Vladimir Burmakin
Vladimir 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:
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.
