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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Balashov vs Podgaets |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1966 |
Moscow | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
| 2. Balashov vs Mecking |
| 0-1 | 56 |
1966 |
Hastings | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 3. Balashov vs I Zaitsev |
| 0-1 | 38 |
1968 |
USSR 5/282 | C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) |
| 4. Balashov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1969 |
Moscow URS ch | C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 5. Balashov vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 48 |
1969 |
Moscow | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 6. Balashov vs M D Tseitlin |
| 1-0 | 39 |
1970 |
Riga URS ch | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
| 7. Balashov vs Antoshin |
| ½-½ | 41 |
1970 |
Riga | C87 Ruy Lopez |
| 8. Balashov vs Podgaets |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1970 |
USSR 10/351 | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 9. Balashov vs Kholmov |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1970 |
USSR 10/341 | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 10. Balashov vs M S Tseitlin |
 | 1-0 | 39 |
1971 |
URS | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
| 11. Balashov vs Y Nikolaevsky |
| 1-0 | 61 |
1971 |
Leningrad URS ch | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
| 12. Balashov vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1971 |
Leningrad URS ch | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
| 13. Balashov vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 24 |
1971 |
USSR 12/299 | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
| 14. Balashov vs R Hernandez |
| ½-½ | 66 |
1972 |
Graz Stu tt | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 15. Balashov vs Spassky |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1973 |
Sochi | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
| 16. Balashov vs E Gereben |
| 1-0 | 49 |
1973 |
Bath EUR ch tt | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 17. Balashov vs C Zuidema |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1973 |
Wijk aan Zee | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
| 18. Balashov vs Keres |
| 1-0 | 40 |
1973 |
Tallinn | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 19. Balashov vs Spassky |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1973 |
Tallinn | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
| 20. Balashov vs Romanishin |
| 1-0 | 41 |
1974 |
Leningrad URS ch | C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 21. Balashov vs Savon |
| 1-0 | 50 |
1975 |
Vilnius 20/326 | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
| 22. Balashov vs Bronstein |
 | 1-0 | 33 |
1975 |
Yerevan URS ch | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
| 23. Balashov vs Furman |
| 1-0 | 48 |
1975 |
Yerevan | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 24. Balashov vs Smejkal |
| ½-½ | 25 |
1977 |
Leningrad | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
| 25. Balashov vs Dorfman |
| ½-½ | 22 |
1977 |
Leningrad URS ch | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
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