[Event "Muenster op 36th"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haselhorst, Helmut"]
[Black "Balster, Semjon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 Bd7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Rd1 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. a3 a6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 b5 14. Bd3 Ra7 15. Rac1 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21. Qh5 Qa8 22. Nd5 exd5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rd4 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qh6 f5 27. Rh4 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc3 29. Rh5 f6 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Rh7 Qe5+ 32. f4 1-0

[Event "Gelsenkirchen Silvester op 3rd"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balster, Semjon"]
[Black "Ponto, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1756"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Be3 b6 14. f4 f5 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. e4 Ne5 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nc6 22. e5 Qg6 23. Nf3 Na5 24. Nh4 Qe8 25. Qe6 Bxh4 26. Qxe8 Raxe8 27. gxh4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rd8 29. Rfd1 Rd5 30. Rac1 Rf7 31. Kf3 Kh7 32. h5 Re7 33. e6 Rxe6 34. Rc7 Nc6 35. Rg1 Nxd4+ 36. Kf2 Rc5 37. Rcxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Gelsenkirchen Silvester op 3rd"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stoering, Marc"]
[Black "Balster, Semjon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2015.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Rc8 11. Nbd2 0-0 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. Qb3 Nxc4 14. Rxc4 Qd7 15. Nh4 Rc7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rc2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelsenkirchen Silvester op 3rd"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balster, Semjon"]
[Black "Dette, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1756"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2015.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. g4 h6 11. gxf5 hxg5 12. fxe6 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qd3 Bxe6 15. Bxg5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. e4 Qf7 18. f4 Qh5+ 19. Kg1 Bc4 20. Qg3 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Gelsenkirchen Silvester op 3rd"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wickenfeld, Jennifer"]
[Black "Balster, Semjon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "897"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Nbd2 Qb6 9. Qb3 Bd7 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. e3 Rfc8 12. a3 h6 13. Rfe1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 g5 16. Bxe4 gxf4 17. exf4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Kg2 f5 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rbc1 Rac8 23. Nf3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1 25. Nxd4 Kf7 26. b4 Bf6 27. Nb5 Bb2 28. Kh3 Ra1 29. Kh4 Bxa3 30. Nxa3 Rxa3 31. h3 Rb3 32. g4 Rxb4 33. gxf5 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Gelsenkirchen Silvester op 1st"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "2013.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balster, Semjon"]
[Black "Coenen, Siegfried"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 h6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 Nd7 11. 0-0 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qd7 15. Rae1 0-0 16. Rf3 Rfe8 17. Rfe3 Bg5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Kf2 Qe5 22. Qe3 Qf6+ 23. Ke2 b6 24. Qf3 Qe6+ 25. Qe3 Qxa2 26. Qxg5 Qxb2+ 27. Kf3 Qxc3 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qh4+ Kg6 30. Qe4+ Kf6 31. Qf4+ Ke6 32. Qe4+ Qe5 33. Qc6+ Ke7 34. d4 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "Gelsenkirchen Silvester op 1st"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "2013.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Heyn, Peter"]
[Black "Balster, Semjon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1881"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Qc2 c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Bb4 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Qxc4 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 0-0 0-1

[Event "Gelsenkirchen Silvester op 1st"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balster, Semjon"]
[Black "Bigott, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1881"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. a3 Nc6 12. 0-0 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Qxd2 14. Nbxd2 Ne3 15. Rfc1 Nc2 16. Ra2 N2xd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bf3 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 0-0 20. Rc7 Be4 21. Ra1 a6 22. Ng5 Bg6 23. Rxb7 h6 24. Nf3 Rfc8 25. Rd1 Rab8 26. Rdd7 Rc1+ 27. Kf2 Rc2+ 28. Kg3 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Ra7 Rb6 31. Kf4 Bd3 32. Nd2 g5+ 33. Ke3 Bf5 34. Kd4 Rb2 35. Ke3 Rb6 36. Kd4 Rc6 37. Nc4 Bg6 38. h3 h5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kf8 41. Nd6 Rc2 42. Ra8+ Ke7 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelsenkirchen Silvester op 1st"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balster, Semjon"]
[Black "Hanke, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nh5 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Re1 a6 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Qd2 b5 15. a3 Rfc8 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qf4 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Re3 Nd8 20. Rae1 Rc6 21. Ng3 a5 22. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Gelsenkirchen Silvester op 1st"]
[Site "Gelsenkirchen"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lang, Daniel"]
[Black "Balster, Semjon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qe2 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 0-0 12. bxc3 Nd6 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Qg3 Nf5 15. Qxc7 Nd6 16. Re1 Rd8 17. h4 Ne8 18. Qc4 Nd6 19. Qc7 Ne8 20. Qc4 Nd6 21. Qb4 a5 22. Qc5 h6 23. Ba3 Nf5 24. d6 Nxh4 25. Qc4 b6 26. Qe4 Ba6 27. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Muelheim op 3rd"]
[Site "Muelheim"]
[Date "2011.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atkins, David"]
[Black "Balster, Semjon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. 0-0 b5 7. Bb3 h6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 d6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Be3 Qe8 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nbd2 Rd8 15. Nf1 c4 16. Re3 Nh5 17. Ng3 Nf4 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 c5 21. Qd2 Rxd4 22. Qc1 Nd3 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Rf1 Nb4 25. Qe2 Rd2 26. Qg4 Nd3 27. Rf3 Rxf3 28. Qxf3 Rxb2 29. a3 c3 30. Ne2 b4 31. axb4 Nxb4 32. Nxc3 Rb3 33. Rb1 c4 34. e5 Rxb1+ 35. Nxb1 Qd5 36. Qe2 Nd3 37. g3 Qxe5 38. Qg4 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qxf2+ 40. Kh1 Kf7 41. Qd1 Qxg3 42. Qf1+ Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Muelheim op 3rd"]
[Site "Muelheim"]
[Date "2011.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wickenfeld, Stefan"]
[Black "Balster, Semjon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Qxe7+ Bxe7 8. d4 Bd6 9. Ne5 c6 10. dxc6 0-0 11. cxb7 Bxb7 12. 0-0 g5 13. g3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. gxf4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 Nh5 18. Rh4 Nf6 19. Nd2 Kh8 20. Kf2 Rg8 21. Rg1 Rxg1 22. Kxg1 Rg8+ 23. Kf1 Rg2 24. Be2 h5 25. c4 Rg5 26. d5 Bd7 27. Nf3 Rf5 28. Kg2 Ng4 29. Bd3 Rf4 30. Rxh5+ Kg8 31. Kg3 Rf6 32. Rg5+ Kf8 33. Rxg4 Bxg4 34. Kxg4 Ra6 35. a3 Rb6 36. b4 Ra6 37. Kf4 Rxa3 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Kd4 Ke7 40. Ne5 Ra2 41. h3 Rh2 42. Bxf5 Rd2+ 43. Kc5 Kf6 44. Nf3 Rf2 45. Bg4 1-0

