Yuri Balashov
Number of games in database: 1,711
Years covered: 1963 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2401
Highest rating achieved in database: 2581
Overall record: +515 -222 =970 (58.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      4 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (241)      B23 B20 B25 B24 B46  Ruy Lopez (127)      C84 C92 C78 C95 C96  Ruy Lopez, Closed (84)      C84 C92 C95 C96 C93  French Defense (68)      C00 C18 C05 C07 C09  Nimzo Indian (48)      E29 E41 E43 E42 E21  Caro-Kann (43)      B10 B17 B11 B14 B19	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (136)      C92 C91 C77 C93 C85  Sicilian (120)      B40 B96 B44 B46 B92  Ruy Lopez, Closed (88)      C92 C91 C93 C85 C95  Queen's Indian (71)      E15 E17 E12 E19 E14  Nimzo Indian (70)      E32 E34 E55 E52 E37  English (48)      A14 A17 A15 A13 A19

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Sznapik vs Balashov, 1990 0-1
   Balashov vs Biyiasas, 1976 1-0
   K Grigorian vs Balashov, 1974 0-1
   Balashov vs Smyslov, 1977 1-0
   Karpov vs Balashov, 1980 0-1
   Romanishin vs Balashov, 1979 0-1
   K Harandi vs Balashov, 1979 0-1
   Balashov vs Bronstein, 1975 1-0
   Balashov vs S Smagin, 1995 1-0
   Sveshnikov vs Balashov, 1976 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   A Few Choice Games by Yuri Balashov by Resignation Trap
   USSR Championship 1985 by suenteus po 147
   USSR Championship 1979 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1973 by suenteus po 147
   USSR Championship 1974 by suenteus po 147
   Bugojno 1978 by Benzol
   Moscow 1981 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1982 by suenteus po 147

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YURI BALASHOV (born Mar-12-1949) Russia [what is this?] Yuri Sergeyevich Balashov was born on the 12th of March 1949 in Shadrinsk, Russia (formerly USSR). Awarded the IM title in 1970 and the GM title 1973 he was Moscow Champion in 1970. He was 2nd to Anatoli Karpov in the 1976 USSR Championship and achieved a number of fine results in strong international tournaments. He also acted as a second to Boris Spassky in his 1992 rematch against Robert James Fischer.

page 1 of 69; games 1-25 of 1,711  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Panikovsky vs Balashov   0-1 43 1963 Shadrinsk C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 2. Keninger vs Balashov   ½-½ 40 1964 Beverwijk B56 Sicilian 3. Balashov vs Sukochev   1-0 25 1964 URS D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. J Flesch vs Balashov   0-1 37 1965 Beverwijk A15 English 5. Balashov vs M Christoph   ½-½ 26 1965 Hastings 1/326 B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Balashov vs Muller   1-0 35 1965 Beverwijk E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 7. Balashov vs Keene ½-½ 25 1965 Hastings A43 Old Benoni 8. Balashov vs Karaklajic   ½-½ 45 1965 Beverwijk E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 9. Balashov vs L Borodiansky   1-0 35 1965 Moscow E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System 10. Balashov vs A Hollis   1-0 41 1965 Hastings D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 11. D D Van Geet vs Balashov 0-1 43 1965 Beverwijk A00 Uncommon Opening 12. Balashov vs M Czerniak   ½-½ 13 1966 Hastings D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 13. Balashov vs Christoph   ½-½ 26 1966 Hastings B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Kurajica vs Balashov   ½-½ 65 1966 Hastings B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 15. M Basman vs Balashov   0-1 66 1966 Hastings B89 Sicilian 16. Balashov vs Uhlmann   0-1 41 1966 Hastings D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 17. Balashov vs Mecking   0-1 56 1966 Hastings C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 18. Balashov vs Hartston   1-0 64 1966 Hastings E91 King's Indian 19. Botvinnik vs Balashov   1-0 42 1966 Hastings E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 20. Balashov vs V Tukmakov   0-1 49 1966 Moscow E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System 21. Keene vs Balashov   0-1 40 1966 Hastings A14 English 22. Balashov vs J Penrose 1-0 26 1966 Hastings E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System 23. Balashov vs Podgaets   1-0 40 1966 Moscow C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 24. Balashov vs M Dvoretsky   ½-½ 75 1967 Moscow A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 25. Balashov vs H Schaufelberger   1-0 27 1967 Riga B97 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 69; games 1-25 of 1,711

Jun-02-04    Minor Piece Activity: He has a lot of games in the database... Who is he? Jun-16-04    clocked: Chessmetrics puts him at number 11 in the world in 1977. Jul-06-04    rochade18: Balashov is another important GM who supports (or supported?) a club in the German 1.Bundesliga Jul-08-04    Dick Brain: Botvinnik some years ago claimed that Balashov has no talent. He has good opening preperation but afterward he is an ordinary GM and is as helpless as a kitten. Jul-09-04    weirdoid: IIRC Balashov was a sort of top player (pretty regular top25er) for quite some time in thd 2nd half of 70's / early 80's. He won Hoogoven 1982, for instance, ahead of Timman, Tal, and Portisch (I think). With all respect to the great Botvinnik, I always wonder how he could so freely pass withering judgments on others (never mind a mere Balashov, he once described Karpov as knowing nothing and having no chess future). Perhaps he expected everyone to be as well versed in theory as himself, as talented as Capablanca, as determined to win as Fischer, as tactically adept as Tal. Jul-09-04    henrilin: Balashov certainly was among the top 20 from about 1973 until 1983 when he suddenly dropped about 50-70 Elo-points for some reason. He won a couple of good tournements in the Soviet Union but also in the west during these years. Just to mention some of them: Wilnius zt 1975 9/14 (qualifying for the Interzonal) Lone Pine 1977 6,5/9 Lvov zt 1978 9/14 (qualifying for the Interzonal) Wijk an Zee 8/12 His result against the best Soviet players are quite good. He has a positive score against Tukmakov, Sveshnikov, Kupreichik, Tseshkovsky, Beliavsky, Vaganian, Savon, Geller, Kholmov, Psakhis and Smyslov. His style is mainly positional with well developed opening schemes and tend to give many draws. Not spectacular but very solid. Sep-14-04    NMTOR761: He was said to very good tecnical player. Dec-21-04    Benzol: Yuri Sergeyevich Balashov Born 12th March 1949 in Shadrinsk Awarded the IM title in 1970 and GM title in 1973. He was also Moscow champion in 1970. Mar-12-07    BIDMONFA: Yuri Balashov BALASHOV, Yuri http://www.bidmonfa.com/balashov_yu... _ Feb-25-08    Resignation Trap: A photo of Balashov at Aeroflot 2008: http://www.chesspro.ru/_images/mate... . Mar-12-09    brankat: Happy Birthday Yuri. Mar-12-09    TugasKamagong: Happy birthday, Yuri Sergeyevich. You have the same birthday as two guys born on the same day in 1987, Wang Yue and Teimour Radjabov. Cool!

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