| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Balashov vs V Liberzon |
| ½-½ | 38 |
1971 |
URS | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 2. Balashov vs Vasiukov |
| ½-½ | 56 |
1974 |
Leningrad URS ch | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 3. Balashov vs Karpov |
| ½-½ | 33 |
1977 |
Leningrad | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 4. Balashov vs Jansa |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1980 |
Sochi | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 5. Balashov vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1981 |
Moscow INT | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 6. Balashov vs H Ree |
| 1-0 | 29 |
1982 |
Wijk aan Zee | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 7. Balashov vs A Sokolov |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1985 |
Riga URS ch | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 8. Balashov vs K Spraggett |
| ½-½ | 46 |
1985 |
Taxco izt | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 9. Balashov vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 40 |
1986 |
Moscow | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 10. Balashov vs Ulf Andersson |
| ½-½ | 26 |
1987 |
It (a), Dortmund (Germany) | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 11. Balashov vs Taimanov |
| 1-0 | 55 |
1987 |
Leningrad | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |