[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rosu, Mihai Radu"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1056"]
[BlackElo "1163"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. 0-0 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Be3 Rab8 17. b3 Rhc8 18. Rac1 Ba3 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. g3 Rc2 21. b4 Rxa2 22. Rb1 Rb2 23. Rxb2 Bxb2 24. Kf1 Ba3 25. Bd2 Bb2 26. Be3 Bc3 27. Ke2 Bxb4 28. Kd3 a5 29. Kc2 h6 30. Kb3 f6 31. Ka4 e5 32. f3 Bc3 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. f4 d4 35. Bf2 e4 36. Kb3 e3 37. Bg1 e2 38. Bf2 e1Q 39. Bxe1 Bxe1 40. Kc4 Bc3 41. h4 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Mindreci, Ioan Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1163"]
[BlackElo "1080"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. e3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 0-0 5. dxe5 Ng4 6. Qxg4 d6 7. Qg3 dxe5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Be6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Ne4 Rc8 12. c5 Be7 13. Bc3 Qe8 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxe5 f6 17. Qf4 g5 18. Qf3 Bd5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxf2 23. Rxg5+ Kf7 24. Nh3 Kf6 25. Rg4 Kf5 26. Rf4+ Kg6 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stan, Vlad Stefan G"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1113"]
[BlackElo "1163"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. 0-0 e6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Re1 0-0 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qd3 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rab1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Na4 Be7 17. Nb6 Qc7 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. c4 Bd6 20. g3 Bb4 21. Rec1 Qd7 22. a3 Ba5 23. b4 Bb6 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Qc3 Kf8 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6 Bxd4 28. a4 Ke8 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rb8 31. b6 Rb7 32. Kf1 Kd7 33. Rc7+ Rxc7 34. bxc7 Kxc7 35. Rb4 Be5 36. f4 Bf6 37. Ke2 g5 38. Kf3 Kd6 39. Rb7 Be7 40. fxg5 hxg5 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Bxh4 43. Rxf7 Ke5 44. Rh7 Be1 45. Ke2 Bg3 46. Rh5+ Ke4 47. Rh3 Bf4 48. Ra3 e5 49. Rh3 d4 50. Ra3 Kd5 51. Ra5+ Kc4 52. Ra3 e4 53. Ra4+ Kc3 54. Kd1 e3 55. Ra3+ Kc4 56. Ke2 Bd6 57. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Berechet, Eduard Mihai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1163"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 c5 7. Qc2 d6 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qc6 12. Rfd1 d5 13. b3 0-0 14. Bf4 a6 15. Nc3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 e5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bf3 Qe6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. e4 Bb7 23. f3 Rac8 24. Rd2 Qb6 25. Rad1 c4+ 26. Kf1 cxb3 27. axb3 a5 28. Qb2 Ba6+ 29. Ke1 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicolaescu, Andrei Luca"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1004"]
[BlackElo "1163"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Be5 0-0 13. 0-0-0 Ng4 14. Rhf1 Na6 15. c3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be7 17. Qd7 Nc5 18. Qd4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Nd4 a6 21. f4 Bh4 22. Rf3 Bxg3 23. Rxg3 Ne4 24. Rf3 Rac8 25. f5 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Visoiu, Darius Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "1163"]
[BlackElo "1039"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 0-0 6. Qc2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 h6 10. 0-0 b6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13. Rac1 a6 14. h3 c6 15. Nd2 b5 16. f3 Qc7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 c5 20. Bb2 c4 21. Bf1 Nf6 22. e5 Nd5 23. g3 Qc6 24. Bg2 Rad8 25. Qf2 Qe6 26. g4 a5 27. a3 a4 28. Qf5 Qxf5 29. gxf5 Ba8 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Re3 Re7 32. Rce1 Rde8 33. Bc1 Kh7 34. Kf2 Kg8 35. Kg3 Kh7 36. Kf4 Kg8 37. h4 Kh7 38. f6 gxf6 39. exf6 Rxe3 40. Rxe3 Rb8 41. Bd2 Kg6 42. Ke5 Be6 43. d5 Bxd5 44. Kxd5 Rd8+ 45. Kc5 Rxd2 46. Kxb5 Rd3 47. Re4 Rxc3 48. Kxa4 Rc1 49. Kb4 c3 50. Rc4 c2 51. Kb3 Kxf6 52. Rxc2 Rxc2 53. Kxc2 Ke6 54. Kd3 Kd5 55. a4 f5 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. a5 f4+ 58. Kf3 Kd6 59. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bogdan, Raul Gabriel"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1001"]
[BlackElo "1163"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bd3 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng8 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. Be2 Nb6 9. d3 d4 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. a3 a5 12. Ne4 c5 13. Nfg5 Qc7 14. Bf4 h6 15. Nh3 Bd7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Qd8 18. Bf3 Bc6 19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. Qg4 Qf6 21. Qf3 Kd7 22. Rfe1 Nc8 23. Qg3 Qg6 24. Qh4 Nf6 25. Be5 Rb8 26. Re2 Rb3 27. Nf4 Qg5 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 Nxd6 30. Rd1 Rhb8 31. Rdd2 Rg8 32. Nh3 Nh5 33. Bxd6 Kxd6 34. Re4 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Gafar, Timur Ioan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1163"]
[BlackElo "1057"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qd5 d6 10. Qb5+ Nc6 11. Be2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 0-0 13. 0-0 a6 14. Qb2 Rb8 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Be2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qb4 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 e4 20. Rd2 Qg5 21. Rad1 Rbd8 22. Qxb7 h6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxe4 Qd2 26. Qd3 Qxa2 27. h3 Qa3 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qxc7 Qxc3 30. c5 a5 31. c6 a4 32. Qb7 a3 33. Qb1+ g6 34. Bd3 a2 35. Bxg6+ fxg6 36. Qb7+ Kh8 37. Qb8+ Bg8 38. Kh2 a1Q 39. c7 Qe5+ 40. g3 Qf5 41. Kg2 Qa2 42. h4 Qaxf2+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cnejev, Vladimir Alexandru"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "1163"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bg5 e6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Ngf3 Nc6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rae1 Rfe8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. h3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Qxf5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. Re1 Nc4 22. Qxd5 Nxb2 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Qh5 Nd3 25. Re3 Qf4 26. Qe2 f5 27. g3 Qc7 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 fxe4 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Qd4 b5 32. Qxe4 Qxc3 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ Kh8 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qxa6 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qe2 39. Qa7 b4 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. f3 Qc2+ 42. Qf2 b3 43. axb3 Qxb3 44. Qe2 Qb6 45. Qe4+ Qg6 46. Qxg6+ Kxg6 47. Kf2 Kf5 48. Ke3 g5 49. f4 gxf4+ 50. gxf4 Kf6 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. f5+ Kf6 53. Kf4 Kf7 54. Ke5 Ke7 55. f6+ Kf7 56. Kf5 h5 57. h4 Kf8 58. Kg6 Kg8 59. Kxh5 Kf7 60. Kg5 Kf8 61. Kg6 Kg8 62. h5 Kf8 63. f7 Ke7 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Poparlan, Stefan"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1001"]
[BlackElo "1155"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 a6 7. Bf4 Nge7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Bg3 Be7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rad1 b5 14. a3 Qa5 15. b4 Qxa3 16. Ra1 Nxb4 17. Rxa3 Nxc2 18. Rb3 Nb4 19. Nd1 h5 20. h4 Nh8 21. Ng5 g6 22. Ne3 Nc2 23. Nxc2 Rxc2 24. Bd3 Rc6 25. Ra1 Rfc8 26. Bb1 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 R8c6 28. Rf3 Rd1 29. Bxg6 Rxa1 30. Bxf7+ Nxf7 31. Rxf7 Bxg5 32. Rxd7 Bh6 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rd7+ Bg7 35. f4 Rac1 36. f5 exf5 37. Rd6 Rxd6 38. exd6 Bf6 39. d7 Bd8 40. Bf4 Rc6 41. Kg3 b4 42. Bd2 b3 43. Bc1 Rd6 44. Kf4 Rxd7 45. Kxf5 Bxh4 46. Kf4 Be1 47. Kg5 Bc3 48. Kxh5 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2018.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Rosca, Mario Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1155"]
[BlackElo "1076"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qc2 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 h6 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rac1 c5 13. Qd2 c4 14. Bc2 Bb4 15. a3 cxb3 16. Bxb3 Ne4 17. Qd3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qc8 21. Rc1 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Kd2 Nd6 27. a4 Ne4+ 28. Ke1 Kd6 29. Nd2 Nc3 30. Nf3 Bd7 31. Ne5 Be6 32. Kd2 Ne4+ 33. Ke2 Nc3+ 34. Kd3 Ne4 35. f3 Nf6 36. h3 h5 37. Kd2 h4 38. Ng4 Nxg4 39. hxg4 f5 40. g5 b6 41. f4 a6 42. Ke2 a5 43. Kf2 Bd7 44. Kg1 b5 45. axb5 Bxb5 46. Kh2 a4 47. Ba2 Bc4 48. Bb1 a3 49. Kh3 a2 50. Bxa2 Bxa2 51. Kxh4 g6 52. g4 Bb1 53. gxf5 Bxf5 54. Kg3 Kc6 55. Kf2 Kb5 56. Ke2 Kb4 57. Kd2 Kb3 58. Ke2 Kc3 59. Kf3 Kd3 60. Kf2 Be4 61. f5 Bxf5 62. Kf3 Be4+ 63. Kf4 Kd2 64. Kg3 Kxe3 65. Kh2 Kxd4 66. Kg1 Kc3 67. Kf2 d4 68. Ke1 d3 69. Kd1 Bf3+ 70. Kc1 d2+ 71. Kb1 d1Q+ 72. Ka2 Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2018.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Soare, Andrei"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1142"]
[BlackElo "1155"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne5 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. c4 Bb7 16. Rfb1 Rd8 17. Qb2 Ba8 18. Rc1 0-0 19. c5 bxc5 20. Rxc5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rb5 Rxd4 23. Rxb6 Rd5 24. Rb5 Rfd8 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Re1 Ra5 27. Rb1 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Mocan, Radu Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1155"]
[BlackElo "1376"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd2 a6 6. a4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qb3 c4 11. Qc2 Bb4 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Na2 Bd6 15. h3 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Bc7 19. b3 cxb3 20. Qxb3 Ba5 21. Red1 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Bd7 23. Qb3 Bc6 24. a5 Qd7 25. Rab1 Ba4 26. Qxb7 Qxb7 27. Rxb7 Bxd1 28. Bxd1 Reb8 29. Rxb8+ Rxb8 30. Kh2 Rb2 31. Nb3 Nd7 32. f3 Rb1 33. Bc2 Rb2 34. Bd1 f5 35. Kg3 Kf7 36. Kh2 g6 37. Kg3 h6 38. h4 Kf6 39. Kh3 g5 40. hxg5+ hxg5 41. g3 Rb1 42. Bc2 Re1 43. Nc5 Nxc5 44. dxc5 Rxe3 45. c6 Rc3 46. Ba4 Rc5 47. g4 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2018.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iordache, Alexandru Cristian"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1373"]
[BlackElo "1155"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. Re1 Bc7 11. Nh4 0-0 12. Qh5 f5 13. Re3 Qe8 14. Qxe8 Rxe8 15. Rg3 g5 16. Nf3 Kf7 17. Ne1 a5 18. Bb2 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 b6 21. Na4 b5 22. Nc3 Bb7 23. Re3 Ra8 24. Bb2 Ng6 25. g3 Bb6 26. Nb1 Ra2 27. Bc3 f4 28. Bxg6+ Kxg6 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Rf3 Kf5 31. Nd3 Rxc2 32. Rxf4+ Kg6 33. Rg4+ Kh7 34. Kg2 Bc8 35. Kg3 Nf8 36. Rf4 Kg7 37. Rg4+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2018.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Rusu, Sebastian Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1155"]
[BlackElo "1001"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 0-0 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Bb5 Qd7 12. Ne5 Qe8 13. Nxc6 a6 14. Ne5 axb5 15. Qb3 c6 16. Bb4 c5 17. dxc5 Bc6 18. cxb6 Qxe5 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. 0-0 h6 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Rc2 Ng4 23. g3 Qe4 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Qxb5 Rc8 26. b7 Rb8 27. Rc1 Rxb7 28. Qxb7 Qf3 29. Rf1 Kh7 30. a4 Ne5 31. a5 d4 32. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 33. Kg2 Ne5 34. a6 Nc6 35. exd4 g5 36. d5 Ne7 37. d6 Nc6 38. b4 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2018.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lup, Constantin Ionel"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "1155"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. a3 a5 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Be6 7. Nd5 g6 8. Ne2 Bg7 9. Nec3 Ne7 10. Rb1 c6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. d3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bf5 16. e4 Be6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Rd1 a4 19. Rc1 Bb3 20. Qb1 0-0 21. Bf3 Bg5 22. Bd2 Bxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Rfd8 24. Bd1 Rd4 25. Bxb3 axb3 26. Rc3 Qa5 27. Ke2 Qb5 28. f3 Rad8 29. Qd1 f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Qxb3+ Qxb3 32. Rxb3 b5 33. Rc1 e4 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Rxc6 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rc3 Rd4 38. Ke3 Rd1 39. Rc2 Re1+ 40. Re2 Rc1 41. Kxe4 Rc4+ 42. Kd3 Rc5 43. Rc2 Rd5+ 44. Kc3 Rc5+ 45. Kb3 Rh5 46. Kb4 Kf7 47. h4 Ke6 48. Rc5 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2018.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Cotetiu, David Alexandru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1155"]
[BlackElo "1001"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Nb4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxb4 b6 9. Bxc4 e6 10. Qb3 Bc5 11. Bg5 0-0 12. e5 h6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. 0-0 Rad8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Ng5 Qf5 23. h3 Rf6 24. Qh5 Rg6 25. f4 Rd4 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxd4 c5 29. Rae1+ Kf8 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. g4 Qc2 32. Re7+ Kh6 33. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U12"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Togan, Teodor Bogdan"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "1557"]
[BlackElo "1155"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Qe1 Nf8 13. f5 Bd7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Bd2 h6 16. b3 N8h7 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bc4 Rf8 20. h3 Ng8 21. Qg4 Ngf6 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qf2 N5f6 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qf2 N5f6 26. h4 Nh5 27. g4 N5f6 28. g5 Ng8 29. Qg3 hxg5 30. hxg5 g6 31. Rg1 Rde8 32. Nh4 Kg7 33. f6+ Ngxf6 34. gxf6+ Nxf6 35. Nf5+ Kh8 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Baile Felix"]
[Date "2017.02.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Militaru, Mihai Adrian"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1279"]
[BlackElo "1229"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 0-0 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bh2 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rac8 20. c3 f5 21. Nd4 f4 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Baile Felix"]
[Date "2017.02.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Caea, Lucas Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1229"]
[BlackElo "1306"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Bb4 6. e4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8. Rg1 Ng6 9. h4 Qxh4 10. Bg5 Qh2 11. Rg2 Qd6 12. e5 Qf8 13. Rb1 h6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Bd3 Qh4 16. Ke2 Rf8 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Rxg6 Qe7 19. Qb3 Qf7 20. Rbg1 Qxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Baile Felix"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Milos, Gabriel Matei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1229"]
[BlackElo "1157"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nge2 d5 5. cxd5 Bxd5 6. Nf4 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. Ncxd5 a6 9. Nxf6+ exf6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qb3 b5 12. Qd3 Bd6 13. 0-0 Bxf4 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. exf4 Rhe8 16. b3 Re4 17. g3 Rae8 18. Bb2 Kc6 19. Rac1 Kb6 20. Rfd1 Re2 21. Kf1 a5 22. Ba1 R8e7 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kc6 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Baile Felix"]
[Date "2017.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Visanescu, Dragos Nicholas"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1353"]
[BlackElo "1229"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Nf6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Re1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Bg4 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe2 16. exf6 Bc4 17. Qc2 gxf6 18. Bxf6 Rfe8 19. Qc3 Qg4 20. h3 Qg6 21. Re5 Re6 22. Rg5 Qxg5 23. Bxg5 Rae8 24. Bf6 a6 25. Qg3+ Kf8 26. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Baile Felix"]
[Date "2017.02.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Cosac, Robert Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1229"]
[BlackElo "1287"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nd5 0-0 8. g3 Be6 9. Qc2 Bxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. 0-0 Nb4 15. a3 Nc6 16. Rac1 d5 17. e4 dxe4 18. dxe4 Rfd8 19. Qe2 a6 20. b4 Rd6 21. Rfd1 Rcd8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qc4 g6 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. bxc5 Rd3 26. Rb1 Nd8 27. Rb6 Kg7 28. Rd6 Rxd6 29. cxd6 Nc6 30. Bh3 Bd8 31. Bc8 Bb6 32. Bxb7 Nb8 33. Nxe5 f6 34. Nc6 Nxc6 35. Bxc6 Kf8 36. d7 Ke7 37. Bb7 a5 38. Bc6 Kd6 39. Bb5 Kc5 40. a4 Kd4 41. Kg2 Kxe4 42. f3+ Kd5 43. f4 Ke4 44. h4 Kf5 45. Kf3 g5 46. g4+ Kg6 47. f5+ Kh6 48. h5 Kg7 49. Ke4 Kf7 50. Kd5 Ke7 51. Kc6 Bd8 52. h6 Kf8 53. Kb7 Ke7 54. Kc8 Bb6 55. Bc4 Bd8 56. Bg8 Bb6 57. Bxh7 Kf7 58. d8Q Bxd8 59. Kxd8 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Baile Felix"]
[Date "2017.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botea, David Alexandru"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1355"]
[BlackElo "1229"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 a6 10. a3 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bc2 Bf6 13. Be3 g6 14. Qd2 b5 15. Be4 Bb7 16. b4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rb8 18. Rac1 Ne7 19. Bc2 Nd5 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. Bb3 Qd7 22. Ng3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Ne4 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Bg7 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. Ne1 Bh6 28. Nc2 Qc6 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Nxb7 Qxb7 31. Qd2 Qc6 32. Qd3 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. e4 Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Baile Felix"]
[Date "2017.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saioc, David"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1182"]
[BlackElo "1229"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Bd2 Nd7 7. Nc3 Rc8 8. 0-0-0 c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc5 11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nf3 h6 14. Rhe1 Ne7 15. Re3 Nf5 16. Re2 Be7 17. Kb1 g5 18. h3 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 f5 20. g4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rexe4 Bc5 23. Rd2 Rhf8 24. Rd3 Bxf2 25. Rb4 b6 26. Ra4 a5 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. Raxd4 Rf1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rf8 31. c4 Kc6 32. cxd5+ exd5 33. Re1 b5 34. Kc2 Re8 35. Kc3 Kc5 36. e6 Re7 37. a3 Kd6 38. b4 a4 39. Kd4 Rxe6 40. Rc1 Re4+ 41. Kd3 Rc4 42. Rf1 Ke5 43. Rf8 Rd4+ 44. Kc3 Rc4+ 45. Kd3 d4 46. Rb8 Rc3+ 47. Kd2 Rxa3 48. Rxb5+ Ke4 49. Ra5 Ra2+ 50. Kd1 Kd3 51. Kc1 Kc3 52. Kb1 Rb2+ 53. Ka1 Rxb4 54. Ra6 d3 55. Rxh6 d2 56. Rd6 Rd4 57. Rxd4 Kxd4 58. Kb2 d1Q 59. h4 Qb3+ 60. Kc1 Kd3 61. hxg5 Qc2# 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Baile Felix"]
[Date "2017.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Filip, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1229"]
[BlackElo "1486"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. Bg5 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qb6 12. Ne2 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxa3 14. Rxb7 Qxf3 15. Rc7 Rfc8 16. Rb7 Qh5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nf4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Nxd4 20. Ra1 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Bxa1 22. Kxf3 a5 23. Rb1 Bf6 24. Nh5 a4 25. Ke2 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Baile Felix"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moraru, Angelo Alin"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1023"]
[BlackElo "1229"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Ne5 e6 5. 0-0 d5 6. Re1 Qc7 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bf4 f6 11. Qe2 fxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qf3 Bxh2+ 15. Kf1 Rf8 16. Qh3 Qf4 17. f3 Qg3 18. Qxg3 Bxg3 19. Re3 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anghel, Andrei Costin"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1064"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Nc6 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 a6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 f6 14. c4 fxe5 15. cxd5 exf4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rxf4 Ne5 18. e4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rf8 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rf3 Re8 25. Kf2 e6 26. Rc3 Re7 27. dxe6 Kf6 28. Kf3 Kxe6 29. g4 c6 30. Rc5 Rf7+ 31. Ke3 Rf1 32. a4 Rh1 33. h4 Rh3+ 34. Kf4 Rxb3 35. h5 Ra3 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Rg5 Kf6 38. Ra5 Rc3 39. g5+ Ke6 40. Re5+ Kd6 41. Re8 c5 42. Rg8 Rc1 43. Rxg6+ Kc7 44. Rg7+ Kb8 45. Rg8+ Ka7 46. g6 c4 47. g7 Rg1 48. Kf5 c3 49. Kf6 c2 50. Rc8 Rf1+ 51. Ke7 Rg1 52. Kf7 Rf1+ 53. Kg6 c1Q 54. Rxc1 Rxc1 55. g8Q Rg1+ 56. Kf7 Rxg8 57. Kxg8 b5 58. axb5 axb5 59. e5 b4 60. e6 b3 61. e7 b2 62. e8Q b1Q 63. Qd7+ Qb7 64. Qa4+ Qa6 65. Qd4+ Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Oprica, Robert Gabriel"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1044"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. 0-0 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nge7 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. h3 a6 10. a4 d6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Bb3 Qe7 14. Bh6 Bd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4 Bc6 17. f4 f6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qc4 Rfe8 20. Rad1 f5 21. exf5 exf5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 e4 24. a5 Qe5 25. Qxe5+ Rxe5 26. Rd5 Rxd5 27. Bxd5 Kf6 28. Bxe4 Ke5 29. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Cristinescu, Darius Petre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1250"]
[BlackElo "1231"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. a3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bd7 10. Re1 Rfe8 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ncxe4 Qe5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. c3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lapusneanu, Vlad"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1022"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bc4 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 0-0 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. Rb1 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Rb8 16. a3 b6 17. Na2 d4 18. b4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. a4 Re2 23. Nb4 g6 24. Nxd5 Rxd2 25. Nxb6 Rxc2 26. Nc4 Ra2 27. a5 Kg7 28. Rb7 Ra1+ 29. Kf2 Ra2+ 30. Kg1 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 Ra4 32. Rc7 Bb4 33. Rd7 Bxa5 34. Nxa5 Rxa5 35. Rxd4 Ra3 36. Rd6 a5 37. d4 Ra1 38. Ra6 a4 39. d5 Rd1 40. Rxa4 Rxd5 41. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Oltean, Cristian Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1250"]
[BlackElo "1110"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. Nf3 Bxc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Rb1 d5 11. 0-0 Bxa3 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 e5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. bxa3 Qxc3 17. Qxd5 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Rac8 19. Rbc1 Rd2 20. a4 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Ra1 a6 24. g3 Rb2 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Rb6 27. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cosac, Toma George"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1125"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Rad1 a6 16. Rd2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a3 Kg7 19. Rfd1 Qb6 20. d4 c4 21. e5 dxe5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Rd6 Qb8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Rb6 Qa7 26. Rxb5 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Rc5 Rb7 29. Rxc4 Rxb2 30. a4 Ra2 31. Rc5 R8xa4 32. Rxe5 Rc2 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Rf1 h5 35. h3 h4 36. gxh4 Rxh4 37. Kh2 Rc3 38. Re3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Re4 40. Re1 f5 41. Kg2 Kh6 42. Kf3 Kh5 43. Rh1 Rh4 44. Kg3 g5 45. Kg2 Re4 46. Kf3 Rh4 47. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2016.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Stan, Anghel Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1250"]
[BlackElo "1096"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Nb5 a6 8. Nxd6 cxd6 9. 0-0 e5 10. Be2 Ne4 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 d5 13. Bd3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 e4 15. Qc2 exf3 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. gxf3 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ulian, Andrei Octavian"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1487"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 Bg4 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 a6 11. a4 Nfd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. f3 Re8 14. a5 Qe7 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Re1 Bd4+ 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 f5 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. exf5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 gxf5 23. Re6 Qf7 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Qxf6 26. Rxf6 Nd7 27. Rxd6 Ne5 28. b3 Re8 29. h3 c4 30. b4 Nd3 31. Rf6 Nxb4 32. Rxf5 Rd8 33. Re5 Nd3 34. Re4 Nb2 35. Re7 Rb8 36. d6 Rd8 37. d7 h6 38. Re8+ Rxe8 39. dxe8Q+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U10"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Briciu, George Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1250"]
[BlackElo "1001"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5 Ng4 8. exd6 cxd6 9. 0-0 e5 10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. Nb3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Be6 13. Be2 Qh4 14. h3 Nf6 15. Qd2 Qd4 16. Qxd4 exd4 17. Nd1 Bf5 18. Re1 d3 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Nc3 d2 21. Bxd2 Nxd2 22. Bxd5 h6 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 d5 27. Rd4 Rb5 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Rc7 a6 30. Ra7 a5 31. Rd7 Re4 32. R4xd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 a4 34. bxa4 Rxa4 35. a3 Rc4 36. b4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 f6 38. g4 Rc4 39. Rb5 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U08"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2015.04.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chiculita, Cristian"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1100"]
[BlackElo "1001"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke8 8. Bxd5 Bf5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxf5 Bc5 11. Qxe5+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 13. 0-0 Bd6 14. Nc3 Kd7 15. d4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rhf8 19. Rxf8 Rxf8 20. Rf1 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U08"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2015.04.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ionescu, Mihnea"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1077"]
[BlackElo "1001"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2015.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 Qxd4 5. Qxd4 Nxd4 6. Bxc4 Nc2+ 7. Kd2 Nxa1 8. Kd1 Bd7 9. Be3 0-0-0 10. Kc1 e5 11. Kb1 Bb4 12. Nge2 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Bc6 14. Kxa1 Nf6 15. h3 Nxe4 16. Bxf7 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rhf8 18. Be6+ Kb8 19. Bc5 Rfe8 20. Bf7 Rh8 21. Bc4 Bd5 22. Bb5 a6 23. Bf1 Rhf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U08"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meca, Rares Stefan"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1066"]
[BlackElo "1001"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nb8 4. 0-0 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Re1 Bc5 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Nxe5 Qa5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nc4 Qb4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Rxe5 Be6 15. Qf3 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qxb7 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 19. Kg1 Qxe5 20. Qxa8 Nbd7 21. Qxa7 Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Nb5 Rb8 24. Rd1 g6 25. Nd4 Rxb2 26. Ra1 Rxc2 27. a4 Na6 28. Nb5 h5 29. Kf1 Nd7 30. Rd1 Nf8 31. Ra1 Nd7 32. Nd4 Rc4 33. Nf3 Ndc5 34. Nd2 Rb4 35. Ke2 Rxa4 36. Rxa4 Nxa4 37. Nb3 N6c5 38. Nxc5 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U08"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2015.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gidinceanu, Nichita"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1047"]
[BlackElo "1001"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Bxb1 4. Rxb1 dxc4 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nf6 10. dxc6 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 bxc6 12. Bxc4 0-0 13. 0-0 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Rd4 15. Bb3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Rd3 Rd4 18. Rh3 Rfd8 19. Bc2 g6 20. Re3 Rd2 21. Bb3 Re8 22. Rf3 Rf8 23. h3 e4 24. Rc3 Rd6 25. Rbc1 Rc8 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 Kg7 28. Bc2 f5 29. Kh2 a5 30. Ra6 Rd8 31. Rxa5 Rd2 32. Rc5 Rxf2 33. Rxc7+ Kh6 34. a4 e3 35. Re7 Rxc2 36. Rxe3 Rxb2 37. Ra3 Rb8 38. Kg3 Ra8 39. Kf4 Kg7 40. Ke5 Kf7 41. Kd6 Ke8 42. Kc7 Ra5 43. Kb6 Ra8 44. a5 Kd8 45. Kb7 Rc8 46. a6 Rc7+ 47. Kb6 Kc8 48. a7 Rb7+ 49. Kc6 Rc7+ 50. Kd6 Rd7+ 51. Ke6 Rxa7 52. Rxa7 g5 53. Kd6 f4 54. Rxh7 Kb8 55. Kc6 Ka8 56. Kb6 f3 57. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U08"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2015.03.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mainov, Stefan Gabriel"]
[Black "Balan, Octavian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1124"]
[BlackElo "1001"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2015.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke8 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxd5 Kd7 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Nd5 Kc8 14. Nc3 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. dxc3 Rd6 17. 0-0 Re8 18. Bg5 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U08"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2015.03.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balan, Octavian"]
[Black "Nastore, Pavel Alexandru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1001"]
[BlackElo "1192"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2015.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Bd2 0-0 8. Qe2 d5 9. Bxc6 Nxc6 10. Ng5 Nd4 11. Qd1 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. exd5 exd5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Ne2 Qxg5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Qxg2# 0-1

