[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Mamoshin, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 h6 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Nf5 0-0 9. Bd3 d6 10. 0-0 Bxf5 11. Nxb6 Bg4 12. f3 axb6 13. fxg4 Ne5 14. g5 Nfg4 15. Bd2 hxg5 16. h3 Nxd3 17. Qxg4 Ne5 18. Qh5 f6 19. h4 g4 20. Qf5 Qd7 21. Qf2 Qc6 22. Bc3 Qxe4 23. Rae1 Qg6 24. Qd4 Kh7 25. Qd5 Ra4 26. Qxb7 g3 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Qxc7 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Nikitinyh, Boris Aleksandrovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "1991"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Bg7 7. Qf3 c6 8. 0-0-0 Nb6 9. h3 g4 10. Qe2 gxh3 11. Nxh3 Bf5 12. f3 Qd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. Qe1 Bxd1 17. Qxd1 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Rf1 Be5 21. Bh4 Bf6 22. Be1 Ne5 23. Be2 0-0-0 24. Bc3 Nd7 25. Ba5 b6 26. Bd2 Ne5 27. Nf4 Bg5 28. g3 Rd6 29. Bc3 f6 30. Kb1 Rhd8 31. b3 Kc7 32. Bb4 c5 33. Bc3 Kc6 34. Nd5 R8d7 35. a4 Kb7 36. Bb5 Nc6 37. Be2 Ne5 38. Bb5 Rd8 39. Kb2 e6 40. Nxf6 Rf8 41. Bxe5 Rdd8 42. Bc4 Be3 43. Bxe6 Bd4+ 44. Bxd4 cxd4 45. Bd5+ Kc7 46. Rf5 Rd6 47. e5 Rdd8 48. Be4 Rf7 49. Nd5+ Rxd5 50. Rxf7+ Rd7 51. e6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Osmolny, Vladimir I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 a5 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c6 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Qc2 g6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. f4 Nd7 16. e4 d4 17. Na4 c5 18. e5 Bg7 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. a3 b6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. b5 Rb8 25. Rf3 f6 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Nc3 Ra8 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd6 30. h4 Rf8 31. h5 gxh5 32. Bc1 Rf5 33. Re1 Re8 34. Rg3 Re7 35. Qa8+ Rf8 36. Qe4 Rf5 37. Qa8+ Kf7 38. Qe4 Bh6 39. Rf1 Rf6 40. Qxh7+ Ke8 41. Rg8+ Kd7 42. Qh8 Qc7 43. Qxf6 Rh7 44. Qg6 Kd6 45. Re1 Qe7 46. Re8 Qf7 47. R1xe6+ Kd7 48. R8e7+ Qxe7 49. Rxe7+ Rxe7 50. Qxh6 Re1+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. e5 Ne4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Kc7 13. a4 Bd7 14. Be3 Nxc3 15. Ra3 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 b5 17. Ra5 Rhb8 18. Bc5 bxc4 19. Bd6+ Kb6 20. Ra1 Rc8 21. Bxc4 c5 22. 0-0 Bb5 23. Rab1 Kc6 24. Rfc1 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Kd5 26. Rbc1 f6 27. Rxc5+ Rxc5 28. Rxc5+ Kd4 29. Ra5 Rc8 30. g3 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Rc6 32. Bf8 f5 33. Bxg7 Kc3 34. Bf8 Kd4 35. h3 Ke4 36. Ra4+ Kd5 37. Bd6 Rb6 38. g4 Kc6 39. g5 Kb5 40. Ra1 Kc4 41. h4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gilman, Pavel"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b5 2. Bf4 Bb7 3. e3 a6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c4 b4 7. c5 d6 8. cxd6 cxd6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. h3 Nc6 12. Rc1 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 e4 15. Bxf6 exd3 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qb3 Rac8 18. Qxd3 Rfe8 19. Qf5 Rcd8 20. Qf4 Qe6 21. b3 Qg6 22. Qg4 Qf6 23. Qg3 Re7 24. Rc2 Na7 25. Rfc1 Nb5 26. Nc4 Nc3 27. a3 Be4 28. Rxc3 bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rb7 30. Nfd2 Bd5 31. Na5 Re7 32. b4 Qe6 33. Nc6 Bxc6 34. Rxc6 Qa2 35. Rxd6 Rc8 36. Nf3 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Qb1 38. Qf4 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Re4 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kozlov, Oleg"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nd4 Bc8 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Ndb5 Rc8 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne4 17. Qd5+ Be6 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxc7 Rf7 20. Qa5 Bxc4 21. Nxe4 Bxb2 22. Nxd6 Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nxc4 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Re7 26. e3 Rc7 27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Ke2 a5 29. Rd1 Rb8 30. Rd3 a4 31. Bd5 axb3 32. axb3 Ra7 33. h4 Ra2+ 34. Rd2 Ra1 35. Ne5 Rb1 36. Bc4 Re8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch Seniors Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2022.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhikharev, Valeriy"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. d4 e4 6. Nfd2 Bg7 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. g4 Bxg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 f5 13. Qg3 c5 14. Qxd6 cxd4 15. exd4 e3 16. fxe3 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 Nb6 18. Kc2 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Rad8 20. Qg3 Qe7 21. h4 Kh8 22. h5 g5 23. h6 Bf6 24. Qf3 f4 25. exf4 Qxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxe1 27. Nce4 Bxd4 28. Bxd4+ Rxd4 29. fxg5 1-0

[Event "SZFO-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. f4 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 f5 9. Nf3 Rg8 10. 0-0-0 c6 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qd3 Rxg2 15. Kb1 Nd5 16. Rhg1 Nb4 17. Rxg2 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Qd5 19. Rg3 0-0-0 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Ne5 Qa6 22. Rd1 f6 23. Nf3 Bb4 24. Rg2 Qa5 25. Rc1 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Qd5 27. Rg3 Qe4+ 28. Kc1 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. dxe5 f4 31. exf4 Qxf4+ 32. Kc2 Qa4+ 33. Rb3 Qe4+ 34. Kc1 Qc4+ 35. Rc3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "SZFO-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balakirev, Ilya"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[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 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Bc4 d5 8. Bb3 Ne7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Bxe7 Bxe7 12. f4 a5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. a4 f6 15. Na3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Re8 17. Raa1 Bf7 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. Qf2 Qb4 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Re1 Re3 23. Rxe3 dxe3 24. Qxe3 b5 25. axb5 a4 26. Bxa4 d4 27. Qh3 Qxa4 28. Qc8+ Be8 29. b6 Qa1+ 30. Kf2 Qc1 31. Qc5+ Kg8 32. Qd5+ Kf8 33. Qd6+ Kg8 34. Qxd4 Qxc2+ 35. Kg3 Bc6 36. Qc4+ Qxc4 37. dxc4 Kf7 38. b4 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kd7 40. c5 Bd5 41. g3 Kc6 42. Ke3 Bg2 43. Kd4 Kb5 44. Kc3 Bb7 45. Kb3 Bc6 46. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SZFO-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Osoblivi, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. a3 Be7 7. f4 c5 8. Be3 Qb6 9. Rb1 c4 10. g3 Nc6 11. Qd2 g6 12. Bg2 Qa5 13. 0-0 h5 14. h3 Nb6 15. Ra1 Bd7 16. b4 cxb3 17. cxb3 Nc8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. Bf2 Bf8 21. Qa2 Ne7 22. Rab1 Nf5 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nh4 25. Bh1 Be7 26. Rc2 Rc8 27. Rbc1 Kf8 28. Qb3 Kg7 29. Bg3 Rc4 30. Kf2 a6 31. Qa2 Bc6 32. Rg1 g5 33. Qb1 gxf4 34. Nxf4 Rxd4 35. Nce2 Rc4 36. Nh5+ Kf8 37. Rxc4 Nxc4 38. Nd4 Qb6 39. Rd1 Nxa3 40. Qc1 Nb5 41. Qe3 Nxd4 42. Rxd4 Rxh5 43. gxh5 Nf5 0-1

[Event "SZFO-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Solgalov, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. cxd6 Qb4 8. Qd2 Qxd6 9. Qxd6 Bxd6 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. c3 Ba5 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. 0-0-0 Bb6 14. Nxc8+ Rxc8 15. Nh3 Nd7 16. Be2 Ne5 17. Rhe1 g5 18. Rd5 Rd8 19. Kc2 Ng6 20. g3 h6 21. Ng1 Ne5 22. h3 a6 23. Nf3 Ba7 24. Nd2 b5 25. a3 Rd6 26. Nb3 Bb6 27. Nc1 Rad8 28. Na2 Nc6 29. a4 Re8 30. Kb1 bxa4 31. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "SZFO-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Veselov, Andrey"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 g5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Ne4 Re8 11. h4 h6 12. Nh2 f5 13. Qh5 Bf7 14. Qxh6 fxe4 15. dxe4 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Re6 17. Qxg5+ Qxg5 18. hxg5 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "SZFO-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dokutchaev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 a6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. 0-0 Be6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Na4 Be7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rac8 16. Bc3 Qd8 17. Bd4 Ba3 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qa1 Qc2 20. Bf3 Bf5 21. Nb6 Bd3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Nxd5 Rd6 25. Nf4 b5 26. Bd5 Qxd1 27. Rxd1 Bb1 28. f3 Kf8 29. Kf2 f5 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. e4 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Bc1 34. Rxd6 Kxd6 35. Nd3 Bg5 36. Kf3 a5 37. Kg4 Be3 38. Kf5 Bd4 39. a4 b4 40. g4 Bg7 41. g5 Bc3 42. h4 1-0

[Event "SZFO-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vlassow, Valentin"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. d5 Nd8 8. a5 Ba7 9. d6 cxd6 10. Bd5 Nf6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Rb8 13. Qb3 Ne6 14. Qb6 Ra8 15. Nbd2 0-0 16. Nc4 Nxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qg5 20. 0-0 Qxd5 21. Rac1 Qg5 22. Rf4 d5 23. Nd6 Qh5 24. Rcf1 f6 25. h3 h6 26. Rg4 g5 27. Qb3 Kh7 28. Qxd5 Qg6 29. Rxe4 Kh8 30. Re7 1-0

[Event "SZFO-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Pischikov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. 0-0 Ngf6 7. a4 0-0 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Rd1 h6 10. Ba2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. f3 a5 14. Qf2 Nc5 15. Qh4 Qe7 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Nde2 Rad8 20. Rd2 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Red1 Nc8 23. Kf2 g6 24. g4 Rd7 25. e5 d5 26. Ne4 Bg7 27. f4 Red8 28. f5 d4 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 b6 31. Bc3 Rxd2+ 32. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 33. Nxd2 Bf8 34. Kf3 Bc5 35. Ne4 Bg1 36. h3 Kf8 37. Nf6 Bh2 38. Ke4 Bg3 39. Bd4 c5 40. Be3 Kg7 41. Nd7 gxf5+ 42. gxf5 Bh4 43. Bf4 Bd8 44. f6+ Kh7 45. Kf5 Bc7 46. c4 Na7 47. e6 1-0

[Event "SZFO-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2009.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Presnyakov, Vladimir Sergeevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Be3 e6 8. f4 Be7 9. Nge2 a6 10. h3 Qc7 11. 0-0 Rd8 12. g4 h6 13. Ng3 b5 14. a3 Bc8 15. g5 Ng8 16. h4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 hxg5 20. Qf3 Nd8 21. hxg5 Rh3 22. Kg2 Qd7 23. f5 Rh4 24. Rh1 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Bb7 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27. Rh8 Kf8 28. f6 Bd6 29. Nf5 Be5 30. Bxc5+ Nxc5 31. Qa8+ Qe8 32. Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Northwest FR-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mishuchkov, Nikolai Mikhailovic"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[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 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5 Bxe4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. 0-0 e6 6. c4 a6 7. Ba4 Be7 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Bf4 d6 11. Bc2 Nbd7 12. Qd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 d5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 e5 22. Be3 Qd6 23. Qg4 Kf8 24. b4 Nb7 25. Ba4 Re7 26. Bc6 Kg8 27. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Northwest FR-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Uliashov, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Qd3 Nbd7 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. 0-0-0 Nf6 10. Qe5 Ng4 11. Qg3 Be6 12. Nf3 0-0-0 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Kb1 Bd5 15. Ne5 g6 16. Rhe1 Qxd4 17. Ba5 Bxa2+ 18. Kxa2 Qa4+ 19. Kb1 Qxa5 20. Nxf7 Rd4 21. Re5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxh8 Bg7 24. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Northwest FR-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ulyanin, Sergei"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[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 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Be2 Be7 6. h3 c6 7. a4 0-0 8. Be3 Qc7 9. 0-0 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc4 b5 15. Ba2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bc8 17. Nh4 Nc5 18. Nf5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qf3 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Ne2 Qe5 25. Ng3 Qc5 26. Qd3 g6 27. Ra6 Ra8 28. Rda1 Rxa6 29. Rxa6 Bh4 30. Nf1 Bg5 31. g3 Bc1 32. b3 h5 33. Nh2 Kg7 34. Nf3 Bb2 35. Kg2 Bc3 36. h4 Re7 37. Ra8 Qb6 38. Ng5 Qb7 39. Rd8 Qb6 40. Rc8 Qb7 41. Rd8 Qb6 42. Ra8 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northwest FR-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Osoblivi, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[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. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. 0-0 f6 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be6 8. Na3 Qd7 9. Nc4 0-0-0 10. Bd2 Bh3 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 g5 13. Nf5 Nge7 14. Nfd6+ Kb8 15. Nf7 Bg7 16. Nxd8 Nxd8 17. b4 h5 18. h3 Ne6 19. bxc5 Nc6 20. Nd6 Nxc5 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Qb1 Na6 23. Rc1 Bb4 24. Bxb4 Naxb4 25. a5 Ka8 26. Qb3 h4 27. g4 Na6 28. Rcb1 Rb8 29. Qa3 Rc8 30. Nd6 Rc7 31. Nc4 Qe7 32. Qa4 Nd8 33. Rb2 Ne6 34. Rab1 Nf4+ 35. Kf3 Nc5 36. Qb5 a6 37. Nb6+ Ka7 38. Qb4 f5 39. gxf5 Qf7 40. Rg1 Nxh3 41. Rg4 Nf4 42. Nc4 Nd5 43. Nxe5 Qf6 44. Qxd4 Nf4 45. Rb6 Qe7 46. f6 Qd8 47. Rxg5 Nh3 48. Rg4 Qh8 49. Nc6+ bxc6 50. Qxc5 Qxf6+ 51. Ke2 Nf4+ 52. Rxf4 Qxf4 53. Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Northwest FR-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Semenenko, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Bd3 Qd7 8. Bxf5 Qxf5 9. 0-0 Bb4 10. Ne2 0-0 11. Ng3 Qe6 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Ng3 g6 16. c4 Nf6 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. a3 Ba5 19. Qc2 b5 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Rad1 Rac8 22. Qb3 a6 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Rfe8 25. Nc6 Bc7 26. Rfe1 Bd6 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. a4 Qb6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qf3 Ng4 31. b4 Ra8 32. Nxf5 Ra2 33. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qxf5 35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. Nd4 Bxb4 37. Nxb5 Kf8 38. Nd4 f4 39. Nf5 h5 40. h3 Bc3 41. Rc1 Ra1 42. Rxa1 Bxa1 43. Kg1 Be5 44. Kf2 f6 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Ke4 Bb8 47. Nd4 Be5 48. Nf3 Bc7 49. Kf5 Bd6 50. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Northwest FR-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karalkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[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 d6 3. c4 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 fxe4 9. dxe4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rf7 13. Qb1 Ne8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne2 Na5 16. Qd3 Qc6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nc6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Qd5+ Kf8 23. Rf1+ Bf6 24. g5 Ke7 25. gxf6+ Nxf6 26. Bg5 Rh8 27. Rf4 Rh5 28. h4 Ne5 29. Bh3 Rxg5 30. Bxd7 Nxd5 31. exd5 Rh5 32. Be6 g5 33. Re4 gxh4 34. Kh3 g5 35. Bg4 Rh8 36. Nf3 Kf6 37. Nxe5 dxe5 38. Re3 Re8 39. Be6 Rh8 40. Kg4 e4 41. Rxe4 h3 42. Re1 Rh4+ 43. Kg3 h2 44. Rh1 Rxc4 45. Rxh2 Rb4 46. Rc2 Ke5 47. b3 Kd6 48. Rc4 a5 49. Rxb4 axb4 50. Kg4 c6 51. dxc6 bxc6 52. Bc4 Ke5 53. Kxg5 c5 54. Kg6 Kd4 55. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Northwest FR-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Prokuronov, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e3 e6 6. Qh5 Nc6 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd7 9. g4 Bb4 10. 0-0-0 Qe7 11. Bg2 0-0-0 12. Rhe1 Qf8 13. Rd3 Kb8 14. Qh4 h5 15. gxh5 f5 16. Bf3 Na5 17. Rg1 Rc8 18. Qg3+ Bd6 19. Qg7 Qe7 20. h6 Qh4 21. Qxf7 Qxh6+ 22. Kb1 Be8 23. Qg7 Qxg7 24. Rxg7 Rxh2 25. Bg2 Bf8 26. Rg8 Bf7 27. Rgg3 Nc4 28. Rd1 Bh6 29. Rh1 Rxh1+ 30. Bxh1 Nd2+ 31. Ka1 a6 32. Rh3 Bf8 33. a3 Bd6 34. Rh7 Be8 35. Rh6 Bf7 36. Bxd5 Re8 37. Rh7 Re7 38. Bg2 f4 39. Ne4 Nxe4 40. Bxe4 e5 41. f3 Bc4 42. Rxe7 Bxe7 43. Bd3 Bd5 44. dxe5 Bxf3 45. Nxf4 Bh4 46. Ng6 Bg5 47. e6 Kc7 48. Ne5 Bd5 49. Bf5 Bf6 50. Nf7 b5 51. Kb1 a5 52. Nh6 Kd6 53. Ng4 Bg5 54. Nf2 Ke5 55. Bh3 Bxe6 56. Nd3+ Kd6 57. Bxe6 Kxe6 58. b3 Kd5 59. c3 Be7 60. Kb2 Bf6 61. Kc2 Be7 62. a4 bxa4 63. bxa4 Bf6 64. Kb3 Bg5 65. Nb2 Bf6 66. Nc4 Bd8 67. Na3 Bf6 68. Nb5 Be5 69. c4+ Kc5 70. Nc3 Kd4 71. Nd5 Kc5 72. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northwest FR-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abramov, Valentin"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[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 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 d6 9. Qb3 0-0 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 a4 12. Qc2 e5 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Rab1 Ra7 15. Rb5 Bd7 16. Rfb1 b6 17. Rd1 e4 18. Nd2 Na5 19. Rb4 Nc6 20. Rbb1 Qe7 21. Re1 Raa8 22. f3 exf3 23. Bxf3 Rae8 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Nf3 Na5 26. Nh4 Qg5 27. Ng2 c6 28. Qxa4 cxd5 29. Qxd7 Nxc4 30. Re2 Re7 31. Qc6 Qg4 32. Rbe1 f4 33. gxf4 Rfe8 34. e4 Rc8 35. Qxd5 Qf3 36. Qf5 Rec7 37. Nh4 Qxc3 38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Ne7+ Rxe7 40. Qxc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. e5 dxe5 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qxe7 Qxd4+ 46. Kh1 Qxf4 47. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Northwest FR-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Black "Suleymanyants, Odisey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 c5 8. dxc5 Na6 9. Qb5+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. 0-0-0 f5 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Nd4 Nxc5 14. f3 Ke7 15. Nxd5+ exd5 16. Nxf5+ Kf6 17. Rxd5 Rhc8 18. Rhd1 Bf8 19. g4 Ne6 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rd8 22. f4 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc8 24. Rd7 Nc5 25. Rd5 Ne4 26. Rd7 Rb8 27. Rc7 Ke6 28. h4 Nd6 29. Rc5 Rg8 30. Re5+ Kd7 31. g5 f6 32. Rd5 Ke6 33. Rd3 Nf5 34. e4 Nd6 35. f5+ Kd7 36. gxf6 Kc6 37. Rc3+ Kd7 38. Rd3 Kc7 39. Rc3+ Kb6 40. Rb3+ Kc5 41. f7 Rb8 42. Rc3+ Kb6 43. e5 Nxf7 44. Re3 Re8 45. e6 Nh6 46. f6 Kc6 47. f7 Nxf7 48. exf7 Rf8 49. Re7 h5 50. Kd2 a6 51. Ke3 b5 52. Kf4 Kd6 53. Ra7 Ke6 54. Kg5 Rc8 55. Kg6 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch sf1"]
[Site "Ivanovo"]
[Date "1979.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1979.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 Bf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. e3 0-0 10. h3 Be6 11. b3 Nc8 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. Ne2 g6 15. Bc5 Bf5 16. g4 Bc8 17. Nf4 Nb8 18. Ne1 c6 19. Qf3 N8d7 20. Bb4 Nf8 21. Ned3 h6 22. Ne5 Nbd7 23. Nfd3 Nh7 24. Qf4 Ng5 25. h4 Ne6 26. Qh2 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxh4 28. f4 Ng7 29. Be1 Bxe1 30. Rcxe1 h5 31. f5 gxf5 32. gxh5 Qg5 33. h6 Nh5 34. Rf3 f4 35. h7+ Kxh7 36. Nxf7 Qg6 37. Ne5 Qh6 38. Nf7 Qg6 39. Rxf4 Kg8 40. Rh4 Qxf7 41. Rxh5 Qg7 42. Qh4 Re6 43. Qd8+ Kf7 44. Rf1+ Rf6 45. Rxf6+ Qxf6 46. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch sf1"]
[Site "Ivanovo"]
[Date "1979.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrushin, Alexander I"]
[Black "Balakin, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1979.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 0-0 11. Qxb7 Qd6 12. Nbd2 Rab8 13. Qa6 Rf6 14. Bf1 Rb6 15. Qd3 Rh6 16. g3 g5 17. Bg2 Qg6 18. b4 Bxb4 19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. Qb3 Qh5 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Rhf6 23. Rxg4 1-0

