[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Del Mundo, Anton Paolo C"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qb3 Bg7 8. a4 0-0 9. Bc4 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Nc5 11. Qb4 Nce4 12. Re1 Nd6 13. d3 Bg4 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Ba2 Rc8 22. g4 Bxd3 23. Rxe7 Nc4 24. Qxb5 Ne5 25. Qb7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7 Ra8 27. d6 Rd8 28. f4 Nxg4 29. Rxf7 Kh8 30. Be6 Nh6 31. Rd7 Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Nf7 33. Bb5 Bf5 34. d7 Kg7 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Kd4 g5 38. Bc4 Nd8 39. fxg5 Nc6+ 40. Kc5 Ne5 41. Bb5 Nf3 42. Nd5+ Kd8 43. h4 Nxh4 44. Kd6 Bg4 45. Ne7 Bf3 46. Bd3 Ng2 47. Bxh7 Ne3 48. b3 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Re8 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 b6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. Bf5 Rad8 16. 0-0 g6 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Be2 g5 19. Bg3 Nfe4 20. Rad1 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Ne4 22. Rdd1 a5 23. Bg4 Nxg3 24. fxg3 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qc2 Bc8 27. Bh5 Be6 28. Qe4 Rd2 29. Qxe5 Qc5 30. Qf6 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Rd7 32. Qxh6 Bxc4 33. Bg6 Bxf1 34. Bh7+ Kh8 35. Be4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Adu, Oladapo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d3 e6 8. 0-0 Nf6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. h3 Qc7 11. f4 d5 12. Ng3 0-0-0 13. Qe2 Rhg8 14. c4 d4 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nde4 f5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 g5 20. Bc1 gxf4 21. Bxf4 e5 22. Nxf5 Qf6 23. Bg3 Qe6 24. Kh2 Rg5 25. Rf2 0-1

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Pohl, Klaus A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f3 e5 5. Nge2 c6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Qd2 0-0 8. g4 d5 9. g5 Nh5 10. exd5 Nb6 11. Ng3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. c4 Qe6 14. Nxh5 exd4 15. Qxd4 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 Qg6 17. Nf4 Qc2+ 18. Be2 Bf5 19. c5 Ba5 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Rxc2 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxc2 23. Rc1 Bf5 24. Bc3 Bc7 25. Nh5 Bg6 26. Ng3 Bf4 27. Rd1 Bxg5 28. Rd7 Re8 29. Rxb7 Be3+ 30. Kf1 Bxc5 31. Bc4 h5 32. Ne4 Bb6 33. Ng5 Rf8 34. Bb4 c5 35. Bc3 h4 36. Ne6 Re8 37. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Governors Cup op"]
[Site "Sioux Falls"]
[Date "2001.09.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. g3 Nf6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Bg2 Be7 10. 0-0 Qd7 11. Nc4 0-0 12. Nfe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. f4 b5 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Rxf3 Rac8 18. a4 b4 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 g6 21. Rf3 Nd5 22. Raf1 f5 23. Nc4 Rce8 24. Re1 Bg5 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. Bxe5 Bf6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. d4 cxd4 29. Rd3 Nc3 30. Kg2 Re6 31. Kf3 g5 32. h3 Re4 33. Nd6 g4+ 34. hxg4 fxg4+ 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Nc4 Re2+ 37. Kf1 Rxc2 38. Rxd4 h5 39. Ne3 Re2 40. Nd5 Rb2 41. Nxb4 Rxb3 42. Nd5 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Ne2 44. Rd3 Rb2 45. Kf1 h4 46. gxh4 g3 47. Ne3 Nf4 48. Rd4 0-1

[Event "Governors Cup op"]
[Site "Sioux Falls"]
[Date "2001.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 0-0 7. d4 Nbd7 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. 0-0 a5 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Bf1 e5 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. e4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qe5 18. f3 Nc5 19. Rab1 Qxd4+ 20. Bxd4 Nfd7 21. h3 Re7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ne6 24. Bc3 Ree8 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Ra8 27. Rxa8+ Bxa8 28. Kf2 f6 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. Be2 Bc6 31. f4 Ke7 32. h4 Ba4 33. Nf3 Bc2 34. g4 h6 35. h5 Kf7 36. Nh4 Bb3 37. Nf5 Bc2 38. Kf3 Bb3 39. Ne3 Ba4 40. Bd3 Bb3 41. Kg3 Ba4 42. Nd5 Bc6 43. Bc2 Kf8 44. Ne3 Nd8 45. Nf5 Ne6 46. Kf3 Nb8 47. Ke3 b5 48. Bb3 bxc4 49. Bxc4 Bd7 50. b5 Nc5 51. Ba5 c6 52. Bc7 Nxe4 53. Bxb8 cxb5 54. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Blankenau, Mike P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. 0-0 Ngf6 8. Re1 e5 9. b3 d4 10. Rf1 0-0 11. Ne1 Nh5 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 b5 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Na5 Ndf6 16. h3 Bd7 17. b4 Be6 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Kh2 Nb6 20. Nb3 Na4 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Rfd8 23. Qf3 Rac8 24. Qf2 Qe7 25. Bf3 Bf6 26. Bxh5 gxh5 27. f5 Bxb3 28. cxb3 Nc3 29. Bf4 Kh8 30. Nf3 Nxe4 31. dxe4 Qxe4 32. Nd2 Qe7 33. Rae1 Qxb4 34. Ne4 d3 35. Kh1 Rc2 36. Bd2 Qe7 37. Nxf6 Qxf6 38. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Minnesota-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Graham, Nathaniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. d3 Nc6 7. Ne2 d5 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ng3 dxe4 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ndxe4 Be7 12. 0-0 f5 13. Nd2 0-0-0 14. a3 h5 15. h3 h4 16. Ne2 Rdg8 17. Kh1 Qd5 18. Rg1 Bd6 19. Nf3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. f4 Qd5 22. c4 Qc6 23. b4 cxb4 24. c5 Rg3 25. Kh2 Rhg8 26. Qf1 Bxc5 27. d4 Bb6 28. Rc1 Rc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Qd3 Rg3 31. Qd1 Qe4 32. Rc2 Qxf4 33. Kh1 Bxd4 34. Rf1 Qe4 35. Rf3 Rxf3 36. gxf3 Qf4 37. Rg2 e5 38. Qf1 Kd8 39. Qd3 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Ke7 42. a4 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Harmon, Clark R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. h3 e5 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Nc5 11. Re1 b5 12. d4 Ncd7 13. c4 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nf1 Rad8 18. Ne3 b4 19. Kf1 Nc5 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Ng4 f6 23. Ne1 Rd8 24. Rd2 a5 25. Qd1 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Bf8 27. Ke2 Qd6 28. Bc1 Qxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Kf7 30. Nd3 Nxd3 31. Kxd3 Ke6 32. Ne3 Bc5 33. h4 Ke7 34. Bh3 Bd4 35. a3 Ng7 36. axb4 axb4 37. Bd2 c5 38. f3 Bxe3 39. Bxe3 Kd6 40. Bh6 Nh5 41. Bf8+ Kc6 42. Be6 Nxg3 43. Bd5+ Kb6 44. Bxb7 Kxb7 45. Bxc5 Nh5 46. Bxb4 Nf4+ 47. Ke3 Kc6 48. Be7 f5 49. b4 Kd7 50. Bf6 Ke6 51. b5 Nh5 52. Bh8 fxe4 53. b6 Kd7 54. Bxe5 Kc6 55. Kxe4 Kxb6 56. Kd5 Kb7 57. Kd6 Kc8 58. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. Be3 0-0 11. f4 c5 12. e5 Bb7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. f5 Qd7 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Rf4 Re5 19. Raf1 g5 20. Bxg5 Rf8 21. Rh4 Rf7 22. Bc4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rg4 Kh8 25. c4 Rexf5 26. Re1 Nf6 27. Qc3 h5 28. Rg3 Kh7 29. Qd3 Ng4 30. Bd2 Ne5 31. Qe4 Qc6 32. Qh4 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minnesota-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Johnson, Leonard J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. c4 Nde7 7. g3 Ng6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 d6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Qh5 Nge7 16. Nge4 Qf5 17. Qd1 Rd8 18. Nb5 d5 19. Nbd6 Qf8 20. Nxc8 Nxc8 21. Nc3 N8e7 22. Qg4 Nd4 23. Ne2 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 Nxf5 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Rfe1 Nfd4 28. Rab1 Rd6 29. Kh2 Rf8 30. f4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. fxg5 Kg7 33. Kh3 Kg6 34. Rf1 Kxg5 0-1

[Event "Minnesota-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Binger, George"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Na6 4. c3 Nc7 5. Bd3 g6 6. Be3 h5 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. Qc2 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. 0-0 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf5 12. a4 Ne6 13. a5 Bg7 14. b4 0-0 15. Nb3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bh6 17. Kh1 Ng7 18. Rae1 b6 19. e4 Qe6 20. Nbd2 Rfd8 21. c4 Rab8 22. exd5 cxd5 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Rxb4 25. Nd4 Qc8 26. e6 f5 27. c6 Rd6 28. N2f3 Kh7 29. Ne5 Qf8 30. Qc3 Ra4 31. Nb5 Rc4 32. Nxc4 Rxc6 33. Nxa7 Rxc4 34. Qa3 d4 35. a6 Rc3 36. Qa5 Rc2 37. Qd5 Be3 38. Nb5 Rc8 39. a7 Rd8 40. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cavallo, Michael"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 0-0 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. 0-0 Qd7 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. d6 exd6 16. a4 Qf5 17. Nb5 Nbd5 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Qf3 a6 21. Nc7 Nxc7 22. Rxc7 Nxg3 23. hxg3 b5 24. Nf4 Qf5 25. axb5 g5 26. Nh5 Qxf3 27. gxf3 axb5 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Rdc1 Ra4 30. Rb7 Rc4 31. Re1 b4 32. Ree7 Rf8 33. Re4 Ra8 34. Ree7 Rf8 35. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minnesota-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hoover, Nathan"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nfxd5 15. Bc5 Rc8 16. b4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 e4 18. Qc1 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Qd2 20. Ba6 Rxc5 21. bxc5 Qa5 22. Be2 Qxc5 23. Qb1 Nd5 24. Qb2 Nc3 25. Ba6 Qa5 26. Nc2 Qxa6 27. Qxc3 Rc8 28. Qb2 Qe2 29. Rc1 e3 0-1

[Event "Minnesota-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Radermacher, Timothy J"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6 7. e4 e5 8. d5 0-0 9. Be2 Nh5 10. g3 g6 11. h4 f5 12. Ng5 Ng7 13. Qc2 a5 14. 0-0-0 Na6 15. Rdf1 Nc5 16. f3 Bd7 17. g4 h6 18. exf5 hxg5 19. fxg6 gxh4 20. Rh2 Qg5 21. Rfh1 Ba4 22. b3 Nxb3+ 23. Kb2 Nc5 24. Rxh4 Qxh4 25. Qb1 Qg5 26. f4 Rxf4 27. Rh8+ Kxh8 28. Qh1+ Nh5 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Qe8 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 e5 11. d5 a5 12. b3 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. f3 f5 16. Bf2 fxe4 17. fxe4 Qg6 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qxg2 20. 0-0-0 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Qh3 22. Rdg1 Rf7 23. Rg3 Qh5 24. h3 Bd7 25. Rhg1 Kh7 26. Kb2 Rg8 27. Qf1 g5 28. Kc2 Qg6 29. Kb2 Nh5 30. Rf3 Rgf8 31. Rxf7+ Rxf7 32. Qg2 Nf4 33. Qg3 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Na6 4. c3 Nc7 5. Bd3 g6 6. h3 h5 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Be2 Qd7 10. b4 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 Bg7 13. Nb3 Ra7 14. a5 Qc8 15. Nc5 Ne6 16. Na4 Be4 17. Nb6 Qd8 18. Nh4 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Be3 Nc7 21. 0-0 0-0 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Be6 24. f4 f5 25. exf6 exf6 26. f5 Bf7 27. Bd3 g5 28. Qf3 Na8 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. a6 bxa6 31. Ra2 Re8 32. Bc1 Qe7 33. Qh3 a5 34. Rh2 a4 35. Bxg5 a3 36. Bd2 a2 37. Ra1 Qa3 38. g5 Qb2 39. Qf1 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Ciaffone, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 e5 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Ne2 Ng6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. f4 Nxf4 10. Nxf4 exf4 11. Rxf4 0-0 12. Nd2 d5 13. Qe2 Bg5 14. Rf2 d4 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Bc1 Bh4 17. Ng3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qd7 19. Qh5 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ba3 g6 22. Qh6 Qe7 23. Raf1 Rfe8 24. Bc1 Rf8 25. Bg5 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Kamberi, Sonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. 0-0 c6 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nd4 Kd7 14. c3 Bd6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rae1 Rhe8 18. Re3 Re7 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. g3 Bh3 21. Bf5+ Bxf5 22. Rxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rxe7+ Bxe7 24. Nxf5 Bf8 25. Kg2 c5 26. g4 Ke6 27. f4 d4 28. cxd4 cxd4 29. Nxd4+ Kd5 30. Nb5 Bc5 31. Kf3 Kc4 32. Nc3 Kd3 33. h4 Kc2 34. Na4 Bf8 35. Ke4 Kb1 36. Kf5 Bg7 37. b4 Kxa2 38. b5 Kb3 39. b6 axb6 40. Nxb6 Kb4 41. Nd5+ Kc5 42. Nxf6 Kc6 43. h5 Bh8 44. Ne4 Kd7 45. Ng3 Bg7 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. Nf5 Bf8 48. g5 hxg5 49. fxg5 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. Ne2 Ngf6 7. d3 d5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Ng3 Ne8 11. f4 f5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Qf3 Nc7 14. Rae1 g6 15. d4 Bf6 16. Qf2 Nb5 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Rd1 c4 19. a4 Nd6 20. Ba3 Be7 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Ne5 cxb3 23. cxb3 Nf6 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. Ne2 Ne4 26. g4 Rc2 27. gxf5 Rxf5 28. Ng4 Qh4 29. Ne3 Rxf4 30. Qg2 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qf6+ 32. Kg1 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Nc3 34. Qg4 Nxd1 35. Nxd1 h5 36. Qd7+ Kh6 37. Nf2 Bf4 38. Qe8 Bxh2+ 39. Kg2 Bd6 40. Qd7 Qf4 41. Qxb7 Qxd4 42. Qc8 Bc5 43. Nh3 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Moussa, Alaa Eddine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. a3 Nd5 14. Bc1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 a6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 h5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. d4 Nh6 10. h3 Be4 11. c3 Nf5 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Kh2 Ncxd4 16. cxd4 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nxd4 18. Bd1 Nc6 19. Qd2 Bb4 20. Bc3 Bc5 21. Qe1 Bf2 22. Qe2 Nd4 23. Qxf2 Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Qe3 26. Bb2 Qxf4+ 27. Kh1 g5 28. Nc3 g4 29. Ne2 Qd2 0-1

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boross Harmer, Peter"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. Qc2 e5 9. 0-0 h6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nh4 Nc6 12. e3 Re8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Be6 15. a3 a5 16. Qc2 Qc5 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Qb5 Qa7 20. Rcd1 e4 21. Rd5 Ne5 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Bh3 Ne5 24. Nf5 Qb6 25. Nd4 Qxb5 26. cxb5 c5 27. bxc6 Nxc6 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Rxc6 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Rb2 34. Bf5 g6 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Bxc8 Kg7 37. h4 Kf6 38. Bh3 Ke5 39. g4 f5 40. Kg3 Rb3 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Kg2 f4 43. exf4+ Kxf4 44. Be6 Rb2 45. Kg1 Kf3 46. Bd5 Rb1+ 47. Kh2 Re1 0-1

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Campbell, Brett"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 a5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Nc5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Nd3 16. Re2 Qb6 17. Qe3 Ne5 18. b3 Bxh3 19. Bxh3 Qxd4 20. Rd1 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 h5 22. Rxd6 Nfg4 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Kf1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ke2 Kg7 27. Nb1 a4 28. Nd2 axb3 29. axb3 Ra8 30. Rc3 Ra2 31. Ke3 Rb2 32. c5 Kf6 33. f4 gxf3 34. Nxf3 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 Ke5 36. Ke3 f6 37. Kf3 g5 38. Kg4 Re2 39. Kh5 Rxe4 40. Kg6 Rb4 41. Rf3 g4 42. Rf5+ Kd4 43. Kh5 Kc3 44. Rxf6 Kxb3 45. Rg6 Rc4 46. Rxg4 Rxc5+ 47. Kh6 b5 48. Rg8 b4 49. g4 Rc1 50. g5 c5 51. g6 c4 52. g7 Rh1+ 53. Kg6 Rg1+ 54. Kf7 c3 55. Rc8 c2 56. Rc6 Rxg7+ 57. Kxg7 Kb2 58. Rc4 b3 0-1

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Day, Lawrence A"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Na6 4. c3 Nc7 5. Bd3 g6 6. Na3 h5 7. Nc2 Nh6 8. Ne3 Nf5 9. Nxf5 Bxf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. h4 Qd7 12. Ne2 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. Qd2 Rh8 15. Rh3 0-0-0 16. Rg3 Rdg8 17. Rxg8+ Rxg8 18. Kf1 Qe6 19. Nf4 Qh6 20. Qe3 Kd8 21. g3 Rh8 22. Qd3 Ne6 23. Qxf5 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. gxf4 Rg8 26. f3 e6 27. b3 Ke7 28. Kf2 Rg7 29. c4 Rg8 30. Rc1 Kd7 31. a4 b6 32. a5 Rb8 33. axb6 Rxb6 34. Ra1 Rb7 35. Ra5 dxc4 36. bxc4 Ke8 37. Ke3 Rb3+ 38. Ke4 Rc3 39. c5 Rc1 40. f5 Rh1 41. f6 Rxh4+ 42. f4 Rh1 43. Rxa7 h4 44. Ra8+ Kd7 45. Rf8 h3 46. Rxf7+ Ke8 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Kf3 Rg1 49. Rh7 Rd1 50. Rxh3 Rxd4 51. Rh8+ Kf7 52. Rh7+ Kg6 53. Rg7+ Kh6 54. Rg1 Kh7 55. f7 Rd8 56. f5 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Livshits, Ron"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. c3 Nh6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 f6 8. Re1 Nf7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 Nc6 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Bc4 Nd6 13. Bb3 Nd3 14. Re3 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Bh6 16. Re1 Bg4 17. Rc3 Kh8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bb3 a5 22. Rc5 a4 23. Bc2 Bd7 24. Bd3 Qb6 25. Ne4 Rab8 26. Rc2 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qd6 28. Rc5 Kg7 29. Qe2 e6 30. dxe6 Rxe6 31. Qd1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 b4 33. Qe4 b3 34. a3 Re8 35. Qb7 Re7 36. Qa8 Bf4 37. Bc4 Qb8 38. Qd5 Bd6 39. Ra5 Be6 40. Qc6 Bxc4 41. Qxc4 Rc7 42. Qe2 Bxa3 43. g3 Re7 44. Qc4 Bxb2 45. Rxa4 Rc7 46. Qe6 Bc3 47. Ra6 b2 48. Qxf6+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg inv"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Baragar, Fletcher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bb5 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d3 f6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Qe2 fxe5 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. Nxe5 a5 14. Ne4 Ra6 15. a3 Nf4 16. g3 Ne2+ 17. Kg2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. f4 c5 20. a4 d6 21. Nf3 Bb7 22. Rae1 Bd5 23. Re2 h6 24. Kg1 Raa8 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. h4 Raf8 27. Kg1 e5 28. Ned2 exf4 29. gxf4 Bd8 30. Nc4 Rxf4 31. Nh2 Rxf1+ 32. Nxf1 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Bxh4 34. Nd2 Bg5 35. Nb3 Be3+ 36. Kg2 Ra8 37. Re1 g5 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Kg4 Kg6 40. Rh1 Rf8 41. Nxa5 h5+ 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kh3 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 Kh5 46. Rh2 Rxc2+ 47. Kh1 Rc1+ 48. Kg2 g4 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg inv"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Kaptsan, Aron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nce7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bf4 Nxd5 9. exd5 d6 10. 0-0-0 Bg4 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Rde1 Qf6 13. Re2 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne7 17. Rhe1 Nf5 18. Qd3 Kg8 19. Re8+ Kh7 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8 21. Bd2 Qh4 22. c4 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qxf2 24. Qe2 Qc5 25. Qd3 a5 26. Kd1 b4 27. cxb4 axb4 28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. Bxc4 Bc3 30. Bxc3 bxc3 31. Re4 Rc8 32. Bb5 Kg7 33. Kc2 Kf8 34. Kxc3 Ne7 35. Kd4 c6 36. dxc6 Nxc6+ 37. Kd5 Ne5 38. Kxd6 Nxf3 39. a4 Nd2 40. Rb4 f5 41. Bc6 Ne4+ 42. Kd7 Re8 43. Kc7 Re7+ 44. Kb6 Nd6 45. a5 Nc8+ 46. Ka6 Ra7+ 47. Kb5 Nd6+ 48. Kc5 Rxa5+ 49. Kxd6 Kf7 50. h4 Kf6 51. Rb6 g5 52. h5 g4 53. Be8 f4 54. Kd7+ Kg5 55. Rg6+ Kh4 56. Rxh6 g3 57. Rb6 g2 58. Rb1 f3 59. h6 f2 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg inv"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Lipnowski, Irwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb2 e6 6. c4 Nf4 7. g3 Ng6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 Nge5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nge4 Qe7 16. f4 Nf7 17. Qh5 d6 18. f5 Nfe5 19. f6 gxf6 20. Qxh6 f5 21. Ng5 Rf6 22. Qh5 Nd4 23. Rae1 Bd7 24. Nce4 fxe4 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxe4 Nf5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Qxd7 Qg6 31. Kf2 Re8 32. Nh7+ Kg8 33. Qxe8+ Qxe8 34. Nf6+ Kf7 35. Nxe8 Kxe8 36. g4 f4 37. h5 Kf7 38. g5 a5 39. Kf3 b6 40. Kf2 Kg7 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke4 Kg7 43. g6 Kf6 44. a3 Kg7 45. d4 exd4 46. Kxf4 Kf6 47. a4 Kg7 48. Kg5 d3 49. h6+ Kg8 50. Kf6 d2 51. h7+ Kh8 52. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg inv"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burstow, John"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. Bf3 Na6 9. Nge2 Nc7 10. Qb3 Nce8 11. 0-0 Nd6 12. Bf4 Nf5 13. g3 Nd6 14. Rac1 a6 15. Na4 b5 16. Nc5 Bg4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Rc6 Nh6 21. Nc5 Nf5 22. Rd1 a5 23. Nb7 Qd7 24. Qxb5 Rab8 25. Rb6 Qxb5 26. Rxb5 a4 27. b3 axb3 28. axb3 Rfd8 29. g4 Nh4 30. d6 exd6 31. Nxd6 Ra8 32. Rb6 Ra2 33. Nc3 Rc2 34. Ncb5 Rb2 35. Rb7 Rxb3 36. Nxf7 Rxd4 37. Rc1 Rc4 38. Rb8+ Kxf7 39. Nd6+ Ke6 40. Nxc4 Rxb8 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg inv"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gentes, Kevin"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. 0-0 e5 9. e4 Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 Ne8 12. c5 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nd4 a5 18. a3 a4 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Qd3 Rf8 21. Nc4 Qd8 22. Bh3 Ndf6 23. f4 e4 24. Qd4 Nc7 25. Be6 b5 26. Ne3 Qe7 27. f5 Rae8 28. Rc1 g6 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. fxg6 Qg7 31. Nf5 Qxg6 32. Nxd6 Re7 33. Nf5 Ree8 34. Nd6 Re7 35. Nxe4 Kg7 36. Nd6 Kh8 37. Nf5 Ree8 38. Nh4 Qg5 39. Rf4 Re7 40. Kg2 Ree8 41. Rg4 Qc1 42. Rg8+ Rxg8 43. Qxf6+ Rg7 44. Nf5 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Qg5 46. Qxg7+ Qxg7 47. Nxg7 Kxg7 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. Kf4 Re7 50. g4 Rc7 51. g5+ Ke7 52. Ke5 Rc3 53. d6+ Kd8 54. Bg8 Rxa3 55. Bxh7 Re3+ 56. Kd4 a3 57. Bg8 Re2 58. h4 a2 59. Bxa2 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg inv"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kirton, Dale"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. c3 Nh6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 f6 8. Re1 Nf7 9. c4 e6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 dxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Nf1 Nc6 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. a3 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg inv"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Langner, David"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qe7 10. g4 Nf4 11. Nge2 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. 0-0-0 Ng6 14. Bg2 Kh8 15. Kb1 a5 16. Nc1 Na6 17. Nd3 b6 18. a3 Nc5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nb3 21. Qb2 Nd4 22. Ne2 fxe4 23. fxe4 Bg4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Rdf1 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Rf1 Qg7 29. Qd2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg inv"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rasmussen, Barry"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Na6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c3 Nc7 6. Na3 e6 7. Nc2 c5 8. Be2 Ne7 9. b4 cxb4 10. Nxb4 Qd7 11. 0-0 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qb3 Be7 14. a4 0-0 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nd2 a6 17. f4 b5 18. a5 b4 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Be4 21. Nb6 Rad8 22. Bb2 Nb5 23. Rfc1 Qb7 24. Qe3 Bd5 25. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Ljukin, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rg6 9. Qd2 c5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. 0-0-0 Bd7 13. Nf4 Rg8 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 0-0-0 17. Qxe4 c4 18. Qf4 Be6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be2 Rd5 21. Bxc4 Rf5 22. Bxe6+ fxe6 23. Qd6 Na5 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. f3 Nc4 26. Re1 Rb5 27. Re4 Nxb2 28. a4 Rg5 29. g4 Nxa4 30. Rxa4 Kd7 31. Rf4 Ke7 32. Rb4 b5 33. c4 bxc4 34. Rxb7+ Kf6 35. Rxh7 Ra5 36. Kd2 Ra3 37. Rh3 e5 38. Rg3 Kg6 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d3 e5 7. Ne2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Ng3 Ne8 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 Bg5 12. Rf1 Be3+ 13. Kh1 Bd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nf5 c5 16. Nd2 g6 17. Ng3 Nf6 18. Qf3 Ng4 19. Nc4 Qh4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Qf2 Nxc4 22. dxc4 Bb7 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 a5 25. a4 Rae8 26. Rf6 Re6 27. Raf1 Kg7 28. R6f4 f6 29. h4 Bc6 30. Kh2 Rf7 31. Rg4 Kf8 32. Rgf4 Kg7 33. Rg4 Kf8 34. Rgf4 h5 35. R1f2 Kg7 36. Rf1 Rfe7 37. Kg1 Ra7 38. Re1 Rae7 39. Ref1 Rb7 40. Rd1 g5 41. hxg5 fxg5 42. Rf5 Kg6 43. Rf8 h4 44. Nf1 Bxe4 45. Re1 Rbe7 46. Re2 Rf7 47. Rd8 d3 48. Re1 dxc2 49. Ne3 Rfe7 50. Rc1 Bb7 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Moroz, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qd5 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. c4 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. f3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Qe1 f5 19. Ng5 Bc8 20. d5 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 exd5 22. cxd5 Qg6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Nh3 f4 27. Rxc7 Bxh3 28. gxh3 Qg5 29. Rc6 Rdd8 30. Rxb6 Qh5 31. Qc3 Rxd5 32. Qb3 Rfd8 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Rxd5 Qf7 35. Qd3 Qc7 36. Rc5 Rd8 37. Qb3+ Qf7 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rf5+ Ke6 40. Rxf4 Rd2 41. Rg4 g6 42. Rg2 Rd1+ 43. Rg1 Rd2 44. Rb1 Kd6 45. b5 Kc7 46. b6+ Kb7 47. h4 Rc2 48. h3 h5 49. Rb5 Rd2 50. Kg1 Rc2 51. Rb4 Rd2 52. Re4 Rd6 53. Kf2 Kxb6 54. Kg3 Kc6 55. Kf4 Kd7 56. Kg5 Ra6 57. Re2 Rb6 58. Re4 Ra6 59. f4 Rb6 60. Kh6 Rd6 61. Kg7 Ra6 62. Kf7 Rd6 63. Re7+ Kd8 64. Re6 Rd4 65. Rf6 Kd7 66. Kxg6 Ke7 67. Rf7+ Ke8 68. Rf5 Rd3 69. Rxh5 Kf8 70. Rh8+ Ke7 71. Rh5 Kf8 72. Ra5 Rxh3 73. f5 Rg3+ 74. Kf6 Kg8 75. Ra8+ Kh7 76. Kf7 Rb3 77. Re8 Rb4 78. f6 Rb7+ 79. Re7 Rb8 80. h5 Ra8 81. Rd7 Kh6 82. Ke7 Ra1 83. Rd6 Ra7+ 84. Ke8 Ra8+ 85. Rd8 Ra1 86. f7 Re1+ 87. Kd7 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balandin, Alex"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 c5 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bb2 Bc6 11. 0-0-0 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. c4 0-0-0 14. Qa5 Kb8 15. h3 b6 16. Qc3 Ka8 17. Rg1 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emeljanov, Artur"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. h3 Nc5 12. Qe1 Qc7 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Kh2 Rad8 15. Ng1 Bc8 16. Ngf3 b6 17. Qe2 Ba6 18. b4 Ncxe4 19. Rfe1 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 e4 21. Ng1 axb4 22. axb4 Nh5 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. dxe4 dxe4 25. Qc3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nf5 27. Ra1 Bb7 28. Ne2 h5 29. Nf4 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Re1 c5 32. Rb1 b5 33. c3 cxb4 34. Rxb4 Rc5 35. Ne2 Nd6 36. Nd4 Bd5 37. Rb1 Bc4 38. Rd1 Bd3 39. f3 f5 40. fxe4 fxe4 41. Ra1 Rxc3 42. Ra7 Nf5 43. Ne6 Rc2 44. Kg1 Rc8 45. Ng5 Nxg3 46. Nh7 Rc6 47. h4 Nf5 48. Bh3 b4 49. Ng5 b3 50. Bxf5 gxf5 51. Rb7 Bc2 52. Nh3 e3 53. Nf4 Bd1 54. Rd7 Bf3 55. Nd3 Kf8 56. Nf4 b2 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marchenko, A."]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 f5 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. e4 Nc6 13. Be3 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf7 15. Nf4 Rae8 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Bf6 18. Rab1 Ne5 19. Qxf7+ Rxf7 20. b3 Ng4 21. Nd5 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bd8 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Rd1 d6 25. Kf2 Re5 26. Kf3 Rf5+ 27. Kg2 Ke8 28. Rf1 Re5 29. Rf3 b5 30. Rf4 bxc4 31. bxc4 c6 32. Nb4 Bg5 33. Rf1 Rc5 34. h4 Bf6 35. Rf4 Kd7 36. g4 h6 37. Kf3 Ra5 38. Nd3 Ra3 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Bxg5 41. Rf7+ Ke6 42. Rxg7 Kf6 43. Rxg5 Kxg5 44. Ke4 Ra4 45. Kd4 Rxa2 46. c5 dxc5+ 47. Nxc5 Kf6 48. e4 Ke7 49. e5 Rd2+ 50. Ke4 a5 51. Nb3 Re2+ 52. Kd4 a4 53. Na5 a3 54. Nxc6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3 e5 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Qe8 12. Qb1 b6 13. f3 e4 14. fxe4 Ng4 15. Bg3 Nde5 16. Bf4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Ng3 Re8 20. Rf4 Bd7 21. Raf1 f6 22. Rh4 a6 23. Rf3 b5 24. Nh5 Re7 25. Rg3 Kh7 26. Qf1 Rf8 27. Nf4 g5 28. Rh5 Be8 29. Rgh3 Bxh5 30. Nxh5 g4 31. Rh4 Qxe4 32. Kh1 f5 33. Ng3 Qxe3 34. Rxg4 f4 35. Nh5 Rf5 36. Nxf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Podat, Vladimir"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. 0-0-0 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 0-0-0 14. Ng2 c5 15. Qc3 cxd4 16. Qxc7+ Kxc7 17. Rxd4 Nb6 18. Rhd1 Nd5 19. Bf3 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Be7 21. Bxb7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 h5 23. Bg2 hxg4 24. Rc4+ Kb8 25. hxg4 f5 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Kd2 Bg5 28. f4 Be7 29. Nd5 Bd6 30. Ke3 Rh2 31. Kf2 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rotstein, Jefim"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. g4 f6 7. Bg2 Nf7 8. Be3 Na6 9. Qe2 Nc7 10. Nd2 0-0 11. f4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 e5 15. 0-0-0 e4 16. h4 b5 17. h5 b4 18. Na4 Qa5 19. b3 Bd7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Nc5 Bb5 22. Qe1 Qxa2 23. Qxb4 Be2 24. Rdg1 Rab8 25. Qc3 Nd6 26. Kd2 Nb5 27. Qa1 Qxa1 28. Rxa1 Bxg4 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxe4 c3+ 31. Kd3 Rfd8 32. Bxg6 Rbc8 33. b4 f5 34. Ne6 Rd6 35. Bh7+ Kf7 36. Nxg7 Kxg7 37. Rag1 Rh8 38. Bxf5 Rxh1 39. Rxg4+ Kf6 40. Be4 Rh3 41. d5 c2 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Rg1 Ra6 44. Kd2 Rh2+ 45. Rg2 Rxg2+ 46. Bxg2 Ra1 47. Kxc2 Ra2+ 48. Kd3 Rxg2 49. Kc4 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shalimov, Valery A"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nde4 a6 16. Bg4 Nd4 17. c5 dxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Qd6 20. N5e4 Qg6 21. Rad1 Rf5 22. Nc5 Raf8 23. Qe4 Qf7 24. Ne6 Nxe6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Qxb7 R5f7 27. b3 h5 28. Ne4 Qf5 29. Qd5 Kh8 30. Qc4 h4 31. Rd3 Bf6 32. Rf3 Qg4 33. Rc1 hxg3 34. Rxg3 Qf5 35. Rh3+ Kg7 36. Rf3 Qg4 37. Nxf6 Qxc4 38. Rxc4 Rxf6 39. Rxc7+ Kg6 40. Rxf6+ Rxf6 41. g4 Rd6 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. b4 Ke6 46. f3 Rb6 47. a3 a5 48. bxa5 Rb3+ 49. Ke4 Rxa3 50. Rc6+ Kd7 51. Rc5 Ra4+ 52. Kxe5 Rf4 53. a6 1-0

[Event "URS Games"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Solonec"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxg5 14. Rxe6+ fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qa5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qxg5 Rf8 18. f5 Bxd5 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. fxg6 Qxa2 21. gxh7 Nxh7 22. Bxh7 Bf7 23. Re1+ Kd7 24. Re7+ Kc6 25. Be4+ Bd5 26. Bxd5+ Qxd5 27. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-ch45 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blechzin, Igor"]
[Black "Balandin, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. e5 Ne8 8. h3 b5 9. Bb3 d5 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. c3 Nc7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nh2 f5 14. h4 Nb6 15. h5 e6 16. Nf3 Bf8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nh5 Be7 20. Nh2 Kf7 21. f4 g4 22. Nxg4 Rh8 23. Ngf6 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. g4 Qg8 26. Kf2 Bh4+ 27. Ke3 Qxg4 28. Qxg4 fxg4 29. Nf6 Bxf6 30. exf6 Rh2 31. Bd1 Rg8 32. Rg1 g3 33. Kf3 g2 34. Kf2 Ne8 35. a4 a6 36. axb5 axb5 37. Bf3 Nxf6 38. Ra7 Ke7 39. Rxg2 Rhxg2+ 40. Bxg2 Ng4+ 41. Ke2 Nf6 42. Kf1 Ne4 43. Bxe4 dxe4 44. Kf2 Rh8 45. Ke3 Rh1 46. Bd2 Rb1 47. Ra2 Rd1 48. b3 Rb1 49. Ra3 Rh1 50. Kxe4 Kf6 51. Ra8 c5 52. Ra6 cxd4 53. cxd4 Rh5 54. Ba5 Rd5 55. Bc7 Rh5 56. Bd8+ Kf7 57. Bg5 Rh3 58. Ke5 Rc3 59. Ra7 Ke8 60. Ra8+ Rc8 61. Ra2 Rc6 62. Rh2 Bc8 63. Rh7 Kf8 64. Ra7 Ke8 65. b4 Bd7 66. Ra8+ Kf7 67. Rh8 Kg6 68. Rd8 Bc8 69. Be7 Kf7 70. Bc5 Kg6 71. f5+ Kf7 72. Rf8+ Kg7 73. f6+ Kg6 74. Rg8+ 1-0

