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ID: 4328248

Sean Balbalin

FIDE ratings

1,554Classical
1,407Rapid

Performance

9 games
33% Win
22% Draw
45% Loss

Sean Balbalin's playing style

Overall score:44%3W 2D 4L over 9 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense
100%
1g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Hübner Variation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Closed has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
4g
Nimzo-Indian Defense
100%
1g

Repertoire

4 games as white in scope
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Starting position

4 games in this line · White to move

Results for Balbalin, Sean as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
50%
50%
Move
4 · 100%
50%
50%

Game History

(9 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 11, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
CMWang, Justin Zhide(1948)
L—
Jan 11, 2026
OTB - TWIC
CMWang, Justin Zhide(1948)
L—
Jan 11, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
CMWang, Justin Zhide(1948)
L—
Jan 11, 2026
OTB - LichessBroadcast
CMWang, Justin Zhide(1948)
L—
Jan 1, 1994
OTB - Codekiddy
Le Sage, Frederic
W—
Jan 1, 1994
OTB - Codekiddy
Sage, Silas(1600)
W—
Jan 1, 1993
OTB - Codekiddy
Zagorovskyi, Dmytro
D—
Jan 1, 1993
OTB - Codekiddy
Zagorovskyi, Dmytro
D—
Jan 1, 1992
OTB - Codekiddy
Lelievre, Alain
W—

Research Sean Balbalin’s games and opening repertoire

Sean Balbalin is rated 1554 in standard, 1407 in rapid by FIDE. Sean Balbalin plays for New Zealand.

Sean Balbalin has FIDE ID 4328248.

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