Vladimir Baklan
{{short description|Ukrainian chess grandmaster (born 1978)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Vladimir Baklan
|image = Baklank.jpg
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|country = {{UKR}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|02|25|df=y}}
|birth_place = Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = Grandmaster (1998)
|rating =
|peakrating = 2656 (October 2014)
|peakranking = No. 65 (January 2008)
|FideID = 14102196
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Vladimir Baklan ({{langx|uk|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2000/2000ukr.html|title=34th Chess Olympiad: Istanbul 2000|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|access-date=2009-06-28}} He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/statisticst/all_id09.html|title=World Men's Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|publisher=OlimpBase|access-date=2009-05-04}}
He won the Ukrainian Chess Championship twice, in 1997 and 1998. Among other victories, he won the Dutch Open Blitz chess Championship (2005),{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic537.html#14|title=Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2005-02-21|publisher=London Chess Center|access-date=2009-06-28}} the Essent Open (2005){{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2710|title=Harikrishna wins Essent Crown Group|date=2005-11-02|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2009-06-28}} and the 7th Memorial Narciso Yepes (2006).{{cite web|url=http://www.ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar/ade/archives/00003601.htm|title=Baklan gana el open de Lorca|date=2006-06-29|publisher=Ajedrez-de-Estilo.com|access-date=2009-06-28|language=es}} He tied for first with Sergey Zagrebelny, Aleksander Delchev and Adam Horvath in Balaguer 2005.{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=32486|title=Tournament report October 2005: X Ciutat de Balaguer|publisher=World Chess Federation|access-date=24 November 2009}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7085|title=Reykjavík Open – six players win with 7.0-9 points|date=2011-03-17|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=17 March 2011}}
Notable games
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1209703 Joel Benjamin vs Vladimir Baklan, FIDE WCh KO 2001, Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations (B50), 1/2-1/2]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1324224 Vladimir Baklan vs Angelos Vouldis, EuTCh 2003, Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack, Haag Gambit (B52), 1-0]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1491409 Vladimir Baklan vs Vesko Spasov, Eu Ind. Ch. 2008, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30), 1-0]
References
External links
- [http://www.365chess.com/players/Vladimir_Baklan Vladimir Baklan] chess games at 365Chess.com
- {{chessgames player|id=64696}}
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Category:Chess players from Kyiv
Category:Ukrainian chess players
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