Vladimir Baklan
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Born | (1978-02-25) 25 February 1978 (age 46) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Title | Grandmaster (1998) |
FIDE rating | 2535 (August 2024) |
Peak rating | 2656 (October 2014) |
Peak ranking | No. 65 (January 2008) |
Vladimir Baklan (Ukrainian: Володимир Баклан; 25 February 1978, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.
Career
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 Illia Nyzhnyk in the MP Reykjavik Open.[7]
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
References
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "34th Chess Olympiad: Istanbul 2000". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "World Men's Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2005-02-21). "Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship". London Chess Center. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Harikrishna wins Essent Crown Group". ChessBase. 2005-11-02. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Baklan gana el open de Lorca" (in Spanish). Ajedrez-de-Estilo.com. 2006-06-29. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Tournament report October 2005: X Ciutat de Balaguer". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ^ "Reykjavík Open – six players win with 7.0-9 points". ChessBase. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
External links
- Vladimir Baklan chess games at 365Chess.com
- Vladimir Baklan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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