Vladimir Burmakin
Introduction '''Vladimir 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, "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 HaarlemBurmakin 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.
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