[Event "Kalamazoo op"]
[Site "Kalamazoo"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Balan, Alex"]
[Black "Van Horn, De Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "1253"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. Nxe7 Nxe7 9. Re1 Bg4 10. c3 Qd7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Bg2 0-0 17. f4 Nc4 18. Qd4 Rac8 19. b3 Nb6 20. Ba3 Rfd8 21. Red1 Qg4 22. e5 Rc2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Nh5 25. exd6 Qf5 26. Bxb7 h6 27. Re1 Nd7 28. Be4 Qg4 29. Qd3 Nxf4 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. Bxf3 Nh3+ 32. Kg2 Ng5 33. Bc6 Ne6 34. Bd5 Ndc5 35. Bxc5 Nxc5 36. Re7 Rxd6 37. Bxf7+ Kh7 38. Rxa7 Ne4 39. Kf3 Ng5+ 40. Ke3 Rf6 41. Bd5 h5 42. b4 Nh3 43. b5 Rf2 44. b6 Rxh2 45. b7 Ng1 46. b8Q Re2+ 47. Kd3 Re1 48. Qg8+ Kh6 49. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Kalamazoo op"]
[Site "Kalamazoo"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Grzegorczyk, Ron"]
[Black "Balan, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1618"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nf5 9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 f5 11. Qe1 Be6 12. Nd1 Nd7 13. Nf2 g5 14. Nh3 h6 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. g3 f4 17. Nxf4 gxf4 18. exf4 Bg4 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Qd7 23. Kh1 Bh3 24. Rf3 Bg4 25. Rf1 Bh3 26. Rf3 Qg4 27. Be2 Qe6 28. b4 Bb6 29. a4 Bg4 30. Rd3 Bf5 31. a5 Bxd3 32. Bxd3 Bc7 33. Qe3 b6 34. f5 Rxf5 35. Bxf5 Qxf5 36. Qxh6 Bxe5 37. Rg1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Kalamazoo op"]
[Site "Kalamazoo"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Balan, Alex"]
[Black "Skidmore, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e5 Nd7 5. f4 Nh6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nh6 11. Bf2 Nc5 12. Nb3 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Be7 15. 0-0 0-0 16. g4 b5 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. b4 d4 19. N3e4 Qd5 20. g5 Nf5 21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. a3 a5 24. Ng3 Nh4 25. Nge4 Nf5 26. Ng3 Nxg3 27. hxg3 axb4 28. axb4 Ra2 29. Ra1 Rda8 30. Rxa2 Rxa2 31. Re1 Rb2 32. Bxd4 Rxb4 33. Bc3 Bxc5+ 0-1

[Event "Kalamazoo op"]
[Site "Kalamazoo"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Ream, Scott"]
[Black "Balan, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "1511"]
[BlackElo "1785"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. f3 d5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. Bf4 b5 7. fxe4 b4 8. Nd1 dxe4 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Qc4 Qd5 11. Ne3 Qxc4 12. Nxc4 Ba6 13. Ne5 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Rc8 15. h3 g6 16. Kf2 Bg7 17. Ke3 0-0 18. Ne2 Bh6+ 19. Kf2 Ng4+ 20. Ke1 Ne3 21. Rb1 Nxc2+ 22. Kd1 Ne3+ 23. Ke1 Nxg2+ 24. Kd1 Ne3+ 25. Ke1 Ng2+ 26. Kd1 Nf4 27. h4 Nxe2 28. Kxe2 Bf4 29. Rhf1 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Rxf1 31. Rxf1 c5 32. Rf4 c4 33. Rxe4 c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Kd1 c2+ 36. Kc1 Kf7 37. e6+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Kalamazoo op1"]
[Site "Kalamazoo"]
[Date "2003.09.01"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Balan, Alex"]
[Black "Bailey, Gregory E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Ng5 Be7 8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. Qh5+ Kf8 10. Bg6 cxd4 11. Qf3+ Nf6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bh5 dxc3 14. g4 g6 15. g5 gxh5 16. gxf6 Qc7 17. Rg1 Qe5+ 18. Kf1 h6 19. Bf4 Qf5 20. Qg3 Ke8 21. Qg7 Rh7 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23. Rg7+ Rxg7 24. Qxg7+ Kc6 25. Qc7+ Kb5 26. a4+ Ka6 27. b4 Qh3+ 28. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Kalamazoo op1"]
[Site "Kalamazoo"]
[Date "2003.09.01"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Fletcher, Andy"]
[Black "Balan, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. e5 Nfd7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1 g6 10. c3 Bg7 11. d4 Rc8 12. a3 cxd4 13. cxd4 0-0 14. Nf1 b5 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. b4 a5 17. Qd2 axb4 18. axb4 Ra8 19. h4 Ra4 20. Ne3 Rfa8 21. Nc2 Bf8 22. Rab1 Ra2 23. Qc3 R8a4 24. Be3 Ndb8 25. Rb3 Na6 26. Reb1 Qc7 27. Bf1 Na7 28. Qxc7 Nxc7 29. Nce1 Ra1 30. Nd3 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Nc6 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5 b4 34. Nd2 Ba6 35. Bxa6 Nxa6 36. Nb3 Nc7 37. Kf1 Nb5 38. Ke1 Na3 39. Rb2 Nc4 40. Rb1 Na3 41. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kalamazoo op1"]
[Site "Kalamazoo"]
[Date "2003.08.31"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Kahn, Aaron E"]
[Black "Balan, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 c5 7. c3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Ne1 0-0 11. f4 f5 12. g4 Qe8 13. gxf5 Rxf5 14. Ng2 g6 15. Ne3 Rf8 16. Qg4 Nc7 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Kh8 19. Ng3 Rxf1+ 20. Ndxf1 Nf8 21. Bh6 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Ne3 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rf1 Kg7 26. Ne2 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 cxd4 28. cxd4 Nf8 29. Nc3 Nfe6 30. Nc2 g5 31. Kf2 Nf4 32. Ke3 Ng2+ 33. Kf3 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kalamazoo op1"]
[Site "Kalamazoo"]
[Date "2003.08.30"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Balan, Alex"]
[Black "Farmand, Farnood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. Qe2 d5 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Re8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. c3 Ba5 15. Be3 Qd5 16. b4 Bb6 17. a3 a6 18. c4 Qh5 19. Re1 Rad8 20. d5 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Qe2 Qxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Rg5 25. g3 Kf8 26. f4 Rh5 27. Kf3 c6 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. h4 Rd4 30. Rhe1 g6 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. R1e3 Rd1 33. R8e5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Rd4 35. c5 h5 36. Ke2 Kf6 37. Re8 a5 38. Ke3 Rd1 39. Rc8 Kf5 40. Rxc6 Ra1 41. b5 Rxa3+ 42. Kd4 Rxg3 43. Ra6 Rg4 44. c6 Rxf4+ 45. Kd5 Rf1 46. c7 Rd1+ 47. Kc6 g5 48. c8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Kalamazoo op1"]
[Site "Kalamazoo"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Balan, Alex"]
[Black "Hamood, Al"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 d4 9. Ne2 e5 10. Nh4 g6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nh5 13. Nf3 0-0 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Qh6 Qf6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Qg7 20. Qh4 b5 21. Qg5 f5 22. e5 Be6 23. Nd2 Rac8 24. c4 Nb4 25. Red1 Nxd3 26. b3 Nb4 27. a3 Nc2 28. Ra2 Ne3 29. Rc1 Qf7 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rb2 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Rb7 Rc7 34. Rcb1 c3 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Nf1 c2 37. Rc1 d3 38. Qg3 d2 39. Nxd2 Qc5 40. Qf2 Qxa3 41. Qe1 Rd8 42. Bf3 Qd3 43. Nf1 Nxf1 44. Qxf1 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Rd2+ 46. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "Warren Bottom-Half U1900 op"]
[Site "Warren"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balan, Alex"]
[Black "Farmand, Farnood"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng4 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Qd4 0-0 11. f3 Bf6 12. Qxd6 Qb6 13. Ne4 Bxb2 14. Rd1 Bc3+ 15. Bd2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Warren Bottom-Half U1900 op"]
[Site "Warren"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matias, IC."]
[Black "Balan, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 c6 6. c4 Bd6 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Ne1 Bf6 11. Rd1 Nd6 12. e3 g5 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nf7 15. f4 g4 16. Nb3 Na6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nd3 b6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. b4 Rc8 21. Qb3 Rc4 22. Nxf5 Qc7 23. Rc1 b5 24. Nd4 Nh6 25. a3 Kg7 26. Qb2 Qb6 27. Qe2 Kh8 28. Nb2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Qxb5 Qxb5 32. Nxb5 Nf5 33. Kf2 Bd7 34. Nxa7 Kg7 35. Bf1 Nb8 36. b5 Kf8 37. Nd3 Ke7 38. Nc5 Kd8 39. Nxd7 Nxd7 40. Nc6+ Kc7 1-0

[Event "Warren Bottom-Half U1900 op"]
[Site "Warren"]
[Date "2003.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balan, Alex"]
[Black "West, Tony D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. Ne5 a6 7. Bxc6+ Nxc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Qg4 0-0 11. d3 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13. Qf3 Bf6 14. Nd1 Re8 15. c3 Qe7 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Nf2 Qd7 18. Nh3 h6 19. Nf2 Rab8 20. Rab1 Re7 21. Nh1 Rbe8 22. Ng3 g6 23. Rfe1 Bf7 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Qb7 27. Qe2 Qb5 28. Qc2 c4 29. d4 c5 30. Ne2 cxd4 31. Nxd4 Qe8 32. Bf2 Qe4 33. Qxe4 dxe4 34. g3 Bd5 35. Be3 Kf7 36. Kf2 Be7 37. a3 Kf6 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. Kh3 Bf6 42. Bf2 gxf4 43. gxf4 Bd8 44. Ne2 Bc6 45. Nd4 Bd7 46. Kg2 Bb6 47. Be3 Kf6 48. Kf2 Ke7 49. Ke2 Kd6 50. Kd2 1/2-1/2

