Vladimir Burmakin

Full name	Vladimir Burmakin
Country	Russia
Born	6 June 1967
Title	Grandmaster (1994)
Peak rating	2627 (July 2009)

Vladimir Burmakin (born 6 June 1967) is a Russian chess Grandmaster.

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

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

• 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, "Daniel 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 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.

• Vladimir Burmakin's games at "Chessgames.com"