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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. V Malisauskas vs Shabalov |
| ½-½ | 21 |
1988 |
Vilnius | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 2. Smirin vs Shabalov |
| 0-1 | 57 |
1988 |
Vilnius | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 3. Kholmov vs Shabalov |
| 1-0 | 37 |
1988 |
URS-OT56 Barnaul | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 4. V Malishauskas vs Shabalov |
 | 1-0 | 36 |
1988 |
Vilnius | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 5. Yurtaev vs Shabalov |
| 0-1 | 39 |
1988 |
Riga | C12 French, McCutcheon |
| 6. V Malishauskas vs Shabalov |
| 1-0 | 36 |
1988 |
Ch young masters URS | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 7. Gelfand vs Shabalov |
| ½-½ | 69 |
1988 |
Ch young masters URS | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 8. Serper vs Shabalov |
| 0-1 | 39 |
1988 |
Vilnius | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 9. M D Tseitlin vs Shabalov |
| 0-1 | 44 |
1989 |
Podolsk | C02 French, Advance |
| 10. A Malevinsky vs Shabalov |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1989 |
Leningrad-chT | C12 French, McCutcheon |
| 11. A Kveinys vs Shabalov |
| ½-½ | 13 |
1991 |
Torcy op | C10 French |
| 12. Conquest vs Shabalov |
| 1-0 | 34 |
1991 |
Gausdal Peer Gynt | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 13. J Gdanski vs Shabalov |
| 1-0 | 45 |
1992 |
Manila olm | C18 French, Winawer |
| 14. Waitzkin vs Shabalov |
 | 0-1 | 22 |
1992 |
New York | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 15. Yermolinsky vs Shabalov |
| ½-½ | 14 |
1993 |
Philadelphia | C11 French |
| 16. Waitzkin vs Shabalov |
| 0-1 | 27 |
1993 |
It (open) | C01 French, Exchange |
| 17. Khmelnitsky vs Shabalov |
| 0-1 | 47 |
1993 |
Liberty | C15 French, Winawer |
| 18. Ashley vs Shabalov |
 | 1-0 | 22 |
1993 |
New York MARSHALL | C01 French, Exchange |
| 19. Rozentalis vs Shabalov |
| ½-½ | 60 |
1994 |
Godesburg (Germany) | C05 French, Tarrasch |
| 20. J M Hodgson vs Shabalov |
| 1-0 | 55 |
1997 |
Canadian Open | C02 French, Advance |
| 21. R Furdzik vs Shabalov |
| 0-1 | 32 |
2000 |
World Open | C00 French Defense |
| 22. J Benjamin vs Shabalov |
| 1-0 | 27 |
2000 |
US Chess Championships | C03 French, Tarrasch |
| 23. A Kovalev vs Shabalov |
| ½-½ | 9 |
2000 |
34th Olympiad | C10 French |
| 24. J Benjamin vs Shabalov |
| ½-½ | 65 |
2000 |
ch-USA | C03 French, Tarrasch |
| 25. J Friedel vs Shabalov |
| 1-0 | 37 |
2008 |
Pan-American Continental | C11 French |
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