| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. L Alster vs Balashov |
| 1-0 | 32 |
1968 |
Moskva/Praha 5/547 | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 2. V Tukmakov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 36 |
1970 |
Riga | E16 Queen's Indian |
| 3. P Peev vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1970 |
Kapfenberg ETC | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 4. K Grigorian vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 40 |
1971 |
Leningrad URS ch | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 5. Shamkovich vs Balashov |
| 1-0 | 49 |
1972 |
Moscow | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 6. Najdorf vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1973 |
Wijk aan Zee | E14 Queen's Indian |
| 7. Vaganian vs Balashov |
 | 1-0 | 38 |
1974 |
Leningrad | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 8. K Grigorian vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 72 |
1975 |
Vilnius | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 9. Ribli vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1976 |
Manila izt | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 10. Hort vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1976 |
Manila | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 11. Bagirov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1977 |
URS-ch 24/572 | E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 |
| 12. Browne vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1977 |
Lone Pine op | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 13. Ulf Andersson vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 18 |
1977 |
It (cat.14), Tilburg (Netherlands) | E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 |
| 14. Gulko vs Balashov |
| 1-0 | 88 |
1977 |
Leningrad URS ch | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 15. Hort vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 15 |
1978 |
Bugojno | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 16. Bagirov vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 32 |
1978 |
3, Lvov zt | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 17. V Dydyshko vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1979 |
Moscow | E15 Queen's Indian |
| 18. Tal vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 23 |
1979 |
Minsk URS ch | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 19. Geller vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 19 |
1980 |
Lone Pine op | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 20. Kaufman vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1980 |
Lone Pine | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 21. Karpov vs Balashov |
 | 0-1 | 85 |
1980 |
USSR 30/607 | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 22. Bronstein vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 38 |
1980 |
USSR 29/524 | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 23. I Farago vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1980 |
Sochi | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 24. Petrosian vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1981 |
Moscow INT | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
| 25. Rashkovsky vs Balashov |
 | ½-½ | 13 |
1982 |
Moscow ch | E17 Queen's Indian |