Vladimir Burmakin
Vladimir Anatolyevich Burmakin 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.Burmakin won or shared first place in several tournaments:
- 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, "Daniël 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.