[Event "Martisor Cup op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balan, Costin"]
[Black "Marin, Irina Luiza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nge2 0-0 6. 0-0 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Ng3 Nc5 9. Be2 a5 10. Be3 h5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Qd2 Nh7 13. Bh6 h4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nh1 Qe7 16. a3 a4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Nf2 Qg5 19. Qxg5 Nxg5 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. cxd3 f5 22. Rac1 f4 23. h3 Nh7 24. Rfd1 Ra6 25. d4 Rb6 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rd2 Nf6 28. Kf2 Ra8 29. Na2 Ne8 30. Nb4 Bb5 31. Nd3 Bxd3 32. Bxd3 Ra5 33. Rc3 Kf6 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd1 Kd7 36. Kc1 g5 37. Be2 Kd8 38. Rdc2 Kd7 39. Bd1 Kd6 40. Rc4 Rba6 41. Rb4 b5 42. Be2 Rb6 43. Rc3 Kd7 44. Kd2 Nd6 45. Rc5 Kd8 46. Kc2 Kd7 47. b3 axb3+ 48. Rxb3 Kd8 49. Rbc3 Ra7 50. Kb2 b4 51. axb4 Rxb4+ 52. Kc1 Ra2 53. Rc2 Ra1+ 54. Kd2 Rd4+ 55. Bd3 Ra3 56. R2c3 Ra2+ 57. Rc2 Ra3 58. R5c3 Nc4+ 59. Rxc4 Raxd3+ 60. Ke2 Re3+ 61. Kf2 Rd1 62. Re2 Rb3 63. Rc6 Rbb1 64. Rec2 Rg1 65. Rxc7 Rbe1 66. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Martisor Cup op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ionesi, Cristian"]
[Black "Balan, Costin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qf5 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Nxc5 Bxc5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Be3 Qh5 13. Rfd1 Ng4 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 Re8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bf5 18. Rd6 Qg5 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Bb5 Ne4 21. R6d5 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Red8 23. Qxe5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 g6 25. Bd3 Rd8 26. Qxb7 Bxd3 27. cxd3 Kg7 28. Qb3 Qg4 29. d4 Rb8 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Rxb2 32. d5 Kf8 33. d6 Ke8 34. Re1+ Kd8 35. Re7 Rxa2 36. Rxf7 h5 37. f4 a5 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. Ra7 Rxd6 40. Rxa5 Ke7 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Ke4 Re6+ 43. Re5 Ra6 44. f3 Ra4+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Re2 Ra4 48. Kg2 Rb4 49. Ra2 Rb6 50. g4 hxg4 51. fxg4 Rc6 52. Kg3 Rb6 53. g5+ Kg7 54. Ra7+ Kg8 55. Kf3 Re6 56. Ra5 Kf7 57. Re5 Ra6 58. Rb5 Re6 59. Rb7+ Kg8 60. Kg4 Ra6 61. Rb4 Ra5 62. Rb6 Kg7 63. Kf3 Rf5 64. Ke4 Kf7 65. Rb7+ Kg8 66. Rd7 Kh8 67. Rd5 Rf7 68. Ke5 Kg7 69. Rd4 Re7+ 70. Kd6 Rf7 71. Ke6 Rf5 72. Ra4 Kg8 73. Ra8+ Kg7 74. Ra7+ Kg8 75. Ra4 Kg7 76. Ra7+ Kg8 77. Ra4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Martisor Cup op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balan, Costin"]
[Black "Rudareanu Ioan, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. 0-0 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Nc6 11. Bc4 Ne5 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. h3 a6 14. Rf2 b5 15. Raf1 e6 16. Nce2 Bb7 17. Ng3 Qh4 18. Nde2 Rad8 19. Rf4 Qe7 20. Qb4 Bh6 21. Nd4 Bxf4 22. exf4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Qc3+ e5 25. Qxc6 exf4 26. Rxf4 Qe5 27. Rf3 Rc8 28. Qxa6 Qxb2 29. Qxd6 Kg7 30. e5 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qg5 32. Qd5 Qe7 33. Qxb5 Rc5 34. Qb6 Rxe5 35. Qd4 f6 36. a4 Rd8 37. Qb6 Rd6 38. Qb8 Rd8 39. Qb6 Rd6 40. Qb4 Qc7 41. Rc3 Rc6 42. Rxc6 Qxc6 43. Qc4 Qd6 44. Qf4 Qc5 45. Ne4 Qe7 46. Nf2 Rf5 47. Qd4 Qc7+ 48. Kg1 Qe7 49. Ne4 Re5 50. Bd5 Qa3 51. Kh2 Qc1 52. Nf2 Rf5 53. Ng4 Qf4+ 54. Qxf4 Rxf4 55. c4 h5 56. Ne3 Kf8 57. a5 Rf2 58. c5 Rd2 59. a6 Rd3 60. a7 Rxe3 61. a8Q+ Re8 62. Qa6 Kg7 63. Qb7+ Kh6 64. Qf7 Re5 65. Qxf6 Rxd5 66. h4 Rd7 67. c6 Rg7 68. Qxg7+ Kxg7 1-0

[Event "Martisor Cup op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vladescu, Viorel Ovidiu"]
[Black "Balan, Costin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxb5 7. a4 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. 0-0 Nge7 10. Ba3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 a6 12. b4 Ng6 13. b5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Re1 f6 17. Kh1 Qxf2 18. Rf1 Qh4 19. Qe2 Ng4 20. g3 Qg5 21. Rf4 h5 22. Re1 f5 23. Nxd5 Bd7 24. Nc7 e5 25. Rff1 Rd8 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. h4 Qf6 28. Rf3 axb5 29. axb5 Kf7 30. Ref1 g6 31. Rd3 Bxb5 32. Qb3+ Kg7 33. Nxb5 Qc6+ 34. Rdf3 Rhd8 35. Na7 Qc2 36. Qxc2 Rxc2 37. Rb1 e4 38. Rfb3 Rd3 39. Rxb7+ Kh6 40. Rb8 Rxg3 41. R8b2 Rxb2 42. Rxb2 Rh3+ 43. Kg1 Rxh4 44. Nc6 f4 45. Nd4 f3 46. Rb1 Kg5 47. Rb5+ Kf4 48. Ne6+ Kg3 49. Rb3 e3 50. Nf4 Kxf4 51. Rb4+ Kg3 52. Rb2 f2+ 53. Kf1 Rh1+ 54. Ke2 Re1+ 55. Kd3 f1Q+ 0-1

[Event "Martisor Cup op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balan, Costin"]
[Black "Onut, Simeon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bh6 0-0 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Bc4 e6 13. 0-0-0 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. f3 a5 17. a4 Qb6 18. g4 Bc6 19. h4 h5 20. gxh5 Nxh5 21. Rhg1 Qc7 22. Qg5 Qf4+ 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Rd4 e5 25. Rd2 Rad8 26. Rgd1 d4 27. Ne4 Rh8 28. Ng5 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rh1 Rc5 31. Ne4 Rc4 32. b3 Rc6 33. Kb2 Nd5 34. Rg2 f5 35. Ng3 Kf6 36. h5 Nf4 37. Rgh2 gxh5 38. Nxh5+ Rxh5 39. Rxh5 Nxh5 40. Rxh5 Kg6 41. Rh8 Kg5 42. Re8 Kf4 43. Ra8 Rc5 44. b4 axb4 45. a5 Kxf3 46. a6 Ra5 47. a7 Ke4 48. Kb3 f4 49. Kxb4 Ra1 50. c4 dxc3 51. Kxc3 f3 52. Kd2 f2 53. Rf8 Rxa7 54. Rxf2 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Rxf2 56. Kxf2 Kd3 57. Ke1 e4 58. Kd1 e3 59. Ke1 e2 0-1

[Event "Martisor Cup op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stoica, Tiberiu"]
[Black "Balan, Costin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Ne7 4. c3 Ng6 5. e5 c5 6. Ngf3 Qb6 7. Nb3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Bb1 Bb5 13. Re1 a5 14. a3 Na6 15. Bd2 Ba4 16. Re3 Nc7 17. Bc2 Bxb3 18. Rxb3 Qa7 19. Rc1 a4 20. Re3 Nb5 21. Bc3 0-0 22. Bd3 Qb6 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Rfc8 26. Rec2 b5 27. Ne1 Rc4 28. Nd3 Rac8 29. g3 f6 30. Re2 fxe5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Rxe5 Bxa3 33. bxa3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Rxe6 Rxa3 36. Re5 b4 37. Rxd5 Rd3 38. Ra5 a3 0-1

[Event "Martisor Cup op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balan, Costin"]
[Black "Milea, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Ne7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qb3 Ned5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. 0-0 c5 14. Be3 c4 15. Rfc1 b5 16. a4 Bb4 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Nf4 19. Kf1 Nd3 20. Rc2 Nb4 21. Rc3 Rd8 22. Ne4 Rxd4 23. Nd6+ Kd7 24. axb5 a6 25. Nxc4 axb5 26. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "Martisor Cup op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balan, Costin"]
[Black "Voiteanu, Christian Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 0-0 5. d3 c6 6. 0-0 d6 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4 Bc7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Bb3 a5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. h3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. Nh2 Ng6 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Re3 axb4 19. Na2 bxa3 20. Rf3 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Ng4 Nhf4 23. Nc1 h5 24. Ne3 Qg5 25. Ne2 Ba5 26. Qd1 Bb6 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Nf1 Nh4 29. Nxf4 e5 30. Rg3 Qxf4 31. Ne3 Rf8 32. Qxh5 Qxf2+ 33. Kh2 Bxe3 34. Qxh4 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Martisor Cup op"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caldarar, Mihai"]
[Black "Balan, Costin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 d5 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Rd1 Ne4 12. c5 Qa6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Qc2 b5 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Be8 17. Bg4 Qc8 18. Bf4 Bg6 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Rf1 Rae8 21. Be5 h6 22. h4 Bf5 23. Bh5 Ra8 24. Rf4 g5 25. Rf2 Kh7 26. g4 Be4 27. Raf1 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Rf8 29. Rxf8 Bxf8 30. hxg5 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. gxh6+ Kh7 33. Qf4 Qe7 34. g5 Bf5 35. Bg4 Bxg4 36. Qxg4 Kg6 37. h7 Kxh7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Kg2 Qg7 40. e3 Qf7 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Kg3 a5 43. Kf3 a4 44. a3 Kg7 45. Kf4 1-0

