Balabhai Viktor (Виктор Балабай)

Place: Saint Petersburg, Russian Renju Association

Birth: 1965-05-04

Rating: 2301.43, Std: 116.92, Rank: 48

First game: 2011-08-03, Last game: 2026-05-10

Top rating: 2351.64 (2016-12-29)

Games: 205, Wins: 105, Draws: 19, Losses: 81

Gy1: 7, Gy2: 7, Gy5: 7

Russian Gomoku Cup 2026
Date	2026-05-10		Rating	2301.43
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1352.18
2	Black	Win	Karasyov Maxim	2380.63
3	Black	Win	Nikonov Konstantin	2339.21
4	White	Loss	Rizvanov Edvard	2613.50
5	White	Loss	Artemyev Sergey	2280.17
6	Black	Loss	Taiblin Yuriy	2473.38
7	White	Loss	Eremin Oleg	2272.65
9th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2021-05-03		Rating	2336.97
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Semyonov Vladimir	2185.00
2	Black	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1370.79
3	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1955.35
4	White	Draw	Karasyov Maxim	2468.03
5	Black	Draw	Kozhin Mikhail	2455.91
6	White	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2499.77
7	White	Win	Metreveli Georgiy	2015.63
8	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2376.98
9	White	Loss	Taiblin Yuriy	2334.53
Gomoku World Championship 2019, BT
Date	2019-08-10		Rating	2323.86
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Lääne Kristjan	1776.31
2	White	Win	Nikonov Konstantin	2472.96
3	Black	Loss	Fitzermann Adrian	2605.10
4	Black	Loss	Laube Pavel	2528.24
5	Black	Loss	Lääne Rauno	2040.50
6	Black	Win	Kõlar Karl-Ustav	2093.82
7	Black	Draw	Małowiejski Piotr	2214.53
8	White	Win	Kolk Kuno	2230.84
9	White	Win	Rizvanov Edvard	2476.51
Gomoku World Championship 2019, QT
Date	2019-08-02		Rating	2323.38
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Żukowski Michał	2578.29
2	White	Draw	Fitzermann Adrian	2604.25
3	Black	Loss	Lavrik-Karmazin Maksim	2407.18
4	White	Loss	Zajk Michał	2529.55
5	White	Draw	Eged Igor	2392.41
6	White	Win	Kõlar Karl-Ustav	2093.90
7	Black	Win	Taiblin Yuriy	2279.09
8	White	Loss	Rizvanov Edvard	2476.44
9	Black	Draw	Kolk Kuno	2231.74
Russian Championship Final
Date	2019-06-11		Rating	2317.52
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Nikonov Konstantin	2475.77
2	White	Win	Gorbachev Dmitriy	2216.27
3	Black	Loss	Yanov Artem	2229.51
4	Black	Loss	Rizvanov Edvard	2474.37
5	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2353.79
6	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2341.83
7	Black	Loss	Muratov Ilya	2538.04
8th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2019-05-11		Rating	2315.88
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2539.36
2	White	Win	Galochkin Sergey	1798.46
3	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1973.40
4	Black	Loss	Lomakin Mikhail	2398.68
5	Black	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1381.80
6	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2357.45
7	Black	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2451.41
Tallinn Open 2018
Date	2018-12-30		Rating	2310.36
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Chernyi Anton	1812.77
2	Black	Loss	Kolk Kuno	2249.47
3	White	Draw	Burtsev Peter	2115.08
4	Black	Win	Lääne Kristjan	1770.75
5	White	Win	Gorbachev Daniil	1723.49
6	Black	Win	Moor Karl-Mattias	2002.81
7	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2367.71
Saint Petersburg's autumn 2018
Date	2018-11-17		Rating	2311.17
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1385.87
2	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2546.65
3	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2368.32
4	White	Win	Galochkin Sergey	1802.11
5	Black	Loss	Komarova Oxana	1959.28
6	White	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2347.76
7	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1978.83
Russian Championship Final
Date	2018-06-12		Rating	2321.64
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Osipov Denis	2649.08
2	Black	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2517.93
3	Black	Loss	Yanov Artem	2226.29
4	Black	Loss	Rizvanov Edvard	2466.88
5	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2550.32
6	White	Loss	Nikonov Konstantin	2506.88
7	Black	Loss	Muratov Ilya	2557.33
8	Black	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2346.26
9	Black	Win	Tarannikov Yuriy	2565.31
7th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2018-05-13		Rating	2324.83
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2347.69
3	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2372.40
4	Black	Loss	Osipov Denis	2645.64
5	Black	Win	Galochkin Sergey	1808.80
6	White	Win	Eremin Oleg	2223.51
7	White	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1395.28
8	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1967.60
9	White	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2550.98
Saint Petersburg Christmas Tournament
Date	2018-01-08		Rating	2335.97
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2550.53
2	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1962.90
3	White	Win	Eremin Oleg	2227.34
4	White	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2344.42
5	Black	Draw	Katsev Ilya	2383.62
6	White	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2471.11
7	White	Loss	Makarov Pavel	2311.53
5th Saint Petersburg express gomoku tournament
Date	2017-12-02		Rating	2339.36
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1963.40
2	Black	Win	Trubitsin Stepan	2064.29
3	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2383.85
4	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2338.34
5	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2548.09
6	White	Win	Efremov Anton	2032.50
7	Black	Draw	Sadelov Igor	2036.00
Autumn legends
Date	2017-09-17		Rating	2346.80
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Prozorov Sergey	1963.81
2	White	Win	Bichevin N	1597.63
3	White	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2541.10
4	White	Win	Lomakina Olga	1884.08
5	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1964.46
6	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2378.53
7	White	Win	Kondratiev Valeriy	2504.74
Tallinn Gomoku Open
Date	2016-12-29		Rating	2351.64
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Sonina Vladislava	1510.36
2	Black	Win	Sonina Marina	1799.50
3	White	Win	Kolk Kuno	2262.99
4	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2333.78
5	White	Loss	Sushkov Vladimir	2493.01
6	Black	Loss	Rahumägi Brenet	2265.56
7	Black	Win	Topkin Georg-Romet	2299.91
8	Black	Loss	Hõbemägi Martin	2553.49
9	Black	Win	Ikla Markus	2161.44
Saint Petersburg's autumn 2016
Date	2016-10-23		Rating	2351.20
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2511.27
2	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1996.27
3	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1960.67
4	Black	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2494.47
5	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2319.19
6	Black	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2229.30
7	White	Loss	Osipov Denis	2565.21
Russian Championship Final
Date	2016-06-13		Rating	2348.87
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Kachaev Denis	2509.97
2	White	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2195.43
3	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2297.87
4	Black	Win	Muratov Ilya	2516.47
5	Black	Loss	Tarannikov Yuriy	2558.63
6	White	Draw	Bogatyrev Aleksandr	2247.45
7	White	Loss	Ezupov Alexandr	2382.97
5th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2016-05-09		Rating	2347.52
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1446.45
2	Black	Win	Ezupov Alexandr	2379.52
3	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1959.88
4	Black	Draw	Bogatyrev Aleksandr	2250.47
5	White	Draw	Katsev Ilya	2295.78
6	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2510.20
7	White	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2183.68
4th Saint Petersburg express gomoku tournament
Date	2015-11-28		Rating	2336.86
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1990.39
2	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1958.76
3	Black	Win	Petrov Vyacheslav	1888.13
4	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2286.92
5	White	Win	Kachaev Denis	2508.95
6	Black	Loss	Berezin Roman	2363.51
7	White	Loss	Ezupov Alexandr	2372.59
Nevskiy Blitz
Date	2015-05-31		Rating	2330.16
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2284.80
2	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1983.92
3	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1951.95
4	Black	Win	Filinov Vladimir	2298.73
5	Black	Draw	Kachaev Denis	2500.90
6	White	Win	Kalnitsky Oleg	2018.39
7	White	Win	Kulin Daniil	1773.72
4th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2015-05-11		Rating	2327.55
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2459.58
2	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1984.69
3	Black	Loss	Taiblin Yuriy	2356.09
4	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2285.35
5	White	Win	Lomakina Olga	1900.53
6	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2123.84
Open Russian Gomoku Cup
Date	2014-05-11		Rating	2322.58
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Orlov Denis	2087.05
2	Black	Win	Sadelov Igor	2089.21
3	White	Win	Ezupov Alexandr	2365.30
4	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2263.20
5	Black	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2515.43
6	Black	Loss	Muratov Ilya	2476.02
7	White	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1992.84
Christmas Tournament
Date	2014-01-07		Rating	2321.06
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Sadelov Igor	2111.30
2	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1896.76
3	White	Loss	Sinitsyn Vladimir	2274.62
4	White	Loss	Ezupov Alexandr	2353.23
5	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1991.62
6	White	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2468.11
7	White	Win	Kraubner Yuriy	2103.66
Gomoku World Championship 2013, AT
Date	2013-08-14		Rating	2334.17
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2521.52
2	Black	Win	Pajuste Renee	2359.34
3	Black	Loss	Karasyov Maxim	2446.38
4	White	Draw	Laube Pavel	2540.82
5	White	Loss	Żukowski Michał	2513.99
6	Black	Loss	Demján Attila	2853.35
7	Black	Win	Muratov Ilya	2419.48
8	White	Loss	Tóth Gergő	2573.42
9	Black	Win	Fitzermann Adrian	2566.94
10	White	Loss	Zajk Michał	2606.55
11	White	Win	Nipoti Vladimir	2572.93
Gomoku World Championship 2013, QT
Date	2013-08-05		Rating	2334.02
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Tiivel Siim	1940.98
2	White	Win	Nipoti Vladimir	2572.70
3	White	Win	Lillemaa Argo	2103.21
4	White	Draw	Kostlivý Radim	2274.59
5	White	Draw	Karasyov Maxim	2446.10
6	Black	Win	Bulatovsky Oleg	2436.03
7	White	Draw	Kozhin Mikhail	2520.95
Saint Petersburg gomoku open
Date	2013-05-11		Rating	2321.65
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Matsjuk Oksana	1964.14
2	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2225.12
3	Black	Loss	Lomakin Mikhail	2454.08
4	White	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2515.96
5	Black	Draw	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	2013.71
6	White	Win	Ezupov Alexandr	2330.06
7	Black	Loss	Litvinenko Andrey	2483.26
8	Black	Loss	Kachaeva Ilona	1895.63
Gomoku World Championship 2011, BT
Date	2011-08-10		Rating	2274.24
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Čapák Milan	2272.38
2	Black	Win	Chiang Ping-Hung	2112.58
3	White	Loss	Małowiejski Piotr	2228.80
4	White	Win	Krček Břetislav	2181.53
5	Black	Win	Bulatovsky Oleg	2363.07
6	White	Loss	Pestereva Maria	2087.58
7	Black	Loss	Tarasiński Paweł	2346.03
8	White	Win	Pestov Arseni	1839.21
9	White	Draw	Lin Sheng-Min	2178.17
Gomoku World Championship 2011, QT
Date	2011-08-03		Rating	2273.72
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
2	White	Loss	Nipoti Vladimir	2551.82
3	White	Loss	Lind Björn	2316.19
4	Black	Win	Rachitskaya Viktoria	1998.91
5	White	Loss	Lin Sheng-Min	2178.24
6	Black	Win	Lillemaa Argo	2050.79
7	Black	Win	Małowiejski Piotr	2228.61