Balabhai Viktor (Виктор Балабай)

Place: Saint Petersburg, Russian Renju Association

Birth: 1965-05-04

Rating: 2314.59, Std: 115.14, Rank: 43

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

Top rating: 2354.51 (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	2314.59
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1356.00
2	Black	Win	Karasyov Maxim	2395.10
3	Black	Win	Nikonov Konstantin	2362.12
4	White	Loss	Rizvanov Edward	2626.86
5	White	Loss	Artemyev Sergey	2297.32
6	Black	Loss	Taiblin Yuriy	2499.93
7	White	Loss	Eremin Oleg	2294.11
9th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2021-05-03		Rating	2344.70
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Semyonov Vladimir	2192.95
2	Black	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1374.00
3	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1961.70
4	White	Draw	Karasyov Maxim	2475.65
5	Black	Draw	Kozhin Mikhail	2479.99
6	White	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2513.01
7	White	Win	Metreveli Georgiy	2020.16
8	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2381.93
9	White	Loss	Taiblin Yuriy	2346.77
Gomoku World Championship 2019, BT
Date	2019-08-10		Rating	2328.69
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Lääne Kristjan	1776.29
2	White	Win	Nikonov Konstantin	2479.80
3	Black	Loss	Fitzermann Adrian	2602.86
4	Black	Loss	Laube Pavel	2530.57
5	Black	Loss	Lääne Rauno	2040.94
6	Black	Win	Kõlar Karl-Ustav	2093.81
7	Black	Draw	Małowiejski Piotr	2216.15
8	White	Win	Kolk Kuno	2229.90
9	White	Win	Rizvanov Edward	2481.12
Gomoku World Championship 2019, QT
Date	2019-08-02		Rating	2328.18
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Żukowski Michał	2575.05
2	White	Draw	Fitzermann Adrian	2602.04
3	Black	Loss	Lavrik-Karmazin Maksim	2408.07
4	White	Loss	Zajk Michał	2529.33
5	White	Draw	Eged Igor	2393.86
6	White	Win	Kõlar Karl-Ustav	2093.89
7	Black	Win	Taiblin Yuriy	2287.12
8	White	Loss	Rizvanov Edward	2481.03
9	Black	Draw	Kolk Kuno	2230.83
Russian Championship Final
Date	2019-06-11		Rating	2322.28
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Nikonov Konstantin	2482.44
2	White	Win	Gorbachev Dmitriy	2221.31
3	Black	Loss	Yanov Artem	2234.88
4	Black	Loss	Rizvanov Edward	2478.94
5	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2357.57
6	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2355.12
7	Black	Loss	Muratov Ilya	2544.45
8th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2019-05-11		Rating	2320.59
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2547.28
2	White	Win	Galochkin Sergey	1801.66
3	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1978.06
4	Black	Loss	Lomakin Mikhail	2401.44
5	Black	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1384.70
6	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2361.15
7	Black	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2460.39
Tallinn Open 2018
Date	2018-12-30		Rating	2314.82
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Chernyi Anton	1812.87
2	Black	Loss	Kolk Kuno	2248.99
3	White	Draw	Burtsev Peter	2115.81
4	Black	Win	Lääne Kristjan	1770.70
5	White	Win	Gorbachev Daniil	1723.84
6	Black	Win	Moor Karl-Mattias	2002.49
7	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2371.01
Saint Petersburg's autumn 2018
Date	2018-11-17		Rating	2315.59
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1388.68
2	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2553.43
3	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2371.51
4	White	Win	Galochkin Sergey	1805.28
5	Black	Loss	Komarova Oxana	1963.13
6	White	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2357.21
7	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1983.09
Russian Championship Final
Date	2018-06-12		Rating	2325.88
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Osipov Denis	2652.09
2	Black	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2521.42
3	Black	Loss	Yanov Artem	2230.98
4	Black	Loss	Rizvanov Edward	2470.76
5	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2556.12
6	White	Loss	Nikonov Konstantin	2512.63
7	Black	Loss	Muratov Ilya	2562.10
8	Black	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2353.58
9	Black	Win	Tarannikov Yuriy	2569.56
7th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2018-05-13		Rating	2329.01
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2354.65
3	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2375.27
4	Black	Loss	Osipov Denis	2648.64
5	Black	Win	Galochkin Sergey	1811.92
6	White	Win	Eremin Oleg	2230.89
7	White	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1398.02
8	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1971.47
9	White	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2556.61
Saint Petersburg Christmas Tournament
Date	2018-01-08		Rating	2339.90
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2555.58
2	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1966.52
3	White	Win	Eremin Oleg	2234.39
4	White	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2350.28
5	Black	Draw	Katsev Ilya	2386.22
6	White	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2476.21
7	White	Loss	Makarov Pavel	2321.70
5th Saint Petersburg express gomoku tournament
Date	2017-12-02		Rating	2343.18
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1966.95
2	Black	Win	Trubitsin Stepan	2066.98
3	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2386.35
4	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2343.98
5	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2552.98
6	White	Win	Efremov Anton	2035.04
7	Black	Draw	Sadelov Igor	2039.45
Autumn legends
Date	2017-09-17		Rating	2350.40
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Prozorov Sergey	1965.28
2	White	Win	Bichevin N	1599.03
3	White	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2545.68
4	White	Win	Lomakina Olga	1886.54
5	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1967.87
6	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2380.91
7	White	Win	Kondratiev Valeriy	2508.09
Tallinn Gomoku Open
Date	2016-12-29		Rating	2354.51
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Sonina Vladislava	1510.03
2	Black	Win	Sonina Marina	1798.97
3	White	Win	Kolk Kuno	2262.65
4	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2335.74
5	White	Loss	Sushkov Vladimir	2493.19
6	Black	Loss	Rahumägi Brenet	2263.22
7	Black	Win	Topkin Georg-Romet	2299.11
8	Black	Loss	Hõbemägi Martin	2551.63
9	Black	Win	Ikla Markus	2160.83
Saint Petersburg's autumn 2016
Date	2016-10-23		Rating	2354.01
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2514.86
2	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1998.37
3	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1963.56
4	Black	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2497.50
5	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2321.09
6	Black	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2233.21
7	White	Loss	Osipov Denis	2567.96
Russian Championship Final
Date	2016-06-13		Rating	2351.55
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Kachaev Denis	2513.25
2	White	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2198.98
3	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2299.67
4	Black	Win	Muratov Ilya	2519.60
5	Black	Loss	Tarannikov Yuriy	2561.74
6	White	Draw	Bogatyrev Aleksandr	2250.37
7	White	Loss	Ezupov Alexandr	2385.74
5th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2016-05-09		Rating	2350.16
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Dokuchaeva Ekaterina	1448.96
2	Black	Win	Ezupov Alexandr	2382.25
3	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1962.53
4	Black	Draw	Bogatyrev Aleksandr	2253.35
5	White	Draw	Katsev Ilya	2297.53
6	Black	Loss	Kachaev Denis	2513.40
7	White	Win	Lebedev Alexey	2187.15
4th Saint Petersburg express gomoku tournament
Date	2015-11-28		Rating	2339.32
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1992.36
2	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1961.20
3	Black	Win	Petrov Vyacheslav	1889.87
4	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2288.50
5	White	Win	Kachaev Denis	2511.84
6	Black	Loss	Berezin Roman	2365.09
7	White	Loss	Ezupov Alexandr	2375.15
Nevskiy Blitz
Date	2015-05-31		Rating	2332.44
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2286.38
2	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1985.80
3	Black	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1954.19
4	Black	Win	Filinov Vladimir	2300.31
5	Black	Draw	Kachaev Denis	2503.53
6	White	Win	Kalnitsky Oleg	2019.73
7	White	Win	Kulin Daniil	1774.58
4th Saint Petersburg Open Tournament
Date	2015-05-11		Rating	2329.81
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2462.05
2	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1986.57
3	Black	Loss	Taiblin Yuriy	2359.85
4	Black	Loss	Katsev Ilya	2286.91
5	White	Win	Lomakina Olga	1902.85
6	Black	Loss	Lebedev Alexey	2126.79
Open Russian Gomoku Cup
Date	2014-05-11		Rating	2324.51
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Orlov Denis	2087.32
2	Black	Win	Sadelov Igor	2091.47
3	White	Win	Ezupov Alexandr	2367.43
4	Black	Win	Katsev Ilya	2264.69
5	Black	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2517.51
6	Black	Loss	Muratov Ilya	2478.10
7	White	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1994.48
Christmas Tournament
Date	2014-01-07		Rating	2322.88
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Sadelov Igor	2113.49
2	White	Win	Kachaeva Ilona	1898.70
3	White	Loss	Sinitsyn Vladimir	2276.71
4	White	Loss	Ezupov Alexandr	2355.29
5	Black	Win	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	1993.17
6	White	Loss	Kondratiev Valeriy	2470.28
7	White	Win	Kraubner Yuriy	2105.41
Gomoku World Championship 2013, AT
Date	2013-08-14		Rating	2335.86
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2523.40
2	Black	Win	Pajuste Renee	2360.96
3	Black	Loss	Karasyov Maxim	2447.98
4	White	Draw	Laube Pavel	2542.09
5	White	Loss	Żukowski Michał	2515.16
6	Black	Loss	Demján Attila	2854.56
7	Black	Win	Muratov Ilya	2421.34
8	White	Loss	Tóth Gergő	2574.77
9	Black	Win	Fitzermann Adrian	2567.90
10	White	Loss	Zajk Michał	2607.70
11	White	Win	Nipoti Vladimir	2574.19
Gomoku World Championship 2013, QT
Date	2013-08-05		Rating	2335.70
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Tiivel Siim	1940.90
2	White	Win	Nipoti Vladimir	2573.95
3	White	Win	Lillemaa Argo	2103.48
4	White	Draw	Kostlivý Radim	2275.77
5	White	Draw	Karasyov Maxim	2447.70
6	Black	Win	Bulatovsky Oleg	2437.19
7	White	Draw	Kozhin Mikhail	2522.83
Saint Petersburg gomoku open
Date	2013-05-11		Rating	2323.29
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Matsjuk Oksana	1965.80
2	White	Win	Katsev Ilya	2226.61
3	Black	Loss	Lomakin Mikhail	2455.85
4	White	Loss	Kozhin Mikhail	2517.83
5	Black	Draw	Rumyantseva Ekaterina	2015.10
6	White	Win	Ezupov Alexandr	2332.04
7	Black	Loss	Litvinenko Andrey	2485.06
8	Black	Loss	Kachaeva Ilona	1897.47
Gomoku World Championship 2011, BT
Date	2011-08-10		Rating	2275.52
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Čapák Milan	2273.39
2	Black	Win	Chiang Ping-Hung	2113.28
3	White	Loss	Małowiejski Piotr	2229.85
4	White	Win	Krček Břetislav	2182.49
5	Black	Win	Bulatovsky Oleg	2363.93
6	White	Loss	Pestereva Maria	2088.23
7	Black	Loss	Tarasiński Paweł	2347.40
8	White	Win	Pestov Arseni	1839.35
9	White	Draw	Lin Sheng-Min	2179.04
Gomoku World Championship 2011, QT
Date	2011-08-03		Rating	2275.00
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
2	White	Loss	Nipoti Vladimir	2552.90
3	White	Loss	Lind Björn	2316.83
4	Black	Win	Rachitskaya Viktoria	1999.30
5	White	Loss	Lin Sheng-Min	2179.11
6	Black	Win	Lillemaa Argo	2051.10
7	Black	Win	Małowiejski Piotr	2229.66