Vladimir Baklan
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| Full name | Vladimir Baklan |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Born | February 25, 1978 Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2612 (January 2012) (No. 73 on the November 2009 FIDE ratings list) |
| Peak rating | 2655 (November 2009) |
Vladimir Baklan (Russian: Владимир Баклан; 25 February 1978, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. In 2000 he won with the Ukrainian team a gold medal in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.[1] He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship.[2]
He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship twice, in 1997 and 1998. Among other victories, he won the Dutch Open Blitz chess Championship (2005),[3] the Essent Open (2005)[4] and the 7th Memorial Narciso Yepes (2006).[5] He tied for first with Sergey Zagrebelny, Aleksander Delchev and Adam Horvath in Balaguer 2005.[6] In 2011, he tied for 1st-6th with Ivan Sokolov, Yuriy Kuzubov, Kamil Miton, Jon Ludvig Hammer and Illya Nyzhnyk in the MP Reykjavik Open.[7]
[edit] Notable games
- Joel Benjamin vs Vladimir Baklan, FIDE WCh KO 2001, Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations (B50), 1/2-1/2
- Vladimir Baklan vs Angelos Vouldis, EuTCh 2003, Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack, Haag Gambit (B52), 1-0
- Vladimir Baklan vs Vesko Spasov, Eu Ind. Ch. 2008, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30), 1-0
[edit] References
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "34th Chess Olympiad: Istanbul 2000". OlimpBase. http://www.olimpbase.org/2000/2000ukr.html. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "World Men's Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics". OlimpBase. http://www.olimpbase.org/statisticst/all_id09.html. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2005-02-21). "Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship". London Chess Center. http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic537.html#14. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Harikrishna wins Essent Crown Group". ChessBase. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2710. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Baklan gana el open de Lorca". Ajedrez-de-Estilo.com. 2006-06-29. http://www.ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar/ade/archives/00003601.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-28. (Spanish)
- ^ "Tournament report October 2005: X Ciutat de Balaguer". World Chess Federation. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=32486. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ^ "Reykjavik Open – six players win with 7.0-9 points". ChessBase. 2011-03-17. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7085. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
[edit] External links
- Vladimir Baklan player profile at ChessGames.com
- Vladimir Baklan at bidmonfa.com
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