Vladimir Burmakin

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, "Daniël 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 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.