[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balabanov, Valery"]
[Black "Bidkova, Viktoria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 Nc6 8. Nf3 e6 9. g4 Nge7 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Qa4 14. b3 Qb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 e5 17. f5 f6 18. Raf1 gxf5 19. gxf5 d5 20. Rhg1 Kf7 21. Rg4 Rag8 22. Rfg1 Rxg4 23. Rxg4 dxe4 24. dxe4 Nc8 25. c3 dxc3+ 26. Nxc3 Rd8+ 27. Kc2 Nd6 28. Rg2 b5 29. Rd2 b4 30. Nb5 Rc8+ 31. Kb2 Nxb5 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Rb7 Rc5 34. h4 h5 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kh6 37. Rb8 Nd6 38. Rxb4 a5 39. Rb8 Kg7 40. b4 axb4 41. Rxb4 Rb5 42. Rxb5 Nxb5 43. a4 Na7 44. Kb3 Kf7 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Kc5 Kd7 47. a5 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prevarsky, Roman"]
[Black "Balabanov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Be2 Bg4 7. 0-0 c6 8. a3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Rb1 N7b6 11. Qc2 f5 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Qb6 15. Qa2 Nf6 16. b4 Ne4 17. Bb2 h6 18. Qa1 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Kh7 20. c5 Qc7 21. Nd4 Qe5 22. f3 Nd2 23. Rxd2 Qxe3+ 24. Rf2 Qxd2 25. fxg4 Qe3 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Bc4 e5 28. Nc2 Qe4 29. Qf1 Rad8 30. Be6 f4 31. g3 Rf6 32. Bg4 Rd3 33. Bf3 Rxf3 34. Rxf3 Qxc2 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Rxf4 Rxf4 37. Qxf4 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qb2+ 39. Kh3 Qxa3+ 40. Kh4 Qc3 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. Kh5 Qf6 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 44. Kxh6 b6 45. b5 cxb5 46. c6 Ke7 47. Kg7 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mashevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Balabanov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Bd6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. e5 Bc5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. exf6 gxh4 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Qf3 c6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Re2 Rg8 16. h3 Be6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Qf4 Rh8 20. Nxd4 Bxh3 21. Nf5 Bc7 22. Qb4+ Bd6 23. Nxd6 Be6 24. Nf5+ Kg8 25. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balabanov, Valery"]
[Black "Vinogradov, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d3 Nc6 8. a3 Nf6 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Qd2 Rfb8 11. Rab1 b5 12. Ne2 a5 13. h3 b4 14. Bh6 Qb7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nh4 bxa3 17. bxa3 Qxb1 18. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 19. Kh2 Rab8 20. f4 Rf1 21. f5 Ne5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qxa5 Rbb1 24. Ng3 Neg4+ 25. hxg4 Nxg4+ 26. Kh3 Nf2+ 27. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokol, Vladislav"]
[Black "Balabanov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bd7 9. c3 Qc8 10. g4 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. h4 f6 13. Nc4 fxg5 14. Nxg5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bf6 16. f4 Bh3 17. f5 Bg4 18. Bf3 Bxg5 19. hxg5 gxf5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Bxg4 Rxg5 22. Rf2 Qxg4+ 23. Qxg4 Rxg4+ 24. Rg2 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Kf7 26. Rf1+ Ke6 27. Kh3 Kd7 28. Rf5 Rh8 29. Kh4 a6 30. a4 b6 31. Rxh5 Rxh5+ 32. Kxh5 Ke6 33. Kg4 Ne5+ 34. Nxe5 Kxe5 35. Kf3 c5 36. Ke3 d5 37. d4+ cxd4+ 38. cxd4+ Kd6 39. Kd3 e5 40. dxe5+ Kxe5 41. Ke3 d4+ 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Kd2 Kc4 44. Kc2 d3+ 45. Kd2 Kd4 46. b4 Kc4 47. b5 a5 48. Kd1 Kb4 49. Kd2 Kxa4 50. Kxd3 Kxb5 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balabanov, Valery"]
[Black "Butsenko, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. dxe6 dxe6 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Nb1 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qe8 13. Nbd2 c5 14. c3 c4 15. Bc2 Nh5 16. Nd4 f6 17. Qg4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 g5 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Kg7 21. Rae1 Qf7 22. h4 h5 23. Qd1 g4 24. Nb1 Rad8 25. Qe2 Nb8 26. Qe3 Nc6 27. e5 f5 28. Be4 Qg6 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Nc3 Qh6 31. Qxh6+ Kxh6 32. Rd1 a5 33. Ne2 b4 34. Nf4 Rfe8 35. Rf2 a4 36. Rc2 Bd5 37. Rcc1 Ra8 38. a3 bxa3 39. bxa3 Rab8 40. Rb1 Rb3 41. Rxb3 axb3 42. Ne2 Ra8 43. Nc3 Rxa3 44. Rb1 Be4 45. Rb2 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 Rc1 47. Ne2 Rc2 48. Rxc2 Bxc2 49. Nc3 b2 50. Ke2 b1Q 51. Nxb1 Bxb1 52. Kd2 Kg6 53. Kc3 Bd3 54. Kd2 Kf7 55. Ke3 Ke7 56. Kf4 Kd7 57. Kg5 c3 0-1

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kabanov, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Balabanov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. 0-0 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d4 Qd8 10. e3 Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qa3 Qc7 14. Bd2 Be4 15. Rac1 e6 16. Ba5 Qd7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe4 Bg7 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. Bg2 Bf8 21. Bb4 Bxb4 22. Qxb4 a5 23. Qc4 Qd6 24. a3 Nd7 25. e4 Qe7 26. Qb3 Nf6 27. d5 exd5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Qxd5 b6 31. Qd4 Qe6 32. h4 Qb3 33. Qf6 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Re8 35. Rc6 b5 36. Rc5 a4 37. h5 Qe6 38. Qxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxb5 gxh5 40. Rxh5 Rb6 41. Ra5 Rxb2 42. Rxa4 Rb7 43. Kg2 Kf8 44. Kh3 Rb2 45. f4 Rb3 46. Ra6 Kg7 47. Kh4 Rc3 48. a4 Rd3 49. a5 Ra3 50. g4 h6 51. Ra8 Ra4 52. Kg3 Ra3+ 53. Kf2 Kg6 54. a6 Kg7 55. a7 Kf6 56. Ke2 Ke7 57. Kd2 Kd7 58. f5 Ke7 59. Kc2 Kf6 60. Kb2 Ra6 61. Kb3 Ke7 62. Kc4 Kd7 63. f6 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kosikov, Andrey"]
[Black "Balabanov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 f5 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. d3 0-0 8. Rb1 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 e6 12. Qb3 Ne7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rfc1 Nc8 15. Nd1 Qe7 16. Be5 d6 17. Bb2 Kh8 18. Ra1 e5 19. Nc3 e4 20. Nd4 exd3 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Ne6 dxe2 23. Nxf8 Qf3 24. Re1 Ne4 25. Rxe2 Nxc3 26. Re3 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxg3+ 28. hxg3 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qc6 30. Ne6 Be5 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. Bxd4+ Kg8 33. Bb2 d5 34. Qc3 Qxc4+ 35. Qxc4 dxc4 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Rh8 h5 38. b5 a5 39. Rc1 Ke6 40. Rd1 a4 41. Rdd8 1-0

[Event "Sakharov Memorial op 3rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2004.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balabanov, Valery"]
[Black "Semenenko, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2004.07.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Qf3 Qe5+ 6. Qe3 Qxe3+ 7. dxe3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. cxd3 e5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. 0-0 0-0-0 12. Rd1 Bc5 13. a3 a5 14. b3 Rd7 15. Bb2 Rhd8 16. Nc1 Kb8 17. Kf1 f5 18. Ke2 g5 19. h3 h5 20. Na2 h4 1/2-1/2

