Vladimir Burmakin

Vladimir Anatolyevich Burmakin (born 6 June 1967) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994.

Chess career In 1994 he tied for 3rd-5th places in the Russian championship at Elista, with Sergei Rublevsky and Vasily Yemelin (Peter Svidler won, Mikhail Ulibin was second).

Burmakin won or shared first place in several tournaments: 1993 – Szeged – Balatonberény – Werfen (repeated in 1996) 1994 – Moscow – Graz (repeated in 1997 and 2001) 1995 – Chigorin Memorial in Saint Petersburg 1997 – Cappelle-la-Grande open (repeated in 2003) 1999 – Pula 2000 – Seefeld 2002 – Geneva – Pardubice – Zurich 2003 – Porto San Giorgio (repeated in 2006) 2004 – Schwäbisch Gmünd (repeated in 2005, 2006, and 2007) – Bad Wörishofen (repeated in 2006 and 2008) – Benasque 2005 – Schwarzach – Dordrecht, "Daniël Noteboom Memorial" 2006 – Le Touquet – Béthune (repeated in 2007) – Dos Hermanas 2007 – Bratto (repeated in 2008) – Albacete – Salou – Sitges 2008 – Benidorm – "BDO Premier" in Haarlem

Burmakin played for Russia in the European Senior Team Chess Championship 2019 in the 50+ division. His team won the gold medal.

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.