About Alexander Baburin
Born 1967. Alexander Baburin is a Russian and Irish chess player and non-fiction writer.
Alexander Evgenyevich Baburin (, Aleksandr Yevgen'yevich Baburin; born 19 February 1967) is a Russian-Irish grandmaster of chess. He was born in Gorky, and has been living in Dublin, Ireland since 1993. He is editor-in-chief of the e-mail distributed chess newspaper Chess Today and is a coach and author. Baburin is on the Irish chess team, the highest-ranked member. One of Baburin's most famous victories is against Veselin Topalov in a four on one simultaneous exhibition.
In 2000, Baburin tied for first place at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship.
In March 2022, Baburin won the John Bolger Cup in Dublin, edging out Vladyslav Larkin and Jacob Flynn on tie-break after all scored 4/5.
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Who is Alexander Baburin?
Russian-Irish chess grandmaster
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Alexander Baburin was born on 19 February 1967 in Nizhny Novgorod.
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Alexander Baburin is a chess player and non-fiction writer.
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Alexander Baburin is Russian and Irish.
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