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| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Geller vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1976 |
Moscow URS ch | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 2. Karpov vs Balashov |
 | 1-0 | 43 |
1976 |
Moscow URS ch | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 3. Parma vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1977 |
Moscow ETC | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 4. Tseshkovsky vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1980 |
Sochi | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 5. Psakhis vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 60 |
1980 |
Vilnius URS ch | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 6. Kasparov vs Balashov |
 | ½-½ | 88 |
1982 |
Kislovodsk | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 7. Tseshkovsky vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 41 |
1982 |
Minsk | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 8. A Kuzmin vs Balashov |
 | 1-0 | 42 |
1982 |
Minsk | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 9. Spassky vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 38 |
1982 |
Toluca izt | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 10. Psakhis vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 37 |
1983 |
Moscow URS ch | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 11. A Sokolov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 45 |
1984 |
Lvov URS ch | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 12. Dolmatov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1988 |
Nabereznye Chelny | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 13. K Aseev vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1988 |
URS-FL56 Klaipeda | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 14. Akopian vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1988 |
URS-OT56 Uzhgorod | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 15. Smirin vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 73 |
1989 |
Odessa URS ch | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 16. A Sokolov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1989 |
Odessa URS ch | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 17. Dolmatov vs Balashov |
| 1-0 | 64 |
1989 |
Odessa URS ch | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 18. W Watson vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 13 |
1989 |
Reykjavik | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 19. K Mokry vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1989 |
Trnava-A | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 20. V Malaniuk vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 13 |
1990 |
Lvov zt | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 21. G Timoshenko vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 39 |
1990 |
Podolsk | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 22. R Tischbierek vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 13 |
1990 |
Warsaw | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 23. Sznapik vs Balashov |
 | 0-1 | 68 |
1990 |
Warsaw | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 24. A Kovalev vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 57 |
1991 |
Azov URS ch tt | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 25. A Kveinys vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1991 |
Miedzybrodzie | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
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