Balabhai Viktor (Виктор Балабай)

Place: Saint Petersburg, Russian Renju Association

Birth: 1965-05-04

Rating: 2312.92, Std: 113.02, Rank: 43

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

Top rating: 2353.18 (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	2312.92
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1355.16
2	Black	Win	Karasyov Maxim	2393.33
3	Black	Win	Nikonov Konstantin	2360.52
4	White	Loss	Rizvanov Edward	2625.16
5	White	Loss	Artemyev Sergey	2295.95
6	Black	Loss	Taiblin Yuriy	2498.28
7	White	Loss	Eremin Oleg	2292.62
9th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2021-05-03		Rating	2342.94
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Semyonov Vladimir	2191.36
2	Black	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1373.17
3	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1960.44
4	White	Draw	Karasyov Maxim	2473.70
5	Black	Draw	Kozhin Mikhail	2478.08
6	White	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2511.34
7	White	Win	Metreveli Georgiy	2018.61
8	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2378.46
9	White	Loss	Taiblin Yuriy	2345.14
Gomoku World Championship 2019, BT
Date	2019-08-10		Rating	2326.97
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Lääne Kristjan	1775.61
2	White	Win	Nikonov Konstantin	2478.08
3	Black	Loss	Fitzermann Adrian	2600.05
4	Black	Loss	Laube Pavel	2527.81
5	Black	Loss	Lääne Rauno	2039.89
6	Black	Win	Kõlar Karl-Ustav	2092.70
7	Black	Draw	Małowiejski Piotr	2213.74
8	White	Win	Kolk Kuno	2227.38
9	White	Win	Rizvanov Edward	2479.32
Gomoku World Championship 2019, QT
Date	2019-08-02		Rating	2326.47
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Żukowski Michał	2572.49
2	White	Draw	Fitzermann Adrian	2599.24
3	Black	Loss	Lavrik-Karmazin Maksim	2406.30
4	White	Loss	Zajk Michał	2526.67
5	White	Draw	Eged Igor	2391.30
6	White	Win	Kõlar Karl-Ustav	2092.79
7	Black	Win	Taiblin Yuriy	2285.63
8	White	Loss	Rizvanov Edward	2479.23
9	Black	Draw	Kolk Kuno	2228.33
Russian Championship Final
Date	2019-06-11		Rating	2320.59
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Nikonov Konstantin	2480.74
2	White	Win	Gorbachev Dmitriy	2219.93
3	Black	Loss	Yanov Artem	2233.44
4	Black	Loss	Rizvanov Edward	2477.16
5	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2355.47
6	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2353.53
7	Black	Loss	Muratov Ilya	2542.72
8th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2019-05-11		Rating	2318.92
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2545.72
2	White	Win	Galochkin Sergey	1800.66
3	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1976.88
4	Black	Loss	Lomakin Mikhail	2400.01
5	Black	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1383.88
6	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2359.10
7	Black	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2458.48
Tallinn Open 2018
Date	2018-12-30		Rating	2313.21
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Chernyi Anton	1812.38
2	Black	Loss	Kolk Kuno	2246.90
3	White	Draw	Burtsev Peter	2114.65
4	Black	Win	Lääne Kristjan	1770.01
5	White	Win	Gorbachev Daniil	1723.11
6	Black	Win	Moor Karl-Mattias	2001.51
7	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2369.13
Saint Petersburg's autumn 2018
Date	2018-11-17		Rating	2314.01
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1387.87
2	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2551.91
3	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2369.68
4	White	Win	Galochkin Sergey	1804.29
5	Black	Loss	Komarova Oxana	1961.95
6	White	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2355.69
7	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1981.94
Russian Championship Final
Date	2018-06-12		Rating	2324.36
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Osipov Denis	2650.50
2	Black	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2519.89
3	Black	Loss	Yanov Artem	2229.61
4	Black	Loss	Rizvanov Edward	2469.15
5	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2554.63
6	White	Loss	Nikonov Konstantin	2511.04
7	Black	Loss	Muratov Ilya	2560.49
8	Black	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2352.12
9	Black	Win	Tarannikov Yuriy	2568.07
7th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2018-05-13		Rating	2327.51
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2353.21
3	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2373.61
4	Black	Loss	Osipov Denis	2647.05
5	Black	Win	Galochkin Sergey	1810.94
6	White	Win	Eremin Oleg	2229.56
7	White	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1397.21
8	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1970.34
9	White	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2555.13
Saint Petersburg Christmas Tournament
Date	2018-01-08		Rating	2338.45
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2554.13
2	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1965.41
3	White	Win	Eremin Oleg	2233.07
4	White	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2348.88
5	Black	Draw	Katsev Ilya	2384.65
6	White	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2474.50
7	White	Loss	Makarov Pavel	2320.39
5th Saint Petersburg express gomoku tournament
Date	2017-12-02		Rating	2341.75
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1965.84
2	Black	Win	Trubitsin Stepan	2066.14
3	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2384.80
4	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2342.59
5	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2551.54
6	White	Win	Efremov Anton	2034.08
7	Black	Draw	Sadelov Igor	2038.27
Autumn legends
Date	2017-09-17		Rating	2348.99
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Prozorov Sergey	1964.66
2	White	Win	Bichevin N	1598.53
3	White	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2544.26
4	White	Win	Lomakina Olga	1885.63
5	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1966.77
6	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2379.39
7	White	Win	Kondratiev Valeriy	2506.63
Tallinn Gomoku Open
Date	2016-12-29		Rating	2353.18
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Sonina Vladislava	1509.44
2	Black	Win	Sonina Marina	1798.25
3	White	Win	Kolk Kuno	2261.31
4	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2334.33
5	White	Loss	Sushkov Vladimir	2492.03
6	Black	Loss	Rahumägi Brenet	2262.15
7	Black	Win	Topkin Georg-Romet	2297.70
8	Black	Loss	Hõbemägi Martin	2549.96
9	Black	Win	Ikla Markus	2159.72
Saint Petersburg's autumn 2016
Date	2016-10-23		Rating	2352.69
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2513.52
2	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1997.22
3	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1962.51
4	Black	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2496.13
5	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2319.70
6	Black	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2231.93
7	White	Loss	Osipov Denis	2566.52
Russian Championship Final
Date	2016-06-13		Rating	2350.27
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Kachaev Denis	2511.94
2	White	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2197.75
3	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2298.34
4	Black	Win	Muratov Ilya	2518.25
5	Black	Loss	Tarannikov Yuriy	2560.39
6	White	Draw	Bogatyrev Aleksandr	2249.12
7	White	Loss	Ezupov Alexandr	2384.52
5th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2016-05-09		Rating	2348.89
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1448.17
2	Black	Win	Ezupov Alexandr	2381.04
3	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1961.51
4	Black	Draw	Bogatyrev Aleksandr	2252.11
5	White	Draw	Katsev Ilya	2296.22
6	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2512.10
7	White	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2185.92
4th Saint Petersburg express gomoku tournament
Date	2015-11-28		Rating	2338.09
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1991.30
2	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1960.21
3	Black	Win	Petrov Vyacheslav	1889.10
4	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2287.25
5	White	Win	Kachaev Denis	2510.58
6	Black	Loss	Berezin Roman	2364.21
7	White	Loss	Ezupov Alexandr	2373.97
Nevskiy Blitz
Date	2015-05-31		Rating	2331.26
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2285.20
2	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1984.77
3	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1953.25
4	Black	Win	Filinov Vladimir	2299.30
5	Black	Draw	Kachaev Denis	2502.31
6	White	Win	Kalnitsky Oleg	2018.99
7	White	Win	Kulin Daniil	1774.15
4th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2015-05-11		Rating	2328.63
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2460.81
2	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1985.54
3	Black	Loss	Taiblin Yuriy	2358.61
4	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2285.74
5	White	Win	Lomakina Olga	1901.93
6	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2125.65
Open Russian Gomoku Cup
Date	2014-05-11		Rating	2323.38
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Orlov Denis	2086.36
2	Black	Win	Sadelov Igor	2090.46
3	White	Win	Ezupov Alexandr	2366.33
4	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2263.61
5	Black	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2516.29
6	Black	Loss	Muratov Ilya	2476.94
7	White	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1993.52
Christmas Tournament
Date	2014-01-07		Rating	2321.77
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Sadelov Igor	2112.49
2	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1897.81
3	White	Loss	Sinitsyn Vladimir	2275.67
4	White	Loss	Ezupov Alexandr	2354.22
5	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1992.22
6	White	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2469.14
7	White	Win	Kraubner Yuriy	2104.58
Gomoku World Championship 2013, AT
Date	2013-08-14		Rating	2334.76
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2522.21
2	Black	Win	Pajuste Renee	2359.24
3	Black	Loss	Karasyov Maxim	2446.65
4	White	Draw	Laube Pavel	2540.90
5	White	Loss	Żukowski Michał	2513.96
6	Black	Loss	Demján Attila	2853.52
7	Black	Win	Muratov Ilya	2420.22
8	White	Loss	Tóth Gergő	2573.55
9	Black	Win	Fitzermann Adrian	2566.61
10	White	Loss	Zajk Michał	2606.48
11	White	Win	Nipoti Vladimir	2573.04
Gomoku World Championship 2013, QT
Date	2013-08-05		Rating	2334.61
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Tiivel Siim	1940.24
2	White	Win	Nipoti Vladimir	2572.80
3	White	Win	Lillemaa Argo	2102.64
4	White	Draw	Kostlivý Radim	2274.66
5	White	Draw	Karasyov Maxim	2446.36
6	Black	Win	Bulatovsky Oleg	2436.02
7	White	Draw	Kozhin Mikhail	2521.64
Saint Petersburg gomoku open
Date	2013-05-11		Rating	2322.21
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Matsjuk Oksana	1965.01
2	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2225.60
3	Black	Loss	Lomakin Mikhail	2454.87
4	White	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2516.65
5	Black	Draw	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	2014.19
6	White	Win	Ezupov Alexandr	2330.99
7	Black	Loss	Litvinenko Andrey	2484.07
8	Black	Loss	Kachaeva Ilona	1896.61
Gomoku World Championship 2011, BT
Date	2011-08-10		Rating	2274.57
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Čapák Milan	2272.48
2	Black	Win	Chiang Ping-Hung	2112.59
3	White	Loss	Małowiejski Piotr	2228.96
4	White	Win	Krček Břetislav	2181.71
5	Black	Win	Bulatovsky Oleg	2362.89
6	White	Loss	Pestereva Maria	2087.52
7	Black	Loss	Tarasiński Paweł	2346.47
8	White	Win	Pestov Arseni	1838.70
9	White	Draw	Lin Sheng-Min	2178.27
Gomoku World Championship 2011, QT
Date	2011-08-03		Rating	2274.05
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
2	White	Loss	Nipoti Vladimir	2551.95
3	White	Loss	Lind Björn	2315.81
4	Black	Win	Rachitskaya Viktoria	1998.72
5	White	Loss	Lin Sheng-Min	2178.35
6	Black	Win	Lillemaa Argo	2050.35
7	Black	Win	Małowiejski Piotr	2228.78