 a5 17. Nd4 Qb8 18. Ndb5 f5 19. exf5 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf5 21. Nd4
Rff8 22. f5 Ne5 23. Rf2 exf5 24. Nxf5 Kh8 25. Raf1 Rf7 26. Nd5 Bf8 27. Bd4 Nxa4
28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. g6 Ra7 30. Kh1 Qa8 31. c4 Nc5 32. gxh7 Nd3 33. Rf3 Nf4 34.
Nxf4 exf4 35. Nh4 Kxh7 36. Ng6 Qc6 37. Rh3+ Kg8 38. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "URS-sf Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 Nge7
8. Nf3 Nd4 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Qb6 (10... Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 {
Balashov,Y-Arnason,J Reykjavik 1989 - CBM13 Hug,M-Ballmann,M Zug 1989} (12...
Rb8 {Thorhallsson,T-Petursson,M Reykjavik 1989 - CBM13})) 11. Rb1 Nef5 12. Bf2
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 (13. Bxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bxc5 Bd7 17. Bxf8
Rxf8 18. Nc3 Ne3 $15) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 $1 Bd7 $2 (15... Qc7 16.
Bxc5 Bd4+ $2 (16... Rd8 $14) 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Nf6+ Kh8 (18... Kg7 19. Nh5+ $1
gxh5 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Qxd4 $16) 19. Qe3 Nf5 20. Rxf5 $1 exf5 21. Qh6 Qb6+ 22.
Kh1 Qxf6 23. Qxf8#) 16. Bxc5 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Qc7 (17... Bxc5 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Nxd7
$16) 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. c3 Bg7 20. d4 h5 21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Qf2 b6 23. Nd3 Bb5 24.
Rbd1 Bc4 25. a3 Bb3 26. Rde1 Bc4 27. Qf3 Rd8 28. Rf2 Bf6 29. Ne5 Bd5 30. Qe2
Kg7 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Nd3 Rd8 33. Qf3 Rd6 34. h3 $6 {Genauer: Sf4-g2-e3 +-} Bg5
35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Nh6 37. Ref1 Rd8 38. Rh2 Rh8 39. Nf2 Be7 40. Kg2 Bd6 41.
Rh3 Bf4 42. Ne4 g5 43. Ng3 f5 44. Nh5+ Kf7 45. Nxf4 fxg4 46. Nd5+ $1 gxf3+ 47.
Rfxf3+ Qf4 48. Nxf4 g4 49. Rh5 gxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Kf6 51. Nd3 Kg7 52. Ke4 Re8 53.
Nf4 Nf7 54. c4 $1 $18 Kf6 55. c5 Rg8 56. Ne2 Rg4+ 57. Kf3 Rg5 58. Rxg5 Nxg5+
59. Kf4 bxc5 60. dxc5 e5+ 61. Ke3 Ke6 62. Nc3 Kd7 63. Ne4 Ne6 64. Kd3 Kc6 65.
Kc4 a5 66. b4 axb4 67. axb4 Nf4 68. b5+ Kc7 69. Nf6 1-0

[Event "URS-sf Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. exf6 dxc3 5. fxg7 cxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bxg7 7. Qf3
Bxb2 8. Rd1 Qd6 9. Bc4 Bf6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Bc3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qb4 13. Bb5 Qxc3+
14. Nxc3 Bd7 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. O-O Nb8 17. Rfe1 e6 18. Nf6+ Ke7 19. Nxd7 c6 20.
Nxb8 cxb5 21. Nd7 f6 22. Re3 Rhg8 23. Rh3 Rg7 24. Ra3 a6 25. Rd2 Rc7 26. Rad3
Rg5 27. a3 h5 28. g3 h4 29. Kg2 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rh5 31. Rd4 Rg5 32. Kf1 Rh5 33.
Ke2 Rg5 34. Kd1 Rh5 35. Kc1 Rg5 36. Kb2 Rh5 37. Nb6 Rhc5 38. Rh4 Kf7 39. Nd7
R5c6 40. Rf4 1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Magerramov, Elmar S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nef5 12. Bf2 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nd4 14. Qd1 dxe5
15. fxe5 Bd7 16. Ne4 Ba4 17. b3 Bc6 18. b4 Qd8 19. bxc5 Bxe5 20. c3 Nb5 21. d4
Bg7 22. Qe2 Qa5 23. Be1 Rad8 24. Rb3 Qa6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. g4 e5
28. dxe5 Qc8 29. Rb4 Qe6 30. g5 Qe7 31. Qe3 h5 32. Rh4 Qe6 33. Rxh5+ gxh5 34.
Qf3 Qg4+ 35. Nxg4 hxg4 36. Qxg4 Rde8 37. g6 fxg6 38. Qxg6 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Rxe5
40. Qxc6 Rf5+ 41. Kg2 Rg5+ 42. Kf3 1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Bb1 Qc7 13. b3 Neg4 14. Bg5 Qc5 15.
Nf3 h6 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Ne1 Qh5 18. h3 Ne5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. f4 Ng6 21. Nd3 b5
22. cxb5 axb5 23. Ne2 Nf6 24. Nb4 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nd3 Ne4
28. Bb4 Bd8 29. Rc1 Bb6+ 30. Kf1 Rxc1+ 31. Ndxc1 Nh4 32. Nd3 Nf5 33. g4 Ne3+
34. Ke1 f5 35. Ne5 Be6 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Bd2 Nd5 38. a4 e3 39. Bc1 Ba5+ 1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3
Nd7 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ng5 c4 15.
Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qg4 e6 18. e4 Qe7 19. Bf4 h6 20. Nf3 Rfd8 21. Bd6
Qe8 22. Qg3 Nc5 23. e5 Na4 24. Nxa4 Qxa4 25. Nd4 Bd5 26. b3 Qa6 27. Rd2 Qb7 28.
b4 Rc4 29. Rad1 Rdc8 30. Bc5 a5 31. Rc2 R8xc5 32. bxc5 Rxd4 33. Re1 Bc6 34. Qc3
Qd7 35. Qxa5 Qd5 36. f3 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "GMA Baleares op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. Bd3 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Nf8 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Nb4 18. Qe2 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. a3 Nd5 21.
Nxd5 Rcxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. e4 Rc5 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. g3 a5 26. a4 Qd6 27. Nd2
Qd8 28. Nc4 Qg5 29. Kg2 Ng6 30. Kf1 h5 31. h4 Qd8 32. Qxh5 Qd3+ 33. Qe2 Qxb3
34. Kg2 Bf8 35. h5 Ne7 36. Ne5 Qxa4 37. h6 Qe8 38. Ng4 Ng6 39. Qe3 f5 40. exf5
Qc6+ 41. Kh2 Ne7 42. hxg7 Bxg7 43. Qg5 Nxf5 44. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filipowicz, Andrzej"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 e5 7. Be2 (7. d3
Ne7 8. Qe2 $5) 7... Ne7 8. O-O c6 9. d3 {/\ Be3} Nf5 10. g4 $6 (10. Ne4 Be7 11.
Bd2 Qb6 12. Bc3 $10 {Suba-Ftacnik, Warschau zt 1987}) 10... Nh4 (10... Ne7 11.
Be3 Qd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 h5 15. Ne4 Ng6 $15 {Peresypkin-A.
Petrosian, Baku 1977} 16. gxh5 Nf4 17. Rfe1 f6) 11. Be3 Qd8 {N} (11... Qd6 12.
d4 h5 13. f3 Bd7 14. d5 Qg6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Kh1 hxg4 17. fxg4 Bb4 $17 {
D.Gurevich-W.Watson, Saint John op-2 1988}) 12. d4 h5 13. dxe5 (13. gxh5 Bh3
14. Re1 Ng2) 13... Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 (15. f4 $2 Bh3) 15... hxg4 $17
16. Bf4 Rh5 17. Bg3 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Be7 19. Rd3 Nxe5 20. Rd4 Rd8 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22.
Rxg4 Kf8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Bf6 25. Kf1 Rh5 26. Kg2 Be5 27. f4 Bc7 28. Nf2
Rh6 29. Nd3 Rd6 30. Rg3 Rd4 31. b3 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Rxf4 33. Rd3 Ke7 34. Re3+ Kd7
35. Rd3+ Kc7 36. Re3 b5 37. Re7+ Kb6 38. cxb5 cxb5 39. Kg3 Rf6 40. b4 a6 41. h4
g6 42. Rd7 Kc6 43. Ra7 Kd5 44. Rc7 Kd4 45. Kg2 Ke4 46. Kg3 Rf3+ 47. Kg2 Ra3 48.
Rxf7 Rxa2+ 49. Kg3 Ke5 50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Re3 Ra4 52. Rf3+ Kg7 53. Rf4 Kh6 54.
Rg4 Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Rd3 56. Kf2 Rd5 57. Re4 Kh5 58. Re6 Rd4 59. Rxa6 Rxh4 60. Rd6
Rxb4 61. Kg3 g5 62. Rd3 Rc4 63. Rd8 Rc3+ 64. Kg2 b4 0-1

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Jasnikowski, Zbigniew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
O-O 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Be2 a6 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 b5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. e5 d5 15.
Bd3 Nc5 16. Ne2 b4 17. Nd4 Qb7 18. Kb1 a5 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qe2 Bc5
22. h4 a4 23. Rh3 Rfc8 24. h5 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. h6 g6 28. Rd4
Rac8 29. Qd2 Qb5 30. Rhd3 Rc4 31. b3 Rc3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. bxa4 Qc5 34. Kb2 Kf8
35. Rd3 Rc4 36. a3 Qa5 37. Kb3 d4 38. axb4 Qd5 39. Kb2 Qb7 40. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sznapik, Aleksander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. d5 Ne7 14. Ne3 Ng6 15.
Bc2 Nf4 16. b3 g6 17. a4 bxa4 18. bxa4 a5 19. c4 Nd7 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Nb3 Nxb3
22. Bxb3 Bg7 23. Bc2 Bd7 24. Ra3 c5 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Nd5 Ne6 27. Be3 Rb8 28.
Rb3 Rxb3 29. Bxb3 Nd4 30. Qd3 Qd7 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Bd1 Rxb1 33. Qxb1 Qd8 34. g3
h5 35. h4 Kh7 36. Bg5 Qc8 37. Kg2 Bh6 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Qc1 Qh8 40. c5 Bxg5 41.
hxg5 Qd8 42. f4 Ne6 43. cxd6 Qxd6 44. Bb3 Qc5 45. Qf1 Nd4 46. Bd5 exf4 47. Qxf4
Qc2+ 48. Kh3 Qd1 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50. Kh3 Qd1 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kh3 Bxa4 53. e5 Qd1
54. e6 Nxe6 55. Qe5 Nxg5+ 56. Kh4 Nf3+ 57. Bxf3 Qd8 58. Kg5 Bb3 59. g4 h4 60.
Bg2 a4 61. Qc5 a3 62. Bh3 a2 63. Bg2 Bc4 64. Qe5 h3 65. Be4 h2 66. Qb2 h1=Q 67.
Bxh1 a1=Q 68. Qxa1 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
cxd4 9. Qxd4 b6 10. Bd3 h6 11. b4 Qc7 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. O-O a5 14. Rfe1 axb4 15.
axb4 Bb7 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 Rfc8 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ra1 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Nc6
21. Bc3 Na7 22. b5 Nc5 23. Be2 Na4 24. Ba1 Bc8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. f4 Nc5 27. Kf2
f6 28. Ke3 fxe5 29. fxe5 Nb7 30. Bc3 Nd8 31. Be1 Nf7 32. Bg3 Nh8 33. Kd2 Ng6
34. Kc3 Ne7 35. Kb4 Kf7 36. Bf2 Nac8 37. h4 Nf5 38. Nf3 g6 39. Nd2 Nfe7 40. Nb1
h5 41. Nc3 Nf5 42. Bd3 Ke7 43. Na4 Be8 44. g3 Kd7 45. Bxb6 Nxg3 46. Bf2 Nf5 47.
Nc5+ Kc7 48. Nxe6+ Kb8 49. Nf4 Nfe7 50. Kc5 Na7 51. b6 Nac6 52. Nxd5 Nxd5 53.
Kxd5 Nb4+ 54. Kc5 Nxd3+ 55. cxd3 Kb7 56. d4 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Bb2 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Nh5 19. Nf1 Nf4 20. Bc2 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Qd2 Nfe6 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Ng3 Qc7 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28.
Bxd4 Ne6 29. Bd1 Qe7 30. f4 Qb4 31. Be3 d4 32. Qxb4 Bxb4 33. Bf2 Bd2 34. Ra1
Bxf4 35. Be2 Bc6 36. Ra5 Rb8 37. Ra6 Bd5 38. Rd6 Bxb3 39. Ne4 Bxe5 40. Rd7 Bc4
41. Bf3 Rd8 42. Rb7 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3
Bd6 9. f4 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. Be2 c6 12. e4 Bf8 13. d6 c5 14. e5 Bxg2 15. Rg1
Bb7 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Nge4 Qh4+ 20. Bf2 Qd8 21. Ng5 Nd4
22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 g6 24. f5 Bg7 25. Qd3 Rc5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Nxf7 Qh4+
28. Rg3 Bxc3+ 29. bxc3 Be4 30. Qe3 Kxf7 31. O-O-O Bf5 32. Qf3 Qa4 33. Kd2 Qc2+
34. Ke1 Rce5 35. Rg2 Rxe2+ 36. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 37. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Bg4+ 39. Kd2
Bxd1 40. Kxd1 Ke6 41. Ke2 Kxd6 42. Kf3 Ke5 43. Kg4 Kf6 44. c4 g5 0-1

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Nbd2 Re8 16. h3 Bh5 17. d5 Nfd7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nf1 Bf6 20. Rb1 Bc3 21. Re3 b4
22. Kg2 h6 23. Ng3 Bh7 24. Ng1 Be5 25. N1e2 g5 26. h4 Bf4 27. hxg5 Bxe3 28.
Bxe3 hxg5 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. gxf5 Kg7 31. Ng3 Rh8 32. Qd2 f6 33. Rg1 Ne5 34. Bd1
Rh4 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. f4 gxf4 37. Bxf4 Qh8 38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. d6 Qh6 40. Qxh6 Rxh6
41. Bh5+ Kf8 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Rc1 Rxd6 44. Rxc5 Ke7 45. Rc7+ Kd8 46. Rg7 Nd7 47.
Bf7 Rh2+ 48. Ke3 Rxa2 49. Nh5 Rc2 50. Rg8+ Kc7 51. Ng7 Rdc6 52. Bc4 R6xc4 53.
bxc4 b3 54. Ne6+ Kd6 55. Kd3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "URS Club Cup 2nd Group2"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1990.03.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erevan Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Tigran Petrosian"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Qc2
c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. e5 Ng4 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxb7 Nc6 13. f4 Bxf4 14. Qe4 Bxd2+
15. Bxd2 Ngxe5 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. b3 f5 18. Qg2 Nd3+ 19. Kd1 Nc5 20. Rb1 Ne4 21.
Re1 Ne5 22. Kc2 d5 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. Kb2 Nxf4 26. gxf4 d3 27. Ka1
d2 28. Red1 Qd4+ 29. Rb2 Rc8 30. Qg1 Qxg1 0-1

[Event "URS Club Cup 2nd Group2"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1990.03.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Soviet Central Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Tigran Petrosian"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 b4 15. Bb2
bxc3 16. Bxc3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bg7 18. Rc1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 c5 20. Ba1 Bc6 21. Bd3
Bb7 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Nc4 d5 24. exd5 Qxd5 25. Bf1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. Re7 Ba8
28. Ra7 Bb7 29. Na5 Bc8 30. Bc4 Qd1+ 31. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kh2 Bd7 33. Bb2 Ng4+
34. hxg4 Bxb2 35. Kg3 g5 36. Rxa6 Be5+ 37. Kf3 Rd4 38. g3 Bxg4+ 39. Ke3 Bf5 0-1

[Event "URS Club Cup 2nd final A"]
[Site "Podolsk"]
[Date "1990.03.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Tigran Petrosian"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Vektor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nef5 12. Bf2 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 dxe5 14. fxe5
Bxe5 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Qd1 f5 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. c3 Nb5 19. Qe2 a6 20. a4 Na7 21.
Nc4 Bf6 22. b4 cxb4 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nxc8 Nxc8 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26. cxb4 Qd6 27.
Qxd6 Nxd6 28. Rbc1 Rf7 29. Rc5 Bg5 30. h4 Bd2 31. Bd4+ Kh6 32. Rd5 Rd7 33. Bf3
Rbd8 34. Bb6 Re8 35. Bc5 Red8 36. g4 fxg4 37. Bxg4 Nf5 38. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Kusadasi op"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ilic, Zoran S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f5 f6 10. g4 Bd7 11. Nf2 Kh8 12. Ne2 Be8 13. Ng3 d5 14. h4 dxe4 15. dxe4
Qxd1 16. Rxd1 b6 17. c3 Bf7 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Re1 h6 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 fxg5
22. Bxg5 Rd6 23. Ng4 Bf8 24. Kf2 gxf5 25. exf5 Nd5 26. Ne4 Rdd8 27. Rh1+ Kg7
28. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Kusadasi op"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Wegner, Hannu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Nb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Na3 c6 14. Nc2 Nbd7 15.
Ne3 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. h3 d5 18. Qe2 h6 19. Nh2 Kh7 20. Bc2 g6 21. Ne3 Bg7 22.
Bd2 c5 23. Neg4 Nxg4 24. Nxg4 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Ra1 Qb6 27. b4 cxb4 28.
cxb4 Kg7 29. Bb3 Rd8 30. Be3 d4 31. Bd2 Bb7 32. f4 exf4 33. Bxf4 Bc8 34. Rf1
Rf8 35. Qf2 Bg5 36. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Kusadasi op"]
[Site "Kusadasi"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mascarinas, Rico"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. exd4 Be6 10. c5 b6 11. Na4 c6 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ne4
15. f3 Ng5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Be5 Bf6 18. f4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. f5
Nf4 22. Qc2 b5 23. Nb2 Qxf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. g3 Ne2+ 26. Kg2 Rxf1 27. Kxf1 Nd4
28. Nd3 Rf8+ 29. Kg2 Re8 30. Re1 Re4 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Re3 Kf6 33. Re1 g5 34. h3
h5 35. Re3 Kf5 36. Ne1 g4 37. h4 a6 38. a3 Nf3 39. Nd3 d4 40. Rxe4 Kxe4 41. Nf4
d3 42. Nxh5 Nd4 43. Ke1 Nc2+ 44. Kd2 Nxa3 45. Nf4 Nc4+ 46. Kc3 d2 47. Kc2 a5
0-1

[Event "Berlin Mephisto 1st"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1990.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1990.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 c5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bc2 Ne4
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nc2 Rac8 19. Nb4 f5 20. f3 Ba8 21.
Nd5 Qf7 22. b4 Nd7 23. Qb3 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nf6 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Rad1 Rxc4 27. Rxd6
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 f4 29. exf4 e4 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rc8 b5 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Qc2 Qd5
34. fxe4 Nxe4 35. Bf2 a6 36. Kf1 Kh8 37. Ke1 c3 38. a4 Qc4 39. Be3 Qxb4 40. Ke2
Nf6 41. Qd3 Qb2+ 42. Kd1 Qa1+ 43. Kc2 Qxa4+ 44. Kxc3 Qc6+ 45. Kb3 Qb7+ 46. Kc3
Qc6+ 47. Kb3 Qxg2 48. Qxa6 Qxh2 49. Qc8+ Ng8 50. Kc3 Qh5 51. f5 Qf3 52. Kd3
Qd5+ 53. Ke2 Kh7 54. Qe6 Qxe6 55. fxe6 Kg6 56. Bd4 Nf6 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. e7 Ne8
59. Bc3 Ke6 60. Bb4 Nf6 61. Ba3 Kf7 62. Kf4 Nd5+ 63. Kg4 Nxe7 64. Kh5 Ng8 65.
Kg4 Ke6 66. Bf8 Nf6+ 67. Kf3 Kf7 68. Ba3 g5 69. Bc1 Kg6 70. Kg3 Kf5 71. Kh3 h5
72. Be3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Berlin Mephisto 1st"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1990.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Fuchs,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1990.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 6/1990} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14.
Ng3 Bf8 15. Nh2 g6 16. f4 a3 17. bxa3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Rxa3 19. Qd2 Na5 20. Bd3
Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Bxh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Rxc3 24. Nf3 Nh7 25. Re3 Rc2 26. Rf1
Qe7 27. Rf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Ra8 29. a3 Qf6 30. Rc3 Be6 31. Qd2 d5 32. Kg1 Qe7 33.
Qe3 Qd6 34. exd5 Bxd5 35. Ne5 Re8 36. Qf2 Qe6 37. Re3 Rc8 38. Ne2 Rd8 39. Nc3
$1 Qf5 $6 40. Qxf5 gxf5 41. Nxd5 Rxd5 42. Nc6 Rb5 43. Rc3 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Rb3 45.
Rxc4 Rxa3 46. Ne7+ Kg7 47. Rc6 Ra7 {Auch andere Züge verlieren. Weiss
verwertet seinen Vorteil.} 48. Nxf5+ Kg8 49. Kg3 Nf8 50. Kf4 Ne6+ 51. Ke5 Kf8
52. d5 Ng7 53. Nxg7 Kxg7 54. g4 Ra3 55. Rxc7 Re3+ 56. Kd6 Rxh3 57. Rc4 Ra3 58.
Kc7 Ra7+ 59. Kb6 Ra1 60. d6 Kf8 61. Rc8+ (61. Rc8+ Kg7 62. d7) 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 08th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Bc7 9. c3 dxe4 10. dxe4 b6 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15.
Bc1 Rad8 16. h4 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. h5 Nge5 19. Ne1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Qd7 21.
Qxd7 Nxd7 22. f4 c4 23. Be3 b5 24. Bf3 Kf7 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. Bd1 e5 27. f5 Ne7
28. b3 Nec8 29. a4 bxa4 30. bxc4 Nd6 31. c5 Nbc4 32. Ng2 Nxe3 33. Nxe3 Nxe4 34.
Nxe4 Bxe4 35. Bxa4 Ba5 36. Bb3+ Ke7 37. Bd5 Bb1 38. Be6 Kd8 39. Nd5 Ba2 40. h6
gxh6 41. Nxf6 Bxe6 42. fxe6 Bxc3 43. c6 Bd4+ 44. Kf1 a5 45. c7+ 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 08th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Van Mil, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1990.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. d3 Bb7 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Be3
Nd4 9. Nb1 Nc8 10. c3 Nc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Nb3 d6 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. Rc1 Ne7 19. Nf4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Nd7 21. Nh5 g6
22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Qd7 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 08th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Mainka, Romuald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1990.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Nbd2
b6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. a4 a6 13. Ng5 e6 14. Ne4 Rab8 15.
Bd2 h6 16. Qe2 Kh7 17. h4 Rbd8 18. f4 Rfe8 19. h5 e5 20. hxg6+ fxg6 21. f5 gxf5
22. Qh5 fxe4 23. Bxe4+ Kg8 24. Bxd5+ Rxd5 25. Qxe8+ Kh7 26. Qe6 Qd8 27. Re4 b5
28. axb5 axb5 29. Rg4 Qd7 1-0

[Event "Belavenets Memorial op"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Ne2 Nf6 8.
Nbc3 O-O 9. O-O Qa5 10. h3 Qh5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Nd4 Bxh3 14. Qxh5
gxh5 15. Bxh3 Bxd4 16. Re1 Nc4 17. Re4 Ne5 18. Kg2 Bb6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Rae1 e6
21. f4 f5 22. R4e2 Ng4 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. dxe6 Bd4 25. c3 Bf6 26. Rd1 Rac8 27.
Rd5 Rc5 28. Rxd6 Rc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Kf1 Bg7 31. Bg5 h6 32. Bh4 c5 33. Ke1 c4
34. Kd2 a5 35. b3 cxb3 36. axb3 Rc8 37. Re3 Kf8 38. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Belavenets Memorial op"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 f6 11. exd5 exd5 12. c4 Nb4 13. Nf1 d4 14. a3 Nbc6 15.
N1d2 Ng6 16. b4 b6 17. b5 Na5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bc1 Rae8 20. h3 Qc8 21. Kh2 f5
22. Ned2 Qc7 23. Nf1 h6 24. Ra2 Bd6 25. Rae2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8
28. Bd2 Nb7 29. h4 Nd8 30. h5 Ne7 31. Nh4 f4 32. Qe2 Bf7 33. Bh3 Be5 34. Ng2
fxg3+ 35. Nxg3 Kf8 36. f4 Bf6 37. Ne1 Be8 38. Ne4 Bd7 39. Bg4 Ng8 40. Kh3 Be7
41. Bxd7 Qxd7+ 42. Qg4 Qe8 43. Qg6 Nf6 44. Nxf6 Bxf6 45. Qxe8+ Kxe8 46. Kg4 Nb7
47. Nf3 Kd7 48. a4 Ke6 49. f5+ Kd7 50. Bf4 Na5 51. Ne5+ Kc8 52. Kf3 Nb3 53. Ng4
1-0

[Event "Belavenets Memorial op"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chudinovskih, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. b3 g6 14. Bb2 Bg7 15. d5
Ne7 16. c4 Nh5 17. c5 Nf4 18. c6 Bc8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Kh7 21. Nc4 Ng8 22.
Bc1 Qf6 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Qe3 Qe7 26. b4 Rb8 27. Rb1 f5 28. exf5
gxf5 29. Qa7 Rb5 30. Ra5 e4 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 Qf6 33. Qd2 Rb8 34. Rb3 Re7
35. f3 Qh4 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Ra1 Rg7 38. Rf1 Bxh3 39. Rf4 Bg4 40. Bxe4+ Kh8 41.
Ne3 Re8 42. Bf3 h5 43. Rb1 Qg5 44. Nxg4 hxg4 45. Bxg4 Nf6 46. Be6 Ne4 47. Qe2
Ng3 0-1

[Event "Belavenets Memorial op"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 f5 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Nd5 h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. a3 a5 13. b3 f4 14. O-O Bf5 15. Ne4
Qf7 16. e3 g5 17. Qd2 Qh5 18. f3 Be6 19. Nc3 Rf7 20. Rab1 Raf8 21. Ne2 Qg6 22.
d4 Bf5 23. Rb2 Bd3 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. exf4 Bxe2 26. f5 Rxf5 27. Qxe2 Qf6 28.
Rbb1 Nxf3+ 29. Kh1 b6 30. Rbd1 g4 31. Qd3 Kg7 32. Rf2 Ne5 33. Rxf5 Qxf5 34. Qc3
Qf2 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Qe2 37. Re1 Qd3 38. Rc1 Rf2 39. Qxd3 Nxd3 40. Rb1 Rc2
41. Bd5 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Katowice op"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sedyshev, Vasily"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Nd4 dxe5 11. Nxc6 Qd6 12. Qd5 Bf5 13. Qxe5 Qxc6 14. Qxf5
Rad8 15. Qf3 Qd5 16. Be3 f5 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bxc7 Rd7 19. Bb6 Qb5 20. Qe3 Qxb2
21. f3 Rd3 22. Qxd3 Qxb6+ 23. Kh1 Ng3+ 24. hxg3 Bc5 25. Qd5+ Rf7 26. Qxc5 Qxc5
27. Rd1 Qb6 28. Nd2 Rf6 29. Nf1 Rh6+ 30. Nh2 Qc7 31. Kg1 Qxg3 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33.
Nf1 Qc7 34. Rad1 Qc5+ 35. R8d4 Re6 36. R1d3 Re1 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. Ne3 f4 39. Nd1
Rc2+ 40. Kf1 h6 41. a4 Kg6 42. Re4 Kh5 43. Red4 Qa3 44. Rd2 Rxd2 45. Rxd2 Qxa4
46. Nb2 Qb3 47. c4 a5 48. c5 a4 0-1

[Event "Katowice op"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zilberstein, Valery I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 e5
9. a3 Ne8 10. b4 Nc7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Nf1 Rc8 14. b5 Na5 15. c4 Bd7
16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 Nb7 18. h4 Qe7 19. h5 Nd8 20. Nh4 Kf7 21. f4 f5 22. hxg6+
hxg6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Qh5+ Ke6 27. Ne3 Qf7 28.
Nxf5 Qxh5 29. Ng7+ Ke7 30. Nxh5 Nde6 31. Rf1 Rg8 32. Rf3 Nd4 33. Rf2 Nce6 34.
Rbf1 Rcf8 35. Rxf8 Nxf8 36. Bd5 Nfe6 37. Kg2 Rg6 38. Kh3 Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Katowice op"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zhelnin, Vladimir V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c3
a5 9. a4 Re8 10. Re1 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Nc4 Nc5 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Nfd2 Ne6 15.
Nb3 Ndc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Qh4 20. Rf1 Bh6 21.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bxa4 23. Ra1 Bb5 24. f5 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 Ng7 26. Nd5 Reb8 27.
fxg6 hxg6 28. c4 Be8 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxf7 Ne6 32. e5 Rab8 33.
exd6 cxd6 34. Rf2 Rb3 35. Re1 Kg7 36. Rfe2 a4 37. Bc6 Reb8 38. Rxe6 Rxb2 39.
Bxa4 Rd2 40. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Katowice op"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Na3 Qd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bd2 c4 15. Bg5
Rfc8 16. dxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nxe5 Qe6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf3 Bxe4 21.
Nd2 d5 22. Naxc4 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 dxc4 24. Rxe4 Qd5 25. Qe1 g6 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27.
Qxe8+ Kg7 28. Qe2 Qf5 29. Nxc4 Qb1+ 30. Qf1 Qc2 31. g3 h5 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5
Bxg5 34. Qe1 h4 35. gxh4 Bxh4 36. Ne3 Qg6+ 37. Kf1 Bg5 38. Ng4 Qd3+ 39. Kg2
Qd5+ 40. f3 Qb7 41. Qe5+ f6 42. Qe2 Kf8 43. Qc2 Qd7 44. c4 f5 45. Nf2 Bf6 46.
b4 Ke8 47. c5 Qd5 48. Qd3 Bd4 49. Kf1 Kd8 50. Nd1 Qe5 51. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Lenk op"]
[Site "Lenk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Summermatter, Daniel"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qd2 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qd7
15. Rf2 b5 16. e3 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Nf4 Rac8 19. Raf1 Ng6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4
c3 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Qe3 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Rfd8 25. Rh4 h6 26. Bc2 Rc4 27. Qe4
Qxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rcxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rf3 Rc4 31. a3 Rc5 32. Kf2 g5 33. h4 g4
34. Re3 a4 35. Ke1 Bb3 36. Kd1 h5 37. Kc1 Kf8 38. Re4 Ke7 39. Re1 Ke6 40. Re3
Bxc2 41. Kxc2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Miedzybrodzie op"]
[Site "Miedzybrodzie"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Maciejewski, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8.
dxc3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd4 d5 12. Nf5 dxc4 13. Qg3 Bf6 14. Bh6
g6 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Qd6 Nd7 17. Ne7+ Bxe7 18. Qxe7 Nc5 19. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Miedzybrodzie op"]
[Site "Miedzybrodzie"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Czerwonski, Aleksander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 g6 6. d5 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Be3 exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bc4 h6 15.
Qb3 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f3 Nc5 19. Qa2 a6 20. Rad1 b5 21. Bf1
Ncd7 22. Bf2 Ne5 23. Nc2 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Ne3 h5 26. Ned5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5
Nxd5 28. exd5 Ree8 29. b3 Nd7 30. a4 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 bxa4 32. bxa4 Nc5 33. Rc1 a5
34. Bb5 Bf6 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Bg3 Be7 37. Bf4 f5 38. Re1 Kf7 39. Rb1 Nxa4 40.
Bxa4 Rc4 41. g3 Rxa4 42. Rb7 Ke8 43. Rb8+ Kd7 44. Rb7+ Kd8 45. Ra7 Ra1+ 46. Kg2
Ra2+ 47. Kg1 Bf6 48. Ra6 Bd4+ 49. Kh1 Be5 50. Bxe5 dxe5 51. Re6 a4 52. Rxe5 Rd2
53. Re3 Rxd5 54. Kg2 Ra5 55. Ra3 Kd7 56. Kh3 Kc6 57. Kh4 Kb5 58. Kg5 Ra6 59. g4
fxg4 60. fxg4 hxg4 61. Kxg4 Kb4 62. Ra1 a3 63. Kg5 a2 64. h4 Kb3 65. Rf1 Rc6
66. Rh1 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Miedzybrodzie op"]
[Site "Miedzybrodzie"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 e5 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. b3 b6 11. a4 Rd8 12. a5 Bb7 13. Ba3 Qe8 14. b4 Nb8 15.
axb6 axb6 16. Bb2 Nbd7 17. Qc4 Rab8 18. Ra7 Qe7 19. Re1 Ne8 20. Qb3 Nd6 21. Nc4
Ra8 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Bf1 Qe7 25. Bc4 Bb7 26. Rd1 Bf6 27. Bd3 Nf8
28. Ra1 Bc8 29. Kg2 Ne6 30. Ra7 Qd7 31. Bxe5 Ng5 32. Nxg5 Bxe5 33. Nxf7 Qh3+
34. Kg1 Be6 35. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Miedzybrodzie op"]
[Site "Miedzybrodzie"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Yuneev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. a4 e5 11. Bh2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 a5 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Bf3 e4 15.
Be2 Kh8 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Rae1 f5 18. f4 Bh6 19. Rf2 g5 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bc4 Rf6
22. Nf1 cxd4 23. cxd4 c5 24. d5 gxf4 25. exf4 Bg7 26. Ne3 Rff8 27. Bg3 Bd4 28.
Rd2 Qd6 29. Kh1 Qg6 30. Bh4 Rce8 31. Bb5 Rf7 32. d6 Rg7 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Qxb6
Bc3 35. Red1 Bxd2 36. Rxd2 Re6 37. Qxc5 Kg8 38. Nxf5 e3 39. Nxe3 Rexd6 40. f5
Qh6 41. Rxd6 Qxd6 42. Qb5 Qd3 43. Qe5 Qd6 44. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Miedzybrodzie op"]
[Site "Miedzybrodzie"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Petelin, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. h4 e6 8. Qc2 Nc6
9. O-O-O Qe7 10. a3 h6 11. d5 Nd8 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nd5 Qf7 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Be2
Ne4 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Rhf1 c6 18. f3 cxd5 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Rxd6 Rac8 21. Kb1
b5 22. c5 Bb3 23. Qc1 Kh7 24. c6 Ba2+ 25. Ka1 Qb3 26. Rd7 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28.
Rd1 b4 29. axb4 Bd5 30. c7 Qd7 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Ba6 Qb3 33. Bxc8 Bxb2+ 34.
Qxb2 Qd1+ 35. Qb1 Qa4+ 36. Qa2 Qd1+ 37. Kb2 Qd2+ 38. Kb3 Qd3+ 39. Ka4 Qd1+ 40.
Ka5 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e6 8.
Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Be4 O-O 12. Qd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. Bh6 exd4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxd4+ Kg8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Re5 Qd8 20. Qe3 Bd5
21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Rd1 Qh4 23. h3 Rfd8 24. a4 a5 25. Kh2 Qf6 26. Rd2 Rb8 27. Qg3
Re8 28. Rde2 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Rd8 30. Nc2 Be6 31. Rxa5 Rd2 32. Nd4 Qxf2 33. Qxf2
Rxf2 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Rc5 Ra2 36. Rxc6 Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Rxh7 Rxa4 39. Rc7
Ra2 40. Kg3 Rc2 41. Kf3 Rc1 42. Rc5 Rf1+ 43. Kg4 Rf2 44. g3 Rd2 45. h4 Rd3 46.
Rc8 e5 47. Rf8+ Kg7 48. Rf3 Rd5 49. Rf1 Rc5 50. Rc1 Rc4+ 51. Kg5 e4 52. Kf4 Kf6
53. Rc2 Ke6 54. g4 e3+ 55. Kf3 Kf6 56. g5+ Kf5 57. Kxe3 Rxh4 58. Rg2 Rc4 59.
Kd3 Rc8 60. c4 Rd8+ 61. Kc3 Rc8 62. Rg1 Kf4 63. Kd4 Rd8+ 64. Kc5 Rc8+ 65. Kd5
Rd8+ 66. Ke6 Rc8 67. Kf6 Rc6+ 68. Kg7 Kf5 69. Kh6 Rxc4 70. Rf1+ Kg4 71. Rf6 Rc8
72. Ra6 Rb8 73. Kxg6 Rg8+ 74. Kh6 Rh8+ 75. Kg7 Rb8 76. g6 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th final A"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. d5 Na5 14. Ba2 c6 15. b4
Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Qb3
Qc7 22. Bb2 f5 23. Nf1 Be7 24. Ne3 f4 25. Nf5 Bf6 26. Rad1 Re5 27. Nxd6 Qxd6
28. c4 e3 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. fxe3 f3 31. e4 f2+ 32. Kxf2 Qh2 33. Qg3 Qxg3+ 34.
Kxg3 Rxc4 35. Rb1 Rc3+ 36. Kh2 Be5+ 37. Kh1 Rc4 38. a5 h5 39. h4 Kf7 40. Re3
Bc8 41. g4 hxg4 42. b5 axb5 43. Rxb5 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Rc2+ 45. Kh1 g3 46. Rbb3 Rh2+
47. Kg1 Bd4 48. Rbd3 Ba7 49. Rc3 Kg6 50. Kf1 Ba6+ 51. Ke1 Bxe3 52. Rxe3 Rh1+
53. Kd2 Rh3 54. Re1 g2 55. Rg1 Bf1 56. a6 Ra3 57. a7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Demeter, Istvan"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nc4 Bf6 11. a4 Nf8 12. b3 Ng6 13. Kh1 Bg4 14. Ng1 b6 15.
Bb2 h6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Kh2 Qe7 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Ng1 Qd7 21. Qd1 g6
22. Qf3 Bg7 23. Rfe1 Rad8 24. Rad1 c5 25. Ng4 Qd6 26. g3 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 h5 28.
Qf3 Ne6 29. Qe3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Qe2 Bh6 32. Nf3 Kg7 33. Kg2 Re6 34. Nd2
Qc5 35. Nf3 Rc6 36. Rb1 Re8 37. Rb2 Qa3 38. Reb1 Bc1 39. Rxc1 Qxb2 40. Qd2 Qc3
41. Qe2 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Qc5 45. Qd2 Rh8 46. Kg3 Qe7 47.
Ra1 Rf6 48. c3 Rf4 49. cxd4 Rxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Schoen, Wolfram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. c3
a5 9. Qc2 h6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. a3 Qd7 13. b4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qe6 15.
Rfe1 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nb6 17. N3d2 Bh3 18. Ne3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 a4 20. Rad1 Red8 21. c4
Rd7 22. Nd5 Nc8 23. Nf3 Nb8 24. h4 c6 25. Ne3 b6 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Rd1 Ra7 28.
h5 Nd6 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Nb7 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Nc4 Nbxc5 33. Ncxe5 Nxe5 34.
Qxc5 Qe7 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. Bxe5 Bxe5 38. Nxe5 Rxe5 39. Rd4 Ra5 40.
Rd7+ Kg8 41. Rd6 Re5 42. Rxg6+ Kh7 43. Rxc6 Rxe4 44. Kf3 Rd4 45. Ke3 Rg4 46.
Kd3 Rg7 47. Rc4 Rf7 48. Ke3 Re7+ 49. Re4 Ra7 50. g4 Kg6 51. f4 Kf6 52. Rb4 Ra6
53. Kf3 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kf6 55. Kh4 Kg6 56. Re4 Ra5 57. f5+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Nbd2 Nfd7 16. Bb2 cxd4 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 d3 19. Bxd3 Bg6 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Bf1
Bg5 22. N2f3 Bf4 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Nf5 Qc7 25. Qe2 Rfe8 26. Bg2 Nd7 27. Ne3 Nf6
28. Nf5 h5 29. Bc1 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rad8 31. Nh4 Bh7 32. g5 Nd7 33. Be3 Nf8 34.
Rac1 Qe7 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Qg4 Ne6 37. g6 Bxg6 38. Nxg6 fxg6 39. Rc6 Nc5 40.
Bf1 Nd7 41. Rxa6 Ne5 42. Qg2 Rf8 43. Rc1 Rd4 44. Bxb5 f3 45. Qg3 Rxe4 46. Ra4
Rxa4 47. bxa4 Rf5 48. Kf1 Rh5 49. Qg1 Qb4 50. Re1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 e5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Nd4 9. f4 b6 10. g4 Bb7 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne8 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Be3 Bf6 15.
Nf5 Be5 16. Rf2 N8c7 17. Raf1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. c3 dxc3 21.
bxc3 Rc8 22. h4 Rc7 23. d4 Bf6 24. g5 Nxg5 25. hxg5 Bxg5 26. Qd3 g6 27. Ne3 Qc8
28. e5 Ba6 29. Qe4 dxe5 30. Nd5 f5 31. Qxe5 Rcf7 32. Qg3 Qd8 33. Ndf4 Bc4 34.
d5 Bh4 35. Qf3 Bxf2+ 36. Rxf2 Qf6 37. Nd4 Rd7 38. Bf1 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 Re8 40. Re2
Rxe2 41. Qxe2 Qe7 42. Nde6 Qa3 43. Qe5 Qd6 44. Qd4 b5 45. a4 a6 46. a5 Qa3 47.
Qe5 Qd6 48. Qe3 h6 49. Qd4 Rf7 50. Nxg6 Kh7 51. Ngf8+ Kg8 52. Qg1+ Kh8 53. Qg6
Qxd5 54. Qxh6+ Kg8 55. Qg5+ Kh8 56. Ng6+ Kh7 57. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 09th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Furhoff, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1991.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1
g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Nf1 Qe8 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. Bb3 Rd8 15.
Ng4 Kh8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Ngxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxh3 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Berliner Sommer 09th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Turhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 e5 8. e4 Nc6
9. h3 f4 10. gxf4 exf4 11. d4 Nh5 12. Re1 Kh8 13. a3 a6 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. b4 g5
16. b5 axb5 17. cxb5 Na5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nf6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 g4 22.
hxg4 Qh4 23. Kg2 Bxe5 24. Rh1 Qxg4+ 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 26. Rxh7+ Kg8 27. dxe5 Bf5
28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxc7 f3+ 30. Kg3 Re8 31. Rb4 Rexe5 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 08th round of 16"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.09.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Levacic, Damir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Tigran Petrosian"]
[BlackTeam "Geneve"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Be3 h5 10. h3 h4 11. g4 e5 12. Nbc3 Nge7 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. f4 Rc8 15. fxe5
dxe5 16. d5 Nd8 17. O-O f6 18. Rad1 Nf7 19. g5 fxg5 20. d6 Nc6 21. Bxg5 Nd4 22.
Be7 Be6 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Nd5 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Bxd5 26. exd5 Bh6 27. Re2 Be3+ 28.
Kh2 Rc4 29. Be4 Ne5 30. Bg5 Kd7 31. Bxe3 dxe3 32. Rxe3 Kxd6 33. Rf6+ Kc5 34.
Re6 Kd4 35. Re2 Nd7 36. Bxg6 Kc5 37. Re7 Rd8 38. Bf5 Nb6 39. Rxb7 Nxd5 40. Rxa7
Rf4 41. Be6 Ne3 42. Ra3 Nf1+ 43. Kg2 Rd2 44. Rc3+ Kb6 45. Rxd2 Nxd2 46. Bg4 Rd4
47. Be2 Re4 48. Kf2 Ra4 49. Ke3 Rxa2 50. Kxd2 Rxb2+ 51. Ke3 Rb4 52. Bf3 Ra4 53.
Be4 Ra7 54. Rc6+ Kb5 55. Rh6 Kc5 56. Kf4 Rf7+ 57. Kg5 Kd4 58. Bg6 Ra7 59. Rxh4+
Ke5 60. Re4+ Kd6 61. h4 Re7 62. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow7 op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Bd7 11. f5 h5 12. Bc4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. Qd3 Kb8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Rhg8 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. g3 Rc8 20. Qb3
Qxe4 21. Bd3 Qe5 22. Rhe1 Qa5 23. Nxe6 d5 24. Nf4 Bb4 25. c3 Bc5 26. Qxd5 Bg4
27. Be2 Rg5 28. Qb3 Bf5+ 29. Bd3 Bd7 30. Bc2 Bg4 31. Rd5 Bf3 32. Be4 Bxe4+ 33.
Rxe4 h4 34. Rd7 Bb6 35. Ree7 Rb5 36. Rxb7+ Ka8 37. Qc2 Rxc3 38. Qg2 Rxb2+ 39.
Qxb2 Qf5+ 40. Ka1 Qc5 41. Ne2 Rd3 42. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Moscow7 op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Vorotnikov, Vladislav V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1
Be7 9. Bc2 Bxc2 10. Qxc2 Nh6 11. d4 Nf7 12. d5 Nb8 13. c4 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nf6 15.
Be3 O-O 16. h3 Qd7 17. Rad1 g6 18. Nd2 Qf5 19. Nde4 h5 20. Qd3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 b6
22. f3 Bg5 23. Nxg5 Nxg5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 b5
28. Kg2 bxc4 29. Kg3 Kg7 30. Re4 Rb8 31. Rxc4 Rxb2 32. Rxc7+ Kf6 33. Rc6 Kg7
34. Rxd6 Rxa2 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Moscow7 op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. Nf3
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Be2
Bb4 15. Rc1 f5 16. Qe3 O-O-O 17. O-O Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. a3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rd2
21. Re3 Ng6 22. b4 f4 23. Re4 f5 24. Rxe6 Kd7 25. Rxg6 hxg6 26. Bf3 b6 27. b5
Kd6 28. Re1 Rh7 29. h4 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Moscow7 op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Murey, Jacob"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 h6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Qb1 Qd7 14. a3 d5 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bd4 Re6 18. e5 Rae8 19. f4 c5 20. Be3 Nh5 21. Bd1 d4 22.
Bxh5 dxe3 23. Nf1 c4 24. Qd1 Qc7 25. Nxe3 Bc5 26. Kh1 Rd8 27. Qg4 Rd2 28. Rad1
Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxg2 30. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Re7 32. Bg4 g5 33. fxg5 Rxe5 34.
Rxe5 Qxe5 35. gxh6 f5 36. Bf3 Kh7 37. h4 Kxh6 38. Rd2 Qf4 39. Rd4 Qc1 40. Rd6+
Kg7 41. Rxa6 Qxb2+ 42. Kg3 Qxc3 43. Kf4 Qd4+ 44. Kxf5 Qc5+ 45. Kf4 c3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 Nf6 12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qh3 g6 14. Rd1 Bg5 15.
Be4 Bxe4 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Nxe4 Qe7 18. Qf3 Na6 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Rac1 f5 21. Ng5
Qd6 22. Qe2 Nc7 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Rfe8 25. Rd7 Nf4 26. Rcd1 h6 27. Nf7 Ncd5
28. Nxh6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. g3 Rec8 31. Nd4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c3 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. d4 Qb6 8. d5 Nf6
9. Nd2 Qa6 10. O-O b5 11. g4 Qb6 12. Ng3 h5 13. g5 h4 14. gxf6 c4+ 15. Rf2 hxg3
16. hxg3 Bxf6 17. f4 Na6 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Qe1 Nc5 20. Be3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qc7 22.
Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Kf1 Rd8 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Bg5 28. Qe4
O-O 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Qg4 Be3 31. Re2 Rh8 32. Rae1 Bh6 33. Be4 Rdf8 34. Rf1 Rhg8
35. Ref2 Qe3 36. e6 f5 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38. Rxf5 Qd2+ 39. Rf2 Qg5 40. Rf7+ Kh8 41.
Qxg5 Bxg5 42. d6 exd6 43. e7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Korzubov, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e5 3. Nec3 (3. Ng3 $5) 3... Nf6 4. Bc4 {><d5 /^a2-f7} Be7 (4...
Nxe4 $4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Ng3 $18) 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. f4 b6 8. Nd5
(8. f5 {/\->>>}) 8... Bb7 9. Nbc3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 $16 {Nd5,<->f,[+]
: ><d6,d5} d6 12. Qh5 Nd4 13. c3 (13. Rf2 {/\Raf1}) 13... Ne6 14. Rf3 {/\Rh3}
Nxf4 15. Nxf4 b5 16. Bd5 (16. Bxb5 Qb6 17. a4 a6 18. Bc4 Qxb2 19. Raf1 $40 Qxc3
20. Qxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rh3+ Kg8 22. Ng6 {/\Rh8#}) 16... Bxd5 17. Nxd5 {N : B} g6
18. Qg4 (18. Qh6 Bg5) 18... Rb8 {/\b4 <->b} 19. Raf1 Rb7 20. R3f2 {/\g3-h4
<->h->} (20. Rf5 $5 {/\R1f3 ->, ><d6,f7}) (20. Rf6 $6 {/\Qh4,Rf3-h3} Bxf6 21.
Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Qh4 h6 (22... h5 23. g4)) (20. Rh3 Qd7 21. Rf5) 20... Kg7 21. g3
Qd7 22. Qe2 Qe6 23. Kg2 Bd8 {<->e} 24. h4 (24. b3 Re8 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4)
24... Re8 {/\c4} 25. Qf3 c4 26. Re2 {/\d4} cxd3 27. Qxd3 Qe5 28. Rf4 f5 (28...
a5 $5) 29. Kf1 Rf7 30. exf5 Qxe2+ 31. Qxe2 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 (32. f6+ Bxf6 33. Kxe2
Be5 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 $132) 32... Rxf5 33. Rxf5 gxf5 34. Ke3 {/\Kd4, ><f5,d6} Bf6
35. Nc7 Be5 (35... b4 36. Ne8+ Kf7 37. Nxf6 (37. Nxd6+ Ke6 38. Nb5 {/\Nd4} bxc3
39. Nxc3 $18) 37... Kxf6 (37... bxc3 38. Nd5 (38. bxc3 Kxf6 {_|_}) 38... cxb2 (
38... c2 39. Kd2 $18) 39. Nc3 Ke6 40. Kd4 $18) 38. cxb4 $18) 36. Kf3 b4 37.
cxb4 Bxb2 38. Ne8+ Kg6 (38... Kf7 39. Nxd6+ Ke6 40. Nc4) 39. Nxd6 Ba3 40. Nb5
Bxb4 41. Nxa7 Bc5 42. Nc6 Kf6 43. Na5 (43. a4 Ke6 44. a5 Kd6) 43... Ke6 44. Nc4
Kd5 45. Ne3+ Ke6 46. a4 Bb4 47. Ng2 Kd5 (47... Ke5 $142 48. Nf4 Bd2 49. Nd3+)
48. Nf4+ Kc4 (48... Ke5 $4 49. Nd3+ $18) 49. Nh5 Bd2 50. Ng7 Kb4 51. Nxf5 Kxa4
52. Nd6 Kb4 53. Ne4 Bc1 54. Nf6 h6 55. Kg4 Kc4 56. Kh5 Kd4 57. Ng4 Bd2 58. Nxh6
Ke5 59. Kg6 Be1 60. Nf5 Bd2 61. h5 1-0

[Event "Wisla BES op"]
[Site "Wisla"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Janocha, Wieslaw Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 d6 11. h3 b4 12. d3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nb6 15.
Nbd2 Kh8 16. Bd5 Qd7 17. Bxb6 Rxb6 18. Nc4 Ra6 19. Qb3 Nd8 20. Rxa6 Bxa6 21.
Ra1 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Ne6 23. Ra7 Nf4 24. Kh2 f5 25. Qb5 Qc8 26. Qc6 fxe4 27. Rxc7
Qf5 28. Qxe4 Qf6 29. g3 Ng6 30. Kg2 Bd8 31. Rd7 Bb6 32. Rb7 Bc5 33. Rb3 Ba7 34.
d4 Rb8 35. Rxb8+ Bxb8 36. Qb7 Qf8 37. Ng5 h6 38. Ne6 Qg8 39. Bd5 exd4 40. cxd4
Kh7 41. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Wisla BES op"]
[Site "Wisla"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Borngaesser, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
Nf3 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf1 Qb6 12. Bc3 Bd7 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Re3 a5
15. Rc1 b6 16. c3 a4 17. g3 Bc6 18. h4 Rae8 19. Bh3 Ne4 20. Nd2 f5 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qe1 b5 25. Rd1 Bd5 26. a3 Ref8 27. Rd2 Rf3
28. Bg2 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Qe5 30. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Katowice op"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Kh1 h5 13. Qh3 Qf4 14. Be2
b5 15. Rad1 Ke7 16. Rd5 Bb4 17. Rxh5 Rxh5 18. Qxh5 Bb7 19. Bd3 Rg8 20. Ne2 Qe5
21. Qxe5 fxe5 22. f3 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Ng3 Bd2 25. Rd1 Bf4 26. Ne2 Bg5 27.
Bf5 Kf6 28. g4 Rh8 29. Kg2 Be3 30. Nc3 d4 31. Ne2 Kg5 32. c3 Rd8 33. cxd4 exd4
34. Kg3 Kf6 35. Nf4 a5 36. h4 a4 37. Ng2 Re8 38. Re1 Re5 39. Nxe3 Rxe3 40. Rxe3
dxe3 41. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Katowice op"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 b6 8. b3
Ba6 9. c4 Rc8 10. Bb2 d6 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Rad1 Nde5 13. Nc2 b5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
cxb5 Bxb5 16. Na3 Qa5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Rc4 a5 20. Bf3 Ra8 21. Bc3
Ra7 22. Qb2 a4 23. bxa4 Qxb2 24. Bxb2 Rxd3 25. Bd1 Rb7 26. Bc3 Nd4 27. a5 g5
28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Ba4 Kg6 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Bd6 32. a6 Ra7 33. Ra4 h5 34. Bb3
g4 35. Bc4 f5 36. Ba5 f4 37. Bb6 f3+ 38. Kf1 Ra8 39. a7 Bb8 40. Ke1 Nc6 41.
axb8=Q Rxb8 42. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Katowice op"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Panchenko, Alexandar G"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1992.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. d5 Bf6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Ne1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 d6 14. Bf3 Nd7 15.
Ng2 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 g5 17. e4 Ba6 18. Re1 f4 19. gxf4 gxf4 20. Bg4 Ne5 21. Be6+
Kh8 22. Qh5 Qe8 23. Qxe8 Raxe8 24. Nh4 Nd3 25. Ra3 Bb5 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27. f3 Bb5
28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Nf5 Be8 30. Rg1 Bf7 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. Rg4 b5 33. Rxf4 Rdf8 34.
Ke3 a5 35. Rh4 Rxf5 36. exf5 Rxf5 37. f4 Rxd5 38. Ke4 Rd2 39. Kf5 Kg7 40. Ke6
Rxb2 41. Rg4+ Kf8 42. Rh4 Rxa2 43. Rxh7 Rf2 44. f5 a4 45. h4 a3 46. Ra7 a2 47.
h5 b4 48. h6 Kg8 49. Kf6 Rg2 50. Ke6 b3 51. f6 Rf2 52. h7+ Kh8 53. f7 b2 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 08th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Priehoda, Vitezslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be7 8. g3
O-O 9. Bh3 b5 10. a3 a5 11. O-O Ba6 12. c3 b4 13. f5 exf5 14. Bxf5 Nb6 15. Rf2
bxc3 16. bxc3 Bc8 17. Qd3 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qc8 20. Qh5 f6 21. Rb1
Rb8 22. Bf4 Rb7 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bd6 Re8 25. Ng5 g6 26. Qh6 Qd8 27. Rbf1 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 08th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
d4 9. a4 e5 10. Nc4 Ne8 11. Nfd2 Rb8 12. f4 f6 13. Nb3 b6 14. f5 Nd6 15. Nxd6
Qxd6 16. Rf1 a6 17. Nd2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. h4 Bd7 20. g4 g5 21. hxg5 fxg5 22.
Nf3 h6 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Bd2 Ra8 25. Rfc1 Kg7 26. Nh2 Rfc8 27. Nf1 Be8 28. Ng3
Bf7 29. Nh5+ Bxh5 30. gxh5 b4 31. Qf1 Qd7 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Ra1 Qb7 34. Bf3 Ra6
35. Be2 Qa7 36. Rxa6 Qxa6 37. Qb1 Qa4 38. Kg2 Be7 39. Be1 Na7 40. Bd1 Bd6 41.
c3 b3 42. cxd4 exd4 43. e5 Bxe5 44. Bf3 Bd6 45. Qd1 Qe8 46. Bf2 Qe5 47. Qxb3
Qh2+ 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 49. Ke2 Qxf5 50. Qb7+ Qf7 51. Qa6 Qe6+ 52. Be4 Nc8 53. b4
cxb4 54. Bxd4+ Kf7 55. Qa8 Qg4+ 56. Kd2 Bf4+ 57. Kc2 Qe2+ 58. Kb3 Qd1+ 59. Kxb4
Bd6+ 60. Kc3 Qc1+ 61. Kb3 Qd1+ 62. Ka2 Qc2+ 63. Bb2 Ke7 64. Bf5 Kd8 65. Qd5 Qc5
66. Bf6+ Kc7 67. Qxc5+ Bxc5 68. Bg7 Ne7 69. Be4 g4 70. Bxh6 Bd4 71. Bf4+ Kd7
72. Kb3 Ke6 73. Kc4 Be5 74. Bxe5 Kxe5 75. h6 Nc8 76. h7 Nd6+ 77. Kc3 Nf7 78.
Kd2 Kf4 79. Ke2 Nh8 80. Kf2 Nf7 81. Bg2 g3+ 82. Ke2 Nh8 83. d4 Nf7 84. d5 Kf5
85. d6 Kf6 86. Bd5 Nh8 87. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blauert, Joerg"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Be3 Re8 14. Bxb6
Qxb6 15. Re3 Nf5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Qd2 a5 19. Nfd4 Bg6 20. a4
Re4 21. f3 Re7 22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Nb5 Nd3 24. N3d4 Qf6 25. b3 h5 26. g3 h4 27. Kg2
Bh7 28. Rf1 g5 29. Kg1 Bg6 30. g4 h3 31. Rd1 Qe5 32. Rf1 Nf4 33. Rd1 Bd3 34.
Qf2 Bxb5 35. axb5 Qe3 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 37. Rc1 Nd3 38. Rd1 Ne5 39. Kf2 Rxc3 40.
Kg3 Nd3 41. Rd2 Nf4 42. Nf5 Rxb3 43. Ne7+ Kg7 44. Nxd5 Rxb5 45. Nxf4 gxf4+ 46.
Kxf4 a4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pekarek, Ales"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Ne2 Nf6 8.
Nbc3 O-O 9. O-O a5 $6 {N} (9... Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. a4 Nb4 12. Be3 a5 13. Qd2
Bc6 14. Nd4 Nd7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rab1 Nb6 17. b3 c5 $15 {Priehoda,V-Danek,L
Brno/Morava 1991}) (9... Rb8) (9... Bg4) 10. a4 Be6 11. Nd5 Ne5 12. h3 Rc8 13.
Nef4 Bxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. exd5 $16) 14. exd5 Nfd7 15. Ra2 Qb6 $6
16. Ne2 Nc5 17. b3 e6 $6 (17... Na6 18. Be3 Qd8 $14) 18. Be3 Ned7 19. dxe6 fxe6
20. Nd4 Rce8 21. Nb5 d5 22. c4 $1 $16 dxc4 23. Rd2 Ne5 24. Rd6 Nc6 25. Qc1 c3 (
25... Be5 26. Qxc4 Bxd6 27. Nxd6 $18) 26. Qa3 Rf5 27. f4 (27. g4 Re5 28. Bd4 c2
$13) 27... Bf8 28. g4 Bxd6 29. Nxd6 Nb4 30. Nc4 (30. Nxe8 $2 Nc2 31. Qc1 Nxe3
32. Qxe3 Rf8 $10) 30... Qc7 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Qa1 Ncd3 33. Bb6 (33. Qxc3 $2
Rxe3) 33... Qg7 34. Qd1 c2 35. Qd2 Qe7 36. Be3 Rd8 37. Qc3 Na2 $2 (37... Rc8
$16) 38. Qxc2 {Boensch} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. b3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. a3 Qa6 13. Re1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Bc5 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. Qe2 a5 18. d4 exd4 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Nf8
21. Rd1 h5 22. h4 Qc7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Qb6 25. Ba3 Bxb4 26. Rb1 c5 27. Bxb4
cxb4 28. Ra1 g6 29. Raa8 d3 30. Rxf8+ Kg7 31. Bd5 Kf6 32. Rae8 g5 33. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Bd7 13. Bc2 g6 14. b4 a5 15. d5 Ne7
16. bxa5 c6 17. c4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Rxa5 19. Nb3 Ra6 20. Bd2 Qa8 21. Bb4 Nc8 22.
Bd3 Nh5 23. Nfd2 Nb6 24. Rc1 Na4 25. Bf1 Qa7 26. Qc2 Rb8 27. Nf3 Nf4 28. Qd2
Ra8 29. Rc2 Qb6 30. Rec1 R6a7 31. Kh2 Qd8 32. Nbd4 Rb7 33. Nc6 Qf6 34. Qd1 Nh5
35. Kg1 Ng7 36. Na5 Rba7 37. Nc6 Rb7 38. Bd3 Nh5 39. Nh2 Nc5 40. Nf3 Nxd3 41.
Qxd3 Nf4 42. Qd1 g5 43. Na5 Rba7 44. Nc6 Ra6 45. Rc3 g4 46. Nh2 gxh3 47. g3 Qg6
48. Qc2 f5 49. Nf3 Re8 50. Kh2 Ng2 51. Nfxe5 dxe5 52. Kxh3 Bxb4 53. axb4 Nf4+
54. gxf4 fxe4+ 55. Kh2 Qh5+ 56. Kg1 exf4 57. f3 Kh7 58. Qh2 Rg8+ 59. Kh1 Bh3
0-1

[Event "Kuopio op"]
[Site "Kuopio"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sorri, Kari Juhani"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Bd3
d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Na5 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. d5 e5 15.
e4 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Ra2 Na5 19. Be3 Rf8 20. f3 Qg6 21. Qxg6
hxg6 22. Re1 Nxc4 23. Bc1 b5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 Rb8 27. h4 Rf7 28.
Rc6 Rd7 29. Bg5 Nb6 30. f4 Nc4 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Ra6 b4 33. cxb4 cxb4 34. Rb1
b3 35. Bf4 Rb4 36. Bd2 Rb5 37. Bc3 Ng4 38. Ra4 Ne3 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Re1 Re7 41.
Ra3 Nxd5 42. Rxe7 Nxe7 43. Bb2 Nc6 44. Kh2 Ne5 45. Ra7 Rd5 46. Kg3 Rd2 47. Bxe5
dxe5 48. Rb7 b2 49. Kf3 e4+ 50. Kxe4 Rxg2 51. Kf3 Rc2 52. Rb8 g5 53. hxg5 Kg6
54. Rb7 Kf5 55. Rb5+ Ke6 56. Ke4 Kd6 57. Kd3 Kc6 58. Rb8 Rg2 59. Kc4 Kd6 60.
Kd4 Ke6 61. Ke4 Kf7 62. Rb6 g6 63. Kf3 Rc2 64. Ke4 Ke7 65. Kd3 Rg2 66. Ke4 Kd7
67. Kd4 Kc7 68. Rb5 Kc6 69. Rb8 Rf2 70. Ke3 Rh2 71. Ke4 Kc5 72. Kd3 Rg2 73. Rb7
Rg3+ 74. Kc2 Kd4 75. Rb8 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Kuopio op"]
[Site "Kuopio"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Hakulinen, Esko Matti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4
Nbd7 9. a5 Rb8 10. Re1 Qc7 11. d4 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. c3 b5 14. b4 Bb7 15. Nb3
c5 16. d5 c4 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Bd2 h6 19. Nh4 Qd8 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Ra2 Kh7 22. Bc1
Ng8 23. Bh3 Rc7 24. Be3 Ne7 25. Rd2 Nc8 26. Qc2 Ndb6 27. Red1 Re8 28. Ng2 Qe7
29. f3 Kg8 30. Bf2 h5 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Rf2 Bg7 33. Re2 Na4 34. Qd2 Bf6 35. Ne1
Kh7 36. Rb1 Rh8 37. Nc2 Kg7 38. Na3 Qe8 39. Rc1 Bd8 40. f4 Bf6 41. f5 Ne7 42.
fxg6 Nxg6 43. Rf2 Bd8 44. Kg2 h4 45. Rcf1 Rh7 46. g4 Kg8 47. g5 Rg7 48. Bf5
Nf4+ 49. Bxf4 exf4 50. Kh1 Bxg5 51. Rf3 Re7 52. Nc2 Rxe4 53. Bxe4 Qxe4 54. Nc6
Bh6 55. N2d4 f5 56. Re1 Bxc6 57. Rxe4 fxe4 58. dxc6 exf3 59. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Kuopio op"]
[Site "Kuopio"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. h3 Qd7 11. Kh2 Kh8 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Ne4 b6 16. Bg5 a5 17. Rac1 a4 18. N4c3 Ra5 19. a3 Nce7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. d4 e4
22. h4 Bf5 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Raa8 25. Kg1 Rae8 26. Nc3 Nf6 27. d5 e3 28.
fxe3 Ng4 29. Qf4 Nxe3 30. Qd4+ Kg8 31. Rf2 Qd6 32. Qf4 Qc5 33. Qb4 Qxb4 34.
axb4 Bd7 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Be4 Nc4 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. b5 Kd6 39. Bd3 Ne3 40. Rd2
Re5 41. Kf2 Bf5 42. Be2 h5 43. Nxa4 Nxd5 44. Nc3 Kc5 45. b4+ Kd6 46. Bf3 Be6
47. Be4 Bf7 48. Nxd5 Bxd5 49. Bxg6 Ke7 50. Re2 Rxe2+ 51. Kxe2 Bc4+ 52. Ke3 Bxb5
53. Bxh5 c5 54. Be2 Bd7 55. b5 Kd6 56. Ke4 Be6 57. g4 Ke7 58. Ke5 Bb3 59. g5
1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenster"]
[BlackTeam "Plettenberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Nf5 d5 10. Nxe7+ Nxe7 11. c3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bf5 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Bb3 c5
15. g4 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 d4 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Kg2 Qc6+ 20. Kg3 b5 21. f3
c4 22. Bd1 f5 23. h3 Ng6 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. Qe1 f4+ 26. Kg2 Rfe8 27. Qf2 Nxe5
28. Bxf4 Nd3 29. Qg3 Ne2 30. Bxe2 Rxe2+ 31. Kh1 Rf8 32. Bd6 Rf6 33. Bb8 Qb6 34.
Rbd1 h6 35. Bc7 Qe3 36. Bd8 Rf8 37. Bh4 g5 38. Qd6 gxh4 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Neidhardt, Claus Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Schoeneck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 Nh6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. O-O e5
9. Kh1 Qe7 10. f5 gxf5 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. Nh4 Nf6 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 Kh8 15.
Qf3 Ng8 16. Rf1 f6 17. Bh3 Bg5 18. Qe2 Qg7 19. R5f2 Rae8 20. Bf5 Qh6 21. Qf3
Rf7 22. Nd1 Rg7 23. Re2 Rf7 24. Nf2 Qg7 25. Qh5 Rfe7 26. h4 Bh6 27. Nh3 Qf7 28.
Qxf7 Rxf7 29. Rf3 d5 30. Nf2 Bf8 31. Bg4 Rg7 32. Bh5 Rd8 33. Ng4 Be7 34. Kg2 d4
35. Kh3 b5 36. Nh2 c5 37. Nf1 c4 38. g4 Rc8 39. Ng3 Nh6 40. Rg2 Bd8 41. g5 fxg5
42. Rf8+ Rg8 43. Rxg8+ Nxg8 44. Nf5 cxd3 45. cxd3 Rc1 46. hxg5 Rh1+ 47. Kg4 h6
48. Ng3 Rc1 49. g6 Bg5 50. Kf5 Bf6 51. Ke6 Rc6+ 52. Kd7 Rb6 53. Nf5 Bg7 54. Bd1
Nf6+ 55. Kd8 Rc6 56. Bb3 Nh5 57. Bf7 Nf4 58. Rg3 Rc2 59. Bb3 Rc6 60. Ne7 Rb6
61. Bf7 Bf6 62. Kc7 Nh5 63. g7+ Nxg7 64. Nd5 Ra6 65. Rg6 Nh5 66. Rxh6+ Kg7 67.
Rxh5 Kxf7 68. Rf5 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Beckemeier, Werner"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen II"]
[BlackTeam "Plettenberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nc4 Bf8 11. b3 f6 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 e4
15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Be3 Qd5 17. Qa5 b6 18. Qxd5+ cxd5 19. Nb2 c5 20. Rfe1 b5 21.
f3 Nc3 22. Kf1 d4 23. Bd2 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Nd5 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Nd3 Bd6 27. g3 c4
28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. Bxf4 Nb4 30. Rc1 Nxa2 31. Rd1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Rilton Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sanden, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bc8 14. g4 Nd7 15.
g5 Nc5 16. Bg2 Re8 17. Qf2 Bf8 18. Qh4 Nb4 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Rf3 g6 21. Rh3 h6
22. gxh6 Kh7 23. Nd4 d5 24. Nf3 Be7 25. Ng5+ Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Qe7 27. Bd4 Qxg5 28.
fxg5 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. c3 e5 31. Bxb6 Nd3 32. Rf1 Re7 33. Re3 Nf4 34. Bc5
Rd7 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Nxg5 38. Rxe5 f5 39. Be3 Ne4 40. Re6
Rb8 41. Bc1 Nc5 42. Re2 Nxa4 43. h4 Nc5 44. Bg5 Ne4 45. Ra1 Rb6 46. Be3 Re6 47.
Bf4 Rb6 48. Ra5 Rdb7 49. Bc1 Rd6 50. Bf4 Rdb6 51. Kf3 Rd7 52. Re5 Rbd6 53. Re8
Rd1 54. Kg2 Ra1 55. c4 Ra4 56. b3 Rb4 57. c5 1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Bf6 10. Ng3 g6 11. Qd2 h5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Rae1 Kf8 14. Bxe5 Bxe5
15. Rxe5 h4 16. Nge4 Qd4+ 17. Qf2 f5 18. Rxc5 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Ne7 20. Nd6 Bd7
21. Re2 Rh7 22. Rce5 g5 23. Na4 Ng6 24. Ra5 Nf4 25. Rf2 Re7 26. Nxf5 Re1+ 27.
Rf1 Re2 28. Nxh4 Ke7 29. Rxg5 Ne6 30. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Moscow blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. a3 a6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. f4 Kh8 14. f5 Bg5 15.
Qh5 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Qe7 17. f6 gxf6 18. Qh6 Rg8 19. Rxf6 Rg6 20. Rxg6 fxg6 21.
Rf1 Qg7 22. Qf4 Qe5 23. Qf7 Qg7 24. Ne2 Rd8 25. h3 Ba8 26. Qf2 Kg8 27. Qg3 Rf8
28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Qc7 Qe7 30. b4 Kg7 31. Bb3 Kh6 32. Qf4+ Qg5 33. Qf8+ Kh5 34.
Nf4+ Kh4 35. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Pinsk"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Berezjuk, Sergej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. h3 h6 10. Ba2 Re8 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Nd2 exd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Qf3 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nc4 Rae8 19. Re3 Nd7 20. Qg3 Ne5 21.
Nxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 R5e6 23. e5 c4 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nf2 b5 26. Re2 Qb6 27. Rd7 bxa4
28. c3 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qe3 Qd5 31. Rd2 Bc5 32. Qe2 Qe4 33. Qxe4 fxe4 34.
Rd8+ Kf7 35. Kf1 e3 36. Ne4 Bf8 37. Ke2 a3 38. bxa3 Bxa3 1-0

[Event "Pinsk"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Donev} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. a4 Bb7 (8... b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Bb7 (10... Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 (11... Bxb3
$5 12. Nxb3 d5 $1 $132 {Speelman-Smyslov, Biel izt 1993}) 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. Nf1
$14 {Kasparov-Short, W(ch) London 1993} (13. b3 $5 {/\ Bb2})) 11. Nbd2 Re8 12.
Nf1 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bc8 15. Ba4 Bd7 16. Ne3 Be7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5
Rb8 19. Qd2 $16 {Dimitrov,V-Sokolov,I Elenite (03) 1993}) 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5
11. Ba2 c5 12. Na3 b4 $6 (12... Qd7 $142 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bd2 (14. Bg5 $5)) (
12... Qd7 $5 {Donev}) (12... c4 $5 {Donev}) 13. cxb4 (13. Nc4 {Donev} Nxc4 14.
Bxc4 a5 15. Bg5 Nd7 $1 $10) 13... cxb4 14. Nc4 $14 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Qb3 a5
17. Be3 Nd7 (17... Ng4 {Donev} 18. Be6 $3 Nxh2 $8 (18... fxe6 $2 19. Qxe6+ Kh8
20. Qxg4 Rc2 21. b3 $14) 19. Bxc8 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bxc8 21. d4 Bg5 $44) 18. Bd5
Ba6 (18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5 (19. exd5 Nb8 $1 {><c6} 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Nd2 Qb7 $1
$132 {><d5}) 19... Rc2 20. Qb3 Rc8 21. Rac1 $16) (18... Nc5 {Donev} 19. Bxc5
Bxd5 $8 20. exd5 Rxc5 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 $14 {/\ Nc6}) 19. Rac1 Bf6 20. Rxc8
Qxc8 21. Rc1 Nc5 (21... Qb8 $5 {Donev}) 22. Qd1 $1 {/\d3-d4} Qc7 (22... Re8 {
Donev} 23. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 24. d4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 $16) 23. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 24. d4 Bxd4
25. Qxd4 Qd7 (25... Re8 {Donev} 26. Bf4 Qb6 27. Bxd6 $1 $16) 26. b3 Bb7 27. f3
Rc8 28. Bc4 h6 29. Rd1 Ba6 30. Bxa6 Nxa6 31. Qb6 (31. Qxd6 $2 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Nc5
33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Rd5 (34. Rd3 Rc3 $1) 34... Rc3 35. Rxa5 Rxb3 $14 {Black can
force the exchange of the b-pawn for the a-pawn, and so the game will become
R+4P versus R+3P, which should be drawn.}) 31... Qc6 (31... Rc6 {Donev} 32.
Qxa5 Qe6 33. Rd5 $16) 32. Rc1 $1 Nc5 (32... Qa8 $142 {Donev} 33. Qxa5 Rxc1+ 34.
Bxc1 Qc8 $132) 33. Qxa5 Qb7 34. Qb5 (34. Bxc5 {Donev} dxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 36.
Qxc5 $18) 34... Qxb5 35. axb5 Ra8 (35... Kf8 {Donev} 36. b6 Rb8 37. Rc4 Rxb6
38. Rxc5 $1 dxc5 39. Bxc5+ $18) 36. Bxc5 (36. b6 {Donev} Ra5 37. e5 $1 $18)
36... dxc5 37. Rxc5 (37. Rxc5 Ra3 (37... Rb8 38. Kf2 $18 {/\Ke3-d4-c4}) (37...
Ra5 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. b6 Rb5 40. Rb8 $18 {/\b6-b7, Kf2-e3-d4}) 38. b6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pinsk"]
[Site "Pinsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ryskin, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Nh4 f5 12. g3 Bxh4 13. gxh4 f4 14. Bh3
fxe3 15. fxe3 Nd7 16. Rg1 h6 17. Kd2 Nf6 18. Raf1 Ke7 19. Rf4 Rad8 20. Ne2 Ne4+
21. Ke1 Rd6 22. Ng3 Rf6 23. Rxf6 Nxf6 24. Kd2 Rg8 25. Rf1 Ne4+ 26. Ke2 Nd6 27.
Rf4 Bb1 28. a3 a5 29. Rf1 Bh7 30. Rf2 a4 31. Kd2 b6 32. Rf1 c5 33. Kc3 Nb5+ 34.
Kd2 cxd4 35. exd4 Nxd4 36. Bg2 Ne6 37. Kc3 Rc8+ 38. Kb4 Rc2 39. Bxd5 Rxb2+ 40.
Kc3 Rxh2 41. Rh1 Rxh1 42. Bxh1 Kd6 43. Kb4 f5 44. Kxa4 f4 45. Nf1 Kc5 46. Kb3
Kd4 47. Kb4 Bd3 48. Nh2 Nc7 49. Nf3+ Ke3 50. Ne5 Be2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gavrilov, Alexei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 g6 6. Qc2 (6. Bg5 Bg7 7. e3 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 (8... g5 $142 9. Bg3 Nh5 $13) 9. d5 e5 10. Nd2 $1 O-O 11. e4 Nbd7 12. f3
Qe8 13. g4 Nh7 14. Bd3 Bf6 15. Bf2 Bg5 16. h4 $16 {Ikonnikov-Maksimovic,B/
Cheliabinsk/1990-91/}) (6. d5 Bg7 7. Bg5 (7. g3 Na6 8. Bg2 Nc5 9. O-O O-O $10)
7... h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. e3 a5 10. Bd3 Na6 11. Bc2 Nc5 12. O-O a4 13. e4 d6 $10 {
Gelfand,B-Christiansen,L/Muenchen/1991/}) (6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9.
Qc2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nh5 (10... Qe7 11. h3 e5 12. Bh2 exd4 13. exd4 Rfe8 14. Rae1
$14 {Dreev-Balashov,Y/Odessa URS-ch/1989/}) 11. Bg5 Qe8 (11... Bf6 $10) 12. Nd2
f5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. d5 e5 15. e4 $14 {Dreev,A-Romanishin,O/Simferopol/1988/})
6... Bxf3 $5 (6... Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bg5 (8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11.
Bf4 c5 12. Rd1 {Dreev,A-Smirin,I/Riga/1987/} Qc8 $15) 8... h6 9. Be3 (9. Bh4 g5
10. Bg3 Nh5 $13 {Kalinichev-Botvinnik,I/Minsk/1987/}) 9... d6 10. h3 Nbd7 11.
Be2 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bd3 c5 15. Nxe4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 dxe4 17. Bxe4
Rc8 18. Qe2 $16 {Dreev,A-Sorokin/St.Peterburg zt/1993/}) 7. gxf3 Nc6 (7... Bg7
8. Bg5 $1 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nf5 13. Bg3 O-O 14.
e4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qe7 16. f4 $16 {Dorfman,I-Romanishin,O/Polanica Zdroj/1992/})
8. e3 Bg7 9. f4 O-O (9... Ne7 10. Bg2 d5 (10... c6 $5 {/\ Nf5, d5}) 11. cxd5
exd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bh3 Ne8 14. Bd2 Nd6 15. Rac1 $14 {Lputian,Sm-Romanishin,O/
Erevan/1989/}) 10. Bg2 Na5 $5 11. Bxa8 $6 (11. Ne2 $1 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O
Qd7 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Bb4 Rfc8 16. b3 Nd6 17. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 18. Bh3 Re8 19. b4 $14
{Pavlovic,M-Romanishin,O/Erevan/1988/}) 11... Qxa8 12. O-O Nxc4 13. Qe2 (13.
Nb5 $5 d5 14. b3) 13... Nd6 $44 14. Bd2 Nf5 15. Rad1 (15. b4 $5) 15... c5 16.
dxc5 bxc5 $15 17. e4 (17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 d5 19. Nb5 Ne4 $17) 17... Nd4 18.
Qd3 d5 19. f3 Nh5 20. Qa6 $6 (20. Bc1 $5) (20. Be3 $6 c4 21. Qd2 Nb3 22. Qe2 d4
23. Qxc4 dxe3 24. Qxb3 Nxf4 $17) 20... Nb3 21. exd5 $8 (21. Bc1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1
Nxf4 $17) (21. f5 dxe4 22. fxe4 exf5 23. exf5 Bd4+ $19) 21... exd5 22. f5 Nd4
23. Bg5 (23. fxg6 fxg6 {x f3}) 23... Nxf5 $17 24. Kh1 (24. Rxd5 Bxc3 $19) (24.
Nxd5 Bd4+ $19) 24... h6 25. Bc1 Rd8 26. Qa5 Bf8 27. Ne4 Rc8 28. Nc3 Nf6 29. Bf4
(29. Rde1 $142 d4 30. Ne4 $17) 29... d4 30. Ne2 Nd5 31. Rf2 Re8 32. Qd2 Nde3
33. Rg1 Nh4 $19 34. Rg3 Nef5 35. Rh3 $8 c4 36. Ng1 d3 37. Bg3 Be7 38. Bxh4 Bxh4
39. Rg2 Qd5 40. Qf4 Bg5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 (3... e5 $5) 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 (7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 (9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12.
b4 Be7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Nb3 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18.
Nfd4 $14 {Spassky,B-Fisher,R/Beograd (m-18)/1992/}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bb2 b5 11.
Be2 Bb7 12. Nbd2 O-O $5 (12... Ke7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Rhb8 15. Rc1 Bd5 16.
Ne5 $14 {Spassky,B-Fisher,R/Beograd (m-6)/1992/}) 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. h3 Kf8 15.
Kf1 Ke7 16. Ne1 {Spassky,B-Fisher,R/Beograd (m-14)/1992/} Bb4 $1 17. a3 Rxc1
18. Bxc1 Bd6 $10 {Damljanovic}) 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nbd2
Bb7 12. Rfd1 $146 (12. Be2 Ke7 13. Ne1 b5 14. a4 Bb4 15. Ndf3 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bd6
17. Nd3 Rhc8 18. Rfa1 Ne4 19. Bf1 Rab8 20. Ba3 g6 21. Nfe5 {0,5/Nikolic,
Pr-Ivanchuk,V/Manila ol/1992/}) 12... Ke7 13. Be2 Rhc8 (13... Rhd8 $1) 14. a3
b5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 $16 Nb6 17. Rh4 h6 18. Ne5 a5 (18... Kf8 $142 {/\ Be7})
19. Nd3 $5 Ba6 20. Nxc5 Bxe2 21. Re1 Ba6 (21... Rxc5 $4 22. Ba3) 22. Ba3 Ke8
23. Nde4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rc6 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. e4 e5 27. Rd1 (27. Nf5+ Kf6 28. f4)
27... Kf6 (27... Ke6 28. Nf5 g6 29. Rxh6 $16) 28. f4 exf4 29. Rxf4+ Kg6 30.
Nxf7 Kh7 31. Ne5 Rc3 (31... Re6 32. Nd7 $18) 32. Rf3 Rac8 $142 (32... Rxf3) 33.
Rd6 Rxf3 34. gxf3 Rb8 35. Bc5 a4 36. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Be2 d5 5. Nbd2 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. c4 Ngf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bg5 Re8 12. h3 Ngf6 13. Qd2 e5 14. d5 Nc5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. b4 Na6 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. d6 Qd8 19. c5 Nb8 20. Bc4 h6 21. Rad1
Be6 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. a4 Kh8 24. Rfe1 f5 25. Ng3 e4 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qg7 28.
Bxe6 Qxd4 29. Bf7 Nd7 30. Bxg6 Rg8 31. Rd1 Qe5 32. Bxf5 Rxg3 33. Bxd7 Rg7 34.
Bg4 Rag8 35. d7 Rd8 36. Re1 h5 37. Bf3 Rgxd7 38. Rxe4 Qg5 39. Qc3+ Rg7 40. Re5
Qd2 41. Rxh5+ Kg8 42. Qc4+ Rf7 43. Qg4+ Rg7 44. Qe6+ Rf7 45. Rf5 Qd7 46. Rg5+
Kf8 47. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kishnev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Gelsenkirchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nb5 e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxd4 f6 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc7+ Kf7 13. Nxd5 Bf5 14. c4
Nd3 15. Rd1 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 Rc8 17. Bf3 b6 18. Nf4 Be7 19. g4 g5 20. gxf5 gxf4
21. Rd7 Rhd8 22. Rxa7 Kf8 23. Re1 Bb4 24. Re6 Rxc4 25. Rxf6+ Kg8 26. Rff7 Bf8
27. Rfd7 Rd4 28. Rxh7 Rd2 29. f6 R8d6 30. Rh5 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9394"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bf4
Qxf4 15. Rxb7 Rab8 16. g3 Qd6 17. Rd1 Rxb7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Rxd6 Bxd6 20.
Qd3+ g6 21. Qxd6 Rc8 22. Ng5+ Kg7 23. Qxc5 Rd7 24. c4 e5 25. Ne4 Rcc7 26. Nd6
Re7 27. Nb5 Rc8 28. Nd6 Rcc7 29. Qd5 Nd4 30. c5 Nxc2 31. h4 Nd4 32. Kg2 Kh7 33.
Ne4 Kg7 34. Qd6 Rcd7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. c6 Rc7 37. h5 gxh5 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Qh6+
1-0

[Event "Muenster op"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Beckhuis, Gernod"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d5 7. d3 O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. dxc4 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 cxd4
15. Nb5 g5 16. Bc1 d3 17. Qxd3 Nxe5 18. Qe4 Nd3 19. Be3 Nxb2 20. Qc2 Bf6 21.
Rab1 Rc8 22. Rxb2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxc4 24. Kg1 a6 25. Nd4 b5 26. Nf3 f6 27. Nd2
Ra4 28. Rc1 Qd5 29. a3 e5 30. Rc5 Qe6 31. Rc3 Rd8 32. Qc2 Rd7 33. Ne4 Qf5 34.
Qb3+ Rc4 35. Nd2 Kg7 36. Nxc4 bxc4 37. Rxc4 Qf3 38. Rc1 g4 39. Qa4 Rd8 40. Qxa6
Rd1+ 41. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 42. Qf1 1-0

[Event "Muenster op"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Mainka, Gregor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. c3 h6 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. h3 d5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nh2 Qd7 14. Ng4 d4 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. c4 Nb4 17. Nf3 Ba6 18. c5 Bc8 19. Bd2 Na6 20. Qc2 c6 21. Ba2 Qe7
22. b4 Ra8 23. Bb3 Be6 24. Ra2 Nc7 25. Rfa1 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Bxb3 27. Qxb3 Qe6 28.
Qxe6 Nxe6 29. Ra6 Rc8 30. g3 Kf8 31. h4 Ke7 32. h5 Kd7 33. Kg2 Nc7 34. Ra2 Ra8
35. Rxa8 Nxa8 36. Ne1 Be7 37. f4 f6 38. Nc2 Nc7 39. Na1 Na6 40. Nb3 Bd8 41. Kf3
Ke7 42. Ke2 Kd7 43. Na1 Ke6 44. Nc2 Nb8 45. Ne1 Nd7 46. Nf3 Be7 47. Nh4 Nxc5
48. bxc5 Bxc5 49. Nf5 Bf8 50. Ba5 c5 51. Bc7 c4 52. Bb8 1-0

[Event "Muenster op"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Roeder, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Nbc3 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. Qd2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. b3 Qa5 15.
Rad1 Rac8 16. Nde2 Rc6 17. h3 Bc8 18. Na4 Qa6 19. Nd4 Rc7 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. Ndb5
Rd7 22. a4 Qa5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Na5 26. Rb1 b6 27. Bf1 Re8
28. Bf2 Rdd8 29. g4 Bh6 30. Rc2 Ba6 31. Nxa7 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Be3 33. b4 Nb7 34.
Rc7 1-0

[Event "Eupen op act"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baumhus, Reinhard"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bc2 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Nc4 Na6 15.
b3 Be6 16. h3 h6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Bc1 Rfd8 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nc5
22. c4 e4 23. Nd4 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Be3 Rac8 26. a3 Ncd7 27. Rdc1 Qe5 28.
Qd2 Bd6 29. g3 Bc5 30. Bd1 h5 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Qxa5 Nd3 33. Qd2 h4 34. g4 Ne8
35. a4 Nd6 36. Be2 Rd7 37. a5 Nb5 38. f4 exf3 39. Bxd3 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Eupen op act"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Beikert, Guenther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. h3 Qb6 10. b3 Qc7 11. Ba3 Nb6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15.
Nb1 Nc8 16. c4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. Nbd2 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bf8 20. Bb2 Nh5 21. Bc3
b6 22. g3 g6 23. Bg2 Bg7 24. Nb1 Na7 25. Ne2 Bc8 26. Rd2 Kf8 27. Red1 Ke7 28.
f4 Bxc3 29. Nbxc3 Ng7 30. Nd4 Ne6 31. Kf2 f6 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Ne2 Bf7 34. Nd4
Kd7 35. g4 Kc7 36. h4 h6 37. h5 gxh5 38. gxh5 Be6 39. Bf3 Bc8 40. Rg1 c5 41.
Ne2 Rg8 42. Rg6 Rxg6 43. hxg6 Nc6 44. Nc3 Nd4 45. Nd5+ Kd7 46. Nxf6+ Ke6 47.
Nd5 Nxf3 48. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Kurgan"]
[Site "Kurgan"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Be2 h4 12. Nf1 Nh7 13. Ne3 f5 14. Nc4 Bd4 15. Bd2
Ng5 16. Qc1 Nf7 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Qd2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nf6 21. Bd3 Qe7
22. O-O Ng4 23. e5 Nfxe5 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Rf1 Bf5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Bh6 Qf7
28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Qg5+ Qg6 30. Qxh4 Re8 31. a5 Nf7 32. Bf4 Re2 33. Bg3 Re4 34.
Qh3 Rg4 35. Bf4 Ng5 36. Bxg5 Qxg5 37. Qf3 Qg7 38. Qxf5 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rg6 (39...
c4 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qh3+ $18) 40. Qxg6 Qxg6 41. Rg1 Kf7 42. Rxg6 Kxg6 43. c4
Kf5 44. Kg2 Kg4 45. h3+ Kf4 46. Kf2 Ke4 47. Kg3 (47. Kg3 Kd4 48. h4 Kxc4 (48...
Ke5 49. h5 Kf5 50. Kh4 Kf6 51. Kg4 $18) 49. h5 Kd3 (49... Kb3 50. h6 c4 51. h7
c3 52. h8=Q c2 53. Qa1 $18) 50. h6 c4 51. h7 c3 52. h8=Q c2 53. Qh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Kurgan"]
[Site "Kurgan"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chuprov, A."]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Bd7 5. d4 Qb6 6. a3 Ne7 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Nd4
Nbc6 9. Nb5 Nxe5 10. Qd4 Nf5 11. Qxc5 Bxc5 12. Nc7+ Ke7 13. Nxa8 Rxa8 14. Be2
d4 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. O-O Rd8 18. b4 Bb6 19. c4 d3 20. Bg4 Bd4 21. Ra2
b5 22. Re1 Kf6 23. cxb5 Bd5 24. Nc3 Bxa2 25. Nxa2 Ne5 26. Bxf5 Kxf5 27. Rc1 Ng4
28. Rc7 Nxf2 29. Kf1 Ne4 30. Ke1 e5 31. Rxf7+ Ke6 32. Rc7 Bf2+ 33. Kd1 Nxd2 34.
Kxd2 e4 35. Kd1 Be3 36. Nc3 Rf8 37. Ke1 Rf2 38. Nxe4 Rc2 39. Nc5+ Kf5 40. g4+
Kg5 41. Kf1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Passau op 2nd"]
[Site "Passau"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pacl, Vaclav"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a4 Rb8 12. h3 Re8 13. Qc4 Bd8 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15.
Qxc7 Bxc7 16. Bf1 Ba5 17. Nde2 Rd8 18. Kg2 Bd7 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Bc6 21. Rd4
d5 22. e5 Ne8 23. Kh2 f6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. b3 Nd6 26. Bb2 Nf5 27. Nd1 Nxd4 28.
Nxd4 Bd7 29. Bd3 Rbc8 30. Nf2 Re8 31. Nf3 Bc3 32. Bxc3 Rxc3 33. Ne5 Rec8 34. g4
Be8 35. Nd1 R3c7 36. Ne3 Nd7 37. Nf3 Nc5 38. Be2 Rf7 39. f5 exf5 40. Nxf5 Ne4
41. Bd3 Kf8 42. N3d4 Bd7 43. Bxe4 dxe4 44. Nd6 Rf2+ 45. Kg3 Rd2 46. Rf1+ Ke7
47. Nxc8+ Bxc8 48. c3 Rd3+ 49. Kf4 Rxc3 50. Re1 Rxh3 51. Rxe4+ Kd6 52. Nf3 h6
53. Rd4+ Ke7 54. Rc4 g5+ 55. Ke4 Bxg4 56. Ne5 Be6 57. Rc7+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Vladivostok"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Shuraev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Be4 Bd7 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rab1 Qc8 14. Rfd1 b6
15. Bd3 cxd4 16. Ba6 Qd8 17. Bb7 Rb8 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. Ne5 Bd5
21. cxd4 Bxa2 22. Rb2 Bd5 23. c4 Bb7 24. Qh5 f6 25. Qf7+ Kh7 26. Qg6+ Kg8 27.
Ng4 Kf8 28. Re2 Qc8 29. Re3 Bd6 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Rdd3 Qc7 33.
Rg3+ Bxg3 34. Rxg3+ Qxg3 35. hxg3 a5 36. d5 1-0

[Event "Vladivostok"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kaiumov, Dmitry D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
Nxc3 9. dxc3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bd7 11. Ng5 Rd8 12. Be3 f6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne4 f5
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 a6 17. Rd6 Rf8 18. Rad1 Rf7 19. f4 Rb8 20. R1d4 Rb5 21.
b4 Rb8 22. a4 h6 23. h4 h5 24. Kf2 Ra8 25. a5 Rc8 26. c4 Rc7 27. Rd3 Rc8 28.
Re3 Ra8 29. Re5 Rf6 30. Ke1 Rf7 31. b5 cxb5 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Bb4 Bc8 34. Rxb5
Rc7 35. Rbb6 Rc4 36. Kd2 Kf7 37. Rd8 Ra7 38. Bc3 Rac7 39. Be5 R7c5 40. a6 Rc2+
41. Ke3 Ra2 42. Rb7+ Bxb7 43. axb7 1-0

[Event "Staufer op 06th"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Gmuend"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lupu, Mircea Sergiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O e6 8. Re1 Ne7
9. Bf4 h6 10. h4 Ra7 11. Ne2 Rd7 12. c3 Bb7 13. Ng3 c5 14. Bd3 cxd4 15. cxd4
Nbc6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. h5 Ng8 19. Rac1 Kh8 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Rxc6 Bb7
22. Rcc1 f5 23. hxg6 fxe4 24. Nh2 Qh4 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. Rc2 Ra8 27. Rec1 Ba6 28.
Qd1 Bd3 29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rc6 Bf8 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Qc1 Nd5 34. Rc8
Ra7 35. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sofieva, Ainur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 Bd7 15.
d5 Na5 16. Nf1 Rfc8 17. Bd3 Qb8 18. Ng3 g6 19. b3 Bd8 20. Bd2 Bb6 21. Rb1 Ra7
22. Nh2 Rac7 23. Qf3 Ne8 24. Ne2 Qa7 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 f6 27. Rec1 Rxc1+
28. Nxc1 Rc7 29. Rb2 Bd4 30. Rb1 Bc3 31. Bh6 Nb7 32. Ne2 Bd4 33. Bd2 Bb6 34. b4
Nd8 35. Nc1 Nf7 36. Nb3 Ng5 37. Qe2 h6 38. Rc1 Rf7 39. Rc8 Qd7 40. Rc6 Qa7 41.
g3 Bxf2+ 42. Kg2 Bb6 43. Be1 Rc7 44. Qc2 Nf7 45. a4 bxa4 46. Nd2 a3 47. Nc4 Nd8
48. Rxc7 Qxc7 49. Qa4 Ng7 50. Qxa3 Bd4 51. Qxa6 Ne8 52. b5 Nb7 53. Qc6 Qf7 54.
b6 Nc5 55. Bc2 f5 56. exf5 Nf6 57. Nxd6 Qxd5+ 58. Qxd5+ Nxd5 59. Nc4 gxf5 60.
gxf5 e4 61. b7 Nxb7 62. Bxe4 Ne7 63. Bxb7 Nxf5 64. Bd2 Ng7 65. Be4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chuprov, A."]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 11. Qe3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Nd1 Rxc2 14. e5 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 dxe5 17. Bxb7 Bb5 18. Re1 Rc7 19. Bg2 f6 20. a4 Bc6 21.
Bf1 Bb7 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Bc4 Nc6 24. f4 Ke7 25. f5 Nd4 26. fxe6 Rxc4 27. bxc4
Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Nxe1 29. Rb1 Be4 30. Nd5+ Kd6 31. Rxe1 Bd3+ 32. Kf2 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Kstovo op"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Genba, Vladimir"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Ne2 e5 5. O-O Nd7 6. c3 Ngf6 7. d4 O-O 8. f4
Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nd2 b6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 Ba6 14. d5 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 c6 17. dxc6 Rad8 18. Rf3 Qxc6 19. Bg5 Rd6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Ng1 Red8 22. Qf2 Kg7 23. b4 Rd2 24. Qe3 R8d3 25. Qe1 Qxc3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Bf1
Bb7 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Bxd3 Qxd3 30. h4 Bxe4+ 31. Kh2 Bc6 32. Qf2 Qd5 33. Ne2
Be7 34. Nc3 Qd3 35. Nb5 Bc5 36. Qb2 Qf3 37. Qxe5+ Kg8 38. Qb8+ Bf8 39. Rg1 Qf2+
0-1

[Event "Kstovo op"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{CBM 43} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 (3... e5) 4. Bb5 g6 (4... Nd4 $6 5. e5
Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 $5 $40) 5. e5 Ng4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. d3 $14 Bg7
9. O-O $6 (9. g4 $5 O-O 10. Qe2 f5 11. g5 Nf7 12. Bf4 Be6 13. h4 Qa5 14. Kf1 $1
$16) 9... O-O 10. Ne4 b6 11. b3 f5 $6 (11... Nf5 $5 12. Bb2 Nd4 $10) 12. Neg5
Nf7 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bf4 h6 15. h4 e6 16. Qd2 $14 Kh7 17. Kh2 a5 18. a4 Ba6
19. Rh1 (19. Rg1 Qd5 20. Qe3 Raf8 21. Rae1 $14) 19... Rd7 $6 (19... Qd5 $5 20.
Kg1 Raf8 21. h5 g5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5+ Kg8 $132) 20. Kg1 (20. Qe3) 20... c4
$2 21. bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qe3 Bd5 (22... Ba6 23. h5 g5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Nxg5+ Kg8
26. Nxe6 $16) 23. h5 $1 g5 (23... Bxf3 24. hxg6+ Kxg6 25. Qxf3 $18) 24. Bxg5
hxg5 25. Nxg5+ Kg8 26. h6 (26. c4 Bh6) 26... Bf8 $2 (26... Bxe5 $5 27. h7+ (27.
Re1 Bf6 28. h7+ Kh8 29. Nxe6 $13) 27... Rxh7 28. Rxh7 (28. Nxh7 Bxa1 29. Qg3+
Bg7) 28... Bxa1 29. d4 (29. c4 Bf6) 29... Qf6 30. c3 Bxc3) 27. c4 Bxc4 28. h7+
Kh8 29. dxc4 $16 Bc5 30. Qf4 Raa7 31. Rh6 (31. Nxe6 $2 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rxh7+ $19)
31... Rd4 (31... Rd2 32. Rf1 $18) 32. Qc1 Rd2 $6 (32... Rg4 33. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Qd3 35. Rh3 $18) 33. Nxe6 $18 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qd3 (34... Qd7 35. Nf8 $18)
35. Nf4 Qe3 36. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Arkhipov} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 $5 7.
Qd2 (7. e5 $5 Ng4 8. Bg1 c5 9. h3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. g4 Be6
13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nb4 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Be3 b6 19.
Bb5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 bxc5 21. Nc6 $16 {Bareev,E-Todorcevic,M/Marseille/1990/})
7... c5 8. Bxa6 $6 (8. dxc5 $142 Nxc5 9. e5 Nfe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qb4 (11. Qd5
Bf5 12. g4 $2 Bxg4 13. Qxe4 d5 $17) 11... d5 $13 (11... Nc5 $6 12. O-O-O Qc7
13. exd6 exd6 14. Bd4 Bh6 15. Bf6 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bg4 17. Re1 $16 {Dvoirys,
S-Laketic,G/Cheljabinsk/1992/})) 8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 bxa6 10. O-O-O $146 (10. O-O
$142 Bb7 11. Rfe1 $13) (10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Rd8 13. Nc4 Bf8 14.
Ne3 Ng4 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Nd1 f6 17. Bc3 Bf5 18. Ne3 Be4 19. Ke2 Bh6 20. Rhf1
e5 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 $10 {Nilsson,N-Larsen,FB/Kobenhavn
op/1991/}) 10... Bb7 $15 11. Rhe1 Qc7 12. h3 (12. e5 $6 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 {
/\Bh6,><e5}) 12... Rfe8 $1 {/\e5,><e4} 13. e5 (13. Kb1 e5 $17 14. fxe5 dxe5 $36
) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 (14. Bxe5 $5 Qa5 15. Nd4 $15) 14... Nd5 15. e6 f6 $1 $17
{^^,-><->b,c} (15... Nxc3 $6 {Arkhipov} 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Bxg7 $1
Rad8 (18... Nxa2+ 19. Kb1) 19. Qf2 $1 Kxg7 20. Ne6+ $18) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Be5
$2 (17. Kb1 Qc6 {><e6}) (17. Bxf6 $2 Bxf3 18. Bxg7 Bxd1 $19) (17. Bc3 $5 {
Arkhipov} Bc6 (17... Bxa2 18. b3 Rac8 19. Kb2 Bh6 20. Qd4 Red8 21. Qb4 $13) 18.
Kb1 Rad8 $13) 17... fxe5 18. Qxd5 e4 $1 $40 19. Qxe4 (19. Nd4 $1 {Arkhipov}
Rac8 20. c3 $13) 19... Rab8 20. Ne5 (20. c3 Rxb2 $1 $19) (20. b3 Qc3 21. Rd3
Qb2+ 22. Kd2 Bh6+ $40) 20... Bh6+ $1 21. Rd2 $8 (21. Kb1 Rxb2+ $1 22. Kxb2 Rb8+
23. Ka3 Qc5+ (23... Qa5+ {Arkhipov} 24. Qa4 Qc5+ $19) 24. Ka4 Qb5+ 25. Ka3 Qb2+
26. Ka4 Qxa2#) 21... Rxb2 $1 22. Nf7 (22. Kxb2 Bxd2 {/\Rb8-+} (22... Bxd2 {
Arkhipov} 23. Rd1 Rb8+ $19)) 22... Rb1+ $1 23. Kxb1 Bxd2 24. c4 (24. Rd1 Qb6+ {
/\Bc3#}) 24... Bxe1 (24... Bxe1 25. Qxe1 Rb8+ 26. Ka1 Qxc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O
(7. d4 $6 e4 8. Ng5 d5 9. f3 h6 $1 10. fxe4 hxg5 11. exf5 Bd6 12. Nd2 Qe7+ $1
13. Qe2 O-O-O $15 {Dvoirys,S-Lautier,J/Biel(izt)/1993/0:1/44/}) 7... Bd3 8. Re1
Be7 9. Bc2 $1 Bxc2 10. Qxc2 Nf6 11. d4 O-O (11... exd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Nc3 Kh8
$1 14. Ng5 Nxd4 $1 15. Qd3 h6 16. Qxd4 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd7 18. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 19.
Bxe7 Rf5 20. Bh4 $14 {Glek,I-Vorotnikov,V/URS/1976/0,5/46/}) 12. dxe5 (12. d5
$5 {Anand} e4 $8 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Ne6 Qd7 15. Nd2 e3 16. Rxe3 Nxd5 17. Nxf8 Nxe3
18. Qxh7+ Kxf8 19. fxe3 Re8 20. h3 (20. e4 $13 d5 $2 $16 {Anand,V-Yusupov,A 
(05)/Wijk cm2/1994/1-0/25/}) 20... Qb5 $132 {Xie Jun-Lautier,J/Donner mem-A/
1994}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 $5 (14. Nd2 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bb6 {Yusupov}
16. Be3 $14 {Belov}) 14... Ng4 (14... Kh8 15. Nd2 Qe8 16. Ne4 (16. Nc4 Qh5)
16... Qg6 $14) 15. Nd2 Bg5 (15... Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bg5 (16... Bc5 17. Re2) 17. Re2
(17. Rd3 $14 {Wedberg} Qxd3) 17... Bxd2 18. Rxd2 Qg5 $14) 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Ne4
Qf4 (17... Qg6 $5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qxc7 Rxb2 $146) 18. g3 Qh6 19.
h4 Qg6 {/\Rf2} 20. Re2 b6 (20... Kh8 $32 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qb3 b5
$1) (20... Rad8 {Wedberg} 21. Rd1 $14 (21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Qxb7 Rd3 $44)) 21. Rd1
Rad8 (21... Nf6 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Ng5 $16) 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qc4 $1
h6 (24... Rd7 25. Qxa6 Qe8 26. Qc4 $18) 25. Qxc7 Rd3 $1 {/\Nf2} 26. Qc8+ Kh7
27. Qxa6 Rd1+ $2 (27... Nxf2 28. Rxf2 (28. Kg2 Qg4) 28... Qxe4 $132) 28. Kg2
Qf5 29. Qc4 Nh2 30. Nd2 $18 (30. Kxh2 $2 Qf3 $19 (30... Qf3 {Wedberg} 31. Ng5+
hxg5 32. Qe4+ Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Rd2 $14)) 30... Rxd2 (30... Ng4 31. Qe4 $18) 31.
Rxd2 Nf3 32. Re2 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9495"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Belov, Igor"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum II"]
[BlackTeam "Plettenberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Qe7 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 f5 12. Ng5 Ndf6 13. exf5 gxf5 14. h3 Nh6 15.
f4 Nf7 16. Qc2 e4 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Be3 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rad1 Be6 21. b4
Rc8 22. Qd2 d5 23. c5 Nd7 24. Kh2 Qf6 25. Bd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Nf8
28. Ba6 Rcc7 29. Ne2 Bc8 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. b5 Ne6 32. bxc6 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Rf6
34. Rd1 Kf7 35. Kg3 Ke7 36. Kf2 h5 37. Nb3 Rfxc6 38. Rxd5 Ke6 39. Re5+ Kf6 40.
Ke3 h4 41. Kd4 Re6 42. Rxe6+ Kxe6 43. Kc4 Kd7 44. Nd4 e3 45. c6+ Kc7 46. Kd3
Re8 47. Ke2 Re4 48. Nxf5 Rxf4 49. Nxe3 Kxc6 50. Nc2 Kc5 51. Ke3 Ra4 52. a3 Kc4
53. Kf3 a5 54. Ne3+ Kd3 55. Nf5 Rxa3 56. Nxh4 Rc3 57. g4 a4 0-1

[Event "Moscow op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Frolov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
Bb7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 g6 14. b4 cxb4 15.
axb4 Nc6 16. c3 Bf8 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Qb3 Qe8 19. f4 a5 20. Rf1 Bg7 21. bxa5 Nxa5
22. Qd1 Nc6 23. f5 Nd8 24. Qf3 d5 25. Be3 Rc7 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. exd5 Rxc3 28.
N3e4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxd3 30. Qe2 Rda3 31. Bc5 R3a6 32. Bb4 Kh8 33. Qd2 Qg8 34.
Rfd1 Bc8 35. h3 Nb7 36. g4 Nd8 37. Rdc1 Bb7 38. Rd1 Bc8 39. Be7 R6a7 40. Nf6
Qf7 41. Bxd8 Bxf6 42. Rf1 Bxd8 43. Rxf7 Rxf7 44. Rf1 Bb6+ 45. Kg2 Rxf1 46. Kxf1
Ra4 47. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Travemuende op"]
[Site "Travemuende"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hamann, Svend"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. b3 f6 7. Bb2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 Bg4 11. Nbd2 O-O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. Rfe1 Ng6 14. Rad1
Bb4 15. Be3 Rhe8 16. Rf1 Bg8 17. Kh2 Rd7 18. g3 Red8 19. Rfe1 Ne5 20. Nxe5 fxe5
21. Re2 h6 22. f3 c5 23. c4 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. a3 Bxa3 26. Ra1 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Moscow2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. c3 b5 12. a3 a5 13. d4 Rb8 14. Bf4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nb6 16. Bf1 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. d5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. Qb3 Qd6 23. Ra6 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rc6 Rxc6 27. dxc6
Qc5 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. Ba6 Kf6 32. Bb7 Ke6 33. b3 Qd4 34.
Qc2 Qc3+ 35. Qxc3 bxc3 36. Ke3 f5 37. c7 Kd7 38. c8=Q+ Nxc8 39. Bxc8+ Kxc8 40.
Kd3 Kc7 41. Kxc3 Kc6 42. Kc4 fxe4 43. b4 h5 44. h4 1-0

[Event "Eupen op rapid"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1995.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qc7 14. e4 Bf6
15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. Nf1 e5 17. d5 Nf8 18. Qe2 a6 19. Ne3 Bc8 20. Nf5 h5 21. g4
hxg4 22. Nh2 g6 23. Nxg4 Bg5 24. g3 gxf5 25. exf5 f6 26. Kg2 Rd7 27. f4 exf4
28. gxf4 Rg7 29. Kg3 Qf7 30. fxg5 Rxg5 31. Kf4 Qg7 32. Rg1 Bxf5 33. Bxf5 Rxf5+
34. Kxf5 Qg5+ 35. Ke4 Ng6 36. Nxf6+ Qxf6 37. Qh5 Qf4+ 38. Kd3 c4+ 39. Ke2 Qe4+
40. Kf2 Rf8+ 41. Kg3 Qe3+ 42. Kg4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Passau op 3rd"]
[Site "Passau"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vogel, Robert"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1995.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. f4 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ngf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf3 Nc5 11. Re1 c6 12. Rb1 Nfxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 d5
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bc2 Bg4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd2 dxc4 19. h3 Rd8 20. Qa5 Rd5
21. Qb4 Qe2 22. Qb8+ Bf8 23. f5 Re5 24. Bh6 Re8 25. Qf4 Qxc2 26. Rc1 Qxf5 27.
hxg4 Bxh6 28. Qxh6 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zaharov, Aleksandr E"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. b3 Nd7 8.
Bb2 Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Nc4 Ng6 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bg4
15. h3 Bh5 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Qe3 Bf4 18. Qd3 Bh6 19. Rfe1 Qe6 20. Bb2 Nf4 21.
Qf1 Nxh3+ 22. Kh1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nf4 24. Ne3 Qg6 25. Ng4 Qh5+ 26. Kg1 Re6 27.
Rd7 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Rg6 29. Rxc7 Bf4 30. Rxb7 Qh4 31. Qe2 h5 0-1

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Borisenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. d5 d6 7. e4 Be7 8. g3 exd5
9. exd5 O-O 10. Bg2 a6 11. a4 Bc8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. h3 Bf8 15. Bf4
Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Ne8 17. Qd2 Ndf6 18. Ne1 Bd7 19. Nc2 Rb8 20. Qe2 Nc7 21. Na3 Qe8
22. Qxe8 Nfxe8 23. Bf1 g6 24. Rc1 Bg7 25. b3 Bd4 26. Kg2 f6 27. g4 Kf7 28. Bd3
Bxc3 29. Rxc3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rc1 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Ra8 33. Nc2 Bb5 34. Ne3
Bxc4 35. bxc4 Ke7 36. h4 Ra4 37. h5 Kf7 38. Rb1 Rb4 39. Ra1 Rb7 40. Kf3 Kf8 41.
Bg3 Kf7 42. Ke2 Kf8 43. Kd3 Kf7 44. Kc3 Kg7 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Nf1 Kf7 47. Nd2
f5 48. g5 Kg7 49. Nb3 Kf7 50. Nc1 Rb6 51. Nd3 Na6 52. Nf4 Ng7 53. Rh1 Nb4 54.
Rh7 Kg8 55. Rh6 Na2+ 56. Kc2 Nb4+ 57. Kd2 Ra6 58. Rxg6 Kf7 59. Rf6+ Kg8 60. Ng6
1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Managadze, Nikoloz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. d4 Qe7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 Bd7
15. Rfe1 e4 16. Nd2 Nd8 17. Nc4 Qg5 18. Kh1 Bf5 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. d5 Qh4 21.
Bf1 f6 22. c4 Nf7 23. Rec1 Rac8 24. f4 Qg3 25. Qe2 g5 26. fxg5 fxg5 27. Qe1
Qxe1 28. Rxe1 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rab1 Re7 31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Be2 Bc8 33. Rf1
Kg7 34. Kh2 Rc7 35. Kg3 h6 36. h4 gxh4+ 37. Kxh4 Rf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bg4
Bxg4 40. Kxg4 Rd7 41. Kf5 Ke7 42. Kxe4 Kd8 43. Kd4 Kc7 44. c5 dxc5+ 45. Kxc5
Rg7 46. Rxh6 Rxg2 47. Rh7+ Kb8 48. e4 Re2 49. d6 Rc2+ 50. Kd5 Rd2+ 51. Ke6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Qb6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O
Qxd4 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Rd1 Qf6 11. Qg3 Nd7 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bg5 Qxb2 14. Rab1
Qa3 15. Rxb7 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 a6 18. Rdb1 Rd8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Rb8+
Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qb8+ Ke7 23. Qxh8 Qc1+ 24. Bf1 Qxc2 25. Qxg7 Qxa2 26.
Qxh7 a5 27. g4 a4 28. g5 Qd2 29. Qh4 a3 30. g6+ f6 31. Qh7+ Kd6 32. Qh5 a2 33.
g7 a1=Q 34. g8=Q Qa7 35. Qd8+ Kc6 36. Qxf6 Qe1 37. Qe2 Qxe2 38. Bxe2 Kd6 39.
Bg4 Qd7 40. h4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 a6 (11... Na5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. c4 Rd8 14.
Bb2 Nf8 15. dxc5 f6 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bc3 Qxc5 18. Bb4 Qc7 19. Qe1 Nc6 20. Nxc6
Qxc6 21. Qb1 $14 {Portisch,L-Braga,F/Reggio Emilia/1993/1|0/36/}) (11... Bd7 $5
12. a4 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Nf8 16. Qb3 f6 17. Bc1 Nc6 18. Rd1
$14 {Kharitonov,A-Balashov,Y/Moscow/1990/0,5/43/}) (11... b6 $6 12. Re1 Bb7 13.
e4 Ne7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. g3 Rfd8 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. a4 Nf8 18. h4 $16 {Ivanchuk,
V-Tiviakov,S/Linares/1995/1|0/36/}) 12. Be2 (12. Bxc6 $6 Qxc6 13. Re1 b5 14.
Ne5 Qc7 15. e4 Bb7 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Be3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nd7 $10 {Speelman,
J-Tiviakov,S/Kropotkin/1995/0,5/24/}) (12. Bd3 $5 e5 13. Qc2 Re8 (13... b5 $6
14. e4 exd4 15. cxd4 c4 16. Be2 Re8 17. d5 Ne5 18. Bb2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 $16 {
Timman,J-Lutz,C/Wijk aan Zee/1995/0,5/121/}) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. f3
b5 17. Re1 Bb7 18. e4 c4 19. Bf1 Nd5 $10 {Petrosian,T-Averbakh,Y/Portoroz/1958/
0,5/22/}) 12... e5 (12... Rd8 13. Qc2 e5 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. c4 Nxf3+
17. gxf3 Bh5 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. e4 $14 {Lautier,J-Schmittdiel,E/Polanica Zdroj/
1991/1|0/54/}) 13. Qc2 (13. Bb2 e4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Rac8 $10 {
Portisch,L-Spassky,B/Mexiko/1980/0,5/33/}) 13... Bg4 (13... e4 $6 14. Nd2 Re8
15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 $36) 14. d5 Na5 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Bxg4 h6 17.
Ne6 $1 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ $16) 15. e4 (15. c4 $6 e4 16. Ne1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 b5 $36)
15... c4 16. Nh4 $6 (16. Be3 $5 $14) 16... Nb3 17. Ra2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nc5 19. f3
b5 (19... g6 $2 20. Qxc4) 20. Nf5 Ne8 21. Be3 Na4 (21... Nd6 $5) 22. Qe1 Nd6
23. g4 f6 24. Rg2 Nc5 25. Kh1 Nd3 26. Qh4 Qd7 27. Qh3 g6 28. g5 $6 (28. Nh6+ $5
Kh8 29. Qg3 Qg7 30. h4 a5 $132) 28... Nxf5 $1 (28... gxf5 $4 29. gxf6+ Kh8 30.
Rg7 $18) (28... fxg5 $4 29. Nh6+ $18) (28... Kh8 29. gxf6 Rxf6 30. Qh4 Raf8 31.
Bg5 R6f7 32. Ne7 $36) 29. exf5 (29. gxf6 Rxf6 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 $19)
29... Qxf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. gxf6+ Kf7 32. Rg7+ Kxf6 33. Rxh7 Rh8 34. Rb7 f4
$17 35. Bg1 Rad8 36. Ba7 Rhg8 $1 (36... Rxd5 37. Rg1 $132) 37. Rb6+ Kf5 38. d6
Rg6 39. Rxa6 Rdxd6 40. Rxd6 Rxd6 $19 41. Ra1 Ra6 42. Bg1 b4 43. cxb4 c3 44. b5
Ra5 45. b6 c2 46. a4 Rxa4 47. b7 Rb4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Be1 f5 11. b4 Bf6 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nb6 14. c5 Nc4
15. Bc3 a5 16. bxa5 Nxa5 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. e3 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Rab1 Be6 21.
Rb4 Ra7 22. Bf1 Rfa8 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. Nd4 g6 26. Rcb1 Bf7 27. h4
h5 28. Qc3 Qe7 29. a4 Nc4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Ne2 Rd8 32. Nf4 Rd7 33. Re1 Ra8 34.
Reb1 Rad8 35. a5 Qe4 36. Qe1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Moscow op2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Baikov, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3
Qe7 9. d3 a5 10. g3 Be6 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bg2 Rfd8 13. O-O f6 14. Rfe1 Qf7 15.
Rac1 Rd7 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Bc5 18. Qb3 Ra6 19. Nd2 Rb6 20. Qc2 Qf8 21. Ra1
Qd8 22. Ne4 Bf8 23. Rad1 a4 24. Nc3 Rb3 25. Nxa4 Rbxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Bd5
Rxd5 28. cxd5 Qxd5 29. Nc3 Qf3 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 Na5 32. Bc3 Nb3 33. a4 b6
34. Rb1 Kf7 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Ng5+ Ke7 37. Nxe6 Kxe6 38. Rxb3 Kd5 39. Rc3 Bc5
40. f3 c6 41. Kf2 b5 42. axb5 cxb5 43. Ke2 b4 44. Rc1 Kc6 45. Kd3 Kb5 46. f4
exf4 47. exf4 h6 48. Re1 b3 49. Re8 Bb4 50. Rb8+ Kc5 51. Rg8 b2 52. Kc2 Bc3 53.
Rc8+ Kd4 54. Rc7 g5 55. fxg5 hxg5 56. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Moscow op2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Guliev, Logman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nbc3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Be3 Na5 12. b3 b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. Na2 Bc8 15. Rc1
e6 16. d5 Ra8 17. Nd4 Qe8 18. Nb4 Nb7 19. Na6 Qd7 20. Rc7 Qe8 21. dxe6 fxe6 22.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nc7 Qd7 24. Ncxe6+ Kg8 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Moscow op2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Hamgokov, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O e5
9. Kh1 Qc7 10. c5 dxc5 11. Nxe5 Qe7 12. e4 Be6 13. Be3 Na6 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15.
Rad1 Nd7 16. Nf3 c4 17. dxc4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bg4 19. Nf2 Nf6 20. h3 Nh5 21. Kh2
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Re8 23. Rfe1 Nf6 24. a3 Qf7 25. Qc2 Nc7 26. Bd4 Ne6 27. Bc3 Rad8
28. Bg4 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nf8 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. Bxg7 Nxg7 32. Be2 g5 33. Ng4 Qe7
34. fxg5 Qxg5 35. Qd6 Nge6 36. h4 Qg7 37. Qd2 Kh8 38. Nf2 Qe5 39. Kg2 Nd4 40.
Bd3 Nfe6 41. Ne4 Nf5 42. Qf2 Kg7 43. Bb1 h6 44. Kh3 Nfd4 45. b4 b6 46. Nd2 Kg8
47. Bd3 Kg7 48. Kg2 a5 49. Ne4 axb4 50. axb4 b5 51. c5 Nf5 52. Kh3 Ned4 53. Bb1
Ne7 54. Nd6 Qe6+ 55. Kg2 Qe2 56. Be4 Qxf2+ 57. Kxf2 Kf6 58. Ke3 Ne6 59. g4 Nc7
60. Kd4 Ne6+ 61. Kc3 Nc7 62. Nf5 Ncd5+ 63. Kb3 Nxf5 64. Bxf5 Ke5 65. Bd7 Ne7
66. g5 hxg5 67. hxg5 Kd5 68. Kc3 Ng6 69. Be8 Ne7 70. g6 Nf5 71. Bd7 Ng7 72. Kd3
Nh5 73. Ke3 Ng7 74. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Krasnodar op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dmitriev, Igor"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Be3 a6 6. g4 Nfd7 7. a4 c5 8. d5 Qa5
9. Bd2 O-O 10. f4 e6 11. Bg2 Qd8 12. Qf3 exd5 13. exd5 b5 14. axb5 Bb7 15. Nge2
Nb6 16. bxa6 Nxa6 17. O-O Nb4 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. f5 N4xd5 20. Ne4 Nf6 21. N2g3
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Nc4 23. Bc1 d5 24. Nc3 d4 25. Ne4 Nd6 26. Qf4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4
28. Qxe4 Re8 29. Qf3 Qc7 30. b3 c4 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. Qb3 Rc8 34.
Bg5 Qxb3 35. cxb3 Rc3 36. Rb1 Be5 37. h4 f6 38. Bd2 Rg3+ 39. Kf2 Rxg4 40. b4
Rxh4 41. Rb3 Rh2+ 42. Ke1 g5 43. b5 0-1

[Event "Krasnodar op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Daniliuk, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bc4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. h3 Nc6 11. d4 b6 12. Bb2 e5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 Na5 15.
Bd5 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Ba3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. exd5 e4 21.
Nd2 Bxc3 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxe1 24. Qe8+ Kg7 25. Qxe1 Nb7 26. Qe8 f6 27.
Bb2 Nd8 28. g4 g5 29. Kg2 Qd6 30. Qe4 Nf7 31. Bc1 Qe5 32. Qc4 Qd4 33. Qxd4 cxd4
34. Kf3 Nd6 35. Ke2 Ne4 36. f3 Nc3+ 37. Kd3 Kf7 38. Bd2 Nxd5 39. Kxd4 Ke6 40.
Kc5 Ke5 41. a4 h6 42. a5 a6 43. Bc1 Ke6 44. Bb2 Nf4 45. Kb6 Kd5 46. Kxa6 Kc6
47. Ka7 Nxh3 48. a6 Nf4 49. Kb8 1-0

[Event "Krasnodar op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kozel, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 d6 6. f3 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Ng3
a6 9. a4 Ne8 10. Be3 e5 11. Bd3 Bf6 12. Qd2 Ng7 13. Bh6 Bh4 14. O-O f6 15. f4
exf4 16. Qxf4 Bxg3 17. Qxg3 Ne5 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Rf2 Qe7 20. Raf1 Rf7 21. h3 Kh8
22. b3 Rg8 23. Bd2 Rgf8 24. Nd1 Ne8 25. a5 Qd8 26. b4 Qc7 27. Qa3 cxb4 28. Qxb4
g5 29. Ne3 Ng6 30. Qb6 Qxb6 31. axb6 Re7 32. Bd3 Nf4 33. Bb1 Rg8 34. Kh2 h5 35.
g3 Nxh3 36. Rxf6 Nxf6 37. Bc3 Rf8 38. Bxf6+ Rxf6 39. Rxf6 g4 40. Rxd6 Ng5 41.
c5 Nf7 42. Rf6 Kg7 43. Rf2 Nd8 44. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chekurov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8. Nge2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f4 Ba6 11. Rf2 Re8 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 Nb8 14. Qd2 Qd6 15.
g4 Rf8 16. Ng3 Ne8 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Raxf1 a6 19. h4 Nd7 20. h5 Qe7 21. Rg2 Nd6
22. b3 f6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rh2 Nf7 25. Nd1 Ng5 26. Qg2 Rf7 27. Nf2 Nf8 28. Nd3
Nfh7 29. c4 Qd7 30. Qe2 Bf8 31. Kg2 a5 32. Rhh1 Bd6 33. c5 bxc5 34. Nxc5 Bxc5
35. Bxc5 c6 36. Rd1 cxd5 37. Rxd5 Qb7 38. Qd3 Ne6 39. Be3 Nhg5 40. Ne2 Kg7 41.
Nc3 Rc8 42. Nb5 Qa6 43. Kg3 Re7 44. Bxg5 Nxg5 45. a4 Qc6 46. Nd6 Rb8 47. Qe3
Rb4 48. Nc4 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Minsk op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Shishkin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nge2 d6 7. h3 Rb8 8.
O-O f5 9. Rb1 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bh6 Rf7 14. Qd2
Qb6 15. Ng3 Qb4 16. Ne4 Qxd2 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Bxd2 Re6 19. Rfe1 Kf7 20. f3
Rb6 21. Kf2 Ra6 22. Ra1 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 Be6 24. Be3 Rb6 25. Kd2 Ke8 26. Kc3 Rb8
27. Re1 Bd5 28. Bg5 Rb7 29. Kb2 Kf7 30. Ka3 Be6 31. Re4 h5 32. Ra4 Bc8 33. Kb2
Be6 34. Kc3 Kg7 35. a3 Bc8 36. Be3 Kf7 37. b4 e5 38. Kd2 Ke6 39. bxc5 d5 40.
Bg5 Rf7 41. f4 d4 42. h4 Kd5 43. fxe5 Kxe5 44. g3 Kd5 45. Bf4 a6 46. Rc4 Rb7
47. Kc1 a5 48. Ra4 Ra7 49. Bg5 Kxc5 50. Bf6 Kb5 51. Rxd4 Rd7 52. Re4 Rd6 53.
a4+ Ka6 54. Bg5 Bf5 55. Re8 Kb7 56. Kb2 Bd7 57. Re7 c5 58. Bf4 Rb6+ 59. Kc3 Kc8
60. Be3 Bxa4 61. Bxc5 Rf6 62. Ra7 Rf3 63. Rxa5 Bc6 64. Bd6 Rf2 65. Bf4 Rg2 66.
Rc5 Kd7 67. Kd4 Ba4 68. c4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Guliev, Logman"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. h3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nh5 12. Bh2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 c6
15. g4 Qb6+ 16. Qf2 Nf3+ 17. Kg2 Nxh2 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Kxh2 Be5+ 20. Kg1 Nf4
21. Rf3 b5 22. g5 b4 23. Nd1 Rfd8 24. Kf1 b3 25. a3 Ne6 26. h4 Nd4 27. Rf2 bxc2
28. Bxc2 Bg3 29. Rg2 Nxc2 30. Rxc2 Bxh4 31. Rg2 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Neg5 Nd5 7. d4 h6 8.
Ne4 e6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 N5f6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Qf3
Nd5 15. c4 Ne7 16. Bf4 f6 17. Nd3 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 e5 19. c5+ Kh8 20. Qe2 exf4 21.
Qxe7 Bd7 22. Bf7 Qd8 23. Bg6 Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Rad8 25. Rae1 f5 26. h4 Bc8 27. Rd1
Bd7 28. Kf1 a5 29. h5 Be8 30. Rxb7 Bxg6 31. hxg6 Rf6 32. d5 cxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc8
34. Rb6 Kg8 35. a3 a4 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Rxf5 Kg7 38. Rxf4 Rxc5 39. Rb4 Rc2 40.
g3 Kxg6 41. Kg2 Kg5 42. Kf3 h5 43. Ke3 f5 44. Rb6 Kg4 45. Rg6+ Kh3 46. Rg5 h4
47. gxh4 f4+ 48. Kf3 Rxb2 49. h5 Kh4 50. Ra5 Rb3+ 51. Kxf4 Rxa3 52. h6 Rb3 53.
h7 Rb8 54. Rxa4 Kh5 55. Ra1 Rf8+ 56. Kg3 Kg6 57. Rh1 Rh8 58. Kg4 Kf6 59. f4 Kg7
60. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Rodin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bd6 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nh4 Na5 12. Ba2 Nxe4 13. Qh5 Ng5 14. b4 Nc6 15.
Ne4 Ne6 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bxf4 Qc7 19. d4 Ncd8 20. Rae1 Rc8 21. Bd2
Rf8 22. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Moscow-D"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lomineishvili, Maia"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O c6 9. f3 Ba5 10. Qe1 Nbd7 11. Qf2 c5 12. g4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. Ng3 Ne6
15. Be3 Bc7 16. Nce2 h6 17. h4 Nh7 18. Kg2 Qxh4 19. Rh1 Qf6 20. f4 Nef8 21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. Bxf5 g6 23. Bd3 Qe6 24. Kf3 Nf6 25. f5 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 27. Kxe3
Nxg4+ 28. Kf3 h5 29. Nc3 Bb6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Bxg6 Nxg6 32. Rxh5 Nf6 33. Rg5
Kf7 34. Nxd5 Bxd4 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Rb5 b6 37. Rf1 Bc5 38. Rb3 Rd8 39. Ke2+ Ke5
40. Rbf3 Rh8 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Kc2 Rh2+ 43. Kb1 Ne5 44. Rc3 Nc4 45. Rd1+ Bd4 46.
Rcd3 Rxb2+ 47. Kc1 Rxa2 48. Rxd4+ Kc5 49. Kb1 Rh2 50. Rd7 a5 51. Rc7+ Kb4 52.
Rd4 b5 53. Rdxc4+ bxc4 54. Rb7+ Kc3 55. Rg7 Rh1+ 56. Ka2 Rd1 57. Rg5 Kc2 58.
Rxa5 Rd8 59. Ka3 c3 60. Rh5 Ra8+ 61. Kb4 Kb2 62. Rh3 Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "Staufer op 08th"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Gmuend"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nh6 6. Nc3 Nf5 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd2
a6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Ne4 d6 11. Bc3 e5 12. a3 Nfe7 13. b4 f5 14. Neg5 h6 15. b5
axb5 16. cxb5 Nd4 17. e3 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Be6 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Rfd1 g5 21. Qb2 Nd5
22. Nd2 Qf7 23. Nc4 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 e4 25. Qd2 d5 26. Na5 Ra8 27. b6 exd3 28. Rb5
c4 29. a4 Rad8 30. Rc5 Rc8 31. Qb4 Rxc5 32. Qxc5 Rc8 33. Qb5 Bc3 34. Nxb7 Qxb7
35. a5 Bxa5 36. Qxa5 c3 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bf4
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. Bxe5 Rxe5 12. O-O a6 13. a4 Bd7 14. Kh1 Re8
15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. Qc2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Be2 h5 20. Rfb1 h4 21. Nf1
Ba5 22. Na2 Bb6 23. b3 Qe7 24. Nc1 Ra8 25. Qb2 Nh5 26. Nd3 Qg5 27. Qd2 Qf6 28.
Rxa8 Rxa8 29. f4 Qh6 30. Bxh5 Qxh5 31. Ne3 Qg6 32. Nf2 Qf6 33. Neg4 Qd4 34. Qc2
Ra1 35. h3 c4 36. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 37. Kh2 cxb3 38. Qxb3 Bxg4 39. hxg4 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. a3 Qc8 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Nbd2 d5 13. Qb1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Be6 16. Bc2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd7 18. Ng3 Nf6 19. Nf5 Kf8 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21.
Bc5+ Kd7 22. Qc1 Kc6 23. Be7 Rd7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Be4+ Bd5 26. c4 Bxe4 27.
cxb5+ Kb7 28. bxa6+ Rxa6 29. Rxe4 Qd8 30. h3 Rb6 31. Rc4 Rd4 32. b4 Rbd6 33.
Rxd4 Rxd4 {[#] DT-DT: geschwächte schwarze Bauern- und K-Stellung ==>
Königsangriff} 34. Qc2 h6 35. Rc1 Qd6 36. b5 Rd3 37. a4 Ra3 38. Qc4 Kb8 (38...
Qd7 39. Qc6+ Qxc6 40. Rxc6 Rxa4 41. Rxf6 Rb4 42. Rxh6 Rxb5 43. Rf6 c5 44. Kf1
$18) 39. Qxf7 Rxa4 40. b6 $1 {"Coup de grace"} 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Losev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O d3 7. b4 Be7 8. e5
Ng4 9. Re1 d6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Bxd3 O-O 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 a5 14. b5 Nce5 15.
Nbd2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Bf6 19. Qc2 Qc7 20. Ndf3 Re8 21.
Rad1 Be6 22. Re3 Red8 23. Rde1 Qc5 24. a4 Rac8 25. h3 Qd5 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. hxg4
g6 28. Ne5 Kg7 29. c4 Qd4 30. Rd3 Qc5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Nd3 Qd4 33. Re3 b6 34.
c5 bxc5 35. Qxc5 Qxa4 36. Rf3 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kastanieda, Georgiy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. c3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. b4
O-O 9. Bg2 f5 10. Bb2 fxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. O-O Bh6
15. Nc4 Nd8 16. Ne3 Qf7 17. h4 a5 18. a3 Ne6 19. Bh3 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 Nd8 22. Ng4 Bg7 23. Bc1 Kh8 24. Bg2 Qb3 25. Ra3 Qe6 26. Ne3 Qf7 27. Qa2
Qe8 28. Ra8 Qd7 29. Qa4 Qe6 30. Bf1 c6 31. Qa5 Qd7 32. Bg2 Bh6 33. Qa2 d5 34.
exd5 cxd5 35. Qe2 Qd6 36. Nc4 dxc4 37. Bxh6 Re8 38. Qxc4 Nf5 39. Bg5 Kg7 40.
Qd5 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Frolov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 h6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Bd2
b4 16. N3h4 d5 17. Qf3 Re6 18. Qg3 Kh7 19. Nf3 Nh5 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ne3 Nf6 22.
Qh4 Re8 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Ng5+ Kh8 27. Ne4 Qd8 28.
Bg5 Qb6 29. Bxh6 Bxh6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Re3 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gorelov, Sergey G"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O Qh4 11. Qg5 Qxg5 12. Bxg5 Ne7 13. Bf4 b5 14. Nc3
Rd7 15. Bc1 Ng6 16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 Bc5 18. Nf4 Ne5 19. g3 Bg4 20. Be2 Bxe2 21.
Nxe2 O-O 22. Bf4 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nd2 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. f3 f6 26. h4 Nc4 27. Rxd7
Rxd7 28. b3 Ne3+ 29. Bxe3 Bxe3 30. f4 Rd2 31. Kf3 Bc5 32. h5 a5 33. Rc1 Kf7 34.
c3 Rd3+ 35. Kg4 Re3 36. cxb4 Bxb4 37. Nd4 c5 38. Nf5 Rxe4 39. Rd1 g6 40. hxg6+
hxg6 41. Nh4 c4 42. bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rd7+ Ke6 44. Rh7 g5 45. Nf5 gxf4 46. gxf4 Bd6
47. Ng7+ Kd5 48. Nh5 Kc5 49. Rf7 Kb4 50. Rxf6 Kxa4 51. Ng7 Be5 52. Rf7 Kb3 53.
Ne6 a4 54. Kg5 Bd6 55. Rh7 a3 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Cuijpers, Frans Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Muenster"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 h5 5. h3 c6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+
Kxd8 9. f4 Be6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Be3 Kc7 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Ng5 h4 14. g4 Bh6 15.
Nd5+ cxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 Rae8 20. Rhd1 Re7
21. Bd2 Nb6 22. Rc5+ Kb8 23. Bb4 e4 24. Rc3 Re6 25. Bd6+ Ka8 26. Bf4 Rhe8 27.
b3 Rc6 28. Re3 a6 29. Rd4 Rce6 30. Kd2 R6e7 31. Rc3 Nc8 32. Ke3 Na7 33. Rcc4 b5
34. Rc5 Kb7 35. a4 Kb6 36. Rc3 Re6 37. a5+ Kb7 38. Rc7+ Ka8 39. Rxf7 Nc6 40.
Rdd7 Ne7 41. b4 Nc6 42. c3 Ne7 43. Rf6 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bd2 d6 7. Nge2 e6 8.
O-O Ne7 9. Qc1 Rb8 10. Rb1 h6 11. Na4 f5 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. c4 g5
15. f4 Ng6 16. exf5 exf5 17. Qd2 Rb7 18. d4 cxd4 19. Qxd4+ Qf6 20. Rbd1 Qxd4+
21. Rxd4 Re8 22. Rd2 Rbe7 23. Nac3 Re3 24. Rf3 Rxf3 25. gxf3 gxf4 26. Rxd6 Ne5
27. Kf2 Nxc4 28. Rxc6 Nxb2 29. Nxf4 a5 30. Ncd5 Nd1+ 31. Kg3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shovunov, Baatr"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Qa5 8. Nd2
Nb6 9. e4 Bb4 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Nd1 Bg4 14. Ne3 Be2 15.
Nb3 cxb3 16. Qxe2 O-O-O 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nh6 Rhf8 19. Bf4 f6 20. Rfd1 Bd6 21. Bd2
Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. Bf1 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxd2 25. Bxa6+ Kc7 26. Rxd2 Bb4 27. Re2
Rd2 28. Ng4 h5 29. Ne3 Rfd8 30. a5 Nd7 31. Rxd2 Bxd2 32. Nf1 Nc5 33. Bc4 g5 34.
f3 Rd7 35. a6 Bb4 36. Kf2 Kb6 37. Ke2 h4 38. g4 Rd4 39. Bf7 Kc7 40. h3 Nd3 41.
Bxb3 Nf4+ 42. Kf2 Bc5 43. Ke1 Nxh3 44. Rd1 Bb4+ 45. Ke2 Nf4+ 46. Ke3 Rxd1 47.
Bxd1 Bc5+ 48. Kd2 Bd4 49. Kc1 Kb6 50. Ba4 Be5 51. Kc2 Ne6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nge2 h6 8. Be3
Nd4 9. O-O Bxb5 10. Bxd4 cxd4 11. Nxb5 e5 12. c3 Ne7 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Qb3 O-O
15. Nbxd4 d5 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. e5 Nc6 19. d4 Na5 20. Qb4 b6 21. Rc1
g5 22. h3 Rfd8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Qc6 26. Nd3 Qc2 27. Nde1
Qe4 28. Qc3 Bf8 29. Kf1 Nc4 30. b3 Na5 31. Nd2 Qg6 32. Nc2 Nc6 33. f3 a5 34.
Ke2 Qxc2 35. Qxc2 Nxd4+ 36. Kd3 Nxc2 37. Kxc2 Bb4 38. Nf1 Kf8 39. Ne3 d4 40.
Nf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mozaliov, Sergey V"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
a3 a6 9. f4 d6 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O Be7 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qh3 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15.
Na5 Bc8 16. Nc4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 O-O 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Rf2 Bd8 21. f5
exf5 22. exf5 Re8 23. Kh1 Qc6 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bf4 Bb6 26. Rc2 Bd4 27. Qf3 Rbc8
28. h3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Nd5 30. Bxd6 Ne3 31. Re2 Nxf5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gelman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qf2 Nd7 12. g4 Rc8 13. Nd5 b5 14. f5 Nc6 15.
Kh1 e6 16. Nf4 c4 17. dxc4 bxc4 18. g5 Be5 19. c3 Nc5 20. Qh4 exf5 21. exf5 Ne7
22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Be3 Qd7 24. Qg4 Nf5 25. Bf2 Kh8 26. Rad1 Qb5 27. Rd2 Rce8 28.
Kg1 Bg7 29. Nd5 Rf7 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Nd3 32. b3 Nxf2 33. Rxf2 Be5 34. Qxc4
Qxc4 35. bxc4 Kg7 36. Rb2 h6 37. gxh6+ Kxh6 38. Rf2 Rb7 39. Be4 Ne7 40. Rf7
Nxd5 41. Rxb7 Nxc3 42. Bb1 Bd4+ 43. Kg2 Bb6 44. Bc2 Nxa2 45. Re7 Nb4 46. Be4
Kg5 47. Re6 Bc5 48. Kg3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nge2 Be6 7. O-O Qd7 8. f4
exf4 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxf4 O-O-O 12. Be2 Kb8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4
Nf6 15. c4 Rc8 16. Rc1 h5 17. b4 Rh6 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. Qa3 a6 20. b5 Qc7 21. b6
Qd7 22. c5 g5 23. Bxa6 gxf4 24. Bd3 Nc6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. b7 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 (5... cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3
Bg7 8. Rc1 $14) 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. b3
d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. Ne1 (13. Qd2 $5 N8e7 14. h3 Be6 15. g4 g6 16. Ne1 Bg7 17. Ng2
b6 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. Nf4 Qd6 $132 {Mortensen,E-Kengis,E/Moscow/1994/0,5/26/})
13... h6 14. g4 (14. Rc1 $5) 14... Bh7 15. Ng2 b6 16. Na4 (16. cxb6 axb6 17.
Nf4 N8e7 $22 18. Bf3 Nb4 $36) 16... Nb4 17. Ne1 (17. Qd2 Nc2 18. Rac1 Nxe3 19.
Nxe3 Ne7 $15) 17... bxc5 18. Nxc5 Nd6 19. Qd2 a5 20. a3 $6 (20. Rc1 Ne4 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 $17) (20. f3 $5 Re8 21. Rc1 $22 Qe7 22. Ng2 $132) 20... Nc6 21. Rc1
Re8 22. Nb7 $6 (22. Na6 Ne4 23. Qd1 Qd6 $17) (22. f3 $5) 22... Nxb7 23. Rxc6
Nd6 24. f3 (24. Bd3 $6 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Qd7 26. Rfc1 Qxg4+ $19) 24... Rb8 25. Bd3
Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qd7 27. Rc1 Qb5 $17 28. Qxb5 (28. Qd2 Qxb3 29. Rc3 Qb6 $19) (28.
Rc3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Bxd4 31. Nc2 Bxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Rxb3 33. Nxd5 Rxa3
34. Nxc7 a4 $19) 28... Nxb5 29. Bf2 (29. Nc2 Nc3 30. Rfe1 Rxb3 $19) 29... Nxd4
30. Rxc7 Rxb3 31. Rc5 Rxa3 32. Rxd5 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Ra1 $19 34. Rd6 Bc3 35. Rc6
Bb4 36. Rc4 g5 37. Re4 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Nf4 39. Bg3 (39. Bg3 Nd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nd4 8. O-O
Nxb5 9. axb5 h6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Qc1 Ng4 12. Bd2 f5 13. h3 Ne5 14. f4 Nf7 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. Be3 O-O 17. d4 b6 18. Qd2 e6 19. Ng3 Qe8 20. Qd3 Nd8 21. Bf2 Nb7
22. Rfe1 Qf7 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Qf3 d5 25. Nh5 Bh8 26. Ra6 d4 27. Nd5 exd5 28.
Qg3+ Kh7 29. Re7 Be8 30. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Bahtin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Na6 11. Rc1 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Be3 Bd7
15. f3 Nc5 16. b4 Na6 17. Qd2 Re8 18. f4 Nc7 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Rfe1 a6 21. Nb3
Ba4 22. Na5 Qd7 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxc5 Qc8 25. Qb4 Bd7 26. Nc4 Na8 27. Ne5 f6 28.
Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Red1 Nc7 30. Qc4 Qb5 31. Be2 Qxc4 32. Bxc4 Kf8 33. f5 gxf5 34.
Bf4 Rbc8 35. d6 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ivanov, Victor L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O Ne7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 c6 10. c4 a5 11. a3 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 d4 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. a4
Qb8 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Qd2 f6 18. Nh4 Nf8 19. Rfc1 Nc6 20. Nf5 Rd8 21. h4 Kh8 22.
Bh3 b5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Ne7 Nxe7 25. Bxe7 Re8 26. Bd6 Bd8 27. Qa2 Qa6 28. b4
Ne6 29. bxa5 Be7 30. Qa3 Bd8 31. Rcb1 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gelman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 Ngf6 8. f3
O-O 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 b5 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. b3 Nfd7 14. h4 Re8 15. h5
Nf8 16. Nd1 Bf6 17. Nf2 Bd7 18. g5 Bg7 19. Ng4 Rc8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nh6+ Bxh6
22. Rxh6 Rb8 23. Rc1 Re7 24. Nh1 Rf7 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Nf2 Nfd7 28.
Qc3 Na8 29. Ng4 Qc7 30. Qxc7 Nxc7 31. Rh1 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke8 33. Rc1 Kd8 34. Kg3
Ne8 35. f4 exf4+ 36. Bxf4 Re7 37. Bf3 Nc5 38. Nf2 Rc7 39. Bd2 Nb7 40. Nd3 Rxc1
41. Bxc1 Bd7 42. b4 a5 43. Bd2 axb4 44. Bxb4 Nc7 45. Kf4 Bh3 46. Nf2 Bd7 47. e5
Na6 48. a3 dxe5+ 49. Kxe5 Nbc5 50. Ba5+ Ke8 51. d6 Kf7 52. Bd5+ Kg7 53. Bb4 Kf8
54. Kd4 Ne6+ 55. Bxe6 Bxe6 56. d7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Be3 O-O-O 9. Qe2 Nh6 10. f3 f5 11. Nc3 Qe5 12. Rad1 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Ng4 14. fxg4
Qxe4 15. h3 Bd6 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Rde8 18. Bf2 Rhf8 19. Rde1 Be5 20. Re4 c5
21. Nf3 Bxb2 22. Bxc5 Rxe4 23. dxe4 Re8 24. Rf2 Bc1 25. e5 Bf4 26. Re2 b6 27.
Bf2 Bc6 28. e6 Bd5 29. e7 c5 30. a4 a5 31. Bh4 h6 32. Ne5 g5 33. Ng6 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Bd2 Bg4 7. f3 Bc8 8.
Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Nh3 Nb6 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. d5 Nfxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14.
Rxd5 cxd5 15. Nb5 Bxh3 16. Nd6+ Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Bd7 18. Re1 e6 19. Qe5 Bxd6 20.
Qxd6 O-O-O 21. Re3 Rhe8 22. Ra3 a6 23. Rc3+ Bc6 24. Rxc6+ bxc6 25. Qxc6+ Kb8
26. Qb6+ Ka8 27. Qxa6+ Kb8 28. Qb6+ Ka8 29. Qc7 e5 30. b4 e4 31. b5 Rc8 32.
Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Regensburg op"]
[Site "Regensburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Schoellmann, Jochen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bd3 dxe4 8.
Bxe4 Qc7 9. Qh5 Nd4 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. c3 g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Qh4 Be7
15. Qg3 dxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 f6 18. O-O Kf7 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rd8 21.
Raf1 Rd6 22. Bb4 Rb6 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Rh4 f5 25. Rxh7+ Kf6 26. Bf3 Be6 27.
Rxb7 Ra6 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Rc2 Rad6 30. Rd1 a5 31. Be2 Bd5 32. d4 Rb8 33. Bf3
Bxf3 34. gxf3 a4 35. Rd3 axb3 36. axb3 f4 37. Kg2 Rd5 38. Rc5 Ke6 39. Rxd5 Kxd5
40. Kh3 Rh8+ 41. Kg4 Rxh2 42. Kxf4 Rh8 43. Kg5 Rg8 44. b4 Rb8 45. Kxg6 Rxb4 46.
Rd1 Rb6+ 47. Kf5 Rb8 48. f4 Rf8+ 49. Kg4 Rg8+ 50. Kf3 Rf8 51. Rd2 Rf7 52. Kg4
Rg7+ 53. Kf5 Rg8 54. Rf2 Kxd4 55. Ke6 Rg6+ 56. Kf7 Ra6 57. f5 Ke5 58. f6 Ra1
59. Kf8 Ke6 60. f7 1-0

[Event "Regensburg op"]
[Site "Regensburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb2 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. d4 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. d5 e5 12. Ne1 Ne8 13. e4 g6 14. Nd3 Ng7 15. f4 exf4
16. Rxf4 Bf6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qf1 f5 20. Re1 Qe7 21. Kh1 Rae8 22.
Bd1 Bc8 23. Rf2 Qh4 24. Rf4 Qh6 25. Be2 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qxf4 28. Ne2
Qe3 29. Qc3 Rf7 30. Bc1 Qe5 31. Qd2 f4 32. Nxf4 Bf5 33. Bxf5 Nxf5 34. Ne2 Nd4
35. Ng3 Nxb3 36. Qe3 Nxc1 37. Qxc1 Re7 38. Nf1 Qe1 39. Qf4 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Seversk"]
[Site "Seversk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loskutov, Oleg"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. a4 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 c4 14. Be3 Qb8 15. Nbd2
Nc5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Ra3 Rab8 18. Rea1 Bc8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nh2 Bd8 21. Ng4
Nxg4 22. hxg4 Bd7 23. Ra8 Rxa8 24. Rxa8 Qb7 25. Ra1 Bb6 26. g5 Ra8 27. Qd1 Ra6
28. Qb1 Qa7 29. Rxa6 Qxa6 30. g3 Qa7 31. Kg2 Bc8 32. Qc1 Qa2 33. Qb1 Qa7 34.
Qc1 g6 35. Qf1 Qd7 36. Qa1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Nb3 38. Qe1 Nxd2 39. Qxd2 Bg4 40. Qe1
Bf3 0-1

[Event "Seversk"]
[Site "Seversk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Frolov, Denis"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. g4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qf3 a5 14. a4 Bg5
15. O-O-O Bxe3+ 16. fxe3 Qg5 17. h3 Re8 18. Rhe1 Rb8 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. exf4 Kf8
21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Rd4 h5 23. f5 h4 24. Ba2 Rb4 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Kd2 Ba6 27.
Ke1 Kd7 28. c3 bxc3 29. bxc3 Bd3 30. Bb3 Kc7 31. Kf2 Kb6 32. Bd1 f6 33. Kf3 Ka5
34. Ke3 Bf1 35. Kf2 Bxh3 36. Kg1 c5 37. Kf2 c4 38. Kg1 d4 39. cxd4 c3 40. d5
Bxg4 41. Bc2 Bf3 42. d6 Kb6 43. Kh2 Kc6 44. Kh3 Kxd6 45. Kxh4 Kc5 46. Kg3 Bc6
0-1

[Event "Seversk"]
[Site "Seversk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Egin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O c6 7. d4 Be6 8.
Bb3 Be7 9. c4 Ne3 10. Bxe3 fxe3 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Qxe3 Nf6 14. Rae1
Qc7 15. c5 Bxb3 16. Qxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxe7 Bc4 18. Rfe1 Rab8 19. b3 Bd5 20. Ne5 Be6
21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rfd8 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nd7 25. Rf1 f6 26. Rf3 Ne5 27.
Rg3 Ng6 28. Rc7 Kf8 29. Rb3 Ne5 30. Rbxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Nxc4 32. Nf4 Re8 33.
Rxa7 Ne5 34. h3 g5 35. Nd5 Re6 36. Rxh7 Nf7 37. h4 Kg8 38. Rh5 Kg7 39. hxg5
Nxg5 40. Kh2 Re5 41. Nf4 Kf7 42. Rh8 Rxc5 43. Ra8 Ke7 44. Ra6 f5 45. a4 Kd7 46.
a5 Rc6 47. Ra7+ Rc7 48. Ra8 Rc8 49. Rxc8 Kxc8 50. Nd5 Kb7 51. Kg3 Ka6 52. Kf4
Ne4 53. Kxf5 Nf2 54. Nc3 Kxa5 55. Ne4 Nd1 56. Kf4 Kb6 57. g4 Kc6 58. g5 Kd7 59.
g6 Ke7 60. Kg5 Ne3 61. Kh6 Nf5+ 62. Kh7 Kd7 63. Kh8 Ke6 64. Ng3 Ne7 65. g7 Ke5
66. Nf1 Kf4 67. Nd2 Ke5 68. Nf3+ Ke4 69. Nh4 Ke5 70. Kh7 Nd5 71. Kg6 Ne7+ 72.
Kf7 Kd6 73. Kf8 Kd7 74. Nf5 Ng6+ 75. Kf7 Ne5+ 76. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Seversk"]
[Site "Seversk"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nb5 e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxd4 f6 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc7+ Kf7 13. Nxd5 Bc5 14. Be3
Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Nc6 16. Bc4+ Be6 17. Rad1 Rhd8 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19. Rfe1 Rxd1 20.
Rxd1 b5 21. Rd5 a6 22. Rc5 Ne7 23. Kf1 Kd6 24. b4 g6 25. a3 f5 26. g3 Nc6 27.
c4 Kc7 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Nd5+ Kd6 30. Nc3 Na7 31. Nxb5+ Nxb5 32. Rxb5 Rxa3 33.
Rb7 f4 34. Rxh7 f3 35. Ke1 Ra2 36. Rf7 Ra3 37. Rf6+ Ke5 38. Rxg6 Ra1+ 39. Kd2
Ra2+ 40. Kd3 Rxf2 41. Ke3 Rxh2 42. Kxf3 Rb2 43. Rb6 Kf5 44. Rb5+ Kf6 45. Kg4
Rd2 46. Rb8 Rd4+ 47. Kh3 Kg5 48. b5 Rb4 49. b6 Kg6 50. g4 Kg7 51. Kg3 Kg6 52.
Kf3 Kh7 53. g5 Kg7 54. Ke3 Rb5 55. Kd4 Rxg5 56. Kc4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zakharov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Qc7 9. c3 d5 10. d3 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Rfe1 a5 13. a4 Rfd8 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nb1
Nf8 16. Na3 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. d4 Re8 20. Ba3 Ba6 21. Qd2 Na7 22.
Bf1 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qc7 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Qe3 Nd7 27. c4 d4 28. Qe4
Nc8 29. Bd3 g6 30. Qc6 Qd6 31. Rc2 Qe7 32. Rce2 Kf7 33. h4 Ncb6 34. Bc1 Rc8 35.
Qe4 e5 36. h5 Rg8 37. hxg6+ hxg6 38. Kg2 a4 39. bxa4 Nxa4 40. Rh1 Ke8 41. Bd2
Nb2 42. Bf4 Na4 43. Qd5 Qf7 44. Qb7 Kd8 45. Ng5 Qe8 46. Rh7 Rg7 47. Rxg7 Bxg7
48. Ne4 exf4 49. Nd6 f3+ 50. Qxf3 Qf8 51. Nf7+ Kc7 52. Qc6+ Kb8 53. Qxd7 Nb6
54. Qe6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Liss,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 a6 (7...
Be6 8. Ne3 O-O 9. O-O Nd4 10. a4 a6 11. Ncd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Rb8 $14 {
Gelfand-Kramnik, Sanghi Nagar WCH match 1994}) 8. a4 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Ne3 Nb4
11. Qe2 (11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 {transposes to the game}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Re8
13. b3 (13. Bd2 Rb8 14. a5 $5 Nc6 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Nd4 17. Qd1 Bg5 18. c3
(18. Be1 $5 {intending g3, f4}) 18... Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nc6 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 b5
$1 $14 {Emms-Carlier, Cappele op 1993}) 13... Bf8 (13... d5 14. exd5 Nbxd5 15.
Nexd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 (16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb2 $14) 16... Bxd5 17. Qxe5 Bc6 $5 $36
(17... Bf6 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 (18... Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxc3 $1 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Ra2 Re2
$17) 19. Nxd5 Bxa1 20. Nc7 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Rac8 (21... Bc3 $5 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23.
Be3 Re8 (23... b6 $2 24. Kg1) 24. Bxc5 Re2 25. Rd1 Rxc2 26. d4 Rb2 27. d5 Rxb3
28. d6 Bf6 29. d7 Bd8 30. Be7 $18) 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Bd2 Re2 24. Re1 $1 $18))
14. Bb2 Nh5 $6 {allowing white to take over the d5 square gives white the
advantage} (14... d5 15. exd5 Nbxd5 16. Ncxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. a5 $14)
15. g3 g6 16. Ncd5 Nc6 17. f4 exf4 {otherwise white plays f5.} 18. gxf4 Nd4 19.
Qg2 Bg7 20. c3 Bxd5 (20... Nc6 21. f5 Bd7 (21... Bxd5 {transposes to the game})
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Nf4+ $18) 21. Nxd5 Nc6 22. f5 $40 Ne5 23.
Bc1 {adding the bishop to the attack. white's knight on d5 makes the
difference.} Nxc4 24. bxc4 Re5 25. Bg5 Qa5 (25... f6 26. Bd2 Kf7 27. Kh1 {
black is hopeless}) 26. Qf3 (26. Rab1 $5 Rb8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nc6 $18) 26...
Rxd5 {trying to create counterplay but it's too late} 27. exd5 Qxc3 28. Rae1
Bd4+ 29. Kh1 f6 30. Bh6 Be5 31. Rg1 Kh8 32. Re2 (32. fxg6 {was also winning})
32... Rg8 33. Reg2 Bd4 34. Qxh5 $1 Bxg1 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Bg7+ $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Balashovs play in the center in this game is worth a close study. Rather than
waiting, with a flexible P-formation: a6, b5, c6, d6 and e5, he plays actively:
exd4, d5, b4 and c5. The preliminary 18 .- exd4 is a novelty.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10.
d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3 g6 16. Qc2 Rc8
17. Bb2 Nh5 (17... Bg7 18. Bf1 (18. c4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 $10 {
Adams,M-Motwani,P/LondonWFW/1990/}) 18... Nh5 19. c4 exd4 20. Nxd4 b4 21. Rad1
c5 22. Ne2 Ne5 $13 {Leko,P-Wells,P/Budapest Exp 1993/[Ernst]/1-0 (54)}) 18. Bf1
exd4 $146 (18... Nf4 19. g3 Ne6 20. h4 Qb6 21. Bh3 Rcd8 22. Rad1 Bg7 23. Nf1
Ndf8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ne3 h5 $13 {1-0 Huebner,R-Smejkal,J/BL 1989 (40)}) 19.
cxd4 d5 {Balashov tries a new and interesting strategy of making the center
static. The Black minor pieces are better placed than Whites in the ensuing
position.} 20. e5 b4 $1 $15 {Now c5 is coming. Already Blacks position is
preferable.} 21. Nh2 c5 22. Qd3 cxd4 23. Ndf3 (23. Bxd4 Nf4 24. Qg3 Ne6 $17) (
23. Qxd4 Ng7 $15 {/\Ne6}) 23... Nc5 24. Qd1 Ne4 25. Bxd4 Nf4 26. Ng4 Ne6 27.
Bb2 Bg7 28. Rc1 Nc3 $1 29. Qd2 d4 {Black has a nice aggressive position. The N
on c3 is very annoying for White.} 30. Ngh2 Rc7 31. h4 h5 32. Bc4 Rd7 33. Qd3
Kh8 34. Bxe6 $6 (34. Qd2 $142) 34... Rxe6 35. Qc4 Bh6 36. Qxb4 a5 37. Qa3 Bxc1
38. Bxc1 d3 $19 39. Bg5 Qc8 40. Bf6+ (40. Bd2 Ne2+ 41. Kh1 Nd4 42. Nxd4 Rxd4
$19) 40... Rxf6 41. exf6 d2 42. Nxd2 Rxd2 43. Qe7 Rd7 44. Qe5 Kh7 45. Qxa5 (45.
Rc1 $4 Ne2+ $19) 45... Nd5 46. Nf3 Nxf6 47. Ng5+ Kg8 48. Qe5 Qc6 49. f3 Qb6+
50. Kh2 Qf2 51. Qg3 Qd4 52. Re5 Bd5 53. Re2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Be2
a6 9. d4 b5 $5 {Mir erscheint 9...e5 verläßlicher, siehe Ivanov,J-Vera,R 
(Anibal op Linares 1997).} 10. O-O Bb7 $6 (10... bxc4 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5
$11 {Lerner,K}) 11. Rad1 $6 {Hier kommt Weiß mit 11.c5! in Vorteil, da der Bb7
nicht mehr mitspielt.} (11. c5 $1 Bc7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 e5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qe3 $1 e4 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Ne6 $16 {1-0
Lerner,K-Cuijpers,F/Nimes 1991 (61)}) 11... Qb8 12. e4 {12. c5 ist hier nicht
so erfolgversprechend wie einen Zug zuvor.} (12. c5 $6 Bc7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 e5
15. e4 axb4 16. axb4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qe3 e4 {und der Ph2
hängt.}) 12... b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. Bxc3 Be7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rfe1 $14 {Weiß
steht wegen seines Raumvorteils etwas beser.} dxc4 (16... a5 {nebst ...Qa7 ist
vielleicht eine bessere Aufstellung.}) 17. Bxc4 a5 18. Ne5 Nb6 19. Bd3 h6 20.
Qe2 Nd5 21. Qe4 Rd8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Bb2 Nb4 24. Bc4 Qd6 25. Ng6+ fxg6 26. Bxe6
Ke7 27. Bf5+ Kf8 28. Be6 Ke7 29. Qxg6 Qxe6 30. d5 Qxe1+ 31. Rxe1+ Kd7 32. Bxf6
gxf6 33. Qf7+ Kc8 34. Re7 Nxd5 35. Rxb7 Ne7 36. h4 Kxb7 37. Qxe7+ Kb6 38. Qe3+
Kb5 39. Qxh6 Kb4 40. Qxf6 c5 41. Qb2 Rd4 42. a3+ Kb5 43. Qe2+ Kb6 44. Qe6+ Kb7
45. h5 Rad8 46. h6 R8d6 47. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 Qe7 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. d4 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne5 Qd6
15. f4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. Qf2 Rac8 18. Rfe1 a6 19. e4 Qb4 20. Rc1 c5 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 cxd4 23. Nc6 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxc6 26. dxc6
Rxc6 27. Bxa6 Ne6 28. f5 Nc7 29. Bc4 Kf8 30. a4 Rc5 31. g4 h5 32. h3 b5 33.
axb5 Nxb5 34. Re4 hxg4 35. hxg4 f6 36. Kf2 g6 37. fxg6 Kg7 38. Bd3 Kh6 39. Re7
Rc7 40. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. d3 Qd7 6. Nc3 O-O-O 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nf6 9. g4 e6 10. g5 d4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. gxh6 Rxh6 14. c4 Bd6
15. Bg2 Ne7 16. Qb3 Nf5 17. Rf1 Rg6 18. Bf3 Nh4 19. Bh1 Ng2+ 20. Kd1 Rh8 21.
Bd2 Rxh3 22. Kc2 Rh4 23. Rf2 Rhg4 24. f5 exf5 25. a4 f4 26. Qb5 f5 27. Kb3
Qxb5+ 28. axb5 Kb8 29. Raf1 Nh4 30. Bd5 Rg1 31. Ka4 R6g4 32. b4 g5 33. bxc5
Bxc5 34. Bb4 b6 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Ka5 f3 37. exf3 Rxf1 38. Rxf1 Rg2 39. b6 Rb2
40. b7 Ng6 41. Re1 Rxb7 42. Bxb7 Kxb7 43. Kb5 Nf4 44. Re7+ Kc8 45. Kxc5 Nxd3+
46. Kxd4 Nb4 47. Kc5 a5 48. Rg7 Nd3+ 49. Kd6 a4 50. c5 Nb2 51. Rg8+ Kb7 52. c6+
Ka7 53. c7 Nc4+ 54. Kc5 Nb6 55. c8=Q Nxc8 56. Rxc8 a3 57. Kd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O d6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Qg3 g6 15.
e5 Nh5 16. Qf2 O-O 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Nbxc5
Nb4 22. Be2 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxc2 24. Bxh5 Qxf2 25. Rxf2 Nd3 26. Rff1 Nxe1 27.
Rxe1 gxh5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nd7 Rbd8 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. h4 Rd2 32. Rb1 Rf2 33. g3
Ke7 34. a3 Kf6 35. Kg1 Rc2 36. b4 Rc3 37. Kg2 Rxa3 38. Rc1 Ra4 39. Rc6 h6 40.
Kf3 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 Ra4 42. Kf3 Rxb4 43. Rxa6 Rb1 44. Ra7 b4 45. Rb7 b3 46. Kg2 b2
47. Kh2 Kg7 48. Kg2 Kf8 49. f5 e5 50. f6 Ke8 51. Kh2 Kd8 52. Kg2 Kc8 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
Be2 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Qd3 d5 12. c4 Nb4 13. Qd4 e5 14. Qb2 d4
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Bh5 Nc5 20. Rad1 Rd8
21. Rd5 Ne7 22. Qb5+ Nd7 23. Rde5 Ng6 24. Rxe6+ fxe6 25. Rxe6+ Kf7 26. Bb2 Qc5
27. Rf6+ Ke7 28. Qb3 Qxh5 29. Qe3+ Nde5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup10"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1997.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Alibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 Re8 (6... c6 7. Bd3
Nbd7 (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Rb1 c5 12. O-O Rac8 13.
Ne5 e6 14. Qf3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 {1/2-1/2
Speelman,J-Piket,J/Antwerpen 1993}) (7... Qb6 8. Qc2 (8. Qb1 c5 $6 9. b4 $1
cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. a3 Be6 12. O-O Rac8 13. Bh4 Kh8 14. Nb3 $16 {Balashov,
Y-Gufeld,E/Vilnius zt 1975/1-0 (75)}) 8... Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Ne5 $2 (10. e4
$142) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 $19 {Petry,C-Kovaljov,D/World Juniors, Zagan POL
1997/1-0 (49)}) 8. O-O Re8 9. e4 (9. Re1 Qb6 10. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Voitsekhovsky,
S-Yandemirov,V/Russia Cup 1997}) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2
Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Rfe1 e6 17. Ba4 Rec8 18. f3 a6
19. Kf2 b5 20. Bb3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Popchev,M-Georgiev,K/BUL-ch 1988/EXT 88ch}) 7.
Be2 $146 (7. Bd3 Bg4 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 8. Qb3 b6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bb5 Rf8 11. Qa3
Qd6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Bf4 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 c6 15. Qa4 Qe6 16. h3 Nfd7 17. Nd3 $2 (
17. Nef3 $142 $14) 17... Qf5 $1 18. Ke2 e5 19. dxe5 $4 Qxd3+ {[%cal Gd7c5] 0-1
Lakat,R-Princz,F/HUN-chT2 1993/TD 93\10}) 7... Nc6 $2 (7... Nbd7 $142) 8. b4 $1
(8. O-O e5 9. Bb5 (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Nf3 Re8 $11) 9... e4 10. Ne5
Bd7 $13) 8... h6 9. Bh4 e5 (9... a6 10. a4 e5 11. b5 axb5 12. axb5 Rxa1 13.
Qxa1 e4 14. bxc6 exf3 15. Nxf3 bxc6 16. O-O {with advantage.}) 10. b5 e4 (10...
exd4 $2 11. bxc6 dxc3 12. Nb3 bxc6 13. Rc1 $16) 11. bxc6 exf3 12. Bxf3 $14 (12.
Nxf3 $143 bxc6 13. O-O (13. Ne5 c5) 13... g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 $132) 12... bxc6 13.
O-O Bf5 14. Qa4 g5 15. Bg3 Qd7 (15... Bd3 16. Rfe1) 16. Nb3 Bf8 17. Na5 Bd3 (
17... c5 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19. Bxc7) 18. Rfe1 Bb5 19. Qc2 {[%cal Gc3c4]} g4 20. Be2
c5 $2 (20... Ne4 21. c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxg3 23. hxg3 $16) (20... Bxe2 $142 21.
Rxe2 Ne4 $14) 21. dxc5 Bxc5 (21... Bxe2 $2 22. c6) 22. c4 Ba4 23. Nb3 Bb4 (
23... Bf8 24. Red1 Bg7 25. Rac1 c6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Qd3 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29.
Be5 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Gg4]}) 24. Red1 Qe6 $2 (24... c6 25. Rac1 (25. cxd5 cxd5
26. Qd3 Rac8 27. Bf4 Ne4 $132) 25... Rac8 26. Bf4 $16) 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxg4
$2 (26. Rd4 $1 c5 (26... f5 27. Rxd5 $18) (26... h5 27. Bc4 $18) 27. Rxg4+ Kh8
(27... Kf8 28. Qh7 $18) 28. a3 {and white wins easily.}) 26... Nxe3 $1 (26...
Qxg4 27. Rxd5 Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. h3 {[%csl Gc7] and white wins easily.})
27. fxe3 Qxg4 28. Rd4 Qg7 29. Qc4 (29. Qf5 {[%cal Gd4g4]} Re6 30. Rg4 (30. Rxb4
Bxb3 31. Rg4 Rg6 32. Be5 Be6 $1) 30... Rg6 31. Be5 Qh7 32. Rxb4 $140 $2 Rxg2+
$19) (29. Qe2 Re6 30. Rxb4 Bxb3 31. Rc1 Bd5 32. Rxc7 Qa1+ $11) 29... Bxb3 30.
axb3 Be7 (30... Bd2 $143 31. Rg4 $1 (31. Bf4 c5 (31... Rad8 32. Qc6 $1) 32.
Qxc5 Bxe3+ 33. Bxe3 Rxe3 $11) 31... Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 Bg5 33. Rf1 {[%cal Gh2h4]} h5
34. Rxf7 (34. Rxg5 Qxg5 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Bf4 $5) 34... Qxf7 35. Rxg5+ Kf8 36.
Qc5+ Qe7 37. Rf5+ Kg8 38. Qd5+ Qe6 39. Rg5+ {with decisive attack.}) 31. Rf1
Bg5 32. Bf4 $2 (32. Rg4 $142 Re6 33. Bf4 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Kh8 (33... Rg6 34. Bxg5
Rxg5 35. Rxg5 hxg5 36. Qxc7 $16) 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Qd5 Rg8 36. Rg3 g4 37. Qh5+
Rh6 38. Qxf7 $16) (32. Rd7 $142 Bxe3+ 33. Kh1 Re6 (33... Rf8 34. Bxc7 (34. Rxc7
{[%cal Gg3d6]} Rad8 $14) 34... Rac8 35. Qd5 $16) 34. Rdxf7 Qxf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7
36. Qxc7+ {and position is very unpleasant for black.}) 32... Rxe3 33. h4 (33.
Bxg5 hxg5 34. Rd7 Rf8 35. Rxc7 a5 $11) 33... Bxf4 $2 $138 {this loses by force.
} ({The right way was} 33... c5 $1 34. Qxc5 (34. hxg5 Qxd4 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36.
Bxe3+ Kg6 37. Bxd4 cxd4 $11) (34. Rd7 Re7 35. Rxe7 Bxe7 36. Bxh6 Qd4+ $11)
34... Bxf4 35. Rdxf4 Re2 36. Qd5 Rf8 37. Qf3 Re6 {and white has no useful
moves to strenghten his position.}) 34. Rdxf4 $18 {[%cal Gf4g4]} Re6 (34... Rc3
35. Qe4 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Gf4g4]}) 35. Rg4 Rg6 36. Rxf7 $1 Qxf7 37. Rxg6+ Kf8
38. Qc5+ Ke8 (38... Qe7 39. Rg8+ $18) 39. Qc6+ {and here black resighned in
view of 39...Ke7 40Qc7-Ke8 41 Qe5 etc.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 d6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Ne5 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. b3 Be7 16. c4 g5 17. Be3 g4 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. c5 f6 21. Bxe5 dxe5
22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Qxh7 Rg5 24. Nb6 Rd8 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qxd8 Bxd8
28. Nc4 Bc7 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Nd6 Bc6 31. Bf1 Rg8 32. Bxa6 Rb8 33. Bc4 Rd8 34.
Be2 Rb8 35. Bxg4 Rxb3 36. Be2 Rc3 37. Nb5 Bxb5 38. Bxb5 Rxc5 39. Rd7+ Kf8 40.
Ba4 Ba5 41. Bb3 Rc6 42. h4 Rb6 43. Bc4 Rc6 44. Be2 Rc7 45. Rd6 Ke7 46. Ra6 Bb4
47. Bg4 Rc2 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. Bxe6 Bc5 50. Rf7+ Ke8 51. Rxf6 Ke7 52. Rg6 Rxf2
53. Kh1 Re2 54. Bd5 Bd4 55. h5 Re1+ 56. Kg2 Re2+ 57. Kh3 Re1 58. g4 Rf1 59. g5
Rh1+ 60. Kg4 Rg1+ 61. Kf3 Rf1+ 62. Kg2 Rg1+ 63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Ke2 Rf2+ 65. Kd3
Rf3+ 66. Kc4 Rc3+ 67. Kb5 Rh3 68. h6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Ng5 d5
9. f4 O-O 10. e5 Nd7 11. h4 h6 12. Nf3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Bd2 b5
16. Rae1 Bb7 17. Nd1 e5 18. fxe5 Ndxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Ne3 Bc6 21. Qh5 g6 22.
Qxh6 Bg7 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. hxg5 Rad8 25. Ba5 Rd6 26. Bc7 Rd7 27. Bb6 c4 28. Ng4
Rb7 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Bf2 Rbe7 31. dxc4 bxc4 32. c3 Rb7 33. Rxe5 Bxe5 34. Re1
Re7 35. Rd1 Rd7 36. Bf3 Kf7 37. Kg2 Bg7 38. Bc5 Rb7 39. Rd2 a5 40. Rf2 Kg8 41.
Re2 Bf8 42. Bxf8 Kxf8 43. Kf2 Rb5 44. Ke3 d4+ 45. cxd4 Bxf3 46. Kxf3 Rf5+ 47.
Kg4 Rd5 48. Re4 Rb5 49. Re2 Rd5 50. Kf4 Kf7 51. Ke4 Rxg5 52. d5 Rg4+ 53. Ke5
Rxg3 54. Kd4 Rg4+ 55. Kc5 Rg1 56. d6 Rd1 57. Kc6 Rd3 58. d7 c3 59. b3 1-0

[Event "Kstovo"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Novgorodskij, Vladimir"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bd3 b5 11. f4 Be7 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Kh1 Nb4
15. e5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nd7 17. Qg3 Qd8 18. Bf2 Bb7 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Bd4 g6 21.
Qh3 Re8 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Qe7 24. f5 exf5 25. Re3 Be5 26. exf5 Qf6 27. Rfe1
Red8 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Nc5 Nc4 31. Rf3 Qe7 32. Ref1 Ne5 33. Rc3
b4 34. Rcc1 Rbc8 35. Qe3 Rd5 36. Nb3 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Qd6 38. Qe2 Nd3 39. Rf1 Nf4
40. Qf3 Rf5 41. Qa8+ Kg7 42. g3 Ne6 43. Rxf5 gxf5 44. Qf3 Qe5 45. h4 a5 46. Qf2
a4 47. Nc1 Qd5+ 48. Kh2 Qd1 49. Qe3 Qc2+ 50. Kh3 Qxb2 51. Ne2 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Kstovo"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Yanin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 exd5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. h3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Re1 c5 14. Bg5 cxd4
15. Qxd4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Nb6 20. Nd3 Qc7
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4 e5 23. Nxe5 Rde8 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Nf3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 h6
27. Qe4 Qd5 28. a3 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Nd5 30. h4 Rc8 31. Rd4 Nf6 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Ke2
Ke6 34. Kd2 b5 35. Ne1 a5 36. Nd3 Rc7 37. f3 g5 38. b4 a4 39. Nc5+ Ke5 40. Kd3
Nd5 41. Re4+ Kf6 42. Re6+ Kg7 43. Re5 Nf4+ 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. g3 Ne2 46. Re6+ Kg7
47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Rb6 Nxg3+ 49. Kd3 Rc8 50. Ne6+ Kf6 51. Nd4+ Ke5 52. Rxb5+ Kf4
53. Rc5 Re8 54. b5 1-0

[Event "Kstovo"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. Nc3 Qxf4 14. Nb5
O-O 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. d5 b6 17. Nb5 Qg5 18. Nxa7 Bb7 19. Bf3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5
21. h4 Qf5 22. Nc6 Rbc8 23. Bxb6 Qe4 24. Re1 Qc4 25. Na7 Nxb6 26. Nxc8 Nxc8 27.
h5 Ne5 28. a4 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Ne7 30. a5 Nf5 31. a6 h6 32. a7 Ra8 33. Qb3 Kh7 34.
Qb8 Ng4 35. Ra3 Qf2 36. Qb4 Rxa7 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup08"]
[Site "Omsk/Perm"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nureev, Garun"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. Rb1 Nbd7 7. d4 O-O 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. O-O e4 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. Qc2 e3 12. fxe3 Ng4 13. Nb3 Nxc4 14. Bd5 Be6
15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Qf5 Nf6 17. Qd3 b5 18. d5 Re5 19. Nd4 Rxd5 20. e4 Rc5 21.
Rxb5 Ne5 22. Qc2 Rxb5 23. Nxb5 Qd7 24. Nd4 Qh3 25. Nf3 Nfg4 26. Bf4 Rb8 27. Qd2
Ng6 28. Rd1 h6 29. c4 Re8 30. Qd4 Nf6 31. Qxa7 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Rxe4 33. Rd3 Rxe2
34. Ne1 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup08"]
[Site "Omsk/Perm"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lopushnoy, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. b3 d5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Na4 d4 11. Nxc5 dxe3 12. fxe3 Re8 13. b4 Bc7 14. Bc4 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. O-O b6 17. Nd3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qd6 19. Rf4 Be6 20. Rd4 Qe7 21.
Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. b5 Rc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. h3 h6 27. Qb3
Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qe1 29. Qd3 h5 30. Qe2 Qc1 31. Nxh5 Nxh5 32. Qxh5 Qxa3 1-0

[Event "Staufer op 10th"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Gmuend"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Bc5 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. e3 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nb4 8.
d4 exd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. a3 Na6 11. Ne2 c6 12. Nc3 cxd5 13. Qe2+ Qe7 14. Qxe7+
Kxe7 15. Nxd5+ Kf8 16. O-O Rb8 17. Bd2 b5 18. Rac1 Bb7 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Kg8 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Bf4 Ra8 23. Rfe1 b4 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 bxa3 26. bxa3 Rf8
27. Re7 h5 28. Rxd7 Rh6 29. Nf5 Rf6 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Rxa7 Nb8 32. Rc5 g6 33. d5
Rd6 34. Nc8 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Rc7 Nf6 37. d6 Kg7 38. Nb6 Rd8 39. d7 Kf8 40.
a4 Ke7 41. a5 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gusev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Nbd2
(8. a3 {Tyomkin,D} a5 9. b3 Bd7 10. Nc3 Be8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 $14 {Lengyel,
L-Spassky,B/Moscow 1971/0-1(40)}) (8. cxd5 {Tyomkin,D} exd5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6
Bxf6 11. e3 Ne7 12. Nbd2 Qd6 13. b4 c6 14. Qc5 $14 {Rojo,G-Ochoa,F/España eq.
1992/1-0(32)}) (8. b3 $1 {Tyomkin,D} Ne4 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. e3 a5 11. Nc3 Be8 12.
a3 g5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. f3 Nd6 18. f4 $16
{Lalic,B-Bellin,R/Copenhagen op 1989/1-0(35)}) 8... Ne4 9. b3 $6 $146 (9. Rd1
a5 10. b3 Bd7 11. a3 Be8 {D'Israel,D-Lebredo,G/Copa Itau Mercosul, Sao Paulo
BRA 1997/1/2-1/2(19)}) (9. a3 $5 Bf6 10. e3 $14 {[%cal Gb2b3]}) 9... Nb4 $5 {
[%cal Gc7c5,Ge7f6] Black tries to use a weekness of white's position by break
in the center.} (9... a5 10. a3 Bd7 $14 {[%cal Gd7e8]}) 10. Qb2 c5 11. cxd5
exd5 12. a3 Nc6 13. e3 Bf6 $36 14. Ne5 Bxe5 $2 (14... cxd4 15. exd4 Qb6 16.
Nxc6 (16. Ndf3 Nxd4 $1) 16... bxc6 17. Nf3 c5 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Rab1 Ba6 $36 (
19... c4 20. b4)) 15. dxe5 Qe7 16. f4 Be6 17. Qc2 Na5 18. Rb1 {[%cal Gb3b4]}
Rad8 $6 (18... Rac8 {white intends to play b3-b4,and it was the right moment
for black to prevent it by Rac8}) 19. b4 $1 cxb4 20. axb4 Rc8 (20... Nc4 21.
Nxc4 (21. Nb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3d4,Yc2d3]}) 21... dxc4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd3
$44) 21. Qa2 Nc4 22. Nxc4 d4 (22... Nc3 23. Qxa7 Nxb1 24. Nd6 $16 {[%csl Rb7,
Rd5]}) 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qxa7 Bxc4 25. Rf2 Ra8 $2 (25... Bd3 26. Ra1 dxe3 27.
Bxe3 (27. Qxe3 Qxb4 28. f5 (28. Rb2 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qd4+ 30. Kg2 e3 $40) (28.
Ba3 $140 Qc3) 28... Qc5 $1) 27... Qxb4 28. f5 $1 {white has attacking chances.}
) 26. Qxd4 $16 Bd3 27. Ra1 Rad8 $4 $138 (27... Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Qxb4 29. Bb2 $1
$16 {[%cal Gf4f5,Ge5e6]} (29. Ba3 Ra8 30. Bxb4 (30. Ra2 $2 Qb3 $19 {[%cal
Rd3c4]}) 30... Rxa1+ {with good chances to draw})) 28. Qb6 $18 Rd5 29. Ra5 Rxa5
30. bxa5 Rc8 31. Bb2 Rc6 32. Qd4 Rc4 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. f5 {[%cal Rf5f6]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novgorodskij, Vladimir"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bf8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bf4 Nc4 19. b3 Ne5 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 Nfd7
22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Rab1 Rb8 24. Nb3 Qh4 25. Na5 Ba8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Bxe5 Nxe5
28. Qe2 Bg7 29. Nc4 Qf4 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Qxa6 Rb2 32. Qd3 Bc6 33. Re2 Ra2 34.
Nf1 Ra1 35. g3 Qc1 36. Rd2 Bxe4 37. Qe2 Bf3 38. Qd3 Bc3 39. Qc4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhelnin, Vladimir V"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Bd6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nf5 (14.
Nb5 $5 {Jussupow}) (14. Nf3 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Re1 {Uhlmann}) 14... Bxf5 (14...
Be5 15. c3 Re8 16. Re1 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Qd6 $11 {Ljuboevic-Nikolic,Wijk1988}) 15.
Bxf5 Rb8 16. b3 $6 (16. Rb1 Rb4 17. Bg3 (17. Bxf6 $142) 17... Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qb8
19. b3 Qe5 20. Qf3 g6 21. c3 Rb6 22. Bc2 Re8 23. b4 Qg5 24. Rfd1 Ng4 25. Qxd5
$4 Re1+ {0-1 Ivanov,A-Liss,E/EUCup Gr4 1995}) (16. Bxf6 {Jussupow} Qxf6 17.
Qxd5 Rfd8 18. Qf3 Be5 19. Rad1 $15 (19. Be4 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxb2 $17 (20... Rd2
$17))) 16... Be5 (16... Rb4 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Re8 (18... Ne4 19. Bxe4 (19.
Re1 Nc3 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Bd3 a5 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Re7 c4 24. Bf1 Rfb8 25. Rc7 a4
26. bxc4 Rb1 27. Rxb1 Rxb1 28. f3 d4 29. c5 Kf8 30. c6 Ke8 31. Rb7 Kd8 32. Rxb1
Nxb1 33. Bc4 Kc7 34. Bxf7 Nc3 35. Kh2 Kxc6 36. Kh3 Kd6 37. Kg4 Nd1 38. Kh5 Ne3
39. Bg6 f5 40. Kxh6 Nxc2 41. Bxf5 Nb4 42. a3 d3 43. Bxd3 Nxd3 {Gomez,M-Gual,A/
Barbera op 1993/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 19... Rxe4 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Qg5 22. Rxe4
Qxd2 23. Rxe8+ Kh7 24. c4 d4 25. Ree1 d3 26. Red1 Qb2 27. Rdb1 Qd4 28. Rd1 a5
29. a3 Qb2 30. Rab1 Qxa3 31. Rxd3 a4 32. Rdd1 axb3 33. Rd3 Qb4 34. Rdxb3 Qxc4
35. Re3 Qc2 36. Ree1 c4 37. Rbc1 Qd2 38. Rcd1 Qc2 39. Rc1 Qd2 40. Rcd1 {
1/2-1/2 Stojakovic,B-Anic,D/JUG-chT 1989}) 19. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Barden,L-Phillips,
G/BCF-ch m 1954}) 17. Rc1 (17. Rb1 Qd6 18. Bg3 $6 (18. Bxf6 {Jussupow} Qxf6 (
18... Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qxf6 20. Qxd5 Be5 $15) 19. Qf3 $15) 18... Bxg3 19. hxg3
Rfe8 $17 {Jussupow ><f5; <->e} (19... g6 20. Bd3 Rfe8 21. Qd2 c4 22. Bxc4 Ne4
23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Nc3 25. Bc4 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Kg7 27. Kf1 f5 28. Bd3 a5 29.
a3 Kf6 30. Rd1 g5 31. f3 f4 32. g4 Re3 33. Kf2 Rc8 34. Bf5 Rc6 35. Rd4 Rec3 36.
Ra4 R6c5 37. Ke2 Rxf5 38. gxf5 Rxc2+ 39. Kf1 Rc5 40. b4 axb4 41. Rxb4 Rc1+ {
Baum,B-Teschner,R/RLNS 1991/0-1 (55)}) (19... Qe5 {Jussupow} 20. Bd3 (20. Qf3
Rfe8 $17) 20... Rfe8 $17) 20. Re1 (20. Qd2 $5 {Jussupow} Qe5 (20... Re5 21. Bd3
Rbe8 22. Rbe1 Qe7 $17) 21. g4 $17 (21. Bd3 $2 Ng4 $19 {/\Qh5}) 21... g6 $140
22. Rbe1 Qd4 23. Qxh6 gxf5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Rd1) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Re8 22.
Qd2 Qe5 {<->e} 23. Qf4 Qc3 24. Rf1 (24. Bd3 $142 {Jussupow} h5 25. f3 $17)
24... g6 (24... c4 $5 $17 {Jussupow} 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Rb1 (26. Rd1 g6 27. Bd7
Re1+) 26... g6 27. Qxh6 gxf5 28. Qg5+ Kh8) 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. f3 a5 27. g4 c4 $5 (
27... g5 {Jussupow} 28. Qg3 (28. Qf5 Qd4+ (28... c4 29. bxc4 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 dxc4
31. Be4 Re5 32. Qc8 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 $17) 29. Kh1 Re5 30. Qc8 h5 $40) (28.
Qc7 Qd4+ 29. Kh2 h5 $19) 28... c4 29. Bf5 Re2 30. Kh2 $17) (27... Re5 $5 $17 {
Jussupow /\h5 Uhlmann}) 28. bxc4 g5 29. Qc7 (29. Qg3 {Jussupow} dxc4 30. Bf5
Nd5 $19 (30... Qd2 {Uhlmann})) 29... Qd4+ 30. Kh2 $1 (30. Rf2 {Jussupow} Re1+
31. Bf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qd1#) (30. Kh1 {Jussupow} h5 31. gxh5 Nxh5 32. g3 Re5 $1
33. Rg1 (33. Kg2 Nxg3 34. Kxg3 Qf4+ 35. Kh3 g4+ $19) 33... Nxg3+ $3 34. Rxg3
Re1+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kg2 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Rh1+ 38. Kg4 Qd4+ $19) 35...
Qf2+ 36. Kh3 Rh1+ 37. Kg4 Qd4+ 38. Be4 (38. f4 Rh4+ 39. Kf3 Rxf4+ $19) (38.
Kxg5 Qf6+ 39. Kg4 Rh4#) 38... Rh4+ 39. Kxg5 Qf6#) 30... h5 31. gxh5 Qh4+ (31...
Nxh5 {Jussupow} 32. g3 $13) (31... Rh8 $2 {Jussupow} 32. g4 Nxg4+ 33. fxg4 Qxg4
34. Qe5+ {Uhlmann}) 32. Kg1 Nxh5 33. Qb6 (33. cxd5 {Jussupow} Qd4+ 34. Kh2 Rh8
$19) (33. Qc5 {Jussupow} Ng3 34. cxd5 Nxf1 35. Bxf1 Qb4 $17) 33... Ng3 (33...
dxc4 $6 {Jussupow} 34. Be4 Ng3 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Re1) 34. cxd5 (34. Rb1 $5 {
Jussupow} dxc4 35. Bf1 Qf4 $17) 34... Nxf1 (34... Re2 $2 {Jussupow} 35. Qb2+ $1
$10) 35. Bxf1 (35. Qb2+ {Jussupow} Kg8 36. Bxf1 Qf4 $19) 35... Qb4 36. Qxb4
axb4 37. Bb5 (37. Kf2 {Jussupow} Rc8 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. g4 Ke5 40. Be4 Kd4 41. Ke2
Ra8 42. Kd2 Kc5 43. Kd3 Ra3+ 44. Kd2 Rxa2 45. Kd3 Ra3+ 46. Kd2 Ra6 47. Kd3 Rh6
48. Ke3 Kc4 49. Kd2 Kd4 50. Ke2 Rh2+ 51. Kf1 Ke3 52. Kg1 Rd2 53. Kf1 (53. Bd3
b3 $19) 53... f5 54. gxf5 g4 55. Ke1 Re2+ 56. Kf1 gxf3 $19 57. f6 {Uhlmann} f2)
(37. Bc4 {Jussupow} Kf6 38. Kf2 Rc8 39. Bb3 Ke5 40. Ke3 f5 41. g3 Rc3+ 42. Ke2
f4 43. gxf4+ gxf4 44. Kf2 Rc7 45. Kg2 Rg7+ 46. Kf2 Kd4 47. Ke2 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Rd2
49. Ke1 Ke3 $19 {Uhlmann}) 37... Re1+ $6 (37... Rc8 $5 {Jussupow} 38. Bc6 Kf6
39. Kf2 Ke5 40. Ke3 Rc7 41. Kd3 Ra7 42. Kc4 Rxa2 43. Kb3 Ra1 44. Kxb4 Kd6 $17)
(37... Re5 $142 {Jussupow} 38. Bc4 (38. Bc6 Kf8 (38... f5 39. Kf2 f4 $17 (39...
Kf6 40. f4 gxf4 41. Kf3 Re4 42. d6 Rd4 43. d7)) 39. Kf2 (39. d6 Re6 40. d7 Ke7
41. Ba4 Ra6 42. Bb3 f5 $17) 39... Ke7 40. Kg3 f5 $19 (40... Kd6 $19)) 38... Kf8
39. d6 f6 (39... f5 $5) 40. Bb3 Ke8 41. Ba4+ Kd8 42. Kf2 Ra5 43. Bb3 Kd7 44.
Ke3 Kxd6 45. Kd4 Rc5 $17) 38. Kf2 Rd1 39. Bd3 Kf6 40. Ke2 Rg1 (40... Ra1 {
Jussupow} 41. Bc4 Ke5 42. d6) (40... Rh1 $5 {Jussupow} 41. d6) 41. Kf2 $2 (41.
g4 $1 {Jussupow} Ke5 42. Be4 Ra1 (42... Kd6 43. Kd3 Kc5 44. c3 $10 {Uhlmann})
43. Kd3 Rxa2 44. Kc4 Rb2 45. Bd3 {Uhlmann}) 41... Rc1 $1 (41... Ra1 {Jussupow}
42. d6 (42. Bc4 Rd1 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. d6 f6 45. Bd3 $17) (42. Ke3 Ke5 43. Bc4 f5
44. g3 Re1+ 45. Kf2 Rh1 $17 {Uhlmann}) 42... Rxa2 43. Ke3 $17) 42. d6 (42. Kg3
$5 {Jussupow} Ke5 43. d6 $1 (43. Kg4 Rg1 44. g3 Kxd5 (44... f6 45. Bc4 (45. Be4
Ra1) 45... f5+ $19) 45. Kxg5 Rxg3+ 46. Kf4 Rg1 $19) 43... Kxd6 44. Kg4 Rg1 (
44... f6 45. Kf5 Ke7 46. Ke4 $17) 45. Kxg5 Rxg2+ 46. Kf6 Rf2 47. Be4 Rf1 48.
Kxf7 Ke5 49. Ke7 Ra1 50. Kd7 Rxa2 51. Kc6 Kd4 52. Kb5 Kc3 53. f4 Ra1 54. Kc5
Ra5+ 55. Kd6 Kd4 $19) (42. g4 {Jussupow} Ke5 43. Be4 Kd6 $1 (43... Ra1 44. Ke3
Rxa2 45. Kd3 Ra8 46. Kc4 Rb8 47. Kc5 b3 48. cxb3 Rxb3 49. Kc6 {Uhlmann=/+
Schach Report 7/1992}) (43... Rd1 $5 44. Ke2 $1 Rd4 45. Ke3 f6 (45... Rc4 46.
Kd3 (46. Kd2 $1 Rc3 47. Kc1) 46... Rc3+ 47. Kd2 Ra3 48. Ke2 f6 49. Kd2 Kd6 50.
Ke2 Kc5 $19) 46. Kf2 $1 Kd6 (46... Kf4 47. Ke2) 47. Ke3 Kc5 48. f4 Rc4 $19) 44.
Ke3 Kc5 45. Kd2 (45. Kd3 Rd1+ 46. Ke3 Ra1 47. f4 Re1+ $19) 45... Ra1 $19) 42...
Ke6 43. Bc4+ Kxd6 44. Bxf7 Rxc2+ 45. Kg3 Ke5 $19 46. Bb3 Rd2 47. Bg8 Kd4 48.
Bb3 Ke3 49. Bc4 Rd4 50. Bb5 (50. Bb3 {Jussupow} Ke2) 50... Kd2 51. Kh3 Ke1 52.
Kg3 Rd5 53. Ba6 (53. Bc4 {Jussupow} Rd2 $19) 53... Rd2 54. Bc4 Rc2 55. Bb3 Rf2
$1 56. Kh2 (56. Bc4 {Jussupow} Rd2 $19 {(.)}) 56... Rd2 57. Kg1 Ke2 58. Bc4+
Ke3 59. Bb3 Kf4 60. Kh2 Rd6 {0-1 Lutz,C-Jussupow,A/Munich 1992}) 17... Qd6 18.
Bg3 $6 (18. Bxf6 $5 Bxh2+ (18... Qxf6 $15) 19. Kh1 Qxf6 20. Qxd5 Be5 21. Qf3
$15) 18... Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rfe8 $17 20. Qf3 Re5 21. Rfe1 Rbe8 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23.
c3 (23. Bd3 $5 Qb2 24. Qd1) 23... c4 $1 24. Rd1 (24. g4 g6 25. Bc2 Qg5) 24...
g6 $1 25. Bc2 h5 $1 26. Rf1 (26. bxc4 $2 Qe1+ 27. Rxe1 (27. Kh2 Ng4+ 28. Kh3
Nxf2+ $19) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Kh2 Ng4+ 29. Qxg4 hxg4 30. cxd5 Rc1 $19) 26... Kg7
27. bxc4 (27. b4) 27... dxc4 28. Ba4 Rd8 $19 29. Qb7 a5 30. Rc1 Rd2 31. Qb1
Rxf2 $3 32. Kxf2 Ng4+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qxg3 35. Kg1 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37.
Ke2 Qxg2+ 38. Kd1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O {[%csl Gc5,Rc6,Gd4,Rd5,Ge5,Re6]} 10. Re1 Bd7 (10... Nf6 11.
Bf4 Nb4 12. Ne5 a6 13. Be2 Nbd5 14. Bg3 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Serper,G/WchT 1993})
11. Bd3 (11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Rb8 15. Nxc6 Rxb3 16.
Nxd8 Rd3 17. Nc6 Bf6 18. Be3 $16 {Damaso,R-Silva,F/POR-ch m 1996}) 11... Bf6 (
11... Rc8 12. Bb1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Bd3 Bf6 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Ne5
Nf5 18. Bf4 Ba4 19. Rab1 b6 20. Ba6 $36 {Al Modiahki,M-Li Wenliang/Lee Cup 1995
}) 12. Be4 Re8 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 {[%cal Rc8c3,Rf6c3]}) 13. Qd3 $132 (13.
Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Qa5 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $44) 13... h6 (13... g6 14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 $4 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Qa5 $19) 14. Ne5 (14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5
Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Qa5 17. Qe4 Re8 $19) 14... Ndb4 15. Bh7+ $40 Kf8 16. Qe4 Nxe5 (
16... Rc8 $5 $11) 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Qg4 (18. Qxb7 $4 Bc6 $19) 18... g5 19. h4 $1
Bc6 (19... Kg7 $5 20. Bb1 Nc6) 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Rd1 (21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Qxb4+)
21... Qa5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ra5e5,Gg4b4,Gg4g8]} 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Red8 (
23... Rec8 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Rd7 Bg6 26. Qf6 $18) 24. a3 Nd5 25. Ne4 Qa4 26. b3
Qxb3 27. Nd6 Be8 28. Rab1 (28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. Rdb1 Qc3 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Rxb7+
Qc7 32. Rxc7+ Nxc7 33. Qg5+ Kf8 $18) 28... Qa4 29. Rxd5 (29. Rxd5 b6 (29...
exd5 30. Nf5 {/\Qg7,Qe7}) 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Nf5+ exf5 32. Qf6+ Kf8 33. e6 $18)
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Be2
c5 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. dxc5 Ndxc5
15. Ne2 Rac8 16. Qb1 f5 17. Bc2 Ne6 18. Ned4 f4 19. Bd3 Qf7 20. Qa1 Rce8 21.
Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Be5 Rxe5 23. Nxe5 Qh5 24. Bxe4 Bxe5 25. Bf3 Qg5 26. Qc1 Qh6 27.
h3 fxe3 28. Qxe3 Qd6 29. Rfe1 Re8 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Qd3 Rd7 32. Re2 g6 33. Rde1
Re7 34. g3 b5 35. Bg2 Bc6 36. f4 Bf6 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. Rd1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lopushnoy, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qd2 (10. O-O {-the main line}) 10... Be7 $146
(10... Rc8 11. Be3 (11. f3 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 Rfd8 14. g5 Ne8 15. Be3 Qc7
16. f4 Nc4 $132 {Brustkern,J-Levin,F/Berliner Sommer 1997/0-1(33)}) 11... Qc7
12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ned7 14. O-O Be7 15. Bd3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd4 $14 {
Onischuk,A-Tukmakov,V/Biel SKA 1996/1/2-1/2(41)}) 11. f3 O-O ({More flexiable
was} 11... Qc7 12. Nb5 Bxb5 (12... Qb8 13. Rd1 $16 (13. O-O-O d5 $1 14. Qc3
Nd3+ $1)) 13. Bxb5+ Nc6 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Qa5 $1 Qd7 $14 {with mutual chanses,
although white has slightly better prospects.}) 12. g4 Bc6 $5 {[%cal Gf6d7]} (
12... Qc7 $5 13. O-O-O Bc6 (13... a5 $2 14. g5 Ne8 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd7 $18)
14. h4 Rfc8 15. g5 Nfd7 16. h5 $36) 13. Be3 Qc7 14. g5 Nfd7 15. f4 Ng6 16. h4
$14 Rfd8 (16... Rfc8 17. h5 Ngf8 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Bf3 $14) 17. h5 Ngf8 18. Nd4 (
{Less accurate is} 18. Bf3 $6 {in a vew of} Nb6 $1 {and black gets
counterchanses.}) 18... Nc5 19. Bf3 b5 $6 {After this move black is in serious
troubles.Deserved attention} (19... d5 $5 20. exd5 exd5 21. h6 g6 (21... Ne4 $2
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf5+ $18) 22. O-O-O Ne4 {with counterplay.})
20. Qg2 $1 b4 21. Ncb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qd7 23. Nd4 e5 $5 {It's hard to recommend
something better.} 24. Nf5 exf4 25. Bxf4 Rab8 (25... Nfe6 26. Be3 $16) 26. Rd1
Qc7 27. O-O $16 {Black is fully deprived of counterplay.} Nfe6 28. Be3 Bf8 (
28... g6 $5 29. Nh6+ $1 (29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Nxe7+ $6 Qxe7 31. Qg3 Na4 32. Bc1 (
32. Rd2 $6 Nxb2 33. Qh4 Qf8 34. Rh2 Qg7 $13) 32... Rbc8 33. Rf2 Rc5 34. Rd5 $14
) 29... Kg7 30. Rd2 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd2f2,Gf3g4]}) 29. g6 fxg6 30. hxg6 h6
31. Be2 $1 {[%cal Ge2c4]} Re8 32. Bc4 {Full domination of white pieces!} Kh8
33. Kh1 Nd7 $2 {Loosing on the spot.} (33... Na4) 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 {[%tqu "En","",
"","","e3h6","",10]} 35. Bxh6 $1 $18 Ne5 {[%tqu "En","","","","h6g7","",10]}
36. Bxg7+ $1 Kg8 37. Qh3 Nxg6 38. Bxf8 Rxf8 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. Bb2 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c3 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 b5 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15.
Qd2 Nb4 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. h4 $1 {White starts play on the kingside. He may
eventually play Bg2-f1, a2-a3, Bf1-d3 and then target the h7-pawn.} Kh8 18. h5
h6 19. a3 Nc6 20. Ne2 a5 21. Nf4 a4 22. b4 Nc4 23. Qe2 Nb8 24. Ne1 $1 {White
is going to utilise the c5-outpost. While on the queenside we see rough parity,
on the opposite wing White has very clear prospects of attack due to his large
spatial advantage.} Bg5 25. Ned3 Bc6 26. Rc3 Nd7 $6 (26... Nxb2 $142 27. Qxb2
Qb6) 27. Bc1 $1 {Now the c4-knight looks nice, but actually does nothing!} Re8
28. Ne1 Nf8 29. Nfd3 Bxc1 30. Rdxc1 Nh7 31. f4 Re7 32. Nc5 Be8 33. Nf3 Rc6 34.
Nh4 Rec7 35. Re1 Nf8 36. Qf2 Nd7 37. g4 $1 {White's attack develops itself.}
Nxc5 38. dxc5 f6 39. Nf3 fxe5 40. Nxe5 Nxe5 41. Rxe5 Rf7 42. Qe3 Rc8 43. Qd4
Bd7 44. g5 $18 hxg5 45. fxg5 Qf8 46. h6 Kg8 47. c6 Rxc6 48. Rxc6 Bxc6 49. Rxe6
Bb7 50. g6 Re7 51. Qe5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. a4 a5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg4 9. Ne5 Rd8 10. Qc3 Be2 11. Re1 e6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Nec4 b6 14. Qb3 Nf6
15. Nf3 Bb4 16. c3 Bc5 17. Bg5 O-O 18. Bh4 Ng4 19. h3 g5 20. hxg4 gxh4 21. e5
Rd3 22. Ncd2 Rfd8 23. Ne4 h3 24. Qc2 Be7 25. Qc1 hxg2 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6
Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Ne5 Qd6 30. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dokutchaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 {Dieser Zug ist nicht schlecht, aber die
Alternative 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 ist vielversprechender. Ribli.} Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O
Nh6 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gh6f5,Gf5d4]} 7. b3 (7. a3 Nf5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. d3 Rb8 10.
Bd2 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Ne4 (12. e3 Qd7 13. Qe2 e6 14. Rfc1 Rfd8 15. Ne1 h5 16.
Nf3 Nce7 {0-1 Roca,A-Panno,O/Mar del Plata op 1994 (34)}) 12... Ncd4 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. e3 Nc6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Bc3 Ne5 17. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Arsovic,G-Popchev,M/
Serbian Chess Fed, Sabac YUG 1998 (25)}) (7. d4 $5 {[%cal Gc1h6]} cxd4 (7...
Nf5 8. d5 Ncd4 9. Ne1 {[%csl Rd4,Rf5] Die scheinbar aktiven Springer geraten
in schwere Not.}) 8. Bxh6 (8. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 9. Bxh6 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 Bxh6 $17)
8... Bxh6 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 (9... Bd7 10. e3 $14) 10. Qxd4 O-O $14 {Schwarz hat das
Läuferpaar und keine besondere Schwächen, aber Weiß hat Raumvorteil und starke
Kontrolle über das Feld d5.}) 7... O-O (7... Nf5 8. Bb2 h5 9. Rb1 h4 10. e4
Nfd4 11. Nxh4 g5 12. Nf5 Nxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Qd7 16. Re1
Bxe4 17. Rxe4 f5 {0-1 Kurajica,M-Paunovic,D/Mondariz op 1994 (32)}) 8. Bb2 Bf5
$5 $146 (8... Nf5 9. e3 Rb8 10. d3 a6 11. Qd2 e6 12. Ne4 e5 13. a3 Nfe7 14.
Rab1 h6 15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne1 {1/2-1/2 Khasin,A-Tregubov,P/RUS-ch 1994 (46)}) (
8... Rb8 9. e3 a6 10. d3 b5 11. Qe2 e6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Ne4 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 f5 16. Ned2 Qg7 17. Qxg7+ Kxg7 18. Nb1 Nf7 19. Nc3 Rfc8 {Tempone,
M-Minzer,C/Salta Clarin op 1995/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 9. d3 Qd7 $11 10. Re1 {Das ist
eine typische Methode, den Läufertausch zu vermeiden.} (10. Qd2 Bh3 11. Nd5 $11
) 10... Bh3 11. Bh1 Bg4 {Diese fast symmetrische Stellung bietet dem Schwarzen
gleiche Chancen.} 12. Qd2 (12. Qc1 Nf5 13. Nd2 $11) (12. Bg2 Bh3 $11 (12... Nf5
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 $14 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Gf3a8] Weiß ist dank seines
Läuferpaares leicht in Vorteil. Besonders der Läufer f3 wirkt stark.})) 12...
Nf5 {[%csl Yd4] Der schwarze Springer strebt nach d4. Es sei angemerkt, daß
der weiße Springer f3 keinen so guten Platz findet und aus diesem Grund der
Läufer g2 eingeschlossen bleibt.} 13. e3 e5 $5 {Schwarz schwächt freiwillig
das Feld d5, erlangt aber mit folgendem 14...Ne7 und der Idee ...f7-f5 aktives
Spiel.} 14. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} Nfe7 15. Rab1 $6 {Weiß möchte den Zug b3-b4
vorbereiten, aber Schwarz bekommt so überlegenes Spiel.} (15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.
Bg2 Qd7 $11 (16... f5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Gf3]})) (15. a3)
15... Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 {[%cal Rb4a2,Rb4d5] Das ist der Nachteil von 15.Rab1.}
17. d4 {Weiß versucht im Trüben zu fischen. Sonst verliert er einen Bauern.}
Bxf3 $1 {Schwarz gibt das Läuferpaar auf und erlangt so aktives Spiel.} (17...
e4 18. dxc5 $5 (18. Ng5 Nd3 {[%csl Gd3]} 19. Nxe4 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 $15) 18... dxc5
19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Nxg4 Qxg4 22. Qc3+ $14) (17... exd4 18. exd4 Nxa2
19. dxc5 $16 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gd2a2]}) (17... Qf5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. e4 $13) 18.
Bxf3 Qf5 {[%csl Gb4,Yd3,Gf5][%cal Rf5f3]} 19. Bg2 (19. Kg2 $2 e4 {[%csl Rd5]
[%cal Re4f3]}) 19... Qd3 {[%csl Gd3] Das Eindringen der schwarzen Dame auf d3
für Weiß unangenehm.} 20. Rbd1 (20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Red1 Nxb2 22. Rxb2 exd4 $17 {
[%csl Rg2,Gg7] Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und in diesem Fall sind die
ungleichfarbigen Läufer für ihn wegen der starken Kontrolle über die schwarzen
Felder von Vorteil.}) 20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 exd4 22. exd4 {[%csl Rg2] Die
Zukunft des Läufers auf g2 ist nicht rosig.} cxd4 23. Re7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal
Re7a7] Weiß entfaltet nur etwas Aktivität. Früher oder später zeigt sich die
schwarze Überlegenheit.} (23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc2 $19 {[%cal Rc2e1,Rc2d4]})
23... Nxa2 24. Ba3 {[%cal Rd2a2]} (24. Rxb7 Rfe8 $17 {[%cal Ge8e1]}) 24... Nc3
25. Bxd6 {Es scheint, Weiß hätte wegen des Läuferpaares und des aktiven Turmes
auf e7 gute Kompensation für den Bauern.} (25. Rxb7 Rfe8 $17 (25... Rfb8 $17) (
25... Nb1 26. Ra2)) 25... Rfe8 $1 $17 26. Rxb7 $2 (26. Rxe8+ $5 Rxe8 {[%csl
Gc3,Gd4,Ge8,Gg7] Das schwarze Figurenspiel ist überzeugend.} 27. Kf1) (26. f4
Rad8 $17) (26. Kf1 $5) 26... Re1+ 27. Bf1 Ne4 $19 {[%cal Re4d2,Re4d6]} 28. Bb4
Nxd2 29. Bxd2 Rd1 {[%csl Gd1,Rd2,Gd4,Rf1,Rg1]} 30. Bf4 d3 {und Weiß gab auf.} (
30... d3 31. Kg2 d2 {Droht 32...Rxf1.} 32. Be2 (32. Bc4 Rg1+ 33. Kxg1 d1=Q+ $19
) 32... Re1 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Rozhkov, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bf3
O-O 9. b3 Qc7 10. Nc4 Nc6 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
d3 Bb7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bg3 Rbe8 18. Nc4 Bxg3 19. hxg3 e5 20. Qd2 Nd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Qc3 f6 23. Ne3 Be6 24. b4 Rc8 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Reb1 Rb8
28. a5 Rb4 29. c3 Rb5 30. c4 Rb4 31. Rxb4 cxb4 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. Rb3 Kf7 34. f3
f5 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Nc2 e4 37. Nxb4 Kd6 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. Ke3 exd3 40. Rxd3+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 (5... Nxd5 {is the main
line and not without a reason. The P sacrifice resembles to the Panov Attack 5.
..g6 line, which is also a bit dubious.}) 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O b6 $6 {
By this way Black cannot get back the d5 P easily.} (8... Nbd7 9. d3 $1 Nb6 (
9... Ne8 10. Re1 Nd6 {Black has blockaded the d5 P, but winning it back is
impossible. This P makes his position passive and an active counterplay is not
easy to find. White increases the pressure slowly but surely.} 11. Bg5 Nf6 12.
Bb3 Bd7 13. Qd2 a5 14. a4 Rc8 15. h3 $16 {Speelman-Csom, Hastings 1978/79}) 10.
Qb3 Bf5 (10... Ne8 11. Bf4 Nd6 12. Be5 Bh6 13. Nd4 $16 {with a total control
of the [+], Lukin-Imanaliev, Frunze op 1989.}) (10... Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Re1
$14 {Korneev-Rocabert, Manresa op 1996}) 11. Bf4 (11. Re1 $5 Rc8 12. Bg5 h6 13.
Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nfd7 15. Re3 Nc5 16. Qa3 $14 {and finally the Q has a good
square, D.Cramling-Ingbrandt, Sweden (cht) 1996.}) 11... Rc8 12. Rfe1 Nfd7 13.
Bg5 $1 Nc5 14. Qa3 $16 {Kalinichev-Tischbierek, Berlin 1986}) (8... Na6 9. d4
Nc7 10. Qb3 (10. Re1 Nfxd5 $1 $13 {Reeh-Sapis, Germany 1991}) 10... a6 {
/\ b7-b5} (10... Nfe8 {is again too passive:} 11. Bf4 Nd6 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rfe1
Bb7 14. Ne5 $16 {Claesen-Rogers, Wijk aan Zee 1996}) 11. Ne5 $1 (11. a4 {
is not a real defence again b7-b5:} b5 $1 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 bxc4 14. Rxc8
cxb3 15. Rxd8 Rxd8) 11... b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nc6 Qd6 14. Bf3 e6 15. Bg5 Nfxd5
16. Na5 Bc8 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Nb7 Qb6 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. Rfd1 $14 {and the N on c5
is very strong, Korneev-Alavkin, Novgorod 1997.}) (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3
{This exchange was useful only for White.} Nbd7 11. d4 Ne8 12. Be3 Nd6 13. Bb3
$16 {Keres-Rytov, Tallin 1973}) (8... a6 9. a4) 9. d4 $1 (9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qb3
Na6 11. d4 Nc7 {Now it is not so easy for White to hang on the d5 P.} 12. Bg5 (
12. Re5 Qd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 {White has provoked some weaknesses
on the >>, but cannot keep the important d5 P anymore.} Rad8 16. Rae1 Ncxd5 17.
R5e2 e6 18. Ne5 Qc8 $13 {Van Riemsdijk-Izquierdo, Sao Paulo zt 1993}) 12...
Ncxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxe7 Qd7 16. Qa3 Rfe8 17. Rad1 $14 {
White is a P up, but Black's ^^, and the blockade on d5 make White's task very
difficult, Van Riemsdijk-Campora, Buenos Aires 1991.}) 9... Bb7 10. Qb3 Na6 11.
Ne5 $1 {Suddenly it becomes clear, that Black cannot get the d5 P back, while
the white pieces invade Black's camp.} Qd6 (11... Nc7 12. d6 $1 $18) (11... Nd7
12. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 13. d6 Qf8 14. Qa4) 12. Nb5 $1 $18 {The game is just
beginning, and Black is lost already!} Qb8 (12... Qb4 13. d6 Qxb3 14. axb3 $18)
13. d6 $1 e6 14. Bg5 Re8 15. d7 Rf8 16. Rfe1 h6 {[#]} 17. Nxf7 $1 {White
finishes the fight in a nice way!} Rxf7 (17... hxg5 18. Bxe6) (17... Kxf7 18.
Bxe6+) 18. Bxe6 hxg5 (18... Qf8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 21. Re8+ Kg7 22.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Nd6+) 19. Bxf7+ Kh7 20. Re8 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. a4 O-O 11. f4 Rd8 12. Bf3 Be8 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. Ne2 a6
15. Nbd4 Qc7 16. a5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bf6 18. c3 Nc5 19. Qd1 e5 20. Nf5 Bb5 21. Be2
Bc6 22. b4 Nxe4 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Bg4 Qe8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rae1 gxf5 27. Bxf5 d5
28. c4 Rdc8 29. Qd1 Bg7 30. cxd5 Ba4 31. Qe2 Nd6 32. Bxc8 Bb5 33. Qf2 Nxc8 34.
Bd4 Bxf1 35. Bxe5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Qd8 37. Qg3+ Kf8 38. Kxf1 Qf6 39. h3 Ne7 40.
Kg1 Rd8 41. Qf3 Ng6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Shariyazdanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Rc8 9. a4 d5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qe2 c4 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 dxe4 14. Ng5 Qd3 15.
Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Ng6 17. Na3 Na7 18. Nc2 Nc6 19. d4 Nd8 20. d5 e5 21. Nd4 Kd7
22. Nxb5 f5 23. Ng5 Bc5 24. Ba3 h6 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. dxe6+ Ke7 27. Bb4 Bxb4 28.
cxb4 Rhd8 29. Ra7 Rb8 30. h4 Nxh4 31. Rxe5 Kf6 32. e7 Re8 33. Re6+ Kg5 34. Nd6
Bxg2 35. Nxe8 Rxb4 36. Nd6 Rxb3 37. f4+ Kg4 38. e8=Q Rb1+ 39. Kf2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 200]} 1. e4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6.
Be3 a6 7. Bd3 {Diese Variante ist heutzutage sehr populär. Weiß plant, eine
Angriffsstellung zu errichten. Ribli.} Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 (8... Ne5 {Dieser Zug
bietet dem Schwarzen meines Erachtens gute Gegenchancen.}) 9. Bxd4 Bc5 {
Schwarz möchte durch Vereinfachungen Ausgleich herbeiführen.} 10. Bxc5 (10.
Bxf6 {Dieser Zug wurde zwischen denselben Spielern auch schon ausprobiert.}
gxf6 11. Qg4) (10. Be2) 10... Qxc5 11. Kh1 (11. Na4 Qc7 12. c4 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7
14. Rac1 d6 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Gd1,Rd6] In dieser Igelstellung
steht Weiß etwas besser, denn der Bauer d6 ist schwach. Schwarz hat aber
Verteidigungschancen.}) 11... d6 (11... b5 $5 {Ich empfehle diesen Zug.
Schwarz kann in einigen Varianten Gegenchancen mit ...b5-b4 erlangen.} 12. Qd2
Bb7 13. Rae1 O-O (13... Qd4 14. f3 h6 15. e5 (15. Nd1 Rc8 16. c3 Qb6) 15... Nd5
16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c3 Qc5 18. Be4 Bxe4 $6 (18... Bc6) 19. Rxe4 $16 {1-0
Ivanchuk,V-Ljubojevic,L/Buenos Aires 1994 (37)} (19. Rxe4 {Baburin} Ra7 20.
Rfe1 Ke7 21. Rg4 Rg8 22. Qf4 Qc7 23. Rd1 $14 {Ivanchuk-Ljubojevic, Buenos
Aires 1994.})) 14. f4 e5 $2 (14... b4 15. Na4 Qd4 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qe2 f5 18.
exf6 Nxf6 $11) 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. Nd5 $1 {1-0 Golubev,M-Tunik,G/Yalta 1995 (80)})
12. f4 e5 13. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Ge1g3,Ge1h4] '!?' Baburin. Baburin: 'This is a new
idea.' Die Dame macht sich auf den Weg zum Königsflügel.} (13. Qd2 Be6 14. b4
Qc7 15. a4 {'?!' Baburin.} Rc8 16. Ra3 exf4 17. Rxf4 Nd7 18. Ne2 Ne5 {Baburin:
'Suttles-Fuster, CAN-ch 1963.'} 19. Nd4 O-O {0-1 Suttles,D-Fuster,G/CAN-ch
1963 (47)}) (13. f5 b5 14. g4 h6 15. a3 Bb7 16. Qe2 d5 {'|^' Baburin. Baburin:
'Schneuwly-Gheorghiu, Ticino 1992.'} 17. h3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qd4 19. Rfe1 Qxb2 20.
Kh2 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rc8 22. Rab1 Qxa3 23. Bc6+ Rxc6 24. Qxe5+ Kd7 25. Rxb5 axb5
26. Qxb5 {0-1 Schneuwly,A-Gheorghiu,F/Ticino op 1992 (26)}) 13... O-O 14. Qh4
exf4 ({Also possible was} 14... b5 {Baburin Then White would probably continue}
15. fxe5 Qxe5 (15... dxe5 $4 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Nd5 $18) 16. a4 bxa4 (16... b4
17. Nd5) 17. Rxa4) 15. Nd5 $5 {'!' Baburin. Baburin: 'White cuts off the enemy
queen from the kingside.'} (15. Rxf4 $2 g5 16. Qh6 gxf4 17. Qxf6 (17. Nd5 {
Ein schöner, aber nicht ausreichender Zug.} Nxd5 18. e5 (18. exd5 f5 $19) 18...
f5 $19) 17... Qe5 $17 {Baburin: 'Black would be fine.'}) (15. Qxf4 Be6) 15...
Nxd5 16. exd5 $14 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rh4h7,Rd3h7] Weiß verfügt über die bessere
Figurenkoordination und Angriffschancen am Königsflügel.} g6 {'?!' Baburin.
Baburin: 'This move weakens the dark squares around Black's king.'} (16... f5
17. Rxf4 g6 {Baburin: 'Black has sufficient counter-play.'} (17... b5 {Baburin
Black has sufficient counter-play.}) 18. Re1 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Ge1,Gf4,Rg8,Gh4]
[%cal Ge1e7]}) 17. Rxf4 {Baburin: 'Now the prospects of attack along the
h-file are quite real, which forces Black to accept the offered d5-pawn. Alas,
this opens up a nice diagonal for White's bishop.'} Qxd5 {Schwarz nimmt den
Bauern an. Weiß hat in jedem Fall Königsangriff.} (17... f5 18. Re1 $14) 18.
Bc4 Qa5 {Die Alternative 18...Qe5 führt zu ähnlichem Spiel, wie in der Partie
nach 18...Qa5 19.b4 Qe5.} 19. b4 {'!' Baburin.} (19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxf7 Kxf7
21. Qxh7+ Ke8 (21... Kf6 22. Qh8+ $13 (22. Rf1+ Bf5)) 22. Qxg6+ Kd7 $13) 19...
Qe5 {'?' Baburin. Baburin: 'This slip leads to a bad position..'} (19... Qc7 $5
{So bieten sich meines Erachtens dem Schwarzen Verteidigungschancen.} 20. Qh6 (
20. Raf1 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6) 20... Bf5 21. Rh4 (21. Rxf5 $2 Qxc4 $17 (21... gxf5
22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ $11)) 21... g5 22. Qxg5+ Bg6 23. Rf1 $14) (19... Qxb4 $2
20. Bxf7+ $18) ({Better was} 19... Qb6 {Baburin} {as after} 20. Raf1 (20. Qh6
Qe3 $1) 20... d5 21. Bxd5 Be6 22. Rf6 Qc7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qe4 {Black is
still holding on.}) {[#]} 20. Bxf7+ $1 {Baburin: 'This is yet another example
of the vulnerability of the f7-square.'} Kh8 (20... Rxf7 $2 21. Qd8+ Kg7 22.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rf1+ Bf5 (23... Kg7 24. Qf8#) 24. Qxa8 $16 {'+-' Baburin.}) 21.
Re1 g5 $8 (21... Qc3 22. Rf3 Qg7 (22... Qb2 23. Bxg6 (23. c3 $18 {[%csl Rb2,
Rh8][%cal Rh4f6,Rf6h8] Die schwarze Dame ist ausgesperrt.})) 23. Bxg6 Rxf3 24.
Re8+ Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Qxh7#) 22. Rxe5 gxh4 23. Re7 $16 {[%csl Ge7,Gf4,
Gf7,Rh8] Baburin: 'The endgame is winning for White.' Das Material ist
ausgeglichen, aber die weiße Stellung überzeugt wegen der enormen
Figurenaktivität.} b5 24. Kg1 (24. h3) 24... h3 25. g4 Rb8 26. g5 $1 {Dieser
Bauer unterstützt den weißen Angriff.} d5 (26... Rb7 27. Bd5 Rxe7 (27... Rxf4
28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Rg8#) 28. Rxf8+ Kg7 29. Rg8#) 27. c3 (27. Bxd5 Rxf4 28. Re8+
Kg7 29. Rg8#) 27... h6 28. g6 Rb7 29. Bxd5 {Und Schwarz gab seine völlig
hoffnungslose Stellung auf.} (29. Bxd5 Rxe7 (29... Rxf4 30. g7+ Kh7 31. g8=Q#)
30. Rxf8+ Kg7 31. Rxc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rfd1 Be8 13. Qe1 b6 14. Rd2 a6
15. Nd4 Qb7 16. h3 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nxe4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8
21. c4 Bxb5 22. cxb5 d5 23. Qd1 Rc8 24. Ra4 Nc5 25. Ra2 Bf6 26. b4 Ne4 27. Ra7
Qb8 28. b6 Nc3 29. Qd3 d4 30. b7 Rf8 31. Qa6 dxe3 32. Ra8 Nxe2+ 33. Kf1 Ng3+
34. fxg3 Qxg3 35. Ke2 Be5 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 d6 12. Bd2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb8 15.
d4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd8 19. Qc2 Bf6 20. Rad1 Re8 21.
Be3 Be5 22. b3 Qh4 23. h3 Reb8 24. Rd3 Rb7 25. Bd2 g6 26. Re1 h5 27. Re2 Kg7
28. f4 Ba1 29. Re1 Qf6 30. Kh2 Kh7 31. Qc4 Bb2 32. Re2 Rbb8 33. Qxc7 Re8 34.
Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rf3 Qf5 36. Bxa5 Qxd5 37. Qc2 Bd4 38. Bc3 Be3 39. Bb2 Re4 40. Qc3
Bd4 41. Qc2 Re1 42. Bxd4 Qxd4 43. Kg3 Qf6 44. Qc3 Qe7 45. Qd4 Re2 46. Kh2 h4
47. a5 Ra2 48. Qd5 Ra1 49. f5 g5 50. f6 Qa7 51. Qd3+ Kh6 52. Re3 d5 53. g3 Qc7
54. Qc3 hxg3+ 55. Rxg3 Ra2+ 56. Kg1 Qxc3 57. Rxc3 Rxa5 58. Kg2 Kg6 59. Rf3 Ra6
60. Rd3 Rd6 61. b4 Kxf6 62. b5 Ke5 63. Rb3 Rb6 64. Rb4 Kd6 65. Rb1 Kc5 66. Rf1
f6 67. Kf3 Rxb5 68. Kg4 Rb4+ 69. Kf5 Rf4+ 70. Rxf4 gxf4 71. Kxf4 Kd6 72. h4 Ke6
73. Ke3 f5 74. h5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. f5 e5 15. Be3
Bc6 16. Bg5 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Nf6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxf8 Nf4 20. Qe3 Rxf8 21. Rxf4
exf4 22. Qxf4 Qe7 23. Rf1 Qf6 24. Rd1 Qxb2 25. Qxd6 Qc3 26. Qe7 Qf6 27. Qxf6
gxf6 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Rxf6 Rc7 30. Rd6 Kg7 31. c4 Be4 32. f6+ Kg6 33. Rd4 Bf5
34. cxb5 axb5 35. Rd5 Ra7 36. Rxb5 Rxa3 37. Bxf7+ Kxf7 38. Rxf5 Ra2 39. h3 h6
40. Kh2 Ra3 41. g4 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Ra3+ 43. Kh4 Rb3 44. Rh5 Kg6 45. f7 Rb8 46. Rb5
Ra8 47. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Schaefer, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. c4 Qe7 10. a3 e5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 a5 13. Bg2 Bc7 14. Qc2 Bb6 15. e3
Rfd8 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. b4 Ng6 18. c5 Bc7 19. e4 Nf8 20. Nf3 d4 21. Rb1 Ne6 22.
Nd2 h5 23. Nc4 h4 24. Qe2 g6 25. Bc1 hxg3 26. fxg3 Nh5 27. Qf2 Kg7 28. h4 Rf8
29. Bh3 axb4 30. axb4 Kh7 31. Bd2 Nhg7 32. Qf6 Qxf6 33. Rxf6 Bd8 34. Rff1 f5
35. exf5 gxf5 36. Nxe5 Bc7 37. Rbe1 Ra2 38. Rf2 Rfa8 39. Bc1 Rxf2 40. Kxf2 Ra2+
41. Kf3 Rc2 42. Nc4 Rc3 43. Bf1 Kg6 44. Bd2 Rb3 45. g4 fxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Kf7 47.
h5 Ne8 48. h6 Nf8 49. Kf5 Nf6 50. Nd6+ Bxd6 51. cxd6 Ng6 52. h7 Kg7 53. Bh6+
Kxh6 54. Kxf6 Rb2 55. Be2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. h4
h6 9. h5 g5 10. Bg3 c5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Nbd7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nh7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe1 Ng5 17. Qg3 Qb8 18. Rf4 Qd6 19. Raf1 Rae8 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. c4
e5 22. Rf6 exd4 23. Nd6 Rxe3 24. Rxf7+ Rxf7 25. Nf5+ Rxf5 26. Qxb8 Rxf1+ 27.
Bxf1 Re7 28. Qd6 Rf7 29. cxd5 Rf6 30. Qe7+ Rf7 31. Qe5+ Rf6 32. Bc4 Nf7 33.
Qg3+ Ng5 34. d6 Bc6 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sotsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Qd2 Bb7
9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Bh6 e5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1 Nh5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Be2 Nf6 16. Qf4 Qe7 17. Rad1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. Re3 Rae8 21.
Rde1 g5 22. g3 h5 23. Bg2 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. R3e2 Nh7 26. Re3 Ng5 27. Nd5
Bxd5 28. exd5 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Ne4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. b3 Re5 32. c4 Rf5 33. Rf1 Kf6
34. b4 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Ke5 36. Ke2 Ke4 37. Kd2 Kf3 38. c5 Kxg3 0-1

[Event "Boeblingen op 15th"]
[Site "Boeblingen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lomineishvili, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. Bg5 c6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. g4 b5 12. Ng3 b4 13. Nd1 Qb6 14. Be3 Qa5 15.
Nf2 Nc5 16. Bc4 Nfd7 17. O-O Rb8 18. b3 Qd8 19. Rac1 a5 20. Kg2 a4 21. Nd3 Qa5
22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. h4 Bd7 24. h5 Bb5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. d6+ Bxc4
28. Rxc4 axb3 29. axb3 Kh8 30. Rfc1 Qa3 31. Qd3 Qa6 32. Rd1 Qb6 33. Qd5 Ra8 34.
Rxc5 Ra2+ 35. Kh3 Qd8 36. Rd2 Ra8 37. d7 Rb8 38. Rdc2 Bf6 39. Rc8 Qb6 40. R2c6
1-0

[Event "Boeblingen op 15th"]
[Site "Boeblingen"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Mueller, Matthias Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8.
Nde2 Qc8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nf4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh2 Re8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. a4 h6
15. Nd3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 e5 17. Be3 a6 18. a5 Qd8 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. d4 Qe7 21. f4
exd4 22. Bxd4 Bc6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Re3 Qf8 25. Rde1 Qh8 26. Rd3 Qf8 27. g4 Qh8
28. Bb6 Rd7 29. Rxd6 g5 30. e5 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 gxf4 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. exf6 Rxe1
34. fxg7 Qxg7 35. Qxf4 Kg8 36. Bd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dolinskij, Boris"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. dxc5
a5 9. Qc2 Bxc5 10. e4 a4 11. h3 Qc7 12. Kh2 b6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15.
cxd4 Qd6 16. Nf3 Nb4 17. Qd1 Ba6 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Rg1 Nd3 20. Qc2 Nxf4 21. gxf4
Ne4 22. Ne5 Qh4 23. Bxe4 Qxf4+ 24. Rg3 dxe4 25. Nd7 Bd3 26. Qc1 Qxf2+ 27. Rg2
Qxd4 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Qf4 Re8 30. Rc1 g6 31. Rc7 Qe5 32. Rxf7 Bc4 33. Rf8+ Kg7
34. Qxe5+ Rxe5 35. Rc8 Bxa2 36. Re2 b5 37. Kg3 Bc4 38. Re3 g5 39. Rc7+ Kg6 40.
Rc6+ Kf5 41. Rc8 h5 42. Rf8+ Kg6 43. h4 Bd3 44. Rg8+ Kf6 45. Rd8 gxh4+ 46. Kxh4
Rf5 47. Rd6+ Ke5 48. Rdxd3 Kf4 49. Ra3 b4 50. Rxe4+ Kxe4 51. Rxa4 Rb5 52. Ra8
Kd4 53. Rc8 Rc5 54. Rf8 Kd3 55. Rf2 Re5 56. Rg2 Re2 57. Rg3+ Kc2 58. b3 Re5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
Bd7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. d4 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. c4 a5 14. Nc3 Na6 15. Ba4
c6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Rac1 Red8 19. Nb3 Be8 20. a3 Nd7 21. Qg4 Kh8 22.
Nd2 Nac5 23. Bc2 a4 24. Rf1 Nf6 25. Qe2 cxd5 26. exd5 Nh7 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4
Bf6 29. Nde4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Nf8 31. Kh1 Rac8 32. Bd3 Qb6 33. Be3 Qxb2 34. Rxf6
gxf6 35. Qf5 Kg7 36. Bf4 Ng6 37. Be3 Bd7 38. Qh5 Rh8 39. Rc2 Qa1+ 40. Rc1 Qxa3
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Volodin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. e4 d6
9. O-O Be6 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. h3 Bd7 12. g4 Qb6 13. Qe1 Rae8 14. Qh4 Nd4 15. f5
Bc6 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Ng5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 e6 19. Rf2 Qc7 20. Be3 Nc6 21. Raf1 Ne5
22. Nce4 Ned7 23. Bf4 e5 24. Bd2 Re7 25. Kg1 Bh8 26. Qh6 Qd8 27. Qxg6+ Rg7 28.
Qh6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deviatkin, Andrei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Rfd1 Bg4 11. Rxd8+ Rxd8 12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13. Bxd1 a6 14. Kf1
h6 15. Be2 Be6 16. Bc5 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. a3 Ke7 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Bd3 c5 21.
Nd1 b5 22. c3 Nc6 23. b4 c4 24. Bc2 Ne8 25. a4 Nd6 26. a5 f5 27. f3 f4 28. Kf2
h5 29. g3 g5 30. Kg2 Kf6 31. Nf2 Nf7 32. g4 h4 33. h3 Nfd8 34. Nb1 Ke7 35. Kf1
Kd6 36. Ke1 Nxb4 37. cxb4 Nc6 38. Nc3 Nxb4 39. Bb1 Nc6 40. Nd5 Nxa5 41. Nd1 Nc6
42. N1c3 b4 43. Na4 Bxd5 44. exd5 Kxd5 45. Be4+ Kd6 46. Kd2 Nd4 47. Nb6 c3+ 48.
Kd3 c2 49. Kd2 b3 50. Nc4+ Ke6 51. Nb2 Ne2 52. Nd3 Kd6 53. Bg6 a5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gorbatov, Alexej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qd2 a6
9. h4 Qa5 10. h5 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Re8 13. Nf3 Nf8 14. Ng5 b5 15. O-O
b4 16. Nd1 b3 17. Nc3 bxa2 18. f4 Qd8 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Qe7 21. Nce4 N8d7
22. Rf3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Qa5 12. Be2 Qc5 13. Qg3 d4 14. Na4 Qb4
15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Bxe5 Be6 20. Rd1 Be7
21. Bd6 a5 22. e5 h5 23. Bf3 Kf8 24. Bxc6 Rd8 25. c4 Rh6 26. c5 Bxb3 27. Rd3
Bc4 28. Rd4 Ba6 29. Nb6 Bxd6 30. exd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Nd7
8. Bf4 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bd7 10. Qh5 Bc6 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. Be2 Bd5 13. c4 Qc6 14.
Kb1 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. d5 Qe4+ 17. Ka1 Qf5 18. Qh4 f6 19. Qa4+ Kf7 20. g4
Qxe5 21. Rhe1 b5 22. Qxb5 Qg5 23. h4 Qxg4 24. dxe6+ Kg8 25. e7 h5 26. Qd5+ Kh7
27. Rg1 Qc8 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ Kg8 31. Qxa8 Qxa8 32. Rd8 Kh7
33. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eliseev, Alexey"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 (6. h3 c5 7. dxc5 (7.
Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 (8. exd4 O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8
13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Bg3 g6 15. Re1 Na5 $11 {Rivas-Hubner, Linares 1985}) 8... O-O
9. Ndb5 Ne8 10. Nd6 (10. Qd2 a6 11. Nd6 Nxd6 12. Bxd6 Bxd6 13. Qxd6 b5 14. a3
bxc4 $1 15. Rd1 Nc6 $1 $15 {Miles-Kuprejcik, Reykjavik 1980 - 29/488}) 10...
Nxd6 11. Bxd6 Na6 {Duric-Ornstein, Pamporovo 1981 - 31/568} 12. Qd2 Bxd6 13.
Qxd6 Qf6 $13 {Ornstein}) (7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nf3
Qc7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. b4 Rac8 14. Qb3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 h6 $11 {Farago-Adorjan,
Sarajevo 1983}) 7... bxc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qc2 Qb6 (11...
Nb4 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Rac1 h6
18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Nc3 a6 20. Bg3 Qc7 21. Nf3 Nde5 $11 {Meduna-A.Sokolov, Soci
1983}) 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Qb3 Qb4 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. a3 Ba8 17. Bf3
Nd7 18. Bg3 Nde5 $11 {Meduna-Mokry, Trnava 1984}) 6... Nh5 $1 {Black abandons
the centre in favour of the bishoppair and secures a solid position.} 7. Bg3 d6
(7... O-O 8. Be2 g6 9. O-O d6 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Bf3 c6
$1 14. g4 Qb8 15. a4 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Be2 Qd6 $11 {Agdestein-Adorjan, Oslo
1984}) (7... Nxg3 $5 8. hxg3 Bf6 9. Qc2 g6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Be4
O-O-O 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. Ne1 Bg7 $13 {O.Rodriguez-Fedorowics, New York 1987 - 43/
629}) 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qc2 (9. O-O g6 10. h3 $6 Nxg3 11. fxg3 O-O 12. Rc1 Bf6 13.
Rc2 Bg7 14. Rcf2 Qe7 15. Kh2 a6 16. Qe2 Rae8 $15 {Spassky-Karpov, Montreal
1979 - 27/554}) 9... g6 10. Rd1 $146 (10. Be4 Bxe4 (10... Qc8 11. O-O O-O 12.
Bxb7 Qxb7 13. e4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bf6 15. g4 Bg7 16. Rfe1 $14 {Meduna-Engqvist,
Gausdal International 1989}) 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Qc6 a6 13. a4 Ra7 14. a5 Nb8 15.
Qe4 c5 16. axb6 Qxb6 $13 {Miles-Andersson, Amsterdam 1978 - 26/(606)}) 10... a6
11. Ne2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bf6 13. Be4 c6 $1 {A strong move which keeps the
position dynamic. The flexible pawns on the third rank from e6 to b6 reminds
about the famous game between Keres-Petrosian, Candidates' Tournament 1959
where Petrosian had his pawns located on g6, f6, e6 and d6. In the excellent
book "Learn from the Grandmasters" by Raymond Keene he calls attention to this
positional idea.} 14. b3 Qe7 15. g4 Rc8 16. Qb1 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bc2 c5 19.
O-O O-O 20. Rfe1 Bg7 21. Ng3 Rfe8 $15 {Black's position is more harmonious
than white's and the pawn on g4 is not so strong.} 22. a4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24.
dxc5 {White tatters black´s queensideposition but loses control of the centre.}
Nxc5 25. b4 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Nd4 Qg5 {[%csl Rg4]} 28. Bb3 Rc7 $1 29. Qa2
Bc8 30. Rc1 Rce7 31. Rc5 Qxg4 {The g4-pawn is more valuable than the b5-pawn.
Now white has to be careful with his king.} 32. Nxb5 Rd8 33. Rec1 Be6 34. Qa5
Red7 35. Ba4 Rd2 $40 {[%csl Rg1]} 36. Nc3 Bf6 37. Qc7 {[%tqu "En","Black to
move and win!","","","d2f2","",10]} Rxf2 $1 38. Kxf2 (38. Qxd8+ Bxd8 39. Kxf2
Bb6 $19) 38... Rd2+ 39. Ke1 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tolstikh, Nikolay"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tyomkin,D} d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7.
Bf4 c6 8. Qc1 Re8 {Black prevents bishops exchange by Bh6.} (8... b6 9. Nbd2 $6
{Now it becomes not clear why white played Qc1 on previous move.} (9. Bh6 $142)
9... Ba6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Nf1 Kh7 14. g4 Nhf6 15. g5 hxg5
16. Bxg5 Rh8 17. Ng3 Kg8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bc4 20. Ned2 Bd3 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22.
dxe5 Nh7 23. Nf3 Nxg5 24. Qxg5 Bc4 25. Rad1 Qc7 26. e6 $6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 fxe6
28. Qg4 Bf6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 $17 {0-1 Norwood,D-Nunn,J/GBR 1999/EXT 2000 (53)}) 9.
Rd1 {White tries to build up a strong position.The last move is a preparation
for opening the play over the centre.} (9. Re1 Nb6 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12.
Ndf3 Ne4 13. Nh4 Bf6 14. Nd3 Nd6 15. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Norwood,D-Anand,V/Calcutta
1992/CBM 27 ext (15)}) 9... Qb6 10. Nbd2 c5 11. h3 a5 12. Qc2 a4 13. Rac1 Nf8 {
[%cal Gc8f5]} 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 {White looks
like better developed, but black minimize it by exact play on following moves.}
e5 18. Be3 Qb5 19. Rd2 (19. Qb4 $5 Qxb4 20. cxb4 {[%cal Ye3a7,Yg2b7,Gd1d8,
Gc1c8] White pieces are controlling all main files and diagonals.} e4 21. Nd4
Ne6 22. Rc2 $14) 19... Bd7 20. Qh4 Bc6 21. Bf1 Qa5 22. Nh2 f5 23. Rcd1 Qc7 24.
Qb4 Ne6 25. Bb5 $6 {White plays too primitive for a draw, and doesn't get it,
as it usually happens.} (25. Bc4 b5 26. Bxb5 f4 (26... Rab8 $2 27. Bxc6 Rxb4
28. Bxe8 {[%cal Gd2d7]}) 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 $132) 25... f4 $1 26. Bxc6 (26. gxf4
exf4 27. Bxc6 bxc6 (27... fxe3 $2 28. Bxe8 exd2 29. Bxa4 $16) 28. Bb6 Qb8 $15)
26... Qxc6 27. gxf4 exf4 (27... Bf8 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Nxf4 30. Ng4 $11 {
[%cal Gg1h2,Yg4f6]}) 28. Bxf4 Bf8 29. Bd6 Ng5 30. Qg4 $5 (30. f3 $5 {with
chances to save.}) 30... Ne4 31. Bxf8 Nxd2 32. Bh6 Ne4 33. Qd7 Qxd7 34. Rxd7 {
[%csl Rg8] Suddenly, white has a nice compensation in this ending because of
the weakness of black king.} b5 35. Ng4 Re6 36. Be3 $2 $17 (36. Rg7+ $142 Kh8
37. Rb7 Kg8 {white may choose between the draw or play for a win by taking
on-b5.} 38. Rxb5 (38. Rg7+ $11) 38... a3 $1) (36. Bg7 $142 h5 37. Nh6+ Kh7 38.
Bf8+ Kh8 39. Bg7+ $11) 36... h5 (36... a3 37. b3 h5 38. Nh6+ Kf8 39. Rc7 Re7
40. Rc6 Kg7 $19 {[%csl Rh6]}) 37. Nh2 $2 (37. Nh6+ $5 Kf8 38. Rb7 $17) 37...
Rf8 (37... a3 $5 38. bxa3 Rxa3 $19) 38. Rb7 Rf5 39. Kg2 a3 40. bxa3 Nxc3 41.
Nf3 Nd5 $19 (41... Ra6 $5) 42. Nd4 Nxe3+ 43. fxe3 Rg5+ 44. Kf3 Rf6+ {The rest
is just a matter of technique.} 45. Ke4 Rg3 46. h4 (46. Rxb5 Ra6 {[%cal Gg3h3]
first blocking a-pawn.} (46... Rxh3 47. a4 {was worse.})) 46... Rf7 47. Rxb5
Re7+ 48. Kd5 Rgxe3 49. Rb3 Rd7+ 50. Kc5 Re5+ 51. Kc4 Re4 52. Rd3 Rxh4 53. a4
Rf4 54. a5 h4 55. a6 h3 (55... h3 56. a7 Rxa7 57. Rxh3 Ra4+ 58. Kb5 Rfxd4 $19)
0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 O-O 7. e4 c5 8. d5 d6
9. f3 Nfd7 10. Be2 Ne5 11. Qb3 exd5 12. exd5 Qh4 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Nce4 f5 17. Ng5 b5 18. Ne6 Nb6 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. Qc2 bxc4 21. Nxf5
Qg6 22. Rf2 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Bb7 24. Re2 Rd8 25. h3 Ba5 26. Kh2 Bc6 27. g4 h5 28.
Qe6 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Bc7 30. Bd2 hxg4 31. hxg4 Kf7 32. Rae1 Rd7 33. g5 Rd8 34.
Re7+ Kf8 35. Bc3 Nxe7 36. Rxe7 Rd7 37. Bxg7+ Kg8 38. Bf6 d5 39. g6 Bxf4+ 40.
Kh3 Rb7 41. Rxb7 Bxb7 42. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 {[%cal Gb2a3] Whith wellknown idea in Stonewall variation to change
"Black" Bishops and maybe Queens with a little advantage} (9. Ne5 b6 (9... Bd7
10. Qc1 (10. Nd2 Be8 (10... Ne4 $5) 11. f3 Bh5 (11... Nbd7 12. Qc2 $1 $14 (12.
c5 $6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Izeta,F-Neverov,V/Candas op 1992 (60)})) 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13.
c5 Bc7 14. b4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 g5 17. Nb3 Rf7 18. Nd4 Nf8 19. a4 $14 {
1-0 Izeta,F-Spitzer,R/Sevilla op 1990 (39)}) 10... Rc8 $6 (10... Be8 11. Ba3
Bxa3 12. Nxa3 $5 $14) 11. Nd2 $14) (9... Ng4 $2 10. Nd2 $2 (10. Nxg4 $1 fxg4
11. Qxg4 e5 12. Qh5 e4 13. Be2 Rf5 14. Qh3 Rf8 (14... Na6 15. Bg4 $16) 15. Bg4
$16) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc7 12. Qc2 (12. f4 $5) 12... c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
Rac1 b6 15. f4 Nc6 16. a3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sadler,M-Crouch,C/London Lloyds 1994 
(18)}) (9... Nbd7 10. f4 $5 $14 (10. f3 c5 11. Nd2 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Bogdanovski,V-Guliev,S/EuT-ch, Pula CRO 1997 (25)})) 10. Nd2 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11.
f3 Bb7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rc1 Nc6 $10 14. Nxc6 (14. Na4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 b5
17. Nc3 Nc5 $10) 14... Bxc6 15. Na4 $5 Qb7 16. Qe2 Bxa4 (16... Rfc8 $10) 17.
bxa4 b5 $132 {0-1 Bareev,E-Krasenkow,M/Groningen 1997/CBM 63/ (31)} (17... Qd7
18. Qc2)) 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Qe2 c5 (12... Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nf3 $14
) 13. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Kharitonov,A-Tregubov,P/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60/ (37)}) (9.
Nc3 $5 Ne4 (9... b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 $6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Qe2 $16) 10.
Ne2 Nd7 (10... Bd7 11. Ne5 Be8 12. f3 Nf6 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Bb1 {/\ Nf4-d3+/=})
11. Qc2 $5 $14 {1-0 Kiselev,S-Tregubov,P/RUS-ch Elista 1994 (35)}) (9. Qc2 Bd7
(9... Nbd7 10. Ne5 $14) 10. Ne5 Be8 11. f3 $14 {0-1 Lindstedt,J-Kramnik,V/
Maringa 1991 (42)}) 9... b6 (9... g5 10. Ba3 (10. Nxg5 $5 Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Ng4+
12. Kg1 Qxg5 13. Be2 Qh4 (13... Nd7 14. Nd2 $14) 14. Bxg4 fxg4 $15 (14... fxg4
15. e4 $1 $14)) 10... g4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Qb2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kharitonov,A-Kobalija,M/RUS-ch m1-2 1997/CBM59/ (29) '+/=' Krasenkow.}) (9...
Bd7 10. Ba3 Bxa3 (10... Be8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qd8 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Bxe4
fxe4 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bg6 19. Ne5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Kharitonov,A-Neverov,V/Kstovo op 1994 (78)}) 11. Qxa3 Qxa3 12. Nxa3 Ne4 13. Ne5
Be8 14. f3 (14. f4 Nd6 15. Nc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Guliev,S/Moscow5 ,CBM
1995 (51)}) 14... Nd6 15. Nc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ryskin,A-Guliev,S/Azov ,CBM 1995 
(24)}) (9... Ne4 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Bxd6 Nxd6 12. Nc3 $14) (9... Na6 10. Ne5 Bd7
11. c5 Bc7 12. a3 Ng4 13. b4 Nb8 14. f4 $14 {1-0 Eingorn,V-Semkov,S/Metz 1992 
(34)}) 10. Ba3 (10. Ne5 Bb7 11. cxd5 (11. f4 $5) 11... Bxe5 (11... cxd5 12. Ba3
) 12. dxe5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5 15. f3 Nc6 16. a3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rd7
18. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Danielsen,H-Hansen Lars Bo/Danish ch 1993 (18)}) 10... Bb7 (
10... c5 11. Nc3 (11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2
Nf6 16. Bxf5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bb2 Qe7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Martinez-Bellon Lopez,J/Alicante 1988 (37)}) 11... Ba6 (11... dxc4 12.
dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxc4 $14 {1-0 Mamedova,R-Skripchenko,A/Elista RUS 1998 (29)}) 12.
Rd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Nbd7 15. Nb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Utemov,V-Zarubin,P/
Moscow Winter 1991 (42)}) (10... Na6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Nb4 13. Nc3 Rd8 14.
Be2 Bb7 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Danner,G-Stangl,M/Dortmund A 1993 (57)})
(10... Ne4 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f3 Nf6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qa3 c5 15. Nc3 $14 {
0-1 Witkowski Stefan-Matlak Marek/Ch Poland (team) 1996 (45)}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Qa3 (12. cxd5 $6 cxd5 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Nxa3 a6 15. Rfc1 Nc6 {1/2-1/2
Utemov,V-Kramnik,V/Moscow 1991 (15)}) 12... c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Rd1 $6 $11 {A little tactical blunder} (15. Be2 $1 Nd7 16. Nbd2 Nc3 17. Bc4 $5
Nb6 18. Qb2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Be2 $1 Rad8 21. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Kharitonov,
A-Savon,V/Moscow1 1995/EXP 46 (76)}) 15... Nxe3 $1 16. fxe3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe5
18. Nc3 (18. Bc4 Qxa1 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Qxc5 Qf6 21. Qxf5 Nc6 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23.
Bd5 Rc8 $132) 18... Qxc3 19. Rac1 Qf6 (19... Qb4 $2 20. Qxb4 cxb4 21. Bc4 (21.
Rc7 Rd8) 21... Kf7 22. Rd6 Re8 23. Bb5 Rf8 24. Rc7+ Kf6 25. h4 (25. Bc4 Re8 26.
Bd5 Ke5 27. Bxa8 Kxd6 28. Rxa7 $14) 25... a5 26. Bc4 Re8 27. Rb6 $16) 20. Qa4 (
20. Qxc5 Nd7 21. Qc3 (21. Qa5 Qg5+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Qg5+ $11 (23... Rf6 24.
Qe1 Rg6+ 25. Kh1 $14)) 21... Ne5 22. f4 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Ng4 24. Qe1 $132) 20...
Qh6 $6 $14 {In my opinion, black evaluated his position like with advantage,
but it not so.} (20... Qg5+ 21. Kf2 Qe7 22. Bf1 $44 {[%csl Rb8]} (22. Rc2 Nd7
$17)) (20... Qe5 21. Qf4 Nc6 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Be2 Rac8 (23... Rad8 24. f4 Ng4
25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 Rxa2 $11) 24. f4
Ng4 (24... Ng6 25. Bc4 $14) 25. Bxg4 fxg4 26. Rd7 Rf7 27. Rd6 $11) 21. Qf4 $1
Qg6+ (21... Qxf4 22. exf4 Rc8 (22... Nc6 23. Rxc5 Nd4 24. Kf2 Rac8 25. b4 $14)
23. b4 Nc6 24. bxc5 $14) 22. Kh1 Nd7 23. Bb5 Nb6 (23... Nf6 24. Rxc5 Nd5 (24...
Rad8 25. Rg1 Qh5 (25... Qf7 26. Rc7 $18) 26. Bc4 $16) 25. Qe5 Rad8 {Like in
this game}) 24. Rxc5 Nd5 25. Qe5 Rad8 26. Rg1 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Rd1 Rb8 (
28... Rff8 29. Rd3 (29. Bc4 Nxe3 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Kg1 g6 33. Rc7
Rd6 $11) 29... f4 30. e4 $1 Nb6 (30... Ne3 31. Bd7 Kf7 32. Rc6 e5 33. Ra6 $16)
31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. a4 $14) 29. Rd3 Nb4 (29... f4 30. e4 $1 (30. exf4 Rf7 31. f5
Rxf5 32. Bc4 Rd8 $14) 30... Ne3 31. e5 Rf5 32. Rd6 Rb6 33. Rc8+ Rf8 34. Be8 $22
{[%cal Gd6d7]} Kh8 35. h4 $16) 30. Rd7 Nxa2 $6 $18 (30... Rf7 31. Rcc7 (31. Rd6
Nxa2 32. Bc4 Kf8 33. Bxe6 Rf6 34. Rxf5 Ke7 $1 35. Rd2 (35. Rxf6 Kxd6 $1 $17)
35... Rxe6 36. Rxa2 a6 $11) 31... Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Kf7 (32... Rb6 33. Rxa7 Nc2 34.
e4 $16) 33. Rxa7 $16) 31. Bc4 $1 {Despite lacking a pawn white own the
initiative and advantage} (31. Rxa7 Nb4 32. Bc4 Nd5 33. e4 (33. Bxd5 exd5 34.
Rcc7 Rg6 $11) 33... fxe4 34. fxe4 Nf4 35. Rcc7 Rg6 $132) 31... Nb4 (31... g6
32. Rcc7 h5 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Rh7 Kg8 35. Rcg7+ Kf8 36. Rxa7 Kg8 37. Rag7+ Kf8
38. Ra7 Kg8 39. Rhe7 $18 {[%csl Ra2,Re6]}) 32. Rcc7 Rg6 33. Re7 a5 (33... Kf8
34. Bxe6 Nd3 35. h4 $18) 34. Bxe6+ Kh8 35. Rc8+ $2 $16 ({There were two ways
of winning:} 35. Bc8 $1 h5 36. Bxf5 Rg5 37. Be4 Nd5 38. h4 $1 $18) (35. Bxf5 $1
Nd5 36. Bxg6 Nxc7 37. Bf7 $18) 35... Rxc8 36. Bxc8 Kg8 37. Bxf5 Rf6 (37... Rc6
38. Kg2 g6 $16) 38. Be4 g6 (38... Rd6 39. Re5 Ra6 40. Kg2 a4 41. Rb5 Na2 42.
Rb8+ Kf7 43. bxa4 Rxa4 44. Bxh7 $18) 39. Rd7 Na6 $2 $18 (39... Rf7 40. Rxf7
Kxf7 41. Kg2 $16 {Maybe this position is lost, but in any case to play without
one P is better than without 2P...}) 40. Rd5 Nc7 41. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Phoenix"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Transsib"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Qa5 12. Be2 Bb4 13. Be5 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Qxa2 15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Qg3 exd3 17. Qxg7 Rg8 18. Qxf6 d2+ 19. Kxd2 Qd5+ 20. Kc1
Qg5+ 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Bf6 Bb7 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rxh4 c5 25. g4 Bf3 26. Rd3 Be2
27. Re3 Bf1 28. g5 Kd7 29. c4 Kc6 30. Kd2 Rad8+ 31. Bxd8 Rxd8+ 32. Kc2 Rg8 33.
Rg4 Kd6 34. b3 Rh8 35. g6 fxg6 36. Rxg6 Bh3 37. Rg7 Bf5+ 38. Kb2 Kc6 39. Ra7
Kb6 40. Rd7 Kc6 41. Rd2 Rh1 42. Rg3 a5 43. Rg8 a4 44. Rc8+ Kb7 45. Rxc5 Rb1+
46. Ka3 axb3 47. Rb5+ Kc6 48. Rxb3 Rc1 49. Kb4 Rh1 50. Ra3 Rb1+ 51. Kc3 Re1 52.
Ra6+ Kc5 53. Ra5+ Kb6 54. Rb5+ Kc6 55. Ra2 Rc1+ 56. Kd4 Rd1+ 57. Ke5 Re1+ 58.
Kf6 Bd3 59. Ra6+ Kc7 60. Rc5+ Kb7 61. Ra3 Bc2 62. Ra2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chuprov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Phoenix"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Nc3 Rfe8 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Bd3 Nc4 20. Qb3 Nh5 21. Bxc4 Rxc4
22. Nd5 Qc5 23. g4 Rcxe4 24. Ne7+ R8xe7 25. Bxe7 Nf4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Nd2 Bd3
28. Bh4 Bd4 29. Bg3 Bxf2+ 30. Bxf2 Nxh3+ 31. Kg2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxh3 Qe3+ 33. Kg2
Qxd2+ 34. Kg3 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Be4+ 36. Kf1 Qf4+ 37. Ke1 Bf3 38. Qd3 Qe5+ 39. Kf1
Qxb2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow M. Saulin PRSFI"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Phoenix"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {White wants
to gain space on the << meanwhile escures his B on the a2-g8 /^.} (7. Bb3 {
is the real main line saving the B from the Na5 plans.}) 7... O-O 8. Nbd2 Ba7 {
This is the typical prophylactic move here. Now White has to decide which plan
to chose.} 9. a5 (9. Re1 Ng4 {Black immediately attacks >< f2 preparing the
opening of the f <-> by Kh8 and f5.} (9... Ne7 {is the quiet positional plan
regrouping the N to g6.} 10. Nf1 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Be3 Bxe3 (12... Bb8 $5 {
looks sophisticated, but it worked well in the game Speelman-Morozevich,
Moscow PCA-Intel qual 1995. The game went as follows:} 13. Ng3 h6 14. d4 Bc7
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bc5 Re8 17. h3 b6 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Nd2 Nf4 $13)
13. Nxe3 Nf4 $11) 10. Re2 Kh8 (10... Bd7 {is less consequent, but still
playable.} 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 {This P structure is not bad
for Black, because the f5 and d5 squares are covered and the f <-> is opened.}
14. h3 Nf6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qe8 $11 {Adams-Kula, EU-ch U20 Arnhem 1988})
11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1 f5 $1 {This is the main idea of Black's setup.} 13. exf5
Nxf5 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. d4 Qg6 16. d5 e4 17. Rxe4 Ne5 18. N1d2 Ng3 $5 (18... h6 {
looks also dangerous for White, for example:} 19. Nxe5 (19. Bh4 Nxh4 20. Rxh4
Qg3 21. Qe2 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Bd7 $17 (22... Rxf3 $4 23. Qxf3 Qxh4 24. Qf8+ Kh7
25. Bd3+ $18)) 19... dxe5 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxh3 $19) 19. Rf4 Bxh3 20. gxh3
Rxf4 21. Bxf4 Ne2+ 22. Kh2 Nxf4 23. Qg1 Qf5 $17 {with a strong -> on the dark
squares, Adams-Barua, London NWYM 1989.}) (9. h3 {avoids the -> beginning with
Ng4.} Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 h6 (12... d5 $5 {is worthy of
attention to begin the action in the [+] first.}) 13. Ba2 Re8 14. d4 exd4 (
14... Qc7 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Be3 Bxa2 17. Rxa2 d5 18. dxe5 {(Beshukov-B.Lengyel,
Spring op Budapest 1993)} Nxe5 $11) 15. cxd4 (15. Nxd4 d5 $11) 15... d5 16. e5
Nh7) 9... Kh8 {with the well-known f5 plan} (9... Be6 {is the simplest way.}
10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Re1 Kh8 {with the well-known f5 idea.} 12. Nf1 Ng4 13. Re2 Bxc4
14. Qxc4 f5 $13 {Kovchan-Jirka, Wch U16 Oropesa del Mar 1999}) (9... Ne7 10.
Re1 (10. Ba2 {/\ Nc4} Ng6 11. Nc4 h6 12. h3 Re8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qa4 {The Q is
doing nothing here.} Qc8 15. Kh2 Nh5 16. Ng1 Nhf4 $17 {with attacking chances
against >< g2 and h3, Kontic-Mastrokoukos, Balkaniad Hania 1989.}) (10. d4 Ng6
(10... Nxe4 $6 {opens up the position for the better developed party.} 11. Nxe4
d5 12. Nxe5 $14) (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 (11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 $5 (12. exd5 Nexd5 {
blockading the isolated P.}) 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 h6 15. e6 (15.
Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qb3 Qf8 17. Be3 c6 {parrying the immediate threats.}) 15... f5
$17) 11... Re8 12. Re1 Ng6 {with pressure on e4 and f4.}) 11. Re1 Qe7 12. Qc2
Be6 13. Qb3 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 c6 15. b3 Rad8 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. h3 Qd7 $15 {
Komljenovic-Koludrovic, Split op 1999}) 10... Ng6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Bb3 h6 13.
Be3 Be6 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Ng3 c6 16. d4 Ra8 17. Bc2 Qc7 $11 {and in these
positions the a4-a5 moves are not important, Gavrikov-Van der Sterren, OHRA-B
Amsterdam 1987.}) 10. Bb3 Ng8 $1 (10... Nh5 $5 {looks more active, but the N
can be vulnerable here.} 11. Nc4 (11. Nxe5 $4 {immediately loses to} Nxe5 12.
Qxh5 Bg4 $19) (11. d4 {is met by} Nf4) 11... f5 (11... h6 $2 {is already bad
because of} 12. Nfxe5 dxe5 13. Qxh5 Qxd3 14. Nxe5 $18) 12. Nfxe5 $1 {This is
the main threat here.} (12. Ng5 Nf6) (12. Bg5 Qe8) (12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bg5 Qd7)
12... Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. Qxh5 Qxd3 14. Bg5 Qxe4 15. Rae1 Qg4 16. Qxg4 fxg4
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd7 19. Re7 Bc6 20. Rxc7 Rae8 21. Re7 {with a healthy P
up.}) 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxh5 Qxd3 15. Bg5 Bc5 (15... Qxe4 $2 16. Be7 $18) 16.
Bf7 $1 {/\ Bg6} Qxe4 17. b4 $1 {This is better than the straightforward} (17.
Bg6 h6 18. Bxh6 Qg4 19. Qxg4 fxg4 20. Be3 $14) 17... Qc6 $1 (17... Bd6 18. Bg6
h6 19. f3 $1 $16) 18. bxc5 g6 19. Bxg6 Qxg6 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Rae1 e4 22. f3
Bd7 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxe4 $14 {and White is a P up in a
notorious ^- _|_ with rooks.}) 11. Nc4 (11. Re1 f5 $15) 11... f5 $1 12. exf5 (
12. Bg5 Qe8) (12. Be3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Bg4 14. Ncd2 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nf6 $15) 12...
Bxf5 {Now Black's pieces are very active, he has threats on the f <-> and in
the [+].} 13. Bg5 (13. Be3 Bg4 14. Ncd2 Nf6 $15) 13... Qe8 ({or} 13... Qd7 14.
Ne3 Bg6 $15) 14. Ne3 $2 {[#] This allows Black to ruin White's >>.} ({However} 
14. Nh4 Be6 15. Qe2 Qf7 16. Be3 Bd5 $15 {was already a bit better for Black.})
14... Bxd3 $1 $17 15. Qxd3 e4 16. Qd5 exf3 17. gxf3 {The P structure is rather
ugly now.} (17. Rfe1 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 (18. Rxe3 Qg6 $19) 18... Qg6 $17) 17... h6
18. Bh4 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qe4 (22. Ba4 Qc5 $19)
22... Re8 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 $19 {with an extra P in an easy _|_.} 24. Bd5 Rf5 25.
Be4 Rh5 26. Bxc6 Re2 $1 27. Rfe1 Rhxh2+ 28. Kg1 Rhg2+ 29. Kh1 bxc6 30. Rxe2
Rxe2 31. b4 Rc2 32. Re1 Rxc3 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 Rxf3 35. Rxa6 Rb3 36. Rxc6
Rxb4 37. Rxc7 Ra4 38. Ra7 d5 39. a6 Ra2 40. Kg1 d4 41. Rd7 Rxa6 42. Rxd4 g5 43.
Rb4 Kg6 44. Kg2 h5 45. Kg3 Ra3+ 46. Kg2 h4 47. Rb6+ Kh5 48. Rb4 h3+ 49. Kh2 g4
50. Rb8 Ra2+ 51. Kg1 Re2 52. Rb5+ Kh4 53. Rb4 Kg3 54. Rb3+ Kf4 55. Rb8 Re4 56.
Kh2 Re2+ 57. Kg1 Kf3 58. Rf8+ Kg3 59. Rf1 Rg2+ 60. Kh1 Rf2 61. Rb1 Re2 62. Kg1
Kf3 63. Rf1+ Ke3 64. Rf8 Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Rf2 66. Rh8 g3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Phoenix"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. h4 Nh7 14. Qg3 Kh8
15. Bc7 Qe8 16. Rhe1 Ra7 17. Bb6 Rd7 18. Bd4 Rg8 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bd3 Qd8 21.
Qe3 Bxh4 22. Kb1 Bf6 23. f4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qh4 25. g3 Qxg3 26. Rh1 f6 27. Ne2 e5
28. Nxg3 exd4 29. Nf5 Rc7 30. Nxd4 Re8 31. b4 Nf8 32. Rdg1 Rce7 33. a3 Kg8 34.
Ka2 Kf7 35. Kb3 Re4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Kc3 Rxf4 38. Rh5 f5 39. a4 Nh7 40. Rh2
Nf6 41. Kd3 Ng4 42. Rhg2 g5 43. b5 h5 44. b6 h4 45. Kc3 h3 46. Re2 Nf6 47. Rxg5
Ne4+ 48. Rxe4 fxe4 49. Rh5 Rf2 50. Rxh3 Kg7 51. Rh5 Bb7 52. Rf5 Rh2 53. a5 Kg6
54. Rf8 Rh7 55. Nb3 Re7 56. Nc5 Bc6 57. Rc8 Bb7 58. Rf8 Bc6 59. Nxa6 e3 60. Rf1
d4+ 61. Kxd4 e2 62. Re1 Rd7+ 63. Ke3 Re7+ 64. Kd2 Rd7+ 65. Ke3 Re7+ 66. Kd4
Rd7+ 67. Kc5 Bf3 68. Nb4 Kf5 69. a6 Rd2 70. b7 Rd8 71. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Phoenix"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 h5 13. h3 Nh7 14. Nf1 f5 15. f4
Nf7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bxh5 Bd7 18. g4 Qb6 19. Qc2 Qb4 20. Kd1 Rae8 21. Bd2 Nf6
22. Ng3 Qd4 23. gxf5 Nxh5 24. Nxh5 Nh6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Ne2 Qxd5 27. Rg1+ Kf7
28. f6 Nf5 29. Nc3 Qd4 30. Rg3 c4 31. Ra3 Rg8 32. Ne2 Rxg3 33. Nxd4 Rg1+ 34.
Be1 Ne3+ 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Bor"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pres, Grigorij"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Nf4 c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. h3 Ne4
15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Bc1 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Be2 Ng5 19. Qg3 Qh6 20. h4 Ne4 21.
Qh2 g5 22. f3 gxf4 23. fxe4 f3 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Bor"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. h4 Qa5 14. e5 Ne8
15. Rh3 Rb8 16. Bxh6 d4 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rg3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Rxb4
21. Be3 Rxh4 22. Bc5 Nc7 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rh3 Rxh3 25. gxh3 Nd5 26. Nxd5 exd5
27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Ke7 29. Kd2 Ke6 30. f4 g5 31. Ke3 c5 32. c3 a5 33. b3
gxf4+ 34. Kxf4 Kd7 35. a3 Kc7 36. g5 Kd7 37. b4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Bor"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 exd4 15.
Nb3 Re8 16. Nbxd4 Bf8 17. Nf5 Rc8 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Bc3 g6 20. Ng3 Nfd7 21. Nf1
Bg7 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Bb3 Nc5 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 e4 27. b4 Nd3
28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Qxd3 Rec4 30. Ne3 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33. g3 Qf6
34. Kg2 h5 35. h4 Qe5 36. Kh2 Kf8 37. Kg2 Rc3 38. Qd2 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qd3 40. Qb2
Kg8 41. Kg1 Qd4 42. Kh2 Rd3 43. Qe2 Rd2 44. Qe1 Ra2 45. Kg2 Ra1 46. Qe2 Qe4+
47. f3 Qb1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Qc8 10. Bb3 Bh5 11. Re1 Qf5 12. Rxe7 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3
Nbd7 15. d4 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Bf4 Nh5 18. Be3 a6 19. Ne4 Ndf6 20. Rc1 Bf8
21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. d6 Rd7 24. Bf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 (4... d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 {
is one of the safest main lines here.}) 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. a3
{securing the a2-g8 /^ for the B.} (8. Nf1 $143 {allows Black to get rid of
the strong light-squared B.} b5 9. Bb3 Nc5 10. d4 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qc7 {Black can
keep his stronghold on e5.} 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 {although his has been
provoked, White cannot make profit from that.} 14. Bd2 Bf8 15. Bc3 (15. Qc1 $2
{leaves the [+] unattended:} exd4 $1 16. Ba5 (16. Nxd4 Qb6 $1) 16... Qb7 17.
Nxd4 c5 18. Ndf5 Nxe4 $17 {Larsen-Sorokin, San Martin 1995}) 15... a6 $11 {
with a very flexible position for Black.}) (8. c3 {saves the B from the
exchanges preparing d4 in the long run.} b5 (8... d5 $6 {creates tension in
the [+], and Black's pawns are not so easy to defend.} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bb3 Bd6
11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Bg5 $14) (8... Nb6 $6 {The N is out of play here.} 9. Bb3 Be6
10. Bc2 {preserving the "spanish" B.} h6 11. a4 a5 12. Nf1 $14 {
Kamsky-Jussupow, Tilburg rapid 20 1993}) (8... h6 {/\ Re8, Bf8 as in the Ruy
Lopez positions.} 9. Bb3 Re8 10. d4 (10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. d4 a6 $6 13.
Nh4 c5 14. Nhf5 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. d5 $14 {with space advantage in
a Ruy Lopez type of position.} (17. Qc1 {(Inkiov-Grigorov, BUL-ch Sofia 1981)}
d5 $1 $11)) 10... Bf8 11. Bc2 {/\ Nf1-g3} (11. Nf1 $2 exd4 $1) 11... Qc7 12.
Nf1 b5 13. Ng3 Nb6 14. h3 a5 15. Nh2 a4 16. f4 $14 {Hamdouchi-Adams, FRA-chT
1998}) 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nf1 (10. d4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Nc5) 10... c5 11. Ng3
Qc7 12. Qe2 (12. d4 $5) 12... a5 13. a4 c4 $1 14. dxc4 Nc5 15. Bc2 bxa4 16. Bg5
Bc6 17. Ra2 g6 $132 {Slobodjan-Nikcevic, MK Cafe Cup-A 1998}) 8... Nc5 (8...
Qc7 9. Ba2 b5 10. Nf1 a5 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. c3 {Soon or later White has to play
this move in order to threaten advancing in the [+].} Be6 13. d4 Bxa2 14. Rxa2
Ne6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Bb2 Rad8 $13 {Anand-I.Sokolov, PCA/Intel -GP
London ENG 1995}) (8... h6 {is again a bit slow.} 9. Ba2 Re8 10. Nf1 Nf8 11.
Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. d4 Qc7 14. c4 Nh7 15. d5 Neg5 16. Nf5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3
$14 {with a huge space advantage, Larsen-Torre, Brussels 1987.}) 9. Ba2 {
d6-d5 was already threatening.} ({On} 9. Nf1 d5 {comes with a tempo.} 10. exd5
cxd5 11. Ba2 e4 12. dxe4 Ncxe4 13. Be3 a6 14. c4 dxc4 {1/2:1/2 Nunn-Rosentalis,
Hastings 1997}) 9... Re8 (9... Be6 10. Bxe6 (10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2
d5 $11 {equalizing in the [+].}) 10... Nxe6 (10... fxe6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4
$14) 11. Nc4 $14 (11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Ng5 {The exchanges help only for
Black.} (13. Nf5 Bf8) 13... Bf8 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. Be3 d5 $11 {
Vrutonjic-Vukanovic, YUG-ch sf Nis 1995})) 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 g6 $6 {Black
wants to keep the tension and play for d6-d5.} ({The simple} 11... Be6 {
was good enough:} 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 $11) 12. h3 Bg7 13. c3 d5 (13... Be6 {is now
met by} 14. d4 $1 {because the >< e4 is not hanging anymore.} Na6 (14... exd4
15. cxd4 Bxa2 16. dxc5 $1) 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. d5 Re8 17. c4 $14 {with a good
version of a King's Indian middlegame without the light-squared bishops.}) 14.
exd5 (14. b4 $5 {deserved serious attention as well driving away the N and
gaining space on the <<.} Ncd7 (14... dxe4 15. bxc5 exf3 16. Qxf3 Be6 17. Bg5 (
17. Rxe5 $4 Bxa2 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $19) 17... Bxa2 18. Rxa2 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20.
Ne4 Re6 21. Rb2 $14) 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Kh7 17. Bb3 Qc7 18. Qd2 $14 {and Black
has a solid, but passive position.}) 14... Nxd5 15. Bg5 {Other tries fail to
impress:} (15. d4 exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11) ({or} 15. Ne4 Ne6 16. Nfg5 f5 17.
Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Qd6 22. Bg5 c5 $11)
15... f6 16. Be3 Ne6 17. d4 $6 {overlooking Black's threat.} (17. Qd2 $1 {
was the correct plan to finish development and counter} Qd6 $1 (17... f5 {by}
18. Bh6 $1 $16) (17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Kh8 19. d4 $1 exd4 (19... Nf4 20. dxe5
fxe5 21. Rad1 $16) 20. Nxd4 Nc7 21. Qf4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 c5 23. Nf3 b6 24. Nh4 $1
{It is far from easy for Black to finish development.} (24. Ne4 Be6) 24... Bf8
(24... f5 $2 25. Nf3 Bb7 {is met by the devastating} 26. Nxf5 $3 (26. Ng5 {
leads nowhere after} Bd5 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Qh4 Qg8) 26... gxf5 (26... Bxf3 27.
Nxg7 $18) 27. Ng5 Bd5 28. Qxf5 Bg8 29. Bxg8 $18) 25. Ne4 g5 26. Qg3 Be7 27. Nf3
$14) 18. Bh6 Bd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 $14 {opening
up the position for White's favour.}) 17... f5 $1 $15 {Now because of the
nasty fork on f4 White has to retreat.} 18. Bd2 e4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 (19... Qc7 $5)
20. dxe5 Qc7 21. Bh6 {sacrificing the P White wants to make profit from the
weaknesses of the dark squares.} (21. c4 Ndf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qd6 Qf7 $15) (
21. Qe2 Qxe5 $17) 21... Qxe5 22. Qd2 b6 23. Ne2 (23. Rad1 $6 Bb7 $1 (23... Rd8
$2 {runs into the pin:} 24. c4 $1 Nf6 25. Qxd8+ $1 Nxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kf7 (26...
Ne8 $2 27. c5+ Kh8 28. Bd2 $18) 27. c5+ Nd5 28. cxb6 axb6 29. Rc1 $44) (23...
Ba6 $6 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Nc5 27. Red1 Nd3 28. Rd7 f4 29. Nf1
Bb5 $11) 24. c4 $1 Nf6 $1 (24... Ndf4 $2 {is tempting, but inferior, for
example:} 25. c5 $1 Kh8 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. cxd6 Rad8 28. d7 Re7 29. f3 Nd5 30.
fxe4 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Rdxd7 32. Rde1 Nec7 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Rf1 Rd8 35. Rxe7 Nxe7
36. Rf7 $18) 25. c5 Qxc5 {Here is the difference!} 26. Qd6 Nd5 $1 $17) 23...
Ba6 24. Nd4 (24. Nf4 Nexf4 25. Bxf4 Qe6 26. Bxd5 {liquidating for at least an
_|_ with ^-.} cxd5 (26... Qxd5 27. Qxd5+ cxd5 $15) 27. Be3 Rf8 28. g3 $15)
24... Nxd4 25. cxd4 Qd6 26. Rac1 (26. Bf4 Qd7 27. Be5 Bd3 28. Rac1 Rac8 $15 (
28... c5 $2 {opens up the /^ for the a2 B.} 29. Qh6 $1)) 26... Re6 27. Rc3 $1
Rae8 28. Rec1 Qd7 29. Rg3 Bd3 30. h4 Kf7 31. h5 $1 (31. Qg5 Rg8 32. b4 $17)
31... Rg8 $1 32. Rg5 (32. Qg5 Be2 $1) 32... Ke8 $6 {The K wants to hide on the
<<, but there is no time for that.} (32... gxh5 {looks also risky:} 33. Rxf5+
Ke8 34. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 35. Rxd5 Rxg2+ $1 36. Kxg2 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qh4+ $11 {and
draw by perpetual.}) (32... Rd6 $1 {was the best reply!} 33. Qf4 Be2 34. hxg6+
hxg6 35. Qe5 Bb5 36. g4 Re6 37. Qg3 Rf6 {parrying the immediate threats.}) 33.
b4 Kd8 34. g4 $1 {White has to blow up the position.} Ree8 $6 (34... Rf6 $1 {
was required.} 35. a4 $1 (35. hxg6 Rfxg6 $1) (35. gxf5 Rxf5) (35. Bxd5 Qxd5 36.
Qf4 Kd7 $17) 35... Qe6 36. Bxd5 (36. b5 cxb5 37. Bxd5 Qxd5 38. Qf4 (38. axb5
Bxb5 39. Qf4 Qd6 40. Qxd6+ Rxd6 41. gxf5) 38... Qd6) 36... Qxd5 37. Qf4 Qd6 $1
(37... Kd7 38. b5 Qxd4 39. bxc6+ Rxc6 40. Rxc6 Kxc6 41. gxf5 $13) 38. Qxd6+
Rxd6 39. gxf5 Kd7 40. b5 $1 cxb5 41. axb5 Rd5 $1 (41... Bxb5 $2 42. hxg6 hxg6
43. f6 $1) 42. Ra1 Rxf5 43. Rxa7+ Ke6 44. Rxf5 gxf5+ 45. Kh2 Bxb5 $15) 35. a4
$1 gxh5 $1 (35... b5 36. axb5 Bxb5 37. Rc5 $1 gxh5 38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Qf4 $16)
36. b5 $1 {The tension is growing move by move.} (36. gxh5 $2 Qd6 37. Rg2 Rxg2+
38. Kxg2 Rg8+ $19) 36... f4 $5 (36... cxb5 37. Bxd5 Qxd5 38. Qf4 Bc4 39. Qb8+
Ke7 40. Qxa7+ Qd7 41. Qxb6 $13) 37. f3 $6 {This allows the black K to run away
from the threats.} (37. Bxd5 cxd5 38. Qxf4 {was simple and good.} Bc4 (38...
Qxg4+ 39. Qxg4 hxg4 40. Rxd5+ Ke7 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Re5+ $14) 39. Qb8+ Ke7 40.
Qe5+ Kd8 $11 (40... Qe6 $2 41. Qc7+ Kf6 42. Rg7 $1 $18)) (37. bxc6 $4 {
founders on the beautiful} Qxg4+ $3 $19) 37... exf3 $6 (37... Rxg5 $1 38. Bxg5+
Kc8 39. Rxc6+ (39. bxc6 $2 Qg7 $19) 39... Kb7 {and the K is in safety.} 40.
Bxd5 Qxd5 41. Qc3 exf3 $1 $17) 38. Bxd5 {[#] This allows again the beautiful
motif mentioned above!} (38. Qxd3 $1 Nb4 $3 (38... Rxg5 39. Bxg5+ Kc8 40. Rxc6+
Kb7 41. Qxf3 $18 {is simply winning for White.}) 39. Qd2 Nxa2 40. Qxa2 Rxg5 (
40... Rg6 41. Rxg6 hxg6 42. Bg5+ Kc8 43. Rxc6+ Kb7 44. Kf1 Ka8 45. Bxf4 Qxd4
46. Qd2 $16 {parrying all the threats.}) 41. Bxg5+ Kc8 42. Rxc6+ Kb7 43. Kf1 $1
Ka8 44. Bxf4 Qxd4 45. Qe6 $5 (45. Qd2 Qxd2 46. Bxd2 hxg4 47. Bf4 $14) 45...
Qd3+ (45... Qd1+ 46. Kf2 Qd8 {- 45...Qd3}) 46. Kf2 Qd8 47. Qc4 Qh4+ 48. Bg3
Qxg4 49. Qxg4 hxg4 50. Rc7 $14) 38... Qxg4+ $3 (38... cxd5 $2 39. Qxd3 hxg4 40.
Qb3 $18) 39. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 40. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This is a terrible error.} ({
White had to satisfy with a draw by perpetual after} 40. Kh1 Rh4+ (40... cxd5
$5 {is a risky business.} 41. Bg5+ (41. Bxf4 Be4 42. Bc7+ Kd7 43. Qf2 Rg2) (41.
Qxd3 Rh4+ 42. Kg1 Rg8+ 43. Kf1 (43. Kf2 $2 Rg2+ 44. Kxf3 Rg3+ $19) 43... Rh1+
44. Kf2 Rg2+ 45. Kxf3 $16) 41... Rxg5 42. Qxf4 (42. Qxd3 $2 f2 $1 43. Qd2 (43.
Qc3 f1=Q+ 44. Rxf1 Re3 $19) 43... Re3 $19) 42... Rg7 43. Qf6+ (43. Qb8+ Ke7 44.
Qxa7+ Kf8 45. Qxb6 f2 $1 46. Qf6+ Rf7 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. Qe5+ Kf8 $11) 43... Rge7
44. Qd6+ Rd7 45. Qf6+ $11) 41. Kg1 Rg4+ $11 {This is the simple way for the
draw.}) 40... Rg2+ $19 {Now the game is over.} 41. Kxf3 Rxd2 42. Bg5+ Kc8 43.
Rxc6+ (43. Bxc6 Be2+ 44. Kxf4 Rxd4+ $19) (43. Bxf4 Be2+ 44. Kg2 Bc4+ $1 45.
Bxd2 Bxd5+ $19) 43... Kd7 44. Bf6 (44. Bxf4 Be2+ 45. Kg3 h4+ $1 46. Kh3 Bf1+
47. Kxh4 Rxd4 48. Rd6+ Ke7 $19) 44... Bf1 45. Kxf4 Bg2 46. Bxg2 Rxg2 {Black is
a healthy exchange up.} 47. Be5 Re7 48. Ke4 Rg6 49. Rc3 h4 50. Rh3 Rh6 51. Kd5
Re8 52. Bf4 Rh5+ 53. Be5 Rc8 54. Rf3 Ke7 55. Rh3 Rc2 56. Ke4 Rc4 57. Kd5 Rxa4
58. Rc3 h3 59. Rc7+ Kd8 60. Rb7 h2 61. Rb8+ Ke7 62. Rb7+ Kf8 63. Ke6 Rxe5+ $1
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Qe7 8. Bd2
Na6 9. f3 O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 d6 14. Nc3 Bb7
15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. h4 b5 17. Kf2 Rac8 18. g3 b4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Na2 Bb7 21.
Nxb4 a5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Rhc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rb8 26. Rc6 h6 27. b3
d5 28. Qxd5 a4 29. bxa4 Rb2+ 30. Kf1 Qb7 31. Rd6 Qc7 32. Qc6 Qe7 33. Qc8+ Kh7
34. Qf5+ g6 35. Qd7 Qf8 36. h5 gxh5 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qf6 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Rb2+ 40.
Qxb2 Qxd6 41. a5 Qa6 42. Qa2 Kg7 43. Kf2 Qd6 44. a6 h4 45. f4 hxg3+ 46. Kxg3
Qg6+ 47. Kf2 Qh5 48. Qa1+ Kg8 49. a7 Qh2+ 50. Kf3 Qh3+ 51. Ke4 Qe6+ 52. Kd3
Qd5+ 53. Qd4 Qa5 54. Ke4 Kh7 55. Kf3 Qh5+ 56. Kg3 Qg6+ 57. Kf2 Qc6 58. Qa1 Qa8
59. Qb1+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3
d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Nc3 Na7 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O 16. c3 c6 17. Bb3 Nc8 18. d4 Bb6 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. d5 cxd5 21.
Bxd5 Rb8 22. Rd1 Ng6 23. g3 Nf8 24. Kg2 b4 25. cxb4 Nh7 26. h4 Qe7 27. Rc1 Nf6
28. Rc6 Ng4 29. Qa6 Qd8 30. Rc2 g6 31. Rd2 Kg7 32. Bc6 Qc7 33. b5 Bc5 34. Ne1
f5 35. Nd3 Bd4 36. Nf4 Qe7 37. Ne6+ Qxe6 38. Rxd4 Rf8 39. Rd2 fxe4 40. Bxe4 Qc4
41. Qc6 Qb4 42. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Qf4 $6 {
Very rare move.Its idea is to save tempo delaying Nc3.It can also be explained
by the fact that earlier this year Balashov had lost against this line and
White wanted to remind him this game.} ({Usually white plays} 7. Nc3 {
automatically and rightly so as 7.Qf4 doesn't promise much.}) 7... Qe7 $1 {
Correct reaction.This time Black refrains from standard Be6 and keeps the
queens on the board.At the same time the f6-square is now accessible for the
knight.A similar idea could be seen after 7.Nc3,but then white meets Qe7 with
Qg5! and in according to the practice gets an upper hand.Now it's impossible
and Black completes the development very fast.} ({In the recent games Black
also tried 7...Be6 and 7...Ne7.} 7... Be6 8. Bd3 Bb4+ 9. c3 Qxf4 10. Bxf4 O-O-O
11. cxb4 Rxd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chernyshov,K-Mokry,K/Ostrava CZE 2000/The Week in
Chess 291 (24)}) (7... Ne7 8. Qxf6 gxf6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bg3 Be6 11. Nd2 h5 12.
Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 h4 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. O-O f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. g4
$1 $14 {1-0 Maljutin,E-Balashov,Y/Samara RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (33)})
8. Nc3 ({In the only preceding game White found himself in trouble after} 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Ng4 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gc5d6] and it's already not so simple to
find a good defence:} 10. Nd1 Bd6 {[%csl Rf4]} 11. Qg5 f6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qh4
h5 $1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg6g5]} 14. f4 Bf5 $1 15. O-O Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Bxe4 17. Bxe4
Qxe4 18. Re1 O-O-O $1 19. Rxe4 Rxd1+ 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nd3+
23. Be3 Nxe1 24. Bxc5 Re8 25. Kf2 Nxc2 26. Rc1 b6 27. Rxc2 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Kb7
$15 {0-1 Balinov,I-Ibragimov,I/Graz 1996/EXT 98 (46)}) 8... Nf6 {[%csl Rf2,Rf4]
[%cal Gf6g4] Unfortunate position of White's Queen creates many problems.} 9.
Qh4 $1 {Probably the only chance to keep equality.} ({For instance} 9. Bd3 {
is strongly met by} Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rf4][%cal Gc5d6] See 8.Bd3}) ({and} 9.
Be3 Bd6 10. Qh4 Be5 {[%cal Ge7b4] is also unpleasant.In both cases White
sufers because of the early Qf4.}) 9... Ng4 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Nd1 {A bit
passive,but playable.} (11. Bg5+ $5 {looks more natural:} f6 12. Bh4 Bb4 13.
O-O-O $11) 11... Rd8 {[%csl Rf2,Rh1][%cal Rd8d1]} 12. Bd3 $6 ({Again} 12. Bg5+
f6 13. Bh4 {deserved serious attention,but White is still trying to get
something from the opening.}) 12... Be6 $1 {[%cal Gg4e5] Strengthening the
pressure.} 13. h3 $6 {[%mdl 16384] It looks like Black underestimated 14...Bb4!
} ({Otherwise he would prevent Ne5 with the aid of} 13. f4 $1 {and White meets}
f5 {with} 14. h3 $1 (14. exf5 $2 Bd5 {[%csl Re1,Rg2]} 15. Kf1 Be4 $1 {[%csl
Rd1][%cal Gd8d1]} 16. h3 Nf6 $1 17. Nf2 Bxf2 18. Kxf2 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rxd3 $15)
14... fxe4 (14... Bb4+ $2 15. c3 $1 Rxd3 (15... Nf6 16. exf5 $1 $16) 16. hxg4
Rad8 (16... Bc5 17. gxf5 Rad8 18. Nf2 $1 (18. Ke2 $4 Bc4 {[%csl Re2]})) 17. Be3
$1 $18 {[%csl Rb4,Rf5]}) (14... Nf6 $6 15. exf5 Bd5 16. Be3 $1) 15. hxg4 exd3
16. f5 $1 {[%cal Gc1g5]} dxc2 $8 (16... h6 17. fxe6 dxc2 18. Ne3 $18) 17. Bg5+
Kf8 $1 (17... Ke8 18. Bxd8 (18. Nc3 Bc4 $1 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 {[%csl Gc2][%cal
Gc5e3]}) 18... cxd1=Q+ 19. Rxd1 Bb4+ 20. Kf2 Bc5+ 21. Kg3 Bd6+ 22. Rxd6 $1 (22.
Kh3 Bxa2 $13) 22... cxd6 23. fxe6 Rxd8 24. Rxh7 Kf8 $14) 18. Bxd8 (18. Nc3 Bc4
$1 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 {[%cal Gc5e3]}) 18... cxd1=Q+ 19. Rxd1 Bb4+ 20. Kf2 Bc5+ 21.
Kg3 (21. Ke1 $142 Bb4+ $11) 21... Bd6+ 22. Rxd6 $140 $6 (22. Kf2 $142 Bxa2 23.
Bg5 $13) 22... cxd6 23. fxe6 Rxd8 24. Rxh7 Re8 $1 {That's the point of 17...
Ke8!}) 13... Ne5 14. Be2 Bb4+ $1 {Forcing to weak the d3-square.} 15. c3 ({Both
} 15. Nc3 Nc4) ({and} 15. Kf1 Nc4 {are very unpleasant}) 15... Bc5 16. Be3 Bb6
$1 ({Certainly not} 16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3) 17. b3 f6 $1 {It's important not to
forget about prophylaxis.} 18. Rc1 a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4] Black continue to
create weaknesses in the White's camp.The idea of a4 is quite annoying.} 19.
Bxb6 cxb6 20. Nb2 a4 $1 21. bxa4 (21. Nxa4 {makes penetrating of the Black's
rooks to the second rank possible.} b5 22. Nc5 Rxa2 {[%cal Gd8d2]}) 21... Bxa2
$17 {[%csl Ra4,Rb2][%cal Ga2b3,Ge5d7,Gd7c5] Black's initiative brings its
fruits.Thea a4-pawn is doomed.} 22. Rd1 Bb3 $1 {[%csl Ra4]} 23. Rd4 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] After this tactical blunder Black's advantage becomes decisive.} (
23. Rxd8 {was necessary}) 23... b5 $1 $19 24. Rxd8 ({Doesn't help} 24. f4 Ng6
25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. f5 Nf4 $19 {[%cal Gb5a4]}) ({The idea of can be seen in the
following line:} 24. axb5 Ra2 $1 25. Nd1 Bxd1 $1 26. Bxd1 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Nd3+
28. Kf1 Nb2 $1 $19 (28... Nxf2 29. Bb3 Ra1+ $19) 29. Ke1 $140 Nxd1 {[%csl Re1,
Rh1]}) 24... Kxd8 25. axb5 Ra2 26. Nd1 Bxd1 $1 {Very impressive win of the
representative of older generation.} (26... Bxd1 27. Bxd1 (27. Kxd1 Ra1+) 27...
Nd3+ 28. Kf1 Nb2 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. c3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15.
a3 Qc7 16. Qd1 Rad8 17. Qc2 Rd7 18. b4 f6 19. b5 Nd8 20. a4 Ne6 21. a5 Qd8 22.
Qb3 Bf7 23. Bf1 Nec7 24. Qa4 Ne6 25. Nh4 Qc7 26. Ne4 b6 27. a6 Qd8 28. Rad1 g6
29. Nf3 Bg7 30. Ned2 Ndc7 31. c4 h6 32. Ne4 Kh7 33. Qc2 Rde7 34. h4 h5 35. Bh3
Nf8 36. Nh2 Be6 37. Bg2 Rd7 38. Rf1 Bf5 39. Rfe1 Nfe6 40. Nf1 Nd4 41. Bxd4 Rxd4
42. Ne3 Bc8 43. Nc3 Rd6 44. Ne4 Rd7 45. Bh3 Ne6 46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. f4 exf4 48.
gxf4 Bh6 49. Ng2 Kg7 50. Nc3 Rde7 51. Re4 f5 52. Rxe6 Bxe6 53. d4 cxd4 54. Nd5
Bxd5 55. Rxd4 Qc7 56. Rxd5 Bxf4 57. Qd3 Kh6 58. Kf2 Re4 59. Qc3 Be5 60. Qd2+
Bf4 61. Qc3 Re8 62. Kf3 Be5 63. Qe3+ Kh7 64. Nf4 Re7 65. c5 Bf6 66. Qg1 g5 67.
hxg5 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bb4 {Das ist zwar noch Theorie, aber dennoch weniger
logisch als nach den Zügen Nf6-Nf3. In dieser Partie gelingt es Weiß leicht,
das Feld d5 zu besetzen.} (3... g6) 4. Nd5 Bc5 (4... a5 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. a3 Bc5
7. Nc3 d6 8. d3 Be6 9. Nf3 {Khenkin,I-Pribyl,J Leningrad II 1989 CBM/15}) 5.
Bg2 Nge7 (5... d6 6. e3 a5 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. d4 Ba7 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. d5 Ne7 11.
Qa4+ Kf8 (11... Bd7 12. Qxa5) 12. Nc3 (12. Qxa5 $2 Bxe3 $1 13. Qxa8 Qxf2+ 14.
Kd1 Qxg2 $17) 12... Bb6 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Bd2 Bf3 15. Bxf3 Qxf3 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17.
Nxe4 h6 18. g4 $5 {1-0 Johansen,D-Dive,R/Sydney 1990/CBM 20/[Ribli] (83)}) (
5... Nf6 6. e3 {[%cal Gg1e2]}) 6. e3 {Wenn der schwarze B auf c5 steht, sollte
Weiß so spielen, mit der Idee Nge2 und d4.} O-O (6... Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nb4 (7...
Ne7 8. Ne2 c6 9. Nc3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 Bb6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. b3 Ba6 14. Re1
exd4 15. exd4 Nf5 16. Bb2 Qf6 17. Bxc6 Qxd4 18. Qf3 Rac8 {0-1 Gunter,D-Lalic,S/
St Heliers 1997/EXT 98 (25)}) 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. a3 Na6 11. Ne2 c6 12.
Nc3 cxd5 13. Qe2+ Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Nxd5+ Kf8 16. O-O {1-0 Balashov,
Y-Pribyl,J/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1998/CBM 62 ext (41)}) 7. Ne2 {[%csl Gd5][%cal
Ge2c3]} Nxd5 8. cxd5 {Der Pd5 gewinnt Raum und Tempo zugleich. Schwarz hat
Probleme bei der Entwicklung seines Damenflügels.} Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 $6 {Ich bin
mir keineswegs sicher, dass der Springer auf f5 stehen sollte. Besser scheint
es mir, zuerst den Damenflügel zu entwickeln.} (9... d6 $5) (9... c6 $5) 10. b3
{[%cal Gc1b2,Gb2g7]} d6 11. Bb2 $14 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil und bessere
Figurenkoordination. In der Folge muss Schwarz mit f2-f4 rechnen.} Bb6 12. a4
Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Das sieht nach einem natürlichen Entwicklungszug aus,
verliert aber mindestens einen Bauern.} (12... a5 13. f4 $14) (12... a6 13. a5
Ba7 14. f4 $14) 13. d4 $1 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ra4a5,Ra5b6] Es droht 14.a5 mit
Läuferfang, gleichzeitig hängt der Pe5.} c5 {Dieser Zug hilft auch nichts mehr
- Schwarz konnte den Verlust des Bauern nicht mehr abwenden.} (13... exd4 14.
e4 Ne7 15. a5 Bc5 16. b4 Bxb4 17. Qxd4 $18 {[%cal Rd4b4,Rb2g7]}) 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Bxe5 $16 {[%mdl 1024] Weiß hat nicht nur einen Bauern mehr, sondern auch
eine starke Bauernmasse im Zentrum.} Re8 16. Bb2 Nd6 {[%csl Gd6] Der Springer
steht gut auf d6, er blockiert den Pd5 und verhindert den Zug e3-e4. Doch der
weiße Materialvorteil muss sich früher oder später bemerkbar machen.} 17. Nf4 {
[%cal Gf4h5]} Rc8 18. Rc1 Ba5 (18... c4 19. Ba3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. bxc4 Qc7
$16 (21... Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Nxc4 23. Qd4 $16) (21... Nxc4 22. Qd4 Qc8 23. Nd3 $18)
) 19. Nh5 f6 20. Nf4 {[%csl Ye6]} c4 $2 {Schwarz verliert die Geduld, aber
seine Stellung war ohnehin schon schlecht.} (20... Kh8 21. Qh5 $16) 21. Ba3 $18
{Nach diesem Zug hängt der Nd6, so dass Schwarz auch noch seinen Pc4 verliert.}
Qb6 (21... Ne4 22. b4 Bc7 23. Rxc4 $18) 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. bxc4 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.02.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Cuijpers, Frans Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Muenster"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 d5 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Nc5 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. O-O Ne6 13. Rd1 Nxd4 14. cxd4
Be7 15. Nf1 O-O 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Rac1 Rae8 19. Qd2 c6 20. Bg5 Bxg5
21. Qxg5 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Re1 Bf7 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qd2 Bg6 26. Re1 Re6
27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. b4 b6 29. f3 h6 30. Ne2 Qf6 31. Nc3 Qd6 32. Na4 Qd8 33. Qe2
Be8 34. Nc3 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Na4 Kh7 37. Nc5 Bg6 38. Qe5 Bf7 39. a4 Bg6 40.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Ne6+ Kf6 42. Nxd8 c5 43. dxc5 Bc2 44. Nc6 Bxa4 45. Nxa5 Ke5 46.
Kf2 Kd4 47. c6 Kc3 48. c7 Bd7 49. Nb7 d4 50. Nd6 d3 51. Ke3 h5 52. g3 Kc2 53.
Ne4 Bc8 54. h3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Virovlansky, Semen"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne2 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. f3 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd4 e5 17. Qe4 Qxe3+ 18. Bf2 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 N7f6 20. Bd3 Rfe8 21.
Ng3 Nf4 22. Bb5 Re6 23. Rfe1 Rc8 24. Rad1 a6 25. Bf1 g6 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. fxe4
Rc2 28. Be3 Rxb2 29. g3 N4h5 30. Bxh6 b5 31. Bc1 Rc2 32. Rd8+ Re8 33. Rd6 Rec8
34. Bg5 R8c6 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Bd2 Ra2 37. Bb4 Rcc2 38. Bd6 Ng4 39. h3 Nh2 40.
Bxe5+ f6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 08th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nf1 Re8 12. h3 Nc6 13. g4 d5 14. Ng3 dxe4 15.
dxe4 c4 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nf5 Nd7 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Qf3 Ng6 21. h4 Nf4
22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nh3 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Bxh4 25. Nxf4 Ne5 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qh6 Ng4
28. Nd5 Bxf2+ 29. Ke2 Nxh6 30. Nxc7 Ng4 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Rd7 h5
34. Rf1 Ne5 35. Rb7 Bg3 36. a4 h4 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rxb5 h3 39. b4 Ra2 40. Kd2
h2 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kh6 43. Kc1 Ng4 44. Rbf7 Ne3 45. Bd1 Nxf1 46. Rxf1
Bf4+ 47. Kb1 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Kurgan"]
[Site "Kurgan"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 h6 12. Nbd2 Qe8 13. Nf1 Qg6 14. Ng3 Nh5 15.
dxe5 Nxg3 16. exd6 Nxe4 17. dxe7 Nxe7 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Ne5 Qf5 20. g4 Qf6 21. b4
Nb3 22. Nd7 Qxc3 23. Bb2 Qd2 24. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "Kurgan"]
[Site "Kurgan"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Obukhov, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Be7 8. Nd4
Bg6 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Bf4 Nbd7 14. Kh1 Re8
15. f3 Ne5 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rfd1 Nfd7 19. Nac5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 b6
21. Na6 Bd6 22. b4 f6 23. Bf1 Bf7 24. h4 h6 25. g4 Nd3 26. Be3 Be5 27. Rab1 Bc4
28. f4 Bxf4 29. Bxd3 Bxd3 30. Bxf4 Bxe4+ 31. Kg1 Bxb1 32. Rxb1 Re4 33. Bg3 Rxg4
34. Kf2 Rd3 35. Bb8 Rxh4 36. a4 Ra3 37. a5 bxa5 38. bxa5 Rxa5 39. Bg3 Ra2+ 40.
Kf3 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Kurgan"]
[Site "Kurgan"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pospelov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 c5 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15.
Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Nxd4 Qc5 17. Bh4 Rc8 18. N2b3 Qb6 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ne5 21.
Qe2 Ng6 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 e5 25. Nf5 Qc6 26. Nxe7+ Nxe7 27.
Qd1 f6 28. Nd3 Qd5 29. Qe2 Qc4 30. Qd1 Nd5 31. Nc1 h6 32. Nb3 Kh8 33. Na5 Qc7
34. Nb3 Nb6 35. a5 Na4 36. Qe2 Nac5 37. Qc2 Qd6 38. f3 Nxb3 39. Qxb3 Nxg3 40.
hxg3 Qc5 41. Qa4 Qxe3+ 42. Kh2 Qc5 43. Qd7 Kh7 44. Qd8 Qc4 45. Qb6 b3 46. Qb7
h5 47. Qb8 Qc2 48. Qe8 Qf5 49. Qf7 e4 50. fxe4 Qxa5 51. Qxb3 Qe5 52. Qf3 Kg8
53. Qf5 Kf7 54. Kh3 Qe6 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 g6 57. Qxe6+ Kxe6 58. Kf4 Kd6 59.
g4 a5 60. g5 Ke6 61. gxf6 Kxf6 62. b3 Ke6 63. Ke3 Ke5 64. Kf3 g5 65. Ke3 g4 66.
Kd3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Fomin, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 h6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Qd3 Bf8 14. d5 Ne7 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. Bf4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bc5 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21.
Na4 Bd4 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. h3 Be2 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Nc3 Bc4 26. Re1 Kf8 27. b3
Bd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Bb8 a6 30. Be4 Rd7 31. Rc1 Ne7 32. b4 f5 33. Bb1 Rd2 34.
Ba7 g5 35. Be3 Rd7 36. Bc5 Ng7 37. Ba2 Ke8 38. Re1 Kd8 39. a4 Nd5 40. a5 Kc7
41. Bc4 Kc6 42. Re5 Nc3 43. Bf8 b5 44. axb6 1-0

[Event "Staufer op 13th"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Gmuend"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Jurek, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. Ne3 Rc8 11. O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. a3 Nc6 14. b4 a6 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. Bd3 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qb1 g6 19. Qb3 Ne7 20. e4 Bb5 21. Bxb5
axb5 22. Bh6 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ng5 Qb6 25. Qh3 h6 26. Nxe6+ Kh7 27. Rxf8
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Korobov, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nge2 a6 8. a4
Rb8 9. O-O Nh5 10. Nd5 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 Rxb5 13. Nec3 Rb8 14. Qxh5 d6
15. f4 g6 16. Qh6 f6 17. Rf2 Be6 18. Raf1 Nb4 19. Ne3 Bf7 20. Ng4 Be6 21. Qh3
Kh8 22. Qg3 Nc6 23. Nd1 Nd4 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Kh1 Rb6 26. Bc1 Kg8 27. Bh6 Rf7
28. Nc3 Ra6 29. Ne3 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Qxf8 31. Qh4 f5 32. Nc4 Bxc4 33. bxc4 f4 34.
Nd5 Ne6 35. g3 g5 36. Qh5 Kh8 37. gxf4 exf4 38. Rb1 Rg7 39. c3 Ra8 40. Rb6 Ra1+
41. Kg2 f3+ 42. Rxf3 Nf4+ 43. Nxf4 gxf4+ 44. Kh3 Rh1 45. Re6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nb8 {[%cal Gd7b5]
} (13... f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nb3 $5 (15. b5 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxa1
18. Qxa1 O-O 19. Qb1 h6 20. Re1 Qc5 21. a4 Be8 22. Ne5 Qc3 $15 {0-1 Sandipan,
C-Akopian,V/Calcutta Goodricke op 2000/The Week in Chess 276 (58)}) 15... O-O
16. Nc5 Qc7 17. Rc1 b6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bb5 $36 {1-0 Sikorova,O-Bashkite,V/
EUR-chW Warsaw 2001/The Week in Chess 338 (31)}) (13... O-O $5 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Nc5 Be8 16. Na4 Qd8 17. b5 Nb8 18. Ra2 Nd7 19. Raf2 Nb6 $11 {Miljanic,B-Antic,
D/Jugoslavija 1997/ (21)}) 14. Qb1 $146 {This move doesn't look too dangerous
for black} ({Worth considering} 14. a4 $5 {preventing bishop exchange.} Nc6 15.
b5 Nb4 16. Bb1 O-O 17. h4 Rc3 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh7 Rxe3 20. Qg4 Nd3 21. Nxf8 Bxf8
22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Nf3 $14 {Motylev,A-Belozerov,A/RUS-ch J20 Ekaterinburg 1996/
1-0 (69)}) (14. Nb3 Ba4 15. Qb1 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 O-O 17. Qb1 g6 18. h4 a5 19. h5
Kg7 20. b5 a4 $132 {1-0 Shovunov,B-Poddubnyi,V/RUS-ch Elista 2001/ (58)}) 14...
Ba4 ({Why not} 14... Bb5 $142 15. e4 Nc6 $13 {with equal chances?}) 15. e4 Nc6
16. Qb2 a5 $6 {This move may look active, but it weakens Black's position
considerably, while not bringing any definite benefits.} (16... Bb5 $142 17.
Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Qb3 O-O $11) 17. exd5 exd5 18. b5 Nd8 $2 {It is not easy to
explain this move.Black should play} (18... Na7 $142 {attacking white pawn,
with rasonable chances, for example} 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Nb1 $140 Nxb5 21. Nc3
Bxa3) 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 O-O 21. Nb1 $1 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gb1c3] This move
is point of white's strategy.It is difficult already give good advice to Black.
} Ne6 22. Kh1 $16 (22. Nc3 $2 Nxd4 23. Nxd5 (23. Nxa4 Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 Qe3 $19)
23... Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 Qd8 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. gxf3 Rd8 $15) 22... Ng5 23. Nc3 Nxf3
(23... Qh6 $5 24. Ng1 $1 $18 (24. Nxa4 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Qe3 $13)) 24. Nxd5 Qd8 25.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. gxf3 {[%csl Ra4]} Qg5 27. Qc3 Qf4 28. Rf1 g6 29. Qc4 $18 {
White has both positional and material advantage, so the rest is pretty clear.}
Qe3 30. d5 Rd8 (30... Bd1 $142 $1 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. fxe4 Bg4 33. Rc1 Re8 34. Kg2
Rxe5 35. h3 $18) 31. d6 Qxe5 (31... Re8 32. f4) 32. Qxa4 Rxd6 33. Qe4 Qc3 34.
Bc4 {Rest is simple} Kg7 35. Bd5 b6 36. a4 Rf6 37. Rd1 Kg8 38. Qd4 Qc2 39. Re1
Qf5 40. Qe5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 08th Group1"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2001.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Labunskiy, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Khabarovsk Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf4 6. g3 Ne6 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d3 b6 11. c3 Bb7 12. a3 d5 13. d4 Rc8 14. h4 Na5 15. Nbd2
cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba6 17. Nf1 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 Bh6 19. Nh2 Qd7 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. Ne3
Rfd8 22. Qd3 h5 23. Bg2 Bh6 24. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 08th Group1"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2001.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petukhov, Valery"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. a3 Bf5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3
Be7 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 f5 14. Nd2 Rae8
15. f3 Nd6 16. b3 Rf6 17. Re2 Re6 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Nf1 f4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd3
Nf5 22. exf4 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Nxe6 26. g3 Nd4 27. Nd2
Nc5 28. b4 Nd3 29. Kf1 b5 30. Ne2 Nc2 31. Nb1 d4 32. g4 Kf7 33. h4 Ke6 34. Kg2
Nb2 35. Ng3 Nc4 36. Kf2 N2e3 37. Ke2 Kd5 38. h5 Ng2 39. hxg6 Nxf4+ 40. Kf2 Ne5
41. Nf5 Ne6 42. Ne7+ Kc4 43. Nd2+ Kd3 44. Nf1 c5 45. bxc5 Nxc5 46. Nf5 Ne6 47.
N1g3 a5 48. Ne4 b4 49. axb4 axb4 0-1

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0102 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Matthias, Heiner"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lippstadt"]
[BlackTeam "Plettenberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Nf1
Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Ne7 11. Bb3 g5 12. Bg3 Ng6 13. Ne3 Nf4 14. h4 g4 15. Nh2
h5 16. O-O Bh6 17. Re1 Kf8 18. Nhf1 Qe7 19. d4 Rd8 20. Qc2 Bc8 21. Rad1 Kg7 22.
Bh2 Ng6 23. Bg3 Nf4 24. a4 c6 25. Nc4 Rhe8 26. Nb6 Ng6 27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Ne3
Bxe3 29. Rxe3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. f3 c5 32. dxc5 dxc5 33. Bd5 c4 34. Qf2 Nf4
35. Qc2 Qc5 36. Qf2 Nd3 37. Rexd3 cxd3 38. Rxd3 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rcd8 40. Ke3
Nxd5+ 41. exd5 f5 42. f4 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 Kf6 44. Rd4 Rxd5 45. Bf2 Rxd4+ 46.
Bxd4+ Kg6 47. Be5 Re6 48. b3 Re8 49. c4 Re6 50. Bd4 Re4+ 51. Kg3 f4+ 52. Kf2
Rxd4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT Sibirian Zone"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "2001.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Arishin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.10.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. g3 Nxc5 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Bb5
Ne4 15. Qe3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne7 17. Rhe1 a6 18. Bd3 h6 19. Nd4 Kf7 20. Qc7 Bd7
21. Qxb7 a5 22. Qc7 Rab8 23. Qe5 Rb7 24. Bf1 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Bh3 Re8 27.
Rd3 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 g6 29. Rde3 Bd7 30. Bf1 Reb8 31. b3 Rc7 32. h4 Rg8 33. Bd3
Bc8 34. h5 gxh5 35. Rxh5 Kg7 36. g4 Rf8 37. f5 exf5 38. gxf5 Rf6 39. Rg3+ Kf8
40. Rg6 Rxg6 41. fxg6 Kg7 42. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 09th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zimina, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 a5 6. b5 c6 7. c4 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O
9. d4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. Na4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qa4 Ne4 17. Ba2 Bb6 18. Bb1 Nd6 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Qg4 f6 21. Qe4
Rc5 22. a4 Rd5 23. Ba3 Qd7 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Qb1 Rd6 26. Rfd1 Kf7 27. Rxd6 Qxd6
28. Rd1 Qc7 29. Qd3 Ke7 30. g4 Nd6 31. Qxh7 Ne8 32. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 09th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2001.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ambrus, Endre"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Ra2 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. b5 Na5
9. d4 a6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nxc4 13. O-O Ne3 14. Bxe3 Qxc3 15.
d5 axb5 16. Bd2 Qc5 17. Bb4 Qxd5 18. Rd2 Qh5 19. h3 Bd7 20. Nd4 Qh4 21. Bf3
Rab8 22. Re1 Rfe8 23. Rd3 Bf8 24. Bd2 e5 25. g3 Qxh3 26. Bg2 Qh5 27. Ne2 Bc6
28. f3 d5 29. Qc1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Geller Memorial op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kravtsov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O d5 8. Be3
Nd7 9. Nc3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 h5 11. Bf2 g6 12. Bh4 Qc8 13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. Nd1 c5 15.
c3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb8 17. Ne3 Nc6 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. a3 Bd8 20. Rc2 Rc8 21. Rfc1
Ne7 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. e6 Qxe6 25. Re1 Qxe1+ 26. Nxe1 O-O 27. f5
Kg7 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Nf3 Nd6 30. Ne5 Ne4 31. Qb5 Bb6 32. Qxd5 Nd2 33. Qd7+ Kh6
34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Ng5+ Kh6 36. h4 1-0

[Event "Geller Memorial op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Virovlansky, Semen"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 a4 11. Qc2 Ra5 12. Bh4 Qa8 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Rhg1 Rc8
15. Bg3 d5 16. Kb1 c5 17. Ne5 dxc4 18. Bf3 b5 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Qd2 Ra7 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. dxc5 h6 23. Bd6 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qd6 Qe4+ 26. Ka1 Rac7 27.
Rd4 Qb7 28. Rc1 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "Geller Memorial op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Eliseev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nh6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O f6 8. Re1
Nf7 9. c4 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. b4 Re8 12. Bb2 Ne6 13. Bf1 Nf4 14. Qb3 g5 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. exd5 g4 17. Nh4 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb3 f5 21. a4 Bd7
22. a5 Nc8 23. Nc4 Ncd6 24. Ne5 Bc8 25. f3 Bf6 26. g3 Kg7 27. f4 Nh8 28. Ng2
Ng6 29. Ne3 Nf8 30. Rac1 Be6 31. d5 Bd7 32. Rc7 Rac8 33. Rec1 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Rc8
35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Bd4 a6 37. Bc5 Ng6 38. N5c4 Nxc4 39. Nxc4 Bd7 40. Nb6 Nf8 41.
Bc4 Kf7 42. Kf2 h5 43. Ke3 h4 44. Bd3 Kg6 45. Bd4 h3 46. Bxf6 Kxf6 47. Kd4 Be8
48. Nc4 Ba4 49. Ne5 e6 50. d6 Nd7 51. b5 Nb8 52. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. d3 d6
9. Nge2 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. h4 h6 12. Qd2 Rab8 13. h5 g5 14. f4 Bxd5 15. cxd5
Nb4 16. fxg5 Qb5 17. Nc1 f5 18. e4 f4 19. a3 Na6 20. gxf4 Rxf4 21. Ne2 Rg4 22.
Bh3 Rxg5 23. Qc2 Qe8 24. Bc1 Bf6 25. Bxg5 Bxg5 26. Ng3 Nc7 27. Qe2 Nb5 28. O-O
Nd4 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Qg4 Qb5 31. Kh1 Nc2 32. Rf7 Ne3 33. Qf3 Qxd3 34. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 f5 7. b4 Nf6 8. b5 Ne7
9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. a4 Rb8 12. c5 Be6 13. Ba3 Qd7 14. Rc1 g5 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Nd2 Rbc8 17. Nc4 Ne8 18. Qb3 e4 19. Qb4 Rf7 20. Nb1 Nd5 21. Qd2 Ndf6
22. Na5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 d5 24. Nb3 b6 25. Nd4 Ng4 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Rc6 Qe5 28.
Qc3 d4 29. Qc4 f4 30. Re6 fxg3 31. hxg3 Qb8 32. Qc6 Ngf6 33. Bxe4 Rc7 34. Rxe8+
Nxe8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Bc6 Nf6 37. Bd6 Qc8 38. Qc4 Ng8 39. Nd2 Ne7 40. Bxc7 Qxc7
41. Qf7 Qd8 42. Ne4 a6 43. Qe6 axb5 44. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial op"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2002.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Saulin, Dmitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. a3 Nd7 12. Qe1 Rc8 13. Kh1 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Nd4 15.
Rh3 Ne6 16. Bd2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nec5 18. c4 Qc7 19. Rh6 Na4 20. Qh4 Nf8 21. Re1
Rg8 22. e5 Nc5 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. f5 f6 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. Rxh7 g5 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28.
Qf7 Nxh7 29. Qxg8+ Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Be3 Kd7 32. Be2 b6 33. Bf3 Nf8 34.
Bd5 Ke8 35. Bd4 Nfd7 36. g4 Kf8 37. Kg2 Nb8 38. Kg3 Nc6 39. c3 Na5 40. h4 gxh4+
41. Kxh4 Na4 42. g5 fxg5+ 43. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 c6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. c4 Ngf6 6. a3 e6 7. d3 a5 8. b5 cxb5
9. cxb5 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. h3 Bh5 13. O-O Rfd8 14. a4 e5 15. Nh4
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 g6 17. Nhf3 e4 18. dxe4 dxe4 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4
Qe5 22. g3 h5 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. h4 Ng4 25. Nb3 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rac1 Rd3 28.
Nc5 Ra3 29. Rc4 f5 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Kg2 b6 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Ne6 Qd3 34. Nd4
Ra1 35. Qxd3 exd3 36. Nf3 Bd6 37. Rd4 Bc5 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Ne5 Rxa4 40. Nxd3
Be7 41. Rd7 Kf8 42. Rb7 Bd8 43. Ne5 Re4 44. Nc6 Bf6 45. Rxb6 f4 46. gxf4 Ke8
47. Nxa5 Bd8 48. Rb8 Kd7 49. Nc6 Bxh4 50. Rg8 Ra4 51. Rg7+ Kd6 52. Rxg6+ Kc7
53. Rh6 Ra2 54. Rxh5 Bxf2 55. Kf3 Bg1 56. Rh1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Namgilov, Sogto"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 c5 5. g3 {Weiß vermeidet die prinzipielle
Variante 5.d5 b5 6.Bg5. Der Textzug scheint mir etwas genügsam.} cxd4 6. Nxd4
Qc7 7. Qd3 {Weiß verteidigt den c4-Bauern. Nach diesem Zug hat er keine
Chancen mehr auf Eröffnungsvorteil.} (7. Bg2) 7... Nc6 (7... b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9.
Bf4 d6 10. Bxb7 Qxb7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Ng5 $14) 8. Nxc6 bxc6 {
Schwarz möchte das Spiel komplizieren - nach 8...dxc6 wäre die Stellung gleich.
} (8... dxc6 9. Bg2 e5 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 (11. Na4 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,
V/London 2000/CBM 80 (11)}) 11... Rd8 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rad1 {
1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Ljubojevic,L/Linares 1981/MCL/}) 9. Bg2 Be7 (9... d5 10. O-O a5
11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Nb5 Ra7 14. Rac1 Ba6 15. Be3 Qxb5 16. Qxb5+ Bxb5
17. Bxa7 {1-0 Lopez,V-Chang,S/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (36)}) (9... Bb7 10. O-O
Be7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qxe4 g6 16. c5 f5 17.
Qc4 {1-0 Cifuentes Parada,R-O'Brien,R/Benasque 1993/TD (32)}) 10. O-O O-O 11.
Rd1 (11. e4 d6 12. b3 Rb8 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qe2 c5 16. f4 Nd7 17.
Rd2 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Rbc8 {0-1 Martinec,K-Balsinek,P/Znojmo 1997/EXT
98 (36)}) 11... d6 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil und aktives Figurenspiel, aber die
schwarze Stellung - besonders seine Zentrumsstellung - ist fest.} 12. b3 (12.
Bf4 e5 13. Bg5) 12... Bb7 13. Bf4 (13. Bb2 $5 {Diese Läuferentwicklung wäre -
nach meiner Meinung - logischer als die Partiefortsetzung, aber der Textzug
ist auch nicht schlecht.} c5 14. Ne4 (14. e4 Nd7 $11) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4
16. Qxe4 $11) 13... e5 14. Bg5 {Die weiße positionelle Drohung ist jetzt 15.
Bxf6, aber in diesen Stellungen kann Schwarz eine scheinbare Schwäche (den d6
- Bauern) leicht verteidigen.} Rfd8 $11 15. Qf5 (15. Rac1 $11) (15. Ne4 Nxe4 (
15... Ne8) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 g6 $11) 15... g6 (15... Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8
17. Be3 $14 (17. Rd2 $14)) 16. Qf3 (16. Qh3) 16... Nh5 17. Bxe7 (17. Qe3 $5)
17... Qxe7 18. Qe3 f5 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6,Ge5,Gf5] Was ist wichtiger? Schwarz hat
eine starke Bauernstellung in der Mitte, aber die weißen Leichtfiguren stehen
aktiver. Ich glaube, die Stellung ist im dynamischen Gleichgewicht.} 19. Rd2
Nf6 20. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d8]} a5 {Droht 21...Ng4 22.Qb6 Ra6.} (20... Ng4 21. Qb6
e4 $13) 21. Qg5 {[%cal Gg5e7]} d5 (21... Kg7 22. e4 $16) 22. cxd5 (22. e3 dxc4
23. bxc4 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 $11) (22. Na4 dxc4 23. bxc4 e4 $11) 22... cxd5 23. Nxd5
$6 (23. e3 $11) 23... Bxd5 (23... Nxd5 $2 24. Qxe7 $18) 24. Rxd5 (24. Bxd5+ $2
Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 $19) 24... Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kf8 $15 {[%cal Gd8d1] Obwohl die
schwarze Königsstellung geschwächt ist, steht dieser beser. Die Mehrqualität
zählt mehr als die unzureichende weiße Initiative.} 26. Qh6+ Qg7 27. Qc1 {
[%cal Gc1a3,Ga3f8,Gc1c5,Gc5f8]} (27. Qxg7+ $2 Kxg7 $19) (27. Qe3 Rac8 $15)
27... Rac8 28. Bc4 (28. Qa3+ $2 Qe7 29. Qxa5 Rc5 $19) 28... Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qc7
30. e4 {Mit diesem Zug möchte Weiß die schwarze Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel
schwächen.} (30. Qd5 Kg7 $15) 30... Rd8 (30... fxe4 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Qxe4 $15)
31. Qf3 Qd7 32. Kg2 (32. Bd5 $15) 32... Kg7 33. exf5 (33. Bd5 $15) 33... gxf5 (
33... Qxf5 34. Qc3 $15) 34. h3 Rf8 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 35. Be2 Qd4 36. Bc4 f4 $5 {
Schwarz möchte endlich etwas Konkretes machen, aber dieser Zug schwächt den
e4-Punkt. Allerdings sehe ich keine Alternative für Schwarz, der früher oder
später den Textzug spielen muss.} (36... e4 37. Qf4 $15 {[%csl Gf4]}) 37. Qb7+
(37. g4 $4 e4 $19) (37. Qg4+ $6 Kh8 $17) 37... Kg6 38. Qf3 (38. Qe7 $5) 38...
Qd7 39. Bd3+ Kh6 40. Be4 {[%csl Ge4][%mdl 256] Der Läufer steht ausgezeichnet
auf e4.} (40. Qe4) 40... Qe7 41. g4 (41. Qe2 $15) 41... Rd8 {[%csl Yd4][%cal
Gd8d4]} 42. Qc3 Rd4 43. Qc8 (43. Kf3 $15) 43... Qf7 (43... Rxe4 $4 44. Qc6+ $16
{[%cal Rc6e4,Rc6h6]}) 44. Qc6+ Kg7 45. g5 $6 {Droht eventuell Qh6+, aber mit
diesem Zug schwächt Weiß seine eigene Königsstellung. Ich glaube, er wäre
besser einer Wartetaktik gefolgt.} Qe7 46. h4 Rd6 47. Qc5 Qe6 48. Kf3 (48. Kh2)
48... h6 $1 49. Qxa5 (49. gxh6+ Kxh6 50. Qxa5 Kh5 $15) 49... hxg5 (49... h5 50.
Ke2) 50. hxg5 Rd7 {[%cal Ge6h3,Gh3f3]} 51. g6 $6 (51. Qb5 $15) 51... Qh3+ 52.
Ke2 Qg4+ 53. Bf3 (53. f3 Qg2+ $19) 53... Qf5 $17 {[%csl Re2]} 54. Qa8 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Weiß verteidigt sich nicht gegen die schwarze Hauptdrohung.} (54.
Qb5 Qc2+ 55. Kf1 Qb1+ 56. Kg2 Qxg6+ $17) 54... Qd3+ 55. Ke1 Qb1+ (55... Qb1+
56. Ke2 Qd1#) 0-1

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0203 II"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Wessendorf, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Na4 Re8 12. Rc1 b6 13. Re1 Ba6 14. dxc5 Bxb2 15.
Nxb2 bxc5 16. Na4 c4 17. Nd2 Qa5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rad8 21.
Qc1 Nd4 22. Qc3 Qd5 23. Qe3 f5 24. Nc3 Qe5 25. Rd1 Ne6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qxa7
h5 28. Qe7 e3 29. f4 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. b4 Rd2 32. b5 Nd4 33. b6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mishin, Alexei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
Bd2 c6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Nc4 Nxc4
15. Bxc4 Be6 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Ba5 b6 18. Be1 Rad8 19. g4 Bd5 20. f3 Ng5 21. Bh4
f6 22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. Kf2 fxg4 24. fxg4 Bxh2 25. Nc3 Bg3+ 26. Ke2 Be6 27. Bf5
Bc4+ 28. Bd3 Rxd4 29. Bxc4+ Rxc4 30. Rad1 Be5 31. Rd7 a5 32. Kd3 Rxg4 33. Ne4
h5 34. Rf5 Bxb2 35. Nxg5 Bf6 36. Nf7 Re7 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. Ne5 Ra4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 10th final B"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Scherbakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Omsk Lidrikh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. e4
g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nf3 d6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 e5 13. d5 Bc8 14. b4 O-O 15. c5
bxc5 16. bxc5 f5 17. Rc1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nd7 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. O-O Nf6 21. Bc2
Bb7 22. Ng5 Bxd5 23. Bb3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3+ d5 25. Ne6 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Rfxb8 27. Nc7
d4 28. Bd2 Rc8 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. Rc4 Ne4 31. Ba5 Nd6 32. Rc6 Nb7 33. Bd2 Nd8
34. Ra6 Nf7 35. Rc1 e4 36. Rac6 Ne5 37. Rc8+ Rxc8 38. Rxc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kf6
40. Rxa7 Bf8 41. Bb4 Bh6 42. Rxh7 Nf7 43. a4 d3 44. Kf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 10th final B"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Frolov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nd4
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qb3 Bb4 17. Ne4 Kh8 18. f4 f5 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Qe6 Rad8 21.
Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Rf2 c5 24. h3 Rde7 25. Rc2 b6 26. h4 h5 27. Ne5 Re6
28. Rf3 g6 29. e3 dxe3 30. Rxe3 Kg7 31. Rce2 R8e7 32. Nc4 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Rxe3
34. Nxe3 Kf7 35. Nc4 Ke6 36. Nxb6 Be1 37. Nc4 Kf6 38. Ne5 Bb4 39. Kf1 Kg7 40.
Ke2 Kf6 41. Nc6 Ke6 42. Nxb4 cxb4 43. d4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Beznosikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 g6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. d5 Ne8 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Bh6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd6
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qf4 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Re5 a6 19. Rae1 Ra7 20. a4 h6 21. h4
Ng8 22. Be2 f5 23. Bd3 Rf6 24. Qg3 Qf8 25. Ne2 Qf7 26. Nf4 Kh7 27. h5 g5 28.
Ng6 Kg7 29. f4 g4 30. Qe3 Rc7 31. b3 Rb7 32. Bc2 Rc7 33. Qc3 Kh7 34. Re6 Qg7
35. Qe5 Rxe6 36. dxe6 Qf6 37. Rd1 Rc6 38. Qxf6 Nxf6 39. Nxe7 Rc7 40. Nxf5 Nxf5
41. Bxf5+ Kg8 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Tula Timashkov Memorial"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Saulin, Dmitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. h3 Bf6 12. g4 Bg6 13. h4 e5 14. d5 e4 15. Nd2
Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne5 17. h5 f5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qb3 Nbd7 20. c5 Rf7 21. gxf5 gxf5
22. O-O-O b6 23. c6 Nc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Nc4 Rb8 26. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Tula Timashkov Memorial"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tishin, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. d4 exd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Nf3 Nbxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 c6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. a3 Bd5 20. b4 Qc7
21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc4 Rfe8 23. Nd6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qd7 25. Re5 Rd8 26. Qe2 Nc3
27. Qe1 Nd5 28. h4 b6 29. Kh2 bxc5 30. bxc5 Rb8 31. Qe2 a5 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Re7
Qg4 34. Qxg4 Nxg4 35. Rxf7 Rb3 36. Rf4 h5 37. Ra4 Rb2 38. Ne4 Rb5 39. Rd4 Rb3
40. a4 Ra3 41. Ng5 Kf8 42. Ne6+ Kg8 43. Rd7 Rxa4 44. Rxg7+ Kh8 45. Rg5 Rc4 46.
Rxh5+ Kg8 47. Rg5+ Kh8 48. Nf4 a4 49. Rxg4 Kh7 50. Rg5 Re4 51. Rf5 Kg8 52. Nd3
a3 53. Nc1 Rc4 54. Na2 1-0

[Event "Tula Timashkov Memorial"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2004.04.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arzumanian, Georgy"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 Bxe3+ 11. Qxe3 a5 12. Kb1 a4 13. Nc1 a3 14. b3 Qe7
15. g4 Qe5 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. g5 Nh5 18. N1e2 Bd7 19. Bg2 Qc5 20. f4 Bg4 21. h3
Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Qf2 23. Rhg1 Nd5 24. Qxd5 Qxe2 25. Rdf1 Ng3 26. Re1 Qf2 27. f5 c6
28. Qd1 d5 29. exd5 Ne2 30. Qd2 cxd5 31. Bxd5 Qc5 32. Bc4 Nxg1 33. g6 hxg6 34.
fxg6 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Nf3 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nf3 b4 7. O-O Bg7 8. a3 bxa3
9. Rxa3 O-O 10. Nc3 Na6 11. e4 Nc7 12. h3 Nd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 e6 15. Re1 Kh7
16. Bf4 e5 17. Bd2 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nh4 Nf6 20. f4 e4 21. Kh2 Rg8 22. Qe2
Qe7 23. Nd1 Qf7 24. Ne3 Rb8 25. Bc1 Ba6 26. Nexf5 Bf8 27. b3 Re8 28. Bb2 h5 29.
Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Qxh5+ Bh6 31. Qxh6+ Qxh6 32. Nxh6 Kxh6 33. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial rap"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. O-O c5 (11... Ne4 12. Qc2 (12. Qd3 f5 13. Nd2
e5 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Qh4 17. Bf1 Re7 18. a4 exd4 19. exd4 Rfe8
20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. a5 Nf6 22. d5 Bc8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 Rf8 25. Bd4 Qd8 26.
Bd3 Bd7 27. Qg5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Pelletier,Y/Cap d'Agde 2002/CBM 92 (56)}
) 12... c5 13. Nd2 Nef6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. b5 e5 17. Nf1 h5 18. f3
Nf8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Bd3 h4 21. Ne4 h3 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Be4 Qe7 24. Rd2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Yemelin,V/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 72 (43)}) 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13.
bxc5 dxc5 $146 {As opposed to Huzman - Kosashvili, here black doesn't allow
white's queen to a5, thus making it harder for white to press on the queen
side. The downside is that black cannot put an effective block along the a1-h8
diagonal now.} (13... bxc5 14. Qa5 Rdc8 15. Rac1 Rc6 16. Nd2 Rb6 17. Ba1 e5 18.
dxe5 dxe5 19. f3 Nf8 20. Nf1 Ng6 21. Ng3 $14 {1-0 Huzman,A-Kosashvili,Y/Israel
2002/EXT 2003 (74)}) 14. Qc3 {[%cal Yc3b3] Transferring the queen to a more
suitable position on b3.} Rac8 15. Qb3 {[%cal Gd4d5,Ya3a5,Gb3d5,Yb3b7]} Nf8 (
15... cxd4 $142 {It's a good idea to check how will white capture back, before
removing the knight from d7, since cxd4 is inevitable anyway.} 16. Nxd4 (16.
exd4 Ne4 {[%cal Gd7f6]}) 16... Nc5 17. Qb4 e5 18. Nb5 Bc6 $13) 16. a4 $1 {
Now white seizes the initiative} Ng6 17. a5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qc5 (18... bxa5 19.
Rxa5 a6 20. Ba3 Qc7 21. Rc5 Qb8 22. f3 $16 {White is dominating the board.})
19. Qb5 $1 {simple and strong.} Nd7 20. a6 Be4 21. Qxc5 (21. f3 {first, was
somewhat stronger, since now black doesn't have the 21...e5 opportunity which
he played in the game.} Bc6 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxc6 25. Rd8+
Nf8 26. Be5 f6 27. Bd6 Ncd7 28. Bg3 {[%cal Gd8a8]} Nc5 29. Kf1 e5 30. f4 Ne4
31. Be1 $16) 21... Nxc5 22. f3 e5 23. Nb5 (23. fxe4 exd4 24. exd4 Nxe4 25. Bd3
Re8 26. Re1 $16) 23... Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bc2 25. Rd2 Ba4 26. Nxa7 Ra8 27. Nb5 Nxa6
28. Rd6 {White has a technically winning position, but rapid games have rules
of their own, and the risk of blundering is, of course, higher} Bxb5 29. cxb5
Nc5 30. Bc4 $1 {White is playing very precisely, depriving black of any
counterplay.} ({of course not} 30. Rxb6 Ra2 31. Rb8+ Nf8 32. Bxe5 Rxe2 33. Bd6
Ncd7 $17) 30... Na4 31. Ba3 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Nf8 32. Bd5 $1 Rb8 33. Bb4 $1 {
[%csl Ra4,Rb8,Rf8] With his last 4 forceful moves, Boris managed to completely
limit black pieces} g6 34. Bb3 (34. Rf6 {was perhaps the most practical} Ne6
35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Rxe6) 34... Ra8 35. Rc6 {[%cal Gc6c7]} Ra7 36. Rc8 Nc5 37.
Bd5 $4 {The wonders of time pressure. White managed to conduct an example game
of positional pressure, and an even more spectacular blunder.} (37. Bxc5 bxc5
38. Bd5 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Rb1 40. Rb8 {would have won easily} (40. Rxc5)) 37... Ra1+
38. Kf2 Nd3+ {and now there is no sense to continue.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krylov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Kh2 Nd8 12. d4 c6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. d5 Bd7 15.
b3 f5 16. f4 Nf7 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Nc3 h5 19. Qe1 Bf6 20. e4 Nh6 21. Qd2 exf4
22. gxf4 Qg7 23. Bf3 c5 24. Rg1 Ng4+ 25. Kg2 g5 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Bxg4 fxg4 28.
f5 Kf7 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Na4 Be5 31. Qe2 Rae8 32. Qxg4 Bxb2 33. Nxb2 Rxh1 34.
Kxh1 Rh8+ 35. Kg2 Qc3 36. Qe2 Qh3+ 37. Kf2 Qh4+ 38. Ke3 Qf4+ 39. Kd3 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Jakubiec, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Nc4 10. Nf4 Nd6 11. Ngh3 g6 12. f3 Bb7 13. fxe4 Nxe4 14. O-O Bg7
15. Nh5 Bf6 16. Bh6 Rg8 17. d5 Qb8 18. Qd3 gxh5 19. Qxe4 Rg4 20. Rxf6 Qa7+ 21.
Kh1 O-O-O 22. Qxe7 Bxd5 23. Nf4 Bc6 24. Rxc6 dxc6 25. Ne6 Rdg8 26. Be3 c5 27.
Rd1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Ng3
Qa5 9. Qc2 c3 10. bxc3 bxc3 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 e6 14. O-O Bb4
15. e4 e5 16. Nf5 O-O 17. Ba2 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rac8 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. h3 Ng6 21. Bh2
Rfd8 22. Rad1 Qc5 23. Nf3 Nh5 24. Qb3 Qe7 25. Nd4 a5 26. Nf5 Qf8 27. e5 Nhf4
28. Nd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Rb8 30. Qc4 Rb2 31. Rfe1 c2 32. Rd2 c1=Q 33. Qxc1 Rxd2
34. Qxd2 Rxd6 35. Qxa5 h6 36. Qc7 Rf6 37. Bb1 Qb4 38. Rd1 Ne6 39. Qxc6 Qb2 40.
Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qc2 Qb7 42. Qe4 Qa7 43. Qc2 Nef4 44. Bg3 Qa8 45. Qe4 Qxe4 46. Bxe4
Ne2+ 47. Kh2 Nc3 48. Rd4 Nxe4 49. Rxe4 Rd6 50. f3 Nf8 51. Be1 Ne6 52. Rc4 g5
53. a5 Kg6 54. Bc3 h5 55. h4 f6 56. Kg3 Nf4 57. Bd2 Ne6 58. hxg5 fxg5 59. Kf2
Kf5 60. Bc3 h4 61. Re4 Rc6 62. Re5+ Kf4 63. Re3 Kf5 64. g3 hxg3+ 65. Kxg3 Kg6
66. Bd2 Kf5 67. Ra3 Nc7 68. Be3 Na6 69. Rb3 Re6 70. Rb5+ Re5 71. Rxe5+ Kxe5 72.
Kg4 Kd5 73. Kxg5 Kc6 74. f4 Nc7 75. f5 Nd5 76. a6 Kc7 77. Bc5 Kb8 78. Kg6 Kc7
79. Kf7 Kc6 80. Bd4 Nc7 81. a7 Kb7 82. Be5 Nd5 83. Ke6 Nb4 84. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Minsk Inautomarket op"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Soltanici, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
Ng3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. f3 Ne8 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. O-O Qf6 14. Ne2 h6 15. g3
Qe7 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Bd2 Nh7 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 f5 20. Ng3 Nh4 21. Rae1 Nf6
22. exf5 Qf7 23. Qd1 Nh7 24. Re6 Bxe6 25. fxe6 Qe7 26. Qh5 Qf6 27. Kh1 g6 28.
Qxh6 Nf5 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Rg1+ Kh8 31. Rg6 Qe7 32. Qh5 Rg8 33. Bxf5 Rg7 34.
Rxg7 Qxg7 35. Bg6 Kg8 36. f5 Nf6 37. Qh4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Nbd2 Re8 16. d5 Nd7 17. Nh2 Bh4 18. Re2 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. f3 h5
22. Bc3 Bg5 23. Nf1 Nd7 24. Ba4 Ne5 25. Bxe8 Nxf3+ 26. Kf2 hxg4 27. hxg4 Nd4
28. Bc6 Qf6+ 29. Kg1 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Qf4 31. Be1 Qxg4 32. Bg3 Rb8 33. Nh2 Qxg3 34.
Rg2 Qh4 35. Qxf3 Bxe4 36. Qg4 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Oberliga NRW 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.01.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Roese, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.09.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plettenberg"]
[BlackTeam "Koeln SF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. d3 d6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c5
9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne5 11. d4 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 a6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bg2 Rab8 15. d5
exd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. f4 Rfe8 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Nd1 b5 20. Ne3 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Bc8
22. Ra3 Rb4 23. Bc3 Rbxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qd3 Re8 26. Ra4 Qb6 27. Re4 Rxe4
28. Qxe4 Qxb3 29. Ba1 Nf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rb1 Qc3 32. Nf5 Qa5 33. Nxd6 Bxd6
34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qxc8 Qd2 36. Qg4+ Kh6 37. Qf5 Qd4+ 38. Kg2 c4 39. Rb7 Kg7 40.
Qh5 Qe4+ 41. Kh3 Be7 42. Rc7 Qe1 43. Qf3 Bd6 44. Rxc4 a5 45. Rc6 Qe7 46. Qg4+
Kh6 47. Rc8 f5 48. Qxf5 a4 49. Rc6 Kg7 50. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Staufer op 18th"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Gmuend"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lentrodt, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rae1 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5
15. Be2 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Qe7 17. Bg4 Nf6 18. Bf5 exd4 19. cxd4 Be4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4
21. Rf3 d5 22. cxd5 Nd6 23. Bd3 a6 24. h3 Nb5 25. Ref1 Rf8 26. a4 Nd6 27. e4
Rad8 28. e5 Ne8 29. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Moscow op 02nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kalinichev, Andrey"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2006.01.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. f4
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nce2 Bb7 11. Ng3 h5 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Nxh5 Nxe3 15.
Nxg7+ Kd7 16. Qxe3 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 28th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2006.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Nf4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O c4
15. Bc2 Re8 16. Re1 Nbd7 17. e4 Nf8 18. e5 N6d7 19. f4 Ne6 20. Qf3 Ndf8 21. Ba4
Re7 22. Bc6 Rc8 23. Bxd5 Rd7 24. Be4 Nc7 25. a4 Nd5 26. Ba3 Ne6 27. Bd6 Ne7 28.
Bb7 Nf5 29. Bxc8 Qxc8 30. d5 1-0

[Event "Nezhmetdinov Memorial 28th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2006.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gorovykh, Eduard"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2006.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
f4 e5 9. f5 Nxe4 10. Qe2 Bxf5 11. O-O Bc5+ 12. Be3 Ng3 0-1

[Event "Muhamedzjanov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "2006.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. h4 Nf6 6. Nh3 e5 7. Ng5 d6 8. e3 h6
9. Nge4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bg2 Be6 12. d3 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. Rb1 a6 15. Re1
Qd7 16. a4 Nb4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 b5 19. e4 bxa4 20. Ra1 f4 21. Rf1 g5 22.
hxg5 hxg5 23. Bf3 Rf6 24. Bg4 Qb5 25. Be6+ Kf8 26. Qxa4 Qxa4 27. Rxa4 Rb6 28.
Rd1 Ke7 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Kf3 Nc2 31. Kg4 Nd4 32. Bf5 Rh8 33. Kxg5 Nf3+ 34. Kg4
Nh2+ 35. Kg5 Bf6+ 36. Kg6 Rbb8 37. Be6 Rbg8+ 38. Bxg8 Rxg8+ 0-1

[Event "Muhamedzjanov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "2006.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 Bb7 5. c4 b4 6. Nbd2 g6 7. e4 d6 8. g3 Bg7
9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. e5 Nfd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. dxe6 Nf6 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. a5
Qc8 16. Re1 a6 17. Qe2 Rf8 18. Ng5 Nd8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. f4 Ne8 21. h4 Rf6 22.
h5 h6 23. Ne4 Rxe6 24. hxg6 Nf6 25. Nbd2 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Nc6 27. f5 Re5 28. g4 d5
29. cxd5 Nd4 30. Qg2 h5 31. Bf4 hxg4 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Qxg4 Qxd5 34. Qh5 Bg7
35. Ng5 Qd6 36. Re3 Qf4 37. Rae1 Rd8 38. Rxe7 Qxg5+ 39. Qxg5 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nxg5
41. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2006.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Domogaev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 Nd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Ne2 c5 10. b4 O-O 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. O-O Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. h3 Qc8 15.
Kh2 Bc6 16. f4 Nd7 17. g4 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Ng3 fxe4 20. dxe4 Kh8 21. Ra2
Nb6 22. Qb3 Ra6 23. e5 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 Qe6 25. Nh5 Bh6 26. Rfg1 Qxc4 27. Qg3 Raa8
28. f5 Rg8 29. Qxg8+ Rxg8 30. Rxg8+ Qxg8 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kurilin, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Nbd2
Rb8 15. Qc2 d5 16. Nb3 Bg7 17. Nc5 dxe4 18. Nxe4 c5 19. b3 f5 20. Ned2 e5 21.
Nc4 Bb7 22. Rad1 Rbd8 23. Rd2 e4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ne1 Qe7 26. Ne3 f4 27. Nd1
Qd6 28. Nb2 Qd2 29. Na4 Bc6 30. a3 Qxc2 31. Nxc2 Rd2 32. Rc1 Bxa4 33. bxa4 Bxc3
34. Ne1 Re2 35. Kf1 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Bxe1 37. Kxe1 Kf7 38. Kd2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Vitebsk op"]
[Site "Vitebsk"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pospelov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. O-O e6 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bc2
Nxg3 16. fxg3 b4 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Nfd4 Bg4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Nxe4 21. Nd4
Qb8 22. Bxe4 Qb6 23. Bd3 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxb2 25. Rb1 Qxa2 26. h4 Re3 27. hxg5
Rxg3 28. Be4 Re8 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-B"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2007.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2007.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. exd4 Nb4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. a3 Ne4 12. b4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Nd6 14. Qe2 Rc8 15.
Ne5 Be8 16. f4 Qb6 17. c3 Nd8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Ndxc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Qa6 21. Ne3
Qb6 22. d5 f5 23. Kh1 Bh5 24. Qd2 Bf7 25. Rae1 Bh4 26. g3 Be7 27. Be5 Bg6 28.
Bc4 Nf7 29. Bd4 Qd8 30. Bb3 Bf6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qb2 e5 33. fxe5 Nxe5 34. Qd4
Qb6 35. Qd2 Kh8 36. Nxf5 Rcd8 37. Qh6 Qc7 38. Nd4 Qc3 39. Ne6 Rg8 40. Re3 Qd2
41. Nf4 Qb2 42. Bd1 Qd4 43. Rfe1 Rd6 44. Bb3 Rdd8 45. Qh4 Qb6 46. Ne6 Rdf8 47.
Nxf8 Rxf8 48. Qh6 Rg8 49. Qf4 Nd3 50. Rxd3 Bxd3 51. Re6 Qd8 52. Qd4 Bg6 53.
Rxf6 Rg7 54. d6 Qe8 55. Be6 Qd8 56. d7 a5 57. bxa5 Be4+ 58. Kg1 Bg6 59. Qf4
Rxd7 60. Rf8+ Kg7 61. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Moscow op 03rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Deviatkin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. e5 Nfd7 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 Be7 12. Kf1 Nc6 13. Kg2 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qa6 15.
a3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Nf4 g5 18. Nh5 g6 19. Ng3 Qb6 20. Be3 Kf8 21. Qd2 Kg7
22. Rhd1 Qd8 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Nb6 25. f4 Nc4 26. Qf2 b5 27. Rd3 a5 28. h4
Kg8 29. Rh1 b4 30. f5 Rxh4 31. fxg6 f5 32. Nxe6 Qe7 33. Rxh4 Qxh4 34. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Moscow op 03rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2007.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 Na5 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Bxa5 bxa5 13. O-O Qc7 14.
Rfc1 Qxf4 15. gxf4 Rb8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rxb4 19. Rxa7 Ke7 20.
e4 Rc8 21. Rd1 Rbxc4 22. e5 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Rc1 24. Bf3 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Rc1 26. Kg2
Rxd1 27. Ra3 Rd4 28. Kf3 h6 29. h4 h5 30. Ra8 f6 31. exf6+ Kxf6 32. Rf8+ Ke7
33. Rh8 Rd5 34. Kg3 Rf5 35. Rg8 Kf7 36. Rd8 Rd5 37. Rh8 Rd3+ 38. f3 Rd5 39. Rd8
g6 40. Kf2 Rd1 41. Ke2 Rd4 42. Ke3 Rd5 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Rg8 Rf5 45. Ke3 Kf7 46.
Rd8 d5 47. Rd7+ Kf8 48. Rd8+ Ke7 49. Rg8 d4+ 50. Kxd4 Kf7 51. Ra8 Rxf4+ 52. Ke5
Rxf3 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. Ra1 Rh3 55. Ra8+ Kh7 56. Ra7+ Kh6 57. Ra4 Rg3 58. Ra1 Rg4
59. Rh1 g5 60. hxg5+ Kxg5 61. Kxe6 h4 62. Ke5 Rg2 63. Ke4 Kg4 64. Rf1 h3 65.
Rf8 h2 66. Rg8+ Kh3 67. Rh8+ Kg3 68. Ke3 Ra2 69. Rg8+ Kh3 70. Rh8+ Kg2 71. Rg8+
0-1

[Event "Muhamedzjanov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "2007.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Markosian, David S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bf5 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. d5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Bf3 Rfc8 14. Qd2 a5 15.
a4 Ne8 16. Rfd1 Nc7 17. Nde2 Nca6 18. e4 Nc5 19. Nc1 Qd8 20. Ra3 Qe8 21. Bg4 h5
22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Be3 Rec8 25. Bd4 Nca6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nb3 Nc5
28. Nd4 Nca6 29. Ncb5 Rc5 30. Rg3 Rh8 31. Nc3 Rcc8 32. e5 dxe5 33. Qxe5+ Kh7
34. Rf3 Rhf8 35. g4 h4 36. Qg5 Nc5 37. Qxh4+ Kg7 38. Nf5+ gxf5 39. gxf5 1-0

[Event "Muhamedzjanov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "2007.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akhmadeev, Vadim"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bxb4 axb4 7. Bg2 Ne7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Qc2 Nbc6 13. e3 Qd6 14. f4 f6
15. f5 Bf7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Qd3 Na5 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 c5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21.
Rd1 Rcc8 22. Nhf3 Nac6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Qb4 26. b3 Rc8 27.
Nb1 Rc7 28. g4 Nc8 29. Qd2 Qxb3 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Nd6 32. Nc3 b5 33. Bf1
h5 34. h3 b4 35. Ne2 Nc4 36. Kf2 Qd3 37. Qf4 b3 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Nf4 Qxd4+ 40.
Kg3 Qg1+ 41. Bg2 h4+ 0-1

[Event "Belyaev Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Nabereznye Chelny"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Vladimir Alekseevic"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 f5 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Qg4 Qc8 13. Ng5 Qxg4 14. hxg4 Nf4
15. Be4 Ne2+ 16. Kh2 Nexd4 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxf7 c6
21. c5 d5 22. Rae1 e5 23. f4 e4 24. f5 Be5+ 25. Kh1 Kg7 26. Be6 Re8 27. Bd7 Re7
28. Bc8 Rc7 29. Be6 Nxe6 30. fxe6 Re7 31. b4 Rxe6 32. Re3 Bd4 33. Re2 Bc3 34.
a3 d4 35. Rd1 Kf6 36. g3 Ke5 37. Rc2 e3 38. Kg2 Ke4 39. g5 Bd2 40. Rh1 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Vladimir op-A"]
[Site "Vladimir"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Potapov, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. g4 Ne8 10. h4 f5 11. g5 f4 12. Bf2 c5 13. Kd2 h5 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 b6
16. Qb3 Nc7 17. Rb1 Nc8 18. Nc1 Qe7 19. Nd3 a6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Bh3 Bxh3 22.
Rxh3 Re8 23. Rhh1 Bf8 24. Qa4 Ra7 25. Rb8 Rd8 26. Rhb1 Ne8 27. Qc6 Qc7 28. Qxc7
Nxc7 29. Ke2 Na8 30. Na4 Re8 31. Be1 Kf7 32. Ba5 Kg8 33. R1b7 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Ne7
35. Ra7 Rb8 36. Rxa6 Nc8 37. Ne1 Be7 38. Nc2 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2010.03.25"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Be2 Nge7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Nc6 8.
c3 a6 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. d3 Bd7 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Be5 O-O 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Bxd5 Bxe5 19. Bxe6 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2
fxe6 21. Rc5 Rf8 22. Re5 Qxd4 23. Rxe6 Kh8 24. Re4 Qd6+ 25. Kg1 Rad8 26. d4 Qf6
27. Qe3 h6 28. Rd1 Rd6 29. Re8 Rd5 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qe6 Rd6 32. Qe4 Qf7 33.
d5 Qd7 34. Qe5 Kg8 35. Rd4 Kh8 36. a4 Kg8 37. a5 Kh8 38. b4 Kg8 39. Kh2 Kh8 40.
g3 Kg8 41. Kg2 Kh8 42. Qe4 Kg8 43. Rd3 Qf7 44. Kg1 Qd7 45. Kh2 Qf7 46. Kg2 Qd7
47. Qe5 Kh7 48. Qe4+ Kg8 49. g4 Qf7 50. Kg3 Qd7 51. Rd4 Qf7 52. Rc4 Qxd5 53.
Rc8+ Kf7 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Qxd5+ Rxd5 56. Rxb7 Rd4 57. f3 Rc4 58. Kf2 Rc3 59.
Ke2 Kh7 60. Rb6 Rc4 61. Kd3 Rf4 62. Rxa6 Rxb4 63. Rb6 Rf4 64. Ke3 Ra4 65. a6 g5
66. Kd3 Ra3+ 67. Kc4 Rxf3 68. Kb5 Rb3+ 69. Kc6 Ra3 70. Kb7 h5 71. gxh5 g4 72.
a7 1-0

[Event "Izhevsk op-A"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Glidzhain, Gor Mikhailovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Nd7 8.
c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Rc1 c6 11. O-O Nf6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Rfd1 Be4 14. Ne5 Bd5
15. Qb4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Qc5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rc8 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21.
Qb7 Rxa2 22. Rxc6 Rxb2 23. Rdc1 e6 24. Rxe6 Qa8 25. Qxa8 Rxa8 26. Rec6 f6 27.
Bxf6 Raa2 28. Bh4 Nxe3 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. R8c7+ Kh6 31. g4 Nxg4 32. hxg4 Rd2 33.
R1c5 1-0

[Event "Izhevsk op-A"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2010.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Goriatchkin, Jouri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 e5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. d4 e4 7. Ne5 Be6 8.
O-O c6 9. Bc4 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Qa6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Ndxe4 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Ne4 Nd7 15. c3 Rfe8 16. Re1 Qc4 17. Bf4 Qd5 18. Qd3 b5 19. a4 a6 20. h3 c5 21.
axb5 c4 22. Qf3 axb5 23. Nd6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxf3 25. gxf3 g5 26. Bg3 b4 27.
cxb4 Nb6 28. Be5 Be7 29. Rc1 f6 30. Bg3 Rd8 31. Nxc4 Rc8 32. b3 Bxb4 33. f4 Kf7
34. fxg5 fxg5 35. Kg2 Ke6 36. Kf3 Nd5 37. Ra1 h5 38. Ke4 Nf6+ 39. Kd3 h4 40.
Ra6+ Kf5 41. Be5 Nd5 42. Ne3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow op-E"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.01.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Qe2 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Ngf6 9. Bg2 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Re8 14. d4
Qc7 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Qe7 17. Re1 h6 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Qf3 Bc7
21. Bc1 Qd8 22. c3 Nd5 23. Bf1 Bd6 24. Bd3 Nf6 25. Bc2 Bf8 26. h4 Bd6 27. a3
Nh7 28. Kg2 Nf8 29. Re2 Be7 30. Rde1 Bd6 31. d5 cxd5 32. Ba4 a6 33. Bxd7 Qxd7
34. Qg4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Kh7 36. Bf4 Bxf4 37. Qxf4 Ng6 38. Qf3 Kg8 39. Rd4 Ne7 40.
Kg1 Nf5 41. Rd3 Qb5 42. Red2 Nd6 43. Rd4 Nc4 44. Re2 a5 45. Rg4 Qe8 46. Qf6 Qf8
47. a4 Kh8 48. Qd4 Rc6 49. b3 Nd6 50. Qe5 Kh7 51. h5 Ne4 52. c4 Nf6 53. Rd4
dxc4 54. Rxc4 Rb6 55. Re3 Nd5 56. Rd3 Rd6 57. Rc7 f6 58. Qe4+ f5 59. Qe5 Rb6
60. Rd7 Rc6 61. Rxb7 Nf6 62. Rc7 Rxc7 63. Qxc7 Qb4 64. Qc3 Qb6 65. Qd4 Qc6 66.
Qc4 Qb6 67. Re3 Ne4 68. Kg2 Ng5 69. g4 Qb7+ 70. f3 Qa7 71. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Morozov, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. b3 d5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb2 g6 6. Bb5 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Qe2 Qb6 10. Ne5 c4 11. Nc3 cxb3 12. axb3 a5 13. Na4 Qb5 14. d3 Re8 15.
Bd4 Qb7 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxd4 18. exd4 Bxd7 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Ra4 Ra7 21.
Rfa1 Rea8 22. Qe3 Bc8 23. Qe5 Qb6 24. h3 f6 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. Rf1 Rb8 27. Raa1
Qd6 28. Rf3 Kf7 29. Re1 Rb4 30. c3 Rb8 31. Re3 Kf8 32. Qf3 Rb6 33. g4 Rb8 34.
h4 Kf7 35. R3e2 Rb5 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Bf5 38. Qg3 Qd8 39. Rg2 Qf8 40. h6 Ke8
41. Qh4 Rxc5 42. dxc5 Bxd3 43. Qh3 Be4 44. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Re1 d5 8. Nbd2
Qb6 9. e3 Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nbd4 O-O 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. e4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Rad8 18. Qe1 Bf6 19. Bf4 b4 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 Rfe8 22. Nb3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Bc6 24. Qc5 Qb8 25. Rae1 Ba8 26. Qb5 Qd6 27.
R5e2 Qc7 28. Rd2 Rb8 29. Qe2 Qc6 30. f3 Qxf3 31. Qxf3 Bxf3 32. Rd7 Rb7 33. Red1
Rxb3 34. axb3 Bxd1 35. Rxd1 Rb8 36. Rd7 g5 37. Rxa7 Rxb3 38. Ra2 Kg7 39. Kf2 f5
40. Ke2 f4 41. gxf4 gxf4 42. Kd1 Kf6 43. Kc1 Rh3 44. Ra8 Rxh2 45. b4 Ke5 46.
Rf8 Rh5 47. b5 Rf5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Ba5 4. b4 c6 5. bxa5 cxd5 6. cxd5 Qxa5 7. e4 Nf6 8.
f3 d6 9. Ne2 Na6 10. Bb2 Nc5 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. Bc3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Ba4 14. Qe2 O-O
15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Be2 Bd7 17. O-O Rac8 18. d4 Na4 19. Ba1 Qa5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21.
f4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 exf4 23. Qxf4 Rc8 24. Rf1 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. d6 Qe6 27. Nf5
Qxe4 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Qxf6 Qg6 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Odintsovo"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ostrovsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf6 14. Rb1 b6
15. Ba6 Ra8 16. Bf4 Bc8 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Be4 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. c4 Na5 21.
Qd3 Rc8 22. Rbc1 Qd7 23. Bg5 Qd8 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. d5 Qd7 26. Bg5 Bd8 27. Rcd1
exd5 28. cxd5 Na5 29. Ne5 Qd6 30. Bf4 Bc7 31. g3 Qd8 32. d6 Bb8 33. d7 Rc5 34.
Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Bxb8 Nc4 36. Bc7 Qxc7 37. Qf3+ Kg8 38. Re8 1-0

[Event "Izhevsk Corporation Cup-A 3rd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kanter, Eduard"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Qa4
Bd6 9. Ne5 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ndc4 Bc7 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Qf5 Re8
15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. Bxc7 Rxc7 19. Nd6 Rxe2 20. Rac1
Bc6 21. b4 Ba4 22. Bxd5 Kf8 23. Bc4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 d3 25. Nf5 g6 26. Ne3 Rxa2
27. Rd4 d2 28. Rb1 Nc7 29. Kf1 Nb5 30. Rd3 Na3 31. Rd1 Bxd1 32. Nxd1 Nc4 33.
Ke2 b5 34. Rd7 Ra6 35. Ne3 Nxe3 36. fxe3 Ra2 37. Kd1 a6 38. Ra7 h5 39. e4 Ra4
40. Kxd2 Rxb4 41. Rxa6 Rxe4 42. Rb6 b4 43. Kd3 Rg4 44. Ke3 h4 45. Kf3 hxg3 46.
hxg3 f5 47. Rb7 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Tambov Korensky Memorial 20th"]
[Site "Tambov"]
[Date "2011.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vyaznikov, Sergey O"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. b3 O-O 5. Bb2 c5 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. a3 Rc8 11. c4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ne4 13. Nb3 a5 14. a4 Nb4 15.
Nfd2 Ng5 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Ra1 Ne6 18. Bc3 Nf4 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. Nxa5 Qxa5 21. Qb1
Bf5 22. Qxb4 Qxb4 23. Bxb4 Bxd4 24. Ra3 Rc7 25. Nb3 Bf6 26. c5 Nd3 27. Ba5 Rd7
28. Rb1 Ne5 29. Re1 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rc8 31. Kg2 Be6 32. Bb4 Rd5 33. Nd2 Rg5+ 34.
Kf1 Rh5 35. Kg1 Be5 36. Nf1 Bd4 37. Ng3 Bxc5 38. Bxc5 Rhxc5 39. a5 Rc3 40. Rxc3
Rxc3 41. Re3 Rc5 42. Ra3 Bh3 43. Ra1 Rb5 44. f4 Rb4 45. f3 Rxf4 46. Kf2 Rb4 47.
Ne4 Rb2+ 48. Kg3 Bf5 49. Nc3 Kf8 50. a6 bxa6 51. Rxa6 Rc2 52. Ra3 f6 53. h4 h5
54. Rb3 Kf7 55. Ra3 Rd2 56. Ra4 Rd3 57. Ne2 Bg4 58. Ng1 Bd7 59. Rc4 Rd2 60. Rb4
e5 61. Rb6 g5 62. Rb4 f5 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 21st"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 g6 6. d5 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rb1 Re8 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd2 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne4 Rac8 20. Nc3 Qd3 21.
Qa4 Nc4 22. Bf4 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Bxc3 24. Qb5 Qe4 25. Rb3 a6 26. Qd7 Qc4 27. Rxc3
Qxc3 28. Be3 Qc6 29. Qd3 b5 30. h3 Rcd8 31. Qb3 Qd5 32. Qb4 Re4 33. Qa5 Ra4 34.
Qc3 Rc4 35. Qb2 Re8 36. Bh6 Qd4 37. Qb1 Qc3 38. Qd1 Rd4 39. Qc1 Qxc1 40. Rxc1
Rh4 41. Be3 Rc4 42. Ra1 h5 43. Kf1 f6 44. Rd1 Kf7 45. Rd6 Re6 46. Rd7+ Ke8 47.
Rg7 g5 48. Rh7 h4 49. Rh8+ Kf7 50. Rh7+ Kg6 51. Rb7 f5 52. Rd7 f4 53. Bd2 Rcc6
0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ageichenko, Genadi A"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nd5 Bg4 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Nc2 Qc8 14. Kh2 Bc6
15. Ne3 f5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. e3 Qd8 19. Bc3 a5 20. d3 b5 21. a3 b4
22. Bb2 Qb6 23. a4 Rae8 24. Qd2 Bc8 25. f4 exf4 26. exf4 Bxb2 27. Qxb2 Ba6 28.
Qd2 Qd8 29. Rae1 Qf6 30. Re3 Qc3 31. Qe2 Bxd3 32. Qf3 Rxe3 33. Qxe3 Bxf1 34.
Qe6+ Kg7 35. Bxf1 Qf6 36. Qd7+ Rf7 37. Qb5 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.02.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. e3 g6 5. Be2 c5 6. h3 Bd7 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. d5 Na6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Rc1 Nc5 14. b4 Nce4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. c5 Bf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Qd3 a5 20. b5 dxc5 21. Rxc5
e6 22. Rd1 Nd7 23. Rcc1 Ne5 24. Qe2 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qe7 26. b6 Rac8 27. dxe6
Qxe6 28. Qxb7 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qxa2 30. Qe7 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. b7 Be5 33. Rc8
Kf7 34. Ba7 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Babikov, Ivan"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. b4 Bd6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. h3 Nce5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc5 Rd8 17. Nd2 b6 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Qf4 20. Bxg6 hxg6
21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Rac8 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. Nf3 f6 26. g4 Be4 27.
Nd2 Bc2 28. Re7 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rc1 Bd3 31. Nf1 Bc4 32. Ne3 b5 33. Rc3
Re4 34. Ra3 Rxd4 35. Rxa7 Rd2 36. Nxc4 bxc4 37. Kf1 d4 38. Rc7 c3 39. Ke1 Rxa2
40. Rc4 Rb2 41. Kd1 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 Ke7 43. b5 Kd6 44. b6 Kd5 45. b7 Rb2 46. Rc7
Ke4 47. Re7+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gorbatov, Alexej"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 a6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Bd3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Qf3 Be6
15. Rfe1 Nc6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nb3 O-O 19. h3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qb4 21.
g4 h6 22. a5 Nxa5 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Nd4 26. Qf4 Nxc2 27. Qxb4
Nxb4 28. Re7 b5 29. h4 g6 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 d4 32. gxf6 dxc3 33. Bd7 cxb2
34. Ree1 Nc2 35. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Morozov, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2012.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 a5 12. d3 Bf8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. Nh4
Be7 16. Qh5 Nc5 17. Bf1 e5 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Ne4 Nxb3 20. Nf5 Be7 21. c5 Nxc5 22.
Bc1 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rexc8 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxb7 Ra7 27. Rxa7 Bxa7
28. Bd2 Rb8 29. Bg2 Rb2 30. Bxc6 Rxd2 31. Rxe5 Bb6 32. Bb5 f6 33. Bc4+ Kh7 34.
Rb5 Bc7 35. a4 Re2 36. Rc5 Re7 37. h4 g5 38. h5 Kg7 39. Kg2 Bb6 40. Rc6 Bc7 41.
Kf3 Be5 42. Ra6 Bc7 43. Be6 Be5 44. Ke4 Bb8 45. f4 gxf4 46. gxf4 Ra7 47. Rb6
Bc7 48. Rc6 Kf8 49. Bc4 Kg7 50. Kf5 Bd8 51. Rd6 Be7 52. Rxd4 Rc7 53. Ke6 Bb4
54. Rd8 Re7+ 55. Kf5 Rc7 56. Be6 Rc5+ 57. Bd5 Bc3 58. Rd7+ Kf8 59. Ke6 Rc8 60.
Rf7+ Kg8 61. Rb7 Rd8 62. Bc4 Kh8 63. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Izhevsk Corporation Cup-A 4th"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. exd5 O-O 11. dxe6 Nb6 12. Qd1 Bxe6 13. Be2 Rad8 14. O-O Kh8
15. a4 Rfe8 16. a5 Nbd5 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. Qb3 Nb4 19. b6 axb6 20. axb6 Qxb6 21.
Ng5 Re7 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxf7 Qc7 24. Bc4 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Nc2 26. Ra6 Bd6 27.
Nf3 Nb4 28. Ng5 Rf8 29. Ra8 h6 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Ne6 Qf7 32. Nxf8 Qxf8 33. Qf3
Be4 34. Qf4 Qe8 35. Be3 Nbd5 36. Bxd5 Nxd5 37. Qg3 Qb5 38. Re1 Qb4 39. f3 Bd3
40. Bxh6 Qxb2 41. Re5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 12th"]
[Site "Kaunas"]
[Date "2012.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Barle, Janez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2012.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. h3 d6 7. Nh2 Na5 8. Ng4
Nxc4 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. dxc4 f5 11. Qf3 f4 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 f6 17. g3 fxg3 18. fxg3 Rdg8 19. Bc3 Rg6 20. Bd2 h5
21. Rd3 Kb8 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. exf5 Rg7 24. Kd1 Rhg8 25. Be1 Rg5 26. Rf1 Kc7 27.
Ke2 Kc6 28. a4 Rd8 29. Bd2 Rg7 30. Rd1 Rdg8 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. Kf3 Rdg8 33. Rg1 a6
34. Ke4 Rb8 35. a5 Bd8 36. g4 hxg4 37. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 38. hxg4 Be7 39. Rh3 Rg8 40.
Rh4 Bd8 41. Kf3 Rg7 42. Rh8 Be7 43. Bh6 Rf7 44. Ke4 Kd7 45. c3 Bd8 46. b4 Bc7
47. Kd5 Re7 48. Bf8 Re8 49. Rh7+ Kc8 50. Bxd6 Bxd6 51. Kxd6 e4 52. Kxc5 e3 53.
Rh1 Re4 54. Kd6 Kd8 55. Re1 Rxg4 56. Rxe3 Rxc4 57. Rh3 Ke8 58. Kd5 Rc6 59. c4
Kd8 60. Rh7 Kc8 61. Re7 Kb8 62. Re6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 12th"]
[Site "Kaunas"]
[Date "2012.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golcman, Evgeny"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2012.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc1
Nf5 9. O-O Bd7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Rb1 Nfd4 13. b4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd4
15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. e3 Ne6 17. Ne2 c6 18. Bg2 Nc7 19. f4 Bg4 20. Rf2 Qd7 21. Qf1
d5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bc3 Kg8 24. Qc1 Rbc8 25. Qb2 Rfe8 26. b5 Bf5 27. fxe5 fxe5
28. e4 Bg4 29. a4 d4 30. Bd2 Rf8 31. Rbf1 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Bxf8 34.
Nc1 Qf7 35. b6 axb6 36. Qxb6 Ne6 37. h3 Bd1 38. a5 h5 39. h4 Kh7 40. a6 bxa6
41. Qxa6 Nc5 42. Qb5 Bg4 43. Qb8 Nd7 44. Qb5 Be6 45. Bg5 Be7 46. Bxe7 Qxe7 47.
Kh2 Nf6 48. Bf3 Qc7 49. Qb2 Qa5 50. Ne2 Bg4 51. Qb7+ Kg8 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. Qb7+
Bd7 54. Kg2 Qc5 55. Kf2 Kf7 56. Ke1 Qa5+ 57. Kf2 Qd2 58. Qc7 Qxd3 59. Qxe5 Qe3+
60. Kg2 d3 61. Qf4 Qxf4 62. Nxf4 d2 63. Kf2 Ba4 64. e5 Ng4+ 65. Kg2 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Vladivostok Russian Cup"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "2012.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2012.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 e5 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. Nge2 g5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Nc5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. O-O-O
Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Bd7 16. Rhd1 O-O-O 17. Qa5 a6 0-1

[Event "Vladivostok Russian Cup"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rychkov, Oleg"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. Nbc3 Nc6 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 Nd5 13. Bg5 Nxc3 14. bxc3
f6 15. Re3 fxg5 16. Rd3 Qf6 17. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Bxc3 19. Rb1 Rae8 20. Qf1
Qc5 21. Qg1 Qxg1+ 22. Kxg1 Ba5 23. h3 Bb6+ 24. Kh1 Re2 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1
Rxc2 27. Bd3 Rc3 28. Kg2 a5 29. Be4 Bc5 30. Bxc6 Bd6 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Rd8+ Kg7
33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rf7+ Ke5 35. Bb3 Kd4 36. Rxh7 Rxg3+ 37. Kf2 Kc3 38. Rh6 Bf4
39. Be6 c5 40. Rh8 Kb4 41. Rh7 c4 42. Rb7+ Kc5 43. Rb2 c3 44. Re2 Kd4 45. Bd7
Re3 46. Ba4 Rxh3 47. Bc2 Rh2+ 48. Kf1 Rxe2 49. Kxe2 g4 50. Bxg6 g3 51. Kf3 g2
0-1

[Event "Moscow MGSU Rector Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. h3 Nfd7 7. Bh2 e5 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Kh8 10. O-O f5 11. b4 Qf6 12. a4 g5 13. a5 g4 14. hxg4 fxg4 15. Ne4
Qg6 16. Nfd2 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Rxf6 18. Bg3 Qh5 19. Ne4 Rh6 20. f4 gxf3 21. Qxf3 Bg4
22. Qf7 exd4 23. Qxh5 Rxh5 24. Nf2 dxc3 25. Nxg4 Rg5 26. Be2 Nxb4 27. Bh4 Rc5
28. Ra4 Nd5 29. e4 c2 30. exd5 c1=Q 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Rf8 33. a6 bxa6 34.
Bg3 h5 35. Nf2 Rc2 36. Bxh5 Rfxf2 37. Bxf2 Be5+ 38. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 22nd"]
[Site "Kamena Vourla"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 Qe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Nf8 15.
Ne4 Ng6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Nd4 Ba7 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Qf3 f5 21. Nd2
Bxd4 22. exd4 Bc6 23. Qe3 f4 24. Qd3 Qb4 25. Bxe6 Ne5 26. Qh3 fxe6 27. dxe5 Bd5
28. Nf3 Rc7 29. Nd4 Re8 30. Qh5 Qf8 31. Nf5 Rh7 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Rxd5 exd5 34.
e6 f3 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rd4 Rc8 37. Rd1 Rcc7 38. h3 Rcg7 39. Nxg7 Rxg7 40. Qxh6+
Kg8 41. Kf1 Qb4 42. Qe3 fxg2+ 43. Kg1 Qxa4 44. b3 Qa3 45. Re1 Qe7 46. Qe5 d4
47. Qxd4 Qe8 48. Qd5 Kh7 49. Re4 Qe7 50. Rc4 Rg6 51. Qh5+ Kg7 52. Qe5+ Kh6 53.
Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 22nd"]
[Site "Kamena Vourla"]
[Date "2012.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8.
Bd2 c6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Nd3 Bd6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Nbd7 13. e3 Ke7 14. Be2 g5
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. O-O-O Nb6 17. h4 g4 18. Bd3 g3 19. fxg3 Rag8 20. e4 fxe4 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxg3 23. Rd3 Rg7 24. Re1 Kd6 25. Bf3 Rf8 26. Rde3 Rf6 27. g4
h6 28. Rg1 Nd5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. g5 Rf4 31. Rge1 Re7 32. Rd1 h5 33. Rh3 Ref7
34. Kc2 Rg4 35. Rd2 Rff4 36. Kc3 Ke7 37. a4 Rxh4 38. Rxh4 Rxh4 39. g6 Rg4 40.
Rh2 h4 41. a5 Kf6 42. Rf2+ Kxg6 43. Rf8 Rg5 44. Rg8+ Kf5 45. Rh8 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Govrnor Cup-A rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Papin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 O-O 8. a3
Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. g3 e5 11. Bg2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bg4 13. f3 Re8+ 14. Nce2 Bd7 15.
O-O Nc6 16. Bf4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Nh5 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Rfe1 Nxf4 21.
Bf1 Ng6 22. Qf2 h5 23. Rad1 Nf4 24. Ne2 Ba4 25. Rd4 Ne6 26. Rxd5 Bc6 27. Rd6
Qg5+ 28. Bg2 Bb5 29. h4 Qf5 30. Ng3 Qg6 31. f4 Qg4 32. Re4 Bc6 33. Rxc6 bxc6
34. f5 Qd1+ 35. Re1 Qb3 36. fxe6 Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Qxe6 38. Nxh5 Rd8 39. Qg3 g6 40.
Nf4 Qf6 41. h5 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rd4 43. Nh3 Rd2 44. hxg6 fxg6 45. Ng5 Qb2 46. Ne4
Qh8+ 47. Kg1 Qd4+ 48. Nf2 Kg7 49. Bxc6 Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qd4 51. Bf3 a5 52. c6 axb4
53. c7 Rc2 54. axb4 Qxb4 55. Qe5+ Kh7 56. Be4 Rc1 57. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Govrnor Cup-A rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Qc7 7. c4 Ng4 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bb2 d5 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. c5 bxc5 14. a3 Bxd2 15.
Qxd2 Nbd7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Nd4 Ne4 21.
Rfe1 Qf8 22. Qh4 Rc8 23. b4 h5 24. Bd3 Rh6 25. f3 Nd6 26. b5 f5 27. Nc6 Bxc6
28. Rxc6 Rd8 29. a4 Rg6 30. a5 Rb8 31. b6 axb6 32. axb6 Nc8 33. Rb1 Qa3 34. Bf1
Kh7 35. b7 Nd6 36. Qe7 Qa7+ 37. Kh1 Rxb7 38. Rxb7 Qxb7 39. Qxd6 Qb1 40. Kg1 Qd1
41. Qe5 Qb3 42. Rc7 Rg7 43. Qd4 Qb8 44. Qc5 Qb3 45. Qd4 Qb8 46. Rc1 Qd6 47. Qh4
Kg6 48. f4 Qb8 49. Be2 Kh7 50. Qxh5+ Kg8 51. Qh4 Rg6 52. Bf3 Rg7 53. Kh1 Rg6
54. Re1 Qd6 55. Bh5 Rg7 56. Qf2 Qd8 57. Qd4 Qh4 58. Qd1 Qxf4 59. Qe2 Rg5 60.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 61. Qxe6+ Kg7 62. Qe7+ Kh6 63. Qf8+ Rg7 64. Qh8+ Rh7 65. Re6+ Kg5
66. Qg8+ Kh4 67. Qxh7+ Kg3 68. Qg7+ Kf2 69. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4
c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 Qd6 11. exd5 h6 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd5 14. c4 Bg4 15.
Qe1 Nc6 16. f4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 e4 18. Qf2 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Bc3
Rad8 22. Rab1 Rd7 23. Bxf6 e3 24. Qg3 Qxf6 25. Rxe3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Re7 27. Qf2
b6 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Qxf4 31. g3 Qf6 32. Kg2 g6 33. Nf3 Kg7
34. Qe4 Qc3 35. d4 Nb4 36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. Ne1 Qc4 38. a3 Nc6 39. Qe4 Nxd4 40. Kf2
Qc5 41. Kg2 Nb5 42. Qb7 Qc4 43. Qe7 a5 44. h4 Nxa3 45. h5 Qd5+ 46. Nf3 Nxc2 47.
hxg6+ Kxg6 48. Qe8 Kg7 49. Kf2 Qe6 50. Qa8 Qe3+ 51. Kf1 Nd4 52. Nh4 Qe2+ 53.
Kg1 Qg4 54. Qb8 Nf3+ 55. Nxf3 Qxf3 56. Qxb6 Qxg3+ 57. Kh1 Qh4+ 58. Kg2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Deviatkin, Andrei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Nf3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nf6 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Ndb5 Qe5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 O-O 15. Rb1 b6 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Ne5 19. Be2 Rfe8 20. h4
Qe7 21. h5 h6 22. Qf4 Rac8 23. c4 Ba6 24. Rbc1 Rc6 25. Rd5 Re6 26. Bd1 Bb7 27.
Rd4 Nc6 28. Rd2 Re4 29. Qg3 Re6 30. Bg4 Qa3 31. Rcd1 Rf6 32. Bf3 Ba8 33. Rd6
Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Ne7 35. Bg4 Qa5 36. c5 bxc5 37. Bxh6 gxh6 38. Bd7+ Kf8 39. Bxe8
Nf5 40. Qf4 Nxd6 41. Qxd6+ Kxe8 42. Qb8+ Qd8 43. Qe5+ Kd7 44. Qxc5 Qb6 45. Qc4
Ke7 46. a4 a5 47. Kh2 Qc6 48. Qh4+ Kd7 49. f3 Qd6+ 50. Kh1 Bc6 51. Qg4+ Kc7 52.
Qf5 Bd5 53. g4 Qe6 54. Qf4+ Qd6 55. Qf5 Kb6 56. Kg2 Kc5 57. g5 hxg5 58. Qxg5
Qe6 59. Qd2 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Izhevsk Corporation Cup 5th"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2013.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Bochkarev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2013.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7
8. Bc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Qb4 12. Bb3 Rd8 13. c3 Qf8 14. Ne5
c6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Re4 Be8 17. Rae1 Rac8 18. Rh4 f5 19. Qe2 Qf6 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. Rf4 Rcd8 22. b4 b6 23. h3 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Qe3 cxb4 26. cxb4 Bb5 27.
Kh2 a6 28. a3 Qe7 29. Rf3 Rd4 30. Qc1 Qd6 31. Rg3 Qe7 32. Rc3 Qf6 33. Rc8 h6
34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qc3 Qd6 36. Qg3 Be8 37. f4 Qc7 38. Qe3 Re4 39. Qd2 Rxe1 40.
Qxe1 Qd6 41. Qe3 Kh7 42. Qd3 Qb6 43. Qd2 Bb5 44. g4 Qb7 45. Qc2 Bd7 46. Qg2
Qxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Be8 48. g5 hxg5 49. fxg5 Kg8 50. Kf2 Kf8 51. Ke3 Ke7 52. Kd4 Bb5
53. h4 Be2 54. a4 Kd8 55. Nc4 Kc7 56. Ne5 Kd6 57. Nd3 Bd1 58. b5 axb5 59. axb5
Be2 60. b6 Bf3 61. Ne5 Bd5 62. h5 Ke7 63. Ng6+ Kd6 64. h6 gxh6 65. gxh6 e5+ 66.
Nxe5 Bg8 67. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Tambov Korensky Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "Tambov"]
[Date "2013.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zhurikhin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nxc3 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qg5+ 11. Kh1 Qh5 12. Rg1 Qxf3+ 13. Rg2 f5 14.
Kg1 Ne4 15. Be2 Qh3 16. f3 Nf6 17. d5 Na6 18. dxe6 O-O-O 19. a4 dxe6 20. a5 Kb7
21. Qa2 Nc5 22. Ba3 Nfe4 23. Bb4 Qh6 24. Qa3 Nd3 25. fxe4 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+
27. Rxf2 Qxf2 28. axb6 a5 29. Bf3 cxb6 30. e5+ Kc8 31. Bd6 Rd7 32. c5 bxc5 33.
Qb3 Rxd6 34. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Tambov Korensky Memorial 22nd"]
[Site "Tambov"]
[Date "2013.08.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Uryupin, Igor Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nh6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bb5 f6 10. O-O fxe5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe5 Qd6 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Re1 Rb8
15. b3 Rf4 16. g3 Rf6 17. h4 Be6 18. Qe2 c5 19. Rad1 Rbf8 20. f4 cxd4 21. Nb5
d3 22. Nxd3 Qb6+ 23. Nf2 Bc8 24. Nc3 e6 25. Na4 Qb4 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6
28. Qd2 Qa3 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. Nc5 Bxh4 31. gxh4 Rxf4 32. Qe2 Rxh4 33. Nxe6 Ba6
34. Qe5 Rg4+ 35. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Kolomna op"]
[Site "Kolomna"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Nozdrachev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 c6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Bg2 Qb6 6. a3 Ne4 7. d4 a5 8. c3 d5
9. O-O Nd7 10. Nbd2 f5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. f3 exf3 14. exf3 axb4 15.
cxb4 h6 16. Nh3 e5 17. Nf2 exd4 18. Bxd4 Qc7 19. Re1+ Kf7 20. Nd3 Bf5 21. Ne5+
Kg8 22. g4 Nd7 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. gxf5 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 gxf5 26. Kh1 Rf8 27. Bh3
Nb6 28. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 23rd"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2013.11.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Rukavina, Josip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2013.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Qd1 a6 12. Bc4 Ne8 13. a5 Nc7 14. Na4 Rb8 15.
c3 Ne8 16. Be3 Nef6 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Qe8 20. Bc2 Ned7 21. Rc1
Rc8 22. Re1 Rc4 23. Bd2 Qb8 24. Bd3 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Rc8 26. Bf4 Ne8 27. Be2 h5
28. b5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Nef6 30. Qb1 Qc7 31. Bd2 Qb8 32. Rc1 Kh7 33. Qb4 Bh6 34.
Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Bc3 Qc7 36. g3 h4 37. g4 Bf4 38. Kg2 g5 39. Qc4 Qxc4 40. Bxc4 Kg8
41. Bb5 Ne5 42. Bc6 Nxe4 43. Bxb7 Nxc3 44. Nxc3 Bd2 45. a6 Bxc3 46. a7 Ng6 47.
a8=Q+ Kg7 48. Qa3 Be5 49. Kf1 Nf4 50. Ke1 Bd4 51. Qf3 Be5 52. Bc8 Bf6 53. Bf5
Be5 54. Kd2 Bd4 55. Kc2 Be5 56. Kb3 Kf8 57. Kc4 Ke8 58. Kb5 Bf6 59. Kc6 Be5 60.
Bc2 Kf8 61. Kd7 Bf6 62. Qb3 Kg7 63. Ke8 Kg8 64. Qf3 Kg7 65. Qe4 Ng6 66. Qf5 Nf8
67. f4 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 23rd"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2013.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rogulj, Branko"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Rb8 8.
h3 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Ng3 Bc8 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Qe2 Rb7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Bd2 Nd5
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. b3 e6 17. Rf1 Qh4 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. hxg4 e5 20. f3 Rbf7 21. c4
e4 22. dxe4 Be5 23. f4 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 dxc4 25. f5 c3 26. Bf4 d5 27. exd5 h5 28.
Ne4 hxg4 29. Rbc1 Rxf5 30. g3 Bb7 31. Nxc3 Rh5+ 32. Kg2 Bxc3 33. Rxc3 Bxd5+ 34.
Kg1 g5 35. Rxc5 gxf4 36. Rxf4 Rxf4 37. gxf4 g3 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3
O-O 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O Rb8 14. a5 Ne5 15. Kh1
g5 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nc4 Bb5 20. Rae1 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 b5 22.
axb6 Rxb6 23. b3 Nc7 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Na4 Rbb8 26. Nxc5 Be5 27. Ne4 Kg7 28.
Bxe5+ Qxe5 29. Nf6 Qe7 30. Qf5 Rh8 31. Qxg5 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Nxe5 33. Ne4 Rh6 34.
Ng3 Rg6 35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Re2 Ke8 37. h3 Kd7 38. e4 Rb4 39. Rc1 Rg8 40. Nd4 Rb6
41. Rf2 Rg7 42. Rcf1 Ne8 43. Nc6 f6 44. Bxa6 Rxb3 45. Nd4 Rb4 46. Bb5+ Kc8 47.
Bxe8 Rxd4 48. Rxf6 Rd2 49. R6f2 Rxf2 50. Rxf2 Kd8 51. Bh5 Ra7 52. Rf8+ Ke7 53.
Re8+ Kf6 54. h4 Kg7 55. Re6 Ra4 56. Bf3 Ra6 57. Kh2 Ng6 58. Kg3 Nf8 59. Re7+
Kf6 60. Re8 Kg7 61. h5 Nh7 62. Re7+ Kh6 63. Re6+ Kg7 64. e5 1-0

[Event "Tambov Korensky Memorial 23rd"]
[Site "Tambov"]
[Date "2014.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lopukhin, Anatoly Viktorovich"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Bxb5 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qa4 Nd7 7. Nc3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ngf6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rfd1 axb5 13. Nxb5 d5 14. e5
Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Rfc8 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. f4 f6 20. b3 fxe5
21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Re1 Rf8 23. Rde2 b6 24. Rf2 h6 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Qe3 Qxe3+
27. Rxe3 Rc2 28. a4 Nd7 29. Nb5 Nc5 30. Nd4 Rd2 31. Nf3 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 d4 33. Re2
Nxb3 34. Rb2 Rd3 35. Ke2 Re3+ 36. Kf2 Rc3 37. Nd2 Nc5 38. Rxb6 Ra3 39. Rc6 Nd3+
40. Ke2 Nf4+ 41. Kf2 Ra2 42. Kf3 Nxg2 43. Kxg2 Rxd2+ 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Rd6 d3 46.
a5 Ra2 47. a6 d2 48. h4 Rxa6 49. Rxd2 Kg6 50. Rd7 Ra3+ 51. Kf4 Ra4+ 52. Kf3
Rxh4 53. Re7 Ra4 54. Rxe6+ Kf5 55. Re7 g5 56. Rh7 Ra3+ 57. Kg2 Ra6 58. Kg3 Kxe5
59. Kg4 Ra4+ 60. Kg3 Rh4 61. Ra7 Kf6 62. Ra6+ Kg7 63. Rb6 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Kolomenskaya op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Nozdrachev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. Nc1 h6 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Nb3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
O-O-O Qf6 16. Kb1 b6 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Rb8 19. Rhg1 f4 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Ne4
Qd8 22. Na5 Qc7 23. Nc4 Rd8 24. g4 Nf6 25. Qd3 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Qe7 27. Na5 Bd7
28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Be4 Qh4 30. Rg2 Rdc8 31. g5 hxg5 32. Qg6 Qh6 33. Rxg5 Be8 34.
Qf5+ Qf6 35. Qg4 Bd7 36. Qh5 Rc7 37. Rdg1 Be8 38. Qh7 Qh6 39. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 65 24th"]
[Site "Katerini"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Ndb5 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. e3 a6 11. Nd4 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Re8
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be2 a5 17. O-O Ba6 18. Re1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rab8 20. Qc2 Rb6 21.
h3 Re4 22. Rd2 g6 23. Rc5 a4 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Kf8 26. Kf1 f5 27. g3 Ke7
28. Ke2 Kd6 29. h4 Rb5 30. Kd1 c5 31. Kc1 Kc6 32. f3 Re7 33. Rg2 c4 34. f4 h5
35. Rgc2 Kc5 36. Kd2 Rb6 37. Kc1 Rbe6 38. Kd2 Kb5 39. Rc1 Re4 40. Rd1 Kc5 41.
Rdc1 Re8 42. R1c2 R4e7 43. Rc1 Rb7 44. R1c2 Reb8 45. Kc1 Rb6 46. Kb1 Re6 47.
Kc1 Re4 48. Kd2 Kb5 49. Kc1 Rbe8 50. Rd2 Kc5 51. Re2 d4 52. exd4+ Kd5 53. Rxe4
fxe4 0-1

[Event "WchT Seniors 65"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2015.02.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Baum, Bernd"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Nge2 a6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 b5 10. Be3 bxc4 11. dxc4 d6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. b3 Ng4 15.
Bg5 f6 16. h3 fxg5 17. hxg4 Nc6 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Ne4 Bb7 20. Qxd6 Nf3+ 21. Kh1
Bxe4 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qxe4 Nd2 24. Qc6 Nxb1 25. Qa8 Rxa8 26. Z0 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT Seniors final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sidorov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 Be7 6. d5 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Bc8 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Bc2 h6 12. Be3 Nh7 13. b4 Ng5 14. Nd2 Nh7 15. a4 Bg5
16. Qe2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 a5 18. bxa5 Nc5 19. axb6 cxb6 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. Bxb3 Ra5
22. Nb5 Ba6 23. f4 Re8 24. fxe5 Bxb5 25. e6 fxe6 26. cxb5 exd5 27. Bxd5+ Kh8
28. Bc6 Rf8 29. Qd4 Qc7 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Rd1 Ne6 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Nc5
34. Be8 Kg8 35. Bg6 Kf8 36. Rxb6 Rxa4 37. Rc6 Nd7 38. Bf5 Ne5 39. Re6 Nd3 40.
Bg6 Ra8 41. b6 Rb8 42. b7 Nc5 43. Rc6 Nxb7 44. Rb6 Ke7 45. e5 Kd8 46. Be4 Kc7
47. Rxb7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.10"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Smirnov, Alexey N"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A93"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.05.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Smolensk Region VOS"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Our Heritage Seniors"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nd3 Qe8 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nf3 Bf6 12. Bb2 a5 13. Qc2 Qh5 14. Nf4 Qf7 15.
h4 Re8 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nf8 18. f3 Nxg3 19. Rf2 Ng6 20. Nxg6 Qxg6 21. cxd5
exd5 22. Qc3 Be6 23. f4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT Seniors"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2015.07.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Isserman, Ryhor"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.07.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hessen"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Rc8 8.
b3 a6 9. Qe2 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Ne1 Ne5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. f4 Nc6 14. Rae1 Qa5 15.
Qd3 b5 16. cxb5 Nb4 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18. Nd1 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 axb5 20. a3 Rc2 21.
axb4 Rxd2 22. Bc3 Rd3 23. Rf3 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Rc8 25. Re3 d5 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27.
Rd3 dxe4 28. fxe4 Rc2 29. e5 Be7 30. Nc3 Bxb4 31. Nxb5 Bc5+ 32. Kh1 Rf2 33. Rc3
Bb4 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Nd6 Rxf4 36. Ne8+ Kh6 37. Nf6 g5 38. Rh8 Bc3 39. Rxh7+ Kg6
40. Rh3 Bxe5 41. Nd7 Bd4 42. Rd3 e5 43. Rd1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Kolomenskaya op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Nozdrachev, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Na6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Bf4 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 Rf8 15.
Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. exd5 Bxc3 19. dxe6 Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Bxb2
21. Rd6 fxe6 22. Rxa6 e5 23. Nc5 Rac8 24. Ne4 Bd4 25. h3 Rb8 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27.
Rxf6 Kg7 28. Rd6 Rb2 29. Rc1 Rxa2 30. Rc7+ Kh6 31. h4 Bf2 32. Rdd7 Bxh4 33.
Rxh7+ Kg5 34. Rxa7 Re2 35. Ra4 Be1 36. Rg4+ Kf6 37. Rh6 Bd2 38. Rhxg6+ Kf5 39.
Rc6 Bf4 40. g3 Bg5 41. Rgc4 Bd2 42. Rc2 e4 43. R2c5# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2015.12.18"]
[Round "13.49"]
[White "Harshkou, Mikita"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Ne3 14. fxe3 Kxg7
15. Nd4 Ne5 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Ra3 a5 20. Qa1 a4 21. bxa4
f6 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. Bd5 Qa5 24. Qc3 Qa7 25. a5 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 d5 27. Qd2 dxc4
28. Nf3 Be6 29. Qc3 Rb3 30. Qa1 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bf1 a5 11. Nd2 Bh6 12. Nb3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 c5 15.
g3 h5 16. Na4 Ra6 17. Qe3 h4 18. Qg5 hxg3 19. hxg3 Kg7 20. Nc3 Rh8 21. Be2 Qd7
22. Bf3 Qh3 23. Bg2 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Bg4 25. Nd1 Raa8 26. Qe3 Rh5 27. Bf3 Rah8 28.
Ke2 Qh3 29. Kd2 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Rh4 31. Rc3 R4h7 32. Rb3 Qd7 33. Kc1 a4 34. Rb6
Rh2 35. Nc3 Ng4 36. Re2 Rh1+ 37. Kc2 Nf6 38. Nb5 Ne8 39. Rd2 R8h2 40. Rd1 Rxd1
41. Kxd1 Qh3 42. Qe2 Qg2 43. Nc3 Rh1+ 44. Kc2 Qg1 45. Nd1 Nf6 46. Rxd6 Nxe4 47.
Rd7 Nf6 48. Rxb7 e4 49. d6 Rh8 50. d7 Qh1 51. Ne3 Qa1 52. Qd1 Qxd1+ 53. Nxd1
Rd8 54. Nc3 Nxd7 55. Nxe4 a3 56. bxa3 Ne5 57. Nxc5 Rc8 58. Ne6+ Kf6 59. Rc7 Ra8
60. Nf4 Rxa3 61. Nd5+ Ke6 62. Nc3 Ra8 63. a4 Ng4 64. f4 Ne3+ 65. Kb3 Nf5 66.
Ne4 Rb8+ 67. Kc3 Rb1 68. a5 Re1 69. a6 Ra1 70. a7 f6 71. Kb4 Nd4 72. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.12.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2 c3 8. bxc3
bxc3 9. Nb1 Qa5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Qxc3 Nb4 12. Bd2 e6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Nc4 Qc7 15.
Nf3 Be7 16. Be2 O-O 17. Nce5 c5 18. O-O Ne4 19. Qc1 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Bd6 21. Bf3
Rb8 22. Ndc4 cxd4 23. exd4 Ba6 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Rd1 Rfc8 26. Qa3 Bb7 27. Bxb7
Rxb7 28. a5 Qa6 29. Rac1 Rd8 30. h3 f6 31. Nd3 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 Qd6 33. Qa4 Rb4
34. Qa2 Kf7 35. Re1 Qd5 36. Qc2 Qxa5 37. Rde3 Rd6 38. Qxh7 Rbxd4 39. Rb1 Rd1+
40. Kh2 Rxb1 41. Qxb1 Qc7 42. Rg3 Kf8 43. Qh7 Qf7 44. Rc3 Ke7 45. Qb1 Qe8 46.
Qb4 Qd8 47. Rc5 Kf7 48. Qc4 Rd7 49. Rc6 Qb8+ 50. g3 Qe5 51. Rc5 Qe1 52. Kg2 Qd1
53. Rc7 Qd6 54. Rc5 Rb7 55. Rc6 Qd7 56. h4 a5 57. Qc5 Ra7 58. Qb6 a4 59. Rxe6
a3 60. Rd6 Qa4 61. Rd4 Qa6 62. Rd7+ Kg6 63. Qxa7 Qc6+ 64. Kh2 a2 65. Rxg7+ Kf5
66. Qxa2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ovod, Evgenija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e5 5. e4 Bd6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
a5 9. a3 dxe4 10. dxe4 b5 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ne3 Rfd8 14. Nh4 Nf8 15.
Qf3 Ne6 16. Nef5 Bf8 17. g4 Ne8 18. Qh3 Rd7 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5
f6 22. Be3 b4 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Qxf1 bxa3 25. Bc1 g6 26. Ne3 Rd4 27. Nc4 Bb4 28.
Be3 Rxe4 29. f3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Bc5 31. Kh1 Bxe3 32. Nxe3 Nd6 33. Rxa3 Qb6 34.
Qe1 Nb7 35. Ra4 Rd4 36. Nc4 Qd8 37. Kg2 Qd5 38. Ne3 Qc5 39. Rc4 Rxc4 40. Nxc4
a4 41. Qa1 Nd8 42. Qxa4 Ne6 43. Qa5 Nf4+ 44. Kf1 Qd4 45. Qd2 Qa1+ 46. Qe1 Qa2
47. Qd2 Qb1+ 48. Kf2 Qh1 49. Ke3 Nd5+ 50. Ke4 Kf7 51. Ne3 Ne7 52. g5 f5+ 53.
Kxe5 Qxf3 54. Nc4 Qe4+ 55. Kd6 f4 56. Ne5+ Ke8 57. Qa5 Nf5+ 58. Kc7 Kf8 59.
Qc5+ Kg7 60. Qc3 Qd4 61. Qxd4 Nxd4 62. c3 Nxb3 63. Kxc6 Nd2 64. Kd5 f3 65. Ng4
Kf7 66. c4 Ke7 67. c5 Kd7 68. h4 f2 69. Nxf2 Nf3 70. c6+ Kc7 71. Ne4 Nxh4 72.
Nd6 Nf5 73. Ne8+ Kb8 74. c7+ Kb7 75. Ke6 Kc8 76. Nd6+ Kxc7 77. Nxf5 Kd8 78. Nd6
Kc7 79. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Torosyan, Norayr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Qe4 Ne7 14. Bd3 Ng6
15. h4 Qxc3 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 f5 18. Qe3 Rd8 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8
21. Bxf5 Nxh4 22. Rac1 Qd2 23. Bb1 Rf8 24. Qe3 Qb4 25. Rc5 Qb6 26. Rh5 Ng6 27.
Qh3 h6 28. Rxh6+ gxh6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Bxg6 Qc7 31. Be4 Qf7 32. Qg5+ Qg7 33.
Qh5 Rf6 34. Bd5+ Kf8 35. Bb3 Rc8 36. Qa5 Qc7 37. Qb4+ Rd6 38. d5 Qb6 39. Qe4
Rc7 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Rf6 42. Re3 Qd6 43. f4 b5 44. g4 a5 45. g5 Qxe5 46.
fxe5 Rf4 47. d6 Rc1+ 48. Kg2 Rd4 49. e6 Rxd6 50. e7 Rc8 51. e8=Q Rxe8 52. Rxe8
a4 53. Rg8+ Kh7 54. Bf7 1-0

[Event "WchT Seniors 65"]
[Site "Radebeul"]
[Date "2016.06.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Khanukov, Boris"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.06.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany II"]
[BlackTeam "Russia 65+"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. g3 a4 8. Be3 Nge7
9. dxc5 Nf5 10. Bd4 b6 11. cxb6 Ncxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxb6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Nxf5 exf5
15. Bg2 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Rxb2 17. Bxd5 Bc5 18. O-O Ke7 19. Ra2 Rhb8 20. Rxb2 Rxb2
21. Kg2 g5 22. h3 h5 23. h4 g4 24. c4 Rc2 25. Kg1 Be6 26. Kg2 Bd4 27. Kg1 Bxe5
28. Rd1 Bd6 29. Bc6 Bd7 30. Bb5 Bxb5 31. cxb5 Bc5 32. Nd2 Bxa3 33. b6 Bd6 34.
b7 Bb8 35. Nf1 Rb2 36. Rd4 a3 37. Ra4 a2 38. Kg2 f4 39. gxf4 Bxf4 40. Ra8 Kf6
41. Ng3 Bxg3 42. Kxg3 Rxb7 43. Rxa2 Rb3+ 44. Kg2 Rh3 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Ra5 Rxh4
47. f3 Kg6 48. fxg4 hxg4 49. Kg3 Rh5 50. Ra8 Kg5 51. Rg8+ Kf5 52. Rg7 Rh3+ 53.
Kg2 f6 54. Rg8 Ra3 55. Rf8 Kg5 0-1

[Event "WchT Seniors 65"]
[Site "Radebeul"]
[Date "2016.07.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Schubert, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.06.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia 65+"]
[BlackTeam "Leipzig Schachfreunde"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 e6 6. d4 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nd5 10. Ne4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bd7 12. a3 O-O-O 13. b4 f6 14. Bc4
e5 15. O-O Bf5 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Bd5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 g6 19. Rd1 Bh6 20. Kf2 Ne6
21. Rd6 Re8 22. Bd5 Nc7 23. Bc4 f5 24. h4 Re7 25. h5 e4 26. Nd4 f4 27. hxg6
fxe3+ 28. Ke2 hxg6 29. Rxg6 Bf4 30. g3 Be5 31. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Tula Suetin Memorial"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2017.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moiseenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nfe2 N5f6 11. O-O e5 12. b4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 a5
15. b5 c5 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18. Qc2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bg4 20. Ne4 Bxf3 21.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. gxf3 Qe5 24. Rad1 Kh8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rc1 b6
27. Qc3 Qf5 28. f4 Rd3 29. Qc4 Rd2 30. Kf1 Qg4 31. Ke1 Rb2 32. Rc2 Rb1+ 33. Kd2
Qd1+ 34. Kc3 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36. Kb3 a4+ 37. Qxa4 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Re1 f6 9. b3 Nh6 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Na4 c4 12. d4 cxd3 13. cxd3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Qd5 16. Qe4 Nf5 17. Rac1 Nd4 18. Bb2 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Ree1 Rd8 21.
Rc4 Rf8 22. Nc5 Kf7 23. Kf1 Rfe8 24. Nb7 Rd7 25. Na5 {In a complex endgame
Balashov finds a nice sacrifice which hands him a strong initiative in this
endgame.} c5 26. Rxc5 (26. Bxd4 Rxd4 {and only now} 27. Rxc5) 26... Ne6 27. Rb5
Nf4 {This knight is a monster.} 28. Bxe5 Nxd3 29. Bxg7 Nxe1 30. Bc3 Nd3 31. Nc4
Rc8 32. g3 Ke8 33. Kg2 Nc5 34. g4 Rb7 $1 {Gradually but assuredly Balashov
secures a winning endgame.} 35. Rxb7 Nxb7 36. Bd4 a6 37. Kf3 Nd8 38. Ke3 Ne6
39. Bc3 Rd8 40. Bd2 fxg4 $1 {Balashov goes for a distant passed-pawn! A good
technical feat!} 41. hxg4 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. Bb4 Rd3+
46. f3 Kf6 47. Ba3 Nd4 48. Kf4 Nf5 49. Bb2+ Ke6 50. Be5 h4 51. Kg4 Ne3+ {
The last piece of complexity (knights) are off the board: Balashov is on
autopilot now! White resigned!} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. Be2 f5 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. f5 c5 14. Ne6 Bxe6
15. fxe6 Qb6 16. Rxf8+ Rxf8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb5 19. e7+ Rf7 20. Qxd6 Qe8
21. Bxc5 Bf6 22. Qd5 Bxe7 23. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15.
Qc2 g6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. Rad1 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. Qb1 Nf4 21. Bf1 b4
22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qb6 24. Nf3 Ne6 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Qa1 a5 28.
Rd2 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Rc3 31. Qd1 Qc7 32. f4 Qc5 33. Kh2 Rxb3 34. Bb5
Re7 35. Qxb3 Qxd4 36. Qg3 Qc3 37. Qg5 Qc7 38. Re2 Re6 39. Qg3 Ba6 40. f5 Bxb5
41. axb5 Rb6 42. f6 h6 43. Qe3 Rxf6 44. Rc2 Qb8 45. Rc5 Rb6 46. Qe2 d4 47. Qc4
Kg7 48. Rc7 Qe8 49. Qxd4 Qe6 50. Rc5 b3 51. Qa1 Rb7 52. Qc3 Kh7 53. Rc6 Qd7 54.
Rc8 Qe6 55. Rc6 Qf5 56. b6 Qf4+ 57. Kh1 Qb4 58. Qb2 a4 59. e6 a3 60. Qf6 b2 61.
exf7 b1=Q+ 62. Kh2 Qf8 0-1

[Event "EU-chT Seniors 65"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Ost Hansen, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.06.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia 65"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark 65"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 a6 8. a4 Nbd7
9. Nge2 Ne8 10. O-O Rb8 11. b3 Nc7 12. a5 b6 13. axb6 Na8 14. Bd2 Naxb6 15. Nc1
Bg5 16. Nd3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qe7 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 f5 20. Rae1 fxe4 21. Nxe4
Nf6 22. Ng5 Qa7 23. Ne5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nbd7 25. Ne6 Re8 26. Qg5 Nxe5 27. Rxf6
Ng6 28. Rff1 Bxe6 29. dxe6 Rxb3 30. Rf7 Qb8 31. e7 Rb1 32. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 33. Rf1
Qd3 34. Qxc5 Qe2 35. Bd5+ Kh8 36. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tambov Korensky Memorial 26th"]
[Site "Tambov"]
[Date "2017.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Sapunov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 b6 10. Be3 O-O 11. f4 Bb7 12. Qf3 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qh3 g6 15.
f5 exf5 16. exf5 Ne5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf6 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21.
Nxd4 h5 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Rg5 Kh6 24. Ne6 Qc4 25. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Cheliabinsk Kurnosov Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. h3
Re8 9. a5 a6 10. Nc3 Bf8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nf5 15.
Nf3 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nh4 17. Qe4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bd7 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Be3 Qc8 21.
Re1 b5 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Ra1 b5 24. Bd3 Qb7 25. Bf4 Re8 26. c4 Qc7 27. Rxa6
bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qxc4 29. Bxc4 Re4 0-1

[Event "Tula Starodubtsev Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2018.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tishin, Petr"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Bc2 h5
9. O-O Nh6 10. h3 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. b5 Nd8 15. a4
Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qxd5 Ne6 18. Nd4 g6 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rd8 21. Qf3 Bc8
22. Qe3 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 b6 25. Nd4 Bb7 26. Nd2 Rc8 27. e4 f4 28. Rf1
O-O 29. h4 Rfd8 30. N2f3 Nc5 31. Ng5 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Rxf4 Bd5 34. Rf6
Re8 35. Rxb6 Rxe5 36. Rf6 Re1+ 37. Rf1 Re4 38. Nf3 Re3 39. Rc1 Bxf3 40. gxf3
Rxf3 41. b6 Rb8 42. Rb3 Rf6 43. Rcb1 Rc6 44. Kf2 Kf8 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Kd4 Rd8+
47. Ke3 Re6+ 48. Kf4 Rb8 49. Rb5 Rc6 50. R1b3 Rc4+ 51. Kg3 Rg4+ 52. Kh3 Rxa4
53. Rc5 Kd6 54. Rc7 Rxb6 55. Rxb6+ Kxc7 56. Rf6 Rg4 57. Rxf7+ Kb6 58. Rf8 Kb5
59. Rb8+ Ka4 60. Rb6 Ka3 61. c4 Rxc4 62. Rxg6 Rc5 63. Kg3 a4 64. Rb6 Rf5 65.
Rg6 Kb4 66. Rb6+ Rb5 67. Ra6 a3 68. Kf4 Ra5 69. Rb6+ Kc5 70. Rb1 a2 71. Ra1 Kd4
0-1

[Event "Tula Starodubtsev Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2018.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Bd7 9. O-O Bc6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Re1 O-O 12. a3 Rc8 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Bc2
Nbd5 15. Qd3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Bg5 g6 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Qh3 Rcd8 20. Qh4 Qc3
21. Bxf6 Rxd4 22. Nxc6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 bxc6 24. Rac1 Rxc4 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. a4
Rb8 27. Be4 1-0

[Event "Dvorkovich Memorial rapid op"]
[Site "Taganrog"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gunchenko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. h3 Be6 13. a3 N6d7 14. Bf4 Rc8
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nb6 19. Nc5 Bc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21.
Rbd1 Ng6 22. Bg3 Qd5 23. Ne5 Nb6 24. f4 Nf8 25. f5 f6 26. Ng4 Nc4 27. Qf2 Bd6
28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rfe1 Qd5 30. Qf4 Ra8 31. Re4 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 Nd7 33. Nc3 Qf7
34. d5 cxd5 35. Nxd5 h5 36. Nf2 Nde5 37. Ne4 Re8 38. Nc5 Qa7 39. Qg3 Kh7 40.
Kh2 Qa2 41. Ne6 Qa7 42. Qh4 Qf7 43. Ndf4 Kh6 44. Nd8 Rxd8 45. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Dvorkovich Memorial rapid op"]
[Site "Taganrog"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zakaryan, David"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O
g5 9. Re1 g4 10. e5 Qg7 11. Nd2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nde4 Bd7 14. Qd2 O-O-O
15. Qe3 Nc6 16. Nc5 Qd4 17. Nxd7 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxd7 19. h3 h5 20. hxg4 hxg4 21.
Ne2 Bc5 22. Re4 Rg8 23. g3 Nb4 24. Nf4 Rg5 25. a3 Nxd3 26. Nxd3 Bd4 27. Rd1 Rd6
28. Kg2 c5 29. b3 b5 30. Rh1 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Nf4 e5 33. c3 exf4 34. gxf4
Rgd5 35. cxd4 Rxd4 36. Re7 Rd7 37. Re8+ Kc7 38. Kg3 f5 39. Rc1 Rh7 40. Re5 Rh3+
41. Kg2 Rxf4 42. a4 c3 43. a5 Rhf3 44. Re6 Rxf2+ 45. Kg3 R4f3+ 46. Kh4 c2 47.
Kg5 Rd3 48. Re5 Kd6 49. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 50. Kxf5 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Kolomna rapid op"]
[Site "Kolomna"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tsoi, Dmitry"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 d5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O+ Ke8 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. e4 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Bf1
Bg4 15. Rd2 Rd8 16. h3 Bc5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. hxg4 Bxf2 20. Rh3
Be3+ 21. Kc2 Ke7 22. Be2 Rd8 23. Nb1 Nd3 24. a3 Nf2 25. Rh2 Nxe4 26. Bxc4 Nxg3
27. Rg2 Bf4 28. Nc3 Be5 29. Bd3 Rg8 30. Ne2 Rxg4 31. Nxg3 Bxg3 32. Be2 Rg5 33.
Rg1 Be5 34. Rh1 Rg2 35. Kd3 Bxb2 36. Rxh6 Rg3+ 37. Kc4 Bxa3 38. Rh8 a5 39. Ra8
Bb4 40. Ra7+ Ke6 41. Rc7 Rc3+ 42. Kd4 c5+ 43. Ke4 f5+ 44. Kf4 a4 45. Bh5 f6 46.
Ra7 a3 47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. Kxf5 Rd3 49. Ra7+ Kd6 50. Be8 Rf3+ 51. Ke4 Rf1 52. Bb5
f5+ 53. Kd3 Rf2 54. Be8 a2 55. Bf7 Ba3 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Bxa2 Rxa2 58. Kc4 f4
0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B 17th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. g4 Nd7
15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qb6 18. b3 Bf6 19. c3 Na5 20. Bb2 h5 21. Bh3
Nc6 22. g5 Bxg5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6 Nd8 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. Ba3 Nf7 27. Rhg1
Bf6 28. Bxd6 Bxc3 29. Rg6 Be5 30. Qc2 Bd7 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. Bxc5 Rh6 33. Rxh6
Nxh6 34. Be3 Nf7 35. f4 Bb8 36. Rg1 Bc6 37. e5 g6 38. Kb2 Be4 39. Rc1 Kd7 40.
Kc3 Nd8 41. Rd1+ Ke8 42. a4 Nc6 43. axb5 axb5 44. Bc5 Bc7 45. b4 Bf5 46. Kd2 g5
47. fxg5 Nxe5 48. Rf1 Bg6 49. Rf8+ Kd7 50. h4 Bd8 51. Rf1 Nc4+ 52. Ke2 Ne5 53.
Rd1+ Ke8 54. Rd5 Nd7 55. Bd4 Bf7 56. Rf5 Be6 57. Rf2 Nf8 58. Kd2 Ng6 59. Re2
Kd7 60. Bf2 Bc7 61. Re1 Bd6 62. Kc3 Ne7 63. Bc5 Bg3 64. Re4 Nf5 65. Bd4 Bd5 66.
Re2 Bc4 67. Re4 Bd5 68. Re2 Nxh4 69. Bf2 Bxf2 70. Rxf2 Nf3 71. Kd3 h4 72. Ke3
h3 73. Rxf3 h2 74. Rh3 h1=Q 75. Rxh1 Bxh1 76. Kd4 Bg2 77. Ke5 Ke7 78. g6 Bh3
0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-B 17th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tsoi, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. Ba2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. h3 Re8 12. Qf3 Bf8 13. Bg5 Ne6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. e5 dxe5 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qg3 Nd7 19. Ne4 Bf8 20. Re3 Nb6 21.
Red3 Nd5 22. c4 Kh8 23. Rf3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Rxf4 e5 26. Rf3 Be6 27. Nbc5
Bxc5 28. Nxc5 Qe7 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. b3 Re7 31. Qg5 h6 32. Qd2 e4 33. Re3 Qf5
34. Qd4 Rae8 35. Rde1 Re6 36. Rg3 R8e7 37. Rg4 Kh7 38. Qd2 g6 39. Qe3 Re5 40.
Rf4 Qe6 41. Rd1 Rd7 42. Rxd7+ Qxd7 43. Rf8 Rf5 44. Ra8 h5 45. h4 Rf7 46. Qg3
Qf5 47. Re8 Rd7 48. Re5 Qf6 49. Rxe4 b5 50. cxb5 cxb5 51. axb5 Qf5 52. Re5 Qf6
53. Rc5 Rd1+ 54. Kh2 Rd4 55. Rc7+ Kh6 56. Rc4 Rxc4 57. bxc4 a4 58. Qe3+ Kh7 59.
b6 Qd6+ 60. g3 a3 61. b7 Qb8 62. Qxa3 Qxb7 63. Qf8 Qb3 64. Qf7+ Kh6 65. Kg2 Qc2
66. Qd5 Qa2 67. Qg5+ Kh7 68. c5 Qa8+ 69. Kh2 Qf3 70. Qe7+ Kh8 71. Qe3 Qf6 72.
Qf4 Qc6 73. Qd6 Qf3 74. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Minsk Kupreichik Memorial"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Ne5 c5 10. f4 cxd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Ndf3 Ndf6 14. Qe2 Rc8
15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Rc2 a5 17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. cxd5 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Nxd5 20. Bxe4 Nb4
21. Qe2 fxe4 22. Ng5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd3 24. Rf1 Nxf4 25. Qg4 h5 0-1

[Event "WchT Seniors 65"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2018.07.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Mishuchkov, Nikolai Mikhailovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. h3 Bf4 10. Bxf4 Qxf4 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qe2 e5 13. a4 Qg5 14. Qf3 h5
15. a5 Bg4 16. Qg3 h4 17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Qxf4 19. Rxf4 Be6 20. e5 Nd7 21. Bf5
O-O-O 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Raa4 Nxe5 24. Rxh4 Rxh4 25. Rxh4 Rd2 26. Rh8+ Kc7 27.
Rh7 Rd7 28. Na4 Re7 29. Nc5 Kd6 30. b4 Nc4 31. h4 Ne3 32. c3 Nd5 33. h5 Nf6 34.
Rh8 Kd5 35. h6 gxh6 36. Rxh6 Ne8 37. Rh4 e5 38. c4+ Kd6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.10.07"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Yashmetov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Qa3 Bg4 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Bg5 Re8
15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxa7 Nc4 18. Rab1 Nd6 19. e5 Ne4 20. Rxb7 Qf5 21.
Be3 Nc3 22. Rf1 Qd3 23. Re1 Nd5 24. Rb3 Qc2 25. Qa3 Nxe3 26. Rbxe3 Ra8 27. Qb3
Rxa2 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. h4 Rec8 30. g4 h5 31. gxh5 gxh5 32. Kg2 Bh6 33. Rb3 Ra2
34. Rb7 Rcc2 35. Rf1 Be3 36. Rxe7 Bxf2 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Kh3 Rc3 39. Kg2 Bxh4+
40. Kg1 Bg3 41. Ng5 Kg6 42. Rg8+ Kh6 43. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.10.07"]
[Round "11.30"]
[White "Bykov, Oleg1"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 a4 10. a3 axb3 11. Qxb3 Ba5 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. a4 Qd7 15.
a5 Ne4 16. Qe1 bxa5 17. Rxa5 Nc6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qb1 Na5 20. c5 Bd5 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. h4 h6 23. Qb4 Nc6 24. Qb2 Ra2 25. Qb6 Rxe2 26. Nh2 Ra2 27. Ng4 Nc3 28.
Bxh6 f5 29. Bxg7 fxg4 30. Bh6 Nxd4 31. Bxd5 Nde2+ 32. Kh2 Nxd5 33. Qb1 Ra8 34.
Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qxg4 Nec3 36. Bg5 Rg8 37. Ra1 Qf7 38. Kg1 Nf6 39. Qd4 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.10.07"]
[Round "18.29"]
[White "Gogolev, Artem"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 c6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 e6 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. g3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
Re8 15. d3 Re6 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Kg2 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Nh5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Nd4 R6e7
21. b4 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. d4 h5 24. h4 a6 25. a4 Kg7 26. b5 cxb5 27. axb5
Qxb5 28. Rab1 Qd7 29. Rec1 Rc6 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. dxc5 Re4 32. Rb6 Re6 33. Rb2
Qc6 34. Rc2 b6 35. Rd2 bxc5 36. Rxd5 c4 37. e4 c3 38. Rd1 Qxe4 39. Rc1 Qxf3+
40. Kxf3 Rc6 41. Ke4 c2 42. Kd3 Kf6 43. Rxc2 Rxc2 44. Kxc2 Ke5 45. f3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.10.07"]
[Round "19.25"]
[White "Fakhrutdinov, Timur"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. h4 Nf4 10. Bf1 f6 11. Ne4 f5 12. Ng3 Bd6 13. d3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nb7 15.
Be3 Ne6 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Nge2 Nc5 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 Be5 20. f4 Bf6 21. g3
Qd5 22. Rg1 Re8 23. Bg2 Qd6 24. Kf2 Be6 25. Re1 a5 26. Ng1 Na4 27. b3 Nc3 28.
Bxc3 dxc3 29. Nf3 Bd5 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. d4 c5 32. Ne5 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 cxd4 34.
Qf3 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Qxe5 36. Rf1 g6 37. Rf2 Qe4 38. h5 Kg7 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. g4
fxg4 41. Qxe4 Rxe4 42. Kg3 Kh6 43. Rf8 Re2 44. Rd8 Rxc2 45. Rxd4 Rxa2 46. Rc4
c2 47. Kxg4 Kg7 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Rc5 Ke6 50. Ke3 Kf6 51. Kf3 g5 52. Rc6+ Ke5 53.
Ke3 g4 54. Kd2 Kf4 55. Rf6+ Kg3 56. Rf8 Kg2 57. Rg8 g3 58. Rf8 Kg1 59. Rg8 g2
60. Kc1 a4 61. b4 a3 62. b5 Rb2 63. Rg3 Rxb5 64. Kxc2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 65 28th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2018.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berkovich, Mark A"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 e4 7. Ng5 Qe7 8.
f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Re8 12. d3 d5 13. d4 Bg4 14. Bd2 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Ne4 16. Rae1 Bh5 17. d5 Na5 18. Bd3 b6 19. Nd4 Bg6 20. c4 Nb7 21. Nf5
Qe5 22. Nh4 Nbc5 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Bc1 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 c6 26. dxc6 Qc7 27. Bb2
Rad8 28. Bd4 Qxc6 29. Rc1 Rd7 30. Qc2 Qe6 31. Qb2 Rc8 32. Rc2 f6 33. Qb3 Rdc7
34. Rfc1 Kf7 35. h3 g5 36. Qd3 Nc5 37. Qh7 Qe4 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qe2 Nd3 40. Rd1
Nb4 41. Rcc1 Qe6 42. a3 Na6 43. Bb2 Nc5 44. Rd5 Nb7 45. Qd3 Re8 46. Bd4 Qe4 47.
Qxe4 Rxe4 48. Kf2 Re6 49. Kf3 Rec6 50. Rh1 Nd6 51. h4 gxh4 52. Rxh4 Nxc4 53.
Kg4 Re7 54. Rh3 Nxa3 55. Rd8+ Kf7 56. Kf5 Nc4 57. Rhh8 Nd6+ 58. Kf4 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 65 28th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 O-O 7. b3 b6 8. Nc3 c6
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Rad1 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qh4 15.
e3 Na6 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Ng3 g6 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Nc7 20. Re2 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Ne6 22. Ree1 g5 23. fxg5 f4 24. Nh5 Qxg5 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. exf4 Rxf4 27. Rd3
Rg4 28. Rg3 Rxg3 29. hxg3 Re8 30. b4 h5 31. Re3 Qg4 32. Bf3 Qg5 33. Qd4 Kg7 34.
Be2 Bc8 35. b5 c5 36. Qxd5 Be6 37. Qc6 Bf7 38. f4 Qg6 39. Qxg6+ Bxg6 40. Ra3
Re7 41. Kf2 Kh6 42. Ke3 Bf5 43. Bd3 Kg6 44. Be4 c4 45. Rc3 Rc7 46. a4 Rc8 47.
Bd5 Rd8 48. Bxc4 Rc8 49. Kd2 Rd8+ 50. Bd3 Bxd3 51. Rxd3 Rg8 52. Rd6+ Kf5 53.
Rf6+ Kg4 54. f5 Re8 55. e6 Kxg3 56. Ke3 Kg4 57. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 65 28th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Birnboim, Nathan"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 d6 8.
Qf3 Ne5 9. Qe2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. f4 Bg4 13. Qb5+ c6 14. Qa4 Qh4+
15. g3 Nf3+ 16. Kd1 Nxh2+ 17. Kc1 Qxg3 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qd4 Qxf4+
21. Kb1 c5 22. Qg1 Nf3 23. Qg2 d5 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 65 28th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tunik, Gennady"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.11.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Qf3 Nf6 (7...
Bb4 8. Nde2) 8. O-O-O d6 9. Be2 Rb8 (9... Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. f4 Kh8 12. Rhf1
Bd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Nb3 Qa7 17. Be3 b6 (17... Qb8 18.
Rxf6) 18. Qf2 Rab8 19. g4 Be8 20. g5 Nd7 21. h4 f5 22. Kb1 f4 23. Bc1 e5 24. h5
Nc5 25. h6 Bg6 26. hxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bf3 Nb4 28. Na1 Bxg5 29. Rg1 h6 30. a3 a5 31.
Qe1 Rfe8 32. Nb5 Qe7 33. axb4 axb4 34. Qxb4 e4 35. Be2 Ra8 36. Rd6 Qe5 37. Bd2
Ra4 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. Nxc3 e3 40. Nxa4 exd2 41. Nc3 {1/2 (41) Vallejo Pons,F 
(2694)-Spraggett,K (2577) Catalunya 2013}) (9... Nxd4 10. Rxd4 b5 11. Kb1 Bb7
12. Rhd1 Rc8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Qe3 O-O 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxd6 Be5 17. Rd7 Qb8 18.
Bg4 Bc6 19. R7d3 Bf4 20. Qd4 Be5 21. Qe3 Bf4 22. Qd4 b4 23. Ne2 Bb5 24. Nxf4
Qxf4 25. e5 Rc4 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 27. Rd4 Rxf2 28. R4d2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rc8 30. b3
Kf8 31. a3 a5 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rd4 Bf1 34. Bxe6 Rc7 35. Bh3 g5 36. Rd1 Ba6 37.
Bf5 Rc5 38. Re1 h5 39. g3 Bb7 40. Bd3 Ke7 41. Bf5 g4 42. Kc1 Bf3 43. Kd2 Rd5+
44. Bd3 Ke6 45. c3 Ra5 46. cxb4 Ra2+ 47. Bc2 Bc6 48. Kc3 Bb5 49. Re4 Ra1 50.
Rf4 Rh1 51. Rf6+ Ke7 52. Rf2 Bc6 53. Bd3 Rc1+ 54. Kd4 Rd1 55. Ke3 Re1+ 56. Re2
Rf1 57. Rc2 Rf3+ 58. Kd4 Bd7 59. b5 {1-0 (59) Oparin,G (2575)-Timofeev,A (2598)
Sochi 2016}) (9... b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Ndxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Nd4 13. Qh5 Nxe2+ 14.
Qxe2 gxf6 15. Qxb5+ Bc6 16. Qh5 d5 17. Qh4 Be7 18. f4) 10. g4 (10. Qg3 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 e5 12. Ba7 Ra8 13. Be3 b5 14. f4 Bb7 15. fxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bd3
Bxd3 18. Rxd3 dxe5 19. Rhd1 f6 20. Qh3 Qc8 21. Rd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Qe6
{1-0 (42) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Adhiban,B (2666) Doha 2016}) 10... Ne5 (10...
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. a3 Qb7 14. b4 Qc7 15. Qh3 Ne5 16. f4 Nc6 17.
Bf2) 11. Qg3 b5 12. g5 Nfd7 (12... b4 13. Ncb5 axb5 14. gxf6 gxf6 15. Bxb5+ Bd7
16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. b3) 13. f4 b4 (13... Nc4 14. Bf2 Nc5 15. Rhe1 Bd7 16. Nb3
Na4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Qc3 $1 Rc8 19. Nc5) 14. Na4 (14. Nd5 exd5 15. fxe5 Nxe5
16. exd5 Be7 17. Kb1 O-O 18. h4) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. b3 Qc7 17. Rhe1 (
17. Rhf1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Ne2 Bb7 20. f5 Qxg3 21. Nxg3) 17... Nc5 (17...
Be7 18. f5 Ne5 19. Bf4 Bd7 20. Nb2 O-O 21. f6) 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nf3 Be7 20. f5
({Very tempting was continuation of attack} 20. Ne5 Rb5 21. h4 O-O 22. h5)
20... Qxg3 21. hxg3 f6 (21... Bb7 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Nc4 Bxe4 24. f6 gxf6 25. gxf6
Bf8 26. Bf4) (21... exf5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bxc5 Be6 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Nd4 Rhc8
26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Re5) 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Bf4 Rb6 (23... e5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25.
Bxe5) 24. Nd2 exf5 25. Nc4 Re6 26. exf5 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Kf7 28. Bd6 Bf8 29. g4 h5
30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Nb6 Bb7 32. Nd7+ Kf7 33. Nxc5 Bf3 34. gxh5 a5 35. Rf1 Bxh5
36. Rh1 Rc8 37. Ne4 Rc7 (37... Bf3 38. Nd6+ Kg7 39. Rg1+) 1-0

[Event "Tula Starodubtsev Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Tula"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bc2 c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Re8 14. f4 Qc7 15.
f5 exf5 16. Nxf5 Bf8 17. Qf2 g6 18. Ne3 Bg7 19. Ncd5 Qc5 20. b4 Qxe3 21. Nxe3
1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 65 19th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Bogdanov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be2
O-O 15. a3 e4 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. g3 f5 18. Rxc6 Bd7 19. Rd6 Rad8 20. Nc4 Ba4 21.
Qd4 Qe7 22. Nxb6 Rxd6 23. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 65 19th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chevelevitch, Evgueni"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Bc4 Nbd7 13. a5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15.
Qxd5 Qc7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rec1 Nf6 18. Qd3 Qb7 19. Bg5 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Rd1 Ng6 23. Rd2 Nf4 24. Qf1 Rc6 25. f3 Rfc8 26. Rad1 h6 27. Qf2
Qe7 28. Kh1 Qg5 29. Re1 Rc4 30. Re4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Qg6 32. Qf3 Rc4 33. g3 Rxe4
34. Qf1 Qc6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 65 19th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kalegin, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d5 c5
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Ne8 11. g3 Bh3 12. Re1 f5 13. Nh4 Rf6 14. exf5 g5 15. Ng2
Bxf5 16. h4 gxh4 17. Nxh4 Bh7 18. Bg4 Nd7 19. Be6+ Kh8 20. Qh5 Nf8 21. Bf5 Bxf5
22. Nxf5 Qd7 23. g4 Qf7 24. Qxf7 Rxf7 25. Ne4 Rd8 26. Kg2 Ng6 27. Rh1 Kg8 28.
Bxh6 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 Ng6 30. Kg3 Bf6 31. Bg5 Bxg5 32. Nxg5 Rf6 33. Nh7 1-0

[Event "WchT Seniors 65"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2019.04.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia 65+"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Be2 Ra7 12. b4 Rd7 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. a4 bxa4 15.
Nxa4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. Qa3 a5 18. b5 Be5 19. Rac1 Bd6 20. Qd3 e6 21. Nf3 Bb7
22. Qc4 Qe7 23. Nb6 Rc7 24. Qd4 f6 25. Na4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd7 27. Bd3 Nec5 28.
Nxc5 Nxc5 29. Bc2 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Be5 31. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Maribor-RUS Friendly"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maribor"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 a4 10. bxa4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qb3 c5 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Rxa4 18. Rab1 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxc4 20. Qb3 Rfa8
21. Rxd7 e5 22. Qd3 e4 23. Qxe4 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Maribor-RUS Friendly"]
[Site "Maribor"]
[Date "2019.06.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.06.21"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Maribor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. c3 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Na3 Qb6 12. Nb5 Bxb3 13. c4 Nb4 14. Ne1 d5 15. exd5
e4 16. Ra3 Bc2 17. Nxc2 Nxc2 18. Rb3 Rfe8 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qg4+
Kf8 22. Bxe4 Nb4 23. Bxh7 Be5 24. Re3 Re6 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Minsk Kupreichik Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Be2 h6
9. O-O O-O 10. c5 Nbd7 11. b4 Ne4 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nb3 Bf6 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. Nfd2
e5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bg4 Rad8 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Qd2 Re6 20. Rfe1 Rde7 21. dxe5
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nd4 Re8 24. f3 Bh7 25. b5 g5 26. Rc3 f5 27. bxc6 bxc6
28. Rb3 f4 29. Re2 R5e7 30. exf4 gxf4 31. Rb6 Rxe2 32. Nxe2 Qe7 33. Nd4 Qxc5
34. Rxc6 Qa3 35. Kf2 Re3 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kh8 38. Nf5 Rd3 39. Rc8+ Bg8 40.
Qxf4 Qb2+ 41. Kg3 Qf6 42. Qxh6+ Qxh6 43. Nxh6 d4 44. Nxg8 1-0

[Event "Minsk Kupreichik Memorial rapid"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pakhomov, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Rc1 Rf6 11. Ne2 Rh6 12. Ne5 Qh4 13. h3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Be7 15. Qe1
Ng5 16. Nf4 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 g5 18. Kh2 gxf4 19. Rg1+ Kf7 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Rd1 Rg8
22. Rxg8 Kxg8 23. Bc1 Bg5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Rd4 Rg6 26. exf4 Be7 27. b4 a6 28.
Be3 Qh5 29. Qd1 Bb5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Rd3 Kf7 32. Bd4 Rh6 33. Qf1 Qh4 34. Be3
Qh5 35. Bd2 Rg6 36. Rc3 Rh6 37. Rc7 Qxf3 38. Qg2 Qxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Rg6+ 40. Kf1 d4
41. Rxb7 Rg8 42. Rxb5 Ra8 43. Ra5 Rb8 44. a3 d3 45. Be3 Rc8 46. Bc5 Bxc5 47.
Rxc5 Rd8 48. Ke1 d2+ 49. Kd1 Rd3 50. a4 Rd4 51. Rb5 Ke7 52. a5 Kd7 53. a6 Kc6
54. a7 Kxb5 55. a8=Q Kxb4 56. Qc8 Kb3 57. Qxe6+ Kc3 58. Qxf5 Rd3 59. Qxd3+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Seniors 65 29th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Birnboim, Nathan"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Bxe3 8.
Nxe3 Qe5 9. Qf3 f5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qg3 Bxf5 12. Bb5 Qxg3 13. hxg3 O-O 14. Nxf5
Nxf5 15. O-O Rae8 16. Nd2 Rf6 17. Nb3 a6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Rad1 Re5 20. g4 Ne7
21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Kf7 23. f3 b6 24. Kf2 Re6 25. Rxe6 Kxe6 26. a4 Kd6 27.
Ke3 c5 28. f4 g6 29. g5 Nf5+ 30. Kf3 Kc6 31. g4 Nd6 32. Nd2 b5 33. axb5+ Kxb5
34. Ke3 a5 35. Kd3 a4 36. c4+ Kc6 37. Kc3 dxc4 38. Nxc4 Ne4+ 39. Kc2 Kd5 40.
Nb6+ Kd4 41. Nxa4 Nf2 42. Kd2 Nh3 43. f5 Nxg5 44. fxg6 hxg6 45. Nc3 Nf3+ 46.
Ke2 Ne5 47. g5 Nf7 48. Kd2 Nxg5 49. Ne2+ Ke4 50. Nc3+ Kf3 51. Nd5 Ne4+ 52. Ke1
g5 53. b4 g4 54. bxc5 g3 55. Kf1 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Wch Seniors 65 29th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.11.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4
15. Qd3 g6 16. Bc1 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Rfe8 19. b3 Na3 20. Qd3 Bf8 21.
Bg5 c6 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. h4 Qc8 24. h5 a5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Nd4 Bg7 27. f4 b4
28. f5 Qa6 29. f6 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 h6 31. Bd2 c5 32. Nf3 Bh8 33. cxb4 Nc2 34. Rc1
c4 35. Rxd5 cxb3 36. axb3 Nxb4 37. Rd7 Rec8 38. Rxc8+ Rxc8 39. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "WchT Seniors 65"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.03.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Horvath, Tamas"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.03.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary 65"]
[BlackTeam "Russia 65"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
Na5 9. Re1 c5 10. d3 Bb7 11. Ne2 c4 12. dxc4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nxe4 14. Ng3 Nxg3
15. fxg3 O-O 16. Be3 Qc7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. c3 f6 20. Kh2 Bc6 21.
Bf2 Qb7 22. g4 Bd5 23. b4 Ra2 24. Re2 Bf7 25. Bg3 Qd5 26. Qe1 Bf8 27. Nh4 h5
28. Rd2 Qe6 29. gxh5 Bxh5 30. Qf1 Be8 31. Nf5 Bc6 32. Rf2 Be4 33. Qxb5 Ra1 34.
Nh4 d5 35. Qe2 f5 36. Nf3 f4 37. Bh4 Bxf3 38. gxf3 e4 39. Bg5 Qf5 40. h4 Bd6
41. Qb5 Kh7 42. Qe8 Qg4 43. Rg2 Qxf3 44. Be7 Rh1+ 45. Kxh1 Qf1+ 46. Kh2 f3+ 47.
Rg3 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "WchT Seniors 65"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2020.03.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Boidman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.03.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia 65"]
[BlackTeam "Germany 65 II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Bg5 b5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne2 Qb8
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. Be3 Qb8 18. Kb1 O-O 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Qe3 Rfb8 21. e5
dxe5 22. Qxe5 Qc5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg3+ Kf8 25. Be4 e5 26. Nb3 Qc7 27. Bxa8
Rxa8 28. Qf2 a5 29. Nd2 f5 30. f4 Bf6 31. Nf3 e4 32. Ne5 Be6 33. g3 a4 34. Qd4
Kg7 35. Qd6 Qa7 36. a3 Rc8 37. Nc6 Rxc6 38. Qxc6 b4 39. Rd6 bxa3 40. Rxe6 fxe6
41. Rd1 Qb8 42. Rd7+ Kg6 43. Rb7 Qf8 44. Qxe6 axb2 45. Rb5 Qe7 46. Qxf5+ Kg7
47. Rd5 Qa3 48. Rd7+ Be7 49. Qe5+ Kg8 50. Qxb2 Qc5 51. Qd4 e3 52. Qxc5 Bxc5 53.
Rd5 1-0

[Event "Cheliabinsk Panchenko Memorial op-A"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "2020.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Nf1 Rc5 15.
Na4 Rc6 16. Qd2 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Ne3 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. b3 Be6 21. Ba3
Qc7 22. c4 Rb8 23. Rab1 Nd7 24. Nc3 Qa5 25. Bc1 Rcb6 26. Nd5 Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Bxd5
28. cxd5 Nc5 29. Be3 Rxb3 30. Ra1 Nd3 31. Red1 Nb4 32. Rdc1 Bd8 33. Bf1 a5 34.
Rc4 h6 35. h4 Kh7 36. h5 g6 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 38. Bh3 Rb2 39. Ra4 Kg7 40. Bf1 Nc2
41. Bc1 R2b4 42. Raxb4 Nxb4 43. Kg2 Bb6 44. Bb2 f6 45. Rc1 Bc5 46. Ba3 Rf8 47.
Bc4 f5 48. exf5 Rxf5 49. f3 Rf7 50. Rb1 Nd3 51. Bxd3 Bxa3 52. Ra1 Bb4 53. Bb5
Rb7 54. Ba6 Rb6 55. Bf1 Bc3 56. Ra4 Rb7 0-1

