[Event "Petrosian mem"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1999.06.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2476"] [ECO "C88"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Nb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Na3 c6 14. Nc2 Nbd7 15. Ne3 g6 16. h3 d5 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bf6 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Qc2 Bg7 21. Ra1 Qc7 22. g5 Rd8 23. Ra7 Qb8 24. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian mem"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1999.06.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Spassky, Boris"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2549"] [BlackElo "2578"] [ECO "E46"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. g3 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 c5 10. Bg2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qe4 Bd7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. Bd2 Be8 16. Be1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian mem"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1999.06.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2485"] [ECO "C42"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow TV"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2550"] [ECO "C60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qe3 Bg4 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O-O 13. Rad1 Rd4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Re8 17. Kf1 f5 18. c3 Qh4 19. h3 Qc4+ 20. Qd3 Qxa2 21. d6 cxd6 22. Qxd6 Qe6 23. Qxc5+ Kb8 24. Kg1 a6 25. Rd5 f4 26. Qd4 Ka8 27. Rd7 f3 28. Rxh7 Qc6 29. Rh8 fxg2 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Kxg2 Qc6+ 32. Kg3 Qb5 33. c4 Qg5+ 34. Kh2 Qf5 35. f4 a5 36. c5 Ka7 37. Kg3 Ka6 38. Qc4+ b5 39. Qd4 a4 40. Qd8 Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch52"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1985.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Gulko, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2475"] [ECO "E51"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3 h6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. Qc2 e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nd2 Nbd7 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. a4 Rac8 20. Qd3 Bf5 21. Qxf5 Rxc4 22. b3 Rc5 23. e4 Rc2 24. Rac1 Qc7 25. Qf3 Nd7 26. Qe3 f5 27. exf5 Nf6 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. Ba5 Qc5 30. Rxc2 Qxc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Bb4 Ne4 33. Re1 Nc5 34. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"] [Site "Jurmala"] [Date "1985.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2510"] [ECO "C85"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd7 13. Qg4 Kh8 14. Bd2 b5 15. Ne3 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. b3 a5 18. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chI"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1985.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Gulko, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2475"] [ECO "D27"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Ng5 Be7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Bxg5 16. Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch50"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2710"] [ECO "C92"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ra3 Ra6 18. Rae3 a4 19. Nf1 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. N1d2 c5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 c4 25. e6 Rexe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Ne5 Qc7 28. Qf3 Nc2 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Qe2 c3 31. bxc3 Qxc3 32. Bd2 Qc8 33. Rc1 Qb7 34. Bxb4 Bxb4 35. Rb1 a3 36. Rxb4 Qxb4 37. Qxa6 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 a2 39. Qxe6+ Kh7 40. Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hannover"] [Site "Hannover"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2545"] [ECO "E19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Rd2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nb8 20. Qc2 Nc6 21. Qe4 h6 22. Nf4 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Qa8 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hannover"] [Site "Hannover"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2545"] [ECO "E19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Rd2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nb8 20. Qc2 Nc6 21. Qe4 h6 22. Nf4 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Qa8 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch50"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2710"] [ECO "C92"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ra3 Ra6 18. Rae3 a4 19. Nf1 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. N1d2 c5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 c4 25. e6 Rexe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Ne5 Qc7 28. Qf3 Nc2 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Qe2 c3 31. bxc3 Qxc3 32. Bd2 Qc8 33. Rc1 Qb7 34. Bxb4 Bxb4 35. Rb1 a3 36. Rxb4 Qxb4 37. Qxa6 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 a2 39. Qxe6+ Kh7 40. Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch50"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2540"] [ECO "A16"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. a5 a6 9. Nf3 e5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. d3 Rd5 14. c4 Rd8 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Nd4 17. Qd1 Rb8 18. Ne4 Bd7 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Qb4 22. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gulko, Boris"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2545"] [ECO "E20"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Qd3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. O-O a6 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 e5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Qb4 a5 20. Qd6 Qxc4 21. Qxe5 Ra6 22. Bd5 Qg4 23. Rd4 d6 24. Qe3 Qf5 25. Rad1 b5 26. Re4 Qf6 27. Re7 Be6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Bb7 Raa8 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 31. Rxd6 Rc8 32. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Toluca Interzonal"] [Site "Toluca"] [Date "1982.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Spassky, Boris"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2555"] [ECO "C92"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 h6 15. Bc2 Qd7 16. d5 Ne7 17. b3 Ng6 18. Nf1 c6 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 a5 21. Ne3 Ba6 22. Nd2 Nf4 23. h4 cxd5 24. exd5 g6 25. g3 N4h5 26. Qf3 Bg7 27. Ba3 Rad8 28. Rac1 Rb8 29. Rb1 Qc7 30. Rec1 Rxb1 31. Bxb1 Rb8 32. Qd1 Bf8 33. Ba2 Nd7 34. Ne4 Nhf6 35. Nc3 Nc5 36. Nb5 Qd7 37. Bb1 h5 38. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1982.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Gulko, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "C03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bb7 7. Qe2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Rfe1 Nf8 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. c3 Red8 15. Nd2 Bh4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qd7 19. Nc4 Qd5 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. Ne3 Qc6 22. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2545"] [ECO "D94"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nd7 12. Qc1 Nxc5 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Nd5 e6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb2+ f6 17. Nf4 Qe7 18. Nd3 b6 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. Ne4 Rab8 22. Qc3 Be8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Rd1 Nf7 26. h3 f5 27. Qc3+ e5 28. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "E69"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. b3 Nfd7 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Bc3 Nc5 17. Nb2 a5 18. a3 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qc2 f5 21. f4 Nf7 22. Kh2 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bd7 24. Bg2 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qb6 26. Nd3 Bf5 27. Rad1 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Qf2 29. Rde3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Kf8 31. Qd4 Qc2 32. Qb6 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Qxb7 c5 35. Qe4+ Qxe4 36. Bxe4 Nh6 37. g4 Ng8 38. g5 Ne7 39. h4 Kf7 40. h5 Kg7 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "E19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qf4 Na6 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Kf8 20. Kf3 Ke7 21. e3 Ne8 22. Ke2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd6 24. Nd3 Ne4 25. Rc1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "E69"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. b3 Nfd7 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Bc3 Nc5 17. Nb2 a5 18. a3 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qc2 f5 21. f4 Nf7 22. Kh2 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bd7 24. Bg2 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qb6 26. Nd3 Bf5 27. Rad1 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Qf2 29. Rde3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Kf8 31. Qd4 Qc2 32. Qb6 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Qxb7 c5 35. Qe4+ Qxe4 36. Bxe4 Nh6 37. g4 Ng8 38. g5 Ne7 39. h4 Kf7 40. h5 Kg7 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "B71"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Qd4 Nf6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Bf3 d5 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. O-O Bc5 16. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "B71"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Qd4 Nf6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Bf3 d5 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. O-O Bc5 16. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1980.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2725"] [ECO "E42"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Nh5 Be7 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1980.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2725"] [ECO "E42"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Nh5 Be7 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch47"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2545"] [ECO "A43"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. h3 Nc7 10. Nh2 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Ng4 Bb7 13. Ne3 Re8 14. Rb1 Bf8 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Ncxd5 17. Nexd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 Be4 20. Bxb6 Qg5 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich+"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "C95"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 c6 15. c4 Nbd7 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Be3 Rec8 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Ng3 cxd5 20. cxd5 g6 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. a4 Nc5 23. axb5 axb5 24. b4 Na4 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Ne2 Qb7 28. Qc2 Bd7 29. Nd2 Be7 30. Nb3 Bd8 31. Qd2 Ng8 32. f4 exf4 33. Bxf4 Qb6+ 34. Kh1 Bf6 35. Be3 Qd8 36. Ned4 Qe8 37. Rc1 Bg7 38. Bf4 Nf6 39. Re1 Qe7 40. Bh2 Rc8 41. Na5 Nh5 42. Nac6 Bxc6 43. Nxc6 Qh4 44. Rf1 Nc3 45. e5 Nxd5 46. Bxb5 Nc7 47. exd6 Nxb5 48. d7 Rf8 49. d8=Q Rxd8 50. Nxd8 Nc3 51. Qd3 Ne4 52. Kg1 f5 53. Ne6 Qe7 54. Nxg7 Qa7+ 55. Kh1 Nxg7 56. Be5 Nf2+ 57. Rxf2 Qxf2 58. Qd6 f4 59. Bxf4 g5 60. Be5 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Interzonal"] [Site "Rio de Janeiro"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2610"] [ECO "C16"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. Nf3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Spassky, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2640"] [ECO "C07"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c3 Be7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qh5 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich+"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "C95"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 c6 15. c4 Nbd7 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Be3 Rec8 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Ng3 cxd5 20. cxd5 g6 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. a4 Nc5 23. axb5 axb5 24. b4 Na4 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Ne2 Qb7 28. Qc2 Bd7 29. Nd2 Be7 30. Nb3 Bd8 31. Qd2 Ng8 32. f4 exf4 33. Bxf4 Qb6+ 34. Kh1 Bf6 35. Be3 Qd8 36. Ned4 Qe8 37. Rc1 Bg7 38. Bf4 Nf6 39. Re1 Qe7 40. Bh2 Rc8 41. Na5 Nh5 42. Nac6 Bxc6 43. Nxc6 Qh4 44. Rf1 Nc3 45. e5 Nxd5 46. Bxb5 Nc7 47. exd6 Nxb5 48. d7 Rf8 49. d8=Q Rxd8 50. Nxd8 Nc3 51. Qd3 Ne4 52. Kg1 f5 53. Ne6 Qe7 54. Nxg7 Qa7+ 55. Kh1 Nxg7 56. Be5 Nf2+ 57. Rxf2 Qxf2 58. Qd6 f4 59. Bxf4 g5 60. Be5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch47"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2600"] [ECO "E18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d6 11. e4 Re8 12. Ne3 Bf6 13. Ng4 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. e5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Be7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Be3 Red8 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Ke2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch47"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2545"] [ECO "A43"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. h3 Nc7 10. Nh2 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Ng4 Bb7 13. Ne3 Re8 14. Rb1 Bf8 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Ncxd5 17. Nexd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 Be4 20. Bxb6 Qg5 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"] [Site "Bugojno"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2590"] [ECO "D32"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 a6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bc7 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Nd4 Bc8 17. Bf3 Ba5 18. Bg2 Bg4 19. Bf3 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"] [Site "Bugojno"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2590"] [ECO "E52"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nb5 Be7 10. b4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Be5 a6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Nbd4 Rac8 18. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"] [Site "Lvov"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2590"] [ECO "A19"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 Bd7 9. Ne3 Nb4 10. a3 Nd3+ 11. Ke2 Nxc1+ 12. Rxc1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"] [Site "Bugojno"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2590"] [ECO "D32"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 a6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bc7 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Nd4 Bc8 17. Bf3 Ba5 18. Bg2 Bg4 19. Bf3 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"] [Site "Bugojno"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2590"] [ECO "E14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. Nb3 d6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Bc3 a6 16. Qe2 h6 17. Rfd1 Be4 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"] [Site "Lvov"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Gulko, Boris"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2590"] [ECO "A17"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Be4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Qa4 Qc8 14. Re1 Kf7 15. Bf4 Bc5 16. Ncb5 Ne8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Nc3 Rf8 19. b4 b5 20. Qb3 Kg8 21. bxc5 Rxf4 22. Qa3 bxc4 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Qg3 Re4 26. Nxd7 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxg3 28. fxg3 Rd8 29. c6 Bxc6 30. Nxc6 Rxd7 31. Rxe6 Nf6 32. Ne5 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"] [Site "Bugojno"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Spassky, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2630"] [ECO "B82"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 b5 8. Qf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. g4 b4 11. Nce2 e5 12. Nf5 d5 13. Nfg3 Bc5 14. g5 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. O-O-O Qc7 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Rd2 Rfe8 22. Rhd1 exf4 23. Qxf4 Ne5 24. b3 a5 25. Ng3 Re6 26. Nf5 g6 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Rf1 Qc3 29. Rdf2 Qc5 30. Re2 Rc7 31. Rxe5 Qxc2+ 32. Ka1 Qc3+ 33. Kb1 Qd3+ 34. Ka1 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch45"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "A17"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Qe7 7. e3 Nc6 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. a3 Bg4 12. Rfe1 a5 13. d4 Bh5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxh5 Nxh5 17. Qf5 Rfe8 18. Qxh5 a4 19. Rab1 axb3 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxb3 Re4 23. Rc1 Ra4 24. Rxb7 g6 25. Rd1 Rxa3 26. g3 Ra8 27. Rdd7 Rf8 28. Rbc7 Rxc4 29. Kg2 h5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. h4 Kg7 33. Rd5 Re8 34. Rdd7 Rf8 35. Re7 Kf6 36. e4 Rd4 37. e5+ Kf5 38. Rxc5 Rd3+ 39. Kg2 Ra3 40. Rc6 Ke4 41. Rf6 Raa8 42. e6 Ke5 43. Rfxf7 Rg8 44. Rb7 Kxe6 45. Rbe7+ Kd6 46. Re2 Raf8 47. Ra7 Ra8 48. Rae7 Rac8 49. R2e6+ Kd5 50. Kh3 Rc7 51. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "B17"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 Nbd5 11. Ne5 a6 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd6 14. c3 b6 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bc1 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 b5 19. a3 Rac8 20. h3 Ba8 21. Nh4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Bf8 23. Qd3 Qb7 24. Ng4 Bd6 25. Bd2 Kf8 26. Ne5 Ne7 27. Qe2 Nc6 28. Bc1 Bb8 29. Be3 Ba7 30. Nef3 Rd7 31. Qd2 Ng8 32. Be4 Qc7 33. d5 exd5 34. Bxa7 dxe4 35. Qxd7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 Nxa7 37. Ne5 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2595"] [ECO "C67"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 d5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Ne4 c5 14. Rad1 Qc6 15. Qd2 f6 16. Bf4 Bg4 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qf4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rac8 20. Rd5 Rce8 21. Qd1 Qa4 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxc2 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. g3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "E55"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. c4 Rc8 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Re1 Qf4 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc6 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qg4 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Bc1 Bf3 24. a4 Rfd8 25. Bf1 g5 26. Ra3 Ba8 27. h4 Rd4 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh3 Rg4+ 30. Kh2 Nf4 31. f3 Nxh3 32. fxg4 Nf4 33. Kg3 Bc6 34. Bxf4 gxf4+ 35. Kxf4 Bxa4 36. Ra1 Bb3 37. Rxa7 Bxc4 38. Bg2 Be2 39. Rb7 b5 40. g5 Bd3 41. Bf3 Kg7 42. Ke3 Rc3 43. Kd2 Rb3 44. Bd1 Rb1 45. Rd7 Bg6 46. Bg4 Kf8 47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. Rd7 Kf8 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Rb8 Rb2+ 51. Ke3 Rb3+ 52. Kf4 Rb4+ 53. Kg3 Kd7 54. Bf3 Rb1 55. Kf2 b4 56. Ke3 b3 57. Kd4 b2 58. Be2 Ke7 59. Ke3 Bf5 60. Kd4 Kd7 61. Rb7+ Kc8 62. Rb4 Kc7 63. Rc4+ Kd7 64. Rb4 Bg6 65. Rb7+ Kc8 66. Rb4 Kc7 67. Rc4+ Kb6 68. Rb4+ Ka5 69. Rb7 Ka4 70. Bc4 Bc2 71. Kc3 Ka3 72. Bd3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch45"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "E61"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bh4 h6 8. Nd2 e5 9. Be2 exd4 10. exd4 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. d5 Bf5 13. Nb3 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. f3 Bg6 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Rb1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ng6 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Bxf4 gxf4 22. Ne4 Qd4+ 23. Nf2 Re7 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxb2 27. Re4 a6 28. Nd3 Bc3 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Nxf4 c5 31. dxc6 bxc6 32. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 60"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2690"] [ECO "B85"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Bc6 15. Rae1 Rac8 16. Bd3 e5 17. fxe5 Nh5 18. Qh3 dxe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. exd5 Qd6 22. Qxh5 g6 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. c3 Bf6 25. Re4 Be5 26. Qe3 Bf6 27. Qf3 Be5 28. Qe3 Bf6 29. Ref4 Bg5 30. Qd4+ Kg8 31. R4f3 Qc5 32. Qg4 Be7 33. Bc2 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2595"] [ECO "C81"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Bc5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rd1 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Nf5 14. Qe2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 c6 16. a4 Qb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. c3 b4 19. Bc2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Rb8 22. h3 Ne7 23. Rb1 Qa7 24. Rxb8+ Qxb8 25. Qd4 Qb2 26. Bd3 Bf5 27. Qa7 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 Ng6 29. Nd4 Be6 30. Qb8+ Nf8 31. Nxc6 g6 32. Qb4 Kg7 33. Qd4 g5 34. Nb4 Ng6 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 36. e6+ Kh6 37. Qxd5 fxe6 38. Qd4 e5 39. Qe3 Qa1 40. g3 Kg7 41. c4 h6 42. c5 Ne7 43. Qe4 Qd4 44. Qxd4 exd4 45. Bg2 Kf6 46. Kf1 Ng6 47. Ke2 Ne5 48. Be4 Ke7 49. f4 gxf4 50. gxf4 Nd7 51. c6 Nc5 52. Bd5 Kd6 53. f5 d3+ 54. Ke3 d2 55. Ke2 Nd3 56. Kxd2 Nf4 57. Bh1 Nxh3 58. f6 Ng5 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2690"] [ECO "B85"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Bc6 15. Rae1 Rac8 16. Bd3 e5 17. fxe5 Nh5 18. Qh3 dxe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. exd5 Qd6 22. Qxh5 g6 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. c3 Bf6 25. Re4 Be5 26. Qe3 Bf6 27. Qf3 Be5 28. Qe3 Bf6 29. Ref4 Bg5 30. Qd4+ Kg8 31. R4f3 Qc5 32. Qg4 Be7 33. Bc2 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "B17"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 Nbd5 11. Ne5 a6 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd6 14. c3 b6 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bc1 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 b5 19. a3 Rac8 20. h3 Ba8 21. Nh4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Bf8 23. Qd3 Qb7 24. Ng4 Bd6 25. Bd2 Kf8 26. Ne5 Ne7 27. Qe2 Nc6 28. Bc1 Bb8 29. Be3 Ba7 30. Nef3 Rd7 31. Qd2 Ng8 32. Be4 Qc7 33. d5 exd5 34. Bxa7 dxe4 35. Qxd7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 Nxa7 37. Ne5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch45"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gulko, Boris"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "E17"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 Bb4 8. Bd2 c6 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bc1 Rfe8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Nec5 18. Nh4 g6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Bb2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 c5 23. Rd3 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 cxb4 25. axb4 Ne5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qe4 Qd6 28. Ne3 Rc8 29. Rd1 Qe6 30. Rc1 Nc6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. b5 Na5 33. Rd1 Nxc4 34. Nxc4 Rxc4 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rxh7 Rc5 38. h4 Rxb5 39. Rxa7 g5 40. h5 g4 41. h6 Rg5 42. Kf1 Rh5 43. Rg7 Kf5 44. h7 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Rh6 46. e3 b5 47. Kf1 Kf6 48. Rxg4 Rxh7 49. Ke2 Rb7 50. Kd3 b4 51. Rf4+ Kg5 52. Kc2 b3+ 53. Kb2 e5 54. Re4 Kf6 55. g4 Rb8 56. f3 Rh8 57. g5+ Kf5 58. Rg4 Kg6 59. Kxb3 Rh3 60. Kc4 Rxf3 61. Kd3 Rf8 62. Ke4 Re8 63. Rg1 Re7 64. Kd5 e4 65. Kd6 Re8 66. Rg2 Ra8 67. Ke5 Re8+ 68. Kf4 Re7 69. Rh2 Rf7+ 70. Kxe4 Kxg5 71. Rg2+ Kh5 72. Kd5 Rf8 73. e4 Rd8+ 74. Ke5 Re8+ 75. Kf4 Rf8+ 76. Ke3 Re8 77. Rg1 Kh4 78. e5 Kh5 79. Ke4 Kh6 80. Kd5 Kh7 81. e6 Rd8+ 82. Ke5 Rd2 83. e7 Re2+ 84. Kf6 Rf2+ 85. Ke6 Re2+ 86. Kf7 Rf2+ 87. Ke8 Rd2 88. Rg4 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "C99"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. Nf1 exd4 15. Nxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. e6 Bc5 19. exf7+ Qxf7 20. N2f3 Nc4 21. b3 Na3 22. Bb2 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Rac8 24. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch45"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2565"] [ECO "B96"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Qd2 h5 12. a4 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Kh1 Rc8 16. Qd4 Be7 17. Bf3 Qc5 18. Qd2 Bc6 19. Rfb1 a5 20. Qe2 Bd8 21. Rd1 Kf8 22. Rd3 h4 23. Bg4 Bb6 24. Nd5 exd5 25. Rc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Re8 27. Qd2 dxe4 28. Bd7 Bc5 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Qe2 f5 31. Rb1 Kg7 32. h3 Rb8 33. Rd1 Rb2 34. Kh2 Rh6 35. g4 hxg3+ 36. Kg2 Rh4 37. Kxg3 Rh6 38. h4 Rg6+ 39. Kh3 Rg4 40. Qd2 Rb8 41. Qe1 Rh8 42. c4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2545"] [ECO "C92"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. b3 Bg7 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nf1 c6 16. c4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nbd7 18. Be3 Rc8 19. a4 Nc5 20. N3d2 bxa4 21. b4 Nb3 22. Rxa4 Nd4 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Qb1 Nb8 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. b5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Rc7 28. Nc4 Bf8 29. Nb6 Rc3 30. Rd1 Re7 31. Qb4 Rec7 32. Qxd4 Rb3 33. Nd2 Bg7 34. Qe3 Rbc3 35. Qe2 Rc1 36. Ndc4 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Na6 38. Bc2 h5 39. Ra5 Rc5 40. Ra3 Rb5 41. Na4 Qc7 42. Bd3 Rb4 43. Rb3 Qb6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2580"] [ECO "D19"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rfc1 a6 16. Rc2 Nf8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Rc7 Qxa4 19. Rxb7 Re7 20. Rxe7 Bxe7 21. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2545"] [ECO "B08"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rfd1 Qc8 11. Qe1 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. Rd1 Qf8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2635"] [ECO "B15"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Bb3 Qd6 12. Qe2 Rae8 13. c3 Nd5 14. Ne5 Qd8 15. Bd2 Kh8 16. Rad1 f6 17. Ng4 Qc7 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Qf3 Bc8 20. Nf1 e5 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nd2 Bf5 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Rd8 25. Re1 Bf8 26. Nf3 Kg7 27. Qd2 g5 28. Qe2 Bd6 29. Bc2 Qd7 30. Bxf5 Qxf5 31. Nd2 Bf8 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Nxe4 Kg6 34. Kf1 h5 35. f3 f5 36. Nd2 c5 37. Nb3 cxd4 38. Nxd4 Bg7 39. Ne6 Rd7 40. h4 Rd2 41. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Spassky, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2630"] [ECO "B81"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3 Be7 9. Rg1 a6 10. Be2 O-O 11. f4 Re8 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. f5 Ne5 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. f6 Bf8 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. h4 Qb7 22. h5 Bxe4 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. g6 Rc7 26. fxg7 Bxg7 27. h6 hxg6 28. hxg7 Qf4 29. Bd3 Kxg7 30. Qg2 Rd8 31. Kb1 Rd4 32. Rf2 Qh6 33. Qg3 Rc5 34. Rgf1 f5 35. Rh2 Rg4 36. Qf2 Qf4 37. Qxc5 Qxh2 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh6 43. Qf6 Kh7 44. Ka2 Qg2 45. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Gulko, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2530"] [ECO "D86"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Qd7 9. O-O b6 10. e5 Bb7 11. Nf4 e6 12. Qg4 c5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfd8 16. h4 Rac8 17. h5 Nb4 18. Bb3 Be4 19. h6 Bf5 20. Qg3 Bh8 21. Nh5 Kf8 22. Nf4 Bc2 23. Bd2 a5 24. Bxb4+ axb4 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Qxb4+ Kg8 28. a4 Rc4 29. Qb5 Kf8 30. Ne2 Rd5 31. Qb3 Ke8 32. Rb1 Rd8 33. Rfd1 Rc2 34. Rbc1 Rc8 35. Rxc2 Qxc2 36. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2545"] [ECO "C92"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. b3 Bg7 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nf1 c6 16. c4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nbd7 18. Be3 Rc8 19. a4 Nc5 20. N3d2 bxa4 21. b4 Nb3 22. Rxa4 Nd4 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Qb1 Nb8 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. b5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Rc7 28. Nc4 Bf8 29. Nb6 Rc3 30. Rd1 Re7 31. Qb4 Rec7 32. Qxd4 Rb3 33. Nd2 Bg7 34. Qe3 Rbc3 35. Qe2 Rc1 36. Ndc4 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Na6 38. Bc2 h5 39. Ra5 Rc5 40. Ra3 Rb5 41. Na4 Qc7 42. Bd3 Rb4 43. Rb3 Qb6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch43"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2540"] [ECO "A30"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. b3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. h3 Rfe8 14. Rc1 Bf8 15. Kh2 Rad8 16. Rc2 Qb8 17. Rce2 Nc5 18. Kg1 Qa8 19. Ba1 Qb8 20. Re3 Qc7 21. Qb1 Ncd7 22. Bb2 Ne5 23. Qc2 Ned7 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Kh1 Rcd8 26. Nc2 Rc8 27. f4 Nb8 28. Rc1 Red8 29. Ne1 h6 30. Nd3 Nbd7 31. Kh2 Be7 32. h4 Nh7 33. Nd1 Bf6 34. Nc3 Bd4 35. Nd5 exd5 36. Bxd4 dxe4 37. Nf2 Nhf6 38. Nxe4 Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Re8 40. Bf3 Rxe3 41. Qxe3 Re8 42. Qc3 Ne4 43. Qb2 f5 44. Re1 Ndc5 45. Qc2 Qe7 46. Qd1 Qe6 47. Re3 a5 48. Kg2 Re7 49. Bb2 Kh7 50. Be2 Qf7 51. a3 Nf6 52. Rxe7 Qxe7 53. Bf3 Ng4 54. Bd4 Ne3+ 55. Bxe3 Qxe3 56. Qd5 Qe6 57. Qxe6 Nxe6 58. h5 Nd4 59. Bd1 g5 60. hxg6+ Kxg6 61. Kf2 Kf6 62. Ke3 Ne6 63. Bc2 Ng7 64. Bd1 Ne6 65. b4 axb4 66. axb4 Nc7 67. Kd4 Ke6 68. Bb3 Kf6 69. Ba4 Ke6 70. Bc6 Ke7 71. Bb7 Kd7 72. Kd3 Ne6 73. Ke3 Kd8 74. Bg2 Ke7 75. Bd5 Nc7 76. Bb7 Kd7 77. Kf3 Ne6 78. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch43"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2540"] [ECO "A30"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 d6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Be7 11. e4 Qc7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. b3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Ne2 Ne5 18. Qe3 Qb7 19. Red1 Red8 20. Nd4 Rac8 21. Bb2 Bf6 22. Qe2 Nd7 23. f3 Nc5 24. Rc2 h6 25. Rcd2 Bg5 26. Rc2 Bf6 27. Rcd2 Bg5 28. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius zt"] [Site "Vilnius"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Gulko, Boris"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2480"] [BlackElo "2540"] [ECO "E42"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Qa5 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. Rc3 Qa6 18. f4 g6 19. g4 Ne7 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Re3 Nc6 22. f5 e5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. dxe5 Rad8 25. Nd6 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxe5 27. Ref2 Re7 28. g5 Ne5 29. Rd2 Nc4 30. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch43"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Gulko, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2480"] [ECO "B60"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Be3 Qxb2 8. Ndb5 Qb4 9. Bd2 Nxe4 10. Rb1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc5 12. Qd2 Kd8 13. Be2 e5 14. Bb2 Qb4 15. c3 Qf4 16. Qd1 Bf5 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6+ Kc8 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Qa3 Qd2+ 21. Kf1 Bd3 22. Bxd3 Qxd3+ 23. Ke1 Kc7 24. h3 Qe4+ 25. Kf1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch42"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2540"] [ECO "B52"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 Qg4 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. Qxg4 Nxg4 11. Nf3 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. h3 Nf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. Bf4 Rf8 17. Bh2 O-O-O 18. Rd1 Bc7 19. Ke2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nh5 21. Ke3 g5 22. b3 a5 23. g4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Nf3 h6 26. a4 b6 27. Nd2 Be5 28. f3 Rf8 29. Ne4 Kc7 30. Rh1 Bf4+ 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rxh4 Ke7 34. Nf2 Rd8 35. Nd3 Bg5 36. Rh1 e5 37. Rd1 Ke6 38. Nf2 Rd4 39. Ne4 Bf4 40. Rd3 Bg5 41. Rd1 Bf4 42. Nc3 Bg5 43. Nd5 Bd8 44. Rh1 Bg5 45. Rd1 Bd8 46. Rd3 Kf7 47. Nc3 Be7 48. Nb5 e4 49. Re3 Rd7 50. Rxe4 Bf6 51. f4 Bg7 52. f5 Kf6 53. Re6+ Kg5 54. Kf3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch42"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Gulko, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2435"] [ECO "E45"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. Ng3 h5 7. h4 Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. e4 d6 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Nf1 e5 15. d5 Na5 16. a4 Ba6 17. Ne3 Ng8 18. Bc1 Ne7 19. Ra2 Kc7 20. g3 g6 21. f4 f5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Rf2 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxc4 25. Rf7 Rhf8 26. Qf3 Rxf7 27. Qxf7 Kb8 28. Nxc4 Nxc4 29. Bg5 Nxd5 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Bxg6 Nxc3 32. O-O e4 33. Bxh5 Rd3 34. Bf4+ Kb7 35. Re1 Kc6 36. Be2 Nxe2+ 37. Rxe2 e3 38. h5 Kd5 39. h6 Ke4 40. Kg2 a6 41. h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B67"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. g4 Bc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qf4 Rc8 19. Nc1 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Bf4 Rc6 22. Nb3 f6 23. Bh3 Nc5 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Bg5 Nxb3 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2560"] [ECO "A14"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 c5 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxd5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. d3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Qb2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Spassky, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2660"] [ECO "C95"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. Qc1 d5 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bf6 Bxf6 22. exf6 Qe6 23. Nh5 e3 24. Rxe3 Qd5 25. Nf4 Qg5 26. Rg3 Qxf6 27. Nh5 Qe5 28. Qh6 Re6 29. Rg5 Qh8 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Kh2 Rae8 32. Rd3 Rd6 33. Rxd6 cxd6 34. Rg3 Re2 35. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2655"] [ECO "A30"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qf4 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. Qxb8 Raxb8 12. Bf4 Rbc8 13. Nb5 d5 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Rfd8 16. cxd5 Rxd6 17. dxc6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxc6 19. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-3teams"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B82"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bc4 O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb3 c5 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. b3 c4 17. Qxc4 Qc8 18. O-O Qxc4 19. bxc4 Rb4 20. Bxa7 Ra8 21. Be3 Rxc4 22. Nb5 Ra5 23. a4 Rxe4 24. Bd2 Raxa4 25. Nc3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rc4 27. Ra8+ Kf7 28. Ra7 h6 29. Nb5 Ne4 30. Ba5 Kf6 31. Rc7 Bc5+ 32. Kh2 Kg6 33. Be1 Rxc2 34. Nc3 Bd4 35. Nb5 Rb2 36. Na3 Ra2 37. Bb4 Ra1 38. g4 Rf1 39. Rc2 Rf3 40. Nc4 Ng5 41. Bd6 Rxh3+ 42. Kg2 Rc3 43. Rxc3 Bxc3 44. Nxe5+ Bxe5 45. Bxe5 Nf7 46. Bc3 e5 47. Bb4 Kf6 48. Kf2 Ng5 49. Ke3 Nh7 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Ba3 Nf6 52. Bf8 Kf7 53. Bc5 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Moscow-3teams"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B84"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. f4 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. O-O e5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Kh1 Be7 15. Nf5 O-O 16. Rad1 Nc4 17. Bd4 Rce8 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. Qg3 g6 20. Be3 Kh8 21. Bh6 Rg8 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Bg5 Qe6 24. Qf2 Nfd7 25. Qd4 f6 26. Bf4 Nc4 27. b3 Nxa3 28. Qa7 Bc8 29. Rxd6 Qf7 30. Rfd1 Re7 31. Nd5 Re6 32. Nb6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Nxc2 34. Nxc8 Rg7 35. Nb6 Nc5 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C92"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. N1h2 c5 14. Ng4 Ng6 15. a4 Be7 16. Bc2 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Ne3 Bg5 20. Qe2 c4 21. Rd1 Bc6 22. Rd6 Bxe3 23. Bxe3 Qc7 24. Rad1 Rfe8 25. b3 cxb3 26. Bxb3 Nf8 27. Qh5 Re7 28. Bg5 Re6 29. Bd8 Qb7 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. a5 h6 32. Qxe5 b4 33. cxb4 Ba4 34. Rb6 Qc8 35. Rd3 Nxd8 36. Rg3 f6 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qxf6+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Spassky, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C95"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. Qc1 c5 17. d5 Nb6 18. Bh6 Nfd7 19. b3 a5 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 Ba6 22. Nf1 Rb8 23. N1h2 Nf6 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Bc8 26. Nh2 Bd7 27. f3 Qe7 28. Nf1 Rb7 29. g3 Bxh6 30. Qxh6 f6 31. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch40"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2625"] [ECO "E09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Nbd2 c5 11. e4 dxc4 12. bxc4 cxd4 13. e5 d3 14. Qxd3 Nxe5 15. Qc2 Qd3 16. Qa4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxd2 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxa6 Bxa1 20. Bxa8 Bd4 21. Bf3 g6 22. Qxa7 Rd8 23. Kg2 Bc5 24. Qc7 Rd6 25. a4 Qa2 26. Qb7 Qxa4 27. Be2 Qc2 28. Qf3 Rd2 29. Re1 Kg7 30. Kf1 Bd4 31. h4 h5 32. Kg2 e5 33. Kf1 Bc5 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Qxc4+ 36. Be2 Qd4 37. Kg2 e4 38. Qf4 Qd5 39. Kf1 Bd6 40. Qe3 Bc5 41. Qc3+ Bd4 42. Qc4 Qe5 43. Kg2 Bc5 44. Bd1 Qf6 45. Qe2 Qd4 46. Bc2 f5 47. Bb3 b5 48. Bc2 b4 49. Bb3 Qc3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch39"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "B61"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 e6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bc6 13. Bb5 Nd5 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. a3 h6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Ne4 b5 19. Kb1 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. g4 h5 22. h3 Be7 23. Rhg1 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch39"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "B18"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Qf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne2 Bg6 8. Bf4 Ndf6 9. Ng5 Nd5 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Nh6 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. h4 Qd7 15. g3 O-O-O 16. c4 Nb6 17. Ba5 Nxc4 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Nc3 Bxg5+ 20. hxg5 Nf5 21. Qe2 Nb6 22. g4 Nxd4 23. Qe5 Nf3 24. Qxg7 Qe7 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Qf6 Nxg5 27. Qh8+ Kd7 28. f4 Nf3 29. Rh3 Qc5 30. Rxf3 Qg1+ 31. Nd1 1-0

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2620"] [ECO "A53"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 e5 5. e4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Be6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Qe3 Nb4 9. Nd5 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. Bc3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 O-O 15. Ne2 Re8 16. O-O c6 17. Ndf4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qc5 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Nf8 21. Rd2 f5 22. Ng3 Qe5 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Rcd1 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Nc5 26. exf5 Re3 27. Rc2 Rde8 28. h4 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kh2 Kf7 31. fxg6+ hxg6 32. Kh3 a5 33. Rd2 Re3 34. Rxd6 Rxc3 35. h5 gxh5 36. Nxh5 Rxc4 37. g4 Ke7 38. Rf6 Ne6 39. f4 Ng7 40. f5 Nxh5 41. Re6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "E62"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2 c6 9. O-O cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Rb1 Rc8 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc4 14. b3 Ne5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. a4 Ng4 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Qd4 Kg7 22. e3 Qc5 23. Qb2 Qb4 24. Rfd1 Rc3 25. Bf1 Bf5 26. Rd4 Qc5 27. Rbd1 Rc2 28. Qa1 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. g4 Bd7 31. Rb4 Rb8 32. Rdd4 b6 33. Ba6 Rc5 34. Rbc4 Bc8 35. Bxc8 Rbxc8 36. Kf1 a6 37. Ke2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch39"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "D95"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Be1 c6 13. a4 a5 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Na2 Ne4 16. Rab1 Qe6 17. b4 axb4 18. Nxb4 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nd3 Bc6 21. Nf4 Qd6 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 d4 24. Ne2 Rac8 25. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "C93"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Nh2 d5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. f4 Qh4 20. Nhf1 Ndc5 21. Qf3 Nxg3 22. Qxg3 Be7 23. Be3 Qxg3 24. Nxg3 Bh4 25. Kh2 Bxg3+ 26. Kxg3 Ne4+ 27. Bxe4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch39"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "B61"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 e6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bc6 13. Bb5 Nd5 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. a3 h6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Ne4 b5 19. Kb1 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. g4 h5 22. h3 Be7 23. Rhg1 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "E42"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 d5 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Nfxd5 Bg5 13. f4 Re8+ 14. Be2 Bh4+ 15. Kf1 Nc6 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Bf3 Na5 18. g3 Nc4 19. Qf2 Be7 20. Kg2 Bf8 21. Rhe1 Rc8 22. Ne3 Nxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Qd7 24. h4 Red8 25. Kh2 Bb3 26. Rd2 Re8 27. Bg2 Be6 28. Qe1 Re7 29. d5 Rd8 30. d6 Ree8 31. f5 Bxf5 32. Re7 Rc8 33. Rxd7 Rxe1 34. Rxb7 Rd8 35. Rxa7 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Bxd6 37. Ra8+ Bf8 38. a4 g6 39. Bd5 Rc1 40. a5 Rc2+ 41. Kh1 Kg7 42. Ra7 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Bc5 45. Rxf7+ Kh8 46. g4 Bd3 47. Ne4 Bxe4+ 48. Kxe4 Rxb2 49. Rc7 Rb4+ 50. Kf3 Bg1 51. g5 h6 52. h5 Rb5 53. Rc8+ Kg7 54. Rc7+ Kh8 55. Rd7 Rxa5 56. Rd8+ Kg7 57. Rd7+ Kh8 58. hxg6 Rxd5 59. Rxd5 hxg5 60. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "E80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 c6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 h6 11. Be3 a6 12. Ng3 h5 13. Bd3 Nh7 14. O-O O-O 15. a4 Nc5 16. b4 Qxb4 17. a5 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Nb3 19. Qb2 Qd4+ 20. Rf2 Nxa1 21. Bxf8 h4 22. Nge2 1-0

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "C93"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Nh2 d5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. f4 Qh4 20. Nhf1 Ndc5 21. Qf3 Nxg3 22. Qxg3 Be7 23. Be3 Qxg3 24. Nxg3 Bh4 25. Kh2 Bxg3+ 26. Kxg3 Ne4+ 27. Bxe4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Spassky, Boris"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "A75"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Bg5 a6 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. f4 Qc7 15. Rae1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. f5 e4 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Ndxe4 Kg7 21. Kh1 Re5 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. g3 Rf5 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Nxf6 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Nxf6 27. Qe6 f4 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 fxg3 30. Qg4+ Kf6 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. d6 Qf7 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch38 Riga"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B92"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bb3 Bf8 17. Nf1 Bc6 18. f3 b5 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Kh1 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Qb7 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qa5 Rdb8 24. Nc3 Ra7 25. Nc4 Ne8 26. Ba4 Be7 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. b3 Nc7 29. Nd5 Bd8 30. Nxc7 Bxc7 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Rd8 33. Ra2 Kf8 34. b4 Ke7 35. g4 Raa8 36. Rd1 a5 37. Rda1 d5 38. Ne3 dxe4 39. fxe4 Rd2 40. c3 Rxa2 41. Rxa2 Kd6 42. Kg2 Kc6 43. Kf3 Kb5 44. Nd5 Bd8 45. Ke2 Kc4 46. Ra3 Ra7 47. h3 g6 48. Ne3+ Kb5 49. Kd3 Rd7+ 50. Nd5 axb4 51. cxb4 f5 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch38 Riga"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B92"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bb3 Bf8 17. Nf1 Bc6 18. f3 b5 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Kh1 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Qb7 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qa5 Rdb8 24. Nc3 Ra7 25. Nc4 Ne8 26. Ba4 Be7 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. b3 Nc7 29. Nd5 Bd8 30. Nxc7 Bxc7 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Rd8 33. Ra2 Kf8 34. b4 Ke7 35. g4 Raa8 36. Rd1 a5 37. Rda1 d5 38. Ne3 dxe4 39. fxe4 Rd2 40. c3 Rxa2 41. Rxa2 Kd6 42. Kg2 Kc6 43. Kf3 Kb5 44. Nd5 Bd8 45. Ke2 Kc4 46. Ra3 Ra7 47. h3 g6 48. Ne3+ Kb5 49. Kd3 Rd7+ 50. Nd5 axb4 51. cxb4 f5 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch38 Riga"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "19"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qd2 c5 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. f3 Rb8 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rb4 17. a3 Rd4 18. Qe3 Rb8 19. Kh1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 a5 21. Qc3 Qb7 22. Kg1 a4 23. Ne3 Qb5 24. Bg3 Ra8 25. Rd1 Qa5 26. Be1 Qxc3 27. Bxc3 Bb5 28. Ng4 Kf8 29. Nf2 Bc6 30. Ne4 Rb8 31. Kf2 Bd5 32. Ke3 Ke8 33. Rd2 Ra8 34. Rd1 Kd8 35. Rd2 Kc8 36. Rd1 Kb7 37. h4 h5 38. g3 Kc6 39. Re1 Rf8 40. f4 Rb8 41. Rd1 Rf8 42. Nd2 f6 43. Rf1 Bd8 44. Rf2 Bc7 45. Nf1 Bb6 46. Rd2 fxe5 47. Bxe5 Rf7 48. Ke2 d6 49. Bc3 Bc4+ 50. Ke1 Bxf1 51. Kxf1 e5 52. Kg2 e4 53. Re2 d5 54. Be5 Bc7 55. Bxc7 Rxc7 56. Kf1 Rb7 57. c3 Kb5 58. Rc2 Kc4 59. Ke2 Rb3 60. Ke3 d4+ 61. Kxe4 dxc3 62. bxc3 Rxa3 63. g4 hxg4 64. Rg2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Skopje"] [Site "Skopje"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C11"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Be2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Bf3 Bf5 17. Rde1 Qf6 18. Re5 Rfe8 19. g4 Bh7 20. Bxb7 Rad8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. g5 Qe6 23. Bd5 Qg4 24. Bc4 h5 25. b3 Bf5 26. Kb2 Be6 27. Re1 Rf8 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qd6 Qxh4 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Re4 Qg4 32. Qg6 h4 33. Re7 Rg8 34. Qf7 Qd1 35. Rd7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch37"] [Site "URS"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mikhail"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B96"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 Nc5 12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. h3 O-O 18. Nd4 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Ne6 20. Nc6 Nf4 21. Qf2 Bd7 22. h4 Qg4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. g3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rae8 26. Nxd5 Rxe5 27. Nf4 Bf5 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. Kc1 b4 30. Rc7 Ra5 31. a3 bxa3 32. b4 a2 33. Kb2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch37"] [Site "URS"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A49"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qc1 a5 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. e3 a4 16. Rd1 c6 17. Rd4 Be6 18. bxa4 Ra7 19. a3 Rfa8 20. Rb1 Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Rxb7 Qc3 23. Qb2 Qxb2 24. Rxb2 c5 25. Kf1 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch37"] [Site "URS"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C96"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bf8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bd4 Nd7 19. Nf1 Nc5 20. Qg4 Qc8 1/2-1/2