Vladimir Burmakin
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| Full name | Vladimir Burmakin |
| Country |  Russia |
| Born | 6 June 1967 |
| Title | Grandmaster (1994) |
| FIDE rating | 2480 (May 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2627 (July 2009) |
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 Haarlem
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.
He reached his peak Elo rating in July 2009, with 2627 points.