VLADIMIR MALAKHOV (born Nov-27-1980, 44 years old) Russia PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Grandmaster Vladimir Malakhov first made a name for himself by winning the World Under-14 Championship in 1993. Since then he has steadily improved his Elo rating, reaching the coveted 2700 mark once in April of 2004 and again since April of 2009. He is also a part-time nuclear physicist. He has had many successes in the European and World Championships. He placed second in both the European Championship (2003) and European Championship (2009). In the FIDE World Championships of 2000 and 2004, he reached the second round. He was more successful in the next FIDE cycle: his eleventh place at the World Cup (2005) earned him a berth in the 2006 Candidates when top rating seeds Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik declined to enter. He was eliminated from the cycle after he lost his first Candidates' match to Alexander Grischuk. In the World Cup (2009) Malakhov reached the semi-finals after eliminating Pavel Eljanov, Wesley So, and Peter Svidler before being defeated by Ruslan Ponomariov in the rapid tiebreaks. The latter result qualified him for participation in the World Cup (2011) there he lost in the first round to Argentine GM Ruben Felgaer after drawing the classical games and losing the 25 minute rapid game tiebreaker 1.5-0.5. He placed equal 1st in the GM Vladimir Petrov memorial A rapid tournament held in Latvia in February 2013. He came =2nd (3rd on tiebreak) at the European Championship (2012), scoring 8/11 and qualifying for the World Cup (2013). He defeated Canadian champion player, GM Eric Hansen, in the first round and French GM Laurent Fressinet in the second round but was eliminated when he lost to Italian-American GM Fabiano Caruana in the third round. In October 2013, he played boards 3 to 5 (based at 5) for his team Malachite, helping it to win silver in the European Club Cup (2013). In 2014, he finished second, behind Vassily Ivanchuk, at the Latvian Railway Rapid Open in Riga. In 2015, he won the Vladimir Petrov Memorial blitz tournament. At the World Cup (2021) he first defeated Daniele Vocaturo 1.5-0.5 before losing to Daniil Dubov by the same score. Fascinating interview in 2010 with Malakhov: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2... Wikipedia article: Vladimir Malakhov (chess player) Last updated: 2021-11-27 00:16:43

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page 1 of 63; games 1-25 of 1,565  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Malakhov vs M Ab Rahman   1-0 29 1992 Wch U12 A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 2. G Bakhtadze vs V Malakhov   0-1 42 1992 Wch U12 B32 Sicilian 3. V Malakhov vs M Labollita   1-0 37 1992 Wch U12 A48 King's Indian 4. S Halkias vs V Malakhov   0-1 40 1992 Wch U12 A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 5. D Mitev vs V Malakhov   0-1 27 1992 Wch U12 B01 Scandinavian 6. V Malakhov vs B Asanov   1-0 102 1992 Wch U12 B07 Pirc 7. V Malakhov vs A Berescu   1-0 52 1992 Wch U12 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 8. V Malakhov vs A Gershon   ½-½ 54 1992 Wch U12 B83 Sicilian 9. F Felecan vs V Malakhov 1-0 24 1992 Wch U12 A20 English 10. V Malakhov vs T Soponyai   1-0 31 1992 Wch U12 A00 Uncommon Opening 11. V Malakhov vs Leko   ½-½ 31 1993 World Youth Championship (Under-14) B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 12. R Svicevic vs V Malakhov   0-1 42 1993 World Youth Championship (Under-14) B06 Robatsch 13. V Malakhov vs P Simacek   1-0 64 1993 World Youth Championship (Under-14) B01 Scandinavian 14. A Gershon vs V Malakhov   0-1 51 1993 World Youth Championship (Under-14) B06 Robatsch 15. V Malakhov vs N Praznik 1-0 19 1993 World Youth Championship (Under-14) C01 French, Exchange 16. A Galkin vs V Malakhov   ½-½ 8 1993 World Youth Championship (Under-14) C42 Petrov Defense 17. V Malakhov vs R Bates   ½-½ 48 1993 World Youth Championship (Under-14) B54 Sicilian 18. G Bakhtadze vs V Malakhov   0-1 56 1993 World Youth Championship (Under-14) A07 King's Indian Attack 19. R Leitao vs V Malakhov   0-1 40 1993 World Youth Championship (Under-14) A50 Queen's Pawn Game 20. E van den Doel vs V Malakhov   0-1 59 1993 World Youth Championship (Under-14) A40 Queen's Pawn Game 21. V Malakhov vs A Naumann   1-0 50 1993 World Youth Championship (Under-14) B30 Sicilian 22. G Kuzmin vs V Malakhov 0-1 45 1994 Moscow rapid B27 Sicilian 23. A Ryskin vs V Malakhov   1-0 57 1994 Petrov Memorial Open A50 Queen's Pawn Game 24. V Malakhov vs Geller   ½-½ 24 1994 Petrov Memorial Open C46 Three Knights 25. L Totsky vs V Malakhov   0-1 54 1994 Petrov Memorial Open B20 Sicilian  page 1 of 63; games 1-25 of 1,565

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-27-10    Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday!! Vladimir Malakhov!!! Dec-29-10    HolyKnight: Yea my hobby is nuclear physicist to. Feb-18-11    kevins55555: OMG This is the highest decrease of FIDE Rating in the world lol! He decreased 600 points! ♙♘♗♖♕♔∞▢ Feb-18-11    Keith Dow: Yes, and the biggest bounce back! 4120787 Malakhov, Vladimir Federation Russia FIDE title Grand Master Rating: 2714 B-Year 1980 Individual Calculations March 2011 None January 2011 Available November 2010 Available Click to view All previous periods Feb-26-11    rapidcitychess: What's up with this guy's rating? 2700 to 2100 seems weird. Mar-15-11    hedgeh0g: <Part-time> nuclear physicist? Jun-30-11    nisarg1: No, he's a part-time chess player according to non-chess sources: he's got a Ph.D. and is said to play chess for hobby. Jun-30-11    Troller: Unless he has begun working as a phycisist again he should be considered a professional chess player, at least according to his own words at the last World Cup. Jun-30-11    polarmis: <nisarg1>, see the interview above. "Non-chess sources" can't really be more reliable than his own words. Sep-21-11    Catfriend: <My my, googled your username and it looks like Malakhov is not the only scientist. Have you ever met <User: Catfriend; ? :)> Catfriend? :) I'm not a physicist! I'm a mathematician! Nov-27-11    talisman: happy birthday and good luck in the next world cup! Mar-28-12    Penguincw: Malakhov is now in a three-way tie for first at the 13th European Individual Championship (2012) with 6.5/8. Tomorrow, he faces co-leader Vladimir Akopian with black. Mar-28-12    twinlark: It's good to see this very interesting player regain his form after a 2 year slump. Mar-31-12    Penguincw: Malakhov finished with a bronze after tie breaks, with 8/11. Sep-12-12    waustad: He had a nice win today against Jobava in the Black Sea Countries Final. For the moment you can find info here: http://www.chessbg.com/live Nov-27-12    brankat: Happy Birthday! Apr-09-13    paavoh: A good quote by <polarmis> on that interview, worth repeating here... and perhaps on other player forums too ;-) "What rating, in your opinion, guarantees that a player will be able to make a living from chess? <Only above 2700. I’d particularly warn young chess players with a rating of 2550-2600 from becoming professionals, because they’ll face certain problems. Firstly, because chess isn’t as rich a sport as e.g. football, and secondly, because at that level there’s a huge amount of competition. For that group of players the reply to the question of whether they should continue to devote all their time and energy to chess should be “no”. If there’s a chance of achieving success in other spheres of life, then they absolutely should take it. And even child prodigies should bear that in mind.>" Nov-27-13    Penguincw: Happy 33rd birthday to Russian GM Vladimir Malakhov. Apr-07-14    Domdaniel: Vladi Malakhov, part-time nuclear physicist and 2700+ GM, may well be the smartest person in the world... Aug-31-16    sonia91: He won the St Petersburg Summer 2016 rapid event with 8.5/11 on tiebreak over Evgeny Alekseev, Alexander Morozevich and Maxim Matlakov: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews... Jun-01-18    ketchuplover: Apparently he had a 93 game unbeaten streak. Just read it in the Ding Liren forum. Nov-27-19    hought67: Part-time nuclear physicist??? May-17-21    Granny O Doul: Yes, he's a man of many half-lives. Aug-17-21    Breunor: Freakin genius! Aug-18-24    MarcusBierce: < Granny O Doul: Yes, he's a man of many half-lives> Well played Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 5) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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