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| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Keninger vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1964 |
Beverwijk | B56 Sicilian |
| 2. Kurajica vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 65 |
1966 |
Hastings | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
| 3. M Basman vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 66 |
1966 |
Hastings | B89 Sicilian |
| 4. Tal vs Balashov |
 | 0-1 | 33 |
1969 |
Moscow | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 5. Vasiukov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1969 |
Moscow URS ch | B53 Sicilian |
| 6. V Liberzon vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1969 |
Moscow URS ch | B50 Sicilian |
| 7. M Schoneberg vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 68 |
1970 |
Kapfenberg ETC | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 8. Karasev vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 53 |
1970 |
Riga URS ch | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 9. E Haag vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 80 |
1970 |
Kapfenberg ETC | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 10. V Liberzon vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 43 |
1970 |
Riga | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 11. Iversen vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 30 |
1970 |
? | B54 Sicilian |
| 12. Kotkov vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1970 |
Moscow-ch | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 13. Karpov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 53 |
1970 |
Riga | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 14. Doroshkievich vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 70 |
1970 |
Riga | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 15. Vasiukov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 45 |
1970 |
Skopje Solidarnost 4th | B89 Sicilian |
| 16. Suetin vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 48 |
1970 |
URS | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 17. R Byrne vs Balashov |
 | 1-0 | 29 |
1971 |
Moscow Ale mem | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 18. Bronstein vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 58 |
1971 |
Leningrad URS ch | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 19. Karpov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1971 |
Leningrad URS ch | B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 |
| 20. A Kapengut vs Balashov |
| 1-0 | 51 |
1971 |
Leningrad | B44 Sicilian |
| 21. Parma vs Balashov |
 | 1-0 | 22 |
1971 |
Moscow Ale mem | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 22. R G Eales vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 17 |
1972 |
Graz Stu tt | B56 Sicilian |
| 23. A Balshan vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 44 |
1972 |
Graz Stu tt | B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 |
| 24. Vasiukov vs Balashov |
| 1-0 | 61 |
1972 |
Baku URS ch | B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation |
| 25. O Dementiev vs Balashov |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1972 |
USSR 14/493 | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
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