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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 HaarlemBurmakin is an expert of the Caro-Kann defence playing it almost invariably in his games against 1.
