[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Rjanova, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. f3 Nf6 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Bb3 a5 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Rb8 18. a3 c5 19. Rhe1 e6 20. Re4 Ba6 21. Qd7 Qc8 22. Qe7 c4 23. Ba4 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Red4 Qc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Rd7 h5 28. Ra7 c3 29. b3 Rfc8 30. Rdd7 Re5 31. Kd1 Rcc5 32. Rac7 h4 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Rd4 g5 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Kd3 Kf6 37. Rc4 Rd5+ 38. Kxc3 Rd1 39. b4 axb4+ 40. axb4 Rb1 41. Kd4 Ke7 42. Kc5 f5 43. b5 Kd7 44. Kb6 Rb2 45. h3 e5 46. Ka6 e4 47. fxe4 fxe4 48. Rxe4 Rxc2 49. Ra4 Rc5 50. b6 Kc6 51. b7 Kc7 52. Rb4 Kb8 53. Rb5 Rc6+ 54. Ka5 Rc2 55. Rxg5 Kxb7 56. Kb5 Rc7 57. Rg4 Rc2 58. Rg7+ Kc8 59. Kb4 Kd8 60. Kb3 Rc5 61. Rg4 Rh5 62. Kc4 Ke7 63. Kd4 Kf6 64. Ke4 Re5+ 65. Kf3 Rf5+ 66. Ke4 Re5+ 67. Kd4 Rh5 68. Rf4+ Kg6 69. Ke4 Ra5 70. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balaian, Alina"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Nxc5 8. Bf4 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Bd7 10. h4 Na6 11. Rh3 Rc8 12. h5 Qb6 13. Ng5 Nb4 14. Qd2 d4 15. Rd1 Rc7 16. Nce4 Nxc2+ 17. Kf1 Bb4 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qd3 Bxd6 20. exd6 Bb5 21. dxc7 Ke7 22. Kg1 Bxd3 23. Rhxd3 f6 24. R3d2 Qc6 25. Bd6+ Kxd6 26. Nf7+ Kxc7 27. Nxh8 Ne1 28. f3 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Rostislav"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. 0-0 d5 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qxd5 Bd7 12. Qe4 Rb8 13. Bc4 Bf5 14. Qe3 Bxc2 15. Re1 Rf8 16. b3 Kd8 17. Bb2 Qd6 18. d3 Kd7 19. Qxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rxe7+ Kxe7 21. Ba3+ Kf6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Bronnikova, Elizaveta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nc6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. N1d2 Nf6 8. c3 d5 9. g3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bg2 f5 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 0-0 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Nc5 Ne5 17. Rxd7 Nxd7 18. Nxe6 Qc6 19. Nxf8 Bxf8 20. f3 Nf6 21. Bd4 Bc5 22. Qc4+ Kg7 23. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Tarasova, Viktoriya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Qd6 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Ba3 c5 9. d3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nc4 Qe6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne3 f6 14. Nh4 Bf7 15. f4 exf4 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. Nxf4 0-0-0 18. Bb2 Nd4 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. gxf5 Bd6 21. Qg4 Rde8 22. Kh1 Rhg8 23. Rg1 Kb8 24. Raf1 c6 25. Rg2 Qc7 26. Nh5 Bxh5 27. Qxh5 Be5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Rfg1 g6 30. Qh6 Rh8 31. Rf1 Ref8 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. Rxf4 g5 34. Rf3 Re8 35. Re3 h6 36. h4 Kc7 37. c3 Kd6 38. d4 cxd4 39. cxd4 Re7 40. hxg5 hxg5+ 41. Rh2 Rxh2+ 42. Kxh2 c5 43. e5+ fxe5 44. dxc5+ Kxc5 45. Kg3 Kd4 46. Re1 e4 47. Kg4 Ke5 48. Kxg5 Rg7+ 49. Kh6 Rf7 50. Kg5 Rxf5+ 51. Kg4 Rf2 52. a3 Rf7 53. Kg3 Kd4 54. Rd1+ Ke3 55. Re1+ Kd3 56. Rd1+ Ke2 57. Rd4 e3 58. Re4 Kd3 59. Re8 e2 60. Rd8+ Ke3 61. Re8+ Kd2 62. Rd8+ Ke1 63. Rh8 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Bd7 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Qc8 12. Bg5 Bh3 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. c5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd8 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6 20. Nd2 Qc6 21. e4 Qxd5 22. exd5 Ra3 23. Rb3 Rfa8 24. Rc1 Rxb3 25. Nxb3 Ra4 26. Nd2 Rxb4 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Rc7 f5 29. Rxe7 fxe4 30. dxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd7 Rd4 32. Rxd6 b5 33. Kf3 b4 34. Ke3 b3 35. Rb6 Rxd5 36. Rxb3 Rd7 37. Rb5 Re7 38. Ke4 Kf7 39. Rxe5 Ra7 40. Rb5 Re7+ 41. Kf4 Kg7 42. Kg4 Rf7 43. f4 Re7 44. Kg5 Ra7 45. h3 Rc7 46. Kg4 Ra7 47. Rd5 Rb7 48. Rd3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Filin, Evgeny Konstantinov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 b5 10. Bb3 Nh6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. e5 d5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Qb6 16. Qe4 Nd8 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rc6 Qa5 19. e6 f6 20. Qd5 Rd8 21. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kurukin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Na6 10. g4 Bd7 11. Nd2 Kh7 12. Be2 b6 13. h4 Qc8 14. Rg1 Ng8 15. Nf1 Nc5 16. g5 f5 17. h5 f4 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. gxh6 Bxh6 20. hxg6+ Kg7 21. Nh2 Rb8 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Nf3 Qd8 24. 0-0-0 Ng4 25. Rg2 Rf6 26. Kb1 Rxg6 27. Rh1 Kh7 28. Nh4 Rg8 29. Bxg4 Rxg4 30. Rxg4 Bxg4 31. f3 Bd7 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. exf5 Kg7 34. Ne4 Qh8 35. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 18th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Vlassow, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bd2 c6 7. Be2 Qb6 8. Na4 Qd8 9. Nc5 b6 10. Nb3 e6 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 Nbd7 13. a5 Bd6 14. axb6 axb6 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Ne5 Rxa1 17. Nxa1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bb4 Bd6 21. Rd1 c5 22. Qd3 Bc7 23. Qe2 Nd5 24. Bd2 Qd6 25. g3 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. c4 Nf6 28. b4 Rd8 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Nb3 Ne4 31. f3 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Bxg3 34. Ne4 Be5 35. Kf1 Bd4 36. Ke2 h6 37. Kd3 Kh7 38. Nd6 Kg6 39. Nb5 Bb2 40. Ke4 Kg5 41. f4+ Kh4 42. f5 exf5+ 43. Kxf5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Salov, Vitaly V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. d3 Na5 9. Re1 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Bxb6 Bxc3 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Ng5 0-0 18. Re4 h6 19. Rc4 Qe7 20. Ne4 a6 21. Qa5 b5 22. Rc6 f5 23. Ng3 Be8 24. Rxa6 Bc6 25. Qb6 Rac8 26. Re1 f4 27. Ne2 Qg5 28. f3 Bxf3 29. Qf2 Bb7 30. Rb6 Rxc2 31. Rxb7 f3 32. g4 fxe2 33. Qg3 Qf6 34. Qg2 Qf4 35. Rd7 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Rf1+ 37. Rxf1 exf1Q+ 38. Qxf1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naumenko, Oleg"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Ba7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne8 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. g4 Nc7 18. Qf5 Ne6 19. Bf6 Rfe8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Vorobjev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bd7 15. Ne4 Bxe5 16. c3 Nf5 17. Bxc5 Bc6 18. Bxf8 Ne3 19. Qe2 Nxg2 20. Bc5 f5 21. Qxg2 Qxd3 22. Rad1 Qb5 23. Rfe1 Bxe4 24. Qf2 Bc7 25. g4 Rc8 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Bd4 e5 28. Qh4 Qc6 29. Be3 Kh8 30. Kf2 f4 31. Bxa7 Rg8 32. Rxe4 Qg6 33. Re2 b6 34. Qh3 e4 35. Ke1 f3 36. Rf2 Qg5 37. a4 Qf4 38. Kf1 Qg5 39. Ke1 Qc5 40. Qh6 Qf5 41. Bxb6 Rg1+ 42. Rf1 Rg6 43. Bd4+ Kg8 44. Rg1 Rxg1+ 45. Bxg1 Bf4 46. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balakirev, Ilya"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 a6 5. Ba4 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c3 Re8 8. Rd1 h6 9. d3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bb3 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Qe4 dxe5 18. dxe5 c6 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. h4 Qc7 21. h5 Nf8 22. Nf5 Rad8 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Qh4 Bc5 25. Ne4 Nb4 26. Bxh6 Nxc2 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Qg5 Ng6 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6 gxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Qxc2 Rg8 34. Qxc5 Rf7 35. Ng5 Bd5 36. Rxd5 cxd5 37. Qd6 Rfg7 38. Bxg7+ Qxg7 39. f4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Polonsky, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Rb8 6. f4 b5 7. Nf3 b4 8. Ne2 Nd4 9. Nexd4 cxd4 10. e5 Qb6 11. Qe2 d6 12. Qf2 Bb7 13. 0-0 Nh6 14. Qxd4 Qa5 15. Qe3 Nf5 16. Qf2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 dxe5 18. Bc6+ Kf8 19. g4 Nd6 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Be3 Rc8 22. Bg2 h5 23. g5 Qxb2 24. Rab1 Qc3 25. Rb3 Qxc2 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. Rxb4 Bc3 28. Ra4 a5 29. Bb6 Nf5 30. Be4 Be5 31. Rf2 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 h4 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Rxa5 h3+ 35. Kf3 Bd6 36. Bd4 e5 37. Bxe5 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Rd1 39. Ke3 Re1+ 40. Re2 Rxe2+ 41. Kxe2 Kg7 42. Rxf5 Ra8 43. Kf3 Rxa2 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. Rd5 Rg2+ 46. Kxh3 Rg1 47. Kh4 Rg2 48. h3 f6 49. gxf6 Kxf6 50. Kh5 Ke6 51. Rd4 Rg3 52. h4 Kf5 53. Kh6 Kf6 54. h5 Kf7 55. Rf4+ Ke6 56. d4 Rh3 57. Kg6 Rg3+ 58. Kh7 Ke7 59. h6 Rg5 60. Kh8 Rg6 61. h7 Rg5 62. d5 Rg1 63. Re4+ Kf7 64. d6 Ra1 65. Rf4+ Ke6 66. Rg4 Ra7 67. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inants, Aghasi"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. exf5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Qc5 9. Bh5+ g6 10. Bf3 Qxf5 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Re1+ Kf7 13. Qf4 d5 14. Nc3 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Nc3 d4 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Rd7 22. Rxe8 Rxd5 23. Ra8 c4 24. Rxa6 Bc5 25. Ra4 g5 26. Bg3 Re8 27. Rxc4 d3 28. Kf1 d2 29. f3 h5 30. Bf2 Bd6 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 Bxh2 33. Rxd2 Bg3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Qxc3+ 12. Ke2 Qa5 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. Rab1 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Qh5+ 17. Nf3 0-0 18. h3 Nd7 19. g4 Qh6 20. g5 Qh5 21. e5 c5 22. Be4 cxd4 23. Qc7 Rb8 24. Rbg1 b6 25. Rg4 d3+ 26. Ke3 f5 27. gxf6 Qh6+ 28. Kd4 Nxf6 29. Rh4 Qxh4 30. Nxh4 Nxe4 31. Rg1 Bd7 32. Qxd7 Rf7 33. Qxe6 Nxf2 34. Nf5 Rd8+ 35. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Petrosian, Davit Gevorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 h6 9. h4 a6 10. Qd2 b5 11. h5 Bb7 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. 0-0-0 Ncxe5 14. Qc3 Bd6 15. Qxc7 Bxc7 16. Rh3 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Bd8 18. g4 Nc5 19. Re3 Ne4 20. Rh2 f6 21. Nc3 e5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 17th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Gerasimov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nxc5 Qc7 17. b4 Rb8 18. c3 Nb5 19. d4 Bg7 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. a4 Nd6 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Ra2 e5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Re2 Bg7 27. Be3 b6 28. Bf4 bxc5 29. Re8+ Nxe8 30. Bxc7 Nxc7 31. Qf7 Ne6 32. Bd5 cxb4 33. cxb4 Bd4+ 34. Kg2 Rxb4 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Krasnodar Region-ch op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2008.10.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Barsamian, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. cxd4 e6 6. a3 b6 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qc7 12. Bg5 d5 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Rfc1 Na5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 0-0 21. a4 Qd7 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. g3 h6 24. Rd1 Qb7 25. Qd3 Qc6 26. Qb3 Rd5 27. Rd2 Qd7 28. Qb4 Ra5 29. Ra2 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd5+ 32. Kh3 Qxa2 33. Qd4 Qd5 34. Qxd5 exd5 35. Kg4 Kf8 36. Kf4 Ke7 37. Ke3 g5 38. Kd4 Ke6 39. g4 a6 40. h3 b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Kc5 Kxe5 43. Kxb5 d4 0-1

[Event "Krasnodar Region-ch op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2008.10.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Bukarin, Mikhail Yurievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qe2 Bd7 9. Rd1 Be7 10. Nb5 0-0 11. Nxd6 Bxd6 12. Rxd6 Qc7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Rd3 Na5 15. Rd4 Rc8 16. Bd3 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. b4 Nc6 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7 21. Rxd7 Rxf4 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Rcf8 24. Re1 R4f6 25. Qh5 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krasnodar Region-ch op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2008.10.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Pudovkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bc5 9. c3 0-0 10. Bg5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Nd2 f5 13. 0-0 fxe4 14. Rae1 e3 15. Rxe3 Rxe3 16. Bxe3 Nd7 17. Ne4 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krasnodar Region-ch op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2008.10.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Sukhachev, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qd3 e6 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. b4 Be7 10. h3 0-0 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Bb3 d5 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bb6 Rf8 16. Nd2 Qd6 17. Qe3 Nd7 18. Bd4 b6 19. f4 Bf6 20. Nf3 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Bb7 22. Bc2 Rac8 23. Rf3 Nf6 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. a3 Rc7 27. Nf5 Rd8 28. Nxg7 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Krasnodar Region-ch op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2008.10.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chernyshov, Maxim"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 h6 6. 0-0 Na5 7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8. Nxc4 d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 c6 11. Qf3 0-0 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Rab1 Be6 14. Nf5 Bxa2 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg4 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 g6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Nxh6+ Kg7 20. Qxf4 Qc5 21. Ng4 Rh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. c3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Krasnodar Region-ch op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2008.10.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gil, Konstantin"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2008.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 0-0 8. Bd3 d5 9. b3 Nc6 10. 0-0 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rad1 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krasnodar Region-ch op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2008.10.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kalitinov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 fxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Nfd2 d5 8. Qh5+ Qf7 9. Qxf7+ Kxf7 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Be2 Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. a4 Nd7 16. a5 Bb4 17. Na4 Rhf8 18. 0-0 Bxd2 19. Bxd2 Nxd4 20. Bd1 Bf5 21. f3 exf3 22. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Kg8 24. Rc3 d4 25. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Krasnodar Region-ch op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2008.10.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muselimyan, Mesrop"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nd2 0-0 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 Rfe8 14. Bf2 c5 15. 0-0 c4 16. Bf5 Nf8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nf3 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Bb4 20. g5 hxg5 21. fxg5 Bxc3 22. gxf6 Bxb2 23. Rab1 c3 24. Ne5 g6 25. Qf4 Ne6 26. Qh6 Qc7 27. Bh4 g5 28. Ng6 fxg6 29. f7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Qh7+ Kf6 32. Rf1+ Nf4 33. Bxg5+ Kxg5 34. Rxf4 Rh8 35. h4# 1-0

[Event "Krasnodar Region-ch op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2008.10.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Savchenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bd3 Nfd5 10. Bg3 Nb4 11. Bb1 c5 12. a3 Nc6 13. Nb5 Nd5 14. 0-0 Qa5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Bxd6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qh4 h5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. e4 Qa4 22. b4 Rd8 23. Be5 Rg8 24. exd5 1-0

[Event "Krasnodar South Region-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2005.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Bratkovskiy, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. c4 d6 5. Bxd3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Nh5 10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nh4 Qe8 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nc7 Qe7 15. Nxa8 Qxh4 16. Be2 Nf4 17. Bf3 Be5 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. g3 Qg5 20. Nc7 a6 21. Bxb7 Qe7 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. cxd5 Bxb2 26. Rab1 Rc2 27. Rfe1 Nd7 28. Re6 Ne5 29. Rxd6 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Nd2 31. Rc6 0-1

[Event "Krasnodar South Region-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2005.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. c4 Nc6 5. Bxd3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 d6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. h3 0-0 10. Be3 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Rd2 a6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bb1 Qb8 17. g4 Rfd8 18. h4 Ba8 19. h5 Nf6 20. Nh2 Na5 21. g5 Ne8 22. f4 b5 23. f5 bxc4 24. Ng4 cxb3 25. f6 Bf8 26. Bd4 e5 27. Nd5 0-1

[Event "Krasnodar South Region-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2005.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Melnikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. c3 exd4 6. cxd4 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Bg2 Qxe2+ 11. Ngxe2 Nf6 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. 0-0 Bd3 15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. h3 0-0 17. Rf3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Rfe8 19. Ra2 h6 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Bf2 N7f6 22. Nf4 a5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rb3 Re6 26. Rab2 Ra6 27. Bf1 Ra4 28. Rxb6 Nxb6 29. Rxb6 Re7 30. Rb3 Rd7 31. Re3 Kf8 32. Rd3 Rd5 33. Bg2 Rb5 34. d5 c5 35. d6 Ke8 36. Bd5 f6 37. Bb3 0-1

[Event "Krasnodar South Region-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2005.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grigorieva, Daria"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C40"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. Nd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d5 7. d3 c5 8. Nb3 Bxf5 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. h3 Nc6 11. Be3 Qe5 12. Qb5 a6 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. a3 Nd4 15. 0-0-0 Rb8 16. Qxa6 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 Be7 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. Qc6 Rb6 20. Qc8+ Bd8 21. Bb5 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Bxc7 23. Bxc5 Rg6 24. g3 Be6 25. Kc2 Kd8 26. Be3 Rf8 27. Bc6 Bxb3+ 28. Kxb3 Rxc6 29. Nxe4 Be5 30. Ka2 Rc2 31. Rb1 Ke7 32. Rhc1 Re2 33. Nc3 Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Rb8 35. Rb3 Rc8 36. Rb4 Nf6 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Ra7 Nd5 39. Bd4 g6 40. Rd1 Rd8 41. Bf6 Nc3+ 42. Bxc3 Rxd1 43. Rxh7 Rxf2 44. a4 Rd3 45. a5 Rxc3 46. a6 Rc5 47. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krasnodar South Region-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2005.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gutkis, Vladimir"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. Nf3 Neg4 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e5 Ne4 9. Qd5 Ngxf2 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kf1 Nc5 12. Kxf2 Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Bf4 c6 15. Qd4 b6 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Qd3 c5 19. Nfd2 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qd6 Rf8 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxa7 Rxf4+ 25. Ke3 Rg4 26. Rxb7 Rxg2 27. Rxb6 Rxh2 28. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Krasnodar South Region-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2005.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karabakhtsian, Adroniks"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[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. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. h4 Bb4 12. a3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 0-0 15. b4 Nd7 16. Qd3 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. g4 Bd7 19. a4 Qb6 20. Rb1 Rac8 21. f3 Qc6 22. Rc1 Qc4 23. Qd2 Kh8 24. h5 Bxa4 25. Bd6 Rf7 26. Bc5 Bxc2 27. Rxc2 Qb5 28. h6 b6 29. hxg7+ Kg8 30. Bd4 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Qxb4+ 32. Kd1 Qc4 33. Qxc4 dxc4 34. g5 Rd7 35. Kc2 Ne8 36. g6 Nxg7 37. gxh7+ Kh8 38. Bxb6 e5 39. Rh4 Rb7 40. Ba5 Nf5 41. Re4 Rb5 42. Bc3 Kxh7 43. Rxe5 Kg6 44. Re6+ Kf7 45. Rf6+ Ke7 46. e4 Nd6 47. e5 1-0

[Event "Krasnodar South Region-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2005.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shperber, David"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D08"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]
[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 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bf5 6. Nbd2 Bb4 7. axb4 Nxb4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. g3 Qd7 10. Bg2 Nge7 11. Qa3 0-0 12. 0-0 Rab8 13. e4 Bh3 14. Rd1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ng6 16. Qa4 Qg4 17. c5 Rbd8 18. Qb3 d3 19. Qxb7 Ncxe5 20. Nxe5 Nf4+ 21. Kg1 Qxd1+ 22. Nf1 Ne2+ 23. Kg2 Nxc1 24. Qxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krasnodar Stepanov Memorial op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Belikov, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[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. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 e6 9. a3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qf4 12. Nc3 0-0-0 13. Ne2 Qxf3 14. Ng3 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Be7 16. h4 Rd7 17. Nh5 Rhd8 18. d5 Nxe5 19. Nxg7 Nbxc4 20. Bxa7 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Be2 b6 23. b3 Nxa3 24. Ba6+ Kd7 25. Bb7 Ra5 26. Bb8 Nc6 27. Bxc6+ Kxc6 28. Ne8 Nb5 29. Ke2 Kb7 30. Rf1 f5 31. Rg1 Ra2+ 32. Kd3 Kxb8 33. Rg8 Kb7 34. Rg7 Bxh4 35. Rxh7 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Krasnodar Stepanov Memorial op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Gusarchuk, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bd3 b5 7. Nf3 a6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Bh6 0-0 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nh4 c5 12. d5 c4 13. Be2 b4 14. Nd1 Nxe4 15. Qd4+ Nef6 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. f4 a5 18. Ne3 Bb7 19. f5 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Ba6 21. Qd4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Kg8 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. g4 Qd7 25. Rf3 e5 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Nhg2 Qe5 28. Qc4+ d5 29. Qc5 Rfc8 30. Qb6 Rf8 31. Nf4 Nd7 32. Qc6 Rad8 33. Nexd5 g5 34. Re3 Qxb2 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Neg6+ hxg6 37. Nxg6+ Kg7 38. Nxf8 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+ 40. Kh1 Rxf8 41. Re7+ Rf7 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Qc4+ Ke7 44. Qe4+ Kd6 45. Kg1 Qd5 46. Qg6+ Kc7 47. h4 gxh4 48. g5 Qb5 49. Qh5 Qc5+ 50. Kf1 Qxc2 51. Qxh4 Qg6 52. Qh2+ Qd6 53. Qc2+ Qc6 0-1

[Event "Krasnodar Stepanov Memorial op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balaian, Artur"]
[Black "Staroverov, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2004.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Rb1 b4 9. Nd1 Nd4 10. c3 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Qa5 12. Rd1 Nf6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bh3 15. Bh6 0-0 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ke2 Nd7 18. Rdg1 Be6 19. a3 Ne5 20. Bg2 Qa6 21. Bf1 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Krasnodar Stepanov Memorial op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bondarev, Boris"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 Nc6 4. f4 Bg4 5. h3 Bd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. d3 Bc5 8. a3 a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Qd2 0-0-0 12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 Nf6 15. Nf3 Qg3 16. Be5 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bb5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Rd8 21. Qxd8+ Kxd8 22. Ra2 f6 23. Rd2+ Kc8 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Qxa3 26. Nc2 Qb3 27. Kc1 Qg3 28. Rf1 b6 29. Rf3 Qh4 30. Rdf2 Qh5 31. f5 Qg5+ 32. Ne3 e5 33. Kb2 b5 34. Rc2 Kb7 35. Nd5 c6 36. Ne7 Qh4 37. Re3 Qf4 38. Ree2 Qf1 39. Nxc6 Qg1 40. Na5+ Kb8 41. Rc3 Qd1 42. Rec2 Qd6 43. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Krasnodar Stepanov Memorial op"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Davydovskiy, Igor"]
[Black "Balaian, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Qd2 Bg4 9. h3 Bf5 10. 0-0-0 Be7 11. g4 Bd7 12. Bg2 0-0 13. g5 Nh5 14. Bxe4 Bf5 15. Bxb7 Nxf4 16. h4 Nd7 17. Bxa8 Be6 18. d5 Bg4 19. Rde1 Bf3 20. Rhg1 Bd8 21. Bc6 Nc5 22. b4 Ncd3+ 23. Kb1 Nxe1 24. Qxe1 Ng2 25. Qd2 Nxh4 26. Qd4 Bxg5 27. Qxa7 Qf6 28. Nb5 Qf4 29. Qd4 Be2 30. Qxf4 Bxf4 31. Nb2 Nf3 32. Rh1 Bf1 33. a4 Nd2+ 34. Ka2 Be5 35. Nd1 Bc4+ 0-1

