[Event "URS-ch45 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2565"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 Bb4 8. Bd2 c6 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bc1 Rfe8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Nec5 18. Nh4 g6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Bb2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 c5 23. Rd3 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 cxb4 25. axb4 Ne5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qe4 Qd6 28. Ne3 Rc8 29. Rd1 Qe6 30. Rc1 Nc6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. b5 Na5 33. Rd1 Nxc4 34. Nxc4 Rxc4 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rxh7 Rc5 38. h4 Rxb5 39. Rxa7 g5 40. h5 g4 41. h6 Rg5 42. Kf1 Rh5 43. Rg7 Kf5 44. h7 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Rh6 46. e3 b5 47. Kf1 Kf6 48. Rxg4 Rxh7 49. Ke2 Rb7 50. Kd3 b4 51. Rf4+ Kg5 52. Kc2 b3+ 53. Kb2 e5 54. Re4 Kf6 55. g4 Rb8 56. f3 Rh8 57. g5+ Kf5 58. Rg4 Kg6 59. Kxb3 Rh3 60. Kc4 Rxf3 61. Kd3 Rf8 62. Ke4 Re8 63. Rg1 Re7 64. Kd5 e4 65. Kd6 Re8 66. Rg2 Ra8 67. Ke5 Re8+ 68. Kf4 Re7 69. Rh2 Rf7+ 70. Kxe4 Kxg5 71. Rg2+ Kh5 72. Kd5 Rf8 73. e4 Rd8+ 74. Ke5 Re8+ 75. Kf4 Rf8+ 76. Ke3 Re8 77. Rg1 Kh4 78. e5 Kh5 79. Ke4 Kh6 80. Kd5 Kh7 81. e6 Rd8+ 82. Ke5 Rd2 83. e7 Re2+ 84. Kf6 Rf2+ 85. Ke6 Re2+ 86. Kf7 Rf2+ 87. Ke8 Rd2 88. Rg4 1-0