[Event "Amazons' Pride Blitz 2021"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.10.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Tazetdinova, Adelya"] [Black "Balaian, Ali"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "1451"] [BlackElo "2242"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French"] [Variation "advance variation"] [EventDate "2021.10.23"] [WhiteFideId "24283053"] [BlackFideId "24115347"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. b3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd4 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Rfc1 Nh4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Nf4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rc6 20. Rxc6 Qxc6 21. h3 Rc8 22. Rd1 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Ra1 h6 25. a4 Rb2 26. Ra3 Nf5 27. Nd3 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Nd4 29. b4 Nc2 30. Nc5 Nxa3 0-1

[Event "Amazons' Pride Blitz 2021"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.10.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Balaian, Ali"] [Black "Singha Swati"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "2242"] [BlackElo "1438"] [ECO "C30"] [Opening "King's gambit"] [EventDate "2021.10.23"] [WhiteFideId "24115347"] [BlackFideId "45013004"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5 Bg4 5. O-O Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. g4 Nxg4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. d3 h5 11. Qe1 Rh6 12. f5 Rh7 13. Qh4 Be7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Nc3 O-O-O 17. b4 Rg8 18. Kf2 g6 19. fxg6 Rxg6 20. Ke2 f5 21. Qh2 f4 22. Bxa7 Rhg7 23. Qf2 c5 24. bxc5 Bxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rg3 26. Qxh5 Re3+ 27. Kd2 Rg2+ 28. Kc1 Qc6 29. Rb1 Rg8 30. Qf5+ Kd8 31. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "Amazons' Pride Blitz 2021"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.10.23"] [Round "4"] [White "Balaian, Ali"] [Black "Nikolova, A"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [BlackTitle "WGM"] [WhiteElo "2242"] [BlackElo "2226"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"] [EventDate "2021.10.23"] [WhiteFideId "24115347"] [BlackFideId "2908689"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b5 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Nh3 Qh4+ 9. Nf2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. g3 Qd8 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bxb5 O-O 14. f4 Qc7 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. a4 a6 17. Be2 Nb6 18. Ba3 Re8 19. a5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Ne4 Rd8 22. Nc5 Ne7 23. Bc1 Nd5 24. Bd2 Bb7 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. f5 exf5 27. Qxf5 g6 28. Qf3 Rb2 29. Qe4 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Nxe7 31. Bg5 Rd7 32. Rf2 Kg7 33. Bf6+ Kh6 34. Re1 Nd5 35. Be5 f5 36. h4 Nxc3 37. Kg2 Nd5 38. Kh3 c3 39. g4 fxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Rb5 41. Bg3 Rb4 42. Be5 Ra4 43. Rf8 Rxa5 44. Rh8 Rb5 45. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Amazons' Pride Blitz 2021"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.10.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Hejazipour, M"] [Black "Balaian, Ali"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "WGM"] [BlackTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "2319"] [BlackElo "2242"] [ECO "A44"] [Opening "Old Benoni defence"] [EventDate "2021.10.23"] [WhiteFideId "12505951"] [BlackFideId "24115347"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Be7 5. g3 Bg5 6. Bg2 Bxc1 7. Qxc1 Nh6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. f4 Nd7 11. Qd2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Ng5 Qb6 14. Ne6 Rf7 15. Kh1 Nf8 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. g4 Nd6 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Rf1+ Kg8 21. Qg5 Nf7 22. Qe7 Bf5 23. Rxf5 Nd6 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Rxe5 h6 26. Ng3 Re8 27. Qxe8+ Nxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kh7 29. Be4+ g6 30. Re6 Qxb2 31. Bxg6+ Kg8 32. Nh5 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qd2+ 34. Kh3 Qc3+ 35. Kh4 Qe1+ 36. Rxe1 1-0

[Event "Amazons' Pride Blitz 2021"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.10.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Divya, Deshmukh"] [Black "Balaian, Ali"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [BlackTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "2305"] [BlackElo "2242"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French"] [Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"] [EventDate "2021.10.23"] [WhiteFideId "35006916"] [BlackFideId "24115347"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O Nf5 8. Bxf5 exf5 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Ng3 g5 13. Nh5 h6 14. h4 f4 15. Nh2 Qd7 16. b3 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qh5 Qg7 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Rh6 24. Rfe1 Nxd4 25. Bb2 Rf8 26. Rad1 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Qxb2 28. Rxd5 Rg6 29. Rxg5 Rxg5 30. Qxg5+ Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Kg2 Rf7 33. Kh3 Kg6 34. Kg4 Rg7 35. Kxf4 Rf7+ 36. Kg4 Kf6 37. Re4 Rg7+ 38. Kf4 Rh7 39. Ke3 Kf5 40. Rf4+ Ke5 41. Re4+ Kf5 42. Rc4 b6 43. Rd4 Re7+ 44. Re4 Rh7 45. f4 Rh3+ 46. Kd4 Rf3 47. Re7 Rxf2 48. Rxa7 Kxf4 49. Rf7+ Kg3 50. Rxf2 Kxf2 51. Kc4 Ke3 52. Kb5 Kd4 53. Kxb6 Kc3 54. a4 Kb4 55. a5 Kxb3 56. a6 Kb4 57. a7 Kc4 58. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Amazons' Pride Blitz 2021"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.10.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Balaian, Ali"] [Black "Debapriya Manna"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "2242"] [BlackElo "1268"] [ECO "B24"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "closed"] [EventDate "2021.10.23"] [WhiteFideId "24115347"] [BlackFideId "25679104"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. h3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. f4 Nd4 10. Nd1 d5 11. c3 Nc6 12. e5 Nd7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 e6 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. O-O O-O 17. Nf2 a5 18. a3 Ba6 19. Rfc1 Qe7 20. g4 f5 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Nh1 Kh8 23. Ng3 b5 24. Kh2 Nb6 25. b3 a4 26. Qb2 axb3 27. Qxb3 Nc4 28. Bf2 Bh6 29. a4 b4 30. Ne2 N6a5 31. Qb1 Na3 32. Qb2 Bxe2 33. Qxe2 Bxf4+ 34. Bg3 Bxc1 35. Bh4 Qg7 36. Bf6 Rxf6 37. exf6 Qxf6 38. Ne5 Bf4+ 39. Kh1 Nb3 40. Qa6 Rg8 41. Re1 Nxd4 42. Nd7 Qg6 43. Rg1 Be3 44. Ne5 Qg7 45. Qa7 Qxa7 0-1

[Event "Amazons' Pride Blitz 2021"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2021.10.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Balaian, Ali"] [Black "Danielian, E"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2242"] [BlackElo "2450"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc"] [Variation "Ufimtsev-Pytel variation"] [EventDate "2021.10.23"] [WhiteFideId "24115347"] [BlackFideId "13300210"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bb4 11. Bd2 exf4 12. Qxf4 O-O 13. Rae1 Qe5 14. Qh4 Bd6 15. Bf4 Qd4+ 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Bg5 Be5 18. Rf5 Rae8 19. Ref1 Qxb2 20. Ne2 b5 21. Nf4 Qxa2 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 Qe6 25. Qh4 Nc5 26. Rf6 Qd7 27. Bf4 Nxd3 28. c3 Nxf4 29. Rxf4 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qd6 31. Qg3 Rfe8 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. g3 a5 0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.15"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Getman, Tatyana"] [Black "Balaian, Ali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "WFM"] [BlackTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "2198"] [BlackElo "2242"] [ECO "A44"] [Opening "Semi-Benoni ('blockade variation')"] [EventDate "2021.10.15"] [WhiteFideId "34166146"] [BlackFideId "24115347"] [WhiteTeam "SShOR po shakhmatam i shashkam - 2 (Sankt-P"] [BlackTeam "SShOR po shakhmatam i shashkam - 1 (Sankt-P"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 a6 6. a4 f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Be3 Nf6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nh4 Be4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nf3 Ng5 14. Nd2 Nf7 15. Bg4 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Nxg5 17. h4 Nf7 18. Be6 Nf6 19. Nf3 Kh8 20. Ng5 Qa5+ 21. c3 Nd8 22. Bf5 h6 23. Bc2 c4 24. Ne4 Nxd5 25. Qg4 Nf4 26. Nxd6 Qd5 27. Ne4 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Nd2 Ne6 30. Qe4 Qxe4+ 31. Nxe4 Rad8 32. Rd1 b5 33. a5 b4 34. O-O bxc3 35. bxc3 Rd5 36. f3 Rfd8 37. Ra1 Nc5 38. Nxc5 Rxc5 39. Ra3 Rdc8 40. Rc1 d2 41. Rd1 Rxc3 42. Rxc3 Rxc3 43. Rxd2 Rc5 44. Ra2 Kg8 45. Kf2 Kf7 46. g4 Ke6 47. Kg3 g6 48. Rb2 Kd5 49. Rb6 Rc6 50. Rb8 Rc5 51. Rb6 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.15"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Balaian, Ali"] [Black "Nasyrova, Ekaterina"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [BlackTitle "WFM"] [WhiteElo "2242"] [BlackElo "2091"] [ECO "C36"] [Opening "KGA"] [Variation "Abbazia defence, modern variation"] [EventDate "2021.10.15"] [WhiteFideId "24115347"] [BlackFideId "44157797"] [WhiteTeam "SShOR po shakhmatam i shashkam - 1 (Sankt-P"] [BlackTeam "Ladya (Respublika Tatarstan)"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Bg4 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. Bb3 Re8 10. c4 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 g6 14. Nc3 a6 15. Ba4 Re7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Qf3 h6 19. Nh3 g5 20. Nf2 Rae8 21. h3 h5 22. Bd2 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Qd1 Kg7 25. Nh1 Nh5 26. Qa4 Be5 27. Qxd7 Bd4+ 28. Kh2 g3+ 29. Nxg3 fxg3+ 30. Kh1 Bxd7 31. Bg5 Rh8 32. Bh4 Nf6 33. Rf4 Bg4 34. Rxd4 Rxh4+ 35. Kg1 cxd4 36. d6 Rd7 37. c5 dxc3 38. bxc3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Rapid w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.15"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Kovanova, B"] [Black "Balaian, Ali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "WGM"] [BlackTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "2331"] [BlackElo "2242"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French"] [Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"] [EventDate "2021.10.15"] [WhiteFideId "4164083"] [BlackFideId "24115347"] [WhiteTeam "Yuzhnyy Ural - 1 (Chelyabinskaya oblast)"] [BlackTeam "SShOR po shakhmatam i shashkam - 1 (Sankt-P"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bxh6 gxh6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 f6 11. Bb5 fxe5 12. dxe5 Qb6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. a4 Be8 15. a5 Qc7 16. Nd4 Qf7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qg4 Bd7 19. Nf3 c5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Ra6 Rb7 26. b3 Rf6 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Rd1 Rxb3 29. h3 d4 30. Rc1 Rb5 31. a6 Ra5 32. Ne1 Bg5 33. Rd1 Rxa6 34. Nd3 Rc6 35. Ne5 Rc7 36. g3 Bf6 37. Nc4 Rb7 38. f4 Rb3 39. Kg2 Rc3 40. Nd6 Be7 41. Ne4 Re3 42. Nf2 Ra3 43. f5 Kf7 44. Rc1 d3 45. Ne4 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Rc2 47. Rb1 c4 48. Rb7 Ke8 49. f6 Ba3 50. f7+ Kf8 51. Nf6 Be7 52. Nd5 Re2 53. Ne3 Kxf7 54. Nxc4 Re6 55. Rxa7 Kf6 56. Rd7 Rc6 57. Ne3 Rd6 58. Rxe7 Kxe7 59. Nf5+ Ke6 60. Nxd6 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Blitz w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.14"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Balaian, Ali"] [Black "Zavivaeva, Evelina"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [BlackTitle "WCM"] [WhiteElo "2242"] [BlackElo "1521"] [ECO "C34"] [Opening "King's knight's gambit"] [EventDate "2021.10.14"] [WhiteFideId "24115347"] [BlackFideId "44127839"] [WhiteTeam "SShOR po shakhmatam i shashkam - 1 (Sankt-P"] [BlackTeam "FShNO (Nizhegorodskaya oblast)"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bxf4 Qe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Ba5 10. d5 Nce7 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nb5 Kd8 15. d6 cxd6 16. Nxd6 Bc7 17. Nxf7+ Kc8 18. Bxc7 Rf8 19. Ne5 Kxc7 20. Rxd7+ Kc8 21. Rxe7 Kb8 22. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Blitz w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.14"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Balaian, Ali"] [Black "Baraeva, I"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [BlackTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "2242"] [BlackElo "2223"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French"] [Variation "Two knights variation"] [EventDate "2021.10.14"] [WhiteFideId "24115347"] [BlackFideId "24142565"] [WhiteTeam "SShOR po shakhmatam i shashkam - 1 (Sankt-P"] [BlackTeam "Strimershi (Krasnodarskiy kray)"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Be2 c4 8. O-O Nf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Rc8 15. Nd1 Ne4 16. Rf3 a6 17. Nf2 Nb4 18. c4 Nxf2 19. Bxf2 b6 20. Rg3 Bf6 21. Be1 a5 22. Bc3 dxc4 23. bxc4 Qc7 24. d5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 f6 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Qd7 Rc7 29. Qg4 Qxc4 30. Re1 Nxd5 31. Bb2 Qb4 32. Re2 Qb5 33. Rd2 Ne7 34. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Blitz w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.14"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Elnikova, Milena"] [Black "Balaian, Ali"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "1412"] [BlackElo "2242"] [ECO "B14"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"] [EventDate "2021.10.14"] [WhiteFideId "54151503"] [BlackFideId "24115347"] [WhiteTeam "NIU BelGU (Belgorodskaya oblast)"] [BlackTeam "SShOR po shakhmatam i shashkam - 1 (Sankt-P"] 1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. c5 b6 7. cxb6 Qxb6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qa6 13. b3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. Rc1 Bf4 16. Rc2 Rxc2 17. Qxc2 Rc8 18. Qd1 Qc6 19. g3 Bd6 20. Qe2 h6 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qd1 Ndf6 24. Qc1 Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Ng4 26. Be3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bb4 28. Ne5 Bd2 29. Nf3 Bxe3+ 30. Kg2 Bc1 31. Nc5 Bb2 32. Nd7 g5 33. h3 Kg7 34. g4 Nd6 35. Nde5 Nb5 36. Nc6 a6 37. a4 Nd6 38. b4 Bc3 39. Nfe5 f6 40. Nd7 Kf7 41. Nc5 e5 42. dxe5 fxe5 43. Nxa6 d4 44. Nxe5+ Ke6 45. Nd3 Kd5 46. Nac5 Bxb4 47. Nxb4+ Kxc5 48. Nd3+ Kc4 49. Ne5+ Kb4 50. Kg3 Kxa4 51. h4 Kb3 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Nf3 Ne4+ 54. Kg2 Kc3 55. Kf1 Nd2+ 56. Nxd2 Kxd2 57. Kf2 d3 58. Kf3 Kc2 59. Ke4 d2 60. Kf5 d1=Q 61. Kxg5 Kd3 62. Kf6 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Balaian, Ali"] [Black "Nasybullina, Alfia"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [BlackTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "2242"] [BlackElo "2101"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"] [EventDate "2021.10.12"] [WhiteFideId "24115347"] [BlackFideId "4132416"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 Bb4 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 b6 12. g4 Ba6 13. Bg2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Rc8 16. Nb3 Bc4 17. Kd2 O-O 18. f5 Rc7 19. Rab1 Rfc8 20. Rb2 a6 21. h4 Na7 22. a4 Nc6 23. Bf3 Bxb3 24. cxb3 Nb4 25. Rhb1 Rc3 26. Be2 h6 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. g5 hxg5 29. Bxg5 Rg3 30. Be7 Nc6 31. Bxa6 Re8 32. Bd6 Nxd4 33. b4 Ra8 34. Bb5 Nxb5 35. axb5 Raa3 36. Rc2 Rae3 37. Re1 Rd3+ 38. Kc1 Ra3 39. Ree2 Ra1+ 40. Kb2 Rga3 41. Rg2 R1a2+ 42. Kc1 Rxc2+ 43. Rxc2 Re3 44. Rc6 d4 45. Kd2 Kh7 46. Bc7 Nxe5 47. Bxe5 Rxe5 48. Rxb6 Re3 49. Rd6 e5 50. Kc2 Rc3+ 51. Kb2 g6 52. Rd5 Re3 53. b6 Re2+ 54. Kb3 Re3+ 55. Ka4 Rf3 56. Rxe5 Rf6 57. Ka5 Rd6 58. b7 Rd8 59. Ka6 d3 60. Re1 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Balaian, Ali"] [Black "Kovalevskaya, E"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [WhiteElo "2242"] [BlackElo "2364"] [ECO "B32"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"] [EventDate "2021.10.12"] [WhiteFideId "24115347"] [BlackFideId "4116704"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Be3 Bg5 10. Nc2 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Nf6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rc1 Nd4 15. b3 b5 16. Bd3 Qa5 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Rfd1 Nf4 19. Bf1 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qd8 21. Qe3 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. bxc4 Qg5 24. g3 Nfe2+ 25. Kf1 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Nxc1 27. exd4 exd4 28. Rxd4 f5 29. e5 dxe5 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Rxc1 Rxc4 32. Ne2 Ra4 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Nc3 Ra5 35. Ke2 g5 36. Kd3 h5 37. Rc7+ Kg6 38. Rc6+ Kg7 39. Kc4 f4 40. Kd3 fxg3 41. hxg3 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Rc4 e4+ 44. Rxe4 Rh5 45. Re2 Kg6 46. Ke4 h3 47. Rh2 Kg5 48. Kf3 Kh4 49. Ne4 Rf5+ 50. Ke3 Ra5 51. Kf4 Ra4 52. Rd2 Ra5 53. Rc2 Rb5 54. Rc8 h2 55. Rh8+ Rh5 56. Rxh5+ Kxh5 57. Nf2 Kg6 58. Kg3 Kf5 59. Kxh2 Ke5 60. Nd3+ Kd4 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Lysenko, Margarita"] [Black "Balaian, Ali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "WFM"] [BlackTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "2252"] [BlackElo "2242"] [ECO "A44"] [Opening "Old Benoni defence"] [EventDate "2021.10.12"] [WhiteFideId "34100200"] [BlackFideId "24115347"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Balaian, Ali"] [Black "Chernyak, Viktoria"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [BlackTitle "WGM"] [WhiteElo "2242"] [BlackElo "2285"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"] [EventDate "2021.10.12"] [WhiteFideId "24115347"] [BlackFideId "24165956"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bf4 Ne7 6. Nh3 Ba6 7. Qd2 Bxf1 8. Rxf1 Ng6 9. Bg3 Be7 10. O-O-O a5 11. f4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. f5 exf5 14. Rxf5 Nd7 15. d5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. dxc6 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Ne7 19. Rb5 Nxc6 20. Rxb6 Rac8 21. Kb1 Rfe8 22. a3 h5 23. Nf4 h4 24. Bf2 Bg5 25. g3 Ne5 26. Re2 Ng4 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Nh3 Bh6 29. Bd4 Re1+ 30. Ka2 Re2 31. gxh4 Rxc2 32. Ng5 Kf8 33. Rb8+ Ke7 34. Rb7+ Kd6 35. Nxf7+ Kd5 36. Bc3 Bf4 37. h3 Nf2 38. Bxg7 Nd3 39. Rb5+ Ke6 40. Ng5+ Kd7 41. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "ch-RUS Rapid w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.13"] [Round "7.6"] [White "Dimitrova, Aleksandra"] [Black "Balaian, Ali"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "WIM"] [BlackTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "2197"] [BlackElo "2242"] [ECO "C19"] [Opening "French"] [Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation"] [EventDate "2021.10.12"] [WhiteFideId "24173371"] [BlackFideId "24115347"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qc7 9. Bd2 Qxc2 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qh6 Nbc6 12. Nf3 Qb2 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. O-O Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Rg8 0-1

[Event "ch-RUS Blitz w 2021"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2021.10.11"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Yakimova, Mariya"] [Black "Balaian, Ali"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "WFM"] [BlackTitle "WIM"] [WhiteElo "2219"] [BlackElo "2242"] [ECO "A44"] [Opening "Old Benoni defence"] [EventDate "2021.10.11"] [WhiteFideId "34188859"] [BlackFideId "24115347"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. e4 Be7 5. Nc3 Bg5 6. Bxg5 Qxg5 7. Qd2 Qe7 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qg5 Qf7 15. N2g3 Nb6 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Qxf5 Rxf5 18. Nxd6 Rf6 19. Nxb7 Nxc4 20. b3 Nb6 21. Rfd1 Rb8 22. Nxc5 Rd8 23. Ne4 Rf4 24. f3 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1 Nb6 27. Kf2 Rf8 28. Rc1 Rf7 29. Rc5 Re7 30. a4 Kf7 31. a5 Nd7 32. Rc7 Nb8 33. Nd6+ Ke6 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Nc8+ Kd7 36. Nxa7 Na6 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Nc8+ Kc7 39. Ne7 Kd7 40. Nf5 g6 41. Ng3 Kd6 42. Ne4+ Kd5 43. Nf6+ Kc5 44. Nxh7 Kb4 45. Ke4 Kxa5 46. Kxe5 Nc5 47. Nf8 g5 48. Ne6 Nxb3 49. Nxg5 Nd2 50. h4 Nc4+ 51. Kf6 Nd6 52. h5 1-0