Alexander Baburin
Alexander Evgenyevich Baburin (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Бабурин, Aleksandr Yevgen'yevich Baburin; born 19 February 1967) is a Russian-Irish grandmaster of chess. He was born in Gorky, and has been living in Dublin, Ireland since 1993. He is editor-in-chief of the e-mail distributed chess newspaper Chess Today and is a coach and author.
Chess career
Baburin became Irish champion in 2008, the first year in which he entered the compe*ion. He cited past comments from fellow Irish players as the reason he had not entered previously. His participation in the Irish Olympiad team has generated some controversy, being non-native Irish. Baburin is known for giving talks about chess at many venues throughout Ireland. Baburin is currently Ireland's only chess grandmaster, a *le he earned in 1996. Baburin is on the Irish chess team, the highest-ranked member. One of Baburin's most famous victories is against Veselin Topalov in a four on one simultaneous exhibition.
In March 2022, Baburin won the John Bolger Cup in Dublin, edging out Vladyslav Larkin and Jacob Flynn on tie-break after all scored 4/5.
References
External links
- Alexander Baburin rating card at FIDE
- Alexander Baburin player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Baburin's page at Grandmaster Square
- Review of Baburin's book "Winning Pawn Structures" Archived 2006-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Chess Today
- Chess Ireland