Vladimir Burmakin

Who is Vladimir Burmakin?

Vladimir Burmakin is a Russian chess Grandmaster.

In 1994 he came 3rd-5th in the Russian championship at Elista, with Sergei Rublevsky and Vasily Yemelin.

Burmakin played a great number of tournaments in Europe, winning or being equal first in the following:

⁕1993 – Szeged – Balatonberény – Werfen

⁕1994 – Moscow – Graz

⁕1995 – Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg

⁕1997 – Cappelle-la-Grande open

⁕1999 – Pula

⁕2000 – Seefeld

⁕2002 – Geneva – Pardubice – Zurich

⁕2003 – Porto San Giorgio

⁕2004 – Schwäbisch Gmünd – Bad Wörishofen – Benasque

⁕2005 – Schwarzach – Dordrecht, "Daniel Noteboom Memorial"

⁕2006 – Le Touquet – Béthune – Dos Hermanas

⁕2007 – Bratto – Albacete – Salou – Sitges

⁕2008 – Benidorm – "BDO Premier" in Haarlem

Burmakin is an expert of the Caro-Kann defence, playing it almost invariably in his games against 1. e4; against 1. d4 he usually adopts the Chebanenko Variation of the Slav defence.

His Elo rating at 1 January 2010 is 2590. He reached his peak rating in July 2009, with 2627 points.